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jesty the King of France reserves for hirrlself the tight
to withdraw them before that period, if any unforeseen
circumstance should make him judge it necessary."
" The high parties contracting reserve to themselves
the common right of examining, if, at the period firtkAl
by the first article, it will be convenient to prolong it
on the same terms."
'After the iiiTiod.Crinveritism-. the body of the French'
army actnally-inSpain,wM remain there till the Ist of'
Jangler'', 1.825,- .i -44- ibe.-49-Zeities-already stipulated. Al
division of this body will. be cantoraed at: Madrid and
its neighbourhood, to maintain conjnintly- with- the troops
of his Catholic Majesty order and tranquillity in the
capital. The Quarterrraster•General of the army may
be transferred whenever the General-in.-Chief may think
fit.—Besides the places mentioned in the second Article
of the Contention of the 9th of February, the French
will furnish the garrisons of Saragossa and Cordova..
In the delay Of two months, after the ratification of
the preieiit Convention, all the expenses shall be liqui-
dated and regulated, which, according to the terms of
the Convention of 9th of February, and the regulation
there annexed, were at the charge of Spain, and France
has in that case been in .advance since the Ist Decem.
ber, 1823, for the services which, being at the expense
of the Spanish Gavernment, have not been paid by it.
PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
" !ammo, Anna 30.
14 By the accounts from Andalusia, it appears the in-
surgents left TWIN in the completest order, embarking
on board the vessels'destined for the purpose, without
the loss of a marl, and taking with them the money
that they found in the public offices, and six thousand
muskets, together with the colours f the S4th French
regiment. The French lost full four hundred Officers
and men, and the pi isoners they took turn out to be the
inhabitants of Tarifa, whom they found out of their
houses. The insurgents directed their course to Al-
!mita, where they landed, and were joined by the
police officers, with the well-knowo song of the 4 Tra-
gala.' It is stated that they have re-embarked, hut for
what reason, or whither gone, we are not told. The
report of their having come from Gibraltar appears to
be false,. it being ra i,et.l merely to discredit the English.
A great number of arrests have been made in Cadiz.
The enterprise was known in Seville on the Ist of the
month, and the Constitutionalists were embracing and
kissing one another openly in-the streets, in expectation
of what was to come, and presuming that the whole of
Andalusia would instantly rise.
" The whole of the National Cavalry, to a man, have
their lirrses, as have also many of the infantry, though
known not to have the means of maintaining them,
But money is found somewhere, and at a favourable
opportunity they will out. Disturbapces have in-
deed begun, but they were suppressed; about twenty
• lives were lost in the whole: Coiestittscioa Reforatadal
was the cry they set up. It is supposed here to have
been the work of the friars, to draw forth the people,
for the Royalists to massacre them, and which, from
the small number killed, failed of the purpose. The
Curate who conducts the Gazeite has received orders to
insert nothing regarding the interior of Spain but what
is sent from the Palace.
46 The French seem very desirous of being recalled ;
they are heartily sick of the country, and think it best
that the Spaniards should fight it out among theMselvess,
as they can make nothing of them,
" The Minister of War, who has been out and in, and
tottering so long, is now definitively out. He is a man
of a good deal of professional ability, and of able dis-
positions; he was particularly active in setting about
the formation of the army, till his efforts were paralyzed,
and his fall decreed in consequence, the Church party
being determined on not having a regular army, as
every regiment raised is a regiment of Constitutionalists,
and the pay and maintenance must come from them.
They thi.ik that they themselves and the Royalist Vo.
lunteers are sufficient to govern the country. The re•
cruitir have accordingly been sent back to their homes,
but with the notice that they may at any time be called
upoa to serve. By a new decree every officer must be
purified before he can be employed, by which ti meenough
is gained ; and if, as in this " Junta a Purificacionese
already formed, which bears the nick-name of the Five
per Cents, only five or six out of a hundred are returned
as purified, there will not be enough for a regiment.
With- this abandonment of the army, the military trea-
sury and financial army regulatior.s are done away with,
and, in fact, the whole of the plans of the Minister of
Finance may be said to have fallen to the ground ; they
can get on with nothing. The Superintendent of the
Army Finance is sent hack to his Directorship of the
Rentes. The Great Book too, will probably be locked
up for ever, and the only monument remaining of the
Minister's wisdom will be the Bacalhao scheme entered
into by an Irish house, after every Cousulade' in Spain,
and every Spani2rd had refused to meddle with it, and
it was the natural supposition that it would have turned
to smile.

" The Superintendent• General of Police, Arjona, is
likewise out. He was too considerate and too mode-
rate for the situation. Tue new man, Gonzales, they
say, is of a different stamp. On corning into office, he
said, we ere here to-day and gone to-morrow; but
whilst we are employed we must do onr duty as be-
comes us ; give all protection to the Royalists, and chas-
tise their enemies.' Make hay while the sun shines, was
the drift of his meaning. It is likely he will turn out
all who cannot pay for their places. The police em-
ploys about 18,000 person!.
" The merchants complain bitterly of the preference
given to French over English commerce."

By the Philntaxe, artivettfrom Java, we have letters

dated Apri' 10, at which time the British merchant,
Mr. Tlions.rox, was still in custody of the pirates, by
whom ho '.Ad been conveyed to Borneo, in expectation
of a larger ransom. As no direct communication has
been made Ly that Gentleman, his ft lends and relations
are ignorant of the treatment mhich he receives. The
Philotaxe was bOarded off the West India Islands by a
privateer, professing to be from Buenos Ayres, and
plundered of a quantity of coffee and pepper.
The Active, whose arrival at Plymouth from Cape!
Coast, has been already mentioned, had on board three
Lidies, the widows of Officers killed in action with the
Ashantees. The enemy had not, at the time of her
departure, approached nearer to the. Castle than the
distance of seven miles, but their advance was expected
every hour. It is said that only seven or eight of the
civiliahs on the Government establishment survived the
effects of the climate and the fatigues of the military
duties they had undergone as volunteers. Provisions
were so seance, that though the Active was engaged
at a premium of £l4O. per month to procure frod, &e.
she was compelled to leave, and make her way to Eng-
• ?and in the greatest distress.
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