1822.] 
sideration of certain affidavits to gene- 
ral character of magistrates and others, 
and of the man’s having lost his place, 
he was sentenced simply to pay a fine 
of fifty pounds. 
FRANCE, 
The King of France has, by a Royal 
Ordonnance, suppressed the Faculty 
of Medicine in Paris, on account, it is 
stated, “‘ of the shameful disorder 
which took place in the Sitting on the 
18th of November.” We learn from 
private letters (for the journals are 
almost wholly silent on the subject,) 
the following account of this disturb- 
ance :—The Abbe Nicole, who is rec- 
tor of the Academy, had no sooner 
appeared to address the young men, 
than the cry of “A bas les Jesuites!” 
and other offensive expressions, were 
uttered. The Abbé could not be 
heard, and M. Desgenettes, who tried 
for an hour to get a hearing, could not 
succeed. After this tumultuous con- 
duct had continued for some time, an 
end was put to the Sitting; and the 
rector, on going out, was saluted with 
still stronger testimonies of disappro- 
bation. 
By the decree for suppressing the 
Faculty of Medicine, five-and-twenty 
of the first physicians and surgeons of 
Paris, who were professors of the dif- 
ferent branches of medicine, have been 
deprived of their places, and four 
thousand students of the means of in- 
struction. The course of lectures 
which had commenced was stopped, 
the doors of the School of Medicine 
were closed, and the young men were 
apprised, by a handbill, that they 
could no longer pursue their studies 
at Paris. 
How serious a limitation this Or- 
donnance has been of the means of 
study, may be gathered from the fact, 
that there existed only three Faculties 
of Medicine in France,—those of 
Strasburg, Montpelier, and Paris. In 
order to obtain the degree of Doctor, 
or the diploma of Surgeon, it was ne- 
cessary to study at the schools of one 
or other of these places. The number 
of students was of course greatest, 
and the professors the most eminent, 
in the capital. The young men, as- 
sembled here from all parts of France, 
and even of Europe, by the eminence 
of the professors, and the convenience 
of hospitals, &c. amounted this year 
to about 4000. 
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SPAIN. 
The Spanish government has trans- 
mitted to all the provinces the most 
rigid orders for the prompt execution 
of the resolutions adopted by the 
Cortes, which have granted consider- 
able funds for fortifications, manufac- 
turing arms, and for preparing a for- 
midable war-materiel. The Spanish 
provinces will soon present the spec- 
tacle of a vast arsenal, as France did 
when she was attacked by foreign 
powers. This great movement has, 
besides, the advantage of giving em- 
ployment and support to the poor,— 
the only class from which fanaticism 
recruits her instruments. 
In the Sitting of the 14th, the Cortes 
authorised the Provincial Deputations 
to make requisitions for remounts of 
horses for the cavalry and artillery, in 
order to accelerate an important ope- 
ration, which has already been suc- 
cessfully executed in the 3d, 4th, 5th, 
6th, and 7th, Military Divisions. The 
regiments of Saguntum, the Queen’s, 
and some others, have been in this 
way completely remounted in the 
course of a few days. ‘The Provincial 
Deputations are to make advances for 
the payment of the just value of the 
horses to the owners ; and the govern- 
ment is, without delay, to reimburse 
the Deputations from the funds spe- 
cially granted by the Cortes. 
It is announced as certain, that the 
government is about to confer on Mina 
the title of Commander-in-Chief of the 
three army corps of Catalonia, Na- 
varre, and Arragon. Generals Torri- 
jos and Velasco will serve under him 
as Lieutenant-generals. ‘The first 
army will be increased to 40,000 men, 
and the other two to 10,000. All these 
forces are to be united ‘by the Ist of 
December in the line of operations. 
The other Spanish forces, with 
which are incorporating with great 
activity the new levies, are about to 
be rendered movable, and placed on 
the war footing, to form garrisons, and 
to be ready, to take the field, and to 
join the army of reserve, which will be 
promptly assembled in the case of fo- 
reign menace. 
In all towns of the kingdom private 
companies of Constitutional Patriots 
‘are organizing, in imitation of the 
corps formed at. Madrid, in conse- 
quence of the events of July. Jast. 
Moreover, the embodying of the volun- 
teer, militia is every where carrying 
into 
