London, Wednesday, Januar...
The Times, 1824-01-28T00:00:00

The Frcnch mnorning papers of Sunday, which we received last night, contain no news of geareral inmportance. They are chiefly illlcd with discussions on the approaching elections, articles on li. terary subjects, or facts of local and limited interest. The statement which we gave yesterday on the authority of our private letters, re- specting the extrncrdinary Council of MIinisters held on Saturday, and the subsequent departureof 5. DE 1 ARCELLUS on an extraor- dinary rnission to Madrid, is confirmed by the accounts of the minis. terial journals. The POPE's health, concerning which so much alarm has tbr some time been felt by his friends, is stated to be inproving. The following is an extract from the Journal des Debats respecting it ott the 10th instant._5' The physi- 'cdans have all agreed in observing a sensible amnelioration in " the health of the Popr. W?itheut declaring their patient out " of danger, they remark with pleasure, that the oppression " is dimini4hed-that the expectoratioti is easier-that the fever " has disappeared--and. that the Holy Father takes nourishment. "In consequenceofthis improvement, the amusements oftheCarni. "val will not be interrupted: the theatres are open as usual." Cardi. nal RrTscovr, Legate at Ravenna, is statedl to be dangerously ill. The followilng are extracts fronm the Etoile of Sunday evening, dateA. Morday, Jan. 26:- " AiADRID, JAN. 16. The King our Sovereign has issued the followiing decree:- By my decree of the 14th of December last, I thottgltt fit to grant an honorary mendallion to all those of my subjects who, listen- ing only to the voice of the pturest loyalty, have braved all danugers t) defend the rights of my sovereignty, relig2on, and the state. I had autho-i-zed the Capttilns-General to give the necessary licenect to persons vi'liom they should judge worthy of this distinction; but having learned that the distributlion nwas not matle according to the end I -proposed, I do decree that the right of conferring the said dis- tinct:.on is hencefortis reserved to myself alone.' "JAacuATY 14. i The Minister of War issued, on the 13th instant, an Ordi- nance of 19 articles, of which the following is the preamble: _ "The King is informed that in several parts of his kingdom, mien still show themselves, who, obstinate in their bad principles, and accustomed to live in discord, seek to disturb. They break out into invectivesagainst the sacred rights of the throle, and praises of the abolished constitution- they spread alarming reports, and carry their audacity so far as to infest the public roads with arms in their hands. In consequence his Majesty, persuaded that the most eflect,al way to prevent crimes is promptly to punish those who have already been guilty of them, orders as foUows " Article 1. In all the capitals of provinces, including the Balearic Islands, there shall be formed witliin 16 days, executive and pernttanenzt connmi4sios, composed of a President, who is a Briga. dier-General in the King's armies; of six members from the rank of Colonel to that of Sergeant-llajor; of an Assessor, four Fiscals, and as rany clerks. " The 10th article orders tsat the penalties to be inflicted on the condemned shaU be determined according to the Royal decree of Mfay 4, 1814." " VALENICIA, JA.Y. 10. "A group appeared this night at the gates of Cuarte of M. Nar- cis0o, to carry off the guard; butthis mad attemnpt whoUy failed." The Restaurador publishes the decIaration of war by IlVexico a,airat Spain. _ LU"DU'V, IWEDNESDAY JANlUARY 28. IRsA