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sary to dismiss the peasants; - who crowded to work the artillery, or to perform any service to which they could be applied, because the number thus collected embir rassed the operations. The heavy fire which the enemy kept up during three hours ancl a half, only served to prove their effo,rts were at that time made in vain, and to demonstrate what men are capable of performing • when they fight in the cause of freedom. The enemy' was compelled to abandon his enterprise with the loss of three large and three small boats.; and of the whole - flotilla, - including the reserve, there remained only 11 vessels in a serviceable condition. Eight were obliged to be-towed into port. ,e The inhabitants of Cadiz manifested the purest-joy; they mutually acknowledged each other to be worthy of the holy cause they were defending ; all acquired new courage to oppose the besiegers whenever it might be necessary. Ali promised themselves a happy result, and trusted that they would, by their firmness, subdue the French ; more particularly when, after the disgrace ful loss of the point of Santi Petri, they daily beheld boats entering, laden, not only with necessary provisions, but also with fruits and articles of 'navy, of which there was always abundance. Who could have be. lieved that, after a lapse of .eight days, without any renewal of hostilities, all these well-founded hopes wese to vanish ? Some Generals and Ministers, who had bees con stantly declaring that the defence was impossible, as if apprehending the failure of their prophecies, when they saw that the bombardment, far from intimidating the . defenders of Cadiz, served only to inflame their Warne. insisted the more urgently on the impossibility of main raining resistance, and by their language and conduct induced some corps of the army to consider themselves as sold,.and to fail in their discipline. Thereupon the . General-in-Chief addressed to the Ministry the dispatch No. 11. and the Government convoked the Extraorsh nary Cortes, in a secret sitting, to which a report of this circumstance was made, painting in dismal col Ours. the situation of Spain, which apparently afforded no hope of remedy, nor even the prospect of matters continuing in the same state for many days longer. This measure of the Government was very disagreeable to the Dept' , ties of the Cones, who were of opinion that the situa tion of Cadiz was not so desperate as bad been de scribed by the Ministers. They observed, such communications were useless, since the Cortes had no power to remedy the evils; that , nothing had beets demanded of them which they had not conceded; and that they were convinced the repe tition of the extraordinary sittings would afford - evil disposed persons an opportunity of inventing tales cal . enlaced to throw discredit on the national representa tiot, and to chill patriotic enthusiasm. For this reason, after having made strong remonstrances to the Minis ters, the Cortes gave them great displeasure by declaring that they woe not satisfied with the communication which had just been presented to them. This appears from the extracts horn the report of the fourth secret sitting, wl:.ich is hereto annexed under No.lo, the sitting h iving been held on the 25th September. N 05.14 and 15 include the first measures adopted Iv the Government on the receipt of the General-in-Chief s dispatch. 'On the 254.11 of September, the Government, which had shortly before felt such serious displeasure, ugaia convoked the Extraordinary Cortes, to pre sea to diem the opinion which is hereto subjoined ul:dcr N0..12. signed by all the Ministers. Many of the Deputies were riot summoned to the secret sitting viiiich was held fot- this object. Only 82 were,' present, others being involuntarily absent whose votes might have had an influence in causing the sub ject to be publicly discussed. Notwithstanding that bevel 31 remonstrated against this secret discussion, yet it was agreed on by a very few votes; and a committee was appointed, which was to present its opinion on the following day, as appears from the minute of this secret sitting, which is subjoined under No. 13. On the following day, the 27th, was held the sixth and last secret Sitting, in which the Committee ap pointed to examine the proposition of the Government presented two reports, the one signed by the majority, which is subjoined under No. 16, and the other signed by the minatity, subjoined under No. 17. The first re port being pot to the vote, as the regulations require, it was approved by 70 votes against 34, who inclined in prefeience to the report of the minority. The document No. 18 contains the names of the Deputies who ap proved the report of the majority ; and the document N 0.19 contains the names of those who voted again.l it, because they inclined in favour of the minority. From that period the Cortes did nut, and could not, hold ano ther Sitting, because the Government did not convoke them for that purpose; but the Deputies remained in Cadiz until, on the 1 st of October, they learned, without any preliminary information, that the King had ens barked for Puerto Santa Maria, and they were thus left only to deplore the misfortunes of their country. Upon these facts two very important observations im mediately occur. First, that the assertion of the flight of the Deputies, previous to the departure of the King, is a rsolincly false ; for,. on the contrary, several have fact victims to their firmness, in not quitting Cadie r It is proved by the documents Nos. 18 and 19, that at the last Sitting there were 107 present. Don Cayetano Vatlez was absent, fulfilling his duties of Command ant-General; Litre, in the exercise of his functions of Go , ernor ; Infante was with the army of the Isla; Gr ises was a prisoner ; Iticgo and Pumarejo were with the army ; Zulueta had gone to Gibraltar on a commis i'o:l of the Government, and with the permission of the Cotes; and Gomcba and the Duke del Parque were' seriously ill: thus the number of those who did sot fair in their duty amounts to 116. The second observation that suggests itself is, that the Cc,rtcs neither prostituted themselves, restored absolute , power, nor authorised the late absurd meastues of the Government. We are persuaded that no oat can blame the conduct of the thirty-four, because they wished to support the vote in N 0.17; and besides, if the vote ap. proved by the seventy-three be impartially examined, no just ground of censure will be found, not will it serve to excuse the Ministers or Government for so in considerately and rashly adopting the resolution of de livering up' the King. It is true that the Government. spoke of that, as may be seerfin the Exposition No. 12; but it is equally true that the allusion indicated some thing remote, and an extreme ease still va_rdistant., The following expressions, employed by the Movern.:, ment, are -remarkable Without prejudice to con.' tinue to make the efforts which are within its power ;" 1 —" may be able to adopt in its case;"--and " previously deriving she greatest possible advantage in favour of the nation and the inhabitants and defenders of this island." By these professions, the Government im posed, en itself obligations which have not been fulfilled, avid Ouse had circumstances are referred to which did not attire, since, on the is of Qaoher, they were the same as on the 27th o r §4 isenhut. Thus t$ Cartes could not be acctsved if thee liiiinossenned in the mea sure, of thiGovernment. - IVaftetthis observation, the, resolution of the majority esemined, it will be' found that it does not extend.. what the government required, nor to anything-except to charge the Govern ment to do everythiog possible for the benefit of the nation, when nothing more could really be done but giving this recommendation. It cannot be necessary to enter upon a formal re futation of those who blame- the ortes for not dis ' missing or punishing the generals and Ministers ' for not managing the defence, &c. The Spanish Constitution did not authorise the Cones to extend its powers to such objects), and the powers of the Extraordinary Cones were reduced merely to pronounc- ' its : -4" yes," or " no," on the propositions submitted by the Ministry in the King's name. It has, however, been asked, why they did not assume the power which they did not possess, in order to save the country ? To this it may be answered, that to enable the Cortes to exceed their powers, a new revolution would have been neces sary ; that their character and representation would then have poitsessed no weight ; that with any authority they might have possessed, they could not have relied on success ; and that then they might with justice have been 'severely blamed for having overstepped their powers. Let us hope that impartial men, on a perusal of this clear and correct account, will acknim ledge the Spanish Cones to have possessed honour, firmness, and virtue, worthy of a better fate ; while they must detest the ca • lumniators, whose per fi dy might have led them to con ceive a different opinion. DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THE PRECEDING BTATIDIENT. Na I. - • " On the. meeting of the Junta of Generals and Chiefs, as is ex pressed on the margin, in virtue of the Royal Order of this 31st day of Anna, 1823, t hey' examined with the greatest care and mi nuteness the reflections which were made with reference to the in teresting object of their convocation ; and after having taken into consideration the means on which we may rely for the defence and preservation of the Isle of Cadiz, together with those which the 01emy possessed, and might yet possess, they decided unanimously that the situation was xcliacult and hazardous one, but that it was indispensable to make every possible effort to preserve the national honour_ and liberty. . Aiagusrs}, 1823. " CATrfAXO VALUES, GAIIIIIRL CM**, GASPAR VICODRT, .%M -ann. DI ALATA, PICDRO Dg LA BANCENA, FRANCIACO FIOIRAZ, MANUEL DC INATRZ, FRANCISCO DIS COPONO v Navaa, JUAN Jose MARTINEZ, ANTONIO BCRRIEL, JU la MOSCOW. " Don Dionislo Capaz, Major-Gerund of the squadron, was sum moned, but could not attend the Junta. " Certified by JUAN M0W030." No. 11. " Seville, Idly 11, 1E425. " The undersigned, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo- • tentiary of his Britannic Majesty, has the Isomer to ackoowledge the receipt of the Note from his Exctllency Senor Pando,,Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to his Catholic 3lajesty, under date of the 16th of June, which was not delivered to him until the 4th of this month. The undersigned will lose no time In making his Gm vernment acquainted with the Note, and in procuring instructions as to how he is to proceed. IF Senor Pando 6 communication had I been received in due time, according to its date, the underbigned would probably by this time have received instructions how to act I in the event of his Catholic. Majesty's resuming h's authority, and of his (Sir W. A'Court's) bring invited to present himself at Cadiz. For want of these instructions, he must now await the arrival of ; ' another courier. With the view, however, of avoiding any tniscen striation whkb fright be given to this delay, the undersigned tends t 6 quit Seville immediately, to proceed to St. Lucar, and 1 thence to embark fur Gibraltar, where he will await the orders of his Governmeut. From this neutral place his communication. with Cadiz will be muclr More easy, and if any circumstances should in the Meantime °ccur to induce the Spanish Goyertortent to procure I the intervention of the British Ministry fur the purpose of address ing propositions to the French Govtirrunent or to the army, the Liu dersigned has no scruple in assuring Senor Pant'', that he may, ! without hesitation, apply to tbat Ministry, and that he may rest eared that be will always find it ready to become the channel for; conveying such propositions, in case the Spanish Authorities should desire and solicit the intervention. Th.. undersigned takes this ; opportunity of repeating to Senor Pando the assurance of his highest consideration. " WILLIAM A'COURT.“ THE EVENING STA It. LONDON. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 6. 1825. THE FUNDS • • STOCK EXCHANGIC. TIVELVEOTLOCK. Consols opened this amides at Pi to ib with link variation in the Market. The &pump Men Paris this writing bring the French Funds at SPE 40c. after 'Change, and Spanish at 3; FOREIGN FUNDS. Spanish opined at 27i. h, at which price they remain op to this boar, with little business doing. Very little has been done in the new Jerusalem Loan, or indeed said about it. •In New Spanish.nothing has been done ; it is about 21 ; Old 271, i; Pintas 4k ttt 5 (nothing doing); Colombian 60} so 61. • PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 221 222%-3 per t.t.,ltetiu. 82 1 / 4 3 / a 4's S per Ct.Cons.B3 1 / 4 Vs %-3 1 4 . , per Cts. 9614 95 v s. 4 fer Cents. Old 99% % 54 4 per Centk New 103 1 ,4 :Y 6 % Bank Long Notts. 20% 15.16 13.16 India Stock 265 1 ,066—1ndia rlonds '.775.T95. Etdiequer fills (C1,((X)) 46s 48s. pr. Consols :or Acct. 83% 1 / 4 1. We have received to-day, a ale of Frankfort Papers, to the 31st ult. We extract from them the tiAlowiag alarming details of some recent inundations in the North of Italy. ' • INSPRUCK, OCTOBF.It 9.5. We receive the most melancholy accounts from the Pusterthal and the circles of the Adige and Trent, of extensive devastation, caused by long continued and warm rains, and the destructive rising of several moun tain streams, and of the. rivers Adige, Fr sack, Draave, and Wentz. According to all the accounts, the valleys of the Adige, lions Bolzano to beyond Trent, presented the most melancholy appearance, the whole valley forming almost without interruption an entire lake. The tiling of the Adige, inundating the whole valley near Trent, united with the impetuous torrent of the Tessin, by bad no parallel for many years. The city of Trent has been sevessil times in danger of being partly destroyed by this raging sud* and tear= were still entertained on the lath, as tilin.!!!is:a:.aesi• l tinned to fall in torrents. It was every lIIIMMIftt petted that die bridge of St. Lorenzo mold be away by the Adige. The Adige Bowed to Verna% in Castel Nuovo. A third under water, and in` many of the houses. The communications is kepi up partly over ill, roofs, and partly by breaking through the walls between the houses. The Adige has likewise• risen to a great height aboveits banks in two placei below Legnano, It is said, that simijar calamities have taken . place on the Po. Almost .211 the roads are impassable, and the communication interrupted, so that the extent of the devastation cannot yet be known. The latest accounts we have to-day from Madrid reach to the 30th ult. The Doke of A NOOULEME was expected at Madrid on the Ist instant, from whence be was to proceed, without a delay of snore than two or three days, on his route to France : and it was under stoOd that the schism between him and FICRDINA ND was so great that they would not again meet. The French troops were rapidly withdrawing from all parts of the Peninsula, and the monthly supplies of French money to the Spanish Treasury had ceased. BOURMONT was to remain in Madrid, where the bead-quarters of the French would be established, and a few of the fortresses on the frontiers would receive French garrisons ; but they were to be wholly withdrawn from every other' part of Spain. It is. stated in private letters, that in the affair which took place on the 19th of this month in Estremadura, be- tween the Constitutionalists and the French troops, the latter severely suffered. In another action, fought at. a place called Cebola, a great number of French cui rassiers were left upon the field of battle. Although the Constitutional troops are not very numerous, yet they contrite, it seems, to give employment to their enemies,, and particulatly in Estremadura. All the persons employed in the Government offices at Cadiz, have received orders to deliver up to the' Intendant of tlftt' place all the documents, papers, and other articles belonging to their various offices. The total stat: of abandonment in which these unfortunate persons are left, leads to the supposition that not a single individual of all those who followed the Constitutional Government will ever be employed again. A report prevailed at Madrid, that orders have been given to prepare the Asia and other vessels of war, in order to convey an expedition which is to sail forLitraa, it being resolved to reinforce the army of General LA :SEit NA in that country, and attempt the recovery of Peru. The French General who commands at Madrid ha, called together ail the Spanish Officers, pi isoners of war, and laid hero: c the:n the following pyopwsal,: I. To 3:Tvz :!:e TUrg. S. 'Co go as riiumrs of war to France. S. To rtturn to thar homes. Ti!e propos As were all accepted, each officer choos ing the alteinatiVe which he judged to he preferable. The sol...iers have been di%banded. We hive received account 3 from Bayonne to the 29th ult. The private letters received there, from the Peninsula, are said to be becoming again very jute jesting. Those from Andilmia affit m that the party of BALLAsrsacis daily increases, and that his arniy„, ! consisting of 00W - snit% •spreads set ious -alarms" and that it has destroyed all the triumphal arches that; were erected on the Mid, by ; which the KING was to pm. It seems that his intention is to snake the Sierra Morena the• centre of his operations,-whence it not Le very easy to dislodge him, if, as is expected, the Frei :0 army retires to take up a position on the Ebro. It is reported that there has been a tumult, in which some blood was shed, at Celanova. When the Extraordinary Gazette arrived there, the troops fired on the people, and, fell on them with their sabres,.because they cried "Death to the Negroes (Constitutionalists) r' The accounts we have received to-day from Leland are, we regret to say, far from satisfactory. The Govern ment is exciting itself with energy to put a stop to the spreading spirit of conspiracy and outrage; and, assisted by the loyal and well•intentioned part of the Irish com munity, it is to be hoped that the winter will pass over less stained by enormities than is generally apprehended. The folltiwing are extracts from the Papers received: • . S. Even tog Mail-Office, Eight erklelt. 4 sAnExptelshas just arrived at the Castle, announcing that the Belfast and Derry Malts are to be attacked to night. GOvernsnent has sent a *Urge detachment of Dragoons to protect them." ILLEGAL MEETING. DUBLIN, NOVEMBER 3. .., ~. . Yesterday, about the hour of half-past three o'clock, the LORD MAYOR, on information lie received, pro ceeded to the !muse of Mrs. Delamour, of Bride -street, corner of Golden-lane, accompanied by Mr. SheriW Peentti, and in the drawing-room of said house sur- 1 prised a number of men in full committee, all of whom, with their chest, books, Btc. he brought to the Mansion- House, where they underwent a long examination, which lasted till late in the evening. It appeared in evidence that those men were bound together by the obligation of an oath ; one of them had been sworn about a quarter of an hour before the LORD MAYoR entered. The oath was administered by the 1 chairman (Hart) and instantly put into the fi re, accord s ing to the usage of the Society. The oath is simply ' the following words :,- " I do most solemnly swear, that I will keep secret all that passes in this room." .. 111011 TIM CORE SOUTHIRN *SPORTS/I DP THURSDAY., Sunday night, about twelve, the duelling-house and Aces of Mr. Nash,. at Ballyvalloon, a mile beyond Garrycloyne, in the parish of - Grenagh , and ,Barony et' Barrett, were set fire to, and the_entire totally coos maned. The house was large and commodious, and,. tlso Imo perfectly to complete their wicked intent, mole,: fire to at each end. iA L. • ' l4 nlt of the lan ltamtgar; farm; I bt. LOreaao mold be carried 44.' W .16 ",... '...' rbe actin gasid P ik. . 1111011 THE WESTMEATH JOURNA 4tillairiiiit s a: party of Ribbonmees after werthrolvin Ou t iiiisitififtfek slit'', all armed, cAnle AO iird part of that great city .is lifietesiib)tin, five,. miles , erest of„ ' Mult ny pares up to the fit* *Kip !ems wets left I'o iharge.x4 A bouts tuu which the tenant had absconded, deeply in arr ear , rent. On their approach to the house they we re e hZ !Aged by one of the keepers from the farm -yard, rob which they instantly fired several shots; they sh eath rounded the house and secured two other keeper s , sr i o4 they disarmed and beat in such a savage manner , th 4 one of them now lies with scarcely a hope of hit covery. The other received very serious injury. afterwards set fire to the boost and burnt it to ashe s ; ‘ ' On their retiring they fired several shots in exults* and appeared well acquainted with the ute of fire-sp es with which they were supplied. John C. Lyons, E, attended by a party of police constables, pro eet di early next morning to the spot, and caused every saute tion to be paid to the unfortunate sufferers, in haring i„ their wounds dressed, & c. but could not obtain any tisfactory information whereby the perpetrators ciao be apprehended. 'nom THE DROGHEDA JOURNAL. On the night of the 20th instant a party of arrir t i peasantry,consisting of more than one hundred person; with horses and cars, &c. assembled on the lands axL. terath, in the county of Meath, and succeeded in carry. ing off hay and corn to a large amount. Two of the o c . cupying tenants had contracted a large arrear of retn,ar t a had conditionally surrendered their leases, giving up the standing crops, which were cut down by the proprietor, whothoughtiC necessary to place keepers on the property. —These men were shut up in a bonse, and threatened with destruction should they attempt to interfere". Informations of the outrage being sworn to, before the Rev., Mr. Fisher, a warrant was issued and placed in the hands of Captain Fitzgibbon, commanding the police at Slane, who proceeded to the lands in question, and after a most active and diligent search, succeeded its tracing a considerable part of the property to the ha;. g:trd of a respectable farmer named Burnes, residing is 'the lower barony of Duleek. This person has been ad. mined to bar}, to stand his trig at the next Quarter Ses. , sions to be held at Trim. We have received, by the Shannon, Captain Kr t. DA LL, advices from Demerara to the /7th Sept. at which time, we rejoice to state, tranquillity was per. fectly re-established.—Vorty•three blacks concerned in :the late insurrection had been executed ; and nine more condemned to death. Upwards of ts►o hundred yet remained for trial. The wl►ole of the ringleaders are novr taken, except two . (Quamina and Richard), belonging to Plantation Success. - Jack, the Chief of the Rebels, had chided pursuit for a long while, but has been also appre hended. Smith, the Missionary, vas still in custody, and there was every appearance of proof being pro duced that be was the principal promoter of the inset. rection. He preached to a large assembly of blAcks on the evening previoui to the intended massacre of tlte whites, and took his text from the four last xerses,,of the 149th Psalm, viz. • " Let the praises of Goe be in *de mouth ; and a two-edged sword Hs their bands; " To be avenged of the heathen : and to rebuke the people. " To bind their 'Unpin challis Fanaltheir. nobles with links of irer. " That they may be avenged of them, as it is wry: ten such honour have all saints." • The following is an extract from the Demerara Ga- Hite of September 8: It was on the 25th, that the General Court-Martial .asietabled at the Coltint liouse ; and it has met daily (except Sunclay4 since. The evidence before the Cobrt will afford the best and most correct narrative of the causes which occasioned the revolt—a report of the trials of the 'respective prisoners is preparing, and will be laid before the public as soots as the Court shall dose. We are glad to find, that all the letters received concur in representing that the military force already stationed, not only at Demerara, but in the colonies, generally, is quite adequate to put down any farther surrectionary movement, however formidable it may be. We extract from the Oriental SpeclatorAOß4wiat account of a late successful exploit of the Gorse is • • mi PERGAMO. AUCIUST - 49. _ The insurgents of the islands lately lancle,d ' at Am* a village five leagues from this place, oppOsiselliti• lene. The Greeks, after landing, rapidly advance Ito Aran°, which is a quarter of a league 4rori tiie sea. The inhabitants, all Turks, had time to escape, bursa: from a distance the flames consume Theis habititions. The insurgents retired after plundering and carrying ef whatever they could. Pergamo has become odious so the Greeks bere, since the unhappy day when 1,000 of their countrymen perished : they emigrate from time to time, though permission to leave the country is refused. They do not go to the enemy, but chiefly to Smyrna, where good order is maintained by the Pacha.-Balamis is crowded with Greek refugees (200,000 it is said). • Accountsfiom the Havannah of the -14th September state, that in the event of the French succeeding in putting down the Constitution in Spain, the inhabitant% and military of Cuba would declare that island lade pendent, and form an alliance with the other Indepea. dent States of South- America. Yesterday morning a Spanish courier arrived at the Foreign-Office, Downing -Greet, express from Madrid, with die , patches from the new Government under King FAILDINAND - The Archbishop of CANTERBonY and family as, yesterday at Lambeth Palace, from NottingfianiiMre, Viscount and Viscountess GlitAltylLLZ have left Estl bloarmes seat, &kraus, Deventshire, for Longfeat, Wiltshire, m a visit to the litltrepsis and Mats:Mmes. of Bag. . • • Lord. HARVItY has left the Marquis of SALisavala seat, Hatfield, for F.arl V/=LAW% Gorhambney, The Countess VERNLAM gave a ball )asita i t d t i t d s e b 2 , 7 . lag to.a distinguished Party of fashionablee, at bir -Mits bury, Hertfordshire. The Dowager Marchioness of SAT4ZI on Nitertainea a select did, nifashionabke, Tuesday 'at tier ham In Al lington.street. The'Earl of HARRINOTQII entertained Sir WILLIAM GRANT, and a select party al friends, to. 4inner, yesterday, at Ida house in the Stahl. ..yard, &. Amite's. CountLievut - had a dinner party yesterday, le Asir burnhatn Hones t The Duke and Duchess of RICHMOND, and- r.Ciaaservalansaileit taws yesterday, for his Graca's seat, tl wood, Sussex. . Tuesday, Mr. Sheriff -Laustsz gays a splendid die err at his hoar hs Ournwallastrane, ;legates Patti at whir rtiMistallsoil• the lisaritavoa, Mr Mumma litowita, isounati*,' 140 iffexta,lll. A: seiessril »1t a AllieFaleto and other private friends. duced music, ' grafi • Vie nut 4 E ~:~ li~ i ~'d 1 the then Cue ham sire at 1 ,Diet