The National Register.
London, England, 1820-03-20 00:00:00

TIM NATIONAL REGISTER.

whole change, beheld by the people with supineness
or hula:re:lice, hers been effected by the military,
The new junta, or patriotic government, thrmed at
Coy otism. is of itself a specimen of the general par-
ticipation of the community ; its members being
taken from the upper class of the inhabitants, and
comprising the civil as well as the military profes-
sions, merchants, and even nobility.
The lower dames have participated in the same
feeling as appears from the fact,that nearly 2,000 of
the inhabitants of Corunna have battled themselves
into a corps, called the National Grenadiers, and
perform military duty alternately with the regular
troops. The internal security and confidelce pro '
duced by this arrangement had enabled Acevedo to
detach is battalion °flight infantry, with seine pig ces
of flying artillery, from Corunna towards the front
tiers of Castile. The purpose of this movement i,
not, however, distinctly ascertained. Such is the
rapidity with which the example of Corunna has
been followed in the neighli,nirin;4: districts, that
along the whole coast from St. Antler, in Asturias,
to Vigo, on the confines of Portugal, there is scarcely
a town of any esonsaquence that kis not pro: is thai
the constitution ; and it' the aecoonss fruits Biscay
of the prevalence of a similar spirit are to be credited.
the line of coast will be completed till it tottc:.es
the Pyrenees. The proceedings of G. 2 teed Eva:: y
Mina in Navarre are not known, but letters have
been received from himself direct, stating that .•ff its
were going on as favourably as he could have wished.
The state of Arragon, Valentin, and Catalonia,
touching actual operations, is still less known ;
but the tote of the letters trout Barceloaa, the ca-
pital of the latter province, indicates an approaching
change. The cause of the Constitutionalists was
hourly gaining proselytes, and the fermentation
spreading. Amidst all the doubts, however expres-
sed, concerning the wants of the morrow, no appe-
hension was entertained of an interruption to the
general tranqulli cy. As we pass into the interior
of Spain—where, from the presence of the royal
troops, the cause of Ferdinand appears to find the
best support—we are far from finding it triumphant
Two of his best regiments, those of Navarre sail of
Vulenri I, have, it is said, joined the Patriots. The •
letters from Malaga, which failed ttusing the occu-
pation of that city by Riego, now arrive regularly.
They distinctly state, that this chief received no
material injury on his march from the troops of
O'Donnell, that he was well received by the inha-
bitants, and that no disorder was committed by his
detachment whilst it remained at Malaga. They
left the city on the 211, announcing that another
detachment from the Isle de Lon might be espccted
on the 25th, to garrison it; but this had not arrived
An express has been received atMadrid of the defeat
of Riego, in an attempt to enter the town of Ronda.
This occurred on the 20th, and the troops opposed
to him were those under the command of Brigadier
General (lore Riego left behind him 34 wounded,
and retired to a place called Graxaliema, at a short
distance from Ronda, where he established Isis head
quarters, and collected ell his troops osgether. The
letters from Cadiz sire truly melancholy. About
the 20th ult., by order of the Governor, several of
the principal merchants ware arrested at the same
time, and were immediately placed on board a ship
of war in the harbour, which sailed, as was supposed,
for Cueta ; but the weather proving tempestuous,
the ship put back into port, in which interval the
Governor appears to have reflected on the boldness
of the step he had taken, considering the rank of
the parties, and to have retracted it, in some degree,
as he ordered the prisoners to be brought on shore
and place' in confinement within the city.

We this day give a sketch of the trial of Mr.
Hunt, and others, at York. We forbear comment-
ing urn it for the present, further than to re-us
serf, that the melancholy proceedings of the 16th
of August, have established for Mr. Hunt a degree
of celelfity he never could have enjoyed but for that
fatal orair,and which will,we think, receive consider-

able addition from the ability with which he appears
to conduct his defence; we have always thought
his conduct likely to produce mischief. but though
we should not have regretted his Imving been
legally prohibited his itinerant pereg.inations, in
which he only created discontent, without the power
to reutove the causes of it ; yet we dila the disper-
sion of the meeting at Manchester so perfectly op.
posed to all idea of Law in England, so essentially
opposed to every feeli:ig that ought to adorn
either a Magistrate or a Yeoman, that we think
common prudence should have bad its influence with
Ministers to have withdrawn this foolish prosecu.
Gm, from the conviction that the more the business
is investigated the blacker will be the indelible
stain it has left on thaw with whom it originated.

It wi.l be sec•l by our Foreign communications
that the good muse goes un prosperously in Spain.—
Tile imbecile indecisiun of Ferdinand astonishes
those who know him. On the sth inst. in the
morning, he appointed a Council to summon the
Curtest° consider of a Constitution, on the evening of
the same day be published a Gazette Extraordinary,
declaring the re-estahlishruent of the very Constitu.
tint', for the form.dion of which the saviours of his
country and of himsell have been confined by him
us i.tatitsoine dungeons We have only w hope,
that the gallant Patriots will insist on stronger se-
curity than his " Royal" word, before they disband
victorwtis troops.

Wesim;to.,ler Eledion.—Stute of the Poll this day
at titzu, ..t.tok.—Bun.ett,3,s3b—llubbuttsv,3,29o
—Lanu,

The Gorman papers contain the following

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article :
" ITALY, Fen. 28.--It is believed that the nfrtirs of a Lady
of very high rank will be arranged in the following 'tanner ;
hanteiy, tl.at the allowance v Welt she has hitherto received will
be doubled, to be paid in any l awe on the Continent that she
may demi c ; and that a stiff.. tent . Ulll Won also be allowed tbr the
paplutit of her del,N. It is said that she will cnowel'alerino
ti!e. place of her future residence."
The nephew of Prince Poniatowski, who threw
himself into the river at the battle of Lipsic, at the
blowing up of the bridge, apd lost his life, is now
on a visit to Oxford University, and has apartments
at the Mitre Inn.

The singular return of 'Cur members from Bi-
shop's Castle, the votes for each being equal, is the
first business that must be taken notice of after Par-
liament meets. and is constituted. It takes prece-
dence of every other whatsoever. The vote which
would have cast the balance was refused by the rv-
turning officer, in the teeth, it is said, of all legal
precedent. A youth, who was born on the 10th of
March. tendered his vote on the 9th, as being 21
years of age on that day: he was rejected, as not
being of age until the 10th.
Thistlewood is not allowed pen, ink, or paper.—
On Friday he was presented with a Bible. Shortly
after he was visited by his wife and son, a lad about
14 years of age. It was Mrs. Thistlewoud's second
visit. She is a neat ,ittle woman, and wore a bonnet
with white ribands. The prism walked for an
hour on the leads over the prison. The other
prisoners also enjoy a wa.k daily in the part of the
Tower where they are confined, but only one at a
time. .

Treasury Journals persevere in contradicting
the report of au intention un the part of Ministers,
to increase the Civil List. Experience, however,
has proved, that vety little credit is due in Mich
cases to any assertions from that quarter—anti, con.
scquently, we find the rumour continues to prevail.
On the recent election li,r Beverley, Mr. Wharton
pobady declared from the hustings the determination
of Ministers to increase the Civil List, us a fact that.
had come to kis knowledge..

TRIAL OF SIR FRANCIS BURDETT AT THE
LEICESTER ASsiZES.

Names of the Special .Jurors, between the King
and Sir Francis Burdett.
Srl. . ill' 4.1 Coe 4 1,1..11, Bart.
2. Genre Tate, or tattiithorou.,ll„
3. Saville John of t,,! aulen, Esq.
4. Edward, Natioltam, of the same,
5. nem. Green, of (tout:ton, req.
6. T 114111140 W lattoltenham, Esq.
7. John 11n”:nek, ot Cr. st.ton and Neohol.l.
6. Henry Davie Coleman, of Oadley,
11eor) o or nll, Lily.
10. .11eximtler xey, Ledgrane, Esq.
11. Vhlebi int- Green, or :stot maid .0.. Beath. bal.
I.:. Charles Fenthei,•lotte, of flatlet IT 'i m th, I:4ty.
IS. Frederic k M olltemm. of 3h Luton, L 1.41.
14. Llessmoi Winst•olleN. uY Branston, lEeq.
1.7. Jame. 114, kr, or M. Iton Mon bp ay.
lb Fratsi. Fitt re.t. 1,..t rlonerh), Esq.
It. John Adam*, of Loam:;-tour, FAA.
16. Crtrorles Goal. Bat isos-owthe-Wolth., Et*
19. 't !tomb, Temple, 1, q.
20. .1,,,0r„ Pt. ge.1,11: Ot ,1, of M iiiii Iton, Etgle
ii• l 11011111% Vett. h, or •et :4000, Esq.
28. J 0485 l;uoAar.e, of U 1.1 !main., Etiq.
?J. The lion. Kit hard Wen. Pen Curzisn,of Clops:01.
24. Edward Tuftou Phelp, of Calton, Esq.