The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-10-17
From The EtOiie Of Monday.
GRAND HEAD QUARTERS.
[BY an ExtraordinarY ConrierN

PoRr ST.. Many, Aug. 23.-" Nnt,;,.
tine expedition which is preparing again.
the Isle DE Leon.
"Twrlse bait. lions, five Of which are ,,c
the Guard, are al tins moment assembled
lsota. Our gun-boats left the rords IL
evening, under the fire Of the rnumv .,
receive on board ail the troops as.r,,.
BLEED al Rota. Two ships at our squa,,ro,
are to convey them Ia the somhward rf
the Isle lie Leon, there Ia act 81 as to ,,,,,
trct the landing our tr'ups, by s;Iencjn,
he rnemy's batteries.
IL God protect this enterprise, and
that the two first battalinns can form uno,
the platform, the positions Of the Isle Of
Leon, once carried, Cadiz could rot holi
four aud twenty hours.
=" II is said, that it will he this night
the next that the troops will he embark-,
and the great day is, We understand, Gxrj
for our Kings frte-day. Our troops an.
exceIiently well disposed. The sea !,
beautiful, the wind not too strong. Every
thing augurs an suspicious issue.
1.-Two Portuguese vessels have Just r..
inforced our cruizers."
PERPIGSAN. Aug. 25.-" The cannon.
iers, who set ont for Adcs in order To an.
pnse the Constitutional troops, had it been
necessary, haze returned to this place =.
The other troops, who had pro Ptded ia
Mont Louis, will return to morrow"
LONDON, Sept. I've have received
no positive confirmation this morning, ol
the intelligence contained in our Paris lpt.
ter of yesterday, respecting the reply given
to the propositions of the Duke dAngm.
lemv, by the Ministers of Ferdinand bu,
from one Tar two circumstances, we feel
an increased confidence in It's authenticity
We should hope. however, that one part Of
the statement is not correct, and that fine
document is nat an autograph of the King.
We express this hope, because we are per,
suaded the alleged sentiments of the letter
| connot be the sentiment Of Ferdinand, and
10 suppose any power that can compel
man deliberately 10 write string of false
hoods, is, To say the least of it, a supposi,
ton not sery favorable to the individuals
character. Tyranny aud violence may
impose upon acaptire many passive suffer.
inss aud indignities but they have no con.
trout over the voluntary acts of mind
true To i.self, and steady in its purpose
Should IT, therefore, tuIn ont that an an.
swer of defiance and contempt has been
given to tn. letter of the Prince General.
mo, we trust il Will prove to be the letter u
Ferdlnand's gaolerS, and not his own.
London Courier.
We can easily understand. indeed, how,
much ii would serve their cause 10 have il
believed otherwise, for, if we could sup
pose the kiug himself to mold the same
opinions as the faction now pent up in Ca
dIz, what totally different character
would be thus given to the interference Of
France. In this point of view we arc
little surprised, that the Cortes and the
Ministry have not imagined some contri-
vance, by which the world might he deIu-
ded, if possible, into a persuasion Of tho
Kings personal freedom. If they could
have securely made the experiment, 50 as
not to have let their prey slip out Of their
hands, we really think it would have done
more for Their cause, out of Spain, at least,
than any other cxpedient. As i; is, tho
fact Of the Kings durtsse is so notorious,
that in whatever way, Or for whatever
purpose, his name and authority may
be employed, there is not a hman be-
Ing who is duped by the mockery.
Ibid.
Cadiz will doubtless be attacked whe.
thcT It will faI is doubtful. Some per-
sons have imagined, that the Cortes and
Ministry would not stand the hazard Of its
i'dl, II they thought the event proba Bile,
because they would only expose themselv's
IN personal consequences which they
might avoid by listening to terms of ac-
commodatlon. This reasoning would have
It's weight, II applied To an ordinary case Oh
siege, but il must be remembered that
there the defyins party hold in their hands
the certain means of their own ultimate
security. The walls Of Cadiz may be bait
tered down-the city may he set on fire
lis streets may run blood-cOnsternatiO
and ruin may prevail in every quarter
but the authors Of all this misery and mis-
chief, when the last moment arrives, will
bargain for their own safety by making it
the price OF the safety of the r. yal Family,
[Ib.
September 5.-We have received the
Madrld Gazette Extraordinary Of the 25th
OF August. 1t contains the following off,
clal article relative to the surrender of Co.
runna -
"The following Convention has been
concluded between Lieutenant General
cunt Bourck, Commander IN chief of the
French & Don Francisco Novella, Govern
oil OF the fortress of Corunna
"Ait. l. The garrison of Corunna shall
pass entire under the command Of bis
excelency the Count de Carthagena,
Captain General and CommanIer.in, Chirf
of the Spanish army in Gallicia, under the
same conditions agreed to in Lugo between
Generals Bourck and MorIlo.
:" AIT. /. The Governor Of Corunna will
immediately send two Snanish officers,