The Sun.
London, England, 1810-09-14 00:00:00

SPAIN.

Ille,stibiniried orders of_ SouLT (Doke of DAL-
RI,,,ATIAL and the annexed retaliating orders of *the
-gencYv haveibeen published by command of theytter.

Don Bias de Aranza, 'Counsellor of State of !his
eiath"lie Majesty, Royal Commissary, 'PrefeCi of
r I'' 'Province &c. His Excellency the Marshal of
th'e'EnVire, dud Duke of Dalmatia has transmitted
In
-me the following orders,-dated the 7th inst.:—
The state of the South of Spain Luperiously re-
etluires that vigorous measures should be adopted to
2,
bands'e respeciaole people, and destroy those
ious who endeavour to excite in this
tl"'+
iilhalTy kingdom all t:;e horrors of civil war: it
is .tt'erefore become necessary, in consequence of
'Ll's state of affairs, to rigidly enforce the following
orders
1. In evers place where :a civic guard is not or-
gas, nized and where it is consequently necessary to
vif)ll 1.-,perial troops to ti,aiiitain peace and pre-
tient disorceis, the pay of the ,aidtroops,-;during
me t!,ey may remain in such canto.!ments, is' to
be discharged by the inhabitants; who are moreover
b
°Unclto supply them with the usual articles of sub-
sisten
ce..

11. Whatever may .be the nature of any crime
`"/Ilbitted in a dis rid, :he inhabitants shall he ob-
1.
'c'd
sto pay the vaine of the s!olen property; and in
kfdit-osi there.o, an x taordinary war, Contribution
be ilp,st.o ott then,.
v Ali di,rticas that organize a civic guard, or
~"' 'ulcer comp anus, 'for the purpose 01 protecting
the utiblic establishments, maintaining tranquility,
repressing r tberv, shall be exempt from this
vat-their and penalty.
11'. All the inhanitants of a distri& are.responsi-
b •
litt a mass tor tile safety and preservatiou of the
ePubitc funds, as well as the royal treasure.; should it
itletenore hap,-en that the districts suffer this pro-
Peng tab,' carried off by robbers, they shall be im-
-11.),-:diately aineiced.in a slim triple the value of the
properiy., 'The same penalty shall be inflict-
stn. i.crsons who allow th-inselves to be robbed,
Lt. they shall moreover be liable to the regulations
containei iii she Ist article.
Districts that'finnisli assistance to the bands
• rolybers,, whether in men, horses, beasts of
Phrthen, provisions, or forage, or which sutler them
tO be carried off, shall be obliged to.pay into the Roy-
-41 Treasury three times the value of the articles so
luPPlied, and snail be tirou,;i before a tribunal
° be tried by Cie. laws against such persons as give
.4ssistance, in any way, to robbers, and against
nd
• families of those whooattatii the.oselves to such
4a. , •
No species of indemnity will be received for
pains and perminies ironrained in the foregoing
reticles, unless t:.e.iinhainants shall prove that they'
existed, and that th-y were obliged to yield to a
offoree, w ' • must in all such cases ex-
tent half the popul
b. VII._ Should it h that a distria is surprised
IY. considerable n rof robhers, and that its
t.°'e is not" sori . repel them, the Magis-
r"'ei are en.tti opt all possn•le means-of
hia
d• ir -Ing it know it. roops in the neuzhbouring
to tlids, who, s, soon as they are apprized of it, are
tri illareh without delay to the assistant of the
cts that- are attacked ; but should t here be the least
shall
on aily,side in this respeCt, those guilty at it
3'141 be punished..
VIII. The Magistrates of every distrin .are per.
rnaily responsi6 for strangers travelling therein,
aitl,4 those residing in it. It is their duty to arrest
th Persons travelling, without a regular passport ;
IIL°:" who shall not make known their means of
; persoos whose
,ConduCt. becomes suspicious
l '°4l making-seditious proposals, exciting the inha
'itants to juin the insurgents, distributing procla-
ll'ations or false ioteliiger,ce contrary to the Govern-
ment of his most Cathol,c Majesty the King, Don
viciseph Napoleon, or maintaiineg an understanding
„-) "11 the rebels. The persons arrested shall be con-
v utt ed,, by the INkgistrates no the principal town in
84e Pr, vincial district, and brought before the re-
aPective Tribunals,, by which they shall be immedi-
'eiY brought to trial.
try l'be,e is no other Spanish army than that of
e king Don Joseph Napoleon; Therefore all col-
,e,tons of persons in the Provinces', whatever/be
eir number or whoever. be their leader, shall be
t'n
(insidered only as so many'gangs of robbers, whose
ole objectis plunder and murder. Every one be-
4.4&ing
immediately
these gangs, who is taken with arms in
bils hands', shall be imediately tried by the military
.evot and shot, and his body exposed on the
O X- Every individual who shall arrest a murderer
r rubber who is convicted'e of being such, shall re-
-442: a rewardof .100 francs ; which shall be in-
,. eased pr: portion to the consequence of the per-
'oil arrested. •
ttithese are he -measures which appear tome the
°st effectual for re-establishing order. They can-
'ti°t be consideredas n tosevere, when it is known.
tilut the weight of then, is intended .to fall upoti cri-
i,inals, who have hitherto defied the ordinary laws.
if"cobjea I have in view will be partially obtained,
respeetable classes of the community, ani-
mated by greater confidence, will henceforth dis-
teaY more energy, and by so doing render them-
Cayes more worthy Of the approbation of his Most
‘'atholic•Majesty.
• ,
.-
(Signed) The Marshal DUKE or DALmArta.
That' every one maybecome acquainted with this;
a
no one pretend ignorance at it, I have ordered
''fbe published, in obedience to his Majesty's or-
irs communicated by his Excellency the Duke of
Dalmatia.
(Signed) BLAS DE ARANZA.

RETALIATING ORDERS OF THE SPANISH
• REGENCY.
The "CouncilTof Regency of the kingdoms of
,Ya.ll) and the Indies, governing these States in the
ilarLe of,their King Ferdinand VII. a prisoner, feel-
trig the utmost horror.and indignation on reading a
ud
of Decree, signed "at Seville on the 9th of May
the the present ' year, by a lunatic,. calling himself
,ue Duke of Dalmatia, and published by a degene-
Late Spaniard of the name of Bias de Aranza, would
ii4ve forthwith adopted ,measures against a proceed-
thtiffensive to "he. brave defenders of their religion,
eir King, and their country, if they could- have
(keited that the articles of this sanguinary decree
‘41,)

were intended •t'o be put in force : but, as experi-
ence has not left 'the least doubt on this point, the,
Council of Regency feel= itself under the necesiiiy
of departing from the bounds of that sober condu6l;
inspired till this moment by their own noble senti-
ments, and those of the magnanimous nation that,
has placed them at its head, whose dignity it consi-
ders, to have been grossly insulted ; and considering
how improperly the epithets of robbers and mur-
derers are applied; by which the said Duke of Dell-
matia, and the French Marshals and Generals at-
tempt to justify the unexampled horrois. which they
commit in countries they have unjustly attacked,
and the dmnaturalization of the small number bf Spa-
nish wretches, who, by assisting such robbers, flat-
ter themselves they shall be able to complete their
perfididus plan 'of usurpation, by means revolting to
humanity, have ordered that the following articles
be observed and pot in execution :
I. They renew the -declaration of the Central
Junta on the 20th March in last year; to wit,. that
,every inhabitant of Spain, capable of bearing arms,
is a soldier. of his country; 'because, in consequence
of the measures already taken, every Spaniard is
obliged to .take up arms against the brigands who
infest the Peninsula, and join the arMieS, the flying
corps, the detachments, or Guerrillas, seting toge-
ther or separately, or composing the corpi of reserve
or garrisons.

•11. If on the arrival of the national troops in any
distri& they shall find there a body, calling
the Civic' Guard, appointed by the Ijs4rper Joseph,
the Commanders of battalions and other 'superior
Officers of, such gond ,ball be immediately taken
before the nex► Justices ;, and in case 'the naiional
troops have beef. fired the Chief or Chiefs who
ordered it shall be brought before a Council of War,
and upon convict eon shall be punist►ed according to
the magnitude of their offence.

HI. The Corregidors, Alcades, Justices, &c. of
districts who thri,ugh tear of the French shall refuse
facilitate' supplies of provisions or assistance so"
the national tro.,ps,- shall be punished, as well as
he inhabitants, tor any charges substantiated against
them.

IV. .The Justices of distrias; and the Officers
commanding corps or parties, are ordered in arrest
every passenger who shall be found bearing the or-
ders of the intrus,ve Governnieut, or Who shall re-
present himself as authorised by such Goverment to.
make requisitions of provisions or any other articles;
he shall be conducted to the next post occupied by
the national troops to be there tried and punished.
V. • For every Spaniard proved to have been mur-
dered in obedience to ihe before-mentioned Decree
of the Duke of Dannatia, the first three erenchmen
taken in arms snail be hanged without fail.
VI. For every house that shall be .burned without
any other object in view than the execution of
that system oi devastation proposed by those calling
thexist4ves Marshals, Generals, and Chiefs of the
gangs at the tyrant Napoleon,. the three first per-
sons taken belonging to the French army shall be
hanged, •and as many, for every one, whatever be.
his age or condition, who will have perished in
the flames, or in consequence of the fire.
VII. Considering that he is the true robber. and
murderer whO kills and plunders from habit, the
Council of Regency declares, that so long as• the
Duke of Dalmatia does not withdraw his sangui-
nary decree, and does not alter the conduct he
has observed in Spain, he shall be personally con-
sidered as Unworihv of.the proteoion of the law of
nations, and ne treated like a robber, if :he should
happen to he taken, by, any of our troops.
VIII. Although no Marshal of -France ever took
upon h,mtra publish so atrocious a decree as that of
General Soult, calling himself Duke of Dalmatia,
seeing, notwithstanding that all or the greater part
of Napoleon's satellites, including therein the
Usurper Joseph, as well as be Infairlous Spaniards
who surround him, persist in giving no other names
to the Spanish troops than those of insurgents, and
robbers, the Council of Regency • declares, that
until these offensive names be changdd, the French
armies in. Spain shall be considered in no 'other
light than robbers or assassins, and'sball be called
by,no other name whenever it is necessary to men-
tion them.-

IX. This order shrill be communicated to the
Coinmanderof the National troopg, to the Captains
General of Provinces, to the Governors of tor-
tr&ses„. and 011 those at .the head or corps, move-
able columns, detachments, and the leaders of Gue-
rillas. • It shall be communicated by these to the
enemy's Generals to, whom they are opposed ; en=
deavours shall be made to circulate it among the
French soldiers,, that they may judges with their
own eyes, of the measures we are compelled to
adopt by the inconsiderate ra.,hness of a madman.-

X. The, present Order- shall be, .moreover, print-
ed in French and Spanish; and circulated :every
where, as well within as without -the' kinkdom, that
every one may become:iicquaitited with, and that all
Europe may shudder at the • horrible condutt of,
these enemies of the human .race ; and that all the
Powers, the Allies, or rather the Slavei-of France;
already too unfortunate. in !riving • their chikrea„.
their • relations, and their friends in' French
•armies, may see the inevitable fate' prepared for
them by the cruelty of a monster. Who having
been disappointed in his, plans of conquest, makes
a last effort ; 'persuading himself, •without doubt,
that by these means he will find no difficulty in sub-
jecting a nation, which never ceases to shew the su.!
perlative contetnpt with which it regards such
threats, and whose greatness of soul increases-so
wowlerfully in its reverses, that the Tyrant of
Fiance should in future be ,convinced, ti,at all his
forces and thoth of his allies are far from being suffi-
cient to sutiura people, who have sworn to de-
fend their rightS, and to maintain them with equal
perseverance and bravery.
His Majesty has ordered me to communicate this
'Royal Order to you, that it may be published,
culated, and afterwards carried into execution.
(Signed) EusEBIO Dc BERDAXI and AZARA.
Cadiz, Aug. 15, 1810.