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London, England, 1823-09-19 00:00:00

I'M t_IS 11,— VI ItT Uto VS—A :1'1Z)N.5..

In the account of the sitting of the. French
Academy on the.2sth tilt., (St, Louie.day,)* we
mentioned, that five prizes (the, foundation of
Baron deMontyou) were awarded to five indivi4
duals of the. lower classes of society, for acts or'
-•
habits of virtue. The task of
.deciding
•
case is new, we believe, to any literary: body
acting in its corporate capacity and probably
from this cause it may not be uninteresting to an-
nounce on what indiViduals, and what actions,,
the choice of the Academy fell. The accounvor
report of the President has not yet foulid its way
into any of the daily papers, and may therefore
be unknown
,to most_of our readers. Four of these
virtuous persons are-Of the softer sex. They are
:called Dame Jacquemin, and Demoiselles Adele
Cuillet, Marie Cartier, and 13arbe Ansement.
The first is the wife of a water-carrier, whose
husband gains no more than 35 sous, or IGd. a'
day ; but on this, Dame Jacquemin received into,
her house and supported a poor female neighbour;
left destitute of bread or refuge. Denrioiselle.Cail.,
let, a milliner's.girl, has, during 12 yea/IS—main.
tamed by her labour the mistress with-whom she
served her. apprenticeship, and wham an incurable
malady prevented from doing any thing for,her,
own support. Marie Cartier has performed the
same office, of charity for the last 17
,years to •a,
.female, whose house she entered.as a servant, but
who has since fallen into frightful poverty. ril
last, who is a Porteress, received.,and, snpported„
in her house a young woman frem her own pro-
vince, though for the support of
.herself and fa
mily she has only 200 francs ,or 81. a year, and,
was obliged to
,pledgeher wearing apparel to
perform this act of charity.' 'Each. 'of these bene-
volent individuals have been rewarded with 1,000,
francs, and the notice of the french 'Acider4.:'
The first prize of the value of 100 Q, francs was
decreed to Joseph Bacard,, an old ctothes-mani,-.
and the following is the account that the Bishop
of Herinopolis gait. of the invincible patience and:
numerous sacrifices which drew down upon hint'
the award of Baron de Montyon's bonntY
This man, formerly the servant of the Marquis of
Steinfort, who died at Arras at the coMmence4,
meat of the reVolntion,badwithessed in the prison
of that city, during this disastrons period, the
generous devotedness of •Mada Me. tie Chavilhac:
to her tbsband, who was throwa into the same
orlier husband in 181%. Madame a, ChavilhaF,
came to Paris to solicit payment of some money.
which was due to hint. She understood very littlei
of the French language'; and not suceeedAng in the
object of her journey, Was reduced fothelast degree
of want, when she accidentally met 13ecartl,
when), being of the saine province, and speaking'
the same dialect, she communicated the account
of distresC Berard 'was deeply affected with'
her change of condition, and ,rendered her imme-
diately all the assistance in his power, by selling.
for her at a profitable rate those articles which
she was obliged to dispose of for'her in-mediate
subsistence. This small fund wits soon exaust-
ed; and the unhappy lady, in 'despair, pasSed
whole nighta and days in tears, struggling to ton-
ceal the distress which oppressed her. Becard
7
WIT -himself reduced to striiiti, endeavotired' to
aid her with his feeble means; antra's., she was
ashamed to inscribe her name at-"the'betird
charity, he placed his there in her.ad; eking'
himself the coursevbread which he received, and
buying fine bread for Madame de Chavillnic:,' wis'
had become blind from the excess. Of. her
tions. Nay, conquering his natural feeling's.of
shame, he even submitted to 'till ahns'in
street for her sake ; anti not Succeeding is his
object by all the humiliations of his new calling;
tried afterwards the trade of an old clothetman.
About the end of .last December, this unfortte•
nate woman became ill, and Betard, after going
about during the day to gain a pittance' for tier
support, watched her sick:bed daring the night oh •
a chair. It was only after three months' iciitoiot
that he would be prevailed Upon to accept efa'snsits
tress front one of the neighbours; resisting time offlir
so long nu the ground that he might. tirtis riftl
asleep while his patient required his assistance.
His charity did not diminish as the progres,i of
Madame de Chavilhac's illness rendered his Ser,
vices more painful. He never addressed her but •
with the respect of a servant, executing her 'mote
trifling wishes without a murmur, 'though Cini";.,
tinned suffering had soured her temper, and ten
tiered her peevish 'amid, morose. She sometimes',
complained of:his- leeving her during the day,:
He only answered her by saying, that if they"
conld have the means of support without his la-
bour, he would: never leave her bed-side. Ten
days before tier death, he' In fact ceased to go mit
on his usual occupation. She die,,d about the`
middle of May last .Berard rendered her the
last services of humanity, accompanied' her body~
to the grave, and carried to the tare of time Oti-
rish five francs which remained of the succour
which that Curl:, bad -sent her, for the purposes:if
obtaining prayers for her soul. Faithful •to her
memory, he made with • his Own hands a'small
wooden cross, and nlaced it, with her name in-
scribed on the grave.where her remains were in-
terred. Such is the canna: of action 'which has
secured for this faithful friend of misfortune'ni
a gold medal, und an honourable mention among-
assembled acadeinicians. If: there is "any'
tnance In the return of the five franca,' and the
erection of the monument, It must be tiscrihetl
the Bishop Who'gave 'the

CADIZ.

Cadiz Papers ciorn :the :6th Ito the 21st nit.
*env* been received, .fratn which ..we select the
following-articles::—

vOFFICIAL ARITICLE.

GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, CADIZ, Atm. G.
SPEECH OF HIS MAIESTY ON CLOSING THE SESSIONS
OF THE LEGISLATUItE OF 4823.

4.lentlemen Deputies—On this solemn day, in which the pre-
- lent Cortes are closed, my heart is necessarily affected by sen-
sations of different kinds, though still they accord with the
circumstances in. which the nation is placed. On the one
-band, the evils by which she is 'oppressed, and, on the other,
the valour of: those sons who defend her, produce in my Mind
-the natural effects of such opposite causes:.; and-if the public
calm:4lles, and the 'horrid abuse of my royill name by the
enemies of the-state, are to me matter of the deepest affliction,
,•I likewise feel the greatest 'satisfaction when I contemplate
the virtues by which the Spanish people are acquiring fresh
claims to glory, and the conduct by which their worthy re,
presentatives have distinguished themselves during the present
legislature. _ _

",Invaded as our territory is, by the -most urtheard-of.
treachery on the part of a perfldiotts enemy, who owe their
existence chiefly to this magnanimous nation, the world be-
holds violated in her the Tights of all 'countries, and all the
InincipleSthe most sacred among men. Pretended defects in,
our political institutions --supposed errors in ourinterior aduti,
nistration—a feigned wish to .restore tranquillity, the disturb-
ance'of which is the work of those alone who exaggerate it—
aifected concern for the dignity of a Monktreh who wishes not
to bo one but for the happiness of hfri-stibjects--such were
the pretexts of an aggression which will be the scandal of•
posterity, and the blackest spot of the nineteenth century.—
But hypocrisy, emboldened by her ephemeral progress, soot!.
-;l4rew tiT, the mask, and,. discovering all die horror, of her
views, no longer allows even -:the most duped to doubt that
the only reform she aims atio to deprive the nation of all in,
dependence, of all liberty, and of all hope.; and that.the dig.:
nay which she pretends to restore to my crown, -totisists only,
• it 'dishonouring me, in exposing my Royal person and family,.
and in undermining the foundations of my throne, to raise her-'
self on its ruins.

" With very little reliance on their forces, and on their own
the • invaders have not been able to advance but as
cowards, by scattering corrupting gold, by recurring to the
Vilest shifts to seduce the incautious, and by arming in their
Sid treason, fanaticism, ignorance, and all The passions and'
crimes. In opposition to such enemies, and in so disadvanr
tageous a struggle, to those who are acquainted with honour.*,
able warfare only, the fee of arms had hitherto: been adverse.
The defection of a General, whom the country had loaded with
honours, annihilated.an army, discomfited all plans, and opened
to the enemy dui gates of the residence of Governmentocompel-
lin; it to remove to this spot ; and our combined operations
being thus frustrated, and our means of defence so considerably
diminished, misfortune has since, succoded misfortune, and
evils have accumulated upon a generous peeple who least
merited them.

• " But-in the midst of these disastere, Spain preserves her
magnanimous resolution, timlethe Cortei, in the closest union
with my Government, have over stiaintained themselves such
as they were in the memorable days of the 9th and llth of Ja-
nuary last. The serenity and wisdom of their deliberations'
hitherto amidst such bitterness and danger, the confidence
which their patriotism inspires, nud the hatred itself with
which they are honoured by the enemies of the country, are mil
many proofs that they have deserved well of it. Indefatigable
in. promoting all the branches of public prosperity, they have
issued various decrees that contribute to it, as , far as circum-
stances permit. The public credit of the nation her finances,
her army, .the interior government of the .provinces, agricul-
ra ItilornPreo -.awl rob ser_hronehets Jlf.imiitatrit-Aut sdniinistra-
been the object of the zeal of the Cortes, and all are indebted
to them for considemble improvements which time will evince
to a greater extent, and which will exert myself to further,
as far as depends upon the executive power.
" Gentlemen—l feel a real satisfaction in expressing my
gratitude for these important services, for the generosity with
which you babe attended to the honour of my Royal Family,
and for the liberality with which you have furnished my Go-
vernment all the means in your power to meet the excessive
expence* of the State, with the least pressure upon the nation :
the powers granted to this effect by the Cortes, to the provin-
cial deputations, as auxiliary Juntas of the national defence,
have increased the resources ; and the patriotism of these cor-
porations has hitherto made, and, I trust, will continue to make,
tat such authority, a use extremely beneficial for the support and
increase of the defenders of the country. ,
" I likewise return thanks to the Cortes for the unlimited
confidence which they have reposed in my Government, audio..
ruing it, of its own accord, and by means of its principal agents,
to adopt some extraordinary measures which the present state
of the nation induced me to propose as indispensable. If it
really is indispensable that, in such critical times, the execu-
tive power should be sufficiently strong to prevent any machi-
nations, and secure public tranquillity, my Government never
will, therefore,,lose sight of the respect due to the liberty of the
Spaniards, but endeavour to requite a confidence so grati-
fying, by acting, as hitherto, with the greatest moderation and
eCtinomy.
".,The position in which the events of the war have placed
my Government, has produced an interruption in the commu-
nications with several of the agents of foreign Powers ; but there
ie no reason whatever to think that this momentary interruption
can disturb the relations of friendship and alliance that subsist
between Spain and those Cabinets.
" Particular circumstances which might expose the honour
of wayy Government have Induced me to order; as a provi-
eicanallueasure, that my Charge d'Affaires should withdraw
from Lisbon.
" Nevertheless, the ties subsist untouched by which two na-
tions are united, whose evident interest it is to live together in
peace and harmony ; and their commercial intercourse has con-
tinued uninterrupted.
" In the interior, every thing suffers from the fatal effects of
a desolating war, and the most beneficent laws and measures
cannot produce favourable results in the midst of such disasters.
Divine Providence is pleased to try us in all ways ; but I trust,
Gentlemen,' that at last it will grant a triumphant issue to the
,jounce of our cause. If the treasorrof some has done for the
!Anders what they could not expect from their own efforts, the
country has still left many heroes who remind the French army
of the Spaniards of 1813. If some Governments, who ardent.
mired tp liberty and light, have conspired against us—if others
have forsaken us from a near-sighted policy, all natiees behold
their intereetis connected with ours, and are 'ardent in their
wishes that in this struggle we may be victorious.,
" Gentlemen Deputie*—Rest then, for the present, from
year lendable labours, and reap, from the esteem of your fel-
tose-eitizens, the fruits which you so richly deserve. Enden-
vuur to inculcate on their minds the necessity of their alrunit-
kw around my constitutional 'throne, and of discord and un-
founded distrust disappearing from amongst us. Let the Con-
stitution ba our only motto, national independence, freedom and
honour our only wish, Ind unmoved constancy be ever opposed
by us to misfortunes which we have not merited. My Govern-
meat shall cease to exist before it take any step contrary to the
oaths by which it is connected with the country, or to what is
rewired
_by the ,honour of the nation and the dignity of my
Crown ; and, if circumstances shall require, it, it will seek, in
the extraordinary Cartes, a safe harbour for the vessel of the
sate. In such case, I will assemble them, always depending
upon their zeal and patriotism, and jointly we will travel in the
path of glory, until a peace be obtained at once honourable and
worthy of Spaniards and of myself."

ANSWER OF TILE PftL:IDENT OF TILL COUTES TO

THE KING'S SPEECH.

" Sire,—The Cortes of the Spanish nation, on terminating
their ordinary Sessions, could wish to congratulate your Ma-
joo, and themselves on the tranquil enjoyment of the benefi.'
cant institutions by which we are governed. But in reality,
as your Majesty has just Observed, treacherous aggression has
scattered over this nation 'all the evils of an atrocious 'war, in
which fanaticism, the vices and ignorance of the aggressors are
obstinately struggling against the virtues, the honour, and the
illumination 9f the offended. In such, a situation, the qoble
resolution of upholding the contest, so at either W ftnquish or
perish with glory, is worthy of Spanish breasts.
" And what pretexts have they chosen for hostilities that
will ever be the scandal of the civilized world ? To protect

religion, and maintain -the prerogatives of your Majesty's
throne, through a reform in our Constitution. But religion is
not protected by the violence of the superstition of the barba-
rous ages ; nor are the throne and person of your Majesty de-
fended- by exposing them to universal disrepute, by the ex
ceases which are committedd in the abuse of your Majesty's 4
name. Above all, foreign Legions, with arms in their hands,
do net intend to reform the Constitution of any coUntry, but
rather endeavour the,destruction of its liberty, and the violation
of its most valuable rights ; but can these be the active mea-
-sures, at this moment, of Princes who, but lately, owed to our
firmness, and to the exalted state of those principles which they
are persecuting, some the restitution, and others the preserve- '
‘tion of their thrones, and all the security of that power which
they now employ to reward such benefits, at our hands, by in-
juries and calamities ? Such conduct can be sanctioned only
by the perfidious ingratitude nr those Princes who debased and
prostrated themselves before a daring soldier; nor can it be
supported and adopted but by degraded Spaniards, who are
absolute strangers to honourable sentiments and national inde-
pendence.
" The contest at last begun, we at first experienced reverses
from it, of which sonic should not surprize us, because they
were foreseen, and other have been the result of seduction and
deceit, rather than of the power of the aggressors. But these
momentary advantages, far from humbling our valour, have
given us fresh vigour, and, confiding in the justice of our cause,
we await our triumph unmoved.
"'llse august person of your Majesty anti his Royal Family
being now sheltered within these impenetrable walls, together
with the national representation, from them we will repeat the
lesson which we gave, some years ago, to the armies the most
formidable in the world, by the talents of the chief who direct-
ed them, and by the numbers of which they were composed.
in a crisis so terrible, the Corte` have done all they had to do,
which was, to be faithful to their oath. To this effect, they
have put their courage to the severest trial, and performed all
;that necessity required; and, however painful some of their re-
solutions may have been to them, the sacred duty imposed on
them and the fundamental law compelled their adoption.
" The just wish to provide the necessary resources, in order
to maintain the independence of the nation, has likewise induc-
ed thetn.to grant the aid of men and money which have been
called for, as well as the extraordinary powers which circum-
stances required, and which the patriotic Government of your
Majesty so well merited ; the Cortes having ever been guided
by the sole object of saving the country from the abyss in which
its enemies wish to plunge it ; employing their utmost zeal
in so regulating the distribution and the means of execution as,
at the same thne and as far as possible, to attend to the relief as
well as welfare of their constituents.
In the arduous position in which the Cortes were placed,
almost from the mom en t of their first assembling, an external war
on the one hand, and on the other the lamentable effects of the
sordid maChinations of the enemies of light, of the painful dere-
liction'of some perverse ministers of religion, and of the stub.'
born conduct of certain individuals inured to the exercise of
despotism,,, they were scarcely allowed time to attend to other
matters. :Nevertheless, unwilling to omit any thing intrust-
ed to 'them, they have endeavoured, by all the means in
their power, to open the sources of public wealth, to set aside
the impediments which industry laboured under, and to facili-
tate trade. anti circulation ; careful, at the same time, to secure
the right administration of justice, and the safety of the persons
and property of Spaniards. If they have not accomplished
more, it has leen owing to that unfortunate moment when the
chiefs of' the Europeon nations conspired against us.
"'lt is truly latnehtable that this generous nation should not
have her friendly intercourse requited by the rest in the way that
their common interest requires • but she not being answerable
for an aberration of mind so ill.becoming the enlightened age
in which we live, she must console herself with not having pro-
voked evil, anti having ever been disposed to good ; and, above
all, to distinguish, by real proofs of useful and reciprocal union,
those states which were disposed to preserve and appreciate these
valuable ties, and not to sacrifice the interests of their subjects
to the passion or caprice of their rulers.
" The steady and constitutional conduct of your Majesty's
Government leads the Cortes to rely most fully that tt will
continue to advance, thus nobly, in the path of glory, overcotii-
lug every obstacle, and steering the vessel of the state safely
into harbour, aided by the zeal and resolution of the heroic
soldiers of all arms, the praiseworthy constitutional corpora—
tions, and, in general, by the noble intrepidity of the Spaniards.
4...."rhe Cortes, satisfied with the testimony of their conscience,
1 having religiously discharged their ditties, and without any re-
mora° arising from their political conduct, we come again to
this invincible island, the terror of tyrants and the support of
free men, and have assembled anew in this very temple where,
in spite of the then arbiter of diadems anti of thrones, that Con-
stitution was formed mid sanctioned in 1812, which is to be the
source of our prosperity.
" If in raising on this spot that everlasting monument of
heroism and wisdom, and despising the fire anti the snares of
an enemy crafty aaterrible, those who had the good fortune
to be Deputies, showed themselves deserving of their mission,
the present representatives of the Spanish nation will imitate
their pritiecessors. Resolved never to compound with their own
infamy, they will maintain, at all risks, the oath they have
taken.

" On all occasions, whether prosperous or adverse, your Ma.
jesty will never find them retrograding in the career of honour ;
and if once more assembled in Extraordinary Cortes, the good
of the country so requiring it, these deputies should have again
to exercise the legislative functions, they will repeat, in the face
of the whole world, what they declared m their sittings of the
9th and llth of January last, and expressed anew on the 29th
of July, with general applause.
" Your Majesty may make yourself easy, in the full confi-
dence and security that you will find them by your aide when-
ever your Majesty may apply to them to support the dignity
of your constitutional throne ; and that they never can wish for
a day of greater joy to them than that on which, removed with
your Majesty to the centre of the monarchy, they may be able
to congratulate your Majesty on the attainment of victory, after
having driven the enemy beyond the Pyrenees."

In their sitting of the 20th July, the Cortes gave their sanction
to the following articles proposed by the Commission of Com-
merce, relative to the exportation of bark :-
1. That the exportation to foreign parts of the unground bark
of the oak and cork tree, used in tanning, be prohibited in the
same manner as that of ground bark.
2. That this resolution be no impediment to the exporta-
tion of the parcels of the first sort already stored at Alge-
siras ; but their exportitien must be effected before‘ the lat of
November next.

3. That said bark shall pay a duty of 10 per cent., on 28 reals,
at which the quintal is valued.
4. That Government be required to take the most efficacious
means to prevent the increase, under colour of the present re-
gulation, of the quantities of this article now at Algesiras,
which are the only ones comprised in this permission.
In the same sitting (July 28) the Cortes proceeded to appoint
the members who are to compose the Permanent Deputation,
pursuant to what the Constitution provides. In consequence
the following members were elected;—Senor Gomez Becerra,
Senor Geller, Senor Isturiz, Senor Soria, Senor Valdes (Don
Dionisio), Senor ifrelasco, and Senor Llorente.—(Espectador.)

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

At a hitt. hour this forenoon we have received
by express the Emile of IVednesday night, and
the Mote of yesterday morning. The news
from the French head-quarters is of great im.
portance, not only
as it proves that the French
have still done nothing since the taking of the Tro-

cadero, but ihat the Constitutionalists have had the
courage (either from reliance on the promises of
FERDINAND, or from a conviction that the pos-
session of his person can be of little real use to
the enemy) to put the professions of the French
to the test, by offering to permit Frum kND and
his family go where they please, provided, (as this
intelligence states), the Cortes are left in posses-
sion of Cadiz and the Isle of Leon for several
months ! It is easy to see that the real truth of
this matter is, that the Constitutional Govern-
ment has said to the French," you pretend that
you have come here to liberate our KING from
captivity. Well ! you shall be convinced that he
is free ; for he shall pay you yourselves a visit
if you think proper,—on this condition, how-
ever, that, after this undeniable proof that
the pretext on which you have entered our
country no longer exists, you will imme-
diately withdraw your armies from our terri-
tory, and leave us to the undisturbed manage-
ment of our own affairs !" That this is the
true reading of the important intelligence now
before us, little doubt can be entertained by any
intelligent person; and there tan be as little doubt
that it evinces an inflexible resolution on the part
of the Constitutionalists not to enter into any
dishonourable terms with the invaders. It is
said that disunion reigns within Cadiz, and that
the Royalist Party have at length openly de-
clared themselves. Every statement of this kind,
coming from the French, must, however, be
received with the greatest distrust, and in-
deed considered as false until it is confirmed.
One thing is certain, that whatever may be
the case within Cadiz, indecision and irresolution
evidently prevail in the French camp. At one
time we are told that every thing is ready
for the attack, and that it is to take place
within a few hours ,—then, that there has been
a suspension of hostilities for two days, but
that if the Prince's ultimatum is not im-
mediately accepted, not a moment's farther
delay will be granted, and that no more flags of
truce will be permitted to come out ;—then it.
appears, that new propositions have been
received from Cadix, and that the French
fleet has been ordered to discontinue its fire !
These vacillations shew plainly enough that the
Duke of ANGOULEMEN air of confidence in his suc-
cess is in a great degree assumed,—that he would
much rather effect his object by haughty threats,
than by actual force,—and that lie eagerly catches
at every succeeding glimpse of hope That he may
still owe his triumph to the employment of the
former, rather than by the dangerous and final
experiment of the latter.—The following are ex-
tracts from the Papers just received :

( From the Etoile of Wednesday night.)
- GRAND HEAD QUARTERS,
PORT ST. MARY, SEPT. O.

General Alava returned yesterday at night,
and did not leave till this morning. He passed
the night at General Bourdesoult's.
Disunion reigns in Cadiz. The inhabitants of
the faubourg of Lavina have risen, and all of
them have taken the part of the Kiug. The
regiment of the Princess, and that of the volun.
teers of Cadiz, have refused to obey the orders
of Itiego, who has returned to Cadiz, after hav-
ing abandoned the troops that embarked with
him at Malaga, and who were forced by our
cruizers to gain the shore, where they will en.
counter a force prepared to attack them.

We are assured this morning that they have
been fighting in the streets of Cadiz.

We are persuaded that every thing is drawing
rapidly to a close.

Orders have been given this morning to the
fleet not to fire on Cadiz until further orders.
A report prevails that the Cortes offer to de-
liver up to us immediately the King and the
Royal Family ; but they demand to remain
masters of Cadiz, and of the Isle of Leon, for
several months, for the safety of the Members
who compose that Assembly.

PARIS, SEPT. 17.—We learn this Moment that
on the 15th the fever that had shown itself at
Passage has not made any progress, and it has
not appeared any where out of the town.

The Cordon which has been drawn around it
is very strict, and has prevented the inhabitants
from penetrating it.

BERRIO PLANA, SEPT. 13.--After a great deal
of time taken up in making the necessary dispo-
sitions to take Pampeluna, we hope that the at.
tack on the whole of the line will take place to-

morrow.
Navarre, it is hoped,approaches its deliverance.
MADRID, SEPT. 11.—The news direct from
Cadiz states that his Majesty enjoys good health.
A private letter from Port St. Mary, of the
6th, contains what follows
" The message with which General Alava was
charged to his Royal Highness was on ac.
count of what follows Cadiz evince

their aversion to the Cortes and the Constitu-
tional regime. An insurrection manifested itself
on every side. Valdez several times ordered his
troops to fire on the people; but the soldiers re-
fused to obey. This alarmed the Cortes, which

caused them to send General Alava to the
French imad-quarters."

(Postscript to the Etoik.)
MADRID, Sxpr. 12.

GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THIS EVENING.

(OFFICIAL.)

Lieutenant-Geperal Juan Caro writes the
following from Malaga, of the 6th, to the Mi-
nister at War :