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

VIE NATIONAL REGISTER.

bad conjured the King to convoke the Cortes, as the
only means of tranquillizing the public mind. It is
added, that in the insurrection at Coranna the most
deplorable excesses were committed sgainst the indi-
viduals who had contributed to the arrest of Gen.
Punlier. It was said, likewise, that there had been
a tumult at Saragossa: and that three persons were
killed.
A report is spread that the King has offered a con-
stitution, but that the revolters demand the surren-
der of five thrtresses as a guarantee.
The Infant Don Francis was 21 hours under
ar-
rest, for having observed to the King, in the most
energetic terms, that he was lust if he slid not accept
the constitution. The same journal adds, that on
the evening of the 26th ult. some seditious words
were heard amongst the troops at Madrid.
The insurrection in the maritime city of St. An
der, in the Asturias. took place on the 27th ultimo.
The principal authorities took the oath to the con-
stitution. At the departure of •he courier who
brought this intelligence, the town of St. Antler
appeared animated with the seine sentiment.
The regiment of Arragon volunteers was the
only one that attacked the revolting army in the
Asir of Marbella. The rest of the army expressed
indignation at this act of hostility.
Arragon and Catalonia are in a state of fermen
tatiun. The revolters make progress in Andalusia.
The towns of Algesiras, Tarifa, Xeres, and Malaga,
in their power.
The constitution was proclaimed on the 19th ult-
at Fermi, and on the 21st at Corunna. The remains
of Fortier were disinterred, and funereal honours
paid to them. his widow, who was confined in a
convent at Comma, was brougnt out and carried
in triumph through the city. An old President of
the Cortes is at the head of the revolters in Galicia.
Mina, who passed Bayonne about the Ist instant,
was accompanied by Col. Echeveria, a man of talent
and a gallant soldier. He stopped two days at
l3rianitz. He is now at the head of 2,000 men.
His first operation was to take possession of the
tiaindry of cannon at Aizzabal, about four leagues
from St. John-Pied-de-Port. He established a cus-
tom of ten francs for every carriage.
Letters received from Madrid announce that the
King held a grand council, the majority of which
were of opinion that his Majesty ought to make no
concession. The partisans of extreme measures mid
arbitrary power urged him to demand from France,
in virtue of the treaty of Holy Alliance, a subsidiary
force of 40,000 men; but a member of the minority
inveighed strongly against the deplorable system
followed for some time past, and protested against
the interference of foreigners. The King yielded
to his reasonings.

SPAIN.
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Further advises have been received from Corun-
na, which demonstrate that this city, the capital (in
the suspended claims of Santiago) of the province,
is assuming its due rank as the seat of the constitu-
tional authority, and that its supremacy is already
acknowled by some of the principal towns of Gali-
cia, among which is Santiago itself, the ancient
capital. We have seen a printed address to the peo-
ple of Corunna, sived by Don Pedro de Agar, the
President of the newly formed Junta, informing
them that he had received a deputation from the
municipal authorities of Fermi, to acquaint him,
in an official manner, that the inhabitants of Ferrol,
together with the troops within the place, had spon-
taneously followed 'the example set them by t orunna
in prod timing the constitution of the Spanish MEM
narehv with all due solemnity, and that constitu-
tional authorities had been appointed. The further
object of the deputation iu waiting on M. Agar was
I to place themselves under the jurisdiction of the
Junta of Corunna• The President also informs his
I tellow-eitizens, that be bad received a deputation
front Santiago, consisting of three members of the
military college, and one of the heads of the uni•
I versity, who waited on him, in the name of the
respective bodies to which they belonged, to infirm
i him of a similar determination with ,Ferrol, in
which the inhabitants and the military coincided,
and to solicit from the Junta of Corinna the pre-
sence of one of the officers composing it, in order
I that the ceremony of pr,,ii,,iii,ilig the constitution,
and appointing authorities, teight be conducted in a
manner suitable to the oecasio,!.
(Fi,•,o !Lc :!maienr of 11... !S It ii o.)
Extr..ct of th . news fro:a Madri.l of the Bth of
Maven .—The King baying on the sth of this
month written to the different Councils, established
Ly tile decree of the preceding evening, to present
to him without delay their advice on the measures
proper to be adopted, all these bodies concluded for
I a promt.t convocation of the Corte% The Council
of State was asFembled en the Gth, and the same
I wish MO expressed by it. On the 7th, in the morn-
k ing, a Gazette Extraordinary was published, to au.
Inonuse the following decree:—
•• My Royal Council and Council of State having dclibers-
tc4 oil the advantage which the ith4,4Mlio. of the COMA ought

produce for the welfare of the monarchy ; participating in their
opinion, and finding it conformable to the fundamental laws,
the maintenance of which I have sworn, I order Mat the Cones
shall be immediately assembled. Fur till; purpose. the Gwen
will adopt the measures which it may judge best suited for rea-
lizing my intention, and in coder thut the legitimate represents-
dyes of my people may be heard. slier they have been furnished
with the necessary powers conformable to these measures. Every
thing which die general welfare requires being thus granted, they
will find me ready to du what the interest of the state and the
happiness of the people, who have given me so many proofs of
their loyalty. may require. The Council will rive me its opinion
on the doubts which might impede the attainment of this object,
in order that neither diffLolty nor delay may arise in the caeca.
don of the decree."
The same day, at ten in the evening, the prini.
pal authorities received the liillowing coatinunication
which appeared in an Extraordinary Gazette, pub.
lished at eight in the morning:—
March 8, In&

" To avoid delays n melt might take phi r iti the council
for the e‘erution of an decree of ye-terilay, by thick I
have ordered the immediate convocation of the Cortese
aml the gem ral n ill of the nation being captained. L have
• lime 111 a deter • ;if t.. 11 1.1 • tear to the Constitution pro-
mill:toted by the tiein•ral moil FAtritorditiary Crones, in the
year 1812:—Be it thereiorc anticipated by prompt pub.
lication.