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GENERAL 
Galicia under the presidency of 
Porlier, styled Gen.-Commandaat 
of the interior of the kingdom. 
A column of grenadiers and 
provincial light infantry of Gali- 
cia was at this time quartered at 
Santiago, upon whose co-opera- 
tion Porlier relied ; and being in- 
formed that they were hesitating 
how to decide, and that his pre- 
sence would probably confirm 
them in his cause, he marched 
from Corunna on the night of the 
2st at the head of 800 men col- 
lected in haste, with four pieces 
ofcannon. The chapter of Santi- 
ago, which possesses great wealth, 
resolved to employ it in frustrat- 
ing the revolutionary enterprize ; 
and placing a large sum at the 
disposal of the governor of the 
place, it was employed to gain 
-over the troops ; and the result 
was, that a regiment on its march 
to join Porlier was ordered to 
halt. This leader arrived on the 
night of the 22nd at a village three 
leagues from Santiago, where he 
halted his fatigued men, and with 
his officers took a slight repast. 
In the meantime some emissaries 
from Santiago introduced them- 
selves among his men in the dis- 
guise of peasants, and made pro- 
mises of advancement to the ser- 
jeants if they would assist in ap- 
prehending the General and his 
Officers. These promises, with a 
plentiful distribution of money, 
were successful ; and a plan was 
laid, by which Porlier and his of- 
ficers were secured without re- 
sistance: such was the termina- 
tion of this ill-fated and apparent- 
ly rash enterprize at its very com- 
mencement. 
The unfortunate leader was 
brought to Corunna on the 26th, 
WEST ORY: Pez 
and thrown into the prison of the 
Inquisition; and having been 
hastily tried by a court-martial, on 
October 3rd, he suffered death by 
the cord as a traitor. He direct- 
ed that a handkerchief steeped in 
his last tears should be given to 
his wife, with a consolatory letter, 
in which he exhorted her not to 
afflict herself with the kind of 
death to which he was sentenced, 
since it was dishonourable only 
to the wicked, but,glorious to the 
virtuous. From all that has been 
published it would appear that 
the people took no part in this 
movement, at least not in its fa- 
vour. The citizens of Corunna 
were thanked for their conduct on 
the occasion, in the congratula- 
tory proclamations that were is- 
sued after the suppression of the 
insurrection. In one of these, 
from the members of the Junta of 
Corunna, who were placed under 
confinement during the insur- 
rection, their deliverance is as- 
cribed to the protection of the 
most holy Virgin of the Rosary, 
whose festival was then cele- 
brating. 
Towards the close of August, 
the Spanish army stationed in the 
environs of Bellegarde concen- 
trated and made a movement to- 
wards the French frontier. The 
French General Ricard immedi- 
ately advanced a division of troops 
in the direction of Perpignan, and 
all the other troops in the depart- 
ments on the Pyrenees were put 
in preparation. On the 27th the 
Spaniards, to the number of from 
12 to 15,000 infantry, and 1,000 
or 1,200 cavalry crossed the Bi- 
dassoa, the Commander-in-chief, 
Count Avisbal, publishing a pro- 
clamation announcing that his en- 
