The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-27 00:00:00

MANIFESTO OF ESPARTERO.

The Regent of Spain issued the following manifesto
to the Spanish nation, on leaving Madrid to join the
army in the north _

_ .
It is but a few days since you were enjoying the
sweets of a peace, which you had gained as the reward
of your bravery. You enjoyed all the benefits of the
Constitution, whose triumph you had insured in the
firmest manner. Under the auspices of a Govern-
ment, active and watchful over the laws, you saw the
wounds occasioned by a destructive war gradually
close, industry revive, and agriculture, the arts, and
commerce begin to develop themselves ; and, finally,
a thousand sources of national prosperity open them-
selves again. On a sudden the horizon, su fine, be-
came obscured by dark clouds, and a second time
the cry resounded in our ears of a new war, pro-
voked by the enemies of your loyalty and your liber-
ties. Spaniards ! those who, carried away by delirium,

abandon themselves to similar extravagancies, do not
desire that you should ever be free or happy. They have
not been able to make you retrograde towards the epoch
of abuses and privileges which bent a whole nation to
the yoke of certain classes who preyed upon it, and
this it is which animates their desire for vengeance.
You have wounded the pride of those who by unworthy
schemes attempted to violate your laws, to deprive you
of your rights as freemen, and in order to attain their
object they raised anew the standard of vengeance and
blood. It is for this that they sharpen the poniards
which Spaniards a second time thrust into the breasts
of their brothers.
The attempt made on the night of the 7tb, in the
precincts even of the royal palace, is an outrage on
the nation, on humanity, on civilisation, and on the
throne. The generous men of all nations who, are inte-
rested in the cause of liberty which we defend, will
demand a, strict account of the instigators and perpetra-
tors of an attack in which the descendants of a hun-
dred Kings might have perished. The world shall be
acquainted with the names of the traitors, no matter
what cloak may cover them. The time for respect,
which has been requited with the blackest ingratitude,
' shall cease. The salvation of Spain requires that the veil
be withdrawn, and the whole truth appear, however terri•
ble it may be. Spaniards ! a soldier from my infancy, I
have never desired more than the enviable tithe to serve
my country, shed my blood for its well-being, its rights,
and its liberties, and guide in the paths of patriotism
and glory the brave men entrusted to my care. Such
was my whole ambition, and that ambition had been
nobly satisfied. If circumstances have raised me to
another sphere, that was not my doing ; you raised
me. It was by the will of the entire nation that my
hands hold the reins of State. It was in the bosom
of the Cortes, and from the hands of your legiti-
mate representatives, that I have received the
investiture of the Regency of this kingdom. There
I took the oath to govern according to the Con-
stitution and the law; I promised before God and man
to walk in the way of justice, and to devote myself en-
tirely to the happiness, to the liberties, and to the glory
of my country. It is for you to decide whether I have
fulfilled my promise. I repeat my words this day with
the same earnest conviction that then animated me.
Spaniards ! in this moment of crisis, when our enemies
provoke us to war, join yourselves to the soldier who
prides himself in being a Spaniard, and a free Spaniard.
Form yourselves into a phalanx round the throne of Isa-
bella the Second, and the institutions which form a basis
and a shield to the young Queen who supports herself
upon them ; say to the enemies of our liberty and pro-
sperity, of your glory so nobly acquired—say to Europe,
to the whole world, that you are resolved to govern
yourselves by laws which you have given yourselves,
and not allow the fruits of so much blood and so many
sacrifices to be snatched from you. You have torn away
the mask from those who excite to sedition by invoking
rights which they themselves have disavowed. You will
cover with confusion and ignOminy those who light the
torch of discord by invoking privileges (fueros) whirl
to this day, have only been a pretext to cover your so
with monstrous crimes.

Victory cannot be doubtful for those who defend
liberty and proudly bear the standard of Castile. They
will drive before- them the cowards who open an abyss
beneath the feet of Maria Christina ; in their powerless
rage they are unmindful of honour, forget their oaths
and their words sacredly given, and offend the national
dignity only to slake their thirst for vengeance. To
arms, Spaniards ! Let the cry of war resound through-
out the Peninsula, since our enemies desired it ; let the
militia arm and prepare itself, and maintain tranquillity
and public order until it shall be no longer necessary to
call it to the field of honour to unite itself to our brave
army and dispute with it the laurels of the fight. Listen
now more than ever to the voice of your chiefs and your
magistrates. Be more than ever submissive to the laws,
for the hour of your perfect regeneration has arrived,
and you are certain to occupy amongst the free and
civilised nations of Europe the place which your power,
your valour, and your glory give you.
It is to you, heroic militia of Madrid, who present the
assemblage of ail the heroic virtues, that I confide the
guard over our august Queen and her illustrious sister,
—to you so worthy to watch over objects so sacred. The
order and repose of this capital are equally confided to
your patriotism. In separating myself from you, I must
tell you that every day you gain new titles to my con-
fidence, to my friendship, and to my solicitude. The
energy and enthusiasm which you showed on the nights
of the 7th and 8:1 will never be effaced from my me-
mory. You have merited well of your country, militia
of Madrid. What you have done will be imitated by the
rest of the militia of the kingdom—your brave companions
in arms. I shall recal their glorious exploits in the midst
of the Basque population, who will not take part in the
exclusive interests of an aristocracy not their own.
By words of peace I will avoid, as much as possible,
the horrors of conflicts which, between the sons of the
same country, draw only tears of blood, instead of fur-
nishing an occasion for songs of triumph. Spaniards,
let us have confidence in the justice of a cause defended

everywhere by loyal and valiant men; reckon upon the
aeal of a man who, from the post to which you have ele-
vated him, aspires only to descend towards you, resting
upon the sentiments of his heart, and on the conscious-

ness of having faithfully fulfilled his duty. How happy
and brilliant will that day be for Spain, when having
strengthened the throne and insured our liberty and in-

stitutions, we are able to give to Isabella 11. the country
flourishing, powerful, respected, and worthy of the
sceptre of a Queen of Spain, in saying to her, " Madam,
is the work of good and loyal Spaniards."
The Duke of VICTORIA,
Regent of the Kingdom.

(Countersigned)
Madrid, Oet. 18, 1841.

ANTONIO GONZALES.

AMERICAN NEWS.
WATERSPOUT ON LAKE ERIE.

(Further Extracts from the American papers.)
On Friday evening last, between five and six o'clock,
our citizens enjoyed the sight of a rare and imposing
exhibition in the natural world, commonly known as a
waterspout," which passed in front of the town
within a mile of the beacon light. It seems that what
we call a whirlwind upon the land causes a waterspout
at sea, when the aerial forces are sufficiently powerful
to raise water. These whirls or whirlwinds in the at-
mosphere result from the meeting of different cur-
rents of air, and form a vortex, in the same manner as
eddies are made in running water by obstructions or coun-
ter-currents. On Friday the wind blew strong from
the north-east until about 5 o'clock P.m., when it
changed suddenly to west, still blowing a gale and
bringing onward a dark and threatening storm. A
few minutes before the change of wind the whirl which
caused the spout came off the land, two miles west of
the pier, producing a great agitation of the water, rising
and driving about the spray with great fury, the sea
running high at the time. In a short time a portion of
the low black cloud which lay directly over the troub!rd
portion of the water descended in the form of a sack,
half way to the surface of the lake. It was apparently
of the size of a large hay-stack, hollow, and the spray
or vapour of which it was composed had a spiral and
upward motion around the cavity of the column. It
proceeded from the shore in a north-easterly direction,
not in a regular track, but with constant and sudden
deviations, perhaps two miles ; the portion descending
from the clouds at times almost dispersed the strength
of the gale. If the sun had not been obscured, and
the air darkened by the storm in the west (immediately
behind it), the whole of the spout would no doubt have
been distinctly seen.
When opposite the harbour its direction became
more southerly, its colour changed from the dark cast of
a heavy cloud to the whiteness of spray of falling rain,
and it took the form of an inverted cone with regular ele-
ments, its vortex resting on the water (not larger than
a hogshead), its base surrounded by moving clouds.
Very little rain fell while it was in sight, and whether
this proceeded from the water elevated by the whirl-
wind could not be ascertained. As it travelled east-
ward before the wind it approached the shore a mile
east of the city, changing shape continually, and causing
as it passed a great commotion in the already agitated
waters. Here a flesh gust seemed to break up the
column and it vanished. Fortunately no boats or
vessels were in its route, or damage might have
ensued. Among the numerous displays of the
grandeur of storms which our water affords, we
have witnessed none more varied or sublime
than this. It was not considered a large spout
when compared with those which occur on the broad
ocean, to the wonder and alarm of the mariner, but
seems to have been perfectly formed, though upon a
limited scale.

We are informed that three of them occurred nt, the
same moment about 25 miles west of this place a few
years since, and passed among some vessels without
coming in contact with any of them. It. may be very
long before another makes its appearance here.—Cleve-
land Herald.

ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE UNITED STATES

STEAM FRIGATiiFUTON.
On Tuesday the steam-frigate Fulton proceeded to
the lower bay for the purpose of trying the strength
of a " reamed up 421 b.-gun," to carry a 641 b. shot
or shell. The trial was commenced by using 10Ib.
charges with single shot-10 shot were fired with
this charge, when the charge was increased to
121 b. powder ; at the 6th shot the gun burst, carrying
terrible destruction with it, killing. Samuel Snow-
man, seaman ; and Joseph Philbrook, ordinary seaman ;
and dreadfully wounding Joshua Wyman, quarter gun-
ner ; Russell Smith, carpenter's mate ; Levi Lawson,
seaman ; Thomas Smith, ordinary se im m ; Richard
Bell, landsman ; and John Cooper, seaman. The gun
broke in two outside of the carriage, and split in the
breech—the two parts of the breech taking different
directions, one landed on the starboard side (the gun
was on the larboard), the othcr went forty feet aft, car-
rying away the dispensary and pursers store-rooms,
and iron stanchions, and then staving in both starboard
steam-chimnies, which added to the horror of the scene
by tilling the ship with steam. The spar deck is ail
knocked up. Lieutenant Strong was thrown fifteen feet
in the air, falling on the hammock netting, without ma-
terial injury. The utmost care was taken by Captain
Newton, Lieutenant Chatard (the first lieutenant),
and all the officers of the ship, to prevent an accident,
which the officers greatly feared. The officers kept the
men back, placing themselves between the gun and the
men, and then firing the gun with a slow match. In
examining the scene of the disaster, it is only astonish-
ing that more were not killed, although there was not
a man within thirty feet of the gun on its discharge.—
New York Herald.

THE COTTON CROP.—.The Savannah Republican