The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-08-18 00:00:00

TER OE WAR.

" A letter from Illada,datediheloth instant, annonnces
that intelligence has been received there that the King is
free—that the Cortes have embarked—and that hostilities
before Cadiz have ceased.

" The courier who arrived from Madrid assured me posi-
tively, that in conserence of the above intelligence, re-
joicings were celebrating in that capital.
" The Director of the Posts at Madrid has announced the
same event: at present, however, 1 have not received any
thing official.
• A letter of the 31st nit. from Cornnna, states that Qui-
mit and the Governor have embarked for England."
the intelligence contained in this despatch be
true, it cannot fail to be confirmed very shortly by another
telegraphic despatch, • which will present an official cliarae-
ter.—(illoniteur, official part.)
'f he other papers of Thursday contained the subsequent
articles relative to the above-mentioned events
• • GRAND HEAD QUARTERS. •
(ay AN EXTRAORDINARY COURIER')
A Spanis!t courier d'estafette verbally brings the news,
that the King is free in Cadiz, that the Cortes are dissolved,
that the revolutionary troops are all concentrated in the
late of Leon, that at Cadiz they have closed the gates on
the side of the Isle of Leon, and that they only wait the
arrival of the Duke d'Angonleine to open those on the sea
said, and thus finish the war in Spain. .
MADRID, AucusT 9.—A Spanish courier this ihstant at.
rived, states, that at the moment of his drparture from
Cadiz, the King and his august family traversed the city in
the midst of an immense crowd, who made the air echo with
cries •of joy. It is to be hoped that the next &deices will
confirm this important news, which has spread through'
ever.fpirt of Madrid like wildfire. On all AU' they were
embracing; tears of joy flowed from every eye, and nothing
but " Viva' were heard.

(EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER.)
1 hasten to confirm to you the submission of Manso, who
lima come over to Marshal the Duke of Cornegliano, with
a squadron of ILO men. Tarragima has not yet surrender-
cd.• as •reported ; but every thing announces that it will
be snob in our power.
General Donnailieu is at Gerona : he has given up his
command to Lientenint-General .Count de Roche Aynier.
The following are the chief contents of the Paris papers
of Friday, which it will be perceived, add nothing to the
previous intelligence respecting Cadiz:—
MADRID, Acc. 9.—The courier from Cadiz, arrived yes-
terday, has brought intelligence that great hopes are en-
tertained of the speedy conclusion of the business at Cadiz.
Prom what has transpired during the day, it appeals, that
on the 3:1, the King visited one of the churches, and that
the acclamations of the people and the troops were most
Crating. It is added. that two of the regiments in garri-
son declared for the King; that in order to check them, it
was necessary to call in the other regiments, to which the
Madrid militia were.more especially joined; that Itiego,
who possesses influence over the minds of the troops in the
Isle of Leon, repaired thither, in order to kirp them toge-
therfinallpthat there prevails in the town and ;n the island
a great agitation, from wh:ch a happy result is expected.
It is besides said, that in an extraordwary sitting, held on
the Ist, the Cortes decreed that the King should be set at
lawny ; that in the next sitting they, however, made his
liberation the subject of conditions, which are not yet
known.

.At the moment when the curler left the head-quarters '
on the 7th it was asserted that the Cortes, despairing of
their situation, had abandoned Cadiz, leaving the King
there by himself. This newr needs.gonfittiation j but as the
telegraphic despatch from Bayonne gives intelligence from .'
Madrid of the lOth, it follows that on the lOth, this news
was. still believed at Madrid.—(forrreal der Debuts) .
Thicorrespondence from Madrid in the Quotidienne,roo-
tains the following statements:—
" The Cortes suspended their sittings on the 4th. After
the fermentation which prevailed on that day in bladrid, a
speedy crisis was expected ; the Royalists loudly expressed
their-hopes, and the infante Don Carlos was already pointed
out for going to meenthe Duke d'A ngonlecne.
" P. S. We approach the termination'; all the news re-
ceived from Cadiz confirm this. Royalism commands in
the town. The revolutionists hive withdiawn into the Isle
of Leon, the last refuge of the Constitutionalists, and there
they are tryinf to retard for some moments the'event which
must deliver Spain." 4 • .
The following ii extracted fiom the Madrid Gaseite of
the 9tlt
The Regency has received from Burtillos, in the As
trial, an account of a commotion which took place on the
nth at Guam In that quarter, as in many others, it had
been* thought sufficient merely to disband the National
Guard, and the men who composed it had returned to their
bows. Taking advantage, however, of the absence of any
military force capable of keeping them in check, they sod-
denly assembled and proceeded to the square to replace the
constitutional stone. They•began by throwing the King's
boat into the sea. On the.filot account of this aggression,
the Governor called together the Royalist inhabitants, who
form every wlier the, great majority. They fiercely at-
tacked-the infamoui revolutionists, and arrested their prin-
cipal ringleaders. The others are sought affix, and will not
escape the chastisement they deserve.' -
A party of French officers reconnoitring Seaton' on the
side of the sea, experienced A serious disaster on the 4tlr..
A bomb from the garrison struck one of the vessels, on

DIARY FOR THE WEEK.
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NATCRA LISTS' CA lANDAR.—To enable our Readees to judge of the
Season, we seleet from the Calendars of the Rev. 3I r. White, of Se!borne.
and Mr. 31arkwirk, of the neighbourhood of Rattle. the dates of the following
familiar occurrences, which have la en observed during a course M years
and which mar usually be expected about the present period:—
(Where two *dates are given. they denote the earliest and the latest times
at which the oceurronet was observed. The letters /I'. and M. are the ini-
tials of the names ..of the observers)
Thistle dean &MM.—/I'. Aug.!, Sept. In.
..lutumnal daudelieasqlosiased:=ll f. Aug. July S.
Flies abounded its windows.—//'. Aug: 19.
Linnets cotteregated..—/V. Aug. 19, N0v.1.-11. Aug. t!, Nov. &
Ball made their shrill autumnal nolse.—/V. Aug. W.
Balsam d.--/V. Ang.Sl.—.lf.,3lay 22. July

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MONDAY FNENIND. At:tit:sr 18, 1823.

STOCK EXCHANGE, 12 o'CLocu.—Consols opened this
morning at `2.1, and went down to S?}.
The expresses (ram Paris this morning do not bring the
confirmation of the King of Spain having been released by
the Cortes, but a private letter has been received by one of
the first mercantile houses in the city, stating that the bake
d'Angoulerne departed from his head quarters in a carriage
with four horse., accompanied by two of hie Generals for
Cadiz, where it is known that several of the Cortes are
waiting ta have an interview taitls the Prince s and it is now
believed in the city that the affaits of Spain will soon be
brought to a crisis.

FUNDS.—In consequence of the rise of Spanish
Bonds at Paris, the price of which there, as brought by the
express, was 451, and which were done at Paris in the
morning at 47, our foreign market also took a rise.—
Spanish Bonds opened at 311, and are now at 31. French
Script 3. Pruslia, SG j. Colombia,66. Russia, 86.1,

We have received this morning, by Express, Paris papers
of Saturday, and of yesterday morning, from which we
select the following extracts )
(PROM TIRE PILOTt OP SUNDAY MORNING.)
The confirmation of the news given as semi-official, in a'
part of the Jlonilcrn•, has been waited for wi th great impa-
tience. Two days have now elapsed and nothing has ar-
rived to establish the Despatch from the Commandant of
Bayonne. We must now consider the information of the
embarkation of the Collet), and the cessation of hostilities,
void of foun !aeon, or at least premature. Nevertheless, the
events of the war appear to relent, and he diplomatic in-
trigues begin t.) discover themselves. One of them wishes
England to offer again her mediation ; and this offer has
contributed to the activity of th • negotiation. Others
wish the contrary, that Great Britain should have'nothing
to do with it.

It was reported as certain on 'Change, that His Royal
Highness the Duke d'Ansouleme set oil rat from paylen
to Cadiz.

Aecorslinir to the information arrived t.-d4y, a Conatitn.

tional movement, in which the King has taken a favour-
able part, has taken place at Li,bon. It is also stated,
that at the request of the Minister 'Winela, and in the
name of his tioverniwnt, an English squadron, composed
of six vessels of war, sailed in great haste, and are now i
the Tagus.

Although affairs are going on with great rapidity in An.
dalusia, Catalonia continues to present the same aspect.
Barcelona is not yet invested. Every where we experienCe
an obstinate resistance. It appears that in that part of thr
Peninsula the campaign has only begun.
The garrisons of the places besieged make frequent sorties ;
the towns are provisioned for a long time, and the inhabitants
fight with zeal with the soldiers.
PERPIGNAN, AUGUST 7.—On the 2Elth of last month Marshal
Moneey left Ignalads, and took the direction. of Cervera, with
a strong column of infantry, cavalry, and artillery. Baron
Eroiessecoods his movement. The Constitmionalists who oc•.
cupy Titres', Anglesols, and Verde, with a division of six or
seven thousand men, abandoned these points the moment they
were informed of the movement of the Marshal. They left
Verdi the 50th at night for Mont Blanc.
•LOCKADS QS SAINT SEBASTIAN, ATBUST S.
Marshal Laurlaton is going to establish his head quarters at
Tolosa.

It is reported thst 10.000 men will, be assembled under
the walls of Pampeluna, to commence operations. It is
thought the trenches will be opened the middle of Sep-
tember.

Ballasteros is in the Alpojares. His army is distributed
in small' bands.

The Constitutional Chief Chapalangara Las entered leo-
dep," Where he demanded provisions. A Ft ends detach-
meet, on .the recelpt.of this inform ation, . went to Fudela,
and going to Fudela, received orders to hasten to Alfaro.

gust have been received in town; and the French flews is
dated from Madrid on the ninth ! From the Cadiz journals
we learn that " abundant supplies" continue to arrive in
contempt of the French blockade, a pretence we
have always treated as a naval farce, which if
our Government had one spark of spirits it would
not permit to be played, to the injury of the regular trader.
So far is Cadiz from feeling any want, that they have
actually been shipping wine, raisins, oil, and almonds from
thence to Vera Cruz. The French naval force is totally,
inadequate to the blockade of Cadiz, if it could alway s
maintain its position off the port; but baying to contend
with the various winds which render it either unsafe, or
impossible to maintain certain positions during their con-
tinuance, it is nothing but gross burlesque to say that Ca-
diz is blockaded by sea at all ; though the timid may be
seared, and a prize may be occasionally taken by a species
67 piratical exercise of an accidental superiority of force,
when favoured by circumstances. No attack has been made
upon Cadiz ; nor is it possible that any should be made with
any clar•sce of success. The defenc?s are as impenetrable to
the present force before it on land, as the lines of Torres ye-
deo' were to the army of Massena. If an attack were made,
besides is certain failure, the inevitable loss would so far
weaken the French artny;that it must immediately retire. I t is
just strong enough to maintain its own positions at present :
and this safety it has bought by the corruption of the trai-
tors d'Ahisbal, Morillo, and Ballasteros. Had these men
remelted true, the French army had been annihilated be-
fore this period ; or the miserable remnant of it would have
been tracing its weary way back to the French frontiers in as
miserable a plight,as on another occasion another armysought
the frontiers from Moscow. The corruption of these officers
has merely changed the mode, and deferred the period of
the exhaustion of the invaders. The same fate awaits them
in the end. This they see clearly; and France sees besides,
while she has been duping England to acquiesce in
the base attack on Spain, that she has been the dupe
of Russia; hicla only wants a pretence to introduce her
hordes into the Sonth of Europe. A Morning paper says,
with some reason, " that the Russian Minister, ostensibly
.' sent to Madrid to compliment the Regency,reas instructed,
" and has actually entered into a secret treaty with the
" said Regency, fur the transfer of the Balearic Islands,
" viz.—Majorca, Minorca, &c. to Russia, independent of
" both France and Ilegland, as a remuneration for the zest
ss and readiness with which the Great Alexander, and all
" Isis scents have supported the Anti-Constitutional cause
" of Spain, to which the Honourable Members of the Re-
" gency were so -smell indebted for the very seats they hold
"in the singular government they have created." The
Duke d'Angouletne, however blgotted to the " Monarchical
principle," could not but be alarmed at such a treaty.
and hence probably his dispute with the Regency
which he had created, and his division of Spain into six
military districts, commanded by French Generals ; which,
in fact, supersedes the power of the Regency, without
giving it a formal dismissal from office. How Russia may
resent this, remains to be eeen ; but France may rest assured
she had better at once resolve to defend herself on the
north ; for by this fighting the battles of Russia in the
South, she is only acting the part of the silly cat, whose
paws the monkey made use of, to take the cliesnuts out of
the fire for himself to eat. Ituuia is evidently trying to
obtain a footiug in Portugal—also, a threat has been
made there, that the " discontented" may require " a Fo-
reign force" to keep them quiet, and to teach them the
blessings of an absolute Kiug ! France could not be meant
as this " Foreign Power," whose aid might be neces-
sary ; because she has enough to do in Spain ; and
Russia is the only power besides which could send a force
in that direction. The policy of the fluty rlitiance will have
a glorious result, indeed, if it put Russia in possession of
Portugal and the Balearic islands, as it has put Austria is
possession of the Two Sicilies. England and France wilt
have some very pleaaant neighbours; and if they should
choose to take a fancy to other portions of Europe—for
instance, to have a taste of "the envy awl admiration of
• the world," or to make a lodgement in the territory of Ilse
" Great Nation," it is not the want of numbers that will
prevent the experiment limn being ru •de. The swarms of
the North are as numerous as ever; and t:se temptations of
the Soot!, are by no means diminished. When it is remelts
Lewd that England, by a single honest expressi. n in favou
ofSpain, could have prevented the unprincipled aggression,
the contemplation of the mischievous consequences to which
it may lead, as concerns the repose of Europe, it is impos;
sible.to restrain the indignation that arises a lainst the
truckling drivellers who have reduced us to the dilemma_ in
wbich we are now placed. For Spain we have no fears.—
She will, ultimately, work out her own salvation; in spite
of the silly hopes of the Neu' Times, that the news of Satyr.
day, "if not trite, must soon happen." This wretched print
has been so grossly mistaken, from suffering its wishes to
lead its hopes, that it is now reduced to. the desperate con-
dition of wishing in desrite of hope and reason. So deeply
as it sunk in the mire of royalty, that it announces with a
sheepish sort of exultation, that a foreign force will be r..-
quisite to consolidate thecounter-revolutionin Portugal; for
getting that it assured us that the.said counter revolution was
elfoetedby the unanimous voice of allPortugal!We leave strong
hopes on the contrary, that a foreign force, however nece -
sail, will be found inadequate :o keep the King of Portugal
on A throne which he deserves to forfeit, for his repeated:
perjuries. 'flie Gast the Revolutionists can do, will be to
return him to the Braiils. The most they can do, will
be to prevent his nee returning to betray,or to Vague them.
The Portuguese areofficially told that " the allianee.of
" the Monarchs of Europe is resolved, with just reason 'add
" wise pulley, not to allow in the States of Europe, any
"germ of public disturbance; and tJ restore them ALL
"to obedience to.illeir legitimate governments,• that iii!
" nations may tranquilly enjoy their just rights, and fniti'
"the duties of social order!" This is exquisite: Or,
" legiamalegoverement, of course, 's that of the a Stassii.,'

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