The National Register. — London, England, 1820-03-06 00:00:00

.•i le INSURRECTION IN SPAIN. Letters received on Tuesday fromGibraltnr of the 7th. and from Cadiz of the - Bth ult. supply some additional intelligence . of the progress and designs of the Constitutional army ; and, in proportion as the cause gains -trength, the accounts appear to improve in authenticity. Quiroga still held pos session of the Isla de Saint Leon, where no at ammpts had been made to molest him. It is stated that a free pardon for him and for his troops has been offered by the King, but not an individual sould be found who was willing to accept. it. A small party of Royalist troops, to the number of about fifty men, were stationed on a spot called Green Island, strongly fortified, and within musket shot of Algesiras, where they were suffered to re main in quiet ; neither did they attempt to assail the National troops. A few English officers, on the even;ng of the 6th ult. went over from the garrison of Gibraltar to Algesiras, where they remained all night with the Constitutionaiists. whom they found in high spirits and discipline. They assured our eountrymen, that they were so well informed of the state of public feeling, and the dispositien of the King's troops in their favour, that they feared little interruption to their designs, which then were, to proceed in suceessi.m to the principal towns, where, if favourably received, as they anticipated, they would establish the constitution, and afterwarAs . m trch direct upon the capital. The former part of this design appears so have commenced on the morn ing of the l'th, when a division of the Constitutional force in Slgesiras s:as seen from the rock of Gibral tar, which commands a view of the whole country, marching in the direction of Ronda. In Algesiras the numbers had augmented to 4,000, and this di vision would probably contain half that force The troops of General O'Donnell, who was at St. Roque with about 2,000 men, were at the same time seen in motion ; they marshed out of the place, when, the morning being somewhat hazy, they were lost sight of All this, passing immediately under the view of Gibraltar, must have been, as it is described, a scene of great interest. The entire force of the Royalists in the neighbourhood of Cadiz consisted of about 9,000 men, incleding those commanded by General O'Donnell in St. Ronuc ; and the re mainder were distributed under Generals Freyre in Port St. Mary's, Cruz Is Mourgeon in Chielana, and lklicheino in Puerto Real. A report was in cir culation in Cadiz, and generally believed, that Freyrc had sent in his resignation to the King. It is now stated, that could the inhabitants have tbuntl arms on the night of Santiago's insurrection, so pre valent was the disposition to join him, that the affair most have led to the most important conse quences. Of the Royalist force above-mentioned, about one-half was composed of troops formerly at tached to the expeditionary army ; and it was gene rally understood that no confidence could be placed in them, but that they would join the Constitution alists on the first opportunity that presented itself. MADRID, Fem. O. The troops whicl. spread fro - st tue isla de Leon to 6.0 sorrounding towns, in search of provisions, proceeded as far as Algesiras, rod there received sonic money, on account of the contraband commo dities of which tley authorked the introduction into that place from Gibraltar. :seeing themselves afterwards threatened by the troops of O'Donnell, they were obli.;ed to alter their line of march, and hare at last let!el at Vcjes, where they are sur rounded on all sides by the divisions of Frcyrc and O'Donnell. The remaind.er of the patriots remain in the Isla de Leon, aed the garrison of Cull: is ma sing con tinual sallies upon 'ham to fbree then to desist from the fortifications which they arc reising for their defence. Within these few days Captain \ asc i i:es has ar rived here Irmo the embassy to Petersburg)), at.(:, according to report, hes pledges satis factory to our Court of the imiinate relations aiel friziolship which subsist between his Ilsjesty and the Emperor of Russia STAY:sit irr.wasHED or THE J'Arimas. (From the Ga:;eirs l'airietira of the new paper started by the l'atriots.l ON THE, I.AWFt.;I.NESS (JUR INSUItRF("fION. When we Ctlitailltef the Origin of our giuriona insurrertton i ber;un And hitherto invinraine by an army of .'atriums. we are struck with toe singular: y the event and the great change or fortune. 'the S r anisli 'truly hat al eitys been a model of valour and i.e. riotisnii but ob,dier.rx to the Government ever ma rl:cal its , eor,duci, Mat reapset a eire . .ortmel tJ the eka :,ipi c of t i me rrititurr, forte in ether totiotries. and to whitt reawm pies. ri:as rat tile rule of military Duty all over time wc.-Id. Serving the Xing has always b..en the retina wed in Spain to de-ignate the node prtile9a, n °I the windier, and this lar.guage was very properly empliryeij ; for the King bein:• consmered as the bead u' the nation, wo in that let•peCt the reptesentative of its power anti its rights. '1 !.. ,!art s :, however. Ari;vetl when toe nation be an :0 taut as a poritical body, in which Cie mega l authority w ms litutied by the lair:o7l(y or a popular representation. Cortes were aso:Li%leti, and 11 mos:nu:ion estabasheil, ant time army /wore to obey the tinnier and maintain the latter, always serving the I nblic cause with loyalty and devotedness during the absence et ins At length cAuu; the unhappy days of May, .. _ '-r .- ~... _.a~ Tim NATIONAL REGISTER. 1814. over which we would wish to draw a thick veil, capable of concealing thorn from the view of posterity. The troops, in general, followed the cause of the King, but, in adopting that course, they only adhered to the maxim that the armed force is bound to obey, and should not deliberate on the Government of the State. The army followed the King, it is true, but many towns and deputies of the Congress also followed him. But that VMS a ntotnent of errs and delirium. We repeat, we would wish to erase those events from the page of history. It were useless to give new touches to the picture, already well painted, of the situation in which the country has since that period been placed. Ilespotisin and anarchy have advanced with equal steps: bile' is the singular but constant spectacle presented by the Government of Spain during six years. The Monarch, sur rounded with wicked counsellors, only abandoned one error foe another ; every thing has been subject to change -- men. plans. syrtems ; but arbitrary poser and corruption were permanent: they always remained the same ; for it is in vain to expect good from men in power, unless certain institutions dictate to theta the mode whereby it L to be produced. Under these circumstances 110 country exists. There is a soil in Spain, and men live upon it, but disunited, without any social tie to connect them. Thus, though all felt the evil, the remedy seemed impossible; for from what body could it proceed ? Ac• cortiingly, thou),' all chases of tile state were not only discon ezntral bet exasperuted, they sufkrreel, and were silent, and ap peared incapable of bettering their condition, if they even ventures! to hope for its improvement. But the time arrived when ill wire bound to exert themselves; when every means *hi :11 had the salvation of the country for its object became lawful. Can it then occasion much surprise, that the army destined for the expedition should be the first to raise the standard against despotism? It will be eFked, what does the army represent to give it such a tight Nothing, we confess, in a state golly constituted ; but in the situation in which Spain is placed, every citizen has the right. woo possesses the power, of saving his country. On this right Thrissybulus acted, in deliveArg tbials from use yoke of the thirty tyrants; and i bl. tiv,iled himself of it, in the beginning of that revolution, which, after wards legalized by the Parliament, gave freedom and hr.ppiners vs Great Britain. 'roe tinily has used this right, certain that, after the sanction of the Cortes, that of the King himself, in the midst of the National Congress, will leeitiniate its operations. The troops do not attempt to decide en the destiny of the nation ; they only wish to give it the opportunity of expressing its will ; theu object is to re-assemble tee - ..cp.esentatives of the people. When that long-wished for niee•ing shall take place, it will be dvided who have acted most legally—the oppressors or the deli verers of the nation. Meanwhile, until tle.t moment arrive, the good will of the towns in which we ate (warmed prove. that they do not number as among the former. No peasant or soldier has sifted a hand against any individual of the national army, notwithstanding all the instigations of the satellites of despotism; and though the general terror hes hitherto prevented the forces destined against us from joining us, we can perceive that they respect us, and that they are waiting for another opportunity like the taking of Camera, to shrew that their wish is the same as that of all true Spaniards. Yes, fellow-countrymen, the cause of this artily is your own, and so you feel it to be. Accident has procured for the army the glory of being the first to declare itself. You will follow the example, for you not only consider its movement legal, but heroic. You will give it a title : the only one it desires. as the reward of its noble intrepidity and its labours, that obeaTsfa Alma' Or Tax DILIVERF.RS OT TUE COltliTar. SOUTH AMERICA. BuEwos Meer. Nov. 24 —The ha id of rcbhers that holds Santa Fe began hostilities by capturing pas sengers and waggons on the high road leading to Chili and Peru ; bring reinforced by i body of Gauchas front the other side of the river, under Ramirez, they ...en tined further into the country; and u was reported that they tiesieod wiiii 500 men a detachment of 250 of our troops tinder 1)on Martin Rodriquez, which was sta tioned at San Nicholas, on the Paarna. This itidticeil the march of all our rigulars iii the garrisons; hot, be fore they could reach San Nicholas, Rqdriquez had al ready defeated the Gauchas, pitrtterl awl driven tit in heyond Rusario. In the mean time some of their hest d men had by circuitous roads penetrated into the rear of our troops, and attempted to prevail on our conntry-people to join them. Finding their notion: on this point to be erroneous, and hearing of R•iilriapiez's success, they disappeared as suddenly as they had ap. petted. Our Supreme Director-General, Ronde:to, having taken the command or our troops, has resolved to pit istie the freelmoiers as far as Santa Fe, and to press them to the utmost; lie considers the force under his command as more than stifilacient, and therefore sent back the re giment of Grenadiers, which marched in here Las night. Soule people, principafly natives of Santa Fe and the tulle side of the met, suspected of a correspondew e with the freebooters, have been arrested, and sent to the island of Martin Garcia for betnir security. :110N - rev t Uri, Nov. 30.--lit the g.joit or the 26th, the Porbiguese t otiimander in Cutter, Gen. Li cot, or dered unix) of the troops encamped in the lines before this town to ni....11 in; and havaiN posted them, with fieltt-pwes, &c: ill tliti..tetit streets, our Municipality, with guards of soldiers, arrested 111 Es pean Spani ards, and shipped term, early its the 11111 l imig. iiii ho trd the Thetis frigate and Grain Cruz de AVM, lOr St. Cl ultetale's. It is said, that turas: Spaniards, who are ollieers and hot politicians, hail laid a plot to rise on the Pornigitese and Sim! Is Atheneum as soon as the Grand I: xswi li.imi s! 111 l NI appear. They, with this view, had ,•ereily armed and twined all their crtuuirvmen here. It is rep3rted that the Sallie plot load its ramifications at COCIIRANF.—The fidlowing letter from an ofi:cer belonging to his MAjesty's ship Owen Glendower, which reached Rio Janeiro front Ma deira in the extraordinary short space of thirty days, contains some interesting particulars respect ing Lord Cochrane : s's ship °wil (iiriolon et, Ito lawiru, Drr. 22, 1812. •• I little ii,oo g ht tusse shin slaty 16. Cil•lslr • f writ. Ina to yon Isom Rio Jasstioss; bill unr tannage Ina lit . . a• histslorsly short, having rim trom Pladrha hi.her in dap, • Inch mikes 41111%'1W of • 111111 , ired 4111(I •sari. -Imre mutes per dicta. Tkosiosr• HAltly crib d *Ms thr V e m t rinakud H)1411011 moan a fortnight We God orders bete to proceed pith all possiitie 1•1•ied I. _ . ..... Moote Video, on arrival of the Jantiary packet. Ws learn n great deal here respecting Lord Cochrane. Many of the reports current 10 Eiigland are very false, especi ally that of his making so much prise money.—You may int . ely asset t that he has tint made one fonrth of the sum so liberally swat ded to him in some of the English papers. He gives very great t neouragement to Hi iiish sailors, but has acted eats emety honourably in many instances, when deserters have joined his Beet, always sending them back, and taking pope.. opport •ties to send the names of those who have entered. He has gut five passed mid sliii is, and wishes for more; of course they get Limo. neut. ..munissions in the Chihli') service. When Lord Cuelictite was last sects, he was preparing to attack the squititiun at Lima, and it is generally believed he has sarecested before how. He is provided wills every kind of offensive weapon used in the British service, parties lady She Congreve rockets: anal Lord Cochrane says, it Is to their destructive effects he is indebted fur success its must of his attempts among the Spanish vessels. His Lorjship acts very wisely in keeping up so good an under standiug with the British feet. INSOLVENT DEBTOns.—We understand, that owing to an inadvertency in the wording of the late Act of Parliament, intended to give continuance. during the dissolution, to all expiring Acts, the Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors cannot be ad ministered during the recess, as was expressly in tended by Parliament. The words of the new Act passed a d.ay or two before the dissolution, to keep alive other Acts until the new Parliament shall as semble, arc as follow—" That all the Laws now in force, and which would expire at the end of this Session of Parliament, or on or betbre the first day of June, 1820, shall be, and continue in full force to all intents and purposes, until the 25th day of June, 1820." Now unfortunately for the poor Insolvent Debtors who are confined in the gaols throughout the kingdom, the last Act passed by the Legislature fir their relief expired on the 22d of February last. Its temporary revival cannot, therefore, be comprehended in the words of the other Act to which we have alluded. Mr. Reynolds, the King's Counsel, who acted as the Com missioner under the lute Act, has had repeated interviews with Lord Sidmonth within the last day or two upon the subject; it is said nothing has been decided on in behalf of the poor debtors. But the general opinion is, that the inaccuracy in the word. ing of the last Act, is conclusive against the opening of the Insolvent Debtors' Court until the new Par- Iliament meets, and miles a fresh provision for the administration of this branch of the law. _ I.),triltig, ,ii,ltlcl/ :0011.41011 of the Ithine, hart', It: l 0 escape ruruuglt lie Willer 10 30 enu neuce, eltintwd up J tree. This, one of the boattneu rowing about to assk the uniOftlinate inhabitant., oh sert tug, pulled up tome iree,ana unnamed it, eoger lor tile game, without properly iastening his boa•. The terrified hare, oil the appioaelt of its pursuer, spr.ing loam the LIJIICII 1109 the but, winds tints set in mu tton, Boated away, leaving its owner in the tree, in drvail of being wasited away with the current ; till drier set cral hours' anxiety, lie was perceited and taken otr by SWIM Or his Colllllollllollli. I FRO.II SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. This Gazette contains Addresses of Condolence to his Majesty on the death of his late Mitjility and his Royal Highness Duke of Kent, from Windsor, Liverpool, Scarborough, Mahon, Shrewsbury, Mobtgonieryshire, Itaildington, coulities of Buts and Kiiiairtline,heavy Town, Edinburgh, Dumbarton, and Borough of Het iford. WHITEHALL. MARCH 4. His Majesty has been pleased to grant to Lieut.-Colonel Sir U. B. Burgh the office of Surveyor General to his Nlajesty's Ordnance ut the United Kingdom of Great Britain :sod Ireland. His Majesty has also bten pleased to grant unto the Me. J. Keate, MO. the place and dignity ut a Prebendary of his Ma. jetty ' s Free Chapel of Sit. George, in the Castle of Windsor, vacant by the death of Dr. W. Cookson. His Majesty has aiso born pleased to nominate and appoint Mr. Jahn Mackinlay to me Lace ut Commissary ut the Colima.- 'anat. anti Darcy ut the Isles, void by the deaut of Mr. J. Blain. I.VirrrEnAt.t., MAYCY I. The Lord Chancellor hub appointed It. F. T. Miller, of Fiume tielwood, tionmet, ciao. to Iva Mauer Extraordinary in the High Court at Clirticur). BANKIIIIPTUEs S. Smith, Stayley, Cheshire, cotton 4 1111 lier. twin March IL A pril J. ‘Vire,Colchester. grocer, front March 7 to 'Alarch 16. BAN Kiturrci St) PERSIA/LID. G. Get Met, Liveipool, merchant. BAN It WWI'S. J. Littlewond, Manchester, dealer. Solicitors. Messrs. Ap pleby Hi.d Sargrant, Gray's Inn Square. C. Clover, Braintree, Essex, linen duper. Sol. Mr. Buller. Cornlntl. T. Freeman. Cheltenham, surgeon. Soles Alessrs. Visard and Blower. I.lllCOln'b Inn Flehl, %V. NACiAtt-t4s,inCe. Cornwall, merchant tailor. Sol. Mr. Price, Lincoln's Inn New square. C. Ilerl,eri, Powick, Worcestershire, farmer. Sol. Mr. Platt. New Boswell Court. J. S. Stmt.'. Brightlielmston. dtugiAist. Sol. Mr. Tucker. Baitktt's Butlain.o. W. Fleur, Tinliggllin Lane, Fleet Market, paint...T. Sol. Mr. Allied. I►eM lob. E. Asme), Liverpool, sail maker. Sol. Mr. Alanghant, Great St. IiCILIII6. . . W. li. and C. Barnard, Liverpool, tuerelaultb. Sol b. blessrs. Love Buyer, Cataitecry Lane. J. M•latirc, '!et,L), cattle dcalcr. Sulb. bleants WilLaw, 111..iartl, anti Gray't, S. V ,rd, Isiptul.. huh. Messrs. LotliNots, ULU Mo. L.ll+ C. H. Lnebioe., :WI, IddillCX, Itilreia..llt. SUIS. Itlcssrs. A litsten t,u. til..), Fit elllaai'b UAW. G. l'ut.cs, Ilsgu S.ai, ?opts:, grow. Sul. Mr. West, Rol • Lints strut, .411* •