The National Register.
London, England, 1820-04-09 00:00:00

SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 1820.

day which will never be forgotten—a day horrible and
cruel. On the cols Cadiz was quiet and tranquil. At
twelve o'clock at noon on that day Gen. Frcyre arrived
from Port St. Mary's, and entered Cadiz by the sea-gate.
A crowd of people were collected to witness his entry.
On his stepping on shore, he galled out in a load voice,
which was distinctly heard by nurobers " City of Cadiz,
lam conic to establish your constitition." A great en—
thusiasm was manifested among the mass of the oeople ;
but the step appeared so extraordinary to many, that dis-
trust could not be wholly banished. l'he General, how-
ever, at four o'clock, again made his appearance in the
square of Si. Antonio, and in person gave notice to the
public, that on the following morning, at 10 o'clock,
lie would install the stone of the constitution, and that
it should be sworn to itninediately afterwards. The
people, not satisfied at this, eagerly called aloud," Now !
now !" General Imre, apparently acted on by this de-
claration of the public will, drew. front his pocket the
book of the constitution, and leaned it, exclaiming,
" Now, then, the oath is taken ;" to-morrow the re-
maining requisite solemnities shall he performed
linniediately after a flag was displayed, with the em.
blem, " lave the Constinition,anti live Freyre our rege-
nerator. The General then required from the people
an assurance that tin animosity or setigeance should be
shown against auy body ; upon which the people called
out, that " iii free hearts no malice existed, and that all
would be forgiven." At this time I was in a house that
commanded the whole scene. Immediately after the
gaol and the castle were opened, and all the persons who
had been arrested were brought fettle. This bustle con-
tinued the whole night, during which the city was il.
lusninated, but no disorder of any kind took place. The
following morning, in the Diana, an order signed by the
General was issued, that all the houses should be deco.
rated ; and that the municipal authorities should form '
themselves into a procession, in order to assist at the re-
gular
proclamation of the constitution, and that the city
ratioold be illuminated for three nifhts us succession.—
The stone of the constitution was wiled into the middle
of the square of St. Antonio, to peperotien for the
41mummouy. A memage was seat So Isle of Leon,
so invite General Quiroga and his to be present on
ir
the occasion. The whole city, mom% of the
10th exhibited a scene of pleasure and hilarity which
nothing could equal. A large party proceeded towards
the land gate, equipped with ooldrades of green and
red, to welcome the troops from the Isle of Leon. The
hour of semi approached; brat—my Vali how can I ex-
press it I—as the clock struck, thenmOops began firing .
upon the unhappy . people, crying aloud, " Live Ferdi-
nand, and down with the Constitution!" The greatest
terror and consternation ensued among the poor sufferers,
who, in their confusion. ran and II over each other,
o not knowing in what way escape ild with safety be
effected. lam credibly informed 4at brandy had been
previously administered to the sold' s in large quanti-
ties, in order to stimulate them to his deed of blood, ,
and in order to increase their ferocitliend brutality. Gen
Freyre himself, I amalso assured, itas seen at the head
of the troops, giving orders, and aging them on. As
soon as the assembled people had nearly all dispersed,
the officers disappeared from among the soldiery, who,
deprived of all control exercised over them, soon lost all
subordination, and the whole city resembled a place
given over to the horrors of a military assault. This
scene of drunken violence and savage brutality lasted
from ten in the morning till eight in tue evening, when
the officers again interfered, and by degrees succeeded in
conveying the intoxicated troops to their quarters. The
dead bodies in the streets exceeded 400, and the woun-
ded are without number. At the scaffolding which was
erecting for the ceremony of proclaiming tile Constitu-
tion eight carpenters were at work, of whom five were
killed. For hours after the termination of this horrid
business we were looking at each other, none of us able
to conjecture the causes which prodnee.d it, vet no tnan
venturing to question his neighbours. The whole
business, it is now believed, was a stratagem, for the
purpose of deceiving the troops in the Isla, and of decoy-
ing them to their destruction. Quiroga, it appears, was
deceived by the proceedings going on within the city,
hut, by some accident, was compelled to deter his entry
tili it! o'clock, by which means he had tune to hear of
the commencement of this horrible massacre, and guard

against the consequences to himself and his troops:"
SEVILLE, MARCH 15.
" Cadiz is in a dreadful state, and we are not without
apprehensions that similar scenes will be exhibited here.
Preyore proclaimed the Constitution at Cadiz nu the 9th,
and on the following day collected Dearly all the people
to witness the conclusion of the ceimony. to which all
the foreign Cotisnh. were iasited. the tilitlst of it,
wit limit any previons intimation, the totoltemling people
were fired Ilion, and charged with the bayonet, Lite sol-
diers' not eevit sparing the women sod children : 400
killed lav in the street., and 9on were taken to the hos-
pitals. Vreyere, the iiexttiay, fled to Port St. Nlar)'s,
his heail..(plarter:, whence he issued orders to Ole Gn. cr•
tines uf all the towns iu Andalusia, cull'ne int Unt' to
abjure the constitittioti. although the oath, by his own
order, 11,.d been takcn Ott the 9th. Geocral.o.l)oo.i.ja,
oar Governor, recent:it the older of abjuration on the