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DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE 14 01INIUG PAPEItS,
24.
[MORNING POST.]
Private letters from Paris mention the receipt
of intelligence from Spain of an insurrection hav-
ing broken out in Murcia, in the capital of which
several assassinations had taken place. Letters
front Madrid of the 10th state that the King was
about to quit the capital for some place of greater
personal security.

In the House of Commons last night, Sir James
Mackintosh's Bill respecting the Criminal Law
produced an interesting debate ; and the question
for its going into a Committee was ultimately car-
ried by a Majority of 4 L It is pleasing to ob.
tierve that this important subjnt-continues to be
discussed upon general principles, totally divest-
ed of all party feeling.—(/bid.)

[MORNING- CHRONICLE.] ••
" Happily," says a Ministerial Morning Paper,
" the wild • mountainous Districts with which
Spain abounds, furnish-a refuge to Loyalty.—
The brave Spanish Vendeans will not submit to
the bloody yore of their tyrants. They resist,
and they will conquer. The blood .of the mur-
dered Vinuessa will not in vain cry for vengeanCe
to the generous Spanish Nation."—This wonder-
ful sensibility on the part of those who boast of
.the policy of the slaughter at Manchester is sin-
gular enough, no doubt. The authors of the
dreadful carnage at Cadiz remain yet unpunished;
but what is the wanton and treacherous butchery
of the people ? The death of dsupporter of 'the In-
quisition is however a very different matter. This,
of course, is more than enough to justify a civil
war, and all the evils which follow in its train.
—The brave Spanish Vendeans under the
auspices of Church, and with the good Wishes
of this Journalist, have not hesitated to resist the •
existing Government, but we,hope they will not
conquer." We never expected that the numerous
bodies, who by the abuses on which they fat-
tened, kept Spain in such a wretched• state,
would yield witiout a struggle. We trust, how-
ever, that those whom they can succeed in de-
luding, will form but a small proportion of the
population. Spain, we fear, will have. to purchase
the good of regeneration at the expence of much
suffering. But. is it for those who have been
praying for disturbances, and looking anxiously'
forward to foreign invasion as likely to lead. to
them, to hold the langnage they now hold with
regard to Spain ? We must never forget that
every thing in Spain was going on peaceably till
the Holy Alliance began to act. We know,
therefore, on whose head to lay all the evils
which have taken, and may yet take place.

. ,
[BRITISH PRESS,]
• All anxiety in the mercantile world respecting
the Timber Trade is now at an end, for the Bill,
to regulate the Duties upon Foreign and Colonial
Timber was read a third time last night in the
House of Lords and passed. Upon this subject
the Ministers had a very difficult game to play,
and in our opinion they escaped from the difficul-
ties in a manner sufficiently creditable ,to them-
selvesand advantarreous to the conflicting interests
of the Canadas, of merchants connected with
the Northern Trade, and' of the consumers in ge-
neral. We admit that the measure militates in
principle against the theory of a tree trade and of
obtaining the ,necessities of consurription at the
nearest market, but we cannot lose sight of the
great claims which our Colonies have upon the
parent country for protection and encouragement.;
and considering that the trade of those Colonies
is confined by our partial laws to ourselvesalone,
we should regard it as highly unjust to place
them in the light of foreign nations, and. enforce
against them the utmost strictness of a theory
which we have already violated with respect
to them by the restraints previously imposed
upon their commerce. If it be really desirable to
admit foreign nations, rivals or enemies, ‘to a
free competition in our markets with any of our
Colonies, such a proposition must ever in jus-
tice go hand in hand with a resolution of throw-
ing open the 'trade of such Colony to the world.
With respect to the relative merits of the
Baltic and Canadian, timbers, very conflicting
evidence has' been given before, the Commit-
tees; but this is a fact not to be disputed, that
since Parliament encouraged the importation
of Canadian Tithber, by imposing a heavy duty
upon the Timber of the Baltic,, the price of the,
Baltic Timber has actually fallen 'one-third in
our markets, so that the duty, instead of operat-
ing necessarily, as Lord Lauderdale represented
it, as a premium for purchasing inferior Timber,
has in point of fact made the Baltic Timber More
attainable than it was before, if the consumers
thought it preferable in use to the Timber from
the ColonieS. Being upon this subject we can-
not avoid making one further remark. There
are in our opinion some considerations worthy of
a statesman's attention -beyond the views of policy
merely commercial. .The affectionate attachment
of our Colonies ought not to he sacrificed to the
pursuit of any ingenious theory, or to the attain-
ment of some pecuniary advantages, should they
'be even more unequivocal in their natare,than those
which might be anticipated from the doubtful
policy of preferring the Timber of the North of
Europe to that of our American fellow-subjects.

[NEW TIMES.)
We yesterday noticed the laudable endeavours
of the Constitutional Association to correct that
most trernend-ous evil of modern times, a profli-
gate; disloyal; and seditious Press, Of the ex-

tent of the evil, no reflecting mind can entertain
a doubt, especially after the appalling coinci-
dence of cause and effect, which we lately point-
ed out. In the latter end of 1816 began the
twopenny seditious libels, and instantly - the
number of criminals, all over the country, was
multiplied, in the proportion of three to two !
4f any individuals, by legal means, can stay
this moral plague, corrupting the very life and
health of the State, they will deserve the highest
praise, and may well claim universuj co=operation.
What, then, is our surprise, to find a paper which
calls itself respectable, testifying an. entire fel-
low-feeling with the venders of seditious libels,
an &railing, in the most coarse and insolent strain
of invective, against their prosecutors ! We al-
lude to a paragraph in yesterday's Mortrifig
nick!, which, with equal folly and audacity, called
the Constitutional Association n-" execrableiione..
The. list of persons, whom this writer dares so to
stigmatise, is 'before the public. It includes Peers;
of every -rank, spiritual and- temporal, Mernbers oft
the }louse of Commons, Clergymen, Magistratos,
Naval and- Military Officers, Merchants, Bank-
ers, Traders—in short, it is an epitome of what-
ever is rich or great, learned or pious, eminent,
:honourable, or illustrious in the whole commu-
nity. Such is the Society, which a conceited
Writer, in a daily paper, thinks he can put down,
or frighten from the path of their duty, by
vulgar abuse!—We, for our own part, have
certainly no reason to complain of the paragraph
in
,question for it does us the extraordinary
honour of supposing that Archbishops and
Bishops, Dukes, Marquesses, Earls, Admirals and
Generals, have all been guided by us in the
formation and prosecution of this scheme. We
certainly feel highly' flattered by the suggestion,
but truth and justice compel us to own, that we
are of infinitely less consequence in the world
than this writer chooses to suppose. We have,
it is true,.contributed . our mite to the subscrip-
tion, and we should be happy if any recommend-
atiOns of ours could extend the number of the
members ; but beyond this we can lay claim to
no part of the merit which belongs to the Asso-
ciation. •

TUE CORONATION,-S0 earnestly have - the
preparations -for • the Coronation in Westminster-hall been,
resumed within the last few days, that the fronts of the
several tiers • of., galleries. on either side of the Hall are
now . covered with • canvass, and partly so with papef.......
The galleries, imitative of castle towers and turrets, raised
for the, kettle-drums and trumpets, under which the
,cluith-
piOn is .to pass from the grand entrance, New Palice-yar,l,
are preparing for the reception of canvas, &e. ; they are, row- ,
ever, to. be only partially papered :- the remaining portions ca-f.:
to be painted in a style illustrative of the splendid events of tir
day. The elevated platform for the Royal table, at the opposite
end of the Hall, is completed; and on each side of it is erected
an extensive box, with numerous seats for several branches of
the Royal Family, for Foreigners of distinction, Ambassa-
dors, &c. These boxes are-on.a level with the platform and
Royal table, and they are the only seats possessing such pea".
liarity. The extensive compartment, or box, which is prepar,
•ed for-the Royal Family, is on the right of his Majesty's table ;
it occupies the station heretofore devoted to the C-ourt of King's
Bench. That box which- is set apart for the reception of the
Foreigners of distinction, is on the left of the Royal table ; it is
on the spot formerly constituting pact of the Court of Chan-
cery. The Royal table, of course, fills the centre, engaging
the spaCe between these two boxes., The figures of ancient So.;
vereigns; that used to be seen over the benches of the Judges,
are restored to the niche's which they formerly occupied ; under
them and the grand window there is to he tapestry. The Royal
and Foreign boxes are to be covered with scarlet cloth.—
The lantern for the centre of the roof,' which is to be restored
teits'primitive heilht, that of ninety. feet and upwards, is
nearly erected within the Hall. It is a fine specimen of open,
gothic architecture, and it is likely to last long, as its arches
and chief decorations are formed with cast iron after moulds,—
The stone ornaments round the Hall, some of them being 4.:f
laughably singular grotesque character, are restored to a style of
perfection that reflects great credit on the Board of Woks, -: as
Indeed do the leading preparations. within the Hall, as ,well as
those to restore the grand. window and towers in New. Palace-
yard to a state of perfeCtion, equalling, if not surpassing, their
original condition.

„
A. GAMING ROUSE BESIEGED. —An ;Mir,
which occurred a few evenings since at a gaming-house in St-
James's-street, has occasioned much stir and inquiryat Marl-
borough,street. Police-office. Information was laid at the
office by persons who' bad lost money at.play, and werenther-
wise disappointed. These persons undertook to assist the of-
ficers in getting into the house by opening the first Boer
windows, as the house was so barricaded, that it was
ossible • for them to get in -by the regular entrance:,—
The whole party of ' the officers, with an additional force of
.Constables, assembled near the house. at the appointed hem-,
with ladders .in reserve. The striking of St; James's clock
was .the signal for the attack, when some persons within were
to throw up the sashes. The ladders idol -sealing being brought,
the watchmen.on.the beat gave an alarm, and all was spoiled.—
The watchman, in his` defence, stated, that he did not knew
but the party were about to commit a robbery, as they were
strangers to him. The managers of the gaming house volun-
tarily attended before the Magistrates upon one of the'inquiries
into the conduct of the watchman, who was, they urged, doing
his duty. Theysaidit was a house for play, and they had no
objection to admit a police officer at any time, but they did not
choose to• have the house 'plundere-ti by a mob. This ex-
pression was in allusion to those. who laid the information,
and who, were described as disappointed people front other
hauses of play. There was the som of 4,000 E in the 'rank,
sand that was too much for a scramble. Here the affitir rests. .
- Mg-LANCHOLY ACCIDENT.-011 Saturday last,
as the youngest son of Charles Morris, Esq. of Great Cumber-
land-place, a fine young man of nineteen, was driving through
'Bridgewater in a Tilbury with 'a friend, the horse unfortunate-
ly took fright, when the reins breaking, they both jumped out,
and, melancholy to relate, Mr. Morris, falling on his had,
fractured hia skull so severely that he expired on the spot. -
• DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—A letter from Boiiil)4,
dated Dec. 2, says :—” On Sunday evening last a cutter belong-
ing to the Sir Stephen Lushington upset. Aparty had been
spending the day atElephanta, and were returning ir. the even-
ing in the cutter, thirteen persons in all, when the beat rat
upset by a man going up to the mast-head to clear the toppirg-
lift, and the party were all plunged into the water. Mr. Kr is.e.
the High Constable of Bombay, and Mr. LEX (son of Mr. Lgr,
of King-street, Covent-garden), late Second Officer of the Re-
gret, were unfortunately drowned. The remainder of tie
party and crew got on her bottom, and after eleven hours hard
and anxious struggle reached the Island of Elephanta."
Extract of a letter from Rome :—" Some remarkably fine
statuary and other marble quarries have lately been discovered
at Serarazza, in Tuscany, much superior to any thing of the
kind at Carrara, which threatens to rival and lower the pride of
the latter-mentioned place. His Royal Highness the Grand
Duke of T tiscaisY gives great encouragerdent andproVetion
both to commerce and the fine arts within his dominions.".

Ilk MAJESTY'S Commissioners fur building
New Churches, have engaged to provide money
to build two churches in the parish of Bradford,
in the diocese of York. One ,at Shipley, and
the .other at Wilsden, each to accominutlate
1,400 persons.

PARLIAMENT,

HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 23.

Mr. Irving, from the Custom House, present-
ed an Account of the quantity of Manufactured
Silk exported from this Country during the last
21 years : and also an Account of the quantity
of Wines exported during the same period. Laid
on the table.

Mr. Alason, from the Directors of the East
India Company, presented the Annual Account
of the Receipts, Charges, and Payments of the
East India Company in Great Britain. Laid on
the table.

The Earl of CALEnoNt brought up the Report
of the Committee on the Highland Roads' Bill,
which was agreed to.
. Mr. Serjeant Onslow, Mr. Harbord, and others,
brought up from the Conunons the Attornies'
. and Solicitors' Regulation Bill, and the Sale of
. Bread Regulatio►i Bill—Read a first time.
Mr. Brogden and others alga brought up mes-
.9nges informing the House that the .Commons
had agreed to the amendments made by their
Lordships in the Court of Sessions and the SCotch
Court of Admiralty Bills.