"' ' S :1 FOREIGN ITEMS. PORTUGAL.—-—The London Morning Chronicle makes the following remarks upon the late counter revolution in Portugal. “ Up to the present moment, we are un- able to form no other conception ofthe Lis- l.ion'counter-revolution,'ban that it will be the forerunner ofdreadful anarchy andcivil Wat‘- It is beyond doubt that the whole is a French intrigue, and that connected -with it is the march ofthe French corps from Madrid ‘to- wards Estramadura. So much for the pledg- es of the Bourbon Government, that it was not their intention to meddle with the affairs of’Portugal ! The chief ‘centre ‘of opposition in Portugal to the new order of things, is the Queen, not from any dislike to the principles on which it is founded, or the manner in, which it has been brought about, subjects on which she has befo're’expressetl lierselfin the most favourable terms; but because she has ambitions views_of her own, and to realise these she has now'an opportunity of render- ing her Bourbon. relationship avai|'<}lil6- . He!‘ plan, and that of her friends, is to iorni a Re- gency, place liersell at the head of it, and,de- clare the King insane and incapable of reign- the war had been received here; and that as long as they respected our commerce, as long would their’s be respected by us; and ‘in the event of orders ofa different nature being re- ceived from Europe, either by this govern- ment or tliatof Martinique, they shall be mu- tually communicated by each to the other, before-they shall be carried into execution. In virtue of this arrauguient, our vessels will now, it may be said, navigate in safety, as the frigate and brig pursue their course to the Havana, to make a similar proposition there.”. Paris, June l6.—“ The news from Spain has become less encouraging for the French army. It ‘appears by the Moniteur, this morning that ‘DIINA has sliewn Imntself on the Frontiers of France, which circumstance will retard the operations at Madi'id.. Oi.ir coast is also much annoyed by the Spanish cruizers, who make many valuable captures. BAYONNE, June l0.—Siicli a" very small number of letters have arrived to day from Madrid, anti those containing nothing of the least importance, that we have little to coni- inunicatc but vague reports, on dils, more or less probable, must of which are to-day favor- ing, by ,,..i,;(.j, means we son would early ‘able to the Constitiitionalists. come to the Throne, andvshe would still re- tain her influence. This scheme she formed before the emigration ofthe Royal family to the Brazils. Her great agent and supporter isAntonio (la Silveria, Aniarante’s uncle, and, now in Madrid with the Duke d’Angouleinc .>—known to be a fanatic of the first order. If this scheme succeeds, it must be done by the aid ofthe French, and from that moment British asoendency is lost in Portugal, for the‘ places of trtist would pass into the hands of parties devote tli Bourbon iiiteiests. “ From such men as now seek to overturn the liberties of regenerated Portugal, the friends ofthe Coiistitution have only proscrip— tion and vengeance to expect. _Tue people generally have had an opportun_ity.of appre- ciating the beiiefits ol the Constittnion~tliey have been able to form a contrast between their present and past sitiiatioii, and ti large portion of them would join in the struggle: ' evarv thing liberal anti enliglitned in Portu- gal may still be expected to withstand a treacherous attempt that has ‘no other sup- porters than the Nobles and higher Clergy. If therefore the country is roused, we treiii- ble for the conseqiieiiccs, for the contest must be bloody and long.” From the Gibralter Chronicle, June 192. By a vessel that arrived on Tuesday from S Lisbon, we learn -that the King, Prince, and the reinziiiider ofthe troops entered the cap.- ital the day after the entrance of1000 men mentioned in that day’s Chronicle; and that every thing had terni_inated without opposi- tion, and consequently without a drop of blood. having been shed. It is added, howev- er, that, at Oporto, resistance was expected; ' as the iiiliabitants ofthat town had not agreed to the cliange that had taken place at Lisbon. Last week there was a general commotion ' throughout the Algarves, in favor ofthe party for a modified Constitulioii. _.L. Ha.t'a.na, June l4.—By a private letter from ‘Jatlrid, dated Fltlth May, the most deplorable account is given of the excesses cominitteti in that capital by tlieI"i'eiicli an-:l Spanish guards, on the persons and property oftbose who were known to be favorable to the Constitution.-— They had demolished the houses of those per- sons who had served in the Constitutioiial Militia, and committed the worst species of violence on the unhappy females. To live there is represented to be the same as living among wild beasts, and that it is impossible to describe the liarbariiies of the Spanish Ca- naille and the l~"rencli soldiery. On the day this letter was written, 930,000 Frenc‘l‘t entered the city. The cliainbcr where the Cortes held their sittings, has been defaced and the hang- ings and tapestry torn down. Such, says the letter, is only a briefaccount uftlie many lior- rors with which they are surrouiided. The warlike operations in the Peninsula, are regttrded in Cuba with the greatest solici- tiide and anxiety. The people of that Island appear deterinined to adhere to the Constitu- tion, even should the Constitutional govern- iiicm of the Cortes be put down in Old Spain. In that event, there is a strong probability that the Island of Cuba would declare itself Inde- yiciidciit. This language was openly held at the last sitting of the A_Yl.llllafl1l‘:l)l0;Ell. which the Gov.Gen.Vives, had taken great uinbrage; and evinced much uneasiness. At this inect- ing. the Governor was called upon to answer explicitly, whether he would support the Coti- stitution of 1812.——His answer was ambigu- ous and evasive—“ that he would be true to his oath.” This reply was by no means satisfac- tory to the City Authorities, who have since maiiifc.-ted a total distrust of the liberal senti- ments ofthe Governor. . - On the evening of the 12th inst. all the reg- ular troops at Havana went into quarters. The Governor will doubtless endeavor to keep the l _ Island to Spain, let the present contest there result as it may. E.t'frac£ o_fa.lelfcr_from. Havana, July 12. "‘ Since the coi‘respoiideiica between the French officer and the G()‘.'t-'I‘|i0l‘ appeared in the papers, the C’-.1l')ll(l0 liar: hi-eii in session. At 8 o’clock last evening, the Governor‘ had a ’ large majority with him, for supporting anti adhering to the constitution, until official in- formation shall be received ofits destructionl; others spoke warnily, advocating the proprie- ‘ty of a declaration of iiidcpendencc, in as much as the government of Spain was no more, 850. &.C. This iiiorning the guards were doubled, and the streets appear full of soldiery—many are talking of what is soon to take place, of which I cannot li‘azai'd an opiii- ion. It is getting very sickly, many are ta- ken off, at a few da_v‘s notice, both in the harbor and city.” [The party in Cuba is strong for indepen- dence ; they do not,’ however, uisli fora sepa- ration froin Spain ; but if it shall appear in the sequelthat Spain cannot protect her coii- stitution, she cannot her colonies, and they will become independent.] St.John’s, Porto Rico, June Q8.—“Tliere are now off this liarbour a French’ fri,r1_ate and man ofwar brig, dispatclied ‘by the Gov- ernor of Martinique with proposals to this Government to enter into an agreement to suspend all hostilities on these seas during the present struggle in Europe, in tliegroiuid that the colonies will of course follow the fate ofthe mother country. The answer re- -!;ll't'f(:d was, that as yet no official advice of - Tlie ninth bulletin is so worded, that it seems as if our troops had passed tlirougli Astorga to pursue to some distance beyond it a column of the enemy, whereas the fact is affirmed to be, that we passed at a good dis- tance from the caution ofthe place which is well provided to inaintain :1 siege, with a garrison of§l000 men. lfthis is true, it must, like Pampeluna and St. Sebastian, employ part of our "troops, besides a rear guard of 1000 men, and seems to imply that there is a considerable force in that part of the country, which can be no other than that assembled by P:ilarea—on dvit also, that tllorillo is aiig- vnentiug his force near Cindad Rodrigo. On all this ii notion is foiin-'le.i that the Astu- rias and Galicia will soon be in the same sit- uation as Catalonia. The Pastor too, it is reported, has arrived with his division near Orduna, where he in- tends to carry on an active war fare upon the detacliments and conveys, especially those, which, like the one which left this place yes- terday, carry a million of ready money, which is indispensable to our army in Spain. The accounts given by very recent letters from the southern frontier gave Mina 8,000 men at Urge], besides 6,000 more that have gone to join him, and this great force is said to have excited consteriiution in La Cer- dagne, so that the people are determined to leave the country, taking with them their most valuable effects. Another report is. that. this has been a kind of 18th Fructidor at Seville; that 40 of the l’rIeinbers of the Corte.<., who had been gained over by the Regency, had been arrested by order of the rest of the Asseinbly, who will not listen to any proposals, and who, to complete the num- ber required to vote legally, have ordered all the provinces not occupied by the French to nominate additional Meinbers. Letters from Satitona affirm that the Couiuiander ofthe squadron blockading the port, has had the Captain of a Spanish vessel shot who at- tempted to enter, and that the Governor of the place was on the point ofpiitting to death in return a i“xlilitziry Iiiicndant, who by some means or other lniii fallen into his hands. Two vessels laden with grain are reported to have been taken by Spanish privateers. SEVILLE, June 1.—Tlic Secretary of State has transiiiitled the following Circular to the ‘Diplomatic Agents of H, M. at ForeignCourts. All know the constantly hostile and perfiii- ious conduct of tlie.C-abinet of the Tuillcries towards Spain, fronrihe moment that she re- establislicd the political constitution by which she is governed. The thick ,veil which for some time covered the many tre:iclieroiis de- signs of that cabinet, was, to the scandal of morality and public (lCCt:‘llCy,t()I‘fi b_vtlieFrciicli .VIiuisters in the midst ofa legislative assem- bly; antl posterity will learn with indignation, by the confession of the delinquents theiii-_ selves, that the governnieut of a monarch styling himself most christian, liurled on a peaceful nation, its neighbor, friend and ally, the brands of civil discord ; created factions, and clierislieil assassins anti traitors gthus vio- lzitingtlie faith oftreaties; that it turned aside from the trainquil course it would have pursu- ed, a political revolution the most legitiiuate and bloodless that is to be found in the annals of nations, by stipentling vile writers to de- fame virtue, to sow distrust, and to preach au- archy :—that it caluinniated the cause oflib- crty, ‘availing itselfoftliose very excesses, of those very C0l'lVlil‘-lfll‘-S which its own intrigues and corrupting gold had excited : that it un- deruiined. the foundation of uiiiversal justice anti the law of nations, by introducing that iii- iqt.iitoiis principle of the intcrf-.-rs.-iicc of one power with the domestic concerns ofanotlies ; a principle which destroys all indepeiidence, all tranquility. and all stability, in society, in order to establish the necessity of an impious war, and of an invasion the most aboiniiiable that man has ever witnessed; but outrages of so heinous’ a nature were not sufficient to sat- isfy the cabinet of the Tuilleries. In order to soothe the frenetic faction by which it is ruled, it was necessary to crown such wrongs by one of those deeds whicli ap- pear from time to time in the bloody pages of history,and are the opprobi'iiini ofcivilization, and the disgrace of the people who tolerate them. It was requisite that a gvzvcrnriient that loudly proclaims the dogma of the legitimacy ofdynasties, and ofthe sanctity of mon:irclii- cal power, as the only safegtiard ofthe trau- quility and liappiness ofnatious, slionld hold out to the world the no less vile than danger- ous example of creating, rccognisiiig and pat- ronising an assembly oftraitors to their coun- tryand king, that would dare to style itself “ Provisionzil Junta of the Governmeiit of Spain and the Iiidies.” It was i'equisite,whilst affecting to combat in the name ofreligion, of niorality, of the preserving principles of society, that perjury should be extolled, sedi- tioii excited, the bonds of subordination and public order broken, that the beneficial cliarui ofautliority should be torn from her, that, in a. word, the fouuilation of the throne which it pretends to strengtlien, should be undermined, anti that an unworthy shade should be cast over the good faith ofthe. august monarch who occupies it, supported by the loyalty of his subjects. It was requisite, that, preceded by liaiidfulsof deluded and wicked men, the ar- -my ofa power which supposes itself first in the rank of civilization, should so far pervert the terrible laws of war (thus making them still more odious and destructive,) as to receive as aiixiliaries, falsehood, treason and fanaticism, and designedly to excite the fury of troops of banditti, in,order afterwards, in the afflicted towns and "villages, to pass for a benevolent liberator. Europe, the spectator of these lior- rid deeds, is silent, aiid permits them. The weak Powers shudder, whilst: 't_ho'se called great,citlier favor the French cabinet, approv- ing its pernicious doctrine, or confide in supe- rior forces to sheler them from its effects : but force is not eternal, and the nation which yes- terday gave the law to the rest, is to-day the object of their derision. . The Spa_n_isli government resolved, at the head ofa generous nation, though distracted by foreign intrigues, to sustain not only her own cause, btit that also ofall mankind, will either triumph over her dastardly enemies, or fall with glory and with honor. But that gov- eriirneiit would fail in the discharge of its most sacred duties, if, on such an occasion, it assumed not a manly tone. - It is its duty to protest, as it does protest, in the tnost solemn manner, before all the world, against the monstrous right of the interference of one power in the domestic affairs of another, and against the perversion of the laws of war,.ef which the cabinet of the Tuilleries has been an illegitimate and seditious Junta, and a- gziinst any other image of government that may be set up in its place; declaring all the acts that may emanate from it, null and void; it denounces such iniqiiities to the execration ofall governments, of all nations, and_ofpos- ieriiy. H. M. has commanded me to desire you will make this protest known to the Colirt 211 which you have been received ; that you_Wlll give a copy of it, if required. to the Minister for foreign affairs, and that you will publi.-li fl... Seville, May 27. Jose IVIARIA Pxxno. _ CADIZ, Juno 9.—AnotherProclamation (of the lnfante Don. llliguel) has been received from Lisbon; couched in the following laco- iiic language: “ More prudence would have been infamous. The generous Transmonta- nos have preceded us in the struggle ; come and unite under the royal standard ivhiclil hold ; let us set the King at liberty ;'let I1. M. when free, give a Constitution to his people ; let us trust to his paternal sentiments; it will be as far removed from despotism as from it- centioiisness, and thus will it reconcile Itself and us to civilized Europe.” Fnoiu S1>Ai.\'.-—The schr. Toni arrived at Philadelphia on Tliursday froniCadiz,whence' she sailed on the 22d June. The king of Spain had arrived at Cadiz—I’le refused to leave Seville as king of Spain, and was taken by the Cortes as a private individual to the Island of Leon, and there reinstated asking. Cadiz was l)lOt.‘.lt:l(l€(l by a French squadron. The Captain ofthe Tom, also states, that the male inhabitants ofCadiz were arinetl almost universally, with the resolution of defending the Constitution ; that some ofthe disaffected soldiery had been shot, and that the news from Portugal was of an unfavorable character. The Grecks.——A letter from an American gentleman in Salonica states that the Greeks are blockadiiig Patross anti that the Turks at Cornith are so badly off for provisions, that they eat each other. At Vourla and Smyr- na, the Turks have lately committed great atrocities, and massacred many Greek fe- niales.——-—Tlie daughter of a Greek, called Sparta, has traversed the islands in the garb ofa warrior, and called upon the young men to enlist under the banners oftheir country. She recruited, by her activity and enthusias- tic eloquencc, sixteen companies of 50 men each, placed herselfat their head, and pro- ceeded with them to Napoli di Romania. New-Y0 itx, July 31.—L:ite accounts from from Peru, state that 3000 Colombian troops sailed from Guayaquill for Callao on the floth of Marcli; 2000 more were to follow in a short time. Gen. BOLIVAR remained at Giia_vaquill, waiting advices from the Coti- gress at Bogota, before he proceeded in per- son. Another tlctzicliiiiciit of Colombian troops was about to proceed from Quito ti- gainst the Sptlllldfflfi in Peru. From these nioveiiients, directed by the able Bolivar, there is reason to hope for a speedy termina- tion of the anarciiy that has long prevailed in that cc-uiitiy. Franz I7ra':’l.—l3y an arrival from Per- naiiibuco it is reported that the General who uoiiitiiaiirls the I’»i'a'/.ilian army besiegiug Ba- l:=_!i had lzseii arrestctl and put in irons by his ot'ticcr:z. upon suxpicioii ofan inteiition of be- trayiiig the If-!‘f7ZlllatlS to the Portuguese, it liavin,-_'-, l‘n"F‘lt '-=:<(.r‘l'l:lll19(l that he carried on a private C(.’t‘l‘t.‘..'§-‘,".7l](ICi'lCe wiih the general of their army. A paper has been found in his possession, sign:-.il by the principal merchants in lriaimi, offering him 600,000 milrcas to be- tr-.-.3; the province to the 1_’ortuguese. , .Ni:w- York, ./lug. 2.—-The brig Nicholas and Felix, capt. Williams, arrived here yesterday, in 1% days from Curacoa, with the officers and crew, and the armameiit and stores ofthe U. States brig Enterprize, which was wrecked on the morning of the 9th inst. on the Island of Little Curacon, as already })lllJll..*.lletl. Af- ter reinainiiig six (lays encampcd on the Isl- and, by the exertions ofthe officers and crew, who were obliged to dive for most ofthe ar- ticles, they succeeded in gaining from the wreck the ariiiziiiient, provisions, and all the stores that were not immediately destroyed by the salt water. The officers and crew are in good health, not having lost a man by sick- uess. Joshua Frost, quarter master, was lost. overboard off Porto Rico. ‘ ‘Ne learn by this arrival, that information had just reached Curacoa from Aruba, that, oti the 939th of June, the Spanish squadron was driven ashore at the iiiotitli ofthe River, by Com. Padilla. The Spaniards subsequeiit- ly landed some guns from their vessels and brought them to bear upon Padilla’s squad- ron, who was obliged to retire from theat- tack anti proceeded to Alta Gracia, leaving some small vessels to watch the movements ofthe enemy." Q A letter from an officer ofthe navy’ dated on board the piratical schr. Catalina, prize to the Barges Gallinipper and Mosclieto, gives the following account of the capture. “ On the 5th of July, in passing near the place where the brave Allen fell, we observ- ed a schooner beating out, with three boats in tow; we immediately bore down upon her, and when within shot, she fired upon us, and with about fifty men. guilty ; it also protests against the erecting of’ made all sail before the wind. Slie at ti st had Spanish colours flying, but soon haul d them down. lVe chased her for about" ’ n hour, when she came to an anchor, with it one hundred yards of the shore, with sprint s on her cables. When we got within musk t shot, they commenced firing at us with nail. spikes, and other langrage ; we returned tliei fire with a quickness that they were quite un ' used '-to, and they soon retreated to tliei boats, keeping tip a constant fire. As we go near them, they all jumped overboard, and made for the shore, where but few ofthem ' ever arrived ; for seeing the schooner desert-‘ ed, Capt. VVatson passed her and followed them to the shore, where about halfof them hadlanded; when we arrived there we had far play at them, anti they fell as fast as our ‘ cutlasses and balls could reach them. We have taken§10 prisoners, 4 of whom say they were passengers on board the schooner when taken by the pirates. None of our men were killed or wounded. Eighteen pirates have since floated ashore, and several were taken in the woods by the Spanish country people. This schooner niouuted one long 9 potinder on a pivot, ainidship, and two smaller guns, This is a great blow to the pirates.” \_ S7iip.’llaizti/'actor_i/.—Thc tonnage ofAmeri- ea in 1810 was estimated at seventy-oiie niill- ions of dollars in value, two thirds of which were employed in the foreign trade. With the exception of a considerable part of the sail cloth, anti an inconsidei-able sum for hunting, for colours, this vast amount ofval- iie is produced out of the growth ofour own soil, and of our forest. On an average of all the years from 1803 to 1316, Dr. Sybert found, that the annual aniouiit ofncw ton- nage in America was 109,811 tons, exceeding that ofthe British empire. This gives an annual manufacture of tonnage of five mill- ions of dollars.—This annual bounty paid to the forester and wood man, to the iron found- er and smith, to the carpenter and shipwright, does not bring the vessel to the quay. Sev- enty tliousaud seamen, with their wives and children, are next to be clothed and fed, or in other words, more than 9 millions of dol- lprs are paid annually by commerce in the single article of wages to seamen, at the rate of eleven dollars per month. As no account is here made ofthe superior wages of captains and officers, this estimate is quite without bounds. The subsistence ofthe crews, at the rate of twenty cents the man per day, a- mounts to over five millions of dollars per annum. And thus, in the pay and sustenance of seamen alone, $14,000,000 are annually expended by the commerce of this country, in the wages and subsistence of the labourers it employs. Combining this with the five millions aniitially required to keep the Amer- ican tonnage in repair, we have nineteen millions annually disbursed by the ship man- u_/iictory to the} laboring classes ofthe com- uiunity. We say not a. wortl of the industry required to prepare the outward cargo,'or vend t.lie return cargo, each ofwliicli is put in motion by couinicrce, the former to the en- richiiig of the great agricultural states, and the latter resulting in the growth of the great commercial cities. VVe say nothing of the service rendered to every individual, how»- ever remote or distant he may be, who is en‘- abled by commerce to take advantage of the crowded population, the accumulated capital and the intence competition which prevail in foreign countries, and thus purchase the most useful and necessary articles at the cheapest rate. lVe say nothing of all these, but we rest on the simple preliminary fact, that the commerce of this country, in the onset ofits operations, witliotit reckoning profit on an ounce of produce shipped for exportation, pays to the hard working industry of the country, nineteen millions of dollars an- nually.—N'. flnierican Rtview. Imprisonment for Dcbt.—The able editor of the Nantucket Inquirer says this principle or doctrine is coeval with those disgusting and brutal statutes that blacken the history of our species :——a doctrine which is to be found a- mong laws against heretics, and sorcerers,and‘ wizards, and vampyrcs: but whose practical operation by some miserable fatality has been suffered to outlive the burning of iufidels, the strangulation of witches, and the exhumation anti post-martyrdoin of those evil disposed corpses who will not behave quietly in their graves l Vt/llat is debt? Is it not a thing due to an- other, consisting of either money, goods, or labor? lVlien ti uiaii contracts debt, in this countrgy, he does not give a mortgage of his body/—-liis personal liberty, is declared by our free coiistitutious to be inalienable, and for- feitable only in matters of crime :——aud even if a freeman possessed the power of abandon- ing his life or liberty in satisfaction of a pe- cuniary demand, how could such surrender be presumed to iiiilllfy the debt? Does gold flow through the grates of a prison——rloes pro- perty appeariii a diingeon-—or can services be rentlered within its walls? Those who advocate the extirpation of this rotten remnant ofa barbarous code,would not by any means diminish, but would rather mig- iiient the penalties of fraud. To asset‘: that by endeavoriug to effect the abolition of lin- prisoiinient for debt, they would drive asun- der the obligations of man to his fellow, is a falsehood as despicable as it is atrociotis.—— 'l‘licy would not remove, but would plant more firmly the barrier between viiiainy and iiiisfortone. VVhenevcr our rulers shall con- desceud to legislate on the relation between debtor or creditor, it is to he hoped that while they rescue the body from the clutch of cupid- ity, they will ensure to the fair creditor every legal claim upon a return, in kind, of his dues —upon a repayment in money, goods, or in- bor. That they will nicely discriminate be- tween the honest and the fraudulent debtor—— cliaracters as opposite as iimoceiice and-guilt can render them. That tlieywill expel from the statute book all laws autliorising impris- oniiieiit fbr every thing but crime; nor long- er virtually recognise debt among those sins ofinaukind, for which, incarceration should be deenied an atonement. The Island of Juan Fernandez, or Robin- son Crusoels Island, _is represented by an offi- cer of the Franklin 74-, now in that region, as a second paradise. The fruits of the earth spring up spon_taueously,iand figs, peaches, cherries, apples, pears, quinces, strawberries, radishos, Sac. are to be found in every part of the Island. Fish are very plenty. Biillocks, horses, goats, are also very nuuieroiis. (By last Evem'ng’s Mail.) Fnom ' FiuNcr.—By ' the ‘ship Hamlet, Nantz papers to the 24th June have been re- ceived at New-York, but they contain no im- portant news It was reported that the French ship Penlop_e_, from Calcutta, for Bor- deaux, with a cargo of,600 or 800 cases ofin- digo, had been captured by a Spanisl'i,priva- teer. » The French ship L’A_inelie, from Havre, for Senegal, had been sent into Co-A‘ runa by the Spanish privateer Heroic Mina. ‘Interesting from .S'_}idin.-—’-The Phil. Nat. Gaz. gives the following sketch ofthe news Cadiz. The King ar. at Cadizthe 16th of June, andfiias received with the usual formal-t ‘ties. Tlieerithusiasin manifested on the oc- asion, by the inhabitants, was very great: he Cortes assembled at Cadiz on the 15th ; t, eir previous proceedings at Seville, is this." the ltth of June, Senor Galiaiis,,s'tated:- tli t it was no longer the period to talk, but act, that the country was in danger,- but the constitution might be saved as before, by putting the King and Cortes in a place of se- ciirity. It was then resolved to remove to the island of Cadiz, and a committee ap- pointed to apprize the King of this determi- nation. In,:i short time they returned, &. the as president reported the followingconversation: ' “ Sir, the Cortes having received informa- tioii of the approach of the enemy, entreat; your Majesty to remove with the Cortes to the Island of Cadiz for the security ofyour sacred person and the national representa- tives.” His Majesty replied that neither his conscience nor the love of eleven millions of his subjects allowed him to leave Seville. The president rejoinetl,tliat the politicalconscience of His Majesty was not responsible, because his public conduct was subject to that of his‘ advisers, and that the members of the com- mittee could make convincing observations to him, if what was then remarked did not suf- fice. The king only added—‘I have spoken,’ and retired. This report being heard by the Cortes,tlicy resolved that the case ofthe mor- al incompeteney of the king provided for in the 137th article of the Constitution had oc- curred, and that a provisional Regency should be created for the. purpose of exercising the executive authority only as regarded the re- moval of the King and ‘Cortes. A Regency ofthrce uieinbers, Valdes, Ciscar, and Vigo- det, was accordingly created and took The oaths of office at once, in the midst of the‘ 48 members were present. ‘The history of" _rec’d at that place ‘by the schr. Tom, from ' ' ( most lively acclaniatioiis ofjoy from the floor A and the galleries. . . The Regency proceeded to make arrange- ments for a departure; the Cortes remained in session throughout the day and night ofthe llth June, acting in concurrence; but the ministers made considerable difliculty about accepting their offices anew from the Regen- cy, and did not yield until five in the morn- iug of the 12th. At eleven, one-of the Re- gency waited on the King and announced to him what had been done. He received the message with complacency, and answered that he was ready to set out. At one o’clock ' the regular troops and militia were under arms to proceed and the river was covered with boats laden with effects of every kind. But the King was again seized with scruples, and thisgbeiiig reinored, the greatest agitation and confusion prevailed at '- 3eville until near 7 in the afternoon, when Ferdinand and the Royal family entered their carriages and were driven off, followed by the iiiilitary escort. On the 11th, an Irish general Downie in the service of Spain, and thirteen otliers.were committed to prison, as parties to a conspira- cy for. the destruction of the constitutional government. Within a few hours after the departure of the authorities and troops, the populace, instigated and led bya number of friars, and a few other traitors before con- cealed, rose, aiid during the th"ee subsequent days, connnitted the most horrid excesses.-- They plundered the boats in the river, sacked the houses of many who were gone with the governiiierit, robbed, and stript naked, per- sons of both sexes, dissolved the constitution- al municipality, and bid defiance to the few battalions left to maintain order. “ In the edifice called the hall of Inquisi- tion tliere was a considerable number of box- es of powder, guarded by an officer and some soldiers ofthe Queen’s regiment. The pop- ulace being told that the boxes contained money, rushed to the hall in order to plunder them and murder the guard, but the officer with unexanipled courage, set fire to the pow- der and blew up the Czinaille who had eiiter- ed. Eighty persons, among them some fri- ars, have been taken out of the ruins.” At the first meeting of the Cortes in Cadiz the Regency was dissolved, and the King re- habilitated. Gen. Riego blames the Regen- cy for not liavingtaken proper measures 10 prevent the occurrence of anarchy at Seville, and says that the journey of the Royal Fami- y was so precipitate as to resemble a flight.- The king was not permitted to alight at all, but took his refreshments in his carriage. On the l8tli at Cadiz the Minister of War, DoriStanisl:ius Salvador,was found dead, with his throat cut. The riots at Sevillc,and other circumstances that affected his mind as min-- ister of ivar, are cited as causes of this suicide, but it was verbally reported that at Seville he had betrayed the constitutional cause, and en- deavored to conceal from his colleagues the approach ofthe Freucli to that city. Guerrilla parties were forming in every di- rection ; several of the p.roviiices had sent to England for arms and ammuiiitioii. There was no indication of discord or flexibility in the Cortes. The news from the interior was very eucouraging—-—three-fifths ofthe Penin- sula was stili with the patriots, anti they had five armies.—-350,000 had been levied upon the ecclesiastical council of Seville as a retri- bution for the excesses committed there. Provisions were very scarce and exorbit- antly high at Cadiz. A new tariff has just been issued, and every article ofprovision is allowed to be imported. ' The French expected to succeed at Seville, by a. coup de inaiu. A body of cavalry marching with the utmost celerity and score- cy, was to siirprize the city, sieze the person of the king, and attack and disperse the Cortes and national militia. Their plamanti approach were discovered and revealed by two Spaiiiards. The Minister. of .War, who afterwards cut his throat at Seville,would give no intimation of the immediate peril. ~- Advices from Portugal .-state that the king has abrogated the treaty between Portugal 81. Spain stipulating that assistance be rendered hyone govcrniiieiit totlie other when required.
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