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ADISRESS
OFIE-tE OTAII,LST ARMY OF OLD CASTILE TO
• "IL "IP TiIIIVIAGENCY.
" MOST SZRENR SIR—.-The Royal Division of Infan-
try and Cavalry, organised in Old Castile, while they
are with the most ardent and decided love for their So=
vereign presenting their breasts before the wails of the,
fortress of
_Ciudad Rodrigo, occupied by rebels ungrate-
ful to their country, have been informed that the liberty
of his Majesty, for which they combat with equal en—
thrisiasm and loyalty, will speedily be obtained. This
very moment, however, a melancholy, though unH
founded, account is generally spreading among them,l
that their King would be detained, and his will con-'
strained, previous to permitting him to take again pos-
session of the Throne whence he has been ignominiously
driven, which they cannot bring themselves to believe,
will be the case. But should there be the least appear-
ance of it, this aimed force, in conjunction with the
whole Province, whose singular affection to their Mo-
narch knows no bounds, are determined not to recog•
'vise any act of violence with which an attempt might
be made to force the will of his Majesty prior to his re-
turn to the Royal Palace of Madrid, which restoration
they solicit may be accompanied by all the prerogatives,
sovereignty, and dignity, which the whole nation pm-
claimed with incredible enthusiasm in the year 1808.
" These faithful Castilians would never refuse to agree
to any innovation which the King our Lord might think
proper to make, as emanating from himself, in the
ferent branches of Administration and Justice, which
are under the direction of the Government of the State,
according as he may be advised by those respectable
subjects and bodies, so distinguished for their loyalty,
with whom he may deliberate on matters of such im-
portance, agreeably to the rules laid down by our an-
cient laws; but, on the other hand, they will never
sheathe their swords, or cease to fight, until his Majesty
shall have received his valuable absolute liberty. This
they vow, Most Serene Sir, and will carry into effect
under the direction of the worthy General who is at their
head, and through whose agency they address to your
Serene Highness this respectful manifestation of their'
pure sentiments, which they purpose to maintain with
the dignity befitting the nation to which they belong.
Head-quarters, Salamanca, August 23,1823."
(Seventy-seven Signatures of Officers of all Grades.)
TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE SECRETARY OF 4TATE
FOR THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
" MOST EXCELLENT SIR—I transmit to your Excel-
lency the inclosed Memorial, addressed to the Regency
of the Kingdom by the superior and subaltern Officers
of this Royal division of infantry and cavalry under my
command, who notify to his Serene Highness their de-
termination not to lay down their arms until the King
our Lord and his Royal Family shall have recovered
their liberty, and until his Majesty shall have been re-
stored to the 'lhsone, with all the prerogatives, sove-
reignty, and dignity, which the whole nation proclaimed
in the year 18080
" I am proud to be the medium through the instru-
mentality of which such an unequivocal proof of loy-,
alty to our Sovereign is presented. This glorious opH
portunity also affords me the honour of stating to your
Excellency, and of manifesting to the Regency of the'
Kingdom, that my pure sentiments agree entirely with
the unanimous wish of these Gentlemen, whose dangers
and glorious fatigues I have shared in the canpaign of
Navarre; declaring, that at the head of such troops, and
of so loyal a province as that under my command, I will
never, any more than heretofore, submit to plans di-
rected to the insidious object of compelling his Majesty
to adopt political innovations not originating in his own
spontaneous will. I therefore request your Excellency
to be pleased to inform his Highness thereof when you
deliver—the above Memorial ; and if your Excellency
should find it deserving of your support, I hope that it
will meet with the kind reception which I desire.
" God preserve your Excellency many years,
" CARLOS O'DONELL.
" Head-quarters, Salamanca, August 23, MS."

FRANCE AND THE SPANISH COLONIES.

PHILADELPHIA, AUGUST 21.
We have received the Caraccas paper, El Colombian°,
as late as July 30, inclusive.
The paper of July 30 mentions, that on the Sunday
preceding, appeared off La Guayra, the two French fri-
gates Thetis and Constantia, of 44. guns and 300 men
each : the former commanded by the Baron de Baste-
ville, and the latter by the Conde St. Simon. After
having communicated with the shore, they proceeded
to leeward, for the avowed object of capturing the Spa-
nish squadron, commanded by Commodore La Borde.
The only E►►ropean news they furnish is that the French
had established a Regency and Ministry in Madrid.
" As a further confirmation," says the Colombiano,
41 of the hostile design of these vessels towards the Spa-
nish squadron, it is stated that their orders are to cap-
urre all Spanish merchantmen which they may fall in
with. General Morales has now two enemies to con-
tend with instead of one. Nothing is.; wanted at the pre-
sent moment for the utter destruction of the enemy in
Colombia, but Of: caUture of his squadron. Such an'
event will pr ove of more service CO us than the possession
of half a dozen frigates, since our object is obtained by it,
without the expense of their purchase and maintenance."
If such was really the object of the French frigates,
it forms a striking contrast with the &elm ations of the
French Cabinet in Europe. When the news of the cap-
ture of the Spanish corvette by the French 74, in the
West Indies, r eached France, the Cabinet at once gave
assurancf s to the Br itish Ministry, that no orders to mo-'
lest Spanish vessels had been issued. They have re-
fused to grant letters of marque, and affected to be at
war only with the Constitutionalists on land, and in
Spain. At the same time they pledged themselves to
aid Ferdinand in the attempt to recover his colonies.—
Though we believe them to be capable of any kind of
duplicity and perfidy, we apprehended that whatever
might have been the avou ed object of the French fri-
gates, their errand was not to weaken Morales, or ren-
der any service to the cause ofColombian independence.
Their mission vas, in all probability, to the Spanish
General, to induce him to continue his allegiance to
. Ferdinand when the Constitution should be overthrown,
and to establish an understanding in regard to future
operations. They landed, we are told, at La Guayra, a
French naturalist, for scientific researches. We should
be sorry to see any impediment thrown in the way of
such researches, yet we cannot but recollect what has
been argumentatively stated in Paris—that the French
physicians, sent to Barcelona,
.ostensibly to investigate
the nature and origin of the yellow fever, and attend the
sick, were political agents, one of v. hose princiral objects
was to give countenance, by their reports, to the artifice
of the cordon sanitaire.— ,National Advocate.