Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-09-30

/ Gibraltar that SEQ cavalry. which were
/ sent to Taiisia, bad Joined the Cunsiitu-
tionalists. A revolutionary spirit had
also discovered itself 10 several other
parts Of Spain, and the inhabitauts had
taken up arms against the King, and il
was expected that the whole country
would, ina short time, be in state of
revolt
In add ton to TIE above, we learn
from letters received by n respectable
| merchant in this city, that the French,
had been repulsed three different times,
at Tarifa.
VALDEZ, nephew Of Adm. Valdez
(who was Gov. of Cadix when the King
was carried there, is at the head Of The
Patriots at Tariifa.
Letters received from Gibraltar, b,
the Lucinda, give us further particulars
| OF the efforts of the Constituencies
to re-estabish liberty in Spain. The
following il an extract under date of
18th Aug. at Gibraltar 'sThere is eve
ry reason TO believe that Simultaneous
struggle has been planned throughout
Spain, and ifin other quarters they have
been as successful as at Tarifia, "tsod
take good King Ed,card to his me,cp.''
The Constituencies have been COM
| pletely successful there---a strong body
of French marched from Cad:z to at
tack tbem--they suffered them TO adj
vance to the second gate when they
opened a destructive fire upon them and
routed them IN every direction: the
French commander is among the killed
-Algesiras IS crowded with the woun-
ded French of that expedition. A boat
has been sent from this garrison to Ia
rifla, to ascertain the state of affairs there
and has returned with the particulars. in
every respect glorious to the Constitu-
tiona cause. Even the women took
an active part against the French.
I'VE have accounts from various
parts of Spain, and all combine TO show
that great events are following apace !;
but shall repeat nothing 10 you but
what is official Wherever the Consti-
tutionaIists go they triumph complete
". The Struggle is dreadful; for their
enemies, as they observe, expect little
mercy all Spain Is now in arms, and
although the period OF revolt IL most
unfortunate, (just as they were about
securing the vintage) they abandon heir
limited crop for nobler haryest--the
cry again is sviva la constitution. death
to the Frenchmen'--we are on the rack
Of anxiety here, and every hour brings
us fresh assurances, that in short PEI
riod Liberty will once more wave her
banners over Spain, and her enemies
be driven beyond the Pyrenees. The
proclainations issued from TarifIa are
calculated TO rouse every Spaniard; a
few only have reached us here, but they
are sought after with such avidity that
llndit impossible to procure one to send
to you. They are ingenious, not a
word is said about the king; every thin .
il directed against The French, the
foreign foe, in the very bosom, and ca
ting out the viials of rpain.' In the at
fair of Madrid, which seemed the signal
a great many French were killed If
this conveyance is detained day or
two, will be able to give YOU some IN
teresting particulars; at any rate, my
next will; till thea, look on Spain as you
would on volcano, threatening by it
inward thunders an immediate ernp-
tom
garrison order was issued on the
Sd ult. from the staff Of the district in
the ghbourhood of Gibraltar. that a
number ofruflians belonging to Ximena
had assembled the day before in that
town, for the purpose Of repeating the
late Constitutional farces, and succeed
ing at firstin securing and committing
TO prison some public functionaries and
respectable inhabitants. A lieutenant
of the Princess Regiment happened to
be passing the town with small party,
when they fired on the reyoiutionists,
who Immediately ecd TO the mountains.
A royal decree was issued at Sacer--
don on the 2ist of July, the object Of
which is to prevent any but sound doc
triues being taught in the Spanish uni
yersities and other literary institutions,
and toexclude from the same professors
and students infected with revolutionary
principles.
The Cadiz Board of Health have alb
soiuteiy prohibited petspns from landing
on the coast in the neighborhood OF
Cadiz and Isle OF Leon, from 8 in the
evening to5 in the morning. they have
also prohibited the carrying of fresh pro-
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