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has thought fit 'to accede to the proposal of an
armistice, made by Chourschid Pacha ; but on
condition that he should evacuate Thessaly,
.and'
that those fortresses in the Morea which have still
Turkish garrisons, as well as Arta and Prevesa,
shall be immediately given up to the Greeks :
when this is done, the Greek Government con-
sents to a suspension of hostilities for six months.
It remains to be seen whether Chourschid has
powers sufficiently extensive to subscribe to
these conditions : meantime it is affirmed that he
has sent a Tartar to Constantinople to inform the
Porte of the state of things ; the Pacha has
thought it prudent to retreat with the remains of
his army towards Macedonia. The defection of
the Albanians who were with the Turkish troops,
and have now joined the. Greeks, has given the,
last blow to Chourschid, who has no means to
resume offensive operations unless the Porte sends
him another army.
Tar F.STE, Nov. s.—Three vessels from Smyrna,
which have made the passage in 17, 13, and 10
days, respectively, bring the important news that
Canea, the capital of Candia, has capitulated to
the Greeks ; and when the last, vessel sailed
(25th of October,) a French frigate with part of
the garrison was entering the port of Smyrna.
Another vessel, from Alexandria, which met the
Egyptian flotilla near Candia, confirms this news,
and affirms that many of the Turkish inhabitants
refused to leave Canea, and declared they would
embrace the Christian religion. _ _ _

Accounts from Arta, of—the 19th of October,
have been received at Corfu. Odysseus had re-
conciled himself with all the Thessalian Captains,
and was at Demagogy seven leagues from Larissa.
The Albanians are again in insurrection against
the Turks. As usual, they join the victorious
party, but at present they decide the campaign
this year.

SPAIN.
MADRID, NOVEMBER 10.
After the electidn of the President Secretaries, in the sitting
of the 7th, the Cortes took into consideration the report on tha
proposition of Senor Nunez, for preventing the abuse of the ex-
traordinary powers conferred on Political Chiefs and Provincial
Deputations with a view to the public safety. The Committee
had reported that the proposition ought to be adopted, but were
of opinion that it should be discussed in secret sitting. After
some debate the Cortes ordered the report to be referred back to
the Committee, to be drawn up anew with further explanations.
In the sitting of the Bth, the Committee presented a new re-
port, and recommended the adoption of three additions which
had been proposed to article 18 of the Decree for public safety.
The first tends to prevent the Monks of suppressed convents
from assembling in any of the 14 frontier fortresses, though the
inhabitants should exceed 450, the number proposed to be fixed
by the project ; the second, to alter nothing in the 17th article
of the Decree of the 10th of June, respecting existing con-
vents ; and 3d, that the property belonging to the suppressed
convents shall be applied to public credit, and not to the Trea-
sury: These additions were approved.
In the sitting of the 9th, the Cortes proceeded to the conside-
ration of the report of the Special Committee appointed on the
memorial of Senor Gareli, which had recommended the refer-
ence of the said memorial to the Government.
A long debate arose between Senors Olivera and Salvato.—
The former• warmly opposed the opinion of the Committee.
The latter dwelt on the necessity of leaving to the Fiscal the
powers which the constitution and thelaws had given him. The
opinion being finally put to the vote, the first part was ap-
proved ; the second rejected.; and the third approved.
The drawing by•lot for filling up the army, as decreed last
month by the Cortes, has commenced, and this question is pro-
ceeding with great order.
NOVEmnEn 17.
- It is announced as dertain • that the Government is about to
confer on..MintrthettitleVei:Commander-in-Chief of the three
'arirly-corpsle Ceital-ettike? Navarre, and Arragon. Generals
rorrijos afia Wiesen Nvilb-Strveetncler him as•Lieutenant-Gene.
rals. . The first army:Will be increased to 40,000 men,_ and the
other two tolo,ooo. All these: forces are to be united by the
Ist of December in the line of operations.
The other Spanish forces, with which arc incorporating with
great activity the new levies, are about AO be rendered move-
able, and placed on the war footing, to form garrisons, and
to be ready to take • the field, and to join the army of re-
serve, which will be promptly assembled in case of foreign in-
vasion.
In all the towns of the kingdom private companies of consti.
tutional patriots are organising, in imitation of the corps formed
at Madrid, in consequence of the events of July. last. More-
over, the embodying of the volunteer militia, is every where
carrying into effect with incredible activity. In the towns of
Malaga, Alicant, and several others through which General
Riego paised in his late journey, artillery 'ecimpanies are be-
sides forming. In a word, the impulse is given, and nothing
in the world can now stop ,it. On the contrary, it would ap-
pear, that obstacles, by irritating national pride, have only
served to inflame men's minds, to redouble energy, and to in-
crease force.. The nation, organized, armed, directed by chiefs
of the greatest patriotism and valour, will soon make head
against every enemy, with all the calmness of strength. The
Political Chiefs are every where zealously employed in the dis-
tribution of the communal property and waste lands among the
inhabitants of the country. This operation, dictated by a wise
policy, is spreading over the surface of the Peninsula a multi-
tude of small proprietors, all interested in supporting the con-
stitutional system.
The Government has transmitted to all the provinces the
most rigid orders for the prompt execution of ..the resolutions
adopted by the Cortes, which have granted considerable funds
for fortifications, for manufacturing arms, and for ,preparing a
formidable war materiel. ,The Spanish provinces will soon pre-
sent the spectacle of a vast arsenal, as France did when she
was attacked by foreign powers. This great movement has
besides the advantage of giving employment and support to
the poor, the only class from which fanaticism recruits her in-
struments.
In imitation of the Greeks, the Spaniards are endeavouring
to nationalize their theatres, with the view of aiding the popu-
lar enthnsiasm. By a Royal Decree, theatres are every where
established. The publication of dramatic works, founded on
national history, is encouraged ; and nothing is neglected to
associate the progress of the fine arts with the progress of li-
berty. ,
General Mina has publi-lied a Proclamation, in which, for
the last time, he offers an amnesty to ehose men whom ambi-
tious Chiefs have seduced into rebellion. - He grants them to
the 20th of this month, and it is not till then that he is resolved
to give the last blow. The General hopes before that period to
recal a great part of these misled men to their duty. He does
not forget that the rebels are Spaniards, but he declares that
he will be inexorable to those who will not profit by the am-
nesty. -
In the sitting of the 14th, the Cortes authorized the Provin-
cial Deputations to make requisitions for remounts of horses
for the cavalry and artillery, in order to accelerate an important
operation, which has already been successfully executed in the
3d, 4th, sth, 6th, and 7th military divisions. The regiments
of Saguntum, the Queen's, and some others, have been in this
way completely remounted in the course of a few dayS. The
Provincial Deputations are to make advances for the pay-
ment of the just value of the horses to the owners ; and the
GOvernment is, without delay, to reimburse the Deputations
from the funds specially granted by the Cones.
In the same sitting Senor Canga made the following speech :
" An attack made on the inviolability of the national repre-
sentation by a foreign Court obliges me to address the Cortes.—
I allude to the Court of Rome—to that Court which hai for so
many ages combated all opinions favourable to the people.—
Our inviolability is attacked by the Decree of a congregation of
Cardinals, in which several works are prohibited. The Dercee is
published in a 13ullissued-on the 26th Sept. of the present year,
accompanied by all the usual anathemas. Among the prohibited
works are some from the pens of the most respectable Spanish
authors. The last includes The History of the Spanish Inqui-
sition,' by Senor Llorente; the Diplomatic Collection on Mar-
riage Dispensations,' by the same ; History of Ecclesiastical Re-
venues of Spain,' by the illustrious Don Juan Sempere, and many
others. But what has particularly engaged my attention
is, to find the . prohibition extended to a little work, entitled
Important Question—Are the Deputies of the Cortes in-
violable with iespect to the Court of Rome ? By prohibiting
this last work, the Court- of Rome sufil iently declares that it
does not regard us as inviolable with regard, to it. This
!then, an attack by that Court on the popular sovereignty. I
except from this reproach the Sovereign Pontiff, whom 1 re,
spect and venerate for his charadter and virtues. I call to re-
collection what occurred in-the time of Philip IV. on the occa-
sion of the .Bull published by the Congregation of the Index,

for prohibiting the circulatica of the work on Zoology. The'
King issued a decree, which stated that the unjust pretensions
of the Court of Rome, by'zttacking the regal rights of the
Crown of Spain, displeased ~:ven those who supported it, and
disturbed public order. Thoisands of examples of a similar
kind might be cited, but not to fatigue the attention of the
Congress, I shall conclude bit proposing.that the Cortes adopt
resolution on this subject. If in consequence of their being
extraordinarily assembled, they do: not consider themselves
authorized to take up the subject, I will myself make a repre-
sentation to the Government; . denouncing this attack on the
inviolability of the Deputies, and consequently on the national
sovereignty, in order that suitable measures may be adopted."
The following proposition' subscribed by Senores Canga,
Alvarez Gutierrez, Manuel Gomez, Prat, Velasco, Somoza,
Villanueva, Moreno Alfonso, and Rico, was, then read:--
" We move that the Cortes be 'pleased to intimate to the
Government that measures as energetic as the circumstances
may require should be immediately adopted, 'for preventing
the circulation of the Bull issued by his Holiness the Pope in
the month of September last, by which- are prohibited several
Spanish works,.. and more particularly. the work written in de-
fence of the inviolability of the Deputies of the Cortes.
" 'We request thatthe most energetic representations be made
to the Court of Rome, through the intervention of our Charge
d'Affaires and .of,the Nuncio; in order that the said Court may
once for all understand that it must not hereafter venture, either
directly or indirectly, beyond its powers with a nation, which,
like the Spanish, knows its rights and can maintain them ; and
which, directed by a Representative Government, will not '
silently tolerate proceedings similar to those which were sub-
mitted to by the Spanish Cabinet when the Royal authority
was not invested by the irresistible force which the assent of
the Cortes communicates to it: the whole conformable to what
is provided by law 2, title IR, cap. 8, of the new code:"
The motion was ordered to be referred to the united Corn,.l
mittees of Diplomacy and. Ecclesiastical Affairs.
Some curious episodes distinguished the Sitting of yesterday.
The Committee for the correction of style had presented for the
approbation of the Cortes the decree relative to the suspension
of the Habeas Corpus and domiciliary visits. The Deputy
Canga proposed that the resolution of the Congress should be
regarded as a law, not as a decree.* This proposition was
warmly supported by, the Deputies Augustin Arguelles; Falco,
and Salva ; and opposed i'vith equal talent and vehemence by
Galiano, Oliver Isturiz, and Ruez de la Vega.
Finally,'it was twice submitted to the nominal appeal, an oc-
currence of which ,there has not hitherto been an example.
Conformable to the regulation, the vestion was first put,
whether there be ground for voting or not; and decided in the
affirmative by 79 to 66. The question was then put on the
motion itself, which was carried by 73 to O. It is impossible
to say what party voted for it; and what against it. Men on
both sides were intermixed on this occasion in the same manner
as in the French Chamber of Deputies on the memorable ad.

dress to the King.
It is stated that certainpropositions en the subject of modi•
fications to be established in the Spanish customs, with reaped
to English merchandise, have .been discussed by the Cortes in
a secret sitting. It is easy to foresee the important conse-
quences attendant on such an arrangement.
INTELLIGENCE FROM THE PROVINCES.
Accountsfrom Barcelona of the sth state, that duting the
night, the Governor, accompanied 'by the adjutant of the for-
tress, and•a picquet of soldiers, presented himself at the Con-
vent of St. Isxancis, arrested all the inmates, and immediately
made them embark, with the exception of some old men and
some other'individuals, -whose secularization hattalready been
decided. The number of the persons embarked amounted to
72 : the whole transaction was effected with the utmost silence,;
the greatest secrecy pervades the operations of the Govern-
ment. It appears that this convent was a focus of _conspi-
racy : the Father-keeper had previously .been conveyed a pri-
soner to Ivies.
BannasTstp.—lt 'is affirmed that Just as Romanillo was
about to be attacked by
.Mina on the 40th, he went over
to the side of the Constitutionalists with his 1,500 troops.
The column of Guerrea took.possession of Balaguer • the
factious fled before the time .of action. They amounted to
1,000 in number, and were commanded by Bordalva, who did
not wish to incur the risk
,of a siege, though, says the account,
Eroles and Romanillo assured him on' their word of honour,"
that a reinforcement of 20,000 French.troops wassail the point
of arriving.
Another report, dated Barcelona, November-6, contains the
following, :
" The Monks and Nuns of Balaguer (which has been entered
by a corps of Constitutional troops) had abandoned their re•
spective convents. 'When the troops entered, they found that
the churches were converted into stables and guard-houses, and
presented the appearance of so many .fortresses. New arms are
found at almost every step. The factious in their flight threw
most of their arms into the rivulets. In conformity with article
Ist of the amnesty, which has produced a wonderful effect, a
greattiumber have presented. hemselves ready armed.
." It is positively alleged that on the 7th, at ten o'clock at
night, General Milans entered Mataro with a part of his di-
vision, bringing prisoner. the _Bishop of Vich, several ecclesi-
astica of that diocese, and some other individuals. This bishop
(M. Stranch) is one of those who since 1812 and 1814 have
been constantly hostile to liberal institutions. In his diocefe,
and by his Ecclesiastics, the' conspiracies have constantly been
commenced." . •, •
THE CODIMANDANT-GENEHA;, OF THE FIRST NSMRICT,
TO HIS EXCELLENCY THESCPERIOR POLITICA,CHIEF
OF THIS PROVINCE.
" Senor,,,—On the 11th of this month, Donna Maria de l'As-
sunzione, lawful wife of the ex-Secretary of State of Grace and
Justice, Don Nicolas Garelli, waited on me, to request that on
bringing before me, if it should be necessary, all the judiciary
proceedings previously held, I should put a stop, in all
its, effects, to the order of arrest passed against her hus-
band by Don Juan Paredes, Military Fiscal, in the pro-
cess instituted by order of the King, on the desertion
of the four battalions of Guards, on the night of the Ist,
and early in the morning of the 2d of last July, and their
hostile invasion on the morning of the 7th. I consulted the
Auditor of War, who gave it as his opinion, that it was neces-
sary that the present Fiscal, charged to conduct the cause in
question, should wait on Sr. Garelli, at his own house, where
he is confined by indisposition, without being able to commu-
nicate with any one; and after making him acquainted with the
representation of his wife, should ascertain whether the ex-Mi-
nister approved the contents of the paper hearing her signature ;
and that, in the event of his receiving an answer in the affir-
mative, the said Fiscal should place in my hands all the
papers, without any reserve, relative .to the proceedings against
Sr. Garelli.
" I have acted conformably with this opinion ; the Fiscal
yesterday remitted to me all the documents 'in the causes in-
trustedto him which have relation to the Secretaries of State
who were in office on the memorable 7th July last ; all of which
the Auditor of War having taken under cognizance, wrote to
me this day as follows
" On a view of the proceedings previously held, and the
documents which your Excellency remitted f o me yesterday,
and which I received at eleven o'clock at night, and having
taken cognizance ,of the particular charges instituted in conse-
quence of the lamentable events of the 30th June and follow-
ing days, against the ex-Secretaries of State, Don 'Francisco
Martinez de la Rosa, Don Jose Marcia Moscoso, Don Nicolas
Garelli, Don Felippe Sierra Pambley, and their three re-
maining colleagues in the Ministry, I feel it my duty to
declare to your Excellency, that as the documents in ques-
tion offer no proof of criminality sufficient to justify the order
of arrest passed against those public functionaries by the Fis-
cal Don J. Paredes, I think it incumbent on your Excellency
legally to disapprove such a proceeding as being a scandalous
attempt against their persons, and a most criminal infrac-
tion 'of the fundamental law of the state, and of all the laws
in force which have been established to protect the personal
liberty of Spaniards. With this conviction, and without' any
intention of prejudging in this affair whatever may be conform-
able to the prerogatives of your Excellency, I am of opinion
that you should regard the detention of Don NicolasAiarelli as
a merely arbitrary measure occasioned by the lamentable abuse
which the Fiscal has made of his privileges, and that you should
give orders that that detention should cease immediately, and
that he be restored to the full liberty he enjoyed previous to
his unjust arrest; making, at the same time, the political Chief
of the Province acquainted with the whole affair. I more-
over consider it necessary, as your Excellency wrote to several
Commandants-General, in order that the above-mentioned
'order of arrest issued against the ex-Secrataries of State should
be' executed in the different places in which they happened
to be,. you should immediately direct them to provide for the
execution of this order, so that those to which it_ refers may
avoid the severe injury and prejudiceto which they might other-
wisibe exposed. Such is my opinion. Your Excellency will
nevertheless adopt such steps as you may conceive to be con-
formable with justice.
" Having acted in conformity with the above advice in all its
parts, I submit it to your Excellency, in order that you may be
duly made acquainted with it. Heaven preserve your Excel-
lency many years.
" .Madrid, Nov. 15. "Commandant-Gen. O'DALY."
Extract of a Lette74 dated Bayonne, Nov. ' I(l.—General
O'Donnell had long been preparing to take the command of
the army of Navarre, (about 1,600 men), besides the bands in
the three provinces, which are to be under him till the return
of Quesada. He had always hesitated to take'the command of
an undisciplined troop, unless he wars furnished with means to
signalize his entry, and inspire confidence in his army. In fact,
he has obtained (it is not known whence) a -million of francs in
money, 3000 or 4000 muskets, ammunition, 300 saddles for his

* A law must have .the Royal sanction, but a decree does
Got require that formality in order to be .executed.