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peared in the Official Gazette here, on 
the 21st March: his first letter will be a 
sufficient specimen of the whole. ~ 
«“Most Excellent Sir! 
_“ The garrison of Cadiz, ever faithful 
to the King, our Master, has, to my great 
satisfaction, just given me the most pub- 
lic and affectionate proof of the submis- 
sion, fidelity, and love it entertains for 
his august and royal person; drowning, 
with its general cry of Long live the 
King! the effervescence of the people, 
who, collecting and mutinying yesterday 
in the square of San Antonio, cried, 
Long live the Constitution! In this state 
of things, I succeeded, by traversing the 
streets and squares, in restraining those 
leyal troops, who, enraged with the riot- 
ers, fired in all directions, and on every 
group they saw, repeating nothing but 
the joyful cry of Live the King! At 
the present hour, half-past three, tran- 
quillity is, in some degree, restored; 
but I will still continue to make every 
exertion to re-establish order and disci- 
pline. 
« With this courier, I send instructions 
to Seville, in order that it may follow the 
noble and just example set here; having 
already dispatched officers in various 
directions to give it publicity. Two of 
my aides-du-camp have gone to the 
army for the same purpose. 
“ Although I have not received an- 
swers to the letters and orders which I 
dispatched, I do not like to lose any time 
in depriving his Majesty of such pleasing 
and satisfactory intelligence; but when 
tranquillity is effectually restored, I will 
transmit all the details to your Excel- 
lency. 
“Your Excellency will be pleased to 
make these circumstances known to his 
Majesty, assuring him of the fidelity of 
the troops, and that we only aspire to 
defend his rights, and secure tranquillity 
and order, God preserve your Excel- 
Jency many yeais, 
(Signed) Manure FREYRE.” 
* Head-Quarters, Madrid, 
March 10, 1820.” 
It is needless to say that neither confi- 
dence nor tranquillity were established at 
Cadiz till the removal of those who had 
destroyed both one and the other. This 
event took place on the 17th, when 
Freyre was replaced by General O’Do- 
noju, while Don Cayetano Valdes, and 
Francisco de Jauregui succeeded Cam- 
pana and Rodriguez, the King’s Lieute- 
nant, 
The first care of the new Captain- 
Blaquiere’s Spain and Spanish Revolution. 
The correspondence of Freyre ap-. 
General was, to make all the compensa,y 
, tion in his power to the outraged. patriots 
and inhabitants, by causing the Constitu~ 
tion to be proclaimed in a way more 
becoming the importance of the subject, 
To prevent the possibility. of interrup- 
tion, it was arranged that no person 
should appear armed within the walls of 
Cadiz during the ceremony. This, was 
performed on the 20th, at noon, in the 
presence of the national army, which, 
led by Quiroga, Riego and the staff, 
made its triumphal entry that morning, 
After the civil and military authorities 
were sworn, they proceeded to the cathe- 
dral, followed by the whole population ; 
here, Te Deum was sung, anda solemn 
thanksgiving offered up to Almighty God, 
for the consummation of their wishes. 
Pursuant to orders received on his ap- 
pointment, that a rigorous inquiry should 
be forthwith instituted, relative to the 
late outrage, Freyre and his coadjutors 
were arrested and sent to the prisons of 
La Caraga, from which Calderon and his 
staff were liberated on the 20th: the cul- 
prits are still confined, and till overtaken 
by the too tardy sentence of the law, 
suffer under the awful anathema of pub- 
lic opinion. 
GENERAL RISING. 
The rising in Galicia and Navarre was 
almost simultaneous: Mina, who had 
eluded the vigilance of spies and inform- 
ers, employed to watch his movements in 
France, left Paris early in February, and 
entering the valley of Bastan, on the 
25th, found a numerous band of patriots 
ready to receive him, His proclamation, 
dated on. the 2d March, _hesides . de- 
claring in favour of the Constitution and 
Cortes, contained an energetic appeal to 
his former companions in arms, who 
were now called upon to join the stand- 
ard of freedom, and imitate the heroic 
resolution of the national army. 
At Corunna, the garrison and inhabi- 
tants, headed by Don Carlos Espinosa, a 
colonel of artillery, rose on the 21st of 
February, placed the, Captain-general 
and some other authorities under arrest; 
after which. the code was proclaimed, 
and those who had been shut, up for poli- 
tical offences liberated. ‘The conduct of 
Espinosa on this and all other occasions 
had raised him to an envied height 
amongst the Spanish Patriots. 
_ A Junta of the principal inhabitants, 
with Don Pedro Agar, the former Regent, , 
as president, being installed, the General- 
in-chief departed, at the head of a flying 
column, to proclaim the Constitution 
throughout the proyince. This was ef- 
fected 
