The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-05-13
FOREIGN.

rny ue sup Minerva, which ani,td AZ New York
sh INST ad'ces from LontDn 10 the 3D.. and f,oa Pa
us TO the lsi OF April, were received
ihe following paragraph with regard 70 the
threatened war with Spain is OF the most promi-
neat ih'efcst-itis from the Sun, of ADril "a. a
ministerial news paper, known to be the medium
u puonshihg oiicial papers communicated by
So'nc departments the British government
DECL4Is3TIOE OF W.4R-Su. Office
halfpast t.co o'clock.-Governmen have recc;v-
cd the DECLARATION OF WAR BY
FRANCE AGAINST SPAIN, as well as the
MANifEsTO by the French Government on
ITS armies entering Spain. How far ministers
may think it proper TO give publicity to these
aocuHents, we cannot pretend to Judge
London, .4prit 2.-Thc state Of Ireland be-
comes appalling. Never did the contending fac
tons which divide that unhappy country rage
more iurionsly than at the present moment.
The Portuguese army is, it is said, in full
march for the frontiers, which they win pass at
The same time the French army cross the Pyre-
nees.
The King of England has granted the dignity
at Earl and Nisconnt of the United Kingdom to
she Marquis of Londonderry. BY the styles and
titles OF Eiscount Seaham and Earl Vane and
shat of Viscount, 70 Baron Beresford.
March 30.-Scveral inhabitants OF Lyons yes
terday waited on M. Manuel to present him
with the Civic Grown from that CITY. After
accepting the present, NJ. Manuel attended a
banquet Of more than 40 persons, Inhabitants of
Lyons. liTins in Paris.
Paris, March 2f.-It is believed that tic ex-
animation of the budget of 89o.838433 franks
viii occupy the Chamber of Deputies about fif-
teen days.
TURKEY.
Accounts from Larissa of the 18th of Februa
~ state, that this capital was still in the hands
OF the Turks, although the Greeks had got pos
session of the fortresses of Zittuny and VeIo the
latter Of which commands the straight of the
same name. The Greeks have = ivanced all a.
long this coast and all the cities there have de-
ciared for independence, while General DIAM
ors!Sy is encamped behind Larissa, near ST. Cath
arihe, and has communication with Salonica.
Letters from Crajowa announce the capture
OF Larssa.
Extrdct Of a Liier dtted Smyrna, Feb. 10, 1923.
1t isreportcd here, that another Turkish ar
nv Of 10000 men will enter the Morea, to sub
due the Greeks. think il very possible they
may meet the same fate as the last--be entirely
destroyed. The Greeks have captured Napoli
di Rornania, the most important fortress in the
Marea, BY starvation. About 700 of the garri-
son were brought here hv an Engsi. frigate-
the most miserable wretches ever beheld. The
Greeks committed no outragcs on the captives,
AMI even sent them into Asia Minor by their
own vessels.
In Caadia, success attends the Greek cause.
they are now nearly master of the whole ISL
and.
It is sail, dreadful misery prevails among the
Greeks in the Morca, for want Of provisions
bat they appear determined TO perseyere in es
tabiising their Independence TO the last extrem-
ity. Madame Bobalin1. the Greek heroine,
commanded one of the creek columns, which
storlned one Of the fortresscs Of Napoil III Roma
nia.--Shc is said 70 have lost two sons during
the revolution, and all her immense property,
acquired bv commerce, is embarked in the
cause other country. She is said by those who
have congersed with her, TO be most astonish-
ln~ woman.
The Turks are buillinr 10 more frigates, and
lntend, it is said, in the spring to make a grand
EFFORT. Their fleet is now living at the Darla-
nelles. The approaching summer viii probably
decide the contest with the Greeks In Smyr-
ma we arc now very tranquil, though there was
considerable ferment among the Turks when
the prisoners from NapOIi were landed and it
is generally believed, that hard rain Of two
days prevented many Greeks from being mas
sacred. This may appear singular, bnt have
no doubt of lis truth.
We have accounts Of troubles in Egypt. II
IS said, that the Turks have made a general
revolt against the government Of the Pusha of f.
gvpt; AMI that his son has been lately killed by
the Arabs, while crossing the desert with 1000
camel loads of Mocha Coffee, which were also
captured.
The earthquake has subsi-ed at A!eppo. The
whole country round about there is in ruins