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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