Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-02-19

port, whose destination was said 10 be
Br 81 an. the So tn Sea.
d letter irvn biadrid, of the 9Th Dec.
says
The new government, does no. renounce
the colonies; small EXPEDITION has alrea>
d. sailed IRON C,diz, (bui wilLou, troops)
Tor Lima.
4 London paper Of the esd Dec. con-
iaIns project TO form great company OF
European BANKERS, who are TO advance to
"paiu the Wo0ey Ut which she stands in
need, receiving IN return the exclusive
privilege of trading TO South America, and
Uie mining property, machinery, &c. pos
srssed b. tn, Crown OF Spain in that part
at the world The Morning Chronicle
IN noticing this subject remarks That
hi project has been formed We do not
d"ubt but We certainly do entertain some
doubt al the wisdom 1T The great bankers
10 could listen to il for moment. or dare
TO communicate i, to The public. SPAN is
TO longer sovereign de tncto Of SouthAme-
r,ca and her grant Of any such privilege,
w'thou, The acquiescence OF the South A
,nerIcar S sles themselves, would be Ut
terry unavaling.'
SPAIN.
The Madrid dates are 10 the 9lst Dec.
Ferdinand presided at Council OF State
on the 18Th; the object OF the meeting is
said 10 he the granting an amnesty, which
was expected to be published Oh the 3Oth.
On the other hand. we find 1t stated in q
Letter OF the 18th. that the general amnesty,
50 long expected, is still adispured point;a
,najorily OF the Council OF CASTLE oppose
II and the fanatics DO their utmost 10 ex.
cite discomfort IN the minds OF the people,
both here and in the provinces, with res
peci 10 the COnci'iatGry measures. which
10 The moderate seem indispensable. Ad.
dresses and remonsrances TO the king
succeed each other; several are written
m such yInIen, language, and hold up 10
the sovereign the prospect OF so many e.
Wis aBd disasters, ii he parlons aud uades
round his throne so mary thousands OF
misled subjects, that his Majesty, natural,
" mclined 20 listen to The Services, will
vesy likely follow their advice, in spite
nt all the objections and he efforts OF the
Foreign Ministers, and the counsel OF
some wise Spsniaris, who tee! that .ecoD-
cr'atlon is necessary. Meantime the pri-
sons are full. the trials o. the unhappy
persons confined in them are without any
relaxation of severity. and though the war
has ben terminated these three months,
IL 600 prisoners OF war endure, in lbe de.
pots in France, very different fate from
which was promised them before the
king lett Csdiz to join the French Prince
The son OF the Marquis de Casa lrujo,
has been mortally wounded in duel with
French officer at Madrid He was TWEEN
ty,two years of age. and on the point OF
matrimonial alliance. Ii is said the orr
gin of the dispute was more political than
amorous
III. prelates and all The eccles astics
who are at Madrid. have presented petit
ZION to the king for the establishment OF
the inquisilion. The king ans cred, that
ne was not authorised t. do it by the
powers OF the pope.
The Duke Of San Fernando has been
bsnished TO his estates, for having refused
Ire embassy which was offered him
Ii is stated that the people OF Grenada
had proceeded in mob 10 the prisons Of
that town, and assassnated more than 1000
Consti!utionalists
FRANCE.
From the London papers We learn that
an imporisnt change has been made in the
French Chambers One fifth Of the De-
pu,ies have heretofore been elected anDu-
ally. The Chambers have been dissolv-
ed. and the new elections are 10 be for Sc
ven years, for the whole number Of depu-
ties.
AUSTRIA.
A Vienna article of the 4th OF Dec. re-
iterI,es the assertion, that at the meeting
of the two Emperors at Czernowitz, the
object of their conferences was limited TO
the affairs of Turkey. II adds. however,
that the Emperors on this occasion, declare
that they are wholly satisfied with the re-
suit of the political system which they
have adopted, and BY which they have
maintained and consolidated the peace Of
Europe
RUSSIA,
Count Wittgenstein. who was in COM
mand Of The Russian Army Of Observa'
ton on Inc borders Of Turkey, is said to
have suddenly Quilted the service OF The
Emperor Alexander. and to have ben sue
ceeded by Count Moloradowitch.
GREECE.
The lac account we find is in an arfi'
Gle dated Ancona. Dee. IL, which says,
that letters from Corfu, Cephalona,
Trieste aud Calams, confirm the defeat oil
ID Turkish feet Out OF So vessels, only
Nv enty two have made their escape, with
the Captain Pacha, to the Dardanelles. Il
have been taken, burned or run ashore, &
the rest remain blockaded in the Gulf oil
Leila toy the Greeks Mayrocordato is gone
20 the relief OF Missolongh, with l2 ships
], is said that the besieged have made three
sorties and gloriously repulsed the enemy
II is even said that they have taken the
traitor Baraguio,i prisoner. The inhabl'
,ants Of Scapala. Sciathe, aud Schyro,have
pu, to the sword the troops which the
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