Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-04-22

The latest accounts from Portugal re-
present the government as fully resolved
10 uGile with Spain, heart and hand, The
letter we have translated below, directed
to the charge d'atfaires at Paris, Oh the
receipt OF the speech OF The king OF
France, expresses the utmost indignation
at the principles it contains, and the hrn-
est resolution 10 stand upon lhe defensive.
Six superior officers OF the hlh legion OF
the national guard declare without htsIta-
ton, that pcssi0e obedience IS, under the
military ha6it, The most sacred ~ oH du'
Ties. They condemn beforehand the SER
geant OF the national guard who according
to the order OF The commander In-chiei has
cow only been brought before counci! Of
discipline. This, however, is not tine o.
pinion OF the natloaa guards as body,
at least so far as they have manifested
them.
Translated far The ". Y Daily advertiser.
PARIS, March Lit was generally re-
ported this morning that news had been
received from " adrid TO The 9Th. tlow 1t
came, what commercial house, or what
legation had received il, could not lie dis
covered. We shall Therefore content our
selves with rspoIling il as i, appeared in
an evening paper, without soucbiDg Tor lis
authenticity.
1.-The king, by decree. has replaced
the ministers whose dlsm;s.iOn he had
granted.
A proclamation signed by Ferdinand
VII. has been published throughout Ma
drid. Ii announces war as det!nIliyeiy
resolved and the government gives assn
raOce that il will take sii proper means 10
repel invasion.
Another decree of the king orders the
tranierence OF the Corles and the kings
person to Badajoz.
Mr.. William A'Cour: has communicated
10 the minister Of foreign affairs, parlicu.
lar orders from the British cabinet, which
require him TO follow His Catholic Msjes-
ty to whatever place be may choose for
the seat OF government.
Ii was said on Change to-day that, &C
cording To some new arrangement, the
duke de Bellune was To yield the war de-
parlmenl to lbe duke Ge haguse, and that
VI. de Chaeaubriand was to be made PIE
sIdent Of the council.
Propositions have been made for few
days past al the exchange to sell, for
10000 francs, letters OF narque 10 cruIZe
against Spanish vessels. / ne Dlonlteur
states that none have been sold and that
the nan who proposes the sale must be an
impostur. Ii is tue, however, that the
proposition has been made.
They write from Msrseilles, that the
IS MI
logums are hesped on his noble conduct,
his hrmness, his character, lis naexIoiily.
SPAIN.
PERPlGNAN, March 5.--Three hundred
partissDs Of the Faith arrived al Aries on
the Isl in great distress. they had been
beaten by the constitulionaIists and lied
by the way OF Prais de MoIlo. Some OF
them belonged to the army OF Bessieres.
Alter having been separated by The con-
stItutona'lsts, they were obliged to throw
away their arms and seek refuge IN the
mountains.
The same activity still continues in Ca
islonia. The torlyessss OF FiguieIes and
Ostslrch have been pruvisIoned, 10 which
the inhabitants have gone IN crowds, at
the mere invitation OF the authorities
The Notifications OF Lerida are repairing,
and il is already provIsioned tor year.
A volunteer company Of artillery has been
formed at GlT0nne, and shop has been
opened tor repairing a great number OF
guns which have lain in the nagazIHe ever
since the last war. At Barcelona the wo-
men have helped 10 raising The artillery,
aud new bsttaliOus have been iOrHed.
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PORTUGAL.
LISBON, Feb. S2.--Ihe COrtcs have
been employed for several days IN discus.
sing certain proposed measures OF defence.
In the session yesterday, the minister OF
war announced that the army is capable
oi being immediately increased 10 81, 600
men. by inCo poraiIng into the regiments
TOGO of The active militia, VINO are now
"a 900 strong, and under arms. The mi
nIslry have pressed the project of organi-
zDg the national guards tor the pTote
oil the interior, and have concluded by
saying that SPAN may be sure OF the CO.
operation OF Portugal, as she IS determined
TO employ all her forces tol the destruction
Of the enemies of liberty in the peninsula.
The minister OF ore,gn affairs informed
the Congress OF the course pursued by
the government since the detestabe prin-
c,pies OF the allies were published. He
read the following despatch. which was
addressed TO our charge atfaires al Paris,
as soon as the speech Of the king OF France
al the opening OF the chambers was made
known.
M. Thomas Wanceller arrived here
yesterday, IN The service OF bis aialesty's
legation 10 London, with tue important
news OF the speech of his NJ. G.. Majesty.
Ii IS impossible to express the jndgna.
ton excited mere by lb. news Of the war
projected against Spain, and the Impru.
dence with which that government de-
clares to France and all Europe that they