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has been milled abioita.that'Prdpositions for modi-
fling the Constitution hae been made to this Go-
Mibt, anti' thaithe 'refold ttElisten to themis
Only Barri& wM*h intim*, an steeoffinsedation witit
/rant*bi publk Mind has beesk•much employd
:Opt' the sibjcet, and the, getteral opinion is unques-
tiOnably favourable to an arrangement. I-say this
Wittiottt any fear of contradiction, except from some
London journals, who really seem, from their leading,
articles, to be as ignorant of the state of Spain as they
are of China. I have been frequently surprised at
the-broad assertions which I have seen, especially in
a Morning Paper, with respect to the proceedings of
the British Minister here, as well as of the different
parties who form the Cortes and influence opinion in
Madrid. But, in the end, truth will prevail, and the
writers of such strange productions will, obtain their
appropriate rank in -the estimation of the People of
England.

We brie received a farther series of Bayonne Papers
to t/pe sth inst. The..following are extracts:
,4 • • BAYth4NE, APRIL 5.
The day before yesterday an extraordinary com-
mercial courier: from Madrid, which .he left on the
Ist inst. *passed thithigh our city. He announced
that the capital enjoyed perfect tranquillity, and that
movements of troops were taking place on every side.
Baron d'Eroles experienced some difficulty in the
organization of'his corps. Two hundred men whom
he had armed and equipped had quitted him and re-
turned to Spain.
The Proclamation of the Duke d'Angouleme does •
not satisfy those who expected it with so much 'im-
patience. The Constitutionalists see in it a real de-
claration of w ar, though it does not speak in the name,
of the King, Who alpne has a right to declare it. The
Ultras, and especially the Defenders of the Faith, arc,
displeased that so little is said of them, and that they
a: e to be assimilated to our troops and forced to a
discipline which they have no intention of obeying.'
We have various accounts from the frontiers; it seems
certain that Colonel O'Donnell will retire without at-
tempting any resistance with the 800 men that he
has at [run, and throw himself into 'St. Sebastian,
where there are already 2,ooo'men. A courier who
arrived here yesterday, says, that preparations are
made to blow ap the bridges on all the rivers at. far
as Madrid, and even further; and that the inhabit.
ants arc disposed to make every sacrifice in order to.
detain, to starve, and, to destroy, in detail, the in-
vading army...
Jaureguy (the. Pastor) has obtained leave from his
Government to place the troops tinder him at the dis-
posal of other Chiefs, and to raise a free corps, to be
composed chiefly of young meporßilboa, St. Sebas-
tian, Ettc. whose courage and patriotism are tried. It
seems that the Regency will be again appointed, but
that all the late members will not be re-elected. Some
persons say that the Duke d'Angouleme bid ex-
pressed a wish to be named Regent, but that it.afas•
represented whim that this.would'offend thi Or&
ists, especially the Defender of ihe Faith. .Teitlithai
evening there was a Cot:atil, in Which the tolloWlng
question was discussed: idvisabie, for ate suc-
cess of the cause, that the At my ottheFrilth should
enter Spain?" Those who Are against it say, d.wati.tiie,
spirit of vengeance and plunder %NO: will
played' by' th is 'undisciplined arm), *IR itiltelthilla-1
tred of the inhabitants; besides, theyiay his very ::&1
•Cessitry to guard against a 'check at the Onset; *Mali
would encourage the Patrictil' and niiarbi itf i=
poled, without too muclitinsidity; lliat the Ci
,Attit-!
tional trooos are able to beat the I.)4tkiirs 'Abe ritith.',

Yesterday, at three O'cloct; **Cabinet..CO-mica Wasi •
held at dm Foreign Office, which* was attended by
The 'Lord Chinceffor, the Earl of Liverpool*, the tail of
Ilarrowby, the Earl of Westmorland,. Mr. Secretary Canning,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Wellington,
Viscount Melville, Mr. Wynn, Viscount Sklmouth, Lord Mary-
borough, Mr. Duskiest)°, &c. &c.
—The Cabinet continued in deliberation till past five
o'clock. The ATTORNEY and SoLICIToIt-GgHERAL,
also the ATTORNEY-(3?vEnAL for Ireland, were in
attendance during the sitting of the Cabinet.
Mr. BAILEY, the king's Messenger, arrived early
this morning at the Office of the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs, with dispatches from Sir CHAS.
STUART, at Paris, and from SCOTT, E9CI. the Bri-
tish Consul at Bordeaux, the latter of Wednesday last.
Mr. CHARLES O'GonmaN went off on Saturday at
sir o'ilock, with dispatchet for Madrid, ja a Chaise
and four. His directions Were to proceed tti that city:
%% WI all possible expedition. •
Government has made arrangements for maiintaitt-
ing a regular communication with Spain by sea, now
that the passage through France is interrupted. The
Lisbon packets are to leave letters at Vito,' and 'call
oa their return for those Which. atiar be. In readiness
for transmission to England.' - • • •
The Duke of Your attended the earTr• service yes;
terday morning, at the Chapel Royil, in: the'Png's
Palace, St. James's. Afterwards hit* Rbyat High-
ness left town for Newmarket.
The Duke of GLOUCESTER, we are sorry to 104
has been confined several days With a cold.
The Earl of Ras is daily expected in town, from
his seat in Scotland.

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The Bishop of ELT has appointed HENRY STORKS,
Esq. Chief Justice of the Isle of Ely, in the room of
the late EDWARD CHRISTIAN, Esq.
The Bishop of LONDON preached yesterday morn-
ing at St. Mary Woolnoth's, Lombard-street, for the
benefit of the Langbourn Ward Schools. The LORD
and LADY MAYORESS, Sheriffs, and several Aldermen,
attended upon the occasion.
We regret to state that Sir CHARLES BASt/TLDS
has had an accession of fever during the last few days.
Lady EASITYLD6 .arrived in Montague-square on
Wednesday, from Brighten.
Thursday night his Excellency the Lorg. Lours-
NAN? entertained a numerous assemblage of 6lbe No-
bility and Gentry, with a private Ball and Supper at
the Castle, Dublia. The company sat down to sup-
per at twelve o'clock, and afterwards renewed the
dancing, which was kept up till three next morning.
Mr. Secretary °m ow has issued cards of invitation for an
entertainment on the 23ct instant, iu honour of his hlsisny's
Birth-Day. The Duke of Nortaaaa also entertains a party on
the occasion.

An erroneous idea being prevalent that the small
notes of country bankers are to be withdrawn from
circulation in May nest, we deem it necessary to
state, that by an Act. of Parliament passed in the last
Session,
.such notes are -authorised to be circulated
until the sth of January, 1824.

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, A And Tartar his brought friyi acee,:lit
Del-
grade respecting the fire at Constantino kt _ let-
ten from Adrianople bad likewisegiven fils*parti-
` cnlars of it. In these last it is positively statiErtbat'
the arsenal and the cannon-foundry were greatly In-
jured ; butthat the suburb of Pi ra was spared. Ac-
cording the statement brought by the Tartar, the
Palace of the British Ambassador had suffered very
much; and that the Turkish Government hadbanished
the Grand Vizier, by way of satisfaction to the British
Ambassador; from which k was presumed that the
Janissaries bad been concerned in the event.

FIRE AT CANTON:

FROM THE VIENNA GAZETTE OF MARCH 29.

The following is an extract of a private letter re-
ceived at Vienna yesterday from Mr. Berry, agent
to the Swedish Factory at Canton, in China, dated
November 8, 1822: •
" A few days have made a terrible change In Canton, the
greater part of the extensive suburbs is destroyed : 12,000
Chinese buildings, all the European factories, excepting only the
private dwellings of the Swedish and North American Agents,
have fallen a prey to the flames : the magnificent buildings of thei
English East India Company, the China street, filled with the
treasures of Chinese industry, resemble a field of ruins. The
ire broke out on the 2d of November, near the City gate, and
spread so rapidly that we found ourselves obliged the following
day, at four o'clock in the morning, to send our treasure to
Whamlioa, and embark all our moveables in boats.

s At noon all the factories, &or* the Danish to the Eneish,
were in flames. No exertions could check the devouring ele-
ment, and in truth our dwelling and that of th.: North American
Agent escaped by a miracle. Most fortunately for the track, all
the /longs (immense magazines on the other side of the creek)
escaped; so that magazines of prodigious value were thus spared.
The chief loss fell on the owners of the factory; viz. Magniac,
Wilcock., and the English East India Company, whose build-
ings and I or 3,000 bales of cloth are estimated at half a million
sterling; Mangwa alone loses 230,000 Spanish dollars; Chu:l4wa,
Gowcprar and Wbuyune, also large sums. In general the losers
are men of large property, who will feel the loss, but by no
means be ruined by it."

The ship Dove is now in the River, loading with a
large quantity of gunpowder for Spain, and will sail
in a few days.
The English newspapers carried out by the packets
last Avelek, were seized at Havre, from whence they
were forwarded to Paris.

The approaching war between France and Spain
does not prevent many families from proceeding to
the former country. The Chesterfeld, Captain STARR
WooD, sailed on Saturday with a good number of
passengers ; the departures for the Islands of Guern-
sey and Jersey are numerous.—Southampton Paper.
A traveller, who is just arrived from a tour along
the coast of Spain, say; that in all the ports there are
`iitiiateets, provided with letters of marque, which
w6uld hive permission to put to sea as soon as news,
was reeved of the actual invasion of Spain.
' Alospectable meeting of the inhabitants of Alver-
stokeand Gosport was held on Friday, at the Town
Hall, in the latter place, when SAMUEL JELLICOE,
Esq. semi called to the Chair, and Petitions to Par-
liament, praying the repeal of the present unequal
auties nom Coals, and also to amend or repeal the
Insolvent Debtors' Acts, were unanimously agreed to.
An improvement has taken place in Southampton
of a novel nature, which is of singular utility-6re
and water issuing from the same conductor. This
experiment is made on the pillar supporting the gas
lamps, and entirety saves the expense of a pump. The
idea was suggested by Mr. SHARLAND,
is confidently stated that it is the:intention of
some of the most leading Catholic interests in the
county of Galway, to propose, as a measure of secu-
rity to the Protestant interests and feelings of Eng-
land, the diSfranchisemen: of alt 40s. Freeholders;
and that when that Measure shall be adopted, that no
bar will remain to Catholic Emancipation.
Ktio's THEATRE.—A new Opera was produced at
this House on Saturday evening, under the title-of
Rita e Claudio.—Elisa (Caimans) is recently mar-
ried to Claudia (Cuasout), son of the Count Arnelde
(Porn)), and the action arises chiefly from the endea-
vours of Claudio to avert his father's commands to
marry Silvia (Gaeztittn), the daaghter of a rich
Marquis (PLacci), audits the exertions of Elisa, who
isassisted by her.friend Caarlotie(Citaatoont), to ob-
tain the restitution -of her children, who have-been
torn from her, and to gain the sanction of her mar-
riage from the Count.—The Piece was throughout
orety ably performed, particularly by CASIPORZSE,
fraaauoat, and Cuttroxt, who gave all possible effect
• the ;lassie. The composition is by MERCADANTE,
111 JOllitg man now living, we believe, at Milan. It
as mai ked by considerable brilliancy and sweetneis,
particularly two songs sung by CARADORI, who exe-
cuted them ip a manner fully to verify the expecta-
tions that her first appearance here raised of her ta-
lents. The Opera was favourably received, and will
no doubt prove attractive to all lovers of that gay
and sprightly music, which was first introduced by
ROSSINI, on which fashion has given the stamp of
such decided present favouritism.—Among the com-
pany present were—
Prince Leopold, the Duchesses of Kent and Gloucester, She
Dukes Devonshite and Argyll, Duchesses of Itiellmand,
Maribonnigh, Argyll ; Dlaryds of Lanidown, Marchimmems
of Aylesbury, Salisbury, Lansdown; Lords Gwydyr, Labe.
Westmorland ; Ladies Harrowby, Sefton. Molynems,&c.
Danar-LANs:--Saturday evening Mr. T. Dts-
DIN'S revived Opera of the Cabinet was repeated to a
very crowded House. BRAHAM and Miss STEPHENS
were in fine voice, and were highly applauded.
COVENT-GARDEN.—The old Comedy of the Way
to Keep Him attracted-a numerous and fashionable
audience on Saturday evening.—Mr. C. Kxwatz, in
the character of Lovemore, and Miss CHESTER, as the
Widow Bdmour, gave a fine specimen of good acting.
In consequence of a dispute which took place at
the Glasgow Theatre, on Tuesday evening, the Bth
instant, between Mr. R—, 40th Regiment, and a
Mr. W—D—TON, a meeting ensued the following
day, and after the parties had exchanged fire, an apo-
logy was offered by the friend of Mr. W. After con-
sultation between the friends of the two Gentlemen,
the following apology, dictated and written on the
spot, was made by Mr. W. to Mr. IL:
0 I acknowledge that my conduct in striking Mr. IL was
egregiously Weil% and I beg he will accept this apology. as I did
hot intentional, strike him. " P. W—D—TON.
44. Glasgow, April 9, 1412&"