The Enquirer

WEST-INDIES.

[Translated for the National Intelligencer from the Havannah Aurora.]

Havanna, Nov. 11, 1808.

By the Pilot boat New Undertaker, capt. Don Pablo Ferrer, which arrived at the Matanzas on the 8th inst. after a passage of 35 days from San Lucar de Barrameda, was received the agreeable intelligence of the installation of the Supreme Governing Central Council of the kingdoms of Spain, which took place on the 25th of September, 1808, at the Royal Sitio of Aranjuez, as will be seen from the following statement:

"In consequence of the agreement of yesterday the 24th inst. in a preparatory conference by which it was resolved that to day at half after nine o'clock in the morning the Supreme and Governing Council of the kingdoms should be installed, for which purpose all the Deputies present at the royal Sitio (who are more than two-thirds of those who are to compose the council of the government) were cited to attend—the ceremony was performed in the following manner.

"The deputies met in the vestry of the chapel of the palace of the Royal Sitio, and being formed, moved out and placed themselves on benches which had been arranged for the purpose. they heard mass, which was said by the arch-bishop of Laodicea, co-administrator of the archbishopric of Seville and deputy from that kingdom: and the said prelate having first taken the following oath himself, administered it to all the deputies in rotation: Thou swearest to God and on his holy Evangelists, and to Jesus Christ, who was crucified, whose sacred image thou hast present, that in your station and employment as a member of the Supreme and Governing Council of the kingdom; you will defend and promote the increase of our holy Catholic apostolic Roman Religion, the defence of and fidelity to our august sovereign Ferdinand VII. that of his rights and sovereignty, the preservation of our rights, privileges, laws and customs, and especially those of the succession in the reigning family, and the other things pointed out in the said laws, and finally all which may conduce to the prosperity and happiness of these kingdoms and improve their customs; remaining silent as to what is to be secret, & keeping off from it all injury and following up its enemies at the expence of your life, health and property? 'Yes, I swear' If thou doest it God help thee; and if not, I ask his maledictions on thee as on him who takes his holy name in vain.'

"During this time a solemn Te Deum was sung by the bare-footed friars of San Pasquale of this Sitio; and this act being finished, the deputies passed along before the gallant battalion of light troops of Valencia, which was formed in two lines from the door of the chapel to the stair-case of the Royal Palace, and went to one of the principal apartments destined at present for them to set in.

"In the multitude of people of all classes and conditions which filled the avenue, there was discovered the greatest interest and enthusiasm in favor of their king and lord. Ferdinand the 7th, whose name resounded from all parts, as also that of the Supreme Council, which had just sworn before God and man, and at the cost of their lives, the restoration to the throne of a king so much wished for, and the preservation of our holy religion, that of our laws, usages, and customs. The opening of the doors of the Royal palace so long shut up—the melancholy solitude of the august habitation of our kings, and a recollection of the time and of the cause for which they were shut, drew tears from all present, even the most firm. These circumstances made the ceremony the more touching and interesting, and at the same time more useful in exciting vengeance against the authors of so many evils, and a just confidence in subjects who, after having suffered so many dangers in so just a cause, yet present themselves to meet as many more as may be necessary to carry that cause to a happy issue. Such is without doubt what we ought to expect from a union and fraternity so intimate as that which all the kingdoms re-united promise.

"The enthusiasm and interest encreased on the deputies going out into the grand gallery of the principal front of the palace, from which their President ad interim, his excellency the Count of Florida Blanca, proclaimed anew our much wished for king. Ferdinand: the people followed, and often times repeated their warm acclamations, and the tenderness which they felt for a body who had to fulfil such great hopes so much the better founded as they had performed the most solemn act which the nation had yet witnessed, with the most majestic simplicity.

"The Deputies being seated in their respective places, the President having pronounced a short and appropriate discourse, the council was declared legally formed, without prejudice to those who were absent, who according to the agreement of yesterday, were to compose the council of the government during the absence of our king and lord, Ferdinand the 7th: and it was directed that a certificate of this act should be made out and be sent to the President of the council and of the tribunal and the other correspondent arrangements made, until the ulterior orders that might be necessary should be communicated to them.

"Done at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez, the 25th September, 1808.

"MARTIN DE GARY.

"Sec. General ad interim."

NOTE.—The Deputies of Aragon, Asturias, Old Castile, Catalonia, Cordova, Estremadura, Grenada, Jaen, Majorca, and the Balearian Isles, Murcia, Seville, Toledo, and Valencia were present.

From the N. York Gazette, Dec. 1.

By an arrival from Havanna, we have received from our correspondent papers to the 18th November: the most interesting news is that of the establishment in Spain of their new general government represented by two deputies from each of the thirteen provinces. The president of which pro tem. is the celebrated Ex-Minister Count of Florida Blanca, who enjoys and always had the confidence of the people. The Central Junta assembled at one of the royal seats, Aranjuez, distant a few miles from Madrid, and in the chapel of the palace each deputy at their installation took the following oath, on the 25th September last, which was administered by the Archbishop of Laodicea.

"You swear on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, and to our Crucified Savior, whose sacred image you have before you, that in the exercise of your functions as Deputy of the Supreme Central and Governing Junta of the Kingdom, you will promote and defend our Holy Religion, promote and be faithful to the Rights and Sovereignties of our August King, Ferdinand VII. the preservation of our rights, privileges, laws and customs, and especially the succession of the present royal family. & those prescribed by the same laws, and finally every thing which may contribute to the welfare, prosperity and happiness of these kingdoms, and amelioration of its customs, keeping secret what may be necessary to keep so, and preserving them from all evil, persecuting its enemies at the risque of your person, your life and property. Yes I do swear. If you act thus may God assist you, and if not, may he call you to an account for having sworn to his Holy name in vain.

Amen.'