Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-08-08

Inent 10 can out sIZ,IUUlilssllt ~ ttt1 az ~
tive militia, for the period of eight
months, reckoning from the Isl Of Iu-
IS next within which timeSit Is snppo-
sed that the regular army will have
been completed, and that tue new ieyies
wilt be able to doduty.
And, lastly, they have rejected the o.
pinion Of thecommittee on cases of re-
spon,ibility, who thought there were
sufficient grounds for bringing 70 trial,
the Civil Governor OF Madrid. Don Jose
Martinez S. Martin, on account OF his
having confined the owner Of the Fon-
tana Coffee House, on the 18th OF Sep
TENDER last.
The month Of Mr.. Alava's Presiden-
cy having expired: the Spanish Cortes
elected Mr. Gomez Becerra in his place
on the lst inst. s 3
On the third. the special committee
on the political state Of the country
made their report.-They chiefly OBJ
serve, that incessant war having been
| waged since the restoration Of the Con
stitution, upon prejudices Of all kinds,
and a number Of abuses having been
corrected, the new system is almost uu-
avoidably disliled by those who have
lost their incomes, influence, places,
privileges and authority, and there are
of course, multitude of malcontents
who are endeayoring to bring about a
counter revolution. But If experience
has proved on the one hand, that their
attempts are not unconnected, bot form
part ola general plan. it has demonstra-
ted, on the other. that their means, whe
Their physical OF moral, are not AIDE.
quate to the objecs which they wish
to accomplish, and that all those at
tempts have split upon the good sense
Of the Spanish nation The committee
next advert to the conduct Of the clergy
some individuals of which have been
found in every band of malcontents;
| and, in conclusion. they recommend a
variety of measures, the most importan
(! of which will be noticed afterwards, il
approved by the Cortes.
Gen. Nina has contradictcd the late
report of an attempt having been made
upon his life.
The Espcciador has published an ac-
count of the occurrence in Aranjuez
alluded to in the sitting of the Cortes,
Of the third. 1t states in substance.
that, on St Ferdinand's day, the IN.
constitutional cries of Long live the
King. and only the King" Long live
the King with absolute power!'' were
uttered about the streets by few in
habitants and individuals OF the Kings
Guard, headed by an officer known fo7
his dislike to liberal ideas that gal
liant General supposed to be .Gen. Ia
yas went up to the officer, and. by his
reprehensiops and threats, succeeded
in silenc;ng him that the infant Don
Carlos also checked the rioters. and re-
minded them, that his Majesty disap
proved Of every cry in which he was
mentioned without adding the word
F" Constitutional and that, IS Consti.
t,:tional King, what he chiefly wished
for, was the maintenance of order and
tranquility and, lastly, that the OH
GERS of the Guards, the Authorities and
the inhabitants of Aranjuez, behaved
themselves, on that occasion. in the
most noble, energetic and liberal man
ner.
His Majesty has refused to sanction
/ the new Decree. on the abolition of
Seigneurial rights, and sent it back to
the Cortes with statement OF the
grounds OF his refusal.