The Statesman. — 1822-07-16 (London, England)

AND DISPERSION OP THE MUTINOUS GUARDS AT MADRID. As erprese we stated yesterday tohavearrived from Madrid, brought the Important intelligence of the total defeat end dispersion of the mutinous guards in that capital, on the 7th inst. These troops, it seems, were a select corps of high•minded men, generally emir  mended by officers belonging to the noble families, and, baring given umbrage to the constitutional party, they expected to be di,basded as sun u a favurahle opportunity offered. When they saw the militia called out, they thought the moment for disbanding them rows, and broke out into. open motley. as stated In ear paper of Saturday. The post to which they resorted whoa they quitted their parade was the Pride, an old Palace situated on a bill, two 'raga's from the. capital, known as the favourite bunting seat of Charles 111. The putties is a military cur, sod the gnosis War esseonsded Ity • wall, the access being through an ;rots gate. Here four of the battalions had stationed themselves on the 2d inst. and carried on those conferences we mentioned down to the evening of the 6th ; two other batta. Hose of the same corps keeping guard at the Palace. In tbis condition things remained till the morning of the 7th, when, about three o'clock, the battalions who had encamped on the Prado, throwing down one of the city gates, penetrated into the capital. Their rise, as it appears, was to form themselves into three divisions, one of which was to attack the park of artillery ; another to disarm the national militia, which Lad en,:amped in the suite of the Constitution ; and the third to take possession of the Puerta del Sol, end to guard the streets which led to it. The Go►enment, it seems, were apprised of the intentions of the ominous troops; and the militia, and armed inhabitants under General blorillo, assisted by Generals Belasteros and Ringo, assembled to oppose them. Of the projects of the mutineers the only one in which they succeeded was that which we have mentioned last, and which accelerated their defeat. Ha►ing reached the Puerta del Sol, and dislodged the gnard at the Post Office, they sallied forth into the erects, and had the boldness to enter the Great Square, where there were two pieces of cannon and two thousand men of the National Militia. The moment they appeared they were fired upon with dreadful effect, and after a stubborn cutest. in which it is computed they had a hundred killed, they proceeded to join the battalions in the Palace. In the mean time the lie] guards, who were I. the park of artillery, possessed themselves of the stables, and all the approaches to the Palace became occupied by patriotic soldiers. At this crisis the permanent deputation of the Codes, which by want of communication with the King's Ministers, who acre detained in the Palace from the preceding day, convoked a junta, composed of Consultors of State and others, to deliberate upon a message to his Majesty for the purpose cf putting an end to the horrors that prevailed. The object of this message was to urge the King to order the guards to lay down their arms; hut this was deemed inconsistent with the Royal dignity.—la the end however, the King agreed that the four battalions who had committed the hostile aggression should immediately surrender their arms, and that the other two might be permitted to leave the capital with their arms. but divided from each other, and forced to give up for punishment those of them who had been guilty of the murder of their (Am-, on the day his Majesty prorogued the Cortes. The 0•• emery orders having been given to this effect, the battalions condemned to der their arms took to light. I immediately &detachment of artillery, militia and cavalry was dispatched i• pursuit of them. They were ions overtaken ; many, it is saie, were left for dead on the spot, and more than a third part were token phloem. On the morning of the Bth, the small party of guards who escaped the preceding night, presented themselves, and prayed for pardon. At ten o'clock, the auxiliary Bishop of Madrid said male In the balcony of the Great Square, in the presence of the Natiesal Militia and either garrison, to whom he afterwards gave the besedietios. ATe Deem was sung. , • This sorsoosy attracted an immense concourse of 1