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sensation in England.

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can, in the view taken of the subject by L
Majesty, be considered as not fulfilling the eo.
contemplated by the Act of Parliament of the Mb
199.5, as not placing the commerce and navigation
,Grent• Britain, and of btr posseSsiolis abroad, upon
Ifooting of the most favoured nation, excepting only k
Isimstiouance of the . discriminating tonnage duty of 90
cents. per ton on British vessels, and of the addition if
10 per cent. on the ordinary duct charged on pods
imported in British vessels entering the ports vf
litinited States from the British Colonies. Both .
' inseseres embraced by the Order in Council, the coun-
tervailing duties, and the discontinuance of the ister-
ineree, are founded on one and the same tact-the'
vontinnance of the United States' discriminating Mist
1--And the countervailing duty, deemed equivalent
thereto, which has, by the Order in Council, been hie
on American vessels and goods inspected in
vessels entering the ports of the British Colonies,
alone sufficient to the British and American vats=
eis, employed hitt t:tereenrse between those Cniopi
And the United Stine; ea the foods& of the most pm`
feet equality.
It dos sot bassi to die naionignot nognadona
is olicy of the emery ties width Gnat 'Satoh Roy d
proper to adopt regretting the trade with bar
.-•„. He only infers, from the Acts of Parliament pleisel
,;on that subject during the last boar years, that the intim:
,worse between the United States and the BritialiVele.
'nies in the West Indies, South America, and Oar,
'places, to the extent authorised by those Am h
;sidered, by his Majesty's Government, as *benelleief to
.those Colonies and the British Empire at large.
With this conviction, and the only inequality sup-
;posed to exist having been removed by the countervail.
'its* duties, the undersigned has been unable to discover
the motive for interdicting altogether, after a short time,
so fir as respects the British possessions in the West
-Indies, South America, and several other places, an in-
tercourse beneficial to both parties, and which might, in
conformity with the Act of Parliament, have, if eased
,expedient, been indefinitely continued with theetedel,
nies, in the same manner as has been done, as respects
'the British possessions of North America.
, Wholly unable, therefore, to assign a cause for the,
contemplated suspension of the intercourse in question,
the undersigned apprehends that, for the very reason
that the object in view cannot be understood, it may be
misconstrued. •
Having no instructions on a contingency which was
ant foreseen, be can at this time only express his regret
that a measure, which cannot be viewed favourably by
his Government, should have been adopted, at the
moment when he was authorised to renew the nego-
ciations on that subject, and with a well founded hope,
from the liberal tenor of his instructions, that an ar-
rangement, founded on principles of mutual convenience
to both parties, might be concluded.
• It is well toowa that the delay in that respect was
due to causes trot under the controul of the United
States, principally to the state of health of Mr. King,
which has ultirn.tely deprived them of his services. •

imi.gic
which

•
• The reasons of the marked preference given by the
Government of the United States to an arrangement by
treaty, instead of regulations adopted by both coun-
tries, are sufficiently obvious. It is highly important
for all the pardescancerned, essential for the security of
commercial or agricultural operations, that the inter-
c•mrse should be placed on a more permanent and ea•
plicit footing than it can be by reciprocal laws, liable to
'he modified or 'tricked at any time, at the will of either
„arty, and not always easily understood by those on
, whom they operate. And the obstacles which have
Neat-iced the United States from accepting the inter-
,COjnie contemplated by the Act of Parliament, which
could only be tlone halo, and by complying with
terms on which they had not been consulted, may, it is
believed, be easily removed by modifications essential
.to them, and which will not, it is thought, be found
inconsistent with the interest of Great Britain.

The tind.rsigned has taken a view only of the gene•
rat tenor of the Order in Council, and does not think
it nee-scary to advert to some of its details. He be•
_Hayes the omission of a special mention of the trade
with the British Provinces in the East Indies, in

that clause which makes a special exemption as respects
that with the British possessions in Europe, to be purely
accidental. And he takes it for granted, that it is not
intended to extend the countervailing duties to the
intercourse by land or inland 'navigation, between the
Uake4 States and the British possessions in North
AMerica, if it shall be found, as the undersigned be•
lieses it to be the fact, that the discriminating duties of,
be. Unired States do not apply to that intercourse. _

The undersigned avails bliatorif.of this opportunity to pray Mr.
Canning to accept the assurance of his perfect consideration.
A LBILRT GALLATIN.
Tim Right Hon. George Canning, &c.
Tube Continued.

FRENCH .PAPERS.

1/ROY THE [tOf.a,sAzsrlVarOAY, MIRIAM' O.
MADRID, DSCICISUI a.
The drought during the autumn, and the intense cold
we have had since the beginning of the winter, have
caused a great number of disorders, chiefly Stations,
diatihceas, and measles. For these three months past
the mortality has been terrible. The Count de Puebla
del. Marstre, formerly Ambassador at Paris, has just
lost his sister, at the age of 24 years; and the young
Marchioness de Villa Franca, daughter of the Marchio-
ness of Santa Crus, equally distinguished by her beauty
and• amiable disposition, is in the greatest danger.
It is said that the rnt &Walla, who was intended
to go as Ambassador from Spain to London, has de-
clined that post, which is now of such importance,
declaring that he would rather return to Granada, to
continue the superindence of the Royal road from Ands•
lusia to Madrid, and the canal from Motril to Granada,
as he has been ordered to do by a Royal Commission.
His Eminence the Bishop of Chile, the capital of
Chili, has just arrived in this capital, having been taken
nut of his bed and his palace' t midnight eleven months.
ago, placed with his Secretary and an attendant in Vi
carriage, and conducted to the port of Valparaiso._
He was embarked on board a craty dismasted vessel,
and conveyed to Acapulco; he was conveyed from
Acapulco to the extremity of tht Mexican states, with.
out passing through Mexico or any other town, then'
sent to New York, and then embarked for Havre,
' whence he proceeded to Rouen, Paris, and Madrid,
where he arrived a few days ago. This venerable
prelate is seventy•three years of age, and has been a
bishop twelve years. He was' born, brought rip, and
passed his whose life in Chili, bat the revolutionists
would not let him die there..
Our Correspondent at Granada says. that on the 14th

The post from Lyons which ought to have arrived at.
Paris on the 7th, at five o'clock ia the morning, siidlaste
arrive till the Bth at eleven o'clock in the man*"
It was stopped. between Painbouchain and Si.
horien de Late by such a great fall of snow, that k
26 boars in proceeding three leagues.
The Aristerfre announces to its subscrsisen that it
will cease to appear to-morrow.
The official pan of the Mold:cur of •
tains three Royal Ordinances relative tit the
Thi first, after a preamble stating the realm. tot
the measures, decrees that there shall be a Mari.
date Prefect in each of the five great. ports of the'
kingdom; the second appoints the five Prefects;
and the third, stating that experience has thaws
the disproportion between the number of the mask=
of the Board of Adasiralty, and the importance astra,
tent of their labours creates Vice Admiral Cabot
Gourdon, and the Vice Admiral Count d'Augier, me*
ben of the Board Of Admiralty.

VIM ?NI COMTITIIIIIO.IOII
'MADRID, Doc. St.

PRIVATE CORI

" The negotiations hitherto have been cotfined to,
requiring our Government to agree that the Portuguese
refugees shall no longer be, received in the Spanish ter-
ritories, and that those who are already there. shall be
disarmed, and sent to the left bank of the Ebro. In the

meantime England appears satisfied with the results of,
the negotiations, for. Mr. Lamb, her Ambassador, has
again appeared at Court,, where his presence on Christ
mas-day excited caleiderable surprise.
"The Swiss tree* at Madrid have already received
three pair it *we Inch man, in order to be ready to
march, and &tisaage of this brigade is already
packed up.
• "As to the if obankvatioadeuined for the fron-
tiers, it is muds an was believed, for
instead of 7,000 tawraddell mese at first spoken of, it
will be raised to 144006 MS . all arms. Although
General Rodil has already MINK for the head quarters
at Valencia d'Alcantara, his appointmeat is only provi-
sional—at least he is named ad interim. in the decree;
but we are in the habit of seeing public functionaries
appointed ad interim continue to bold their places for
several years. However, it may be
.right to remark,
that General Sarsfidd, who it is said is destined to
command the corps of observation, has been sent for by
express to Madrid.
" The troops for the division of observation continue
is movement ; 6 pieces of artillery of the guard were sent
-off yesterday, and a battalion O artillery of the line left
Segovia on the 25th.
"Ingeneral, it
.would appear that tin &es opiofthe
line must be employed in very small ambers as pet of
the division, which for the greater part will consist of
corps of the guard andprovincial militia, to which this
preference is given, because the troops of the line are of
the same opinions as the Apostolicals. It is this which
makes Government fearful of concentrating it large body
, of them on one point.
" The news of the disembarkation of the English
troops at Lisbon arrived here on site everting of the2sth,
and was officially communicated by Mr. Lamb to M.
Salmon on the following day. We are assared that
when the former heard the circumstance, he cried out
' They will not relishes k so speedily.
" There are in circulationhere manuscript copies of
a letter addressed, it is said, by the Princess Regent to
the Queen her mother, stating that she had.been com-
pelled by circumstances to accept the Presidency of the
Government; but that in a short time the Marquis de
Chaves would deliver them both from the restraint
in which they were placed. Although it has been
hawked about almost publicly, the pollee have done
nothing to hinder the circulation of this apocryphal
writing, or to discover its authors.
" The following extract from the Portuguese Journal
11mpg:dial, will serve to convey a just idea of the Apos-
tolicals, of whom the Marquis de Chaves is the instrto
meat:" The rebels cornort tke greatest atrocities in
Tras-os-Montes t they brutally violate wives and daugh-
ters, in the presence of their husbands and fathers, and
afterwards assassinate the one and the other. Several
unfortunate beings have been impaled.'
" The Officers and non-commissioned Officers who
have been made prisoners in Tras-os.Montes, have been
conducted into Spain, bound and bumd together
like felons.
" It appears, however, according to the letters which
we receive from the Portuguese frontiers, that these
crimes are about to be concluded, for all the letters
represent the army of the Marquis de Chaves as in
diserdet, and as falling back on our frontiers." •
rasa TOR 41111011a101116..
MADRID, Dec. is.

PRIVATE

44 Mr. Lamb continues at Madrid, and notwithstanding
his fruitleis efforts to obtain a reorganioration of the
Ministry, there is no reason to believe that he will
speedily withdraw from hence. The multiplied checks
which this Minister has sustained for some time past,
and the patience with which he endures them, have put
a stop to the reports of war. Knowing folks, however,
are ant deceived by the coolness affected by the British
Envoy; they believe that this seeming tranquillity is
oaring to a change of character in his mission,' and to
his being no longer charged to prescribe what ought to
be done, and to observe what is done.

" Our Cabinet gives itself little anxiety about what
Mr. Lamb may communicate to his Cabinet; allfinesse
is henceforward superfluous with us, since our polity is
open. To diplomatic craft, and menaces more or less
disguised, King Ferdinand has replied by a profession
of faith equally noble and sincere: Europe will know
how to appreciate it. Moreover, it appears certain that
our Monarch is about to expose the motives of his con-
duct in respect to Portugal, and his grounds of com-
plaint against England, in a manifesto which, it is said,
will soon make its appearance.
" The refusal of King Ferdinand to acknowledge
Brazil as an independent State, is a natural consequence
of the protest which he has himself made against the
emancipation of the Vanish Veitaties,tandetgatast the

Me aware die this edition is a sareilot Opal Whit oc.,
Barred in your port of Havrel but the future will reveal]
Mu% whether more is gained by deceiving friends and
aria at once, than by following, without disguise, a
mane of policy founded upon lesetieente interests.
• It'bas been officially amemined at Coen, that the
eison of Almeida has recognised Don Miguel ei
Log of Portugal, and taken the oath of fidelity to
'Almeida is only three leagues from Ciudad Rodrigo.
and this ii t e strongest citadel in Portugal. 166 rate
id toe camplesti of the Marquis de Chaves hen eget
tie Onion -el blood. Ti. known character orthis
rishes him best adapted to the mat be is
called operate fulfil. It is absolutely mita, that if
all the ftesets woeld remain nester. the aertfirow of
the new gam Weald be ofecteitemengitnet
boors. without eamiCang the life of a single Mess if
asy. blood be thed epos the Beaks of the Tages,ii ikon
he Jaid to the charge of English policy.
Ir be Royalist Volunteers, recently arrived at Hada
ht lie device of this Capital, were reviewed. on the
Mb. at the Prado. This band was in the finest coo&
ties.' Ind Mr. Lamb, who was present at the feria*
ineektiplo, bad an opportunity of temarking the martial
air of our volunteers."

PORTUGAL
LISBON, Thanntsis ss.
The Session of the present extraordinary Cortes closed
the day before yesterday, in the Palace of Ajoda, and
the next ordinary Session, prescribed by Art. 18. cap. 1.
Tit. 4. of the Constitutional Charter, is to be opened on
the 2d of January. The following prOject of a law
relative to the allowances oaths civil list, was presented
by the C..wimittee of Fumes to the Chamber of De-
puties, on the 21$t instant.

let. The alleerances of her May Dams Maria 11. dinged of
Portugal and dr Adams, to ems as the arrive' in the liksidaea,
dell Maud at 11,1108 mil.relaper dim. Her Majesty, open isr ar.
rival, will In addidoNdin atm of "AIM nsilreis so alit.The Wheat Mr* preemie 4snt al dm Mon-
Mew, haw* in mend revenue, dill recelm Ai ml4ri Mr AM.
--sd. Tie Ilmansarfamm, Outbids Jeoebboolladdee tit gm.
awe from the gamen's home whisk she enjoy% did wavy,. an
=esdpumet mon the Ti of lISAMM
of the ether Prineemas shall ireedvo for their mohnsamme am
mignmenit it tiptop hams per;anies.—ab. 4 doing b
aselined,
an
Mr Mb, m the e gavot, Dases'
Iltrio, as an act of gratitude of dee PbP intira, for
the enimat minims which that Pdisons has ry d to It.-7th.
The Priseees of Brasil, Donna Marla &indicts: shall ennehmte to
receive the amid pension which the Mils of the Pirfunone
Tremary.—ati. These MUOWSOCIIIS are sat to sleet IN any inniteet
the particular rights of the high Pereenema upon wham they are
conferred, nor their enjoyment of the Pdaces and other property
that belong to them.
A I) putation of the Studeuts of the University of
Coimbra, have come to Lisbon; to request 01 the Princess
;Regent, who received the Deputation at the Palace oC
Ajuda, that she would deign to direct arms to be given
to the Students, that thr.7 might By to the defence of
their country. The young Brazilians who are studying',
at the different UniveVsities of Portugal, have preferred
a similar request; fArt not being Portuguese citizens,
the request was addressed to the Minister of War, by the
Consul General ot'Brazil.

The following h the Report of General the Marquis
'of Angsja, respecting the attack of the Marquis of
Chaves on the passage of the Tansego
" I have the sadsfaction to communicate to your Excellency
(the Miaister of War), in order that you may lay the same beard'
her Highness the Princess Regent, the reports of Generals ISA°
and Claudino, which densoostrate the enthusiasm and excellent 46.1
poNltioa animating the troops that defend the Tamers. These
troops, ela the 14th, surpassed all eulogium, by their cendoct. I ion.
mediately feat to Oporto, the primmer' taken that day, with orders
to have them conducted thence to Lisbon. The whole of the troops
solder nay orders were engaged lo this affair, and all of them
conducted themselves so well, that I feel it impassible to point east
any ore as more distinguished for courage and diteipline than cheroots
" General Claudio() attacked the rebels with such impetuosity,
that they were unable for a moment to keep their rooks. I gamest
omit making see remark, which appears to me worthy of mea-
ds° namely, that many of the prisooers were armed with Spanish
muskets. As the rebels are coaceotrating their forces, I, on my
side, have put in motion all those which I have at presets dispos-
able. The. Count de Villa Flores to swimmable, and I believe
that she whole of his division, part of which steeps to-night at Sae-
nadas, will be here (at Amarante) to-mserew."

•Minister of Foreign Affairs, is his Note to MI
The circumstance to which we onside, is of
My-refusal t accept tte anion to Lf)ndoli
to his. `era shoo by Came trOVALIA ; and
lo novice is 'the ways of his Court, and a
besides, his declining this honour would
. a bad commentary upon Mr. SA LMONI
aseorences. Nothing further is said in thew
the Army of Observation; and we would
Atkin the 'tender not to infer from this omission thr

by dm I
Lapis.

the scheme bas been already abandoned. The prose
Cation of it, on the contrary, appears to be the favouri•
business of the Spanish Government at this time, at
mesas ofevading the importanity,and braving the resew
mect of this country. Its authors ought to knosr.bowne,

from experience, that a resource of this kind is rather a
dangerous one. and may, is the sad, become mote for
midable to themselves than to their enemies. But thi,'
is a consideration which it wool', become them, mot,

than us, to attend to; and we are satisfied in the

time, that evasion and menace, if they be persevered in,
sill have no other effect but to accelerate an event se
ardently desired by all good Spaniards—we mean the
anal deliverance of their country from the double ecru
frf a tyrannical Government an intolerant Priesthood.
From Portugal shere.is no intelligence io these Pa.
pers, with the excepdoo of a vague account of the occu.
patio. of Viotti by the rebels. But steno date is assigned
to this era motion, and m the otatement is not borne out
by the last advice, from Lisboa or Oporto, we may
be allowed to indulge in some doubts, or rather in eta'
absolute disbelief, of its accuracy. Hoe ever, the
Apostolicals, seeing that all ordinary resources are
likely to fail them in this most legitimate and pit's•
warfare, ham called down a Deets es Mathias} to their
aid, in the form of an apocryphal letter from the PRIN.
cans Rsorrcr, to that exemplary Personage the Oven
Horace, congratulating her on the prospect of both
of them being speedily delivered from the state of
restraint in which they are held by. an impios.
and revolutionary factio.l The time is gone by
when such pious frauds would have succeeded ; and
if the rebels have no other meant at hand to retrieve
their desperate fortunes, we would advise them to
throw themselves without further delay, at the feet ol
their opponents, seeing that under Heaven they harem.,
other chance of saving their wretched lives, bat such is.
they may and in the pity or contempt of the latter.
We almost forgot to state, that the' A *tonne's have
found out another prop for their sinking hopes, it
the discussions now pending between' Great Britain
and the United States of America. They flatter
themselves that these will lead to hostilities; and that,

the British Government will be thus prevented Ii
assisting Portugal with the requisite energy. .It itsy
canary to animadvert epos -sbe extravagame of
speculation ; but were it as plausslle as it ts mine
absurd, it would not presient this country' 'Res ren

ing that aid to Portugal, which it is best►d by tr
to furnish. We wish, earnestly wish, to live= fri
terms with the Americans ; but wt do not fear

hostility.
•
We alluded yesterclirt=roeuusents published
the American Papers eo the subject of the Mations hewers t
[ United hates and Greet Britain. We have net space fer the wis
et these &tensest, ; nor is k necessary that we should give
-of them. • We live wow of them bosky, awl shall give
Camases letter tO4IIOITOW, which will wave so pet ow Semi
session of the merits of the Isies between
fps

We understand that it ss perfecdy correct, that
Grace the Doke of Wawitnrou has been appoit

Comtnander•ia•Chief of the Forces, and that

ri,i; ive in the rearming. threw nom' of the inhabit:wits !spivs As Whiles toles% sad lbstitetiosslNlA:ra by the mini,
tic" out of their beds, awakened chosen, sad wadi *boas E
o froiethe Chief of spice. Such a *icy it ' '
sly, leave their hawses. This sheet-we' followed at show costistest this dor which ' reproves is the It Lams. Tie
of intervals by five others less violent, sad trasqailtity was de Chaves whet ' k hat- *heady applauded' is lb! Fetillsrat
the restored: but at eight le the weft *ere was a team SiPeerikelp. • _ 0-17 es I
the ble one, which shrew the whole city iateptisteessfar o 4kr to egcs at AMsleiy:tela of se be Is me
94 sad Induced warty perious to rt.- tia• which •us adsiit . O AS" the. slew was
lof . PARIS, JA a? S. ewe of we do sot . Alm solleelllll „
ods The Enlist, Journals of the 6rb, received by erprees. at Vigo, in Galkia, have obliged tem livadlias vassal be "'III I
the bring the news of the death of the Duke of York. This to strike the toodtaleellekbil Bag mar which they bad meow,' ass.
the event, though long anticipated, has yet ceased a great entered thil port. tottlehoist Polities-a
colas% We advices of t
. . - . . .«. ......r b/w* this odenuisame im - amorama .L.i mew* a., _ • • _. •••