Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-05-31

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April, and has brought London dates to
the Sd inclusive OF that month.
Declaration Of Var.
SUN OFFIIE, LONDON APRIL 8.
SECOND EDITION.
Government have received the de-
caration WAR BY FRANCE
AGAINST SPAIN, as well as the
Manifesto oithe French Government or
its armies entering SPAN. How far
Ministry may think proper to give pub
licity to this document, we cannot pre-
tend TO Judge.
A Liverpool paper ofthe 5lh of Apri
appears to doubJthe above intelligence
and states that NJ other London paper Of
the Sd makes any mention of the circum.
stance.
Letters from Bayonne state, that plol
fIdu heeo discovered Tor setting fire &c
The arsenal at tina, pl4ce. The following
order, which had been issued by the
mayor, gives coos lency to the state
inert. Such an oder is never issued
without ifnperiou's lecessity.
"The M yot of The town Of Bayonne
0astens to inform The iphabi,aos of a
Letter he has rec iiped trotn the Lieuten-
snt OF the King Comm andant of the
place L IS Ao fdlows -
81 have tie no or To inform you that
i; Is customary fot the RIVAL Guard al
ways 10 have thei, am. loaded, and |
beg o. you to lnlorn your ie'Iow-riit-
zens bat al the ,htrdcry Of qua vtve,
without any answer they vii fire."
Inc Mayor ca nj too lrnestly re
commend he CITIZEN to pay the atten-
lion to this imD4'tsnt notice, IN order to
prevent The c,rs which may follow
from negligenCe."
It's rumerea 10 he Datch Journals
tina; Rusala h4s re lived 10 sind three
divisions a a. Geo .aen each, % eater
France aad rt'am hcre during the in
vaslon OF SPAN, aed 81 this measure
Is AT the insf1nce OF tt French nilis-
ters, al the Cpuws ~. K 5ss4 aad Vienna.
The + itors 81 ,n I 41aal De Com
merce, and ofthe Cet-itr traarois, BAY
both been senleDcco O Utr.- months in
and tina Il 500 HaNcs ami
cost OF prosecution, tor e4.iag publish
ed an accoun', v'ihoui DsaIF au,horize',
OF the seerel strung I the Cbao,bor Of
Deputies on the 6,h ii February Al
he numbers Of lae pa ers containing
The secret proceedings, were ordered 10
be torn to pieces.
Courlcrs pass and re fa5s very fire.
quently from Madrid to London. TAe
British Government, it Is said, advise
Spain TO remain 6rm, ana not 10 submit
70 the dictation Of france.
1t is stated that the K .sian Ambassa-
Tor at Stockholm, has addressed a note
70 the government dAmaaiing IL know,
should war take place between France
md Spain, what p-rt ney tneod taking.
The same il would aDpea ar has been
lone by the Russian Ambassador at Co
Denhagen.
Several of the frmest supporters Of
The Royal cause in Spain, have given
notice, formally. az the fead Of tue troops
under their command tia, il the French
army enter Spain they will turn their
arms against them.
Accounts have reached Paris thai
Ferdinand departed from VI adrld escort
ed by 5000 men. Bis gout had yield
I'd to the necessity Of the case, and his
Majesty had consented to travel 90
miles day, for the sake OF the freedom
IF Spain.
The state of ireland is said TO have be.
come appalling.
Letters from Naples of the ll'h OF
March, state that severe shock of a.
earthquake was felt on the 5th a, Paler-
no, by which number of houses and
churches where destroyed, . persons,
were killed, and 1875 wound d. The
damage done % the city alone was es-
limated at 5Oo00t. /, was not acer-
tanned that any other part Of Sicily had
suffered.
Immense orders for arms are said to
be executing in England for Spain One
has contracted to deliver 90
900 bb!s. of gun-powder, and $4,000
stand of arms.
Capt. J. II. Johnston of London, has
offered plan for conveying passengers,
letters, &c. from the East Indies, by car
riages and steamboats,, by the way of The
Mediterranean, Red Sea, &c. The
whole distance is 5000 miles, only 100
by land.
THE GREEKS.
Accounts from Constantinople are to the 2Sth
of Feb. Letters from that place announce that
the Porte had accedcd to the proposals brought
by Lord Strangford.