The Sun.
London, England, 1821-03-14 00:00:00

GENERAL CHURCIi.

Extract of the, sentence pronounced; on Lieut.-,
General CIICIRCII, on the Bth of January, 18tt4,
in a Council. of War, the Duke di Langro, Pre-
sident; Count, di la Torn, G. Battista Faruella,
G. Battista Caracciolo; Luigi Arcoviti, Vincenzo
Pignatefli, Carlo Filougieri, Duke of Satriatto ;
Duke of Roccaromana, Colon,el Giuseppe Val-
letta, Sergeant. Nicola di Simone, Chancellor.
The Court having met at theapartments of the
President; situated in Palazzio Vecchio, for the
purpose ,of determining whether any blame at-
tached to Lieut.-Gen. Richard Church, with re-
spect to the events at Palermo ;

The Court having fully considered that from
the complexion of the operations of the-said Ge-
neral from the first moment of the revolution till
his arrivalat,.Naples, it clearly resulted that he
had employed all, the means in_his power to pre-
vent the revolt., by supporting with dignity the ho-
nour of his division, even to the point, of nearly
falling
.a sacrifice, and that he did not leave his
post till
_after repeated orders from the Officer in
Chief, under whose orders he was placed; that
he had left, no means untried to form a junction
with the troopS from whom he had been separated
by an irresistible
„force,
..and to• employ him-
self in every possible .way for the • good of.the
service, havpmna.nimously decided that the form-
al papers and articles of accusation presenting no
ground of imputation .of any
.kind, there is no
cause for proceeding to any investigation incul-
patory of Lieut.-General Richard Church,. and
the Court
.therefore orders that the said' Gene--
ral be,immediately set fully and absolutely at
liberty.
Sivii-d by the Memlyerc of,the Curia (whosi names are all
sublet ibed).—Napt r, Jan. 6, 1621.

REvoLurloNs.—The
,celebrated Goethe haS
illustrated the abuse of revolutionary changes
by the following ingenious "apologise, entitled,
The Necromancer's Ser6ant and the Broom-
stick :—" The servant of a magician happens to
overhear his, master muttering in a low voice some.
magic. Words,. by virtue of. "which he compels
the services of a broomstick. The servant
recollects them without his master's , know-
ledge‘, and in, the absence of the magician; he
commatids the btoomstiCk to fetch water from
the ricer for the, purpose of, washing the house.
The stick sets off iMmediately, and returns bring-'
ing a pail of water, then a second, a third,
and so on, without stopping. The servant at
length wished to restrain its zeal, but -he could
not remember the necessary words for that
purpoSe. The broomstick, faithful to its duty,
goes and returns with fresh pailsful, and brings
so much that the house seems in danger or
being flooded. The servant, in a great rage,
seizes an axe, and cuts the broomstick in two ;
then the pieces become two servants instead of
one; they go to fetch more water, and empty it in
the rooms with greater zeal than ever. In vain
the servant complains, in vain he abuses the
two stupid pieces of wood ; they continue their
journies, as if nothing was the matter, and
the house would have been destroyed by the
water, if the. master had not arrived in time to
rescue his servant from the consequences of his
ridiculous presumption."—Let the Advoc'ates for
a Revolution draw the inferenge.

RENEWING A PaomisE.----A late Noble Lord,
who was sparing of money and lavish of promises,
had given his note to a gentleman for a consider-
able sum he owed him ; it had been long due, and
the Peer• never failed, when he met him, to
make a handsome apology. Tired with promises
that were never intended to be realised, the cre-
ditor one day, in answer to a new promise, said he
had no doubt of his Lordship's honour, and that
he would pay it at the time he then fixed ; " but
added'he, " in the mean time, as this 'note is al-
most worn out, I should be glad if your Lordship
would take it up, and give me one upon parch-
ment." The Peer being a man of wit, could net
stand the severity of the rebuke, but paid the
money almost immediately.

FONTENELLE.-Ttre Abbe Reignier, Secretary
of the -French Academy, one day made a collec-
tion in his hat of one pistole froth every member;
to defray the current expences. The Abbe did
not observe that the President, Who was a ver,y
avaricious man, had put his pistole into his hat,
and presented it to him a second time. " I
have given already," said he. " I bt!lieve it,"
said the Abbe,- " but I•did not see it." " And

I," rejoined FONTENELLE, who was at hi..t side,
" saw it, but did not believe it."

.ANECDOTE OP THE. LATE LORD THURLOW.—
When Lord TutntLow was Chancellor, he visited
both Mattock and Buxton, for the benefit of the
waters. As he was one day.musing iJt the corner of
the room, at , the_foymer place, he was accosted
by • stranger, Aylto proposed to join him in
cards or dice. Finding his proposal .iele'ded;

he made several others: which were all refused.
" But," said his Lordship, if pia Will-go 'with
me into another.romn, I will propose a thing th4t
!nay suit better." They accordingly retired togd.
they, and the Chancellor having procured. pen, kik.,
and paper, made out !IN
11'nen
the gambler perceived signed', with the,rn
flame
Thurlow, he stood confounded, and endeavoured
to apologise for his behaviour. flis Lordship, how-
ever, was inexorable, and had h)ni forthwith,cOm-
mitted. to prison, as a roguvaind vagabond.

htISII THINKING,—An Irish gentleman meet.
in; au Englishman, thus addressed him,
Ah ! my - dear, is it you ? When I saw
ydn at the other end of the street, I thought
you were
,your .cousin, as you came nearer, I.
thought you were yourself, and now I see you are
your brother:.

AU theyrisoners upon whom santence of deafh was passed at
our Assizes, have been reprieved, excgt Stephen Spencer, con-
victed for a burglary in the hous;t4 of hts master, Jthn. Cooksen,
Esq. at Pelaw, who is left for execution.—(Durham Advertiser,
3Larch 40.)- .

The Sheffield MercurN says-,--'" We have been
assured that several large orders for fire-arms have
lately arrived in this country, some of which are
at this time executing in Birmingham ; they have
come by the way of Paris, although it is well
known the arms are intended for Naples and
other parts of Italy."

• AGRICULTURAL. REPORT. .
FOR THE UPPER WA4111,,0F LANAItKSUIRE.

It is without the recollection of the oldest in-
, haiiitant, nor has it been handed down to us by
record or tradition, that ever this high, district
has 'heretofore ,been blessed owith such a- winter
as this; . The sheep on the most upland farms are
as well,fed as in low •and -hitherto. more :envia-
ble pastures.- .There -:has .been no. snow-, lior
have there been any • of those battering _rains
whicfr are, extremely.. hurtfUl --to— this, useful
animal ; . .course he; sheep are in. moat
cellent conditiou, as is every destription of stock;
very few feeding beasts are on hand, -and.the
holders who ha-ye a. .supply. of food are looking
for prices above .what. has beep generally got
through the winter ; a stone,
.utch weight,
may now be obtained-,,.f0r well fed beasts;
7s. 6d. was about the price-, in. January, kit for a
certainty never did ;we send, so many, lean cattle
to the fat market. Sheep have seldom paid better
for turnip feeding; 10s., lbs., and 1-4 s. have
been realized of profit on each sheep. The
dealers however who buy for the -Edinburgh
and Glasgow markets have suffered a loss on
their late purchases, from a-depression of price
at the Bughts ; this fall is• attributed to too
large a --number being brought eut.• The grain
markets ,have, kept very steady. Meal was
55 shillings at Lanark, during the month of
January.; a great_ quantity of- it was bought
for laying up, Iviach will come 'to market if a
small profit. offers. A considerable bulk remains
in the stock yard, so that little expectations are
entertained of high .prices : butter is .14.-a-polind.
Thus we have prices- as as: they were: thirty
years ago,. with more' -than- double - rent. -and
taxes; so that the farmers can see little-chance of
paying their rents even Where skilVand industry
are exerted to the utmost. It is-, however, a
good thing that every class of men ere not
suffering. This has really bAen the poor -man's
year : plenty of work, decently paid, not an
hour's time lost by bad weather since Martinmas,
cheap meal,theap butter and cheese; -cheap-cloth-
ing in cotton articles now so much worn. Radicalism
• has entirely disappeared,- and --. the farmer - has
nothing to fear from the night,alarms'so, fre-
quent at this- season. last ..year. -,-Sorne :indivi-
duals had • began to -sow ;- but the -Weather
from frost seems-to be rather wet and unsettled,
so the seed time- is not likely: to be so early as it
once looked to 'be. The- ploughing is 'Mostly
finished, and. a • favourable tid arriving, theseed
time will be of short durance. • .

. .
MANSION HOUSE.—Three men; J. Forit,. 1-31.
White, and a man named Wells, a carman, w^ie
brought before the LORI) MAYOR and underwent
an examination on a charger.of having—iobbed
the silk warehouse of MeSsrs. .Doxat--.and,; Co.
Bishopsgate-street, of silk to the-amount of between
six and seven hundred pounds. A pefSonssf.::.the
name of Thorpe was admitted' King's .evidence.
Harrison, the Marshalman, in-company with-For
rester, the younger, stated that they took .White
into custody, and on searching his house. in
John,street, Limehouse, they found Xmost exten-
sive assortment of burglarious apparatus, consisting
of 'between two and three hundred skeleton
keys, calculated to disentangle the most intricate
locks, together with files, iron crows, dark.lan-
thorns, phosphorus bottles, in short,-it was a..corn-
plete depot. They also found a quantity.of Plate,
with the. crests, &c. carefully, ,filed off; several
valuable watches, with gold chains, seals,
and a variety .of other property.—The three pri-
soners were fully committed for trial, and Thorpe
held to hull, himself in 5001. and two others in
2001. each, to give evidence. •

Lord DERBY turned olt on Friday last a fine
deer at Che'sham; ..and after a hard.run.oktwo
hours and a .half, the hounds came up to him at
Blackheatb;. .very. few sportsmen came ,u 9 .t
the.end of the chase.. •

•
. This wilt he a great coursing day .at Fp.som
Downs; ten brace of trap hares..wilt•be turned
out.

. . • . .
It is curious that up .to.the. present .tinte an
At against Witchcraft and... Sorcery, ,passed by
the Parliament of Ireland:, in the feign of. Queen
Eraz knr,Tn, has remained unrepealed. A Hill
for the repeal of it is now its.-.progress through
Parliament. • • . • =

. • • •
Madatne FODOIR. is said to ITh.in the last.stag,c
of a decline. at Paris,;thietly caused through; tak-
ing large quantities of vinegar to reduee'li,.:Ah.apt.,.
our. l~ rienxls i•
th& t...;"'ouititry
w.fte. present lyo tte ry
.to lose no time in applyiN, to.; the,Agotrt in the
IVe intendre
tomearventtrre. :in t
Town. they live inor ntedtatto where Check
reside;) or else they be dhappointed_;, fear
_Lottery finishin7 next Satur-
trill have to relict their
odlar
v, inft)ost,tl te.t:netir,tilgents
unsold :rickets and Acres to the Contractors on
Friday next,- and -by delaying their putchrtses,
they tray lose all chance for the Three 9.1:,C0c1.
Pthes, and •other great Capitals, •tohich-micitriill
be dpazon'Next .S'atui•day ; and.evenif they apply
directly they may.be *lock late, for many of the
Agents have already sold all thatcould be spartql
from. London,-as the demand is,, great, and the
Wheel unprecedentedly'.rich.
A letter froni lasgulf, dated March says
'" The The.atre, last hight,-Qgas a complete'scene
p f confusion, dissatisfaction and:disinay. -.Mas-
querades appear to he very ill suited to the taste
of the inhabitants. • Ivery one goes to hear and
see and 'none to act or speak. So much Was
this the , case tnst night, that the audience
(very. inuncrons we understand), had, with
the.' exCeption of .two tongs,- and, the antiques.
of, a harlequin,. no other amusement than .cry-
ing out against the managers or fighting with
each other: Thi..= whole was acrennied a complete
hoax ; and orange skins, opper coin, pieces
of woo:t and plaster, and every th-ti* that could
be laid hold of in Jim missile,"itere thrown
upon the stage.—The lat#ies retireas from the
boxes 'at an early hour. "The- polke iii nnately
made their:appearance on account of some box-
ing that took place.;' and, after'all the lights were.
put out but the variegated humps, the company
retired completely disappointed and. disgusted
. . .
with the whole 'affair."

TIM -LONDON JOURNALS.

EXT.UCTS Fttom MORNING PAPERS.]

[Nez Times.) .
'The accounts from Spain continue to be nf-thc.
same gloomy Cstit,as hefore. One marked diffe-
rence ekists:l+etween. the Spanish and the French
Revolution. The populace of Madrid appear to
.almost.as ferocious now. as those of Paris were in
17 ; hut -the influence. of .the former City over
the distant Provinces is as nothing; compared
-with that v,h:t h- Paris exercised over the French
Departtnents. Throui,hdat the country parts of
Spain,- a hitter nnithof.ity.e_tists =At the part of
--thewhole.Ctergy and -a large proportion of the
Laity,against the Democrats and their pretended
Constitution. In the Provinces, the King's Speech
lo the Cortes will produce a deep sensation :
indeed, we hardly think he could hate ven-
lured to speak out so boldly, unless he
had known that- there was in Madrid
itself a strong • party dispOsed to support
The outrages and izdignities of. every
Which- have been committed towards
roe," says-he," to the utter disregard andtontempt
of -.4 hat-iS.- due, to •order, and to my_ person,, as
a c'n s on:i I- Monarch,. are public."—What
rte laratie i Ts this for a King to make to hie
l'arliamCntl-24f they hear without inflicting
olt the criniinals *most swift and exemplary
Vuulshrnent. tht.r• may .talk-as' they Nvill about
their ConstitutiOn„ -but they are in a state of itb-
plute con-fa:slot) and-anarchy. .-rfh?. statement's of
King. Ferdinand%r speech are derived to •us
through the French Paperg ; but those Papers are
under a .Censiirship,,,and'ilre Censors are so much
under dread of offending-the Revolutionary party,
that they do not dare etert-to permit the publica-
tion Of the .;King of Spain's 'speech. This fact
speaks cilurnei as to the- timid policy of the 1
French Ministry, or et least of a part -of them,
to. irrd the: fiction which they well 'know has
sworn the .Subversion of -their-own Sovereign's
Throne. -Thor exercise the -same caution with
n-gard-to. the affairs of Naples. - Notwithstand-
ing that the-Austrian Declaration distinctly and
properly terms-the Muratist Conspirators Rebels ;
and notwithstanding- the notorious fact, that-
their undertaking -was, a mere Rebellion and
nothing-else ; yet- the Censors of the FrenCh
Press are very tender of giving bad names to bad
actions. They are as -fearful of wounding the
fefAings of the Liberaux as " the soft Dean" was
of giving offence,

Who never'mention'd Htll to ears polite.

[ Tix Tirties.]
We hardly- know Whether we should Call the
attention of the public to the.e-proCeedings in the
--IfouSe of Connrions last night, 'Or' the night be-
- fcre. '.Each night is pregnant with matter that
• may excite reflection, though there may be some
hazard in 'givinz the reflections which occur.
-Last night Mr; Western'S motion for a repeal Of
-the -last Malt4ax was postponed, at the re--
(pest, and in conseglience it 'seas Supposed of
the indisposition, of Lord Castlereagh. It
:must, we think, -strike. every one, that the Ise-
• peal of-any tai is impossible, whilst:thoSe esta•
blislanients are voted by which the taxes are c-on-
surned. :The repeal of a tax which goes in part to
the payment of 'the- Army, if Army is to
"be upheld
.at its present -amount, would be in its
result a' law to' leave -the ariny in 'part unpaid.:
• Par,'Llideed, are we from wishi.ig- that the brave
fellows who by the mere- dint of personal valour,
and the unshaken constancy of their nature and
courage, achieVed such a field 'as that of Water-
looitliould• be deserted by-tire national gratitude.
But the contest is not now abOut the'old 'army. to,
-which the country is under such indelible obliga-
'Lions (as. that army is likewise. under no slight.
-01.1igatiou to the country 'for its liberal support);
'lint about aHnew airily, now daily creating in
tline orpeace i; by the sexpences attending which
not only the rewards. of "the old warriors are
.renilered less 'certaiiCand secure, but the country
p -re-;ented- from regaiiiiny, its strength by 'repose,
in order that it may be ready to support a
contest. The present PeriOd is not a_ period of
hut'an armed-nentrility. - It: is wortit'tlie
4tr;hile to' ascertain all-the recruits that have been
added 'to our military' force since June, 1815,
w4ien battle-'of }Waterloo' was fought ; for
these at' least are not entitled to our
Tht.Y have been simply 'added to our establish-
" for-the sake of patronage and parade ; and
'as e.:tPery'lirdepeird'ent man- saw -prospectively, that •
ilrey would-not be wanted,' so -every one now sees'
retrospectively- that they have created an ia 16 and

:usaiss •ox : for -evest were Wallowed; us
-Trlinistervs'ef.,rn to Esser t and irsitivate, that' they
.:are Kt war with the people, or a' po-rtion of the
Fenpley.caileci'lladickils,'llltely the army of Wa-
terloo—surely the reramins.of: militari, farce

-wW:rb timught..sutiicient;for the arduou
-reign conaint,7 stroll; ,c hough to' ,11.}Itliit.;
tlleir'felioitzsithjectN. .We .cottfess; then, sve:.do
'not nis'e Vow the ma:t dutiy,, or any other duty by
tr-t Ass tas ..biwt?:pioducetli can, be'relinqi.ih,hed;
_ _

. whilst Ihe,:estahl6htnents -which- consuale'
,7dtitiesnre.rraiztsii4ed at-their present amouot,--
The object of the :Oppry3i tioo ~otr Aiooday might
wa:s evidently .to deny tl~c as 'of these .exot--
..bitant army-esthrrates:-by tepeatkld'v7.,,.iont;-; and
-the House; was-,-,io-,cousequenee twelv-e
• vided. orily tije country at large, but :we
sh 3u Id thiti k 'also flit-. Comniittee
_Oa. agricultural.
di stresses, must feel obli4ed -to. thus gi;Ut!et-ten‘
who. suspend the -itnpwition of •esiablishmevrt.si,
calling fort;:buidaitsothe at .lest tlte
competency. the eyountry to pay takers- is
,ascertaivech,.. - •

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The conduct or they faction in. the' Trove of.
Commons,, be Come ev4ry day • more and niore
repreheitsiblp.:•: Not 'con 'withtheir Ve.7:aoc.
. and disgraceful: .pt'oc_eedinftS on 11-on4y
.one of..this..rnisch;ero.us: p,itrtf r, id not"..,c..rupte.-
fallelyito.stato yesterday; that LOrd.Citstlet:*,..gli;.
had been well enough to be in thellou3? on? the'
preceding night to impose -burdens, but., that het,
could not go (town when ..the question.,wato re-
peal taxes).abd thus tile 'Off burdens. liac-

tion well knew, that on Its being trade known
to Mr. Western that it would be very fatiguing
to have a long t:ittint),, after having been kept up
till tive.o'clack. yetiterday 'morning., that gentle-
man,,,with tit% courtesy which is natural to him,
-very re slily a;.7.,reed.tothe reasonable suggestion
motion.of pestponing his motion. Midy.,this not been the
Lord Castlereagh and the MernberS of
the COvermnent would doubtlesi have been in
their places ;.and it ought to be recollectedthat the
interruptibn of 0-!e'busitiess of Parliament is not
only fatiguing to the House in general, but that
it fallS with double weight upon thOse.•who have
official as Well as Parliamentary deities to'perform.

Prorning ClLl'Onicle
The Declaration tardily made by the French
GovernMent to that of Spain, which we announc-
ed to The British Public on Monday, proceeds
from their fears and not from their love. The
Ministers of Lodis are aware of the danger which
the insidious conduct of Blacas has brought on
the cause of their Master ; and this Declaration,
made to the Court of Madrid, is intended to
do allay, not merely the iinpres,,ion which Biacas'
Treaty -made on the liberal party in Spiin, but
also to* lull their suspicion:3 as to the intrig,ves.
whi-ch French agency have excited in the interior.
of Spain itself. The discoveries lately made in.
Madrid are the true cause of the coimnotions
which now agitate"the Capital, and which augur
most unfavourably to the quiet progress of the.
Revolution. The King himself may have cause
to dread the cabal which foreign emissaries have
promoted, but which has riot evaded the quiek,l
intelligent, and patriotic eye of Torreno and his j
able associates. The resignation of Ministers is
calculated to sound the alarum over all Spain,
and the detection of the conspiracy against the
new order of things will most probably :Accele-
rate and secure its estabJishinent.

A Correspondent says, he cannot help calling
our attention .to some facts , and coincidences
which have- fallen undr',his observation;
and which ;rnay lead the Publi,C,to a 'view
of the exteild.ed pone), of the Allied So-
vereigns. BarOn Sturman left- this country at
thc-, end of last :glimmer, and said he was going
as Ambassador E-x-traOrilinary and Minister:Ple.:
ni.po.ten H
tiary to the Brazils. e went in .one 'of
our Falmouth Packets, to Gibraltar, where he em-
barked on board ahAustrian Frigate from Trieste;
laden with quicksilver for China, but which w tis
first. to,convey hini and suite to Rio d:e janiero.—
Al. Le Baron is one.of the most acute
_of diplomates
—one brought'up under the eye :of Prince Met-1
ternich, and to whom he looks for all pr'efermetit;'
Comparipg the date. of his 'departure, from this-
. country, with,theaccount of the King of Portugal'i
intention of returning to'Europe, our Corres-
pondent has not the least: doubt in'Ws mind, that
the Baron's mission related solely or principally
to the events that were then
:passing in. Spain,
and in embryo, in Portugal, and as the Emperor',
his master, has now unequivocally declared hiS,
intentions, with respect to the events passing in
those countries, it is highly probable that the
King of Portugal is invited- to return in the fun
confidence of being supported in_his old power
by Austria and the Holy Alliance. His•Majest
may now, however, find enough to .do in the
Brazils.—(

[Briilsh Press.]
The accounts from Spain contained in the
PariS Papers iepresent:Madrid as suffering a very
alarming degree.Of agitation. The King, as our
readers are aware, opened the 'Session of the Cor-
tes on the Ist Of this month, and 'excited by his
speech from the throne an unpleasant feeling in
the min& of the beputies. His Majesty's Speech
commenced with a reference to the foreign rela-
tions- of:the ;kingdom. The ans'iviT of the Go-
veinment of the United States tdthe notification
made by the )Cabinet of S'Pain,:•respectiiig the
cession of the Floridas and74he fixing_ of limits,
had not itrrived.at Madrid.—The King,:after no,
tieing this circumstance, adverts to the recent
,proceedings at Laybach,Vt in -a -manner extre-
mely indefinite and unsatisfactory. lie avows
the extreme interest with which he,l,,arned the.in-
.tention of 'the
_Allied Sovereigns to interfere in.
the domestic affairs of Naples, chiefly " be-
cause,"-as he admits,'" it concerns the iirdepenth
ence of all Siate's, that .the sacred rights of na'..-
-tions.and of- Princes should•be respected." His
Majesty, _therefore, thOught it necessary for the
in.,...)ur.0f the Spainsh nation to cause it to be
made known, that he would " recopiKe
_nothing
Which was contrary to the pbsitive laws of na-
tion • And findino• that -throe Allies wereiesolv-
ed acknOWTedge the right of. Spain -to alter
and MOdifv,lier.COnStitution and form of Govern-
Mkt as much .as the people pleased, hig Majesty
-fOriets the extraordinary and deep interest which
lie -so-.lately felt -for Naples, rind in/revs those
-magnanimous depots, who •dareil not,to -meddle
'with -the Spaniards,' to indulge - the utmost
excess of their insolent tyranny upon the unhappyl
.I.Vea.polita-ns, who were just sOmuch more guilty
,tl;an the people of Spain in proportion as. they
'll-fititieit'tii he; less able to repel 'aggression. Why
Fertelintin-d -ShOuld -have ebOSO- to -Vapour about
.the-diep interest he felt for the people of Naples;
atfil,ttt the Saine tirlie satisfy himself With the naked
avowal of-in indefinite principle, too general to be
.clearly intelVjible, or-if intelligible; nugatory for
; •
•any- porposes of protecting the veopleOf Naples
from, enduring the horrors of a hostile invasion,
,pve cannot easily. comprehend.; but it_ is Certain.
:that this part of time Ki'ng's Speech was very far
:from proving Satisfar.terytollhe Deputies of the
-COL:.tes, and it ryas .for the purpose of apprising
tilOCing of,the feelings of the.R'lresentatives of
-timeatiation upon—the arrogant pretensions of the
PoWers, and,of
:protesting jhiu the- face-of,
gtitt.3peagajiist sd-dangerous-.4n -infiingeMent of.
rightsrof- -natiOns,:that.a Coin:
.triittew ,titalTaptioittte. by the Corts..- to frappe an
,Address•in.ansWer to the King's Spepelf. •

• Herald.]
TI intellit;ence from Mal.rid,, by. the Paris.
Papers, is -inOst important. The, •Gortes were
queued. under circumstances, the most:ex/raordi-
nary. King Ferdinand is waited upon by it
guelles, the INlinister of the Interior,- to arrame,

with-his Majesty-:he speech to deliverea from
the Throne. Th( King replies to the Minister,
that the speech is already-prepared ! ! Commu-
.
nications take. pace respecting the opening of
Session betw?en the- lug and the Cortes,
and, he opens the 3essibri with a:-speech which is,
for-the most part, a denunciation of his. own Mi-
nisters ! ! By whom the.speech was advised, or
penned, does
:not appear, and the Minis-
ters, of course, went through the -form of
resigning, .after they had already -been vir-
tually removed. , Who the new Ministers are
does not appear. They riMst. hate-been, se-
cretly, the real,Cabinet, before the OXplosion.
:But, there appea-s on the- part of the King.dis:-
•of the -deepest die—that illsastrous
vice of bigotted inbecillity. As,far, as ,we can
judge from theeatcounts, Ferdinand's conduct
to his advisers was downright - treachery.
ne acts upon secret counsels, and withholds
his confidence -from his Constitutimial Mini-
sters at a moment when they are still responsible
fOrtiis meastires w.th-their lives. We apprehend
th,i's is a coup d'ciat of some hypocritical fac-
troll which has grasped the EXecutive-power, to
undermine the Comtitution. The late Ministers
had the best testimonial to their merits—the
hatred of the services. But the Constitution has,
a ;bulwark in the known patriotism of the
C,lortec, the invisible Cabinet, which ofj
course, •be installed by the date of the next
arrivals, have put in the :King's Month ex-
preSsioas of eulogy and adulation 'to the. Re-
Presentatives- But the answer of-that-body was.
vague. Ile declared that he was publicly in-
solted, and thatthis was the fault of the Executive
Government. The Cortes by no means echo the
accusation. In fact, the only
"part of the speech
noticed by the -Cortes is his declaration against
the attack upon
.Naples, and his expression of a
resolution 16 resist any such: invasion "of the na-
tional rights aria Independence of Spain. Stich
is the critical state:of this interesting country.—
We wait anxiously the next arrivals, not from
airy doubt of the stability of the Constitution, but-
from a dread. that foreign or domestic emissaries
will stimulate this unhappy Monarch to his ruin.
lie complains that his attachment to the Consti-
tution is not believed on his oath ; but does he
forget that he broke an oath no 'less solemnly
sworn ? 'ThuS it is that crime beCOMes' its own
punishment.

PROVINCIAL *JOURNALS.

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(Froriz-,the Bristo! Journal, March 10.)

TUE ROMAN CATnot.tc CLAINS.----.A pressure
of favours from our advertising friends .has com-
pelled us.to omit some- remar=ksVe had written
upon the important subject of the Roman Catho-
lic Claims. The smallness: of 'the majority for
going intoa. Committee :stews, that alarge body
of the Members of the Hotise•are.impressed with
the danger of the measure, and-therefore opposed
it in limbic. As to the Ultimate success of the
Bill we have, we crust own, little apprehension.
—Very few PeiitionS have as yet, it is tree, been
presented to the Legislature, aya;nst conceding
the Catholic ,ciaims. But this apparint apathy
of the Protestant Community does not arise from
indifference to the subject. On the.. contrary,
we are persuaded, it arises 'from a belief, which
was generally entertained both by Protestants
and Catholics, a Mid corroborated by the re-
peated:previous miscarriages of the measure, that
there would be a majority in the House of Com-
mons against the motion for a Committee. But
that motion haVing been carried, and two Bills
on the subject introduCed into the House, the
second reading of which stands for so early a day
as nexariday, it now becomes the duty of every j
sincere Protestant, who regards with apprehen-
'.sion the proposed concession of Political Power
(for religious toleration in its Utmost extent the
Catholics allow the possess) to bestir himself,
'a-nd to oppose it by every constitutional means in
His power. St. James's Parish bas nobly set the
example of petitioning, which we doubt not will
speedily he followed by other Parishes. Both
the Members for Pur,City-voted. against going
into the Committee. Sir Lefhbridge, the
member: for Somersefshire, has also shewn him-
self a decided and active opponent.

HOWARD AND GIBBS' BANKRUPTCY

Yesterday a meeting of ,HOWARD and Grans'
Creditors was held 'in the Court of- COM:110F1
Pleas,-Guildhall. The Court was, as crowded
as on the former meetings, and several -creditors
proved their-debts. Some of the creditors claim-
-ed for annuities,. which the bankrupts were their
agents to receive, and' being also agehts to the
granters, they were in the habit of debiting" the
granger: iiti their tfrey,tantetT'
on the days the" j:avments became true, although
no money
,had been paid or- received, ; and in
many instakei_ .they' had subs:equently debited
the gi'antees in lass books .which were kept he-
tWeen them, :for the sums for which they had
given credit without having received thein from
.the granters. 'The Commissioners in all those
•Cases decided t..wheie it settlement of accdunts
had taken ylace between the bankrupts and the
annuitants who- ad been credited in their book
for annuities - though not received, and the
baukrupts balance due on such set-
tlethent, 11-ot theii• the sums so : credited should
.not be.dicdOcted out of the: 'balances-now due by'
the bant'rtipth';' but where the- creditors had not
received payment of a bahiice due on a subse-
quent settlement of accounts, they were not al
}Owed to claim on the bankrupt's estate for th 6
-sums' for which-they hadl-been •credited in their
,book, hat-which had. not been received by.them.
Mr, Curtois presented -au unpaid ficceptanct-v
Ott the haArupts for-500L. for .which amount he
claimed ; appearing from the evidence of
Mr: Gibbs, ti4t•he: had Cur(ois',
to discount the bill for 301. which sum he had
gases. gins at the.' dine the bill was discounted,
and:.ficverconsidere-d by -Carteis a deMor for
the. 'Mr; Vitrtois'he• must go
some* herer e.ki it'was:TiSeleSS to make such 'al
claim theie. After. receiVing-rtrie;further proofs
of iltlits, the (me-tins-was adjourtred,- 1