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London, England, 1827-12-28 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the Constitutionnet),
MADRID, DEC. 13.—(Private Letter.)--The Cor-
poration of Barcelona has presented to the King a
etntiage, estitnated at 400,000 reals, abott 160,000 f.
It is usual for the Kings of Spain to be the titular
Canons of the Cathedral of Barcelona, And to take
possession of it, when they visit that capital. The
King accordingly took the usual oaths, and after-
wards received the revenue due from his Canonship,
and a present of 500 ounces of gold fron the Chap-
ter. His Majesty received so magnificent a present
With the gratitude such devotion merited.
PARIS, DEC. 25.—AFFAIRS OF TURKLY.—This is

the way in which the Monitcur, on tie 18th De-
cember, expressed itself with respect to .he affairs of
Greece :—" We have said it, and refeat it—the
battle of Navarin terminated the affair 3f the East.
The relations between the Porte and tic Ambassa-
dors of the three Powers which signeC the Treaty
of the 6th of July, are resumed on precisely the same
footing : that was what we foresaw, and that was
the meaning of our words on the 10th oF November
all is ended in the East.' "

Six days had scarcely passed, when we find these
words in the seine Journal : " 'We have said it, and
repeat it—the battle of Navarin complicates the
affairs of the East in the most serious manlier. The
relations between the Porte and the Ambassadors of
the Three Powers signing the treaty of the 6th of
July are definitively broken. That was what we had
foreseen."

On comparing these two versions, on which side
must we say that the truth lies ? However ac-
customed France may be to be impudently deceived
by men, to whom falsehood is ,not less a speculation
than a habit, it was really difficult to imagine, that
they would thus far carry the audacity of deception.
Who can believe that our Ambassador at Con-
stantinople, the witness and the judge of what
passed before his eyes, could have inspired our Mi-
nistry with such a confidence as to the re-establish-
ment of peace as that sounded by the official
trumpet ? What, then, has been the object of such
fabrications ? The Exchange alone is in possession
of the secret of it. The day before they were pub-
lished, they were in circulation among the higher
stock-jobbers, and they produced a considerable
rise in the Three per Cents., which allowed the con-
fidants a privilege to free themselves from the danger
of losses with which the approaching fall of their
patrons threatened them. The manceuvre succeeded.
At London the Ministry did not proceed. with
such bad faith : it did not promise peace in its Jour-
nals, when it believed that war would take place : it
did not call those the enemies of the Throne who
believed in the possibility of a rupture.
It is, however, time to cease to render the Official
Journal an instrument of stock jobbing : it is time
to return to the ways of public morality and ho-
nesty—it is time for the Ministry to retire.

(From the Moniteur, Dec. 25.)

PARIS, DEC. 24.—The abuse which the opposi-
tion journals do not fear to make of our explana-
tions on the affairs of the East, cannot divert us
from the duty of scrupulously enlightening the pub-
' blic on such important interests. We continue to
oppose facts to passions, and well supported conjec-
tures to foolish illusions. Peace and order are so
intimately connected in Europe since 1814, that we
need not be surprised at having to defend them al-
ternately against adversaries who are always the
same, who on their side understand too well that
wars and revolutions are also intimately connected.
This double situation explains their language and
ours. It reveals the secret of their fears or their
desires, and at the same time of the foresight of the
Cabinets. Considering, under this point of view,
the general affairs, we understand the part acted by
the Opposition and the wisdom of the Governments.
Men who have any memory may judge whether,
during the last 14 years, nations have been deceived
by the organs of power or by those of its adver-
saries. Thepast advises them to place all confidence
in the future; events are in our favour. This elo-
quence is much better than phrases. It is thus
that, taking care to place before the eyes of our
readers the news, more or less favourable, which
we received from Constantinople,' we have taken
the precaution to warn., them that it was advisable
to expect' in such negoctations, on such grounds and
with such adversaries, numerous alternatives which
might delay the denouement, but cannot prevents its
mind aAtktaeirnmmaetni,t.falllierf et
e toits
of intdhe th
same
e coafereUces at,
kind
potent resistances, of false sallies, of hesitations of
every kind, and which ended abruptly with the
complete acceptance of the Russian ultimatum. i

Those must know very little of the history of the
Ottoman diplomacy, and the character of the Tur-
kish nation, who have not foreseen all those diffi-
culties (Moms), and show some alarm or surprise
at them : it is the nature of things and places, the
want of foresight in those who are surprised at them.
At the moment when we speak, the Ambassa-
dors have not quitted Constantinople; thus this
argument fails those who make use of it as a presage
of Ivan But we 'gill not even leave them a pretext.
Let us suppose with them that the Ambassadors
have departed. What is this departure, according
to the terms of the treaty of the 6th of July, which
is the only certain and invariable basis of all possible
conjectures respecting the affairs of the East ? For
the Powers do not and will not ever desire, jointly
or severally, any thing more than they have already
desired—viz. to succour humanity, to stop the effu-
sion of blood, without expecting any indemnity be-
sides the gratitude of the victims, the tardy admira-
tion of history, and the protection of him who
watehes over kings.
In what manner does this make a war ? Where
is the field of battle ? What is the territory in dis-
pute ? What are the pretensions to be maintained ?
What are the cases which hare not been foreseen,
and more than foreseen by the treaty ?—a treaty of
intervention, not of conquest ! The intervention is
declined, the mediators retire, and they will doubt-
less not wait long before those who have refused to
hear them will wish to be heard.

As for the object of the intervention, which was,
and never will be any other than to stop the effusion
of blood,—this object will certainly be attained de
facto, if it is not yet de jure. The armistice will
exist by the fact that the channels through which
reinforcements can be received are closed, the com-
bat will cease for want of combatants. This is the
object of the treat• : the triumph of Navarin has in
no manner exceeded it, but it has entirely fulfilled
it; and it is that which made us say, and which
makes us repeat, that it has terminated the affairs of
the East.

We persist in believing it, and we have some
right to maintain it with confidence, in the same
spirit, in the same terms, against those who an-
nounced to us in 1820, that the Constitution of the
Cortes would make the tour of Europe; in 1821,
that the Austrians would not come out of the
Abruzzes ; in 1822, that France would not dare to
offend Spain; in 1823, that its armies would perish
there, as ►n the war of independence; in 1824, that the
Russian army had crossed the Pruth ; in 1825, that
England would take possession of St. Domingo ; in
1826, that Austria, Great Britain, and Russia, had
concluced a treaty for the partition of Turkey, to the
exclusion of France; and in 1827, that the Cabinet
of St. James's was to bring back Don Pedro to
Lisbon, or to conduct Don Miguel to Brazil. This
is the programme of the external policy, and of the
diplomatic foresight of the Opposition for these
seven years, day by day, and with the proofs in
hand. Against such adversaries, are we wrong to
show some assurance,—to trust to the event, and to
appeal evert now from their doubts and their attacks,
not only to our readers, but even to their own ?

Assuredly our perseverance in reproducing the
same principles, in supporting the same guarantees,
and in employing the same words for the same cause
fatigues our opponents; this may be conceived;
people are not always in the wrong with a good
grace ; accordingly we grant them much indulgence,
for the forms of their polemics, which cannot affect

ours in any respect. The Moniteur precedes and
prepares history, it must adhere to its language,
always be grave and moderate. Nothing will make
it renounce it. Brut our indulgence for the words of
our adversaries cannot extend to deceitful doctrines
or false assertions. Our duty is to point them out
Mid to refute them: We shall always do it with as
much moderation as gtlod faith.

(PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.)

MADRID, DEC. 10.---The First Regiment o the
Guards has set out for Barcelona. The Minister
of War having to send to Catalonia three Regiments
of Provincial Militia, three others arebeing organized,
and are going to be placed on active service. The
million of iiiaStfes front the llavannah, which are ex-
pected from Cadiz, will arrive very seasonably to
cover not only this expense, but also that of a little
flotilla which is to convey a reinforcement of troops
to the Isle of Cuba. Nothing is yet decided respect-
ing the return of their Majesties to this capital ; but
the general opinion is, that it will not be before the
month of March, because the Queen is to pass
through Saragossa, and before that time the season
will be too severe, and the roads too bad, for the ac-
complishment of her vow to the Virgin del Pilar.

The Government of the United States of North
America, knowing how much ours is in want of
ready money, and what sacrifices it daily makes to
obtain it, offers a certain sum to our Cabinet, not by
way of loan, and still less as a present, but in ex-
change for certain privileges for its merchantmen in
the Isle of Cuba. Our two last Gaweites make no
mention of the insurgents in cttalonia.
PERPIGNAN, DEC. 15.-- p dels Estangs has
been at Perpignan for these tOO days. He is a man
advanced in years, in complete despondency, without
any thing in his external appearance corresponding
with his reputation, and he appears destitute of all
resources.

The official part of the Moniteur contains two
Royal ordinances :-
1. " The rates of postage drawn up by the Di-
rectors of the Post-office, according to the law of the
15th of March, 1827, are approved.
" 2. The Departmental College of the Jura is con-
voked for the sth of February, 1828, to choose a
Deputy, in the room of Sieur Nicol de Ronchand,
deceased."
The Gazette de France mot published.

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