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peluna, on the 16th April, the Commandant of that
place declared to the.officer sent to summon him to
surrender, that he was determined to defend it; and
on the 15th he began by firing artillery from the
ramparts, particularly at the troops of the Faith,
who were investing the town en the Spanish side.
The siege was to commence without delay.

Since writing the preceding, we find in the Lisbon
papers 'received this forenoon, an account of the
King of SPAIN'S arrival at Seville, which will be
found to differ very much from that given in another
part of our paper. It is as follows :

• SEVILLE, APRIL 10.
Their Majesties and Royal Highnesses entered this
capital to-day at one o'clock. The Authorities of
Seville have
.taken every measure to receive in a be-
coming manner the Royal Family. The Political
Chief went on the Bth to meet them. The Provincial
Deputation did the same. Their Majesties, on en-
tering the city, were received with salutes of artillery.
All the troops were under arms. The keys of the
city were presented to his Majesty at the gate of
Diana, and their Majesties and their whole suite pro-
ceeding to the Palace, were accompanied by an im-
mense multitude, who made the air resound with
cries of The Constitutional King !"—" The Na-
tion Tke Constitution for ever !"

At the entrance of the Palace, their Majesties and
Royal Highnesses were received by the Constitutional
Chamber with every demonstration of joy; all the
civil and military authorities paid their compliments.

Aram. 11.—A salute of artillery announced this
morning the arrival of the Cortes. Cries of joy were
heard on all sides; The city was illuminated.

The following was this morning posted at Lloyd's:

BROM THE GIBRALTAR CHRONICLE, MARCH 29.

as On the 16th inst. the Spanish ports in the Pe-
ninsula and adjacent Islands, were closed against all
vessels and effects belonging to France, Austria,
Russia, and Pt ussia."

We lay before our Readers, in another part of our
Paper, an Extract from the speech delivered by
Earl GREY, in 1810, upon the subject of supporting
Spain, when formerly invaded by France. It forms
a very instructive commentary on the speech deli-
vered by that Noble Lord in the recent debate on
our Foreign Relations, being, in fact, an epitome of
the very reasons urged by Ministers for the neutral
course they have pursued at the present crisis.—
The Noble Lord was against assisting the Spaniards
in 1810, because mere feeling ought g, never to
be gratified at the expense of a nation's interests ;"
and in 1823 he advocates the very line of po-

licy which he before condemned !—Need the rea-
son be pointed out? Ministers were in both cases to
be opposed at all hazards; and any other sort of con-
sistency was out of the question.

Mr. KRUSE, the King's Messenger, arrived yester-
day with dispatches from Sir WILLIAM A'Counr,
our Ambassador at Seville. The KING had arrived,
and the Cortes were expected to assemble speedily.
In Seville and its neighbourhood the greatest tram
quality prevailed.

Mr. Mt:ninon, another Government Messenger, also
arrived yesterday, with dispatches from Sir CHARLES
STUART, at Paris.
Mr. JOHNSTON immediately retires from the office
of Private Secretary to the Lord Lieutenatit. He
will be succeeded by Colonel METRICS SHAW.—
Dalin Paper.

Saturday, at three o'clock, his MAJESTY held a
Court at his Palace in Pall-Mall. His MAJESTY af-
terwards held a Privy Council, at which Lieutenant-
General Sir EDWARD BARNES was introduced, and
sworn in Governor of Ceylon, in the room of Lieute-
nant-General Sir EDWARD PAGET. His MAJESTY
gave audiences to the Earl of HARROWBY and the
Marquis of HUNTLEY. The Court broke up soon
after five o'clock.

Yesterday, his Royal Highness the Duke of Yoax
left town for his. Majesty's Palace, Newmarket.
The Duchess of GLOUCESTER visited the Duchess
of CLARENCE yesterday.
Yesterday, the Duchess of KENT and the Princess
FEODOR visited the Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE.
The Duchess of CLARENCE and the Duchess of
KENT attended Divine Service at the Royal German
Chapel, yesterday.
The Duchess of GLOUCESTER paid a long visit to
his MAJESTY yesterday.
_ _ _

Saturday, their Royal Highnesses the Princess SO•
PHIA and the Duchess of KENT, again }monied the
Society of Water Colour Painters with their presence
in private, accompanied by Sir ROBERT and Lady
GARDNER, and attended by Mr. Rossoo to explain
the different works of art, and passed a considerable
part of the aftei noon in the Society's new Exhibition
Room, in Pall-Mall East.
Saturday morning, the Lords of the Council as-
sembled at the Council Office, Whitehall, to hear Bri-
tish Appeals against France.
Wednesday, Captain Dixow, of Dumbarton, gave
a splendid entertainment to the corps of Volunteers
under his command, and a number of the Gentlemen
of the town and neighbourhood, in honour of his MA-
JESTY'S Birth-day.
PRUSSIAN CENSORSHIP.—To prevent misconcep-
tions of the 14th Article of the Ordonnance relative
to the Censorship in Prussia, the following explana-
tion of it has been given by the Supreme Board of
Censorship :—" That no publisher since the 18th of
October, 1819, shall be allowed to print even an un-
altered edition of a work before published, no matter
how many editions it may have gone through, with
out again submitting such work to the Censorship as
a new book ; and that the 14th Article is applicable
only to such unaltered edition of a book which had
received no other imprimatur since October 18, 1819."