The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-03-17


Maxwell, arrived New York, in 81 days |
from Liverpool. bringing the editors Of
the Commercial Advertiser their regular |
files Of London papers to the evening OF
the S0tb January, and Liverpool to the
LIST OF February-both inclusive.
1t will be seen by the official papers
which We publish this evening, particu-
larly tho speech of Louis XVIII. that the
great question of peace or war, has in ef.
feet been decided. The ministers Of the
allied powers have left Madrid in the
worst possibls humour, and the Gaul,
headed by the duke d'Angouleme, mar
ches upon the Don. The torch of war,
which was for time extinguished at
Waterloo, has thus been re-lighted. How
far it will spread--whether all Europe
will be involved in the coDflict--whether
the storm will be confined to the PENN
sula,or roll onward until the Seine, the
Rhine, and the Danube are tinged with
blood-or, whether the object of the al
lies will be accomplished by single blow
l--are questions which time alone can de-
termine. We pretend not 10 more sa-
gacity than othcrs-but we may be al
lowed to remind our readers, that we
have all along held the language that a
rupture of the peace in Europe was to
be anticipated at no distant day. Al.
though the events oil the continent have
at times bafncd all calculations, and al
most set speculation at defiance, yet we
have perceived, or thought that we per-
ceived. indications that the peace would
not be lasting and that Europe must
bleed afrcsh. Whatever may be the re.
suit, great events may be anticipated -
The character and temper oil The Spanish
nation are such, that an easy and blood.
less campaign, notwithstanding their
present intestine connections, is net to
be reasonably anticipated. And as Fer.
dinand cannot but be suspected of look
ing with favourable eye upon the medi>
| tatcd invasion, we should imagine that
his head is not in the greatest state of
security that could be wished. His cou>
sin Of France, likewise, may look we'll to
his crazy throne, should his troops meet
with disaster beyond the Pyrenees.
The anxiety Of the public at Paris, a.
bout the opening of the chambers, was
so great, that 500 francs was offered for
single admission.
| The arrival of;ne news from Paris pro-
duced great agitation and confusion in
London. particularly ON the Stock Elk,
change. AT an early hour, all the pas
'ages were crowded with anxious specu-
lators to ascertain the prices al which the
funds would open. Consois. which the
preceding night closed at 70 SO, soon
fell to 74s, but afterwards rose again TO
rs l-S Ia. The Spanish bonds, which
| the evening before closed at 40 Ia, o.
pened this morning (the 30th) at SO 10,
and within few ninuiss fs,i to IS 7-S 81
| " hat is rather remarkable, the French
funds were improved at Paris by the
kings speech.
I The the latest news from Madrid, Jan.
I'D il would appear, that the army OF the
Faith is not so nearly aDnihilated as il had
been represented to be. We there read
that Catalonia and Arragon were never
more full of Royalist guerillas than now.
Mirales has made a terrible example a,
Tarragona, by cutting to pieces a cons,i-
tutioRal battalion which refused to lay
down its arms or the first summons
The accounts, however, upon both sides,
are to be received witbgrest caution.
A letter from Puycard, SAYS, the news
OF war between the soyereigns of Europe
and the coTtes, was received by the Roya.
list troops shut up in the forts Of Urgel,
with the most lively enthusiasm. Accla-
nations and discharges Of artillery rent
the air on the occasion the bells were
ruDg at Custel CiDtst, village situated
between the citadel and the fort COM
posed of about forty houses. and csnyen.
iently situated for making common cause
with the besieged.
A letter from Madrid says--Ali the
constitutional orators and writer's, had
told us, that the instant the French should
pass the Pyrenees, the "faciious" would
make common cause with the "friends
OF the system" An intercepted letter
of the famous Merino, suddenly extin-
cuisines this hope. He therein orders
his lieutenant, Mendoza, to receive the
French as ''Iiberators, faithful subjects Of
the BourboDs, good Catholics, in word
as friends"
TWAS reported at Paris on the 28ih,that
the three courts of Russia, Austria, and
Prussia, have addressed joint note to
the British government, soliciting her
to make declaration of the principles
and policy she intends to adopt in the war
between France and Spain.
General Nina, it is said, has given the
deadly advice to divide the whole of the
forces under his command into bands of