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~: • ' . SPANISH PAPERS. • MA DRID; -- P2I3RUARY 4. SITTING OF THE iiinltTiS OF THE . 3II. • ' After borne routine business had been disposed of, in - pursturce of the •nte of the Cortes in secret Ses sion yesterday, the followingdecree wak pubiiclyread: DECREE. The Cones, desirous of giving, in the present crisis of Eturope, a public and solemn testimony of unalter able perseverance towards the enemyof frankness and good faith towards their Allies, and -Of affection sand confidence towards this heroic nation, us- also to de :troy at once, whatever snares and stratagems Napo leon may attempt to employ in his present difficelties, in order to introdoce his pernicious influence into Spain, to meuece opr independence, to disturb our re latitnis with 'fricndl7 !Powers, and to sow discord among this magnanimous people, united in defence cif tl*irrightt, and tif their legitimate Sovereign Fer dinand VII., have decreed and do decree : . . • 1.,-Conformably to the tenaur of the decree issued he the General and Eetraordinary Cones on the Ist ne Of .1 iary, :of whi c h shall be anew transmitted crenerajs and Provinthl Authorities, the King shall not.be Acknowledged as free, nor be obeyed as. such ; unfitly) shall .have taken in the bosom of the NationalConti,rese the oath prescribed by Art. 173, g e tthe <m e mo lon. C • 11. As soon ar:the Oerferals of the armies which oceepy .the frelifer..prtlyinces shall have prpbable knowledge of„the approaehipg arrival of the. King, they shall dispatch an extraordinarY,Courier 'wee. 9uaint theGOvernment With alliheinformation they may have obtained as to the said approach, the at. tendance upon his Majesty, the fqreign or national iroops accompany him towards the frpo.. tiers, and ether circumataeces of tills important . na-• turea 'and . lll4,coVernrreet willforthwithsubmit,this' Snformati.. - In •ttle Urtes: IIL. •I'Ll Regrany will make every necessary pre faration, and will give the Generals .the necessary orders and instruct:one, in order that on the arrival of the King ee Ale frontiers he may receive a cow Of this Decree, and aletter from the Regency,' wllich may inform -Liz Majesty of the state of the Nation, • p 1 its heroic efforts, and of the resolutions taken by the, Coors to secure the national independence, and the Mien y of the Monarch. - ' -IV. No armed force shall be permitted to enter etiilithe tiinfi ; 'of its endeavouring to penetrate 'fiy our frontiers, or the lines bf our armies, 'it shall hp driven,bac k, cue for mably to the lawsef war, V. It the armed -t6,rc,e which shall accompany the King consist of Spaniards, the General; in Chief will' observe ahe insievctions they have received from the Givernment, and the obj , :et of which rs to coneiliat& 'the solace:A.4 .those who may have suffered the un- , happy fm,e ef prisoners. of war, with the order and , t ee purity of the .state, VI. The General of the army who shall lave the honour `of receiving the King, shall . give him from hi's own' army, a detachment of troops . corresponding , to- his high digeity ) ;lad the. honours due to lkis Royal person.. . . VII. No foreigner shall be permitted to accom my-the . I ..ing-- . -ncee.ven'in the c..-apacity of domestic. or servant. , • Any,stich..Bpaniards as •may hav'e received from Napoleon, nr his brolter . Joseph, employment, penticn, or decoration, of whatever kind, shall not be per:ipkied to accornivany the Kin, either in his • service, min anyway whatever; nor those who may . have followed the French. in their retreat. IX. The zeal of the Recency is entrused Dolman - g ett She Mute which P the King Must take, till arrival in this capital, in order that, in the atteri dance, service, and honours, which are paid to him , on the' toad, and at his entrance into this capital; his Itlajesty v.ay receive prooflof theboncrur and . respect : due to ksiapreane dignity, a4d the akectioe which, the nation bears to him. X. Thp.Tre.s.4eAt et the' tegency is authorized by this decree, on ascertaining the entrance of ...the 'King on the Spaiiish territory, to repair to receive his Ma iesiy, se as th meet,him and accompany him to this, .ealtital with befitting atteadaime. XI. tJir Preeideni of the Regency shall present to his Mitiestl. a copy of the pOlitical Constitution of the Mt in order that his Majest,', inetencted iu the sante. ,m4y take with mature deliberation and full ass- 04 . 1:411 7 1 which the Conetitution pre ; scribes. XII. A 4 soon as theli.ing . errivcs* in the capital ; he shall come without delay to take the said oath, ail' • the ceremonies and solemnities being Observed Yet this, act which are ptescribi.d irt 'the ieterior regulations of the - C-rtes . . Xll.l. act 'of taking the path preetribed by the Conptieotion being finished, thirty Mernbere of the, Congress Of whom two , are to be the Secretaries) shalfaeiorripaay hii Majesty to the Palace, where the Re~eiia y, - corbstitba.,l iii' :due form, shall.clerieer, up the gevernmeni to his ICiajesty, conformably to the: Constitutiun, and the 21 Article of thp Decree Orthe &th of Septembee, 14)3. The Deputation shall re turn to the Congiess to give an account of their -having executed this conmission, and the same plea be entered pp die jonteals of the cones. XIV. On the same day the Cortes shall issue a decree, with due solemnity, that the whole nation may be made acquainted with the solemn act, by wbich, and in virtue of the oath taken, the King has been placed censtuutionally on his 'throne. Ties de cree; after having. been read in.the Cortes, shall be placed in the Kende of the King, by a Deputation equal in number in the preceding, that it may be . published with the same formalitiee as all 'other de - ticees; in conformity to what is prescribed in Art. 140 of the interior regulations of th 4 Cortes, 'The Iteincy of the kingdom will take due notice of this decree, in order to its Fulfilment ; and capse it toot priuted, published and circulated. To the gegency.qcle Kingdom. • , ' The Public, who were auditors on this occasion, repeatedly expressed their gratitude to the Cortes, fat a decree as wise as just. • • Senor S.4 . .iicitEz then rose, and observed that al the Cones had just acquired.. ttie gratitude and acknow ledgments of the Spanish people ,by this memorable decree,` there Was.anotfier'step .which they ought to • take, and that was, the publication of all the circum raances'irun: which it Originated. It was nut eneugi , that the decree was wise and just in itself, it shoi.a . 131- manifested to be'w. Tins was a measure, tie ' tally called for in order to expose the recent perfidy . - . ,' • ' and • artifices tif .Nappleen, - jot )Iyithe nEtysity,pl presfrving its existence to . the Congress, Thus also foreign nations Fonfjpetreivethat Spaniards are not only bray, but just, intelligent, and providenit and that : they do not, found their happiness on their own independence alone, but - on that of all Europe, He added; that this.mearure was equally detnanded by the necessity of preserving the love . of the young Monarch, lerdinand, and of proving . to him that the" atta6ment Of the representatives of the people had not decreased. The ill-disposed would otkierwise en deavour to pervert the meaning of this decree, and persuade him that it was adopted from disaffection to his person ; while the only object of tie measure which it prescribed ,was, • that our King should not come among us debased and 'seduced, but free, and .r. - ith the dignity which befits him. Here the VKE•PRESIDENT interrupted him, ob serving that his wishes had been anticipated, by pro positions which had already been referred to the. examination of the Coinmittee. Senor SANCHE't then proposed that the documents be published, which comprehend the antecedents and, grotinds,pr, which the,Cortes determined to is.soe their memorable decree of the 2d of February 4 and that at the same time a manifesto be published, setting forth the innocence of our beloved Monarch; the insidious' and cruel policy of ,Bonaparte, constant only itt out. raging the dignity of the Spanish nation, and in abu sing, for his own purposes, the captive situatipn of our young Xing ; at the same time, displaying the justice and decided zeal ,of the Sovereign Congres r for our' Constitotion, and for the independence and liberty of the Spanish people. This proposition was admitted for discussion. Senor REYNA then rose, and observing that he had a motion to make, began by saying—" When our . Sovereign Ferdinand was born, he was born with a 'right . to the absolute Sov . ereignty of.the Spanish nation.. [A number of Depnties called to order, but Senor' ,Reyna continued, insisting that the Representatives• of the Spanish people had the liberty of saying what, they smiled ;=yes, replied several Members, but it must he,consirefit with the • language . of the Con-. stitution.] Senor Revt:a. proceeded - When Charles IV. abdicated the Crown, Ferdinand Vt I. acquired the right of being King ar.d Lord of his people. As soon as Ferdinand VII. presents himself to the Spanish• nation, ard returns -to occupy the throne of his an cestors, it is indispensable that he be Ia the exercise of absolute sovereigt.ty the moment he crosses the iron tierts." A number of the deputies rose at the same Moment, extgainaing again s st Senor Reyna for such doctrines, and the peop)4 iii t'ie galleries manifeited, their indignation ag,:iLst this deputy,,calling out that he should be ordered to lave the Congress. After, along period of commotion, during which a number, of deptities surrounded the Pre.icient's table, for the' purpose of writing motir:.-3, the Secretary (reran) straining his voice t tile ottermost, exclaimed, " demand than Reyna's words be taken down, I .t :id be be prneeeded with according to order." 17iere some other deputy probab!y observed, in a low cone, there was no occasion frtr so muzli warmth upon which Senor Teran butst forth into an exclama tion•—" I will die f:r the s cclintry and the constitu. Lion ; be who feels rot the same zeal, ought not to be in this Congress." At length silence ben t ; restored, on the requisition (if the Vice-President, that article of the interior nu lations of the' Cores Was read, which relates to thr mode of proceeding when a deputy utters expressions offensive to any of s.e Members. The itiCE.PRESIEENT then said, " Senor Reyna, the Congresa, it appears, has been. offended by some of your expressions ; these expressions are about to be taken down by one of the Secretaries, and you tviil leave the Congress until it decideppon this matter." Ttie Secretary TERAN then being called 'upon, read the words which he had taken &urn, and which were, that " the King ought* to exercise un absolute S(±ve reignty." • Senor ECNEVARRIA demanded that the offender should be delivered over to the Tribunal of the Cortes, with a sufpCient guard—this .being an offence not against an individual, but against the whole nation. The Senor also moved,. that he should he immediately arraigned before the tribunal of the Cortes.—Senor Reyna, who was all thii time on foot, stroking his chin, attempted several times to speak, inviting the aid of privilege ; 'hut, silenced by the reclamations of so many of the Deputies, as well as of the people, be could not obtain :cheating. Order being at length somewhat restored, the Vrce-PaesipeNt said, 4. Senor Reyna ought to speak, and he has only two cotirses to Follow--etcher to give satisfaction to Congress, or —." Here the Vice- President was interrupted, both by Deputies and by the Public, .all calling out, that satisfaction was of no avail. At list the Vice-President ordered the pe. pu,ty Reyna to depart from the Hall, which he ac cordingly did. • he molisp of Senor CEPERO being 'then read 'a second time, that Deputy, after dwelling on the hor rible offence which Reyna had committed, observed, Who would have believed that a man, nominated by his fellow citizens to defend their rights, and whose powers are dipped in the blood of those Spaniards who have perished to shake off the oppression of the despot Bonaparte, should have come to the. National Congress to convert himself into a tyrant of his consti tuents ? He does not wish for Ferdinand, he wishes for a despot. What would have become of Ferdinand, had there not been a Spanish people, who, at the ex pebse of their blood, have preserved their laws and the throne itself for ever ? The present event ought to teach the Congress, and the Spanish people, not to allow themselves to be seduced. In the Peninsula there are many agents of the Tyrant." After some further discussions, in the course of which some of the Members regretted that the har mony of this important day should be disturbed by the indiscretion of an individual, the i,vtile of the affair was. referred to the consideration of a Committee, who were ordered to report ca l the same as sopn a' possible. MADRID, FEBRUARY 3. The cirCumstance which took p4ce this ick-pi it & in Congress, ought to open . the eyes of the peppte l. that they may not appoint representatives, who by thew's-. o tr4no may endanger the interest ~ and righti,df the italitut.. The public who were aticlitcirs, titaugh Suffi ciently heated, preserved more moderation . thantur I pave been expected t .however, to prevent. any uni ' tA int con ;:•quences, the Guard or pie c 'rtes *nil uki ler arms, kind remained so about palfau hour. - . NI• •- D au P 4 PAR'S. I. I.tiiitLlKY 30. ' • The KING of NAPLIIS, en the 1 17th, issued theft!). lowing Proclamation t • 46 Having, for sundry weighty causes, found our selves obliged to adopt measures .for being : admitted into the Alliance of ;lie States united against France, weshave in this instance been successful. .We have given up the threelskeds situated opposite to Naples, and our whole fleet ; but for this we are to . have a sufficient compensation. We are going to take,pos session of the South of Italy, As far as to the right bank of the Po. We shall always , remember, our duty ; and glow persons •in &fee whp have always performed theirs, and who have made no opposition' to out measures, may assuredly reckon on our pro. tection, and on keeping their respective posts.". Immediately After this proclamation having been issued, the Neapolitan troops took ppssession of Rome, in the name of ,the Allies, and were there received with every demonstration of joy. The French Gene ral Miollis retired with the Prefect, to the Castle of ;.t. Angelo. The Neapolitan troops are likewise ex pected at Leghorn and Florence. In the mean time, the-Viceroy had eequested his _consort to repair to 'Genoa, but it is not believed that her Royal Highness will undertake this journey, until the Neapolitans have passed the PO, and approached Pltema. The fate of Lombardy, and of all Italy, will now be the goner decided, as we cannot expect any assistance from Trance. • COLOGNE, FEBRUARY 4. The following information has been given us by the ommapdant of our town. in the.form of a gra ciamation : 44 The Crown Prieeeof Sweden is in full march to the Rhipe ; and in a few days there will 'arrive - here as follows :—,On the Bth, 6,883. men, 3,383 horses . ; on the 9th, 7,116 men, 8,783 hours; on the 10th, 9,800 men, 4,483 horses ; on the nits, 1 12,800 men, 5,075 horses : making, in the whole, 36,599 men,, 6,62 horses. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Svieden is expected within or walls on the 10th or Uth instant." BRUSSELS, FEBRUARY C. At length, after twenty years of oppression and calamities—after having bent our heads to slayery, under' the most harsh and odious of yokes, we now see the dawn of happiness and liberty. That ambi. Itions nation, which had spread itself through Europe like a'devouring torrent,'andAwallowed up the blood and substance of every people; abandons our fertile countries. That ambitions mortal, who took away and gave sceptres at his pleasure ; who mocked at 'religion, and sported with the faith or treaties—who 'filled the world with terror and dism , iy, sees over. thrown the monstrous colossus of a paw, founded on usurpation and iniquity. Horour to the brave Muscovites, who from the banks of the Don and; the Wolga came to those of the Scheldt to conquer the peace and independence of Europe—honour to the warlike Germans—to the valiant Scandinavi.ans—to the generous English, who . shed their blood for a cause so . noble, so gloriousi Velenders ci their country, conquerors of liberty, t!;ey will gather lau rels pure and without blemish Their unshaken con stancy, their unheard-of exploits, will be the admira tion and astonishment of posterity. It is to their,ge neriTs-efforts • that we owe our deliverance., and the hope of a happy lntur:ty.._ What Belgian will not feed the liveliest emotion in his heart on reflecting on .the liapny lot in reserve for ors ! Deputies chosen from the midst of xis to . express our wishes and sentiments; the Belgic hoe fiercely Ahakinghis chains; the Low Countries placed in the rank of nations; our _privileges, our constitutions, that inheritance which our ancestors left us, reTesta- Wished by. a generous and powerful hand ; such is the brilliant prospect which opens before us ; such is 'he termination which shill be the reward of our la• boors. Let this..noble reflection animate and encou rage us. Let us imitate the example of our neigh b •urs, the Hollanders. Let us, like them, sacrifice 'our lives and our property for honour and pur coun try. Let us prove to our deliverers, that we have not degenerated from the ancient Flemish vsjour. r — Lei us make with them . the most generous efforts. Soon shall we reap the fruits of so many sacrifice; ; soon under the shade of a salutary peace, favoured by .H4ayse, we shall, see return the Tortunate age of Albert and Isabella; the golden days of Maria The, ress, whose name our fathers taught zs never to pro •notince bit with affectionate emotion; and if her worthy grandson, the saviour of his country, shall comply with our dearest• wishes, we will prove to him that we do not yield to onr. ancestors in fidelity nor in devotedness. BRUSSELS, FEBRUARY If. Te heem was yesterday chauuted in our Cathedral, with all the pomp which the motive could inspire.— The crowd of people *as ptndigious, and every one •expressed the sentiments- with -which he was pent-, crated towards the 411ied PpWITS, for the unexpected happineu which they have bestowed on us, in de livering us, as if by enchantment, from a Goyern ment, which, for 14 years . past, has not ceased to de- ' prive our country of the flower of 'her youth, which' has eehatsited her pepqlation, an 4 contjnyally tor mented her with useless vexations and continual re quisitions. The Princes, the Etat-Major of the place, the Magistracy, and every person of distinction in the city of Brussels, assisted at the solemnity. The gar rison, and other troops which were it the moment at 'Brussels, appeared under-arms, and made a most magnificent appearance. It was not without astonish ment, that we noticed among them some 'l l 4qi.o horseback, dinominated Bashkir!, who come from 300 leagues on the other side of Moscow. A Major Tuchsen, a - person strongly susplcted of being a spy, was yesterday brought before the Direc tor of Ole I'dlice. It is said, that a letter from the Commandant of the City of Antwerp was 'found in the collar of his dog, In which he requests speedy Succours, without which, he isstrts, that . it will be impossib'e for him to preserVe the plate entrusted to bis charge any longer. • The iligueb Gazetk ofthe 12th of February, gives the following list of General Officers in that town /ifs 6erene Highness the puke of saxe,weimir ; his Serene . kilighnes4 Prince Charles Bernard of Ssze secoad son of the reigning Duke ; hisSe; rene Hightms the Prince of Orange ;:his'Etcellency Getietal ;- Major 7 General Boyen, Chief of General Stag; General Darya yirolliogen, fcc. poyERWEIfy,QFMIAL BULL Titi• O . IOIIIION OFIRCE, IFEBIWARY N. Th! Honourable 1 1 : - X6atasoit arrived this morn ing at this Office with Di:matches; of which the ((g -lowing laan abstract : aIiCHARL,ES f.,TSWART, 111 a despatch dated tillop, the 12th instant, incloses ieport,srfrom Colonel 1...05a5, of the precedipgoperations of the army-under Karshal BLUCIIER. up to,the 12th instant inclusive. 41 General D'York attacked Chalons on the Stit,of Fobroary, vErhich surrendered by capitulation : MAP shal *Donald retired over xlac Marne ii: the three. 'ion of Meaux : he had with hip the corps.4,Sebas. tiani and Asrigbi, besides his own. " On the 6th, Idarshal Blucher's .;:eau-quxrteis were at Sandron. On the Bth they Were moved from Vertus to Etoges. General Sacken being then at Montmitail, General D'Yorck at Chateau Thierry, and Geoeral Kleist at Chalons, the whole advancing upop the army of.b&Donald. who was attiring, with one hundred pieces of artillery. On the evening of the Bth, Marshal Blucher's head:quarters were again removed to Vertus, on the report of a Russian regi. meat having been attacked At Baye. The advanced posts.oi D'York from Dcirment, and of Sacken from Montmirail, now reached as far as Chateau Ttocr.,Ty 4 and La lerteJ3ous. Joarre,. _ is I n the after4non of the 10t1h the Russian corps of Abutlief being at charopau_ best l. vim attacked by . a very superior force of the irtim and after an obstinate resistance, was compelled to retire after considerable loss. N On the 1 1 ch, Marshal /Amherst head-qaaster; were at ißergetis. Qn that day the' corps of Sasi:ezi and plorck marched Upon Montmirail against the enemy. A severe engagement ensued for several hours, both armies ratommug in their pa , sitions. General Sacken lost four guns; the hottest part of the action was in the village of Marchai which was taken and tertakal .three does, Da enemy was.t,lairty thousand Arm& uude4 Bonaparte. ,Qa,the JAh, Sacken !rits at. Chateau Itierry„ and D'Yorsk - at Biffert.—,Marmont with the sixth cGrp at tinges. Otithe same day Marshal Blucher, the corps of Kleist 'find ACassieviltx, were in p osition at Bergeres. . °.‘ Puplicatessof subsequent dispatches from Cadet ne,l Lowe to Sir C. Stewart- have also been brought by Mr. Robinson, frOm the 121,11 to the 17th inclusi.ve. 44 On the ISth, Marshal Blucher's head -quartets Pere at,Champaubert. He had adyanced from Der -I.!,•re,s, to Ecuel; Marshal. Marmont at Etoges, wbq Led about nincor ten.thousand men. The enemy gradually retired, and **era' brisk' attacks 'wars made upon his ;eat, p particrl A irly by the Cossacks.— The pursuit continued from Etoges to beyond Qum?. aubert. The enemy bivouacked,in fropt 9f Fromen. taeres.. ;n the mean time Nonaparte marched *upon Chateau Thierry, from wbence OcnerAls• D'Yotck ~and S4oen had retired behind Marne. • " On the 14th, blarrnont retired from Fromontiers • • to Janvillieres, where he was joined by *pavane, who had made 3 krced moth from Chateau Thirrry, with the whole of his guards and a large body if ca valry. A very severe action now took place. Marshal Blucher's force being very inferior in numbers, ant particularly in cavalry, his infantry was formed into •i squares, and he determined on a retreat. The enemy made the most doperate attacks of cavalry up as these squares, but were received with such undaainte4 firmness, that not one of them was brolien. '1 " After a very severe and unequal contest, carried on during a retreat of nearly inn- le 'guts, Marshal ALUCIUM observed a large corps of cavalry peso:a -. on the chaussee in his rear near Etoges. He resolved to force his way through this obstacle, anti by veer ing a heavy fire pf artillery and musketry upon chi; cavalry, posted in a solid masse on the chaussee l he succeeded in his object. " Upon reaching Etoge; toward; lieu / be was as. ' smiled by a body of isgiptsy, which had penetrated • throegh by-roads upon his Banks and rear, but Ge nerAls Kleift and Kassiewitz, forced their way through this obstacle also, and placed their Forps for the night in the position of Bergeres. Generel BLucyeit's whole loss 9n these dam is delimited at three thousand five hundred men, killed, wounded, and prisoners; that of the enemy is sated W bad been very great, as he was exposed to a tre mendoui fire of artillery, in which &paid Ives superior, " Genera Blucher Fvbsequently reOred to Chalons. Where he was joined on the 16th by Generals Sackeq and D'Yorck. Part of General Winzengerode's corps had carried Suissons by assault, taking two Generals and about three thousand men ; Colcneral Winyenge f rode was himseg at *ileums. - 't Counts Logeron and St. Priest were rapidly advancing to join Marshal Blucher, whose whole army would 'speedily be united At Cha l lups, ready t 9 resume the offensive. 14 Lord ilurghersh writes from Troyes *op the 13th and Itith February; 44 The town of Sens'wo taken by assault on the Tlth by the Prince Royal of Wirtemberg, w;io im mediately iniirthed on Bray by Pont-sur-Yonne " On the 9th, Count Haxdegg attacked the rear of the enemy at'Romilly and St. Hilaire ; joined by General Witti k enbteni, he AgAtn attacked them near St. Aubin hoa MATnay, and drove them up a Nogent, part of which was otcupied by Cnint I:at - degg on the 16th. Count Witt g enstein having advanced towarj.; Pont-sUr•Seine, General Wre.:e towards Bray, thr enemy abandoned the left of the Seine, at d dtstr , yeri the bridge., .which were re-established by the t and General Wrede advanced toward% Provo:- neral Wittgenstein crossing at Pont-sot-acme,. Gee e rals Bianchi and Quilay were at-the SAW time mard , -. Montereau, and measures were taken :.) plac: the grand army on the lett of the wi the rig:;! at Mery, and the left at Monteis:au, with the corps of Qra4ral; Wrede and Vtritrzenstenh'inti of the Pr.a.o Royal of Wirtemberg at Provins and tiienCitc. • On the 16th, disitmitiotts were mad.• (•m re: i.iv• ing hitaigence t that Marshal I.ad rei.ti.bi the corps opposed to him, And was advancir,g kiioges) to remove the head-quarters to*Er.sy, the corps Of Wreac wtd ‘Vitt g eitsvin by N 14/-'