The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1827-03-15
TOM SWITCH.
TOM SWITCH.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
VERY LATE FROM ENGLAND.


FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
VERY LATE FROM ENGLAND.
The packet ship New York, Capt. Bennett
arrived at noon. yesterday, from Liverpool
whence she sailed on the 1st February, and to
which date the Editors of the Commercial
Advertiser have received copious files of Lon
don papers. The lateness of the hour COM
pels us to be very brief in our extracts for this
evening.-N. Y. Spec.
The Duke of Wellington succeeds the
Duke of York in the command of the ar
my, and has announced his intention of
retaining the whole of the Dukes Official
establishment.
The latest advices from Portugal are to
the 18th of January. The Morning Her.
aid of the 3Oth, contains long and inter-
esting letter from special correspondent
sent to Lisbon to furnish information for
that paper. According to this letter the
British troops are hated by the lower cas-
ses, and have been coldly received by the
! upper ranks.
The arrival of small French squadron
at Lisbon, had created much speculation
for few days, but it soon departed-on
its voyage to carry a minister to the Bra
zils, and to reinforce the French squadron
in that quarter.
| The writer before us speaks of another
victory by the Constituencies under
Villa Flor, over the rebels but he says
the operations are generally contemplate.
He feels ashamed that he cannot send
more interesting news but assures the ed
itor of the Morning Herald, that most of
the news which has already been published
in England, as coming from Portugal, was
evidently manufactured in London.
Some difficulties exist between the Por-
tuguese government and Lord Beresford,
and it is said he is about relinquishing the
idea of taking, command of the Portuguese
army, previous to his departure on his re-
turn to England.
A branch of the Apostical Junta is said
to sit nightly in Lisbon, and to contribute
its subscription to the grand collection,
made on the part of the Church in Spain,
and the rest of the kingdom, to resist the
Constitution.
Many broils had occurred between the
British soldiers and the Portuguese. and
ten of the former had been assass;nated.-
These occurrences are attributed to broils
in the wine houses. Where bottle of en-
cellent wine can be procured for three
pence, it is to be expected that it will be
drank by every body. To remedy the evil,
however, the British officers have directed
each soldier to have pint of wine with his
dinner. [" Who would not be SOL
der !"1
The British troops already in Portugal
amount to 5000. These will be sent into
the disturbed districts in three divisions
But the writer of the letter before us SAYS,
this force will be altogether inadequate to
hold the country.
the Portuguese rebels is desperate. The
Marquis of Chaves, defeated, has been
compelled to withdraw to the frontiers,
and must soon retreat into Spain.
The Spanish army was moving upon
the Portuguese frontier, and the oxen and
mules, &c. on the Portuguese side of the
line, had been purchased up and driven
into Spain.
! Madrid dates are to Jan. 18th. A Man
ifesto had been issued from the War De-
partment, to the Commanders-in-C Chief OF
the different provinces. In regard to Por-
tugal, it IS decidedly pacific. 1t speaks
OF the magnanimous King of England"
Were Spain ever SO much disposed to
attempt the prostratiou of the Constitution
in Portugal, her energies would be parali-
zed by the discontents of Constitutional
party at home. Indeed, according to let
tiers from Madrid, column of Constitu-
tionalists, consisting of about 500 men, had
landed on the coast of Malaga. The Gov
ernor of the Province, and the Royalist
Volunteers we're stated to have gone in
pursuit of them, and to have taken 50
men, who, it is added, were Immediately
shot.