The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-12-12


~ has issued two decrccs, one authonLr,
II lie Minister of Finance, To contract d IL.
II 10 tfe amount of twenty mlilians o. cr,Is,
i does and another lnposing certain L.
creased import duties, lol the purpose Of
II i'm rowing the revenue Of the cauntr,
Iwh.ehis described ae aa,ins SUSTAINED scea
Il diaPidatioas from the sfstcm of govern
L lueul, recently o,ertn,onn. Ii dpfeI
H., the papers, that some Kind T conspl
L rary has been discovered At Oporln, l.
Ivdch the parties implicated mad persisted
Ifne.asehes win dag1crs.
IRON he p4iotel
PARIs, Oct. Ag.--rorriJos persists il
Idefeadng Carthaseaa, ms forces ARE pref
I,y considerable. Ii Ia affirmed that he l.
n tue mead al Il corps al intrepid marines,
Iali HAT ms patience IS in'lneihe.
| Rotten i, still At TIE head ri a fnimida-
hIr troop in Barcrooa; NJ appears deter
mjued 10 listen 10 t.te proposals al arrange
iutnt.
| II is confidently said that the Duke IAN
| souleme has demanded the pardon Of the
| French refugees, who have been made pri-
/ s1ncfs IN Spaln.
| The Drupestu Blame in speaking of Tor
| RIOS, says, that ne "a :" second edition Of
/ Nina
| BadaiohG, in the picinity Of Barcelona, DC
/ stGter p.
/ On the 18th inst. Wilma scnt Col. Espag
Il Moserrat IL Marshal Money at Sarria.-
4This officer offered tn surrender the for
!. trrse, upou con,ittIons winch were iRadmls-
she The Marshal rejected them, and
i delivered his Hiimntttm. The Colonel re-
turned at five ofu'clock, and requested that
a French General night br sent into Bar
Gel I'd to discuss the proposed conditions
with Nina. The Colonel was received at
AIinner hv the marshal.
On the 18th Gen. Berge was sent into
ADarc.lona, where he arri, ed at eight o
,iock~in the morning, and was received
with distinction. He returned in the eve
nIng, bringing with hun prop of capilu
ltion.
Bu in the course Of the day of the 18th,
a courier had arrived from Cadz, bringing
..n order to the Marshal to grant no specaA
.opdtiuns whatever to Nina, aud IL de-
maud that Barcelona should surrender az
Cadlz had done.
On the 18th General Berge transmitted
thr King, order To the Spanish General
~ho answered thai he wuaid defend the
furtfcss.
Since the 18th, however, several tass OF
truce have prtstntcd themselves, TIA. the
Marshal refused to receive any, unless he
we're the bearer Of an unconditional sEr
render. Col Mnuscrral, however, MAS RI
cri,ed yesterday. We are AZ yet I,orraat
Of hi, rnesston.
1t Is affirmed that previous To the l7lh
list. the Marshal had Offered 10 N1ss" very
advantageous conditions, and particulars
j. a ship 10 convey himself, his family
aud prnpcrty wherever he "lshed.---
Doubtless Nina viii repent having reius
I'd tleln.
Thr operations ofthr siege are actively
II carried ON. A hundred piece. et srtI-
4 Irry have arrived from France and fsuc-
t@.
LINDA, Oct. Q2.-Col. Tholosc, chief
. of the staff of the 9Th division had bern
4 scnt IN summon Lerida 10 surrender. The
articles of eapitularIon being resolved,
upon and sssned II WAS requested that "A
French officer and an officer Of the garri-
goa, might proceed 10 Madrid to insure the
reality Of e. EMS. Soon after their drpar-
tnre, the militia reyoted, and rrc ommtndrd
ho,lllties.
Marshal Lanri,ton, who had already
marched beyond Lcrda, relfaced his ste,rs,
surrounded the fortress, and caused il ~
be slslltied hat he should instantly begin
the siege, and HAT il one Frrnchnlan WAS
kIIied, he would put the entire garrison y,
the sword. This declaratier uroduc.d ia
eT,et Iera, ,,,..n..1 r.. ,,.',',, ana. ,,,
Irooaps took possession of tn. fortress
Marshal Lanriston is marching upon Tar
ragana with Al bis ,r,ill.rv
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