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London, England, 1827-01-25 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the Constitritionnel, of the 22d of January.)
(EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER)

" 1.1!;BON, JAN. 6.—The first sitting of the Chamber of Peers
has been devoted to the proceedings preparatory to holding the
ordinary session of the Cortes for the year 1827.

" The Count de Mesquitella and the Marquis de Tancos were
nominated Secretaries ; the Count das Galneas and the Count de
Figuera, Vice Secretaries of the Chamber.
" The President named the deputation, consisting of seven
members, for the purpose of informing the Princess Regent that
the Chamber of Peers was installed. The members named were,
the Archbishop of Elvas, the Bishop of Beja, the Marquis of
Abrantes, the Marquis de Vagos, the Count de Cea, and the Count
de Parati. The President and Vice-President of the Chamber
were to form part of the deputation.

" The Bishop of Beja presented in this sitting his brevet of
election, and took the oath of fidelity to the Constitutional Charter
as a Peer of the kingdom. This prelate took no part in the busi-
ness of the Chamber during the extraordinary session.
" The Marquis de Pa!tuella has written to the Chamber,
expressing his regret that he could not join his colleagues, being
still continued in the discharge of his duties as Ambassador to
England.
" The first sitting of the Chamber of Deputies was in like
manner occupied with its preliminary arrangements.
" M.M. Francisco Barrow) Pereira and Antonio Ribeiro Costa,
were appointed Secretaries, and M.M. Antonio Vincente-de Car-
vaiho, and Francisco Xavier de Sousa Quiroga, Vice-Secretaries
of the Chamber.

" Aftewards the names were drawn by lot, of the members
who are to compose the seven general sections charged according
to the regulation with the examination and preliminary discussion
of all the projects submitted to the Chamber.

" The Chamber then confirmed the appointment of the special
comniitt,2e of finance and the other committees named in the last
extraordinary session, which had not yet presented the result of
the labours with which they were charged.

" The titular Bishop of Coimbra being still indisposed, M.
Guerreiro, the Vice-President, occupied the chair.
" The Vice-President proposed, and the Chamber, after a
slight discussion, resolved that it would be unnecessary to send a
deputation to acquaint the Princess Regent that the Chamber was
installed, as this Chamber was constituted in virtue of the Royal
sitting of the opening of the preceding.
" In the sitting of the Ith, the Chamber of Peers named the
Committee of Propositions, which is to be composed of twelve
members. The Marquis de Borba was named President ; Counts
San Miguel and de Pente, reporters ; and, finally, the Count de
Laps and the Count de Linhares, Secretaries to the Committee.

" The Chamber afterwards resolved itself into a Secret Corn-
mittee, for the purpose of drawing up the Address, iu answer to
the Speech from the Throne.

"In the sitting of the same day, the Chamber of Deputies
adopted the definitive digest of the project of a law of eight ar-
ticles for fixing the civil list, and the provision for the several
members of the Royal Family. This project has experienced no
alteration—the Chamber adopting altogether the proposition
made to it by the Special Committee of Finance on the report of
the Minister.

" This project gave rise to a very interesting discussion. Tht
Deputy Moraes Sarmento expressed the opinion that the Chamber
should defer fixing the civil list until the period when Donna
Maria 11. should be actually seated on the throne of Portugal,
considering that Dou Pedro IV. had not yet ceased to be King of
Po: fugal, and that in fact all the acts continued and would con-
tinue to be passed in his name until all the conditions which his
Majesty had fixed for his final abdication should be fulfilled.—
Among these conditions was the act of marriage (O acto do ca-
samento), which should not be confounded with the contract of
affiance ( 0 contracto desponsaes.) The orator therefore con-
tended for the proposition that the present Cortes had no power to
fix the amount of the civil list of the Queen, and that in so doing
they would he usurping the privileges of the Chambers, which
should be assembled when her Majesty eliould arrive in Europe,
and be actually seated on the throne of Portugal.
" This opinion was warmly supported by the deputies Maim,
Cactano, Alberto, Macedo, and Machado, and opposed by the
Baron de Sobral-Hermano, Minister of Finance, and by the de-
puties Mozinho, Soares, Carcalho, Fortes, and Magalhaes.—
These last supported their opinions by this remarkable circum-
stance, that the payment of the Queen's dowry was not, accor-
ding to the first article of the project, to take place ' till the day
of her Majesty's arrival in the kingdom, and that under this
view the fixing of the amount should be regarded as conditional,
as well as the abdication, though considerations of great expe-
diency could not allow the postponement of this measure.'
" A great many members took advantage of this discussion
to testify towards the Princess Regent the national gratitude.
" The general sections of the Chamber have named the Com-
mittee of petitions, which is to be composed of the deputies, Mo-
raes Sarmento, Mozinho, D'Albuquerque, de Sousa Quiroga, de
Campos, Viscount de Fante Arcada, Rebello, and Viera Tovar.
" The same sections have named their presidents and secre-
taries. M. Gravito is to be president, and M. Fouesca is to be
secretary of the first. M. Galva() Palma has been elected presi-
dent, and M. Costa secretary to the second. M. de Miranda pre-
sident. and MM. de Carcalho and Sousa, secretaries to the third.
M. Pereira Coutinho, president, and M. Tanares d'Almeida, se-
cretary to the fourth; M. Guerreiro, president, and M. Barreto-
Feio, secretary to the fifth ; the titular Bishop of Coimbra, presi-
dent, and M. de Magalhaes, secretary to the sixth ; and finally,
M. the Count de San Palo, president, and M. Castel Branco,
secretary to the seventh.
" In the sitting of yesterday, the Chamber of Peers was
wholly employed in the appointment of the several committees
instituted by the interior regulation.

" In the sitting of the same day, the Chamber of Deputies
adopted by the appel nominal, by a majority of 55 votes
against 24., the first article of the projet of law on the organisa-
tion of the Council of State. This article is to the following
effect :

" ' Independently of the councillors of state who may be named
in virtue of the 112th article of the Constitutional Charter, there
may be nine other councillors of state appointed by the King;
they shall enjoy a salary of 3,200,000 reis.'
" The 112th article of the Charter is in these terms :

" Art. 112. The Prince Royal, as soon as he shall have at-
tained the age of 18 years, shall be of right a member of the Coun-
cil of State. The other Princes of the Royal Family, cannot form
part of that Council unless nominated by the King.'
" The discussion of the other articles of the project of law has
been adjourned to Monday next.
" A decree of the Princess Regent has made many promotion,
among the higher officers of the army. MM. the Marquises
d'Angeja, Stubbs, the Viscount de Beira, and the Baron d'Albufera,
Major-Generals, have been raised to the rank of Lieut.-Generals ;
Count Francisco de Barbocena, the Marquis de Torres Novas,
and the Count de Villa Flor, Brigadiers of the army, with the rank
of Major-Generals, have been nominated Major-Generals, &c.
" Every day there enter this port large transports filled with
English troops, of all arms, the disembarkation of whom con- '
tinues without interruption. There have been also landed '76
pieces of field artillery. This assemblage of British forces ap-
pears far tou considerable, if they are intended only to act against
the rebels under the Marquis de Chaves.
" The English auxiliary troops invariably receive, when dis-
embarking, a flattering and encouraging reception from the in-
habits of this Capital.
" An English brigade_ is about to leave, in order to occupy El-
vas, on the frontiers of Spain. An English garrison has occu-
pied the castle of Foz, which commands the entrance of the port
and the city of Oporto.
" For several days past, bulletins regarding the military opera-
tions have no longer been published. Yesterday morning, at
twelve o'clock, the English and Spanish Ambassadors had a long
interview at the house of the Minister of Foreign Affairs with the
Minister Francesco d'Almeida. It appears that new facts, of a
very serious nature, discover more and more the bad faith and
duplicity of the Spanish Government. Affairs seem to have
reached a point, when a species of miracle can alone prevent a
rupture.

."
There is a report that part of the English fleet will leave the
Tagus, to cruise in the Mediterranean before the Belearic Islands.
It is supposed if war breaks out the English will occupy, as they
did in the war of independence, this point so important in a
mili-
tary point of view, since it facilitates and connects the communi-
cations between Corfu, Malta, Gibraltar, and Lisbon.
r

" The English ship of war Romney, Captain Lockyer, the
Pyramus frigate, Captain Sartorius, and the steam.vcssel Duke
of York, Captain 3laule, left this port on the 4th to proceed to
Gibraltar. Two other English ships of the line set sail Yesterday
in the same direction. An English sloop of war, with troops on
board, has just arrived. There is a signal flying for other vessels,
which will enter the port to-day or to-morrow.
" To night there will be an extraordinary representation at the
theatre of San Carlos, to celebrate the arrival of the auxiliary
troops. At the end of the first act there will appear the portrait
of Don Pedro Iv., and the constitutional hymn will be sung.
" It hai been reazarked that the military band of the English

troop play in preference the air of this hymn on the march of the
soldiers."

(From the Quotidienne of Jan. 2.?..)
(PRIVATE CORREAPONDENCE.
" 'MADRID, JAN. 1.2.—1 n our present circumstances, every
event possesses importance, and public attention is directed to,
and arrested by, facts which at another time would pass by un-
noticed. Hence it is that the arrival of a Russian officer, with
despatches for our Cabinet, is at present the general subject of
conversation at Madrid, and the occasion of a multitude of con-
jectures. The most probable of the numerous on diis which are
in circulation is, that our Sovereign, having invoked the inter-
ference of the Emperor of Russia, the officer despatched by this
Prince brings (it is said) the most favourable answer that could
be expected, which proves that there are yet in Europe Cabinets
which know how to follow the revolution in the oblique course it
has taken to reach us a second time.

" In the night between the 9th and 10th General d'Arband
Jonques, and the Charge d'Affaires of France, received by express
despatches from their Government. They contained an order
for the Swiss brigade to leave in three days.
":On the 10th, the Charge d'Affaires and the General commu-
nicated the despatches they had received, one of them to M. Sal-
mon, the other to M. de Zambrano. The two Ministers were at
that moment attending the Council, at which the Infant Dor
Carlos presided. They proceeded in search of them thither. The
Prince, learning the nature of the communication, broke up the
meeting, and his Majesty was immediately acquainted with the
approaching departure of the Swiss brigade.
" In the afternoon of the same day the Ministers re-assembled,
and M. de Offalia, who has not yet quitted, was summoned to this
council.

" It is affirmed that the following night his Majesty had a long
conference with the French General, in the presence of M. Salmon,
at the close of which a courier was despatched to Paris.
" The news of the departure of the Swiss has not produced any
disagreeable sensation in Madrid; minds were prepared for it
there. It was known that, since the 24th of last mouth, the
order had arrived for the departure of this brigade; and, if it had
been suspended, it was merely to wait the reply to a letter ad-
dressed by our Monarch to his uncle, the King of France. We
place much confidence here in the good intentions of his Most
Christian Majesty towards us; but it is presumed that M. de Vil-
lele will so manage matters that the step taken by our King will
produce no effect. It is generally believed at Madrid, that there
exists an undertandiug on the subject of Spain between the
Prime Minister of France and Mr. Canning ; and that the French
Minister, on this point has no other will than that of the British
Minister.

" In other respects the position of our Government inspires
the Spanish nation with no uneasiness ; it knows that its Sove-
reign has acted, in whatsoever regards Portugal, with frankness
and honesty; and it is prepared to second his energetic views.—
We wait the result without any apprehension. General Cavajal
repeated yesterday, that, at the first signal, 300,000 Royalists,
well armed, would flock to defend the interests of the King and
the independence of the country. Every mind swelled with in-
dignation, when it was known that the British Cabinet had the
audacity to demand that Badajoz, Olivenza, Cindad Rodrigo, San-
tona, and other places, should be delivered up to it as pledges of
our future conduct. It is England, not Spain, that owes gua-
rantees to Europe for its present conduct, and its ulterior projects.
" It appears that the Swiss will quit Madrid only by divi-
sions: the first will commence its march to day, and the last will
not leave till the 17th.

" It is asserted with confidence, that Mr. Lamb waits only
the return of a courier he has dispatched to Lonsion to demand
his passports. The menacing tone of this Ambassador gave us
reason to believe that he would have quitted Madrid as soon as he
was certified of the disembarkation of the English troops in Por-
tugal. General Clinton is at Lisbon, and Mr. Lamb is still at
Madrid. Why ? Because his removal would be the signal for the
entry of our troops into Portugal : Cut expedition, already ao
weak, already surrounded by numerous enemies, and possessing
only the spot upon which they tread, would be subjected to some
other embarrassments, if 25,000 Spaniards marched against them.
This is what detains Mr. Lamb : he can see from Madrid wkat
Mr. Canning has not perceived from London.
" The day before yesterday, all the Inspectors-General, and
Directors of the troops of all arms, were summoned before the
Minister of War, to arrange the necessary means of putting in exe-
cution a royal decree for the levy of 24,000 men. It was decided,
that only 12,000 men should be raised at first. The Royalist
volunteers of Madrid are about to be completely new clothed.
" The English army disembarked at Lisbon has brought out
some Perkins's guns and some Congreve-rockets. The Portu-
guese Royalists do not possess, it is true, similar means of destruc-
tion ; but their number is 00,000. Since the arrival of the Eng-
lish, five regiments, called constitutional, have abandoned the party
of tl,e Regency. This truly national army possesses a numerous
artillery ; it is provided with every thing ; the whole population
hails its march with applause; its success is infallible.
" By a courier very recently arrived from Lisbon, we learn
that the population of that capital had manifested great dissatisfac-
tion at the sight of the red coats. Several disturbances had been
already on the point of breaking out.
" Ps a, JAN. 21.—We stated come days since, that the va-
rious movements of the Constitutional troops of Portugal had for
their object the concentration of these troops on Santarem, whero
they would make a last effort to dispute with the Royalists the ap-
proach to Lisbon. Our conjectures seem to be realized. At
least we read what follows in the Echo du Midi :

" ' According to a letter, of very recent date, from Ciudad
Rodrigo, written by a well-informed person, it is reported that the
Royalists hare had a very smart action with the Constitutional
troops near Santarem, of which they are masters, having been
completely victorious. The same letter states, that after this
victory, which is regarded as important, the Royalist troops,
forming three divisions, were gradually advancing in the country.'
" It is well known that Santarem is only 15 leagues from Lis-
bon, and that it is also the only military position which is found
in advance of that capital.
" ATTACK ON PRINCE TALLEYRAND.

" Yesterday, at the conclusion of the funeral service at St.
Denis, the Prince de Talleyrand, who officiated at the ceremony
as Grand Chamberlain, left the church, and waited in a saloon ad-
joining, where the Princes retire previous to entering their car-
riages, when a man approached him hastily, and struck him on
the bead with his closed fist. The violenc/- of the blow knocked
the Prince down; the same man then gaVe him several kicks be-
tore the persons present could master him. The individual who
has allowed himself to be guilty of these acts of violence is M. tic
Maubreuil, whose name has made so much noise in the Courts of
Law, by reason of a famous suit.
"Monsieur, the Dauphin, was in the saloon at the same time,
and his Royal Highness was one of the first persons who was en-
abled to assist Prince de Talleyrand.
" M. de Maubreuil was arrested and conducted to the Prefec-
ture de Police ; he did not endeavour to excuse the act. Prince
de Talleyrand was conveyed to Paris in an alarming state; he
was bled twice during the night; this morning he was a little
better.
" P.S. We learn to night, that Prince de Talleyrand, after
being bled for the second time, at midnight, became extremely
weak; the weakness did not continue long. He slept well; the
pains in his head, although more extended, have not become
more severe. There is no fever."

(From the Journal des Debate.)
"MADRID, JAN. 11.—The movement for the departure of the
Swiss brigade commenced to-day, and will be completed on the
ttli instant.

" The order for removing this brigade arrived on the 9th, in-
the morning. It soon became known, and it would be impos-
sible to describe the sensation it caused. I shall only observe
that the two parties into which we are divided are equally well
pleased at the departure of the French troops : —the Apostolicals,
because they believe they will now be able to crush the Liberals;
and the Liberals, because they reckon on soon settling their ac-
count with the Royalists, when the latter are no longer supported
by French bayonets. _

" As to our Government, as soon as the French Charge d'Af-
faires officially notified the departure of the Swiss troops, the
Council of INEnisters was immediately assembled, as well as
the Counsellors of State, the Duke of Infantado, the Arch-
bishop of Toledo, General Castanos, and Count Benadito.
Count d'Offalia was also summoned to this meeting, which con-
tinued during five hours without interruption. The object was
to endeavour to stop the march of the Swiss brigade, and
to-renew the negotiations for retaining it ; but the orders for
the departure of the Swiss being quite positive, the negocia-
tions of M. d'Offalia, as well as the interviews of General
d'Arband-Jougnes with the King, who sent for him several times,
had no result.
" The regiments of the Guards which remained here on the
9th, and which were to have marched next day for Talavera,
have received orders to suspend their departure, and the Court,
which was to have gone the day before yesterday to the Prado, is
still in Madrid.
" England complains that our Government does not adhere to
the promises recently made in its official notes, and that on the let
of January, the Governor of Ciudad Rodrigo delivered to com-
missaries from the Marquis de Chaves, 10 pieces of cannon, with
their cassoons and ammunition.
" The Portuguese Government appears to direct a considerable

ZOt

LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1827.

We received last night the Paris Papers of Mon-
day and the Etoilc dated Tuesday morning. The
latter puts us in possession of the Manifesto of the
Spanish Government, in the shape of Instructions to
the Inspector-General of the Royalist Volunteers of
the Kingdom, and the Captains-General of the Pro-
vinces. This famous document, of which so much
has been said, and by which we were told that FER•
DINA ND had manifested the most pacific and friendly
dispositions, miserably disappoints the expectations of
those who could bring themselves to believe that this
weak and infatuated Monarch would be suddenly con-
verted, and at once abandon the system upon which he
has acted without interruption since the first establish-
ment of the Constitutional Government in Portugal.
On the contrary, we see in it no inclination to change
either his policy or his tone. It avows his MAJESTY'S
intentions to strengthen the military points of his
kingdom, to reinforce his garrisons, and to support
those garrisons with a Corps of Observation on the line
of the Tagus. The objects of these measures, it is
true, are said to be precautionary—to preserve his
MAJESTY from personal danger—to maintain the
dignity rtrid independence of his Crown, and the funda-
mental and legitimate order of the Monarchy, and to
protect the interior of the kingdom from hostile con-

tagion.
It is also true, that FERDINAND instructs the
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samesmight be contrived in Gibraltar, in a manner
not very decisive of a conciliatory disposition towards
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FERDINAND and his Ministers know that an abso-
lute Monarchy, such as that wlsich oppresses Spain,-
cannot long exist, if a liberal Government becomes
firmly established in Portugal. One or the other
must therefore prevail over the whole Peninsula ;
and, encouraged in his own views, by a bigotted and
powerful party in the kingdom, he is evidently de-
termined, under ;Ile pretext of preventing the spread
through Spain of principles subversive of those on
which his own power rests, to organize the means of
eradicating them from the soil of Portugal. Unless de-
terred by the threats and the demonstrations of Great
Britain, FERDINAND will seize the earliest opportu-
nity to overthrow a Government which, in his opinion,
is as dangerous to his own power as it is hateful to his
individual feelings.
Mr. LAMB continued in Madrid on the 11th inst
waiting, it was said, the return of a courier whom he
had dispatched to England. The march of the Swiss
brigade commenced on the 11th, and the last division
was to depart from the capital on the 14th. A con-
siderable sensation had been created by the withdrawal
of these troops. Both factions appeared to rejoice at
it. The Apostolicals because they fancied they could
crush the Liberals—and the Liberals because they
calculated that it must be soon over with the Royalists
when they are not supported by French bayonets.
The French Papers also contain communications
from Lisbon of a more recent date, viz. to the 6th,
but not a word is said of military movements. The

Quoticlienne, indeed, asserts that the Royalist troops
had had a sharp affair with the Constitutionalists near
Santarem, which they got possession of, but this asser-
tion seems to rest on no good authority.

The French Funds remain nearly the same, the
Five per Cents. having closed on Monday evening at
99f. 30c. to 40c. ; and the Three per Cents. at 661.
85c. to 90c. We subjoin the circular to the Spanish
Authorities, and refer for other extracts from the
French Papers to our preceding columns.

(From the Etoile dated Tuesday, Jan. 23.)
"PARis, January 22.—The following circular has been vat no
from Madrid of the 13th of Jan.:—

" WAR-OFFICE.-I write what follows under the date of this
day, to the Inspector-General of the Royalist Volunteers of the
kingdom, and to the Captains-General of the provinces.
" ''Your Excellency—The situation of our long frontier to•
wards Portugal, which is immediately adjacent to the theatre of
the civil dissensions which have unhappily broken out in that
country, since the death of King John VI. of respectable and
pacific memory, has seriously engaged the attention of the King
our Sovereign. His Majesty, firmly resolved to preserve his
kingdom from every thing that might expose to any attempt, or
place in danger, his own safety, the dignity and the independ-
ence of his Crown, the fundamental and legitimate order of his
monarchy, and sully the Spanish honour, has thought proper to
order the internal measures most proper to attain so important fu*
end, which constitutes the great intent of his sovereignty in the
Government which Divine Providence has committed to his pa-
ternal care. Conformably to his sovereign intentions, the prin-
cipal military points of the frontier have just been reinforced, by
sending to them the necessary garrisons, by organizing in a uniform
manner every thing that is requisite for their defence, and by
giving to those garrisons the indispensable support of a corps of
observation, stationed on our internal line of the Tap!,
and which, placed under the command in chief of Lieutenant-
General Don Pedro Sarstield, unites in its ranks the military
virtues of the recent campaigns of fidelity, and those of the sit
years: war.

4" The King, not contented with all these measures, which
are rigorously necessary, and purely preventive and precautionary,
has thought fit in his august foresight, that it was worthy of the
frankness and the probity of the Spanish character, to order me
to make known that part of the instructions given to the Generals
commanding upon the frontiers, which may have reference to ob-
jects of more general interest.
" They are literally as follows :—That, in consepenee of
these important considerations—those which have been mentioned
above—his Majesty has the most lively desire to maintain the re-
lations of amity which unite him with his august allies, and en-
sure their inviolability, by means calculated to secure reciprocal
confidence.

" That of all these means, none is more indispensable than
that of observing neutrality by abstaining from interfering in any
hostile acts or co-operation against Portugal, so as not to compro-
mise himself either with that country or with its ally—England ;
that to suffer any hostile force to remain assembled in arms on the
Spanish territory would be acting in a manner contrary to those
principles, and consequently hazarding the dignity and the con-
stant and proverbial good faith of the noble and elevated Spanish
character ; to repress and chastise every revolutionary act, every
analogous attempt which should manifest itself upon our frontier;
to protect that frontier, and to observe the neighbouring corm-
try ; such is, in substance, the basis of the instructions com-
municated to the Generals who command there. His Majesty;
therefore, uniting his wishes to those of his august Allies, is fully
persuaded that the best means of rendering the benefits of a long
peace solid and durable, consists precisely in the efficaciousness of
the measures of precaution, which secure for the future, and will
guarantee the tranquillity happily existing in the interior of the
kingdom by preserving it from all hostile contagion.
" His Majesty recollects, in fact, and he could not forgets
that in the same manner as the first idea that we had in Spain of
the establishment of a new Government in Portugal coincided
almost simultaneously with the numerous and daily emigration of
Portuguese corps, and of persons of different classes, who arrived
by different points from that country, so as absolutely to exclude
the possibility of any provocation on the part of Spain; so the
first signal of the criminal attempts which the innovations in Pot-
tugal excited in the minds of rebellions Spaniards, was the act by
which two officers and some individnals induced 115 man of the
4th regiment of Light Cavalry seditiously to desert with their
arms and horses to the Portuguese territory.
" The numerous documents collected in the office of the de-
partment confided to me, and from which I have drawn the Barra'
tive which his Majesty has ordered me to make of these events,
would furnish the most fully convincing proof of the ardour and
exalted sentiments of the emigrated Portuguese soldiers, which
edly an interesting situation, in which the tire of despair might
equalled, if they did not surpass, those of their officerts—undoubt-
have been kindled by the very means that might have been con-
trived to attain a contrary result.
His Majesty sees himself under the painful necessity of or •
dering an active and strict surveillance in the frontier provinces;
where dangerous thoughts and communications might be propa-
gated, and foment projects of revolt, and where, as in Estremadura
and Andalusia, stronger repressive measures must be employecis
because they are exposed to the double influence of the machine-
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possibilitys
averted by the occupation of some points of Portugal by the
English troops, by those troops which belong to so magnanimous
a sovereign, and to a nation which, at an epoch still recent,
participated in the dangers and the glory of the Spanish people, in
combating a violent and illegitimate usurpation. His Majesty has
also foreseen the extraordinary expenses which such measures render
necessary at the moment when he is exerting his constant solicitude
in the reduction of the public expenditure, and the improvement
of the administration. But if he has thought fit to order that these
expenses should be confined to what is strictly necessary, it is his
will also that this sacred principle should be borne in mind, that every
thing insist yield to the honour of the monarchy, and to the duty of
preserving the sentiments of fidelity and Castilian pride; for after sll
the proofs we have given in recent times of our resistance .to
different usurpations, and to revolutionary attempts, it would still
remain to show what Spain could do, if, contrary to all expect'
Cation, such an extremity should become necessary, what it could
do, with the will of his Majesty, present at the head of his arMY
and with the name of a patient, persevering, religious, and mo-
narchial people, which owes all its military glory in these latter
times to the inspiration of its filial love for the august person of'
onr sovereign and for his dynasty. And as it is precisely in the
virtues of the Spanish people his Majesty declares this with plea"
sure, that the balance of legitimacy now finds a powerful support
against the irruptions of revolutionary power ! I address to you,
by the King's order, this communication. I must add, that it iS
his Majesty's will that I especially recommend to you, for the
maintenance of internal order and tranquility, to have recourse
to the Royalist volunteers, whose monarchial sentiments and at-
tachment to his Royal person inspire him with the greatest con'
fidence. " ZAMBRANO.'

"'Madrid, Jan.—, 1827.

Amongst the extracts from the French Papers will
be observed an account of an attack made on TAL-
LEYRA ND, as he was leaving the church of St. Denis
on Saturday, after the performance of the funeral ser-
vice for Louis XVI., by a man of the name of MAU'
BREUIL, who has, on several Occasions, made himself
conspicuous since the restoration of the BOURBON&
He made his way through the Guards, and struck
TALLEYRAND a violent blow on the face, which
knocked him down, and rendered it necessary for the
Prince to be carried home and bled. The cause of
this person's rage does not appear.

The reports mentioned in the French Papers front
Lisbon, that part of the British squadron in the Tagus
would sail for the Mediterranean and cruize off' the
Belearic Islands, are without foundation. The obser-
vations in the New Times of this morning, counter'.
ancing the above reports, arc equally fallacious.
The Romney, Pyramus, and the Duke of YorL
steam-boat, appear to have sailed from the Tagus, on
the 4th, but they were to proceed to Gibraltar only,

for the purpo3e of conveying softie troops from thence
to Lisbon ; and the other two ships which, it is said,
would sail for the same destination on the sth, are pro-
bably the Wellesley and Ocean, which ships our port
letters mentioned some days since as likely to return
home, to be paid off and refitted out.

In another column we reprint from the Morning
'oat of yesterday, an extract of a letter by Dr. AN-
DREw THOmPsON, of Edinburgh, to the Lord BEX-
LEY, on the subject of the controversy regarding the
Apocrypha which at present divides the members of
the Bible Society. The Editor terms it an admirably
written letter, and one well worth the attentive perusal
of all whose minds arc at all wavering on the Apocry-
phal controversy. Now really we cannot agree with
this opinion. Without entering into the merits of the
case, with which we shall endeavour to be better ac-
quainted—we must say that the spirit of the letter ap-
Pears to us perfectly inconsistent with that of the re-
ligion which Dr. THomesoN professes to preach.
When that Rev. Gentleman talks of the abomina-
tions which are practised, one would suppose that
he `vas speaking of some society of infidels
endeavouring to subvert the Christian religion, and
not of men
differing with him in opinion, but whom
he must know to be inferior to none in their zeal for
their Master's service. We know not how he dares
to use such language.
As far as we understand the case, it seems to be
this :---Many persons in Catholic countries consider
the Bible mutilated without those books which we
consider Apocryphal (doubtful). As these people
will not receive the Bible without the Apocrypha, the
Bible Society have been in the practice of remitting
funds to the Foreign Auxiliary Societies, allowing
them to add the Apocrypha at their own expense.
Thia they do, on the principle that the good derived from
the whole, is of infinitely superior consideration to any
Possible evil resulting from the Apocrypha. Whether
they are right or wrong, their intention is praiseworthy,
and, as such, undeserving of low invective. Or does Dr.
TNoursos mean to say that a Heathen had better
never see the Bible than have at the same time a sight
of the Apocrypha? We have heard a good deal of the
Rev. Doctor, particularly of his conduct at the time of
the Princess CHARLOTTE's death, and are satisfied
that he cannot really believe this, for we have a great
respect for his talents. As he so often advises others,
we hope he will not take offence at our hinting the
Propriety of his asking himself this question—how far
his deportment resembles that of the meek and lowly
master of his faith ? We always see him hi the front
of controversy, displaying talent more calculated for
the bar than the pulpit. Admitting him to be right
in this case, all that violent language is quite unbe-
coming a Minister of thc. Gospel of Peace. Can
anything be more satisfactor" to the numerous enemies
of the Bible Society than to see dissension amongst
44 supporters. Will they not anticipate, with delight,
the ruin of a kingdom divided against itself ?
Without possessing Dr. Mom PS ON'S intimate fami-
liarity with Scripture, we might quote numerous pas-
ages decidedly opposed to that fiery zeal of his; such
" Blessed are the Peace-makers." But there is one
which we cannot omit adverting to ; we mean that
Passage where our Saviour reproves the Disciples who
expressed indignation at hearing of miracles being
wrought by a person not accompanying them, and
were told—" Forbid him not, for he that is not against
Us is for us."

The Madrid Gazette, of the 11th inst., has been
received this morning, but it contains little political
'ews• The Governor of Cadia has taken alarm at the
Professors of Animal Magnetism, probably from an ap-
prehension that they might make a very natural mistake,
and blow up the Constitution of the absolute KING ;
and he has therefore prohibited its further practice
until his MAJESTY shall think fit.
Poor FERDINAND is so occupied with the dark
Practices of the priests, that he has no time to look be-
yond Madrid and the confines of the Inquisition for
any now practice, and as to professions, he stands with-
out a rival in his readiness to make them, and more
eager impatience to break them.

3IADRID, JAN. .
Prom the tables printed in the Guia de Forasteros for the
rt'eut year, it appears that from the Ist December, 1825, to
"d of 1626, there died, in the parishes of Madrid, and in
the three following hospitals, viz. the General Hospital la Pasion,
"fall t
h
art de Dios, 3,919 persons, without including the
this ,2nee and the religions communities, and some others in
.„`:llPital. The number of births was 5,502, including
Zg.inga baptized in the Real Casa de la Inelusa. Marriages,

CADIZ, JAN. .9:.
Ilia Excellency the Governor of this city, to prevent the irre-
rtlarities Which have ensued from many persons having applied
abate practice of animal magnetism, has ordered that no person
hisv!r—.not even professors, shall practise magnetism until
MaJesty orders it, if he shall think fit.
fr It appears from official information lately received at Gibraltar
c (:11, T. °nig, that his Majesty the Bey having established manu-
1-ne, °f gunpowder, 'has prohibited the importation of that
arrticle in
a;expall the ports of the Regency, and has also prohibited.
ortation of butter on account of .its scarcity and high price.
linain, JAN. 10.--, Exchange on London, 34i.
~„ --

11le Allgemeine Zeitung, of the 17th, received this
niornn.
Para ni,
i 2 exceedingly barren. The following is the
ly graph Worth extracting :

It is M
MAYENCE, TAN. 8.
armed that the Diet, after the holidays, which end this
month, will
of Inquiry aittin° gtl
probably deliberate respecting the Committee
.lere, and examine the question whether it shall
becomeorrintiitntetuedi.n It is farther affirmed, that the Report made by the
and the revolntiol ito the internal tranquillity of Germany,
duration will most libel 'goes, are so favourable that its further
s tand
,that several perso''Y be deemed unnecessary. We under-
tices of their intentions tl'ol're received from the Committee no-
hitherto occupied. The inkaoi! the lodgings which they have
course
of
in.,
years, have
hat bltanta of this city, who, in the
pportu
INrith their estimable characters nities of becoming acquainted
.
their residence, will be sorry to lo,d derived many advantages from
' It is affirmed that the Couirm:iothenl•
for Nassau, in the Com-
reittes on the 'Navigation of the
zr eor
rote in favour of the free navigationi of ; has lately delivered a
11
it is understood by the Prussian Goveramenat river in the manner
Time must show
how far all these reports are founded en
truth.

The Dublin Mercantile Advertiser of the 22d inst., states that
since their last publication, they are enabled to announce that
orders are about to be issued for the embarkation of seven r egirnents
More from Ireland—thus reducing the standing army to 12,000
tun. It has also been intimated to us, horn arm}
to
Which tee are inclined to repose much confidence,
th quat thteer
miupo n
litia
W° Id be called out.