The Sun. — 1823-01-15 (London, England)

HERALD. It appears by the Paris accounts of yesterday that the Notes of the French, Austrian, Russian, and Prussian Governments, to their respective Ministers, had been presented to the Spanish Government. The result at Madrid was such that it has confounded the enemies. of Spain and of European tranquillity. The Note of the French Minister received the construction which was generally put upon it in London— full of vague menace, and untenable accusation.= but on the whole, and under the circumstances, pacific. The effect of the other Notes is still more important, from 'their breathing a more marked spirit of hostility—particularly it is said the Itussian,—and from the distinctive step of the recall of the Ambassadors. But the presenting and publicity of these Notes had, it seems, been so far from agitating the Councils of Spain as not even to produce any excitement among the populace of the capital. The Government of Spain is represented to have,lon the occasion, not only maintained an attitude of firmness and moderaf tion, but seized, with tact and prudence, the chief advantage which it presents. The tendency of foreign menace, we have already observed, has been to. unite the Spaniards, of all parties— but one—making them forget their sectarian differences of political opinion. The first step of the Ministers has been to communicate these Notes to the Council of State (a body .independent of, and sometimes opposed to, the new Ministry) and to the Cortes—and in concert with both these component powers of the Constitution of Spain, the answer to the Notes will be prepared. It will be some days before the answer of the Spanish Government can be received in Paris or London. The Notes of the Foreign Powers were presented—that of France on the sth, and those of the other Courts on the 6th— and theTaccoUnts of yesterday from Madrid come down,only to the 7th. When it is considered that these Notes must be submitted, and reported on, by the Council of State and the Cortes—prebably with the formality of a Special Committee of the latter—moreover, that Spaniards think dispatch incompatible with dignity, we may presume that some days may yet elapse before the. Spanish answer arrives.  Firm—Between seven and eight o'clock on Snnday evening, the Inmates of the Old-square, Lincoln's Inn, were thrown into great alarm in conseqdence of a fire which broke out in the Chapel ; it was first discovered by one of the Inn porters, and was found, on inquiry, to originate under the great staircase, the vaults underneath being let for wine-cellars, contained a large quantity of spirituous liquors, straw for packing, &c. which greatly enhanced the danger. In less than a quarter of an hour there were several engines on the spot, and plenty of water being procured, the flames were fortunately subdued without doing any material damage.  The erection of the TREADIMILL in our count) jail is' now so far completed, that it was set to work on Thursday last, (Bth inst.) and will find constant employment for those prisoners whose sentence includes hard labour. It is upon the same principle as those already described in the public prints, and appears to be extremely welt calculated for the purpose for which it is intended. when we, inspected it, there were 'A men upon the wheel, 18 upon each side the building, whose weight gave motion to two pair of stones. The labour at present is of course greater than it will be when the stones are worked to their proper surface, the roughness of which, as a necessary consequence, occasions a corresponding coarseness in the meal. But a little time will obviate this difficulty ; and, while it lessens the labour of the men, will improve the quality of the flour. Every two minutes two men are relieved from the wheel,, whose places are supplied by two others. Strict discipline' is enforced amongst the prisoners ; and officers are placed at each wheel to prevent any unnecessary conversation or iudecorous behaviour. In addition to the operation of grinding corn, the wheel at the same time•sets in motion machinery for bruising barley,. and pumping water for the use of the prison.— A Tread-mill upon the same principle, but upon a smaller scale, has recently been erected and set to work in the House of Correction at Horsley, hi this county.—(Gloucester Journal.) On Saturday last; 4th inst. a sawyer belonging to Airdrie, about 50 years of uge, went into a. drug-shop in that town, and asked for a pennyworth of arsenic to kill rats. Instead of applying it to that purpose, he went home, swallowed the fatal Mineral himself, and died a few hours afterwards. He hadlndulged in dissipation since New Year's-day, and his wife being dead several years, his mind was so affected by the effects of the 'drink, =anti a dispute with his children, that he went home and committed the dreadful act of suicide.--(Glasgow Chronicle.)  From that LONDON GAZETTE, Jan.l4.