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LONDON JOURNALS. FRONI '1 . 111... MORNING 1:-,‘.1'1 , :i1S OF THIS 1 L [The Ti turs,] MASSA,RE AT CAD;Z. Ttie f dlowiitg exiT.,cts I,!te4s furnish the tle , d I, of this mk laocholy event :-- •••Cvnize, Pri-lay last' I was wishes, to a scene 641 t A , I re wei of dt.-crininm, end one search lv to be naralleltd feu horror. , rea htry,ait , 114 , ,....-ity,i, the annals of the Fienel, Revolution. On q t . 9.h i u;st . th e General 01 Andalusia, xvlio, I believe, is also Go xertior of Cadz,. strived here from E'''rt St rAlaiy's, and soon 4f:er a 111CetIt1a ht all the Navel, NlietAre, Fool Civil Atttlooitics of the place was coovened, At which It Re.ree.l to preee• d the s;,nie ev , nine 10 the est.iblisiqn,..tit of the Coesti• tnticin ~i 16)2. .1! was then pert , cily understood that the C311 , 3in-G1 pral, in tile eolose he wis purshmtf, acted on the Hothor.ty ; and it lIeS b.en since pr.-;ved that the King's sienature to flit Constilutior, was actually in his ponsessiou. Tl,, , ttlay night the whole coy was illittninat ed by older of the Civ•l Authorit es ; and 01, Fri day, at 12 o'clock, the ,a ere invited io met in the square of St. A enoio, to ‘ , itness the et:Notion!, of laving down t'. e s t o n e o t the Constitution, at which Chile 11(41 1 , ss than . 50 000 rdidi, were collected in the s , teets. T. .he 1101,01' fit all, without the least tiotice or pt , vofatioo, bet wten '2OOO and 3000 intoxicated .c, 1e lei !WPM to 111111 (ivy Men, women, and childreo. nierdet succeeded with every species to excess, and the scene of horror continued, al mosi wilhout inhcrtltlssion, to 4 late hour atnight. 1 , Will hr Imtn.• time, oittioto doubt, before all the conselpiences ea,' be kto....,a, : b ut t e e ha ve al eadv oh , 'owed 1, 1 1 1E115 grit 419 persons killed, and of 500 tv moideo be foreei he coin -10, iirement of this tragical proceeeine, the Arne .rican Coosal was taking his 'thch ()log 'walk in the ,sarne phiCe as myself., h‘lt.,he d.tit ed at eleven o'clock to g.► home and dress, all the foreign Cotist'ils having (chive! 34 speci .1 itivittitiOn to I,tteuii tne celebration All the stplare of St. .Autoi i to. soon afterwards I heard a number of s,o,t s fired, disre l ;.,,4i,-.41 at first, taking them tot the wind sighs of reioicing, until a ball passed a ;etc feet of the spot where I stood, and I -petc,-ivtd a poor fellow fell, wounded, to the grolo In my aid Tin at this I took to my heels, vritl t he intention of gei - ming my own lonise a$ lasi HE possible, tied in,ny others followed lily eX- Hltlillt bat we soddenly eiteoutitered a small _patty of 20 solni, ts, 01 ilivteabotits. They fired tlllOO its, witch] all wit' patty, except myself and two otl.cts, took flight In a c,,mraly direction For my owl, pall I stood still. and I.lking off my h a t, called aloud in spanish, `` \Jay the Kei t! , list. for ever, and (kiwi' with the Constitution !" Even thi s chid nclt ptevetit a cowardly fellow front tiomitsg at Me wilt, havtwer, which, however, 1 fiettntately waid,d off with my left arm. Firtin that tlh 'oleo( till I got home, 1 continued singing (Mt above, and appealing to every Soldier I toet. Ooe of the lwo persons who followed my txamele, in going up to the troops instead of run twig dtV i ty, I., as ihrotigh the high, and Lip coat and mooey taken from him. This infa mous business can only be attributed to Valdes and Gviietai Campana, the former Governor of Cadiz, nd interim, the fatter Commander of the ttoo l osi tli Cad( . Dthing the whole struggle, they 114vr been abusing their power without reason, Staving at d , ffetent times, and on mere suspicion, at rested tipwards of forty of the principal mer chants. It is generally believed that, finding teeir power gone and their lives at stake, they urged on the 11 . 001)3, by bribery and liquor, to commit the excesses of which l have given but a faint descrio:ion, The King's signatote to the Constitution has been made public this morning in an official manner, but the Civil Authorities refuse to attend any meeting till the troops are removed ttoto Cadiz. The public mind is becoming more traeqiiil than for several days past, hue'. still the troops must be removed front the city before any matt can consider his life as .secure. The fatal consequetices of the 10th have not been confined to the natives of Cadiz, but I am told that several foreign Captains lost their lives in the confusion. The Caplan' of the Navagores received a wound in the side, and was robbed of every thing. It is to be hoped the different Consuls will seek satis faction for the numbers of their countrymen killed and wounded, and for the ricks to which they have been iodividually exposed, Poor John Bull is never properly represented. Our Consul, who is bound to be in Cadiz, resides in the country, and consequently we have no one to stand up for our ridtts. The enclo•ed proclamation was publish ed by the Captaiu•General oil the morning of the day when the work of butchery took place ; iu fart, many wele reading it at the time they re ceived heir deaths : " foliallitatits of Cadiz! Your decided will has pronounced for the oath of the political Constitution of the Spanish Mo n achy. This event has caused no tears, nor produced any of the disorders which rarely fail to accompany political con-. vul-ions. The people of Cadiz have given on this occasion a new proof of their good sense, and of the virtues which form the basis of their character. But the extraordi nary nature of the circumstances in which we are placed obliges us to talic measures to secure older, and to prevent ill-designing individuals from introducing the' monster of Anarchy inta the midst of virtuous citizens and true Livrrs of their conotry. The formation of a constitutional municipal !Jody must he the first of those measures. The individuals who composed it in 1814 were nominated by your suffrages. Let thenr. tet urn to falte charge of the security of your per sons, of your Foray, and of public °tilts* wh►ch it is of so nitich importance to luaiitoin. " Inl abitantii of Cadiz ! From this moment you enjoy a constitutional represetitation. Frina this monscnt, let all acts cease which ar-di , approviid of by the Code which you hay proclab!ied. Remain 1,6.1 c-cable! Lay aside eccry recollection of past hatreds, and let no other cry or heard among you hot that of Long lire the -Nation (Sigtt'eti) " ;lAN TEL FREYRE." " Cadiz, M:ircii 10. ‘ C CADIZ, MANCH 14.—1 hare conitttene:•gi leter fn you on the 10th—a day which will foi in a blot in the annals of Europe—,t day which will never be faraotten—a day horrible and cruel. Ott the 9011 adiz seas (vie , and tranritio. .1t 12 o'clock at noon nu that day General Freyre arrived Iron. Porf St, hart's, and reacted Cadtz by the sea gate —A crowd of pearl, wa l e collected to witness his catty. On his stepping OIL share, he called out in a laud voice, which was distinctly heard by numbers. " City of Cadiz, I am come to establish you: . Censtitution." A gi cateuthusia,nt was mani fested among the mass of the people; b u t the step ttppeared so eatuttostiinary t,. many, that distrust could not he whally ba nished. "file Come-tat, however, at 4 o'clock, again - made his appearance iii the square of St. A tomtit), and in pet atm gave notice to the anblie, that on the following wanting, at 10 o'clock, he would install the stone of the Constitioittn, and taw it should Ice sworn to immediately atterwal di. The peo ple, eat satisfied at Otis, feta, ray call, ti aloud, Now! now 1 " Geaural Freyre, apparently acted on Ity this dvclarittbil at the public will, drew from his packet the beak of the Constitu tion, and kited it, exclaiming, " Now, then, the oath is taken ;" to-merrow the reinaiuing requisite solemnities shall be pet formed. Iratuediately after a flag was displayed, with the emblem, " Live the Catistit titian, and live Freyre our regene rator." The General thorn required from the people an:issue :slice that no animosity crligvailCt: should lie shown against an y body: up on which th e people called out, that " in free hearts out iri.tliCe existed, and that all would be forgiven." At this time I was in a !muse that commanded the whole scene. Imsuediately after the gout and the castle were opened, and all the persons sego had been arrested ware hi - might forth.— This hustle cant limed the whole eight, during which the city Swat 1111111111)altd, kilt Po liitiorder of any kind tuck place. The 1 tlhoring morning, in the Diariu, an order sigued by the Ge neral was issued, that all the houses should be decorated ; that the municipal authorities should form themselves into a arocessiun, in eider to assist at the regular Proclamation of the Constitution, and that the city should be illuminated for three 'tights its succession. The Stolle of the Constitution was carried into the middle of the sqeare of St. Antonio, in preparaition, for the ceremony. A message was sent to the Isle of Letia, to ievite General Quirega and his Staff to be peaCeUrain the occasion. The whole city on the morning of the tath, exhibited a scene of pleasure and hilarity which nailoug could equal. A large party proceeded towards the land•gate, equipped with cockade,' of green and red, to wet . come the troops from the Isle of Leon. The haur of tea approached; hut—my God! how can I expiess it?—as the cluck struck, the humps began tiring upon the Unhappy people, crying aloud, a Live Ferdinand, and down with the Canso tutitta !" The greatest teriair aud consternation ensaed am on g the poor sntlerers, alto, in their confusion, ran against and fell over each other, tint haws Mg in %% hat way escape could with safety be attempted. I am credibly intOneed that iirataly had been previously administered to the soldiers in laigequan titles, in entree to stimulate them to this deed of blond, and in mder to inciease their ferocity and brutality. General Freyre himself, I tau also assured, was sten at the head of the troops, giving orders, and urging them on. As soon as the aasenniled people had neatly ail dispersed, the oiticers disap peared from animig the soldiery orbit, deprived of the littlecon nail exercised neer them, saws lost all subordination, and the whole city resembled a place delivered over to the horrors of military assault. This settle of drunken violence and savage brutality fasted from ten in the moratag till eight in the even ings when the officers again interfered, and by degrees suc ceeded in conveying the iutoxieated treops to their quartets. The dead bodies iu the streets ext., tiled 400, and the wounded are without tutu her. At flie scaffolding which was erecting fur the ceremony of proclaiming the Canstitution eight car penters were at work, of whom five wine killed. Fill' bears after the termination of this horrid business we were,loelsing at each other, litre of us able to conjecture the causes that produced it, yet no man venturing to question his neigh bours. Ibe whole business, it is now believed, was a stia tagem, fur the purpose of deceiving the troops in the Isla, anti of decaying them to their destruction. Quiroga, it appears, was deceived Icy the precetaliugs going on within the city, but, by some accident, was compelled to defer his entry till 12 o'clock, by which tucaas he had time to hear of the com inencenseat of this horrible 'massacre, and guard against the cousequences to himself and his troops." " Cant z. Matiett 14.-1 tea. snit this merely to give you a general idea of the dreadful situation into which this city has been plumed by treason an a l perfidy, not to be equalled since the ereatimi of man. The meriting of the 10th, agreeably to at: order published in the Diarie of the preceding day, was fixed mein by the Governor and Civil Authorities for the Proclamation of the Constitution iii the Place de San An tonio; and nut fur a moment duidning the truth, all PallictlSC concourse of people attended; but, instead of meeting with a Constitution, numbers of them lost their lives, and still more were exposed to every kind of ill-treatment. Soon after their aasemiiiing, the military, for-the major part ilitoxicated, en tered and fired upon the peaceable inhabitants, destroying them without discrimiurniun, old or youtia, women and chtl dren. The town was given up to pillage, and the brutality of a drunker' soldiery-. " Dreadfel as it has been, however, I consider the horrors are not ended, and so strongly an: I persuaded of the deter- Minatiatt al the people to be revenged, that I am hourly ex pecting a mute hurrid scene titan the tragedy of the 10th. I intend quitting Cadiz, if possihle, for Gibraltar, a s it i s a long Irene before order can be re-established. All is fear and (mint sion, and never did I witness any thing similar." " CaotZ, faiitacit 14.—SinceFeiday last we have been in a state little short of anarchy. . The publication of the Consti tution has been resisted by the garrison, who alleged that the decree of the King had been exacted .from him be f o r ce , and the morniag of the 10th, appointed for the celetuony, was chatted intu a scene of massacre and confuaion. The titansfi of course prevailed, as the populace were taken by surprise ; but we much apprehend a repetition of the same scene, in which the result may lie diliereut. All the houses are closed, nor dues any one venture into the streets." " SEVILLE, MARCH 15.—Cadiz is to a dreadful state, and. we are not without apprehensions that similar sc enes w ilt be exhibited here. Freyre proclaimed the Constitution at Cadiz on the 9th, and on the following day collected nearly all the people to witness the conclusion of the ceremony, to which all the Foreign Consuls were invited. In the midst of it, without any previous intimation, the unoldending people were fired upon, and charged with the bayonet, the soldiery fist even sparina, women and children ; 400 killed lay in the 'streets, and 900 were taken to• the hospitals. Freyre, the next day, Heel to Putt St. Mary's, his head-quarters, whence he issued orders to the Governors of all the towns in Andalusia, calling on them to abjure the Constitution, although the oath, by his own order, had been taken on the 9th. Gene ral Olatinoja, our Governor, received the order of abjuration on the llth; hut, instead of counnunicatiag it to any one, sent back for answer, " that an oath once taken must be ad hered to, and that it was nut to be assumed or cast off like a part of dress." I think, therefore, that Seville will remain hate to the Constitution. Valdes, Campana, and Colonel Barrotelo, are said to be instigators of the affair at. Cadiz. " I'. S. We just hear that tranquillity is restored at Cadiz, and that the Constitution is to be 6W-01 . 11 to this day." " Caw z, MAUCH 14, Twelve a'Claci, at Ni i irlit.—We just learn that the troops engaged in the late massacre are at this moment hard pressed in their barracks, where they had bar ricaded themselves, be the people, and the other troops on their side. It is possible that they may remain a long while in this situation, a; they are by no means in want of provi sions. IVe have reason to believe that the barracks in pus session of the besieged troops are those of Santa Helena and San 'toques, which are situated withia the two bulwark.; so named to the front of the fortification of La Puerta de la I Tierra." [Morning r °nide.] Letters received from Lisbon bring advice. that Lord Beresford had al.ered his plan of going over to Rio Janeiro, as the motives which had given rise to it had ceased to exist, or it was per haps thought his presence might be required at the head of the Government with which be hail been entrusted. In consequence of this, the fri gate sent from England for the voyage, would not bewauted. it is evident that a greal deal of fer ment and dissatisfaction lurks among the Portu guese, and certainly the success of the Revolution in Spain would not tend to allay or diminish those feelings. The residence of the Court in the Bra zils has not been favourable to the inhabitants in Portugal, who besides. loudly complain that they are overrun by foreigners in the army, -Hod most of the offices of trust and emolument. Elliorning — lleruld.] It was yesterday generally reported that Lord Torrington, uncle' to Mr. kung, was dead ; sht)tild this prove to be the fact another election for the county of Middlesex will lake ?Lice, as Mi. Byng goes-of coot se to the ITloue of Peels. [New Times ] An Rt'enipt was made v ,, oerdav at the Crown and Auctior Tuvern to rare a subscription tot TII SUN. 301.+M 4.1J1S DICERE FALSIJM AUDEAT ? LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1820. We received this day the Paris Papers of Fri day and Saturday last. In the Chamber of , De puties on Thursday, the discussion was resumed on the 1)1+1 respecting the Journals and periodi cal Publications. The 7th Article was agreed to, after rejectitrg all the amendments. In the Bth article General FOY moved an amendment, to except drawings and engravings already in- use amongst Booksellers, which, after some discus sion, was negatived. An amendment was moved by M. CASIMIR PERRIER, to except from the pre vious Censorship, articles in the Journals hav ing for their object to examine the Financial Plans of Government, &c. This amendment was also negatived ; another was moved by M. MAN.. UEL to give an appeal from the decision of one Censor to all the Censors as a body. This amend ment was also rejected, and the Article was agreed to. Articles 9 and 10, were also agreed to without amendment, and the Chamber proceeded, by ap pel nominal, to vote upon the whole prejet, when there appeared fur it, 136 ;—Against it, 109 5 Mdjot ity fur its adoption, 27. The Chamber ad. juurned till Monday. The above projet is pub lished officially as a law in the Moniteur of Sa turday. These Journals contain the following fence from Spain.:— (Front the Journal der Debatr of Satrerday) " The accounts from Spain continue to present the spectacle of those disorders inseparable from every Revolution brought about by force. licia Las been the theatre of a little civil war. The following is stated : • General Pol, Count de Saint Roman, who in Gallicia put himself at the bead of a handful of Militia, has been chased from that province, after the entire dispersion of those under his orders. • But they had the misfortune to lose Colonel Acevedo, Chief of the National troops. His loss is seesibly felt, as be was almost the only one to quote in the Revolution of Gallicia. • Some persons assert, that General St. Roman has found a refuge in the Asturias, and that be is still at the heed of a party.' " The Convitution has not been publishetl it, sever al towns of Biscay, the inhabiteuts prefer• rin d ; their ancient provincial Constitution. There has been no direct news from Cadiz since that of the evening of the 14th. Trahquilliti was restored ; they had received the Royal !NCI . " Q 1 ti:e 7th, announcing the accepteace of th e Constitution of the Cortes. The Madrid accounts agree in representing the commotion tha t took place as the consequence of an 011 )° ' sition on the part of the Royal troop s to the orders issued by General Freyre, for pro' claiming the Constitution. The following ar c Extracts from two of the letters Illadrid, March f 0• Geneva! Freyre issued orders on Ihe 9th at Cadiz for proclaiming the Constitution on the next day. At 10 in the morning all the people assetn" bled at the place appointed.' In an instant several madmen of the Regiwa of America, and of the Battalion of Guide. blocked up all the points leading to the p , ace , fire cipitated themselves on the peaceable unartned citizens, and overwhelmed them by a tremendous firing. Five hundred men were killed and a thou. sand wounded. This sanguinary scene was ill' rnediately followed by the pillage of a number Of houses.' MADRID, MARCH 20.—Melancholy events have happened at Cadiz, to disturb the ge' neral joy. On the 10th and II th instant) when the Constitution was about to be proclaim" ed, the people and the troops of the garrison fought in the streets. We have no positive de tails upon the subject, but it is certain that the soldiers were guilty of' great excesses. At the moment 1 am writing, the instigators of these die' orders have suffered the punishment due to them."' The Mouiteur of Friday gives another account of the same unhappy event, stating that the troops refused to obey the orders of General Freyres accusing him of treason, and that they massacred the officers, who endeavoured to restrain them' General Freyre retired to Port Saint Mary. The Journal de Paris and the Gazette de France. quoting accounts from Spain state, that the Cortes will be assembled in July. • " We ate authorized to state most expressly , that no species of agitation exists in Portugal but that, on the contrary, the, most profound tract' quality prevails in every part of that Kingdouit. (Journal de Paris.) The latest accounts from Madrid in these Jour-. nab, are of the 21st Mdrch. GeneratO'DoNow had been appointed Captain-General, ad interim, of Andaluia, and Commander.in-Chief of the Army, with full powers to try all the 'lemon' concerned in the disc: der` at Cadiz, and in Awls"! " PARIS, APRIL I.—The King is entirely rel covered ; there will be no more Bulletins. FIVE PER CENTS.' Thursday 74 f. 15 c. Friday 74 1. —s. poor !Int alas ! tile elorpence of GAle Jones was unavailing. The CXnCt snot calif:- Fluted by ihe respecifitle ass , -tubly we have nor Been in-unate as to ascertain ; bat it is stated to am onnt to wore than 2/. and less than 5/ ; an eviOrnc e unquestionable of " national gra titude" ! ! PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. (From The frestmorland Gazette, and Kendal Advertizer, April 1.) IV oftLAND ELECTioN . —The supporters of Lord • I'hanet's Influence are very boisterous in their exultation that his Nominee should be able i o poll by any means such a large minority ; and boast that on another contest his Lordship may return two Members for the County.—Mr. Brougham personally and politically sinks into utter insignificance in the contest. He knows how he is brought forward by his patron to-day, and that to-morrow some more radical reformer may supplant bias. It .becomes then a matter of vital importance to the Independent Freeholders, that all encroachments upon their franchises should be firmly resisted and repelled. The past conduct of the Shetif and of his Assessor has created a suspicion that " there's something rot ten in the State of Den Mark." The evil is in the perpetuity of the Sheriff. Let this be reformed, and we shall bear no more of Lord T.'s preten sions to dictate our County representation. Suppose the Sheriff were is Radical Reformer, (which God forbid !) he might open his Castle eates to Cobbett, or to Hunt, as be has done to Brougham ; their myrmidons might flock to the, poll under his sanction—his decision might allow their votes, universal suffrage might be establish ed, and the sense of the county be collected from the very dregs of its population. Gloomy as this picture may appear, recent events prove that it might possibly be realised. Mr. Brougham boasts of the late contest, that his opponents consisted of all the magistrates of the county, save one, nearly the whole of the clergy, and all the resident gentry. except one or two.—What then remained for his support, on his own statement, except the Sheriff and the Radicals ? Independent Free logders of ‘Vestmorland ! spurn the fetters they are forging for von, and in the language of the pillar at Appleby, " Retain your Loyalty—Pre serve your Rights." THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed Last Night. THEATRE ROYAL, DRORY-LANE.—The Country Girl : Moody, DOWtOII ; Miss Peggy, by Miss Keily. After whicii, Jark.and the Bean Stalk. Tis [write. ROYAL, covcw - GARDEN.---The Antiquary: Jona than Okibuck, Mr. W. Farren: Miss Isabella Wardour, Miss Stephen:. After which (let. tittle), Harlequin and Cinderella. *** Fur Q. on OLn STOW ES, Uxus•Muuronum, and In- Norus, see Ihe First Page. EAsiEa Tuff.snAr —Holiday at the Bank, Exchequer, East India, am! South Sea Houses. I)nblin, I Vatcrford. Dui-1 Guernsey awl Jer,ey, 1 Holland, I Gottenburgh, I France, i liatuburgh, 1 Flanders. RICH AVATER. AT LONDON' BUDGE TO-MORROW. Morning. 24 minutes after 6. I Evening, 56 ►niuntes after C. DEFERRED STOCK. Thursday. Friday. Of the 2.2c1 March ; 38 1 .7 —lOO 1. 15 c... 100 f. 10c. 22d March, 1820 .. 88 f. 15 c... SS f. 15 c." We have inserted this day, among our daill Extracts from the London Journals, several let" ters taken from The Times of this day, relative 4 0 the dreadful massacre which took place on Cho 10th 'ult. at Cadiz. All these letters are dated the 14th. The melancholy fact admits of 1 1 ° doubt ; but the real cause is still to be explained' —The Correspondent, or Correspondents of The Tinier, before it is possible for him (or them) to have traced the real cause of this lamentable event, accuses General CAMPANA, formerly Go' vernor of Cadiz, and VALDES, ad interim. Cont' mender of the troops in that City, of having bee° the chief instigators of the horrors that tool‘ place. General FREYRR also is accused of the most perfidious treachery on the occasion ; and the Correspondent of The Times has east censor° on the English Ambassador, perhaps for not hay" ing been present at the fatal scene, that he might share in the destruction. We have often caution" ed our Readers against placing confidence in 7'l Times, upon which we place no reliance whatever' Its Correspondents of every kind know what will please it most, and therefore adapt their comno . nit! . ations to its known propensities, views, 84 feelings.—We therefore again warn our Reader° not to dePerfd on the causes which that Paper WI assign for any event, and to trust even its naffs: tions no further than as they may be supporte d by a general concurrence in the reports of oth er public prints. The rumoured intention of THE QUEEN to res turn to this Country is g4ining groom!, On d credited or distrusted according to the influenc e " Party or loyal feeling.. There is, indeed, a sP irit of generous gallantry among the People in ge" e : tal, which induces them promptly to espouse t h "ts taus: of Feu:aic, and ;his spin?strorgel