The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-09-24 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS OF SUNDAY.
(From the Moisiteur of Sept. 21.—Official Part.).
TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH.
MARSHAL LAURISTON TO THR MINISTER OP WAR.
" Orcoyen, Sept. 15,1523.
" Tomiorrow morning the French troops will enter the
'tevrvielPaerpelena; the citadel was taken possemion *Mgt
night. The Legitimate Muncipality will also enter an
lionr.afterwards, escorted by the French toops,j94 tw9
companies of Spaniards."
The Journal des Debra* contains intelligence from Port
St. Mary's to the 12th inst. Up to that penal no other
attempt had been made to annoy the Constitutionalists,
and the grand attack on the Isle of Leon seethed to bare
bees suspended. The.same paper announces the receipt of
•very satisfactory, intelligena respecting the malady at
Passage; in proof of whisk it is observed, that most of the
patients had resevered; that only a few had died; and that
on thel7elethe number of the sick was 27, of whom only 2
cases appeared to be mortal.
The Journal de Toulouse contains the following letter,
dated Perpignan. Sept. lb:—"The Marshal continueswith
his ton the side of Vale, and no new attack has yet
taken, Tarragona against the Constitutionalists.
Oar form are scarcely sufficient to blockade at the same
time the Stu, Figeeras. Hostalrich. to restrain the garrison
of %regions and to combat Milan. M. Maignan,
Lieutenant-Colemel of the 60th of the line, who is to pro-
ceed to Paris: arrived at Perpignan yesterday evening, and
will continue his journey to that capital without' delay.
It is presumed that be is employed to make tlovernmeat
acquainted with the *de of the 4th corps of the. army.
• Seme timeirreinforeements have arrived; as for instance,
the 600 men of whom es base already spoken. awl after-
wards about 900 for• varlons regiments, but it is easy, to
• perceive that these will sot suffice. To-morrow all which
is disposable in the depot* of this town will depart.
The Journal de Perpirsan says—" A letter from St.
Fries du Lobregat, of the sth of this month. mentions
that a band of eight or ten Spaniards and Frenchmen had
been traversing the aeighbourlag villages, where there
were no troops, and levying coatribations. The inhabit-
ants themselves arrested these plunderers, and took them
• ta• the head quarters. They -Were sentenced by a Court-
ifikrtial to the ponies:meat due• to their crimes, and were
consented near St. Feleu on St. Augustine's Day.
CORRESPONDCNOIS Immesh TIM DURK or RILOGIO +AND

TUE SPANN' ILICOSSICIr.
SERUM Stn—After the verbal assurances which veer
Serene Highness gave me that the insolent Address of the
Army of NILTSTTO should not see the light, I have been ex-
tremely sorry to learn that at this moment it is printing
at the printing office of Called°. In consequence of this I
have taken the necessary measures to stop the whole im-
pression, and to prevent the publication of any copies which
may be struck off. 1 am about Umiak* every possible in-
quiry talears the sourer of this Map proceeding, and to
. punish, very severelv,these who any have been guilty. •
Madrid, Aug. 20:18'2.3. •
EXCZLIANT Sit—Tbe Regency has received, with pain.
ful aitonisliment.theletter which your Excelleney addre.ted
to it this day. It repeats, * writing, those assurances it
gave yen verbally, viz. se legitimate authority mold give,
and is fun has not Oren. the pensissies necessary to .have
the dosumeut hi mission printed. The Regency has, how-
everoaken aiessures. to knew how all this has happened;
and although he agents have found the printing office of
Cailado surrounded by French gee d'arntes, ;cif the Logi-I
imam Governineat of Spain had not a sufficient number of
public foactionaries, the Regency,bu learnt that the rimier.
deceived by sour oaknowa person, expected every mea...t
to receive the permission to print the Address, and had in
consequence, began. the work. The Regency begs that
your Eecelleney will emu the papers seized to. be put into
the hands of a Judge of the First Instance, in order that
the tribunals may punish this excess. God preserve your
Breelleney.
Madrid, August 30.
SCRIMS have the honour to transmit to your
Highness herewith a copy of the written penededee;
virtue of which the printer at Callado's thought hisaeolf
authorised to print the insolent Address of the Army ef
Navarre. lit fabt he was 'authorised, for I am informed
that the signature...it the bottom of the permission is that
• of the person appointed by your Highneirs to eierche, a
Ceetonhip over the'prose. 1 shall send an exttsofdipiry
testier to his Royal Highness the Doke of Anemias,.
`giving him an exact account of every thing lehich has
rued, and demanding from his Royal Highness the neces.l
sary authority for preeeding similar excesses in future
• from opposing the paternal views of my august Sovereign
with regard to Spain. In the mean time. without passing
the limits of the authority' with which I am invested, I
shall know how to.pot-a•stop to the effrontery, the spirit
of discord, and th, Insolence of certain Spaniards..
I have the honour, fie.
Madrid, Sept. 1, 1823.
RIGHTS OF SEPULTURE.
men—
, .
An opiates has been obtained from Mr. O'Connell on
this question, which, as it is one of very deep, as well as
exciting interest, we lose no time in laying **fore the
public
" There is no Statute Law preventing a Catholic Priest
from pl•aying for a decraieffeatbelic in a Churchlard. The
mistake on this subject originates in a misapprehension
. (frequently a wilful one); of the Statute of the 21st and 22d
of the late King, cap. 24. sec. ff. But the section contains
no
.prohibition. ft Is not. in itself, any enactment of a
positive or affirmative nature. It operates merely by way
of exception. and it simply deprives such Catholic Priests
as may officiate at a funeral in a Church or Church.
yard, of the benefits conferred by that Act.
"Now, no Catholic Priest does. at present want the
benefit of that Act at all. It is, in truth, now a dead
letter, remaining with much similar lumber on the Statue,
Book, creating no lights, constituting no privative,
unless in its enactments, nugatory in its exceptna.
" next question asked me is, whether the prayli
for the Dead by a Catholic Priest at a Funeral or in a
Church-yard is prohibited by the Common Law?? My
answer is, that it is not. The Catholic Religion had pre-
existence in the Common Law; it was adopted into the
Common Law as part and parcel of that Law. So the Law
continued until what is called the Reformation, in the
reign of Henry VIII. The Catholic Religion being thus
part and parcel of the Common Law. it follows, necessarily.
that praying. von the Dead could net be prohibited either
at Funerals, in Church-yards, or elsewhere. On the con.
trary, it was at Common Law part of the duty of the
Priest, and be was hotted to pray for the Dead at Funerals
or in Church-Teri.. And it was reciprocally one of the
rights of the Ring's Subjects at Common Lay to haie
prayers said for the Death ripaelic Priests arFenerais,
and in Churchyards. ---
" Thus, such prayers Mt befog prohibited, Mit, on the
contrary, being enjoined at Common Law, and there being
no Statute to forbid such praying, it follows, as a matter of
coarse, that no Catholic Priest can be legally prevented
from praying for a deceased Catholic. at a funeral in a
Charebiard. •

• Tbeitezt question turns upon the mode of redress,
should a Catholic Priest be prevented from thus officiating.
As to tkat, lam of opinion (bat with some doubt that
as actiois would lie at the suit of the Executors of the
• person who prevented a tigbolic
the Churchlard over the li'ody
, as I am unwilling to advise
be avoided, I think the best
la the peaceful but determined
Let the friends of the deceased
Priest and the body during the ser•
which may arise come from the pre.

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WEDNESDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 24, 1823.

STOCK EXCHANGE, 12 O'CLOCK..--.COOSOIS' opened this
morning at 83k looney. and 83/ to /, for the account, with
a good deal of business doing. The Expresses from Paris
bring the french Reines 90. 30, and Spanish, 42k.
Poulton. MARIKET...... Spanish Bonds opened at sq.—
Colombia, 531—Russia, 831 to 81—French Scrip. 2 toi—
The moat business in the above market this mores, is
io Spanish and Colombian Bonds.

We have to-day received Paris papers of Monday. and of
yesterday morning, from which we select the following in-
teresting extracts :

(PROM Vir ETOILZ, lIIPT. 22.)

GRAND HEAD QUARTERS.

POET SAINT MARE'S, SEPT. 13.—The Major General
has arrived, preceded ihy the Duke d'Angouleme. .The
preparations are pursued with rigour at Rota, Port Saint
hariev, and Chiclana. It is positive they bare spread re-
ports at Cadiz that BaHasteros had defeated the French,
and that all that was said about his capitulating was false.
They also report that the Et:valued° had published aProcla-
Nation, statiag that the Duke d'Argonleme caused himself
to be named King of Spain. The Meilitia have disarmed
two argil:seats of the line, in whom they could not plane
cosedence. Cannon have been placed in the streets
against the inhabitants, as we wrote you yesterday; and
they were obliged.to cause the King to appear to calm the
people.
MADRID, SEPT. 17.—The following is from Cabra, in the
kingdom of Graancla, of the 11th Sept.:—
• Since the 44th of August the troops nader Ballesterns
ere cantoned here, aod it 'Sestina. Leona. and Priego.
Riego, hoping to. Oa deem ever to the Revolutionary
cause, having abandoned Malaga to the French, marched
en the cantonment with. 3 to 4 thousand infantry, and 7 to
8 hundred horse. Yesterday about 9 o'clock in the morning
be appeared at Priego in the front of Ballasteros, who was
in a defensive position en the road to Granada, while the
division of General Ignace Ralanzat occupied the right of
Calvaire Priego. Immediately the fire of the tirailleuts
commenced, and Riego demanded a suspension of arms,
to come to a parley. Ballasteres accepted an interview,
and it was agreed that both parties should keep their posi-
tions. All appeared as if arranged. whet the escort of
Riego fell unperceived on that of Ballasteros, and 4siis-
armed them, and held the general as prisoner in the boss.
in which he was at Priegs with Riego. General Ralarsalt,
informed of the treachery, harangued his troops, sailon
mediately made dispositions to act against Riego; and.;
corps which are here are marching (mike same point. ;:illfl '
expect to hear of a battle.
P. S.—At the critical moment, the French commanded
by General Borenemain. appeared and attacked the corps
of Riego, petting them completely to the route. and the
Revolutionist Chief was pursued.—(Elßataurador.)
Quiroga it is said, who landed at Gibraltar, has succeeded

in getting into Cadiz.
L'Empecinado, whose band has been reduced to 300
men, bas dared to summon Placentia on the 10th, and de-
manded a contri►ution of 60,000 reels, which, if net com-
plied with, be threatened he weald reduce the town to
ashes.

Letters from Rabid of the 19th Sept. announce that
Riego, who wished to save himself with three officers, after
the destruction of his troops, has been arrested by the pea-
sants of Carolina.
A telegraphis despatch announces the arrival at Rome
of the Cardinal di Clermont Tonoere on the 10th inst.

The Captain General of Old Cutille, has ordered several
squadrons to march on &jar and Placentia. We leers at
the same time that the Count Laruchejaquelie, with his
whole brigade. has marched on Truzillo.—(Restanardor.)

The Monitear of the 22d September, contains a long
balletin aired " Onilleminot," giving an amount floe
Molitor, Commander•in•Cbief of the 2d corps, of the afralr

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