The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-06-11
FOREIGN NEWS.

The editors of the Philadelphia Ga.
zette have received, by the packet ship
Philadelphia, London papers to the 25,h
ofApril, and Liverpool to the Goth.
His majesty's old enemy. tho govt,
made an attack on him as sudden and
unexpected, as it was unreasonable, be.
ing on the night preceding the day on.
which his birth: was 10 be celebrated.-
This event caused great and almost I'm.
precedented disappointment at the west
end OF tho town, and amongst those who
were desirous OF witnessing the hustle
IN the park, and the gaieties at Buekinp.
ham place.
LONDON, APRIL "a. 1t appears by the
last accounts from Portugal, that the
Condo d. Amsrante (,ha, enterprise which
our f6ero! journalists first ridiculed as
something too contemplate to deserve
notice-and afterwards, twice or thrice
annihilated, as something too formidable
TO remain successfully continues to rally
round 1t numerous and effective support.
ers. This Is not surprising.
The situation Of the Peninsula, indeed,
at this moment. offers an instructive les
son to the admirers of revolution, and
especially of military revolutions. Both
in Spain and Portugal few rebel soil
diers, with arms in their hands, and CO.
operating with small number of poliii-
cal demagogues, hois,ed the standard Of
revolt against the existing governments,
and proclaimed revolution. For q Pc
riod, the daring treason was successful,
because, the civil population of country
IL easily Overawed at first, by military
force. The rebelling party are already
banded together, capable Of acting as a
body, and master Of resources To given
extent. But the people, however great
their hostility may be 10 what is passing
around, require time to confederate plans
Of resistance, and to organize the means
OF carrying these plans into execution.
Meanwhile, becsuse nothing is openly at.
! tempted, the cry ufthe other side is, that
nothing contemplated, and that the ST.
@ence OF preparation is, in Fact the proof
OF entire acquiescencc.
We now see. in Spain and Portugal
the value of this sinister inference We
now sec what deplorable destiny awaits
the country where soldiers enforce con.
stitutional rights at the point ofthe sword.
But we live in new era, and there may
be danger Of offending very loyal ears,
of alarming very monarchical principles,
II we presume TO consider the military
instructions of Portugal and Spain as
any thing short of-a patriotic struggle on
the part of the people, Tothese atneng
US who have only recently caught this ma
MIA, we would say, look g: the events that
are passing under your eyes, and deny, if
| YOU can can, that the peoole- embI,ati-
| caily speaking, ate against the new order
OF things, both IN Spain and Portugal.
Lord Liverpool allowed in his speech
on the 18th inst. that the parties were
'Dearly balanced;' though we apprehend
closer estimate of the relative strength
of the two parties will shew that they are
not SO nearly balanced, but that the re-
volutionist very small, minorsty.
We are told that the Spanish revoIu>
ton is popular in this country. Yes, il
is SO, and what is more, its popularity is
confined. with few exceptions, to the
same classes with whom her late
majesty queen Caroline, was popular
with whom Hunt was popular with
whom the Manchester massacre gentle.
men were popular with, and with whom
whatever wears the character OF defiance
and resistance will always be popular
This sort of popularity, however, was not
regarded as the apology or the vindica-
ton OF Those occurrences, but were view
ed as concomitsnt circumstances indi.
ca,ive only OF greater peril, and demand
ing the application of more decisive re.
needles. POSTCRiPT,
LIVERPOOL. APRIL 26.-Thc French ar.
my continues TO be imPeded in its pro.
gress, by the resistance it has had to en-.
counter at San Sebastian and Pampelu.
ma. These places still occupy the time
of the invading force. We say the time,
for il does not appear that any very ac>
tive operations are In progress against
these places. The leaders and agitators
of this adventure appear NOT 10 have cal,
culated upon any resistance, for they are
stated TO be without means of vigorous
siege. The head quarters of the prince |
general have progressed TO Vittoria. The
advanced guard is as far as Miranda, &C
cording to the last accounts That part
of the army which remained on the |
French side Of the Pyrenees, under
Money, is SAID 10 be in motion to enter |
Catalonia, where Nina, of whose motions |
we have heard little lately, appears to be |
waiting to watch and check the progress
Of this division Of the adventures.