Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-11-08
VERY LATE FROM SPIN.

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Bva Sip from the Office ::of ih New
York Mercantile Advertiser ofSundaY
afternoon, we are advised Of the arrival Of
the ship Empress, Townsend, FROM Malaga,
and l9st from Gibraltar, in &c Gays. A
Gibraltar paper of the % :ns ant saws:
The steam packet phocian, frolaN allen
cia, arrived at Gibraltar SeptemberssO, via
Malaga. A despa c!, had been saffron
Cuenca ON the 22I instant, 10 the Provincial
DepI.alon, by General Ora. TSodays
before, this commander had come insigh,,
not far from Alondiga, Of 5000 loot and
500 horse, under Cabrera, who ha fpartcd
frem Don Carlos; and, although thtg garhst
leadcrhad succeeded in crossing the Tagus,,
he lcfs upwards Of 200 prisoners, an!tsone
baggage, in the hands Of his pursuets. Osf
-ine 2lst, some time having been itiadyer.
tently lost in crossing the river, the Cassn $
troops could scarcely come up S3th his
rear, when they captured 50 more ofshis
men; but on the 22d, he General, With his
horse aud a few companies Of C!nsseurs.
overlook and attacked the main body oEhe
fug'tiyes, in a body: near-to ARGOS de IA
.Cantera, beat them, Notwithstanding the r
resl,ance, and took SAT prisoners, including
22 officers. The rest dispersed themselves
over the mountains, at The foot of whiehthe
action was fought
The GeneraThad direc:ed the stores and
o:her. articles left by the. enemy in great
quantities on tie road, 10 be picked VI and
conveyed 10 Guadalalara, whither he also
intended sending his prisoners, VINO proved
great iacumbrance, although he should
be under .he necessity of detaching a bat {
talon for the purpose Of escorling .aen.:
Their wounded they had left at Poro and
.sranzeque, Brigaeier Miranda, Marquis
del Castillo, being among them, whom the
General supposes TO have died since, as
his wounds were very severe.
Gener / Espinosa has been appointed
Captain General of Old CASTLE. Concern,
ing the provinces Of Valladolid and Valencia
threatened by Zariategui, he, on tho JON
inst. called TO arms the whole male Popula'
ton, from / 6 to 40 years old, Cor the pro.
,eclioll of the two capitals; and denounced
various penalties against the fathers or near.
est relations Of those who should no. obey
the call.
Immediately after raising the siege OF
Valencia, the Portuguese Gov rnmeat de.
clared the coast- of Portugal in sac OF
blockade, from the mou,h OF the Mnho to
that of the Ave-.
The present King Of Hanover has just
claimed all = the diamonds Of the Crown OF
England, as family property, taken 10 En-
gland bv his ancestor, George |. The
proof of the property is said to result from
the inventories drawn up at the end Of eactf
reign, and which show that George |. OF
hls acce ,sion, found al London only a fey
lwets of small value and o!sthe other hap |
from the inventories of the family of Hap.
over, which show the quantity and the yaheI
of the diamonds transmitted to Georgea.,1
and from which their perfect identity nay
be ascertained. According to the amllFl
statutes these diamonds are transferfed$
we'll as the crown TO the male heirs. ffgs
polnt is not contested, and cannot tcaute
any difficulty. The question is entirely gle
oflarc. and consists = ling whetaeHhe |
pres@u. ulamouds Of ,ie EugIsh Crowqtre !
really those brought to England byiGeorge
|, 1t should seem that nothing is more
elo. ~, hl;s,c,l ci,d fhn crr1,r &C ihlnrS