The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-08-26
from the New York Commercial Advertiser
FRANCE AND SPAIN.

Hud ", ifdfiHg iht ifdi't II IpiIibi'ha -
sa it Tor himself There Is vol syllable
furnished by either Of the arrivals, ihli
wears an aspect favorable 10 the cause oi
Spanish liberty Mina has had another
unsuccessful battle with a detachment OF
the French in Catalonia, and has shut him
self up IN the seu d'Urg1, with but =
handful of follow crs--leas than thousand
by al accounts. The French have NOV
al rapidly 0~er the southern pr0s incts,
without any opposition worth naming, and
L rdiz ia closrly invested by land aud STA.
The force of the French occupying the
entire pro, incc Of Andalusia Is 10000 nen,
7 of which 1000 are cavalry, and II pieces oil
cannon. They formed two divisions that
united at Gordoya. The division that en-
tered Port 81. Aary's on the Esd of June,
consisted of 1000 foot, and 500 cavalry -
This town is nearly opposite Cadiz, DIS
lance less than three miles, from the near
est point of which, S0uli threw shells INTO
the city during the long siege. 1t appears
also that Gen. EalIdslcros has been com
PEELED to e,acuate Arragon, and Valencia.
Bhlastcros had force of fourteenthonsand
men consisting Of the garrison of Valenca
aud Molina. 1900 or 1000 men occupied
Aleira an equal number sarrisoned Ten-
rel. ITeurel is considerable town ~
Alragon, with Bishops see. II Is on
| large fertile plain, l l sles east of Madrid
The French General, Count holtor, pass
ed the right bank of the Ebro with his
/ division and General Odonnen marched so
rapidly On Teurel, that the Spanish troops
were compelled In spike their guns ana
ny precipilately. Moltor arrived at leu
ri onthe ath June. and was informed that
| Balastcfos had ass. mbed his army IN front
of Muryeido, aud lie pushed the siege of
'asuntun, which place WAS about surren-
derlng for the want of provisions, when
| the French, under Loyerdo, arrived at Sc
gor,a, on the nth, and Ballasteros was
compelled To raise the siege and retrehed
10 Valencia, abandoning his ammunition
aud artillery. On the 18th Count Molitor
arrived at Saguntum, and relieved that
garrison, aud on the 18th, at , O'clock, he
entered Valencia at the head ofthe division
! Loverdo, and WAS met by the magistrates
with the city keys. &c. &c. A great quan-
! tity of warl,ke stores was found IN Valencia.
Jhc retreat of BaIlesteros was SAID la be 50
preeipitate. that he could not collect the
1900 or 1000 men despatched to Alcra,
which column is lost
As TO the real situation of Nina the ac-
counts, though oi6c,nl, are neither clear
nor very satisfactory. Baron de Rotten
burg writes from ferpignan June 10, tht-
Nllna's situation Is desperate. " IT Is now
said, that he has entered the Seu d'Urgcl,
with not more than nine hundred men AT
the utmost, and that his successive losses
have not only given mortal blow to the
constitutional party, but that his own inhu-
enre is nearly destroyed" According to
account he was without convoy, while
another, which is dated Ak, june II, says
The division Of Nina has been pursued
mntllated, aud scattered To Closa. Its re-
MAINS wander about in companies Of fif-
teen, twenty and fifty, men, in most mi
SCRABBLE state. Nina himself deserted and
abandoned Ivy all his guards" Ore ac-
count says Nina entered Ursel at night,
with four men only. These French state
mems must be received with caution
The Moniteur contains two ordinances,
the LIST ordering the organization OF bag
gage mules, for the service of the amy
The Cd relative TO the suspensions OF pro-
ceedin6s against Members belonging To
what are called the Councils of Admistra-
ton Of the cops Of the Old army, which
| suspension was professionally ordered by a
proceedings is declared by decision of
the Minister of war ri Oct. /, 1891. The
suspension of such proceedings is declar-
ed To he deiiultlse ii certain cases, but
they are 10 be resumed in the cases of per
SONS who seem moi 10 be entitled to the in
dulSence.
The London Times, Of June so, saws,
3" one act of violence has, we hear, krrn
pcrprtraled already in the seizure OF Our
brave Sir II. Wilson, aud his aid de camp
AT oporto, while travelling peaceably on
theirway 10 Lisbon, and unarmcd. They
we're liberated on their parol, but This OF
fence will soon of course he atunrd for, if
England has public minister at Lisbon,
and is not yet formal member ofthe al
lance" termed " Holy"
TIE GREEKS AND TURKS.
J'ae Frankfort, and other German .Iou-
nails had been received in London. They
contain snndry reports in relation 10 tho
affairs of the Greeks and Turks, but moth
ing that can he depended on. a Frank
tort paper of June II, states, that while
the Turkish fleet is gone to try its fortune
IN another expedition against the Greeks,
the commanders in Macedonia, began to
collect their troops, in order to drive
away the Greek soldiers who have spread
themselves in Thessaly. According to the
latest accounts, however, the Turks near
Larssa, which fortress they have constant
ly kept possession OF, do not exceed 1000
men.
Billings Liverpool Advertiser of July
LIST says, tho cause of Independence in
the peninsula of Spain aud Portugal pre-
sents lesss cheering aspect than it has at
any period assumed since the establishment
ofthe Representative system of those coun.
tries"
Almost all the Revoutionists of Catao-
MA touk refuge in Barcelona on the en-