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Copy of a Petition transmitted to the Spanish Mi nister at War, in order to be presented to the King : " Sire—Don John Downie, Field- Marshal of the National Armies, Knight of the Orders of St. Ferdi nand, Charles 111. and Great Britain, and decorated with seven crosses for distinguished actions in the field, with sentiments of the most profound respect, appeals to the ConstitutiOnal throne of your Majesty for jus tice, and complains of an act of personal oppression, rarely occurring in the most uncivilized countries, and still more rarely among nations which boast of being free. " Sire, your petitioner was arrested by order of the Government, together with seventeen other Of ficers, at that time residing in your Majesty's Royal Palace of Seville, at nine o'clock on the night of the I lth of the present month. These Officers were there with the knowledge and approbation of the Governor of the Palace, Lieutenant-General Don Francisco co pons, and some of them were also there on the night of the Ist, when they volunteered to defend the persons of your Majesty and the Royal Family against the attacks then apprehended from a part of the Local Militia, who had already plundered, with the most alarming outcries, the houses of many of the more peaceable citizens. Those Officers did not separate until twelve o'clock of the same night, when the above-named General expressed himself grateful for their services, and permitted them to retire after the city had recovered its tranquillity. Your petitioner, Sue, might cite, in confirmation of these statements, the testimony of ell the General Officers, and among others, of the Commander himself, General Vi godet, with whom he was in conference during the greater part of the night ; but as he is not now upon his defence, and does not even know what offences are imputed to him, he proceeds to inform your Ma jesty of the treatment and conduct which have been observed towards hint and his brother Officers since the night of then. arrest. " On the morning of the 12th they were taken from the dungeon of the town, to the bank of the river, and there were exposed for two hours to the gaze of crowds of people, who did not cease to cover them ith insul:s, and excited each other to assassinate them all. From Seville to San Lucar, the petitioner, to getLer «ith his nephew (an Officer who was not pre sent on the night of the 11th, and whose name was not on the list of those art eqed), was conducted in a boat, .separate from the others, under the guard of a party of militia, commanded by Captain Don Epifa nio Mancha, exposed to the gross and insulting lan guage of a fe.v soldiers from Madrid, without edu cation or the feelings of men. At San Lucar, the prisoners were again united, and conducted from that place to Cadiz, where they arrived late on the 15th, and exposed, as before, on the public quay, for eight hours, an object of curiosity to some, of disgraceful and ferocious abuse to others, and sometimes to acts which humanity can scarcely conceive, but of which, unhappily, the history of these times furnishes too, m my examples. At length, Sire, we were brought to this arsenal, and on the 17th, underwent an exa mination. Instead, however, of allowing us to com municate with each other, as the Constitution pre scribes, and as is the custom in every civilized nation, we were all confined in the Four Towers without any c.immunication, and your petitioner was, in addition, subjected to have a sentinel placed over him. " Sire—Throughout Europe the pi inciple has al ways been recognized that every prisoner is innocent until the law has condemned him ; but here is a Spa nish General, descended from a nation truly free, of whose services in the war of independence (in which I heexpendcd2oo,ooo dollars in the formation andequip anent of the Estremena Legion) all Spain and his own, wounds are ample witness—here is a General imprk soned • in the same building with the vilest convicts,, rigorously cut off from all communication, overlooked constantly by a sentinel, for the period of eight days after an examination, and without having received a farthing of pay for more than three months. Europe,. Sire, will not believe that Spaniards, so celebrated in' other times for the nobleness of their character, could present an example so opposite when enjoying the blessings of a freer system. Your petitioner is not , ignorant of the consideration which ought to be paid to that fervour of mind which belongs to periods of political convulsion, and that it ought to he received as some excuse for the insults which he has received in his progress to this place ; but your petitioner cannot excuse the treatment which he has experienced liere,since he presumes it to have been with the know. ledge and through the authoi ization of the Constitu tional Authorities, against whose conduct, he owes it to the country of his birth, to his rank, to his ser vices, and his reputation, until now without a stain, to rotest in the face of the world, as being illegal, barbarous, and unjust. " The conscience of your Petitioner cannot find any other motive for their proceedings, than the re solution, which he has never concealed from them, nor from others, of perishing in defence of your Ma jesty and the Royal Family, sooner than allow a set of frantic men to fling upon the heroic Spanish nation the le.rtful degradation which now menaces it. " Your Petitioner, therefore, beseeches your Ma jesty, that as long as the law has not declared him guilty, he may be treated with the distinction and respect due to his rank and his services, and that the same consideration be strewn to the Officers who v ei e arrested with him. He requests, also, that some as sistance should be sent to him, together with a month's pay, and, at the same time, an order for terminating the inquiry as soon as possible, so that he and his fellow-sufferers may be restored to that freedom and honour which they value beyond a thousand lives. He asks for. justice, which he deserves at the hands of your Majesty, whose life may HEAVEN long pre serve, for the happiness of the Monarchy. " From the Four Towers, in the Arsenal of Caracea, June 2R, 1823. Your Majesty's most obedient, devoted, &c. " J. DOWNIE." THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1823. THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. This morning Consols opened at 82i, 83, went up to 838, but declined again to 828. The Expreases from Paris this morning have brought the Rentes of Thursday at 93f. 50c. Spanish 44i. It is still,the opinion that it will be some days before we hear the result of the negotiation at Cadiz, but great hopes are enter tained at Paris of its being favourable. In the early part of the morning much business was done. FOREIGN FUNDS. The business was rather brisk in the Market this morning, owing to Spanish Bonds advancing at Paris, and an intimation in the French Papers that the Spanish Loan would be acknow ledged in the pending negociation. Current Prices :—Spanish Bonds 371, Russian 86j, Colom bian 67j, French Scrip 21. EXCHANGES. Hausuacm, August 13.—0 n London, 37.1 i. 37.4}. PSTEI3IIOIOII, August I.—On London, 9. 7-16 ; Amsterdam, 9. 21.32 ; Paris, 101*. BUILDS, August 12.—0 n London, 3 M. 7. 43. Alas I, August 19.—0 n London, 41. 2 M. 40. 9. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. &ink Stock 226 1 / 4 —'3 per tent. Reduced 83% 3 per Cent. Cons. 82% 83-4 per Cts. Old 100% 4 per Cent. New 101 7 / 8 % Bank Long Anns. 21% 5-16—India Bonds 595. Exchequer 13i14 (E:1,000) 30s. 335. Ditto Small 325. 345. Consols tor Account 82 7 / 8 83 1 / 8 83. CAPITULATION OF CORUNNA. By accounts from Ferrol of the 15th, it appears that communications had been passing for the three previous days, between the Persons in Authority a t Corunna and General BOURCKI4 and that it had been at last agreed, that the Town Authorities should obey the orders of General MoarLLo, who had been in the meantime appointed Governor of Galicia by the Regency. In consequence of this arrangement active hostilities had ceased, and hostages have been exchanged. EXPRESSES FROM PARIS. This forenoon we received, by two separate Expresses, the Moniteur of Wednesday and Thursday, and the Pi= tote of yester,day. We have also, by the same convey ance, received a private letter from our Correspondent in Paris, inclosing an interesting communication from Spain, said to be wtitten by a person high in the con fidence of the Duc d'ANGotnnts. The following are the letters:— FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. PRIVATE LETTER. " PARIS, AUGUST 2!. " Government has received dispatches, dated Ma drid, 15th, announcing the capitulation of Cartha gena and the dissolution of the Cortes, who have left A Commission, for form's sake, at Cadiz : there is lit tle doubt that, at the moment I write, all is over, the King is at liberty, and the French army in Cadiz." PRIVATE LETTER FROM MADRID. 0 MADRID, AUGUST 15. 14 The Marquis of Talarue is highly respected by the moderate party, but detested by the Regency, because he will neither approve nor tolerate their ex cesses. The Army of the Faith is just what it al ways has been. Quesada caused a considerable num ber of recruits to be murdered in cool blood, who had been discharged, or deserted from the Independents, and were returning to their homes. In giving an ac count of this massacre, he falsely asserted that he had done it because they cried " l'iv4 Riego muera d Rey!'. 44 A detachment of select troops (judge what the rest are), appointed to escort the Duke de Villa Her mosa to Portugal, where he was appointed Ambas sador by the Regency, robbed, plundered, and ;l. most assassinated this Grandee of Spain at a few leagues distance from Madrid, when he returned in stantly with all speed. •4 La Locho, calling him elf a Royalist, has seve ral times threatened General Courtin, a Swiss Officer in the Spanish service, who commands in La Mancha; lie finds him moderate, and menaces to hang, or at least imprison him, if he continues so moderate, and prevents him (Locho) from levying contributions, and enriching himself at the expense of the peaceful in habitants. " General Cisneros levies for his cavalry all the horses of the country, sells them a few leagues off ? and puts the money in his pocket. He demands rations for them notwithstanding, and receives it in money, which goes equally into his pocket. General Sempere, who was three years since coachman to the Duchess of Osuna, commits all kinds of exactions, and, like Cisneros and Bessieres, carries off from their houses pretended Liberals, marches them as prisoners in the rear _of his troops, and after having extorted from.them large sums, sets them at liberty, and gives them excellent certcates'of royalists. The conduct of Merino and the Trappist make one shudder.— Generals Longa, D'Espagne, and D'Ernles commit fewer exactions than the rest. ".Such infamous conduct, of which good men of all parties have repeatedly complained to his Royal Highness the Duke of Angouleme, produced the Or donnance of Andujar. Be assured that the Duke has the greatest aversion for those abominable -auxi liaries, of which some Constitutional Chiefs have shewn themselves worthy imitators. " The Generals of the Faith are not the only cul prits: the Civil Authorities obey, nearly everywhere, the clamours of the populace: if you ask them why such a man is in prison? they answer, the public voice condemns him. " The conduct of the Regency is not a whit the better ; the prisons are full, no laws are held sacred by it, and it is to be feared that on the deliverance of the King there will be a general massacre of the pri soners ; the Bishop of Osunalis at the bead of these wretches, who fancy there is no other method of de fending the altar and the throne. The secularized monks have been banished from Madrid, and treated in the most atrocious manner. Addresses pour in in great numbers for the re establishment of the Inquisition; it is well known how they are got up, and by whom. " I should never have done, were Ito write all the horrors committed - by this odious Regency. The Duke's patience is exhausted; Morillo and Ballasteros havejoined him for the happiness of the Peninsula: the hypocrisy of the fanatics is unmasked, and their in capacity'discovered. ~ The Duke has frequently repeated, that Spain has a Government which is contrary to the interests of every class of society, save the Clergy and the convents. • " The Regency has despoiled all the purchasers of Church national property, alienated in 1820 ; the purchasers are not even repaid the improvements they leave made and expenses laid out, the original cost and all is lost to them, and the Church regains pos session without paying a real. The Duke hopes to influence Ferdinand to revoke these odious robberies and usurpations; if the King listens to his lessons of prudence, Spain may yet be happy, if otherwise she cannot." FROM THE mozarsos. PARIS, AUGUST £l. We learn from Bayonne, that all the preliminary operations for the siege of PAmpeluna being com pleted, the siege will commence on the 25th inst. the fete of St. Louis. Letters from Port Sainte Marie of the 10th, an nounce that the submission of Ballasteros has pro duced at Cadiz, all the effects that were expected ;the faithful subjects of the King conceive the most legiti mate hopes, and consternation reigns amongst the Liberals. People attached to that party say, it is im possible to resist, and it is necessary to capitulate. It is not doubted, that on the arrival of the Prince Ge-• neralissimo they will offer to capitulate. Intelligence from the fourth corps, dated the:,l4th instant, states that Milans manoeuvred on Seu d'Urgel, and that General Trorselin and Baron d'Eroles followed him. The Marshal had his head quarters at Manreza. PROM THE PILOTS OP YESTERDAY. PARIS, AUGUST 22. The following are the reports to day on 'Change: —According to reports, everything was quiet on the seventh at Cadiz, • and nothing announces any new hostilities. On the sth the Cortes closed their session, and named a permanent commission, at the head of which is General Alava, who, the Journal des Debats said, was shot. At the above epoch all was ready for an arrangement, the result of which was expected in a feyr days. The basis of the treaty with the Cortes was arranged, and only waited the discussion of the 'conditions. On the Gth, General Ballasteros passed in review 12 thousand Spaniards, in presence of the officers of the Etat-Major of General Molitor. At the moment of :he departure of the con: icr from Madrid, (who is said to be the bearer of news) they were printing, in the above capital, a Proclama tion of the highest importance, from the Prince Gene ralissimo. We are assured that it relates to the arrange ments made with several Spanish Generals, ;lad wi!'.l contain a severe reprimand on the principles and the conduct of the Regency since its establishment. It is also reported on 'Change, that an arrange. went bad taken place with the town of Carthagena, and that an affair had taken place between Marshal Moncey and Generals Milans and Lloberas. Spanish funds have experienced a gradual ii,e; no cue doubts on 'Change to-day, but that the Spanish loan, made by the Cortes, will be ore of the most es 6. sential bases of the treaty commenced. FROM THE ETOILE. PARIS, AUGUST 21. ARMY OF THE PYRENNEES. - SAN CuaAT, Acause 13. Milans and Lloberas united, at Monthlanet, their . forces, about five or six thousand men, and wished to manoeuvre to relieve Seu Urge', but a change in their march caused us to presume that their intention might be to succour Figaeras, or to disturb the blockade of Barcelona, General Tromelin was pur suing the enemy, whd joined the troops &f Baron tl'EroleJ, and came up with the Constitutionalists on the 14th at Cabi • iana, and attacked them M ith ,great spirit. The enemy retired, took A strong posi tion at Caldes, and defended themselves obstinately against the 16th regiment of the line and 1200 men of the corps of Baron d'Eroles; but two battalions of the 60th arrived on the field of battle, attacked the enemy vigorously on his two flanks, and the Consti tutionalists being turned and put into disorder,wished • to rally at Moya, from whence they retired to Les tang, where we are pursuing them. MATARO, AUGUST 15. The enemy vainly attempted to rally at Moya. Defeated again, he took to . flight towards Lestang. The two battalions of the Bth who formed the garri son of Vich have, in that position, done him a deal of mischief. A column detached from the blockading army of Barcelona marches on Gaup. The popula tion between Vich and Manresa shew a great enthu siasm : everywhere they take up arms against Milans. P. S. The news of the submission of Ballasteros, transmitted by the telegraph, has arrived this mo ment at head-quarters. Judge the effect it must produce on Milans in the present circumstances. (PRIVATE LETTER.) ' , MADRID, A11131.75T Is. " I write all the on dits of Madrid. The submis sion of General Zayas appears certain ; Ciudad Rod rigo, it is said, has surrendered to Carlos O'I)onnel ; the few troops remaining in Estremadura are going to follow the example of Ballasteros; letters which this moment arrive, announce that Carthagena has opened her gates to us. They write from Lisbon, of the 4th— The son of General Bourmont, who has arrived here, has set off for Seville this morning, in a vessel laden with pieces of artillery and ammunition, fur nished by the Portuguese Government. Two other vessels are preparing in the port to carry more am• munition for the same destination." The Moniteur contains several articles from the Journal de Toulouse and the Echo du Midi, relative to the state of Spain, but they are unimportant. Dutch Papers to the 20th inst. reached us this fore noon. 1: is stated in an article from Munich, that the Court of Austria has invited the German Govern ments to attend a Congress at Vienna, in October next, for the purpose of revising the Confederation of 1814. Wirtemberg and Bavaria are said to have refused to send representatives to this Congress. The follow. ing are extracts: MUNICH, AUGUST 9. Our readers have not forgotten, that at the con clusion of the Congress at Verona, two of the greatest German Powers united to take steps for the assem bling of a German Congress at Vienna, to which it was intended to invite all the Powers of the German confederation, and at which theA ct of the Confede ration of 1814 was to be revised, in order to remove from it all traces of the concessions which the dangers of the moment had extorted from the Ministers of th%t day. The endeavours of the Cabinets of Berlin and Vienna were fruitless, and Prince Metternich was obliged to content himself with having destroyed the spirit of opposition which had been formed in the bosom of the German Diet. But the view s cf Austria were only adjourned, and that Power has now sent a circular -to several German Governments, to invi.e them to a Congress which is to be held at Vienna in the month of October next. The object of this Con gress, says the circular, is to introduce into the sy)- tern of Govehrment in Germany more similarity and uniformity, thereby to strengthen the ties Which must unite all the members of the confederation, &c. This circular has caused it to be generally believed and reported, that the affairs of Germany are to be regulated at Vienna, under the influence of the Rolf , Alliance. Our Government has refused to sead * Representative to this Congress, and IVirtemberg has imitated•the firm conduct ct Bavaria. • CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY V.O. Great uneasiness prevails here respecting the flat of the Captain Pacha. It is known, horn the captains of vessels that have arrived here, that it was see* sailing towards Patras, and that Turkish ships had appeared off Missolungi ; but the Government has publi,hed nothing respecring the issue of this most important expedition, from which such great things• were expected. ST. PETERSUURGH, JULY 2S. His NLijesty the Emperor, !isited on the 25th, tilt harbour of Crousadt and the fleet there, and viewed