The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-08-20 00:00:00

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PARIS PAPERS OF SUNDAY.
PORT ST. MARY'S. Aunt sit 7.—• The Doke d'Angoulemi
will arrive here on the 16th. On the 20th the Royal guard
atilt arrive. tieneFal Ordonneau is expected at Cordon
with six battalions.
The submission of Ballasteros has Olen a mortal blow I
to the Cortes. The Moderates wished a long time ago to
negotiate, and even Riego psoposed to bring us the King,
lino the condition that his past conduct should be forgot-
ten.—(to Quotidicane.)
According to a letter from Madrid, dated the II th inst.,
it appears that too favourable an interpretation was given
to the permission which the King and Royal Family •b-
-tained to go out sometimes and promenade in the streets of
Cadia. It coithl not be believed at Madrid that the Cortes
would have released from the excessive rigour with which
the at oyal Family has been treated from the beginning,
without some potverful motive, and it was supposed that
the most exalted of the Revolutionary party would have
found themselves constrained to yield to circumstance". It
is unfortunately too certein.tliat King Ferdinand, although
,s crated with more attention, is still at the mercy of the re-
bAs. The news of the surrender •of Bailasteros will have
c•mtributed at least to ameliorate the situation of the royal
captives; and it is to be hoped that the arrival of the
Prince Generalissimo will pat an end to the anxiety which
ail inithfal Spaniards experience,—(lbid.)
The latent intelligence reeeised from Cadiz is dated the
6rt. The King and Royal Family are well; but• things
h the not yet advanced as far as was first imagined. At
314tIrid all the signs of public rejoicing have been. taken
dawn, the news of the King's liberation being premature.—
(Journal des Danes.) • t,
General Ballasteros has arrived,* the head quart f
the Duke d',Angouleme, and General Donn:alien arrived at
Toulouse on the Ilth. on his way t• Barreges.
SARAGOSSA, July 30.—0 n the 20th, at eight o'clock in
the morning, numerous groups occupied the principal
p lints of the city. These groups consisted of no less than
30, 40, and 50 persons. About eleven o'clock, nearly bOOO
p-asants entered Saragossa, and went to the residences of
the richest insticidnals, who had been suspected of being
Constitutionalists, whom they carried to the church of the
I iiiptisition,arel in less than two hours this church enclosed
m—re than 1,500 persons. Shortly after, a deputation of
the populace presented themselves before the Spanish Ge-
neral Joachim Fereyra, demanding anthority to pillage the
houses of the persons whom they had secured. This Ge-
neral, indignant at such a request, represented the violences
of which they would be guilty in such odious colours, and
spoke with such eloquence and persnasion, seconded by the
officers of the French garrison, that the idea of plunder was
ahandoned ;but they could not liberate those who had been
confined.
It was asserted that the populace were so infuriated, that
if the least attempt had been made to liberate them, they
were determined rather to commit a massacre; Gen. Ferey -
ra, therefore, and the Cul. of the French regiment,despatch-
ed a courier to the Regency, to inform them of the proceed-
ings at Saragossa. The return of the courier is most im-
patiently expected.
Under these unph as int circumstances, the French Co.
lanel conducted bin self in a manner most praiseworthy.—
He was seen runnit g th ough the streets in every direc-
Coo, and presentine hi itself wherever the danger appeared
most imminent. He r stored to order the most ungovern-
able ; yet, notwithstanding all his efforts to atop the impe-
tuosity of the roused populace, he could not succeed. 'the
most consoling reflection to this distinguished officer, is that
of his having prevented the effusion of blood on so dread-
ful no occasion. It is remarked with great satisfaction,
that since the courier was despatched to the Regency, the
people have not made the least disturbance.

IRISH LETTER WRITING.

CORK ASSIZES, AUG. 13.

BREACH OP PROMISE OP MARIMAOL-MARGARZT ANNE
WYNNE V. J. F. WARNER.
The facts, as they appeared in evidence. were these:—
The defendant was a gauger in the excise department, and
in the year IdI?. was stationed in Mallow, being then only
seperaunieram, when be became acquainted with the plain-
tiff. ti astigfitter of an innkeeper in that town. A corre-
spond vas kept up between them, and he visited at
the P. or a long period of years, when lie sent a friend
to man. her father's consent to a nowciage, which lie de-
clined, conceiving that the defendant was not in sufficient-
circumstances to undertake the charge of.a family. Th's '
occasioned a coolness for some months, but the acquaint-
anceship was recommenced, until the defendant was order-
ed to Cork, when all communication was taken off. The
defendant was married in February last, when the action
waslaid. It teas proved by the plaintiff's sister that she
suffered in her health, and declined a marriage with another
person, in conievence of :he defendan..
The letters from the defendant to the plaintiff were read
by Mr. O'Connell with such effect, as caused great laugh-
ter. We have not space for the en ire se.ies, but present
the first letter as a specimen:
" My dearest Peggy,—The Rescript of Cardinal Qua-
rentotti, issued with his tlecretunt cat, from the Court of
the Propaganda, was not a compleater, He plus ultra than
your proclamation, Angels and ministers of grace defend
ns!—not an assailable point in which I have not been at-
tacked. t must, you perceive, resort to my old auxiliary
scraps of Latin, and words of thundering sound, for it
baffles my ituowledge of plain English to answer it ; how-
ever. you may bring to your recollection that I acknow-
ledged amongst my manifold sins and transgressions, was
that of heiog petulant when treated with any thing border-
ing on diarepect. I can offer no other excuse for part of
my last letter. I would ask seriously what is the palpable
change in my conduct which you allude to ; you are per-
fectly in possession of my reasons for absenting myself
from your house, and should I have the happiness of seeing
yoti..l feel timid in speaking, as I have reason to doubt
the reception I may meet with from your co:npany. I hope
there is no spice of vanity in the jealousy you exhibit for
my acquaintance with those ideal ladies; it your jealousy
on that head arises from an affection for me, I give you
reason to be as jealous as possible. I would congratulate
you on the accession of Acteon's horns ; for I assure you,
my dearest Peggy, I have no acquaintance who would not
seder in the comparison of my dear girl; and I hope you
have that knowledge of me, to think toe incapable of any
further attention than what common politeness d mates.—
Fond as I am of acceding to your commands, I must take
the liberty of disobeying that part of your proclamation in
which Decretemett. ' I mast forget such a person is in
existence,' a proclaMation cannot effect it, nothing less than
a miracle will be efficient ; I have only to request my love
will aot put my love to so severe a test, by such a concate-
nation of serious combustibles as was contained in your last
letter, for I fear my powers of composition would suffer se-
riously in the conduct. My dear girl will pardon the non•
sense of this letter ; there was a somewhat in the jealousy
sad other little matters in your last, that bore so strong a
comparison to affection, that it exhilirated my humour. I
have particularly to request that you will net mention any
thing farther implying a doubt of my affection or honour ;
my affection is not the result of a short or hasty formed
faacy ; it is a matured and settled principle, and as I consi-
der myself bound by the strictest ties of affection and ho-
nour to you, any doubt on the subject can only imply a
want of principle on my part ; nor can any thing but an
absolute dismissal again from you cause a change. I have
only to conclude by assuring you of of the sincere affection
of youn only,
"JOHN FOOT WARNER."
" P. S.—You shall not charge me with of
desiring hi
km: from you again, for I assure you there is nothing
mikes as so. happy ; therefore let me bear from you as
often as possible. bat for God's sake avast proclamations.