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sflturftay to JttttonlJatfø tlJoøtø. LONDON, Nov. 14. THE Paris papers to Thursday inclusive arrived by -M. express this morning. The domestic news is pretty much confined to the ceremony attending the funeral of Admiral de Rigny, which was very splendid and nu- merously attended. These papers give some details of the hostile armies in Spain. The account of the great victory" repeated by the Carlist journals over the troops of Cordova turns out to be a mere invention of the enemy"-and that so far from Cordova having been de- feated by the insurgents, the Queen's troops were in the most favourable position. There was a skirmish between the advanced posts, and/Villa Real captured one piece of artillery, and made 120 dragoons prisoners! This was magnified into the whole of the artillery, and the loss of 6000 men! The cause of Don Carlos was regarded at Paris so deplorable, that reports were circulated that he had made an offer to compromise with the Queen's party, and had solicited Louis Phillippe to act as mediator.Thc American Charge d'Affaires had not yet left Paris, but no doubt of his .departure in a few day s existed. Anticipatory of possible hostile demonstrations by the Government of the United States, the French Ministry had, it was, understood, issued orders for the departure of some ships of war to .take their station off the Balearic Islands, to be ready to act if occasion. should require. For this obvious apprehension there ftppears some ie,ason--the A nierioan Charge d'Affaires having already transmitted to his •Government all the papers and documents connected with the legations Their arrival would, it was feared,' produce a very unpleasant sensation. It further appears that 300 artillerists, who had arrived at Brest from rOrieat on the 4th were embarked an board the Didon for Martinique and Gaudalope. This was regarded as by far the most serious indication of alarm for the maintenance of peace with America. The french Charge d'Affaires, ai Washington has been ordered home. Still, notwithstanding these hostile appearances, it is very generally believed -in Paris, that, after-the election of a new President, there will be no difficulty in bringing the two Governments to an amicable understanding."—The advices of the Gazette He France from Florence state the ex-Empress Maria Louisa, Duchess of Parma, to have taken unto herself a third husband, in the person of M. de Bombelles. The accounts direct from Madrid are equally fa- vourable to the Queen's cause as those received through the medium of the Paris papers. The batta- lian of the Madrid National Guard, which had sided with Toreno, and which had left off service since the appointment of M. Mendi*abal, have begged and been granted permission to resume their service. The JDuke of Infantado and other Nobles, who have hitherto held aloof have come forward frankly in support of the yonng Queen with their purses and open adhesion. A great meeting took place at A.1icant on the 29th ult., when a donation of two millions of reals (20,0001.) was voted to her Majesty to go towards the first expenses connected with the "new levies. Of the 7000 Portu- guese troops Who are to enter Spain, 2000 have made their, appearance the rest are on the frontiers, waiting the orders of their Government. T%e Madrid Gazette of November 2 publishes a Decree in vindication of the memory of the ill-fated but illustrious Riego, carrying along with it the severest reproof against, not only t&at fanaticism, political and religious, of which he fell the victim, but also against |bjp vindictive dispo- sition of the late Monaxch, whain. tfje ;face of the whole world had just before declared th^-fffviGlartHlity of the Representatives of the nation, afn4<svho nevertheless, .instead ofusing his J? oyaKprerjogative.to shield Riego from the. vengeance of a faction, sanctioned A most ini- quitous sentence. Under these circumstances it was- no easy-matter, to concetve and execute » vindication which would not recal pust injuries, awaken party pas- sigps, or criminate any single individual; and, indeed, It has been accomplished so skilfully as to conciliate the minds even of the most violent. The principle which it developes, and upon which Mendi^abal hap based'^the -Decree—that is, the inviolability ^e~ yresentatives of the People with respect to the votes given by them in Parliament, for which Riego was. • tried and condemned—is one of the highest importance in a country where a National Representation is sough t; to be established; and. 4his memorable Decree fixes: that principle in a manner which speaks to the heart aB wfell as to the head of all who think and feel. It re- stores the memory of a patriot, who was made to suffer like a criminal on a scaffold, to that splendour which posterity will award him, on the broad basis of the in- violability of his person, and denounces the violation of this sacred right to the execration of mankind. Tne German papers record another act. of insult and injustice committed towards the poor Poles. By ,an Ordinance of the 16th of October, the Autocrat con- ferred estates in the kingdom of sPoland opon 16 Rus- sian Generals, the property of Polish patriots which had already been confiscated. The tenure given is that of holding these lands in perpetuity as their vate .property,' so that itUeCzar the; power of his •wtlW»eMwsi«Sftfjnraflitsluite. The French Journals have-also pnMished a-Speech said to be addressed by the Autocrat ,to the. Municipal/De- putation from'-Warsaw, which:evinces a.Tartar ferocity 'De_ of heart, which the Despot has hitherto endeavoured to conceal beneath ooarUyjnaBoers, and language whose plausibility has become proverbial. Stung to the core by the successive humiliations which he experienced at Kalisch, Toplitz, and Prague—thwarted in all his plans for induciug-Prussia ,and Austria to confer upon him the Dictatorship of; Eucope-4-he has, with true bar- baric violence, let loose his anger upon his slaves. He would not hear the Address, he said, with which they had intended to present him. He had no faith in. their expressions of attachment to his person. He kjotew all they meant.to aay.iin behatf.of "the iodepeudence,of the kingdom of Poland, which he ecorned M an idle dream. Their professions as to the sincerity of their allegiance were false, for they had made similar pro- fessions to on the eve of the Revolution. The. Em- peror Alexander had rendered their country prosperous .and, happy, i for which in return they treated him with the blackest ingratitude." The Poles were a discon- tented people, and unless they changed their conduct, abandoned their national illusions, and licked the very dust beneath his .feet, he would- rilze Warsaw to the earth. "I have erected this citadel, and I declaretbat on the slightestjnsurrection I will cause its cannon to • thunder upon the city. Warsaw shall be desti oyed, and certainly never shall be rebuilt in my tmiè."

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