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to define this exactly, lid cernditty there emdd be no objec-
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of the law. But, at prollmibt, he suggested, that the Chairman
should report progress.
Mr. PONSONBY agreed to•dds ; and after a few words front
Mr. H. SMITH and Mr. Tuotatton the Chairman reported pre..
gress, and obtained leave to sit again on this day se'nnight.
Lord PORCHESTER moved that the Secret Committee, on
the Expedition to the Scheidt, might have leave to adjourn rpm
place to place, and to report from time to time.—Ordered.

SCHRLDT EXPEDITION.
On the Motion of Lord PORCHESTER, the House resolved
itself into a Committee on the Scheldt eapedition—and strangers
were, as usual, excluded.
We understand that Sir R. Strachan and Lord Gardner were
examined, when the House adjourned, it being two o'clock.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

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We mentioned yesterday that the accounts from
Spain were of the most gloomy description ; that the
French had passed the Sierra Morena, and that all

.the flattering accounts which had been circulated of
the mighty preparations of " the gallast Spaniards,"
to resist and repel the enemy, had vanished into thin

air. We add that the dispatches received by Govern-

ment from Admiral PURVIS at Cadiz, dated the 3d

instant, and numerous private letters, confirm this

intelligence and realise, to their utmost extent, the

fears ;e have long entertained respecting the affairs

of Spain. •
The accounts in the printed journals defy the powers
of censure and of criticism. We therefore pass them
over entirely, and lay before our readers some impor-

tant private letters which will enable them to form a

pretty accurate opinion of the probable result of the

present transactions. •
SEVILLE, JANUARY 17.
The French are at the foot of the Sierra Morena.
They have been repulsed by the division of Bigadot,
at Villa Manrique.
The enemy have penetrated by the Puerto del Rey.
Our army has fallen back on Jaen. The advanced
posts of Albuquerque, who is marching to our assist-
*ce, are arrived at Guadalcanal. Coupigni has ad-
vanced from hence to cover Carmona ; but we have
no tierce to stop the progress of the enemy. The
greater part of the Junta have left this place for the
Isla de Leon, and the remaining Menibers are to em-
bark to-night, and go to Cadiz by water.

CADIZ, JANUARY M. .
The enemy, having advanced from Madrid, have
passed the Sierra Morena without the slightest oppo-
sition. We have been deceived and fatally disap-
pointed in all those hopes which lulled us into security.
The army of Areisaga, on which we placed our whole
dependence, did not fire a shot, nor do we even know
where this boasted force is stationed. Cordova sur-
rendered to the enemy, without even a chew of oppo-
sition ; and nothing afterwards could interpose be-
tween the enemy and Seville. We ate in momentary
expectation of his appearance at Fort St. Mary. Our,
fortifications, which were to present a strong barrier
to the approach of the enemy to Cadiz, are unfinished,
and by no means in a state for effectual resistance. We
have but little artillery, few engineers, and no depot
of provisions. Thus circumstanced, we last night had
a meet;ng of the principal inhabitants of this place,
who with one accord agreed to subscribe their names to
an Address to our Governor, Venegas, in which we
offered to defend ourselves to the last extremity, and
entreated his best exertions in our behalf.
While I am writing, an express has arrived, which
informs us that an insurrection of the people has taken
place at Seville. The people proceeded, in the first
instance, to break °pert the military depot, furnished
themselves with artillery and small arms, and proceeded
instantly to the Inquisition, front whence they liberated
the Count de Montijo, who had been imprisoned at
the instance of the Supreme Junta, although he was the
father of the Spanish revolution. The command of
the army was proposed to him, which he declined on
account of his deficiency in military knowledge. A
Regency was then proposed, and Saavedra vias• ap-
pointed to be at the head. To assist him, he has
Cuesta, Equia, Castanos, Montijo, &c. Romana was
appointed Captain-General of Valencia; and Blake,
at the request of the Count de Montijo, Captain-Ge-
neral of Andalusia. Others were appointed to the
same offices in other provinces.

CADIZ, FEBRUARY 2.
No sooner was it known that the Junta had fled
from Seville, than the people took up arms, and hav-
ing set at liberty the Conde de Montijo and Don Fran.
cisco Palafox, who had been imprisoned on a charge
of conspiracy against the Government, they surround-
ed the Junta of Seville, demanding the immediate
appointment of a Regency, and exclaiming against
the Supreme Junta as traitors to their country, who
had abandoned the passes of the mountain to the
Fiench, and then fled to Cadiz with the money which
they had received from America. The Junta of Se.
vile refused to nominate a Regency, but admitted
Montijo and Palafox as Mimbers of their own body,
laud appointed the Marquis of &maim Commander