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greater jpart of the monarchy. The evi- 

 dence or facts confirms these assertions : 

 Brazil, that interesting part of the mo- 

 narchy, is torn to pieces ; in the kingdom 

 civil war has caused Poitiiguese blood to 

 be shed by the hands of their country- 

 men; the danger of foreign war is immi- 

 nent, and the state is threatened with total 

 ruin, unless the most prompt and efiicar 

 cious means are adopted. In this afflicting 

 crisis, I act as the King and father of my 

 subjects, to save them from anarchy and 

 invasion, by uniting the parties which are 

 hostile. 



To attain this desirable end il is necea- 

 cessary to modify the constitution ; if it had 

 made the happiness of the nation I would 

 contintie to he the first guarantee ; but 

 when the majority of a realm declares 

 itself so openly and hostilely against its 

 institutions, those institutions need reform. 

 Citizens ! I do not desire, nor ever did 

 desire, absolute power, and I this day 

 reject it : the sentiments of my heart are 

 repugnant to despotism and oppression. 

 I have only the peace, the honour, and 

 the prospeiity of the nation at heart. 



Inhabitants of Lisbon I Do not fear for 

 your liberties ; they shall be guaranteed in 

 a manner which, securing the dignity of 

 tlje Clown, shall respect and maintain the 

 rights of the citizens. 



JNIeantime obey the anthorities ; avoid 

 private revenge ; stifle the spirit of party ; 

 avoid civil war ; and in a short time you 

 shall see the basis of a new code, which, 

 securing personal safety, property and 

 employment, duly acquired in any period 

 of the government, shall give all the gua- 

 rantees that society requires ; unite all 

 wishes, and secure the prosperity of the 

 tvhole nation. JOHN VI. King. 



Villa Franca de Xero, May 31, 1823. 



The result will be, llie making of a 

 Constitution, granted, we suppose, 

 in tlie shape, of a Royal Charter, to 

 keep in countenance the similar mock- 

 cry in France ; and the people will 

 enjoy as much liberty as it is conve- 

 nient or pleasing to the Court to 

 allow and tolerate. 



Spain, in the mean time, is over- 

 run by the Bourbon-Vandals, and 

 sufiFers the misery of conquest, without 

 even the disgrace of defeat. The 

 union of Spanish traitors with their 

 invaders, or of wretches who cry 

 out for an " absolute King," like the 

 Jews of old; while an insidious foe 

 seems to have paralysed tlie move- 

 ments of the constitutional generals ; 

 and, though we hear nothing of 

 Morillo, (of whom we hope the least), 

 yel Ballasteros and Mina seem to be 

 hors de combat. In the meantime, 

 the Cortes have pursued the only 



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course In their power; they retreated 

 on the 12th, from Seville, to Cadiz, 

 and took their precious king and his 

 family in their escort. Whether the 

 Spaniards can, or w ill rally, remains 

 to be seen, but we cannot hope any 

 thing from the past. 



French Bulhiin. 



By drawing to him the garrison of 

 Valencia, of Molina, and considerable 

 detachments, Ballasteros endeavoured to 

 fix himself firmly in the kingdom of 

 Valencia. From 1,500 to 2,000 men were 

 at Alcora : an equal number occupied 

 Teruel. Gcu. Moiitor, after having re- 

 passed the Ebro, advanced with the 

 second corps towards this last point. 

 The brigade of Ordonneau marched fo 

 rapidly that it arrived on the 6th. At 

 his approach the enemy spiked his can- 

 non, and retreated with precipitation. 



General Moiitor arriving at Teruel on 

 the 8th, learned that Ballasteros had 

 collected all his army at Mui viedro, and 

 that he vigorously pushed the siege of 

 Saguntum, the aarrison of which, the 

 Royalists, being in want of provisions, 

 was on the point of surrendering. l"al- 

 lasteros being informed of the rapidity 

 of this march, suddenly raised the ?iege 

 of Saguntum, where he had already lost 

 near a llioiisand men, and retreated to- 

 wards Valencia, abandoning his ammu- 

 nition am] artillery. The next day (the 

 12th) General Moiitor proceeded to Mur- 

 viedro; lie went to visit the fort of 

 Saguntum, and to congratulate the go- 

 vernor and the garrison on their vigorous 

 defence. On the l3tli, at nine in the 

 morning. Count Moiitor, at the head of 

 the division of Loverdo, entered Valencia ; 

 the magistrates came to offer him the 

 kejs of the city, and the whole population, 

 without distinction of classes, received 

 the French with transports of delight and 

 gratitude. After our entry into Valencia, 

 and the occupation of the city, where it 

 great quantity of artillery and amuiuni- 

 tioii was found. General Bonnemain was 

 sent in pursuit of the enemy ; a detachment 

 sent to the sea-coast, look 16 cannon and 

 a quantity of ainmnnition, which the 

 enemy had not time to embark. The 

 retreat of Ballasteros was so precipitate, 

 that he could not call in the 1,500 or 

 2,000 men that he had detached towards 

 Alcora; this column is cutoff, and will 

 be pursued till it is destrojed. 'I'he results 

 of the march of the 2d. corps are the 

 relief of Saguntum, the occupation of the 

 kingdom of Valencia, and the forced re- 

 treat of the most numerous corps of the 

 enemy. General ftlolitor will follow all 

 iis motions till its entire dispersion. 



Count Bourdesolt was, on the 13th, at 

 Cordova, where a royalist movement liad 

 manifested itself, as well as at Jaen, 



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