The Sun. — London, England, 1823-10-02 00:00:00

1 . !;e properly of the imprudent inhabitants o 'Cadiz, and who will finally be compelled to acs ept, the capitulation offered by the Prince Gene , talistimo. CADIZ, SEPT. G. -I , ;XTRAORDINARY CORTEB.-PREPARATORY MEET. ING AND INSTALT.ATIO:kI. The Deputies hawing assembled in the nccus tcaiect place, and the Session being opened those articles or flub Constitution and of the in. ternal regulatiOn of Cortes were read, which treat of the cases, modes, and forms with which the extrirordinary Cortes are to be constituted ; qter which the President of the perinan'eut de putation spoke is follows : " Senores—The King hA deemed it proper, and evert fleece !Airy, that the Extraordinary Cortes should assemble, for the • purpose of deliberating on a report which his Majesty's Go vernmeetwill.present on the present state of "the nation. It is not in my power to iaform you of the contents or the object of this statement,. as I aiti ienorsu2t of them myself ; but the sad . situation to which our beloved country, is so unfortunately re, itueed, 'will be Bufficieut to warn you to prepare yourselves to feel additionalpangs, and to suffionfresh griefs and afitictions. -" Caws and events which are too well known to.require to be mentioned, have brought us to , a frightful crisis; and though rough and stormy has been the path which we have hitherto trodden, that which we have yet-to pursue Will not,hathore smooth tend agreeable. Impartial and upright men will do us .jasti.:e. in every age and in every country. The blame of such digasters i 4 not our*. Called by our constituents, we could not but conform to the authority which. assembled us.; it was not in our power to, roake.choice of any other rule of conduct,-nor ealuld we forget the sacred oaths which we had taken. Whatever may be the fate to which we are destined, honour still retrials with us- - : and I hope that your patriotism anti Wisdom will bp able' to maintain in the new ,deliberations on, which•we tee about to enter, in order that ,you may also pre sieve the - testimony of a pure and guilileas conscience , afford ing a sweet c o r lAot a tion and imperturbable tranquillity in the nal At of the greateet eels:Mile:l, and miefor g tunes t " . vhe secretary -Valdes (Don , Dienisio). next re.ssl• a report of the sitting of the permanent de.' vitaiion - on the night, of the sth, current,, in Itich was inserted the message from the .King, . nc the resolution adopted by the .said depute-, Tien for assembling in the present form, together 'with the appointment. of Secretary .and Scrota tors, and the message returned to his. Majesty,' • L4gging hint to appoint an hour - to receive the di.putation or the Cortes. Tii•p Secretary -..l4loretiter read the lists of the, Deputies residing in the isle Of. Cadiz, of those absent from the Congress with the knowledge or the Cortes,: und of those who had ceased to fol:, the. progress'of the' Goverment beyond Se-, ✓;lle ; end the President then directed that the - Cortes should proceed to take the oath requ ired i?). the Constitution, which was accordingly.takn i.y alt .the Deputies present, who were as fol. ••lo VVS A • ' 4 Senor Preeldente, Goner, Isturiz, Soria, Llorente, Tahies, Velarce Buruaga, Muro,. Cangi, Navarro Tejelio, Moore, taco, Sutra, Alvear, Arguelles, Cuadra, Alave, Rojo, Valdes, r.eooe,..Alvetez (Don Elias), Akira, Duque del Parque, Ber; tAe.A: de - Lis, Somoza, Reillo, tint Orduna, Fitiiges Villanueva, litelana, Trujillo, Lino, Nimez Falcon, Seoarte,'Roset, Ada nero, Siefro, Silva, Belmont°, 'Vlzinarios, Dd., Inenassis; Neira, Garmendia, Ojero, Soberon, Moreno, Blake, redeileez, Toboada, Bauza, Torres, - Herrera BUMS.. xnehte, Saravia, Fer:Aandez Cid, Alix, Zuluetit; . Saavedra, Galiano, Swaim, Gone elez Mons°, &Ivan), ?Omit,. Solos. .T.;:nae, Duey, Adse, Calderon ; Oomez (Dim. Manuel), FAzi &vitae, Luque, Mem, Torre, Afone.o, S2wiera, Sederso., Abreu, Garda, Oliver, Ruin de hi , 'Vege; . i,ttznv, Goneatez Aguirre, Nunez (Don Turibio),•Munarrtz, f i c l u l l v T , ), , Sely t a . , Serpa elelendez, Varela, Gonzalez (Don yu Rod aila2 • Nterca, Larrea, .1,. ca, , - e.,enlirez Areliar.o, Castejim, Benin), Lopek act Rano, Aillon, actmco, teuites Suarez, Ovalle, Beide,' Quinones, Gishert, .I,o:an:Cuevas, Jane-ries, y (Don Cavetfttio.) • Ttie Senors ahoveriailied being iii their Tespec.: Vete•strats, the .• President said, c: This day, the of fieptember, 1823, the Cortes . Ex.traordi /retry Are installed• conformably to order of con. -sof.!ation." • A liecretaty read a dispatch from the Alinister :for •Grace and Jwitice, which stated that his :Majesty had appointed the hour of five o'clock that evening - tor:receiving the deputations, which -trould have to announce to hint the installation of the Cortes. In consequence 'of this conunu. the following were chosen to compote . the deputation, viz.:— . Senates Canga, Valdes Bustos, Varela, Lague Vi ll avieja, ilee ere, Pedreivez, Ruiz de la Vega, Seoane, (H ebert, Rojo, TF4.116, Eice.dero, Ramirez •Arellatio, Moreno, Bauzo, Her 'etre Buster ante , Ciaroz„Setrano, Belda„ Allx,'Buey, and two cretartei. .eresident stated that the Hall was to . be' ligirsted up,- and therefore suspended the sitting oixtil four o'elock'precisely. „ The. sittinti of the preparatory assembly being ,resurued, a secretary -read .the list of the deputies 'Composing the deputation which lied been 'sent to 'the. Palace, and which' was nee( returnett. • - •gerior Q4siga 'stated that the deputation "had vPiti . ted Majeity, and, informed him that - the Cortei Eitraorditiary, convoked by his order, were installed, and had chosen for their President senor Gomez Bererra, deputy for lEstrernadura; . that the deputation had also inquired. whether 'his Majesty would be• pleased. to be present at !the opening ,of the, session, which was to take piece; that eveuittg at six. o'clock ; and that his Majesty had, in answer, observed that the short aess of the time Would not permit hit being pre snot at that ceremony, as lie could not be. pro. pered for it. •• • The President replied, that the ..Cortea, were setisi ; hie of the propriety with which tlie 'mission of the Deputation. of the .Cortea .had been exe. coted. lie then announced • that' the 'Session orntil - dbe. opened at six &clod: and adjourned the sit tin 4. Plitifkio OF'l"tiE SESSION-.ol' VIE CORTES EXTRAORDINARY OF 1023. The Deputies being assembled, the President declared the $±5,0011 commenced: . :Senores "tifante, Alava, Sanchez (Don 'loser), Prat,'Eseovedo, ant Ferrier (Don Joaquin) - were • find took seats iu the Congress. ihe - Minititor3 were present, sad the - Seen,- tall of, State fur the 'tome 'Department presented tigt speech', •which was read !by the Pre '4444. it" was ; Senores Deputies i—On that solemn day.on which the. Or. di ns! , cote . 4 for the present year closed their widen, I an. nounced Co you that if circiunstaneds should require it, I would seek i ltl e Corties I.lxtraoiditiary the `port of'Saliiatioti lb, the vectel of state; and a report,,which .I.ly Government will, by my order, present to you„.will show that the vessel of ; the state Li on the point or being wrecked, if the meastirciof 'the groin do not tontributo• to save it.- In ptinivance*,. thirefore, of wax I then.announcethr-of thecriticalnatureof circumstances and the arduoigi state of affairs.,—Lhave Considered it necessary 7that the Cortes .g; fraordinary should asseingle,; In order that, titling bitoteonsitieration.the said report,'..tliby:tnivyrisolve with tbelr aacustonuttli.xcaLsndpatriotisin on the .ylwasares most d. raritagabita - for the public cause. Mat my (loverninent will snake • lcdown 1464144 H demonttrale 910 fruit- Icss haVe been the eithos, ;.onitle. for obtaining an, honourable pace ;,ittf-allse , Lb9 cluppy,,pmi st i n g t contrary Ave,ryylght, guttbig forvhird piopoiltion for tnterference in the affair's of tilt' kngd iotri,l_ Obstionliitil)orefuAeli to treat, except with nit 1 alorm Anti freei atith,l l ) l **OtA9 to consider ,MA, it Ido not 4;9 sttcl ace lnXstAr aintd . st.. their bayonets. I n conceivabl e Jo cd litterty t *kik only basil Is to be illeablionaor . 0 • •"-,; able act of delivering myself up at discretion into the bawls of the aggressors ! •• " Provide, then, Senores Deputies, for the necessities of the country, from which I ought not, and never would wish to se parate my fate; and convinced as you must be, that the, enemy pays no regard to reason and justice, when unsupported by force, examine promptly the existing evils and then remedy. " Cadiz, Sept. 6. " VINDINAND." Senores Saavedra, Gener, Ituiz de .la Vega, Cuadra, and Tomas, - were 'chosen to compose the deputation for pieseuting the reply to his Ma jesty's speech. • . The President stated, that . the sittmx - wonld be resumed at seven o'clock, and the Cortes ad journed. • • SITTING AT 7, O'CLOCK ' AND SECRET COMMITTEE. The Royal Order for convoking the Extraordi nary Cortes and 'the list of the Members of the Committee for the Correction of Style were read. The 'Secretary also read articles 77 and 78 of the orderst'foY regulating the proceedings of the Cortes, anil the"Prksideht observed, that in virtue of the pooers which those articles gave to the Government, the Secretary of State proposed that the report referred to in his Majesty's speech, and which had given occasion to the convocation, should be made in a secret sitting. The Cortes, after hearing it read ju the serret sitting, w ould determine whether it should he discussed public. 'The Cortes diet) resolved into a Secret Committet. runfac SITTING. The President stated that the Cortes had re solved that the subject of their secret sitting should be reported in public. The report of the Government, on account of which the Extraord.inary Cortes were convoked, was then read. It consisted in representing to the Congress the melancholy situation of the country ; the conduct , which the Government had followed in all occurrences, in ail cases, since the invasion of the French ; the efforts repeatedly made to obtain nn honourable peace ; the nullity of these efforts, in conse quence of the obstinacy with which the enemy persists in his course ; and, above all, the situa tion of the Gaditanian Island ; the want of re sources, and the necessity that the Cortes should energetically unfold all the means of co-operating 'with the Government, in the-object of the cause for which the present contest is maintained. The Cortes ordered that the report shotild be referred to a special committee, con;isting, of iettores" Isturiz, Arguelles, Ferrer (Don Joa quin), Salvato, Oliver, Navarro Tejeiso, Galiano, and Nunez (Don Torihio.) It was ordered that there should be referred to the same committee the lasi,dispatch . pre sented in _the secret sitting by Don Cayetano Valdes, in w kith Codkit BourdeSoul t, Commander in-Chief of the French.corps , in the line, stated that the reply , of his Catholic Majesty to the communication yesterday made to Don Miguel de Alava not,baving been satisfactory, and the Duke of Angonleme declining to_enter into any discussion, unless upon those bases, he.(l.Courde soidt) hoped, that by eight o'clock that night the said satisfactory reply wOuld he given, it being understood, if the contrary, should he the. case, that all negotiation was broken off, and that af fairs must revert to their ordinary course. Reference was also made to the rounnittee of Senor YUILICIN answer, %lad* stated that the CoVernment having thought proper to convoke the Cortes Extraordinary, no reply conhl be given by. the hour pointed out, bat, that it would be transmitted on the following day. The following proposition ... submitted, by. Se 7 nores Reillo,,Bertran Cordnna,"Saenz de, Buruago, Neira, Rojo, Mare; .Canga, Sierra, Somoza and A dan, was read :—" The Cortes will be pleased to resolve, that there be granted to the .Intita of Defence appointed by the Governor of Cadiz, the most ample powers for adopting every means which may he considered requisite for the defence of the Gaditanian island." Themotion was ordered for discussion: Senor A illon suggested that the motion should he referred to the Government. Senor Aden said—The Military Governor of this fortress is anxious to . discharge with the greatest energy and punctuality his arduous duty. Recollecting the advantageous effects .prodoced in, the war of independence by the formation of : Junta of the same description, he instituted that ,now under consideration, with the hope of ob taining similar services at the present crisis. In deed, effects of a like kind has already been ex periviicedfrom the labonrsof the Junta. There can be no doubt of the propriety of con fi ding •a great part of ..th,e defence of, the island to a body ,which know the-.place and all its resources .better , than the Certes, and even better than the Go vernment. was,, therefore, fit that the Junta should be invested with the most ample powers, that every practicable measure, of defence, may be adopted with the necessary promptitude. Senor Gaiiano opposed the idea 'suggested by Senor Aillon, of referring the motion- 7 -Ist, be cause no committee could possess a sufficient knowledge of the . military•busitiess for. which the Junta was convoked ; an 4 '24, because not a filo- Jowl( ,to the los,t itt effecting the necessary , preparations. Senor Co4ga spoke :to the same effe9t,oulo gizing the 'extraordinary services performed by a :Junta 'during the war of independence, and' expressing a confident expectation that like Measures would now be adopted. Senor Anton stated that it had not been his in tention to oppose approval of die 'priiposition. The• subject being declared stieltientty` dis cussed,ihe Motion was approved. '• The Cokes then ittliourned. •• • • The Deputation of this province 'has just re:. ceived` the following'itoyal Ordnance " Excellent Sir—ln aide to complete the *illation of the forced, loan of,eight millions of reals with that dispatsh which is Mpg urgently, required, the King bus thought proper to cominancl,'Jti tivinity with • the!proposition Made by the Provincial Deputation under - this date,',that on the Bth of this month the unkiikl,quotas shall be made good, with an addl. tional, charge of 20 per cent.; anticipating the period of payment Of the 10th day; the term fixed in the Royal _ Ordinance of the Ith of August list. The list of%the said quotas to be for :warded in due tiny! to the Nilitary Governor of this city, that he may efrect flair collcetion, with the aurditionul charges, on t he qlarappointed (the 'itth.) by his Majesty's command I " communicate. this ordinance to your Excellency for its fulfil pent. God in:cwive yoyr Excellency many years.. Sett. it. " - JUAN ANTONIO' YANDIOLA. t , 'r the President And• liambers of the : plgyineial Deputation." . _ _ ." The Degutation. transmits this decree of his IViajesti - tO your pcceliency, In order that it may be carried into effect, and that your Excellency may announce it to the public in the journals of to-morrow. " In pursuance of the Oder of the Ayuntatniento, the same is now made public. . " CIPRIANO GONZALES ESPINOSA, Sec. " Cadiz, Sept: ti, 1823, the fourth year of the Restoration of Spaitish Liberty.." THE ROYAL NAVY. • T•A L PROMOTIONS. CON I/JAMMERS TO THE RAMC OF POST CAPTAIN. • Hon. Henry John nous, Thos. David Buchan Edw. Bow., George Frederick Rich, and Thos. Pettinan. LIEUTENANTS TO Tlf P. RANK OF COMMANDER Rawilon Maclean, Richard Douglas, George:Pierce. Robert Wilcox, Roliert Pair, Charles Robe' Alilbourne, 4trid Chas. James Dope Johnstone. . ZIIDSHIPMEN TO THE RANK O! LIEUTENANT. George Tinsley, Edward Wit. Leger Cannon, Francis Teek, Alex. IT L eo 4 (e), Artlinr Raines,loseph Betsy, Patrick John Blake; Henry ThOs.•Aletcalle Currie, Chas. Willit Poynt!,r, James Dalgleish, Wm.:Louis Sherringham, Black. wood Gore Currie, .James Gibson, Wm: Read, Andrew Bar clay, Johtt 11I'Donnell,'Wm. Dickey, Wm. Corn= Gerrard, and Richard Crozier. ASSISTANTS-SUDGEONS TO TUE 'RANK OF SURGEON. nlleezel Al'Ennally, James Ellis, Peter Fisher, John Love. and Thomas Burton. • • SURGEONS' MATES TO 20 . 3 ASfISTANT-SUUGEOWS. • JpimiieCl:ifarrisOn, Ricbard .Allen,koiniTlrareWilson. Thonia's GibsOn, ISase Wi :lames Kemp Ballard, George Seeds, Andrew Russell, and William Thompson. Vice-Admiral Sir T Tr.. Halsted, K.C.11. has taken the command of his l‘lejesty's Sqiiadron in the West Indies. " FONTHILL AlittEY, $E1T.,30, The sudden-change it thcoweather this morning from the most teuiperate heat and mellow Sun-shine to chilling winds and rain, has thinned the expect Al attendance at the Abbey. There were comparatively few partick to,-dLy, and they had not the gratification of tteeing : Fonthl under the most favourable circumstances ; still,. tinder &cry aspect of the atmosphere, while yet undespoiled of its curious and costly decorations, the interior at least must afford matter of interest and sub ject of admiration to the spectator. The rarest pieces of or and furnitnie, which have been disposed of, re main still in their accustomed places, until the conclusion of the sale, when The Tespectiie purchasers will dissmeember this singular collection, never again to be -re-united. • There were no articles of attraction-or- interest In the sale to-day. The ar tides disposed of were almOst exclusively or a domestic charac tter. consisting of houschoalinen of various sorts, lace, quilts, and other things of thii nature, and therefore I shall leave their merits to those who alone eke competent to fix their value with. out the chance of contnuliution. • The persons who wire injured by the accident which hap petted to the Salisbury co;eh yesterday, remain in the same state as described in my lett. It appears from the rOlimVitig communication that Comtnodore O'BRIEN has been killed only in the newspapers :--:- _ _ " T. 30,—We have great satisfaction in assuring the public that the itateniebt contained in almost all the provin cial papers of the loss of Commodore O'Brien, at Plymouth, is totally unfounded. This experienced seaman, 'in his diminutive 9itter, the . Royal bift, has been cruising daily , for the last Week m Cowes Harbour and roads, and. the adjacent waters, to the great . delight of the gentlemen of the navy anti the amateurs of sailing, and the wonder and admiration of our visitors front the inland parts of the kingdom. The niitt deal hem is at this time in our harbour, and expresses great indignation at the report of his being drowned, which, he says, while his activity and skill in managing his Lilliputian craft remain, is an event al. most beyond the verge at' possibility." . . Bow-STur.rr (Tim liAy.)---4.10,yd, one of the Officers, this day appeared to 'answer a charge preferred against him by a gentleman, for abuse, while 'on his duty on the Brixton road. Lloyd strongly denied t h e charge, and staled, that he . end his men saw the complainant in a situation that excited their smspicionS, and which induced them to speak; to 'hitu. The Magistrates invited, that iu the event of any Officer being guilty of abuse, they should, be visited very se riously., anti if tho gPtalf , Wlll4ll question wished for any thing farther, 'the Officer should.attetid on any day that ht.migtht Think proper. It is hut justice to say that Lloyd bears a very good character. A Letter, dated' Frankfort, 14th of September, says—" The.Frir that is now in progresS turns out worse than was expected. Many sellers as well as buyers have kept a'way ; and, excepting a traffic in certain articles of luxury, little or any business has been done: 'Every one , is hastening to Leipsie, in the hope of finding a more favoura ble, state of things. ftisto be feared, however, that the general scarcity of money will produce similar effects nmong-the trading world there, and that the language of complaint will more or less be the order. of the day." In the picture show. of Paris they are exposing for sale a portrait of the Count Las CASAS, said to be a striking resemblance. In.the night between the 18th and 19tli ult. a robbery to a very considerable extent was per petrated in the Hotel of the Prefect of the Seine at Paris. The diamonds of Madame de Chabrol werel a k en awa y. The loss is estimated at about 80,000 francs-3,200 1 . sterling. At the late Assizes at Aix, in France, the se ducer of a young girl under age has been con demned to six years imprisonment, and to stand once in the pillory. However we may tax our neighbours with 'gen,erql ;levity, it would cer tainly seem that the public murals cannot be in vaded with impunity.. The Brussels Papersinention that a Mr. Healy, ate Englishman, (who had' already obtained a patent in Great Britain for the invention of an improved ship's anchor), had just been honoured with a similar privilege, for ten years, by the GOvernment of the Netherlands. We are to have no fewer' than three French companies of Comedians'eex spring—one at the West London 'Theatre,-.another at the Argyll Rooms, the third in the ORIGIN OF 'mi t ; won!) VAN KM—Yankee is the Indian Corruption 'of the word English— Yonklees, Yanglees, Yankkes, and finally Tailkeer got in generdl us e as a fetal of reproach thus : ,About the year 1713; one J. Hastings, - a 'farmer at Cambridge, in N e w England, used the word Yankee it 4 cant word to express excel- Jence ; a Yankee GroutlY horse, Yankee cider, Sec. The Students - a t . the College having fre quent intercourse with Jonathan, and bearing hirn employ the. word on all occasions when he in ,tended to exprt4s his approbation, applied it sat.; casti'caliy, and c a n e d hi m. Yankee Jonathan. It soon became, a mit phrase amo ng the Collegiails to designate. a sithple week, awkward person ; •from Coll ege , it sprteur over the country, till, from its currency' in New England, it was at jength taken u p aed a pplied to the New Eng. tande;rB. g"" v, as 3 term of reproach. It was in consequence - of•this that the song called r i c wthee Doodle was comptised. • In our preceding columns i4•e have, inserted copious extracts from the Madrid Gazette of the 24th ult., consisting chiefly of a Proclamation Issued by BALIASTEROS after the failure of the brilliant enterprise attempted by Rizoo, and of reports of the preparatory meetings and sittings of the Extraordinary Cones,, copied into the Madrid Gazelle from the Cadiz Espeetador of the 7th and Bth ult. • From the Proclamation of DALLASTEROS, "less it should turn out to be a sputious meet, it is at length ascertained that _he had not entered 'into any concert with RI,EGO, and that, on the contrary, ho had inflexi bly. adhered to the conditions prescribed in his capitulation, with MOLITOR. Ilis troops, however, appear 'to- have been on the point of placing themselves under the orders of DIEGO, for it is admitted by BALLASTEROS, that when the soldiers of Ritmo threw away their arms, and rushed forward with Constitutional cries ) to embrace their countrymen, they were re ceived as friends by BALL STEII9S'S columns, and the, men forming the two armies were mingled together in indiscriminate crowds. BA I:LASTER OS attributes their subsequent separation to the pro dent measures which were immediately adopted by him ; but those measures do not satisfactorily accoun 4 t either for the retreat of Jill:Go, or for th e fact that none of BA LLASTCHOS'S men finally join ed him.. Perhaps the truth is that lbw° was too precipitate in making BALLASTEROS prisoner,-- that the a ppeara n ce or treachery in that transaction raised a ferment amongst BALLASTERos's troopi— and that the failure of the whole enterprise ought to be attributed to an occurrence which was cer tainly calculated to produce one of those sudden excitements, by which men are sometimes rapidly impressed with new feelings, and are hurried into a line of conduct extremely different from that which they had but a few moments pre ilously deliberately resolved on pursuing. BAL- L ASTEItOi boasts that not one of his soldiers incorporated himself in the ranks of his _enter prisine adversary ; but th e l ast Madrid accounts sta ted ' that amongst the prisoners made from RIEGO'M unfortunate corps, were 60 or 70 of BALLASTEIWS'S officers, who had violated their oaths. Which statement is to be credited ? At the opening of the Extraordinary Cortes, no fewer than one hundred and eleven of the National Representatives appeared and took the oaths, notwithstanding the perilous circumstances in which they are placed. The ..4fadriii Grnetie affects to represent their conduct as being cha racterized by 4 4 misery, madness, and Pride," whilst it eulogizes the " frank and grnerous" con- duct of the Duke of ANGouccsiEl nut vaat greater, evidence -can be required'', of the madness of inflated pride, and of the insolent arroganbe and injustice of successful violepce, than the. obstinate determination of the French Generalissimo rather to continue all the horrors of a sanguinary war than to treat with dlegai inate government, composed of men to :whose courage and potriotisth the Frt.ncli Bourbons. themselves in a great degree owe their re storation to the palaces of their ancestors, and to go on tratnpling on the rights and , on the mangled bodies of an nnofiending people, and continuing his preparations for laying , a great city in ashes, Anless the subjects of.', an independent -Monarch, who .hare assembleil around him for the defence of his So vereignty and of their own and' their country'; - • rigfitS, shall bow their necks to the axe of the ex ecutioner, and entail upon their natne3 eternal infamy, by basely . delivering the person of their KING into the tods of their enemies ',— Can any thing, on the otherhand, he more frank, more generous, more `noble and devoted, than the manly and courageous manner in which the : Constitutional Government - arid the Cortes come , forward to acknowledge all the tliiliculties of their' situation,—to confess that they are altnOst des." time of resources for maintaining the un equal conflict into - which they have been forced,' —and, at the very moment that these admissions. are wrung from them, by the exigencies or their situation, presenting the dignified spectacle of calmly deliberating on the means which'are still within their power for endeavouring to present ;In effective resistance to the enemy, and with• unshaken . fortitude proclaiMing to that enemy, that though he may complete his work of violence and iniquity, it is impossible for him to. ,triumph over the minds of Spaniards gloriously' resolved to sacrifice themselves in the cause of. their country ! Be the issue of the war what it may, the Spanish Cortes have, by their moderation,: their.coastancy, their patriotism, the calm and , dignified character of their deliberations,under the most trying circumstances as well as in the time of their undisputed power, not only established 'tor themselves an imperishable fame, but have contributed', hi a degree which may even per haps be considered pre-eminent, to exalt the cha racter of Representative Legislatures, and to. demonstrate their fitness, and'utility in carrying on the great and important business of national Governments. , The following copiei of the Correspondnce which took place between the Duke of A.NdOu- LIME and the King of SPAIN, on the 17th and 21st of August, and of a letter accompanying them when they were sent to this country from .Gib raltar, appeared in the Chtonicle . of this morning. We exercise due caution in receiving, as genuine, documents which obtain an unauthorized publicity only; but we confess that we see no reason to doubt the authenticity of those which we now lay before our Readers. The answer of Fkaritl4:aND is a just rebuke to the insolence, and a; rabble rejection of the demand of the French General- issimo.-Our Readers will observe that it confirms the truth of a "statement which appeared - in the Sun, but which some of our Contemporaries took upon themselves to contradict at the time, viz. that the Governments, both of France and of Spain, had solicited the mediation of England. The passage in Kiug FERDWAND'S etter to which we allude, is as follows-:—.“ have on this subject (his desire to obtain an honourable peace); communications pending with the Government of his Britannic MAJESTY; whose • • mediation has also been solicited by hii ltlost Christian illujesty.":---We. are not informed of the causes which have prolonged and embittered . the hostilities, notwithstanding this mutual mani festation o f a dispotition on the part of both •the Belligerents to terminate their differences by negociation under the auspices of this it is, _howevei, not improbable, that France, with the duplicity which has characterized all her proceeding,' towards Spain, only affected a desire to treat, and a &hew of moderation, for the purpose of lulling the Spaniards into a dangerou-s security, and perhaps even for that of amusing the English Govermnent, and of im pressing it as long as possible with the belief that its interference for 'the,protection of Spain was unnecessary. LITERAL COPY OF THE AUTOGRAPH LETTER OF THE DUKE D ' ANGOULE:.IE TO HIS IWESTY THE KING OF SPAIN, BROUGHT THROUGH THE .ItEDIUM OF.AN OFFI CER, BEARING A FLAG OF TRUCE FROM THE ExEmy's SQUADRON, ON THE i9TII AUGUST. Monsieur, mom Frere,q Cousiu—L'Espagne est delivrie du Joug revolutioanaire ; quelques vines fortihr'es servent seules de refuge au:: boil - 1111LN comproinis. Le Roi, mon Oncle et Seigneur, 0...-ah pense" (et lea tr6uCmens n'ont Tien cliangi de sde on sentiment) que kotre Alajeutl, rendue k la liberti, et usatit clemence, trouvuro i t bon d ' uceorder une =nestle neces saire apres tant de troubles, et de dormer a ses peuples, par la Vites 4"*.IS '`l_, 4 lo t•-• 4 !-40" ) 1 1- • v kt i s ' kW 0 . -v% MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. onday, , ENGLAND. Oct. 6, Loxikox. Nos: 5, 10, 27, 39, 89, 218, 223, 289. Quart. Gen'S Meet. Boy ch., at 7. Nos. 20, 64, 72, 10 4 , 148, 191, 202, 219, 267, 311, 368, 369, 372, 398, 423, • 498, 502, 503, 509, 632, 638, 644. Nos. 9, 122, 240, 281,287, 381, 399. Nos. 21, 127, 167, 1 7 0 , 180, 184, 196, 204, 385, 387, 476, 567, 512, 532. 544, 551, 557, 6:39. Nos. 3, 11,.18, 19, 20, 47, 96, 237, 257, 334, 353, 435. COUNTRY. ttemiziy, -7, LoNnox. COUNTRY. WptAtieoay, - 8 LONDON. COUNTRY. Nos. 159, 213, 215, ~282, 314, 344, 440, 442, 447, 478, 647, 661. Nos. 6, 13. 25, 86, 194, 271, 2914, 301, 333, 499. Quart. Gen. Court Fern. School at 12. Nos. 110, 111, 153, 172, _ 178, 269, 278, 354, 397, 531, 140, 591. Nos. 161, 276. Nos. 413, 282, 283.. .No. 412, Thursdv, -- (9, LONDON (: O V N'l n y. Friday, 10, LONDON. COUNTRY. ---.-- 11, LONDON., COU NT R C. I li ELAND. Oct. 6, CORE. No. 847. 7, CORK. No. 1)5. —8, Coax . . Grand Pray. Lodge of Munster: Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, PRICE O. STOCKS sr. O'CLOCK. THIS DAY AT Bank Stock shut 3 per Cent. lied. shut 3 I,er Cent. Cons. .. ..... 3 per Cent shut 4 per Cent. (Id shut I-New. lO2 5 per Cepts• Hank Long rm. [nip. 3 per tents. - " India Stock . gns. India Ronda 63x. South Sea Stock Old Annuities Ex. Bill* 37 30 pr. Ditto Small Bank fat' Act. fai Con. Acct....... Cone. for Ace. 833 PRICE OF 14)11E1(4N STOCKS ix LONDON, OcT.2, . . AT ONE O'CLOCK. French f Five per Cents. 00. 1 iierip, 2,} pr. (Six per Cents. 00. . . Russian -,' Five per Cents. (Metallic) 0. • (Ditto New Mi. Neapolitaii Five per Cent. Bonds, Oft Austrian Five per Cents. ( Aletallic) 00. Five per Cent. Bonds, 1020, 00. .Spanishi Ditto { Ditto. la2i, 34. )822, Ai. - f Five per Cent. Bonds, 851. Prussian , t Ditto New, floi. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 00. .. Chili • 00. Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, &11. Peruvian New Loan, 00. POyais . 00. •• . • . ___ Bank Shares £22 Os. I Seven per Cent. 104. American Six per Haut. 08A-102. Five per Cent. 99-100. 'I tree per Cent. 70 71. 1.110.11 VI - ATER A T I,ONbON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. linming, 59 ininuteN atter 0. j Evening, 24 minutes.after 1. 1 1 11 E SUN. SOCE.II QUIS DIi;ERE PALSUM ,4tinl4r? LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1823.