28 NOVEMBER 1840, Page 9

Melees from Bayonne of the 16th instant state that the

inhabitants of Guituzcoa were becoming apprehensive for their privikges ; the more so as, in a Council held at Madrid on the Stla General Espartero announced his intention to have the line of customs removed to the French frontier. The three deputations of Alava, Biscay, and Guipuz- coa, lately sat in deliberation at Billma during twelve days. The reso- lutions they adopted were not known ; hut it was believed that they had determined at all risks to support their Acres, and, if unable to de- fend themselves, to place the provinces under the protection of France.