Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-12-20
Fsstl ElGS.
From the N. Y. Mercantile Advertiser, Nov. 81.
We have received by the ship Con
gress, Portsmouth paper OF Oct. 20.
PORTSMOUTH, ocT. 90.

PORTSMOUTH. OCT. 20.
The sloop OF war Sappho, Capt. Jones,
arrived here on Thursday, IN 10 days
from. Gibraltar, bringing Mr.. Bailey,
Kings Messenger, with despatched from
Sir w. A'Cou,t. The dispatches re-
la e to the surrender of Cadiz, and all
HE reoent events in bat qnarler. Sir
William intended TO proceed o Seville.
To resume his functions at the Court o.!
Ferdinand We understand he has sent
home the Proclamation oi i ny Ferdi-
naud, issued at Cadiz on lb. so h Sep
TEN Der, as q genuine document and to be
relied on. He knew nothing, when thc
S,ppho sailed, Of the subsequent! Pro-
iamations, oil directly opposite i'm
por'.
o. NJ ndsy the Huzzar frigaie, capt
Harris, returned 10 Plymouth, from LIS
bon, Nth dispatches from ihe a ,bassa-
dor. She lei. lbe fagus on tht An lost.
The following IS an extract oi a letter
rec eiVed 10y her:--
" Lisbon Oct 5 The ships which
leii Eag and win sealed orders, have,
as was rightly comectured, anchored
here. Inc reasons ior our government
assembling squadron in he Tagus,
must have been ram friendly attach
ms ito the. good I'd King OF Portugal and
ais family, who, from the violence OF
poi parties, may again need such a
succor. Toe present governmen, are
greatly mortified at the loss oil the Bra
zlis. Gen. MsdeIis and Com. Percvln
&c Compos were pu' under arrest, soon
after their arrival from Bahia. Ii is al
eva, uatcd the country. King John was
invested abou, week since with the
splendid decoration OF the Order OF the
Garter, and two or three days previous
iy with the French Holy Order.
The French conducted theirs in very
with every appearance Of state and So
ltnbity the caterer to the dignity OF
Kings, SIR George Neyler, could sus-
gest O. the atFisai Of the coriegs in
the kings presence, neat and very APP
propria'e speech was made By our AM
i,assador, sir G Thornton. tracing the
history Of the Order, and the Gomez lon
WHICH Kig Johns ancestors had with
It's early installation the exalted charac-
ters who had b:cn Invested WI il; and
the honor he was about to confer, and to
receive, by rs acceptance The whole
went oH with mdescribabie celia, Ii
the French Government intended BY
their show to rune4 race for poiica! as
cencency al this court, with US, they
have, il is believed, not succeeded. The
KING Of Portugal was seen on the follow.
ing day. with iha Garter tied round
pair OF old irowscrs
Royal Family Of Staiu Much has
recently been said of the Spanish Royal
Family, which have been held in :. du.
rance vile" in Madrid, Seville, and Cadiz,
by the Revolu'lonslists, but who are nov
at liberty. The following is list OF
them. wilh,heir ages.
| FERDINAND IN, aged SO OF the
Bourbou dynss's HIS QUEEN, aged 90,
is niece of he King OF Saxuuy.
5 CHARLES isIDoRE iafan Of Spain,
brother 70 th' King agcd IS. S. His Con.
sort. aged %, IS a daughter Of the King
of P5rugaI They have no issue.
FRANcIs DE PAUL. Iniantof Spain,
another brother of TN King, aged 81. 6.
HIS Consort. a daughter Of the Kiog of
Naples, aged IS. They have young
son and ushter.--The whole eight
have lately been Imprisoned.
The Green OF Portugal, who preferred
banishment and imprisonment 10 taking
an oath in supper, Of H.. Constitution, is
a sister Of Ferdinand. Inc Duchess Of
Lucca is another sister. Nat. Jour.
ST. JOHNS, OCT, %.
Eztract ora letter from Bar6adoes, dat
ed October 20.
awe have sad doipgs here: an at
tempt Of a daring charac ter was made to
burn the town last Saturday night; and
last evening an infuriated mob Of white
people attacked and literally leveled to
tho ground the Methodist Chanel. n