The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-08-01
FROM SPAIN.

retta, Carter, arrived here YESTERDAY qe .e
Smyrna land GibraltaI,) reports tb,, ""m
brig Midas ofand from this port had ' INC Inc
ed at Smyrna III the unprecedept,d ".''-
of 80 days. "'saes
den or twelve priyateers, armed !, A,
geslras, were cruising in the Str,;,. a. a.,
French property aud had made seyod
captures. On the Goth MAY they carriss
IN two large French ships and 6rg '' n
that day French frigate made her ann,s.
ance IN the bay, which prevented M
other captures. The French had soror,yy
vessels of war OF Cadz and other p,,-,s ' az
the coast Of Spain. VI
| BY the Margaretta, the editor of ~.
Gazette has received file of the Gibr,h,,
| chronicle to the LIST of June, aud the Re-
dactor General of Cadiz, of the e4,b :,
| May, which furnish the following inforra
ton:
The king has deprived Lieut.. General,
| Count Abisbal and Montiio ofalI the bonor'
and distinctions which government c,n
give or withdraw at will. ''
SEVILLE, May 21.-Brigadicr AIirara,
in Alcoi on the 10th. General BaIlaotora'
in Valencia with 1000 foot and 800 bor,a
| and the Cd division'of his army, ,inderGsn
Balanzat, in the environs of Termed and
Daroca, consisting of 1000 Of the former
and eco of the latter.
In Cazalla there will be another copr,
for similar purposes in tllatpart orthe coun.
try. In Es'remadnra, Badaioz is terrifying
and the best spirit prevails. This is also
the case in,he province of Salamanca and
Ciudad Rodrigo. General MoriIlo, com
manding the 9TH army, had his head quar-.
tiers at AstofSaon the 18th, and the force,
under him were rapidly increasing Bri.
gadiers Palarea and Jauregai are in ASIA
ras with between and 5000 men. Gen.
Nina, as stated before, was at CasteI(olrt
on the Cd, and being IN the enemys pre-
sence, bad concentrated his forces.
Gen. Espinosa slept on the 10th in Alba
cete--he has 5000 foot, 500 horse and 8
pieces OF ordnance under him.
The Biario dc Governo gives the sub.
stance of a despatch Of the 18th, from Gen
Pogo, stating that tie Spaniards having
ahacdoned Zamora, Merino had entered
that tewn CA his march TO Salamanca--
that the feV troops which were in Zamora.
bad proceeded to join General Morilo-
that Slverla was in Valderas on the 10Th.
aud that he was returning to Portugal wilh
his force considerably reduced
n Number of the Expectador, quoted in
the fastest paragraph Of the latest Cadiz
ReddctoT, he 22d inst. also says, that the
French have evacuated sSantander with
precipitation, in consequence Of the natives
having risen upon them and that they
were pursued by haIarea, Jauregui and
Canrpillo5
Aud, further, that Gen. Nina was known
to be in sight of the enemy on the ID inst /;
thatdtt IS So mentioned in dispatch of his
from CastcIfoliit ofthat day and that he
might have ob;ained, on the 4th, IA conside-
rable advantage, which, on the 18th, he was
reported IN Seville to have obtained over
division of zoo French troons. An aid
'dc camp Of that commander had arrived at
Madrid, late in the evening ofthe lSth, with
dispatches for Count AbisbaI, the contents
OF which bad not TRANSFERRED.
GIBRALTAR, May 26.-The following
interesting intelligence was officially com
municated to the Cortes ON the 22d May.
" On the 18th, Count Ahisbal laid down
The command Of the third army of opera
tons, which consequently dcvolved on &c.
neral the Marquis de Casteldorrius. In
making the congress acquainted with this
occurrence, the war minister added, that it
resulted from the confidential accounts re-
ceved by government, the best spirit con-
tlnued To prevail in the army, the whole Gf
which had marched out of Madrid with the
exception OF two battalions, two squadron 8, H
aud two pieces of ordnance that the enc v
my's vanguard, advancing from Bursos,
was to enter Buytrago on the 9th, and tie
body coming from Sarragossa, was to
march into Gaudalajara on the same day;
aud lastly, that on the receipt of this intet-
senee, which his majesty had heard with
great concern, government had wlthOts
loss OF time made the most efiectual dsp0 I
sitions, both as regarded the Sd Amy, and
to bring the offenders to condign punish
ment.
The resignation Of Count Abisbal was
brought on as follows AS early as the
l lth, Count Montilo, then in Madrid, had
to prevail on him TO save his
by declaring himself independent,
until the king had recovered his liberty,
and the constitution Of 1919 had been laid
aside. This constitution, Count Montijo
asserted TO be incompatible with the hap
piness of the nation ADD he grounded llls
opinion upon the decided opposition OF the
country to the new system an opposition
as general as the hatred against Godoy
at the time of the first Invasion, and VIII
secures tie the French, this time, rs heaI
a welcome, as was strong the resistah
they met with at that period: =, X
Here follows his reasons as published
in Our paper by the last arrival.
This correspondence having been made
pubic, a paper was published by Count
on the nth, stating that some III
mentioned persons having concluded from
he anininnc no had eynressed az u nrlyHts