Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1823-12-18
FOREIGN-FR0M CADIZ

The ship General Brown, Capt. skid
dy, arrived at New York on Tuesday
from Cadiz, with intelligence from that
place down to the 2Sth of October, at
which time the city remained in posses
sion Of the French and the utmost tran
guilty prevailed commercial opera
tons were conducted under the same
regulations that existed previous to the
entry OF the French army, and FLOUR
had fallen as low as fus dollars barrel
The Governor of Cadiz, DoyNAY, APP
pointed by the King to that office for no
other qualification than that of servllity
to the royal authority and an excessive
tyrannical disposition, had proceeded
with so much cruelty against certain
Constituencies, in enforcing the or
ders Of his master, that the French COM
manSer found it necessary to question
his authority, not believing it possible
that the King had given his sanction to
such arbitrary conduct. As might have
been expected, the Governor consider
ed such Interference as q reflection
upon his honor--high words ensued,
and the result was that the French COM
mander arrested this tool of despotism
and transported him across the hay,
where it is thought he will have time to
cool, and take retrospective view Of his
life and the causes which led to his de-
gradation.
The 'adored Ferdinand had left
Seville, but did not proceed towards
NJ adrid--why not
Tie Constitutional army in Gaia
lonia was still numerous, and the
gallant Nina had refused to submit, but
the Overwhelming force which the
French would be enabled to bring
against him, it was thought would
speedily accomplish that object, or COM
pei his retreat to the mountain fast
nesses Of the country, known to be mac
cessable to all ether troops but those OF
his army.
The unfortunate Rico had not been
executed, and doubts were entertained
at Cadiz as to the destiny which await
ed him--oA this subject there appears
to be very little doubt in the minds of a
majority of the people of the country,
as the fate of the noble LACY and the
brave and accomplished PonHEl, aft
fords too recent and fatala precedent to
determine how far the tender mercies of
the Spanish Monarch viii be cxerted to
save others guilty of the same offence
for which thpy suffered
Mr. Nelson, the American Minis
ter to SpaiD, had returned from Ma
hon, was at Gibraltar, and hourly ex.
pected at Cadiz. Mr.. M'Ilvain, a
passenger in the General Brown, is
bearer Of dispatches from Mr., Apple
ton, our charge DIES aifaires, and will
proceed immediately to the seat Of go
vermont.
Nothing was puhl;ckly known at
Cadiz of the reported expedition said
to be in preparation for the re conquest
OF South America.
4.u FRANCE.
Files of the Journa! des Debats tothe
10th Of October were received by the
editor of the Philadelphia National
Gazette--the number ofthe 18th, con-
tains a semi-otficial article on the sue
cess Of the French armies in Spain, in
which it is stated, that the expedition had
! but an end 10 TWO revolutions, Il e
Spanish and French, and that the army
vas about to retire after its conquests.
! Tie. Duke d'Angouleme is extolled
| above all other French conquerors
France" it adds, Legitimate France,
will eternally enjoy the glory of having
| interdicted priUuteeriug; ofbeing the
FIRST to re:establish on the sea, The
right Of private property respected on
land in oil wars. by civilized nations,
and the violation of which usder
maritime law, is relic of the piracy
OF the barbarous age"
PERU.
One thousand Colombian troops, pa.
ssed Charges on the thirteenth Of Oct
ober from Carthsgena on their way 70
Lima TO join the troops under Bolivar.
Others were expected for The same dies.
tination, to aid in driving the Spanish
troops from Peru, and no doubt wa.
entertained Oftheir ultimate success.
VERA CRUZ.
1t appears from the New Orleans
papers of the 10Th nit that The sloop
Cherub had returned to that port
with her outward cargo from Vera
Cruz which place She LET on Tie olst