The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-10-28

FOhEiUN NEWS.
TIE srisiah PaeAs, Ia, Ls.ai.a arri.s7 :, ~
fofA ~ last 6nagiag reSula hles u var,o,s -.
dos Papen 70 ihe ssn d sept iaelasiye.
Franc AND SPAIN.
Thsss papefs iarnish t.so inpa,,art .,,i.t..
inselslxeace. Tile 1OYERNAEN o. poS1,s'
GAL HAS JOINED FRANCE IN HER WAL
AGAINST SPAIN. and scot naval fotce Al 80, |
IN the seise OF CadiE and the rsocadsro &C.,.
IL ms Island Of leon, has bren takeB uosses.ian N
BY shs troops andsf the Duke Of Ansoulene sso,ia
Re latter part Of tlis intelligence, which come, AZ
AZ oeciAi shape through thc Aoa eur az the 7,h N
September prove correct. a. We fear il will. !, -
most uniayoFable commencement Of he at,ack ,Doa
CadIz For the last tNo monlhs. We have heen taid
that Valdez. tie Governor u Cadi1 who IA regard
"a ia tie whole 81 Tire french asny ~ very 49,
naa. aud whc haa been completely master o( al the
operations Of eeience. has beat the whole Of his at
teution 10 fofily ihs point lie has separated !,
from tar neigabofing iaad By trench IS O, 40 IA
lhoms 10 breadth, into which the sea enters. and
hiled TINS lmmense csasm with great number oil
.un-boais. placing ship of war al the entranee
~ was the opaion Of the persons who had seen the
maFk. that 4 would reader an attack on the Tfoea
sse. if not nnpTactcabe. at least productive Of an
aanense loss OF life. Up "a the very ast hour IA.
london Times was very sanguins Of The moral i'm.
FEASIBILITY Of the French taking this fortress The
usniusula rTocadefo. comprising the forts rr0cadero
- Joseph and MalagoFdo, shuts up the entrance OF
he inner port. leavisg between the fort Mataporda
md Poniales channel Of Only about 500 toses vide
pontales Is built on point Of land, which also
bears The name OF Poatales. and this point IS az the
snd Of the eauseway which uhites the island Of
leon. NJ Y Spectator
THE GREEKS
Adgices flom Zante and Corfu, contained in let
tiers from Trieste. ofIhe 2Ist ut mention that the
Turkish Aeet IN that neighbourhcod in a state
Of great insubofdinaton, and that the plague pre-
vailed on board many Of the ships.-That or the
Greeks main,aiaed position favorable for an at
tack, but their naval commander had determined 10
delay H. until disease and the mutinous spirit Of
the sailors had weakened the Turkish feet in a still
greater degree.
Private adyices represent the Duke dan
gouleme as being dissatisfied with the inactiy-
ity Of Bordesott, wins had suffered two months
70 elapse without eGeeting any thing while
on the other hand Valdez, on whom the Span
iards implicitly rely, had strengthened Cadiz
by several new defences. He had acquired
such an ascenlancy, that the French officers
generally admitted that the siege Of Cadiz
would not be that trihing enterprise which
they had hitherto represented.
Great complaints were made Of the state OF
The French Squadron before Cadiz Ii was
blamed. From some unknown cause he had
thrown Up his command without leave, and
was on his way home. Ii is said that his
fris1dshaye procured physician's certificate
that he wss suffering under temporary de-
ralgemeni, 10 order 10 prevent bis being tried
for dis0lslence. Rear Admiral Baron du
PIERRE hal left Paris to take the command Of
the bockaling squadron.
A 81, ~
dated at Toredunberra, Aug. %, 1 | o'clock, p
M gives ths particulars Of an engagement be
tween the Constituiionaists and hrs troops be-
fore Atafulla. The former was obliged 10 re
re within the walls of Tarragona. aud as usu,
- with the French bulletins, sustained Sc
we're loss.
St. Sebastian stiII held out.--A chassse ma
officers anasJrfrsfe, 1 zh been csPtIred By thhtt
French squadron.
A great number Of domestic animals have
persisted ia the course of the last winter and
spring IN East Prussia, for want of food, viz
ll,345 horses. 1859 oxen, 1924 cows, and G..
3s7 young cattle Of various kinds.
great many fires have occurred at War.
saw during the SIMMER by lightning. Near
" 10 persons .ofyarious ages have been killed
or wounded or lost their hearing.
An article from Algiers, dated June %
states that the government had returned TO its
despotic proceedings. A ship laden with
various bales of goods, AMI bound to Algiers,
was obliged in consequence Of a storm, to be
at the expense Of 10000 francs, for repairs al
Marseilles and Nice. On its arrival the Capt.
would not unload until he was Undermined for
the expenses, which he proved by proper doc
nmeais Those to whom the cargo was al
dressed complained to the Dey, who ordered
il 10 be delivered to them, adding that il was
not the custom at Algiers to make any allow
snce for the average. All the European A.
gents protested against this decision, which is
contrary TO the law OF nations, but the Dey
persisted, and the czbt. was compelled to give
uPthe cargo without receiving any indemnity.
" The hnstilities between Spain and Algeirs
hive bad % result The Dey's feet is still in
the LeTant. Tie plague has not appeared
here
Fl.os,a Co0iy, g.i1 Gibraltar.