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Royal Audience of Seville. Ferdinand VIT. chimed at Cadiz on the list. The stores and aim munition on beard of the French fleet, have been' nacured,among other things 8000 muskets have been obtained and sent to San Lucar, to be transmitted to Seville. Generals Castanos has declared in favour of Ferdinand VII. The troops under his command amount to 8944 men, of whom 3234 men will this) day arrive at Ronda on their march to Seville. Six thousand French are said to bask surrendered to the Portuguese at Yelves. Badajoz and the whole of Estramadura are eager in the cause, and making every exertion. Castanos has published a proclama tion, inviting the people to enlist, and ordering thorn to obey the Supreme Junta. A proclamation of pardon has been issued to deserters and smugglers who joined the array, provided they have not been guilty of murder or robbery. OVIEDO GAZETTF, ItYl4 8. Troops are going daily to reinforce the army at Santander and Leon. AFFAIPS OF SPAIN. PROCLAMATION OF PEACZ WITH EI:GLAND, AND SWEbEN HER ALLY'. ?daislied at Oviedo on the 20th of June, 15016 IrSsiviltsun THE IZTILIt iI,IMO be liestlel, ADM 110/ VII bbYAL b e " The Sorerne Junta or this Principality declares a General peace with VAlland, and at the same time the closest *thanes with that nation, which has with the greatest generosity offered a' the succours and assistance that have been listed of her. They s'so declare Peace with Sweden, and order that all our ports should be open to the vessels of both nations, and that this Royal Resolution be communicated to Ai the Justices of this Ptincipa, SEVILLE GAZETTE, JUNE I. The Constituted Authorities of Seville assemblikd the Lower House on the 27th of May and consti- ; fted themselves into a Supreme Junta of Govern- it. The following were the measufes which they topted :—They proclaimed Ferdinand VII. ling ',pain and the Indies, with the accustomed for ities. They took poitession of the artillery, runs and powder in the royal mastranza of artillery, I distributed theist for purposes of defence. They ' dered all p ers ons from 16 to 4.5, who had not .ch i t- irm, to enroll themselves, and after completing the Iments deficient in their proper numbers, they dis. ibuted the remainder in new corps. They sent :ouriers to all the principal towns in the South of A;a, to invite them to follow the example of Se ie. They ordered subordinate Juntas to he esta• ,ished in all towns having 2000 householder% to :orrespond with and act under the Supreme Junta. All these measures were carried into effect with the greatest promptness and alacrity. MURCIA, MAY 24. FEAROL, JUNE IR The regiment of Hibernia, of Sevale, are cora• pleting here; those of Naples and of the Crown at Lugo. LUGO. 3t N$ 4. Troops with cannon and ammunition, are advanc ing continually to the interior. RIBUDEO, JUNE 11. Thee was a false alarm, but now we observe the utmn't zeal and pr( nvtness of the people. B 1 NAVENTE, 3LI 14. Troops advancing. PRECAUTIONS Ferdinand VII. was this day proclaimed King, in presence of the Bishop and Nobility, with Florida Blanca at the head of the latter. The greatest en thusiasm prevailed among the people. CARTHACENA, MAY 24. WHICH IT Wltl.lt rawest TO OBSIERTP TRROUOIIDIr* TOP DI T PROVINCLS OF srstx, IN THE NICCLVI FT TO •WHICA TSP.! SATZ BILIN DRIVEN FT Tilt THINCH, OP 11- SIFTING THIL ONIVIT AND VIOLLNT TOSFESIII)I4 WHICH TIMM Axstits ARK ZNIPRAVOIIIIING TO TAtt Of Till KINGDOM. We cannot doubt a moment of the exertions whizh the 'United Provinces of Spain would matte to olatrect and defeat the mali cious designs ofthe French, and that they will sacrifice even their lives on this occasion, the inoA important, and even unparalleled in the history of the nation, both in the thing itself, and in the horrible meat of ingratitude and perfidy by which the French have undertaken, pursued, andare still endeavouring to effect our Ferdinand VII. was this day proclaimed, in - conse. quence of the popular cry in his favour. General Salcedo, who had received orders to carry the fleet to "onion, has been deprived of the command. A Junta War appointed, at the head of which is Lieute ant-General Cisneros, and under him Ciscar and other Officers. A felucca was sent to Port Mahon with this intelligence. The French Consul has fled 'n board a Danish corvette, and all the stamped paper sent from Madrid in the name of Muria, as ',ieutenant-General of the Kingdom, has been burn ed. Officers haVe been sent to rouse the people of Granada, Murcia, and Valencia. GRANADA, MAY 21. All the towns on the coast of Granada have de :lared for Ferdinand VII. and the recruiting for his service goes on briskly. Escalante, Captain-General of Granada, who had endeavoured to stifle the popu lar voice in favour of Ferdinand VII. has been de. ,)rived of his command, which has been given to D. Joaquim Romano, Colonel of a regiment of Spa nish Cairalry. The proclamation of Ferdinand VII. VT:IS effected by the influence of Don Joseph Santiago, Lieutenant of Artillery, after the Captain-General had used his efforts to prevent it. slavery : 1. Let the first object be to avoid all gensral actions, and to convinx ourselves of the very great hazards, without any advan tage, or even the hone of it, to which they would expose us...— The reasons of this resolution are many, and such as any one will discover who has the use of his understanding. 2. A war of Partisans is the system which suits as—th• embar cussing and wasting the enemy's armies by 'want of provisions, destroying bridges, throwing up entrenchments in proper situa tions, and other similar means. The situation of Spain, its many mauls - aim, and the passes which they present, its rivers and tor- rot - As, and even the collocation of 'As provinces, invite us to carry on this spa cles of warfare successfully. S. It is indispensible that„each province should have its Genet of known talents, and of such experience as our situation straits, that his heroic loyalty should inspire the utmost tonfid/riee—Mid that every General should have under his comn:ar•.d officers of merit, particularly of artillery and engineers. 4. As a combined union of plans is the soul of every well con certed enterprize, and that which alone can promise and facili tate a successful issue, it appears incilspensible that there should he three Generaliciimos, who should act in concert with tads other—one who should command in the four kingdoms of Anda lusia, in Murcia, and Lower Estransadura--another in Galicia, Upper Estramadura, Old and. New Castile, and Leon—another in Valencia, Arragon, and Catalonia—a person of the greatest credit being appointed to Navarre, the Ei.:.cayan Provinces, Mon tanus, Asturias, Rinja, apd the North of Old Castile, for tkc put. poses which will be mentioned hereafter. 5. Each of these Generals and Generalissimos will form an army of veterans, troops and peasantry united; and put himself in a si tuation to undertake enterprisck, and to succour the most exposed points, keeping up always a frequent communization With the othcr th neralissimos, in order that all may act by common ac- SEVILLE, JUNE r. A regiment of volunteers of Arragon, and a bat talion de Subaga, sent from Madrid to Badajoz, proceeded no farther than Salavena, and there joined the peasants, declaring they would go no farther, but remain and defend their country. On the 24th a battalion of the regiment of Majorca, stationed at Badajoz, joined the people and declared against the French. Several other Spanish corps on the frontiers of Portugal have followed their example. Valencia has also proclaimed Ferdinand VII. burned Murat's tamped paper, an named his Excellency the Conde de Cervellon General of the army. By a person arrived from Cadia at 9 o'clock this morning, we learn that the French fleet at Cadiz has surrendered, and gone into the inner harbour, and is about to disembark its powder and stores for the use of the place. The troops in garrison are on their march to Seville, and the garrison duties are per formed by the new levies. SEVILLE oAzErrP, JUNE 4. VALENCIA, MAY 20. All the inhabitants of the city and Vega, from 16 to 40, are taking up arms for Ferdinand VII. under authority of the Captain General, Audiencio Acqua. tairnento, and otber Authorities of the city. Valencia declared itself ontle:lsth of May. CORDOVA, JUNE 1. The greatest activity prevails in this City. The passes of the Siera are occupied by sharp-shooters -4000 men are stationed at the Bridge of Alcolea.— The priest D. Roman de Argote sets out to night with 300 excellent sharp-shooters. D. Pedro Au gustin de Echavarri commands the van guard ; cinnons and corresponding ammunition have arrived from Seville. The French, informed of the prepara tions to res ist them► have stopped between Baylen and Carolina. cord, =desist one other. 6. Madrid and La Mancha require an especial General, to con cert`and exectite the enterprises which their particular local situa tion demands —his only object mtut be to embarrass the enemy's armies, to take away or cut off their provisions, to attack them in flank and rear, and not to leave them a moment of repose. — The courage of these inhabitants is well known, and they will ea gerly embrace such enterprises if they are led as they should be, In the succession war the enemy entered twice into the interior of the kingdom, and even a 7. far as its capital, and this was the CUM! of their defeat, their entire ruin,,anti their utter failure of success. 7. The Generalissimos of the North and East will block up the entrances to the Provinces under their command, and come to the assistance of any one that may be attacked by the enemy, to prevent as much as possible - all pillage, and preserve its inha bitants from the denotation of war—the many meunteit.s and de files which are on the confines of these Vrovinees being favourable to such projects. L The destirasion of the General of Navarre, Bi?eay, and the rest of this Department, is the most important of ail, In which be will be assisted by the Generals of the North and East, with the' troops and other snceours which he st , eds in need of. lir, wbola business must be to shut the entrance of Spaiustgainst fresh French •reops, and Po harrasa and des roy those that return from Sr'i to France by this point. 'llse very rugged local situation of th , se Provinces will be of singelar advantage in such a design, and-these enterpriser, if well concerted and carried into execution, wilt no doubt be successful--and the same may be understood of the dif ferent points by which the French trews which are in Portugal, may come into Spain, or by which French troops may enter through Rotissilion into Catalana, for there is not much to be ap prehended for .Arragon. And, even from Portugal, it is not thought that they will escape, on account of the Proclamations 1 which have been circulated in that kingdom, ar d the hatred which they before bore to the French being encrea ' ed without measure , by the innumerable evils which they have been made to suffer, and the cruel oppression in which they are held by them. 9. At the same time it would be very roper that the Genera . SEVILLF, JUNE 4. lissimos Owed publish and circulate frequent proclamations .r. amongst the people, and rune their courage ail loyalty, chewing Ferdinand VII. has been proclaimed at Sebriga, thetts tkat they have ea every thin; to fear from the horrible - y en x ve , P . de Ste. Maria, Pto. V i and Leon. The i wins whic h the French l ave desk It with an Spain, and evert with' p e ople of Cadiz have placed D. Thomas de Moula i their xhae' Ferdinand VII. and teat if they Tige wree us an kips, , at their head. The total force at Cadiz, amounts to : Mots, MArlareay,Prapesty,Liberty,bldepfdenee. add Reititai 13,935 infantry, and 17 : qua irons of cavalry .—, , b -and that thereat e khi 'nee sty to e ti tik it.°67 li V a M a * Communication was opened with the English aqua. P ett y In 4eleaci* the Kin a 4 a the Ceirstrti "14 th"o2 "r dron this nsor &n g , b y Don Henr y *Donnell, Chef let (which swiss". wi n e tow to pes: ) houirde tine us to become slaves, let ns et , e.o 5 lei g a d dying 'lke gallant diZscadre, and Don Pedro Crests Oiskr of du men,not &sin up ourselves basel,. t. t.e y cs*.e wit st•e^p, aA • T NIMIUMMEMMMEMEMINOMM the sl s'so dee *Dodd 1) Reeoluti Lty." The in the tuted 1 rnent. asloptc of Sp maliti , kcts a and d orders dren, regim tribut courii Spa;ll vale. blishf corre All t great VI presi Blar thus F que Sal< of nan othi wit] ('n par Lie ed. Gr cla ser of tar pri D. nis V7:l Li ha tat pr th re ba F a . . SClea ovet e men t would have done , and fixin g upon SOP '. slaveryy eternal ignominy and disgrace. France has over us, nor *et her foot in our territory. We . ' amiftdoles mastered her, not by deceit, butter ftike of arms *a BOW Wade her Kitty prisoners, and we have made the no ! -awe are the same Spaniards, and Francs, and En rye. mg* World shall see, that wo are not lass pliant, nor 1. heave than the Most glorious of our ancestors. 10. All persons of education in the provinces should be stimu lewd to frame, prhit, and publish frequent short discourses, in wart to preserve the public opinion and the adder of the nation, wadatiog at the same time the infamous diaries of Madrid, whit% die 11111101Cti of the late Government has permitted, and still per ' - mite, to be published in Madrid itself, and has caused to be cis ' culated abroad, detecting their falsehoods and continual contradic: tions-s-let them cover with shame the miserable authors of these dri es , and sometimes extend their remarks to those Charlatans, the French Gazetteers, and even to their Moniteur ; and let them display and publish to Sin, to all Europe, their horribb Will hoods and venal praises, for they afford abandant matter fur such await. Let all such perverted minds tremble at Spain, and let F r a n ce know that the Spania rds have thoroughly penetrated their designs, and therefore it is that they justly detest and abominate them, and that they will sooner by down their lives than submit to their iniquitous and barbarous yoke. 11. Care shall be taken to explain to the nation, and to convince then, that when freed, as we trust to be, from this civil war, to which the French have forced ins, and when placed in a state of tranquillity, our Lord and King Ferdinand VII. being restored to the Throne, under him and by him the Corers will be usembled, abuses reformed, and such laws shall be enacted as the eircetm stance.; of the time and experience may dictate for the public good and happiness. Things which we Spaniards know how to do, which we have dor e as well as other nations, without any neces sity that the vile French should come to instruct us, aud, accor ding to their custom, under the mask of friendship, and wishes for our happiness, should conMve, for this alone they are contriv ing, to plunder us, to Violate our women, to assassinate us, to di.- privc us of our liberty, our laws, and our King, to scul l at and de stroy our holy religion, as they have hitherto done, and will al ways continue to do so as lon4 as that spirit of perfidy and ambi tion which oppresses and tyrannizes over them shall endure. (Signed) JUAN BAUTISTA PAR.DO, Sec. By order of the Supreme Junta. AUTHENTIC INTERESTING NARRATIVE Or THE LATE PROCEEDINGS AT MADRID. 11111 NAEWATIVIC or THE. TRANSACTION. AT sr *Din', ON MONDAY,'HZ YD OP MAY, 1808, IT LN /VEMLISH GENTLEMAN WHO WAS THERE ON THAT HAT. The public mind had never been in a state of per fect tranquillity since the middle of March, when the intention of King Charles the IVth to remove to Seville with all the Royal Family, etas first suspected. The deposition of the Prince of the Peace on the 18th, his imprisonment on the 19th, with the abdica tion of King Charles, and accession of his son, Prince rerdina.nd, which took place on the same day, were events that gave geeat satisfaction, and might in time have produced the happiest effects ; but the arrival of the French troops at Madrid, the delivery of the sword of Francis the First to General Murat, which had remained in the Royal Armoury as a trophy ever '.since the battle of Pavia, the departure of King Fer dinand for Burgos, the delivery of the Prince of the Peace to the French, and finally, the King's deterrni ' nation to pass the frontier and put himself in the hands of the FrLach at Bayonne, were circumstances which revived the ferment, and gradually increased it 'to such a violent degree, that some formidable explo lsion was hourly dreaded by the Junta de Gobrionc (of which the Infant Don Antonio was left Preei. dent), and every possible means was used by that Junta, to quiet the alarms of the people, and prevent them from proceeding to open acts of violence against 'the French. A Pane or Extraordinary Courier used to arrive' every evening from Bayonne, with accounts of the transactions there ; those accounts were never pub :fished in the Gazette, but circulated in the form extracts from private letters of the King's attendants, I and the first of them afforded a momentary satisfac tion, as they consisted solely of details of the honours paid to Prince Ferdinand on his arrival, and the cor dial receptionhc had from Bonaparte. The subsequent, accounts became daily less satisfactory; first, obscure hints were given, that all was not well, and then it leas explained more clearly, that the intention of the Ruler of France was to prevail upon Ferdinand to resign his crown. The Parte due on Saturday, 30th April, did not arrive. It was still dud - on Sunday evening, the Ist of May, and many thousand people were assembled at the Puerta del Sol, and other streets near the Post- Office, in anxious expectation of the Messenger. • The French garrison of Madrid remained all night under arrps ; and the Sun of Monday, the 2d of May, arose on many an unfortunate inhabitant, who was' ' destined never to see another morning. This day was fried on for the departure of the Queen of Etruria, and her brother the infante Don Francisco de Paula, for Bayonne. The curiosity of many people led them to the square before the Pa lace to witness the scene, and many of the wives and families , ent there to take leave of their husbands and parents, and to lan their own hard fate, in being left without any certain provision. When the first carriage appeared at the gate, many of the mob expressed a suspicion, that the Infante. Don Antonio, President of the Junta, Or Provisionary Government, was also to leave them, and under thiam:sZonception the riot began. They cut the traces of this ea riage, and forced it back into the Palace-yard, but on being assured that Don Antonio was not to leave Madrid,. they permit 'ted it to be again yoked and brought out. -An Aid de-Camp of General Murat was sent by him to en quire into' the busineti ; the mob seemed disposed to treat him very roughly, but by the interference of some Spanish Officers, he was selcued and permitted to return to his Commander. bitterly, which both affected an d i r ritated the p eo p le. a party of French soldi ers, and then the scene of hor. r or and bloodshed began. It is not easy to ascerta in whit certainty whether • The carriages were then allowed to p roceed win, the Queen of Etruria and her brother—the latter sa. observed to shew great: reluctan ce, and even to cry At this moment the ra m ! Aid-de.Camp returned with the mob or the French soldiery were the first aggres sors ; but the French soon began to fire collies of thus quetry among their opponents, and many ineocent spectators fell ; one fine boy of eight years old was shot dead in a window by the first discharge ; this was about elevan in the morning. The news spread like wild-fire all over the towel, and in less than an hour every individual of the lower classes who had the means, was armed and in the streets. At first the Spaniards had in most parts of the town the advantage, even although the Spanish troops were not allowed to take any concern in the affair, having been all locked up in their Barracks by their • officers ; and a great number of French troops fell, whose arms were after wards made use of b y those of who had none ; but as soon as the by General Murat began to take t a h i e spo Sp si a ti n o i ti sh s gi m v o e b n , effect, the preponderance was decidedly on the side of the French ; all the troops of that nation in town were called out., and columns from all the camps in the neighbOurhood entered by different gates, each accompanied by one or more pieces of flying artilleoe syhich raked the streets as they advanced, and were afterwards stationed in such places as they were likely to act with most effect. ile:.ides this, the infantry fired vollies into every cross street hp which they passed, and aimed particularly at every window or balcony where any person was to he seen. The most glorious defence made by the Spaniards was at the Depot of Artillery in Casa de Monteleone, formerly the Hotel of Sir Benjamin King, when Am bassador at this Court, and where the remains of that most respectable Minister are interred. To this depot Murat sent a detachment to take possession of the artillery and stores, but they found • it already occupied by a handful of Spanish artil lerymen and inhabitants, under the command of two brave Artillery Officers, named Doaiz and Velavde. Those two Gentlemen took the command of a few , artillerymen, and some of the populace, who volun teered their services , and h avin g pointed a twenty four pounder, loaded with grape shot, at the gate of the depot, fronting a long narrow street, by which the French column must necessarily advance, they gave , them such a warm reception, and made such consi , derable slaughter, that the French Commander could make no impression, and was obliged to apply to ' Murat for a reinforcement. Two other columns were dispatched to their assistance, which attacked the lit tle garrison WA both flanks from the windows and roofs of houses in the neighbourhood, and summoned ' them repeatedly to surrender ; but the officers re. jected every proposal of terms, and ge . ..antly held out to the last moment of their existence. One of them was shot dead by a musket ball, and Mr. Doaiz, hav ing his thigh broken by another, continued to give his orders sitting on the ground, until he received three other wounds, the last of which ut an end to his glori ous earner. A coeporol of artillery remained with the command, who seeing no prospect of further success ful opposition, offered to capitulate with the French General, who agreed to grant them terms ; but while the Articles were arranging, the Town Major of Ma drid arrived on horseback, waving a handkerchief and proclaiming peace—on which the French were al lowed to take possession of the depot. Their less at this point has never been correctly ascertained, but must have been very considerable, as et; rounds of grape and canister shot had been dig. charged among the first column, as iteleibanced by the long narrow street already mentioned. About two o'crock the firing ceased all over the town, in conse quence of the personal interference o f the Council of Castile, and tither Tribunals, who paraded the streets on horseback, attended by many of the Spanish No bility, and some of the French Generals, and escorted by bodies of horse, consisting of Spanish gardes de 1 corps and French Imperial Guards intermixed. The inhabitants then fondly flattered th emselves that the I scence of carnage was at an end, but they soon found I that one o'" a more cool deliberate nature was deter mined on. In the afternoon Murat isued a general order to the troops, desiring a Military Tribunal to be immediately formed under the Presidency of Ge neral Grouchy. Before this Tribunal all persons were brought who had been made priioners in the morning .or tonna is • the streets-in the evening, with any sort of weapon, 'however trifling, about them. The bearer of a mus ket, a sabre, a pen-knife, or even a pair of scissars, Iwas held equally cnlpable, and all such persons were . immediately condemned to be shot, and the sentence was executed without delay. Three groupes of forty each were successively shot in the Prado ; a great many, but the number unknown , w er e shot in the church of the Solidad, near the Fuerta del Sol, anti several other grotpes of thirty er forty met a similar fate, near the gate of San Vizente. ' Several more persons were tried' and shot on the following day, but their number is not thought to have been considerable. The numbers that fell on either side have ricer been correctly asceretined. The French carefullr concealed their loss, but it is known that one Genital and many other officers were killed ; and as a coml. derable desertion took place among their German and Italian soldiers, it has been asserted that the dimi• nution of their numbers from all causes, oa the Ril .of May, exceeded 4000 men. The total number employedin Madrid on this Jay is said to have been about 1`1,000; and had the Spa nish troops been permitted to act with the populace, it is probable that not one of the first 12,000 would ,have escaped ; but it was more fortunate for the capi tal tint this tbd not happen, as there were above 50,000 inane French encamped and quartered in the enrirens, the whole of whom wou ld have ' been immediately put in motion, and the consequence must have been the sackinlaa destruction of Madrid. PARLIAMENT. HOUSE 0: The Royal Assent was gi *don, the Consolidated Ful kotion, Me licences, Dani risate mss.—The Lords C OMAR, the Duke of Mow The Sugar Distillation, a presented by Mr. WR•RTC quiescence of the Common Lordships to the said Bills. The Scots Judicature Bil DAs, with the aequiescenci wade by their Lordships in to the Bill. WRIT 01 The Writ of Error Oake , r ants being regularly befot into consideration on Mont The farther consideratini e , Winter and Johnson be produced and examined, i pkined of had not been tn‘c serrations from the Logo se d or pka, with x. 40 tc HOUSE The usual grants were of the House. The SPEAKER attend return stated that he had t pigskin to a number of pill The Surat Dicillery 1311 several other Bills which Mee. On the motion of Sir JC dered to be presented to h pleased to order the stun Agriculture, to enable the to ground a general repot in Great Britain. Mr. DUND AS moved amendmus t on the Disri llc loft, and by which the wo - Britain," having been surr House. The amendment gave notice of a motion punishment of the person made. Mr. SHERIDAN move ted to his Majesty, prayti direct that a special cam? into and inspect the eondit sons and other Gaols in th saelrother GJols in !retail their attentio.i to, and to 1 - _ _ . nen therein confined since plaint shall be preferred ; a those entrnsted with the ru and to report thereon.—Ai Adjourned till Monday. THE. E\' MON: PRICE OF STOCKS' Consols, for July, 704 - Biclie. Bills 3s. p 1 PRICE OF 5' 5 per C. Red Ann. 68i e per Cent. Cons. shut 4 per Cant. 85 84/ 5 per Cent. Navy shut Long A. 18 13-16tIlsi Wit Bonds Ti. Is. dm EAST Letters from the April, state, that T 3 WARD PELLEW'S squ Saturday arrived Augustus, of New Canton, with a •alas goods, and is detain IR guns : she sailec last ; there were at that were expecwd about the 6th of Fel tills trade is suffering Seas ; a great many French frigates crui Ne confirmation King JOSEPH ; bat tmday from Admii the Tagus, the I6t telligence of the p Spanish troops at I common enemy ; is re-established in been thrown open flags except that c taguese colours v vessels under slif under detention, to be confiscated. to receive the car, British nun of vi.N enter into the ha short time there. after coMmunicati Proceeded to join to communicate t tachment of Fret and ordered by rounded in the Portuguese insur Spanish troops, al to surrender.—Tl is in arms. A.druiral COTT with the princip . received proposal ion of the Russi, pearanee that Ge to surrender; hil Men, among wh troops; and suc' Iconfidence of the they were from l were eipected to