The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-09-23
LATEST FROM SPAIN.

The ship rhalia, Capt. BHtlar, from the
Island Of Sicily, via Gibralter, y days ar
rived at this port yesterday atternoon'--
CAPTAIN Butlcr, makes the following report.
August 9TH was informed by respccta-
bic nhabitAnt Of Gibraltcr, that Reunion
OF four or $40 of the banishel Constitutional
lists who had been sccretcd along the coast
had landed at TencriAc On the 4th inst
where they were amicably received and
ioincd by the Garrison and have since been
joincd by a large number OF persons from
the interior, my informant could not say
whether these pcrscas had committed AN
act of desperation OF whether It was a part
Of general plan OF iusurrection.
General O'Dannell who WIS., at Algesiras,
had scat two companies Of the 9Th = recon
noitrc III the ncighbourhool OF 'ialiita who
on their arrival there irlmetiatcly joined Tie
Insurgents.
He had arrested thirty individuals At Az
gcsias suspected ot bluy connected with
the captors Of Tarii.t and ordered them Tor
Cueta The Insurgents Of TIriiIl having
received information OF it fitted out boat
and captured vessel that was conveying
the prisoners to Cueta.
Two French frigates and a Spanish
schooner Of war had becmcannonadihS Ia
riliii OH the 7th, but the wind blowing fresh
from the west and the current setting strong
through the gut, they could not ho!i to wind
ward and bore up for Algeslas: one report
SANS 500, another 1000 French troops had
adyanccd upon Tariff. from the neiSbour-
hood Of Cadil. y body of 909 Of the r.%lles,
I who had been living on board OF different
, crafts in the harbour or Gi5raitci tor some
! months pasl, lett there ON the night or the
4 7th, in small vessels for lhc purpose OF at-
\ tempting a descent something similar to t''at
OF Tarilfa somewhere in the nciShborhoot u
Malaga.
le1t (iihraltcr at Nix O'Clock, OH the eve
ming Of the 9Th at Witch time the wind was
fresh from the Eastward but the French
trigatcs in AlgcsiaS roads showed no dis
position to get under way when ! passce
! them, at 10 p. NJ. when of the point o
Gaulmesi four miles cast Of iaritta l saw
the flashes and heard the reports OF a sharI
skirmish of mushctry, ,which lasted ahoutti''
\ minutes 1T II, being abreast OF lar.itA unt
within two miles of the town, saw anC
heard a camonatling on tho hills back .
the town and could plainly see the cours;
Of hot balls and rockets which appearc, Y
be all fired in one direction, namely, diag
onaly across and towards the bank of thu
, very bright, | could distinguish objects ol
5 shore, tolcrably well, which enabled me 7
. remark that the island and tower Of fariit
S were all perfectly quiet; the firing bcin
confined to these small hills apparently Il
: bout one mile back OF the town, from whicl
/; conclude, that the constitutionalists had nG
c only ktf! possession OF the island and town
S but had made good their footing on til
h main.
e At half past II the firing ceased, with til
1 exception of single gun at long intervals
and at so minutes past midnight the canon
t ade recommended, and increased in violenc
t until half past A. NJ. when it became tire
mendous, and in the short intervals of tn
c cannonade, heavy and continued vollies
c musketry could be plainly heard, as tn
1 wind was east, and Tariiia bore cast, coul
: hear the firing until a. NJ. at which tim
c it was lost in the distance.
: The last mail from Madrid had brougl
S accounts Of quarrel and affray between til