European ,\cws.
New-York, July 12.
The Packet ship New-York, Capt.
Maxwell, has brought London papers
to the ‘2d June, from which the follow
ing extracts are made.
London, May 27.
Important News from Seville.
Despatches were yesterday receiv
ed from Seville by Ministers, contain
ing intelligence of a character so de
cisive, that we can scarcely hesitate
for a moment to consider the question
of the war in Spain as at an end. We
shall proceed to lav before our read
ers the substance of these despatch
es :
It is true that the Count Abisbal has
declared against the Constitution, but
not that he has gone over to the French
m the invidious sense of that express
ion. lie has made propositions, and
they embrace the following points:—
Ist. He admits the constitution re
quires amendment, and that it must
be altered—2d. The King must be set
at liberty, and return to Madrid—3d.
The present Cortes to be dissolved,
and anew one assembled comprising
Delegates from all parties in Spain,
for the purpose of forming anew Con
stitution—4th. He protests against
any foreign interference in the new
modelling of tlie Constitution, but, for
the sake of preserving the peace of
Madrid, he is understood to have sent
to the French Head-quarters to urge
their immediate advance, and the
speediest possible occupation of the
Capital.
[lt appears that the Count d’Abis
bal received a letter from Count Mon
tijo, on the 1 Jtii May, in which he de
clared that some other means must be
taken for the relief of the nation than
the prosecution of the w ar, and called
on him, (as having the means in his
power,) to devise some way to save his
country from present evils and impen
ding danger. In reply to the same,
the Count d’Abisbal made the above
declarations, copies of which were sent
to the Generals commanding in differ
ent parts of the kingdom.]
Such is the information—and, con
vinced as we are of the entire indiffer
ence with which the late constitution
and its adherents, are viewed by the
people of Spain, we have no doubt that
this movement of Abisbal will termi
nate in a quiet arrangement of the af
fairs of that distracted country.-
Should it prove so, and if the event is
brought about, as we trust it will in a
way consistent with the honor of Spain,
as an independent nation, we Congra
tulate Europe, and—condole with Earl
Grey.— Courier.
From the London Sun, Mail 31.
What we have said respecting ne
gotiations between Fiance and the
New Spanish Ministers is confirmed,
they are now actually in progress,
and the whole have been arranged with
the full knowledge and sanction of
the British Government. Many of
the Cortes have really absented them
selves, upon that understanding that
they are not to be molested when the
new order of affairs is established.— ,
There is no foundation for the report
that Austria, is assembling an army,
and we may confidently add, that
Austria, Russia, and Prussia have de
termined to adopt the same neutral
policy which has regulated the con
duct of the British Ministers. The
next information expected from Spain
will, it is supposed, state the return
of the King to Madrid, and the final
adjustment of the differences between
France and Spain;and from the same
quarter we learn that the terms, of
fered by the former are such as wiii
be satisfactory to Europe in general.
From the Lond. Morn. Chron.Maij 31.
We yesterday alluded to the unfa
vorable accounts of the state of things
at Seville and the neighborhood, con
tained in letters lately received from
thence. These letters speak with
confidence of the disposition of the
new Ministry to negociate with France
and are sanguine with respect to the
result, which, of course, supposes the
hope of acquiring a majority of the
Cortes, as the decision rests with that
body.
\\ e observed, that however much
wc regretted the being obliged to com
municate this information, it was of
that nature that we could not withhold
it.—Still, however, admitting this dis
position to negociate on the part of
the Spanish Ministers, admitting them
to be as base and imbecile as the En
glish and French Ministers can wish
them to be, we confess we are at a loss
to see the grounds on which the French
expect to settle every thing in a few
days. To get rid of Spain, after get
ting entangled with it, is not the sim
pleat matter in the world. It is easy
to bring a hive of bees about our ears,
hut not so easy to getaway from them.
The very circumstances which render
the French desirous of negotiating,
may render the settlement a more
troublesome business than they couli
wish.
The negociations are entirely o
English origin. Preparations have
been making for them in Seville evei
since <he Government was established
there, by the active Ambassador whose
address and dexterity in counteracting
free principles, ami hoodwinking those
who profess them, were pretty well
established at Naples. The time is
now judged favorable for the grand
blow, as the tone of the French, which
has lowered considerable since the
commencement of the campaign, is
now deemed of the proper pitch. —
‘fhe Duke D’Angouleme has had sa
gacity enough to discover that his aux
niliaries, composing the army of the
Faith, are rather intent on the means
of plundering, under Bourbon protec
tion, than actuated by a desire to alter
the political institutions of their coun
try. From Catalonia the private re
ports of the Commanders are discour
aging: they find the population does
not second them, ami that if the main
army advances, the points of commu
nication left in the rear will be in a
precarious situation. In short the ex
perience the French have already ac
quired in Spain has taught them that,
if the Constitutionalists hold firm till
the month of September, and the har
assing warfare of Guerillas, now pre
paring, developcs itself, they must in
evitably be exposed to great privations
and losses.
Several private expresses arrived
this morning from Paris, bringing let
ters dated on Wednesday evening.—
One of thes'e letters states that Abis
bal had been arrested, and sent to Se
ville for trial. That he has not desert
ed to the French is sufficiently appa
rent from the silence of their Journals.
In the city no information has been
received, which in any way sanctions
the idea of the complete success of the
atrocious conduct of the Bourbons,
which is entertained westward, and
gentlemen well acquainted with the
Spanish character from a long, resi
dence amongst them, entertain no
doubt of the eventual expulsion of all
fanatics from that insulted country;
for so long as Espinosa and Del Ikes
are with the army lately commanded
by Abisbal, no fears ought to exist of
its devotion to the freedom of its coun
try.
The Duke d’Angouleme entered
Madrid on the 24th May—lt having
been previously evacuated by the
Count d’Abisbal whose army consisted
of about 4000 men.
It is affirmed in a French paper, that
the Grandees of Spain, tkc. assembled
at Madrid, are about to confer the title
of Regent of the Kingdom upon the
Duke d’Angouleme.
Paris, May 30.
Marshal Oudinot, with his whole
corps, entered Madrid on the 24th inst
to the great satisfaction of the inhab
itants.
A Regency, of which the Duke de
I’lnfantado is President, has been no
minated during the King’s captivity.
Mina is closely pursued by Gen.
Donnadieu. The division Milans and
Llobera having attacked the troops
that occupy Mataro, were repulsed
with the loss of 150 men, 500 prison
ers, a starfdard, 500 muskets, &c.
London, June 1.
There is nothing in the papers which
throws any further light on the opera
tions and fate of Jlbisbal. —The Jour
nal des Debats says, “ all the accounts
about Abisbal are uncertain and con
tradictory; some affirm that he has
been displaced by his officers, but that
all his soldiers are for him; others,
that he has been succeeded by Count
Los Rios, who was formerly captain in
the guards, and is particularly attach
ed to the king ; whatever may be the
case it adds, it must be infered that
the letter and conduct of Abisbal have
made a division among the Constitu
tional troops, and given a mortal blow
to the Cortes.” The Journal des De
bats of Friday, makes no mention what
ever of Abisbal, nor have the other
Journals any more than our extracts
show.
A telegraphic despatch received at
Paris, says that Gen. Mina had sought
rcluge in Barcelona, and that arrange
ments had been made for its blockade
by sea and land.
The arrival of Sir Robert Wilson in
Spain, and the cordial and enthusiastic
reception which he has met with, will
more than counterbalance the loss of
the traitor 6'ouut d’Abisbal; if, indeed
the detection of such a man can be
considered a loss.
The Turks are making formidable
preparations for a last effort upon
Greece, both by land and sea. Their
fleet, about to sail amount to 100 ves
sels. The Greeks, it is said, are pre
pared to meet them. They have 88
ships, besides 20 fire ships, with
which they make tremendous havoc.
LATEST FROM SPAIN.
By the schr. Marion, arrived
from Havana, at Charleston on
Saturday, dates from old Spain
to the 9th of June last, are receiv
ed. What is worthy of remark is
nothing noticed of the affair of
Abisbal, which is found so consi
derable a subject in our last extracts
from English and French papers,
although the entry of Madrid is
mentioned. The present news is
favorable to the Spanish cause,
which continues successful against
its enemies. The Gazette and
Courier contain translations, on
which we have availed ourselves of
the following summary :
The king was still at Seville, and
we see no indication of any attempt
on his part to imitate the rash expe
riment of Louis XVI, when in a
similar situation.
The important news of the occu-!
pation of Madrid by the French
was received at Havanna, on the
7th ult. by an arrival from Sant An
dero.
The victory of Mina over the
French army in Catalonia, is stated
to have been most glorious. Illu- (
minations and salvoes of artillery 1
took place at Santona, on the 27th of
May, in consequence of the sue-,
cesses of that general.
Morillo issued a patriotic procla- 1
mation to his soldiers at Vigo, on .
the 3d of June. —So far from flinch- !
ing the Spaniards appear more de
termined than ever. “ We have
swGrn (says this general) to main
tain the Spanish constitution —the
king too, has sworn, and our oaths
shall not be taken in vain.”
By a private letter from Madrid,
dated, 30th May, the most deplora
ble account is given of excesses
committed in that city by the
F'rench and Spanish guards, on the
persons and property of those who
were known to be favorable to the
constitution. T hey had demolish
ed the houses of those persons who
had served in the Constitutional
Militia, and commited the worst
species of violence on the unhappy
females. To live there is represen
ed to be the same as living amongst
wild beasts, and that it is impossi
ble to describe the barbarities of the
Spanish Canaille and the French
soldiery. On the day this letter
was written, 20,000 French enter
ed the city. Some reports mention
ed Bessieres as governor of Mad
rid, while others said it was Cis
deros. The chamber where the
Cortes held their sittings, has been
defaced and the hangings and ta
pestry torn down. Such, says the
letter, is only a brief account of the
many horrors with which they are
surrounded.
Under date of Madrid, 31st May,
it is positively affirmed that the di
vision of Gen. Zayas, which had
retired on the road to Talavera
had gained a victory over a divis
ion of the F'rench in that neighbor
hood, and taken 900 prisoners.—
Another account mentions that a
bulletin of this action, published in
Madrid on the 28th May, admits
that Gen. Valler, who pursued the
division of Gen. Zayas to Talavera,
determined to attack him in passing
the bridge of Alberche, which was
defended by four pieces ofartilery,
3000 men and and 500 cavalry fa
vorable to the Spaniards. All the
advantage claimed by the French,
is 60 prisoners which they have ta
ken, while the action of Talavera
has been glorious to Zayas, hav
ing, with forces very inferior, not
only secured his line of march,
but taken 900 prisoners from the
enemy. The French official ac
counts, confess having lost that
number from among their adhe
rents.
All public officers appointed
since the 7th March 1820, have
been dismissed by the French re
gency at Madrid.
The following intelligence re
ceived by the schr. Marion, from
Havana, which we copy from the
Charleston Courier of Monday, is
of a highly interesting character :
The warlike operations in the
Peninsula, are regarded in Cuba
with the greatest solicitude and
anxiety. The people of tha^ island
appear determined to adhere to the
Constitution even should the Con
stitutional Government of the Cor
tes he put down in Old Spain. In
that event, there is a strong proba
bility that the island of Cuba, would
declare itself independent. This
language was openly held at the last
sitting of the Ayuntamiento; at
which the Gov. Gen. Vivcs, had
taken great umbrage, and evinced
much uneasiness. At this meet
ing the Governor was called upon
to answer explicity whether he
would support the Coiisiitution o;
1812. iiis answer was ambiguous
and evasive—“ that he would be
true to his oath” This reply was
by no means satisfactory to the
City Authorities, who have since
manifested a total distrust of the
liberal sentiments of the Governor.
POIt tUGUESE DEFECTION.
lij an arrival at Portsmouth.
Lisbon, May 27.
“The humiliation and infamy
has been reserved for our days, of
which a degenerate Portuguese is
the author (a near relation of the
factious Silveria, ( Amarante .) It is
some time since the Government
had suspicions of Brig. Gen. Sam
pryo commanding the 23d regiment
of infantry. The intriguing con
duct of this officer was the true
cause of the order of Government
directing this regiment to march
to its posts in the Province ofßeira
to join the army of observation.—*
The infamous Sampayo availed
himself of this occasion to seduce
the unsuspecting soldiers. He
made them halt in the neighbor
hood of the city, troin whence he
wrote the following letter to the
Bigariier Governor of arms.
“ General and friend , —My mind
is made up. The Ministry must re
sign. A King with dignity, and a
Constitution to conduct to the pub
lic happiness, and not to a civil war.
Finally, no faction to divide the
King from the Nation. Union and
oblivion of the past, are the wishes
of the 23d Regiment. Yours are
undoubtedly the same and then
farewell to Anarchy.
“ The plan traced to bring us
back to absolute monarchy, has
found entrance into the inexperien
ced heart of the son of the best of
Kings. The infant Don Miguel
the same morning quitted the pa
ternal root and fled to join himself
with this handful of deluded men
It appears he was accompanied by
some soldiers of the 4th regiment
of cavalry. Nothing has yet trans
pired as to the designs of this ill
guided Prince, who instead of imi
tating the virtues of his august
father, has united himself to those
who wish to throw the country into
all the horror of a civil war, to re
duce us under a foreign dominion.
“ Government have taken the
most efficient means to stop the pro
gress of the disorganizing faction.
The troops continue true to their
oaths, and obedient to their Gen
eral, iu whom they have the utmost
confidence. The chamber of the
city sustains the good name which
it has merited. The Civic Guards
united and under the orders of
their worthy and chosen chief, will
show what may be expected from
Freemen when firm in support of
their unalienable rights. Finally
the Cortes are in permanent session
devising means for the safety of
the public good. Portuguese! What
will you do ? Perhaps submit to a
hand ful of Pi etorian Guards! Per
haps submit blindly to those un
worthy aristocratswho wish to crush
you ! Ah no ; You are Lustitanians,
and that is enough! Union, and wc
shall not want for strength.”
The Portuguese Ministry have
asked leave to resign, having lost
confidence of the people”.
[Our previous accounts from Lis
bon, represented that the people of
Portugal were in great distress in
consequence of the ruin of their
commerce occasioned by’ the blind
and obstinate policy of the govern
ment in their endeavors to reduce
the colonies of South America to
submission. It was this cause that
produced all the evils to the nation,
and had drained Portugal of her
resources. The people had indeed
become clamorous for a reconcilia
tion with Brazil, that they might
enjoy their former advantages of a
commercial intercourse. May it
not, perhaps, be with a view to bring
about this object, that the opposi
tion above described has manifested
itself?] N. York Merc. Adv.
Extract of a letter from an officer of
the U. S. schr Grampus , dated
Campeachy , fune 14.
On the 3d of June we arrived at
this anchorage and found the mer
chant vessels in great consternation,
the pirates having cut out of the
harbour and burnt the schr. Shib
boleth, Capt. Perry, of Newport—
They boarded her about 1 o’clock
on the morning of the 2d, and she
was drifting about the harbour burnt
to the water’s edge, on our arrival.
After plundering her of every thing
valuable, they took the crew
first officer and fastened them
the forecastle, by spiking down th
scuttle and putting a quantity Y
Logwood on it, they then run rj .
to sea before the wind, set fire to
barrel of tar bn the quarter deck
and then left her. I forgot to m Y*
tion that on their first boarding fi,.
they immediately killed the nY/
that had the watch on deck. ’pj..‘
poor fellow’s, feeling the fire
proach them, re-doubled theY
strength, and at last burst the hatch
open, and got on deck. They s ou , 1(
the vessel so much burnt that the ‘
could not save her ; they then math
a raft of some spars they cut awav
and were picked up the same morn’
ing by a canoe. We waited here
two or three days for a convoy.-.
The Captain being ashore nearly all
the time on business, when one
day we saw him pulling off i n a
great hurry ; on coining on board
he had the launch and cutter man.
ned and armed; he had recieved
information that a schr. had beer
cut out of Sisal 85 miles to wind
ward of Campeachy and then waj
lying at anchor at Selina 5G miles
distant. We proceeded in the boats
running night and day until we ar
rived there, but alas! the bird was
flown. A canoe which we boarded
informed us she was lying off and.
on Sisal. We returned to the ves
sel and found that the British sloop
of war Etten was lying there. Wc
had given up all hopes yesterday
catching them. In the morning
the gig came off and we recieved
orders to fire a salute of 2 7 guns to
celebrate the declaration of inde
pendence of the governments ot
Meriba and Campeachy. In the
evening about 10 o’clock, being all
ready for sea, the gig returned
again with a long letter from the
captain giving information that an
express had arrived with a request
for us to despatch our boats imme
diately to Sisal. The schr. Augusta
and John of New-York, the same
that we were before in pursuit of,
was lying off that place, and the Pi
rates hae demanded a renson for
the vessels; the merchants there
were amusing them with a promise
of the ransom as soon as they could
obtain it from this place. There
also came on board in the gig the
crew b of the vessel, In fifteen
minutes the launches were ready
for a start, and I hope, before I pu:
this letter on board the vessel, that
is to carry it to New-York, I may
and that they have recieved the
ransom that we sent them, and that
they are satisfied so well that they
will never commit the crime of pi
racy again. The Eden sails with
us and a convoy ; after leaving the
convoy we are to join our forces
and try to ex terminate piracy on
the Yucatan coast. We shall pro
ceed first to New Malaga, after
leaving the convoy 16th June.—
Yestesday we sailed from Campea
chy, and, on our speaking the Eden,
we found that she had changed her
mind in regard to her taking a cruize
with us. It is generally supposed,
that it is on account of her obtain
ing some specie (which we know is
on board of her) to carry to Jamai
ca.”
[ Another article respecting the cap
ture of Pirates, <£’c. prepared for this
daifs paper is unavoidably omitted .]
The British schr. Industry, Babb,
from St. Thomas,for N. York, was ta
ken by a pirate on the 14th June. The
captain was severely beaten with
cutlasses, and ill treated, and all the
crew threatened with their lives if the
money was not given up. The trunks
were brought on deck, broke open and
plundered, and thrown into a boat.—
The crew were then forced into the
boat, with a bag of bread and two oars,
but without any water, and turned
adrift in a heavy sea. They reached
the island about 12hours after. There
was on board the Industry at. the time
of her capture, g 14,200, concealed un
der the ballast—which had not beeu
discovered by the pirates when the
boat left her.
Colony of fetus. —It is stated in
the Plattsburg paper, that the so
cietv for ameliorating the condition
of the Jews, are about purchasing
a tract of land ot 20,00 ) acres, 25
miles west of that place, and near
the military turnpike, for the pur
pose of forming a colony.
Senlence of seven years imprison
ment at hard labour, has been passed
upon two females, (Ann Carson and
Sarah Manland,) by the Mayor’s Court
of Philadelphia, for putting off coun
terfeit money.
