The National Register. — London, England, 1820-04-30 00:00:00

~.,~- FOREIGN I.‘TELLIGEACE. ACCOUNTS FILOM SPAIW. We have remarked with surptise an article in the Constitucionci, iu which the Chief of the 'Venezue lan Patriots, Simon Bolivar, is warmly attackel It is said, that as Santa-Fe de Bo g ota he put to 250 ecclesiastics, monks, and rich persons ; und that, not content with these murders, he en riched himself by exactions ; tha General Morales has assembled a body of 5,000 men, well organized, who ore the terror of the Patriots. It is also an nounced, that General Motiilo has obtained an ad vantage over the Patriot Paez. It is true, that these articles are extracted from a paper of Carac has, but the Cons!iimeionel adopts them without add:ng any reflections. The present composition of the Ministry com prises the most influential members of the Cortes of Cadiz. This circumstance renders them ineligible as Deputies. The Government is in this respect in the same situation as that of Louis XVI. would bare been, if, as had been proposed in MO, the King had taken Mirabcau and his friends as Mi- nisters. The Junta of Madrid is occupied seriously in putting in activity a regular system of custom du ties. They will be immediately applied to the ex treme frontiers of the kingdom, and those which exist in the interior, from province to province, will be suppressed. Some anxiety has been felt at Madrid respecting General Cruz de Mourgeon. On the 31st of March he entered Xeres with half of the division under his command, that is, 3,000 men, who had arrived there by forced marches from Utrera it is not vet known for what object. On the 30th General O'Donojhu ordered the Queen's battalion and that of America to march out of Cadiz, and to station themselves between the land-gate and the Cortadura. It was said dint they purposed to effect a counter-revolu tion ; but we have received a proclamation addressed by this General to his troops. He prsys his soldiers to believe that " his Majesty swore to the Constitu- Cain without the least constraint, and by a move ment of his own magnanimous heart Soldiers, listen not to false rumours, our holy religion is not outraged. The person of the King is sacred and invio able." Ti,is proclamation proves that there had been some fermentation among the troops. MADRID, APRIL 10. —Yesterday the Members of the Constitutional Municipality were chosen, and the elections have met with general approbation. Among them are merchants, land proprietors, gran dees, &c. The unfortunate Alit. at Cadiz is the ugly blemish our revolution has experienced, and it is lucky it was not worse, for a counter-revolution was plotted, and was to have been carried into effect on Maundy Thursday, the SUtli, but it was discovered by a sujeant of one of the regiments, who had received :2,000 dollars to distribute among Ma people. Some arrests have followed, and among those sent to prison are three Members of the Junta de Itemoplazos. In the place where they were in the habit of assembling, 10,000 dollars were found, and it appears that a few friars and curates were the persons who had formed the underhand project of suborning the troops. Fortunately these mad and nefarious projects ure of no avail, and will only serve to ruin a new ambitious individuals in the opinions of their 1010 w-citizens. The troops in La Isla will not qui, their positions till the Cortes assemble. In the Pi - winces the militia are arming. CADIZ, APRIL 4.—1 was just going to dine, when I heard teat die valiant Quiroga was about to make his entrants into the town, and that every prepara tion was making to receive him. I hastily tintsbei. ray repast, on reaching the street of San Fran cisco, I sae descending, from the square of San Antonio, the kittalion of Antigun, 800 men, lEnging to tla La Isla party, whence they bud just arrived, having first gone to the square of the Con stitution to salute with their colours the obelisk raised Intl. in lamour of our national code. It would re inipt,ssiuk to explain the enthusiasm of the tro ps belooging to this corps, and the people who wee seen hailing and embracing them on all sides. The balconies were hung with silks, told crowded with spectators, ant the inhabitants walked before toe troops, with palms in their hands. The isatalittu loov,•it off to their quarters, and I went on to see Quiroga s entry, but how can I convey to you an idea of this pleasing and tender sight? Scarcely was his coluni • known, and the whole of the ground from the Cort;lura to the square of Sall Juan de Dios, was thl in•ged with people; balconies, tort of the houses, t tilled, even the city wails and ton ers, so anxious was every hotly to see this brave and distingui.iu , l man to whom kis country is so much Indebted, and who little more than three months ago was an inmate of one of our prisons.—The party from La Itsl.l reached tile Curtadura, and was re ceived with tliseharges of artillery and every other demonstration of joy. The people forced Quiroga and those who accompanied him to slight from their THE NATIONAL IMGISTIt: horses, and they ascended a beautiful triumphal car, prepared for the occasion, in which sat Quiroga, Riego, Lopez Banos, our new Governor, Don Car tano Valdes and O'Donajhu, drawn by the people. Parties of soldiers preceded them, and an immense concourse of the most distinguished inhabitants on horseback. Generals Ferro and Cisneros attended - in coaches. On reaching the square of San Juan ' de Dios, Quiroga alighted at the Governor's hoe e, but the people demanded he should chew himself at the balcony. There the Governor placed on his head a crown of laurel and roses which had been prepared thr him. The scene was too much for Quiroga, he was so greatly atkcted that he burst into tears, and they were obliged to take hint in. A more interesting spectacle was never witnessed ; it tilled me with a thousand recollections. Would to God those could have been present who think we are incapable of appreciating the advantages we have just attained. In short, we arc all happy, with the exception of a very few, too servile and too merce nary to prize the blessings their fellow-citizens enjoy, but this is only a dark spot in the general scene, and they will be left to the remerse of their own consciences. PAIIIS, April 2 , 2.—Yesterday, after maw:, the King tra.isacted business with the Duke de Riche lieu and the Minister of %Var. A pamphlet, entitled Apercus liistoriques, has been seized by authority, at the Constitt.tieaal Li- brary of Brissot-Thivars. M. Chevalier, one of the Editors of the Biblio- Ilique Hislorique was arrested yesterday. The cause is not known. The Journal de Paris says—" We can inform certain propagators of disastrous reports, that their effOrts are useless ; no one believes either their af fected good. intentions or their had news. What ever they may do or think, France enjoys in every quarter the most per Let tranquillity." It is said, that the Cabinet of St. James has re plied to the official notilical of the changes recently produced in the government of Spain, that it sees with pleasure the adoption of a system which Eng land had long considered useful, and even necessary, for the welfare of the Spanish nation. COlOl.l, API:IL B.—Sir Thomas Maitland, the Lord High Commissioner, has just opened the third session of the Legislature of the lonian Isles. Its Excellency commenced, his speech on the occasion by congratulating them upon the tranquillity of the United Isles. That tranquility, lie observed, had been last year momentarily interrupted by the tumult at Santa Mauro; but the instigators had been detected; firer of them had paid the finiCit of their lives, and the property of the fligitives from justice had been confiscated. That event had been preceded by the most heinous calumnies against the executive power, and against Great Britain; his Excellency theretbre recommended, that a committee of the legislative corps should be immediately ap pointed to investigate and record upon it. He was determined to exercise the const.tutional power intrusted to hint with firmness, but ut the same time with that moderation and mildness which became the subject of the free nation to which he belonged. Alluding to the cession of I'arga, he observed, that it took place by virtue of treaties to which England had been ever faitaful—she had indemnified the Parganioto, and granted them the rights of citizen ship in the lonian Isles. His Excellency next pro ceeded to review ,he financial Issiturces, and congratulated them slime' their satisfactory state. He as-used then, that the administration was actively ocarytea in measures iltr the promotion of littera:4l prosperity, watch would promptly be laid before mem; the health laws particularly %salad be rea tiered .ess burdened, by new regulations. Lord Guildthrd. he observed, had been charged to organize a plan of public etimatiott. After developing, at length, these points of political economy, his excel isncy thus concluded:—" 1 am so fully convinced of the advantage, which the Constitution of 1817 wilt proauce ism these isles, that I frankly avow to you I am not at all disposed to make the slightest changes in concession to the theoretical upioions of any one. Should experience demonstrate the im perfection or inadequacy of existing enactments, I shall be always ready to concur in such measures as may promote the prosperity of the United States of the lonian Isles." STUTOARD, April 15.—The marriage of his 7•_.a jest y the King with her Serene Higness the Princess Palllitla of Wurtemberg, daughter of his highness the late Duke Louis of Wurtemberg, was solemnized to day in the Royal Palace. The ceremony was performed at twelve o'clock, in the Great Gallery, by the Chief Court Chaplain, Prelate d'Artel, in presence of the members of the Royal Family who are now here, of the whole Court, as well as of the officers of the Hoosehild of his Majesty, the Queen Dowager, and of those of the members of the Royal Family present, the Diplomatic Body, the Staff-officers of this and the neighbouring garrison, the Royal Ministers, a de- lunation from both the Chambers of the States and of the Unit ersity of Tubingen, and the Magistrates of this city. After the ceremony their Majesties went to the Presence Chamber, to receive the congratulations of the Court, the Diplomatic Body, &c. after which there was a grand entertainment, and in the even. ing a ball. Filo.ll LAST .VIGIIT'S GAZETTE. This Gazette notifies the appointment of Thomas Brooko. of S , aftind. Gehl. to be a Master Extraordinary in the Court of Cinuitety. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. J. A Wilkes, Birmingham, glass toy maker, from May 15, to July 1. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. J. and I'. Gundry, Goldsitiiney. Cornwall, merchants. BAN KitUPTS. W. Biggar, Manchester, brazier. Solicitors, Messrs. Milne and Parr ) , Temple. .1. Kinder. Manchester, cotton spinner. Sol. Mr. Ray, Man' chester. W. I , jun. Rochdale, Lancashire, woollen manufacturer. Sol. Mr. Chippindalc, Crane Court, Fleet Street. G. Bate, Itroitol, victualler. Sol. Mr. Meredith, Lincoln'. Inn New Square. W. Burton. Oxford Street, upholsterer. Sol. Mr. Hill, Wel beck Su, et, CiivetatiAt Square. J. F. Machin and .1. S. (id, Gloucester Street, Queen Square, surgical instruniint makers. Sol. Mr. tiny ward, Temple. J. Smith, Fulham. plumber Sol. Mr. Lang, Fenchurch St. J. anti J. Boner, ISrailtbrd, Yorkshire, woolstaplers. Sol. Mr. Makinson, Temple. M. and K. Edwards. Newport, Monmouth, linen drapers. Sols. Messrs. Jenkins, .lame , , and Abbott, New Inn. J. Newington, Tunbridge, Kent, farmer. Sols. Messrs. Gregson and Fonncrcau, Angel Court, Thnigmorton Street. T. 11. Parker. Kingston, Surrey, wine inaction'. Sol. Mr. Halatin, Piazza Chambers, Covent Garden. M. Cope, Derby, ironmonger. Sot. Mr. Wolston, Holborn Court, Gray's Inn. DIVIDENDS. May 20. J. E. Hoolbooni, Union Court, Broad Street, mer chant-20, W. Sennott, Bowling Green Lane. Clerkenwell, sczvenger-20, R. Fairer, Bread Street, Cileapside, waiehouse • man-13, H. li. Piaw, Riches Court. Lime Street, merchant -20. J. Graham, Birniingliam, linen draper-9A J. Wilkiuson, W. Horne, and .1. Wilkinson, Friday Street, warehousenien -21), I. B. Belcher, Hatfield Broak, Eivex, linen draper-20, G. Kershaw, Rumford, Essex, shopkeeper-2G, C. Bensley, Stroud, Gloucestershire, mercer-24..1. Ingiana, Halifax, York, and S. Haley. Bradford, woolstaplers-25. R. Brumwell. Newcastle upon Tyne, hatter-30, 'l' Parkinson, sen. Scawhy, Lincoln, T. l'arkin,on, jun. Kingston upon Hull, and .1. Lilley, Soul mates, York. ratf merchants-31, W. Bowles, T. Ogden, and G. Wyndham, tv Sarum, and J. Barrow, Shaftesbury. bankers-24, J. 'Woodward, Banbury, Oxon, upholsterer-20, .1. Davidson, Beer Lane,'lon cr Street, merchuat-20, T. Law ford and S. Grinr-dick, St. Mary Axe, say factors--30, F. W. Rutledge, Commercial Road, corn dealer-30, W. Burton, Coro lla), auttioacer. CERTIFICATES to be granted May 29. B. Timms, Burr Street, Ea,t Smithfield, merchant—J. Wil liams, Crowland, Lincoln, grocer —j. H. Forster and C. Dobson. Norwich, manufacturers—W. Dickinson, Scalby, York, coal merchant—W. Tomlin:mi. Hinckley, Leicester. innkeeper —J. Keates, Leek, Stutford, innkeeper—W . Biter, Greenwich, butcher —D. Aguilar, Devonshire ticuale, wine ineichaiit—'l'. Rogers, Worcester, hay salesman—W. Goddard, Lowestoft, miller. We learn with pie, use .oat Miss Macauley is in a state of convalesence, and will shortly appear in public, It is said t hat she has promised to exert her brilliant powers in behalf of an interesting charity. On the night of St. Parrick's Ball she is expected to snake her first appearance, and by a gratuitous display of her much admired talents give to the assembled friends of humanity a gratifying repast previous to the ball. A niceini4 ui slv clergy, mierelrnits, and pilot:nisi in hamiants was held on Monday lard, " for the p ti poss . of .ttlopting tura;nre , i for checking the de.. sultis or the disalt. (twit supporting the constituted au !thus Ines, rut pi idecitng the lives and propeity of the peoceolile roil or the cool 1111 l tiny," a eel y excellent sit ii.;; oos passed. They are id iistmlanee ebe tolloo flit . list rting view with the deepest in's ow the late a icked alteiiipt• to subvert she peace aleiciy, and that they pledge Ilwitiselves to uphold lice laws with all their poweis, and firmly to oppose every act or eustebottlination : loot they rely with pet feel con fidence oil the civil authority •s and exeanix mildaty twee, lielievim: thesis compktely a .5 spate sa, rieserse she se; trinity of she town: that 1111, lies eel% or the unpnrclloled sliAtest , of the lauuwtog classes, to which else picsent dis.atifaction Is pi aicepatly to he at omitted : that they rail lireil) iuspluir Iht sitleillion of the Legislature " to the calminielit• situation of the lately funaisbiog uisttict," to devise, it possible, some remedy for the present alarming distress; 41111 that petition, to this etit et lie drawee op, signed, and pi esented to his AlajeAy and the House or Commons. These are she aVu‘vii!,., and the line of eoliths et, %%Inch are suited to the piesetit cie tun7tassees of the (tiding. It is proper that tile insurgents should he promptly and firmly resisted, and that the constituted assehorities should be suppoited in their effuses to preserve the public peace. It is also jailiculus to *sem tans owl declare unhesitatingly what is • re the wain cause of the dissatistactiou. Ity in..; to mete political feeling the 4Cliulir which ate the coll....tpicilee sit' Unrelieved and apparently hopeless outset), she legislature might be fatally Winded, .tittl slid wintry is repaiaisly in f used. Thu meeting which im plored these te-oltitions saw desp.eir bitting oil the bug garii cuuulruauecs of the unemployed pout —dist, es, its cants, and disaffection its eusiseipience; and they knew it would lee duel, a Will Step, only to leciminiend the necessity of ...indiums their excesses, Nitl,olll vufineiug the props tidy of celery lag their wants. In thy pets lions to be pi ementete Irma f o r limn of Wakefield, the legi,taiiire will ho 1 0 ,4 informed of the real evils which it should be their fiist concern to rectify. if they fairly aeknow It ilge I them, aim show t heti determination to adopt such ineasiiiett as null louse a reuscdy, or tend in tissue to produce it, we may my ed that we shall hear liU mute of the Maur section, but that the pike wilt be abandoned fur die stood' and the shears, and permanent trauquillily resuuse its rcigu.