The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-19 00:00:00

SEVILLE.

The Directorial Junta of the province of Seville has
published the following address to the inhabitants of the
said province •
" When the country, bowed down by the weight of so
many evils, was on the extreme point of danger, a fatal ca-
tastrophe being announced on all sides, her bold and heroic
sons, all good Spaniards, sent forth the cry of just censure
and of uniform reprobation against the system which was
pursued by those who were in possession, and the deposito-
ries, of the supreme power. Imitating the noble example
of a celebrated epoch, and one which is memorable in our
history, the majority of the provinces of the kingdom created
juntas, whose special mission was to crave from the throne,
which is the fountain of every political good, the change of
the Ministry, and other measures which were imperiously
necessary for the safety of the State.
" Seville was not the last : her inhabitants gave the first
impulse ; this glorious occurrence was not soiled by a single
drop of blood ; property was respected, and personal secu-
rity did not undergo any outrage or violence.
" You will know that a Junta of Notables, which was
convoked, and which assembled by the invitation of the
superior authorities, and under the auspices of the garrison
and the National Guard, confided to us, by an unanimous
vote, those august functions which we have, until this day,
fulfilled faithfully and loyally. The political anathemas
which were fulminated against the Juntas were not suffi-
ciently powerful to withdraw us from the path of duty traced
out for us by that determination ; we remained unmoved at
our posts, without ambition, sacrificing our repose, and con-
fiding alone in the favourable result of our just cause. We
should continue in the same manner with unwearied perse-
verance, fearing neither danger, nor death itself, if the
country required such a sacrifice from us, were it not that
circumstances have absolutely changed.

" The Report (exposicion) of the Minister of Finance,
Don Juan Alvarez y Mendizabal, which was benignantly
received and approved by her Majesty, and the Royal De-
cree for the Convocation of the Cortes, dated 28th Sep-
tember last, have satisfied the wishes of all. Those docu-
ments announce reparatory measures, which will infallibly
raise this great and generous nation to the point of liberty
and prosperity at which it is destined to arrive. The poli-
tical principles proclaimed by the majority of the nation are
the same as those which are professed by the President of
the new Ministry. And how could it be otherwise ?
He, who sormounted innumerable obstacles and difficul-
ties, contributed efficaciously to the fall of the bloody
sceptre from the usurping hands of the Nero of our age,
and who, for so great an action, has justly merited the
gratitude of the ardent defenders of liberty, offers super--
abundant guarrantees for extirpating from our soil the veno-
mous and deadly plant which has rendered it barren for ages.
" The Directorial Junta of the Province, bearing in mind
the object of its installation, published with the utmost so-
lemnity,is certain that its functions are arrived at their
termination. The wishes of all are fulfilled ; we have
maintained public order and tranquillity ; all legitimate in-
terests have been respected ; her Majesty approving the
progranima of the Senhor Minister Mendizabal, and the
decrees issued up to this date, present the means of secu-
ring the ardently desired political rights and the reform of
our institutions ; all that is wanting is the re-establishment
of confidence by uniting ourselves to the Government, in
order to strengthen it under the difficult circumstances of a
destructive civil war ; without which support nations first
become a prey to anarchy, and then to despotism. Until
there was union and centralization of power in the struggle
we had to sustain against Buonaparte, we did not reap the
fruits of victory. Let us be prudent, and as the civilized
world has long ago admired our famous deeds, let not the
lessons of experience be rendered useless to us by discord
and intestine dissensions.

" We, who without guard, without squadrons, without
punishments, full of -confidence in the public good faith,
have exercised under its shelter the power which wars en-
trusted to us, are now determined to resign it, and to re-
store it to the existing authorities. In returning to pri-
vate life, our own conscience assures us that nothing but
calumny, or the most refined perfidy, can sully the memory
of our names. Without honours, without distinctions, with-
out recompense, we have merely insured the good and the
salvation of the country, and gained the approbation and
esteem of our fellow-citizens.

" Seville, sth October, 1835. ( Signed)
" Francisco Zavier Osuna, President; Josi Antonio
Arespacochaga, Vice-President; Miguel Ruiiz
Martinez; Manuel Valcarcel ; Juan de la Coadra ;
Juan de Dios; Govantes Bizarron ; Juan de Mo-
rales ; Jose Perez de Bolanos ; Domingo de Surga
Cortes ; Jose Maria Sancho; Placido Comesana;
Carlos Groizard; Matio Primo de Rivera.
" By order of the Junta, ' (Signed)
"JOAQUIN MARIA LASARTE,
" Vocal Secretario."

LOSS OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP

CHALLENGER.

A brief notice of the loss of this vessel has appeared ;
but we are enabled, through the kindness of a friend, to
giYe the following details of the misfortune, from a private
letter forwarded from a naval officer, who arrived on Wed-
nesday at Falmouth :
" On the 19th of May his Majesty's late ship Challen-
ger, Captain Michael Seymour (son of our late Commander-
in-Chief), being by the reckoning forty-six miles to the
south-west of our port, Conception, and thirty miles off the
land, very unexpectedly observed breakers a-head. They
had not observed latitude for two days, the weather was
very thick, wind from the westward, on the larboard tack ;
little wind ; under double-reefed topsails, jib, and spanker ;
but bent cables just before dark, and tried for soundings
with two hundred and one cathoms of line. The officer of
the watch, Mr. Booth, mate, had been looking over the
gangway, and observed a streak of white foam close to the
ship, floating past. He thought it rather strange, and that
it must have floated out of some river a-breast of them.
Booth immediately ordered a good look-out to be kept,
sending the midshipman of the watch round to the look-
out men. Shortly afterwards they sung out, " Breakers
a-head"—time, nine, thirty P.M. The helm was in-
stantly ordered a-lee ; the upper part of the deck soon
manned ; the main-yard swung ; ship dropping in ; wind
falling light ; no land to he seen in any direction ; no-
thing but the brilliant line of broken water roaring aloud.
They hauled the head-yards, the ship fell right off,
and the rollers caught her on the beam ; she became un-
manageable, and bump, bump ashore she went, the crew
having no correct notion of the direction of the land, nor
how far they were from it. The shot were thrown over-
board, and at daylight they discovered themselves to be
washed over a rocky reef on to the beach, the nearest land-
ing three-quarters of a mile distant, through a heavy surf.
They, however, landed, but with great difficulty. A young
Officer, named Gordon, was unfortunately drowned ; all
the rest were saved. The ship kept constantly driving
further in, so that they made a stage from the ship to the
beach. Provisions, arms, two carronades, and sundry other
things were then got on shore (the midshipmen of course
forgetting their log-books). An encampment and all that
was made, and they had to keep a bright look out on the
Indians, who came down, and, not satisfied with what was
given to them, kept constantly pilfering from men and
Officers. In all probability, they would have attacked them
had they not seen them so well prepared. They lived near
three weeks in their tents, within half-a-mile of the wreck.
Mr. Rouse, the British Consul, on being informed of their
situation, rendered every assistance. He procured mules
to remove the luggage of the crew from the wreck to the
river Lebu, about fifteen miles ; it being the most eligible
place for disembarkiug. There, in their tents, on the banks
of the Lebu, did these unfortunate fellows live until they
embarked on board the Blonde, on the 6th of July, though,
by the way, they fared better than might have been ex-
pected. The wreck, and everything appertaining to her,
was of course left, to which the Indians set fire. •

OF CADIZ.

Most Excellent Sir—The Governative Junta of Cadiz
—which was installed by the vote of its province—in order
to contribute to the salvation of the social alliance, which
was seriously compromised by evil councillors, and in order
to obtain from her Majesty, by entreaty, a remedy for the
ills •of the country, and a: guarantee that they should not
be repeated, again addresses your Excellency, offering to
you the testimony of gratitude which is due to you for the
safe course which, under your auspices, the Government
has adopted, and for the august expressions, symbols of
reconciliation, of peace and prosperity, which your Ex-
cellency has had the glory to convey from the Throne to
the people. The Junta of Cadiz has, consequently,
concluded its mission ; and the individuals of which it
was composed, being convinced that they have saved
their province from frightful evils, and of having procured
visible, great, and durable benefits for it, which
they hope will be sanctioned by the Royal approbation, re-
tire rewarded by the voice of their own consciences, and
proud of the recollection that their arduous mission has not
caused a single tear to flow in the province ; of having mul-
tiplied therein the military forces, and, finally, of having
fulfilled all the obligations of the Treasury without having
augmented the imposts in the slightest degree ; they having,
on the contrary, been diminished for the benefit of the tax-
payers, and leaving the Treasury with double the sum in
its coffers which they contained when they became installed.
Your Excellency will duly appreciate those services ren-
dered to humanity and to the political principle of which you
are the noble champion, and you will deign to lay at the foot
of the throne the ardent and sincere homage of the loyalty
of Cadiz, which is already illustrious in the pages of history
a:ld in the annals of political liberty. God preserve your
Excellency for many years.—Cadiz, Oct. 5, 1835.
Signed) " RAFAEL HORE, President.
JOSE GARCIA DE VILLALTA, Sec.
To his Excellency Don Juan Alvarez y Mendizabal."