The Sun.
London, England, 1820-01-25 00:00:00

[The Times.]

By accounts received yesterday from the Penin-
sula, there appear strong grounds for believing
that an alarming insurrection has arisen in the
heart of Spain. It was ascertained in thy city
early in the day, that the Frencb mail, which
usually conveys the Spanish letters, had brought
none from Cadiz, and very few from Seville or
Madrid ; and that these latter appeared all to have
been opened ; they were confined in general to the
mere details of business, and contained scarcely a
hint of what was passing in the interior. This ab-
sence of all information from Spain direct, excited a
strong sensation among the merchants connected
with that country ; the arrival of a Lisbon mail,
however, which sailed on the 15th,supplied in some
ineaaure the desired information, though the details
are stir imperfect. It is staled in letters from Bade-
joz, of the 12th, that the insurrection broke out on
the Ist among the troops stationed in the neigh-
bourhood of Cadiz, and that their first step was
to secure the person of Calderon, the Com-
tnander-in-Chief. The number of the insurgents
is variously stated; some letters computing them
at 15,000, and others at 23,000 tutu: there is little
doubt that their force is extremely formidable. On
the 2d inst., a large body of them marched to
Port St. :‘lery's, of which they took quiet posses-
sion ; they afterwards proceeded to the isle of St.
Leon, and by a hold manoeuvre succeeded in taking
Cisneros, the Minister of Marine, into custody.
This Minister, it will be recollected, repaired to
the isle of St. Leon immediately on his nomina-
tion, to superintend the suing out of the grand
expedition. The following day was employed in
au attack un the Trocadero, or naval arsenal, of
St. Leon. which, according to some accounts,
after a slight resistance, fell into their hands.
Dining these three days, it is not stated that any
measures were adopted by the Authorities at Cadiz
to
.check the progress of this alarming revolt. On
the 4th, the insurgents attempted Cadiz itself, with
about 2,000 men ; hot the Governor, with a force
of I ,30j, of whist.. 250 'were soldiers, and the re-
toaioder workmen, received them so warmly, that
they tell back with a loss of seven men killed. Some
accounts state, that this repulse was effected by
the blowing up of the bridge. The next day,
shish is the latest intelligence from Cadiz, the

insurgents renewed their attempt with a force of
5000 men, the issue of which is not certain,
though one account states it to have been success-
ful. At the same time, so complete a state of
organization had the insurrection assumed, that
the insurgents were enabled to send off another
detachment, also consisting of 5000 men, for Se-
ville, in order to attack that city, and to secure
to their party the Regiment of Royal Carabi-
Deers, who were supposed to be imbued with the
same spirit of disaffection to the Government.-
13y the way of Portugal, intelligence from Se-
ville to the Bth has been received : it does
not appear from them that the insurgents have
actually entered the city, but were within five
leagues' march, and were expected next day : no
opposition was contemplated. It is remarkable,
however, that there are tetttts from Seville
which state, that a provisional Junta had been
formed, and the Constitution proclaimed; frOm
whence it might be interred. that this movements
from Cadiz wet e anticipated, anti the city already
in a state of revolt. The cormnonication of
Cadiz with Aladrid is completely cut off, anti it
seems probable that the Spanish Government,
thoogh said to be aware of the insurrectionary spi-
tit that existed among the troops, is ignorant of
the conseqoences that have resulted from it. An
extraordinary courier from Cadiz to the capital was
intercepted on the :id, and because lie resisted, lint
to death. Among several persons of eminence who
had fallen into the handsot the insurgents, wits Maus
eel, the Commissioner of the Navy. No names of
officers commanding the insurrectionary army I,li,
leached its in umpestionahle sit tpe; but, from
the general discontent among them, it is believed
that they are numerous, anti of rank. Their
tirtvements, indeed, show all the regularity of on
army in a complete state of org.iilization. The
above is the substance of the letters transmitted
by way of Portugal. One letter flow Seville has
this remarkable expression :—" You will shortly
" receive most important news front this quarter ;
" but we cannot at present convey any hint of.its
" nature." ‘Ve give these important details en-
tirely on the authority of private letters. The
difficulty of collecting itifortuation iu n period of
general confusion and alarm may have rendered
them inaccurate in some points ; but the coinci-
dence of so malty accounts leaves little room for
doubting that the spirit of insurrection has mani-
fested iself to a degree far more formidable than
the present Government of Spain has hitherto ex-
perieoced.

Extracts of Letters from Cadiz, dated the 4th instant, received
at 1.),h0u by the way of Villa Real, from Seville, dated the
9th, froia liadajuz dated the 12th, and frviu Madrid the
10th.
On New Year's Day more than 15,000 men,
forming the greater pat t of the troops destined
for the South American Expedition, broke up from
their different cantonments. One division marched
to Arcos de la Frontera, the bead•quarters of
the Coutruander-in-Chief, Count Calderon (Cal-
lejm,) who was surprised and made prisoner. These
troops then proceeded to Medina Sidonia, Puerto
de Santa Maria, Puerto Real, the Isle of Leon ;
took prisoner Admiral Cisneros,, Minister of
Marine, and Vice• Admiral Ma►trelle ; and encamped
on the banks of the Arillo, at the distance of less
than half a league from Cadiz by the highway.—
The other division of the Insurgent Army directed
its march on the great arsenal of the Trocadero ;
but the provisional Governor of Cadiz, baying in
the absence of the Governor, Conde tie l'Abisbal,
hastened to its sietence with 250 men of the Regi-
ment of Soria, some of the City Militia, and part
of the crews of several frigates lying in the bay,
the assailants were repulsed with the loss of seven
men.

" Accounts from Badajoz of the 12th instant,
also received by the way of Lisbon, state, that
Cadiz and all the neighbouring places, with the
sole exception of the Trocadero, were in the pos-
session of the insurgents, and that they had pro.
claimed the constitution of the Cortes. This is
stated to have beets likewise done at Seville,
which was cult:led on the 4th by a division of
5,000 men. The insurgents obliged General
Freyre to join them, at►si put himself at their
head with his select corps of cavalry, the brigade
of Royal Carabineers, and instituted a provisional
Government.

" These accounts further add, that tEeAttoars-
. ney of the Council of War, Aguavez, who w
employed to examine the officers arrested in con-
sequence of the attempt made last July, had em.
barked with the greatest precipitation fur Liabon
on board an American vessel, leaving all the exa•
()dilations behind him. Two couriers, dispatched
from Cadii to Madrid, were stopped at Seville;
and one of them having resisted, was killed in the
Plaza de San Francisco. Every soldier receives
daily one peseta (about 9d.) and a pound of meat.
" The latest accounts from Madrid state, that
nothing 'dative to these events was known there
until the 6th, and paint in lively colours the
alarm which the news excited in that capital, the
fears of some, and the hopes which others enter•
twined of the speedy arrival of the Insurgents.—
The opinion of all judicious persons in Madrid
was, that the insurrection, if not already general,
most soon be so ; and appearances indicate that
on the danger becoming snore imminent, the
Court will not hesitate to leave Madrid. There
are different opinions as to the road the Members
of the Court will in that case take. Souse suppose
that they will go to Purtngel, with the view of
embarking, in case of necessity, at Lisbon for
Mexico. But most are persuaded that they will
direct their course to France."

SHELTER FOR THR HOUSILES9.—The same acti-
vity and zeal still continue to animate the
pio-
ceedings of the leading Members and the Commit-
tees. An early meeting for the purpose of con-
sultation took place yesterday at the Mansion-
house, which was attended by the Lord Mayor,
Sir J. Lubbock, Mr. Hick, and Mr. Bodkin ;
and the General Committee, at which the Bishop
of Chesser presided, met subsequently at the
King's-Head, in the Poultry. The latter was
chiefly employed in arrangements with the pa-
rish officers. A letter from Mr. Waters, the Pro-
prietor of the King's Theatre, was read, offering
a gratuitous peiformance for the benefit of the
Institution. Captain Owen and two other Gen-

•
tleruen from the Committee for the Relief ot Desti-
tute Seamen, attended at the Asylum, and selected
69 able-bodied ►ueu to go ou board the ships now

siiing out at Portsmouth. 'Pie loir4 of Asy-
hint, it has been intimated, on account of the
great increase Of numbers, will shot tly be closed
against the admission of new inmates. Covent-
garden Theatre will be opened this evening, for
the benefit of the charity, it hating been deter-
mined by authority that the public places should
only he closed last night and on the night of the
Funeral of his Royal Highness the Duke of Kent.
—(lbid.)

MANCHESTER, Thursday, Jan. 2(1.

S.\LPORD SESSIONS.

Thirty-two persons pleaded guilty yesterday to
felonies of various kinds, am} received sentence.
The cases tried were of no interest.

D1:1~C I ESI 'K

MoRDEK•—An inquest was held this morning
before Mr. Milne the Coroner, on view of the
• body of Margaret Grimes, who was shot on Mon-
day afternoon, by a person named John Dunn.
The eircum.tances which transpired before the
Colonel.
,were shortly these deceased
lived along with two or three other young
women Of bad fame, in New Mount-street, Angel-
street, anti close to the house in which the accused
resided. From the noises and disturbance which
frequently occurred in the house where deceased
lived, the accused became greatly annoyed. On
the afternoon of Monday lie came opposite to the
window where the deceased and two other young
women were Bitting. He observed, that it they did
not keep themselves quiet he would shoot one of
them. 'rite young women, imagining that the threat
-was an idle one, laughed at it, on which the ac-
cused drew a pistol, which lie fired, and shin the
deerrased, who instantly expired. The Jury, after
hearing the evidence, retained a verdict of Wil-
ful Murder against Dunn, who has been com-
mitted to Lancaster gaol. The prisoner is a
weaver, and b:.ars, we nnderstand, the ehararter•
of a hard-working industrious man. 1-le has a
wife and 13 children in Manchester. Many per-
sons here. feel satisfied that the accused was la-
bouring under temporary insanity at the time the
dreadful act was committed.

z:.•.4 • :SIANCHESTER, SATE/ It Y, JAN., 31.
The Grand Jury, having on Thursday disposed
of all the bills before them, were discharged, after
being thanked by the Her. Chairman for the dili-
gent and satisfactory manner in which they had
gone through their (Intim—The trial, up to this
day were of no particular interest.