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London, England, 1822-12-03 00:00:00

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her she ewes it, above all, to the viruses trf her king,
to the measures whi2h be has taken for placia ; the
potent FIIRDINAND ti) be held on his Throne by the
hand of the more pntent.Lnou I then we shall have country in a suitable attitude to observe the sericus
Spain subject to Fraslin, or rather to the French events ,of the Peninsula ; finally, she owes it to that
branch of the BOURBONS ; Italy and the Islands from unanimity of wishes and of sentiments by which a
the Alps to Agrigentum, held by the House of Aus-
whole people has recently testified the confidence
! Is this a pbsition of Europe which can by any
which it places in the Government. Doubtless this
possibility remain ? Is it not one in which commo-
important result must be to all the interests engaged
don, commotion too likely to upset the most ancient
in this question, a pledge of security with respect to
Thrones, must inevitably occur? The extension of an the ramifications which it may assume.—Moniteur.
unnatural dominion does but multiply the chances of Viscount Montmorency arrived from Verona last
night, at half-past eight o'clock, and at twenty min
its overthrow.
notes pact nine waited upon the King. When he left
If, on the contrary, Spain, roused to a glorious re-
sistance, should be able to defend her independence Verona all the Sovereigns were still there. The
King of Prussia was to leave the same day (Nov. 9.2)
against France, may not Louts XVIII. justly dread
that retributive justice which sometimes overtakes for Berlin. The Duke of Wellington was to leave,
,
even Kings? and may he not fear that the oppressed for London on the 24th. His Grace was expected
of both countries will make common cause against at Paris in two days. M: Pozzo di Borgia is ex.
petted on the 3..1 of December.—Journal des Debuts.
their oppressors, and hurl them from a power they
The Quo! idienne, alluding to the alleged Declara.
have so grossly abused? The Bovasons in France
stand upon a volcano, which is ready to burst. Any don of Verona, says—" We must now wait to sce
these salutary doctrines supported by force of arm.,
war undertaken merely for their preservation on the
Throne, will be highly unpopular is France. If the
and all the Kings of Europe leagued together to de-
French Ministry, therefore, can undertake this threat-
liver the King of Spain from the oppression of the
ened Spanish contest under the present state of public
The following is an extract of a letter which came
feeling in France on the subject, it is a proof that the
Col tes."
Government of that country is in no degree identified by the same express :
with the People—that they are totally distinct and
unamalgamating bodies, and that the present unna-
tural connexion cannot long subsist between them.
Should the war once commence between France
and Spain, it is impossible to foresee where it will
stop ; and it is even absurd to think we can long re-
main neutral—that is a word unknown to our voca-
bulary when a war takes place in Europe; and sooner
or later we shall be drawn into it: though we will
give our Ministers the credit to believe that, with the
experience of the past, they will not be very ready to
involve the country in a new war for the sake of a
family that has repaid the blood and treasure we have
spent for their restoration to the Throne of France,
by nothing but ingratitude.
All the accounts from France represent the war-
like preparations that are making. The military
preparations are hastening with great activity at
Bayonne. A large hospital is about to be established
at St. Jean Pied de Port and at Socoa. Munitions of
war continue to be disembarked at Bayonne. Let.
ters from Metz state that 200 waggons and 100
draught horses are to be forwarded from that town
to Bayonne. A Royal Ordonnanee, dated the 20th,
orders the calling out of 40,000 men of the class
1822. The period of putting them in active service,
and their distribution among the corps of the army,
will be hereafter determined,
Since writing the above we learn that a letter has
been received from Paris, by express, this morning,
stating that the French Government have called out
the conscripts of the year 1822, Aosthe number of
75,000 men ; and all the sailors are being collected,
and immediately sent off to Brest and Toulon. This
may only be a rumour occasioned by the Royal Or-
donnance to which we have alluded. All the ac-
counts, however, from France, represent the military
preparations making as indicative of approaching
hostilities.
The following is the article in the ltioniteur of
Sunday, on which the probability of war is principally
grounded, with further extracts from that journal:
PARIS, DECEMBER I.
Ilia Excellency Viscount Montmorency arrived
here yesterday (Saturday), on, his return from the
Congress of Verona, and had the honour of an inter-
view with the King.
Questions of foreign politics have this peculiarity—
that being combined with distant interests, their march
proceeds out of the circle of habitual speculations.
. Thus persons most practised in these speculations find
themselves in a situation disadvantageous for correct
reasoning ; they cannot lay hold of any decided point,
nor argue on any certain basis; they are so much
the more exposed to be carried away in discussion
far from the course of affairs, inasmuch as these
affairs are, from their very nature._ subject to more
extensive ramifications, and consequently demand
longer time for decision. It would, therefore, be of
some advantage to know the progress of these ques-
tions, at least in proportion as they are accomplished.
Thus, after such contradictory rumours as have been
current on the state of our relations with Spain—
after the discussions which have taken place on this
inexhaustible subject during the conferences at Ve-
rona—after the indecision which so many opposite
opinions must have everywhere produced, we should
find, perhaps, a sufficiently solid basis for new con-
jectures, in the assurance that France has occupied at
the Congress of Verona the place which belongs to
her among the Monarchies of Europe ; and that the
Continental Powers leave to her the end and termi-
nation of the affairs of Spain, with the intention of
concurring with all their force in such plans of execu-
tion as France shall be in a situation to adopt.
In taking this resolution, the High Continental
Powers must have acted on an idea so simple and so
just, that it will strike all reasonable persons : they
must have confided for the decision of a question
which interested them all on that Power whose inte-
I rest in this question was the most immediate. This
mark of confidence, so important for France, she owes
to her own wisdom, to the power site has recovered
since ideas of order have triumpbod over dune dis-

M PARIS, DECEMBr•.R i.

" You will see by to-day's Monitesse, that the decision of the
question of peace or war is entirely left to the French Govern.
meut ; and the other four Powers of the alliance content them-
selves with a general tender of their confidence, and an offer of
their support in ease of extremities. Montmorency has returned
with this result. He arrived last night at eight o'clock, and
' waked on his Majesty immediately after. M. I'ozzo di Borg.)
is expected in a day or two, and will be especially destined to
push on the war party. As in the declaration of Congress,
nothing is recognized but the general right of interference, if a
sufficient case of danger or injury is made out, no Power is tor.
nutted by it definitively, or precluded from judging of the po-
licy of France, as it discloses itself in the successive tnea;Lres
which she pursues. The struggle between the peace acd the
war party, which has been for the last two mouths carried on ;:t
Vienna and Verona, will now be renewed at Paris. Certain of
the Ministers, and the Emperor Alexander, with, prob:tbly, .he
Emperor of Austria, will remain at Verona till the result of the
negotiations of the French Government with chat of is
known. The funds yesterday fell, as was anticipated. It
the Chambers will meet on the 7th of January."

The Correctional Tribunal has rejected the preli-
minary objections which the bookseller Ntocrucr had
pleaded in justification of his republication of " The
Social System, by the late Baron de HOLISACH."-
Sentence was thetefore pronounced against him of
three months imprisonment, and of SOO francs fine.
The copies of the work are ordered to be seized.
M. °lama, merchant at Marseilles, was al rested

a few days ago, and was still in secret confinement
on the 23d ult. The reasons of this proceeding a;-e
not known.—Journal de Paris.

In the absence of positive information there are a-
ways a variety of rumours ; and, among others,
have heard that the First Captain of the Age has Leer
outgeneralled at Verona, by men " who never set
a squadron in the field, or any mere about a battle
know, than a spinster r' It is said our Envoy was
very-cordially received by the Iloly Allies, but th.a
when they had obtained from him a knowledge ci
the line of policy our Government intended to ad 'IA
with regard to Spain, they made a cabal among
themselves to defeat it. Another rumour is, C.=
some high words took place between our Envoy and
the Russian Minister.

A, report prevails that our Government will send
a Fleet of Observation into the Mediterranean, in case
of hostilities between France and Spain.

This forenoon we received a Flinders Mail, with
Brussels Papers to the 30th ',tr. The following are
extracts:

ALEPPO, SEPTEMBER 2(2.

The shocks of earthquakes still continue, but they
are far less violent. Most of the inhabitants aTe
leaving the country, and those who remain are, Re
.us, building barracks. Our houses are in ruins.—
Our new village, where we are to pass the winter,
proceeds rapidly. M. Lesseps, the French Consul,
has laid down the plan and superintends the work.—
Our situation is most distressing.