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LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1827.

We can state upon good authority that it is finally
decided that his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON
iS to be appointed to the office of Commander in
Chief. •

Rear Admiral Sir CHARLES OGLE, Bart., is to
Sileceed Rear Admiral WILLOUGHBY LAKE, as
Commander in Chief of his IVIAJEsTY's ships on the
North American Station.

We have received the French Papers of Saturday
and the Etoile of Sunday morning. The latter does
11(4 Contain a word worth extracting, but we have
given in our preceding columns extracts from the other
papers. No political news is mentioned by any of
e4l, except the Quotidienne, which asserts that " on
the 20th of December, at four o'clock in the after-
-1!0°n, the Fort of Almeida, one of the most important
41 Portugal, surrendered to the Royalists."
t. The new law for regulating the Press; almost en-
;rely occupies public attention in Paris. The Journal
"es Debats, the Quotidienne, and the Constitutionnel,
are nearly filled with strictures against it : while the
Aloniteur, in its non-official part, has an elaborate de-
fence of this unpopular projet. It is understood that
the Ministers are determined to carry this Law, ob-
4rving, " that it must be voted and not discussed by
the real friends of the Monarchy;" and to accomplish
this object in the Chambers, some new Peers are to
be Created.
Private letters from Paris mention a report, that the
Austrian Ambassador at Madrid has fallen under the
Qispleasure of his Court, for not protesting against the
Tiduct of Spain in regard to Portugal, and that he,
ti4e DEMOUSTIER, is to be recalled. It is even
Itiated, thit the whole of the Foreign Diplomatic
sl
ody at Madrid, with the exception of Mr. LAMB,
_le suspected of connivance, more or less, with the
viev,•B of the Apostolic party.
oh The French Funds did not sustain the heavy fall
ti Saturday which reports in the city last night men-
°l'ed. In fact, their price scarcely varied.
pivFRENCH FUNDS.--PARIS, SATURDAY EVENING, JAN. 6._
Per Cents. 99f 40c 45c. 40c. 45c. 40c. 45c. 35c. ;
per Cents. 67f. 85c. 80c. 85c. 90c. ; Bank Stock, 2,000 f. ;
I.,`Ples Rentes, 78E 90c. ; Spanish ditto, 12 ; Ditto Loan, 471 f.
t'sl,,ehange on London—One Month, Paper 25f. 40e. ;--Money
L*Se; Three Months, 25f. 35c. 25f. 20c.

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The Times published yesterday private communi-
cations from Paris, describing the marked slight with
Which the King of FRANCE had treated the Spanish
4inbasgador at the public Levee on New Year's
ii_34Y ; but hinting that his Excellency might probably
L'e indemnified for the public slight by caresses at a
private audience.
This morning the same Journal publishes further
privatecorresrobndence, stating that the fact agrees
With the above conjecture. The letter says_b
Ambassador on the same
a '' The King received the Spanish
ii, in his private cabinet withtle greatest Ana kindness,a and treated
hire with unreserved condescension.lfe talkeeodneanodf
Iliaisugchbeadintbveitth.
1 ',41 for a considerable time in the presence o
English Embassy.
Chamber-
the The public reception was, therefore, a farce played before
,re Court, in order to please or hoodwink the
The scene reminds of an interview which Buonaparte h_adeweixth-
t4
14
poi* atkO'onne tainbleau, a little before his fall. 11
Pressed. &great desire to arrange with his Holiness, and,
hadto gain
nn over, made magnificent promises. The Pope, who _ been,
*lceldiglforty dby his persecutions, and who now hoped
more frogieertahtean from the amicable tenders of his persne--
cero.r, did not speak a word till the Emperor arrived at thebcorst
• tialon, and then o 1 said " Comedic." The Emperor burst
rd of npasyson ; the Pope only
"4 Tragedia." The whole of this scene at the Tuileries
What
replied by the singlec
4rett_l'laprobably no other description than " comedia."
11,74 . the
comedy even more piquant, is the reception of
rDn_e
hltic ,stiers in the private cabinet of the King on the same mo
s, contrary to all court etiquette • De Armistiers, neither from
suchrank nor former station, being entitled to such an honour on
Wan occasion"
e do not pretend to know how much credit is to be
attached to this representation of his MAJESTY'S be-
le our, ',int we unhesitatingly declare, that the con-
urring testimony of information from various quarters
convinces us that the view which we have taken of the
conduct of the French Government in reference to the
fairq pf the penins incorrect. i-ila will not prove to have been
The report that the French troops in Madrid had
been recalled is now stated to be unfounded. Some
Private letters from Paris mention that the Swiss Body
Guard is the only part of the French Army which has,
been ordered to return, and express an opinion that it
its mere
.probable that the total number of the French
troops in Spain will be rather increased than di-
minished.

No further intelligence has yet reached town from
Aladlid, but we understand it is confidently ex-
Pected that dispatches from Mr. LAMB will arrive by.
Thursday morning. Those despatches, it is sup_
Posed, will contain information decisive of the
great
question whether
shall draw Spain or not.the sword against
we
If we may form an opinion on this
subject from th vague intelligence which readies us
from Madrid th e vague
France, we should surmise that

The insidious project of the Jesuits in France for sav-
ing the press from its own excesses, is something like the
physician who killed his patient for fear that he should
one day commit suicide. It is the wolf in sheep's clothing
too truly personified—kindness the more demoniacal be-
cause it professes solicitude where is intends destruction.
We hardly know in what language to express our sorrow
at the frequency of attempts to stifle truth by men profes-
sing themselves the especial guardians of public morality
—in what terms to stigmatize the villainy of those who
support such attacks upon the liberty of the:subject, knowing
as they do, that this odious proceeding involves the political
existence of the present generation—and the chartered
rights of posterity. But it would be as idle to reason
with such men as to war with the winds—they
are urged by a secret impulse, and like the torrent,
cannot rest till they have run their course. The
existence of a free press in France, is an abomination
in the eyes of the Priests, of whom the Jesuits are the
arch hypocrites—the executive power directing the su-
bordinate agency of interested thousands. The Jesuits
affect to repose on the mind of the multitude like ice on
the bosom of the water—but their seeming inactivity only
covers the restless current below, which acts more securely
under the shadow of their power. The prevalence of
liberal opinion is obnoxious to their designs, and subver-
sive of their dark influence—they hate the progress of
knowledge, and impose fetters on the march of mind, that
they may be the oracular priesthood of a degraded people,
whose obedience is only secure in their ignorance. The fear-
ful storms of the French Revolution have indeed subsided,
but their consequences should not be so soon forgotten by
men whose oppressive rule generated the vengeance of
those storms. The priests want to suppress the freedom of
the press that their tyranny may work unquestioned—they
want to silence public opinion that their own dogmas may
have undisputed sway. But they forget the danger of
their proceedings in their ardour to accomplish the desired
purpose—they are building a house upon the ruins of that
volcano, which first shook the magic of their art, and may
eventually involve their safety, if their imprudence wake
the ashes of the past—vet warm with the intensity of
accumulated wrongs. It may be that the success
of the last ten years, in their silent doings against
the Liberty of the Press, has emboldened these men
now to attempt its total annihilation, but the stone may
recoil even at the top of the hill, and insure their destruc-
tion by its accelerated velocity. Are these men blind to
consequences, because safe in their present security ? Have
they no apprehension for the future from a knowledge of the
past ? We wonder that adversity has produced no effect
on their conduct—wakened no warning voice in the depths
of their guilty conscience; they cannot be blind to the signs
of the times, when the multitude see the finger of Provi-
dence directing the march of knowledge to the confines of
the earth—they cannot profess ignorance of the mighty
change which has taken place in the human mind since the
downfall of their dark dominion—but it is a consciousness
of this glorious truth which incites their rage and embitters
their animosity. If knowledge be good—the cheaper it
can be attained the more wide will be its diffusion,
and consequently the more benefit will be conferred
upon mankind. Then why do the professed fi iends
of learning in France wish to shackle the press—the
? promoter of liberal principles and enlightened ideas
They cannot hope to impose upon minds as shrewd as
their own—the tricks of mountebanks are only wonderful
to those who do not understand their secret agency. But
there is a fatuity in their conduct—they must work on till
they snap the thread of their destiny. Public endurance
may tolerate their assumption of mental rule, but it will
be only for a time—as the oak bends to the storm— only
to rebound with increased energy and strength. They
may struggle against the stream of knowledge, but the
torrent of public opinion will overwhelm their might.
But let us look coolly at their attempt to enslave the
Press of France, and behold the absurdity of the measure
The ministers of religion say that knowledge is good,
but only desirable at their hands. They must be the sole
judges of what is good, not because they are so, but be-
cause they arrogate to themselves such assumption. Really
when men affect a wisdom beyond their fellows, it behoves
the people to look to themselves when knowledge is to be
doled out, not as their necessity requires it, but as these
miserly stewards choose to dispense it. If the Priests are
so eminently blessed themselves by the excess of their
learning, would not the people be equally happy in a full
participation of such blessings ? why then stint the boon
of knowledge, if the happiness of mankind be the motive,
as it is the professed object of the Priesthood ? that which
is good in part, will be better in the full enjoyment. The
very spirit of the religion which they profess declares the
improvement of the human mind as its object, and that
man must be progressively improving to complete "the bright

These Sessions commenced this morning before Mr. SCRI-
- Chairman, and a full bench of Magistrates, including
W. J. Denison, M.P., C. N. Pannier, M.P., and Mr.
Holme Sumner. After the swearing in of the Grand Jury,
the Chairman, in addressing them, observed, that the ca-
lendar was light, both with regard to the number of prisoners
and the extent of their crimes ; but he was sorry to say that it
was not from any improvement in the public morals, a general
goal delivery having taken place a few weeks since. He observed
that when not satisfied of the guilt of any prisoner, whose case was
brought before them, it would be more conclusive to public justice
to ignore the bill, as it theft might be brought against the offenders
at any future time, but, if on the contrary, they considered the
chain of evidence complete, they would send the case to the Jury.
The opinion whether or not that Jury would convict the prisoner
was not to influence the Grand Jury in finding the bill.
The Court, was occupied all the rest of the morning in receiv-
ing the presentations of different High Constables relative to parish
repairs, &c.

TUNNEL UNDER THE THAMES.-411 one of the
arches of the Tunnel under the Thames, the Directors, Engineer,
superior Officers and work-people employed in this great national
undertaking, partook of a dinner on Twelfth-night, Mr. J. Bru-
nell, Esq. in the Chair. Loyal toasts were drunk, and " Success
to the Work." It was stated during the evening, that already the
excavation had proceeded to the extent of two hundred and seventy
feet under the bed of the river, and that from the summit of the
shaft to its base, is nearly 400 feet, through which the dinner
provided, which consisted of delicacies as well as substantial dishes,
was lowered, by the same means as are used to convey the earth
to the top of the shaft. The progress of the works is now so rapid,
that the Directors have resolved to exclude all persons from the
arches, and confine their visits to the platform, from which a
complete view is still to be obtained of the nature and progress of
the undertaking.

THE LATE DUKE OF YORK.

GENERAL MOURNING.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE EXTRA-
ORDINARY OF FRIDAY, JAN. 5.
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, JAN. 8.

Orders for the Court's going into Mourning, on Thursday next,
the 11th instant, for his late Royal Highness Frederick Duke of
York and Albany, his Majesty's next Brother, viz.:---

The Ladies to wear black bombazine, plain muslin, or long
lawn linen, crape hoods, shamoy shoes and gloves, /Led crape fens,
Undress—Dark Norwich crape.

The Gentlemen to wear black cloth, without buttons on the
sleeves or pockets, plain muslin or long lawn cravats and weepers,
shamoy shoes and gloves, crape hatbands, and black swords and
buckles.—Undress—Dark grey frocks.