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int; the misrepresentations -of calumny whatever they might
be. The.undersigned also .thinks it necessary to state, that
oisiler this view of the subject it is not easy to doubt that the
costnands which is flxcellenq may receive from his Go-
.1c oritiirent on the suhbject, will be altogether conformable to the
_ just desires of his Majesty, and agreeable to the sincere friend-
,.. ship subsisting between the two stigma Monarchs; and that
..la 'ale mean time, until the undersigned is assured of this fact,
At will have the greatest satista.ction in pursuing his official
' 4()Yiniunications with Sir Win. A'Court. The undersigned
,
• ts'also the honour to assure Sir William A'Court, that hi
e
•
''s *sty's Government duly appreciates the friendly intentions
, . lisii interest towards Sain whh have doubtless dictated the
. sAfer with. which his Ex Spain
has thought fit to conclude his
41o:fore-mentioned note; and at the same time the undersigned
suust be permitted to observe, that his Excellency. is too en-
- !lightened not so be aware that a Government, the victim of the
most wilful and immoral Oppression that has ever been known,
...oil the real motive of which, the object at which it MM.; hits
itCV vr r been manifested, is absolutely incapable of addressing to
its inictuitous oppressor propositions of may nature, without
-cwidcotly comprouusing the national honour, the most sacred
• 'Menus, and the dearest principles. The only opinion, there-
lore, which the undersigned can entertain on the present acees-
! sion, on so important r. subject, is simply thithat if Great
Britain truly desires (as his Majesty's Government is persund-
:iol she does 1 that tranquillity should be restored to Europe,
and that Spain should ye delivered from those evils which so
unjustly oppress her, her Government should not hesitate to
employ the necessary measures to indude the French Cabinet
at once clearly to explain its intentions, in order that, with this
reelse.knowledge, his Majesty's Government linty take it into
consideration, whether or not to establish, through thean medefuia-
-1
tion of his Britannic Majesty, the basis of a d dus
place; and above all, :one which may be perfectly honourable
to Spain. The undersignedtakes the present occasion to re-
. peat to Sir 'William A'Court the assurances of his highest con-
"iiieration.
Cadiz, 20th July, 1823. JOSE MARIA DE PAN DO.
To Sir W. A'Court, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
• ,Plenipotentiary to his Britannic Majesty.
No. 4 is the letter of the Poke of Angouleme to the King of
• ,;pain, dated from Port St. Mary, Aug. 17, stating that Spain
Iglus delivered front the revolutionary yoke, and recommenoling
the convocation of the ancient Cortes.
No. ti is King Ferdinand's answer, which begins by remark-
s‘ing, that the intention of the King of France had never
in belbre
.been stated to him. This correspondence appeared The
N'imes of Oct. 3.

No. 0.
The undersigned Secretary of State ad interim of his Ca.
tholic Nlajesty has the honour to transmit to Sir William
A'Court, Envoy. Extraordinary and Minister Pl,enipetentiary
of his Britannic blejesty, a copy of the note which his
Department addressed to his Excellency on n
theta 0t
d, h of
July
last, the original of which has probably bee ias its re.-
ceipt has not yet been . acknowledged, notwithstanding the ur-
gency of the business of which it treats. The undersigned
being also desirous again to express the satistaction with which
his Catholic Majesty's Government has received the friendly
offers contained in Sir William A'Court's last letter of the 11th
of July, hastens to transmit to him Excellency the annexed
copies of the autograph letter addressed to his Cetholic Ma-
jesty by his Royal Highness the Duke d'Angouleme, dated
Port St. Mary, the 17th instant, together with the autograph
answer which. the King was pleased toreturn to that extraordi-
nary communication. ' The undersigned :; fully persuaded that
Sir W. A'Court, in rendering to Iris Britannic Itlajesty an ac-
connt of these important documents, will not fail earnestly to
call 'his :Majesty's attention to the' contrast presented on this
occasion between the conduct of his -Catholic Majesty and, the
ill-advised, not to say insulting intimation which the Duke
d'Angouleme presumed to make to hine in the name of his
august uncle the King of France. ~
if any doubt could hitherto have existed as to the real in.
tendons of the French Government with respect to Spain, all
such doubts mat vanish at sight. of the Duke d'Angottleme's let-
ter, which express hi a wieli not for ;the prudent reform of our
political institutions, in order to impart the necessary force to
the Royal authority, and to obviate all dantter or cauee of
jealousy to other powers; but to gain possession of the King
itrol his Royal Family, to make them the instrumeniats of the
French Government, end, without leaving the Spanrds in
possession of any moderate constitution, to OVCl'Whelm the
Spanish nation with disgrace, and to deprive it of allis inde-
pendeodence, liberty, and security. It suppose% the
net free, and proceeds to maintain this evident and absurd fele-
hood, ih spite of the many unequivocal acts which eet aside
all idea of coeraion, and in spite of' the interrupted tranquillity
and good order whleh are svAl known to preveil in Cadiz, the
respect that is entertained for the august iiereou of the King,
and the charectet and principles of his Itlinisters. The Frendt
atone, drove the King 'front tils palace of Miutriel, they
.eilone &eve hire from Saville ; and in what way do they
now pretend to reseal:: to him the liberty
athe of whic
shou h titre
alone have deprived gum ?the requiring ld sor-
render himself abselutely torsi. .‘.:ir dispo al asnd theeir 'influenc
okee.
Thia is the only explicit prposition contained n the D
d'Angotilerne'e letter ; it is the preliminary sine qua nun
and they who
his fai petend that the Monarch is hot free in the
hands of rthfitl eubjecte, wish to place him in the
power of the for sign troops who have invaded his kingdom,
of the traitors and rele,:ls who are assisting the cnenty in &so-
lathe; hiS dontinloos. Let Ferdinand VII.. be free said the
King of France, to glue to his subjects institutions Which they
.cau receive hen/1111m alone, and instantly the war shall cease.
The civilised world has Wield with amazement an aggression
ifounded on total! a pretenee, and ie seandalized to hear itmains.'
t
is calculated to so bverethe most sacred rights of
But, in fset, his Most Christian Majesty did not ,say that he
would only consider his Catholic iVjlaesty fr
itees when he should.'
train the midet of the , Prenclharmy and littldid lie
nounae the intention of' ilictatingor suggesting the institutions
which he was to give to his subjects. Now, f
the Genera
di l-in-ri ~
hief of the French army assuinee the power o decing vvhe
,O
the King of Spain shall consider himself free, arid even, when
his
freedom4b foraer at liberty. Ilia Majesty is only to use '
.his
ith ay be agreeable to the Cabinet of the Tuileries ; for that Ca-
bihet not only dictates what these institutions shall be, hut
'olfere the to-operation of France and her allies in consolidating
them And what ar the institutions whic, with such ill.con.
trived dieeimulation,e are preset bed to hish Catholic Majesty tit
be given to his subjects? Precisely such as are least reconcile;
sal with the dignity of the Crown ; the ITIOSt eltlCUlated tO
enfeeble the it Authority, to enervate and to destroy the
unity of the funetietts of Gevernizene resthe least conformable
-with the spirit of the age, anti the pnt condition and
touts of the nation ; Ind the Rio: likely to perpetuate divieion,
' mid oppo.eition of inteteete, arid patty.conflicts. Thoee men
roust be ignorant of the Itistery of Spam who propose, in the
phase
state of Nolo, to establieh the ancient Corte; of the
4tingdovn as the guarantee of order,
.juatice,' and good leoverns
meat. duntet, or particular e.etalishinents, in each of the
theee-13ieaean provinee*., different Cate* in Navarre.—.others
of time distinct d
inceletes in Arragon, Catalonia, and 'Valencia,
which for alenigth of time have ceased to exist in those quarters,
others of very different hinds in the kingdoms of the Cestiles,
which 'never poetic:seed a fired form, and which underwent so
many viciesitudcs—eueli is tl:e chain hy which it is peoposed to
unite the Spanish people together, anti to consolidate the mo-
narchy. Congreesee of this heterogeneous nature, in which no
'real national representution ever existed--in which men calling
theinselvee the representatives of the people were to frequmtly
seen to prostitute and Kell thainselves to power—hi which tite
Royal dignity was no often ootreged and oppressed by the
ambition and peepoader ince of suujects—such are the means;
by which it is tviehed to invigorate the monarchical authority,
mid to iteeure juet freedem to the nation; It is excusable to
pollee Ana reflect oe thiA point ; and it is only posaible to ex- ',
lein the Doke of Angottleine's proposition, by attaching to it
the same sense as that in which the ancient Curtail was spoken
eif by the ,tente authors of the Royal decree
hauls te a
ithlittle May 1814,
a vain word, dm ithjeet, of which was tolmps to
these who do not reflect, and to restore absolute government.—
Tittle it would wily have been directed from Paris, and
thus, after the lapee of a century, the plan of Louis XIV. would
have hetet execrited, which is.doubtless the real object of the
war. It was not aufficient to effect this object by a measure so
'extraordinary ati the establithiiient of the self-styled Madrid.
Ite'gency, and to render it the means of subverting, all that had
been done during the space of three years by the legitimate
Government, acknowledged, by the invader* themselves, and
14 ell _Europe ; it was not eutlleient to deprive the Spaniards
of the tight of establishing such a Constitution far themselves
itibest suited them ; it woe oecessary to deprive them of any
Constitution whatever, and because they wished to er.joy liberty
'Without licentiouencee, although without prejudice to Fttemrance
they now suffer, together with the King, from the yoke apt-
ed to be imposed on them, Bz.c. Btc.
No. 7.
CARTES EXTRAORTWIARY.--VritliT SECRET SLTTITM,
a ivrEetnteit ti.
The Sitting opened at halt'-pays seven in the evening, when
the Secretail of State, for the Home Department read an expo-.
;titian made by OR: Government, which described the 'mein-
airily situation of the netion, and the last communications of
the Government with the Envoy of his Britaimie Majesty, Sir
Wm. A'Creirt, and thoee Of lite Catholic Pdajesty with the
Duke of Angouleme. •
After the expoeition wits read, one of the Secretariat; asked
whether it was the, Wifth of the Cortes to continue in a Secret
Sitting on this subject, and it was resolved by an almost mini-
mous vote in the hegative. Afterwards some Deputies mtg..
gested, that in milking a public' report on what had passed, it
would,
be peeper to supprees some paesages of the expoeition,
and the tither doeumente; Don thtyetano Valdes in the mean
time read a kind of iatimation which he had just rec from

the besieging General, and the Secretary of State for the flame
Department having pointed out the inconvenience which in his
opinion would be experienced by the Government if all the
documents presented were made public, it was resolved th
tatwit the
President and Secretary qf the Cortes should, in concerh
the Ministers, iix upon the documents or passages which ought
not to be read in public. The Sitting then terminated.
No. 8.
SECOND SECRET SITTING, SEPT.. 9.
The minutes of 'the Sitting of- the 6th being read and ap-
proved, the President observed, that the Government having
summoned the Cortes in this sitting, it was for the Ministers to
state the business on which' they were convoked.
The Secretary of State for the Ilinte Department then de-
liverd four documents which had lately been interchanged for
the suspension of hostilities by the besieging army, but that
the Government not having agreed to what the Dukeof Angbu-
leme proposed, hostilities were about to be renewed.
The documents presented were-1. A copy of his Majesty's
letter transmitted to the Duke of Angouleme through General
Alva, in which, as a proof of his Majesty's sincere desire of
peace, he offered to treat alone with the Duke on the means of
re-establishing it, on board of the ship of a neutral Power, or
in a point of equal distance from the two armies, with the pre-
cautions and formalities usually adopted in like cases. 2. The
dispatch of General Maya to the Government, stating the re.
suit of his mission. 8. An authentic note in French, without
date or signature, accompanying the other letter, in which were
expressed the conditions on which the Duke of Angouleme
would enter upon an adjustment. 4. the opinion of the Coun-
cil of State on the examination of these documents.
These documents having been read, the Minister withdrew,
and the sitting terminated.
No. 9.
TIMID SECRET SITTING, SEPT. 18.
A dispatch of yesterday's date was read, in which the Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Aft:lir:4 stated, that the Government
had to make a communication to the Cones in a secret sitting.
The same Secretary of State then intimated, that the Govern-
went considered it necessary to inform the Cetus of some cir-
cumstances
which had occurred since the communications made
on the 11th. lie accordingly proceeded to read it paper which
related the little hope there remained of deriving any effective
advantage from the intervention of the /..;mlish Government,
solicited through the medium of Sir W. A'Court—the answer
returned by the latter—the invitation made on the part of the
enemy through an indirect and purely confidential channel, for
again opening communications—the ultimatum recently pro-
' posed, which could not fail to be rejected with indignation by
the Government—the protest of the Government that it had not
omitted, though without result, the employMent of any of the
means in its power for terminating the war, and preventing the
dangers which the defence of this island might bring upon its
worthy inhabitants—the resolution of the Government to perish
rather than to fit!c the throne despoiled of its dignity and the
Spanish people of their liberty—and the consequent result, that
the ordinary course of war was returned.
The Cortes having received this information, closed the sit-

No. 10.
FOU (ITU SECIIET 5 tvrina, SEPT. 25.
Read a dispatch from the Seaga/ of State for the Home
Department, statiny the resolution of his Majesty, for convok-
ing the Cortes, to inform them of what had occurred in San
Fernando.
The Secretary.fir War being called upon by the President,
rose and said, that though the first object of the Sitting was to
receive an account of the mutiny of the soldiers of the
or to battalion
that
of San Alarcial, there were other occurrences posteri
event, of which it was thought proper that the Cortes should also
be informed. At midnight, on the 23d, the battalion mutinied,
iu consequence of which the General-in-Chief proceeded to
the spot with troops of every description; having arrived yester-
day morning with 3,000 men, he found that six companies had
already returned to obedience, and the other two companies sub-
rnhted on his commend. The companies were removed from
the points which they garrisoned, and distributed among those
of the battery of Orrutia.' In Campo Soto they were separated and
decimated, those selected being executed. Ile then related
various other events and incidents, which chewed the bad
spirit of the army, and the convereatione and means of seduction
which were employed. In consequence of these seductions, the
General had asseeidiled the principal officers on theta receding
night, in Campo Seto, where they endeavoured to prote good
spirit among the troops : but though many were decided, the
conduct of ail could.not be relied on. . Among other measures,
the General had disbanded the second provisional battalion.
The Secretary for the Home Department then read a dis-
patch received last night from the General-in-Chief, in which,
after stating.in detail the causes which rendered the defence of
the Gaditanian island difficult, the General stated that he be-
lieved it would be necessary to concentrate the army on the ter-
ritory between Cadiz and the Cortadura. The reply of the Go-
, vernment directed, that until the concentration should he defi-
nitively determined upon, the General should in the mean time
transfer to Cadiz all effects which might not be absolutely ne-
cessary in case of attack. The Secretary of State further ob-
served, that the Government considered it above all things ne-
cessary to consult a junta of Ge,neralsr The officers, on the.
view of all the points which, they had to consider, and the nom-
riety of the absolete impossibility of defending time line now
occupied, unanimously agreed that the concentration ought to
be instantly effected; as well as the other measures proposed by
the General-in-Chief. • They added, that the arm considering
its number and quality, did not afford security. fur the defence
of the new line proposed, nor yet for that of this city, which
wanted resources of every kind, and that a determination
should be come to without loss of time. The Ministers, not
possessing sufficient experience on the subject, had not ven-
tured of themselves to order the concentration.
After some conversation, Senor Saavedra suggested that the
Ministers should be asked whether the Government intended
to submit to the Cortes any proposition on the communication
which had just now been made.
The Secretary for 'War replied, that the Government had
nothing, to add to the exposition which had been made, as it
had formed to opinion on rise subject of the concentration, and
he could only state his individually. •
. Various questions were pot by other Deputies respecting the
(Meet of the communication, and the reasons which had in-
duced' the Government to convoke the Cortes ; to which the
NViir Secretary again replied, that the Government had formed
no opinion, and that what was wished was, that the Cortes
should declare themselves fully informed by this' communica-
tion, and wait for the propositions to be made by the Govern-
ment. A question to this effect was put to the vote, and
decided in the negative.
A motion signed by Senores Capg,a, it was to Arellano; Melen
the
dez,
Reilloe littruaga, and Moreno,
vias then read;
following effete :---"fliat.theCortes should appoint a Com-
mittee to confer with his Majesty on the measures which might
be calculated to terminate the evils that afflict the country, the
farther effueion of blood, and the ravages of civil ware and to
secure the liberty and independence of the notion."
The Secretaries of the Cortes intimated a doubt of the com-
petency of the Congress to discuss this proposition, which. had
not been remitted to them by the Government. It was put to
the vote, whether the motion should be taken into considera,
don, and resolved iii the negative. The sitting was then cos
eluded.

No. 13.
FU Tit SECILET SITTIN9, SEPT. 26.
Read the dispatch for the convocation and the proposal sub-
mitted by the Government. - It was put to the vote whether
the sitting should be continued secret ; and it was resolved ill
the affirmative by tt majority of 43 to 33.
Senor Aden propoied that the consideration of the subject
before the Owes should be suspended until the following day,
because many Generals were .absent in. consequence of there
not havig been tie to summon them. This proposition was
declaredn not to bem included in article 100 attic regulation.
It was then ordered that the exposition of the GOVertllTlent
should he referred to a Special Committee, consisting of
Senores Calderon, Cuadra, Escobo, ',Aaron, Allan, Getter, Ruiz
de la Vega, Stine, mid TOMEI%
Read the particular vote of Senores Meca, Maren,, Lino,
Tegeiro, Pesach), Saha, Adan, Rico, Ithir. de la \reign,
Gomez, °alien°, Septiem, Villanueva, Ituruago, Bertram de
Lis, Roo, Reillo, ',nasal, Idorente, Soria, Escobo, Mons°,
and Calderon, against the .resolution of the Cortes to consider
th e exposition of the Governnient in a secret sitting.
The present Sitting wet then adjourned, and ttle next fur
reciving the report of the Committee was fixed for to-morrow
at twelve o'elecic.

No. 11.

TO TICE ININISTEM OF WA.II.—STArr.--stcoNi) SECTION,
Excellent Senor—The fatal and unexpected loss of the castle
of Santa Petri has placed in the bands of the enemy, who was
previously master of the waters, the true key of ourposition,
whether we consider sci:ly the military relations, or the state
of almost absolute want of communication -in which we are
placoti. The equilibrium of force has been lost on our side.-
There is but one means of re.establieliing it, and tinfortt.
that means is unattainable. And, in fact, if it had been' po:
forme to have constructed in the frtrss of Santa Putt
proper time, and with suitable rapidity, a complete anti
combined system. of works, and If it had been in my power
have held constantly in that point 2,000 determined and web
conditioned troops, they might then perhaps have been able to
have neutralized the power of the enemy: arid to have prolonged
indefinitely the defence.. Llut the scarcity of artillery and en-
gineering materiel, the Absolute want of funds to meet the
expenees which sucli measures would occa,sion and to pay
the great number of labourers which it would be necessary
to employ, were powerful and invincible obstacles which my
energy and good wishes endeavoured in vain to surmount.
There was, too, another cause still more powerful, as it at-
tacked the basis of all our ideas of resistance. Whether it

was that the reverses and defections which rapidly succeeded
each other of late, had influenced
,the minds of the troops,
or that the bribery. and gold of our enemies had corriipted
them, it is certain that their discipline and subordination
began to waver and lose ground, and a pernicious spirit
was seen to spread among the most confidential corps. Their
enthusiasm was succeeded by a deplorable want of energy, a
clear and decided cowardice, to the eternal disgrace of our
military glory, of which we have just had such lamentable proofs.
Theie, excellent Sir, arc the elements which I hold at my dis-
posal, to sustain the Isle of Cadiz, the depository of the Govern-
ment, and of the sacred person of the King, the asylum of so
many well-deserving citizens compromised in the cause n'f li-
berty, and the centre of the hopes of the rest of the country,—
This view of the subject, while it endangers the object which his
Majesty deigned to place under my care, extends beyond its na-
tural limits the defence of this point, and connects it with rela-
tions of high political importance; and such is the powerful rea-
son which induced me to express myself to your Excellency in
different terms from those which I should have adopted, had.
I been simply charged with the defence of a fortress or of a fors
titled line. From the statement which I have given above, your
Excellency will perceive, that if the, enemy should attempt a
vigorous attack upon the beach, the works would afford no
means of repulsing him, and that he would inevitably establish
a footing on the island. Nothing then would remain for us
but to draw our troops rapidly together, and to risk an action in
open field, of the ill success of which, the demoralization and
decided cowardice of our troops could scarce give reason to
doubt. The loss of an action of this kind would ensure to the
enemy the possession of all the works of theline, which he would
then take by its gorge, getting into his own hands an immense
park of artilery, which would smooth the way to his ulterior
operations. Indeed, it is impossible to say whether a defeat
under such circumstances would not produce a total dispersion
of the army, depriving us of every resource for maintaining re.
sistance. That fatal evente too, would expose to all the horrors
of war this city, which, by its services in the patriotic cause,
well deserves this consideration of Government. These and
other reasons, which it would be superfluous to add, have con.
vinced me that nothing wituldebe more advantageous under our
present unfortunate circumstances, than to confine our radius
of defence to the country between Cadiz and the Cortadura,
abandoning consequently this extended line, which it is impos-
sible to cover by the small number of troops which are still to
be depended upon. Though this vigorous operation 3611 pezinit
the enemy to extend the line of his forces, it will afford an oppor-
tunity for the wisdom of GovernMent to find the 'means of saving
the State from the ominous laws which open force is accustomed ,
to dictate. This operation, executed in time and with tranquil-
lity, would enable us to remove articles and means necessary for
our object, and to render useless those which we might not be able
to bring.away. In like manner it would afford an opportunity
for providing for the safety of this well deserving population,
by supplying the besieging army with the necessary
d step
of thes for
establlshingan armistice, which, in every way, it wbe
greatest interest to us to obtain through the medium of the Go-
vernment. Then, too, we might proceed to select the best troops
now in this place for the progress of the defence ; and, in fine,
combinations of measures might be provided which it is nots
t
possible to execute in the tumult of battle, particularly when i
result is unfortunate. With this view I look forward to a reso-
lution of the Government as rapid and determined as the present
circumstances require, for every hour is now an age in its results.
For my part, all that I have said has been dictated by t
reflections
which I incessantly Make on the terrible situation in which we
are placed. The wisdom of Government will consider my opi-
nions with the deliberation and caution which the import-
ance of the subject demands, and will determine on what may
be found convenient. It is indeed painful to me that I ant
unable to affbrd to give hopes of a more cheering moire, but
I should commit a criminal error if .I acted otherwise than I
do ; and I have only the consolation to assure the Government,
that there are many Chiefs and officers, and even privates, of
the troops, who, like myself, have for their excliteive object the I,
happiness and independence of' their country, and who would
joyfully die rather than yield to the arbitrary law of a' foieign
conqueror. God preserve your 'Excellency many years.—San
Fernando, Sept. 24, 1823.
To his Excellency the Secretary of State
fur the War Department.
. No. 14.
111:PLY•
MINISTRY Or WAII—STOT—SECOND SECTION.
I have given an account to the King of the dispatch received
front your Excellency, dated yesterday, explaining the reasons
which induced you to propose the concentration of this army,
and his Majesty has resolved, that while this point is being de-
flnitively bottled, your Excellency shah proceed without loss of
time to remit to this place all the gunpowder and other military
effects which may not be absolutely necessary to resist an at-
tack, taking care, after the gunpowder, to send the gun-car-
riages, the wood-works, and other , articles, in whatevtv order
your Excellency may, con.iider most necessary and useful to
assist in the defence of the rest of the Isle of Cadiz. I have
this day /given the necessary information to the Military Com-
mittee of this province, in order that they :nay remit to your
Excellency with the greatest dispatch as many means of trans-
port as they may be able to spare to facilitate the operations
by sea and hind, to which end your Excellency will please to
send me information by the bearer. I. write this to your Ex-
cellency by a it oyal order for your guidance and for its fulfil-
ment. God preserve, &c.
Cadiz, Sept. 25, 1821.
To the General-in-Chief of the Army of Reserve.
No. 15.
A copy has been forwarded to the Military Committee of the
province of Cadiz, in order that it may contribute towards the
prompt fulfillment of .this resolution, by remitting to the Ge.
neral-in.Chlef as many means of transport and other assistance
as he requires, and as it may be possible to spare.
(A true copy.) FRANC. GOLFIN.
12.
TO Tilt EXTRAORDINARY CORTES.
Seneresa—in the secret bitting of yesterday, after the Go.
vernment had coirounnicated to the Extraordinary Cortes the
events which took place in the two disbanded battalions of the
army of reserve, it also informed them of the dispatch which lied
just been received from the General-in-Chief of the army, and
the report made in consequence thereof by a Junta of Generals.
Pressure of time prevented the Government from doing more
than merely nuking their communications to the Cortes, in
order that they might not be ignorant of the real state of things ;
and made no proposition whatever, because by that it was ne-
cessary to form a judgment, after mature deliberation. Now
that that judgment bas been fonneds 'we are ordered by the
King to represent to the Cortes, that the Government, from
the statement of the Generabin-Chief of the army and the junta
of Generals, and from the other facts of which it is possessed,
cannot answer for the defence of the Isla Gaditana, which
becomes daily more dangerous and difficult; and the Go.
verrunent is of opinion that it would be wrong to risk,
on a battle which presents so little probability of a succese-
ful issue, the fate of the King, the Royal-Fatuity, the inddietvi.
duals composing the national re presentation, the many -
guised patriots who have taken refuge in tbis place, its faithful
and worthy inhabitants, and an army Meriting a better destiny.
Meanwhile, anti without prejudice to the continuance of the
efforts that are in its power, for which the General-in-Chief
has been authorized to effect the concentration of his forces,
should he judge that measure necessary for the public safety,
the Government is of opinion, and proposes to the Extraordi-
nary Cortes, that in the exigeney. of present circumstances, the
safety Of the state requires that his M'ajesty should adopt in his
own case as he may esteem it most suitable, and first of all
turning to the best possible account In favour of the nation, the
inhabitance, and defenders of this Wand; the condition which
the enemy proposes as a preliminary, tint qua non, and on
which the Cortes are at present engaged—to wit, that the King,
with his Royal Family, should quit the Isle of Cadix, and
transport himself to the point which may scent best to him.
But doubtless, if the wisdom of the Cortes should discover any
other measure Of less inconvenience, which may not occur to
the Government, for avoiding the threatened evils, they will
please to declare it, or to determine what is most befitting.—
Cadiz, Sept. 26, 1823.
Jose Luganda; Salvador Manzanares • Jn. Anto. Yan.
diola ; Francisco Omni° ; Jose Ma.'Culatrava ; Fran-
cisco Fernandez Golfin,
No. 16.
Senores—Gil de la Cuadra, Escobedo, Aden, Sierra, and
Tomas, having examined the foregoing proposition and corn.
niunication of the Government, the Committee is of opinion
that it is only when compelled by force, and the imperious law
of necessity, that the Governtnent should act according to the
exigency of the circumstances, taking care at the same time to
preserve the honour of the nation and its rights s. the Cortes
whatever may be
those done m virtue
heof
that force and necessity to the pudice of rights. T
Cortes will doubtless determine what is best to be done.
Cadiz, Sept. 27, 1823.
• (Five seals follows.)
steps

No. 17.
PARTICULAR VOTE OF sExottEs FLOItES CALDEV.OI42
DIARAN,-.OIE'NER, RUIZ DE LA VERA.
Those whose names are hereto signed, are of opinion that if
the purposes for which the Government requires the sanction
of the Cortes are within the constitutional limithis, the Ki
he ng
1 does
not require it ; for by the third power vested in mby t7lst
article, it belongs to him exclusively to make and
ragrtify
reil peace
solely with the opinion of the Council of State, al ui by
the 236th article of the Constitution, and that consequently
there is no occasion for any deliberation on the subject. As
little is it necessary if those purposes exce the said limits, as
the Cortes cannot give what they do notedsses. . do me
opi-
nion, theretbre, of those whose names are hereto signed, the
only thing which the Cortes csu do in the critical situation in

which they are placed, is to preserve the rights of the nation,
by protesting against force, in the event of extreme necessity
wresting from the Government concessions contrary to those
rights.—Cadiz, Sept. 28, 1823.
(Four seals follow.)
No. 18.--AYES.
Ayllon, Alvear, Stara, Joaquin Ferrer, Murii, Arguelles,
Cuadra., Alava, Elias Alvarez, Valdez Burton, Canga, Dome-
neat, Gil Orduna, Villanueva, John Jost Sanchez, Herrera
.Burtamente,m Toer, Baum, Adantro, Montesinos, Fernandez
Cid, Belmonte, Silva, Reillo, Neira, Sierra, Trogillo, Moreno,
Garmendia, Ogero, Rey, Pedralvez, Blake, Soberon, Nunez
Fakon, Roset, Taboada, Saravia, La Torre, Isturiz, Galiano,
Saavedra, Alanuel Gomez, Rodriguez Paterna, Tomas, Dioni-
sio Valdez, Escobedo, Adan, Santafd, Sedeno, Atieura,
Agiurre, Tor. Nunez, Munarriz, Escudero, Santo Suarez,
Varela, Lopez Cuevas, Seguera, Villareja. Benito, Castejori,
Beltia,Arattano, Lopez del Bano, Pacheco, Orallo, Buy, Gi-
menez, blinones, Melendez, Jost Gonzalez, Lugue.
No. 19.--aroEs., _ _

Soria, Salva, Afonzo7Buru aga,-11;luxo, Llorente, Roso,
Moure, Lillo, Bertran de Lis, Prat, Sesana,. 13usana, Salvato,
Lagasca, Garoz, Maran, Sotos Rico, Florez, Calderon, Meca.
Posadas, Septicon, Navarro 'l'egeiro, Velasco, Bartolora.
Abreu, Rhiz Alabega, Serrano, Oliver, Romero, Omer, Lar.
rea, Gomez Becerra.

AMERICAN PAPERS

American Papers arrived this morning to the

oth October.
IFrom the Commercial Advertiser of the 6th Oct.]

A letter Is received, in town by way of St.
Thomas's, which states that on the 23d August
an action took place in the East part of Derma-
rara between a body of 2000 well-armed negroes
and the troops,of the province, when the Blacks
were defeated and dispersed, with the loss of
150 killed.

Faoat CURACOA.—We have received tbe Cu-
r•acou Courant, of the 30th August inclusive, but
the Papers are barren of interest.
The French frigates Thetis and Constance, of
44 guns each, bad sailed from Curagoa for La
Guira. Letters from Margaretta state, that the
national ship Esper onta, of 64 guns, had arrived
at that island, from Holland, having on hoard
20,000 stand of arms, and 10,000 suitsof clothing
for the army. This is one of the vessels pur-
chased for the Republic, by the deceased Mr.
Zea. The frigate Venezuela sailed on the 11th
August, from La Guira, to join the Espcionza,
at Margaretta. The bark Chat les, of 18 guns,
from England, arrived at La Guira on the l9''
August, on account of the Colombian Gover
ment.

[From the Paper of the 7th Oct.l
The, Spanish frigate Constitucion, in company
with two corvettes, from Porto Cabello, called on
the filth Sept. off Curacoa, anti ‘vere joined by
the corvette Ceres. They were said to be des-
tined for Havannah.

I.4'ttom LA. GUIItA, A uG, c2.l.—The siege
.61
Puerto Cabello is about being; renewed. Ge.
ueral Paez is already on his way to resume hos

tiliths. The 61-gun &I►ip ix hourly •x vied
from Morgaretta to join the squadron to blockade
Puerto Cabello.

P 4 10NNE, OCT. 28.

(Extract of a Private Letter.)—Private Le
• .

ters from the Peninsula begin to become again very interesting.
Those from Andalusia affirm, that the party of Ballasteros daily
increases, and that his army, consisting of 9,000 men, spreads
serious alarms, and has destroyed all the triumphal arches
erected on the road by which the King was to pass. it seems,
that his intention is to. make the Sierra Morena the centre of
his operations, whence it will not be very easy to dislodge him,
if, as expected, the French army should retire to take up a po.
sition on the Ebro. It seems that Cadiz is not sufficiently pro-
, visioned to supply the wants of the garrison, great quantities
of flour continuing to be shipped here, and sent to that place.
The French General who commands at Madrid has called
together all the Spanish Officers prisoners of war, and laid be.
fore them the three following proposals :

1. To serve the King.
2. To go as Prisoners of War to France.

3. To return to their homes.
One or other of these proposals was accepted, each officer
choosing that which'he judged to be preferable. The soldiers
haVe been disbanded. General Molitor, it seems, will remain
as Commander-in-Chief after the Prince's departure : he is to
have an army of 40,000 men, of which 10,000 are to be in
Cadiz, and 12,000 in Madrid; there will be only 18,000 left
to occupy the whole of the kingdom. This seems an inade-
uate force, but yet it is not probable that more can be dis-
posable, after the Royal Guard and the cavalry, all which are
expected here, have left the country. Troops continue to be
sent to Estreniadura, which is not tranquil, and where the
Empecinado is still in force. It is reported iet there has been
a tumult, in which some blood was shed, at Cele Nova. When
the Extraordinary Gazette arrived there, the troops fired on
the people, and fell on them with their sabres, because they
cried " Death to the Negros."