Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-04-03


milar motion was then before the house OF
commons, and because the intrusion ct cir
cumstances baC prevented their lordships
from taking it efectually up. He at present
" ouId decline saying what perhaps might
be 6ttest 10 be done; but whenever the no.
BILE marquis should proceed to nominate the
committee, he might reckon on his co ope.
ration, and was welcome TO his name.'
The Glasgow petition for the dismissal Of
ministers had 1905 signatures.
Advices from Spain mention that general
Riego made his entry in the city Of Saragos-
sa on the 9Th January, amid the acclama-
tons of an immense multitude OF people.
On arriving under the triumphal arch which
had been erected near the constitutional
pillar, the municipality presented hin with
the sword voted by the Spanish merchants
reside,.t in London The Generals reply
to the Alcade's speech, was, "this sword
shall be employed in defending, even to
death, the liberty of Spain"
The charge against the Marquis de Lazan
and others, who had been under arrest fer
several days, has been declared false and
malicious.
A letter from Lisbon, says great activity
has for some time prevailed in the engineer
department. The batteries on the banks IF
The river, are undergoing thorough repair.
and some new ones are in progress, especi-
ally under Belem Tower. Several of them
are to be provided with furnaces for heating
red bot shot. These terrible preparations
are destined for the English ,tyrants,' if
any should attempt 10 interfere,
SHOULD the prince royal enter the Tagus,
the letter continues.he is not to be permitted
to land, nor TO return, until he shall have
signed an oath OF declaration similar to that
imposed upon the nobility in September
last. 1t is said that bis royal highness is not
Of character to be triAed with. and that il
he can rally party round him. he will
make short work of the regenerators, who
have assumed the royal prerogative of crea-
ting general officers and colonies. These
are the men who complained of the power
conceded TO the marshal lord Beresford, of
appointing as far as captains, without refer
ence to the royal pleasure! But we must not
expect consistency in men who shout shout
for liberty al one moment. and in the next
order a troop Of horse to drag man from
bis house, and sentence him to exile from
Lisbon, without the slightest color of ustce
or shadow of trial. Yet these are the men
who have published manifesto, appealing
to the justice of the sovereigns and the peo-
pie of Europe
On the 9Th of February, il was reported
in London, that the city of Oporto had SUI
fered greatly ~ an earthquake. On the
9th irectinfelligence was received that that
city had suffered calamity. but not by an
earthquake. 1t was remarkable overflow.
ing Of the river Douro. 4 letter dated 96th
OF January, states, that the water flowed
like deluge for forty-eight hours. All the
vessels which were at anchor suffered
"The English brigantine, the Fair Hiberni-
an, ready to sail to London, with a cargo
Of wine, was forced from her moorings by
the current, which bore her to The Cabdello,
where she was upset, and four men who
were on board perished; the Matilda, En-
glish brigantlne, which had some wines OH
board, and was shortly 10 sail for Gree
mock or Dublin, wa. also carried away by
the current, and ran aground at Sampayo.
The Hanoverian schooner Anna Margaretta
with cargo Of sugar, bound to Genoa, was
carried over the bar without any person on
board, and ran aground on the coast Of A.
zurara, four leagues from the city. Two
Portuguese yachts upset in the river and
disappeared with the current. A great ma
ny boats and small vessels, both public and
private, were lost. The damrge sustained
by vessels (which escaped-in their bulls
masts, cordage, and rigging Of every de-
scription, was very great. Immense damage
which it is impossible to estimate, had been
done on shore. The water rose to We
IrY great height, and boats Piled in some
part of the city. The houses which were
visited by the waters suffered extremely
AT Villa Nova, grea, part of the magazines
Of wine were destoyed. but the particulars
are not exactly known. A great many lives
are stated to have been lost in the country,
by the very sudden and rapid rise of the
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