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SPAINgg PAPEItJ. • •-• • CORI ES. ' SITTING ttr Jug's 15. *ettor Ostolaza, adverting to the impression which - bad been made'hy the current reports of the fall of Tarragona, made the following propositions : Ist. T hat the Sittings of the Cortes should be permanent. 9.1. That the Council of Regency ►hould deliberate about no other topic but War ansl Finance; •ise Secretaries abstaining from giving an account of measures on any other subject. 3d. That a Council should be speedily assembled, which the Right Rev. Archbishops and Bishops should be exhorted to turns. ' Senors Golfin, Arguelles, and Villanueva, made a number of apposite observations, in consequence of which the motions were rejected. The Senor Secretary, in consequence of this dis. mission, which was introduced by the notice of the fall of ,Tarragona, presented a letter from the Re gency, which stated that the place had been taken on the '2Bth, hut professed ignorance of the causes which bad led to that event. Senor Arguelles moved the following propositions, which were appointed for discussion ; Thar during the urgent circumstances of the moment, poe%er should he granted to the Council of Regency to su•pcnd from their functruus such Provincial Juntas as it may not deem use I ur. 'A. That Deputies be:appointed to repair to the Isle of I.eon, in order to examine what foundation there Is for the rumours that are afloat of the discontent of the Troops, or account of their not being ,upplied with nect ssaries. Id. That the Council ot Regency be authorized to dismiss from their employment all those who from weakness or want of ener gy have not acted up to their duty, replacing them with other persons properly qualified. The dangers of the country, which are sufficiently manifest, excited the enthusiasm of a number of de. puties, who with warmth respectively proposed the measures which they thought necessary for its salva tion. In the midst of this diversity of sentiment, Senor Aner proposed the following Resolutions, which were finally approved : Ist. That the Council of Regency be required to present with- Is 24 hours the measures which It deems necessary for obtaining those resources which are required by the necessities of the State, In such way that it may not omit any measure that can be direc ted to the salvation of the country. td. The armed force of the nation being at the disposal of the Council of Regency, they are therefore required to catry into effect its assent lenient at all the most important points. ed. That the Council of Regency, rising superior to every pre judice, propose those supplies and resources which circumstances admit of, in order to a.sist the unfortunate Principality. of Cam bola, so that its distinguished patriotism be not sunk and de pressed. The propositionsof Senor Arguelles were then taken into consideration, when the first of them was reject ed ; but the second, .appointing a Committee ot en quiry into the causes ot the discontents of the army in the Isla, was carried. SITTING OF JULY 16. In pursuance of a Resolution adopted in the secret sitting of yesterday, a letter was read from Tarra gona, of the 22d of June, transmitted from the Com mission of the Superior Junta of Catalonia, the sub stance of %%bids was as follows : " se N ea—Yesterday evening the enemy wade himself master of the fort, the curtain, and other points; ill the mean time Bri gadier Velasco took the command tat other points which had been abandoned, iu ecnistquence of Brigadier Sarsfield having left the fortress without leave. " The place, in consequence, wIU not be able to holdout long unless the army oblige the enemy to raise the siege. A letter has, with thi s view, been transmitted to the General in Chief, who, through indolence, has done nothing, though he has been tcpeattdly incited by the Governor, Contreras. " It is, !towel er, beyond a doubt,,thaGif this fortress is lost, that of kigueras must also tall" Senor Oliveros obseried, that they ought to suspend their opinion of Sarsfield till that officer presented the letters of the General, which summoned him to take the command of his advanced guard. Senor Utges said that be was acquainted with Eri gadier Sarstield ; he believed him to be a brave man, who had distinguished himself on various occasions ; and therefore they ought to deliberate before they adopted any resolution. It was resolved that the letter should be sent to the Council of Regency, that it might proceed to the in vestigation of the facts, and to punish the guilty'. EXTRACT FROM THE REPORT MADE BY THE CHIEF OF • TILE STAFF OF THE EXPEDITION CORPS, TO THE CHIEF OF Tint GENERAL STAFF, AND DATED " Trigueros, July 1. 44 On the 29th some troops were ntarched from Gibraltar, for the purpose of making an attempt upon Niebla. With this view, the Marshal de Campo Don Jose Zayas advanced with his , ith division, winch pre sented itself before the said place on the 30th, at day. break, with the cavalry and the artillery of the sth army, at the, very time when the advanced guard, under the command of its General Don Jose de Lan. dizabal, took a position upon the high road tiom Vil larasa to Seville, with the cavalry of the Expedition Corps.:—Niebla (the population of which is now re duced to 100 persons) presents, with its ancient wall, in a good state of preservation, and a castle united to its circuit, and forming a lind of citadel, a strong post.; but the enemy had rendered it still more re spectable by the addition of a 12-pounder, two 7- pounder howitzers, and other.seven pieces of artillery, and by completely surrounding the place with vari ous works. Such is Niebla since it has become a point of support fit the enemy in his ravages, and a place of deposit for multiplied and grievous requisi tions, by wfiich the surrounding townships are ruined and exasperated. 44 His Excellency the General in Chief, desirous of trying whether the people of the district could be de livered from so distressing a situation, was disposed to make an attempt upon Niebla, notwithstanding that we were not possessed of all the means necessary for securing success, nor could spare much of that time which was to be devoted to more important ob jects. As span, therefore, as he learned that•the Go vernor had rejected the summons of General Zayas, he proceeded :u reconnoitre the place, directing that in the wean time ladders and other necessary imple- Tnetars stu z ind be required from the neighbotuipg vil lages, it not being considered prudent to undertake Ithe , operation during the day. " On this account the troops of the fourth division and tile ..rtillery of the fifth army, did not commence the at.ack until the moon was set. The right was placed under the direction of the Marshal de Campo Lon Joan de la CalZ Murgeon, and the left under the litigadier of the Royal Vs'alloon Guards, Don Carlos Dency. In the min time, some i n f antry passed the gio Tinto, to make a false attack' on the eastern side of the forties, , 7 The troops advaitee4 with the ladders under a I • • navy fire of artillery and musketry from the enemy; completely plundered all the houses which were shut and some soldiers, after repeated attempts, succeeded in consequence of the absence of their proprietors, in penetrating within the wall ; but the shortness of destroying and burning the doors and windows, and the ladders, though joined and raised , their insuffi- whatever moveables they could make no use f : in eient number, and the deficiency of other means of others they have taken whateves they could find, and attack, did not permit the prosecution of the plan.— are undermining the walls in order to blow them up. For these reasons, and day being approaching, the PRIVATE LETTER. General in Chief ordered the troops to return to their CADIZ, positions, that they might not remain too long expo sed to the fire of the fortress, which was accord in g l y s.e CAD , .7 . 1.1 LY 17.--Our hopes of the raising of the i ge o f this place have been greatly disappointed : on the contrary, Badajoz has been well supplied , and effected, our loss amounting to about 20 men. All a division of 7000 men has been sent by Soult to re- Idle corps employed on this service displayed a gallan. inforce Victor, which causes an apprehension here try northy of the highest eulogium.' \ PUEBLA DE SANABRIA, JUNE £S. that the enemy will persevere in the siege. No doubt you have heard of the surrender of the importantjor- We learnedon the 18th that Bessieres had evacuated tress of Tarragona, which circumstance has put a Benaverite on the 16th, leaving 150 men in the heights stop to all comrherce for the present, and, combined of Cagrogonzalo, and that he took his rouse to Va- with various other causes, has produced such discon ileneia, en his way to Campazas. On the evening of tent, that. I dread something of a serious nature will the same day our troops entered Bensvente. On the soon happen in .this city, if measures to prevent it are 19th, Brigadier Cabrera, with his division, resolved to not taken in time, as the people and Government do go out and follow them, and he therefore directed hislnot pull together. C - ur resources are entirely exhaus artillery to retire to Reguejo. On the 21st he reached i ted : the other day General Ymas, late Governor of the Muelas, where he was informed that the enemy Badajoz, who was ordered to .be tried, Made his had evacuated Astorga and Labaneza ; that Bessieres . escape ; but what is still more singular, an Aide-de had tetired upon Valladolid, harassed in every step by 1 Camp of Soult, who was also confined, got §afe off the Guerillas of Borbon, under their Commander Don the same day. Some prisoners here have lately been Thomas Principe ; and that the French General Seras found with arms about them. I hope the Govern . was at Benavente with 5000 men. , ment will have a vigilant look-out, as but few English On the 23d, there were 2000 men of the 6th army are now in garrison here. Blake's return, however, in Astorga, and the headquarters were one league will have a good effect ; but his troops must be en from that city. On the same day there was sent hence tirely clothed, as they returned almost naked. a sopply of ammunition for the division of Cabrera, 1 ASTORGA, JULY IS. which was on the 24th in Castro. The report of Seras 1 . : Since the last skirmish on the heights of St. Justo, having evacuated Benavente has not been verified, nor half a league from Astorga, the French have found is it ascertained whether the enemies who left the As. it necessary to return to Orbigo, where their force turias have gone for Santander or for Leon. On the . amounts to 1,030 infantry and 700 horse. same day, t4e 2911, an officer of the patriotic Guerillas Yesterday, Sent* de Pol came here to head.quar of Rioja arrived here with orders from Gen. Castanos 1 tees. He has removed his division to Carrizo, four to send him a supply of ammunition. The officer in leaues from hence. On the late skirmish with the formed us, that General Mendizabel was on his way to , French he took forty prisoners. take the command of the 7th army, and the p r o vinces wherein it is stationed. We are assured Gener a l Sit.' Copy of a Decree, issued at Montevideo, transmit veira was making dispositions and uniting a cons i d era- ted from the Rio de la Plate by the last conveyance , ble force to onove upon Zamora. and published in a Gazette Extraordinary by order The enemy, with the greatest inhumanity, sack all f the Junta of Buenos Ayres : er e si v a r is AlXiClLl.LtvseersseirnuasviValtChEllOtvhiOTrizess eveiodvereizths. the towns through which they retire. I. Abigo they tied a farrier, who had shod some horses belonging to eseaee from the ° Junta of Buenos g Ayr es, lg :hall be r' cperlidereilwlawa our soldiers, to four of his own horses, which were spur- ful prize; and this order is to be deeme retrospective from the red in opposite directions, and the unhappy man q uar. commencement of the Revolutionary Government in that city. ' 4 All foreign ships laden in the port* subject to the said tered, while those atrocious monsters laughed at his Junta, are to proceed to Montevideo, there to discharge the sufferings. public duties, and to give an account of their proceedings in the said ports. Those which shall sail to Europe, or to other ports, regardless of this order, will suffer the comequences of their disobedience. " Every ship that shall have entered the said ports sublect to the Junta of Buenos Ayres, posterior to the 15th of Mardi last, the day mentioned to she Bliglith Masters of vessels, shall be come lawful prize, as igeori.noe ramie( be pleaded of our tech. ration of war, and as sufficient time has been conceded for their departure. (Signed) " ZAVILIL I[l.lo. 4 ' JUAN SAIITISLA arrizi.ae, Ilgc: 4 . CORUNNA, JUNE 27. D. Jese Maria de Santocildes, Commander in Chief; ad infrrim, of the 6th Army, writes on the 20th from 1 hid head-quarters Montealegre, in the followin g tems, to the second in command in the kingdom, D. Joaquin Maria Velarde : " Most Excelltm have the pleasure of communicating to your Excellency, that the enemy have this morning evacuated the city of Astbrga, bloiving up the walls, but without doing any damage to the city, and effeged their retreat to Bamitza and Be. navente. I hasteu to annoshce this happy re.slt to your Excel lency, thought sr unable to descend into details." CORUNNA, JULY 21. The famouk,partisan 1). Francisco Longa, in a letter of the S has communicated the following in formation to the Commander-in-Chief of the Gth army: „Joseph Bonaparte entered Vittoria on the evening of the 30th of June, escorted by 500 infantry, 300 horse, aucJ the few troops which he could collect froth the different garrisons. CADIZ, JULY 2. Although we are not able officially, by dates, to ascertain the situation of the army under General Blake, which ocia.pies the county of Niebla, we are able by private letters received yesterday from Aya monte, to say that the army occupied Castillegos, 'Alooro, and Villa Real, having marched out for the purpose of incorporating itself with the army and ar tillery which disembarked in Ayamonte. The city of Niebla was occupied by the Spanish troops, after a lively fire and resistance of twenty four hours. In consequence of its having surrendered, aoo pri. soners, with a great quantity of provisions, remained in our power, and the train of artillery which the enemy had collected in that city, as a strong quint from which they could protect their operations in the ,county. JULY 11.—At half-past ten at night, Gen. 1314 e, with pi;irt of his gaff, entered this city. JULY 13.—The baggage of General Blake has been landed—the ship San Pablo, which brought his Excellency, remains at anchor in the outer roads, as ' well as four English ships, which arrived yesterday. A battalion of the Reyal Walloon Guards, and ano ther of the regiment of Ireland have been landed. JULY I6.—Yesterday and today the troops of the convoy from the Continent have been disembarking ; nearly all the cavalry have been landed. We are as. surer that General Ballasteros is appointed to corn.' mand the camp at Gibraltar, and to direct the tary operations of the Sierra de Ronda. It is reported that General Iniaz, late Govern!, of Badajoz, who was arrested and placed wider a Council of War in the Isle of Leon, has made his escape-1 report which we should wish to hear con tradicted. There appears to be no doubt of the flight of another officer, Gregorio, from one of the castles of Cadiz ; his crime was treachery. The day before yesterday being the day appointed for the. chusing by parishes, of Electors of th 4 Mem bers of our Superior Junta, the assemblage of inhabi tants was so very small, that they could nut proceed to carry the election into effect. It is said that Souk has arrived with some forces at the lines in front of this place. READ QUARTERS OF TILE FIFTH ARMY, JUNE 29. Soult marched on the 27th from Badajoi for Santa Marta, on the road to Seville. It appears that his plan did not extend beyond the relief of Badajoz, whither the enemy is conducting as much grain and provisions of ail sorts as could be Procured in the towns, The allies, on retreating, burnt all the corn in the fields round Bada.i?z, in order that the enemy might not profit by it.—A very great convoy of corn, dour, a herd of cattle, sheep, and pigs, which had arrived at Merida, has returned to frusillO. On the 16th, a divisiinf l ot /3600 nien entered Caceres, with the intention to cross the Tagus by the hums at Alco netar. The purpose of theit march has not transpired; but it may be conjecture that they will proceed to the righthy Curia to Ciudad Rodrigo, to reinforce Bessieres, who fears 'the rmwerrients of the army of Gakia, and requests succours. In Olivenaa the bar; 1:011/1113414ti great WOK% They have TILE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TO CORRESPONDENTS. • 64 A VETtIAI4 " MST be assured there was nothing Invidious In the article he alludes to. We have profited by kis friendly hint, and, as we hope, to the satislaction of all parties. FRIDAY, AUGUST 9. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. B per CL Cans. for money 620—Ditto for account 14, • per Ct. Reduced 64 —Nary 5 per Cent. * per Cent. Ml—Bonds 11.. Pis. prom.—Omnium i 4 dis. Exch. Bills (sd.) is. dis. to par.—Ditto (3id.) 4s. .Ss. prem. The intercourse between the American Ministers at Paris and London, still goes on very briskly. The Adelaide Cartel has arrived at Dartmouth from Mor laix with an American Messenger, charged with dis• patches. Several American and French Gentlemen also came over in the Adelaide. The Honourable Captain FANE, a British officer, was also a passenger . The Adelaide returned to Modal/ in a few hours after her arrival at Dartmouth. Private letters by tlr.: Honestus, which left New. York on the 27th Jung state, that the capture of the Tamamah has excited considerable indignation among the Americans. This " hostile outrage," as it is called, had induced the Government of the United State, to order measures nearly allied to immediate belligerence, to be resorted to. The President, Com modore Rocens, and the United States, Capt. Du- CATUR, with two other frigates, had been crdered in stantly to put to sea, and the two former had drop. ped down Hudson's River, with orders to maintain, ; by any means. that were necessary, the neutrality an4l independence of the flag they bore. It was under stood, that should they fall in with any of the British frigates cruising within what they call the waters of the United States, they would not scruple, unless over awed by superior force, to make an attack. Another vessel, with more recent intelligence, has arrived at Liverpool, which left New York on the 13th ult. The following letter contains the only informa tion that has yet reached us : • " LIVERPOOL, AUGUST T. "By the Lydia, arrived here to-day in 2.5 days from New York, we have beard of Mr. FOSTER'S arrival at. Washington, where he was well received ; but report says, that in conseqnence of the late rencontre be tween the LITTLE BELT and President, he had sus pended the negotiations, which were previously going on favourably. Much was expected from MONROE on his entering into office ; but the letters received here state that be has since disappointed and disgus ted every body i and if the two countries are kept out of war; it will not be by him. He has proved him self the creature of Joni:so:4." By the Malta . Mail of yesterday letters have been received to the gtitll June, which repe,tt in strong terms the pmbabllity of a peac, between the Ottoman Porte and the Court of Petersburgh. This event was so auiously looked for by the people, F articv,i4riy in the capital, that h was with the utmost difficulty they were prevented from rising against the public autho rities. It was asserted that French emissaries were the authors of the long delay that has occurred, and that both parties were so weary of the continuance of hostilities, that preliminaries of peace must be in a short time concluded. THE KING. Although no material alteration in his MalErrt's complaint has taken place, the Bulletin of yesterday was rather favourable. -At the Queen's Council on Saturday, it was deter. mined that a consultation should be held of all the most distinguished medical practitioners in the dis order with which his Majesty is afflicted; and actor. dingly this has taken place. We understand that the 1 alarming symptom in the case is the loathing and re. jection of food. For several days his MAJuSTY took no sustenance voluntarily, and it was owing to this llcircumstance that he was reduced to a degree of ex haustation the most dangerous. OnWednesday night, however, he had several hours sleep, and means are now taken to sustain nature. The following is the 1 Bulletin of this day : a' WINDSOR tASTLI, AUGIrST 9. 6 His MAJILITT ill much the same as he was yesterday. (Signed as canal.) 'Yesterday her MAJESTY and the Princesses, after dinner, took their usual afternoon's excursion to Frog more gardens, and drank tea, and at eight o'clock returned to the Castle. The gloomy• intelligence which we communicated from Cadia yesterday, respecting the failure of Blake's expedition, is but too true. It is now his intention to reimbark with his forces far Alicant, in which the Patriots were in no sufficient strength to resist, Seba stiani approaching on the one side, and Southet oa the other. It is said that the latter would proceed immediately to the investment of Valencia. He had already taken possession of Villa Nueva, and it was therefore assured that the French were in the occupa tion of every part in Catalonia. In the mean time the enemy-was considerably weak. ened on the Southern coast. There was not a single. Frenchman in the entire range of the Mediterranean shore from Almeria to Malaga. • The failure of General Blake's enterprize is not the only cause, however, of the despondency experienced .at Cadiz : Soult had arrived in person at Port St. Mary's, with 7000 men, destined to reittforce the be. sieging army before Cadiz. This intelligence, added to the news of the tall of Tarragona, and the great scarcity of money for public purposes, had occasion ed a desponding feeling throughout the place, where it was so lately expected that the siege would be raised, and that Seville, and the whole adjacent cowl. rtry, would be abandoned by the enemy. • It has before been mentioned, that in consequence of the- charges preferred against General Inns, late Governor of Badajoz, his trial had been ordered,: Just before the ktters were ppt on board the packet, this officer bad left the port, and it was supposed ha bad sought protection within the French lines. "At the same time," adds our correspondent, " it is sin hnlai that the Aid-de-Camp of Marshal Sean? effected is escape fro . a Santa Catalina." The number of troops which had entered the Bay with BLARE, from Ayamonte, is computed at 9000. We regret to say that serious disputes had arisen between the Anglo. Portuguese aad Spanish armies subsequent to the battle of Albuera, and it is apprehended that they cannot again act in concert, on account of their un favourable prepossessions with respect to each other. • The Norfolk transport horn the West-Indies is ar rived at Portsmouth. She sailed from St. Thomas's on the 2d of July, under convoy of the Ganymede frigate, with about SO sail, bound to England, and parted on the 19th of July, at that time about sixty sail in company. Upon Lord MELVILLI'S death we mentioned that his Royal Highness the PRINCE R Ewa? had signifies his intention to make no appointment to the Office of Privy Seal for Scotland, but to allow it to remain over, :along with Coe Blue Ribbons. Ministers had suggest ed Lord MOIRA to hold the office, who was understood Ito have refused it. They afterwards pressed an ap• pointment, that' the public service might not suffer. ' and his Royal Highness desired them to name whom they pleased, under the condition, that the appoint. ment should fall the moment the restrictions under the Regency Act were at an end. Ministers accordingly named the present Lord Mraxitte, and his Lordship has been appointed with an express clause in his pa tent, that it Shall become void as soon as the restric tions under the Regency Act.are at an end. There has been of late a great influx of Irish Ca. tholic Priests into this country. Last week ten or twelve who had been banished from the papal terri tory, arrived at Dartmouth from Morlatz, and on Tuesday three more were landed from l'Aigle cartel at the same place. As many persons think that the demise of the Crown is necessarily followed by an immediate disso lution of Parliament, it may not be improper to state. from the best authority, what provision our Constitua tion has made for such an event. " A Patliament," says Blackstone, (vol.l. p. 188,) " may be dissolved by the demise of the Crown. This dissolution for. merly happaned on the death of the reigning Sove reign; for he being considered in law as the head of the Parliament (cams: princiftium et finis), that failing , the whole body was held to be extinct. But the calling . a new Parliament immediately on the inaugutation cat the successor being found inconvenient, and dangers being apprehended from having no Parliament in being, in case of a disputed succession, it was ellaC• -ted by the statutes 7 and 8 W. 111. c. 15, and 6 Ann, C. 7, that the Parliament in being shall continue fc six months after the death of any King or Queen, unless sooner prorogued or dissolved by the succes sor : that if the parliament be, at the t i ne of the Kings death, separated by adjournment or proroga tion, it shall, notwithstanding, assemble immediatel' and that if net Parliament is then in being, the Meru hers of the last Parliament thell assemble ata b 4 again a Luiiimem". Sn ci