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moistilatioaal representation. T-nm this moment, let all
'wt. ream which are disapproved i f i.y the code which yne
bier proclaimed. Remain peaceable! Lay milk aver) re.
col/intim: of past hatreds, and let no other cry la beard
moon 100 but that of Long hoe the Nohow !
Missed) " MAIWEL FREYRE.
" Cadiz, March 10." _ _ _

" CADIZ. NA ICI( 14.

" 1 hate commenced this letter to yin on the 10th—a day
which will Ibirsis a bkil in the annals of Europe—a day which
will never be forgotten—a day horrible and cruel. Os. the
Oil, Ced,t was quiet and tranquil. At It o'clock at noon on
that day General Crepe arrived from Port St. Iffary's and
entered Cathie by the sea-gate. A crowd of people were col-
lected to Wile* PO his entry. On his maypole( me shore, he
tilled out in a loud voice, which was distineily heard by
tiondwrs, City of Cadiz, I am come so establish your
reinstiention.' A great enthusiasm was minifeeted lemon
the mass of the people; but the step appeared so extra-
ordinary to many, that distrust could not he wholly banish-
.d. The General, however, at four o'clock, again made
his appearance in the square of St. Antonio, and in per-
son mere metier to the public, that ore the following morn-
nig, at len o'clock, be would amnial the stone of the
('onstitetioe, and that it should he sworn to immediately
Nero:anti. The people, not satisfied at this, rages ly called
:aloud, .4 Now ! non r' General Freyre, rpperently acted on
by this declaration of the public will, drew from his pocket
the hook of the constitution, and kissed it, exclaiming,
" Now, thee, the oath is taken;" to-morrow the remaining
requisite solemnities shall be performed." Immediately
niter • Rag was displayed, with the emblem, " Live the
constitution, and live Freyre our regenerator." The Geist-
sal thee required from the people an amerance that no
soneeswity or vengeance should be shows against any body
Moos a loch the people called out, that " in free hearts
in, inside evicted, and that all would be forgiven." At this
time I was ils • house that commanded the whole
Immediately after the gaol and the Castle were 'melted, and
:11 the person,' who had le-en arrested were brought forth.
Tins bustle continued the whole night, during which the
.sty was illuminated, but no disorder of any kind took
eke,. The following monsing, in the Dien* an order
signed by the General was issued, that all tlee houses
el 111 be decorated; that the municipal authorities
,11,,iild form themselves into a procession, in order to assist
al she r, guise proclatnaliuta of stir roustitutites, and that
the eit) should Inc illuminated for three nights in seams.
',ion. he stone of the coostitutiou was cars led into the
pe Male of the moire of ht. Antonio, in preparation fur the
CI II y. A envisage was scut to the Isle of Leon, to ie.
s lie General Gummi and his staff to be present on the
i.e. 4.1.. n. The ulnae city, un the awning of the 10th,
•hiloted a .erne of jileasure and hilarity which nolltiog
• imal. A large party proceeded toward,' the laud.
cute, .quipped with cuck4des of green and red, to welcome
the troops from the Isle of Leon. The hour of ten approach-
it; lint, my God! how can I express it ?—as Ike clock struck,
the troops began firing upon the unhappy peuple, crying
l.ive Ferdinand, god down with the Constitution !"
The Cr. Blest ti rror and combination ensued among the poor
tire. rc, who, in their confusion, ran against and fell over
nets sillier, out knowing in what way escape could with
sat. t. be swooped. 1 am credibly informed that brandy
bad Bern previously administered to the soldiers in large
enaiii 'ties, in order to stimulate them to this deed of blood,
soil it, miler to increase their ferocity and toretafily. General
Fseyre himself, I am also assured, ass sere at the bead of
toe troom, giving orders nod urging them on. As soon as
the *immolated people had uearly all dispersed the officers dis-
sl•Kared Creme among the soldiery, who deprived of the little
(-mitred lied oser them most lost all subordinseion, mud
the le hole city resembled a place delivered over to the horrors
of military assault. This scene of drunken violence and as-
enze lo tastily lastedfrum 10 in the morning till 8 in the even-
ing,. lien the officers again intent, red, and by degrees succeed.
d w edisveying the intoxicated troops to their quarters. The
toddies in ibe 'irreg. exceeded 400, and the wounded are
without number. •At the re•ffolding which was erecting for
I lie rote nininyof proclaiming the Constitution eight ca, peelers
were at sork,ef whom five were filled. For hoursafter the ter-
llllll slims of this horrid business we were looking at each
•the ',Noose of us able to conjecture the causes that produced
it, set no mau veuturing to question his neighbours. The
hole business, it is now belaeved, was a stratagem, for the
purpose of deceiviug the troops iu the Isla, and of decoying
them tee their destruction. Quiroga, it •ppears was dereiv-
til by the proceedings going us wiahin the city, lint, by some
ai cote's*, was compelled to defer his entry till twelve o'clock,
1,. wine it means he had time to hear of the comesencenient

a ibis horrible massacre, and gua►d opium the rouse.
tiursices to himself sod has troops."

44 CADIZ, MARCH 14.

" Since Friday last we have been in a state little short of
ansrrhy. The publication of the constituting has been re-
♦isted by the garrisms,Jilso stirred that the Drcree of the
Kiug bail bran exacted from bins by foie*, and the morsiag
sal Ilse 10th, appointed for the cerrosouy, um c►anged into
■ sine of massacre and confusion,. The troops of course
pri wailed, as the populace acre taken by surprise; but we
much apprehend a repetition of the same scene, la which
tbr risk way be different. All the houses are closed, nor
4hfre, any one ecotone iulu Ilse streets."

"5C1111.1.14 MARCH 15.

4' Cadiz is in a dreadful state, and we are Dot without ap-
prehensions that similar scenes will be exhibited here.—
l'rcyre proclaimed the constitution at Cadiz on the 9th, and
1.11 f Mowing day collected nearly all the people to wahine
the conclusion of the ceremony, to which all the foreign
(:olisale were invited. lu the midst of it, without any pre-
viou. intimation, the trooffeuding people were Seed tipte.
and charged with the bayonet, the soldiery not even spar-
intr wonsea and children : 490 killed lay iu the streets, and
9410 were taken to the hospitals. Freyre, the next day,
lot to Port St. Mary's, his head-quarters, whence he ;sae-
ea orders to the Governors of all the towns in Aadalissia,
calling us them to abjure the Constitution, although the
oath, by his own order, had been taken on the 9th. Gene-
ral O'Dossojo, our Governor, received the order of abjura-
tion on the 11th ; but, instead of communicating it to any
one, sent back fur answer, that 4. an oath owee taken must
h.-adhered to, and that it was not to be aasumed or cast enir
lite a part of I think, therefore, that Seville will re-
gelatin True to the Constitution. Valdes, Campsite, and Col.
Ilai nicht, are said to be instigators of the 11144 at Cadiz.
P.S. We just hear that tranquillity is restored at Cadiz,
and that the constitution is to be swore to this day."
u CADIZ, MARCH 14, 11 o'Clock al Night.
4' We just learn that the troops engaged is the late mas-
sacre are at this moeseat hard pressed is their bursas,
where they had harrieaded themselves, by the people, and
the other hoops on their side. It is portage that tmay
remain a keg while in this initiation, as limy army els
means in oast of provisioes. We have mason to believe
that the barracks in posseeeioe of the besieged troops are
of Santa Helots and Sae Roque% which are situated
wt htu the two bulwarks so named in the treat of the limit-
1. Ciiil/0 of La Fame' de la Tierra."

It has been erraujammicatrit to as, that ■ number
I f straugers—ensimaries, we believe we may can

posoiug through the country. instigating
the people in the manufacturing districts to arm ;
mid we feel it to be our duty to put the public,
particulaily the distressed manufacturers, upon
t .eir guard against their dangerous machivatioue.—
Leeds Alerts, y.)
LUPS, arm 2.
" For several dayi the peaceable iubabitauts of this
tows, have been kept in • state of great agitation
*A terror. from the alarming indications in the
Leigiltmrhood. We prevent the following stoma
uients to our readers tautly as they bare been
given to us, only premien* OA we collected them
041 tie spat lima the isderigeols to whose they
refer ; mud shut depsaitiatia to the seem elect brit
we believe, beta modebefeettieMegietlote4
i+ The tied 'Minorities hem soopected foe icon

' tirre that arms were clandestioely introduced into
the titighliondiond ; lout, notwithstanding their
vigilance, they were unable to ascertain the fact in
a witisfactory manner. On Thursday last, a parcel
from Birmingham arrived by the Regulator, address-
ed to • Jain, Payne, Castlegate. Hiorldersfielil,'
which excited the suspicions of Mr. Whitehead,
deputy-constaltle, who thought it proper to wait
the arrival of the person who should call fur
it. Towards rveiting a notorious radical, named
Gill, inquired fur the package. Whitehead,
who was in attendance, came forward, and de-
sired to know its contents. The answers of
Gill were very evasive and unsatisfactory. It was
opened in his presence, sod ((mud tc coutain a
sword, two brace of pistols, three bayonets, three
bullet moulds, and two gun-locks. An invoice
was enclosed, from which it appeared, the charge
for the sword was tire shillings ; for the loi-tols per
brace, sixteen shillings; the Import semi gun-
locks fourteen pence each ; and the bullet moulds
fourpence. A litter was also found, soliciting fur-
ther commands; and stating, that the hurry with
which the articles were required prevented them
from being exactly seconding to order ; that those
sent were of a superior quality ; but, in the pre-
sent instance, were invoiced at a reduced price.
Gill was immediately apprehended ; and the fol.
lowing day he was examined before the Magistrates.
The account he gave of the parcel was, that Payne,
who is a higher, and at present from home, re.
quested hint to take charge of it till his return. He
was held to bail. to answer any charge which may
be brought against him at the next Assize*.

" This occurrence naturally excited the senior,-
bensions of the Magistrates, and early on Friday
they received information that great numbers of
the lower class in the neighbourhood were armed
with pikes aunt pistols, and that iii the course of
that night en attack was meditated upon the town,
on a given signal, by sionserous pikeinen, in bodies
01'200 each. %Vitt, the promptitude and alacrity
which they have manifested on many former occasions,
every arrangement was made fur the security of the
town. A detachment of the 8.5111 loot, under
Capt. Welling, and the 4th dragoon', under Capt.
Sibiliorpe„ were held in mediums to act at a mu-
mein** notice; and late in the evening the yeo-
manly were called out, and other precautionary
measures adopted. The signal, a son of tire-bal-
loon, was observed about two o'clock on Saturday
morning, in the direction of Castle Hill, near Al-
mondbury ; and several parties of meet, in regular
order, were seen in different directions approachnig
the town. One division came so near as the Marsh
turnpike, • short distance from the New Church.
None of them, however, entered the town, having,
it ie supposed, received intelligence of she prepara-
tions made by the Magistrates. Two large hoslies
assembled o• Barkieland Common, end proceeded
on their way, as far as LitalleyMoor ; but not bring
joined, as they expected, by some other parties,
they returned home and dispersed quietly, except
firing guns and pistols on their route.
" A circumstance occurred the same evening,
which convinced the Magistrates that their appre.
hensions were not groundless. About eleven o'clock
■ Gentleman who lives near Cooper-bridge, was re-
lenting to that place from Middleton, accompanied
by a game-keeper, and three other persons, whom
they bad accidentally ove►taken. On arriving at
the Obelisk (or Dumb Steeple, as it is usually
called) omit Kidders, which, our readers will re-
collect, is the place where the Luddites reticles-
voused. previously to their attacking Mr. Cart-
wright's mill, they passed about filters men, in a
square or circle, apparently in close consultation.
Two of the party, named B►r•rley and Smith,
turned off intro the New Road ; awl the rest pro-
ceeded towards Cooper-bridge. They had soot,
however, gone 100 yards, before they beard their
late compulsion* calling for help.
O• returning back, sod entering the road,
they were surprised to see • number of men, sitting
under a hedge or wall, each armed with a pike or
sprat, sod near them was a quantity of the same
weapons, about 200, heaped on the ground. The
geotlernan, who was ►eparated from his companions.
took tip one of the pikes, and was proceeding to
examine it, when one of the moo struck him, and
he was attacked by several others. At the same
moment a number of moons. at least sixty. came
over an adjoining wall, armed in the same manner.
The gentleman felt als►nted at his dangerous situa-
tion, and attea•pted to make off; while doing so, a
pistol or musket was discha►ged after him, the bell
of which whizzed close past his head. lit the mean
time the rest of the party were attacked and beaten.
One of them, named Tolson, received several pike
wounds, particulary sue cos the kft aide, sod is
now under the care as surgeon. Early the next
morning information was given to the Magistrates,
and one of the men whom they were able to identify,
a blaasistith, was apprehended, and is stow iu cus-
tody.
" Daring the whole of Saturday (the Ist inst.)
the military and civil power were on the alert. A
number of additional special constables were sworn
in ; rod several seizures of pikes and oilier arms
were made in the neighbouring villages. particle-
lady at Almostdbury. In a hook at. she litter
placer quantity of pike staves, great numbers of
which have been cut front the neighbouring Mao-
tations, were found concealed. Some of the pikes,
or rather spears. we have seen. They are of very
coarse workmanship, the blade about nine Meltes
long, sharp pointed, and basing at the broad end a
screw, with which they are fastened iuto a puk
about seven feet long.

" Parties of hors; and foot patrolled the town
sad neighbourhood (luring the whole of Saturday
night, and two men were apprehended at an early
hoer on Sunday morning, the 9d inst. A large
party was seen assembled 081 Saturday flight, about
lour miles from Huddersfield, in the neighbour-
hood of Hartshead, but they had dispersed before
the military were apprised of their meeting.
44 The town and Neighbourhood were tranquil
daring the whole of Sunday, the 2d instant. bat
sternal apprehensions were expected to take place,
is the course of last night.

“ The following persons are in cu,tedy. on
charges connected with these proceedings :—Joupli
'and Bersjionia Barker. of Mufield; Jnins Lived.
ley. of Alsrlield; George Barker, ur Collie:bridge ;
401* Jawiee'/Nk” of in-
telittincer., •• ,• '
. N. 41, .I.* VA :0 a,

THE BRITISit PRESS.

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 5, 1920.

In another part of our Paper will be friend
extracted from the Leeds lnielligesscer a ',lsle-
t:lent of a most alarming nature respecting a pro-
jected attack upon that town, which was to have
bees, made on last Friday night by a large party
of armed men. It seems that for wend days a
vague and undefined feeling of alarm existed
among many of the peaceable inhabitants of the
town of Leeds, from an impression that a large
body of the labouring classes around the town
were clandestinely providing themselves with arms,
and a package which was found on examination to
contain arms. was conveyed from Birmingham to
Leeds, in a manner that strosigly excited the suspi-
cions of the Magistrates. On the morning of
Friday last the Magistrates received information
for the first tittle, that a project was formed for
attacking the town of Leeds at an early hour on
Saturday morning. and that the assault was to be
made simultaneously by bodies of men armed with
pikes. who were to advance at the same moment
from different: points. Such military precautions
were adopterilktlie 'bottoms of the notice ad—
mitted, and suai effect did these arrangements
produce on the minds of the proposed assailant's.
that although several parties of aim were observed
approaching the ti•sem in different directions, al-
though the signal of advance was about two o'clock
on Saturday morning mode by the elevation of a
kiwi of fire balloon, yet none of the parties ven-
tured to enter the town. The latelligeneer notes
with wonderful precision the order and march of
the several divisions of the enemy; the very points
at which they halted, and the manlier of their re-
treat ; but there art; in the entire narrative such
confusion and inconsistencies as involve the whole

affair in considerable mystery.
The first feelings which the perusal of the state-
ment is calculated to excite, is undoubtedly one of
alarm for the tratispillity of the country, end the
security of life and property, mingled with a sense
of indignation and sorrow at the delusions by which
the unhappy people are made at once the ivatru.
means and the victims of some desperate ruffians.
But we cannot repress a hope that the narrative
of the Leeds Intelligeneer is very much exagge.
rated and overcharged. The writer seems to com-
manicete Ins information upon evidence merely
hearsay, and in more than ore place he implies
doubts upon the correctness of his statements. We
are not informal by 'shout the different parties
were seen to approach the town, but we must sup-
pose that the Commanding Officer of the military
force in Leeds had his reconnoitering parties ad-
vanced beyond the town in every direetirm, and
if the columns of the enemy, each consisting of
two hundred pikenseii, were observed by any
of these parties, it it not to be supposed that
they would be suffered to remain long on their halt
in • quiescent state, or be permitted to commence
their retreat unmolested by the cavalry; nor is it
very likely that men circalustanced as these insur-
gents are supposed to be, discomfited and disap-
pointed in their wicked scheme, would endeavour
to excite public attention to their proceedings, as
to fire guns and pistols in the mere wantoimess of
noise, on their retreat. One would suppose that as
their hopes of success depended upon surprising
their victims, they would rather strive to steal un-
observed to their usual habitations, and wait in
prudent silence another hour better suited to their
purpose.
For the purpose, however, of giving farther
assurance to his statements, the writer tells a most
extraordinary story about a gentleman falling in,
near Kirklees, with a heap of 200 pikes, lying oe
the Aigk road, while the men who we must suppose
were to use them in case of need, were snugly en-
trenched behind an adjoining wall; sod this story,
we are told, " couviaced the Magistrates that their
apprehensions were not groundless." From what
we Lad already perused of this narrative, we should
have supposed that the Magistrates had felt this
conviction much sooner, that is, if the accounts
be cotrect which state that " the signal, a sort of
fire balloon, was observed about two o'clock on
Saturday morning"—that " several parties of mew
in regular order were seen in differeut direciions op-
prooching• the twee—that " one division came
so near as the Marsh Turnpike. a short distance
from the New Church," kc. If all these,
Of any one of them be true, the Magistrates
were fully justified in entertaining very serious
apprehensions for the safety of their town. and
it is strange that the historian of the eight
should have conceived the adventures of the
gentleman of Cooper-bridge. necessary for con-
vincing the Magistrates that their fears were sot
altogether growedkn, especially as they knew no-
thing of these adventures until the following day,
whew they were first apprised of their occurrence.
We must avoid remarking. that the Leeds lifer-
enry, published Os ffaturday last, make, no men-
tion whatever of Vitt and.ollitiol;. and it
ilk/Wernher silent opiposiime ilea isitilaikat disco-
weiing• the poeter-id"*MM front tit ham,
which the /wMfhommisololim to have atmand at

the Regulator conch•o4fsce on the preceding Thurs•
day. It is possible that the Mercury, published on
Saturday morning, had been printed °lion Vriday
evening. and therefore could not contain any notice
of the advance of the insurgents on Friday night or
Saturday morning. but at the same time it is not
probable that the very intelligent Editor of that
Paper could be ignorant of the military premiss.
tins., which a►e stated to have been made during
the course of Friday.
The Leeds, Mercury contains one toaragraph of •
sistficiesitly alarming nature. namely. that emissa-
ries .re at work throughout that part of the coun-
try Instigating the people to take up arms. and
against such dangerous machinations the Editor
cautions the distressed manufacturers. By similar
instigations the notorious Ott Vali distinguished
himself; but what must be the temper of mind of
the people. when such practices are not discouraged
among them ? This is really an awful cousideratiou.

The Paris Papers of Friday and Saturday last
confirm the account which appeared in our Paper
of yesterday, relating to the dreadful occurrences
which took place in Cadiz on the loth of March.
Amidst the scenes of bloodshed, cruelty, and
treachery. presented in this melancholy narrative,
it is some consolation to reflect that these crimes
rest not upon the character of the Constitutionalists.
The troops in the interest of FERDISAND were alone
guilty of them, and they appear in every point to
have followed the commands of Generals VALDEZ
and CAMPANA, who, it is strongly ►uspectrt!, acted
wider immediate orders from the Court at Madrid.
Fa►YaE, too, is implicated in the charge of delibe-
rate treachery and cruelty, but there seems some
reason for at least suspending ou► opinion upon this
point, until we receive further evidence. This horrid
massacre may, however, have been the sole act of an
unlicensed soldiery, instigated by a thirst of plunder.
Gen. Fasting, it appears, arrived in Cadiz on the
9th. when he promised the citizens that he would,
sou the following day, p►oclaim the Constitution of
the Cortes. The inhabitants received the commu-
tnication► with► shouts of enthusiastic gratitude to-
wards the General, whom they honoured with
tie title of Regenerator of his Country. The
ceremony of proclaiming the new form of Go-
veriuesit was fixed for ten o'clock on the following
day, and at that hour the citizens were assembled
in delighted anticipation► of the great event. At
this luckless moment some companies of the regi-
ment of Americo, and of that called th►e General's
Guides. advanced from different points, by pre-
vious concert, tspst► the scene appointed for
the ceremony, and commenced a murderous fire
upon the peaceable. unarmed, and confiding
citizens. The people of course fled in► a fright.
but 400 killed and 1,,200 wounded, according to
the Madrid account, prove with what dreadful
precisiou the inhuman assaftins executed their san-
guinary instructions. A general pillage of the
city fullowed,,this act of cold-blooded barbarity,
and probably it was while the troops were thus
engaged, that the iiihabitanta recovering from
their sudden panic, prepared themselves for retn-
b►stion, and being joined by the marine troops, at-
tacked the soldiery, awl drove them into their quar-
ters. It ►s said that VALDES and CAsIPAN♦ have
paid with their lives the forfeit of their treachery, but
this circumstance. we regret to my, is not stated in
the Paris Papers. Flumes retired from Cadiz to
Puerto Santa Maria, slid the inhabitants succeeded
in triumphantly proclaiming the Constitution. The
total number of slain► could not he ascertained, but
it must be very considerable. On the 14,11 tran-
quillity was restored in Cadiz. and the Madrid ac-
count odds, that the promoters of the disorders had
undergone the just punishment of their guilt.
It is however reported by Captain SQUIRE, of
the Sandwich Bay, which arrived on► Saturday last
i►► Bristol direct from Cadiz. that even ou the IStit
the troops still held Cadiz, and that the gun-boats
in the hay were at the time of his sailing preparing
to attack the •city gates. Captain SQUIRE adds,
that ou the 16th he heard a continued firing for five
hours in► that quarter. The troops, it appears from
various account*. were intoxicated at the monies►' of
the attack upon the defenceless people, and so indis-
criminate was their thirst fur blood. that every in-
dividual who appeared in the streets or at the win.

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