Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-08-05

oil the rest We're announced To- he near to the
city. The history of their previous proceed
ings at Seville is this IN abridgement. On the
18th June, on the opening of the sitting. Senior
Gasauo, one of the leading members, rose aud
stated that il was no longer the period to- talk,
hut TO act, and To draw the veil that had bid
their real sltuation--that the country was in
imminent danger, but that the constitution
might be saved as before, and for this purpose
il was requisite to put the King and Cortes at
once in place of security.
He proposed that the ministers should he
forthwith summoned TO give an account Ofthe
real condition OF things, and decide upon
snatching the king from the precipice over
which perfidiOus advisers were impeng him.
Argueles then moved that the sitting should
be declared permanent until the object of the
Cortes was achieved. The ministers soon
entered and one Of them related that as soon
AS It was seen that the French might invade
Andaiusla, council of generals and other
cohhuentlai patriots was convened, who unan-
imously decided that the means of preventing
the march of the French were wanting, and
that the Island of Cadiz was the only point TO
which the government and Cortes could be re-
moved. The result was communicated to the
king, who referred it to the council of state. who
preferred Algeziras as the place ofrcmoval.The
minister concluded by mentioning that when
ne left the King, His Majesty hadhot come 10
"A dehnitive resolution. 1t was then voted by
the Cortes that the removal should take place
the next day, tn Cadz and that Com mittee
should be Immediately formed to wait upon
the ling, and apprize him of their determine.
ton.
me committee appointed went on their
GRAND and returned in a short lime when
me president reported the following dialogue
between himself and the monarch Sir.
the Cortes being in permanent sitting and
having received information of the approach
81 the enemy, entreat your Majesty To remove
win the Cortes 10 the Island of Cadiz for
the security of your sacred person and the
national representatives" His Maiesty replied
that neither his conscience nor The love of
eleven millions OF his subjects allowed him
10 leave Seville. The president of the com.
mlite| rejoined, that the political conscience of
iIis majesty was not responsible. because his
pubic conduct was subject 10 that of his adj
visers, aud that the members of the committee
c"uiH make convincing observations to hun,
II what was then remarked did not suffice
ihe King only added" Ihaue spoken" and
retir-d. This rtp0r, hring heard hy the Cor
- they reS"i' cd inst ilie cause Of he moral
lncompciency II the Ki"g pro, lCed for in the
l37t1 article O!ihr Constitution had occurred
and that provisional Regency should be
created for The purpose nf-X -rcisng the exc
curve authority only us regarded the removal
of the klug and C0Ttes. a Regency of three
membr's Peifes CiScor and Vigoilt. was ac
c"rdinSiy created and took the oath of Office ne
once, In the u'idst ofthe mosi lively accIama-
tons ni JOY from the floor ard lh,. galleries.
Tn" Regency proceeded Ia make every ne
crssary arrangement for general departure
the Corles remaiaed in session throughout
the day and night of the nth june, aciirg in
concurrence hut the ministers made consi-
drrabie difficulty about accepting their I,Tices
anew from The Regency, aud did not yield
lnlil live IN the morning of the l2th. This
circumstance Occasioncd great alarm among
the constitutionasts. At eleven of the same
morning, one of the Regency waited on the
King and announced TO him what had been
done. He received the message with COM
placency and answered that H.. was ready 10
SET out. =: one O'Clock, the regular troops
and militia were under arms TO proceed and
the river was covered with boats laden with
effects OF every kind. But the King was
again seized with scruplrs, and this bring ril-
incurred. the greatest agitation and confusion
prevailed al Seville until near seven in the af
ternoon when Ferdinand and The ROYAL
Family entered their carriages and were dri-
ven oil; followed by the military escort The
exit was then reported to the Cortcs, who
had not separated moment and did not adj
.lourn until niue O'Clock
Tn" President. or Speaker. give them
rendezvous at Cadiz on thu 18Th or sooner
should circumstances remit On the nth,
an irish general, BoIcnae, in the service of
SPAN, and thirteen others were committed to
prison, as parties to = conspiracy for the de-
strnc,ion ofthe constitutional government
Within iew hours after the departure of
the authorities and troops, the populacr, in
stigated and led, as il j. affirmed, bv NAM
Der of iriars, and few other traitors before
concealrd rose, and during the three subsc-
qucnt days, committed The most hnrrid rX-
cesses They plundrred the boats in he river
sacked The houses IF many who had gone
with the government robbed, and strpi ma
ked. persons of both sexes, dissolved the CON
stituional municipality, and bid defiance 10
the few ha;ialions left To lnantain order The
following incident is related in a letter dated
Seville 1G'h June
" In the edlfice called the hall of the Tnqui.
sition. there Was considerable number OF
boxes of powder guarded by an officer and
some soldiers of the QUEENS regiment. The
popuIace being told that the boxes contained
money, rushed to the hall in order Ia plumber
them and murder the guard but The officer,
with unexampled courage set fire TO the pow
der ard blew up the Canaille who had enter
ed. Eighty persons, among them some fiji
airs, have been taken ont Of the ruins"
The EspectadOr Of the 9th June, contains
despatch 10 the government at Cadiz, fiom
Lopez Banos, General in Chief of the third
army of operations, Abisbal's) dated Seville,
10th June, in which ne states, that having
heard of the disorders and anarchy reigning
in Seville, lac had proceeded TO that city with
his troops, by forced marches, doubling how