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that he would remain at his post, at the head of the'
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regiments Of the garrison.
The Coastilartionnel has an interesting letter froni
Madrid, received by the post, which, however, only
comes down to the sth. An enumeration is given of
some of the principal measures idopts.d by the
I Cortes in their last Sittings; and, among others, that
relative to the distribution of commons and waste
lands, which will be made gratuitously to the inha-
bitants of the c,untry, by means of drawing lots.,
Every lot is to represent a value sufficient fer the
subsistence of afamily composed of five persons ; and
the adoption of the general plan for the endowment
of the Clergy of all classes, from the Cardinal Arch-
bishop of Toledo down to the Curei of small villages.
" All these measures, (it is said), when carried into
execution in the Provinces, Ought to contribute very
powerfully to attach the national mass to the new
political system which governs Spain, and destroy
the prejudices which offered aims to malevolence."—
' Speaking of the conspiracy, the writer observes—
"those who were to play the first parts, hesitated at
the decisive moment, and conducted themselves with
such a degree of cowardice, that they thereby proved
themselves unworthy of the direction of great affairs."
The following ..re extracts :
PARIS, JULY is.

Letters from Bayonne, which were received yesterday, state,
that the bands of General Quesada no longer exist. .They have
been dispersed by the Constitutionalists, and their remains have
taken refuge in the mountains. We are ignorant of the fate or
Quissada ; it is thought that he has taken, with some of his peo-
ple, the direction of Gulp:moo, with the intention of embarking
to return to France. -" The last accounts from Madrid have
realised," adds our Bayonne correspondent. " the apprehensions
which we have long entertained, of seeing the national exaspera-
tion carded to the highest pitch, by the continual insults given'
to one ,of the-proudest people in Europe, and by the stratagems
continually employed to bring them again under the yoke of the
Camarillo and the Inquisition, the remembrance of Which is so
odious to every true Spaniard. There ought at length to be a
conviction that it is not thus the effervescence of a warlike people
can be cooled. The French Revolution was a great example,
of which the enemies of the Spanish Revolution ought to profit,
and which should suggest to them more reserve." The same
letters state, that the troops in Biscay and Navarre, as soon as
they were apprised of the counter-revolutionary attempts at
Madrid, burst forth into the strongest indignation, and drew up
Addresses to the Government-full of drvution and energy.—
Constitruion or/.

Ten r.m.--We have satisfied ourselves that no accounts have
arrived from Madrid subsequent to the Spanish Journals of the
Bth. Private letters of the same date say nothing but that Mo-
ral.° co-operated in the events of the sth, in the evening. The at-
tempt made to carry off the King from his Palace was not made
by the whole of the two battalions from the Prado; more than
half remained in reserve at that post; and it is confirmed that a
party marched towards Segovia to seize the arsenal. The troop
which attempted to carry off the King had not a very experienced
Chief, for the Royal Guards distrust their Officers; it was re-
pulsed by the forces of Ballasterns and Riego, but it retired in
good order, and rejoined. its comrades at the Prado. There is a
report current that the King had given a false countersign, by
the aid of which it was hoped to justify the arrest of about 200
persons suspected of being revolutionists.

By the latest news we learn that the Royal Guard
at Madrid has not been entirely routed, but that they
have withdrawn from the city. It is not known what
position they have taken, nor whether they will at-
tempt any new efforts on the Capital, or that they
will proceed toAndalusia, and, joining the regiment of
Carabiseers that is in insurrection, communicate with
the " Army of the Faith."—Cofistthitionne/.

The loss sustained by the loyal but unfortunate
Guards is not so considerable, nor has the blood of
the Royalists been shed so plentifully as the Con a-
tutiosucl,'the Courier, and the Pilule, have stated.
After having lost 350 men, killed or wounded, the
Guards rallied out of Madrid, and the numerous de-
tachments of Militia sent in pursuit of them did not
dare to follow them. It is believed that they will
take the route of Andalusia, Where they will find
brave auxiliaries in the Guerillas, and in the Royal
Carabineers, who have so energetically declared
themselves for the legitimate Soveleign against the
' revolutionary. usurpations. It 'is also certain that a
great portion of the troops of the line in garrison at
Madrid would take no part in the late affair, and
that it. would have broken that neutrality if the ope-
rations of the Royalists had been combined with more
unanimity and prudence.—Gazette de France.