The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-10-07 00:00:00

SPAIN:

The allowing atrecinus order .has been issued by the
new Minister of Polk:, Gon?alcs, the successor of Anjona
GIWZRAL surnatturrworary or PHUICIL OFTIIX
DOM TO ALL THE r me :.mrs in THAT lILAIICtt.
0•• entering on the duties of the Bencral Superintendent of
Police of the kingdom. and when I hoped that this PO difficult and
troublesome office might lose something of its hard burden by the
aid ant co-operation of the authorities, and particularly of the
Royalist corps. who, ;laced in that secret a•.d intimate hi:Tomer
with this establishment which die good of the cause which loth
defend demands. ought to be the jealous and useful coadjutors td
die branch • my heart is sadly surprised with the cotters which
reach ma irom Ali parts, that between the police and the other eon.
potations, there is nothing but odious !intrust, fatal collisions, open
aril scandalous opposition, which keeps the agents of this so um.
p.ertarst branch occupied in defending themselves from the &stks
that this division pt lvokes against them, instead of occupying
themselves exclusively in the defence and security of religion anti
the throne, the only object of the ir.stitution. One would suppose,
troll ell the accounts L reecive, that A peat part of the emplores
of this branch are not paid by our Sovereign to defend and preaerve
his throne, but purchased by In enemies to place victory in their
hands. by means of the most scandalous division, conformable to
that infallible principle which says—La:vide and Conquer. Has
treason and black !imam. sallying from their horrible and dark
clubs, contrived to introduce itself into the police, into this sacred
circle, the door of which ought to be compietely shut even to the
I loyal, if lukewarm or undecided ?
But from henceforth let every one treonhle, who, in serving my
enders, does not act according to Mn proper spirit. Religion and
the King t these are the august and truly sacred obiems, whose de.
fence, stability, and glory, are entrusted to the police: treason and
nub* an the horrible monsters, whose tbsdute extermination is
our principal duty. To aid and protect. with all our force, the
'oval defender of the Sovereign ; to seek his enemies everywhere ; 1
tifollow them wherever they endeavour to hide thetuselves; to in.
troduce cuuselvai into their most secret caverns. and persecute them
to their total satermination ; these are tLe means of arriving at the
desired end.
Unhappy he. who. from this shay henneforward, separates himself
from Otte path a single step, a single Ile ! The rrolie of a thee.
derholt from a dark cloud is not more speedy than the ellEtigatiOD
which will oeinake every one in the police. who, faithless to his
delicate duty. deviates in the least degree from it. Nor will mere
lukewarmness be viewed in any other Unlit titan as a crime.
It. in other departments, the will: of a zeal truly fervent may 1 e
i tolerated, the police cannot suffer this indifference; everything in
mist be decision, activity. teeth The sword hangs over the htad
of those who dare to think otherwise.
If, hitherto, he who hoped the repentance of the enemies of God
and the King could be heard without hiwnusi, shall he Dow meat
the same indulgence ? No; all hate been in position to do the
same as those set Tarifa, Almeira, and Jimena . • but the
°Gelid despatches, ts well as the private letters, from all the rro•
einem, prove to us that there have beets none of those who declared
themselves for that accursed publication, called, wish sacrilegious
andacity. the Sacred rode, who, by their countenance, their ae.
dile& and their every attitude, did not show very clesrly their sharing
the same sentiments, the same ideas, and the same desires with
those ll3iI•11. And in what points were they not surprised pre..
paring m !intik out ?
No • • no other opinion can be Mcintained : their treason and
their apostacy are incorrigible. With then extermination alone
min the public tranquillity be secured. But what a difficult under.
taking ! Secured in their masonic caverns, walled in in their
towers, bidden in their secret cabins, who can combat them ? But
let all our wanks show that this is really the ohject towards which
our exerthme arc directed—that zeal for religion and the King de-
lver our heat; that after our idolized! Sovereign and his Roy,'
Family, nothing is more dear mos.. nothing so much tieserves-our
consideration as those who. urpd he aloyaity without limits. have
voluntarily devoted themselves to defers our altars, our throne. and
our property ; and I am certain that all the good will assist us in
the discovery and persecution of this race of iniquity, who can only
live between irreligion and anarchy.
' In the meantime I command, tinder the strictest responsibility,
that all the employes in the Police Ter:dote their conduct accenting
to these sentiments; that they ',rewire, by all means, the strictest
' harmony with the other authorities ; and that, convinced, as they
ought to be, of the great service the Royalists do, and ought to
do, to the muse of God and the King, they promote fcrcibly the
' augmentation of thine corps in aU the villages, however small.
thspeosing to them as much talks In their
.power, all the prOCction
merited by those who so gent:rusty and disinterestedly enlist under
the standard of religion and loyalty.
51A RIANO RUFINO GONZALES.
Madrid. September 14, 1:1:4.
By order of the Superintendent.fleteral of Police of the King.
loin. JOSE LOPEZ REQUENA.