London, Friday, February ...
The Times, 1824-02-13T00:00:00

We have received the French morning and evening pa- pers of Tuesday. T'he Journal des Dehats contains the following article respecting the charge which France has made upon Spain as a conmpensation for the slessing of' FERDINAND's absolute (lominion:- i- The Spanish Govermment has, in fact, acknowledged a debt to France of 34,000,000; but it is not true that there have.been ap- propriated for the paymnent ef this debt any public productions or revenue of Spain. It is a simple acknowledgment, without any sort of mortgage, or any indication of the means of payment. " 'When all the details of our intervention in the affairs of Spain become known, when the convention for the stay of our troops shall have been.signed and published, it will be seen with what generosity France has acted in this memorable enterprize." It issuperfluous toinake any remark upon tlhe singularstate- men ts of this strange paragraph. What is the use ofa neawre_ connoissance or bond for 34 millions-the debtor is already insolvent? What is the meaning of asking us to wait for the.signature of a convention, when that conveation .has been already signed and ratified? And is not the word "1 generosity" a moclkery when applied to an enterprise which originated in greater injustice, and has been protuc- tive of more calamities than any expe(lition mentioned in history? French generosity would haye been best showvn by remaining at home, and creating no debt, either of grat,tudeor money,for the conquest and occupation of Spain. The follo-wing are extracLs fron the Etoile, dated the lith MADRID, FEE. 2. " It is affirmed that the decree of amnesty will soon be pub. lished, with the modificatiofns proposed by the Council if State and the Council of Castile, whom his AMajesty consulted on this subject. We do not doubt that the wisdom of those respectable bodies will kniow how to class the individuals concerned, with justice and firm- ness. We have always said that it was necessary to distinguish the Revolutionists who mad4the revolution, from those who weremade by the revolution. Thereis also adistinctioa to bemnade in thislst class. We know someof these men, who in their proviupes loudly declared against tha insurrection in the Isle of Leou, who in the mu. nicipalities opposea certain individualswho favoured the revolt (sonae of these have since slided into the ranks of the Royalists), and who did not yield tUllte Revolutionary Goveranent was estabished, after the extorted oath of tlKiDgg. . X; T- is affirmed, that by his Majesty's order the proceedingsto6n. menced against persons confined for political misdeme.ouw bc terminated in a fortnight. Letters from Lisbon of the 2+lsiNa- nuary say, that the Constitutional party continues to intrigii,e s1ibse the heroic Chalotte of o3outbon, whora this party abhors. b4causc tbat-courageous Queen 'was the chief cause of the destructi6n oVtbat- infamous party in Portuggd. They bhve gone so far as to preend' that she covered with her credit and protection projects tco odious to be even exprestcd. " The 31arquis de Talaru ill *et out in a few days to return to France. FaRiErcie FuwDs, Paris,Feb. 10, Fiveper Cents opened 't9. 40. closed at97. 20.; Loan of 1I2, 9i; Bank Stock, 1705 ;' XeapoUi1 Rentes, 82,; Sjani,kh Rentes, 256. Exchange olt Londof, I month, 25. 45.: 3 dittoi 25. 35"Cors Antfique. LONVDOAV. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 14