The National Register.
London, England, 1823-03-03 00:00:00

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LONDON, MONDAY, MATCH 8.
Three o'clock, p.m.
! The Paris Journals of Saturday last were received
this mottling by express.
The fhllowing letter from Madrid, which appears
in tin: Journal de Paris of that day, contains some
curious particulars of the events of the 20th and
.and 21st ult.:—
" Matraw, Fate. 21.—0 n the 18th, the Minis.
-ten began to make preparations for removing, in
pursuance of the authority of the Cortes. This pre-
•notture measure greatly displeased the inhabitants of
Madrid. On the 19th, in the morning, the Minis-
ters waited on the King, and informed him that it
was necessary his Majeety•should make preparations
fia his departure. The King replied that lie would
not leave the capital, except in the oust: of the clumsy
,approaching it. The Ministers replied, that his
• Majesty would be compelled to go to the place on
• which the Cortes should iliitermine. The King, be-
ing irritated, drove them from his presence, and
immediately signed the decree for their dismissal.
All the lodges were instantly in .motion ; there was
slastilysorganizeika kind of imago of a revolution, in
which about 4200 persons, at most, took part. The
• :Authorities, who are sold to•the present Ministry,
remained passive. The riotous populace surrounded
the Palace, and set up dreadful cries against the
.• King. • 'However, the company of national militia,
all Communeros, which was on guard, dispersed the
mob, and saved the King's life. One of the dismissed
111 Misters, who had remained in the Palace, repaired
to the King's chamber, and, giving to•the facts that
colour which suited him, extorted from his Majesty
decree by which he replaced the Ministers ad ink.
tint. All this passed at ten in the evening, without
the great majority of the inhabitants of Madrid hav-
ing the leatt knowledge of the transaction.
" Next day every thing was tranquil. Never.
dicks', the words ad interim distressed the ministe-
. trial party very much. It
,was necessary to show
off something new, but it was wished to give to this
affair a more solemn character. Two worm-eaten
tables were laid out in the Plaza Mayor, and three
-or four venerables of the lodges invited all' who
passed by to sign a representation; in which theCotss
tes were called upon to appoint a Regency; This
intrigue was soon defeated by the but-ends of the
militia, muskets. We now enjoy the most profound,
tranquillity—the Ministers see that their triumph
can only. be.ephemeral. The council of State and
the permanent Deputation arc c/Mstantly assembled.
The respectable citizens who were alarmed at the.
late crisis now blush at having yielded to a few mi.
serable wretches, and are shaking oil theirelethargy.
Finally, it is believed that the commencement of
next mouth will be the epoch dm* active and efft-
. cacious co-operation between the Legislative linty
and a new Ministry, which the friends of the coun-
try call Mr, and which the preservation of liberty
requires.
Meanwhile public spirit is displayed with new
vigour in the provinces. All the provincial deputa-
.tions show a rivalship of zeal in arming the Latta-
, lions of active Militia. These corps, which have
always tiirtned the bulwark of our independence,
will soon be ready to act en a great scale, and to
occupy the posts which circumstances may render it
necessary to pssign to them."
Note by the editor of the Jusomal de Paris: "We
owe it to our impartiality to state, that these events,
which will be presented under more than one point
of view, are here related by a person oaosed to the
present Spanish Ministry."
The Journal du commerce mentions an " oda-
motion" reported to have been submitted by France
to the Spanish Government, according to which
there is only demanded, to secure at once the trait.'
quillity of the Peninsula and the perfection of the.
constitutional system, that certain qualification of
property shall he required of the electors, and that
the misting Council of State shall assume a form and
functions, which, under whatever title, may.give it
a more positive and authentic legislative rank, and
constitute it an upper Chamber.

Oporto is now open to the admission of foreign
grain. About one thousand six hundred tons had
arrived, but such is the extent of the wants of the
country, that it produced little or no impression on
the markets. It is expected that Lisbon. will also be
opened. Barcelona, we have reason to believe, is
likewise open. There•is no doubt hut that scarcity
exists in ail the provinces of Spain and Portugal, so
that our warehouses will soon be relieved el. Loaded