The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-09-08

ell by Sir X. Wilson, who is said TO have
COCO men to oppose 1900. The accounts
from this place are to the 18th July. IL
was prosisioned for 6 months. aud il was
thought the French could not blockade il
by SEA. Ii was reported nj Lisbon on the
eth, that an important battle had been
fought near Corunna, in which the French
were defeated.
A Col. Watson and Major Briso, tof
Sir Roberts staff were at Lisbon July
3lst, on their way to Corunna from Cadiz,
where they had arranged a treaty between
the Cortes and Sir R.-They stated that
the affairs of Spain were rather looking up.
and that the French loops near Cadi1
would soon have to retire unless they re-
ceiye considerable renlorcementa.
At Lisbon, July Goth, il was said, there
WAS considerable disunion in the Portu-
gnese Cabinet aud that several distinguish
ed individuals bad been arrested.
a loyal Portuguese Magistrate has stat
ed that those who cry " III Rel Absolute
10 not wish for a King with arbitrary and
despotic power, but only for King with
! power To make the laws aud execute
them
a French despatch from the camp be-
fore Saint Sebastian says, that negotiations
have been entered upon, but were broken
off. "The garrison would have given up
the fortress, but wishes TO march out with
| the honors of war. The commander of the
blockade replied, that he would take pos
session of the fortress, and that the garri-
son should he prisoners
Gen. NiIlacampa, IN u report to the Min
| lister of War, complains of the desert!on of
his troops, and censures the Cortes
"The evil, says he. increases, and hope
diminishes ; and as every honorable man
invested with authority ought To express
his sentiments with frankness, 50 deem
it to be my duty never to cease impresslng
on the Government the necessity of con.
vincing the Cor,es, that events shew every
day, more and more, that the conduct
they pursue is IN direct opposition TO the
manifest opinions of the country"
He goes further, and declares that, +" A
large portion of the people are convinced
that it is the cause of faction which we
defend, rather than the cause of the liberal
| principles on which the Constitution is
founded, SO much the more, as it is now
openly observed, hal thosswho were most
tenacious in their refusal in coming to
terms, and who, having been prevented
from forming conspiracy, fastened the
tempest which is sinking the vessel OF
State, having been the first to place them
selves individually in security against it,
Nina, Ballasteros, Quiroga, and Wilson,
still continue to brave the French.
| Paris dates are to July 20. II is stated
that the French army besieging Cadiz had
retired from St. Mary's 10 Here's, In CON
sequence of several reverses which Gen
Bourmont had experienced in the vicinity
of Seville.
The inhabitants ofThcssaly have revolt.
ed against the Turks.
Englana IS an improved Nation. Who,
twenty years ago, would have supposed
that, in the year / 823, ladies and gentlemen
would be forced from London Bridge TO
Calais in IL hours, by kettle of boiling
water: or that, while We were stirring our
drawingroom fire, we should be feeding
the lamps at our hall door! Every thing
has mproved--how much is public taste
refined ! Instead of barrel organs, grinding
English ballads through the streets, we
have Savoyards, saiy dressed, playing
foreign airs. Instead of two long parallel
rows Of people Jumping awkardly about a
room, by way Of dancing, we have the at
titudinizing quadrille, and the twining
waltz; our shops are saloons, our ware
houses emporiums, our packets are yachts
our country boxes villas. A man who
cures deafness is an auriSt; a man who
cooks ones dinner is an artist a gig, with
head, is cdbriOlet: boys school is a
seminary, and a girls school is an eStab
hstmrnt An actors benefit Is appointed
now--not fixed like Sylvester Dagger
wood's.) Instead of common place exhi-
billions, such as we had Of old, we have
fourteen coloured prints stuck on wall,
| and called a c0sm0rdntu we have equcS
trian exercises instead of horsemanship,
aud gganaSin instead of tumbling even
Punch himself has grown genteel.
London Paper.
900.
Gaiiano, leading member Of the Span
ish Cortes, in speech delivered on the
cath May, notices our country in the fol-
lowing complimentary manner:
"Let us turn our eyes to the United
States of America--a country which pre-
SCENTS the beau ideal of human institutions,
and points out the true path to prosperity
and glory. To what does it owe its pow
err? To what the stability of it's constltu-
ton? To the principle of revolt against
arbitrary power, and the maxim of the
sovereignty of the people"
Tngenu;ty,--In st. Johns Library, is
picture of Charles the First, done with the
pen, the lines Of which contain all the
psalms in legible hand.--Mr. Becdell, of
Onery ST. Mary's, Devon, has written
with great facility Goldsmith's poem Of
the Traveller, Deserted Village, Retalia-
ton, Stanzas on the taking of Quebec, and
i, Snn,at ,vithout any ahrpyiaiion Whale