The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-08-28

the officer who had been killed in the
ARRAY between the guards and populace
on the 30th. The lst of July was day
OF agitation and anxiety TO the court, the
troops and the people. The militia
were under arms-ihe populace crowd
ed the streets and squares--and Madrid
afforded scene similar to those which
Paris afforded previous to the French
revolution. Meanwhile the Liberals
were busy in spreading charges against
the King and the guards; and the enc
mics to liberty, as the Liberals call the
Kings partisans, complained that the
Kings life was not safe in his capital
Towards the evening of the Cd inst.
these excitements had so wrought upon
the minds of the guards that four bat
talions, about 1000 men, took up arms
and proceeded to the parade, where
they remained for some hours, and
then retired to strong position on the
Prado, from whence they sent orders
to be provided with ratious of bread,
meat, and wine They had dispatched
representation TO the King, and when
the last accounts came away, were oc-
cupied in some negotiations with the
government. But even in this delicate
and difficult affair, the Liberal papers
cannot refrain from holding up the King
as the object of suspicion. One of
them says, that his Majesty might put
an end TO the danger if he chose -
We believe that one word, firm res
oluton of his Majesty, might deliver us
in moment from the dangerous crisis
in which we are placed"
LONDON, JULY14.
Further intelligence arrived gester-
day from Madrid, bringing dowT our in
formation from that city to Intervening
Of the 9th. At that period, We UNDER
stand, no concession had been nhde by the
mutinous troops, nor had any thing oc-
Cured to inspire hopes of bringing the
affair to an amicable accommodation
Frequent interviews are Slid 10 have
taken place between the King and his
Ministers, in which the latter strongly
urged his Majesty to sanction with his
name the PRONUNCIATION of some official
document, declaring his disapprobation
al the conduct of the royal guards, and
designating them by the title of rebels
to their country. 1t is added, that with
this proposition Ferdinand has firmly re-
fused compliance, declaring that his
guards were his friends, and should new
er be stigmatized or brought into peril
by any act of his. An apprehension, TO
which the vacillating conduct of the
King gave some cause, appears to have
been entertained by the Ministers, ..aat
Ferdinand might suddenly adoptth res
olution of placing himself under the
protection of the refractory troops and
they urged him, therefore, to repair to
some place of safety, where bis person.
should the troops be melted TO so daring
an attempt, might be secure from seiz-
ssfe' 70" rrrs proposition, also, The
King returned decided negative. with
the remark, that his guards were faith
full and that he had nothing to fear from
them. In this situation affairs ut Mad
rid were left or the 9th inst. the con-
duct of the King inspiring the most Sc
rlous alarm among that portion of the
people who are we'll affected to the
constitution. All the impartial reports
of travellers and of private letters xe-
late; with the utmost confidence. that
the great bulk of the Spanish nation is
decidedly attached 10 the constitution.
and that the only dangerous disalrection
exists in the royal guards, unless there
should also be added the King himself.
Portugal.-A Lisbon mail arrived YES.
terday with papers to the 29ih uit.-
They are principally flied with dis
cussions in the Cortes, on the additional
articles to the constitution Of BRAZIL
The committee TO whom the subject
had been referred, declare in their re-
port that an absolute union between the
two kingdoms was impossible, and rec
ommend taat there should be two as
scmblies of Cortes, one in each king
dom. After two days discussion. the
further consideration Of the subject was
adjourned
PARIS, july n.
Our last accounts from, Con,ton,;