The National Register. — London, England, 1823-03-16 00:00:00

1••••• , 1.0 ,4 • .. i W Y - 7 - - -- 0 .; Par ' ....1 ..••• I' • • • ' • • • - . 418 i. 1'..... ..i - . .. ...'. s. ~ . t ~ .s. ,• . 1..: . • J , " , , i- 1 . i S . , No. 1,410.--yoL: XVI. SUNDAY, . Deputaa, stances in which this session of the legislature is opened, presents a vast field to the patriotism of the representatives of the Spanish people, and will ren der it memorable in the national annals. Spain, at this moment the object of the atten tion of all nations, is about to resolve the great problem which occupies Monarchs and people. In its solution are involved the hopes, the fears, and the 4nterests of mankind—the caprices of ambition and pride. " The Continental Powers of the Holy Alliance tiave now raised the cry against the political institu tions of this nation, whose independence and liberty have been conquered with its blood. Spain, in reply to the insiduous intimations of those Poten tates, have solemnly manifested to the world, that, her fundamental laws can only be dictated by herself: " This clear and luminous principle is incapable of - being.atiacked, except by sophisms supported by arms; and those Who, in the lyth century, appeal to this last reason, give the must , 'ecisive proof of the injustice Of their cause. • " The Must Christian King has said that 100,000 Frenchmen are to eOlllO to settle the domestic affairs of Spsdn,. and tissassend :be errors of our isstitu tions. Whim before were soldiers commissioned to reform laws? In what code is it written that nsi liiury invasions way be the precursors of national felicity to any people? " It would be unworthy of reason to refute such antisocial errors, and it would nut be desirous in the Constitutional King of the Spains to apologize for the just national cause before those who, in order to subdue every feeling of shame, cover themselves with the mantle of the most detestable hypocrisy. • " I trust that the energy, the firmness, and the constancy of the Cortes ytll turns the best reply to the speech of the Must Christian King. I hope that, steady in their principle, and resolved to walk jn Il l e,patli of their ditty, they will always be . the C.ortes ut tfie 9th and 11th of January, and ever be tOuad in all respects worthy of the nation which has intrusted to theta its destinies. I hope that reason an d justice will nut show' less courage than the Gctuus of oppression and s:avery. This nation whiclicapitulutes with enemies whose bad faith is so notorious, is already subdued. To receive the law which is to be subdued by force of aims, is the extrame of ianon: ,y. " I war te altaady an unavoidable evil, the na tion is m a a a r t raisa us , and will again hasten to coin bat fur independence and civil liberty. The path of glory is already known to Spain, and all the sacri fices which this .contest may require will be easy to bar. Constancy and p a triotism present a. thousand resources; which in the . hands of Spaniards, always praouce the happiest results. • " For my part, I once more °War to the National Congress the co...opeTatuott of all my eti:nts to reJlize. l • lii,pes which the I riends of liberal institutions place in Spain, by carrying into execution all the mea sures within the compass of my authority to repel• force by force. The seasonable removal Of my ',er ica' and the Cortes to a pint less 'subject to the in- Vacsicr, of military. operations, will puralyza the enemy's plans, and prevent any suspicion in the int pulse of the Government, the action of which ought to Le felt in eta:l7 . point of the monarchy. " The army, whore services in the just cause ate so great, is complain:gond organizing, in pursuance of the last (let. IVO of the Cortes. The victories which it obtained against the factious, arc tinapre cursor.> of others 01 a snore important nature over the foreign enemy. " The provinces ia general, exhibit a very good portant. __ _ beee,coromented. the .national prosPerity•eli which those Jabbers lead will consolidate the constitutional system which valont and energy now defend. " Pal Ace, March 1. (lliipsd) w 11111161T1AND." A committee was appointed to draw up an an swer to the above speech, of which Arguelles, Valdes (Dun Cayetano), Solvate, Prado, and laturiz are members. The President adjottroad the sitting amidat the acclamations of the speceotocs izt the galleries. Matte* 4..-His -yesterday accepted the resignation of the ire `11( i 4416 who have been replaced. ' .• • • The seven eX-Ministate, who, after deserving the praise of all true lovers of liberty iluring their eon actuation tit the head of public affairs, returned to their posts on the night-of the 19th in order to pre vent evils tif greater consequeoces, and thereby' made one of the greatest sacrifitafx an the altar of their country, will carry with Oran, in their retirement to the rank of siMple Indititloals,•the hettedictina . of all honest men, and'otleU true lovers of their ' country the great services which theY have reu dered. We. Sire aisurtil that tbdiew ministers 'allot enter Open the function, till the former have given an account to the Cortex Of the state of their re spective departments. Estrum. of a private Letter front Madrid —The sitting of the t2tl was very important. A member ruse and stated, that positive intelligence had been received that 35,000 French troops were ,to enter Spain un the 3tli of March. Ea proposed, that the ministers should be culled in, and required to state what precautions they had ruken for tile defence of the kingdom? and - what arrangements they had made to transfer the seat of Government to a safer place than Madrid. The ministers declared that they had taken all the measures in their power for the defence of the 'kingdom twainst•foreign invasion, but that they experieneed ob stacles iu changing the seat of Government. The Cones ea this decreed, that on the following dayi(the 3d) they would take . into consideration the necessity of changing the seat of Government, and detenpine the place to which it should be transferred. The mioistry had net been changei, as was anticipated. •- - • • RiIYONNE L'II'E.LLIGENCE. BAYONNE, Marten 8. 7 -The troops whose arrival was announced continue tit conic in regalia succes sion, and, almost all go i cantonments in the vit. lades on tho frontieritti,f pain. The 23,1 of the y hue, and 7ili of light it antry, are the first which girinto the camp forming between Urragne and the Bid:is:ant, and which opusist, it is said, of 10 or 12,000 men. A great dumber or v‘:ssels have arrived in oar port from Bretagne, laden . wit;i grain, „hick has given occaSitna to great speculations and pur chases. The contractors lOr bread and forage to the army . have bought 12 catigoes. (enenil Quesada has returned to our city, after having embarked a grAstAaaatity of muskets and aminiiiiiiion, and a large sum of mon e y, on board of three harks, belongmg to the I)e:enders of the Faith, which were at Sueoa, and were to sail .yes terday. ''he getteralAutving learned that three or Cour vessels of the constitutional party, sent from Balboa, were cruising in the neigithourhood, pii). bably did not thiakproper to embark. The Trap . pist remains - at St. J(1111 tle:Luz, where he has be come an object of the ridicule and conteinpt of the inhabitants and of the French soldiers. The (uiluw incl is malt us trom thtt town:— The Ctitaluniaus most.be very fanatic and ig- :. , . . . Iv ' - e •-• .-* —'• + • . .1* X• 121. .. ~ i 11 ,I*\_ totitt L r.X: . • ikt 'V" Y Our ging, Consititugant anti Salmi. . . lit 7 •§"eirZA • •t !H IS, 1823. : • rklex 9iD icanselves to be led away as this Trapp*, who, inspirations, would, mike trance into Spain, those f religion would vanish , hich he always carries ventured to pass the follower's, though there Constitutionalists on he succeeded, 'as ho est to facilitate the de. . lastly, though be pra. powder and adman, he proposal of a sergeant the cross in his hand) his musket at the distance of 416 . paces. These people (the Defenders of the Faith) Cannot inspire our soldiers with much eotifidence, for we all despise them." The valet de chembro of Lard Somerset. whom his master had sent before, liras been at Bayonne fir these six days, waiting liir him, which makes it imagined that some new incident had detained ,his lordship at Madrid. Mr. Harvey, the English cop- Sal at Bayounc, has just sent an express to Madrid with despatches which he received from the English. - consul at Bordeaux. The reg ular mail from M a d r id o f the•24.l has not yet arrived at Bayonne. We do not know whether it has . been stopped by the band of Merino at Su minima; however, we have news ham Old Castile by way of Valladolid, the mail limit Vittoria, mad the tl.:ee Biscayan provinces. The news spread by the Conimittee of the Faith, that 'l3,aisieres was marching to the Ebro wall lU,uOO or 22,000 hien, lit false. . We have received accounts from Madrid by a prig vete conveyance, from which we euraet the folios- ing pasaiges:— • Idantuu.' Fira: 18.... We • **Jo). perfect irentioil-' lity here, though Still a prey to the division of par. tics. A change in the ministry is ?till spoken of; , some are thr claiming a new 'ministry from the pan yr, of Cevallos, Castanus, Palafox; and others from that of Catibai, Salved, and ltuateru.Alpuente. floweve4 it be, under the circumstances in which the nation is now ptseed, it,will be difficult to find a ministry 'able to conciliate all parties, and •to take the measures that are requisite to suvu the country front thedis.. ; • solution with which it is threatened, ter various very alarming reports are in circulation. It is said that' there will immediately be funned in Andalusia, Va lencia, Catalonia, and Galicia, separate governments, which shall provide for the defem-c of their respec- - live territories, detaching themselves from the capi. tat, which is at preset* only a 1012113 of intrigue and dis , ;ard. Such at least is the real plan of the Cow. inunerous, and the 4...xecution of it is inure than pre bable, evecially in case of foreign invasion. There never was such a mass of inflammatory -publications as may inundate the capital. party labours at its uwa ends, but none attend to the - prutawal object. t Extract of a Letter from Perpignan, dated March . I.—Every thing announc e s the approach of lava., sion ; the arrival of troops, caissons, and ammuni. • Lion ; the labours of the Regency to arm and dot,.. the soldiers of the Faith--‘tiic arrival of the airon d'Ernles. It has been Kcltled that the soldiers of the Faith who are in this department' shall be or ganited into five battalions, under. tin The Division of Spain." On the . company of bonze artillery-and of the train from this town: trie one to Thuir,. the Terrats.. On the same day ant ived from rior, 2t caissons, 5 eigh.-pounders, S s i7 witzerm, IS::: horses, and 110 soldiers of and one company of artilleri, of the Narbonne, who escorted the convoy. G, merest has departed - our Tottlou•a: —l'c si millions t:f francs in ,gold arrived lot the receiver general, and a cousii.ei al& serve is to b: supplied by the departments. hundred thousand frames arc already provided. The King is again under the'painful influence rf the gout, thoult the attack is much less revere ?Ivo) on the late occasion. The unweheu.ue return or the inaludy is attriLutod to the sudden change in the :readier. SPANISH PAPER. . spirit; the evils Which they have suffered frepu those norant to have suffered themes • who style themselves de - et) of religiop,have die- by as stupid and &tunic a man t ORDINARY COItTES, SATURDAY, 111i1.01 1. pivoted the illusitins of ignorant, and convinced by meant of his p re t en d e d l oop . OP E NING or TIM . SEMIIOI"..—KIND'iI bPELCII%, all men that the conati , . is the only right path. es believe that at his cotton A letter was read from the Secretary of State fur , „ The chaegeew ... wive taken place in our whom he calls . the enemies of i Grace and Justice, which informed the Cones that fbreign relations hove , ' .eptented the spirit of the at the of the crucifix wli 'the state of his Majesty's health did not permit him nation ;--tber tiinid, alit never see the re- abdut him ; yet he has not 1 • • to be at the opening of this Cortes, but.the Secre sources of the, Amen - . - the ma l evo l ent who Ilidassoss with twenty of his fill Caries of State were in attepdanco to sowalaAV 11 , 0 - .... . it , • rub waskiwea v iavvr can was dilly a week post at the to t ote President, the speech • hitt would 4 , , , e the iet i s f .,. t , , - alt. s: - ti -•.,• ' ". litaatiliaus of bit,- slan other side. Neitbir has 'digefieffitrtilUtift =''''''q • re mak* row toast6On ollnyhag the Wipe, parture of the yawls; a nd L- - , -Ilse Secretary of State for the Hasp Dworep ..,, The i l lN grogen ' th i • of the public admini- ten d s n t h ° i nvu l nera bl e b y poi anent then handed the speech to the Prtaident, *ha read it to the Cortes, It is as }allows:-4 stration afford in general ti very favonntWe prospect. has declined acceding t o th e p i Senores Deputies , -i—The extraordinary circum- The Cones with their itiOgla saki continue the un- ur the 23d, to stand ( w ith t l stances in which this session of the leeislature is .. K onae t . tauoun which hive been tormented. and the fire of hi s m us k e t at t h e (J ;he name of 27th ult.. ji tv t • mitt dopari ' . 4 ' the sewn i-, 1t, , .• , um the 11. 0 ;, -.; '64T • NlK.tilift v,, :.. )f that 11041 P, resin t ,4 . 4 ': .1 General , . . eatiertlay '...-2..r,;- t the citigt. NW __—,- i ) Ile sum lIINCV 111. S.:ver4l• :51 l '