The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1819-09-28

| FROM our Correspondent IN Clbrdita
We have received the following interesting
communication.
GIBRALTAR, JULY 70.
" You will have heard SO much about the
Punishment ofthe Marquis Yrujo from Ma
drld, before this Can get 10 hand, that il i
useless to trouble you with the story now
"A matter OF more importance is before me
the grand expedition at Cadiz is gone to the
dewitt Just at the moment that 10000
troops were in the highest state of equip
ment for foreign service, Is 900 laid down
their arms and scampered off in all direc-
tons
Several fugitive Officers have arrived
here, who state that O'DonneIl, their Gov
ernor and Chief, from the first, had project
ed plan, that when the expedition was
complete, instead of embarking the troops
for South America, he would march them
to Madrid, and demand the Constitution
and Cortes F; that in the progress Of this
plot he had enlisted the General and sub
altern officers, and three fourths of the ar
my, and found out that the rest were loyal
and devoted TO the king. That he called
grand review of the whole preparatory
TO dlvulging publicly the scheme that they
thought was about 10 be consummated) at
st. Mary 8, over the bay Csdiz. 1 hat he
secretly gave ordars that the disafected
regiments should be provided with blank
cartridges, and the loyal (5000) with ball,
the latter OF which he took command of in
person, formed them into square, and IN
der pretence of having some orders 10 com
muniCate, called all the officers of the other
regiments 70 the centre, when he informed
| them they 7oere prisoners; then riding up &c
| their division ordered ii 10 ground arms
seeing they were betrayed, and panic struck
at the capture of all their officers, the troops
| S 600 In number, laid down their arms anl
fed IN the greatest CONSERVATION In every
direction, nor was any effort made 10 STOP
them. The Officers were put into conine
ment, consisting of eighteen generals ant
eight hundred subilterns. O'Donnel him
self has gone 10 Madrid 10 know what is L
be done with them, and what measures art
necessary 10 be taken in such an extre nifty
"Such is the history of the business, a
we get il from the Officers who have fle,
TO this place, and from Jewellers coming
over. No one dare trust an account of
upon paper, through the Post Office. Ihi
| is, however, sufficient TO show that the ex
petition is destroyed, which these Officer
say TO power of the King can restore /
is not to be supposed that so great rebel
| lion is over at once--rnoTe may be locke
| for.
"The Treaty is in siaiu quo, and tn
whole OF our squadron IN this hsrbot-psr
of it however, moves in few days up tL
Mediterranean"
"r S Many Of the merchants of Ca
diz il appears, wcre concerned IN The con
spiracy--lhree of them fed and have Jus
now arrived here, one Of whom had subscri
bed one hundred thousand dollars 10 rais
the ways and ans,
! Capt Sabina Sears. who has been ionf
a captive of,he Spaniards, and confined or
the island OF Mcliilo, on the Coast oil Bar
has made his escape, and cot amongst The
Moors4 /; is expected he is now al an
sicrs."
2Qth New troubles have broken cut
in Valencia Elio, the Governor, Is said to
have been assassinated."
AGRICULTURAL Society of Wdinc.