The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-10-17

| After the outrages the Spanish Ho'erh-
..,.,, AMI neople have received from III.
rr.ncb the influence and guarantee "i
England alone could have brought a"''',
compromise, and Of this, as we stated
few DAYS ago, there is not at present .ie
smallest likelihood. The advre oi 'he o'-
fish Cabinet was rejected by France IN The
contest. and il is not likely that II WIZ de
gain be rendered. The issue OF the contest
is consequently left to them, and IN the III.
t.ryal IL Is exp.cied that the Spanish PEG.
ple. seeing the dilemma IN which they ana
their government are placed, will exert
thems4l,.s and save their national honor.
A gentleman who left Cadiz about the lst
of last month, writes from Gibraltar, that
Whatever may he the disposition to neSo-
ciate on honorable terms, and through the
Medium of England, nothing can BIZ more
firm and generi than the determination
not In submit to the smallest humiliation /;
and that as to the means Of defence they
are abundant. Ample preparations have
been made, and the stock OF provisions on
hand Will carry them on to the approach
ing season, when they can bid defiance L"
French blockades.
The French, therefore, in their present
situation, have only 10 commence their
" formal Investment and bombardment, +"
which they have so often threatened on
paper, and for this purpose, we understand
! they have prepared themselves With four
hundred Portuguese artllerymen, politely
sent them from Lisbon, together with a
quantity OF wariike stores. This is not to
be wondered at, when we reflect on the
ascendancy the French have already gain
ed at the Court Of Lisbon, through the
active agency of Pamplona but we can
not conceive, that our government wlll
| view this breach of neutrality with inditfer-
cnce. The ascendarcy the serviie party
have gained in Portugal, through the medi-
um of faction is not very secure, and this
Interference and direct 10 operation mus,
eventually implicate them with the Span
iards, whatever is the issue Of the present
contest.
| Scptembtr 3.-At late hour this :Iern-
ing, the Paris papers of Monday, and the
Journal DIES Drhats and Pilotn, of yester-
day, reached our hands. We extract from
them the following articles of intelligence,
some of which are important especially
those from Port St. Mary, which clearly
shew, we think, that There is very little
hope of any pacific arrangement being en-
| tered into.
"PoRT ST.. MARY, Aug. %.
Extract OF private Letter.
The works be fore the Trocadero are
carried On with great yigour. To-mor-
rev morning the trench will be suili-
GENTLY advanced to enable us to open our
fire. The enemy attempted the day be-
fore yesterday, to land three hundred and
fifty men at the bead of the trench A
company Of yoltiSeurs rushed npon the
breast work, and forced them shamelnliy
to retire, leaving - or 20 dead or wounded
upon the place. They now avenge them
selves for the failure by keeping up con
tinual fire, which has killed one man and
wounded four of FIVE. This has been the
only result OF a cannonade which they
have maintained during three days, almost
| without ceasing. A much more important
attack is seriously meditated. The arm
ed chaloupcs at Seville and here are rea-
dy ; they will speedily form a junction
with the feet. T,ere is "a talk Of landing
OF troops, &c.
MADRID, Aug. 27.--Atl eyes are turned
towards Cadiz. Every one is procuring
maps of the bay, and each is occurred in
carrying on his own siege. The French
officers. " ho served in the first blockade,
nnder Marshal Victor, observe that at that
period the Isle of Leen was defended by a
brave army of from IS TO $4,000 men,
English and Portuguese, while at present
the garrison does not contain more than 7
or 5000 men, divided in their sentiments
and opinions. At the former period, too,
the sea was against us, that is: the English
We're masters of it, and watched the az :
breaches Of CadiZ with feet of 30 ves-
seis of the line, and innumerablc gun boats ];
whereas now the SEA is for us, lat is, ace
have the ascendancy there"
(From the Pilote OF yesterday
| MADRID, Aug. GA Colonel of Rallas-
teres' Staff, writing to enc of his friends,
says, there is a suspension Of arms until
the 24th ; il the French do not by that tim.
make some arrangement with those who
are in Cadiz, the war will continse'
PANS, Sept. lit was reported yes
terday, that an Incorrect Interpretation had
been given when the term Capiaiation
was used with respectto the suspension of
lesillles between the French truops
andthose under the orders of Ballaste-
ros. This suspension, in fact, was mere
! ly the result of an armstice, rendered ne
cessary blythe n.goti;t Gus which had been
commenced ut Cadiz.
1t appears that Marshal Money, having
frmitaessly summoned, Generals Mans and
Llehera to submit to the Regency, has ad-
dressed himself to Nina in order to try and
induce him, by his example, to accelerate
the prompt submission of the whole ofCa-
talonia. 1t is said that the Spanish Ge-
neral replied, that before he accepted
any proposition, he would set fire to eve
~ place in the province under his com
mand.