Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-04-22

per, itted to any government o tLIorr
authorize by ~ Silence d ErIBOrpi, >u.,,.
| veIsive OF all rs STATES.
Consequently, h's majesty orders you
| Oh the receipt {. his despatch, t. ati,.rr,s
| a protest 10 the nllnIsDy, coucted IN ..,e
| most honorable, bui al the same the il.
most energetic and positive, against ,b,,
principle. specifying that his Most Faith
! iul Majesty hopes that the government, e
His Most Christian Maiestey viii de,kt
from II as it csnnOt escape hIs penetration
! what incaiCu!ah.e results may be produced
| by war that VIII put all Span in,o a
| slate ct cunihu.i!on.
Bot, il The hopes OF His n. +. Majesty
| ale disappointed, aud It The French army
enters the Spanish territory, your excel
iency is ordered to retire immediately
| from the kingdom, that the whole wurl1
! msy SIC that The Portuguese nation and
It's august Chief, detest principles as Con-
trary to the security OF governments, As
| they are destructive 10 TIE tranquility OF
] nations.
HIS Majesty, however, being unwilling
10 contribute by any u.eans 10 the disasters
| OF the new comhusliOl. which IS about /,
embrace all Europe, al least that the seed
| rlIy OF The nation may DOT be directly CON-
promised, viii still permit The existence
! two nations.
Conse quentIy. while the diplomatic re-
ations ale suspended betw cen the courts,
NJ. de Lesseps may still remain here IN
quality OF Consul General; The other Con-
suIs also may remain at their respective
posts, while their government does net OF
der the suspension Of the commercial rela-
tons, they shall! not be made TO adopt
measures which might put the government
OF bis Majes,y under the severe obligation
Of EMBARRASSING The cause OF Spain.
Thus, so long IS the principle announ,
ceG by His }Iost Christian Majesty !, NOT
put in execution, bis Majesty will con.
tDe himself TO simple protest in his name
and that OF the nation A; bu;, in case thers
is an aggression, His Majesty orders that
you Immediately demand passports. and
leave The Kingdom, with all "a your en-
ployDeni, bringing with you all archives
OF Tie legation, and sending orders 10 The
different consuls that they continue to ey-
ercise their functions until new order
from His Majesty.
Lisbon, February IS, 1923.
(SigneGl ,S,IvestTe Pnhei,o, Eerrei,a.
Copies Of this despatch were sent TO The
Charges d'Allaires al London CopeDha-
gen and Stockholm, with orders TO coin.
municale to those governments the d,sap.
probation his Majesty has expressed of
principle so contrary 10 the imprescUbable
rights Of all nations
The minister was Intercepted concern.
ing he state of our alliance with Span,
and replied, that sine" his entrance INTO
the ministry, he had ordered the charge
d'at1aires at Madrid, 10 demand from the
Spanish ministry a note OF the means pos
sessed by SPAN tor the defence of the
vernmenl had 20 doubt thai The army Ut
the Pyrenees, called the army of observa-
ton, was intended for war. Our minister
made the enquiry, but The succession Of
frequent ministries put il out Of his power
TO obtain an answer.
After the conversion of the Gordon SAM.
taire into an army OF observation the Por-
tuguese government proposed TO the Spa
nlsb government a project OF a treaty l0r
an alliance y 6iCb contained the minimum
Of the resources TO be afforded ~ case Of
INVASION; without hssiialing however, 10
furnish to Spain all the aid in our power,
and hoping that Spain would be equally
prompt 10 assist us in sine Of danger
Some difficulties have arisen about he
node. but none IN The substance OF The
treaty; and | am persuaded that those dii-
fculties will disappear whenever the as.
sistance becomes necessary
After several speeches tall cfpa'riotiSm,
pronounced by different deputies, the vote
was taken on The preamble Of he decree
relating to The extraordinary measures OF
security which our circumstances deman"
ded. This preamble, TO which an amend
ment had been proposed, was adopted IN
the following form:
"The Cor,es, &c. considering how ne.
cessary il is 10 sustain The national inde-
pendence, aud to resist every tors,gn at
temp, directed against the notifications
and changes which the nation has lawful
ly made in.iis political systems and con-
siGering besides that any invasion wha'e"
yer made in the Peninsula under the pre-
text Of destroying or mod tying the lnsti-
lulions adopted by Spain, cannot fail to he
an aggression against the independence
and the political system OF Portugal, de-
crees The following
ION account OF not receiving our papers
in due season, we have copied the speech
OF the king OF Spain from the CommeTcIal,
and several articles from the American oi
last evening.
Translated for The Commercial .fd0ert'seE.
MADRID, March 3 In The preparatory
sitting of The Extraordinary cortes OF The
95lh February, the President, Vice Pre'i-
den. and Secretaries were nominated -
Mr Flores Calderon has been elected Pre-
a;J,,, Al .V.ldas Presios Sice P;esi-