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By the packet snip iioNaIu, Ndpt
Holdrldge, at NewYor from HAvre
files OF Paris papers to the 10th
January, containing London dates TO the
l2lh, have been received.
From he London Courier, Jan 10
We mentioned few days since that
french troops had been embarked at
Brest for the West Indies, aud that our
ambassador at the French Court bad re-
celved explanations on the subject. We
hope he will also be in situation to fur
nish satisfactory explanations to his go
vernnent of the maritime ornaments
which have been preparing without noise
in the same port. Capt Spence, arrived
atDavenport from Brest, whence nc sail
ed on The Sd, has furnished SOME ntor-
nation of consequence. lie arrived at
that port in October, with cargo OF tim
Der, sc. for the royal marine yard, and
consequently remained IN port nearly
two months. In that time fourteen TO-
reign vessels, (Russlans, Prussians and
Swedes) discharged cargoes OF hemp,
talow, timber, boards, and in fact, every
species of naval munitions, which were
deposited in the arsenal at Brest Every
thing breathed a spirit of extraordinary
activity; the workmen IN the yards even
worked an Sunday. The squadron fitting
DOT is composed of eight ships OF the line,
FIVE large trigates OF a new class, carry
ing 68 guns each, four trigates OF the or
binary size, four briggs and FIVE corvetts.
in an, twenty-slx vessels OF war. Ofthls
number four of the iIne have masts in,
and the other four viii receive theirs i'm
medlaley. The frigates are ali ready
TO sail, and are constantly exercising
their crews in the roads. The briggs and
corvetts are also ready.
We do not wish TO excite alarm, and
least Of all false alarms but we have not
forgotten what happened year ago,
when the French government gave US
the most satisfactory assurances oil pacific
intentions, and al the same time the KING
informed Europe, that he was gong to
send the Duke D'AngoulelDe INTO Span
at he head OF one uuAdred thousand men.
Il IS true, however, that we were not the
dupes OF what was going on, and were
accused by every body for having con-
stantly maintained, tina, war was inevita-
bic.
From these cIrcums stances, and other
not less powerful considerations, we are
constrained to say, that we should not be
surprised to see developed, IN the spring
OF 1924, projects not differing much III
principle from those which signaiized
the commencement of 1928.
This is simply our opinion, and as we
gave IL relative to the war with SPAN,
how submit it to our readers, with the
grounds on which II rests, leaving them
TO draw their own conclusions.
Bayoane, Jan. 3.
The state OF things liz the provinces
bordering on the frontiers, has undergone
no change. a mnItltude OF honest men
groan in the prisons; and the arrests
stlll continue.
SPAIN.
In addition 70 our advices from Spain
through the French papers, an ARRIVAL
from Gibraltar has furnished papers Of
that place to the 10th OF January lncin-
sive. From all accounts it appears that
the Spaniards have yet enjoyed but hute
repose, though guarded by the bayonets
oil their " deliverers." A Madrid para
graph Of the Sd OF January says" |. APP
pears that the new ministers had come
TO resolution to resign, unless the pro-
missed act of amnesty shortly appeared.
The French AMBASSADOR residing at Ma
drid bad received dispatches by an ex-
traordlnary courier, directing him to
urge the King to fulfil his promises he
had made some months previous" A
paragraph OF the 9Th says, " the illness
of the Marquis Yrujo, is likely to delay
the organic alton of the government. :"
And an article from the Restanrador OF
the 9TH, speaks of certain false rumors
which were IN circulation, which, says
the editor, were sci ailoat by the Revo-
lutionisls, in order to set the Royalists at
variance with their deliverers.
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