The Sun. — London, England, 1823-09-19 00:00:00

THE LONbON JOURNALS. w . . Bitty:et* from Me Morning Papers, September 19 [MORNING POST.] We received by express, ast night French Pa pera to the 17th inst. Thei . contain it4elligenee es the 6th from Port St. Mary's, which, though lot of an official character, is important,. Hos. xilities, we are told had been suspended for two days, though the erection of works and batteries continued. The Duke de Guiche VA returned, and the Duke of Angouleme, after having received the communications which he brought, had leht his ultimatum into Cadiz. r lf it was not immediately aecepted hostilities were to re commence without delay. 'Another Spanish tlag of truce had presented itself in the course ' of the day, but had not been received, pro bibly on its being ascertained that it did not bring, the answer which was wanted. The terms 01 the Ultimatum are not mentioned, but from the-significant manner in which the Male says, "The presence of the King in the French camp, and. the entry of our troops into Cadiz, are the necessary preliminaries to any treaty," it may be' inferred that those were the conditions on . which the Prince Generalissimo consented to' treat. They are of a piece with the princiPles of justice on which the war was undertaken, for what can be fairer in making' a bargain than for glie of the parties to require that all should be ptl into its hands before it will even condescend LA explain whether it will make any concessions In return ? It is like the sword and the helmet which the Gallic King laid in the balance when weighing the ransom of the Roman people—may some Iberian Camillus dash them from the scale, and deal to the fancied conqueror such mercy us he was willing , to bestow. [inpuNlNd CHRONICLE.] Letters front . Madrid describe the wretched state of the Spanish capital, which is entirely de livered up to the controul of a brutal and're vengeful faction, whose chief occupation is to en courage the licentiousness of the - canaille of the Avapres, Barquille and Las' Maravillas suburbs. Persons who have. evinced the least love for the' honour and charheter of their country,' are ex- Trotied•to all manner of insults, and notwithstand ing the precautions taken by the French Corn 7 rnanders . , murders are frequent every night. By the Regency and their supporters outrages against Liberals are considered the most Merito rious acts. Thus - ' the inhabitant's of the capital .ire not only tyrannized over by a set of vindic , '. tive and despotic men, raised to pOwer by the haughty pride of the firandees' and the persecn tiens of the fanatical Clergy, hitt they ,are also grdisly insulted by the rabble of the suburbs, .Who, • instigated and paid 14 tote partisiing Of the Faith-' men, ofTerallkinds of indignities Codeeetit per sons known not to belong to their party, so that Eldon° now Ventures to go to the Pratio,.the tiro, or any other of the public walks. The Whites, for, so th 6 prevailitik party style thettiSelves, _ anxiously wait for the return of the King', when, they say, they ill exterminate the Illiteks (Negros), the name given by them la the I.riberalti. These letters add, that this treatment compels 6144. one, who is able, to , quit the capital, which, it is added, Will soon be reduced td an 'assemblage of ittip'redtiCtiVe consurners, if the fury of the absolutists is not checked. A con siderable quantity of Lifitish goods, landed at Bilboa for the purpose of being, forwarded to Madrid, has been seized by the Faithmen, and sold for ate purpose of clothing thei r . naked troops, and for this loSs no redress could be had. . . • • • [111F: TIM F.s.l t3nde,r the head of intelligence from Ireland, we have seldom any report-to give than that some new crimes have beCII perpetrated, and that others are fast ripening into action. 'The bolical murder of Fraiiks family has heel)" followed by a GorenerN Inquest, but no evi dOce hai been Bros ght fOrWard of a nature to identify any individual : the coUnnon, expedient of blackened faces was adopted by two of the murderers ; and a ruffian dressed in woman's c4othes appears to have been their leader. — Suspicion has, fallen, upon ,two men, named Sheehan, brothers.of hun whO was ,transported Jost spring Ori the testimony of the yOmiger Franks : they have been once examined, and are sill in custody. A cruel and frightful sympathy With the unknown assassins is said,to lave diicOvered itself among the country-people, lr many striking circa instances ; and indeed no dtitibt can be entertained that the purpose Of which thii horrid act ii,an illustration, has long been a received and established imlicy, with tlr4 natives of the snqjh of Ireland. To. de ter frorn giiing evideMe, or from finding a verdict of guilty by Murdering witnesses 'and jurymen, has been with them a favourite, and too, often a successful method of Under- Mining the power of the laws. Is it not dread ful that the people. Of a whole kingdom should, frOm the cradle, have been taught to consi- Or the law a OnbliC enemy ? i.n the county of limerick, tithe proctors with four -police trier), haire hail an engagement with a 'body of Whiteboys, calculated at 15Q, from whom the police have contrived to tare out prisoner and one shirt. The . Whitehoya had two of their number . melancholy aecidyrit bas oc cutred in the seine county, where a Mr. Miter shot a falihful servant, mistaking, him for a fellow who lurked 'about their premiiei, and of Nvbiom they were both in purSuit. [MORNING HERALD.] W e have received the French Papers of Tuei. slay last. From the short accounts sent forth re specting the state of affairs at Cadiz, but more particularly from several rumours that have gone ebrood, many friends of the . Spanish Constitu tionalists are beginning to despond respecting their cause. The declaration of Prince Angou 'erne that he would listen to no proposal , from the CDrtes until King Fereinand was at his bead quarters, is supposed to have been delivered in ale full confidence he entertained of the speedy capture of Cadiz. If - the ,Cortes were to deliver up the King, a negeclation‘between them and the Duke o tl'Angoaleme _would then. be very improbable,' though .not )thpossible - ; inas much as the King; - even under such ..cir cumstances; might previously pledge his word of honoui .to the Cortes that he' would throw no i m pediment in the: • Way of an at tempt at negotiation between iliern, as represent ing - himself and SPain, antl' the Tituke'd'Angou leme as repreienting the King of France. If, however, the Cortes ' are still possessed of the same 66 heroid " spirit which thttappeared to hold forth when they were in 11404, they, will, in imitation of Leonidas, the really,hereic King of Sparta, rather than surrender, suffer the French to bury them in the ruins of .Cadiz.. But in mo dern times there are no such .paraliela of,-.deipe rate courage'. The last extraordinary instance of this kind was displayed by Lord 'Nelson' - at the battle of Trafalgar ; for we believe that that courageous man would sooner have suffered himself to be blown up in the ship than' sullen der to the enemy. We wish that there were in Spain some men possessed of the same deiperate courage, for we Might then entertain hopeiof the destruction of nob only the French arniy now in Spain, but also of any other that the Govern ment of France or. the Holy Alliance might send into that shamefully treated country. Mina, at present, appears to be the. only Spanish General who does. his duty ; for, like the .En glish Admiral Blake, he is at his post fighting bravely upon all opportunities. We naturally admire any man who does his best either as a .General 'or an Admiral, opposed to his country's enemy. It would be singular if the brave Mina should prevail against the 'French, and that he should cause other Spanish Generals to'follow his example. We might' then have hopes: that one of the natural allies' of England would succeed in thwarting the designs of England's most formidable rival=-France. We are Only sorry that England, by reason Of the debt inctifred by the wars of the late'reign, cannot - assist with a large: artily and navy a ' nation' which it' is, politically speaking, so' much her interest to assist. But this' comes from the stupid system practised by this country during the lag century, of borrowing money to pay for carrying on ‘var, instead of taking the money,at on c e, every year, out of the people's pocket, in the shape of direct taxation, for that purpose [uniTtsu PRESS.] On the last accounts. from Spain'there appears little hope of any pacific treaty succeeding, or of any thing but the fate of war deciding the contest between the Cortes and Constitutional Govern ment and A ngouleme. The latest intelligence from ' Port St.lMary's states, that foi. two days,while nego ciations were pending, hostilities had ceased, and the cannon of both parties was ad longer heard. The I)uke de Guiche had returned, after delivering Angouleme's letter CO Ferdinand -in person, in the presence of several Members of the Cortes. At eight in the evening or the 6th; Angoulenie; it is said; again sent in hiS ultimatum. A Spanish flag of truce' is asserted. to have again arrived ; but the presence' of Ferdinand in the French Camp, and the surrender of Cadiz, were required. And it was considerably hinted, that then the Spanish Bourbon, with his characteristic mercy, might grant a general amnesty to those who had supported the Constitution he had • himself sworn to inaintain! Sngouleme's last letter, it is assert ed, was another menacing attempt to frighten and bribe the Cortes. He generously informed them they need not be in despair; that as soon as the ' gates of Cadiz Wereutibtirred, and Ferdinand at liberty, the French Government would bestow a gratuity on each of those most marked for his patriotism, sufficient to provide for future sub tsistehee in a foreign land; find supply vessels to convey them to whatever country they might &elect as d place of exile, whether England Or America. This letter was delivered to the" Spanish Ministers on the .sth. Their answer Was not known ; but they read the. Bourbon's in- Solent letter, we are sure, with indignation, and rejected his proposals with equal scorn. The Government and garrison of Cadiz will, we hope,' burn and sink.that 'city to its foundations-before they submit on desperate and degrading terms Such as these. It Weald brand them 7 wherever they tied, with eternal infamy, were they to ask their lives ." with the privilege to breathe,", and receive as the means of subsistence a wretched alms from the - charity of the destroyers both of their country and its liberty, after they had weakly surrendered. This was the imprestion the latest accounts from Cadiz conveyed. The Ministers, Cortes, and people were then most determined. All within the walls had resolved to !miry themselves under the mini 'of the city sooner than submit, without confirming the free dom of Spain,'and emitting for her at least a nio: dified Constitution. General Alava offered, it is said, to treat on these terms. lie only required,l On the part of the Spanish Ministers and Cortes, the concession of a free Constitution, guriranteed -, by Angouleme ; and the gates of Cadiz *ould Alien be opened, and Ferdi nand and his brother be free as air. But An gouleme and the Ultras of France have no taste for Constitutions of any kind ; they Worship no thing but absolute power. Unconditional sur render was required by the French Bourbon; any cOncessians wire to:be the otripting of Fer dinaud's after-fancy, and a general amnesty might issue from him, who, eight years before, Murdered the purest patriots Spain ever poi sessed—sent others to the ramparts of .Ceuta Or Tarlife, or to the galleys, to work in chains - restored at once the felt Inquisition, and had its infernal dungeons choked with victims. But tr new foe has risen on the French, for which they were little prepared—a sudden and a frightful enemy. Intelligence had reacheil Paris - on the afternoon' of ,Tuesday that the yellow fever had. appeared at -Passages, between that port and St. Sebastian, said to be imported by tt vessel front' the Havanpah. [NEW TIMkf•J The general de'pressiiin of the Funds in our tnatket is to,be ascribed to the fall of Tuesday on the French Ex - change. The Routes for money opened on that, clay in Paris at 91f. 30c 4 rose to 91f. 50c., Afterwards sank to 90f. 15c., and closed at 90f. 40c.--The laSt price for ac. count is said to have ' been* 90f; 45c.—NO sans factory reason is given for this - fall. The Papers, whiCh' we have . received to Tuesday evening, contain nothing whateVer cal culated to affect public credit unfavottrably, Rumour was of course busy with all sorts . of inventions; the as sassination of King Ferdinand—the assassination of the Duke d'Angouleme r —an: insurrection in the French army—the yellow fever broken out at Port St. Mary—these are a. few of _the extra vagancies of popular credulity. Perhaps the most whimsical, fancy of all is that Of The Cou rier, which gravelfspeculates on the Duke d'Angouleme s resignation of his command!-- We shall not pretend to explain, what may turn out to have been a mere StoCk.jobbing transaction; but if the decline of the Funds is to be traced to any political cause, it may pos sibly be to some loss sustained by the French in an attack on Cadiz. We have strong reason to believe that 'that attack, was made on the 10th or 11th, unless prevented by an earlier surrender: and if it was not immediately and perfeCtly success_ fa; no doubt the impressiim On the French Funds would he unfavourable. Even if t!iis should we should not doubt of prove to be the case, the final result. The negociations which The Courier supposes to have been for SoMe time going on with the Cortes, exist but iri 'its own misinformed speculation. The time has been long past since the French Government detlined to treat with the 'Cortes es 'a SoVereign The Members of that Body have been offered their persOnal safety ; but since the Duke d'Angettleme left Madrid he- has unifornity demanded the King's liberation, as a preli minary to the cessation of hostilities: Mean while it is amusing to see how The Times and Chronicle turn round on their friends and ac cuse-thern of treason. • Valdez must be a traitor,` ' because the fall of Cadiz - is at hand ;-and Novella must be a traitor, because he surrendered Co. runna! To listen to the Times and Chronicle, treason has led' the French every step of the way from the Bidassoa to Cadiz—treason. made the armies" of Morino, Abiibal,, and • Ballasterbs subunit to them—find the same, no doubt, will be said of Rozello, Palarea; and the others from whom the Chronicle expected such wonders in Gallicia, but who are now on their way. to France as prisoners of war ! According to this account, the Spaniards must' be the most profligate or the most imbecile nation on the face of the earth. But common sense will explain these occurrences in a much more simple manner. The' French have advanced from one extremity of Spain to the other al most without resistance, because the greatmajo rity of the Spanish nation regarded them as De- 1 liVerers from therintOlerable Tyranny of the pre tended Constitution. Abisbal, Murillo, Billies teres, Valdes have seen their inability to re sist the will of their countrymen; and. therefore they have been successively compelled to yield to the forCe of events. If Cadiz should not fall at the first assault, it must soon open its gates: simply because the Rebels within have no feel big in conunon with the nation. "To Bet a,min4t at ,e!‘ge., 4 *tter than to fill- a pocket with Mr. S. felt confident that the success 'of this day did not depend upon his exertion, or he could not have consented to take npon himself the responsibility of presidency. was convinced, that'when'the subject been candidly ' diseussed it would:Cali forth the best feelings - of the heart, and the portent obect would be effected. • Mr. Al derman Tir!rira)rir concurred in the Sentiments which had been - eiressed by the Mayor , . He said, that it this o& ject was carried, it would 'cost the henevolent g.entleman . who tad made the s liberal offer the sum of 0,0001. When he first heard th'at.such a proposal was made, he thought it had been made without'due consideration; but when he heard the 'mine Of the gentleman, his fears were dissipated. After such a mu.! nificent offer as this had been made, we surely could not be so ungrateful or so blind to our interest, as to retuie our exertioni, and suffer an opportunity to -escape of emancipating ourselves and future generations. If we did suffer the golden opportunity to.escape, we should be subjected to the bitterest reflections and reproached by ouriosterity. • 'observed that it wa.s hot the valUe of the twopences and sixpences that the parishioners - were' called to pay, that was.so much an object, but it was the vexa dons- feelings that were so often excited both in the mind of the payer and receiver that rendered the commutation so desirable; and if it were effected, it probably would produce the union and goodwill which ought to, exist between the head of the parish church 'and the parishioners, and would remove thoie angry feeling's and' those . sullen looks which had been too often dis.: played. Mr. Fox wished to observe, that. there was at present some litigation betvYeen hiin and the Vicar reipecting Easter Offer ings and complained of cruel treatment. He had searched gently for the existence of a law, that authorized the levying of those tythes, but could not find one. He considered the tythes to be the Vicar's curse.—(The feelings of Mr. Fox's mind, at . this moment, exhibited an effect which has too often been and presented a convinting argument for the necessity, of removing this public grievance. For a moment the har mony of the meeting was interrupted, hut by the interference of.the Mayor order was restored; and Mi. Fox expressed s wish that no impediment might be thrown in the way to prevent the attainment of the object in view.) Mr. CaWoofi and Mr. WiLks shortly addressed the Meet ing,.and expressed themselves decidedly in favour of the' in tended commutation. Mr. BAINES (in moving a vote of thanks to Mr.lVilson) thought, that the intended measures would be generally ap proved ; for his own.part . he felt a peculiar interest in its suc , cess. He considered the town of Leeds under the. greatest obligations of gratitude to the - munificent doner, - and we COuld not too strongly mark the sense of obligation we entertained for this distinguished liberality, which he considered as almost un precedented. This waxen age of combined effort for public purposes,-but such .an 'instance _of individual-benevolence, in reference to the town of Leeds, did not come within his recol. lection. It was not only the gift that called for his admira tion, but the motive that had induced it. It was a peace offering at the shrine' of religion and justly in unison with the sentiments of the author of the words—" Blessed are the peace makers." But he must restrain himself, lest he should offend against the hand 'of benevolence. The indivi dual in question was the very opposite of ostentation; and he knew that it was his wish that thelniblie should solsider the merit as emanating from the pArithioners; and that he should be only regarded as an auxiliary: . On this occasion it was resolved that it - slava money should be raised by 'voluntary contribinioni, to effect the coffin - Motion of the Vidarial Tithes and Eastei Offerings, and at the close of the Meeting a subscription was entered into, whichin a few minutes amounted to the staff of 1,9251. CITY AND FORTRESB OF PAMPELUNA: ( From the Courier Francois.) the fronti ers ' of. Navarre, seven leagues from Pampeluna, the capitatof the ancient kinder--• of France, 17 south of Bayonne, and 69 north east of Madrid, is situated partly'on a smallemii. nence, and partly in a fertile plain, at the left bank of,the Arga,a , river which dis.charges:itself into the Ebro. Pampeluna was' founded, it is said, by 'Pompey, after he had defeated Sartori us ; and-this is indicated by its Latin name of Pompeiopolis, of which Pampeluna' is evidentlye Icorruption. The population of Pampeluna was never more than' 14 or 15,000 souls; its- com merce is very limited,and generally speaking, it is a poor city : it is. tolerably well built, and clean though badly dralued. Pampeluna has within its walls,.and in its immediate vicinity, a great number of convents : the principal of those without the city are, St. Ingratia ; the monastery of St. Peter, in Which'-" there is an hospital ; and that of Capuchins. These three- convents- are situated wear the Arp, on the. rightbank of the river. .0w the same side there are two suburbs-, that of the Rocheappea to ihe north-west of the city,. and, that of the Midaleine to the north east.---Pampeluna, lilted an important page-. in the history of the middle ages. This city fol lowed the fate of the kingdom of Navarre,. which: by turns fell into the hands of the • Moors, the- Spaniards s. and the French ;, final : ly, howeier it was postessed by the- Spaniards, who succeeded in holding it, after Jean- d'A-1-. bret and Catherine MS wife were expelled in the memorable reign of Ferdinand and Isabelle,— 'The ancient walls of Pampeluna were replaced in the 16th century by ramparts' constructed ac cording to the system of fortification adopted: after the invention of gunpowder; and it is weft known that Pampeluna at this day is a very strong place. Its defence consisted,. at the period of .the last war, of an inelosure of eight bastions, with half-moons and counter-gards wherever they were necessary ; a citadel', of which we 'shall speak. hereafter ; end two exterior forts, besides an entrenched out-past to which we may give the name of fort. One half of the circum ference of the city is covered by the Argil, which . forms an excellent moat to. it, Thin circem, stance, joined- to- the steepness of the river's bank next to the. place, has rendered it unneces sary to multiply the works, and even the bas tions in this part are at the distanceof from 250 to 280 tosses of each other. The front towards the plain is fortified in every respect.. At the south of the place is the citadel constructed dur ing the reign of Phillip the Second, who spared nothing to make it the most formidable bulwark Of the Spanish Monarchy. This citadel, in short, is one of the best in Europe ; and is fortified most strongly ; it contains all the establishments nessary for a fortified place.; and there is a hand, mill preServed there of which the mechanism is so combined that it' turns five stones at a time, and grinds three hundred and sixty quin tals of corn a.day. The two exterior works mentioned above are the forts of the Infanta and the Prince. These forts, situated the one in advance of the other on the road from Pampe-, luna to Madrid, are two horn -works strongly en trenched at their breasts. We 40 not know pre cisely if these bastions have been maintained since 1813, or if new ones have been since constructed.* It does not appear that Parnpehma has ever been besieged since it has bean surrounded by its mei, dent fortifications ; at least the works which we have eensultOd make no mention of any siege PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. (From t 7 Leedi Independent, Sept; 16.) COMMUTATION OP VICARIAL . TYTII,ES! A numerous atid respectable meeting was held at the Court. House on Saturday last, for the purpose of taping into conside ration the" property of effecting a Commutation of Vicarial' Tythes and .Easter Offerings in the parish of Leeds, in conse queue' of a munificent offer made by Fountain Wilson, Esq. 11. SaimE it, Esq. (the Mayor,) in opening the business of the meting observed, that he wished to be*concise and to avoid introducing extraneous matter. lle should be under the ne cesaity, in the ,first instance; of introducing the name' of Mr. Fountain Wilson, whom he considered as the main spring in this importanccase; Ile•stated, that in consequence of Mr. Wilson having repeatedly heard of unpleasant circumstances, connected with the collecting of the Vicarial Tythes, he had been induced to give the subject a serious consideration, and had corresponded witli several gentlemen in the parish on the' subject, and had ultimately determined, that if the parishioners would make an efibrt to effect a Commutation of the Tythes, that he would give one half of the sum required for that pur pose. Mr. Wilson, accompanied by the Vicar, had also Waited , on the Archbishop, who highly, approved of thei intended mea. sure, an d recommended that the Vicar should be moderate in his claims, as circumstances would admit, taking into consi deration that he had only a Life Interest', and that he would have to treat for his successor. . Mr. Sant.E a further stated, that. the Vicar had agreed to a COmmutation of all the Vicarial Tythes arid Offerings, on con.. dition that an annual stipend zf .C.lOO should be secured to him,. unit the sum of .£lOO per annum for his clerk in orders. These liberal offers had induced the parties to whom they hail been made, to invite a number of gentlemen to meet for the purpose of, taking into consideration the best method of bringing the . , matter before the public ; and accordingly forty circular letters had been sent to different persuasion to attend a meeting, and the result of that meeting was the appointment of this: Mr. S..observed, that it was a 'subject that concerned every class of society, but more particularly the lower orders, who in some measure feel it an'unequal burden. Before he had had the ex:: perience of office, ho should have had Considerable doubt as to theprobability o f e ffecting the present object', but this doubt was now removed. He had recently attended public meetings in which the wealthy classes of society were interested, and he had had the pleasure to observe, that. when any subject was fairly brought before the public and candidly stated, that it had b een m et by the most liberal and noble spirit. On a recent o c cas io n , the inhabitants of this' town- had met, and ' had unanimously and cheerfully agreed to tax , themeslves, for the purpose of establishing a free market, and they had been induced to do so, because their good sense had convinced them that the object was laudable ; and that it was an hottest attempt' to promote the interests of the . community. He was glad to say, that their present object was not to tax any 'one. What Was now required would be a voluntary offering, and tiO appeal would be made to the poor. It was intended to world's good; an opportunity exonerate, that cl ass o f so ciety altogether ; and not only the present generation, but generations yet unborn. He was so noble nail' princelY' would now allies himself to those who had much of this was. now presented of effecting a great work, and if WO it might never be regained. An offer had been made 'it should be lost for want of exertion, that he never remembered which express those feelings of such an instance of liberality in connection with the town of Leeds before. It was die spontaneous act of a noble mind, . and done with so laudabl e a motive, that it was impossible to which such a display of munifitence necessarily excited. The munificent donor Wish ed the subjett to- be brought before the public. ' Let the subject, said he, be fairly stated to the parishioners of Leeds ; • let an appeal be made to their good sense, and I am sure the object will be effected. , Mr. S. observed, that no object had trratitude, ever presented itself of greater m agnitude, and yet exertion had f requently been made equal to what was now required, especially in the case of raising con tributions for the. establish. ment Of volu n t eer corps, under the direction of Colonel Loyd. In this case, it was not for gentlemen to-calculate how small 4 sum would do for the purpose, but to determine to do it at any rate. We were not to meet this instance of unparalled muni. &once with a sparin g h an d an d a grudging heart, but to give freely and cheerfully. This was to be considered an instance of parish beneVolen ce , to effect a purpose f o r • the benefit of the lower classes o f society, in which the more opulent were under the greatest obligations. It was to the industry of the labour mg classes of society that the town of Leeds was indebted for its wealth and greatnesS; and now was the time to ahoy what valite we put upon the poor mart's exertions, by freeing him from a burden which was a source Of_ vexation to his mull— • By the report of the Marshal Lauriston of the 4th instant, we are told that the fort of the Prince is nothing.more than an out-post 200 foises from the city. Now in the plan which we 'have before its, and this fort is situstedat upwards of 600 tais4 from Parnpeluna ; but w sce n e ar Ayer , though on. the opposite side to the subu rb of the Madeleine, a fortihed build ing called St. Bartholomew, which in effect is not more than 200 mimes front the place ; this perhaps is the post alluded to by the since the year 1512, when the Duke d'Albe,Ge.i: fiend Of Ferdinrind and Isithelle, took Pampeluna. fromlein,&Albret'. ' and that 'cat% scarcely bek called a siege, since five days only after the are rival of the Duke before the town, the inhablj tantiopened their gates to him. We do not, moreover, reckon that as a siege, in which' the anther of the life of 'Si. Ignacius' .says, "that hid• hero, while defending , the breach against the- French in 1521, had his right leg splintered to pieces 'by a cannon shot; because it was not till the time of Philip H. that Pampeluna wits•for-` tilled 'according to the new system. The city was besieged in 806 by the troops of Louis, King.; of Aquitaine,, and son of Charlemagne; and some • authors think that =it was besieged and taken' by Charlemagne himself in the year 7.78:- , -. 7 When Napoleon planned the conquest of Spain,.,. heltnew of what importance it would be to get, possession of'Pampeltina and its citadel. .He ac cordingly ordered General &Armagnac, whit: was in the city with a French division,' to seize: -by stratagem the fortress which he was 5 0 anxious `to obtain: • This order was punctually executed. The magazines of provisions being-In" the citadel, some soldiers, taken from diver) corps of the French division, went there every day for the distributions.* In' the night 'of the , 16th` February, .the French• General 'filled his house, which was opposite to the gate of the el• tadel, with as many grenadiers 'as it would colt. tain. At day-break the soldiers entered the citadel as usual, a little before the hour of distri bation. On this occasion' they had 'been selected from the voltigeurs 'of the 'division, and a•part - 01-' them had their sabres concealed under - their great coats: In the interim, before the opening-- of the•rnagazines, the French 'voltigeurs, feigning' to'' be engagtl in divers pastimes, crowded': towards the guard at the gate, and -in•an instant seized a pile of arms which were placed at the entrance; whilst the others • drew out their, sabres and disarmed the guard. At .the same moment the grenadiers came our- of their hiding place, rushed on the bridge, and en. tered the citadel ; they were, soon followed by nearly all the French division, which' had :se cretly taken arms.—The citadel of Pampeluna, thus taken from the Spaniards, continued in , the„ possession' of- the French till towards the end of the year 1813. At the time of the unfortunate affair of Vittoria, when the French army were compelled to evacuate Spain, the- grand head quarters were momentarily fixed at Pampeluna'• However, instead of, profiting by the resources , . which this place offered, and re-organizing.the. French army•under it, Marshal Jourdan aban cloned it, and re-passed the Pyrenees. ,The allied' army, under the! orders of ,Wellington, delayed not to invest it. While the- English and Portu geese marched • upon St. Sebastian,. O'Donnel. (Count .d.'Abisbal) established. himself .around". Pampeluna with twelve thousand men. Welling.. ton, reckoning. more-- on famine than on •force,of arms, to reduce the place, .diiected.that it shouldl: Ibe blockaded, and-a Hue of works to be. erected lround it, to oppose the excursions of the garri sons- for obtaining supplies. Shortly. after Mae , shat Souk took the command of the army, he made a movement to ,relieve St. Sebastian and Pampeluna. Ile failed in this attempt,, but- it gave the latter place. an opportunity of provision ing itself,and it held out for five months. Public at. tentioo is again directed to.Pampelunat Though in vested by, ourermy itnmediately.after the.passage• of the Bidassna, it is..only within the last week that serious demonstrations- have been made against it. All announce that the siego has, been formed ; but unless we: were in the secret of the• Marshal who commands the, hesiegers; it. would: be difficult to say. on what. side he. will, direet attack. It. may be that - he will first seek to ob •tain possession of the. city before he attacks the. .citadel ; that is• to say, that he will-undertake two successive sieges. This will engage some time, and naturally inclines us, to think that. the gavernment does not believe tile conclusion of 'the Spanish affair to be very' near at hand. On the other side,. the converting. of the blockade.- a• Pampeluna into a- siege is a certain -indication that. the possibility is admitted of a retreat, oc.ce •sioned by other causes than the pacification. of. Spain ; and in which it will be very disadvan-, tegeons for our army to be obliged to. Pas B through the centre of a, corps. drawn from the garrisons of all the strong places which our troops, have left behind. them in their advance tot , Ate extremity of the Peninsule. however that may be, the operations. before. Pampeluna. have: commenced,, and we shall follow them with greet attention. A letter dated Ifacnburgh 4th September t says—" The day before yesterday the entire. Parish of qt. Ps-. ter's, in this City, assisted with, the most heartfelt pleasure and . satisfaction in celebrating, : in the Church of St. Peter's, the 50th anniversary of the Ministry of their much beloved and rerlt. worthy Pastor, the Rev. Archdeacon Rudolph Gerhardt Ilehr mann, D.D., a man of truly pious disposition, and most 8.1. cellent character. go, the 45th of last November, the much respected, indisidual in question had the happiness to celebsil l td with his amiable spouse, what is termed in Germany the golden wedding, f. r. the 50th anniversary of the hymeneal day.-- The worth of the parties must be our apology for presentinS to our readers this private anecdote." BIRTH. On Mond a y, th e 12 t h lust., at Kensington, the hidy of E.Nr: Biwa, Poi, of a son. .31ARRIED. • On Monda, the 15th inst., Mr. Holmes, surgeon, of'ol4 Fish-street, t o Charlotte Eliza, youngest daughter. of the late Rev. Richard Bowen, rector of Min town, in the county c Salq• On Thursday, the 11th inst., at the Abbey Church, St. ban's, John, secon d son of John Smart, Esq., of TrewitOoneet Northumberland, to Mary-Ann, oldest dika4hte; of .the la" 'Rev. Thomas Gregory, of flenlow, Bedfordshire. 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