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\ . v rallied his regiment on the first height which he had I car: - ied, and posted Commandant de Blirancourt with his battalion in reserve and in observation. He after wards pushed fin ward with his first battalion, and with the bayonet diove the enemy's infantry successively from a second and a third positicn similar to the first. The enemy defended the ground foot to toot behind the rocks, and did not abandon them till the moment that our troops surmounted them by climbing. At this point the enemy hag the Sth and 24th battalions of the Line, and a battalion of grenadiers anti Voltigeu►s, who made the principal .iefence. Finally, driven to•the extremity of th , nranitain which terniiirates by a rapid declivity and -leap rocks, tha Constitutionalists threw themselves into the plain in a state of complete rout, after losing a great number in dead and poisoners. ST. SEBASTIAN. The capitulation of St. Sebastian consists of 17 Articles Art. I. Tice fortress of San Sebastian and the citadel of La Meta shall be deliveted to the French tro,ps on the :id of October. The garrison shall march out with tha honours of war, drums beating, colours flying, and shall lay down their arms on the glacis. e. The Governor, the garrson, the stalfol the fort: - e4 and of the citadel, and that of the coops; the superior officers, the subalterns, the sub officers, and soldiers, shall be prisoners of war, and shall be conducted to France by Fiend' troops, who shall assist them, and take care that they are in no way insulted during the route to the French territory. Tom is nothing remarkable in the other articles, ex cept, the tenth, by which the garrison is allowed a covered waggon, which is to proceed to the French ter ritory without being examined or detained on any pre text whatever. The officers are allowed to retain their swords, horses, and baggage ; the tioops of the line, militia, volunteers, &c. their knapsacks. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. 'ADRID, OCTOBER 6. The public joy is going on increasing, and measutes are taking to prevent it diminishing. Monks peach in the streets, the people are always collected in the Puerta *lel Sol, the shops are shut, and we have a continual . fke. The Regency is dissolved, and we are governed by the Marshal Duke of Reggio, who troubles himself ♦ery little about the Spanish• Authorities. Great pre parations are making fur the reception of the King in particular. Great pains are taken to augment the num ber of Royal Volunteers, in order that his Majesty may compare .them to his own satisfaction with the former Militia. The Municipal Body, however, is not at ease, for its only revenue of consequence, which arises from a tax on articles brought into the City, is applied by the Regency on account of the loan of Guebard, and consequently there is a difficulty in finding funds for illuminating the streets, and the other expenses of the city police. Besides this, the Corregidor has der..anded that the Municipality shall make the King a hau.l.:orne present the day of his return to his capital ; and though all the Members of the Municipality are 'rich, not one of them has offered to contribute to prove their loyalty. To-morrow Bessietes is to enter Madrid, and he has been appointed by the Regency General Commandant of all the Royal Volunteers of Spain. The wife of General Valdez, who remained at Ma drid during the late events, is intimately connected with the Members of the Regency, and with all those who figure in the Royalist patty. She has constantly said, that her husband was as great a slave as the King, and that he would profit by the first opportunity to make known his true sentiments. The city of Madrid proposes to present a .petition to the King, that General Zayas may be excluded from every amnesty and every pardon granted to the Con stitutionalists. It will be recollected that General Zayas defended the capital against Bessieres. Letters from Malaga completely disprove the ca lumny circulated by the Serviles on the conduct of Riego in that town. Authorised by the Cortes to levy contributions, he confided this task to the Municipal Body, which took very wise precautions, that in this ope ration nobody was either annoyed or pillaged. ADDRESS OF THE KIAG OF SPAIN. PU111.1441E0 IN CADIZ 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1823. SPANIARDS !—The first thought of a King being to procure the happiness of his subjects, and this being in compatible with any uncertainty respecting the future lot of the nation and its individuals, I hasten to calm the anxiety and disquiet which might be produced by a fear, that either despotism should be established, or that patty violence should predominate. " United with the nation, I have pursued the war with her to its utmost length ; but the imperious law of ne cessity requires that that war be terminated. In these circumstances, only my powerful voice can avert from the kingdom vengavice and persecution ; only a wise and just Government can unite all wills, and only my presence in the enemy's camp can dissipate the hor rors which menace this Gaditanian Island, its loyal and well•deserving inhabitants, and the many illustrious Spaniards who have sought refuge in it. " Resolving, therefore, to put an end to the disasters of war, I have determined to leave this city to-morrow; but, before I carry, this measure into effect, I wish to publish the sentiments of my heart, by making the fol lowing declaration : " I. I declare, from my free and spontaneous will, and I promise on the faith and security of my Royal word, that if necessity should require an alteration of the existing political institutions of the Monarchy, I will adopt a Government suited to make the complete hap piness of the nation, guarantying the personal safety, the propel ty, and the civil liberty of the Spaniards. " . In like manner I freely and spotataneotiey pro mise, and have resolved to observe a general, complete, and absolute oblivion of all the past, without any ex ception, in order that by these means there may be established beta een all Spaniards the tranquillity, confi dence, and union, so necessary for toe common rod, and for svhich my paternal heart so eagerly pants. "3. In the same form I premise that whatever changes may be made, the debts and obligations contracted for the Nation and for my Government under the present system shall be recognised, as I hereby recognise them. " 4. I also promise and declare, that all the Genei als, Chiefs, Officers, and other leaders, both in the Army and Navy, who up to this time have adhered to the present Government, in any part of the Peninsula, shall tl -espective ranks, employments, pay, and sought refuge within these walls, shall, unless boundbY the day of their place to stay here, be at liberty to pro-, ceed to their homes, or to remove to any other patt of the kingdom, with full a:surance of not being molested at any time for their former political conduct or opinions; and the Militiamen who may need relief shall receive the same assistance on their journey as the other individuals of the Permanent Army. " The Spaniards of the above-mentioned class, and the foreigners. Who may wish to leave the kingdom, shall be equally free to do so; and shall receive pass ports accordingly for such country.as suits them. " Cadiz, Mth Sept. IBM " FERDINAND." The Etoile gives the following account of the person who countersigned FERDINAND s Decree against the Constitutionalists : " Don Victor Saez, Minister of Foreign Affairs to King Ferdinand, whom this Monarch has just autho rised to dispatch all business, and to confer with all the Nlioisters, till his Majesty's arrival at Madrid, iikan Ec clesiastic, and a Member of the Chapter of Toledo. lie was the King's Confessor before the 7th of March, 1820. DLit ing the three years of the rule of the Cortes he lived at Toledo, without incurring the displeasure of the Re volutionary Government, and he has never ceased to give the King unequivocal proofs of his fidelity at this unhappy juncture. The Regency confided to him the portti•uil:e of Foreign Affairs, from the period of their ii»tallatio❑ ; because, by that means, thee was an op tunity of executing the intentions of the King, at the time a prisoner of the Cortes." E‘'ENING LONDON. SATURI)AY, OCTOBER 18, 1823. ST. Luis—Holiday at the Bank. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Bank and Stock Exchange are dosed this morning, it being a holiday ; but the Pereira Market is open, with little business doing ; Spanish Bonds opened at 301, and up to this hour are 491. The Expresses from Paris have not brought the price of the French Rentes of Thursday. owing to that day being a strict holi day in that Capital, in commemoration of the death of the Quxot. Colombian 56b to .573. In all other Foreign Securities there is nothing doing. MATARO. OCTOBER 7. This morning, at nine o'clock, arrived a courier, bringing the news to Marshal Moncey, that Ferdinand was set at liberty. Immediately the artillery was fired to announce the result. This great event must be known at Barcelona, and it is sot doubted but the great mass of the people in that town, with the exception of the despotic Governor Rotten, will declare for the King. But a few days ago that absolute man levied an extra ordinary contribution. Many Captains. General say, he will surrender when Ferdinand commands him. PARIS. OCTOBER 16. His Royal Highness the Duke of AngOuleme did not enter Cadiz. His Royal Highness will not return to Paris until the beginning of December. The Duke Vautadour, Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Angouleme, arrived this morning at Paris, coming from the Head-quarters. Marshal Lauriston, on his setting off for the siege of Lerida, left General Quin. sonas, Governor of Pampeluna and St. Sebastian, to the command of these two important fortresses. • Prince Talleyrand, who arrived at Paris the day before yester- ' day, after having paisi a visit to the King and the Royal Family, departs again to-morrow for Valencia. POSTSCRIPT.—Cetha and Tariffa have opened their gates at the orders of the King of Spain. The Goverr.o: of Ciudad Rodrigo has demanded a suspension of arms to wait for the King's orders. The troops of the line in Barcelona are crying out to submit to the Regency. General Curial has received a letter from'Rotten, that in a short: Lime Barcelona will be in our power, . FROM TILE PILOTE OF OCTOBER 17. ftlol onia Yttl Grl LAN bw" , bar( dill in del am le ft di In+ Pc preserve their respective ranks, employments, pay, and the ports and places in South America where British . FROM THE PILOTE OF OCTOBER 17. honours. In like manner shall be preserved, those of interests require to be protected. The Mernoilai 13ordelais Contains a letter from M•I of the KING w' y ell ha g. . The sanguine 110104 the other persons -employed, whether Militaty, Civ:l„_ . . is over, but the snore thinking class still apprd The Spanish Government has long known - the send- chid, date d the Bth of October, in which is the fo . !__ t h e i or Ecclesiastical, who have followed the Government en t Cortex, or who depend on the present system who : and they ments of may be made shall the British Ministry on the subject of her Colo- lowing passaf,e : In the dispatch of Mr. Secretary CANNING to "We learn, by the becl• aiar t on of ltiego. by reason of the reforms which - embarrassments of the country too rritation of parties is too violent, and the ti augaillity, unless by means of a French army ' not keep their situations shall obtain at least half of the S ir . CHARLES STUART , on the subject of the negocia- lasteros was at rested, and that Itiego said, since he mu t ins the pi inci 1 f f ' • e • . 113 pa ot tresscs. or sonic tam . pay which th ey receive in actual employ. p [me , vitt t his Staff, to tbe tions to avert war between France and Spain, dated die, he would divulge everything. It is also added , • • - "5. 1 equally deciAle and promise, that as well the ... . . e . ing . is an esstact,: - MADRID, great toenst that Ballasteros resented 114 11 : •'' 1 ► Volunteer Militiamen of Madrid, Seville, and other. 91st March , our minister oesery d mo- OCTOBER tif in America which King, and he was very indiffetentl received • parts of the Kingdom, as any other Spaniards who have "With respect to the provinces , . . y, I.),tit this The ex p ex p e wi4ich *Twice has been put tO 11 • . ARRIVAL OF CAPTAIN PARRY. We have the satisfaction to announce the safe return TA' Captain PARRY and his adventurous companions from their attempt to . effect the North Polar Passage, which has been again.found to defy every effort of hu- man enterprise. About eleven o'clock on Thursday the Hzaut and FURY, in company, made their appear ance off Whitby. In half an hour after, Captain PARRY, and the Rev. GEORGE FISHER, the Astronomer and Chaplain to the Expedition, landed, and set off in a post-chaise and four for London, where they arrived at nine o'clock this morning. _ Both Gentlemen, we are happy to say, appear in good health ; and they report of the crews of the two vessels, that, considering the hardships they have under- - gone, and a residence of two winters in the severest cli mate in rho world, their state of health it also remark ably good. The course pursued by Captain PARRY on the pre sent occasion, as our Readers are probably aware, was to coast northwards from Hudson's Bay into the Great Icy Sea, while Captain FRANKLIN was to endeavour to reach the same sea overland, taking the Coppermine River, which falls into it, as his guide. The point to which Captain PARRY penetrated, on this occasi n,wasnot,we understand, nearly so far to the north as the spot where he formerly wintered, nor much farther indeed than Captain FRANKLIN was able to reach by land. The ships, alter leaving Hudson's Bay,were carried along by an immense current of drift ice for about two hunched and fifty miles, in imminent danger every mo ment of being crushed to pieces, and then stuck fast amid the solid waste. Here they have ever'since re mained immovably locked up, and almost despairing of again revisiting Old England, till exactly a month , ago, when the ice broke up, and they were enabled to effect their escape. No sooner, however, did the ships I again plough the deep than new dangers awaited them. --A violent storm came on, in which the vessels, much Cacti Ditto Ditto Nay Ditto Ditto injured by being so long locked up in the ice, had nearly perished ; and during their whole passage home they have encountered the most tempestuous weather. While locked up in the ice the ships were visited by some parties of Esquimaux, who remained with them a long time, residing in snow houses, which they con structed for themselves in the vicinity. On one occasion these people brought to the ship two barrel-staves, which they gave Captain PARRY to ur... derstand they had procured from two vessels which were on their beam-ends at about •160 miles distant. Captain PARRY (as we understood our informant) sent out a party in search of those wrecks, who re-' ported that the vessels were' English whaleri, of the crews of which they could find no trace. Although the expedition- has proved abortive, as far as regards its main object, yet, from the intelli gence of its Commander and the Officers, and other Gentlemen employed under him, we have no doubt that science will be considerably benefitted by the many in- teresting observations which they must have made ,during their long stay in the Polar Regions. Our Merchants will learn with pleasure that the Mi nisters have not been inattentive to,their interests; and that the first moment in which it could, with propriety, be done, Consular Agents have been appointed to all the ports and places in South America where British have thrown off their allegiance to the Crown of Spain, time and the course of events appear to have substan tially decided their separation from the mother country, although the formal recognition of those Pro►inces as Independent States by his Majesty, may be hastened or retarded by various external circumstances, as well as by the more or less satisfactory progress in each State,, towards a regular and settled form of government. Spain has long been apprised of his Majesty's opinions upon tins subject." The next passage in the letter may serve to allay the fears of some of our grumbling politicians, as to the views of France. Mr. CANNING says— " Disclaiming in the most solemn manner any inten tion of appropriating to herself the smallest portion of the late Spanish possessions in America, his Majesty is satisfied, that no attempt will be made by France to bring under her dominion any of those possessions, either by conquest, or by cession from Spain." The following is a copy of the letter officially announc ing the appointment of Consuls in South America: " FOREIGN OFFICE, OCTOBER 17, 1823. it GENTLEMEN-I am directed by Mr. Secretary Can ning to acquaint you, in reference to your application for protection to the trade of his Majesty's subjects with the Provinces of Spanish America, that his Majesty's Government have determined to send out forthwith Consular Agents to the several ports and places in those Provinces in which, as they have learned from the best inquiry, British interests are at present most extensively concerned.—l subjoin a list of these ports and places. " I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) " JOSEPH PLANTA, Jun. " Messrs. Josh. Marryatt and Son, &c. &c. &c." Mum° ... Mexico Consul General. Vera Crux Consul Acapulco Ditto. COLON:KA ... Santa Fe de Bogota Consul General. La Guyra Consul. Maraczybo Ditto. Carthagena Ditto. Panama Ditto. Rio DX LA PLATA Buenos Ayres Consul General. Ditto Vice Consul. Monte Video Consul. Valparaiso Consul General. Vise Consul. Ditto. Consul General. Vice Consul. Ditto. ..• , Lima The Etoile of Thursday, and the Pilate of yesterday, reached us this morning, by Express. They contain some curious statements respecting RIM() and BAL.. LAiTEROS. That the KING should receive the latter ith great coolness is natural enough; but we do not know what revelations Elmo had to make, since he bore the King's commission, and fought for a Government de facto and de jure. The following are extracts : FROM THR ETOILE OF THURSDAY. XERES, OCTOBER 5. The Junta of this town gave last night, in the Man sion House, a brilliant ball, in which were assembled persons of the highest distinction. The following morning, after Mass, his Majesty, the Princes, and ,the Royal Family went to the Church of St. Dominique. There will . taday be a general illumination, LEBRIJA, OCTOBER 6. His Majesty, with his children, who left Xeres at seven o'clock in the morning, arrived within our walls at eleven o'clock the same day. GRACIA (PLAIN OP BARCELONA), OCTOBER 5. Within these few days a French Colonel was sent with a flag of truce to Barcelona, taking with him more than 200 letters, written by the prisoners at l e lets to their friends at Barcelona; he also informed them of the taking of Figueras. interview took place before the order was given to are rest 11411astetos, which was acted upon by the codes. sion of Riego. This is the report." L' I►►dicateur of Bourdeaux gives also a letter from Madrid of the same date, which gives the Decree sj Ferdinand VII. of the Ist October, published a Pon St. Marie, and aUds,—" The King declares besides, din all the loans contracted by the Constitutional Govern. ment are regarded as void, and of no value." The ft igate Jean d' Arc left Martinique on the 2O of August, with a convoy GC ten sail, and entered Bret the 91h of October. A Telegraphic Dispatch announces the arrival in that port of the frigate Thetis, which is one of the division stationed at the Antilles. MADRID, OCTOBER 9. • Riego has been condemned to the punishment °idea& lie was to undergo the sentence to-klay, but its exe. cution has been postponed, in consequence of the portant di closures he Las made, and is yet to m a k e. More than SOO persons are compromised, it is said, by the disclosures whiel he has already made; but wh a t excites tbp most lively curiosity is, that some name' -which have obtained a tort of celebrity in France, a re likely to make a sufficiently conspicuous figure in the criminal processes. Eighteen indiv irals, principally of the higher classes, have been ordered to quit Madrid, by a Decree of h; 1 Majesty. A report prevailed to-day, that Quiroga was arrested at the moment that he was endeavouring to effect his. escape in the disguise of a seaman. This morning we received the following speculations, for they can scarcely be called intelligence,from Bayonne. BAYONNE, OCTOBER 9. A person from Madrid says, it was believed there, that King Ferdinand would make some stop at Seville, on his way to Madrid. The trial of Riego has commenced before the civil tribunal, notwithstanding his milittry rank; and this circumstance makes it believed, that he will be saaificed.. No troops now remain at Pampeluna, except the ne•• cessary garrison ; all the rest are gone against Lerida, the siege of which is to be vigorously pushed notwith standing the events at Cadiz. It is said that the King will publish a Declaration re. sembling that of St. Ouen. A treaty is spoken of, by which 60,000 French are to occupy Spain for four years; and the English, intervening as guarantees, will hold Cadiz for the same period. The disorder at Passages is neatly over : the physi. clans, who had been sent there, have come back. A part of the 41st regiment, however, remains as a cot. don ; the 52d returns. The armed trincasiores wen corning back to bur port t o be laid up, but were forced by a gale into Socoa. This morning we received Lisbon Papers to the it inst. The Gazette of the preceding day announces tbs liberation of the King of SPAIN, and the entrance yids. Duc d'ANoormshra into' Cadiz, which is erroneously stated to have taken place on the 28th ult. It wou appear by an article from Oporto, that symptoms d discontent had been manifested in that town. The fol. lowing are extracts: oPORTO, SEPTEMBER 29. The insolence of the evil-minded has risen lately to great height, as we are assured, speakingwith ueheard of effrontery, inventing fables at pleasure, and publish• ing them among the incautious people, who, being unprepared, listened with consternation to what thow individuals published, announcing to them fatal events, and even implicating in .their fictions the fidelity d the 18th regiment, which is so firm in the caused Royalty, with great regularity and harmony, by which it has merited the praises of the kfant Don Michael, 0 was stated in the order of the day. Such men, hew. ever, seem worthy of punishment, when recognised t : the authors and propagators of such news, and we as certain that the competent authorities will epquire iota such scandalous facts, which may affect the publican ,. quility amidst the calm which we happily enjoy. LISBON, OCTOBER 4. The Gazette of to-day contains a letter from the MBl• - tary Governor of Algarve, announcing the liberty i. the King of Spain, and the entrance of the Duke 0 1 Angouleme into Cadiz on the 28th of September. This letter is signed Jose Corea do Millo. Headlitagi ters, Villa Real de Santo Antonio, 30th September. In another column we have given the French accent of one of the most severe battles fought in the Pained; with the exception, perhaps, of that of Mriatis, in CS' talonia. It was an engagement between the MIA under General LAnecne,mctuaLlN, and the Collin' tional General, PLASENCIA, in Estremadura; though the French claim the. victory, it is allowelifig. the Spaniards disputed every inch of ground '401 0 " A few such efforts in the early pact of the c a mp might have led to a very different termination 00 0 taken place. _ We also present an Address of the King d the day before he left Cadiz. It forms a singular felt trast to that which he issued two days afterwards h the French camp ; and it is charitable to suppose 1 . 1 he was not a free agent in either cast. Our accounts from 'Madrid, vie RityPtule, thi s° , ing are full of conjectures as to the effect the libera* f the K ill h. Th 1 0 .111 IppreheAdt the 6a'• ono!, 0111 )7 WNW, Mt Mk, litrid