Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-04-03
FRANCE.

FRANCE.
The accounts in the French papers
of the week are quite Ola waFiike Ma
ture. Count De La Garde, the rfsme
Ambassado., has actually quit ed s ma.
drid, he left that capital on the zytn
ult. The Duke De San Lorenzo, 'he
Snanish ambs ssador at Paris, had ale
so received positive orders from The
Cor,es to- leave Paris Immediately.
with all his legation. more decisive
circumstances still, is the result OF a de-
bate in the chamber OF peers CD Dion
day. an address echoing the Kings
speech was moved, on which Al. Ba
,ante moved an amendment disappro-
wing of the war. The ministers DE
Vilele and De ChsteauSriand, who
were both present, seized the opPortu
nitv 70 declare ,i:at they took upon
themselves the whole responsibility Of
the speech from the crown and that
France soouId net lay dozen her, arms
till order should be restored IN Spain.
The minis ers CARVED the original ad.
dress by majority OF 90 TO 53.-ln
tho evening, when the speech of NJ, Vii.
leis. 10 the chamber Of peers on that
day, was made known at Paris, some
private bargains were done 10 the cof-
fee-houses it is said, as low as75, which
is fail of five per cent.
A letter from Paris. dated Feb. q,
says-"This day, at half past three.
their royal highnesses, Monsieur & the
Duke d'Aagouleme, aeccom panied by
the generals and chief officers o: the
royal guard, reviewed, on the Place do
Carouzel, the Dragons of the guard.
and the 30th regiment of the line. Tae
princes were received with the loudes,
acciamations. After having detiied be
fore their royal higanesses, the troops
set off on their march for the army
Eight baggage Wagons belonging to
the Duke d'Angouleme, have already
left Paris for the army. Viscount De
Chateau briand and Count Corbiere
Yesterday transacted busin as with HI,
majesty after mass. Tie king also re
ceived the homage of numerous per-
sons of distinction. amongst whom was
NJ de Castelbajoc. colonel of the ORA
goons of the guard. His majesty said
To this superior officer, whose corps
forms part Of the army of the Pyrenees
- shall be with you in heart, not be,
Ing able to be SO otherwise Sire ,
answered nj. de Castelbajac, 'we shall
conduct ourselves as If we were unuer
the eyes of your Majesty"
The celebrated TalIeyrand, who ad
vised Buonaparte against invading
Spain, is said to be equally opposed to
the present design Of the Ultras.
The Regency of Urgel, which is now
assembled at Toulouse, mas quarrelled
with the generals Of the army of the
faith & each publicly charges the other
with baseness. pertidy, and wish to
ruin The good cause. The generals de-
clare their intention to form another
regency.
The Spanish government has pub.
lished the decree of the Cortes, which
orders the calling into active service
the whole Of the militia of the kingdom.
This term militia requires an explana
ton for foreigners. There are three
kinds of militia in Spain, each Of which
has particular denomination and OBJ
iect, viz: the active militia, the volun-
teer militia, and the legal militia. The
fret is kind of army of reserve, and
in time Of war, those who serve in it
must perform the same duty as the
troops of the line. The volunteer mill.
tia are enro,ed for the purpose Of
maintaining order in the interior, and
above all Of defending at all risks the
constitutional system. Finally, the le.
gal militia is nothing else than the great
body of the male population capable OF
bearing arms, who are liable to be cal
led out if need be, in aid Of the volun.
teer militia, or to cooperate with the
other troops in defending the national
Independence against the attacks Of 70.
reign powers.
The NEST perfect cordially prevails
between the Spanish and Portuguese
governments, and it is said that trea-
ty of alliance has been entered into be-
tween them, in which the latter binds
itself to furnish contingent of $4,000
men, in case the French made an Of.
tack on Spain.
The Portuguese government have