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11111111 - - . SPA r . IN . • INSTALLATHYN Sf THE HOTIONE; MITA, AT sits PYLACII OP•ARASIIIIM. LIST OF THE Duesasits ASSEMBLED. `.. PASelDelltrA INTSP.IIII The Moat Eseullag boat Dat-Cusads BaAsei MIRAOIDNI. , Dos Franshineridan, Don Lonna* Cale! : The Most Excellent Senor Dun Wok* Js r Marquis de Campo Sagrado. (OLD) cases Ls. Duo Lorenzo Sumitomo de Ileintan, Valdes, absent. The Marquis de Vilkl, the Harquis de Sabuoaa. co AAAAA The Marquis de la Puebla, Dun Juan de Dios Rabe. SITAKII•1111111A Don Mania de Garay, lieu Felix de Os elk. GatN•DA. Don Rodrigo Sequebade, Dee Lots Glues de Claes y Salido. JATT. • Dou Fraaeisco Paula Castaucdo. mud= is ' . ; , -, Tomei, _ rsa DIA4OII.OA, AND THE A O'Dell? INLAND,. Don Mines de viii, Den JuipefSauglada dr Tajores. INVIICIA. The Mast Excellent &mew the President, ad interim, The Senor 31szystia de Villa,. • SIEVI The Senor Archbishop of Laodices, the Con* de TiV.i. TOLLDS. Duo Pedro de Bibcro, Duu Josef Gterc . .a de la Torre. ALCNCII A. The Conde ds Contsiniiiii. El Principe dr Pio. In consequence of the agreement of yesterday, the 24th inst. made in a preparatory conference, and b, which it was resolved, that et half-peat nine o'clock this morning, the Supreme Centre! Junta of Clovernment of the Kingdom should lie installed (to which effect all the Most Scree* Deputies, pre sent in this Royal residence, amounting to more than two-thirds of the number which should coin pose the Junta of Government, who are mentioned • alphithetically in the margin, were suninioned) ; the evil:lllmq was observed in the following man. ner:— The said Most &Ten, Deputies assembled in the - Sacristy of the Chapel bielmignig to the Palace of this Royal Residence, mid when formed, seated themselves oft the beaches placed on both sides for that purpose. They then heard Maws, which was celehrated by the Most Excellent the Archbishop of lame/ices, Coadjutor of the Archbishop of Se ville, mid Deputy of that ; after which the following Oath, which had been previously taken by that Prelate, was adiniisisteeed by him, upon the Book of the Holy Evaugelists, to all the Alnet Se rvile Deputies " You swear by Gird aad his Holy Evorielislui red on Yeses Christ crucified, whoiic 'erred aaaae y us haw heav; iseet, that in the coploynieuf rat barr ow a Herber. the Cereal Repreme Joists of licersiraint ail thrifireitr, you will &food and promote thlerebeferiiii.4ll=lll of oar Huth Eatholie, Apostidit, itrawas that yes rTII hit kiyal to, slid dread err. secant Sowerallfr Ferdrand - 1 , 11. and his rights and Severviaiity that you. will prousoie'llie perierwatio• of our Rights sad Privileats, ow Laws tuba Usages, and eepreisily roar mistier to the tiseeasi in the Reigniug and thine also which are israrficalarly tail dorm m the erne leery said hoary, that ' yes will prostate eery Lila( condense to the petrel wet ire sad happiness of dris Kis Ouaa aid the airerliorrion of its castors; keeping sires awry this: that should be so, • t protecting the Laws frets every writ , sad per•erininc their eseativa ease at the hared ut your lite, safety, and pm petty ?-1140 I swear" - " If you do so, God lie yoer hanger ; mid If sot, may he iral yea, + as one who has taken tilivioly raw it, war." Rasa. t A solestOi re Dein was sung hy:lbc,Cemmunity li of Barefooted Monks of SL : Pgaspial ef this place; and this religious set ining concluded, 'the Junta passed in front of the . MU: Kattalion of light troops of Valenti?, which was formed in two tiles from the entrance of the churl to the staircase of the Itoyal Palace, and adjourned to one of the firm vital halls destined at present fur the sitting of the Juntas. In this public proceeding, and among the multi tude of people of all clasees and coiselitiose, wilt, were assembled, the greatest ins crest and eittliusiiihn were discovered iu favour of Ferdinand 1. 11. !Its name resounded on all sides, together walls that or the Junta, who had just sworn, before t mod mid men, at the hazard of their lives, fa restore to rope a Sovereign so beloved, we &feint our holy religion, and' our laws, usa g es, and cit,totn-. The opening of the gates of the Royal Palace, had been so long shut, the melancholy waited , of the mag nificent habitation of 11111' Kings, and the 'einem bnmee of the epoch at which, and of the reasons for which they were shut up. drew tears even from the firmest of the epeetator.. who performed the mo-t affectionate and interesting action, and the most useful in exciting vengeance against the authors of those evil's, and a just confidence iii the: subjects who, after incurring such danger in so jiet is cause, nevertheless present themselves in as great moldier as is necessary to bring it to a happy teramiatinii. Such, doubtless, is what we ought to hope front the uniou and fraternal tart-lion with which the united kingdoms are mutually uniniatemi. The enthusiasm and interest felt by the people increased, when the most Serene Deputies proceeded to the great gal lery of the principal frost of the Palace, fowls which the actual President, i::1 interim, Count Florists Blanca, again prockiiined onr beloved Kin; Ferdi nand, and the people followed, often increasing their lively acclamations of joy, and the 'fraction. with which they were inspired by it body, who were to fulfil such great hopes, whirh were the miry properly conceived, in proportion to the dignified sincerity with which the most augnst proceeding which the nation has ever witnessed has been eel... bested. The most Serene Deputies being placed in their respective stations, and the PecarEmt having pro nounced a short but appropriate disrourse,theJunte declared itself legitinsiftely constituted, without any prejudice to the absentees, who, mecorUing to the agreement of yesterday,, are to compose the Junta of finveninient, in absence of our King and Master, Ferdinand VII. and ordered a literal irertiticetion of this set tin be drawn up, apiislispeteri;to 'the Pre sident of the C'nuncil, for his information, and that of the Tribunal. In the fliesiii time eommuslica tions are twode to him of the lust orders agreed mi. aspelAikkis ef Ariojeae, she auk {gem. tens MARTIN DE GAROY, Goers) Secretary ad interim. TILE BRITISH PRESS. lON DON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER It will be seen under the proper 111904 of " Th. Court" and "City Business," tlmt Ili* Ms.iLsrtr came to town, yesterday, and delivered his answer to the City Address, praying on inquiry into the causes of the late Convention in Portugal, presented to him by a 'Deputation from the City, consisting of the LORD MAYOR, SIVERIFFN, and several Al dermen and Count'', Councilmen. The answer, of which, with the Address, we gi%e n eropy, we brave a right to consider as the answer of Ills MA JErrli's Ministers, and as such it becomes a fair -aulgiet.i for observation. Assuming this liberty, we say it is not kind, conciliatory, or favourable, hut .that it is, ou the contrary, severe, repulsive, and re buking. We trace in it the insulting tone of the man who dared to tell the Commons of England that they insist vote as he pleased, under pain of dissolution ; and we look in vain for Oh:. 'Mid, dig nified, and parental language, in which MA ' JESTS( has been hitherto accustomed to address Isis loyal and beloved subjects. Snell a.spears to us to be the spirit and character of the awe er 'itch Misirtert hare put into the mouth of His M InsTY ; and for which, by the Constitution, Minister. alone , are responsible. But tins is not all that the public have to complain of. Its matter is net ices, objrc tionable than its spirit and character. The pi hs aisles which it lays down do not apply to the ease, sod its arguments are not borne out by facts.— Never, perhaps, was an much matter for ssessinent, comprised in so few words. We now proceed to verify our observations. This remarkable and im portant answer, for we may, without arrogeing the gift of prophecy, assume, that it will be mu' iiiii r able in history, militias of only three himrt sen tences. The first is merely matter of form. The second says-- " I Ore credit to the 'notice+ w►ich bare dictated your Petition and Mamas—loot I most rrosiiiil you that it is, it.- comostent with the prineipk.of British jts , tice, to pronounce Judgment without previons inveatigatio.i." Where, it may 1w Asked, was the recollection of Ministers, when in this sentence they pretended to refresh the memory of the City of London ? Is not The Extraordinary Gatette, announcing the victory of Vinteira. before the public ? Is not The Extra ordinary Gazette, &toiling the Convention of Cintra. before the public ? And do not these docu ments constitute u body of evidence, upon which the City of London is competent to for:n a decisive opinion ?—Three Ministers, who thus rebuke the conduct of the city, and charge it with prejudg ing the cause. ought to have availed themselve► of their own advice. They wilt find, perhaps. that they have fallen into the error with which thiy charge the city of London.—They announced the Con vention of Cintra a victory.—The Park and Tower gum proclaimed it to the world it glorious achieve ment and if the candles of private citizens had not refused to catch the flame front the public offices, the city of London could leave been illuminated in honour of the occasion. Here then the Ministers have pronounced judgment of victory upon the iden tical evidence on whiel the city of London has pro nounced a judgment of defeat cud disgrace. If, then, the principle of British justice, which furbish as to pronounce judgment without p:vvious investigation. has been violated, Ministers ury to blame. They set the example, when they Tiroclainscit, from the cannon's mouth, and in the most public and an theitic form and manner, that the Convention of Cintnt was tort event of public ;Hy and thanksgiving. The third and fast sentence of the Answer to the Address, Ur— .. I should tut hops.l That recent oc.•u,rvnrrs would hose emovitiee,l yen that I sm at all times resit ) to institute inquiries on occasions in II MA the • Luuat tes d the C.uutry, or the honour of my arms, it concerned ; and that the in terpteition of the Ciiy of Loudon could nut he necessary for inducing toe to direct due inquiry to be made into a transac tion which has 4 . .. appointed the hopes and expectations of the Nation." This paragraph is, if possible, more objectionable than the former.—The right to address the Throne is ►he constitutional, indefeasible, inherent right of the people, and they are the best judges when it is necessary to cure• it into effect. If they were only to exercise this right when Ministers thought it necessary to practise it, we fear it never would have been heard of. The immediate (hilt of the pore graph is, however, sufficiently obvious. Ministers would insinuate tli‘a the Address is a work of so pereregubuti, and totally superfluous—that it is a cure so glaring, and culling so loudly for inquiry, they are hurt at any thing that would imply a want of eagerness and zeal, on their part, to prose cute the object fur which the City of London has addressed the Throne.—Now, upon whit ground do they arrogate to themselves this character? " Recent occurrences" they say, " ought to have convinced the Petitioners that they were always ready to institute inquiries on occasions in which the character of the country or the lootionr of the army were concenied." When Ministers thought fit to desert the merits of the case, and call evidence to their character, they ought to have made sure that their character could serve them. But what " recent occurrences" can they plead as proofs of their zeal fur public justice ? Are not His AJ present Iliuisters the very men whrylii boured to prevent all inquiry upon the charges brought against Lord MILLYILLE ? Are they not the defenders and abettors of Sir Hosts POPHAM, whose ' buccaneering attack on Bueuoa Ayres was the source of all thedisgrace and disaster which accompanied the British arms in South America, and tended to alienate and exasperate the Spanish nation, of w hove friendship we are now so proud, and to whose ricer tioas we &renew looking for the deliverance of Eu rope from the greatest amairge and pestilence that ever visited the earth in the shape of man ? And to crown and top the pyramid, has not Sir 111 W DA LIV been ' , offered to remain nt the head of our forces in Portugal, with full powers to make n new Convention, and heap fresh disgrace upon the British arms? Arc these the " recent occurs rences,"un the authority of whichMinisteraboast that Justice with them is neither halt nor blind, but that she flies tie her purpose. swift as meditation, or the thoughts of lovers ? Or do they mean to rely upon the solitary case of General WIIITELOCKE ; a ease in winch the protection they afforded to the prime author of the evil, proves them to have been actuated in their hostility by mere selfish and party motive*? And here again we have another instance of inconsistency and confusion. The Ministers who proclaimed the Convention of (Intra as a victory to the world, at the cannon's mouth, do not he sitate to declare, in the concluding seutenee of His fit AJESTraI Allit'Ver to the Adds se. " 'Phut it it a transaction which has disappointed the hopes and expectations of the Nation." They admit thut it has disappointed the hopes and expectation• of the nation, and they are an;►y with the city of London for feeling the disappointment in coinmun with the rut of the country. They p►okw them selves eager for inquiry. and they rebuke those that - - - teen tttttt end inquiry ; they cliii%e the city of Lon don with • prejud K iug, and they set the eaniple; they, in the first instance, prejudged the Conven tion, a victory ! and now they prejudge it a defeat, by admitting that it has disappointed the hopes Anal expectations of the nation ! Yes, and they would hove prejsidged it a victory still, had not the M istaiitaneous burst of public indignation, issuing from every corner and quartet oldie country,bent them like willows in the wind, and bowed their heeds before the storm. Our playwrights tun no longer com plain of want of novelty- of character and incident with which to inapmve their pieces. How highly must au unilience be diverted with a Minister, one moment pronouncing a certain event, a victory, and the next bewailing it as a defeat—one moment crating epos the people to rejoice. the next mo ment desiring them to weep; awaking ull the pas sions at pleasure, cal exercising uncontrouled do minion over the heart and understanding. No rarer, tragedy, or comedy. that we have ever seen, can boust such a character, nor have we ever heard any story that bears any simili tude to it but one; it was a case that happened some years ago in a town in Surrey: :—A very wealthy landholder had long maintained a heavy and expensive law-suit against the Corporation, and so confident was he of success, that he made preparations to celebrate it iii the most splendid style. The day of trial (-aim., and there MIS a ver dict against him. A wag, a member of the corpo ration, who had been attending the trial, set out immediately for 1/0111e, and proclaimed that the verdict was the other way. In an instant uti went a shower of rockets from the premises of the de feated party. Ibis house was illuminated from top to bottom; wpabs, crackers, &c., flew in every direction ; the towns-people, who under stood the hoax. joined in the sport. All was joy, bustle, and confusion ; and it was not until his fireworks were expended, tint has lieu-barrels be came empty, he learned that he iiad been velebrat ins his own defeat, and the victory of the opposite patty. Mr. Cassts;‘, when a writer in one of The frequent hints which have been the papers, was very fond of *quilts, ar, and hoaxes, and mai i.ossibly !lave Ministers certainly had no ut'u•r brating us a victory, that which t!t-v ,t«, MAJESTY'S answer, V/.411 It &relit, disap hopes and expectations of the naiiou. however, we must admit their claim to The Answer of Ministers to the Ciry worthy nt• the Cchivenfatit ; the Cooveuti thy of Sir Ids:w D4LRY ; tied fiftr RTMPLE is worthy of the Ministers wt Corunsautler in Chief of His MAJESTY Spain awl Portugal. ii,ne is a visai o of and the city of Loudon, which Isas low with its unglialitiett rii , aisgtradgition, w;• ent, extend that sentiment to the a t venture to assert, that, ere long, the people laud will follow the example of the city r We hare reetsivesl act, wits front the 27th of Augnst in. lu-n+c. 'lliry Spaniards in Porto Rico and on the in perfect unison of spirit and sentiment mother country. We have received Mt m German and pets and Itttera of a late dolt.. lui reached Holland, that the Einne,or and the Grand Duke CONSTANTINE passed Gastrin on the 25th ult. They woitY mar ou the following day ; and at would have arrived at Erfurth a day .. this important interview, in all likelihood, place before the commencement of Mmateitr upon the subject of the arms. on in the Austrian dominions, have proaucoi thing like an explanation, in an article which statev, that the measures which recently con ried into efTe•ct for were determined upon long ego. --....-__ The Supreme or Central Junta of at the Hurl Palace of Ar.inittez, Madrid, on the ...!51 h Inst. An account grand. interesting. and iutpresiive given in our preceding coltimun. Tbr Government of Spain it now cola .nod nothing now tomnios to could consolidate the streinctli rod cement terrode and nu ion of the nation. Spaniard,. have riised our expectations, rod full• a. they hitte ate.trered onr best hops, WIN mom of ar may took forward With stra, 7 confidence, and hail the itntallation of the Sil l .. Junta ni the dawn of a rtill brighter and more :.•• riour day. Whatever factitious and exaggerated intereet the PariNiau paper., dictated by the Cor.icau tyr,int, 'say afii Et to auuex to the inte►view at Erfurt, i.e. tweeu ALLIANDER and NAPeLECIS, uhtltAis that the iti.• tinier of Europe will nut be woiiiia np i+r'l'hnrinl i a, France and hlut-covy, with thrir pendent rtateasind confe:!trittioor,eren if the 11.0.1 of their Council. weir ei so complete, mid longer gist to the Continent a Dew form. 'i time is • and though the Cisa ruay " comprehend the subbase intentions of the we...t rot of heroes, in favour of the regesenitii a Dr Spain ;" thou h he were even disposed to lead ro whole aid to their acemiplishinent, nod to hir e • tote, at the feet of a flagitious Italian, the chi the treasures, and the armies of ; t:•I cannot be so ill-informed of what ha* Isappewl beyond the Pyrenees, as any longer to recogaiw BONAPARTE the arbiter of Europe. At Poaus in the presence of A EZRANDSR, be ish id his couqueror„ the master of l'euseia. who had aia.• ecdeatly subjected Austria, and Who. auke name of CHARLES W. governed, es well tradva• tiered Spuiii. In such a jamitiou, scarcely sectorr•J from the defeat sustained at Friedland. phicuil raft in the midst of the Nieinen, and surround:4 by the victorious cohorts of his enemy, be forwo:. or he sacrificed, the iuterests of his unfortimaiv allr, FREDERIC W I LLI wink he at olicc dotted England and all his principles of acne , . But at Erfurt he must see BONAPARTE in a sel different situation, and may couteniplate low through another medium. He cannot be igann.st of the trausactions that have taken place iu A- le basin, in Madrid, in Arragon, in Portugal, iu Fore 0. and beyond the Atlantic. Nor can he dait eyes on his own disgraces; on his very new) ivy iswece.s by land aganuit the Swedes. or on the !'''t of his squadrons, "deposited" at Portsiumeh. blockaded in the ports of 1...c0ma. Eveu the vs ....- ten:ince, the attitude, mid tile preparnti..ii• Austria, must operate to a certain dverce nil or mind of the ( AR. Ili, progres- in Finland, a;;:o• 4 a power so inferior in sheligth or resource.. as Sweden, by no auraiss encourages the exporetsieni that he would overrun with facility the Polito', Bohemia, or Ilicogary. IN APO I. E 0 II in, indeed, amuse or sedner him by proapti•, - - by vi. aggr.incruwioeist on We Bosphorus. rind orrabh.bing his empire at Cosistootioople ; II" mud b. welt aware how ascertain, as +( •Itflawlt .641 be their execution. is the pr• ..... —.- altered !tate of Europe. Ir, islikm, the. Cry :.. Usurper, content with govrrniag nes;r• name of it. aincient Mossitrcle.. 61 4 suet "I" opposition to tor will in that estuary; ri if to. :1 subdued, b) force, the nation. and that JoiLei. PARTS ol th lit Catoloi the devil' comp' Pnwl roixo coati Brat: , Cuo coerc he Tiers aliitt we c JEW L 4 ( th..y COoSii p l lr or 1., o h* n oose 01 claim tween t h the city Ad c 6 . , o i v e lit is alarm. ; anal frier His IX, are air' n.ters who tom s even tt M E 'll 10. 043 . aeration 'chain of eniwit e bon so li.is low Led s „; coarttlis atiott, a.il, ifaa, bit eve: o the 01101 e, al. Ilideabee • the peopl e nt I has bee if the city of bon. is fro Saxon, m other N 'lllt 'lOll nil •. . tore, 01 id seutitiorat, and di Catalce minim and Doi; f their Ii it,. for the :tinteior A 1.1 1 , 01, ,NTIXE passed th.,... • vire, hey woted rein!, 1.. Conic and at BONAM'eI Of Kii h a day Or tau L. eompl i all likelihool, • docile ametit of the p.c., than I the St have been given n. i. to tak r the ormianeon . prossi , base produce.; -no To LE' in article from coati urea which hoar L Brat: , augmenting the anti Cunt igo. It i Junta of Spain was i Nish° ce of Aniniisez, u. Boa An account of t. mere presiive cerentoin, to be did d mils. The pmse.is.il now completely e• t ;.. °Jet lining to he liens. 1, it " wl th dud cement tht r ation. ni g htly a. 11. e City, xpectatiotta, mud 1,34. nrss our hest hop,. dun' ;141 • r J :,•:. t DUTCH AND GERMAN PAPEUS. PA RI St PT. 27. • The news froth Yeiserdamtern mentions, that His lkilaje,o the Eiii_perer had passed through that town on the 24th. Vm^pritsene• of the two most power ful nittaichs of Europe at Erfurth. will occasion the assemblage of many Princes there. His Ma jesty, it is said, will appear attended by a outuer . our and splendid retiuue —'l'his celebrated meet ing, will, no doubt, furnish ample matter to the , e historical pen, whether we consider the importance of the decision*, which will involve the fate of nu thins, pending upon it, or the lustre and authority of the two Sovereiira Arbiters. An Officer of the Perbian Court, named Kerlieli Bey, accoinninned . 'by Your attendants, arrived this night at the Pali6 of Legation. seer. 29. The grenadiers of the turps of Marshal Monier have marched to Tilsit, to await His Majesty the o. Emperor of Russia's arrival, in order to attend him to Erfurth. Part of the Imperial Guard is already a. arrived in the void city. as well as Mons. Ileati-..et, . Prefect of the Palace of His Imperial Majesty the ' Emperor Napoleon. The van of a column of the 6th Camp Corps of he the Grand Army has marched into Puri,. They were received and treated in the same manner as the First Camp Corps had been. Troupe from the Confederation of the Rhine are already arrived at Orleans; from whence they will proceed to Spain. The Marshal of thu Empire, Duke of Ditiitzie, held a review, on the 15th inst. of the Regiment of the Duke of Nilsson, 1700 men strong. id It IV said that the hell-quarters of the Grand lie Spanish Army will, in the first instance, be esta te 'dished at Toulouse.