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Mr.sienrs Urquijo and Cernnos were then ad mitted to an audience with Ills Nlaje4y, Who con ferred with them ,ft considerable tone concerning the &airs of the kingdom. The Deputation Of the Council of Castile was afterwards introduced, and made the following speech :--- slap. :—The Council of Castile, the first of the sopreme C , arts of J rt.! 1.. f the Spaaish natio°, lriviug at ihr r head lion SI amiel de I.2'lllz:shah ItutiJoeepli Cohn., the eldi ad of eke claims:than, has the honour to of. r its homage to guar 1i jetty, sod to testify its especial j.'s at the harp, a nd wished-for access .0 to the throne of Spain sr the Serena Brother or the great :Napoleon, whee..s ecli , .sad the glory cf astin i •;:ty. Your 3!;,:i. sty has instil. d his choirs, and 'our St ea: l'erson suttee the subhink dualities which stop ple end stresgthen thrones. YJar Nlajesty constitutes a part of the family destined by Provideoce to guveru. The Stow of your derus has stretch ed its. if , peer the l'yrenuent, and spread over all Spain. • s. N stile s:is:gaols ! indulge in hope The CatSolic woe ▪ shod cu wilier the least wrong It snail totals all its parity, sit be the sole religiott in the a-wintry. The laws, ti a 1a.. - fa! remotes, the Courts of instate, the Clergy, the national Ce! . .C...'t, shall be maintained, sad ameliorated fir the l outfit of :lie Church tun State. The 'grams oedris of the !nor:dont, the necessary supports of every Use monarchy, s! all continue in the eisoyment of their prerogatives. The F ." ,ball ne relieved. The integroy of Spate and the pro perty of every one shall he inviolably respected. s. Tilsit: ate the services which we expect from the known bent rice of your Molest'''. Stich are the ..v.shes which the Council of Castile, under the present eirentnstanees, forms. Heavea grant that these wishes may be fulfilled, sad that you,. %Nasty may be the Imppiest Monarch in the whole stela!". lhs liijesty discoursed a considerable time with this Deputation concerning the various establish inunti. of the kingdom. He remarked a great re semblailee between the laws of Spam and those'of the kingdom of Pi epics. The Deputations of the Council of the ingtii sitinn, of the Indies, and Finances, were presented to the King of Spain. Ili, !Majesty said to the Deputies of the Inqm sitiou, that •" he considered the worship of God as the basis of all morality. and of galena prosperity ; that ether countries allowed of different forms of religion, but that he couinlered it as the felicity of Spam that she had hut °se, and that the true one." His Majesty answered the Council of the Indies, that he should not consider America as a eolouy, but as au integral part of Spain, and that its wel fare would be as dear to him as that of his Euro pe 411 states." 14;s Majesty answered the Council of Finances, that " he well knew he had much to effect its this branch ; that the pay of the soldiers and sailors was several months in arrears, but that he hoped, with the bell, of his faithful Spaniards, that he shoukl be able to provide a remedy for the evil." The Deputation of the Military Force of Spain, with the fluke del Parque at its head, then ad dres-wl the King, who answered, that lie had m. 0.. Silence in the fidelity and attachment of the Spa nish soldiery.—"" I murkier it (he added) an honour to be the first Soldier of the Army, and were it ne ceseary, as in ancient times, in your conflicts with the Moors, you should see me at your head, in even• danger, advance to repel the unjust attacks of the eternal enemies of the Continent. Yon mat• assure all who have served the State under my pre d.•ceamors, that they shall enjoy their pay, pen sions, titles, and emoluments; and that I pledge thy ►onour to reward ancient services, as if they had been performed under zny own government. After this audience, Ilis Majesty, at ten in the evening, repaired to his apartment., and supped with their slnjeaties the Emperor and Empress. ADDRESS FROM THE CITY OF :d ADM!), TO tits illiscal.tt. AND Rcr.• • DlGHicrss„ Tull lirltEs• GRAND ADRIR AL or sitrfitr, GRAN". isultit or Brio AND Gl.l' VEA, LICIL,TtS ANT A L Or THE lilli•DOSI or srain• MotsetanStM ! The city of Madrid has halo Warmed, thst its illustrious Smemiges have reaped the Crown of Spain isle the hands of the greet Sspsv r, and that the Supreme Juato of th fieseresseat, ss wells the ('outsell of Caslik , have s u gukd to Ills lumens' and Royal Majwity, their wishes for the well-toeing of this msissarhy, shine they think it is certain, tbst His inmerial and Royal Majesty Jaime& to place the and crows upon the head of his illustrious brother, Joseph Napoleon, Kmg of iapks This city, Masseig.sear, distinguished for it. loved and Madame to its Sterenmii, anti demons of Div happinesa of the people whom it contain, cannot omit jawing Its hamatze to that of the Supreme !meta of f;oreriswirut, and of the COWOCIA, mid to reps •at year II:Omen will have the good• newt to notify the saint to MU Imperial dad Royal Majesty, if mat Higiesess thinks proper. the city aril . .. ascii of thus °preciosity to lostire your Or its respect and submission. bledrid, May IS, lase. (Mare follow time Signatures.) _ Nappleon. by the ar,lee of dod, Emperor of the Freurb, King of Italy, Protector of the Con - filieracy of the Mote, to all men, to whom thew presents obeli come, %end+ 4reeting: The Junta of the , the Council of Castile, the city of Madrid, kr. haying iii.tiliel too by their ale inns, that the artifmag of Spam requiem a speedy stop to be put to the Provisional Government; we have resolved to proclaim, mad we do try these pres;uts proclaim oar well-liekroil bro ther, Josirrh Napolnre, the present inns of Naples and to be Keg M Splits and India. We msarnittoe to the lime of Spain the isle cadence and iateerity of his States to Earope, as well as in Africa, Asia, and America cleargiue the Lieetivant.Graeral of the king dom, the Miaistms, ant the Council of Castile, to emote this . Proclamation to he esprrlited, sit pakilirly mum uoeed , ae iroi-iiim; to the usual custom, that nom any plc ad ignorance /hereof Given at oar Imperial Palace at liaminue, the Mb of Jene, t.ini. (Sipe.', N A INiLl:()N. H. B. MAR ET, Minnie,. ablate. VIENNA. JON 6 A. It is observed, that the exchamo of couriers with the first Courts of Europe is more frequent than formerly. It appear* as it' important affairs are tinder consideration ; for on the 14th a great koa leretiee is to le. held, at which the Artia.lakei are to preside, and all the Governors of the Hereditary Dominions, who are now here, are to be present. l'hr: result of the Assembly is to be laid before Ili, Majesty on his arriial. (-net 'tight to Artikduke John departed hem-e smvxpecurti4 ; it is buppobed Ili i gol.e to the Em peror. The late (cents in Spr.in and the Papal du minivad hare ranted a 'lron; .•rtriat:on, and ;: ir en ercluiurs 1., ',ewe:, Yecret cutth.r,q.,•v nmsnar the .11i n;it,rs .11/r ditierent Cattrtx lure. Baron Thogot, knots 11:ritrence in slat, mtl..irs after th.• death of tio• Mmisier of St:tte, Prince liauoitz, olio aftom Arils m0tt0...1 from CA, rt, is now refill-v. 4 to ow• of nor %idol Ti , t• Cfnect. ..f da; 100 I.og flow Jatui us the Col- LON DON, TUESDAY. Juni ze. Most important intelliteuce has been received respecting the state of S:iain, and a naval action in the Mediterranean off Carthagenii. It is com municated in French palmrs to the 17th iaatnnt, and b,- the Alcmene t ;ate, which is arrived at Plymouth, from Covunna, About twelve o'clock the ,iihstanee of it was announced by the follow ing Bulletin in the :Ministerial circles— " Yesterday fro Galician Deputies arrived at the Admi ralty ; they came from Corumin, where l a Nolo TRSIOLITT, of the Alcmene, landed, and was at Om Sittings of the Com mittee. Every English prisoner, to Co: number of leo, was released and sent to our squadron—:he greatest enthusiasm prevailed—all the troops. to the amount of 30,00 n regulars, and 3no,cani patriot cititnais,were iu fall march fur Madrid, to avenge their slangliterrd citizens--sOOO Spanish troops in Oporto have seize d the French General, and arc also on their march to join their countil ascii. Au artiou took place of the pore of f'artlingeria, between the /*tench and a detached squadron of Lord COLLINGWOOD, when two sail of the line, seseral frigates and tianeporta, having on We'd soot, French troops, intended fu Carthage's', were *bully talon, sunk, or destroyed, and smuttier French slop, which [An into that port. was sciz , ii be the argued citizens. .1 he action took plan on the 24th of lay. Oftlie crciits tutu briefly stated, we have 'alined the parttunlar, TKEMILTT, arrived, on Fri day rlt inog, El COlllllll3, N 111.:11 place she left on Saturday re'nniglif. Nine leagues from Plymouth, in consequence of King becalmed, she dis patched a 24-oar'd cutter, with a Spanish Ad mi• kl, and an Ambassador, limn the patriotic army at Corunna. Itomediatel3 on binding, they waited on Admiral Yount', and shortly after in elf for London. Captain Tarsi LETT had gone with a flag of trot? into Coranna, respecting wine sailors. lie was received with the utmost cordiality, and was invited On shore. Upon his landing, all the Et.ilish prisoners, to the number of 120, were liberated, and given up to him. Among than, Mr. Msrcum.t., son of the late Admiral MITCHELL, who was taken prisoner some time since, in a boat belonging to the Theses*, has been released and sent home. Captain Tasman was also requested to attend an Assembly of the States of the Province, which had unanimously joined the ' Astnriaos in an insurrection against the tyranny of the French. He was informed, in the sitting of the Assembly, of the state of adieus, and as the utmost anxiety was expressed that Great Britain should make common cause with the Spaniards, they requested his opinion, whether hr thought it preferable that the States should make their application to Great Britain by Ictter or by deputation. Captain Tatuserr hav ing recommended a deputation, these two re spectable Nobles were selected for the mission, who embarked with him in the Alcmene, ou the I7th instant. All the troops in Comma, which were consider able, have joined the patriotic standard. awl the leaders had it in coutemplatiou to proclaim the Prince of A 611111146 Happily this +pint is not confined to a single spot. A '„reneral 'massacre of the French, it is said, has taken place in 'mast of the Northern Provinces. both in Slain and Portugal. The survivors. it is added, err compelled to join the Spanish patriots, sad minty Spanish Nobles, suspected of being fa vourable to the views of BONAPARTE, have been put to death. They farther state, that there were 3.540.000 men iu arms; that a body of 60,000 had marched towards Madrid, of which 24,000 were Spanish troops of the line, to avenge their coun trymen, tii:n-4tereil in that capital by the French on the ;fa of May. The corps of Spaniards which acre quartered at Oporto, in Portage!, hail made them. selves niasters of all the French in that town and neighbourhood, hail executed the French com mander, mid in:tidied towards . Spain to their bro thers iu arms ; the repple of loulalpsil had also risen, and had put to death the Marquis do Se . - Lawn, in conscqletice of his havirT ordered a dis graceful submit via to the Freach. The Spanish Deputies have Ws', brought with them The Ovi edo Gentile of the 1 tth of Julie ; foam which the following is an extract:— " The Governor of Cuthagena, who had re ceived orders to give up the place to the French. and was shout to execute them, experienced the same fate as ALVALA. The Almighty, who twitches over the lives of the innocent, and who regards his loyal and Catholic people with an eye of compas sion, ordained, that ou the approach of the enemy's squadron to this port, with 8000 French troops for disembarkation, it should fall in with one belong nig to the /1101W111 ISLAND OP TM OCEAN. The latter came up with. attacked, and defeated them ; two of their frigates, and all their transports were sunk, and to o ships of the line, which remained, were boarded, and their crews put to the sword.—The English lost two frigates, and received souse da mage in the other ships. The engagement took place between Alicant and Carthagena, °tithe 24th .of last month, and histid two data. u A French ship, having on boarJ areas, stores, and money, for Carthogcna, believing that port still in possession of the French party, entered it on the 28th, and was immediately convened to strike. 4‘ The Andalusiaiss hare Tertitied the Sierra Morena with urtillar).". As the action in the Mediterranean rests upon written authority, it is apparently more worthy of credit than the represeutation of the internal state of the country. Shieli rests upon mere report, and must, from the nature of the case, be very in correct. We must observe, however, that Otie do and Carthagena are situate at nearly oppo site sides of the kingdom of Spain, and it is not a • little singular that the art:omit of the action, if founded on fact, should first reach Eagle/id through that chaunel. On the other hand, it is to be re marked, that no accounts have been received E - ona Cadiz,*iseethe3oth last, nor any from points on the Spanish coast, nearer the geese of action, that an are not of much older date. The Plymouth Tele graph, of gictirday says Yesterday morning, the Race* goo-brig, Capt. GRANT, arrived here with dispatches frour our fleet off Cadiz, which are said to be of an unfavourable nature ; but their contents have not :.‘:t transpired : they were int metlietely forwarded to town. It is, however, known, that Admiral Ileavis's negotiations had terminated nusuccessfuliy ; and nothisig in aid of the cause of the patriots had been effected in that quarter ; although, poor to the .aailassg of the Raven, the cdforts of the patriots in the Northern province. were generally koown at Cadiz. —We are sorry to state, on the authority of a Gen tleman who came home in the Races, that it is ge nerally believed the French have obtained posses sion of the , combined fleets in Cadiz; sad also of the Russian squadron in the Tagus." The number, as well as the magnitude and im portance of the events, which crowd on our atten tion, at this extraordinary moment, are such as t i demand the moat cool and collected mind, in order to weigh, digest, and reason upon them. We have had access to see, from authentic quarters, not only the intelligence communicated by Government, relative to Spain, but, likewise, to peruse other very interesting papers, transmitted from that part of Europe, containing particulars, not indeed strictly authentic, yet claiming attention, and pregnant with curious matter. Withont attempt ing to examine at present, whether the naval vic tory obtained over the French squadron at Cartha gena, related in The Delwin Gazette of the 11th of June, is or is not accurately true, and without en-. tering on the question of the degree of implicit be lief due to. the asserted, and apparently well-found ed, insurrection of the Spanish people, against the most opprobrious and flagitious usurpation, that the annul. of mankind can produce, we may safely venture to assert and to infer, that the people of Spain, the troops, the navy, the ecclesiastics, and the nobility, have manifested, sot merely a disposition, but a determination to resist, by arms, the transfer of their crown, dominions, and colonies to the Corsican t:. rant, or to any of his family.— %%ltt proportion of the Spanish nation has env braced this patriotic resolution, it is imposeible, as yet, to ascertain ; time must show. It Is; how ever, iu the fallen and prostrite state of the'Eu ropean Continent, a prodigious event, that BONA.. PARTR is likely to experience any uppoailion ; and that be has at length met, not with a prince, or with an army, but with a nation, which, while it is indignant ut his crimes and outrages, contains within itself immense capacities of resistance, and can, at the same time, receive aid from Great Bri tain. But the document which, in our estimation, most strongly proves tl.. extent and urgency of the insurrection in Spain, as well ar the deep im pression made by it ou NairoLxox himself, is his own decree, issued from Bayonne, on the 6th of this month, procliiiming and constituting bia bro ther Joscrff, " King of SPAIN and Isnts."— This &cies, which is iiveu iu the . 1 / 2 hivar of the 17th, is worth a hundred deptltatitins from 'the Spanish insurgents; as proriug, we mean. the ern , Larrussutents of. BON ATA are. Because* in the Ac counts of the former we may always reasauably suspect error,.etaggeration, or deception; but N'...- roLeosi will most unquestionably not angin , -nt his own difficulties, or paint then, in Amer.:, co• lours, t tan the tuets compel him to admit. Nut let us see his own account of the state of things in Sprit'. It is universally known that he had couvoked an Assetnhly of Notables, or gates, from the Spanish nation, to meet sr Ilaya„.e, there to elect a suecessor to the 'abdicated I.dn ly. This assembly we, expressly fixed to cowmen. 111 their delihenitiosts• on the I.lth V lone. .I',ut it appears that he did not flare ta, %snit forth.. arrival of that day; for, oti t i l 6th Awe, no less than nine days- before, pressed, no dimbt, !,y the aspect o f adverse! oppositiou soil in.-Jarreetioa throiagh out Spain, he antkipates the certain election of his brother, and proclaim's him King of SPAIN. His . language, in the Proelanetrion or Decree, is stu diously laconic anti ambiguous; but it lets. nest o their's, the awful secret escape for, while be affects thus. to constitute and proiltim his Inothe4 Kieg, under pretended Addressers *of the Janis and Spanish 31iiiisters, he, in the saute sonteace i , admits that .. it is become indipainriLle to put nit end to the provisional flov.raintent." 11l tit in this, except a . confention, however dark Kurt tnynt terionsly worded, that MVIRAT, eanWit go ore Pay longer, that resistance is begun, and ti.sr,rio ( - emu.* dy remains against national insurrection, catcps de claring Jousra, King, by his own fiat, aceessipa tiled with dolcnin assurances of guaranteeing the miens, privileges, and relition of Spain } litre we see, half unveiled, the alarm and apprehensions this scourge of so many nations. It wants no interpreter, and speaks most eloquently to every reader. Another circumstance, stated in the rime 3.Funi tear, comes in aid of the Proclamation, to pray., !mist strongly, the pressure of necessity under which BONAPARTE violates hie own antecedent orders to ths Spimiah Notables, to meet at Bayonne en the 15th of Jane; it appears that he did Lot e ve n wait for the arrival of hi, Brother Jose.rii, at Bayonne, in order to constitute Lin) King of Spain. loseru only reached Pau, the capital of Beam, on the 7th, from *hence he still had fifty miles to drive before he got to Ba)onne ; bat he had been made King of Sian' ou the 6th, wit hont either his knowledge, consent, or approbution. An unusual it hurrr, and we may even sV, perturLation, seems to have pervaded the Corsican Imperial Court and Councils, at .that time; for we find that Boma- Patera could not even wait Jointing's too slow ap proach. He went Ao Int .t t11.,‘ n ew oql ie li c Ki ng on the road from ilayotille to Pars. nought him to Bayonne yaws 40/16 chaise, end w: u Her Imperial IVIAJMiTT received JOINII/0 ol Oar atrpa "I . the pa lace, he was 'obliged, trio snare < ..enitsg. to give au dienees tovarious Ladies of Spanish Deputies.— He was then allowed to sup with tho Elan:L:oa and Enratss. We shall rtsume this , übject to !narrow. It opens a vast field to rational hope, expectation, and pleasing conjaiture. Government are in possession of public die. patches for South America, intercepted on board Ls Conception Spanish lugger, captured by His MAJCSTeiI frigate Orestes. They are said to be of importance. The massacre at Madrid, on the 9d of May, is said to be one of the most frightful in modern history. Four thousand Spaniards fell, ou that day, beneath the ire of the Frcurb myrmidons but, unsatiated yet by their blood, Illuawr created military tribunals, whi h admit su-picion for proof, and adjudge no person brought before them to be ism:went By these tribunals one thousand were condemned laud executed, though 3luitsr had :41- leanly promised to bury the crud* of the id in oblivion! The answer sAich was stated in the French Pa pers to have been sent from the Uevvrnor of Cadiz to Admiral Pvatts, is a fabrication. We are ena bled to state positively, that no ouch letter was sent to the British Admiral. _ . Govefnment have received official intelligence, that Sir EDWARD PELLtw'll Eypetlition has tretti completely successful. He has taken, sunk, burnt, and otherwise destmved. every Dutch armed ves sel on the coast of Java, and invieed in the whole of the Eastern Seas. Three of the ships were of the line. namely, the Rea:dater. the Plato, and the kitrtaaar, all of which he hung in the linrhonr of t;riesie, the Doteh Commodore hitting previously .cuttl,•d them. Bawaguere, whatever imposing promioes or atsursaces he may throw out to the Spaniards,' " preserving inviolate the i n teg r ity o f tlizir mo narchy, anii of not suffering even a vills.;.• to be dismembered from it," is evidently incupolile to( extending the blessings of his petered prows !ion a single league beyond the continent cf . Spain Far from being able to secure the dis"sat ec; mien of that Monarchy be:end the Atlantic, along the shots of the Pacific Ocean, and at the extrenio its of Asia, he cannot guarantee 'to Spain even the fortress of Ceuta, on the oppositeemist of Barbary. Hs menaces, it is true, the Einperor of Mon‘ccis, with the effects of his vengeance o , isiolignatimi, if that Prince shall presume to the a gun against the place. But his very nieneces betray bi•enins,.,ess, and will probably excite no apprehension in the mind of the African monarch.BrIVAPARTII. terri ble to Austria, to Prussia, and to Itussis, is ob ject of comparative ifolitterceitot: to every power that is 'overate,' flout him by a few gangues of mater. " The armistice between Russia eta the Porte still continues. Nevertheless.• orders have been given to all the Governors pn the fmntiers to be ac tive in their prepacatious. All fondled places slang the Egean, to elan. ant Idrictie roosts are strengthened. The Ilitail-tiiv.rters of the Grand Vizir aro to he removed from Adrianople to Sophia, while the standard of Maliomet for the present re mains at Adrianople. Out of .Natulia numerous Corp.. of troops have ahead) passed the Hellespont. in like incliner the Goveriiiir of Saloisicbi. Chow. rem, Mahnied Pactia, aad the well-known Avail Of. Sere*, filmset Bev. received peremptory orders to. wiuip themselves and advance ; it is presumed. in the first instance, against the Se:lrian inutile" who have hitherto rejearil all the proposals of the Subiime Porte for a compromise." tort rutaen. Julie 11. One of our privateers, which hod i);guiian;n gagenient with a Swedish privateer, had the tins. fortune to blow up just Ns she woe about to obtain a victory. Of 43 men who composed the crew, only live were sawed, of whom too were wounded. From Bornholm we have heurd that many Swedish vessels have been divrovered cruising. According to ititAligence received, the troops which were in Norway have passed the Swedish frontiers. Wulf, a Lieutenant of Marines, has made him self master of an Emrlish scowl of 12 loos end 50 men, without losin a man in the etigavnient. Yesterday is great number of *hips were seen ut Corsour, coining from the North, •,• For Law and Miscellanies, see last rage. THE BRITISH PRESS.