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RECAPITULATION .OF EVENTS IN SPAIN.

PROM A MORNING PAPER.
. “ CADIZ, OCTOBER to.
" I shall not now stop my pen to tell you what we
ought to have dose to avoid all the evil's we are about
'to experience, because this mast be obvious to every per-
son. I shall therefore content myself With recapitu-
lating to you the principal causes which have enabled
our enemies to triumph.
" It is now placed beyond doubt that the Duc d'An-
gnuleme gained over Abisbal, Morillo, Ballasteros, and
Villacampa, before he left France, by availing himself
of Don Julian Sanchez. Their original plan was in
some degree •frustrated by the firm manner in which
Abisbal's Officers conducted themselves; but they ought
to have declared themselves sooner, for they had long
suspected their superior, and had very good reasons for
it. This omission opened the way for the French to
Madrid. You already know the history of Morillo,
and how much he laboured to destroy that system to
which he owed his advancement and all his honours. I
shall, therefore, confine myself to speak of Ballasteros,
of whom most likely you know less, as he was at a
greater distance from you, and in a central part of the
country, less accessible, and from which, consequently,
correct information could not be obtained.

" Ballasteros reached Valencia with 20,000 men en-
busiastically devoted to their country's cause, and firm
in their aJhesion to the new order of things. Of this
body, 14,600 were perfectly well disciplined and armed,
rand in order to destroy it, he sought an opportunity,
Iy allowing Molitor to form a division out of all the
coops which were in Arragon, and advance to attack
im at a moment he kept his own people ignorant that
ny danger was at hand. To disguise his own opera
[ions, he laid siege to the insignificant point of Mur-
viedro, arid, although he might have taken it in a few
days, he was amusing himself and occupying his time
!in requesting heavy artillery to be sent to hien from
Valencia and Alicant.
• " %Vol .t this farce was going on, Molitor arrived,
:and, till he was in sight he did not-commence his re-
treat, or make the smallest preparations to repel him.
'He judged it•best to retreat, and this was certainly a
most disastrous one, for he abandoned the wholeof his
*artillery, baggage, and heavy stores, as it Were put--
1e:644h and this loss it was never possible afterwards to
;Makeup; Under the plea.of rations and want of sup-
ort, he deinanded contributions and supplies from the
owns through which he was retreating, and.canducted
is
pink elLtowards the inhabitants in themost, harsh and
kyikseasi ye manner. This alienated them greatly, In
short, he caused at.least 8,000 of his own men to de-
mt. The fact is, Ballasteros was an
iCing befcire MBlitor niade his appearance,
been tepea:edly sent Or Ballasteres
eadME where his army ewes .necessavy,
ticularly•tokli to- rua,no.riskfthat-cortid .
Ivent him from being cut ofE from Cadia,
" 'thlaware of 'the extent .of *his '
formed ors,,me of his fifst disatters,

his traopthese.Olikers who were too honourable' to
sancticinhis.actions, and who plainly•told him he Was
urilltfor the command, and 4hat he Was phscing the in-
ofhis country in jeopardy by tot covering Cadit.
The better to mature his plans and retnove from
'around him those Officers whom he suspected, he re-
anained in Granada fourteen days, at the end of Which
Molitor advanced, and he left that city. As it was evi-
dent he would be immediately attacked bf Molitor,le
called.a Council of War, chiefly composed of .officers-
whbse sentiments he already knew, to ivhom he stated.
that he was totally unprovided with ammunition, and,,
in short, that, his late army was now a med. skeleton.
He told them there was no other alternative than' o en.:
ter intoaregociations with the French, and atterirpt
compromise. As he had everything prepared, and 114
'statement was besides in substance true, for he bad lost
'ball of his army and all its ttorei and amiiunition,
*idiotic firing a single musket—all the• chief ()Seers
of few..tearaining regiments and or the
taccrt two, Berrena and Angulo, who did tior
fail to reproach him, for the miscondoct .trey had
wit-
nessed. From that moment our lopes, in Cildix Were
destrOyei, for the force we had withal the linetwas,by
nthe
defence
:works ate so extended., blolitdr's troops being dins dis-
engaged, most of them came iJowtr, and siere..adslest to
the besieging army, and the agents of the Fkoch
,aNnl
those of the King, from that mrtment; redoubled theft
intrigues and audacity. They set, to work in order to
create a division between the troc-sos and the inhabit-
' ants; and this was rendered easier *the apparent .exi•
4 gencies of the Government, ante acessity, they were
under of recurring to forced con' aibutiOns; in order to
rai.e money to pay the soldiery. They produced some
effect on the inhabitants, who early expressed them-
selves in favour of a compromise; and -finding their ef-
forts of seJuttion unavailing with the soldiery, they re-
sorted to bribery. Large sums were distributed among
them, and till now it has been matter of curiosity to
know where all these sums came Irons ; but it now turns
out that the French had provided certain persons id
their interest with funds, all which were placed at the
disposal of the King, and they are to be tetunded early
after he reaches Madrid.
In the meanwhile the situation of the Government
was dreadful: the two millions of dais drawn on Machado
having been exhausted, the bills of which were returned
.protested, to the great dismay of the merchant; the na-
tional treasury did not contain a dollar, fur the seven
millions of rials which the inhabitants of this place con-
tributed monthly, did not suffice to pay the so:diers,
and much less to cover the other contingent expenses.
The loss of the Trocadero then followed, next the Castle
of Saki-Petri, which latter point was lost not by fair
means: All thase circumstances, added to the inform*.
lion that no loan could be effected for us in Londout
'created dismay and disunion, %% bleb were increased by
she fonds scattered about. The Government, who
ought to have assumed a high tone, and acted with,
great•firmness, and at least checked so much internal,
bribery and intrigue, also became tame and desponding,
and thus indirectly served the purposes of the enemy.
" On the arrival of the Duke, propositions were made
and rejected—indeed no guarantees were offered. It
then came to our turn to -mate propositions, which we
did through the medium of Alstraa but he also could
give no other guarantee than his own word. 'We ap.
pealed to the British Envoy, Sir W. A'Conrt, to ascer-
tain whether he had powers to mediate, and he an-
swered in the negative. In the meanwhile the besiegers
prepared for an assault on a large scale,'bomilardment,
rite. and to support their threats, besides a large army,
'they had 22 square-rigged vessels, and also 60 smaller
ones, armed and ready. An attempt to bombard us
they made on the 22d in the morning, without any
previous notice of their intentions, usual on such occa-.
liens. This shameful action, far from intimidatiut,
united the minds of all,• and excited general odium
against our invaders; so much so, that if we had not had
the Government here, and a Commander whom we all
loved and respected, and who perhaps had more pro,
deuce than the rest of us, a horrid scene would have en
sued, and at least we should have got rid of * aF
and his vile associates, and, driven to despair, we shout&
yet have taught the French that the national character
was retained by at least a few.
" A dread of being accused of those horkors which
stained -the French Revolution, staid our hands--enr
doowi seemed to be sealed. Some companies and batta-
lions, bribed, or through a want of vigilance in their
Officers, soon afterwards faultered, and shelved a dispo-
sition to mutiny. This spirit of insubordination soon
spread to the local militia, when every means being ex-
hausted, the Government candidly told the King he bad
better go out and treat with Angouleme. The same
proposal was made tothe Cortes, and an undisguised
report of the state of things was laid before them. In
consequence timed', the Cortes voted, with a consider-
able majority, that the King should do as he pleased.
Calatrarm,-Golfin, Osorio, and Marina persisted in de-
fending the place at length, however, all agreed,
that it would be better for the King to go out.—
The latter offered, in a solemn Manifesto, to retain every
one in his rank and situation, not to persecute any one
for his political opinions; and if he found himself cone
pelted to change the ex4ting, system, he pledged him-
olf in favour of personal security as Well as of properry.
civil freedom, the acknowledgment of the public debt,`,
• oleciged.him--'- its to all tfro;E

BY AN *VOLUM fiItNTLIIIIANi
The Cortes having conferred on the King the
'of treating with the French, they dissi+lied
and all the Ministers tendered their resignations, which
were accepted by the King. They were, however, colt
.tinded in their functions till the appointment:of the**.
Government, all their acts being anti-dated to the day
preceJing their cessation from office.
For a length of time the troops in the Isla, worn tint
with constant anxiety and hard duty, ill-fed, Miserably
destitute of clothing, rind hopeless of exterior. aid, Ina
declined into despondency, and as their sktration ado
vanced in its pressure, many of the most mercenary
and unprincipled resolved to joih with die enemy rathet
than continue their defence. Numbers continOally stole
out of, the Isla in frequent desertion, andlaid the foun-
dation of * conspiracy to betray it to the enemy. This
evil spirit was much aided by Preach gold.
On the 24th of-September, a dangerous conspiracy
was discovered in the regiwent of St. Martkal. Several
individuals of the regiment lid fretpleptly„passsii. the
river; communirate4 Idtelligence: to be French, and
brought back burp's of money tn,tlistribute among the
disaffected. The cannoneers of. trutia had. alto estao
blished signals with 'the opposite hataeries.of the enemy,
and agreed to favour their passing The riser and togive
up to them the batteries on the nigh,t,a!_the clay before.
,mentioned. Their prer4titre dethontttation of disaffec,
tion betrayed the *food Saved the Isla. Dpring the
greater part of the evettini of
.the 24th they, began to
cry, e 4 Viva el * r 4i Mae a lik.constitucion.l" and
intelligence of This spit it being communicated to the
General.inaChief, the rest of the troops were put under:
arms, the disaffected pdits were surrounded, the teei-
. ment broken into small parties, or scattered through
.the
army, and seven of the ringleaders shot at day-break
.of the 25th. The intended attack was frustrated, but the
evil spirit was not subdued, and by the latter days of ehe •
month it was ascertained, by the ,General-in-Chief that
seven battalions were deeply implicated in conspiracy.
•In consequenCe Of this alarming defectieu he intimated
to the Government that he could no longer defend the
Isla, and preparations were made to withdraw the army
into Cadiz. Upon This intimation, the
,Municipality,
already deeply affected by the alarnp of the bombard:
ment, represented to the Cortes; the inutility. of conti-
nuing the contest, broken with internal inability ind
hopeless of relief. At thisjuncture the Senate listened
to their fears. his true, that in the town provisiontfor
two months, together with a sufficiency of material.foo
the supply of clothing still existed; but the Govern.
ment funds being reduced to an extremity MOEN left
them only twentr6ve dollars in the Erchequer, on the
day of the capitulation, they were incapable of par.
chasing; the Ministers did not consider that the probes:
ble result of the last defence would justify a series of
oppressive and ruinous contributions on the citizens. In
this state of fermentation came the morning of the Ist'
of October, the day on which the departure tit the
King was fixed.
At eight o'clock the King's baggage was prepared`
for embarkation, and the boatmen began ro makereadt
the Royal barge destined to convey him to Port Sti.
Mary's; and the attendant boats, a %%lil were to trans'
port his suite, aware of the state of the public mind;
every precaution was taken to prevent any tumult or
opposition to the King's departure. At nine o'clock alf
the troops were under arms. Two battalions lined a*
ramparts froth the extremity of the Alameda to the
Pderto del Mer. But a few spectators assembled to'
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te stseno
the.rideocp ak a rtu te
universalorth e
oißoyalFamily.schargeof cannon Ronk.
the Tampa' is 'announced the departure of the Ittag
-
thr Palace. -.Ferdluand arrd 'the Qiitten appeared ate
491T1 ; the

tve that-hewould-retreeethis wayi that
6th Jely firma Liadla.vres.aetaatly
thiektwe4heaid,fm&
pourhood; and if be had peaerirost4 I
Inevitably have forced the enemy to
driven the Fiench eat of kildAltisla.
" Judge, then, how greatinost• Have
to our hopes, when. welestmxtharealigyrog
Oming, wick: aftil4staw. tbeiiblet•
Inc to hie,ptemeslitaed• infamy* h 4

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mrance, orders had desirous
.4:el/laving the ltig.dorn. . -Tlit.public lam.. Heir, with the ..broad ribbon of the Grand trosi cf
s to 'come-towards potteries tee* perfectly eatisfied; but thetesiitrt4 wile !Charles .111.• The Queen was •'e nteahly, dre:il:
ry, aad.heivau. pate~ ean,k4ent 4e, tv_puld comply With ,notlting, 64 diet psfq either the Crag nor ant of the party rooked eitheb' to lie'
14441.ia-any,way ef' liii promise whiCh related to-thy graining of
.past- ght-Or left.: Irma fest Minutes' the • King: and Qtfis.
:Wilk o,qt. In kid, the King departed .wit Tall his.familybd ere- embarked, ' aid •die 116;4 bale Was pushed 'pi;
I treachery, yet in, ilht, lit of 04.tohet; although not a sib-4e, vtlnee 'Wei Min the
,pier.'. • • ' ••-• • -.
I, so confident were gird t 9 hail him 94. his departure. The Motnench.s. i- the boats with the 11bYal'titite,- to' the number 'Oll
that the sort*ofthe .40 AR the other side of, thisb;iy all his promises Weil eqo.lllll. felibwed'.laC:Vpitilar' intervals of .about jcifilV
lii undertakes:ls rotten; he issued a. becree annulling eferldthre. ketns;• to tine dliiiquisliabre. fifipilkiii
~ bilk in. tha,neig4- 4 ordered 'this place-to xsceite a .Prelich "gairisdn. .i of flie.wessettin'thlrhay. ' The whirl beingefaisp4ll
I his sluty, we shou.lll is, and the . znantlet in w)tic,hAve le:001e had re- . rapidly recedecf% aud'in about threeluarter of !iiss..
o raisathe.siegeland. t eireed :Billisterus;soett tau ht ni that we,)l4laotbeeu oily iticeeisCre *Aurae: of smoke at Port Si:, .I,*-4,1-
f. . • ' ' . e.C.Aiired in .espectingtingyvtude frOM hi`#.•• Iteitc.4l onounced ' the distinifiOaticie.pf tber• King. ' t the
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