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" MADRID, MARCH 1.-An Amnesty for the re-
fugees, with certain exceptions, has at length

been published here.

NUREMBERG, MARCH 3.—The Congress of
Sovereigns will, it is now said, be opened at
Dusseldorf-1' on the Ist of August.

" PETERsBURGH, FEB. 13.—0 n the 24th of
Nuvettiber a violent shock of an earthquake was
felt at Irak, the Capital of Georgia."

PRIVATE AND AUTHENTIC CORRESPONDENCE.

MAacn I I.—Several important objects
o,cuny the French Nlinistry at this moment : the
Budget, the withdrawing of the Allies, the CUI.

eonlet, the affAir of Lyons, the Trial of the mur•
derers of Fualdes, and the attempt to assassinate
the Duke of IVFLLINGI ON.

The Budget induce long and warm discus-
sions. M. LAFITTE is preparing, or rather he is
getting his speeches prepared to'r the occasion j),y
his friend m ANUEL ; Who, a lawyer withotit briefs,
makes a pretty decent livelihood, as Chamber
Counsel to those who call themselves Constitu7
tionalisis, of whom M. LAFITTE would wish to be
at the head but as he is only like the moon, and
shines with borrowed light, he will never be more

than a satellites—he will Dever rise to he a planet.
He reads his speeches, and these speeches are
written for hini by M. MANUEL. This would be
a salutary lesson,
for some English Senators,
who, by these means, would be the first political
oracles of St. Stephen's Chapel.
The negociations for withdrawing the Allies are
yet in an unsettled state. The dilapidated state
of the French Finances prevents the conditions
proposed from being acceded to. France is willing
to do all in her power; more ought•not to be ask•
ed. The Concordat, even under its modifications
of one Bishop for a Depattmsut, is not relished
by the Deputies, and We apprehend the Ministry
is too prudent to present a law worthy only of
the darkest ages of bigotry and superstition. It
was the work of BLACAS, the Minister, who, by
his ignorance and intolerance, precipitated his
Master from his Throne on the 20th of Mar Ch.---
Were it prudent to throw back the veil, we would
tell the Bsitish Public whose Minister he is, and
by whose orders he acts ; we would lay open this
iniperium in iniperio, the power of which, if not
checked, will cause. a new Revolution in France,
and cover Europe with scenes of blood and
slaughter ; but the parties to whom we allude
would nut shudder at this, they would not object
to see a nation exterminated, and they fancy
themselves of such importance, that it is the duty
of all Europe to arm for what they are pleased to
call their interests. In the mean time, the affair
of Lyons spews that they can do a little for them-
selves. The truth—the whole truth of this hor-
rible affair is on the eve of being known ; impu-
dence and falsehood are now no longer of use ;
CANUEL, the infamous CANUEL, and his agents,
are unmasked. To-morrow 1 will send you some
important and authentic particulars on the actors
in these scenes. The French Ministry has been
accused of turning virtuous Ultras out of office ; re-
cent facts have prOved tliat it has suffered too many
What could it hope for but disgrace,
in employing the infamous CANUEL, and the bi-
goted M. de FAEGUES as Mayor of Lyons, who,
iu his holy zeal, fixed the number of shoe-blacks
at 125, placed them under the superintendance of
the clergy, and forbade theta, under pain of im-
prisonment, to exercise their high fonctions, un-
less they had about them a certificate of cooles-
sion, and another of good life and manners,
signed by the Curate of the Parish ? What can
the Ministry hope in employing M. RERESPERTS
as Prefect. of La Vendee, a man who seeks even
openly to overthrow the Ministry ? We cook! men-
tion several other cases which spew rather a cul-
pable weakness in Ministers leaving their enemies
in place, than any ardour in getting rid of them.
The affair of FUALDES is postponed until the 25th
inst. on account of the dangerous indisposition of
the Widow BANCAL. The infamous Mad. Matssota
continues to play the part she began with : it is
really abominable that a woman, without the
least sense either of decency or morals, should he
suffered-to sport with justice as she does; but,
wicked, cunning, and infamous as she is, she will
be taken in her own net.
The rumours as to the cause or motive of the
attempted assassination of the Doke of WELLING-
TON are by no means favourable to an opinion of
his Grace's continency, hut though the rumour is
general amongst the English, who have any cor-
respondence with Belgium, we attach no im-
portance to it at present.

to remain.

Partial changes are spoken of in tilt French
Ministry.

At length there seems to be some chance that
the " weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable" debates
on THE INDEMNITY BTLL are now at an end. It
was read a third time last night, and the poor dis-
comfited OPPOSITION were able to muster only 23
against 82. Never was there before, we may
venture to say, an OPPOSITION that has sunk so
low in the general estimation of the people as the
present, and, unhappily too for themselves, as it
is the prevalent expectation that we are now on
the eve of a Dissolution of Parliament. Can those
men who have only shewn compassion for REBELS
and TRAITORS, and who have endeavoured to pre-
vent Ministers from being indemnified from the
puosecutions of wicked men, after having SAVED
THE EMPIRE from their arts and their violence,
hope to be restored to the power of again disturb-
ing the Country by exciting tlisconteut, and

I ibouring to defend Faction at;d Sedition !!!
No7—they must content themselves, when a Disso-
lution takes place, with Tavern Meetings, and
Common. MtUs, if the City of London should not
rouse itself into a sense of its dignified character,
and prevent them Qom so farAisgraeing the grot-
Capital of Europe. We have'tOcongratidata
Readers, particular, that we are likely to he
relieved from the load of frivolous and vexatious
discussions, which prevented us from rendering
our Journal more miscellaneous, and denied us
the pleasure of presenting to them theelfusions,of
such CORRESPONDENTS as, in point of learning,
judgment, humour, spund principles, and conse-,
(Ineptly. laudable objects, have never, we may pre-
sume to say, been excelled, at any period in the
history of Newspapers.

Tl►e prospect of new political arrangemeto3 is
still adhered to. It is said that when they are
completed Mr. WYNN is to go as Secretary to
Ireland.—We merely' mention these rumours,
without vouching for their' authenticity; and
whatever strength. thePiipisli Party may gain by
the change,, we are Convinced that the PEOPLIZ of
Ireland twill not be much benefited by it. We shall
always, on their account, regret any change
which tvill deprive them of the eminent services
o► that enlightened and distinguished Statesman,
the present Secretary to the Government of that
Kingdom.

We flatter ourselves there is not any truth in
the statements
.of the Continental Newspapers,
that Lord CASTLER'EAGET is to attend the Congress
of the Foreign Sovereigns next summer, at Frank-
fort,• to arrange and settle a general System of
Commerce; We do not hesitate to express it as
our opinion, that the Legislature of this Country
ought always to view arrangements of this nature
with much jealousy ; for the true interests of
Great Britain will be always best consulted and
promoted by our NOT entering into any Commer-
cial Treaties with Foreign States, but allowing
the Trade and Navigation of the Empire to be
regulated from time to time by Parliament, as
circumstances might require. Such we understand
to he the opinion of all modern Statesmen, and
we shall be sorry to see it disregarded. Fre-
quently Commercial Arrangements have been
made by Treaty, very injurious to the nation ;
but as the faith of the Sovereign was committed,
the Treaty has been confirmed by the Legislature.
Therefore we conceive it to be necessary, in order
to avoid a recurrence of similar evils, that all Com-
mercial Treaties should be avoided.

We have been this morning informed that the
murderers of Mr. BIRD, and his female servant,
at Greenwich, have been found to be three Gen-
tlemen's servants in the neighbourhood, all of
whom are in custody ; they have been examined
before the Magistrates, and one of them has turned
Ring's evidence. The watches and property
stolen have been discovered. They have been
committed to Maidstone Gaol for trial at the
ensui►►g Assizes.

The Doke of CAKERIDGE will be married early
in April, at Cassel, and . is expected to arrive in
this country, with his bride, before the end of the
month. The former residence of the Duke itf South
Andley-street is preparing for the reception of his
Royal Highness and his Illustrious Consort. Nu-
merous workmen are constantly employed in the
necessary decorations and repairs. The stables
have also been tenanted with eight fine- carriage
horse', and numerous servants are being engaged,
under the direction of the QuEEN's Clerk of the
S!ables.—(Heruld)

Yesterday the Duke of YORK transacted mili-
tary business with the PRINCE REGENT.
It appears to be the opinion of practical men in
most parts of the kingdom, that the MALT TAX
might be resumed without injury or pressure on
any classes of the community, and that with it,
and small additions on some of- the existing taxes
on articles NOT of the
first necessity, a revenue
might be raised, which would enable the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer to give up the Duty on
Coals coastwise, the Salt Duty, and the additional
Duty on Leather.

Tics ORATORIOS.-The season concluded at
Covent Garden Theatre last night, and we are
gratified in stating, that it has been very pros-
perous, as might, indeed, be expected under the
judgment, taste, and experience of the AstiLays,
who have spared no expellee to procure the best
Performers, vocal and instrumental, in order to
enter into a generous and laudable competition
with the same entertainment at the other Thea-
tre, both of which, we are glad to say, have been
attended with well-merited success.

LITERATUIZE.—Our Classical and Poetical
Readers will be gratified in hearing that the
public are soon to be favoured with a new trans-
la:ion of the 'TENTH end THIRTEENTH SATIRES of
JUVENAL, by Mr. SWIFT, a bold attempt after the
admirable version of Mr. GIFFORD ; but emula-
tion is the great stimulus of. Genius, as well as a
spring of excellence—

"And FA M CS wide dome is large enough for all."

The statement in it Paper of Thursday (which
led us into an error of yesterday) of the marriage
of Miss SOMERVLLLE, late of Drury-lane The-
atre, we have to contradict, as unfounded.—
(Morning Post.)
A Tradesman who. held a Share of No. 6,963,
drawn upon the First Day, and eutitivd to Four
Pipes of Pott Wine, said he was quite staggered
when the clerk at BISII's told hint of Ilk good
fortune. Nobody will wonder at this, for what
is so likely to produce staggering as a quantity of
good Port Wine ?