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uurt it aUo rtmtamit an account of t!ic ini
I vante of the Austrian* on NapKsin three <»i-
vibions of tO,OuO each. Tut die therefore
I notv it cast.
It naa stated by Lord Gr»*y in the House
of Lords, last that since the r;»m-
mencement of the debate, lie h»d received
information, of the truth ot which he could
not entertain a doubt, that liostililies had
been commenced in Ihemanner above stated.
The following account from Madrid has
arrived in town by an extraordinary con
veyance:—
Tin* municipality of Madrid received on
the CUi a de-patch from the King complain
ing that on the Mil, during h:s promenade,
lie heard some cries disrespectful to him.
His Majesty commanded the municipal au
thority to prevent such disorders from being
renewed—and, in consequence, the munici
pality ordered nine corregidors vvith their
respective efcorts to proceed to the Palace,
to maintain good Older, and execute the
wishes of hi* Majesty.
The King came out on the Cth, as usual
to make lii* promenade. The people, whom
the occurrences of the preceding days had
collected there, overwhelmed his majesty
w ith cries of “ Long live the Constitutional
King!” But the King’s carriage had hard
ly passed the arcades of the Palace, when
some of tile Body-Guards, having their nak
ed sabres hid under their clothes, issued
forth and struck two citizens. The autho
rity of the corregidors was mistaken. The
people di-persed, Lilt soon returned hi great
force, and obliged the Body-Guards to take
refuge in their barracks, before which for
their security, three pieces of cannon were
placed. The energy and promises of the
magistrates calmed the effervescence of the
people, to which the assistance of the nati
onal guard 1‘owcrfully contributed. The
garrison took arms, to lie ready to act in
case of need. AH the soldiers, we learn,
who were in the city, presented themselves
to the municipality, to offer their services,
and to aid in preserving irampiility and de-1
fend the constitution. Theinunnipality pre
sented an address to his Majesty relative to
these events.
The Council of Ministers met under the
presidency of the King. They determined
on provisionally disbanding the four compa
nies of Body-Gu.irds; and referred, how
they were finally to be disposed of, to the
Cortes. The individuals composing tins
corps are to retire, till that decision, to their
homes, after having left in their barracks
their arms and uniforms.
The barracks of the Body-Guards was
kept in a state of blockade by the people for
three days and two nights. The city was
illuminated at night to avoid any di-orders
to which darkness would lie favorable.
Vik.v.xa, Jan. 31.
A great deal is said here of a proclamation
which the King of Naples has nddrt sed from
Lnyhach to the Neapolitans, in which that
Monarch pointing out the iuodiflv**Uui»* *#f
which the Spaoinh Constitution is «M»«*rept»-
ble, tells them that he will not delay to them
FWHVAU.V.
sTAl e of France.
YV, were yesterday favored with the
Lontton Morning Cbroni.'lc. containing
the fallowing accounts from Paris. It if
• itnewhat surprising, considering the
date of this paper, that the article »ub-
joined has not before now found il« way
into the prints of this country. It is not
vet too late to be interesting.—.Vo/. Ini.
Paris, Feb. I.
The explosion aw Chateux, and that nf
yesterday a It Tresorie, form parts of a
System which must soon terminate, ei
ther in the most abject and disgusting
slavery, or in an insurrection similar to
those of Sp.,in amt Naples. -1 here is not
* single person of good faith, who is not
certain that these explosions, which hurt
nobody, are made by tbe Court to pro
duce confusion, and obtain still more o-
dious laws than those which now enslave
France ; laws by which the blood of the
leading Libcravx may be instantly in
their power, i.'he birth of tbe Duke
of Bordeaux has redoubled the audacity
of the Pavilion Marion (that is the party
of the Compte d’Artois.) and Hie law of
elections has given back to the Chamber
■lithe bloodthirsty Deputies of 1816.
Badly as the King governs, he does not
posh on fast enough far the Lltras ; they
want to have -the Ministry entirely to
themselves, and to take off some of the
heads of the Opposition, in order to in
timidate the rest. The Press is not only
perfectly enslaved, but licentious. The
Constitutional Papers cannot speak a
syllable ; the furies of the Dmpr.au
Plane, Quitidienne. Uc. every day vomit
abuse, and demands of vengeance and
blood equal in horror to those of the in
famous Marat. Muuchardt infest every
public assembly, and penetrate every
circle. If you pay attention to tbe Jour
nals, you saw lately that one of the spies
of the Court, brought forward as a wit
ness, was an old Septembriieur. The
most important subject of all, which now
occu,ees public attention, or rather pri
vate. far there is no longer any thing
public, is, the process which is before
the Chamber of Peers. This consists or
a chaige of conspiracy, or rather a plan
of insurrection, supposed to have existed
on several points and to have extended
to several garrisor - of Franee, and which
was to have exploded on the 19th of
August lust. Whatever may be thought
uf ibis plot, it i.s ul Ik.i.I cel bull ihat spies
aad a^rr.ipnvjca:curi were employed,
and that they laid, at least one of them,
direct connexion with Marshal Murmont,
l)uke of Ragusa. Seventy-five indivi
duals. principally officers, have been im
plicated. The Chamherof Peers,though
it has no legal existence a. a Judicial
Court—no judicial organization whate
ver, is to try the case. The Peers have
most of them acknowledged their incom
petence, and resolved for the future not
to be involved in such difficulties. It is
belter, however, that, in the present in
stance, they should act as competent,
than that the accused should be deliver
ed to the arhritary pov er of Councils of
AVar and the fours d’ Assizes, as they are
now administered.
The Court ordered a previous exam-
in itioo by four Peers and the Chancel
lor, who had power to issue orders of
arrest, but coulJ not liberate till after
the consent of a committee iff twelve.—
Ten, after being more or less detained,
have been set at liberty ; ten have lied,
and one charged with contumacy. Fifty
live remain in custody ; on these the
Committee of Five have made a report,
by the medium of i’astoret.
On the other hand, M. Kavez was ap
pointed Prncureur General on the pait
of the Crown ; but, being appointed
President of the Chamber of Deputies,
hi- substitute, M. Jncquinot de Pumpe-
fc.ue, another member of the Chamber of
Deputies, pet forms his functions. lie
has made an additional demand on the
part of the Crown. These two papers,
that is the Report and the Demand, were
printed for the use of the peers only, till
they change their character of Jury of
Jccvsnlion for that of Jury of Trial (just
such a despotic business, you see, as
the Tiial of the Queen of England.)
Among the arrested is Col. Fuhvier,
an 6ffi< er on half-pay, and one of the
most distinguished of the old arip.V by his
fine talents, splendid actions, generosity,
and patriotism. Several Deputies, Peers,
and Geucrals, have been denounced in
this prosecution us having the confidence
of the conspirators, and us having been
^elected to be put at the head of the new
government. The demand oftborrown
has named tzrenly-one, oud leaves it to
the zvitdom of the Court to require a
tupplcn.ent, or extension of the act of ac
cusation.
The Pavilion .Martom, that is the party
d’Artois, and the Ministry, have united
to obtain this extension ; in other words,
to play over again the part nf the Con
vention and Robespierre. The Minis
ters have even condescended to visit per
sonalty the Peers, and especially the
Members of the Comuiiltee, to engage
them to support the organs of the crown
in their demand.
These intrigues and solicitations hare
hitherto failed, even though they re
quested only, at last, the accusation of
three deputies, M. La Fayette, M. D'
Argenson, and M. Corn lies, member
for Lyons. The member* of the com
roitte* of Peers have refused to receive
indirect or second-hand evidence. A
tool ion v*#s however, made in the Cham
ber of Peers, with closed doors, hy M.
Desexe, tbe defender of Louis XVI. and
eeconded by the Duke Fiiz-James.—
The moet violent debates ensued. Count
Semooville, the Grande Keferendaire, a
warm royalist, declared that to push the
accusation as far as was demanded by the
government, would be to endanger the
throne and the monarchy. Tha Ultra*
pretended, that after the expression ot
the request of the government, they
ought not to slu ink before eerlain names,
and denounced, us pusillanimity, the re
fusal to attaint the chiefs of the conspira
cy which agitated Europe. The liberal
Peers contended, most victoriously a-
g.mist these act* of violence, and so ma
ny royalists joined them, (hut there were
against the accusation 101 votes, and far
the government ouly 62. M. Deseze,
who made the motion, it is said, declar
ed, that, since they could not obtain the
accusation in mass, they would resume
it in detail. The Peers holding places
under the Court and under the Princes,
voted for the supplemental act of accusa
tion. The Minister of War wua absent,
hut the other two Ministers present, the
Duke de Richelieu and General Lauris-
ton, voted for the accusation. Two
cousins, and a nephew of General La
Fayette, voted also for this measure,
which was designed to secure his arres-
tation, and, if possible, send hiiu to th-
guillotine. Judge uf the horrid state ol
affairs.
The Peers, from chose honesty, in
the main, especially considering they
are an illegal court, much is to be hoped,
are now employed in examining the
. barges against each individual, and de.
riding whether they are to he liberated
or put on their trial. About half of
those examined op to this time are li
berated. The explosions are to give
life to all these iniquitous proceeding*.—
There are four police! in the Chateau,
and, therefore, the thing does not con
cern the public—it is their own plot.—
They talk of Prevotal Courts, kc. Ate.
France w turlt charbon.
In the French Chamber of Depnties
Feb. 12, a warm debate took place on
tbe affairs of Naples—M. De la Fayette,
B. Constant, Ate. taking ?he part of that
country. The former said,
“ We have a right to put to Ministers
the question lately pvit to tlio»e of Eng
land, anti to demand of them what part
they have taken for the maintenance of
a pretended social order ; a social order
that refuses to nations the right of ame
liorating their institutions.” These ex
pressions excited a lively agitation, an 1
a long debate full of alterca ion and per
sonalities followed. After numerous in
terruptions, in which it was contended
that the Member was out nf order in in
troducing the subject, M. De la Fayette
concluded with imploring the Chamber
“ not to destroy the independence of Na
ples.”
STILL LATER FROM EUROPE.
N'ew-York, April 4.
By the Falcon, at Boston, in SUilay* from
Liverpool, »e imvc received a Liverpool pa
per of the 2ld February, mid the London
Times of tin I Dili and Ittlli of that month.—
We are indebted to our Boston correspon
dent for sundry extracts, and articles ui ma
rine news. The most gratify big intelligence
to this rity, is the account of the safety of
the crews nftvvonf the missing vessels bound
here, which were considered as lost.
Liverpool, Feb. 16.
We are sorry to state, that disturban
ces, fallowed by fatal results, have brok
en out in the neighborhood of Welling
ton, ow ing to a further re.duction of wa
ges, by the iron masters. Serious riots
took place on Friday, the 2d inst.—th
riot act was read, exhortation by the mu
gistrates had no effert ; the yeomanry
were assailed with heavy missile*, pris
oners whom they had in custody, were
in part rescued ; they were obliged to
fire, two rioters were killed on the spot,
and severjl others were dangerously
wounded. Six of the men takeu into cus
tody are capitally committed for trial.—
The efforts of the civil power were una
vailing till “oppressed L>y the military.—
The rioters did considerable wilt'd da
mage bv attacks on the works front vv hicli
they derive their subsidence. The ver
dict of the jury on the men killed was
“ justifiable homicide." Peace 1“ at length
restored, and many of the colliers have
quietly resumed their employment.
February 16.
The Neapolitan journals sustain* firm
and resolute tone. They state that
400,000 Neapolitans arc already in arms
in defence of their country. If (• iv they)
the Swiss and the Americans, in far less
numbers, could resist Austria Hnd Eng
land, shake off their yoke, nod sustain
their own independence, the Neapoli
tans will be able to do ns much ; and will
shew to the whole of Europe, that se
ven million* of inhabitants will sutler no
dictation respecting the laws by which
they are to bo governed.—.Mercury.
Liverpool, Feh. *1.
The demand for cotton is still limited.—
About 1800 bags were sold yesterday, nf
which 500 bags of Upland were bought on
speculation, at It 1-8 to ti I- Id. for middling
to fair quality, which is a trilling reduction in
price.
Liverpool, Feb. 42.
Pottage of the Po.—This movement, c«n-
periling vvliieh so much scepticism lias exist
ed for the last eight dayis positively an
nounced in letters reeeived yesterday, hy
way of Frankfort, to have taken place on tile
doth of January, the day originally stated.—
London, Feh. 13.
France.—A sharp altercition in the
chamber of Deputies. aro«p out rf a peti
tion liom a half pay officer, who demand
ed the arrears of pay doe to hirn fur
lining served in the guard of Joseph
Bonaparte. General Foy produced a
considerable tumult in the Chamber, by
“peaking of the “ glorious tri-colored
cockade.” He was called tn order by
M. Dudon. on the ground that an emblem,
could not be termed glorious which wa«
proscribed by law. General Tara* r*
followed up the exclamations of the for
mer General. This was undoubtedly,
an insulting display of a spirit most ho“-
tile to the Bourbon government ; the
petition which called it forth ira* di«-
missed. hjwcvcr, arid the order of ilia
day adopted.
Hotsn ok Lords, Monday, Feh. 12.
Lord Kosslyn said, he was charged by
a noble friend of his, to discharge a mo
tion which stood for to day, for the pro
duction of further information relative
to the conduct of the Allies tow ards Na
ples. Besides several other causes, cir
cumstances had come to the knowledge
of hi* noble fitettd, that the Austrians
had actually marched, in a hostile man
ner, in further accomplishment ol their
object. The conduct of the foreign
powers, as regarded the arbitrary step
they had taken, was not exceeded in the
history of Bonaparte- His noble Iriend
under nil circumstances, wishing for fur
ther delay before he brought on his mo
tion, he should now move, that it he post
poned to this day sen’niglit. Lord G ros-
venorsaid he regretted much that he
should he unavoidably prevented from
attending in his place on the day named,
particularly as he was anxious to express
his detestation and horror at the blood
thirsty and arbitrary conduct of the Aus
trians towards Naples. Lord Darnley,
gave notice, (lint lie would, on Friday
next, move for an account of the expen
ses which had been incurred by the pro
ceedin'.:* which had been instated a-
gainst Her Majesty, Adjourned.
Hor.se or Commons, Feb. 12.
Lord John Russel was desirous of
knowing whether Government was in
possession of any declaration of the Alli
ed Power* of Austria, 1‘pn‘ia, and Rus
sia, hostile to the present Government ol
Naples. The Chancellor of the Ex
chequer was not aware ol any such de
claration being in existence ; but hi* no
ble friend, Lord Castlereagh, would, he
trusted, he down tomorrow, and would
give the noble Lord * more satisfactory
answer.
London, February 18.
Tile Paris papers uf Wednesday arrived
yesterday. Tlierei* nothing new from Lay-
iiarh. The King of Prussia had not left Ber
lin on the fld inst. The Neapolitan Prince
Regent is said tn have ordered a conscripti
on, to supply the place of the Iroops whose
service* had expired, lie was to proceed,
in the beginning of this month, to the Abruz-
5ii, to review the troops there, amounting to
.-K.00J, of whom 21,000 have been com
pletely clothed, armed and drilled. A fur-
•lier .upplv of (1000 muskets and 1,000,000
cartridges had been sent to the Ahrnzzi.
Advices, dated the doth nit. vveic received
mi Salui'il iy lastl'roin Naples. The sittings
of the Pa Ihimcnt vv.-re to close on the fol
lowing day, but the prorogation, which was
not in be made by the Prince Regent in per
son, was not expel led to he for a longer pt-ti-
nd than the middle of March. Meantime
the deputies would all remain in Naples, In
aasist. ivy their counsel,should any emergency
occur, to place the safety or the tranquility
of the country in danger. Intense anxiety
existed iii ail ranks of tin- community, on the
subject of the deliberations ut Lay hxch.
London,Fell. 19.
Fatal Duel—A Duel, attended vvith dan
gerous consequences, took place on Friday
evening last, at 8 o'clock, in a field between
Chalk F inn tavern and Primrose-hill. The
parties iu this unhappy conflict were .Mr.
John Scott, the avowed editor of the Lon
don Magazine, and Mr. Christie, a friend of
the snppo-ed conductor uf Blackwood’s Ma
gazine, Mr. John Gibson Lockhart, of Edin
burgh. The original cause of the quarrel be
tween these gentlemen, we ii iberMan I had
'll* rise iu a series of three articles w hieh ap
pealed in the London Msgaxhve, discus
sing 111, conduct sod management of Black
wood's Magazine, and '>hirii was regarded
hv Mr. leickhart axnffei.kirc to his feelings
aid injurious In his honor. .Mr. Christie as
the friend of Mr. Lorkiiart, waiied upon Mr.
Scott to demand a.i explanation nf Ilia arti
cles in questi ,n,*ad, in fuel, tn require* puli
lie apology for matter which lie considered
personally off. naive to himself, orsurb otiie
-atisfailion as a gentleman was entitled to.
This interv iew led to others, as well as to a
correspondence, in which much mutual
warmth was expressed. In this correspon
dence Mr, Christi* applied, as from himsell,
epithets to Mr.‘scull,th'I lie could not,con
sistently with his own lings asa geutli man,
suffer 10 pass with in* ■ tv—and inconse
quence, as sunn as ever the statement iu
question met his eye, proceeded with his
friend Mr. Patmore, to C’s lodgings and de
manded an apology, or instant sntisfuclion.
Mr. C. refused the former, and expressed
Ins readiness, w ithout loss of time, In grant
the latter. The matter having come to this
issue, it was agreed that tlcv should meet,
wilh as little del.iv as possible, at Chalk
Farm. The moon shine with brightness,
so that the parties had a full opportunity of
seeing each other, and having taken their
ground, they fired together. The result
was fatal tn Mr. Scott, who received Ids an
tagonist’s ball in hi- groin, and h II. Every
assistance, which circum lance* viwuiid per
mit, was afforded him, and lie w.is convey
ed on a shutter to C i uk Farm tavern,where
lie wus laid on a bed, in an almost hopeless
state. Mr. Christie and hi* second then re
tired, k taking their seats in the post chaise
ill which they hail ri me, sought their own
safety in flight. On examination, it appear-
edtllst t e hall lied passed through the in
testines, and lodged at the opposite aide,
where it was distinctly firlt. The ball was
easily extracted h iving passed through the
body from the loin where it entered in the
Ollier side, where it lodged just under the
skin, (to Monday morning, Mr hroit was
feverish and rest tea*, the natural consequence
nfhiswoui d;bnt should theday gouver with
as favorable symptoms as have hitherto been
manifested, Dr. Guthrie, by w hom ho is at
tended, says the must sanguine hope* ul re
covery may tie entertained.
Pewruarv *0.
AVe have, in another part of our paper,
Communicated inhumation which we had
received, 'hat the Austrians were determin
ed to try w hat siieeess might he obtained by
negotiating with the permanent Denotation
of the Neapolitan Parliament, l» fore at
tempting to advance on Naples. Since that
part hut hern put to pre-s, certain ml. ,h-
genre has reached this rnmilry of the adop
tion of a very different determination, and of
the actual roiumrmwnient of hostilities.
In a letter received hy a rioqiectahlc Mer
cantile House in the city, from their corres
pondent in Frankfort, dated the I-Jib inst.
it is slated that the Frankfort Jnumxl oflhat
day contains a proclamation fromXiia Fer
dinand, declaring the Parliament of Naples
an unlawful assembly, aermiimending to the
Neapolitan* to geaurw the Austrian* as
friend*, mid promising to grant them a Con
stitution «* his return from Lay bach—; '
an organization conformable to the wishes
and the wants of the people .nf the Two Si
cilies ; and lastly, that a Representative As-
semblejr shall lie convoked.
The march of troops on tlnir w»v to Italy
continues without interruption. Tnrsecuiul
battalion of the regiment of infantry of Ar
gentum, in garrison at Trrnte, lias unexpec
tedly received orders to leave that rily.—
On the other side there have passed hro
Clagenfnrth, since toe 20th,on their way to
Italy, several detachment* to complete re
giments of infantry and butt .lions of chas
seurs, numerous divisions ofllie train, kc.—
“ Our army Kill not ndmnet before the an-
nicer from .Yaptes it renind." This is a foi-
niol contradiction to the news of the p issage
of the Po, first given by tbe Journal dr
Frankfort.
“Fravkkort, Feb. 12.
The important information which follows
is taken from one of our journals:
“ Liiybuch, Feb. i.—The Austrian army
passed the Po nil Inc ggth and 2'Jlli of Jail,
and is advai.eiug on Naples by three differ
ent routes. Forty thousand men will first
advance to the frontiers, who will announce,
in case of resistance, lliat they will be follow
ed by 80.001) more I
“ llis Majesty the King nf Naples has ad
dressed a proclamation to the inhabitants of
the Two Sicilies, in which be orders the im
mediate ditto! u/fan of Parliament, lie also
calls on them to receive tin- Austrians AS
FRIENDS, and pru.iiisi-s, on his returu, to
give them n constitution.
“ We have not time to ascertain the effect
of this intelligence on our exchange.
P. S. We just leam that a copy of the
proclamation by the King of Naples, has
been reeeived ill this place, and that it ac
cords, in substance, with wli.it is alaivc stat
ed."
To the above we must add, iu brief, that
the French paper* last received contain a va
riety of paragraphs, whose tendency is to
confirm the ominous intelligence that the
Austrian army had positively inarched for
Naples.
Lord Crey, in the House of Lords, made
■ motion, k cb. tilth, for copies uf all com
munication* between I lie English anil fo
reign governments, relating to the affairs of
Naples. lie commented upon, and opposed,
the principles of ilia circular communication
of the sovereigns from Troppan, and Lord
Caillereagli's answer ofllie 18th of January
—calling the conduct uf the ministry unde
cided, teinpui izing, and pusillanimous.
The Earl of Liverpool opposed the moti
on, an I vindicated the neutral course adopt
ed by the ministry. He disavowed any in
tention of engaging ill hostilities on one side
or the other. After fortliu debate the mo
tion was negatived.
The tauten.—Mr. I. Smith, in the House
of Commons, on the l!Mh of Feh. moved
that the (Queen’s name should be restored to
t.is- Liturgy. Tins occasioned Mime debate,
and the house divided, a* fallows:
For the motion 173
Against it 286
Majority for Ministers 120
The (Queen’s annuity biff Was read a
third time and passed iu the House of Com
mons.
INSURRECTION AT MADRID.
A second edition oft' e Courier contains
(be following article, under th* above head:
“We have just received ■ private letter
from Paris, of vv hich the follow ing is anex-
trrrt:
“ While closing this letter, (note from tile
Spanish embassy informs me,that yesterday
a courier arriv'd, in about six days from
Spain, bringing news nf a general intnfrerli-
on at Madiid ; the Aing't guard mattaerrd;
bis parson threatened—in short, a most ter
rible cats strophe. This I unfortunately con
sider as official.”
Froul the London Courier of Feb. 19.
We have received this piorriing, Li#-
bon Paper* to the 3d Hist, The follow-
are extracts.
i . “ Lisbon, Jan. 23.
CORTFS (Second Session) Jaa. 27.
•* The session commenced at halfpast
10 in the morning.
•• M. So.ne Fruno read a project of a
decree to justify the proceeding*of the
nation ou live 21th August and 16th De
cember, declaring these proceedings to
have been necessary, aud the Cortes a
necessary consequence of them ; that a
committee should be named for this pur
pose, and those who hnd undertaken this
bold enterprise be declared to have de
served well of their country. This dis
cussion was deferred to a more conveni
ent opportunity.
“ A plan of a Manifesto or Proclama
tion, from the Cortes to the Nation, was
then read, and approved, and a commit
tee appointed to revise it.
“ 'i lie plan for the internal regulation
of the proceeding)* of the Cortes :—
“ The names of the Deputies present
being read over, three were found to be
absent from indisposition, one of them
was the Bishop of Laniego. The As
sembly then proceeded to deliberate on
the election of an Executive Govern
ment ; it was debated whether there
should be a Regent or a Regency and it
wus decided that there should be a Re
gency , consisting of five members, oue ol
whom to be President. Borne debate
arose on the question whether members
of the Cortes should be chosen for the
Executive government ; and it was de
termined that tlie members of the Go
vernment should be elected out of the
Assembly, and that the Deputies of the
Cortes should not be included in this or
the oilier nominations, unless the Cories
declared the country to be in danger.
“ The electron of the members of the
government was then decided, by the ab
solute majority of vote, the number of
deputies present being 42. The five
members are, tho Conifi- de Snmpayo,
Francis FranciscodeB. Luiz Jose da Sil
va Carbalho, the Marquis de Castello
Melhor, JuaodaCun ha Sunto Major.
SITTING OF JANUARY 29-
“ The Assembly proceeded to elect
the five Secretaries : The choice full on
the following gentlemen :—
For the Interior, Fernando Luiz de
Sousa Barradas.
For the Finances, Francis Duarte Co-
elho.
For tbe War Department, Marshal An
tonio Teixeira Hehelln.
For Foreign Affairs. Anselmo Jose
Braamrnmp.
For the Marine, Francisco Maximinia-
no de Soit*a.
The Marquis do Castello Milhor was
declared President of the Government,
it was resolved that the Regency should
take an noth to govern according to the
existing laws, to maintain them and obc-
dienra to the Cortes. Senhor Fernan
des Tomnz, representing the urgent ne
cessity of treating of the chief objects for
which the assembly was called, said that
the King or the Prince Royal might soon
arrive, that it was necessary that the ba-
*i« at least, of the Constitution should he
laid down and adopted, to he presented
to him ; it being moreover necessary,
whether his majesty came or not, to ac
quaint him with the meeting of tun Cor
tes, and their first proceedings. This
vvn* supported by several deputies.
Sunbor Borgo* Carneiro proposed that
vfeither ofthe Royal Personages should
come in the interval, some articles ofthe
Spanish Constitution which he cited,
should be presented to him, and that the
word Constitutional should be uJiled to
that of King, in public acts.
A Committee of five was appointed to
draw up the basis of the Constitution.
Janunry 30.
Tbe members of the executive go-
rernmeot took the oath, except the Pre
sident, who could not be present.
Lisbon, Feb. 2.
The Diario of this date contains the
decrees ofthe Cortes, nppointing the Re
gency to govern in the name of King
John VI. by whose installation the func
tions of the Provisional Junta of the Su
preme Government have ceased.”
Constantinople, Jan. II.
No satisfactory accounts were receiv
ed to the close ofthe year respecting the
war against Ali. It is known, however,
that up to tbe 27th of Dec. he had an
swered with success the fire of the be
siegers, and Ihat he had formed the sin
gular idea of raising the English flag, tnl
excite a belief that he had received suc
cours from that Power.
DISTURBANCES AT MADRID.
One story is good till another i* told.
The fallowing accounts, from the 4th c-
dition of the latest London paper recei
ved, give a very different complexion to
the reported “ Insurrectional Madrid
“ The fourth edition of the same pa
per contains advices from Madrid to the
Oils. On the morning of the 4th, his ma
jesty communicated to the municipality
that he hnd heard some insulting expres
sions used towards him on the precedin'*
evening as be retired from the prome*
nado, and he hoped they would Uku the
proper measures to prevent simh an of
fence in future. The measures which
the municipality adopted, were to semi
nine eorregidores to patrolc round the
palace. On the 6th, the King went cut at
his usual hour. He had scarcely quitted
the palace, when the most insulting cries
were heard,mingled with those of “ Live
the King of the Constitution I" The bo
dy guards, who were on duty, fell on the
mob, sword in hand, and some persons
were wounded. (One account says that
some of the citizens were killed.]
“ Toward* midnight, on the 6th, the
municipality of Madrid sent a request to
the King, far tbe disbanding ofthe body
gnords.
** Tha King ordered its dismission,
! and the persons composing if will re <
ceive. some other appointments.
“ The municipality of Madrid, in an
nouncing this intelligence to the people
of Madrid, declared that the person of
the King was sacred and inviolable.
“ The quarters of the body guard
were surrounded by the garrison troops,
during the night of the 7th.
Proclamation of the municipality o/A/ai-',
rid to the People.
Citizens of the heroic city of Madrid -i
Nothing can be done amidst agitation.—1
The laws have no force but in tranquility^
Your compliants are just, and will not
fail to be attended to. Does the Muni
cipality deserve your confidence ? Yes •
for it is your work. Be therefore with-
outanxiety. You wish the Constitution-
it is that which all good citizens wish, j Q
spite of factions. Constitution speaks or
der, submission to the law*, and conti-
dence in authority. The magistrate* 0 f
the capital of Spain watch anil labor for
your welfare. Blame them if ihey d 0
not fulfil the hopes you have conceived;
hut wait and watch their conduct. The
Municipality will never belie itself. It
swear* it hy the Canstitution, which it
will maintain until death.
FERNCI9CO FERNANDEZ DE IBARRA.
Extract of a letter dated Madrid. Feb. 6..
“ As our enemies may possibly at.
tempt to exaggerate or misrepresent what
has happened here to-day, 1 hasten to
inform you that the facts are as fol-
l° w : —At four in the afternoon, as the
King was leaving the palace, some mili
tia cried out, “ long liie our Constitu
tional King I” when some guards de
corps, who were near, fell upon them
with their sabres. Three of the militia
were wounded, and the consequence
wa», that the whole ofthe horse and foot
militia ran to their arms ; and, at this
moment, ten at night, no other noise is
heard than the piquets of the Almanza
cavalry patrolling the streets. 'The
whole was an interoperate act of a few
individuals ; but the greatest unanimity
now reigns among the people and militia
as well as regulars. This imprudent act,
on the part of the guard, most probably
will accelerate the suppression of that
body, a subject for sometime agitating,
for every body wishes it. The alacrity
shown on thi* m-re«ir>n proves the cor
diality with which volunteers and troops
| will run to sustain tbe right* ofthe king
oiul Nalion, now identified.”
EARTHQUAKES IN ZANTE.
Extract of a letter dated Corfu, Jan. 10.
“ Having been absent from Zante, I have,
escaped the terrible earthquakes that ham
visited, and perhaps continue to agitate, that
island. The first shock took place on tha
29th ult. soon after four o’clock, A. M. ; it
wus of about one minute's duration, and so
tremendously violent at to overthrow a great
many houses, aud more or less injure every
oue in the city. Some lives were lost by the
falling ruins,ka great many persons wound
ed. It happened to be the day for celebra
ting the festival of St. Dionysius, tbe tutelar
saint ofthe island ; and the customary pro
cession was commenced with more than u-
sunt solemnity. Sir Patrick Ross and the
garritoii also assisting, as is common, but in
this instance with greater ceremony, in or
der to conciliate the superstitious ideas of
the people. The procession had scarcely
left the church, when an imexamplitd deluge
of ruin commenced with such violeucc that
the company was dispersed to seek refuge,
and the priests being unable to regain tbo
church of St. Dionysius, were compelled to
deposit the relies iu the nearest shelter they
could gain. The rain continued twenty-four
hours, attended with hailstones, or lumps of
ice, as they are more properly termed, equal
in size to an egg, and weighing a quarter of
a pound, more or less. Tne situation ofthe
inlinhitunts during this torrent, with their
houses thrown down, unroofed, or cracked,
is represented as indasciihahly miserable.
During the night it broke down the dyke*
formed for leading the water from the castle,
(on a lofty hill immediately above the town,)
swept away rax houses on the declivity, atxl
carried them with furniture and inmates, into
the sea : three persons perished iu this way,
atid|iminy were mailned. Minor shocks have
since been felt to the number of ten in a day.
Th'- first was attended hy tile death of tell
individuals, and about one hundred more
were, wounded. The second of any violence
took place on the evening of the Hth inst.
[Greek Christmas day,] and lusted longer
than the first, though the undulations were
less strong : nevertheless, many buildings al
ready in a tottering rnuditimi fell a sacrifice
to it ; ami, what is the most seiious feature
attending it, tho country, which hnd pretty
well escaped the first, has been the victim of
the second, and in three populous villages a
great number of houses are thrown down
from the foundations. The situation of Zan
te i* terrible.;—nothing hot vuws,uffcri' g ,re
ligious processions, lamentation*, and total
suspension of public business. It it proba
bly the heaviest calamity that ever betel ihesrv
islands. The damage, after the first shoc k
I and torrent, was estimated at one million of
dollars : at present no estimate can be for
med. Both the violent shocks were slightly
fell here ; also iu St. Maura, Ithaca, and
Cephaluoia ; we have news too, ofthe first
being perceived in Malta. Tin- apprehen
sion ol further mischief has lint yet subsi
ded, a* thu dense atmosphere Rod S. E.
w iods continue.”
MASSACRE AT MANILLA.
We are indebted to an obliging frieud for
thu fallowing iiiterstiug article:
Phil. Gazette.
Tim i-land of Lurnnin from it* extent, cli
mate and fertility of soil, would under pro
per cnronrageinrnt soon become an impor
tant colony to Spain, Situated in the neigh
borhood of Chinn, industrious cultivators,
skilful artisan* k intelligent traffickers, could
with ease lie obtained from that overflowing
country. The products, indigo, coffee, cot
ton, sugar, tobacco and ricr, and it* com
mercial situation is not excelled, by any m
the east—far it can carry on trade with bol.i
hemisphere*. The system of ispnin, “ keep
your colonic* joior that y* ,u may got in*
them," has been canied into vigorous ex*
tuition, for until lately, the whole rotnrnein .
(a attic ti ado to Amoy and some Chuas*:
junks excepted,) was under the direction '-■
the I’hillipme company, who »ent annually
a few ship*and bought and >"ldnl their ow*.
' price*. Thu* tbo natural iudolenco ot
