Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-10-19
corps have been arrested and sent to the fortress

SPALN.-Advlces from Madrid are to the lSt
of September, and variety ofletters are before
US; but they vary according to the political feel
ings of the writer's. The new Constitution of
Portugal continues to be the great cause of a.
Iarm, and although the accounts from the latter
kingdom direct, represent affairs as being COM
paratiyely tranquil, yet, according to the Span
ish ultras, the fact is far otherwise. "Portu-
cal continues given up to all the horrors of a
civil war, says one of these letter-writers, from
Madrid, Aug. %. The banefuJ gift of the En-
peror Don Pedro to the Portuguese is Pan
dora's box, at the bottom ofwhich, perhaps, no
hope will be TO be found, should, Europe
show itself Indifferent to their unfortunate stu
alton, and the revolutionary hydra be allowed
to spread its ravages. The Freemasons will be-
come masters Of the kingdom, religion will dis
appear; and theywil usurp our properties" A
mother letter of the same class, dated Zamora,
Aug. %, savs:-"NVe have here daily new emf
grants, who paint to us the melancholy state in
which Portugal is placed A regiment of ca
valry has entered Galicia. New troops are
still expected there, flying from their country
ByCuidad Rodrigo are to enter Immediately the
following regiments, viZ:-the 9th OF the light
cavalry, and the 10th of the infantry; and the
number would be far greater on this part OF the
frontier, if at Zamora the emigratng troops
got rations; but know not why this apathy on
the part of the government. An English steam
boat has entered Lisbon, bringing news that the
Infant Don Miguel accepts not the Crown I'M
der conditions, and this has wonderfully dis
couraged the Constitutional party. AT Bra
ganza the rich Jews scatter money among the
poor ones, who are employed 10 echo the cry in
favor Of the new SYSTEM
From the letters Of all parties, however, it is
evident that the Peninsula continues in state
of disquletude. Silent discomfort reigns inc
very bosom, and the retirement of the Duke
del Infanrado has increased the public anxiety
If the Duke could not do all the good he wish
ed, he was at least gsilant sentinel who pre-
vented much mischief; and in the midst of all
the uncertainty the malevolent are constantly
inventing a thousand absurd reports, tending to
favour their projects.
Fronrthe London Morning Chronicle Sept. IS.
We have received the following communica-
ton from our Manchester Cores poadent:
"Manchester, Wednesday Evenmg The mar
ket continues to support the appearance OF inn
provement. The demand for yarn was yes'er-
day well sustained, and manufactured goods
were sold with greater readiness, and IN larger
quantities. In power-oom cloths, triAing adj
vance was obtained. They have lately been
selling at prices which hardly repaid the cost
of production. The present price is only sufi-
Gent to afford very small profit to the manu-
facturer. 1t will be some time before either
profits or wages can be raised, even under the
most favorable circumstances. | tear, indeed,
that wages are more likely to undergo further
reduction The hand-loom weavers are already
reduced to the lowest rate on which it is posi-
bic for them to subsist, and the powerloom
weavers are gradually falling into the same con-
work on the reduced terms; but their places
have been Immediately supplied from the mass
who are out of employment. The wages OF
spinners have always been higher than those of
wea,ers, but this difference will soon disappear.
As the hours of labor are extended in those fac
tories which had been working what Is called
a short time, the wages have been lowered in
proportion, so that the work-people continue
to earn but just as much as they did before the
Time was heightened; and in the factories which
are resuming business, lower rate of wages is
in every case given There is no difficulty in
obtaining hands upon almost any terms.
"Applications for work on the roads are still
made at the Town Hall. great number OF
men are now employed in this manner. The
Discrimination at first shown 10 resort to this
kind of labor has been removed by the contln-
ued pressure Of unrelieved distress, and compa-
ratively but few have yet been able to return to
their former employments."