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Among the Addresses presented from various cities
toroll his rvisewas one fro milksgob in which is the
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Tfteri hew, Sire, a Angle honest man in Spain who is not
firmly convinced that the public prosperity `cannot be estab-
lished dillhose fatal enmities are extinguished, which inconside-
fat and penrerse men attempt not only to eternize, but daily to
berm* among the individuals of this great family—among
hrethreS There is not a Spaniard, endowed with virtues and
lame judgment, who doubts for a moment that the constitution
oldie Ministry is the only anchor which secures the vessel of the
hate, and that without it theft Is no salvation for the country.
The immense majority of the Nation is convinced el these
truths, and proceeds in the path of its Consitadonal duties;
while a few individuals everywhere sow 4frame, pretending
that they alone know the true state of alifekoo end would have
the Governmeot of twelve millions of pee* osehadvely
di-
rected by them and their party.
It is time to observe, that while peaceable dims omperly
obey the laws, and wish abuses to be corralled by *imam
they prescribe, some persons, not In general researbablefisetheir
virtues, their talents, their fortunes, or their services, dlesegir&
the laws; and note= the Authorities-0 die =At
Waking she Constitution, and proclaiming Ilea
man have been too keg sulfated to assume a dangers.* men-
diner, &c. &c.
" The People desire that all should be placed • S ate
with the fundamental law of the State, as your
dolly expresses : thee desire that the conduct of
and other Authorities should be inquired into-.4lsairfeiltse their
errors, or their crimes laid open ; but in the easilinit presalhod
by the laws ; for they are fully aware that one dr mere crimes
of the agents are infinitely less dangerous than the lienbordina.
don of citizens who pretend to subject the measures et the Go-
vernment to an illegal inquiry, and to disobey them when they
are not conformable to their own wishes, atc. •

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A private letter,.dated Madrid, December 13, gives
the following sketch of the proceedings of the Cortes
of that day :—" It is now five o'clock p. nt. The Sit-
ting is just over, and the discussion is adjourned till
to-morrow. The Ministers were vehemently:attacked,
even by their friend.. They defended,themselves
very feebly : their contradictions, their hesitations,
their whole plan of defence, manifested their utter
weakness. To justify the circulars addressed to the
Political Chiefs, as to the influence which they were
to exercise in the elections, they produced anonymous
letters. The public audience appeared beyond trea-
sure indignant. The Count de Toreno, who could
not obtain a hearing, did nothing during the whole
Sitting but go from bench to bench to beg votes for
his friends. At the breaking up of the meeting, he
was hissed by more than a thousand persons at the
door.—A report has been spread, that Velasto, the
Commandant of Seville, had taken the field, at the
head of some battalions. It was first put in circula-
tion yesterday, and not being confirmed to-day, ap-
pears consequently to be unfounded. Madrid is per-
fectly tranquil. Notwithstanding the important dis-
cussions that have lately taken place, the city has
never been more quiet: there has not been the least
symptom of agitation."
Advices from Cadiz, to the Bth instant, by way of
Gibraltar, state that the King's Message to the Cortes,
relative to the late occurrences at Cadiz, and the
Answer of the Cortes, reached that city on the Ist.
The acting Commandant of the province immediately
communicated their contents to the inhabitants, to-
gether with the determination of that Assembly to
refer the Message to a Special Commitee. The wishes
of Cadiz having been thus complied with, and her
petitions being now under the consideration of the
fathers of the country, the Commandant exhorted the
population to await their decision with calmness and
composure. On the same day, the Provincial Depu-
tation addressed a Memorial to the Cortes, in which
they enumerate the acts of the Administration, which,
in the opinion of the memorialists, demonstrate the
guilt of its Members, and then ask—" Whether the
People, who have witnessed the same, are to hold
their tongues, blindly to obey, and even to suffer
themselves to be bound up for the sacrifice? Are
they to suppress their complaints until they be en-
slaved? If even under the old system the laws al-
lowed mischievous orders to be resisted, can such re-
sistance be illegal under the reign of freedom? No
Constitution, no Code, can be in opposition to the
supreme, to the fundamental law of the salvation of
the country." The Memorial then reminds the Cortes
that the wishes and prayers of the city of Cadis are
also those of the whole province, those of Seville,'
those of Galicia, in short, those of many other parts
of the Monarchy, which equally distrust Ministers, and
are equally determined to oppose them, and to protect
their liberties from all attacks. The Memorial con-
cludes as follows :—" Elected by the People, and
especially appointed to maintain their rights, what
side will the Cortes take in this contest between the
People and Power? Which ought to be their first
care, public security, or the continuance of discredited
Ministers in office?"

The Literary Gazette, No. 258, the last Number
for the present year, will be published on Saturday,
with the following contents :
Reviews of Archdeacon Coxes Shrewsbury Papen, a striking
view of the Ministry at the time of the Revolution.--Wilks
Memoirs of Queen Caroline, curious Pvticsdars of her early
life, &c.—Lady Hervey's Letters, with many Anecdotes of
Et:makable Persons.—Lord Byron's Tragedies.—Epitome of
biblical Literature during the Sixth Century.—Egyptian Anti-
quities.—Unipe Retry and Biography.—The Flea, by Peter
Woodhouse e and the Feminine Machined, by Thomas Indrewe,
poems and Writers of the Age of Elizabeth, hitherto unknown.—
Original Poetry, by eminent Writers.—Dramatic Criticisms.—
Notices of Science.—Varieties of Humour and Literature,
&c. &c. dm—Subscribers desirous of commencing the Lite-
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About four weeks ago, a Jew came to Glasgow,
who thought thot no man could be found in that
City to beat him at the draughts. lle was taken up
by Mr. A. Blair, a warper, for the best ofnine fames,
for fifteen pounds a-side. The parties met on Thurs-
day se'nnight, in a tavern, and, after a contest of four
hours, the result was, four or five games drawn ;
three won by the Jew, and five won by Blair.
There is an old man in Montrose, John Halket, by
trade a mason, who remembers of the rebellion in
1745, and of the visit of the Duke of CUMBERLAND,
which was impressed upon his mind by a circum-
stance which age cannot efface. He and several other
lads happened at that time, at a bonfire, to drink the
health of " Charlie," and this coming to the ears of
the Duke, they were all whipped through the town,
each boy led by his father, as a punishment• for the
crime. John is about 84, is still healthy and vigor-
ous, and delights in telling this, and many other
stories of the olden day.