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manifested by the people of Madrid left Mtn no liana. The principal ialtabitants of Hydra, Spezzia, and of the I
chatiee of success.,- '7 Peloponnesus, are also going to establish themselves there, and
, . The Brigildier' Place ncia is appointed Go- supportibe Government with their fortune and influence. The
'veruor of the Province of Guadalaxara. capture of this place L.disconcerts the enemies' projects, cn.
Endeavours were yesterday made on the Ex. couragee thesonquerors, and establishes their reputation abeoad.
change to distort this iotellieence. It was said The capture of Tripolitza settled thefate of the Peleponiiesus,
that a courier, who left Madrid on the 97th, had . that of Napoli de Romani decides the fate of the wholeof classic
brought the news of the triumph of the factious, Greece, whichhas at present, in that town, a secure capital,
and th© dissolution of time Cortes, but this report whence the Governments/ill henceforth direct all the operations
obtained no credit. No intelligence posterior to both by land and sea. Napoli di Romani may, in one word, be
the 26th has been received by the merchants. considered an the C'atliz of Greece.
The pacific news circulated yesterday appeared Lord Strangford leaves2enteio-day for Constantinople., lie
to be received with increased confidence. It was remained but a .shorstime'in this island. In his private con.
' reported to have been learned from a certain‘source vereation he has spoken much in favour:of the Greeks. The
that the King of England's Speech would ex- Englisk GovernMent has recognised the Greek blockade, and
press, not only the intention of preserving nett-
has allowed the lonians to hold all sorts of communication
trality, but even the hope of maintaining peace
with Greece. - !dr.. Green, the English Consul, well known
in. Earope.. This report being joined to the "n- from his contests" With the Greeks at Petra*, had lately loaded
;lectures formed on the.kind of triumph obtained
by the moderate party of the right Side—On the , .. • •
a vessel for tile Gulph of Lepanto. The Government ,of
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support which the party of the Ministry Sip-
the lonian Islands having refused him a passport, he
posed to war Appeared to receive in the Charn-
requested one for Candia. His vessel, howeier, far from di-
recting
.its course towards this island, went to Napoli di
ties, with respect to the future Address in reply
ber,ort theintention'manifested by some depu-
Romani, "ere it was taken and confiscated. The two brothers
•
of the Consul, who were on board, were condemned by the
to the speech of the .Crown; it required nothing
chore to give the public fiends a considerable rise. Admiralty Court at Hydra to imprisonment, till further or.
tiers, for having violated the blockadh. Six Austrian vessels
This eXtraordinary rise, which appears to have
coming from Alexandria, and bdund to Petra*, but sent away
been prolonged. after eicltange hours, is nisi) at.
from that Gulf by the Greek squadron, requested the Aus-
tributed to the efforts of a company of speculators,
who had to make great purchases for the settling trian vessels of war to 'assist tlmemn, which the Captains re-
relay. Others say 'that the . said company had fused, declaring that they had express orders to conform to the
determined, at all risks, to 'gamble for a rise, in conduct of the English ships of war by which the blockade was
I the hope of realizing great profits itf a few daysi; acknowledged.
and it is thought, that with a view of obtaining This acknowledgment of the blockade, and the capture of
one or the other of these .Objects, this company Napoli di Romani, are two most important successes for the
had circulated the reports which we have
.reen. Greeks, and which will undoubtedly be followed by results very
tioned, taking advantage, skilfully, of the.4)ter- advantageous for their cause.
Val of Sunday to propagate them. All the Turkish vessels which were in the Gulph of Lepanto
It is reported that the amendment which was have been taken or chased away by the Greeks, who have lately
yesterday proposed by M. de 'Risrente, in the built gun-boats, which they employ in the GAO. A squadron
Chamber. of Peers, and opposed by M. tie Vilele,
of twelve vessels froM Hyde is cruising in the lonian Seas, be-
expressed .wishes for. the maintenance of peace. '
tween Pintas and Prevesa. Those ships, which were off Na.
It is added, that the debate was closed before all .... Romani.
I'o di , are gone towards the Dardanelles. The Ipsa-
the Peers who wished to support the amendment .
riots have captured in the seas of Asia Minor !several Terkish
had spoken ; and among these were the Prince
tie Talley rand and the Duke de Broglie:antl .de vessels of war, and several merchant ships. It is
.gratifying to
la Rochefaucault, and several other Peers. humanity to see a people, bowed down for four 'centuries under
the mint frightful yoke, display unexpectedly so- much activity
(FROM THE JoultNat: DES •DERATs.)
' and. o much forte with such trifling means.
RP-PAIN.
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A vessel, arrived at Havre., has brought Intel-.
ligence that. on the 16th of December last, a RP
violent fire broke out in the town of.Port-au. . MADRID, .TAN. 24. .
Prince. A considerable part of the town, the . (By an Extraordinary Courier.)
custom-house, a great number of buildings, im- , ,conTrs.—SITTING OF JAN. 23.
mense magazines, and the whole quarter of
The Minister of State made a Report on the refusal of the
the merchants, became the prey of the flames._ Court-of" Rome to receive M. Villanueva as Ambassador. D.
The loss caused by this disaster is valued at Joaquim Lorenzo Villanueva, us well known by his talents as
five millions of piaiteri. Three-fourths of this his virtues, was detained at Turin by a recommendation of the
loss, it is .said, falls on English houses. The Holy Father, who refused to grant him permission to proceed
loss was the more considerable in consequence of further till the Spanish Government had made another choice.
.the neg roes, having taken advantage of the dis. The Spanish Government replied, that 'hie Holiness having no
order inseparable from such a catastrophe, to reasonable motive for refusing to receive so respectable an Be-
plunder a part of the property Which was saved clesiastic as AI. Villanueva, it hoped that his Holiness would
from the tire. The only foreign bodies which not persist in his refusal. This Note was tent by an Bxtraor.
the conflagration spared were those of Messrs. dinary Envoy to Cardinal Gonsalvi, who gave as a reaeorefor
Torbecke, Magnus and Oldenburg • Heland and refusing to receive M. Villanueva, that the opinions displayed
Weber S, G. Windsor; Phelps, derekend and. by that Gentleman in his writings, and particularly ,in that of
Co.; and W. Wusfeld. which the title wa4 Letters of A Roque Leal, as well as those
In consequence of - this event, the ,President which be had published as a Member of the Cortes, were con-
has issued the following decree :—.- miry to and subversive of time Holy See.
" Jean Pierre foyer, 'President of Hari. Taking into Consi- The Government, seeing that the national dignity anti the in.
deration the event which occurred in this city on the night of violability of the Deputies in their opinions were in this mariner
the 17th of' the present month, and wishing to facilltate to the compromised, thought it their duty to send away the Nuncio nf
proprietors who have suffered by the fire the means of rebuild- his Holiness, and in consequence helms been ordered to gait
ing their houses as speedily and with as little expence as pos. the kingdom .toleturn to Rome.
Bible, I order as follows : The Minister .then read the various documents mentioned,
" All the wood for building, planks, dealserafters, cutatones, and stated that the refusal to receive M. Villanueva was not
and bricks, fiat tiles for roofs, hollow tiles or gutters, nails for the only cause of complainst against the Papal Court; that the
planks, laths, bemire,' Sec., which may be imported into Port. Nuncio himself, sinceshe regeneration of Spain, has declared
au-Prince, shall be exempt from all import and wharfage. open war against all the reforms judged necessary in the politi.
duties duringthe course of the year 1823." ' . cal state of the Clergy, and that he has spared no pains to op.
Fitazotp ORT, JAN. 30.—Letters worthy of credit informs us pose the measures Which seemed to him contrary to the Holy
approved the determination which the Govern-
that according to the orders of the Russian General, Wittgen- Se,l;he co
stein, new magazines for the Russian army of the South were ment had thought proper to adopt for the maintenance of the
national honour and independence which are confided to its
forming.—These magazines are in the Governments of Cherson
care:
and of Kiow, as well as in Bessarabia. L' Universal of the 24th contains an address of the chapter
.
olCdaensogosof: St.‘,
il,slitileora.of Madrid to th • Cartes, which • con.
Chapter of St. Isidore, Spaish in every
ZANTE, SAN. 70--Napoli di Romani, after
,an
obstinate contest, which was much prolonged by the pride and meaning of this terns, would believe itself dishonoured if,
ttiedzotthteeiproestetn.sttitociorcouymstances, it. should neglect to oiler to
perfidy of the lilusselmen, was at length obliged entirely to sub.
of its gratitude, and of the satisfac.
mit in the month of December. This place, the strongest ef Lion it feels at seeing the noble conduct of the Deputies in the
Sittings of the 9th and 11th instant. It admires the courageous
Turkey in Europe, is defended by three fortresses. The first,
firmness of the Cortes, it sham the wishes of the national
situated at the angle of the Cape, tbrmed a key to the port, Representatives, it will all ,in its power to second them, it
thing that its Ministry and the necessity, of the
the entrance of which it protects; the second, which bears will at least maintain) the holy cause by its words anti ex-
the name of Varosse, is at the bottom of the harbour, which it ample,, by every
. times can require.
" LUIS GREGORY°, Bishop of Lozerna,
commands, and covers by its ramparts the town properly so (Signed)
called ; finally, the citadel of Palamedeo, built on an emi- ~
Madrid, “Arjiadnby2r,,lver Canons and the Canon Secretary.
nence, command's the 'whole extent of Napoli: di Romani. The The same Journal also contains what follows :—", A d.
Greeks occupied the first of these fortresses in, the month of ing to a communication made to the Government, it is known
June. Oa the 12th of December, they took Palarnedes by aftert.rarinittin(ight alt la%
tall' houratCrin '4 eP ealstaradiwstirtileitthaerrY at assault; by entreme good luck, one part of the Turkish officers, which left Madrid yesterday, and that he proposed to devote
at the moment of assault, were attending a Council of War,
this day to dividing his troops, and other operations for dispers.
' in the rebels.
held at Vamsse, by the Pacha and Beys. The Turks,. who ft' Those who desire to know what credit some people deserve,
have only to recollect that they announced yesterday Roja de
were able to save themselves front Palamedes, retired into this
eros was at the Escurial.
latter fortress, of which they were then the masters. Vald
6 'File voluntary national militia of , Madrid have opened a
From thence they then entered into negotiation with the subscription to clothe and provide shoes for the erlioners of the
factlious, who the 22d,
were brought in here on the evening of -
Greeks, and declared, that after the violation of their capitula-
quest
who are in
nswertotisloe most
many calumnies.
situation.
~Mat an elo.
lion, ' they did not dare to trust to any body but the Civilian
Chiefs whom the Central Government sent to treat with them. (PItIVATE CORR E$P9 N ottNoE.)
a ...11pitrip,..fax. 2L—The Universal, Of this day contains the
.....The three envoys, however, whone.the Government senS,for
rou wing arttele.:— .. -.
this purpose, could obtain nothing whatever from, the Turks, ‘PAs for our troops in the Province of Guadalaxara, we know
always arrogant in the conditions they proposed. , that yesterday, at half-past three in the morning, they returned
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from Tortja to Ouadalaxara, whence, augmented by the ein-
he Commandant, Stokes, then collected the ' troops, and , forcement led on by the Captain Genera' 1, they were to set out to-
after communicating to them the .imperioos answers of the be- day to meet the factious, wbolmad made a movement to turn our
yhepawceeast,hanettivtg
evrearfolmial said;
maati thick foogderearve:i prevented
the
sieged, " You sea," said he, " that the Turks, in demanding positron..
seertlgtsvenTt
some civilians to treat with, only desired to gain time. Decide, powder unserviceable. This was the true cage 'of part
retreat,otme
therefore, whether it is by such humiliating sonditions for con-
and not the combats as imagined of the Serviles. The Gene.
orb
cal Empecinado commands one division, and Brigadier Pla
querors,y our own courage, that we are to be indebted for cencia another. Possibly they have before this time encoun:
possession of the town."' The soldiers demanded, with an tared the enemy,
unanimous voice, to be led on to the assault. " The Government has received the following dispatch, ad.
dressed to the Minister of War :
The assault was bloody and obstinate on both sides. Re. " Sat-. It is now half-past eleven o'clock morning, and I
pulsed frorn their ramparts, the Turks defended their batteries
,limstrejusitit,mdrrived at this point, which, as well as that of Aides.
byutivieili yesteberrayoccuejnitgb.y t/Ileyag atirruest,rbeauttelvro eßri evacuatediuea
with a still greater obstinacy ; and of 600 combatants, only 40 ,
were left alive. The aged, the women, and children were. towards which pint I anm enema to move with the columng tn,'.
treated with great moderation by the conquerors. The famous lege.lhint tyroomrdgit d Anothera fselximreicmliowgh iictsh
shtaespslntoarweas oAaidreay
Ali Bey, a native of this town, and who had conducted the last metre and Tod* but' I have given the necessary orders that
invasion of the Peninsula, was among the 40 prisoners. After it may continue Its march to Brighuega.
splatters at lonia, Jan. 24, 1023."
~ DEMETRIO &DALY.
the capture of this Bey, the Porte has no longer a single Turk " Head- " "
of the Mores capable of directing by his councils the enter- TOULOUSE, JAN. 29.—The friends of the Royal Cause in
prizes which it may hereafter undertake against the Palo- Spain will read with pain the two fdllowing Papers, which, have-
ponnesus, . been printed at Toulouse :—" An uelmappy difference has
broken out between the Regency of.Urgel and the Generals or
The Greeks found more than 400 pieces of cannon in Napoli the Army of the Faith. 'the blot:yea are clearly announced
iint dismesgotwodWrltings, of st:/hhitehittbweitutteenptioesistfbt ktono wn to us. •
di Romani, a great quantity of arms, and several magazines of
ammunition. The place is also a good harbour for the Greek thins. 7he
dubitable proof that they will soonert or. later be re-united.--
to the enemies of the Most Holy.
par rt ye vaern i f nobleness of the intentions surpecpolynciinie..
shipping, secure from every attack. The Greek Goverment
willeYgiZe More muchthat
add tvataantangieisunders misunderstanding, above all things,
has rornoved. its seat to this town, which is both convenient and
secure:; for it
.yet 'retains all the solid buildings of the VCne. of Causes."