The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-04-08 00:00:00

NP.I IN.

felt day throws some UMW light upon the deplorable
wilts nit which inure and ... re al:pear to an.
j.larre !hr r:•'imeneetneut of a civil war, but whirls
Itrought Ir•ary resput:silti:ity upon the
;,fffidines itts!.:,,ators of then,. AtTording to a letter
;mu was in consequence of au intention, on
9!. ...ra!efirers of the marines and artillery,
t•t dr...! utdou with the Constitu:ionalists, ti,at
ereral nn the 9th, in the morning. repaired
!, the Airy, where he natt•.r.,lly eNperted that
ke ntai I Wise such autasures as his prudence,
!is and circuals:aures might
,o,sposir; some dilatory reasons to the

I. utfircr ikf whom some came to confer
I,!;:t. Ile demanded two days to prepare fur the
.3c!zitia!lun of the Constituti.in ; upon their rt.fogJl
oliow of :.n; Briar, lie rwerial Cadiz. Ile then ale-

cavil •i o Constietiva bliotil.l be proclaimed on
nwerr.e; ;.very thing r..: es prepared for tlx fete;
ao;•lie:s :Lad the hoWlq UrillT3 fraternized ; they Wrre
ith.SVC,; '.llllO illnistl:Cated together. The evening..
keverthei.,-, .he night panned in scenes of hilarity t
Cere wet; iioittduatior.l=, eJ!lies of ariliery, 8:c.
tittirtiga was apptiset 111 the rejoicings that na.ro
gcing on: it appear:A that he 11'14 invited to :mist at
the rtron .::;es of the Bah. th the morning of that
by the osier of the proreA4on n•:t made known by
*ekes. Freyre invited the Foreign Consuls. The

sehfiess cont!rnea to inebriate theimelves : they in-
ifflniXtiPi!'l the populace; sod noshing iiolicated any
howiie leanwhile Quiroga sent persons to
-mend secarliies fur Lis safe entry into : lie tie-
s'ani that the t .urtadera and the fort ofit istales sh mita he
pat ihta his power; that a certain body of troops, and
SUMP servile Janisarh :, whom he hail too marls r..ason
to mistrust, should he commanded to leave the town.—
irerre rejected this (IMAM', and Quiroga accordingly
his :porters. The hour of the ceremony at length
arrival: the people. Idiom half-past 10. assembled iu the
'Krr P..lwcille,"when a firing commented from dif-
fermi points, and threw them into the most horrible con-!
hilly!. The :ietiple tied to the rsenal,b ti t instead of tindinr ;
sans to protect themselves with (for many had been
deposited 'Awry by the troops that had been disembarked
from the transports of the copylition), they were assailed
17 a troop, who discharged their pieces among' them ;
the cavalry too cot its way, and supported the bayonets
of di:: infairry. The firing and the massacre was kept
op till thr”e .'clor!.. amid the ci ies of Fire le Rol !
The pillage followed the sanguinary murder, and towards
Yee a friehtful calm succeeded the disorders. The num-
her of killed are now estimated at .150, and the wonnilyl
at leek On the monolog of the Ilth, the soldiers mere
!a their barracks: the peeple had barricaded themselves.
V.:4 precaution di.l not altorether surrey!. The sol•
fliers again let louse, recommenced the work of plun-
'ler ; merchants were assassinated in their houses; the
bust of :7- rtlinanel ti-as carried to the vinare, covered
with the blood and the dead bodies of his murdered and
defenceless subjects. Quiroga, finding that the military
rhlefs hail retracted their promise to adhere to the Con-
vitation, dispatched an embassy to deniand a parley.
Not being able to obtain a friendly answer, he commenced
*discharge from two batteries, which compelled those who
wished to treat him as an enemy, to retire to a respectful dis-
Mace. On the 12th Gen.Valfles showed himself, occupied
in restoring order; but, at the same time, affecting to con-
sider the people as in a state of rebellion against the
king. On the 13th he received news from Madrid ; he
missed it to be published ; but the inhabitants, still
ilismayed, and fearing that this was only a fresh plot to
entAp them, remained upon the defensive, while the sol-
ders no larger seemed to acknowledge the authority of
a %Anon,: ; they tore down the placards and pruclaina-
'kms whirl, were posted up in various places. On the
14th aid I5:14 the people having procured arms, began
to appear in the streets, where several soldiers bad been
immolated to the pnblic indignation.
During the night of the 16th and 17t1i, the troops,
whose presence only served to renew the troubles, were
tr.noved ; they were previossly disarmed. An inquiry
will so doubt be made, to mortals the first authors of
these cruelties.

The property and various renames of the Inquisition
have bees placed at the disposal of the Junta. The
hats of Galicia, after having received the Royal
Donets relative to the measures preparatory :o a mew
o►der of things, seat a deputy to eongratolate the Kis,.
and to announce as intention to continue to govern
Oat province until the period of the re-union of thv
Laney, Three Bishops bate disappeared ; their p►u-