Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1823-02-06
I2ORsD!l:.lIlGM NEWS
BALTIMORE, Jan. %.

TWO DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND.
BY the the ship Acasta, Griswold,
arrived at New York, in 43 days from
London, the editors of the Commercial
Advertiser have received London dates
of the 9th Dec. being two days later
than by the arrival at Salem.
1t would seem that the Congress of
Verona had not broken up on the 29ih
November; but it was expected to ter
inmate its sittings about the lst Dec.
after which the ministers of the five
powers would proceed to Vienna. The
Duke of Wellington was to leave We
ROMA on the 30th Nov. One account
states, that the ministers of the allied
powers wereto re. assemble at Paris to
discuss the affairs of Spain We have
given below an article from the London
Courier of the 9TH Dec bearing to be IA
copy ofthe requistion made by France,
from which it will be seen that the min
listers of Louis have demanded Of the
Spanish Cortcs, the restoration Of King
Ferdinand and his mobiles to "a great
share of the power they possessed IN
der the old regime" the dismissal of
the present ministers, and an amnesty
for all persons " engaged in the cause
of the Regency" In other words,
the total overthrow OF the Consltu
tional system, and the re establishment
of the monarchy, the nobility and the
clergy, in all their former arrogant
Nomination. 1t requires very little
knowledge of human nature to foresce,
that Spain will never consent to such
Illuminating terms, and that ii the gov
eminent of France is SO imprudent rs
TO attempt 10 enforce them, its own
subgcrsion is likely to be the conse-
qucnce. Even with all the aid pro-
missed by the g Holy Alliance and
while Great Britain remains neutral,
we question much whether it would
be possible to put down the Constitu-
tionaists in Spain BY the total de-
feat of the Army of the Faith, an
event Of which there can be no longer
any doubt, the ruling party has acqair-
cd an ascendancy, and a popularity,
which will require more energies than
France possesses to destroy The
latest accounts from Madrid, while
they conirm the previous intelligence
that the Coltes had anticipated the de-
cisiou OF the Congress, clearly show
that this body was not to be taken by
surprizc. The war minister had been
empowered to place the country in an
attitude of defence, and to summonto
th. standard of their country all the
friends of liberty. Public meetings
had been held in which resolutions
had been passed, calling on the gov
crnment to act with energy and deci,
sion, and every thing evinced deter
mnaton, not only OF the executive,
but of the great mass of the nation. to
resist all attempts to introduce any po-
luical changes in the Constitution,
which they, as we'll as the monarch,
had sworn to defend 10 the utmost
1t could only be hylbribery aud corrup-
ton, that such attempts would succeed;
and when we consider with how much
tisintcrcstedness those have hitherto
acted who now guide the helm ofthe
state, VIC confess we have no idea
that such means as we have alluded
to, can be employed with any chance
Of success.
1t will be seen by the note, address
ed by Mr. Canning to the Portuguese
Minister, that the British government
is determined not to regard with in
difference any attempt 10 interfere with
the political affairs of Portugal This
may be regarded as favorable to the
cause of Spain for whatever tends
TO give confidence to her ally, mus
have corresponding effect on hen
own affairs, while the language now
used on the part Of Great Britain, a:
TO the impolicy and injustice OF inter
medlng with the internal governmen