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of the line, and three frigates, are to leave the port for,
Lima about the 15th instant.
MATARO, NOVE3IIII6R 29.
We see daily several individuals pass through our,
city who have belonged to Mina's army. The arrogance
of their language is etheme, though, on the contra&y,
they ought to die with shame.—Restattrador.
" )BARCELONA. DECEMBER 9.
We stilt lee within our walls officers who have-capi-
tulated walk about with the utmost pride, and even in-
sult persoivs-ef opinions Afiffeient frbm their olio,. Se-
veral persons here imagine that the Constitution is not
destroyed, for no-sign of Royalism is yet shewn in pub-
lic; but we must not wonder at it, for our Authorities
are very bad.:—ldem.

MADRID, DECEMBER is.
We hive before us an order of D. J. M. de Arjona,
Preqe9l-Superintendant of the Public Surveillance of
the*lnidtim, Ikhich we cannot give at length. It con-
tains, Dinneen. articles submitted to his Majesty, em-
bracing a general plan of surveillance for the whole.
kingdom. It fixes the bases which are to serve for the
safety of the capital: it is founded on our old institutions.

INLAND TRADE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA.
PETERSBURGH, DECEMBER io.
The Card Gazette contains the following articler-
All the merchandise sent to China does not amount
to a million sterling a-year. Their carriage to Kiatcha
costs about three times the original purchase. The
conveyance from Petersburgh to Kiatcha is accom-
plished in five months when no obstacles intervene. But
if, as frequently havens, the goods change ownersin
the mart of Nischenei•Novogorod, a year may elapse
before they reach their destination. The produce of
China takes nearly as long in reaching the European
markets of Rus-ia. Consequently a commercial trans-
action between Petersburgh and Kiatcha cannot be
settled in less •than two years. The orders begin to be
Fivori-in November, and continue .to the month of March.
The mart of Nisclicaei-Novogorod opens in' the month
of August. At that period, the Chinese come to Kiatcha,
which is a large village situated 6,508 wersts from
Pekin. A bridge separates the Russian and the Chinese
empires. Beyond the bridge is a Chinese village com-
pletely uninhabited. Kiatcha, on the contrary, is inha-
bitectduring the whole year. These two villages were
built in 1728, in consequence of a commercial treaty
concluded between the two empires: Each is defended
by several pieces of artillery of large calibre. From
40,000 to 50,000 chests of tea are annually imported
by the way of Kiatcha, one thousand of which is sold
at Novogorod. In 1820 there were sold in that mart
27,000 chests of Borg tea, independently of the green in
packets, called by the Russians little-lozenge tea. The
Russians are extremely jealous of their trade with
China. None but native merchants, fupished with im-
perial licenses, can repair to Kiatcha. The Chinese, on
the contrary, have created a privileged company which
has a monopoly of the trade on their part, No English
goods can reach Kiatcha except by smuggling, Russian
anurchandize being alone admitted. There are regular
markets in Chinese Tartary, to which, however, the
natives only are admitted. The road from Pekin to
Kiatcha -passes through a barren plain. The, merchan-
dize is brought to Kiatcha in waggons.