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London, England, 1817-05-27 00:00:00

STATE PAPERS.

DIFFERENCES nETWEEN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.
NOTE Faohl Tile MlNl,Thits OF VIZ biCIDIATING COURTS
To THr. m awls n AMAMI, szcitET ART Of STATIC Post
FOREIGN ArfAlits To Doi 140.. T aITHFUL SIA.IIsIT;
" PARIS,r 1611 i MARCU. 1817.
" The occupation of a
part of the Spanish posses-
sions on the River Plate by the Portuguese troops of
Brazil was no sooner known inLEurope, than it was
the object of official and siniultaneous steps taken by
the Cabinet of Madrid with the • Courts of Vienna,
Paris, Lund in, Berlin, and St. Petershurgh, in order
to protest solemnly against this non:ration, and to
claim cieir support against such an aggression.
," Perhaps the Court of Madrid might have thought
herself entitled to recur at once to the means of de-
fence which PrioV/DENCE has placed in her hands, and
to repel force Is) force. Bat, guided by a spirit of
wisdom and moderat;on, she was desirous first of em-
ploying the mans of negotiation and persuasion, and
she preferre.i, notwithstanding the disadvantage that
relight result to her p,sse,tions beyond sea, addressing
herself to the five undeimenii-ned Powers, in order
to an amic thle adjostinent of her differences with the
Court of Brazil, and to avoid a rupture, the couse•
quinces of which might be equally disastrous to the
t wo coup:ries, and might disturb the repose of both
liemispl ercs.
ilt)s;t a resolution could not but meet with
the enfre aiiprohation of the Cabinets to which the
Court of Spain has addressed herself; and animated
with the desire of preventing the fatal consequences
that might rcsel: from the present state of affair',
the Courts Of Austria, France, Great Britain, Prus-
sia, and Russia, equa:ly the friends of Portugal and
Spain, alter having taken into consideration the just
claims of the latter Power, have charged the under-
signed to make known to the Cabinet of his Most
Faithful Majesty,
" That they have accepted the mediation de-
v anded of them by Spain.
" That they have seen with real pain, and not with-
out xurprise, that at the very moment when a double
marriage seemed to bind more closely the family ties
already existit,g between the Houses of Braganca and
Bourbon, and when such an alliance was to render
the relations between the two countries mere intimate
and mote friendly, Portugal hag invaded the Spanish
pUSiefoSIODA on the River Plate, and invaded them
without any explanation whatever; and without any
previous declaration. • •
" That the principles of equity and justice which
direct the Councils of the five Courts, and the firm
resolution they have adopted to preserve as much as
is in their pity-et the peace of the world, purchased
by such great sacrifices, have determined them to
take cognizance and.part in this affair, in the inten-
tion of terminating it iu the most equitable Minna,
and must conformable to their desire of maintaining
the general tranquillity.
"That the said Courts do not dissemble that a dif-
ference betaeeii Portugal and Spain might disturb
that peace and occasion a war in Europe, which
might be not -My disastrous to the two countries, but
incompatible with du. interests and the tranquillity
of other Powers.
" That in consequence they have resolved to make
known to the. Government of his Most Faithful Ma-
jesty, their sentiments on this subject, to invite hint
to forniTh sufficient explanations upon his views, to
take the most prompt and proper measures to disti.
prte the just alarms which his .nvasion of the An'eri-
can pcisstssions of Spain has already cabled in Eu-
rope, and to satisfy the rii!hts claimeA by the latter
Power, as well as those principles of justice and im-
partiality which guide the Mediators. A refusal to
yield to such just demands would leave no doubt
with respect to the real intentions of the Cabinet of
Rio Janeiro. The disastrous effects that might result
in the two hemispheres would be imputed entirely to
Portugal ; and Spain, after having seen all Europe
applaud her wise and moderate conduct, would tin.)
in the justice of her cause, and in the support of her
Allies, sufficient means of redressing her complaints.
" The undersigned, in acquitting themselves 01
the orders of their Courts, have the honour to offer
to has Excellency the Marquis d'Aguiar the assurance,'
of their high consideration. •
(Signed) " VINCENT, « CALM
" RICHELIEU, PoZZO DI IsAtou.sb •
ig STUART, •
I.UCIEN BONAPARTE.

PROTOCOL OF THE CONFERENCE AT PARIS, THE
IS fH OF MARCH.
" Present—The binktsTot Of AUSTRIA,
Doke de Ric-km.lßu,
.4 Duke of WILLING-row,
" Ir CHAIM= STEWART,
.. The PRUSSIAN Mikusrga,
.. The MINISTRR Of RUbSIA.

M The Conference having been opened this day
with their Excellencies the Dukes of Richelieu and
Wellington, to take into consideration the demand
made by Lucien Bonaparte for passports to conduct
one of his sons to the United States, 'and the Austrian
Minister having again laid down the three Questions
proposed at the Protocol of the 2d instant, relative to
the same object, it has been agreed—.
14 That North America baviog received a great number of
'rat-contents and French refugees, the presence of Lucien Bona-
parte in the United States would be still more dangerous than it
le in Europe, where be can be better watched. and that lb coos.-
quence it is to be desired that the passports he has asked toe
should be refused.
'4 2. That in order to deprive him of all plausible motives for
soliciting the said passports, it would be equally desirable to re-
fuse them to his sun Charles, whose Journey seems to be only a
pretext for the plans of the lather.
" s. That the news received by different means and from dif-
ferent countries, particularly from Nap.e., leave so doubt of the
intrigues and dangerous relations wined Lucien Bunaparre keeps
up in Paly—and considering that Rome is perhaps of all ci les
that in superintendence is the mot: difficult td be tier•
cirri, and Is exer:ised with leesamerlty, and that he may, not-
withstanding the rel.usiil of passports, Gad means of deceiving the
vigilance of the Roman Government, and of e.caping to proceed
to Atiserica, it would be &sit able that another abudt be assigned
him than Kome and the ROtihill Mates, by the High Aided
Powers, and that he bliould be further removed from the coasts,
hi order to render the plans of escape which he may meditate
snore difficult.
is This ()pinion being common to all the Members
of the Conkience, it has been resolved to consign it
in the Protocol of the day, in order that it may be
made known to the four Courts, and.may produce a
determination on their part upon this subject. •
Oigoed) C. STUART,
a RICHELIEU, DOLTZ,
1iet.1.1.1141310Ny POZZO DI DOUCJOe"

GERMAN P.APSAS.

BASLE, MAY 8.

For a few days two publications have been in cir-
culation here, which make a great noise, and prrceed
from the Missionary Establishment of Madam Kru-
deuer. In both these writings there is a visible ten-
dency to excite the poor against the rich, which
affords much scope for a comparison with the doc-
trines of Poeschel. Wherever this woman can have
a a:ng at Basle and its inhabitants, she never misses
the opportunity. Note the first of these. publications
(Gentile for the Poor the first Number of which ap-
peared 434 the sth of May, with this advertisement,
4' The Poor receive it gratis, and let them commu-
nicate it to the Rich for food, and pray for them")
col tains, in mystical langu ige, an announcement of
the kingdom of Goo for the Poor—ot judgments—of
murders—and scenes of horror, which shall begin in
Switzerland, and extend to the heart of Germany, &c.
The Papers are full likewise of tales of distress,
wretchedness, and divine anger, and quite calcolateg
to depress people's minds still more in these hard times.
The second Publication, i"ro the Poor," contains
the following passages, which will serve to charac-
tert,e it :

It The Leis (p. S.) will lead you by means of distress and
Persecution, out of the countries over which kis judgments.
was, perilence, eart •quakes, etc. will come ; where )ou
ire so cruelly treated, where people no longer live according to
Gores comnuoidnitnts; where they ?Artier teed the hungry nor
clothe the naked, nor take the wretched into their houses; whir
widows and orphans arc oppressed, strangers denied a refuge;
where you are driven from place to place, robbed of your homes,
if man and wife are not :rum e same country; where you arc
forbidden to marry links: )ou have a house of )our own, or a
certain stun of money; in shirt, where human laws are opposed
to Divtic."

Farther, page 9.—" The rich of this world will not obey the
Divine Ordinances. You now must leave your houses and crouch
before tl:tm ; you ate punished if you ask alms, it is even forbid-
den
to give alms. See, that is the kingdom of darkness of 4atan,
which seeks to overturn the Divine Order, and tear the bands
which Goo hat tied between the rich and the poor for the good
of the whole. But Goo knows bow always to make more glorious
that which Satan has destroyed; the later must himself be aid.
ing to make all better than it was before. GOD creates now a
:stew order of tbiogs—Goo abandons to themselves the rich, and
all woo depend on themselves, as they repulse from them the
poor,. whom Goa has placed to be it blessing to them One
judgment after another will come upon then', and foreign people
will rake every thing from them. I hen the blessing of Goo will
faU wholly on you, ye poor, who have become rich by faith, and
you will soon hear on earth the call, 6 Come hither. ye blessed of
my Father, inherit ti e kingdom which I. prepared for you; &c."

One would think that Basle did nothing for the
relief of the p:►or. though there are few cities which
have done so much. The rich inhabitants subscribed
in a lew days a sum of 400.000 francs, which they
lent without interest to the Government for the pur.
chase of corn; 45,000 francs were subscribed in a few
days to assist the " General Poor Committee ;" 1500
portions of soup are daily distributed, partly gratis,
partly at a low price; 1062 poor families receive
bread at nearly hats price. Tl►e Glvernmeat gives
to every citizen, from the corn magazine, a sack of
corn tot sixteen d►wlais, which costs in the market
twenty or twenty-two dollars.