... F{RENCH PAPE~i'S. - Aadrid, Dec. 10.-The organization of the Royal Voluntecra is going on rapidly in Spain. Tlhe province of Avila has appointed a special commission charged with the enrolling and pro- viding for the ltoyalist militia raised there. TIhis commission has addrcssed a circular to the flayors of dlistricts, and the curates of parishes, calling upon them to return withl all possible ...

... FBENCH PAPERS. [FROM THE Tt1o.,iTEUR OF MONDAY, NOZ4.OFFICIAL PART.] a PERPIGNAN,;DEC' 13.-The hattalipn of Royal Army of Spain; t which iniadc Part of the garrisoaa of' the fort of Figueiras, has 'I left it to joi~n the corps of Baron d'Eroles, Captain-General of a Catalonia. General Lloberas has made his submission to thea King, as well as the troops that were at Tarragona when Bar- ce~lona ...

... SCOTTISH BORDERERS' SoCIETY. On Friday last, the annual meeting of this Society took place in the Waterloo Hotel, Begent Bridge. The com- pany, which was numerous and highly respectable, sat down to an elegant dinner, prepared by Mr Oman, at half pait five o'clock. The chair was most ably filled by Mr Walter Nicol, supported by Mr James Ballantyne, .Mr Hays and Mr John White; Ml Darling, W. S. ...

... ERFPRONTERY OF POACHERS. E,.v~er sin-ce the cninmencemnent of the shooting ~esson, the crorito's festates in tile counIties of Kent, Surrey, and exerece ret annyace by the constant incur sionof oacerSfrom thle metropolis and otbdr75U/u1eoIiti- in ous woaho e Fren falconers, fly at all they liheet, and, uncontrolled by those rules whio~h govern tru fpr~i~,cm mnit an unfair and indiscrimina~te ...

... PACKET BOATS, FALMOUTI; STATIO\N I 1 PACKIET BO( VlS, lLMOT D hi. S'3; (aeNEIA L I srOeDec. ~2. l- llatils erade Last P/lclels Next Fancfdt Destitstions. up in Loll- sailed. due. do._ I D. of Kt cll), D. ,r3Mil' Liabon I Tuesdays. Jill. Gibral. Mail IstTuesdaY lValsingia'll, Idl d oll3r:, ta,&Corfilo. aechmorlth Dec. 6f. lrj' 131 11adeira and l istTuesday,3Is,. Salisbsury, r't U B3razils__j ...

... DEFENCE OF THE WESTMINTFA PLAY. The Baby shall spectacles wear, And what is 2norefitting byfar, . For play-things and dolls shall not care, But in leading-strings lead its Papa. THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. NEWBURY, St. Pau~ls Church-yard. Price6d. Mr. EDITOR-There is a generous principle in our nature, which constantly leads us to espouse the weaker side. I never see two boys fighting, but ...

... pR1VA22 COIUESPOXDY ,, n g.,i ?? ' 2LZ C(1UESPO.VDE-N'2e., l9 There has been ?? panic today the holders of Spanish bondls, all( fall of n I per cent. has taken 'nlaze in those recuritiec. c. 1*epression has arisen eirom reports thait the new rish MIEnistry are not likely to remain 1on il an.d In supposed inforniation that Mr lictiiK 1 . visit to Paris has wholly failed of its object.1 lieve, ...

... L NTDOAYr MIONDAY-Drc. 2t). The select friends of the King, who Nwere de- prived oh *th sp'lenxlid i hbspitalities of the palace at B3righton Iast year, by his Majesty's lamented indis- osition, areexpected there at Chlistmas, when the roa;l an11i illoble banquets will be resumed. The ex- celleit Duke of Argyle (not the Duchess, for espe- cial reasons) Lord Aiiglesed tainl ?? lovely daughters, ...

... POSTSCRITPT. LONDON,.81 DEC. 26. Letters of Monday evening from Paris, men- tion that the newv M~ixis~t at Madrid are ntot, likely to retain their places. They were brought into offce, it is supposedl, through the intrigues of Pozzo di Borgo, the Russian Minister; but the united influence of the French and English Ambassadors is now said to be predominant, and that it wivi dictate the ...

... CHIslTal~S. Stevenson, in his Twelve Months, 1661, says of Christ- mas .- Now capons and hens, besides turkeys, geese, ducks, with beef and mutton, must all die; for in twelve days a mul- titade 6f people will not he fed with a little. Now plumbes and spice, sugar and honey, square it among pies and broth. Now a journeyman cares not a rush for his master, though he begs hit plum-porridge ...

... |7-: :A FEW WOM0S ON CHRiSTMAS; . # II- ~ ~ :BE I.; : 1 I I f- 1 And ihat is Christmas 37 .' WhY itii the happietliie of Ihe year. i It 's the sea- son ol and cold w beaer. It is the tme When Christmas boxes and jokes ntegiveu ;when misleloe, nd red-berrid laure!, and enup, an iding, ,school boys prevail ; when the country is illt5tinated by hires 'add bright faces;' and the tovwa is radient ...

... A 'MEMORIAL ON THE Apparetly apracking War, Most humbly addressed TO THE KING. : . .. : . Kensinigion, 24th Dee. 1823. MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MAJESTY, VERY nuiierous have been the occasions on whi chyour Majesty was addressed by me, while you was Prince Regent. I warned you, and in gobd time I warned you, of -the consequences of the .late war with the United States. IT:fretold the'successfil ...