Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-12-21

articles, and that, therefore the tlmehas
arrived for the Spanish nation to assume
an imposing attitude, The Report ap
proved the proposal of increasing the
army by 1913 men, and 1888 horses;
which force, together with that now
employed, would form an army greater
than that decreed by the Cortes for
state of peace, and less than that de-
creed for a state of war.
MADRID-Sitting of the Extraor-
binary Cortes of the 18th October.
The Secretary for the Government
read long discourse, in which among
other things, were the following
"The object of this narrative is to
explain the causes wuch have led the
Spanish nation to its present condition,
and to propose the means of remedying
the evils which are now experienced.
The noble impotence which the Cortes
have displayed in requiring this infor-
nation, and the zeal which animates
the worthy repres entatives of the ma.
ton, are, for the government of his Ma
jesty, the surest guarantees of the con-
tidence, which the extraordinary Cortes
deserve,
s'Every political change of govern
meDt is accompanied by agitations more
or less violent, according to the inter-
eats which come in competition and,
there is no doubt, that, in that which
has taken place in Spain, by the re-es
Enlistment of the Constitutional Sys-
TEN, there have existed general or i'm
mediate causes for this, which are with
in the knowledge of all, and to which
the zeal of the Cortes has applied an
immediate remedy. Other causes exist,
which spring from the ignorance and
poverty of some towns from the infu-
ence Of the secular and regular clergy;
from many magistrates and municipal
authorities who have suffered the pub
lie spirit to become extinguished from
some chiefs of the guards who have
swerved from their duty, from the in
trigues of foreigners; and, finally, from
the influence which some persons and
corporations have had over Ignorant
people, sewing amongst them, the per-
nicious seeds Of discomfort, The erro.
neous system of political economy; the
rapacity of the government during six
successive years; the state of our COM
merce and manufactures arising from
events which have taken place in our
possessions beyond the sea, and many
other causes have reduced considera-
bic number of people to indigo nee.
"The malignant, whose design was
to reduce our country to avast cemeta-
y, have been able to seduce many who,
either deceived or impelled by necessi-
ty, have enlisted in the ranks of rebel
lion, in order to procure, by these
means, a airport for their families.
CAD1z, Oct. 22.--SeVeral letters from
Lisbon state, that King John VI taxi
personal interest in having the small
territory of Oiiveuza reunited to his
States, as it was when he assembled the
throne of his ancestors.
BARCELONA, Oct, 2.--On the Esd
the insurgent Malavila bad the boldness
to present himself in the town of lur-
quera with 1900 men, 80 horse and two
mountain guns, threatening to burn the
town if it did not surrender. The Al
cslde replied, that he, as wellas al! the
inha bitants, was resolved to die for
constitutional and not an absolute king,
after some cannonadipg, the Insurgents
took the road towards Figueras, hav-
ing had some killed and wounded.
OCTOBER 6.--Tbey talk much here
of a conspiracy, which was on the point
of breaking out in the island of lvlea.
We expect to receive correct lntelll-
gence concerning it.
ST.. SEBASTIAN. Oct. l3.~-We know,
from good authority, that there is
new plan to excite an ineurrectlon IN
Navarro and these provinces.-O'Don-
nell has been named BY the Regency
of Urgel ss General Commanding, and
Will set of on the 18th for lrati, with
new powers. The object is to draw the
attention of the troops of Arragon and
Catalonia towards this part, in order to
weaken Nina.
MuRC1A, Sept. 24-The enemies of
the system have commenced against
the patriots the most atTocious war. 1t
appears that the Junta of the Services
of this place gives 1000 reals for the
assassination of any patriot. Within
the last eight days have been killed,
between the capital and some Of the