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16 .t • ADISRESS OFIE-tE OTA I I,LST ARMY OF OLD CASTILE TO • "IL "IP TiIIIVIAGENCY. " MOST SZRENR SIR—.-The Royal Division of Infan try and Cavalry, organised in Old Castile, while they are with the most ardent and decided love for their So = vereign presenting their breasts before the wails of the , fortress of _Ciudad Rodrigo, occupied by rebels ungrate ful to their country, have been informed that the liberty of his Majesty, for which they combat with equal en— thrisiasm and loyalty, will speedily be obtained. This very moment, however, a melancholy, though unH founded, account is generally spreading among them,l that their King would be detained, and his will con-' strained, previous to permitting him to take again pos session of the Throne whence he has been ignominiously driven, which they cannot bring themselves to believe, will be the case. But should there be the least appear ance of it, this aimed force, in conjunction with the whole Province, whose singular affection to their Mo narch knows no bounds, are determined not to recog• 'vise any act of violence with which an attempt might be made to force the will of his Majesty prior to his re turn to the Royal Palace of Madrid, which restoration they solicit may be accompanied by all the prerogatives, sovereignty, and dignity, which the whole nation pm claimed with incredible enthusiasm in the year 1808. " These faithful Castilians would never refuse to agree to any innovation which the King our Lord might think proper to make, as emanating from himself, in the ferent branches of Administration and Justice, which are under the direction of the Government of the State, according as he may be advised by those respectable subjects and bodies, so distinguished for their loyalty, with whom he may deliberate on matters of such im portance, agreeably to the rules laid down by our an cient laws; but, on the other hand, they will never sheathe their swords, or cease to fight, until his Majesty shall have received his valuable absolute liberty. This they vow, Most Serene Sir, and will carry into effect under the direction of the worthy Gene ral who is at their head, and through whose agency they address to your Serene Highness this respectful manifestation of their' pure sentiments, which they purpose to maintain with the dignity befitting the nation to which they belong. Head-quarters, Salamanca, August 23,1823." (Seventy-seven Signatures of Officers of all Grades.) TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE SECRETARY OF 4TATE FOR THE WAR DEPARTMENT. " MOST EXCELLENT SIR—I transmit to your Excel lency the inclosed Memorial, addressed to the Regency of the Kingdom by the superior and subaltern Of f icers of this Royal division of infantry and cavalry under my command, who notify to his Serene Highness their de termination not to lay down their arms until the King our Lord and his Royal Family shall have recovered their liberty, and until his Majesty shall have been re stored to the 'lhsone, with all the prerogatives, sove reignty, and dignity, which the whole nation proclaimed in the year 18080 " I am proud to be the medium through the instru mentality of which such an unequivocal proof of loy-, alty to our Sovereign is presented. This glorious opH portunity also affords me the honour of stating to your Excellency, and of manifesting to the Regency of the' Kingdom, that my pure sentiments agree entirely with the unanimous wish of these Gentlemen, whose dangers and glorious fatigues I have shared in the canpaign of Navarre; declaring, that at the head of such troops, and of so loyal a province as that under my command, I will never, any more than heretofore, submit to plans di rected to the insidious object of compelling his Majesty to adopt political innovations not originating in his own spontaneous will. I therefore request your Excellency to be pleased to inform his Highness thereof when you deliver—the above Memorial ; and if your Excellency should find it deserving of your support, I hope that it will meet with the kind reception which I desire. " God preserve your Excellency many years, " CARLOS O'DONELL. " Head-quarters, Salamanca, August 23, MS." FRANCE AND THE SPANISH COLONIES. PHILADELPHIA, AUGUST 21. We have received the Caraccas paper, El Colombian°, as late as July 30, inclusive. The paper of July 30 mentions, that on the Sunday preceding, appeared off La Guayra, the two French fri gates Thetis and Constantia, of 44. guns and 300 men each : the former commanded by the Baron de Baste ville, and the latter by the Conde St. Simon. After having communicated with the shore, they proceeded to leeward, for the avowed object of capturing the Spa nish squadron, commanded by Commodore La Borde. The only E►►ropean news they furnish is that the French had established a Regency and Ministry in Madrid. " As a further confirmation," says the Colombiano, 41 of the hostile design of these vessels towards the Spa nish squadron, it is stated that their orders are to cap urre all Spanish merchantmen which they may fall in with. General Morales has now two enemies to con tend with instead of one. Nothing is.; wanted at the pre sent moment for the utter destruction of the enemy in Colombia, but Of: caUture of his squadron. Such an ' event will pr ove of more service CO us than the possession of half a dozen frigates, since our object is obtained by it, without the expense of their purchase and maintenance." If such was really the object of the French frigates, it forms a striking contrast with the &elm ations of the French Cabinet in Europe. When the news of the cap ture of the Spanish corvette by the French 74, in the West Indies, r eached France, the Cabinet at once gave assurancf s to the Br itish Ministry, that no orders to mo-' lest Spanish vessels had been issued. They have re fused to grant letters of marque, and affected to be at war only with the Constitutionalists on land, and in Spain. At the same time they pledged themselves to aid Ferdinand in the attempt to recover his colonies.— Though we believe them to be capable of any kind of duplicity and perfidy, we apprehended that whatever might have been the avou ed object of the French fri gates, their errand was not to weaken Morales, or ren der any service to the cause ofColombian independence. Their mission vas, in all probability, to the Spanish General, to induce him to continue his allegiance to . Ferdinand when the Constitution should be overthrown, and to establish an understanding in regard to future operations. They landed, we are told, at La Guayra, a French naturalist, for scientific researches. We should be sorry to see any impediment thrown in the way of such researches, yet we cannot but recollect what has been argumentatively stated in Paris—that the French physicians, sent to Barcelona, .ostensibly to investigate the nature and origin of the yellow fever, and attend the sick, were political agents, one of v. hose princiral objects was to give countenance, by their reports, to the artifice of the cordon sanitaire.— ,National Advocate. FROM Tat NATIONJIL INTELLIGENCE% " CIRCuLAR. TO THE cor.t. rcrotts.ol TRE CUSTOMS. • • 4"freasnry_Departeleat, Augustin. " STR—Tn consequenice of representations made to the Secretary of State bf the Charge WAfßdres of his 'Most. Christian MajetlTl resident in the United Stites—rth2t the determinatkm of his Ma jesty's Oeverneont net to capture Spanish or foreign merchant vessels, except for violating an effectual blockade, is more advan tageous to neutrals than the principle that free vessels maks free goods, and still more advantageous to the adverse belligerent—the President has instructed me to direct that, in the cases described in the 4th regulation of the Circular of the 30th July last, the cargoes of captured' vessels shalt not be permitted to be re-shipped from the ports of the United States in neutral vessels. I remain, with respect, your obedient servant, , is WM. H. CRAWFORD." PERUVIAN LOAN. SUCII Holders of the Scrip of this Loan as have neglected to make the payments due on the 15th July and Ist instant, and have thereby incurred a forfeiture of such Scrip, are informed that their Payments will be received, if made on or before the 29th instant, the Scrip being previously left with the' Contractor to be stamped and signed; after which day the Scrip not paid up will be held to be forfeited, agreeably to the conditions on which it has been issued. THOMAS KINDER, Jun. Contractor. No. 72, Basinghall.street, 15th Sept. 1843. E EyENING STA It• LONDON. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20,1825. THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 113 i to fi b but soon after there were sellers at 83i.—The French Funds of Thursday are said to have been 911. 30c. FOREIGN FUNDS. Colombian Bonds have experienced a depression this morning, owing, it is supposed, to an expectation that the French Govern ment will interfere between Spain and her Colonies. Spanish Bonds opened at 7,6, but soon declined to 35k, ; Ruuian 84; Co lombian Bonds 55%; French Scrip £j, FOREIGN EXCHANGES. • AUSTSIIDAM, Sept. 16.—0 n London, IM. 41.0. 2IL 40.9. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Cons. 83 1 / 4 1 / 8 4 per Cents. New 102 1 ,E '/s India Bonds 61s. 645. South Sea Stock 94 7 8 Ne w Annuities 89 7 / 8 Bills (EI,000) 355. 365.--Small 365. 38s. pre. Consols for Acct. 83 1 3 /4 $/8. Last night we received such of the French Papers of Wednesday and Thursday as had not previously reached us by Express, but thercomain no news of importance. The Journal des Debals contradicts a variety of rumours which were unworthy of serious refutation; as well as a statement in the Madrid Gazette Extraordinary of the 14th, that the Duc de Galena had dined with Generals Vatozz and Riaao. A second flag of truce had been seat to Cadiz on the 6th instant, of which M. CHASLLitt Aide-du-Camp to General Bouantsouzza,was the bearer. It is said to have stated, that unless the 'Ciao wis liberated by nine o'clock that night, the military opera. Lions would be continued ; but accounts from Port St, Mary, of the following day, state, that the negotiations; were broken off, and another blow must be struck be. fore the Cortes will yield. The time and the point of attack are not known. Some say on the Bth or 12th. This is a secret confined to the Generalissimo.—The fol. lowing is a Copy of a PROTEST OF THE REGENCY OF SPAIN. " t 0 me =entailer rue newt Dt imam " Yortx ExclLiocv—The Regency of the Kingdom has been officially informed, that last night three French Officers presented themselves at the city prison, with several gendarmes, and that they have set at liberty 22 Spaniards, detained under the authority of the laws. The Regency has learned with surprise an event which attacks the sovereignty of the King, in whose name it governs; and not being able to endure this encroachment upon its dignity, it pro tests, in the face of Europe, whose assistance it implores, against the violence of this act. " Upon hearing of this proceeding, the Regency of the kingdom would have been glad if it had had the power to abandon the reins of Government ; but reflecting on the situation of the Sovereign. the necessity of preserving union between the two nations, and of maintaining public order in the interior, it felt the duty of con tinuing its functions, in spite of the outrage offered to the authority with which it is invested. " The Regency of the Kingdom orders me to address this Pro test to your Excellency, in reply to the official communication which it has received.—l have the honour to be, &c. " August 15, 1823." We have received from Corunna, the Official Journal of the military operations of the garrison, from the I4th of July to the 21st of August. Their interest has been anticipated by previous details, and particularly by the capitulation of the place. It was on the 10th of August, as we stated yesterday, that General NOVELLA called' a Council, which was not, however, confined to military officers : it was at. tended by all the principal officers of the respective corps, and by the civil and ecclesiastical authorities,who unanimously agreed to send a flag of trace to Count de Boustck, to propose a suspension of hostilities. An Aide-de-Camp was sent to the French head-quar ters, and the result was, that on the 18th of August a convention for the suspension of hostilities by land was signed. General Monza.° arrived on. thellst, when the ca pitulation was concluded. • As a proof how circumstantial this journal is, it is only necessary to state, that the number and description of the missiles fired at the enemy every day is given and it is stated,_that after the flag of truce had been sent to the French, the Governor of Corunna, in order to cultivate harmony between the besiegers and the be sieged, sent Count de BOURCK a present of a dozen cases of Virginia cigars and a dozen pounds of rappee snuff. The Journal only mentions Sir ROBVIT Wri.aou and his Aide-de-Camp, Colonel LAT!' (Lturrr), in the opera tions of the 14th. 'lt says it is impossible to form a cor rect idea of the patrictism, decision, and intrepidity dis played by the officers and the soldiery of the garrison, on that day. We have been favoured with the following attract of • a letter from an intelligent English Officer at Lisbgn; “ LISBON, SEPTEMBER 2. " We arrived here on Saturday, after a tolerable pas- sage of ten days, and most probab4.will remain a month or six weeks; but this is uncertain; depending on events over which we have IA controul—namely, the conduct of the French on the surrender of Cadiz,• which, from 'all we can learn here, seems as distant as ever. The Portuguese are in a most villainous state, un worthy the name of men.—sunk into the lowest state of imbecility—the miserable tools of an overween• ing French faction. That party is all powerful at pre sent; but now we have a Minister here, I hope we shall soon regain our ascendancy. He is an intimate friend of the King's, and, I think, possesses sufficient fit mness to make his country respected. " 13ahia has bean evacuated by the Portuguese, and Lord Cochrane's squadron has made free with a few of them; stragglers are daily arriving, one every day, we have been here; in the whole nineteen sail out of ninety. Sir Robert Wilson was here a few days ere we arrived, and had sailed for Gibraltar; the Portuguese are exceeding angry with him, put a guard over hint while here, and took from him his Order of KiiiBlit• hood. He has been acting a very foolish part, and they have been much more gentle with him than he had any right to expect. Ile has been vapouring great deal to those who visited him ; it is a , pity that such people should be at large. " There was an expedition left this place ten days back, for Madeira—about eight hundred men, a council of Magistrates, and a hanzman —to investigate a conspi racy said to be on foot for declaring their independence, or claiming the protection of England. We expect Sir Harry Neale daily, and Sir G. Nayler, in the Active: we are hourly expecting an arrival from Gibraltar or Cadiz. " While I am writing we are just informed that the Portuguese are secretly preparing an expedition to'assist the s French party in Spain; they have sent stores of every description to the army before Cadiz ; and are collecting by every means, and sending off, their troops in small numbers—they embark in . the night. They are likewise, to answer some sinister purpose, circulating a report that the Spaniards are collecting in some force on the frontier. Ido not believe one word of it, it is only to give weight to the French party." We have received to-day, the following accounts from Bayonne. In answer to the flimsy article from Madrid, we have simply to observe, that England, for herself, seeks nothing beyond the pleasure and advantage which every nation is entitled to expect from the preservation of peace among her neighbours; and that if she has in terposed her mediatory offices on the present occasion between France and Spain, it has not been till they were solicited, nor till both parties stood in'need of them. BAYONNE, SEPTEMBER is, We have received by.the Army Courier the follow ing information frort Madrid of the 4th inst. " From the public and private conversations of the partisans of the Regency, it may be inferred that they are incensed that the Cabinet of St. James's has not thought fit to recognize their Government, and that they are not now so apprehensive, as they were a month ago, of the English influence in the present contest. One of the Members of the Regency (M. Calderon) gave his opinion on this subject very explicitly in a privy council, held a few days since in the Royal Palace, Let the English,' said he, g govern their Island, and not meddle with our affairs. By that right does that Nation, which is neither Liberal nor At istecratical, think to make itself a mediator, and bring about an accom modation with a faction which we have vanquished without its assistance? It is to our efforts, and to the sacrifices of France, that we shall owe the approaching triumph of our cause; and it will, therefore, be for us to reap the fruits, and induce the Monarch, when he is at liberty, to indemnify France. What then does Eng land seek ?—to stop our triumphant march--to re plunge us into anarchy by a false arrangement .No mediation—no compromise with those *retches. Bitch ought to be the principal point which should be the basis of our dispatch to the French Prince.' " It is affirmed, that this dispatch has thus forwarded to the Duke on the 25th or Stith of lass month ; that is, as soon as news was received of the taking of Corunna. " The moderate French, who in general do not partici pate in the confidence of the Regency, with respect to the success, if not of the war, of the pacification of the country, would not be averse to the intervention of Eng. land ; but the Ultras, who daily become more nume rous in the army, exalted by the advantages hitherto gained, and especially by the taking of the TrocaderO, openly blame that Power for desiring to interfere in their quarrel with the Constitutionalists. They boast• l that they can subdue and-surmount everything ; even' Gibraltar itself would not be a morsel too hard of di., gestion for them. The opinion of the Liberals towards England pro duces the same results, though the causes are different. The more violent bitterly complain of the indifference of the Cabinet of St. James's in this war, the success of; which, if we believed theacm§o,l4 even now depend on the least assistance, direct, or , indirect, from the-Ens. lish. They do hoilperetiie"l4o44.laave, perhaps, bees themselves the caiteisitsitie. poliiy of Great - . 1 Britain, by their pride andilift tow#rdi 4:1114 moderate Constitutionaliits." -stiorigii - -iliey do justice ,14 the English nation for'thtlittle:lfd it has oak . - however, dissatisfied with th i eGoiernment. " The neutral and peaCeable part of the nation gin' the false prinCipli that the Vnglish Cabinet assi:a Spain in . the last wary against Napoleon, only for' its own interest. They now sa;, that:tbi reiglish are inactive because they -have hi;thihis. to . gala on this occasion. Y-at 4 if the Prehch 1.1041, prstie coaquetors in Spain, whiai . imay be 'expected? from 'the , great: iesaarces they earl cottimand, this dun try will Le iteriiiiistri unjer ,thi fluence of France, while that of Great Britain will be diminished here, and in the sequel, perhaps, in Portu, gal ; for this is the tendency of the p o l ic y of the North, " In the general improvement of internal commerce it) Spain, in consequence of the large sums spent by the French, the English are nearly excluded from the ad, vantages of it, especially since the invasion of Galicia by the exclusive protection given to Freneli goods , which now hue the advantage in the provinces on at@ Ebro, the Asturias, Arragon, and even the Southern pm: vinces, where the blockade is a great hindrance to ti, importation of English goods, which will be still moil restricted when the orders of the Regency for the era= nisation of the Custom•houscs on the frontiers of Pot: tugal shall be put into execution. Meantime the Ear., lisp merchantmen sail about our seas without knowir2 where to land. Some bound for Galicia have been obliged to proceed to Gibraltar, not having been .o enter any Spanish port on the ocean or in the 11r.e. diterothean." SEPTE”FMTI 13.—We have nothing new from our frontiers, unless it be the disorder at Passages which talked of, but which party spirit cvagger ates, It does not seem likely that PampeltWia can hold our long, unless the constitutionalists will sec it rrcluccd to de,lies, This morning we received a Dutch Mail, bringing Papers to the 18th inst. The following arc curacts ODESSA, AUGUST 21. We have positive information from Constantinople, that the moderate party in the Divan, which doing the negotiations with Lord Strangford, always advised con! cession, has again acquired some influence by the cumstance that Sadik Effendi, (the deposed Khija Ssy) has been again taken into favour by the Sultan, gp4 ep„ pointed Intendant of Artillery, The diplomatic body are not a little rejoiced at it, and it appears that Lord Strangford has had great influence on this occasion. It was chiefly by his Lordship's powerful intervention, that peace was concluded with Persia at Erzerum on Olt 16th July. The English agents endeavoured to lessen the impression which was made on the Greeks by the newt of the peace with Persia, by proclaiming that Lori Strangford had received instructions by a courier in twenty-three days from London, according to which England insists on the immediate independence of the Morea, Stc. Persons who pretend to be well informed, assert however, that the instructions alluded to relate wholly to the differences with Persia. MARSEILLES, AUGUST 20. _ _ We have here letters from Corfu of the beginning of this month. The Turks have celebrated in their for. tresses a victory which their army, they say, has gained over the Greeks. However, they give no particulars, not even the time or place. Other accounts say, that the Turks had at first some trifling advantages, but were afterwards defeated by the Greeks ; no positive information had been received at Corfu. There had ban no naval action between the Captain Pacha and the Greek fleet. The latter, u{3 to the end of July, had not entered the lonian Sea, but is said to be stationed near Cango, to observe the enemy. It does not find itself strong enough to undertake anything, being patio. larly in want of large ships. It will, therefore, not be able to hinder the Turkish Admiral from returning to the Archipelago when he thinks fit. The latter has been, for some time, on the coast of 'Epirus, and had several conferences with Jussuf Pachb Omer Brione, was likewise invited on board the Ad. mirirs ship to a conference, but he declined coming to the council on various pretences. He was probably is fear of his head, Jussuf Pacha, after his conference with the Admiral, began his march towards Vrachori. It is said he meant to undertake an expedition against Nissolugohli to make himself master of that place, which has bets islisehaded by sea since June. The Captain Pacha 'had at length attended to the nu. meroui remonstrances respecting the English and Aut. tr . = ships which his fleet had taken since its arrival in the lonian Sea. It was affirmed that orders were given to release the ships, and give an indemnity for the cargoes. Several Greek pirates have lately been taken in the Archipelago, which, under the most frivolous pretests, had captured . European merchantmen. The European ships of war in the Levant mutually assist each. other against these pirates. By accounts received yesterday from the Havannab, .isse regret to learn that considerable sickness prevailed °opt the crews of his Majesty's vessels on that Ito" tion. His Majesty's brig BUSTARD, after having been &no cir ten - days there, was obliged to go to Thompsods Island, for the benefit of a change of air, she having, out of her. crew of 65 men, fifty-three upon the sick list, 29 of whom were confined to their births. On the Slat July the boatswain, gunner, carpenter, and master's Mate were buried. She had lost seven officers and Pel in all. The Captain, Surgeon, and Purser we!! Of 0 1 7 officers on duty. his Majesty's ships Bop' anti Tirtili had sailed for Vera Cruz, the former haying on board 4 qtiantitf of specie and coc4ineal, ACCOURLS had WA eivcd from Vert. CTuf„ i which stated that the yellow fever had made its appearance , at that place, and h 44 'FrIZIC - 4 - Mal to many of,lhe native is well as strangerb the Castle of Ulloa was still la possession of the Si* itiants, and completely conowded the town and MV' 'bow.... Duties ale exacted and pilots furnished by tin Castle: =A perfect understanding, however, seemed SA exist between ;he Commander of the Castle and togia t the Governor of •Vcra Cruz. A consnor come - •• munication was kept up between the two plitces. Mexicans have not a single vessol Of war in or cruising 01l the liirrkpuri left AN , SHPT. 3 .- The Cuunt - Gonfalanicri , t Cul. 14 MO W ' fear~',~ {} yicini, toe AcIP2S.,/ato Cusigli4 and Al u npiani, tells and three Stu4stitS. !A this toWit, I:4ve been • cow:4110 ell deMb fur.polinc:4l iiii'duces. It is ho l isg, bowie; th 4 the Eruyeruf uf Ausa w, pyon iiii a k pro.iFlaini vOic i Vflu ilw corokinogi4 - .4. • . 7'l F. , tlvb bol