Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1823-10-09
LATE FROM SPAIN.
BosroN, Sept %.
We have been favored with the FOL.
lowing extract of a letter. dated

had his headquarters at Port ST. Ma
rvs, on Cadiz bay The blockade is
Kept up by sea and lani. but the city
IS well supplied with provisions for
the next FIVE months. General Bal
lasteros, who commanded the Con
stituiional Army in Grenada, has turn
ed traitor to the cause. and made ca
prtulation, to which his army refused
their concurrence. General Riego is
at Malaga, having quickly raised 5000
troops. 1t isimpossible TO torcsee the
result. The French are disappointed.
bot there is no spirit in Spain The
country is distracted by civil conten
tons. 1t is said that England has again
renewed The offer to become mediator.
My own opinion is, that peace will
soon follow
We publish the following from an En-
glish paper Of the first responsibility,
because it throws blaze of light on
the affair of the Spanish Peninsula.
Bell's Weekly Journal states that the
object of the Duke of angouieme in his
journey to Cadiz is to enter into nego-
citation with the leaders of the Cortes !;
and it is stated, in all the letters of any
authority, that it is the purpose of the
Duke to offer very liberal terms. Ii is
understood, indeed, what draft ofthese
terms has been submitted to the English
Government, and that our Minister have
expressly consented to mediate upon
this occasion, and to endeayour to pro-
cure the acceptance of the terms in
question, with some modification. These
terms with the notifications to which
England will assert are confidently
stated to be as follows: and we believe
on very good authority. We speak
generally, and not of course for each.
/. That Spaia shall proceed to con-
stitute an Upper Chamber, or Senate OF
Mobiles, upon the plan of the House of
Peers in France, or England, or if titles
be wanting, or be objected to, that the
Senate shall be constituted upon the
plan of that of America.
Q. The King to have VETO upon
all laws, as the Kings of England and
France, and to have command ofthe ar
mics and the administration of the pub
lie force in full
2. The Parochial Clergy and Epis-
copacy, of Spain, to receive sufficient
stipend--Bishops not less than 10000
dollars annually, nor parochial clergy
less than 5000 dollars, And this to be
secured in land, and not to be dependent
upon any annual supply
A. The inquisition to be abolished
5. The Press to be free, but to be
responsible.
6. A perfect amnesty'of all that has
passed on all sides.
tits further understood, that the Court
of Paris has been led to its late more
moderate conduct by some symptoms of
ambitious views on the part of Russia,
andy consequent disquieting apprehen-
sions upon the part of Austria. 1t has
indeed been manifest to every one that
Russia has of late assumed a very high
tone towards Turkey; and our own Co
vernment begin to apprehend that
war between the Courts Of St Peters
burgh and the Sublime Porte can scarce
ly be avoided. In Span, indeed the
Russian ambassador takes the lead of
the Duke d'Angouleme and the French
Ministry. The Russian ambassador d.
reefs all the measures Of the Regency;
and il is notorious, that it is under his
countenance that their measures have
been SO violent and so little discreet.
The French, however, began to feel
that their forces are insufficient to sub
due the Peninsula. They dread the re-
sistence which Cadiz is capable of offer
ing and the delays which would arise
from attempting to reduce, by mere
blockades, the other fortified towns which
whould arise from attempting to reduce,
by mere blockades, the other fortified
towns which are in possession of the
Constitutionalists They fear, still more,
that if they continue much longer to be
involved with the Constitutional party
in this country, they will greatly facili-
tate the objects which Russia has in
contemplation, and, afford her time to
consummate her plans. The reasons
have operated with so much force upon
the French Government, as to induce
England to step in as an arbitrator be-
tween the Duke of Angouleme and the
Cortes. 1t is confidently believed, that
AN immediate arrangement will take
place.