The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-11-07


evening from Falmouth, VIA Halifax, the
Editors of the Commercial Advertiser have
received their regular files of various Lon
don papers to the 9th of September lnelu-
sive, being three dayslater from Paris, and
seven days later from the Head Quarters OF
she Duke d'Angoulcne.
FRANCE AND SPAIN.
These papers furnish two important ar
iiclcs of intelligence. THE GOV EKN-
NENT OF PORTUGAL HAS JOIN
ED FRANCE IN HER WAR AGAINST
SPAIN, and sent naval force 70 assist IN
the s.ge of Cadlz and the Trecadero, II
fortress lntbe ltand of Leon, has been ia
ken posscs.an of by the troops under The
Duke of Angnulcme. Should the latter
part of this intelligence, which comes in an
official shape through the Nonlten 0f.thc
7th of September prove correct, as sc
fear il will. II is a rlast unityorable com
moncsmcnt oflho attack upon Cadiz. For
the last two months, We have Ibccn told
that Valdez, the Goscinar of Cadiz, who
is regarded in the whsle of,h French tt-
my as very able man, and who has been
completely master of al the operations of
defence. hts bent tie whol. of hls attention
10 fnrtify aHs p"inf. He las separated il
from the ighhorlng hand by u trench J6
or 30 hthoms in breadth, into which the
SEA enters aud filed this inmrnse CIlasm,
with a great number Of gun boats, placing
Il ship Of war at the entrance. II WAS the
opinion Of the persons who bad seen III.
work, that it would render an attach on ths
Trocrdero, if not impracticahle, n least
! productive of an immense loss at lives
/ Up 10 the very last hour, the London
| Tunes was very sanguine of the moral I'M
possibility Of the Flecnh taking this for
tr.ss. The peninsula Hrocadera, compri
sing the forts Trocalcro, St. Joseph and
Matagorda, shuts up the entrance Of the
port. leaving between thu fort Mdtd5orda
aud Pontalcs n channel of only about 300
toisrs wide. Poutalcs is buit upon n
point of Iaud, which also bears the name
of Pontales, aud this pont is at the end of
the causcway which uuiteB the island
Leon.
All airal HanrNn has rclinquishcd the
command of the bockading squadron be
fore Cadiz, aud the Rear Admiral Baron
du Perre had left Paris tn take the com
mand in his place. The Times Of the 9Th,
says This commander having either
had quarrel with thu Duke of Angoulelne,
or hearing the dissatisfaction expressed at
his conduct has thrown up his command
without leave, and is on his way home
He would even be tried for disohcdience, it
his friends had not got n certificate ota ply
aicau that iar several hours of the day lac
sumeilmrs suffers under IN excess Of pas
slon that has weakened his Judgment, or
i 4 4 l. 4 II. II
emphatIcally cuplradicted by the latest
accounts. On the 22d of Auguss, thu
Duke dAngoulcmr breakiastcd with the
Admiral on board the Collossos, and after
having inspected it, gave ADMIRAL III. pub
he testimonies of his satisfaction. Aud III
contradiction of another runner, which
stated that the Admiral had been re
called after an unsuccessful attack Upon
Cadiz, the journal DIES Drbats Of the 7th,
s~ys--" there has been no attack upon Ca
dz"
malndy produced by excess of fatigue
has obliged Rear. Admiral Baron IIamclin
Ia quit the command of the naval force be-
fore Cadlz. THIS General officer has eX-
hlbited the greatest zeal aud devotion with
out bounds during the whole time of the
difficult command Entrusted to him. He
enjoys the esteem and affection nj all the
commanders of the vessels of the squad
ron, as also OF the Generals of the land ser
vice with whom he has acted, and who
have uniformly praised hisactive co opera
ton.
Ad,crs from Madrid are to the fat oil
September inclusive. The Restaurador
of that date SAYS, "thr Regency having es-
tablishsd the principle, that all the proper
ty belonging to the clergy, regular and
secular, shall he fully restored to them, thu
purchasers Of the said property have been
authorized, for this year only, to collect
the crops of the ecclesiastical lands, but
under the express condition of paylns the
rents, sc. due from the said lands 10 the
Legitimate Propriotnrs.
a decree of the Regency eff the 18th oI
Aug. annuls all the dispositions of the act
ofthe soit!iSnat Cortes, which abolished the
signorai rights, kdown By the name ol
=" ~ignorioS juriSdictionaieS. Other ac-
counts say, the difficulties between the Re
sency and the Duke d Angouleme, begin
to dispense, and that the latter has, by "A de
cree, declared the members of the Cortes
outlaws. All reports, says Madrid artl'
che of August 81, which were circulated
that revolutionary corps united IN Estre-
: madura, is false, as only 500 men form this
, division, who are under the command al
J Lopez Banos, and were 10 take possession
of Madrid. They were at Talavera dc la
Reyua, which thsy occupied only for a tew
hours. Yet Paris article says, "the Con
, stitutionaists who left Estramatura, hav,
advanced TO Valmojado, 4 a strong French
, column has gone in pursuit of them." I'm,
Regency has given orders to SaRnao IL
march with,a corps Of Royalis,s to Anda.
iusia. This General did not obey before
an animated explanation took place. Al
alteration of the same nature is said /,
. h.tNn TN IN Ilac. LII mn, IL. nL,l-u