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imposed by the command of the Royal Guard, duties cf such
high importance, and on the fulfilment of which 1 have already

entered

IFrcm the ihniiilol desDlialts.l
PAM!, NOV. 5.-111 'our paper •of the sth,
vre inserted the requisition of tlte• Procurator
Vircal against Riego.
To _meet .the ignorance, real or affected, of
those who helieve,,ofleign to believi!, that this
-eangninary requisitory is the' result. of ;the nag-
-sinus of the slay in 'Spain,' it is:proper to call
recollection that the Spanish law, the application
of which is required, is merely the. Roman law,
askpled almost generally iu the monarchiei of
modern times.
In England, a very constitutionel country, this
law exists in full ,force, and even with an in-
Arressed atrocity which we dare not venture to de-
. /tribe. 'Every one hes !leant or Montrose's exe-
' cousin, who suffered for his fidelity the punish-
. vent Inflicted on traitors.,
. We make thii remark, certainly not f or the
psi Pose of applauding the shocking.provisions of
Ott Roman law, but to restore an historical fact,
and' to4'elieve.,a particular nation'from the whole
burden of a charge which unfortunately applies
to nearly all.
(From the Caarter Francais.)
Panic, Nov. 7.--The Journal des 'Mats tells
us, that the sanguinary requisition of the Fiscal
:against liiego is .not the result of the prevailing
passions of the day in Spain, but the application
of the Roman Law, adopted almost generally in
the Monarchies of modern times. This return
tc. antiquity does not change, in our opinion, in.
the least degree, the nature of the Act which
eenteins such traditioui. We believe, however,
that the demand for the distribution of the
different members of Riego's corps among
different towns of Spain is' a new idea of the
Fiscal ; the Roman Law could not authorise
such foresight ; it is a detail of butchery,and not
Of jurisprudence. This law, says the Journal des
Danis, exists in England, a very constitutional
country. This may he true, as it is of many
other barbarous laws which have not been ex-
pressly abolished in that country, but which have
fallen into disuetude, and which no person at the
present time thinks of acting on. The execution of.
Montrose at the time of a civil war, a century and
a `half ago has no bearing whatever on the present
-„ilueition. There is not u single country which has
ot heen,unfortuna rely, sullied by such atrocities ; '
but they are generally quoted as objects of horror,
• and not to explain or justify contemporaneous
''events. If, as the Journal des Dards acknow-
ledges the dispositions of the Homan law are
terrific, there is no obligation to again put them
terrific,
into execution. The Cortes abolished them, and
there is not the least necessity that the restore-
tion should extend to terrific laws. If the tra-
ditions of antiquity are to authorise, in the 19th
century, such abominations, we must repeat, with
,profound melancholy, an exclamation dictatee-
d
.by a very different sentiment may we be lib
-rated _from the Greeks and the Romans !
( From the Journal des Debats. )
Pants, Nov. 7.--We stated yesterday that
;the Minister for Foreign Affairs had always sup.
'orted and denianded the integral renewal of the
Chamber. We refer. to at passage of one of his
speeches In the Chamber of Peers spohea On the
Jaw pfoject-relative to elections which was pro-
..por,ed-in 1816.
It is a remarkable circumstance, that the
Chen:her of . Deputies. of 1815, had, by .an
amendment to the project, substituted the inte-
gra! Ow the partial renewal. We believe, how-
Aever, that the Royalistavof the Chamber of 1815
1135 lover been denied.
Let its ttope that .the Reialists whoreflection now op.
- pose the Integral renewal, will, -uPon ,
:Mum to theleficat opinion. Be this as it may,
tie Mateaubriand-defended,- in the Chamber
,of Peers, the amendment'of the Chamber of De-
puties.--Lliere a long extract from the speech is
given.]
Yesterday morniiik at eleven o'clock, the King
Janccessively received, in private addlence the
: Nuncio of his Ifaiistess, Vice-A.dmiral Baron
I)uperre, and Baron Portal. At a quarter past
'one, die itinttransacted business with the 'Pre-
.eident, of the Council of Ministers.—At two
O'clock the King wept to St. Cloud.A
'
telegraphic dispatch announces that Lerida
was occupied by the French on the Mat of Oc-
tober,asid that the troops of the garrison, con-
sisting of 6,ooo,tnen, are prisoners of war.
hlaiiitio, Nov. I.—The Duke of Angouletne
arrived Isere at half-past eleven, .111 e entered
,Madrid with sully 30 &signor-too( the Guard, and
30 gendarmes. Iris Royal Highness was accom-
panied by the Prin;:e. of Carignan. A circular
of the Minister of Justice contains the following
articles

" The King, wishing that all memory of the acts of the 00.
ecrnment of Rebellion should disarpear, orders that the Board
of Public Credit shall cease to admioiater the er.clesiaatical pro-
perty phial; has not been resumed, because no dahnsult has yet

Appeart4.
" intendants shall consult with the diocesan prelates an
the appointinerit of particular administrators of this property,
who shall keep a spocisi ancount of the respective revenues,
And rrsew the amount thereof to be delivered to the religious
community to whom it may belong, LI Algal Ail the said cow.
vonnity Ai 41 b, rtuagilon3b)C4."
following is the letter or the Duke del
)it(alitudo to Isis' filaient y, demandinit la dismissal
f, !An the 3.)cesidency of the Council
" am informed by your VEllliAtf`X of State that your
blajewty has deigned to re-appoint me to the Presidency of the
Courted, 'without prejudies: to my command of the Guards,
d'ittnities which f owcd already to your bounty, and which I
esaciftisti in virtue of your !Loyal Lotters of March IfidB, and
Jane 1814,
' This new proof of. the Mel' confidence of your Majesty,
nap! the isaguige ao far shove my deserui, in which it is con-
'vid, should a ,
ugment illy gratltude and my fidelity, if these
sentiments, as felt by me, could strive addition. I should
ilind it it a fresh excitement to insi, if slid were not identified
with toy existeace, as
,it is with that of every good Spatiisrd
fat he does not merit dip name who could for so saered
aod duthty.
" 81rit-4bfielever powtOo Fen the weighty duties, e
i"Slant SP S/4421020 Which Om Prexklency of the Royal Cohn-
• reqOisest consider s,a4sble of disc-hinging, as
iii 64141 wish, sect) tostsrtionoblipsloos. I sin not leas sensible
• lieu ittipotiSibli444lbichiirol2l4lll.oo Mate time, the duties

" I entreat your Majesty to reflect that my humble abilities
though powerfully stimulated by zeal fcr your service, are not
sufficient to grasp all the obligations arising froni. offices so
distinct; without exposing myself to the risk of fulfilling in-
adequately boffikone and the_other. I therefore supplicate your
Majetity, ezempt me from the Presidency of your Royal
Coutlral ;Whatever may be your supreme pleasure I shall
obey, solqall the respect, gratitntle, and fidelity, which I shall
be 'i(witYs,ready to testify with the last drop of blood. lam, &c.
•. " The Puke del INFANT,OO."
„ •.•
Oct. 9.9.--Thi.re has been a commo-
tion in Barcelona. Mina has found rebels among
his old accomplices. That revolutionary chiel
has been obliged to take refuge in the midst of
li
his troops, to save himself from the militiamen,
tie has arrested the famous Costa, a chief of that
band, equally turbulent and factious.
NATAaO, Nov.J.-:-The troubles of Barcelona
appear to be appeased, and there is reason to
believe that we shall enter the city immediately.
Marshal Moncey has sent to l'aris the Con-
ditions of the capitulation, which are ap-
proved and signed by the Commissioners and
Generals-in-Chief of both armies.
[From the Gazette, de France.]
CoanovA, OCT. 28.--Dott Victor Saei is oc-
cupied, by order of the King of Spain, with, the important
affairs of the Colonies. We doubt not that these beautiful and
rich territories will soon be restored to the dominion of their
King. The King of Spain has left to the disposition of the
Duke of Angouleme the distribution of the Grand, Crosses of '
Charles 111. and St. Ferdinand, without limiting the number.
Colonel Don Louis Fernando Mon bi appOinted:Resident
Itlinister at the Swiss Cantonti.
( Front the Constitutionnel.
PERPIGNAN, OCT. 30. Lieutenant-General
Maringono has written to the' Governor of Gerona
the following dispatch' :
" I have received official information that Mina has accepted
the conditions of armistice' proposed by his Excellency the
Marshal Duke of Conegliano ; Commissaries have been sent
to Tarragona and to liostalrich ; others will arrive to-day at
Soule, to treat for the surrender of those places and of Barer-
lona. In a few days the King will have none but faithful sob.
jects and allies in all the fortresses.
(Signed) " The Lieutenant-General commanding the
Ninth DiVision, Viscount de.MARINGONE.
" Gerona, Oct. 27."
We learn; at the sanite time, that on the 27th Gen: Rotten,
arrived at the Marshal's head-quarter's with an escort of 25
horses ; that he had a conference with the Marshal, and that
on the the 30th the fortress of Barcelona will be surrendered to
the .French troops. In the . evening the militia of Barcelona
.erabraced our troops.
[Prom the ,lournal de Parfel
,PARlS,Nov.7.—Prince 'ralleyrand arrived the day before
yesterday at Paris ; M. Pozzo di Borgo arrived on the 211th
ult. at 111adrid.
NUREDIBEILG, Oct. 31.—We have received letters from
Lemberg, which inform us that the conferences between the
Austrian Minister for .Foreign ,Atlitirs, Priam Aletternich,'
Count Nesselrotic, and the Russian Senator, Tatischeff,
are very frequent. it is generally thought that these confer-
ences will not have the result which was expected, after the
documents which were lately dispatched from C4' )notantinople to
Czernowitz, in consequence of the unsatisfactory nature of the
contents of dispatches sent more recently to Lemberg, by the
Envoy of Austria, at Constantinople, Baron d'Ottenfels.—.
Whatever attempts may have been made to countenance the
opinion that the affairs of Greece have not been the subject of
discussion, either at Czernowiti, on the occasion of the inter-
view between the two Emperors, or at Lemberg, in the con-
ferences of Prince Metternich with the Russian Minister of
State, Count Nesseltode, we think this opinion is likely to be
erroneous, as it is undoubtedly the interest of Austria that her
subjects on the coasts of.the Adriatic should navigate freely im
n
the Archipelago, without being exposed to interruption fro
the Grecian fleets. But to attain this object she must neeessa.
wily have an understanding with the present Government thof
Greece, and even negociate with it, since the Greek flag has e
command of that sea.

BAYONNE INTHILLIGENCE.

BAyoNNE, Nov. I.—General Mepdez Vigo
has been conveyed under a good ,escort to 13or-
deaux,,and confined in the fort of Hat.
We have the following accounts .from Madrid
of Oct.
" Ferdinend still no far depends on his resources, that he has
already given orders to send to the Havannah an then to
tb poor retnains of the Spanish navyorv, coistin of
the Asia ship of the line, two frigates, a corvette, endgw°
o
brigs. fef we may believe the reportsench vessels, in circulationw,
hieh will
this eze
pedition, will be seconded by some Fr
Join it in America. It also affirmed that the French will
enjoy henceforth, at the Ilavannali, and in the Colonies which
are not yet independent, several important commercial oftrvi-
leges ;in fine, that Ferdinand thinks of long making use the
support of the French, for preserving the integrity of the Spa-
midi territory.
The journey of his Royal highness to Madrid, preceded
by the head-quarters, the assembling of the chosen cavalry
about his person,. the return the olitor to Murcia with a divf-
Won, are all indications of return of part of the army to
France, which at the same time will scour the provinces of
'Alieant, Carthagena,Valencia; and Arragon, on the one tide,'
and Andalusia, Moncha, anti Caudle, on the other."
The accounts femn Madrid of the 27th, are not very import-
ant. The Getterel commanding the depot of prisoners at Ma-
drid, has gieen notice to all the oflicers who had obtained per-
mission to return to their homes, or who had accepted commis-
Alone, that ne had milers to have them conducted to rumee.-..
The Marie contains a curious article, in which it is stated that
Franceeat the desire of Spain, has prohibited the entrance of
all the Constitutional Journals into the Feoinsula. It seems
that the Spanish Journale have been forbidden to publish any
newe, which will render them as uninteresting as they used to
be. It is wished to keep the people from tmubling their head::
about politics. On the other hand, the Priests and Monks
zealously preach the blessings of the Inquisition, and of abso-
lute power, and the necessity of exterminating the, Liberals
and the Freemasons ; they ad.d, that those who have the good
fortune to expiate their errors under the inthetions of the Ilely
Tribunal, are sure of salvation. The Universities will doubt-
less follow this example, giving the students ati lhtla inetruc-
don as possible, and above all, forbidding them to region..
The army of occupation is again ,spoken of, but nothing is
said of that part of the country which remains to be completed
or restored to tranquillity, and it should stem that our army
will not be employed in this service. There is nothing new
relative to Ballastems. Riego has been tried, and could nut
find any Comae' to defend him, and it was necessary to pro.
vide him with one by drawing 'lots. His sentence is—.to he
atrengled end quartered, and ir is feared that this sentence will
be carried into execution 3% the King is not likely to pardon
him. betters from eadi'z, of the 21st. May that General
wont had caused the Governor to be arrested and melt out of
the city, because he hail iroprtsoneti, several persons connected
with the late Government, among wham was the Duke del
barque, a Grandee of Spain and Deputy. It seems that there
is some difficulty In carrying into execution the decrees of
lienishinent.
A list of the regiments that are to remain in Spain, and of
the positions that they are to oceopy, is sent to have been re-
ceived by a person in tide e'o.y.
People speak of the new loan, and the hesitation of the King
to recognize those mole by the Cortes ; it seems, however, that
his Majesty would not be averse from f[iviug to the lenders of
the 100 million's of nabs credit for the funds which served for
the support of the Royal Fatally during the Constitutional
00Yetellilmeig.