The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-08-15

Ourlate Cadiz papers have supplied Us
~ addition, with variety of articles, when
we subioin Tire news from the interior
OF Spain, contained In these papers. may
be said he Of az encouraging aspect
The constitutional bands appeared to move
whithefsseser they pleased, aud the poll
teal goyernars of various provinces 10 hold
regulr communication with Cadiz.-
We should infer, Oo the Whole, from mhat
ne have read in the Spanish accounts,
that the French have lost more men than
the Spaniards-that their adhereHts con
sisl, ~ general, Of tie dfegs of the country
that HE forlresses will hold ont the Ene-
Iills parties multiply m every direction !;
Cadlz prove tue with the Cortes aud the
invaders sill meet considerable enbauaas-
ment II not utter destruction.
On the 18th s. I9ih June, the municipal
bodies ofCadIz presented To the Cortes, by
deputaii,ns, addresses, IN which they con
graduated themselves and Spain, on the
presence -ef that assembly in Cadiz, and
REQUIRED 10 the circumstances oi the con-
sttulloD having been formed there III l8l2,
defended there IN the last resort, and there
proclaimed anew aud re-established IN l62o'
Tbey anticipated that peace and prosptrl-
" would again be dilased from the same
impregnabIe citadel of freedom, ana an
sWered for the resolution of its inhabitants
to perish rater than submit 10 French con-
troll. The Cortes held their siltmeS IN
the same hall IN which. the constitution
was framed in l8l2.
The Lisbon Gazette Of the 18th June
contains a long isl Of oficers, naval and
military, who when the king Of Portugal
made his triumphal entry into Lisbon on
flle 9Th, Embarrassed the mules othls coach
and drew the vehicle themselves consl-
derable distance. The list presents coto-
Heis, captains, hearing some OF the most
distinguished names of Portugal, and was
published o0iciaRy after having been so
lemnIy read in the presence oil the par
ties Who hod he honour to supplant the
mules.
Tie same Gazette gives the following
decree of The King Of Portugal
Considering the manful resolution Ia
ken on the eth May Of the present year,
by lhs Infant DON .Higuek my beloved and
estimable sou, ard the fidelity with whleh
he carried il into effect laying tAus the
foundation Of the great events " hch have
resulted in the overthrow Of a violent and
andrchical sYstem,- also the
liberty which | now enjoy to give my
subjects a constitution in anaingy with
Their customs and manners, and more con-
tormGbit 10 The representative constitution u
ihc other Honarchjes Of ElWope-and wish
lng t. give the said infant al additional
pruof of the confidence | have in him, |
have resolved that he shall be called into
TIE department of Wal, when amy lmpor-
TAM business relating 20 the army IS under
DISCUSSION"
The Cadlz Espee'ador, ofthe Goth Gays,
" Why should we not expect, uotwth.
standing the trials aud conflicts which all
lovers ottheir country mu,tnow meet, that
The cause liberty and Independence will
iamph2 We have yet Gye armies, and bold
possession OF ali our tortrrsscs we are vel
masters of two thirds Of the Peninsula
we have the king aud executive govern
mcnt and the Cortcs in our leland. SAFE
from The numerical superiority Of our enc
my--wc have national honor, steel, anti
arms. Without money, arms or govern
menl, we contrived to destroy the armlca
ot Napoleon. Those who reasoned from
probabilities in ON last neutrality-suspicious.
found themselves at the gnG Of Il few yeies
completely mistaken"
Gen. Lopez Banos was appointed, on Oh,
18th June, Political Chlrf of the depart
ment of Seville. Ile.iesed contribution
of 100000 upon the ecclesiastical council
OF the city, as a reiGbuton lor The excess
IS committed by the populacp. The hay
oe committed in the plumber of the effects
OF the government and individuals, EN-
balked on the river, was immense. Thu
tortes drCfecd that the first opportunity
should be taken OF INJECTING the severee
punishment upon the rioters.
Al the sitting ot the tortes on the 20ti
June, the President Of the Department
who waited upon the King at Seville, T.
announce the determination of the Corte,
To remove, mentioned that he had forgot
ten 10 relate that His Majesty, after refusing
to so, observed tiat--" rs an Individual
he would mike any kind.of sacrifice, bat
as king he could not in his Conscience
On the 10th the Cortcs sent commit
teete the king " to t,licitate His Majesty
! upon his happg arrival in Cadl2,' In Il
short time the committee returned, and
reported, that they had performed then
errand, and were received by the King
with ltis usual goodncss His Majesty
thanked the Cortes for their attention
On opening the Cortcs on the IGth
June, the Speaker pronounced this shorl
address.
:" IT, in our removal from Seville 80 this
uty, We presented NJ idle aud costly array
OF romp 10 the nations, al Il st We offered
10 their eyes the great spectacle Of the
public libertieslrj forth under the auspices
and safeguard ofthe sworn representatives
OF the people. This example and our Sal
criliees viii not he lost-No! the people
VIII blush not to initiate them; and wo 10
the treacherous invaders of our soil. if the
bitter cry of ON outraged country should
awaken and electrify the pride and picty
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