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int; the misrepresentations -of calumny whatever they might be. The.undersigne d also .thinks it necessary to state, that oisiler this view of the subject it is not easy to doubt that the costnands which is flxcellenq may receive from his Go- .1c o ritiirent on the suhbject, will be altogether conformable to the _ just desires of his Majesty , an d a g reeable to the sincere friend ,.. ship subsisting between the two stigma Monarchs; and that ..la 'a l e mean time, until the undersigned is assured of this fact, At will have the greatest satista.ction in pursuing his official ' 4()Yiniunications with Sir Win. A'Court. The undersigned , • ts'also the honour to assur e Sir William A'Court, that hi e • ''s *sty's G overnm ent duly appreciates the friendly intentions , . lisii interest towards Sain whh have doubtless dictated the . sAfer with . which his Ex Spain h as thought fit to conclude his 41o:fore-mentioned note; and at the same time the undersigned suust be permitted to observe, that his Excellency. is too en - !lightened not so be aware that a Government, the victim of the most wilful and immoral Oppression that has ever been known, ...oil the real motive of which, the object at which it MM.; hits itCV vr r been manifested, is absolutely incapable of addressing to its inictuitous oppressor propositions of may nature, without -cwidcotly comprouusing the national honour, the most sacred • 'Menus, and the dearest principles. The only opinion, there lore, which the undersigned can entertain on the present acees ! sion, on so important r. sub j ect, is simply thithat if Great Britain truly desires (as his Majesty's Government is persund :iol she does 1 that tranquillity should be restored to Europe, and that Spain should ye delivered from those evils which so unjustly oppress her, her Government should not hesitate to employ the necessary measures to indude the French C a binet at once clearly to explain its intentions, in order that, with this re else.knowledge, his Majesty's Government linty take it into c ons ideration, whether or not to establish, through the an medefuia -1 tion of his Britannic Majesty, the basis of a d dus place; and above all, :one which may be perfectly honourable to Spain. The undersign edtakes the present occasion to re . peat to Sir 'William A'Court the assurances of his highest con "iiieration. Cadiz, 20th July, 1823. JOSE MARIA DE PAN DO. To Sir W. A'Court, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister • ,Plenipotentiary to his Britannic Majesty. No. 4 is the letter of the Poke of Angouleme to the King of • ,;pain, dated from Port St. Mary, Aug. 17, stating that Spain Iglus delivered front the revolutionary yoke, and recommenoling the convocation of the ancient Cortes. No. ti is King Ferdinand's answer, which begins by remark s‘ing, that the intention of the King of France had never in belbre .been stated to him. This c orres p ondence appeared The N'imes of Oct. 3. No. 0. The undersigned Secretary of State ad interim of his Ca. tholic Nlajesty has the honour to transmit to Sir William A'Court, Envoy . Extraordinary and Minister Pl,enipetentiary of his Britannic blejesty, a copy of the note which his Department addressed to his Excellency on n theta 0t d, h of July last, the original of which has probably bee ias its re.- ceipt has not yet been . acknowledged, notwithstanding the ur gency of the business of which it treats. The undersigned being also desirous again to express the satistaction with which his Catholic Majesty's G overnm ent has received the frie ndl y offers contained in Sir William A'Court's last letter of the 11th of July, hastens to transmit to him Excellency the annexed copies of the autograph letter addressed to his Cetholic Ma jesty by his Royal Highness the Duke d'Angouleme, dated Port St. Mary, the 17th instant, together with the autograph answer which. the King was pleased toreturn to that extraordi nary communication. ' The undersigned :; fully persuaded that Sir W. A'Court, in rendering to Iris Britannic Itlajesty an ac connt of these important documents, will not fail earnestly to call 'his :Majesty's attention to the' contrast presented on this occasion between the conduct of his - Catholic Majesty and , the ill-advised, not to say insulting intimation which the Duke d'Angouleme presumed to make to hine in the name of his august uncle the King of France. ~ if any doubt could hitherto have existed as to the real in. tendons of the French Government with respect to Spain, all such doubts mat vanish at sight. of the Duke d'Angottleme's let ter, which express hi a wieli not for ; the prudent reform of our political institutions, in order to impart the necessary force to the Royal authority, and to obviate all dantter or cauee of jealousy to other powers; but to gain possession of the King itrol his Royal Family, to make them the instrumen ia ts of the French Government, end , without leaving the Spanrds in possession of any moderate constitution, to OVCl'Whelm the Spanish nation with disgrace, and to deprive it of allis inde pendeodence, liberty , a nd security. It suppose% the net free, and proceeds to maintain this evident and absurd fele hood, ih spite of the many unequivocal acts which eet aside all idea of coeraion, and in spite of' the interrupted tranquillity and good order whleh are svAl known to preveil in Cadiz, the respect that is entertained for the august iiereou of the King, and the charectet and principles of his Itlinisters. The Frendt atone, drove the King 'front tils palace of Miutriel, they .eilone &eve hire from Saville ; and in what way do they now pretend to reseal:: to him the liberty athe of whic shou h titre alone have deprived gum ?the requiring ld sor render himself abselutely torsi. .‘.:ir dispo al asnd theeir 'influenc okee. Thia is the only explicit prposition contained n the D d'Angotilerne'e letter ; it is the preliminary sine qua nun and they who his fai petend that the Monarch is hot free in the hands of r thfitl eubjecte, wish to place him in the power of the for sign troops who have invaded his kingdom, of the traitors and rele,:ls who are assisting the cnenty in &so lathe; hiS dontinloos. Let Ferdinand VII.. be free said the King of France, to glue to his subjects institutions Which they .cau receive hen/1111m alone, and instantly the war shall cease. The civilised world has Wield with amazement an aggression ifounded on total! a pretenee, and ie seandalized to hear itmains.' t is calculated to so bverethe most sacred rights of But, in fset, his Most Christian Majesty did not ,say that he would only consider his Catholic iVjlaesty fr itees when he should . ' train the midet of the , Prenclharmy and littldid lie nounae the intention of' ilictatingor suggesting the institutions which he was to give to his subjects. Now, f the Genera di l-in- ri ~ hief of the French army assuinee the power o decing vvhe ,O the King of Spain shall consider himself free, arid even, when h i s f r e e d o m 4b foraer at liberty. Ilia Majesty is only to use ' .his ith ay be agreeable to the Cabinet of the Tuileries ; for that Ca- bihet not only dictates what these institutions shall be, hut 'olfere the to-operation of France and her allies in consolidating them And what ar the institutions whic, with such ill.con. trived dieeimulation,e ar e preset bed to hish Catholic Majesty tit be given to his subjects? Precisely such as are least reconcile; sal with the dignity of the Crown ; the ITIOSt eltlCUlated tO enfeeble the it Authority, to enervate and to destroy the unity of the funetietts of Gevernizene resthe least conformable -with the spirit of the age, anti the pnt condition and touts of the nation ; Ind the Rio: likely to perpetuate divieion, ' mid oppo . eition of inteteete, arid patty.conflicts. Thoee men roust be ignorant of the Itistery of Spam who propose, in the p h ase state of Nolo, to establieh the ancient Corte; of the 4tingdovn as the guarantee of order, .juatice,' and good leoverns meat. duntet, or particular e.etalishinents, in each of the theee - 13ieaean provinee*., different Cate* in Navarre.—.others of time distinct d inceletes in Arragon, Catalonia, and 'Valencia, which for alenigth of time have ceased to exist in those quarters, others of very different hinds in the kingdoms of the Cestiles, which 'never poetic:seed a fired form, and which underwent so many viciesitudcs—eueli is tl:e chain hy which it is peoposed to unite the Spanish people together, anti to consolidate the mo narchy. Congreesee of this heterogeneous nature , i n which no 'real national representution ever existed--in which men calling theinselvee the representatives of the people were to frequmtly seen to prostitute and Kell thainselves to power—hi which tite Royal dignity was no often ootreged and oppressed by the ambition and peepoader ince of suujects—such are the means; by which it is tviehed to invigorate the monarchical authority, mid to iteeure juet freedem to the nation; It is excusable to pollee Ana reflect oe thiA point ; and it is only posaible to ex- ', lein the Doke of Angottleine's proposition, by attaching to it the same sense as that in which the ancient Curtail was spoken eif by the ,tente authors of the Royal decree hauls te a ithlittle May 1814, a vain word, dm ithjeet, of which was to lmps to these who do not reflect, and to restore absolute government. — Tittle it would wily have been directed from Paris, and thus, after the lapee of a century, the plan of Louis XIV. would have hetet execrited, which is . doubtless the real object of the war. It was not aufficient to effect this object by a measure so 'extraordinary ati the establithiiient of the self-styled Madrid. Ite'gency, and to render it the means of subverting, all that had been done during the space of three years by the legitimate Government, acknowledged, by the invader* themselves, and 14 ell _Europe ; it was not eutlleient to deprive the Spaniards of the tight of establishing such a Constitution far themselves itibest suited them ; it woe oecessary to deprive them of any Constitution whatever, and because they wished to er.joy liberty 'Without licentiouencee, although without prejudice to Fttemrance they now suffer , together with the King, from the yoke apt ed to be imposed on them, Bz.c. Btc. No. 7. CARTES EXTRAORTWIARY.--VritliT SECRET SLTTITM, a ivrEetnteit ti. The Sitting opened at halt'-pays seven in the evening, when the Secretail of State, for the Home Department read an expo-. ;titian made by OR: Government, which described the 'mein airily situation of the netion, and the last c ommunications of the Government with the Envoy of his Britaimie Majesty, Sir Wm. A'Creirt, and thoee Of lite Catholic Pdajesty with the Duke of Angouleme. • After the expoeition wits read, one of the Secretariat; asked whether it was the, Wifth of the Cortes to continue in a Secret Sitting on this subject, and it was resolved by an almost mini mous vote in the hegative. Afterwards some Deputies mtg.. gested, that in milking a public' report on what had passed, it w oul d, be peeper to supprees some paesages of the expoeition, and the tither doeumente; Don thtyetano Valdes in the mean time read a kind of iat i m ation which he had just rec from the besieging General, and the Secretary of State for the flame Department having pointed out the inconvenience which in his opinion would be experienced by the Government if all the documents presented were made public, it was resolved th tatwit the President and Secretary qf the Cortes should, in concerh the Ministers, iix upon the documents or passages which ought not to be read in public. The Sitting then terminated. No. 8. SECOND SECRET SITTING, SEPT.. 9. The minutes of 'the Sitting of- the 6th being read and ap proved, the President observed, that the Government having summoned the Cortes in this sitting, it was for the Ministers to state the business on which' they were convoked. The Secretary of State for the Ilinte Department then de liverd four documents which had lately been interchanged for the suspension of hostilities by the besieging army, but that the Government not having agreed to what the Dukeof Angbu leme proposed, hostilities were about to be renewed. The documents presented were-1. A copy of his Majesty's letter transmitted to the Duke of Angouleme through General Alva, in which, as a proof of his Majesty's sincere desire of peace, he offered to treat alone with the Duke on the means of re-establishing it, on board of the ship of a neutral Power, or in a point of equal distance from the two armies, with the pre cautions and formalities usually adopted in like cases. 2. The dispatch of General Maya to the Government, stating the re. suit of his mission. 8. An authentic note in French, without date or signature, accompanying the other letter, in which were expressed the conditions on which the Duke of Angouleme would enter upon an adjustment. 4. the opinion of the Coun cil of State on the examination of these documents. These documents having been read, the Minister withdrew, and the sitting terminated. No. 9. TIMID SECRET SITTING, SEPT. 18. A dispatch of yesterday's date was read, in which the Secre tary of State for Foreign Aft:lir:4 stated, that the Government had to make a communication to the Cones in a secret sitting. The same Secretary of State then intimated, that the Govern went considered it necessary to inform the Cetus of some cir cumstances which had occurred since the communications made on the 11th. lie accordingly proceeded to read it paper which related the little hope there remained of deriving any effective advantage from the intervention of the /..;mlish Government, solicited through the medium of Sir W. A'Court—the answer returned by the latter—the invitation made on the part of the enemy through an indirect and purely confidential channel, for again opening communications —the ultimatum recently pro ' posed, which could not fail to be rejected with indignation by the Government—the protest of the Government that it had not omitted, though without result, the employMent of any of the means in its power for terminating the war, and preventing the dangers which the defence of this island might bring upon its worthy inhabitants—the resolution of the Government to perish rather than to fit!c the throne despoiled of its dignity and the Spanish people of their liberty—and the consequent result, that the ordinary course of war was returned. The Cortes having received this information, closed the sit- No. 10. FOU (ITU SECIIET 5 tvrina, SEPT. 25. Read a dispatch from the Seaga/ of State for the Home Department, statiny the resolution of his Majesty, for convok ing the Cortes, to inform them of what had occurred in San Fernando. The Secretary . fir War b ein g called upon by the President, rose and said, that though the first object of the Sitting was to receive an account of the mutiny of the soldiers of the or to battalion that of San Alarcial, there were other occurrences posteri event, of which it was thought proper that the Cortes should also be informed. At midnight, on the 23d, the battalion mutinied, iu consequence of which the General-in-Chief proceeded to the spot with troops of every description; having arrived yester day morning with 3,000 men, he found that six companies had already returned to obedience, and the other two companies sub rnhted on his commend. The companies were removed from the points which they garrisoned, and distributed among those of the battery of Orrutia.' In Campo Soto they were separated and decimated, those selected being executed. Ile then re lated various other events an d incidents, which chewed the bad spirit of the army, and the convereatione and means of seduction which were employed. In consequence of these seductions, the General had asseeidiled the principal officers on the t a receding night, in Campo Seto, where they endeavoure d to prote good spirit among the troops : but though many were decided, the conduct of ail could.not be relied on. . Among other measures, the General had disbanded the second provisional battalion. The Secretary for the Home Department then read a dis patch received last night from the General-in-Chief, in which, after stating.in detail the causes which rendered the defence of the Gaditanian island difficult, the General stated that he be lieved it would be necessary to concentrate the army on the ter ritory between Cadiz and the Cortadura. The reply of the Go , vernment directed, that until the c oncentration should he defi nitively determined upon, the General should in the mean time transfer to Cadiz all effects which might not be absolutely ne cessary in case of attack. The Secretary of State further ob served, that the Government considered it above all things ne cessary to consult a junta of Ge,nerals r The officers, on the. view of all the points which, they had to consider, and the nom riety of the absolete impossibility of defending time line now occupied, unanimously agreed that the concentration ought to be instantly effected; as well as the other measures proposed by the General-in-Chief. • They added, that the arm considering its number and quality, did not afford security. fur the defence of the new line proposed, nor yet for that of this city, which wan t e d resources of every kind , and that a determination should be come to without loss of time. The Ministers, not possessing sufficient experience on the subject, had not ven tured of themselves to order the concentration. After some conversation, Senor Saavedra suggested that the Ministers should be asked whether the Government intended to submit to the Cortes any proposition on the communication which had just now been made. The Secretary for 'War replied, that the Government had nothing, to add to the exposition which had been made, as it had formed to opinion on rise subject of the concentration, and he could only state his individually. • . Various questions were pot b y other Deputies respecting the (Meet of the communication, and the reasons which had in duced' the Government to convoke the Cortes ; to which the NViir Secretary again replied, that the Government had formed no opinion, and that what was wished was, that the Cortes should declare themselves fully informed by this' communica tion, and wait for the propositions to be made by the Govern ment. A question to this effect was put to the vote, and decided in the negative. A motion signed by Senores Capg,a, it was to Arellano; Melen the dez, Reilloe littruaga, and Moren o, vias then read; following effete :---"fliat.theCortes should appoint a Com mittee to confer with his Majesty on the measures which might be calculated to terminate the evils that afflict the country, the farther effueion of blood, and the ravages of civil ware and to secure the liberty and independence of the notion." The Secretaries of the Cortes intimated a doubt of the com petency of the Congress to discuss this proposition, which. had not been remitted to them by the Government. It was put to the vote, whether the motion should be taken into considera , don, and resolved iii the negative. The sitting was then cos eluded. No. 13. FU Tit SECILET SITTIN9, SEPT. 26. Read the dispatch for the convocation and the proposal sub mitted by the Government. - It was put to the vote whether the sitting should be continued secret ; and it was resolved ill the affirmative by tt majority of 43 to 33. Senor Aden propoied that the consideration of the subject before the Owes should be suspended until the following day, because many Generals were .absent in . consequence of there not havig been tie to summon them. This proposition was declaredn not to be m included in article 100 attic regulation. It was then ordered that the exposition of the GOVertllTlent should he referred to a Special Committee, consisting of Senores Calderon, Cuadra, Escobo, ',Aaron, Allan, Getter, Ruiz de la Vega, Stine, mid TOMEI% Read the particular vote of Senores Meca, Maren,, Lino, Tegeiro, Pesach), Saha, Adan, Rico, Ithir. de la \reign, Gomez, °alien°, Septiem, Villanueva, Ituruago , Bertram de Lis, Roo, Reillo, ',nasal, Idorente, Soria, Escobo, Mons°, and Calderon, against the . re solution of the Cortes to consider th e exposition of the Governnient in a secret sitting. The present Sitting wet then adjourned, and ttle next fur reciving the report of the Committee was fixed for to-morrow at twelve o'elecic. No. 11. TO TICE ININISTEM OF WA.II.—STArr.--stcoNi) SECTION, Excellent Senor—The fatal and unexpected loss of the castle of Santa Petri has placed in the bands of the enemy, who was previously master of the waters, the true key of ourposition, w hether we consider sci:ly th e militar y relations, or the state of almost absolute want of communication -in which we are placoti. The equilibrium of force has been lost on our side.- There is but one means of re.establieliing it, and tinfortt. that means is unattainable. And, in fact, if it had been' po: forme to have constructed in the frtrss of Santa Putt proper time, and with suitable rapidity, a complete anti combined system. of works, and If it had been in my power have held constantly in that point 2,000 determined and web conditioned troops, they might then perhaps have been able to have neutralized the power of the enemy : arid to have prolonged indefinitely the defence.. Llut the scarcity of artillery and en gineering materiel, the Absolute want of funds to meet the expenees which sucli measures would occa,sion and to pay the great number of labourers which it would be necessary to em ploy, were powerful and invincible o b stacles which my energy and good wishes endeavoured in vain to surmount. There was, too, another cause still more powerful, as it at tacked the basis of all our ideas of resistance. Whether it was that the reverses and defections which rapidly succeeded each other of late, had influenced ,the minds of the troops, or that the bribery. and gold of our enemies had corriipted them, it is certain that their discipline and subordination began to waver and lose ground, and a pernicious spirit was seen to spread among the most confidential corps. Their enthusiasm was succeeded by a deplorable want of energy, a clear and decided cowardice, to the eternal disgrace of our military glory, of which we have just had such lamentable proofs. Theie, excellent Sir, arc the elements which I hold at my dis posal, to sustain the Isle of Cadiz, the depository of the Govern ment, and of the sacred person of the King, the asylum of so many well -deserving citizens compromised in the cause n'f li berty, and the centre of the hopes of the rest of the country,— This view of the subject, while it endangers the object which his Majesty deigned to place under my care, extends beyond its na tural limits the defence of this point, and connects it with rela tions of high political importance; and such is the powerful rea son which induced me to express myself to your Excellency in different terms from those which I should have adopted, had. I been simply charged with the defence of a fortress or of a fors titled line. From the statement which I have given above, your Excellency will perceive, that if the, enemy should attempt a vigorous attack upon the beach, the works would afford no means of repulsing him, and that he would inevitably establish a footing on the island. Nothing then would remain for us but to draw our troops rapidly together, and to risk an action in open field, of the ill success of which, the demoralization and decided cowardice of our troops could scarce give reason to doubt. The loss of an action of this kind would ensure to the enemy the possession of all the works of theline, which he would then take by its gorge, getting into his own hands an immense park of artilery, w hich would smooth the way to his ulterior o perations. Indeed, it is impossible to say whether a defeat under such circumstances would not produce a total dispersion of the army, depriving us of ever y resource for maintaining re. sistance. That fatal event e too, would expose to all the horrors of war this city, which, by its services in the patriotic cause, well deserves this consideration of Government. These and other reasons, which it would be superfluous to add, have con. vinced me that nothing wituldebe more advantageous under our present unfortunate circumstances, than to confine our radius of defence to the country between Cadiz and the Cortadura, abandoning consequently this extended line, which it is impos sible to cover by the small number of troops which are still to be depended upon. Though this vigorous operation 3611 pezinit the enemy to extend the line of his forces, it will afford an oppor tunity for the wisdom of GovernMent to find the 'means of saving the State from the ominous laws which open force is accustomed , to dictate. This operation, executed in time and with tranquil lity, would enable us to remove articles and means necessary for our object, and to render useless those which we might not be able to bring . away. In like manner it would afford an opportunity for providing for the safety of this well deserving population, by supplying the besieging army with the necessary d step of thes for establlshingan armistice, which , in every way, it wbe greatest interest to us to obtain through the medium of the Go vernment. Then, too, we might proceed to select the best troops now in this place for the progress of the defence ; and, in fine, combinations of measures might be provided which it is nots t possible to execute in the tumult of battle, particularly when i result is unfortunate. With this view I look forward to a reso lution of the Government as rapid and determined as t he p resent c i rc umstances require, for every hour is now an age in it s results. For my part, all that I have said has been dictated by t reflections which I incessantly Make on the terrible situation in which we are placed. The wisdom of Government will consider my opi nions with the deliberation and caution w hich the import ance of the subject demands, and will determine on what may be found convenient. It is indeed painful to me that I ant unable to affbrd to give hopes of a more cheering moire, but I should commit a criminal error if .I acted otherwise than I do ; and I have only the consolation to assure the Government, that there are many Chiefs and officers, and even privates, of the troops, who, like myself, have for their excliteive object the I, h a ppiness and independence of' their country, and who would joyfully die rather than yield to the arbitrary law of a' foieign conqueror. God preserve your 'Excellency many years.—San Fernando, Sept. 24, 1823. To his Excellency the Secretary of State fur the War Department. . No. 14. 111:PLY• MINISTRY Or WAII—STOT—SECOND SECTION. I have given an account to the King of the dispatch received front your Excellency, dated yesterday, explaining the reasons which induced you to propose the concentration of this army, and his Majesty has resolved, that while this point is being de flnitively bottled, your Excellency shah proceed without loss of time to remit to this place all the gunpowder and other military effects which may not be absolutely necessary to resist an at tack, taking care, after the gunpowder, to send the gun-car riages, the wood-works, and other , articles, in whatevtv order your Excellency may, con.iider most necessary and useful to assist in the defence of the rest of the Isle of Cadiz. I have this day /given the necessary information to the Military Com mittee of this province, in order that they :nay remit to your Excellency with the greatest dispatch as many means of trans port as they may be able to spare to facilitate the operations by sea and hind, to which end your Excellency will please to send me information by the bearer. I. write this to your Ex cellency by a it oyal order for your guidance and for its fulfil ment. God preserve, &c. Cadiz, Sept. 25, 1821. To the General-in-Chief of the Army of Reserve. No. 15. A copy has been forwarded to the Military Committee of the province of Cadiz, in order that it may contribute towards the prompt fulfillment of .this resolution, by remitting to the Ge. neral-in.Chlef as many means of transport and other assistance as he requires, and as it may be possible to spare. (A true copy.) FRANC. GOLFIN. 12. TO Tilt EXTRAORDINARY CORTES. Seneres a —in the secret bitting of yesterday, after the Go. vernment had coirounnicated to the Extraordinary Cortes the events which took place in the two disbanded battalions of the army of reserve, it also informed them of the di s p atch which lied just been received from the General-in-Chief of the army, and the report made in consequence thereof by a Junta of Generals. Pressure of time prevented the Government from doing more than merely nuking their communications to the Cortes, in order that they might not be ignorant of the real state of things ; and made no proposition whatever, because by that it was ne cessary to form a judgment, after mature deliberation. Now that that judgment bas been fonneds 'we are ordered by the King to represent to the Cortes, that the Government, from the statement of the Generabin-Chief of the army and the junta of Generals, and from the other facts of which it is possessed, cannot answer for the defence of the Isla Gaditana, which becomes daily more dangerous and difficult; and the Go. verrunent is of opinion that it would be wrong to risk, on a battle which prese nts so little probability of a succese ful issue, the fate of the King, the Royal-Fatuity, the inddietvi. duals composing the nat ional re presentation, the many - guised patriots who have taken refuge in tbis place, its faithful and worthy inhabitants, and an army Meriting a better destiny. Meanwhile, anti without prejudice to the continuance of the efforts that are in its power, for which the General-in-Chief has been authorized to effect the concentration of his forces, should he judge that measure necessary for the public safety, the Government is of opinion , and prop oses to the Extraordi nary Cortes, that in the exigeney . of present circumstances, the safety Of the state requires that his M'ajesty should adopt in his own case as he may esteem it most suitable, and first of all turning to the best possible account In favour of the nation, the inhabitance, and defenders of this Wand; the condition which the enemy proposes as a preliminary, tint qua non, and on which the Cortes are at present engaged—to wit, that the King, with his Royal Family, should quit the Isle of Cadix, and transport himself to the point whic h may scent best to him. But doubtless, if the wisdom of the Cortes should discover any other measure Of less inconvenience, which may not occur to the Government, for avoiding the threatened evils, they will please to declare it, or to determine what is most befitting.— Cadiz, Sept. 26, 1823. Jose Luganda; Salvador Manzanares • Jn. Anto. Yan. diola ; Francisco Omni° ; Jose Ma.'Culatrava ; Fran cisco Fernandez Golfin, No. 16. Senores—Gil de la Cuadra, Escobedo, Aden, Sierra, and Tomas, having examined the foregoing proposition and corn. niunication of the Government, the Committee is of opinion that it is only when compelled by force, and the imperious law of necessity, that the Governtnent should act according to the exigency of the circumstances, taking care at the same time to preserve the honour of the nation and its rights s . the Cortes w hatever may be those done m virtue he of that force and necessity to the pudice of rights. T Cortes will doubtless determine what is best to be done. Cadiz, Sept. 27, 1823. • (Five seals follows.) steps No. 17. PARTICULAR VOTE OF sExottEs FLOItES CALDEV.OI4 2 DIARAN,-.OIE'NER, RUIZ DE LA VERA. Those whose names are hereto signed, are of opinion that if the purposes for which the Government requires the sanction of the Cortes are within the const i tu tional limithis, the Ki he ng 1 does not require it ; for by the third power vested in mby t7lst article, it belongs to him exclusively to make and ragrtify reil peace s olely with the opinion of the Council of State, al ui by the 236th article of the Constitution, and that consequently there is no occasion for any deliberation on the subject. As little is it necessary if those purposes exce the said limits, as the Cortes cannot give what they do not ed sses. . do m e opi nion, theretbre, of those whose names are hereto signed, the only thing which the Cortes csu do in the critical situation in which they are placed, is to preserve the rights of the nation, by protesting against force, in the event of extreme necessity wresting from the Government concessions contrary to those rights.—Cadiz, Sept. 28, 1823. (Four seals follow.) No. 18.--AYES. Ayllon, Alvear, Stara, Joaquin Ferrer, Murii, Arguelles, Cuadra., Alava, Elias Alvarez, Valdez Burton, Canga, Dome neat, Gil Orduna, Villanueva, John Jost Sanchez, Herrera .Burtamente,m Toer, Baum, Adantro, Montesinos, Fernandez Cid, Belmonte, Silva, Reillo, Neira, Sierra, Trogillo, Moreno, Garmendia, Ogero, Rey, Pedralvez, Blake, Soberon, Nunez Fakon, Roset, Taboada, Saravia, La Torre, Isturiz, Galiano, Saavedra, Alanuel Gomez, Rodriguez Paterna, Tomas, Dioni sio Valdez, Escobedo, Adan, Santafd, Sedeno, Atieura, Agiurre, Tor. Nunez, Munarriz, Escudero, Santo Suarez, Varela, Lopez Cuevas, Seguera, Villareja. Benito, Castejori, Beltia,Arattano, Lopez del Bano, Pacheco, Orallo, Buy, Gi menez, blinones, Melendez, Jost Gonzalez, Lugue. No. 19.--aroEs., _ _ Soria, Salva, Afonzo7Buru aga, - 11 ; luxo, Llorente, Roso, Moure, Lillo, Bertran de Lis, Prat, Sesana,. 13usana, Salvato, Lagasca, Garoz, Maran, Sotos Rico, Florez, Calderon, Meca. Posadas, Septicon, Navarro 'l'egeiro, Velasco, Bartolora. Abreu, Rhiz Alabega, Serrano, Oliver, Romero, Omer, Lar. rea, Gomez Becerra. AMERICAN PAPERS American Papers arrived this morning to the oth October. IFrom the Commercial Advertiser of the 6th Oct.] A letter Is received , in town by way of St. Thomas's, which states that on the 23d August an action took place in the East part of Derma rara between a body of 2000 well-armed negroes and the troops,of the province, when the Blacks were defeated and dispersed, with the loss of 150 killed. Faoat CURACOA.—We have received tbe Cu r•acou Courant, of the 30th August inclusive, but the Papers are barren of interest. The French frigates Thetis and Constance, of 44 guns each, bad sailed from Curagoa for La Guira. Letters from Margaretta state, that the national ship Esper onta, of 64 guns, had arrived at that island, from Holland, having on hoard 20,000 stand of arms, and 10,000 suitsof clothing for the army. This is one of the vessels pur chased for the Republic, by the deceased Mr. Zea. The frigate Venezuela sailed on the 11th August, from La Guira, to join the Espcionza, at Margaretta. The bark Chat les, of 18 guns, from England, arrived at La Guira on the l9'' August, on account of the Colombian Gover ment. [From the Paper of the 7th Oct.l The , Spanish frigate Constitucion, in company with two corvettes, from Porto Cabello, called on the filth Sept. off Curacoa, anti ‘vere joined by the corvette Ceres. They were said to be des tined for Havannah. I.4'ttom LA. GUI ItA, A uG, c2.l.—The siege . 61 Puerto Cabello is about being; renewed. Ge. ueral Paez is already on his way to resume hos tiliths. The 61-gun &I►ip ix hourly •x vied from Morgaretta to join the squadron to blockade Puerto Cabello. P 4 10NNE, OCT. 28. (Extract of a Private Letter.)—Private Le • . ters from the Peninsula begin to become again very interesting. Those from Andalusia affirm, that the party of Ballasteros daily increases, and that his army, consisting of 9,000 men, spreads serious alarms, and has destroyed all the triumphal arches erected on the road by which the King was to pass. it seems, that his intention is to. make the Sierra Morena the centre of his operations, whence it will not be very easy to dislodge him, if, as expected, the French army should retire to take up a po. sition on the Ebro. It seems that Cadiz is not sufficiently pro , visioned to supply the wants of the garrison, great quantities of flour continuing to be shipped here, and sent to that place. The French General who commands at Madrid has called together all the Spanish Officers prisoners of war, and laid be. fore them the three following proposals : 1. To serve the King. 2. To go as Prisoners of War to France. 3. To return to their homes. One or other of these proposals was accepted, each officer choosing that which'he judged to be preferable. The soldiers haVe been disbanded. General Molitor, it seems, will remain as Commander-in-Chief after the Prince's departure : he is to have an army of 40,000 men, of which 10,000 are to be in Cadiz, and 12,000 in Madrid; there will be only 18,000 left to occupy the whole of the kingdom. This seems an inade uate force, but yet it is not probable that more can be dis posable, after the Royal Guard and the cavalry, all which are expected here, have left the country. Troops continue to be sent to Estreniadura, which is not tranquil, and where the Empecinado is still in force. It is reported iet there has been a tumult, in which some blood was shed, at Cele Nova. When the Extraordinary Gazette arrived there, the troops fired on the people, and fell on them with their sabres, because they cried " Death to the Negros." SHOCKING ACCIDENT. It is with On that we lay before our readers he following extract from a Letter received per ost this morning, doted " NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Nov. " It Is with deep concern that I take up my pen to acquaint yo that another of those dreadful accidents attendant upon mining has • t occ urred in our neighbourhood. Yesterday morning, jus at about six o'clock, the hydrogen gas exploded with trcmen dous effect at itainton Colliery (near Houghton-le-Spring), in the County of Durham, one of the Coal Mines, belonging to the Marquis of Londonderry. " I am not qute sure that I am accurate in describing the full extent of the injury sustained, but I have reason to thi n k I speak too nearly the truth, when I report that 55 m en an d boys have on this melancholy occasion last their lives I It is true, that of the number mentioned four o r fi ve were b roug h t to bank living, but their wounds are of so serious a nature that no hopes are entertained of their recovery. " As may be supposed, this afflictive news,has produced a very deep sensation in Newcastle ; but, alas ! sympathy is of little avail, except in as far as it tends to the relic. of those un fortunate beings who are left widows and orphans by the sad casualty.—Though nothing is known with precision as to the origin of this heart-rending catastrophe, it may be taken for granted (judging from previous occurrences of the same na ture) that negligence is at the bottom of it. It is certainly haven only de that all th ese di stress i ng events (such was the er a week or two ago) happen on a M on d a y. It wo u ld seem, therefore, that there is somehow a de serving of at re snviahrikte, slackening of vigilance o n th e previous day, which ought never to take Rlace in Collieri es w h ere there is any dispositton to ex , plosion."' s -- 0 ): 4 *".c • • s 4 &c" ":".' lb - • • MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. ENGLAND. !Monday, Nov. 10, 'l,onnoN. Nos. 40, 100, 145, 241, 319. 329. 335. COUNTRY. Nos. 131. 213, 320, 378, 433, 473, 517, 536, 546, 570, 574, 578, 7 01 . --11, LoNDON. Nos. 23, 6 2, 2 : 10, 309, 3671 421, 479. COUNTRY. N 05.24, 67, 138, 1 45 , 211, 20, 292, 427, 601, 626, 638,714. Wednesday, - 12, LONDON. Nos. 3, 11, 16, 19, 29, 47 96, 237, 257, 334, 3535 Tuesday, 435. COUNTRY. Nos. 124, 129, 139, 21 3 , 215, 232, 314, 344, 400, 440, 442, 447, 463, 4;a, 577, 606, 647, 661, 690, 705. Tkursday, 13, LONDON. Nos. 6, 18. 25, 86, 19 1 , 271, 299, 301, 326, 33C, 499. COUNTRY. Nos. 70, 119, 111, 15 3 , 172, 178, 211, 2(9, 278, 254,397, 518, 531, 540, 560, 01, 642, 679. -14, Lownos. Nos. 116, 274. COUNTRY. Nos. 43, 282, 283, 550, 655, 709. -15, LoNnoN. * * • COUNTRY. Nos. 64, 353. litt.l.A.N 0. Tuesday, Nov. 11, CORK. No. 71. WLdnesday, - 12, CORK. Grata Prov. Lodge of Munster. Friday, Satuxiiky, YORKSHIRE. A Provincial Meeting of Free and Accepted Masons, WAS held in the Grand Hall at Wakefield, on Monday, Oct. ad, which was very respectably attended ; the business was gone through in a masterly and truly Masonic manner. The Grand and Royal Arch Chapter was opened and supported by the 'Companions of the Loyalty Chapter, from Sheffield, in the pre sence of Lord Viscount POLIAMITON, Provincial Urand Mas ter for the district, and many other respectable companions. In the course of the day the regular parts of Craft Masonry were exercised by different Brethren, who were known to be well qualified in the Union System, and which supported the business as to do credit to themselves and honour to the lAidgea to which .they arc members thereof. The business of the day being over, the Brethren spent the evening in a pleaurit manner over an elegant repast prepared by Brother Atzistt packs Inn, 'Wakefield. FINISH OF THE LOTTERY. LAST and ONLY DAY is.FIUDANT, ember 14, when ail the l'rizes and all the Tickets mem he drawn. The Wheel contains Prizes of £ 20,000, Xto,ooo, ,090. £soo, 1.:3 011 , and -besides neatly Three Thottsmol smaller Prizes, the whole of which must be drawn in Poo Day, viz. FRIDAY; November 14, whets the. Lottcry will Finish. R Tickets and Shares, Warranted Undrawn, are on Sale at all the Offices. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 - CLOCK. Bank Stock %but India Stock .................. , 3 per Cent. Red. 821 i India Bonds... ...... . 765. i 6. 3 p ---er Cent. Cons. 631 g .s o uth Sea 5t0ck....... ...... -- 3a per Cent. Old Annuities ............... .01d 9 9 4 Ex. Bills . . .... . .............. I 0 46 4 per Cent. New io2,tg Ditto &non .............. ...... --- a per Cents. 1797 B a nk for Act. ...... . ....... :: Bank Long An.2o 15.16ths t'l 1 India, fpr Con. Acct. ..... 7 4 Imp. 3 per C..:ents. I Cons. for Acc. . . ............ Iss,,-,1 k PRICE or or FOREIGN STOCKS ix. LONDON, N 9 :. 6 i) AT ONE o'4t.tle . K. fFive per Cents. 00. :, F,,,,, 1 Scrip, 1 " ' ''.:.,''::** I - Six per Cents. 00. '- - Russian :, Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00 . k Ditto New 1,12 i. Five per Cent. Bonds, 77.1. Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. - Five per Cent. Bonds, 1820, 00. , t.- Spanish Ditto , 1821, 27,3. ex d i r•. 1623, 21. cx. div . Prussian f rive per Cent. Bonds, 86 . 1. Ditto New eq. Danish • Five per dent. Bonds, 00. Chili 69. Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 61. cx div. Peruvian New Loan, 00. Portuguese Scrip, 00. Poyais c G. ex div. 1 New . , 00. [Bank Shares £OO Os. Seven per Cent. 000. American - Six per eta. 00-000. tFive per Cent. 00-000. Three per Cent. 00 00. Fr::L h Niapolitan Au►trian oirA 111611 WATER AT minutes after 4. 1 DON BRIDGE TOZIOIIet Morning, 33 minu Evening 53 w i nu tett 6 THE SUN. SOLE.II QUIS DIOEIZE FALSUM Auk•- LONDON, 03 , THURSDAY, NOVE MBER 6 1 EXPRESS FROM PARTS. •l d of We have received by Expres s the 1:1°°,1.1,, yesterday, from which we subjoin extracts. of E,toile of Tuesday contained par t of the M n t ee i Accusation against the patriotic but unfor tu " f her ° trEco, which is concluded in the num" for the Etoile now received. We bare not f °°' : ' , lr ge its insertion, nor is it material ; against him is wholly con fi ned to the al bla „4 „1, of High Treason. All the foul calumnies h" , i for the ci , tioo sitle re upon this noble Spaniard may thus b e c°494i1,10 It, as completely falsi fi ed ; for it is it o°-• i gioe a believe that his persecutors would l aye 3oe'otY i ' 1 from charging him with any crime or , e t . o g bi which they had the means of estal)li° proof. ( From the Rolle of yesitrdap) NEWS FROM SPAIN. (COURIER EXTRAORDINAg/.), °'. 00 0 1 Al ATA RO, OCT. '29.—1 hasten to "`,,10'4 , pro- , that the Articles of the Capitulation 0. l olig 4 were signed yesterday, and that 111`' riot in e. troops are to take possession of that ; n o, place on F •d rt ay the 31st, in the rnortin4 MA "I o 0 Cr. 30.—Don Carlos A o' l I,lllll3rlme taken possession, on the 15th, of the • hit .' Political Government of Cadiz, ‘vbilli If rld' dia tc" jesty has confided to him. lie intro° 010.4 dressed a Proclamation to the inbl)U°lll° oil tip great city, in which he reminds Oleo' vile revcr of l evils which took place in the infancY