Angnstin Arguelles, a Spanish statesman, born at Ribade Sella, in Asturias, in 1775, died in Madrid, March 23, 1844. He was one of the committee of the cortes of Cadiz which drew up the constitution of 1812, limiting the royal power. On the reestablishment of absolutism under Ferdinand VII. he was exiled to Ceuta, and thence transferred to a prison in the Balearic islands. The revolution of 1820 restored him to political life. On the restoration of Ferdinand he lied to England, where he remained until he was recalled in 1833 by the regent Christina. In the cortes he opposed the government party until the accession of Men-dizabal to power, when he joined him with the expectation of restoring the constitution of 1812. In 1836 he was appointed a member of the council of regency, and in 183T a member of the senate. He was tutor to Queen Isabella and her sister.