Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-05-27

II commenced in the Royal manner, F.
Rev neustra Senor,' (the King our Lord)-
A committee from the mob proceeded 10 the
royal printing Office. and calling for all the
unsold Gazettes publicly burnt them, and
commsnded the printer to have them publish
ed in the Constitutional form, viz: Ferd'-
nand by the the grace Of God, and the Con-
stItution, king, &c.
"The obnoxious ministers were then Dis
missed. The. duke of Alagsn, long time
captain of the kings life guards, minister OF
his pleasures, and an ardent ~favorite, was
also dismissed ; and the Conde de Castel
Ferroro. at present captain general OF Estra-
madura, appointed in his slead-Many call
ed out for the head of sAlagon, but the king
on this occasion proved his real affection for
the duke. 1t is pretty we'll known that Ala
gon never m.ddled himself in politics, and
could not therefore be answerable for that
part of the folIies committed. The king de-
cIared that the duke of Alagon had never
done any thing without his orders, that there
fore He was responsible and not the duke
that he was in his room, where be had been
for two days unwell, and that he never could
(, consent that a hair of his head should be hurt.
lone OF the reports spread about on the
night of the 9th, and circulated on The 9Th,
was that the duke of Wellington had arrived
to support the kings party. and such is the
detestation the soldiers and people have OF
his name, that the fermentation produced by
it, is almost incredible.
Gail the troops in the garrison, command
ed by General BaIIasteros, swore to the Con-
stitution, in Madrid, on the 10th, in the
public walk called the Prado.
"Tbe city was all life, and every moment
brought accounts Of the provinces having
| spontaneously adopted the same measures
a general amnesty has been declared in ia
| yor of al! persons in confinement and banish-
ed on account Of their political opinions, and
it NAV be no unwelcome intelligence in the
United States to learn that the Americans Ia
ken in the insurgent service of South Ameri-
ca are included, and, it is believed, will be
shortly released"
Washington, Moy II.
Extract of a letter from an Officer on
board the y. S. frigate Congress, to
his friend in this city, dated off the
Island OF Lintin, Canton Bay, Dec.
Goth, 1919.
"My dear sir-By a letter | wrote
YOU lately, you have no doubt been in
formed, that we arrived in this country
on the LIST Of Nov. When | wrote that
letter | had not been to Canton, and
consequently had nothing more to write
of. than our long voyage and its pros
porous ter mination. Sine then, la c
seen this great emporium of eastern
commences; and like all travellers who
suffer their imagination to get the bet
ter of their reason, | found i; to fail far
short of the expectations | had formed
Of it. Neither was our reception here
attended with the most fattering cir
cumstances. The Chinese have a Pc
culiar aversion to every thing that has
a military appearance they view with
jealousy and alarm the arrival Of A yes
sci Of war ; they have, therefore, manl-
tested tow ard us the most determined
animosity. They ordered US out of the
country; refused to allow US a compre-
dore, "a uerson to supply the ship with
provisions and VII Captain Henley
vent to Canton, he was ordered away.
But, when they saw that their conduct
met with the contempt it merited, and
that capt. II. persisted in his demand
for a compredore. they g%raciously con-
descended, after several weeks delay, to
grant the required permission: or, as it
is here called, chop.
9" 1t would tire you to read, and De
useless for me to enter into a more par
ticular detail of their absurd and trifiHg
conduct with regard to this ship; sui
fee it to say that every thing has been
done to thwart our views, and to render
our stay here unpleasant.
The CRY of Carton is situated on the
north side of the Bocca Tisris, On low
Marshy ground /; the streets are SO We
ry narrow, that in many OF them two
persons can with difficulty walk abreast.
The houses are low and bGllt very
close together; and as those fronting
3ha ctrpetS are uset as torres and ware