Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-08-11

till three O'Clock the next morning, after which
the garrison could not expect any terms.
A battery OF "a cannons having been erected
in the night of the 24'h on the extreme right,
opened It's FIRE on the fortress at day bre ak.
The Emperor hearing the cannonade, went to
the battery to see the effect it produced.
II fully answered his Majes,y's expectations.
AT the end of an hour, the bas,ion against which
the fire had been particularly directed, was
reduced to silence. The enemy had remarked,
however, from the number cf officers on this
spot. that the Emperor must be among them.
They acc ordingly began 10 canuonadr with their
largest guns The hill on which our august Snve-
reign was, and several "a pound balls struck
the foot of the hill. Having seen the FIRE Of the
above mentioned bastlon %silenced, and c~onyinc,
ed that the siege was making all the progress
that circumstance permitted, the Emperor,
summoned back 10 the frontiers of his domi.
Mons by other important affairs, left the block
AIDE, and on the road, received from The Cow
ernor of Ismael, news that the He,man Cos
sack had declared that he and his people would
place the selves under the protection of RUS
STA; 1000 of them bac already arrived at our
quarantine establishment, where arrangements
were making 10. receive them.
On the 26,h his Majesty arrived at Bender,
where he met the Empress, who is in perfect
health.
On the 9th a naval action took place between
The Russians and Turks, before .Anapo, in
which the Turkish fo,illa was destroyed, with
the loss Of 1900 men and six standards, and
Anapo had been bombarded fourteen days
PORTUGAL. The Liverpool Advertiser Of the
gath says; The brig Luci!ania, at this port from
Opor,o. sailed on the 10Th inst. at which time
- A.. L,,a H.a, -, l. ...- $500.
ouIl state, the Provisional Junra exercising the
Of government with all the regularity
of an old established institution. The mails
from Lisbon had been Withheld for three weeks,
and no news had been received direct from
thence during that period, All the disposable
troops in Opoito had been sent off TO Coimbra,
to march upon Lisbon. They amounted 10 six
men The Consti'u ,ionalis,s came
in conlac, with the troops OF Don Miguel, be-
en- Pombal and Leiria, on the fifth. The In
fani's troops fell back upon Leiria, with the
loss OF two pieces of artillery. The garrison
Of the fortress Of AImeida had declared in favor
VI Don Pedro, and recognised The Juula in o.
porto.
The vessels sent from Lisbon to blockade
Oporto had prevented the entrance of a num-
her Of vessels, amongst which WAS the John
Iulou, " pooi. VII Seeing 'HiN, WV
English briggs Of war which were lying in the
Douro, sailed out to demand IN expl nation on
The subject; when il seems, the Portuguese
commandant consented TO allow English YES
sells to enter and leave the harbour; but il was
supposed that all other vessals would be stop
ped.
I, is stated IN a Letter from Lisbon that Don
Miguel knocked down tiis elder sister, and she
now bears The marks Of his brutality on her
arms and feet. He has 500 persons now in
prison on mere Suspicion; $50 are dismissed Of
hcsrs' Every family is in terror.
A London paper says: Intelligence has reach
US This morning from Lisbon, dated he l7'h
lust; and though it was impossible TO obtain
accurate Information while The Government,
w,s interested il concea!ing the good and tx
ageerating The bad, the news is Of importance.
On III 18Th several expresses arrived from
the army, and il was confidently stated hat a
decisive engagement with the Constitutional.
ISIS had taktn place, in which the adheren,s of
Don Miguel we're routed with great loss. The
authari les in Lisbon we're evidently in the
creates, consts ~rnation, no bulletin was issued,
and all the force that could b. mustered, a very
small! one was sent IF to reinforce the army.
The militia were alsoimmediatel> ordered to
march, Tut lhev refused. uni SIS rheir Constitu.
t;onal off ers were restored 10 hem; and, as
thi, wus pertmptorily refused, they remained
in the capital
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