i go the institution of lho jury is pre served such changes as experience may suggest can only be made iu virtu of a law 66 the punishment of confiscating pro- erty is abolished and caouot be rc-esia- lished 67 the king has the right to pardou and commute punishmeots 68 the civil code aud laws now in use which are not contrary to the present char ter shall remain in force until legally al tered or repealed tbivate rights guarantied bt the state 69 tho military in actual service offi cers and soldiers on half pay widows offi cers and soldiers pensioned hall preservo their grades honours and pensions 70 the public debt is guarantied eve ry engagement of the state with its credi tors is inviolable 71 the old noblesse resumes its titles the new preserves it the king creates nobles at pleasure but he only grants them rank and honor without any exemp tion from the burdens or duties as mem bers ofsociety 72 the legion of honor is preserved tho king will determine its regulation and its decoration- 73 the colonies shall be governed by special laws and regulations 74 the king and bis successors shall wear in tbesolemnity of their consecration faithfully to observe the present constitu tional charter given at paris in the year of grace 1814 and of our reign the 19th signed louis the chancellor of france damarat the secretary of state labbe de montescjciku from the montreal gazette by the arrival at new york of the ship alabama from liverpool whence she sail ed on the 18th august london papers to the succeeding day have been received extracts are subjoined it will be per ceived that an insurrectien has brokeo out in spain which may prove ihe way tor a similar change in the government of that country to that which had lately taken place in france the packet 6bip pacific tailed on tho day previous to the alabama we have copied the news which follows from the new york daily advertiser of thursday morning furnished us by a pas senger from new york the mail furnish es only papers of the day previous which advert briefly to the late intelligence affairs of france it appears that every thing was tranquil in france at thelatest intelligence the government was orgauized a new cabi net appointed and the country appeared to acquiesce cordially in the new order of things the following is the list of the new mi nisters appointed by louis philip i count de mole general gerard baron louis foreign affairs war finance public instruction president of the duke de broglie council of state interior marine justice m de guizot general sebastian mduponideleure count de mole the new minister for foreign affairs has travelled much the duke de broglie the mioister of ihe inte rior is editor of le globe count flahaut is said to be appointed ambas6adorof france to the court of lon don louis philippe has issued an ordinance creating in the royal corps of marine three degrees of admirals the admirals mio tu biijw tlib o i i- no i j a till j l ilh the marshals of france and to be ranked with them according to the dates of their commissions vice admiral duporre is raised to the rank of admiral marshal soult and admiral duporro have also been created peers of france general bertraud is appointed chief of the polytechnic school a letter from the paris correspondent of the london morning herald states that paris was perfectly quiet and likely to re main so respecting the arrested minis ters it was believed that peyronnet is the only one that will be brought to trial or if convicted punished the precurseur de lyons contains tho following it is said hat the lieutenant general of the kingdom is about to re voke all the measures which still keep ma ny frenchmen at a distance from their country especially that which excludes the members of the family of napoleon in this case the archbishop fetch will resume the administration of our dioceso now usurped by m de piub count daudelot has renounced bis peorage in a formal manner in the presence of tho deputies his example was follow ed by m de bouille m hocquart and m grosbois general pep had arrived at paris we learn that general delpinois has been arrested thus terminated his vain attempts to effect arising of la vendee some futile attempts were made to raise the standard for the bordeaux party in la vendee and elsewhere every thing in france is settling down in perfect or der the paris papers of august 14 state that the resolutions adopted by the ambassa dors of foreign sovereigns resident at the court of france give reasou to hope that tho late great events will not cause any change in the friendly relations be tween france and theother cabinets ofeu- rope their excellencies have agreed amongst themselves to give to each other reciprocally recognizance of the communi cations of their respective courts and hold frequent meetings for this purpose the great majority of the french cham ber of peers comprising many of the old noblesse have sworn fidelity to the new charter and louis philip i the ooly peer who rofused to take the oath was m dambray eon of the chancellor of france the duke de fitzjames and other loyal ists did not hesitate the speech of m- salverte in the french chambers preferring ihe charge of high treason against the ministers of charles x had excited much interest in paris the cry of seconded was heard from all parts of the chamber by the ordinance of louis philippe the ancient seals of slate are suppressed and the seals hereafter are to represent the arms of orleans surrounded by the devices and the legend louis philippe king of ihe french tho royal family continue ihe names aud arms of orleans and he duke of charlies lakes that title tranquility prevailed at toulon the ireasures from algiers remain in ihe custo- dy of the commanders of tho ships the money had been landed intelligence has been received at mar seilles that ihe french army at algiers on hearing the news from france cried out down with the bourbons dowu with despotism a few old soldiers ex claimed long live napoleon ii french funds rose from 74f to 80f on the accession of be new ministry of louis philip four per cents to 04f the french government are puttiog in a sate of defence all the fortresses on the northern frontiers prince poligoac the most obooxious member of the former cabinet bad not been apprehended various rumours res- ecctiog him wore afloat one was that he ad reached london another that he was expected there on the 15th of august the probability is that it was not known where ho was but we presume he had got beyond thejurisdiction of france one or two of his colleagues are said to have been arrest ed if this is true and the charge of high treason which had been brought into the chamber of deputies agaiost them should be prosecuted it may go hard with them iu the present state of public feeling the duchess of angoulerae has been heard to say u in three months my nephew will be on the throne the french exminister of marine da ren dhaussez after being four nights at sea in a 6shing boat landed in england he made bis escape from dieppe the duke de ragusa had reachod aus tria m fraocbet formerly director ge neral of police has arrived at brussels our correspondent at tours informs us that the mysterions personage whose ar rest took place at ihesame lime as that of m de chauteleauze was recognized to be m gueroon ranville thus three of ths parties who signed the iqfarnoub ordinances have been arrested at tours the total number of killed and wound ed during the days of emancipation ihe 27th 28lh and 29th of july amounts to seven or eight thousand cs many citizens of paris as of the royal array- as they fought very close and in many instances hand to haud the wounds are generally very severe and contrary to the usual re sults of all battles tho number of dead is more thrt of the wounded the blood of eight thousand frenchmen ha6 heretofore drowned the rights of the elder branch of the bourbons andtheirvery name is in a measure swallowed up in this horrible heca tomb the journal du commerce of the 14th august has the following postscript it is believed that the government has recei7ed a telegraphic despatch announcing the em to whom they to my latest which will overlive in ns grateful heart and which would stifle nv ifidii do1 thorn free veut i love to pour out i you and i should pity hir could give ofleuce- y- breath so long as a drop lo0li makes my heartbeat on the anold if over i am dcsiiued ihcre to lay head i shall boldly avow my lovo an- respect for my old master i shall say t did uo1 oe scrvo his fate and that tfe french who dover knew him have be unjust towards him agitation but at tis momcut i am myself too ouly a french aud 0 lho situation in which i am paced arn bound to devote myself entirely i mv country this high consideration yr tlq 6afelt of france is doubtless the ouo wmcn can have induced so mafv wise minds to concur in promulgating wt sucn precipi tation acts which have wthin six days de cided the destiny of frame more motion every thing was consum a vou beheld anarchy ready to u us anu devour us i canuot be to the influ ence of ihose motives i 0 them alone i sacrifice all the feelings which during 10 years have attached me to life- these sentiments impelling me by irresistible vio- leuce make me open mv mouth to pro nounce the oath required ofttsv bravo bravo this speech made an impression on the assembly which we cannot describe it was unanimously ordered to be primed from the messengor den charobrca paris saturday aur 14 ordinances of the king louis philippe king f the french on the report of our keeper of the seals secretary of state forth department of justice we have ordered as follows the ancient seals of state are suppress ed for the future the sens of state will represent the arms of orleans surmount ed by a closed crown with the sceptre and the hand of justice at tbe top and tricoloured flags behind the escutcheon aad for motto louis philipps l roi des francais iami rkatyyt kim of the french our accassion to the crown having ren- lerci it necessary to determioe the names nud titles which our princesses and chil- j re n us well as our much beloved sister are hencefcrth to bear we have orderod as follows m the princes princesses oar much be- oved children as well as our beloved sis ter will continue tho name and arms of orleans our much beloved eldest son he duke de chartres will take the title if the duke of orleans our second chil tan left him without orders and without taking leave of him it is stated that several french vessels of ihe african expedition having presented themselves with the nation colors at st sebastian were forbidden by the spanish authorities to enter tho port- the diligente sloop of war which sailed a few days since from toulon with des patches for admiral dupcrre and general de bourmoot is also to proceed to navari- no with orders for admiral do riguy to re- 11111 to france she sails under the white flag in order that she might not ho detain ed by either french or english vessels algiers on the 31st july the jeanne d arc arri ved at naples with the dey of algiers his family and suite amounting to 100 persons of whom 58 are womeo the government has consented to the deys forming his re sidence there oran constantina and bona have sub mitted troops will he eut to each of those places to occupy ti cm it is not said how many are to he sent to consiauti- na it is also said that eight are to be sent to algiers to form son a letter rays we are still employed iu clearing sidi ferruch but it will soon he completed the treasurer is still being embarked 2nd they are packiug up40000- 009 franks in spanish piastres which will be sent away in a few days the conur steamboat carries above 11 000 000 francs spain rumours of disturbances io spain were circulating io england and great conster nation wastaid to exist at madrid for fear of iho effecti of the french revolution in that country indeed ho insurrection it said to have actually broken out in catalo nia and it is added that the garrisou of st sebastian had seized that place and that a body of troops which had been or dered to the french frontier for th2 pur pose of assisting to the late french govern ment against the liberties of that country had mouuted the tricolourcd flag and de clared or freedom letters from madrid of the 4th met of the gr regiments th e gan i and give me twenty stripes over my face neck and shoulders at this tho servant was astonished and refused thus to punish so good a master but at length as the command could not he evaded he obeyed and the hlood trickled down the rabbis bo dy who immediately had his wouods dres sed and in this woful plight relumed to the palace as soon as he entered the king inquired what had befallen him the two brothers i have named before said eliezer l returned and wished nic to arbi trate between them 1 told them i would do 50 as far as lay in my power and asked them what they wished mo to do they inquired if i were not ajudge ofdiamonds i told them i was one of the brothers then said we have a kind father ho has given me a most beautiful and valuable diamond and mine is the best no re joined the other the one that our father has bestowed on me is superior to yours and this o rabbi is the affair we want you to settle ou hearing this i desired them to produce the diamonds promising ihem to decido fairly but they replied that their fa ther was living in a distant country thai the diamonds were in his possession and that they were not to receive them until a certain lime astonished at their demand ing iny opinion under such circumstances i remonstrated with them when to my great surprise they violently assaulted me and gave me there wounds no sooner had the rabbi made this statement than the emperor add his nobles appeared ex ceedingly exasperated and so enraged was the king that be was about to swear that the two brothers shouw die for their cruelty and folly but eliezer prevented him what exclaimed the emperor shall too such wretches live ko who acts thus is worthy of death stop o king replied eliezer m thou rthou art the man has thou dot issued a decree as to the two religions god has given to the world hast thou not threatened death to those who do not decide between them afid who can tell which is best until the end of time british magazine intelligence stata that the events which took place in paris during last week in july had been received lb afld notwithstanding the groat pains tak by the government to prevent their beco iug publickly knows it waj found impb ble to keep them secret groups of anxh inquirers immediately collected at the ptf to del sol which is the great political rt dcyous in that capital a great put therto boroo our much beloved daugh era aod sister will hear no other title than ihat ofprincesses of orleans indistinguish- ing them by their chriiliau names m louis philippe king of the french 41 accordiug to the article 63 of the charter authorising hat the king should si the decoration of the legion of ho- jaour wt have ordained as follows art 1 the decoration ofthelegi- barkatiun of charles x this fery day at on of honour will couiinue to bear the ef- 6gy of our great grandfather henry iv of line jjukeoiwneaas uur socoiio cuu- e wa ilf f produced bydwtf iren will preserve the titles they have hi- j cussiou as 0 f deliberations jn iect of a council of state t was speed ly cherbourg a paris paper of august 13 says it is said this evening that charles x has at length embarked he wished to stop at be island of jersey hut the commiasiouers opposed this- it is said that he thinks to retire to saxony and to pa3i through hamburgh this at least wan the report spread in the saloon of the ambassador of austria about 100 persons had desired to embark with him but as the two ships intended for bira could not contain them alt it was found necessary to give him a third with which he must be now on his way from the commercial advertiser the following it the peech of the duke ot fitzjaaies adverted to but not givgn in the paper from which we have taken an account of tbe sitting in w hich it was spo ken the duke of fitxjames is a des cendant of james ii the last of the arts who sat upon the english throne it appears to have made an immense im pression and is worthy attention as r- playing the involuntary conviciioue f ven some of the most devoted adherents of the deposed family the dukede fitzjames on being called rose great attention and profound silcmce having been abseot from home for shme days on a short journey i suddenly team ed that a dreadful thunderbolt had falley on france and that the royal family had disappeared in the tempest tho firiug 0 the guns which proclaimed a new king seemed to await my arrival yesterday into the capital and today i am summoned to this chamber to take a new oath i have never made a sport of my word aud w itb methc obligation of an oath has alwqy been sacred i have only taken two oaihs during my life the first in early youth louis xvi of blossed memory the se cond in 1814 to the constitutional char ter tho principles of which had loog ben implanted in my heart and w 1 rcjiij ed to see made tho law of franco i d any living being to accuse me ofhavj been unfaithful to those two oaths i i quivocal marks of assent you will p haps do me the justice to admit that jp this chamber i have delivered an opini which had not for its foundation the vt text of the constitutional charter and i call honor to witness that for these sixte years there never has arisen in my hertj any wish which was not comfortable t that charter being tried by misfortune almost on my entrance into life i was mi adversity early taught to submit to the de crees of providence and to fortify doysfelf against storms how to remain faithful a hopeless cause has long been known i my family and in that respect we have not a new lesson to learn fresh marks q assent and several peers shed tears v doubtless i deplore aud shall ever deplore the fate of charles x long honored ly his bounty no one better kuows than i oi the virtues of his heart even when de ceived by ministers even more imbecile than perfidious a number of voices ye yes when too vainly alas i endea voured to make him hear the truth which was so criminally concealed from him new movement i declare now aod shi always doclare that i never heard him d- claro any wish which had not for its object the happiness of the french people aod i c prosperity of france this justice it my duty to render him these leniimcuts glorious memory with bis oamo oq the exergue and on the other side in the middle of tbe medal the motto honcur ct pairies 2 tho grand crosses will bear the same tffiy with tho same motto in exergue and tho five points which surround it will be peparated by lancca of lricoloured 41 louis phillippe king of the fronch we have ordained as follows 11 the title of monseigneur ray lord will no longer be given to tho members of our council of ministers they will be styled monsieur le mioistre lotii phjjjjjpfc kifl qf cbfl french 11 considering that the navy has no not allow his request being acceded to commission corresponding with that of it is stated positively that prince pelig- marehal in the army on the report of the oac has been several days in london he minister of marino and colooios we havo asides at spanish place manchester ned as follows square ouvrard of government contract i here is created io tho royal j notoriety is with him the latter was one the sc result of the deliberations transmitted to the king at his residence sal ildefooso orders were also transmit ed to the spanish authorities at tho fretf frontiers not to sufier a single nowspaffr to come ioto spain and to be careful id opening and examining the contents of- private letters and destroy all those which made the least allusion to tbe late and pt siog occurrences accounts were also in circulation rt 10000 men on the frontier of spain hd hoisted the tricolored cockade that insurrection had broken out in biscay tfrat the insurgents had captured st sebastu0 and were on their march to madrid great britaix the following is from the london mov ing chronicle of august 17 charles x had written to william iv to inform bm that he whs going to cherbourg aud quostcd him io put an knglisb frigate it in- disposal to couvcy him to englaod the ijuglish ministry returned an aoscr to charles x that the frieodly relations e- r ijicnndtuuil art 1 corps of mariues three degrees of admi rals the commission of admiral will be as similated io erery respect to that of mar shal of france the admirals will en joy tho same honours and pay as tbe mar shall of france aod they willborauked witb them according to the dates of their commission louis philippe king of the french we havo raised to the dignity of peers of france marsha soult duke of dalina- tia and admiral duperre louis philippe c on tbe report of our minister secreta ry of state for tho department of public instruction and cultes president of the council of state we have ordained as follows art i m villematno professor to tho faculty of letters and member of the chamber of deputies is named member of the royal council of public instruction 2 he will preside at tho royal council of public instruction in tho absence of the mioister another ordinance nominates various legal appointmeuts in the provin ces from the messenger des chamhres yesterday an officer arrived in paris who quitted at vire the cortege of charles x the exking travelled very slowly and would not arrive athis destination be fore monday the 16kb he complains bitterly aod observes that bo ought not to proceed faster than five leagues a day tbat consideration should be had to his great age and that it is impossible for him to proceed more speedily he has only with them soo of the gardes du corps iu a state of great dejection the dau- phiuessis in a state ofcxtreire irritation the dutchess of berry is sufficiently calm and is no longer iu male attire her chil dren are io utter ignorance of all which is passing and salute every body it is said among the suite of the exking that the king of the french philip l had of fered charles a very fine house and a con siderable estate which he possesses in the neighbourhood of palermo and it is thought that tbe offer will be accopted the ves sels were ready at cherbourg and the em barkation will take place as 60on as the king and bis 6uito arrive from la revolution we learn upou good authority that the artillery aod cavalry of guards who had acconjpauieu charles x as far as argon of the first runaways from paris it is as serted that poligoac and the contractor speculated in the funds previously to the coup detat tbe duke of wellington has given au thority to contradict positively his having counselled polignac or having had any connection witb him in the late events in france the speculation upon the london ex change profess not to like the aspect of english politics they say that the duke of wellingtons administration will not last six months and this opinion is enter tained by many persons not concerned with the stock kxchance some of the english papers had an nounced tbenrrest of princepolignac- the london morning chronicle of the 16th au gust denies that he has been arrested and expresses its belief that poligoac is iu eng land jewish legexd as emperor who had litle or no religi on called together the jews of his court of whom there were many and stated ins de termination that they should all come into the presence of his people and prove whe ther judaism or christianity were the best religiou if the former were shown to be the best the christians were to ue slaio if the latter tho jews were to be destroyed no sooner did the jews hear thu than they fast ed put on sackcloth aod estreated one of the chief rabbis to prevail on the kiog to alter his iutention as however be was indexible the rabbi whose oamo was eli ezer asked if he would givt him ten days lime aod allow him to pay a visit to the court every day to this tbt king acceded accordingly eliezer came to see the em peror the next day but he looked very much dejected and grieved which tbe king observing inquired the cajse to this eliezer answered before i left some strangers called who iosisted i should set tle some affairs for them wiich i know to be out of my power and oa my begging them not to trouble roe the departed should they returu to moisst you said the emperor lot me koow and elie zer having offered his thanks retired the following day eliezer aid to one of his servants take a cant in your baud an absent man mere arc lew that have paid any atten tion to the finance of england but must havo heard cf dr robert hamiltons es say oo the national debt which fell on tbe bouses of parliament like a bombshell or rather which rose and illuminated their darkness like o orient sun there are other writings of his too in which ece knows not which most to admire the pro found and accurate science the beautiful arrangement or the clear expression and yet this most profound and clearheaded philosophical thinker and most amiable of men became so completely absorbed in bis owu reflections ac to lose tho perception of external things and almost that of bis own identity and existence in public the man was a shadow he pulled of his hat to his own wife in the streets and apolo gized for not having the pleasure of her ac quaintance wept tohis classes oo the dark mornings with one of hor white stockings on the one leg and one of his own black ones on the other often spent the whole time of the meeting in moving from the ta ble the hats of the students which they as constantly returned sometimes invited them to call on bim and then fined tbem for coming to insult him he would ruu against a cow in the road turn round beg her pardon madam and hope she was not hurt at other times he would run against posts andchide them for notgetting out of his way aod yet his conversation at the same time if any body happened to be with him was perfect logic aod perfect music a volume might be filled witb an ecdotes of this amiable aod excellent roan all tending to prova how wide the distinc tion is between firstrate thought aod tbat merely animal use of the organs of sense wliicli prevents uogifted mortals from walking into wells the fish maiket at aberdeen is still where it used to be near the dee and has a stream passing through it that falls into that river the fishwo men expose their wares in large baskets the doctor one day marched iuto the place where be was attracted by a curiously fi gured stone iu a stack of chimneys il advanced towards it till he was interrupt ed by one of the benches from which however he tumbled a basket into the stream aod the fish which it contained were speedily borne towards their native ele ment the visage of tho lady was instant ly in lighteing and her voice in thunder but the object of her wrath was deaf to the loudest sounds aod blind to tbe most alarmiog colours she stamped gesticu lated aud scolded brought a crowd that filled the place but the philosopher turn ed not from his eager gaze and his inward meditations on the stone while the wo mans breath held good ihe did not seem to heed his indifference but when that be- gao to fail and the violence of her acts moved not ooe muscle of the object her rage felt no bounds the seized him by the breast aod yelliog in an effort of despair i speak to me or ill burst sank down in aetateof comple exhaustion and before she had recovered the doctors revorie was overand he had taken bis departure eng lish paper battle of coriwta fort y- second highlanders letter from the author qf annals of the peninsular campaigns to the editor of blackwoods magazine sir on my return from tbe conioent about a fortnight ago i for the first lime learned tbat a letter bearing the respecta ble signature of majorgeueral stirling had appeared in your magazine impeach ing the accuracy of a passage in the au- uals of the peuinsular campaigns rela tive to the conduct of the 42d regiment in the battle of coruuna this passage it may be better to quote it is as follows jn the meanwhile from some misap- prebeosioo tbe 42d had retired aod tbe enemy being reinforced took advantage of this circumstance to renew the conflict elvjua became again tho scene of strug gle the 42d after a brief but animating address from tbe geoeral returned to tho attack aud the guards being brought up to their support the enemy retired in oppositioo to tbe above statement general stirling in his letter has thought proper to assert 1st tbat the 42d regiment never did retire till ordered to do so when night bad put a stop to the engagement 2dly that with the exception of the word highlanders remember egypt which accompanied tho first order to advance lho regimeot received uo address from sir john moore in vindicaiiou of my own accuracy therefore i feel called on to pro duce the authorities on vrhich my state- nieut is founded leaving ii to major ge neral stilling to deal with these as he may deem most conducive to the credit of the distinguished regiment so lung under bis command the following extract is from the work of james moore brother to the general which has passed through various editions and is confessedly of ihe ctj bighesi au thority the general now proceeded to the 41d highlanders said he remember egypt they rushed oo and drove the french before them nil they were slop ped by a wall sir jobu accompanied ihem iu this charge he now sent ca- taiu hardiuge to order up a battalion of the guards to tbe left flauk of the42d the ofiicer commanding ihe light infan try cooceived at this that they u ere about to be relieved by the guards because their amuuitiou was nearly expended and he began to fall back the general disco vering tbe mistake said to them my bravo fortysecond join your comrades amuuitiou is coming up and you have your bayonets ipoa this they iustantly mov ed forward c the same account is given nearly verba tim by mr soutbey it is also repeated in the w aonual re- giiter of the ear in the military chronicle in the journal of a soldier of the 71st regiment and in many other works to which as i am deprived of ac cess to my military books i cannot at this moment more particulary refer if further corroboration however be required i ima- giue it will be amply afforded by the fol lowing passage from the history of colonel napier the accuracy of whose ioformation on every thing connected with the cam paign of sir john moore has never been disputed colonel napier narrates tho circumstances connected with the 42d re- iuieui in toe following man tier 11 meanwhile ihe geueral bringing up a battalion of the brigado of guards to fill the space io the line left vacant by these two regiments 50th and 42d the 42d mistook his intention and retired aod at thai mo ment tbe enemy being reinforced renew ed the fight beyond the village the officer commaoding the 50th was wounded and made prisoner and elvina became the scene of a second struggle this being ob served by the commaoderincbief who directed in person the operations of bairde division he addressed a few animating words to the 42d and caused it to return to the attack were further evidence wanted in tfais matter it would be easy to procure it and if geueral sterling is not aware of the fact that the authorities already quoted have not only commanded the public belief iu this country but havelikwisb been cor roburated aod confirmed by foreign milita ry authors he may become so by consult ing the histories of riegel aod venturing roccas account of ihe war io spain the biographie universale art sir john moore aud other works to which should he wish it it will giro me pleasure to direct his attention in tho meanwhile i believe i bare de monstrated beyood question tbat the pas sage in the annals of tbe peniosularcam- paigns stigmatised as very inaccurate is supported in every particular by tbe uni form stream of authorities from the period of ibe t action till the appearance of gene ral sterlings letter in your magazioe- let it be remembered too that the state ments quoted relative to the conduct of tbe 43d regimeot in tbe battle of coronna have been successively put forth by milita ry writers of tho highest popularity ami distinction and that it is only after an in terval of twenty ne years ihat a contradic tion addressed to one of the most obscure and least authoritative of their number has at length been hazarded how to account for this circumstance j confess i koow dot that the statements alluded to should ne ver during so long a period have fallen within ihe observation of those able and ioterresied to correct them if erroneous it is difficult to conceive yet had general stirling not been ignorant of all thai i havo in this letter obtruded perhaps somewhat unpleasantly ou his notice i am sure his candour would have led him to accompa ny his charge oi inaccuracy with a confes sion that a narrative of facts substantially the same with that objected loin tbe an nals had been given in almost every his tory that had previously appeared without contradiction either from himself or any other officer present io the engagement i have now done whether the state ment of general stirling put forth after so long aod uuaccountable a silence or that given by the authorities already quoted may be held most entitled to credit is to me mattorofihe most perfect indifforeoce it is euough for my complete vindication that at the period when my history was written the accuracy of the accounts on which i founded it had remained unques tioned for nearly a quarter of a century nay at this very moment have received no public contradiction i have now only to assure general stirling that he has my best wishes in the task he has thus tardily undertaken of vindicating even from tbe possibility of reflection the reputation of a regiment whose conduct upon all occasions is uoiversally acknowledged io have been very creditable geoeral stirling howe ver deceives himself if he supposes that such authorities as those 1 have quoted whose accounts have loug since become part of tie military history of europe are to be auswered by a few sentences in a magazine however exteusive its circula tion the author of jlnnats of the peninsular campaigns cost of clergt the established churches of england and ireland cost 8tf52000 a year their followers amounting to 6400000 people tho dissenters in england aud ireland amount to 13600000 people who pay their religious instructors 1024000 per annum the clergy of the whole chris tian world eoglaoil and ireland except ed which contains 188728000 people receive altogether but 8852000 a year j