The National Register. — London, England, 1820-03-20 00:00:00

9 2 .m........ INSURRECTION IN SPUN. I pram the French Papers.l According to letters from Madrid of the 28th of February, it is certain that Riego has marched upon Ecija, instead of Grenada, where he had not arrived so late as the 9.A. It seems that the Patriots before Cadiz have raised a battery opposite La Cortadura, to defend the approacl: of it. We are intimmed that the Court intends to change same of the principal officers of the army of Anda lusia. A courier has, it is said, set out to sutnmon thither General Espagne, a brave and determined officer. (Gen. Espagne is a Frenchman.) Some disturbances have broken out, as we are informed, among the troops in Galicia. The mili tia and the people have taken no part in them. We liave received the Madrid Gazelles of the 20th of February, which contain nothing but some eery old news from Mexico, and preserve an abso lute silence on the ttoub!es of which Andalusia is the theatre. The system adopted by the Spanish Government upon these events, is not of a nature to inspire confidence at the present moment, for, unfortunately, they must be assured of the progress of the insurrection. They must know. for instance, that Riego pursued his march on Grenada; and that on the 26th of February he was at Antiquera, which is oulv about 13 leagues distant. It is said, also, that the CapLtin General, Eguia, Commandant of the province, has quitted Grenada, taking with him some State prisoners. We arc assured that the King of Spain has been informed by despatches from the Regent of the Royal Court of Corunna, of an insurrection which broke out in that town on the 21st of February. It is the troops who have raised there the standard of revolt. They have published the constitution, and arrested the Captain General of the province. It appears that the Royal Court has quitted the city. As soon as the news from Galicia arrived at Madrid, a Council Extraordinary was called, at which the recall of aeveral General Officers was resolved on. The letter< train Bayonne furnish us with a great deal of news from Spain. A report was current in that city, that at Castropol, in Austria, there had been insurrectional movements, and that the re volters had committed there great excesses. The constitution, according to the sante letters, was pub lished on the 28th or 29th of February. Nothing positive is yet said as to the operations of Mina, who has foetid some partisans in the valley of Bastan. We are assured, nevertheless, that he has seized on Orbaiecta, where he has organized his band, said t, be already pretty numerous It is sup posed that the Governor of the province of Guipus coa, Gen. Areizaga, will transfer his head-quarters from Tolosa to St. Sebastian. A pascal coming from Spain, who passed Bour deaux on the .sth, related, as certain, the news of the insurrection of Corunna, whete the constitution was proclaimed on the 20th of February. I'his in telligence was announced to the Government by the director of the posts of Lugo, The commandant of Burgos has sent three squadrons of cavalry, under the orders of Serano, to oppose this movement. The Marquis of Miami, Captain General of Arragon, has repaired to Madrid post-haste, to give an account to the King of the state of the public mind at Sara gossa, where the people have effaced the name of i!erilinand Cann the great square, and substituted that of the constitution. General Castanos, Captain General of Catalonia, has likewise notifivd to the Government that lie cauld not answer tear the obedience of that province, where it him been observed, that many secret meet ings took place between the military and the people. The same individual who gave the above state ment met a con ier who was proceeding from St. Andre to Madrid with the intelligence that the constitution had been proclaimed in the first of these cities. There had been some commotion in Valencia, and th !hrmer chief of Guerilla, Nebot, had put himselt the head of 400 men fir the purpose of j o ining tiie minim' of Riego, which (1110 St have reached the neighblairhoad of Grena.la. The r:volters of the Isla de Lean have established a provisio al jonta, composed of the Marquis of Ur-gna, of Mr Sales, director of the posts, and two ether ia. rams. M Aleala Guleana has been lanai maul secretary general General Eiio h w. been i i graced ;;tr having ad vised the King to leave the capitol The command of the army of IN c oma F fe y ea h as been ofkred to Generals Giron and Ballesteres, tut both have retits,A. The staff of From demanded of that General that the t,g;, .0 which at:arke I the three COMire• fl ies of It • - ! , 1 I , e s.ro , i, tiff the rolls of the wiry, for '•- • • - : run flood of their comrades. The pet, • II rokhed these details says, that the insur a cothes moteral in Spain—that blie _ greatest contt,sai reigned in Madrid at the moment of his de'orture—ant l . that wend grandees of Spam VIE NATIONAL REGISTER. bad conjured the King to convoke the Cortes, as the only means of tranquillizing the public mind. It is added, that in the insurrection at Coranna the most deplorable excesses were committed sgainst the indi viduals who had contributed to the arrest of Gen. Punlier. It was said, likewise, that there had been a tumult at Saragossa: and that three persons were killed. A report is spread that the King has offered a con stitution, but that the revolters demand the surren der of five thrtresses as a guarantee. The Infant Don Francis was 21 hours under ar rest, for having observed to the King, in the most energetic terms, that he was lust if he slid not accept the constitution. The same journal adds, that on the evening of the 26th ult. some seditious words were heard amongst the troops at Madrid. The insurrection in the maritime city of St. An der, in the Asturias. took place on the 27th ultimo. The principal authorities took the oath to the con stitution. At the departure of •he courier who brought this intelligence, the town of St. Antler appeared animated with the seine sentiment. The regiment of Arragon volunteers was the only one that attacked the revolting army in the Asir of Marbella. The rest of the army expressed indignation at this act of hostility. Arragon and Catalonia are in a state of fermen tatiun. The revolters make progress in Andalusia. The towns of Algesiras, Tarifa, Xeres, and Malaga, in their power. The constitution was proclaimed on the 19th ult at Fermi, and on the 21st at Corunna. The remains of Fortier were disinterred, and funereal honours paid to them. his widow, who was confined in a convent at Comma, was brougnt out and carried in triumph through the city. An old President of the Cortes is at the head of the revolters in Galicia. Mina, who passed Bayonne about the Ist instant, was accompanied by Col. Echeveria, a man of talent and a gallant soldier. He stopped two days at l3rianitz. He is now at the head of 2,000 men. His first operation was to take possession of the tiaindry of cannon at Aizzabal, about four leagues from St. John-Pied-de-Port. He established a cus tom of ten francs for every carriage. Letters received from Madrid announce that the King held a grand council, the majority of which were of opinion that his Majesty ought to make no concession. The partisans of extreme measures mid arbitrary power urged him to demand from France, in virtue of the treaty of Holy Alliance, a subsidiary force of 40,000 men; but a member of the minority inveighed strongly against the deplorable system followed for some time past, and protested against the interference of foreigners. The King yielded to his reasonings. SPAIN. -a.-- Further advises have been received from Corun na, which demonstrate that this city, the capital (in the suspended claims of Santiago) of the province, is assuming its due rank as the seat of the constitu tional authority, and that its supremacy is already acknowled by some of the principal towns of Gali cia, among which is Santiago itself, the ancient capital. We have seen a printed address to the peo ple of Corunna, sived by Don Pedro de Agar, the President of the newly formed Junta, informing them that he had received a deputation from the municipal authorities of Fermi, to acquaint him, in an official manner, that the inhabitants of Ferrol, together with the troops within the place, had spon taneously followed 'the example set them by t orunna in prod timing the constitution of the Spanish MEM narehv with all due solemnity, and that constitu tional authorities had been appointed. The further object of the deputation iu waiting on M. Agar was I to place themselves under the jurisdiction of the Junta of Corunna• The President also informs his I tellow-eitizens, that be bad received a deputation front Santiago, consisting of three members of the military college, and one of the heads of the uni• I versity, who waited on him, in the name of the respective bodies to which they belonged, to infirm i him of a similar determination with ,Ferrol, in which the inhabitants and the military coincided, and to solicit from the Junta of Corinna the pre sence of one of the officers composing it , in order I that the ceremony of pr,,ii,,iii,ilig the constitution, and appointing authorities, teight be conducted in a manner suitable to the oecasio,!. (Fi , • , o !Lc :!maienr of 11... !S It ii o.) Extr..ct of th . news fro:a Madri.l of the Bth of Maven .—The King baying on the sth of this month written to the different Councils, established Ly tile decree of the preceding evening, to present to him without delay their advice on the measures proper to be adopted, all these bodies concluded for I a promt.t convocation of the Corte% The Council of State was asFembled en the Gth, and the same I wish MO expressed by it. On the 7th, in the morn k ing, a Gazette Extraordinary was published, to au. Inonuse the following decree:— •• My Royal Council and Council of State having dclibers tc4 oil the advantage which the ith4,4Mlio. of the COMA ought produce for the welfare of the monarchy ; participating in their opinion, and finding it conformable to the fundamental laws, the maintenance of which I have sworn, I order Mat the Cones shall be immediately assembled. Fur till; purpose. the Gwen will adopt the measures which it may judge best suited for rea lizing my intention, and in coder thut the legitimate represents dyes of my people may be heard. slier they have been furnished with the necessary powers conformable to these measures. Every thing which die general welfare requires being thus granted, they will find me ready to du what the interest of the state and the happiness of the people, who have given me so many proofs of their loyalty. may require. The Council will rive me its opinion on the doubts which might impede the attainment of this object, in order that neither diffLolty nor delay may arise in the caeca. don of the decree." The same day, at ten in the evening, the prini. pal authorities received the liillowing coatinunication which appeared in an Extraordinary Gazette, pub. lished at eight in the morning :— March 8, In& " To avoid delays n melt might take phi r iti the council for the e‘erution of an decree of ye-terilay, by thick I have ordered the immediate convocation of the Cortes e aml the gem ral n ill of the nation being captained. L have • lime 111 a deter • ;if t.. 11 1.1 • tear to the Constitution pro mill:toted by the tiein•ral moil FAtritorditiary Crones, in the year 1812:—Be it thereiorc anticipated by prompt pub. lication. FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. T. Gregson, Orinskiik, Lancashire, vintner, from March ti to April 12. S. Dye, Norwich, grocer, from March 21 to April 3. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. J. Cheethatu, Stockport, Cheshire, cotton spinner. BANKRUPTS. A. Pollard, Poole, Dorset, grocer. Sols. Messrs. Alexander and Holme, New Inn. T. Gnffin, jun. Trentham, Stafford, dealer. Sol. Mr. Barba, Fetter Lane. W. Birmingham, Manchester, manufacturer. Sols. Messrs. Ilurd and Jo4nison, Temple. J. Alakeen, Liverpool, livery stable keeper. Sol. Mr. Chester. Staple lan. W. Peters. Brecknock, vintner. Sols. Messrs. Clarke, Ri chards. and Medealt, Chancery Lane. G. G. Percival, Valsot, Somerset, common brewer. Sol. Mr. Potts, Serjeants' Inn. J. Birch, Manchester, cotton spinner. Sol. Mr. Kaye, Man. chcster. A. Parkinson, J. Duckett, and S. Alsop, Manchester, calico print( rs. Sol. Mr. Ellis, Chancery Lane. Blyth, Dyer's Buildings, Holborn, dealer. Sols. Messrs. Clarke, Richards, and Medcalf, Chancery Lane. E. Dickens, Macclesfield. Cheshire, victualler. Sols. Messrs. Hun! and Johnson, Temple. E. Foulkes and J. Darnton, Manchester. upholsterers. Sol. Mr. Ellis, Chancery Lane. .1. T. Clark. Tuthill Street. Westminster, victualler. Sol. Mr. Williams, Blackman Street, Borough. W. Edward., Dartford, Kent, grocer. Soh. Messrs. Richard son, Walbrook. W. Rountree, Princes Street, Westminster, coach builder. Sol. Mr. Doughty, Temple. D. T. Choke, Gerrard Street, Soho, laceman. Sols Messrs. Pownal! and Fairthorne. Old Jewry. S tlonl.l, Laytonstone. Essex, butcher. Sols. Messrs. Fowell and Partridge, Nicholas Lane. S. Gleave, Warrington, Lancashire. shopkeeper. Sols. Messrs. Mason and Housman. New Bridge Street. A. H. Mathewson. Gateshead. Durban. grocer. W. Mr. Hardy, New Bridge Street. J. Holliday. Stockport, Cheshire; victualler—Solo Mr.Wilsok. Greville Street, Hatton Garden. j. Tebbits, Birmingham, victualler. Sols. Messrs. Miskssisd Braikenridge, Bartlett's Buildings. M. Atkinson, Newcastle upon Tyne, broker. Sole. Must. Walls, Clarke, and Watson. Warnford Cou.t. DIVIDENDS. April 15, J. Coma. mid J. Wood. Paddington, coach maim —EI, J. Amos, and C. Sutherlan4 l , St. Helen s Place, usisralmrsts —l5, R. Bound. Sopley. Southampton, miller-8, J. Seadbach. Woolwich, carrier—ls, S. Stocks, Alder ate Street. Ralessen -15, B. Gibson, Ciodtanhani, wine merchant-11. J. Risk/mu Gower Street. Bedford Square, builder-15, R. C. Searle, &diva Waldron. Essex. upholsterer-15. J. Hawkins. Penny Fields. and T. Morris, and W. Constable, Regent Street, Blackwall. builders—S. W. Maclean. Upper Mary-le-bone, eabina maker 8. R. Finch. Cooper's Row. Crotched Friars. wine merchant— Sauk Stock Ounintin O. 3 per Cent. Red. 6S 1nt0..; pct. Lent. 3 per Cent. Lot, Obi It.ilt.t 11.ostis I4s. die. 1) per Cent. 771 luaus snick I per Lent. WI Exchequer Bilk 24. dig. S'per Cent. 10411 Coo‘. tor AC. nSi Long Attu. Lotter% £23 26. W-Ilte TuE NAT i 0 NI AL REGISTER. LOllOOll, MONDAY, MARCH 20. The City of London bat , disgraced itself by reject ing two honest representatives, who hail, during the last Parliament, voted in every instance as English men ought to vote, and as their constituents wished they would vote ; and in lieu of these honest men, whom has the City elected? Why—Sir Will:ant Curtis and the Lord Nlayot !!! Of the latter we can only say, that he has yet to emerge from politi cal nonentity ;—he is entirely unknown, and has not even declared what his principles are Of the former, in justice we arc bound to declare, that every vote he has given, to our knowledge, during a long series of years, has been such as to form a bar in the estimation of every politically honest man to his entrance in the House ot Com mutt, and so it would if that House were really, and to the full extent, what it professes to be, " the Branch of Parliament which defend, the rights and