The National Register. — London, England, 1820-04-10 00:00:00

111 A ilI AFF.IIRS or SPAIN. MADRID, MARCH `23.—Private lettersfrom Cadiz of the 17:11, state, that there was no excess of any description to which the troops had not abandoned themselves; 414 of the inhabitants were killed, t'oo dangi.rously wounded, and about 400 wounded s.:verely or slightly ; there was not a house which Lad not been plundered of something. On the 1 I th, in consequence of an inhabitant firing upon a whiter, the disorder re-commenced; but General Carapana put himself at the head of score patroles, and restored order. Tl:c 13th, the troops in the Isla de Leon, opened the fire of a new mortar battery on the Cortadura, but Admiral Villavicencio having communicated to them the decrees of the 6th and 7th March, the fire ceased on the 16th, and the troops in the Isla eat a flag of truce, with military music, to Cadiz, to announce their submission to the Kiug. Our Official Gazette gives the public a crowd of rt;:urts o'' the military chiefs, both of the land and :4:4 forces, entrusted with didbreat services in An d4iusia, and especially in the town and port of The only document which relates the circum st,inces of the catastrophe of the 9th itLitant in that unhappy town, is the report which Admiral Villa vieemio makes to the Minister of War, which is as follows " The day before yesterday, intelligence, which I received from all sides, announced to me that un easiness prevailed among the crews of the fleet, on account of the fatal and contradictory news which had been propagated respecting the state of some of the Provinces. I wrote to the Commandant Gene ral to watch over the maintenance of order, anti to to take care that the navy should not lose in an in instant the good r2putation acquired by conduct as wise as it has been steadily maintained. I sought to gain time, and I thought that the pretext on which the agitators would rely would speedily &N. " Thi pcople were also in a state of effervescence; every thing auflounced a terrible explosittn. It was said 11 ut the garrison were resolved to carry every thing before then, and this report was but too wail founded. At this ,nom,t:t, Dan. E. Freyre, General in Chief of the United Army, who being informed as well as myself of the state of men's songht to remove by his presence the evils with which we were all menaced, came to me. I informed him of the measures which 1 had already taken, and he approved of them ; wishing on his aide to follow my example by gaining lime, without directly opposing to the people a force which (be sides) did not inspire entire confidence, lie detached some officers to different quarters to sound the dis position of the two parties, and to endeavour to obtain a sort of truce till the general wish of the nation Gib positively known, and till the orders which were expected by the two couriers who were in armor, were received from the Capital. But all the report:. convinced us that as soon as it was night the troops would throw off their obedience, and that the City would be in a state of combustion. " General Freyre and myself, with our Aides de Camp, and other persons, went through the Square ot Sun Antonio, when the alarm depicted in all thces announced the alarm of the mind. Nevertheless there was no positive disposition, and we each went to oar homes to vintner. I made haste to return to General Freyre, because every thing made me I.:el the necessity of corning to a resolution before night tall. It was necessary to save Cadiz from the evils which were about to overwhelm its inhabi tants. We thought the best means would he to r:puir again to the square ot San Antonio, and invite vie assemlded 'ante to wait with tranquillity UM' news of wi.at passed in the interior of the kingdom, and for tl.e orders of authority. " Scarcely had General Freyre began to speak, when an alarming and universal cry of ' Viva la f_Awastrel the stifled his voice. To these noisy ex clamations was swill added the sound of the parish 1 . bells of the square. Nothing was to be dune but to yield to the torrent; it was necessary, to calm the gercral effervc cence, to promise that time next day the Constitution should Le proclaimed The night was consecrated to joy. The people gave themselves up to it with transport. '1 he city wa.: illuminated . grcupes of musicians paraded the streets: nothing was heard but' Yiaa la Constitution,' but no excess .eule place. " The beat order was observed till the nest day at eleven o'clock, when the people flocked to the Square of San Annn° to (witty the festival, at which every one had promised himself the pleasure of Ming present, and which was announced in the Diaru of that day. Stiddenly the battalion of the guides of the General presented themselvs, and first a volley on the multitude. I arrived at this moment with Freyre, and we exhaus:ed ourselves with a'' rts to restrain the ardour ot the troops : the tab . ens rushed towurad the side streets to escape from death ; but fixing was ht.tard on all sides, and in a THE NATIONAL REGISTER. few minutes, the troops having generally declared in favour of the King, spread itself tumultuously in the diarent quarters of the town, and committed all the horrors of which an unbridled soldiery, deaf to the voice of its Commanders, is capaide.-.- There were numerous victims, many robberies, and other crimes against person :Lad property. " General Freyre ran to the head-quarters to give orders, and endeavour to restore discipline. I myself went to the Cortadura of San Fernado, where my presence was not useless ; for the report had already been spread, that I was arrested, and the troop of the royal marine, which covers this post, was much agitated. I went home to take some refreshment, and immediately after I rejoined the head quarters, from which successively issued numerous patrols, commanded by officers charged to restore good order, and to call together the soldiers who abandoned themselves to all sorts of excesses. At live the town was nearly tranquil ; the night was tolerably quiet, and at eleven o cluck I returned to my dwelling" Letters of the 17th ult. have arrived from Cadiz, but without communicating much additional iathr pation on the state of that City, or affording any distinct clue to the origin or the authors of the late massacre. Up to that day the shops and the houses remained closed, few persons venturing into the streets; and mercantile transaeti. as were so completely suspended, that no bills were paid, or indeed offered for payment. It appears that some time previously to the fatal 10th of Marsh, the in habitants of Cadiz had been called on to deliver up what sabres and fire arms they had in their posses sion, and were forbidden to appear in public with the long knife usually worn by the lower orders, which is rendered in their hands, by peculiar dex rerity in its use, a most formidable and dangerous weapon. Deprived of this defence they fell an easy prey to the brutality and fury of the soldiery. They had subsequently, however, again equipped them selves with those and other means of defence, and had accumulated in their houses quantities of ::tunes and bricks, so that there was reason Jim supposing, hat the tr,,ops manifested any disposition to renew the attack, that a general massacre of the military would have taken place. This spirit had already manitested itself in individual acts of revenge, particularly by the gypsies, who, in Cadiz, exetetse the more laborious description o: trades, and who are said to have destroyed seventy men of the regi ment of Guia, the leaders in the tragical deeds of I the 10th. They would have despatched inure of them, had not those troops been removed in the night, and carried across the bay to Port St. Mary's. A considerable portion of the garrison, it is said, have been removed in a similar manner. Notice was given that the Constitution would be proclaimed on the Bth, but the civil authorities were deter mined nut to attend any solemnity of that nature till the whole of the troops were removed front the city. These letters contain HU mention of Freyre ; and, what is still more remarkable, are silent con cerning Quiroga, and the troops in the Isle ut Leon, as it they had never existed. The number of per sons killed on the 10th is now stated to be as follow :-371 men, 29 women, and 36 children.— No names have hitherto been published, but they are supposed to have been chiefly of the lower ranks. SETTLERS IX AMERICA. -.IF The following extract from a letter just received by u gentleman near Portsmouth, trum 'Alr. J. aidlow, , a much esteemed man, anti a good prac tical farmer, who kit liorndean to settle in toe United Statc:t, %%111 Ix: read with much interest : " Park Place, Hear Evansville, Indiana. United :lwtes of Aim.; ca, pcc. 23, 1819. "By r,our iti Mr. Patillips, an English t.o.lii1,111.:0, residing near Prim:elms, iu this iteig,tabourh , iol, vs Ito will take his departure in a few dal?* for Etiriti.e, 1 avail snyseli of tile opportunity of at:dressing toy first lever to you ; 1 sitould have written much earlier, but knowing that dour :treat ul jest was information, I de termined to wait 141 had akaptircti sufficient experience in eatable me w desetthe our teal situation, as well as our twine prospects, and that of the olitittlt l i t:10%11. " My Wile and family, alter a tedious, toil not tut . pleai,ant, passage actoss the Atlantic, and a lotal...er and mole tedhais one down the Ohio ]titer, occasitimd tare great draught of Clue season, this water being lower hat; almost ever was before renaentb•red, at rived here in goon nealiit and sputit the latter end of October rand sun happy to intern' von, they are notch pleased with the country, •and ilia situation I had selected fur them, hiving preterreil 'lndiana to the lll.uois, Soon after my arrival, I entered two h dhseettons land, containing WO acres each , on one of those 1 had a caldit hulk at logs, which cost we 55 itollars it consisted of one rotint ei..,lttetut and a half feet syitare, with J chuomy of wood and plastered w ith rued, act:tutting to the custom tit the country. Almon the latiduie of liteettiser, Mil, after hating traversed the Laitahtry in various directions, 1 removed what mings we hail in the boat to my new cabin, then in an unfinished state, acid commenced house-keeping in Indiana. Mr. Ilortibru , ls, Eat lash • gentleman, with a younger brother and two Tiger:4 who had been to Mr. Ilirbeek's settlement, in quest of land, but not approving of Mr. B.'s terms, had, previous to my arrival, cost red a considerable quantity Of land, and built a cabin about a mile distant from where I ereeoqi mine; front this we da.e the commencement of the English set tlement near Evansville in Indiana Mr. H.'s cabin and mine, with a Mr. Armstrong's, an American, were the only urn that were (tinseled on a space of several miles in exte and the greater part of the adjoining being un cuitivated, we found considerable difficulty in obtaining a supply of rot isams and forage, and were often under the necessity of sending many miles to obtain it. In January, a M r. Potts, from Stockport, near Manchester, entered, built a cabin, and settled near Mr. Honibrook : and soon after, Mr. Ingle, from Huntingdonshire. also settled near us. lit April we laid olla new town, winch is called Sandersville; eleven cabins are already built and inhabited; it is situate on the main road from front Evansville to Princeton, Vincennes, and Fort Harrison Emierants from different parts of England are continu .oly joining us, and our number falls very little short of Von persons. •' During the wittier, which was very mild, we were busily employed in building two new 1011115, 13 feet square, behind the first cabin, for offices; splittin4 rails for hawing and clearing the lamb In April, 1 planted 21)1) peace a trees, cost three cents each, and peach-stones, from which 1 have trees oh the amazing height of .5 feet 7 inches, so astonishing is the vegetation in this country. In Mae, and early part of June, 1 planted t!O acres of maize (Indian corn): it is set in hills, front 3 and a half to four feet asunder, and though the be3SOll has been ra,her tinfaentir.tble, and the land new, I have grown upwards of 700 bush( Is. The leaf or flag, ga thered frinn the hock, in September, anti dried in the sun, makes excellent fodder for cattle; of this 1 have secured a considerable quantity, which together with grass mown on the prairies, anti made into hay, with which I am well provided, will subsist my horses and cattle during wittier. 1 had almost lorgottell to tell you that my garden was uncommonly productive, and gave us abundance of vcaetables; and my crop of potatoes and turnips is tolerably good. I have since built aont her room, same size as the usher, with brick chimneys, and sash windows to both, anti have another house neatly finished, of two 1001115 on a floor, two stories high, besides several buildings for the use of the farm. I have sown 13 acres of wheat, there is inn in this set tlement, and I intend to ohm 40 of 'whim corn, he s:des barley, &c., of which I wind give yon the paru codas in my next, :titd of which Mr. Ilernbrook, jun., will be the bearer. He expects to le.lve this country in fen days by way of Orleans. FROM SATURDAY NIGII7"S GAZETTE. This Gazette offers a reward of SOU. for the discovery of the author, printer. or publisher of a certain treasonable paper, en titled, " An Address to the inhabitants of Gnat Britain and Ireland," purporting to be issued by a committee of organization fur forming a provisional Government. and affixed on the walls and other conspicuous places in the City and environs of Glasgow. &c. &c. This Gazette notifies the appointment of It. Couch, Esq. of Balduck, Item, to be a Master Earraorilinary in the Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. C. Comber, Lurking, Surrey, carpaner, from April 8, to May 27. BANKRUPTS. J. Holt, Manchester, dyer. Solicitors, Messrs. Appleby and Sergeant, Gray's Inn Square. J. Bell, o,ienholine, NYestmoreland, farmer. Sol. Mr. Addi son, Staple Inn. J. Itucktun, Jermyn Street, St. James's, working jeweller. Sols. Messrs. Richardson and Miller. New Inn. W. Fear, Bads, Somerset, cabinet maker. Sul. Mr. Wood house. Temple. W. Gartner, Chalford, Gloucestershire, broad cloth menu facturer. Suls. Mesars. Dal and Co., Guildford Street. (:. Elliott, Rochester, Kent, grocer. Sol. Ali. Aubtey,Took's Court, Curator Street. W. It. Mott, Briglithelmsto , ie, Sussex, wine merchant. Sol. Mr. Hannan), Plana Chambers, Covent Gaylen. G. Rose, Sheffield. York, grocer. Sol. Mr. King, Castle Street. tiolhorn. T. Yates, sen. G. Yates, and T. Yates, jun. Yrtte Bank, Lan cashire. cotton spinners. Sol. Mr. Arnistiong, Swillra loin. H. Searsbrick, Jun. Liverpool, bread bilker. Sul. Mr. Chester, Staple Inn. 'Land T. Johnson, Lowestoft. Suffolk, shipwrights. Sol. Mr. Francis. New Boswell Court. J. Gram, Lullington Somerset, fuller. Sol. Mr. Ed• mom.s. Lincoln's Ins. I).lVihamn, FIOIIIC SO WOW, Somerset. shopkeeper. Sol. Mr. Erininnds. Lincoln's iota .1. Roy, Wolvernium.tou. Stafford, tea dealer. Sol. Mr. Ches ter, Staple Inn. J. Barker, Strand, hosier. Sol. Mr. Gregory, Maiden Lane, Wood Street. J. Beilin, Oxfcrtl Street, jeweller. Sols. Messrs. Sudlow and Co., Monument f ord. J. Frew, Jluseuw Street, Bloomsbury, baker. Suls. Masse. Panther and 'turner, L on don Street, hem:lint - eh stmt. S. C. Ali,er, Commercial Road, porter me:chard. So.s.Mesini. l'ot'. iall and Fairtiithne, Old Jewry. IIVIII,ENDS. April 29, W. Adam, Narrow Wall, Lambeth, timber mer chant-22. W. S. Evans, Claire) Suet), Middlesex, inickleyer —49. H. Richard=, Beacoustield, Buckingham, earl enttr-41, J. l'etut , , Ilmt.iug.lime burner—st 9, J. 11. and J. Hudson, Nencatitle-upon-Tyne, merchants—W. Lewis, and .1. A. Hen derson, Little 'rower Street, wine merchants-2U, W. 1 1111 " r• W est er, brewer-29, E. Burford, Clapti in, NI hut le sex, merenatit-29. I'. and I. Blackburn, Torneliapel Diek, Ply. nroutli, ship Holt ti sldls, toiebrock, Bucks, Icat..er seller—May 30, G. W. Wye, Newington Butts, mere:taut-4, J. Jaelo.on, Manchester, butcher—.M, J. Ila.dition, Aianci...eter warehouttimn— 2, J. Wilson, jun. Seuleoutet , , tl tug s inanogany Inerel::.i.t—t, J. and D. Saunders, Gloucester, grocers-8, g. Milton, next Stin k borm, Kent, butcher-- 2, .1. Greases, Fisit Street 'lull, leather nt..e CERTIFICATLS to he granted April 29. J. R. Brawn and It. M. New, l'unkry, stationer —E. Larg wortliy, Cannot Street, Packer—G. Julinsoit, Bristol, engraver —1). Peach, Camberv.ell, nivrchant-11. 1.. IA cand, treat Pic colt Street, GooMnan's Viddr, carver—R. Wilson, Bit tuingaani Inerclisnt—M. Hellyer, Et-st Storehouse,Devon , buuder—N.: J. Turner, Great Tower Street, mg-reliant—W. Jorasi, Purtpool Lane, llolborp, a eavcrive—W. went., MrYea, Ezscx, Liquor merchant.