The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1820-04-25
Gazette Extraordinary of Madrid,
WtDN I'D OF Il n tkLh, To-
OFfILT L ARTICLE.

EXECUTION
my Decree of Yesterday for the immediate convo
cation If The C.rte., aud being he general will z
the people, l have decided t. swear 10 the Conss;.
tuition reclaimed by the general and exirsordinase
Cortes Ia the wear 1912. DO you hid il q
understood, and do you make immediate pubIica-
ton OF this.
Signed by my royal hand,
Paiae,, IN March 1921.
PARIS. maReH9--' The marques Of Laxsu.
captain general OF aragon, has gone 10 Madrid in
haste, to give advice of The gents ia S.raxossa
where the people have efa.ed the name of Ferdi.
nand which was placed over the public places, and
substituted that of the Constitution.
The Insurgents of the lie Of Leon. have Is.
taoli,hed prov.,ionsry junta
''Generai Elio, has been disgraccd for having
advised tie King to leave the capital.
. The person who gave these details has al,o
iniormeds that tue insurr ction was becoming
general throughout Spais, that the greatest con-
fusion reigned at Madrid al the moment of bis de-
riuse; aud that pafly grsndefs Of spnia had
presented themseive4 the king, praying that he
would convoke the Co Is, which they regarded a
the sole means of qpie,ing the Insurgents
letter from BItoa OF the Sd of March, assures
US IN most positive manner. that the irs erection
i
nounces that it nenaoes the whole peninsula.
Reigo the colonel of the insn gents. ia IS
leagues from Grsaais. Gen. Eguria commander
M chief OF the province had departed. taking
with him all th who had been arrested on no.
itlcal motives The disposition of the little troop
ofO'Donnei did not permit him u follow the 10.
surgeats
PARIS. MARCH 9. II O'Clock, p. M-We have
received positive news Of he capture sf CoFindurs
by the insurgents of Leon. 1t is said they took il
by surprise, though We suppose that IL resemblsd
the surprise of Carrsccas The reduction of Cadix
IS inevitable. General O'DonneIl has been COM
ple'ely beaten bv Riego. near the town OF Anita
guerra. about IS league from Maiags'
From he N. Y Com. .7dssri,ser Of the Goth tmsi.
The Ners from SPAN, contained in to days
paper, is Of the most important and gratifying
character. The revolution, commenced in the
winter, by small band Of disafec ted troops and
without concert, and with but slender
means, has spread with an astonishing rapidly
through the nation. Every bosom, caught the
patriot fams--nor was it in the power Of the cru.
el despot, with his myriads Of priests, and backed
by the horrors OF the lnquisiton. TO avert the
storm which had nearly burst upon him within
the walls OF his own palace. The revolution has
succeeded. The Cortes will be restored and
aheauJ ~ tue Seh'ai rays Oh tue gun OF lipefy,
cheer and rrad,ate the dark and gloomy cells Of
the lnquisiiioR
Next to the nturn Of Napoleon from Bba, this
Is the most extraordinary revolution of this won-
denal age. When the dsaffecton commenced,
IT was feared that the fertile plains OF Spain
would again be stepped in blood. From the
desperate character of the Spaniard when reused
to sense of his wrongs, and determined to re-
venge them, the evils OF a protracted civil war,
and the horrors OF La Vendee, were justly aniici'
pated. But thanks to an sll-wis~ Providence,
who controls actions OF men, and orders all TOT
the best, these anticipations have not been real
'zed. The revolutisnists, infexible TO their pur'
pose, have proceeded with a prudence rarely
equalled, aud humanity Sever exGelled. III