Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-08-08
Boston, august l
LATEsT FROM GIBRALTER.

| LATEST FROM GlBkALIEf.
The Caroline Augusta arrived at this
port yesterday, from Gibralser, has
brought papers to the 22d June. We
have selected few articles on Span
ish affairs. which comprise the principal
articles contained in them, of any inte-
rest TO the American reader
T. a letter from Madrid, in the Rsdoc-
tor General, mentions the apprehen-
sion, the evening before, of five indi-
viduals who. it is asserted, intended to
organize baud of malcontents, the ex
.istepce of which, though itshould serve
no other purpose, would, at least, cause
it to be said, that there are bands of
| that description in the eDvirons of the
Capital, as well as in the provinces.
Gen. Elio ls to be tried by the Court
Martial at Valencia, which is sitting
upon the artilerymen, who possessed
themselves Of the Citadel on ST. Fer
dinand's day, in consequence {says
Proclamation of the Civil Governor
od interim) of some papers which were
fund in that prisoners dungeon. In
the mean time. His Excellency has or
dered the armed peasautry to Withdraw
from the city, and strictly forbidden
all meetings of more than three iEdlvi-
duals. Whenever four are found to-
gether, they are TO be dealt with as RIO
Iers.
a conspiracy is officially stated, in a
supplement- to the Lisbon Diary of,the
Cd inst. to have, been discovered on that
day in the Capital, the object of which
was, to dissolve the present Cortes; to
convene the old ones with some modi-
fcations, such as their division into two
Chambers. one of which should be com
posed of the first noblemen in the King
dom; to depose the King. and to ap-
point Regency, Of which the Infant
D. Miguel was to be the President, and
professed enemies OF the new system,
the members, &c.
A Printer, with whom were found
number Of incendiary Proclamaticns,
one of his apprentices, the paymaster
Of the 10th regiment Of foot, auotherin-
dividual, and man servant, were Ia
ken up on the same day, as accompli-
ces TO this counter revolutionary plot.
The accounts from Catalonia, ARA
gou and Navarro, continue favorable:
whatever parties of manontents reap.
pear in arms, are immediately pursued
and generally dispersed, by the Nation
al Troops
The Spanish Cortes are engaged in
discussing plan for the organization
of the local militia. In their late Sit
tings, they have also increased to co..
900, the number Of men of the Active
Militia whom they. few days ago en-
powered Government to call outL.a "a
ken effectual means to enforce thaEesi
dency Of their Beneficiaries of their
Church; and.--in consequent of fresh
complaints from the officers Of all the
branches Of the Naval Department, that
they were completely neglected, and by
no means paid like those of the army
and the civil officers-issued the most
positive orders, that the complainers be
paid their arrears that a former De.
cree on the subject be punctually car
RED into effect, to prevent similar CON-
plants in future; and that those public |
iunctlonaries be called to account, who !
have been guilty of the criminal neglect
complained of.
Measures have been adopted by the
Cortes. to carry into effecethe promise
made by their predecessors in 1920, to
grantlands, to the Military, who pro-
claimed the Constitution in that year,
previous to its being known that his
Majesty had come to the determination