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TLONDOV, FEB 17.

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TLONDOV, FEB 17. THE Paris Journals to Thursday inclusive are almost exclusively occupied with the affairs of Spain. Indeed the other portions of their contents are of no interest to the English reader. The Ex- Queen Christina left the French capital on that day for Madrid. Her Majesty would, however, remain in Perpi^nan until appearances should justify the continuance of her journey. It was believed that her arrival in Madrid would be immediately followed by a change of Ministers and of measures.—The ac- counts from Madrid of the 6th state, that at Valencia an attempt at insurrection was made after the de- parture of -General Roncali, who was obliged to retrace his steps, and succeeded in checking it. Several of the leaders had been shot and the rest had fled into the mountains, where they formed them- selves into a Revolutionary Junta.—The advices of the 6th state that the insurrection was spreading in all directions. Pontevedra (in Galicia) and Murcia (the capital of the Province of that name) were known to have "pronounced." Government had issued orders to disarm the National Guards through- out Spain. They had already been carried into effect in Burgos, Valencia, Valladolid, and Ocana.— A telegraphic dispatch from Madrid, dated Feb. 8, arrived on Thursday, announces that a column of the insurgents of Alicant, under the command of the Chief of the insurrection, Bonet, was encountered near Eda, on the 5th, by the Captain-General of Murcia, and put to flight. Two hundred prisoners were taken. They abandoned their musketry and two pieces of artillery.—Madrid is tranquil. The accounts from the Provinces are favourable.—The disarming of the National Militia is effected every- where without resistance.—Most of the Paris papers advert to the conviction of Mr. O'Connell, and to the debate on the state of Ireland in the House of Com- mons. On the former subject the Paris Globe says —"The verdict has not in the least surprised us. It is clear that the agitator raised masses of the people, organised them, represented to them that the English Government was their enemy, and thus pre- pared all the elements of civil war. O'Connell, therefore, is justly condemned, and his acquittal would have been an annulment of all the laws of order by which the British empire is ruled. Nevertheless, two grand questions still remain open; first, whether Ireland has not good grounds of complaint-and next, whether England has done nothing to deserve re- proach. The agitator had a perfect right to proclaim the griefs of Ireland, although he had no right to raise the country, and organise the means of creating a civil war. Ireland has every right to complain of the manner in which she has been treated by Eng- land." But even the Opposition journals express little sympathy for the traversers. Mr. O'Connell very properly declined the aid of M. Ledru Rollin and his party, and for that they cannot forgive him. In adverting to the speech of Lord J. Russell, the Journal des Debats says- "The gpeecli of the leader of the Opposition was such as might have been expected from him--limple, firm, and oc. casionally fnll of irony and bitterness He attacked, for lie could not do otherwise, the two great evils of Ireland-the exclusive anpreinacy of the Protestant Church, and the con. nexiou between tenant and landlord; bnt on those two points lie could not specify or determine any remedy. Nor is he more explicit when lie speaks of the kind of social war loilll on between those who possess and those who cultivate the laud. All, in fact, that he says is, that he is obliged to ae. knowledge that for so profound, so inveterate, so ancient an evil, he knows of no direct remedy." Madrid journals are to the 8th inst. The Gazette contains a proclamation of Narvaez, in his character of Captain-General of New Castile, directing the es- tablishment of a military despotism throughout that province; and adds, that so threatening had become the attitude of Government, that the editors of the two Opposition papers, the Eco d 7 Comercio and the JSspectadory had suspended the publication of their journals.—Algesiras has also joined the movement, so that nearly the whole of the province of Murcia, ahd a large portion of Valencia, are in arms against the government. The Minister of Marine has di- rected the blockade of Alicant. The sanguinary orders of the government have led to reprisals; and at Murcia, Ruiz, the chief of the insurgent column from Carthagena, has caused to be shot, in reprisal for the massacre of twenty prisoners by Gen. Roncali, more than that number." Bonet, the chief of the insurrection at Alicant, shot the unfortunate bearer of the summons to surrender sent him by Roncali, and declared, that for every man put to death by the officers of the government, he would shoot ten of their partisans. Advices from Lisbon to the 8th inst state, that an the 6th the Government declared the country to be in a state of insurrection, and, on the proposition of Ministers, the Chambers agreed to the suspension of the guarantees of the Charter, tantamount to a sus- pension of the Habeas Corpus Act—the suspension of the liberty of the press—the prorogation of the Cortes-and the authorisation to raise money for the restoration of order on loans to the extent of 2000 contos. Several individuals have been arrested, and it is added that persons of importance are at the head of the movement. The principal object of the leaders of the insurrection seems to be the removal of the present Ministry.—The insurrection commenced with the 4th Regiment of Dragoons at Torres Novas. The leading Septembrists are compromised, and four of them have been imprisoned on board the Diana frigate in the Tagus. Orders have been issued for the arrest of others, amongst whom is the Count Bomfin, who hitherto has eluded the search made after him. Late accounts, dated Stockholm, Feb. 2, state, that a favourable change had taken place in the King's health the fever had left his head, and settled in his legs, and his general health was daily improving. He had issued a Decree, that the Royal power shall, until the 11th of March, rest exclusively in the hands of the Prince Royal (Oscar), and he has adopted the same measure with respect to the king- dom of Norway. The rejoicings at the news of the King's convalescence were hailed by every class of persons in the capital. The prayers for the re-estab- lishment of his Majesty had ceased, and the theatres and other places of public resort, which had been either shut or deserted, were once more open for the enjoyment of his Majesty's subjects, who were already preparing their mourning for his funeral.—The latest bulletin of his Majesty's health, issued at five o'clock on the afternoon of the 2d, is as follows:—" His Majesty's state has during the day been more satis- factory than during any previous day since the King s illness. The erysipelas and swellings of the leg has considerably decreased." 1 The packet-ship Sheridan, arrived at Liverpool, brings New York papers to the 27 th ult.—The debate.on Mr. Duffe's Bill was resumed on the 23d, and ultimately postponed until the 29th. In the House, Mr. C. J. Ingersoll, from the Committee on Foreign AiFairs, to which was reierred the resolution of Mr. Owen for the termination of the joint occu- pancy of the Oregon territory, reported a resolution declaring that the measure was inexpedient at that time. A discussion ensued, and the subject was laid aside. In the Senate on the 25th, a modifica- tion of Mr. Sample's resolution (calling upon the President for a list of the Consuls. Vice Consuls, and commercial agents now in the service oi tne United States), to the effect that it be inquired how many of the United State Consuls are not citizens o. the United States, and the places where such Consuis are employed, was agreed to. Mr. Semple's resolu- tion proposing the termination of the joint occupancy of the territory of Oregon was p°stponed.-—1J} a Proclamation in the Canada Gazette of the Idth ult., the Provincial Parliament stands prorogued until the 24th inst. Her Majesty's packet Express, arrived at Fal- mouth, furnishes dates from the Brazils to the 24th of December. A report has been made to the Go- vernment by a commission appointed to draw up a tariff to be put in force at the expiration of the treaty with Great Britain, which had been published, but the tariff itself was not yet printed. The Avon, West India steamer, which has been overdue for some days, arrived at Southampton on Thursday morning. The delay had been caused by severe weather in the Gulf of Mexico, which lasted for two days. The voyage altogether had been un- fortunate, and the Avon, having steamed for thirty- five days, consumed all the coals, and the Captain was obliged to break away the bulk-heads, and some other parts of the ship, for fuel. She left Mexico on the 4th of January, where all was quiet. The Avon left Bermuda for England on the 28th of January, and on the following day another gale came on, the wind blowing a hurricane; it continued for forty- eight hours. The Avon has 503,893 dollars on board, 5 7,500 of which are for the Mexican dividends, and 181,251 for the Real del Monte Mining Com- pany the rest on merchants account. Also, 59 serons of cochineal, and 54 cases of gum copal. The general accounts from the West India islands are by no means satisfactory, as in Jamaica the drought continued most excessive, and the cattle were suffering severely. The crops must. under these circumstances, prove greatly deficient. The island wag healthyyef^D^wAthstafltdmg. and it is re- marked that the population, at no period since the emancipation, had been so well conducted. The state of trade was very indifferent, and capital was scarce, as well as bills, to remit to England.—From Demerara we hear chiefly of political squabbling, but the colony is said not to be in a very flourishing state, though particular estates made good crops. Barbadoes has been rather better off than Jamaica, but the showers have been too partial to afford material relief. Trinidad has been favoured both in respect to labour and weather.

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