London, Tuesday, August, ...
The Times, 1824-08-24T00:00:00

We have received the Paris papers of Satutrday. The jfnnite,ur contains in its official colimns some ordinances, the o!jet of one of wlhich is the revising and1 new model- ling of decrees whilich existell previously to the Bourbon restoration. T'he principal artieles are in these terms:- - Art. 1. There shall be formed a Committee of' Revision, fhr the lrtose of collectinz and verifying the arrues, decrees, aund other re,:,,latory decisions, issuetl previoumly to the re.establishaten, ototir u:-hority in our kingdom. "2. The Cornmittee of Revision shall prepare successively, accord- in7g to the order of the subjects, projects of ordinances abrogating especially and definitively such1 oft those decisions as it shall judge nught not tobe maintained. It shall also prepare, and in the same order, projects of ordinances destined to replace such of these dip. positions as shall have becnt fouttl useful, and wehich otight to be preserved. " 3. The Committee shall be co,nposed of 12 members and a se. crctarv: the latter functionsshiall be exercisetl byaJs1ircdcqThr'qv1tes in the Council of' State. The ClIttthuionnellias a short article relative to tlte blank-s wlvich its celutuos liave exhibited. We insert some of the observations, as they show that it was thought necessary to apologize for not fillitig tsp the vacant spaces, and also make known a difflerenec of practice between the executiorn of the present Censorship atid that of 181l :_ Certain journals have shown little generosity in denouncing tile blanks sonsetimes left in our pages. Our nlot filling therit up was owing to the want of isatter, notwithstanding that we frequenitly cent articles enough for the composition of several papers. Our censors are unknown to us. lWec are ignoratnt of the instructions t?mec harve received, and can by tlo means divitie them from the re. trenchments to which they have nsade us submit. It was of ne- cvssity, therefore, that se should liave blanks when we coulid not fill them up withiont offending against the ordinance. In 1815, when the censorship was established, one censor was appointed to eacit iournal. WVe had then an opportunity of entering into cxplanations with hint. Without disclosing his secret, he enabled us to conjec. turc, at least, what were the intentions of the Government. He was not merely a superintensdent, he was somncti-les a guide. In thid way the censorship is now exercised in all the German states in which it exitts. When Governments think it necessary to look to ttat mneaqtre as a security, they have at least the vish that it should not provc the ruin of writers. As the reports which prevail of an insurrection in Spain give at present a renewed, though we are afraid a temporary interest to the intelligence from that country, we extract an article on that subject from the unofficial part of tile JAfoniteur:- Authentic news from Cadiz, dated thte Cth of August, state .l,al a party of fifty Revolutionists who came out of Gibraltar Purprised the town of Tarifa on the mntrning of the 3d. The Gover- -)or was at Algesiras, and the Spnmtith gafrisoti had not time to tle- fend itself. The Revolutionists killted an officer who attempted to delend the island, and insmediatly-artned sonse mnalefacors.who were confined in the prisons. On tbe firsichew'-&f this event, the Spaniqh General. O'Donnel, who commands tbe cs37p at 6r. 12ch, sent a detachment against the place. As soon as,this affisit was kttown at C(adti, Lieut.-General Foissac Latotr gave orders to Colonel d'Astorg to proceed to Tarifa with a battalion of infantry anl a squ adron of cavllry, and to re-take the place. H-i; Majesty's corvettes Dwns and Pornora have sailed from Cadiz to support the attack, and to Minder the,Revolutionists front escaping. There is every reason to belicvee that the simulltaneous employment of -thetc forces will have s,fliced to chastise the authors of this mnad attempt, whiCit is said to b. c- hfced by a Colonel Valdez, or by Ordinnez. A similar at, tempt wVas nmade upon the little town of Cotapotr.n, nea, Maldlaga but the inhabitants having timely notice, took armns and repulsed thte Rle- volutionists. None of the otlier papers say any tiiing resnectingthe surprise of Tarifa. 'T'hey confine themselves to copying the article in the Etoile, which} we quoted in our last. The Qeotitlieneie alludes to cubjects of a different kind, in a letter from Madrid, dated August 9, in whicil it is stated that the hastening the expedition against America is Mlotc, tlhain cver agitated ; that fur this puipose a Senor QuEV EDO is to purchase two frigates and several. other vessels in England ; and that the new Minister ZEA BI3RM1UDsZ Will have several interviews witlh M. DE Vtt.t ELt., On questioins of extreme delicacy and the highest importalice. The following are the priees of the funds:- Fiartci FE NDS.-PARIS. Aug. 21.-Five per cents, openled at 10N. 80.; closed at lo0. 85; Ioan of 1823, 12X.; Neapelitar f per Cents., in ducata, 87a; Rente d'Espagne, 18.j; Royal Spunishl Loan, 1823, 544. Exchangeon London,onemonnth,25. 15.; threemontith, 25.- Co,urs A en Jique. ? f,;'. Tl E.s'T)I I-F, A((-;UST 24, 1""4.