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GENERAL ELECTION. TO THE 'WORTHY AND INDEPENDENT LIVERY • OF LONDON. Giwrs.xxxte, • . THE success which ll4ve.experiented during - my Canyass, has exceeded mfmost san_gulms expectations and has removed all apprehensions as tbtkt result of the cciiffest. ' I . had some reason to . fear, when I offered myself to your notice, that my competitors, experienced in the business of Election, and baying more command of their time, might have already 'Engaged the exclusive support of Gentleinen Whose . political bias bad identified they with opposing parties, ' This impedi ment, formidable to a new Candidate; did not deter use, and the flattering reception with-which I hive invariably been greeted, hai convinced me that I did not over-rate the reliance I placed ' upon you. In my Address of the 17th ult. I made you acquainted with muretensions, and my Sub-Committees have afforded me the highest satisfaction in reporting the ready accordance of the Li very with what I advanced. I had occasiol. to make sly apology, in a recent Advertise ment, for not having been more generally seem amongst you. Tlie delay is attributable to the peculiarly heavy Public engage ments which press upon me, and to a determination not to per mit any pursuit, however dear to me, to interrupt the discharge • of my tacial duties; I entreat you not tb allow this circumstance to operate to ray prejudice. I could rot be mute usefully nor more pleasantly engaged, than in cherishing a familiar intercourse syth the whole of the Liveryoto whom I feel already so much day cf Election being fixed for - Tummy, the ith Instant, mot earlic-tly request the favour of your early attendance at Guildhall in aiy behalf, and remain, 'With t:te greatest respect, Sour faithful and obedient servant, • :Man:ion-House, March 1, 182.0. GEORGE NUDGES. The Lord M tyor's Committee will meet daily at the Mansion- House, where all communications will be ihankfully received. in cattle, entered the . Islatd liirder of Gentili . Ereyre.... He was imme4iately'reeognized by a - ma- • jority cilthe InsurgentOffrcers, 4419,, far from treat•-• ing him,asa. spy, .welcomed hiair . -mosCkindly, and' feasted him with the utmost hospitality. After per- . 'mating him !hit jhe, whole of their. fortifications,. they Sent hiriiiiick to General Freire with a letter, inviting that individual to join their party. Riego left his division fora short time at Algesiras, and went in person to Gibraltar, where, in a few hours, he negotiated a loan of 100,000 dollars for the Insurgent Army. Marc Aguero, one of the most active agents of the Insurrection, went to London for the same purpose. He found no difficulty in accomplishing his object. It is 'certain that Riego has•had an engagement with the division of O'Donnell; that the Royal Cara bineers, who alone gave battle, met with very awk ward treatment ; that the remainder of the division refused to fight, and that two regiments of cavalry went over fo the side of the Insurgents. The consequence of this affair was, that General Fleyre had disarmed and sent into the interior four Regiments, oa which he thought that he could not perfectly rely. There is no longer any doubt of an insurrection in the Asturias. A very remarkable circumstance is, that the Royal Vales, which had no longer any circu lation,: have re gained some credit. The only plausible explanation of this species of phenomenon is, that arbitrary power .had destroyed public credit, and that the hope of better times, distant and vague as it is, aiising out of a Constitutional form of Government, has.been l sufficient to restore confidence to the Creditors of the, State.—Constitationnel, March 9.. Extract of a letter from Cadiz, February 14. : It is to be presumed that very alarming news, on the political condition of our Sovereign, must have produced distrust in the minds of certain persons Cadiz, however, still enjoys the same tranquillity. The few Insurgent troops that there are here have not been able to enter it. They are at the distance of, four leagues, and we hope that in a few days they will be exterminated. Thus you see that an affair, which must, doubtless, have been exaggerated in fo reign Papers, does not deserve much attention:— Gazrite de Fiance. The Journals of Cadiz, of the 1 lth of February, which - have reached us, contain several Ordinances of GenerariTaldes, the Governor, in which he pre scribes divers measures ,of policy, which circum stances rend,m- necessary. He has prohibited plays, balls, masks, and other diversions of the Carnival ; he also has prohibited any greater number than three persons to assenible and travel se the city. It is not allowed to pity on the guitar, or to sing in the streets; and the shops wilere confectionary and liquors are sold,. are ordered t': be shut at nightfall. The , ,e mea sures were enforced lot the three days of the Carnival —Gazdic de FraNce. SPANISH INSURRE.CTION. (I'llOM THE FIZENCII PAPERS.) We lave received flow Madrid, dated the 17th, ai.,l foal Cadiz, dated the 1111 February. It appears that a very sharp action took place on the 91.11, between the divi,isni of Gencial Cruz, sta : tionei at Chiclana, and the column under Riego, which, after having vainly :I:tempt:A to proceed to :Malaga, endeavoured to make good- its retreat on the Lle of Leon. On the ~ .ante day, a general attack was made upon • Torre tiarda, Santa-liana, and other points of the Lit, by the Marine forces. the ganison ofCortadura, and a part of that of Cadiz. The fire was kept up 1-r a very long time on both sides, but without pro , dicing any important The Instil -,ents committed nrtny excesses during • their staj' at : they exacted heavy contribu . is money from tln, town in general, and from same individuals in pa. ticul.a ; they forced the towns people to pr,ceed to the election of Alcades, accord ing to the Constitution ; they set at liberty the pri soners of every description, and compelled the inha hi:ants to mount the red and green cockade, the ral , lying sign of the insurrection. The most pt:rftct tranquillity reigns at Madrid and in the rest of Spain. The Imperial Regiment Alex, a de7, c )rnmandel by Colonel O'Donnell, brother of the Count has art ived in the environs of Madrid from Val a !01i.!.--lournal des Debats. Intelligence from Madrid o - the 17th, which has arrived by the ordinary courier, annminces that • Treyre, having endeavoured to attack the Nat:onal troops fortified opposite to Cortadura, was coin-' pelted to make a precipitate retreat, after having lost 300 men by a well-directed fire from the batteries opposed to them The Constitutional army . has - made the Isle of Leon impregnable by woi ks con structed on that important point. Colonel Itiego, after having visited Algesiras, returned to Veger with provisions, money, horses for drawing his artillery, and good se g ars for the troops. From Veger he en tered into the Isla, with the troops and his convoy, without suffering any interruption. The Constitution Las been proclaimed at Algesiras, And trade has been freed from all its shackles. Tariffic and Veger have declared for the Constitutionalists. We arc assured that these towns have collectively formed a Provi sional Governn.ent. • We hear that when two Cavalry regiments of the Royal army were about to join the National troops, the Royal Carabineers endeavoured to prevent them, but were obliged to yield, after having lost their commandant, some oßicers, and several soldiers. The intelligence that Freyre has been obliged to disarm several regiments, whose fidelity he suspected, ha's been confirmed. All the troops, moreover, have declared that they- neyer will tire upon their com rades who serve the cause of liberty. There have been some popular tumults at Sara gossa. Amidst two crowds a cry was heard, " Long live the Constitution, and down with tyranny? The Authorities suppressed the tumults without much dif ficulty ; but several patties of Guerillas, consisting of three or four hundred men, traverse the• kingdom of Arragon. The news supplied to-day by the Journals of Bour • dears, arz c3nsistent in many points with those which we had antericrly received. We have letters from Cadiz down to the 11th. They contain no informs-' tion of importance. It was said in subsequent letters, that on the 13th that city had opened its gates after some bombs had fillen within it. According to letters from :Madrid, the column of Riego has received deserters horn the division of • O'Donnell. Wier accounts say that O'Donnell him self had pissed over to the Insurgents. A letter from Gibraltar informs us, that he bad been aban doned by 500 of his Cavalry. There is a ieport of a discovery of a correspon-, deuce between the Colonel of the Regiment of As turias and General Freyre. The Colonel had, it is said, been shot. A report circulates in Paris, that Mina has gone to Spain. This intelligence appears certain. The report, which was spread some time ago, of an insurrection in the Asturias, is to-day confirmed. On the 14th of February, the Constitution was pro claimed at Oviedo, the Capital of that Province.— (Constifutionnel, March 1). We are assured to-day that the Insurgents of La Isla have created a Provisional Government, formed of five. persons.. A superior Officer, under the disguise of a dealer TIIEE VENING STA It LON DON. MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1820. TilE FUNDS. PRIGEpti STOCKS THIS DAY AT OXE O'CLCCK 3 per Cent. Reduced shut 3 per Cent. Consols 68 1 / 4 I/ 2 . . t per Cent. shut 5 per Ceat. Navy 104. 1 4 Bank Long Annuities shut • India Bonds 11• s. Exchequer , lAllst.! 3s. Is. die. C Lisuls for . ccount 68378 %. .We have receiv: d the four days Paris Papers in ar rear, to. Thursday last inclusive. The Project for suspending the freedom of the pub lic Journals has been passed by the Chamber of Peers (136 to 71), but with several material alterations.— The Journals now existing are exempted from its. operation, and the duration of it is limited to the end of the next Session. The Commission of Censorship is also struck out, but it remains a part of the Pro ject, that the Journals shall be subjected to a previous Censorship, under the pains and penalties directed in the original Project, but without stating by whom that Censorship is ro be executed. This strangely anomalous Project, as it is now framed, was on-Wed nesday (the amendments of the Peers.' having been previously approved by the Crown) present to the Chamber of Deputies, and the preparatorrexamlna tion of it in the Bureaux appointed for Saturday last. In the last mentioned Sitting of the Chambet of Depti ties on Wednesday, a rather stormy scene took place. M.CLA USEL DE COUSSERGUES, who, on the 19th nit. put forth an accusation in the Chasrber, against M. DE CAZES, charging • him with being an accomplice in the assassination cf the Duke de Ilz.ant, arid who v.:as in consequence stigujatised by M. de . SAINT Au-. 'LAIRS as a calumniator, had in the interval, by a letter to the PRESIDENT, withdrawn his charge, and the whole that took place upon it was left out of the Proces Verbal of the Sitting. - On the Prores Verbal' of the Sitting .being read. as .usual, M. BENJAMIN CONSTANT insisted upon the restoration of the epithet of " calumniator." M. B. CONSTANT founded his demand on this—that the charge of being " an ac complice of assassination" harbeen made public throughout France, and that the countercharge against the accuser, of being a slanderer, ought to be given equal publicity. After some speeches pro and con, the question was put ; and on a scrutiny of votes, M. B. CONSTANT'S proposition was adopted,. In re venge, M. CLAUSEL de COUSSERGUES resuthed his notice of an intention to bring forward and prove the charge, which he had dropped, against the Duc 'DEGAZES. The Gazette de France of Tuesday states, that a report was circulated at Paris on Monday evening, of an attempt having been made to assassinate the who, in enlestvouring to4urtt The'weapon of the aitasain, iceisied• a wound in his hand. We do not find, in any [he subsequent Journals, that this report is at all tnnfirrned..' Wefhave made ample extracts from the French Papertiffipteeing the state of affairs in . Spain, which, - though not guile so definite in their details as we could have wisberii.4.sostuthentic as those derived from Gibraltar, -nevertheless throw great light oa the pro'gress of the Insurrection. We have been particular in copying the articles contained, in the Ministerial Journals, those which again and again tell us that Spain is still perfectly tranquil, because we wish to let our Readers see all they have to say in favour of FERDINAND'S party. It is, in faci, curious to remark the shifts to which they are put. As a kind of consolation, they have now found out that " some differences had arlien among the Insur gent Chiefs, in consequence of which ColonelßleGO had sallied forth." Some private quarrels, such as are inevitable in a military camp, bad, we understand by the last Gibraltar advices, taken place among some officers, but they had nothing to do with the cause, and were settled in the usird military Way.— IliEno left La Isla with a view to penetrate to Ma laga and Grenada, but &Ming supplies, and having, no douht, something important to communicate to his comrades, he returned • to head-quarters, seem ingly withodt any apprehensions from the immense army that was intended "to blockade, besiege; and soon destroy the rebels." The story of the Colonel of the Asturias Regiment . having been caught ina correspondence with General 1 7 aEy as, we disbelieve altogether. If we mistake not, that Regiment is commanded by the two SAN MI• GUELS, and from men of their character, such a thing could not be expected. In fact, from all we have been able to collect, greater union and fidelity never existed in a camp, than are to be seen at La Isla ; indeed, the Constitutionalists are the elite of the Offi cers and men of the Spanish Army, and animated by a cause which hitherto not a man has sought to' betray, notwithstanding all the insidious offers and allurements of their opponents. They hold a position that is impregnable—their numbers daily augment; and if FREYRE has conveyed his troops across the hay into Cadiz, it is not for the purpose of attacking them by a sortie from the land-gate, but to keep his soldiers aloof from infection, and check the wishes of the inhabitants within. On the point opposite Cadiz, the Constitutionalists have been-hard at-work ever since they raised the standard of revolt, and it is not likely FREYRE could hope for success in that quarter, when his adVance must be in close column along a narrow unsheltered strip of land; for more than a league, exposed to . a galling fire, which it would be impossible to withstand. _lt appears, in the meantime, that there has been some smart skirmishing between the parties, though not attended with any decisive result to either party: It is now distinctly said, that General MINA, the uncle of the Guerilla Chief, who so much -distin guished himself during the Peninsular War, is gone to Navarre. He left Paris on the 19th, and in the course of four days he would be among friends ready to receive him with open arms. He is a host in him self, and no occurrence can excite greater dismay at Madrid,. where many of the • KING'S *partizans are already in secret consoling' themselves at the idea that, as the system it is attempted to restore is Con stitutional, and the party. promoting it act mode rately, they will not probably lose their property, though they may lose their places. . . Two Hamburgh Mails arrived yesterday evening, with Papers to the 29th ult. The following are a few extracts: lIAMBURGII,.FEBRUARY We have received, direct from Algiers, the follow ing account, dated the 12th of January ;—" The plague has at length left us; there were some traces of it only at Constantia, and on the western frontiers." STOCKHOLM, FEBRUARY is. Lieutenant-General Biornslema is to go to Lan don as Ambassador Extraordinary, to offer the corti pliments of our skinc to his Majesty GEORGE IV. on his Accession. COPENHAGEN, FEBRUARY 22. The ice is piled up near Helsingburg to . the height Of several ells. Many vessels have weighed anchor and sailed for the North Sea, for fear of the drifting of the ice. CONSTANTINOPLE, JANUARY 14. A Tartar• dispatched 'to Chorichild - Pacha, with orders tO • iefrain from farther hostilities against Alepiso, till a Commistion sh9uld . aitiit from the Porte, -Who should settle the disputes bet Ween the Governor and the Mahomedan Subjects of his Pacha lick t but news has just been received, that the Pacha (for-merly Grand Vhiet, and the conqueror in Servi4 has shewn no mercy, but has for Ced his way into the, city, where it is stated he has made dreadful slaughter: The plague appears' to be abating, the cases of disease are more rare, both among Christians and Turks, and the reports from the hospitals are more. favourable. • HAMBU.RGII, FEBRUARY 25. The drift ice below this city has been melted in some measure by the mild weather, and gradually diminishes, so that several small vessels and one large ship have come up ffom Cuxhaven ; several ships have also gone down the River, and put to sea. FEBRUARY 28.—The Elbe is again full of new drift ice, so that ships can neither sail nor come I. , to the City. Several of those which had dropp:•,. down the river have been forced to lie to, and some have put into Gluckstadt. " - Tiio bails From FTaadeca; and two from Holland have also arrived this forenoon. Their contents have been mostly anti C i i i pated by the other arrivals. Li following are some additional notices : BRUSSELS, MARCH e. Accounts from .Manheim, of a very recent ate, inform us that Sand; the assassin of Kotzebue, though weak, has, however, pretty well recovered of his wounds. The proceedings against hinu a're still goin g on, and this new Seide awaits the decision of his fate with calm resignation. Accounts from Cairo have been received at Rom? stating that Ali Pacha has advanced towards Pales. tine 'at the head of a numerous body of troops, and Seized upon it. The same aciounts sap that the ad .vanced guard of his troops had already e.ltered Je rusalem. The seven Advocates in the cause of M. Vander Strathen, have appeared again beim c the Judge, to close the proceedings instituted against them. A Ma►:dct de Depot has been issued, in consequence ( Which they are to remain in arrest in their own houses, under the care of an Ofßcer. The Mandel is 'oonceived in these terms:—" For having, together 'With others, alarmed or attempted to alarm, troubled or attempted to trouble, the Public, by of a „printed paper, distributed with profusion ; iw having excited; or endeavouring to excite, distrust and di-, union among the inhabitants of the kingdom of the Netherlands; and having excited them to disobedience of the Public Authorities."—This affair has cawed a great sensation in the Public, who look for the re sult with impatience. VIENNA, FEBRUIIty 17. • In the night of the '3lst of January, a dreadful fire broke out at Galatsch, in Moldavia (at the influx the Pruth and Danubo, which was sp:•ead so ra pidly by a high wind, that all .endeavours to check it wete vain. 41,,he space of five hours, 161 ma gazines, shops, and houses, fell a prey to the flames. The damage amounts to above two 'millions of piastres. The goods' sent from Constantinople and Pesarabia have suffered the most, they airiVed at Galatsch last autumn, and the cordon against the plag,n'a did not permit them to be forwarded into the Russian . Provinces. This unhappy event has given a new flow to - commerce, which has long been languishing in Moldavia. AMSTERDAM, MARCH ' Yesterday evwinz and Lest night, there was so terrible a storm or wind that we tearedthat we should hear to-day of numerous accidenAhacpily they have been fewer tl:an could have been expected. nAGuil, mmien 1. In the• Second Chamber Of the States General, a Message.from his Majesty was read, ie;pecting d Budget. The amount of the Extraordinary Expenses for 1820, is 13,738,754 florins, of which only ten millions are provided for: BRIGHTON. MARCH 5. • The happy state of his MAJESTY'S health gives ample cause to - every description of persons to re joice, inasmuch as it affords the decided assurance that his MAJESTY'S constitution has received no es sential injury from his late attack and indisposition. As yet, the piercing north winds have prevented his . MAJESTY from enjoying a carriage a i r i ng; in deed, the same cause has kept our fashionables prin cipally confined to their respective houses. Prayers were read, in the of hisllfAntsrir, in Marlborough-row, this morning, by the Rev. R. J. CARR. SiT EDMUND NAGLE joined his MAJILSTY'S Suite yesterday. Sir DAVID BAIRD had the honour of an audience of his MAJESTY yesterday morning. . Yesterday Divine Service was performed at the King's Palace, in Pall-mall, by the Rev. F. W. BLOW BRIM and the Rev. Dr. STAMM CLARKE. Yesterday the Duke of YORK attended Divine Ser vice , at the Chapel Royal, in the King's Palace, *t. James's, and heard a sermon by the Bishop at GLov casTen. The Anthem was, " I have built the house," composed by Dr. BOYCE, and sass by Messrs. SAL NON? VAUGHAN, and J. B. SALL Tim PAaas.—Neither the long continuing Weak North winds, nor repeatedly threatening snow -storms, could prevent a world of fashion and beauty from meeting in Hyde Park, yesterday afternoon. The promenade was - absolutely thronged with 6on con pagnie, .and the drive was filled three deep, with splendid equipages, displaying a long line of coronets. wit Ch dia the elm ..... I sio M se .Tu R ini ye tol ail Pr' ' FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland and family, on Saturday, at their home in St. James's-square. Their Graces left Alnwick Castle on Monday last: they remained a few days et Clumber Part, Notts' on their way to town, on a visit to the Ruke and Duchess of Newcastle. The Earl of Fowls, at his house in Berkeley-square, from hi s 'seat, Walcot, Salop. The Earl' of `Jersey, at his house in - Berkeley-sqnare, from NeWmarket. 7 Mrs. Roberts, at her house In Lcswet Grosvenor -street, from her seat, Taplow; Berks. Lord Li!'ord, at his house in Grosvenor-place, front his seat is Northamptonshire. DEPARTURE& The Earl of Dartmouth, from his house in Berkelepoq t o ae . to his seat, Sandwell Hall, Staffordshire. Lord Langford, from his house in Berkeley-sqnare, to hie seat, Cooper Hill, Surrey. Baron Monboufsin, from Brunet's Hotel, Leicester-square, to Paris. Monsieur Guitard, from ditto, to ditto. Captain Brooke, R. N. from ditto( on a tour. Honourable -Robert Leeson and Son, front the' St. Junes Hotel, Jermyn-street, to his seat in Ireland. Major Moore, from ditto, to Wintisor, I. At • , r• Tel te, its 1g Lte 1?. id le- 'er to A ( f nn 19 ler ed • a llcr ICC re- rul az To- la- es. of nd at the tto bn !en so aid lye , 4 the [ses ten yes re- , xe es- A ;t J !, , , . 4 t' I E ...,