The National Register. — London, England, 1822-10-07 00:00:00

r 4"*.#760. O'r - "Plioaoliz, , 4 hdrlv iadi./ 1. Mr XtraiOttr+ . Our thug, et ongtitution, anD 'ROO. MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1822. SE! T. 19.—The opinion of the committee pro posing a decree in seven articles relative to Brazil (which has already been printed), declaring the acts of the government of Rio null, recalling the Pi ince Royal, &e. was discussed, and gave rise to a very long and animated debate, the continuation of which was adjourned to the next sitting. The Cortes having approved of the opinion of the committee of the constitution, on the applicat i , ri of some deputies of Brazil, who desired that their tUnctioes should be considered as terminated, be cause the province that sent them did not agree, winch opinion was founded on the circumstance that this disagreement (dissidemia) was not certain, and therefore they should retain their functions till these provinces should name other deputies to the Cortes convoked at Rio. The deputies proposed to defer signing the constitution fur the present. , BAY•S NI k. Si PT. 24 —The mail from lladria, 111411 letters of the 16th, is arrived ; that *the atii, which in regular course ought to con o -4.1. 'day, has not yet reached us, but we shall pro y hfite a it the day after to.morrow. os Vll7Zothave letters from Bilboa of the 20th, which state teat the factious have disappeared from that provid6e. They mention also the arrival in that I port, 'on the same day, of two battalions of the line, 5i . 100 men each, who had been embarked at Co rtiVus. 4.1 f no militia of Babas, the number of 300 men, made a sally on the 18th, in two columns, one go ing towards Durango, the other towards Balmaceda, with the intention of scouring the province, but they did not meet with any enemy to cliwbat. A report of the Political Chief of Vittoria, dated the 21st, announced the complete defeat of the Pat tisan Quebitla at Andago4o, on the 19th, three leagues from Vittoria, at the toot of the mountains of Pena Serrada Qu.-2!)illa had passed the Ebro with 80 horse, and intended, it is said, to penetrate into Navarre, lint he was defeated by a detachment of Baylen, front Vittoria, which killed 40 of his men and took 50 of his horses. This report even states that Quebilla hail been severely wounded in the thigh by a musket ball. DIILADFUL EARTHQUAKE AT ALEP:O. A letter from Constantinople, dated September S, de4:ribes this event in the following manner:— " Aleppo, one of the most beautiful cities of the Ottoman Empire, has been visited by an earthquake, resembling those which laid waste Lisbon and Cala bria in the last century., The first and most severe shock occurred on the 13th of August, about ten in the evening, and instantly buried thousands of the inhabitants under the ruins of their elegant mansions of stone, some of which deserve the name of' palaces. Several other shocks succeeded, and on the 16th shocks were still experienced, some of which were severe. Two-thirds of the houses of this populous city are in ruins, and along with them all immense quantity of valuable gisals of all kinds from Persia and India have been destroyed. Ac cording to the first accounts of this event, which through alarm may have been exaggerated, the number of the sufkrers amounts to from 25 to 30,000. Among them is one of the best men in the city, the Imperial Consul-General, the Chevalier Esdras Vou Piet:out): Having escaped the danger of being buried under the ruins of his own house, he hastened with some of his family tow:iris the gate of the city; but as he was passing the Khan, a new :hock occurred, and a wall red down uhich buried him and tho.:e with him. Tartars who have arrrived from Damastus report, that they saw the whole population of Aleppo encamped in the,-envi rons. They state that several other towns in the Pachalat of Aleppo and Tripoli, particularly An tioch and Laodieea. have Lea destroyed by this earthquake. The captain of a French ship also has reported that two rocks at the time of the earth qa.le had arisen from the sea in the neighbourhood of Cyprus, which is almost wider time 641116 latitude has Aleppo. As loon as the Arabs and the Bedouins of the Syrian desert obtained iliformation of the ca lamity which had befallen A lep o, they Iripoened in hordes to exercise their trade of plunder in that im mense grave. Bc.hre= Packs, however, drove them PRICE 90. back, and sits') executed several .Janissaries who had committed depredations among the dead bodies and ruins. The great number of unburied bodies in this extremely hot period of the year, has produced pes tilential efflavia, and obliged the untiirtunate inha. bitants to eeck for refuge in sonic remote district." FRENCH TROOPS ON THE SPANISH FRONTIER. The following artic%: appears in the J.minal des Debuts. •It is only worthy of notice es disclosing the dangerous politics of the Ultra Royalist party in France, who by acting upon Om old principle of aristocratic arrogance and despotism, seem actually rushing t,ll their own ruin. The argbments through. out are so weak and fallacious, that they cannot make the least impression on any intn of comtuott sense ;—hut let the article spelik for itself:— " Tue preeent Administration yis Writ since the restore tioa, who have ~hewn complete tlferg, and candour in their conduct. There is, however, one of their measures, which, without new explanation, ruigiftpresent an appearance of dissi mulation, namely, the eats lislinient .1 troops upon the Spanish Fr slier, under the nanl; IT the Cordon Saai,a;)•. " The dangers of dont•gion have ceased, but while the Cor dun Sanitdire Wended us against the iuvasion of the yeliow fever, another cause of inquietude has occurred. Civil war has broken out in Spain, and daily combat, between the guerilla, of the Government of D'Urget and the troops of the Government of Madrid, must every hour expose the inhabitants of our frontier to a violation of their domestic peace. " In such a rase the rielys of individuals, and general neage, authorize a Governmeat to cover their Itontier, by a protecting and observing military force. No person can deny a Got ern went this right, because it is the means of discharging their duty. It is a measure of order and safety which is nut subject to ordinary political and diplomatic discussion. " 'Eke troops which have hitherto been called the Cordon Sanitaire, have now taken the. nanwef Corps ortlfilieetittiot.lP • This declares with the frankness and di;nity of a great nation, the new motive which detains them ca the booth/pr. This new denomination has nothing. ho'stile, threeteling, nor offensive.— The Government of Madrid has lest all its rights since it openly protected a systim of menaces and insult against Franc., and partieulatly against the Royal Family. The Tiibune oldie Corte, ine journals, and the saloons in Madrid, only present a pruhenged echo of the vociferations of that friction, which asoangst ourselves wink to ueurp the names konourabls, cousii talion.gl, liberal opposition, and whilst it cherishes plots and con epiracies, played off at Samar, Heliort, and Rochelle, appears an adverse power, determined to °vertu' n by force constitutional and legitimate order. The Government of Bladrial proclaiming its alliance with such a party, hrs author i aed perhaps, complaint on the part of France. It can not at least. object to measures of order and safety, which the troubled state of Navarre and Catalonia render indispeneible. It must acknowledge the pre• sent disturbed etste of things, and cannot fairly say we should remain exposed to pillage and murder, our can they require that we open our courts to the plague. " The trite motive of the lamentations of the Liberals of France against the Corps of Observation, proceeds from the fear that the presence of that corps will sustain the cuurs,:e of the Spaniards armed against revolutionary ty. canny. AN e!l in structed men know that a simple corps of observation cativo menace a country like Spain. If France had hostile views she wonld declare her intention, and present herself without disei mutation. It dues not appear at all probable that interventian is the intention of any power. " Europe will distinguish between the Des-astaisadoes who usurp the influence of anarchy, anal tea Cortes who made part of the Alli:d Powers against horiaparte. European policy doe., not go to the extent of wishing to restore ancient absolute Momarchy, but it remains in a state of observation round the theatre of civil war in Spain, expecting in the struggle of parties to find a better order of tl inns. In the hope that a ge nerous and patriotic, bid unfortunate nation may gain taped • once in the art of legi.lation, and become by its own wisdom released (ruin the yoke of revoiutiutivry theories, which the authors as well as the framers of the Constitution ct . leave lately arknnwledeed to be incompatible with social order. and especially in a great monarchy composed of many provinces, and mixed people. Dnulille.ia many Spaniards wish to reader to their King hie true dignity, and to their country real liberty. " If they succeed, Spain, regetiersied by her own elforis, will falsify the revolutionary apitit, ant that contradiction will produce mare benefit than a couuter revolution brought about by.foreign armies." Extract of a letter front S.int;ago de Chili, date(' (11:44 ,6 - N \ June 7:—" The Chili in fleet, with the exception of the Aramcano, has returned to Valp4raiSo. Cochrane lately despatched her to run down the coast of Mexico. The Spanislt tiigate re pii , 23 is ) the hands of the Cittavaquililians, and the rettia 7 r , in those of the Peruviaas: the right to 'he latter is to be decided by tl.e Ministers of Chili and m Lima.; "°•N• The coast Intern is under the s e ver es t d ecre e of blockade by the L'ort Government, :although but V' t. two small schooners watch it front A taca m a to Lima. The brig Jima, with a valuable cargo, h is been sent . Ic:ra iiita Lima by the schooner La Cruz, and coadonotal lx.th vessel and cargo In the lira ()mitt No. 1,389.—V0L. XV. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. MADRID, Sity.r. IG.—A funeral service in ho nour of the National Guards who fell on the 7th of July, in defence of the public liberty, was cele brated yesterday with the greatest pomp, in the cathedral of this city. General Pa!area, Political Chief of Madrid, has published an ordnance of the police, which enforces some old regulations for the preservation of public tranquillity. They relate chiefly to strangers, some of whom, says the ordnance, may be emisider.al as abusing the hospitality generously afforded them.— They lutist all give a satisfactory account of their business in the capital, and those %yin, are suspectid must give sufficient security taitthe Alcade of the; quarter. unless they prcii:r leavikglie kingdom. '• The local authtlitierlf the'Ernvirans of - Madrid not having sepainted ttrlnlicaltier with tli; passage of,anband of even c fiagious, he 116 tle s annouaceaVt the - inbcir of 4he municipalities 4 shall be ilititqadlty ound to give him due notice in future w es any factious pass through or stop in their distfiet, on pain of being fined. The evernment bas just given pressing orders to send a prompt supply of corn to the tartrcsses in Catalonia. The corn is to be embarked at Bilboa, Almeira, and Alicant. .1- •46 • The accounts from the provinces arc not ittterol - ing, but state that, generally, all•the tregimentskif qt , militia are in motion, sonie for Caellunia, others to a the parts left by the regular troops, who have been sent likewise to Cambia.. I It is said that many troops have arrived at Sara • g ,ssa, and that on the 30th there were to be fifteen thousand at Lerida. LISBON, `EPT 20.—The order of the day was the last reading of the constitution. Senor Fernandez Pinheiro read a paper, in which after stating various rcaious, he concluded by say ing, that to comply with the wishes of his consti tution, he must openly declare that he could not possibly sign the Constitution. This being read a second time, and supported by the author and by Senor Castro e Silva, it was dsscussed and retimred to the Committee of the Constitution. . M Bruameamp said, he could not conceive how it was possible that some of the deputies from Br,ail should have besides their powers us deputies sepa rate instructions ; and it' they had any, he did not understand that could have any validity, or serve as a pretext thr any doubts ; that these very deputies had assisted in drawing up the constitution, voted in its articles after they had been discussed, and now that the work was finished, refused to sign it. It is not possible: nor is it possible that such &con dition should exist in their powem (or credentials ) I therefore propose to refer them to the committee of the constitution, to be examined us far as they relate to this subject. The president put this pro posal to the vote, which was approved. Sa►T. 16 —lt appearing that there is a deficiency of corn in the kingdotn, the agricultural committee propose to admit foreign corn to be deposited in the port of Lisbon. Ist . Any merchant shall be at li berty to import foreign corn (trigo wheat) into the port of Lisbon for the next three months, subject to certain regulations. 2. When the average price ut Portuguese corn is SOU roes, for..ign corn shall be admitted us follows: I.—When the 4e price i• between 803 and 930 reel, foreign coro ally be sold iir equal proportion with Puituguese —th*t is, lode of each. 2.--NN hen the average price is between 900 end 900 rees, two thirds of foreign corn may be sold 3.—W hen the average exceeds hbio reel, the whole quantity May be foreign. SiPT. 17.—The committee of the constitution presented its opinion on the steps vet to be taken in swearing, to and publishing it. They propol.te that his Majesty shall repair to the Palace of the Cortes. on the Ist of October, to take the oath in form; and that the President leaving presented to his Majesty the Holy Evangelists, he shaft lay his right hand on the book and say, " 1 accept, and swear to ob serve, and cause to be observed, the political eon. stituti.in of the Portuguese Monarchy, which the Constitutional Cortes of the some nation lusre jut decreed." E