The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-12-15
Forriqn s1nteifiQenrt.

ssgcs from Liverpool. The former sail /
ed on the 9Th, and the latter on the 9th !
ult. TO which date we are furnished with |
Liverpool papers, and London dates TO.
the 9Th, inclusive.
The war in Spain was nsarly ended.
and part of the French army was on its
return to France. An srmistice had
been agreed upon for the surrender of
Barcelona, the terms of which were not
known but it's said Nina had sworn
allegiance to Ferdinand. 1t appears to
be believed that The king of Spain had
been induced TO agree to modify his
rigorous DEGREES against the Copsti,u-
tionalists.
A messenger had arrived in London
with dispatches from SIT William
A'Court, announcing that Ferdinand had
| consented to ratify the convention of
| March last, made by the Constitutional
government, to indemnify the British
INGREDIENTS for captures made by Spanish
ePorto Rico) privarecrs.
4 The circumstances of the removal Of
the Spanish governor, Donpay, from Ca
dIz. was not ye, known al Madrid The
London Courier says-ssWe learn by the
nrivate adsices from Paris, that the
French governor met with no inconside-
rablc diff ulties in making Ferdinand
act With moderation. We are even as
sured, that when 1t was limited TO him
how desirable it would be to remove
from abou, his person his minister aud
eoniessor, Saez, he peremPiorily refused
TO do so''
| The fate Of Riego was not yet decided
The fiscal in the act of accusation, re-
CURES that Riego should be punished as
follows THAT he shall be drawn by
the feet from the prison to the scaffnld,
there hanged, then quartered. and that
one limb should be sent TO Las Ca5eras,
one to LA lsls, one to Malaga. and one
to Madrid that the resi- Of the body
should be burnt, and the ashes cast into
the air by fine hands of The hangman.
| The wife of Riego was in London, in
( indigent circumstances.
] The freedom of the borough of Ply
mouth was presented to MIR. Canning on
| the S0th Oct. In his speech of thanks.
Mr.. e. declared that the policy of his
country was peace, and that any inter.
ference in the late struggle in Spain
"wopld have been one to be characteriz
ed only by the term-Quixotic ian en-
terprise romantic in its origin, and thank-
/ less in its end -
10 the case of the king sgainst Harvey,
| of the london Sunday Times, the jury
brought in averdict of guilty.
A dreadful gale was experienced on
the British coast, Oct. 5lst, snd Nov I.
ters, and a number of lives were lost.
An explosion OF foul air in coal mine
near Durham, took place on tbs Sd, aEd
all The persons IN the pit, between Sc
and l00,"efe supposed to have perished.
GIBRALTAR, ocT. i6-.We are cfow
de6 with the unfortunate Spaniards who
have taken refuge here 10 escape III,
miseries ofa dungeon. or the tortures OF
the bloody inquisition. Among them
are upwards ofsixty deputies of the cor
ties, OF the most distinguished, as Valdas,
Alava. and lnfanIas Quiroga, Yandioia
Manzanares. ard Caiatraya, are also he,e.
There is warm feeling among the in
habitants ofthe rock in iavor OF these uB. I
successful patriots. Sir Robt. Wilson
arrived here a few days since from Ca
dig and Fariffa; he was at FIRST Undecided
as TO his future destination, but has deter
mined at last &c return to England, in the
first packet.
from the Paris Constitutional
PARIS, NOV. s.--Since the congress Of
Verona, statesmen have looked win
anxiety towards the conduct of England,
particularly IN the affairs OF the peninsula
She had approved at Lsybach the armed
mediation Of Austria in the affairs OF
Naples; at Verona she pronounced her
opinion ieebly against the Intervention Of
the Holy Alliance in the affairs of Spain
When the soverejgns of Europe wrote 1
notes demanding the destruction Of the
democratic institutions OF Spain, The cabs.
net OK ST. James preserved silence; when
they withdrew their ministers from Ma
drid the English minister remained there,
and they were accredited to the regency,
Sir VIM. A'CouFt was ordered to follow
the court TO Seville. We have seen t1is
cabinet offer its mediation between the
Holy Alliance and the cortes, little aston.
isbed that her offer was repulsed by the
latter when the former demanded its
good Offices and hoped they might re-
cejve them.
England approved in Portugal more
democratic revolution than that of Spain.
IL advised the king 10 return from BraziIs
and put himself at its head and now by
the assistance Of the troops the system of |
absolutiou is introduced. The influence
of France and of SDain over the bo,,se RI