Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-09-19
FOREIGN NEWS.

FORElGN NEWS.
The packet ship Sovereign, at New York,
brings Portsmouth (Eug.) paper of the 18th
August, from which the Journal Of Commerce
makes the following extracts.
Among the passengers in the Sovereign is Mr..
Hughes, American Charge d'Affalres at Stock.
holm, and family.
MADRID. July GIVE are assured that MIR.
Zea BermudeZ had recourse to every means, in
order to persuade the King to interfere in favor
Of Miguel. He told him, among oihef~things.
that he might rely on the appreciation, and even
support, of Russia aud the Holy Alliance. To
this his Majesty is said to have replied" How
little thou knowest the present situation of Por.
tugal! That country is c,rcumstanced as Poland
was at the time Of its revolution. France and
England bore the greatest interest TO the children
of Warsaw, ardcntly wished for the success Of
their cause, were incessant in their application
70 the Cabinets of Europe on their behalf. and
thar was all. When they were defeated. the
French Ministry declared itself satisfied. be-
cause order reigned in Uarsaw; Don Miguel is
now in the same predicaaent All the No,h
era Cabinets are interested about him, and ~ish
yell TO his cause; hut as soon a. events shall
be victorious. thou will see order also rcgning
in Lisbon in the columns Of The Augsburg and
St. Petersbursh Gazettes, that nobody will fire
a shot for him, and that our Interference might.
perhaps, be the cause OF a revolution in Spain"
NJ Zea, who certainly did not expect such an
answer, abruptly took leave of his Majesty.
MADRID, Jelly 90 Intelligence of the capture
Of Lisbon by the troops of Don Pedro, was re.
ceised by this Government yesterday On the
night of the same day, NJ Addington, after
conference with NJ Zea. sent off courier with
dispatches for this Government Upto that date
we had been kept entirely in the dark as to the
progress of Count Villa Flor in the Algarves.
The inference naturally drawn from the silence
of the Madrid Gazette on the subject was that
the arms of Don Pedro in that quarter were not
less successful by land than they had been by sea.
An account Of this occurrence is expected 20 APP.
pear in that paper to morrow, and when the issue
of this long pending contest shall be generally
known here, a strong sensation is likely to be
produced; for, as the prospects of this country
depend, in great measure. on the state of things
in Portugal, the downfall of Don Miguel must
raise the hopes Of the more liberal class of Spani.
ards in the same degree as it will embarrass the
views Of the Apostolicas.
The political principles of the latter being
Queen, and inimical to the succession of the
young Princess, the policy of trucking to that
party-a policy the most inconsistent and para.
doxical that ever Cabinet adopted-will have now
to be abandoned. 1t is indeed strange that such
course should have been pursued by Ministry
protesting the strongest attachment to the Queen,
and bound by every pledge to support the success.
sion lately sanctioned by the Cortes; and yet
such has been the case thus tar; and it is even
asserted that Nj. Zes, few days ago. proposed,
in the Council OF Ministers, that an army of o..
900 men should be sent to the assistance of DON
Miguel. A measure better calculated to ruin
that unfortunate Prince, If his doom were not al.
ready sealed. could scarcely have been devised,
since il would have been Immediately follow ed !
by the direct interference Of France and England,
and by the appearance in Portugal of an over.
whelming force.
PARIS, Aug I've are most anxious TO know
here whether, as in the case of Italy, you will al.
low the French to take the initiative in the affairs
of Portugal, and so lose so much of the conside-
ration and influence which would Of right belong
to you in that country, for your conduct respect
ing it, pending the struggle now supposed to be
over. Up to this moment the French Govern
ment has been profoundly silent on the subject,
but have just now been informed that something
decisive will be determined on ere the departure
of the King for Cherburs, now fixed for Saturday
next-indeed, that Qdeen Donna Maria will be
formally acknowledged, and received by King
Louis Philip, on Friday 9th instant.
write this at noon Of Wednesday 9TH August. |
On Friday the end inst that is five days ago, the
french Government received information BY tel.
esraph OF the arrival of the Marquis de Louie at
Brest, with intelligence of the occupation Of lis.
bon BY the ConstitatonaIists. Yet from that
moment to the present, not one additional word |