Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-08-17
SPANISH AFFAIRS.

SPANISH AFFAIRS.
Nothing new from Spain. The pub
lie hopes continued fixed on the meeting
Of the Cortes. All the elections to it
had been made. or 10 members re,
turned, l56'are pronounced {" be dnci
ded Constistutionalists. Scarcely sin
Gle Grandee of Spain had been elected,
and large majority Of the members
are AgricuIturalists, Clergy, Lawyers
and Soldiers-embrarjng nearly all the
patriotic members of the old Cortes.
Masonic Lodges arc re opened
throughout Spain. Bost. Cent?
TRANSACTIONS from French papers. for the
Boston Daily Adrer'issr.
CoNsTANTIN0PLE, May 10.
Beside the proud and insolent Ali
Pacha of Janina, who takes upon him
self the title of King of Epirus, the
sublime Porte has to contend against
some other pachas, who are not less
ambitious. OF this number especially
! is the pacI,a of Bagdad. Ii four other
unruly pachas of Bulgaria join them
selves to him, the Grand Seigaor will
need to have armies is Asia and Europe
to subdue these different rebels. We
are impatient tn knew which of them
the Porte will attack frat. 1t is proba-
bic, it will be the Pacha of Janina, who
is the most resolute of all. He has re
ceived intelligence that the Porte is
arming against him. In consequence OF
of this he exercises his troops every day
and is making such preparations for
defence as the troops Of the Grand
! Seignor will fnd it difficult to overcome.
Many statesmen doubt whether the
| Porte will succeed, especially if it is
true AS some maintain, that all Greece
| is devoted to this pretended King of
Epirus, who wishes to embrace the
G. eek religion, and that all the inha
bitants of that country will joyfully
pass under his standard in order to get
rid of the Turkish yoke, a change which
may cause them to fall from Carybdis
into Scylla.
The Wcchabites are again in motion
and have recommended the war. They
are, it is said still stronger than before,
and have begun hostilisies by pillaging
a great Turkish Caravan, which was
under an escort.
Several Pacbas in the neighborhood
have already received orders from the
Grand Seigninr to move with strong
d ia, hments ard to 60 to certain rlac's
pointed out to them. But their troops
move with 50 much difficulty, that even
the Janissares who for the most part
are here or in the provinces in the neigh
burhood of the capital, arrive but slow
Iy. The Pacha of Anatolia was to
have been required to pass the Bospho-
rus with a considerable army, and to
encamp in the cnvirons Of this capital.
The other pachas who have also re-
ceived more precise orders have already
without doubt set out Oh their march
| but the grand army is expected in the
environs of Philipopolis where the diff
fcrent bodies are To. unite. During
these formidable movements the cavalry
is beginning to assemble and form under
the commanding general Saphilar
F., Agasy.
| The following will lie nearly the
march and order of battle OF the Turk
ish armies who are to take the field a.
gainst the rebeilious pacbas. The A
vantgarde, composed of Tartars and
other irregular troops, supported the
pachas who have been required to
march and are under their Con- 'nand.
These were formerly the Pachas Of
Romclia and Anasolia, but IS these are
now supposed to have joined tho pacha
OF Janina, their places must be Supplied
by others. Next comes lie Serasilier
or Lieutenant OF the Grand Vizer with
tie troops and the Pachas Of Eszerom
and of Bosnia. These are Immediate
/ ly followed by the Aga OF the Janissa-
ries at the head Of lis troops. Sophi-
Baschi terminates the march with the
artillery, together with the Shebescls
with the ammunition. The infantry
of the provinces serve to escort the wa.
CONS which contain provisions, &c.
CORFU, May 90.
Till May 1oth there had been no bat
tie between the troops of the Porte and
those of Ali Pacha. 1t is not positively
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