Star.
London, England, 1824-10-30 00:00:00

SPAIN.

?ROM THE ETOIT.E.
MADRID. OCTOBER 21.

The King and the Royal Family continue to reside
in the Palate of the Eicuciat .
The following ordonnance has been published by the
Captain-General of this Province :
" The Executive M litary Commission of Madrid,
having signified to the Minister of War its wish to see
fixed the degrees of punishment applicable to certain
crimes, and the Military Commission of Valencia having
likewise expressed its doubts on the case of an indivi-
dual named Salvador Llovens, accused of having called
out 4 Death to the King,' his Majesty, not being able
to regard with indifference the notorious and shavneful
abuse which the revolutionists make of his natural
cleniency, in contempt of his dignity, and to the scandal
of Enrope, finds liintelf compelled to do violence to
the benevolence of kis heal t, and, by the advice of his
Supreme Coo ncil of War, lie wills and orders as follows:
Art. 1. All those, who, since October 1, 1823, have

declared, or i.rovei themselves, by any acts whatever, to
be enemies of the legitimate rights of the throne, or
partisans of the self-called Consuution of Cadiz, shall
be considered guilty of high treason, and, as such, sub-
ject to the punishment of death.
2. All those who shall write pamphlets or journals
with the same object in view, shall be comprehended in
the preceding article, and subject to the same penalty.
3. Those rho, in public plates, shall speak against
the sovereignty of his Majesty, or in favour of the
abolished Constitution,in cases where the speeches pro-
duced no overt act, shall be punished with from four to
ten years of preside.
4. Those who shall attempt to seduce their fellow.
citizens to form parties, and to procure for themselves
the means of acting offensively, such as money, at ms,
horses, and munitions of war, shall be considered guilty
of high treason, and punished with death-
s. Those who shall excite insurrections, for the
purpose of constraining the King to perform any act
contrary to his will, shall be likewise considered guilty
of high treason ; but where the object of the insurrec-
tion is not of so culpable a nature, the punishment shall
be but from two to four years preside.
6. Intoxication shall not be admitted as an excuse,
when it shall be proved that the delinquent is subject to
that vice: but in this the same rule which prevails in
the army of his Majesty shall be acted upon.
7. It is for the discernment and the equity of the
Judges to deter mine the force of the proofs for or
against the accused.
8. The cry of 4, Death the King!" is considered
to be high treason, and shall be punished with death.
9. The Fieemasons, Communeros, and Sectarians,

being necessarily ►egarded as enemies of the throne,
are subject to the punishment of death, and confiscation
of all their goods to the profit of the Royal treasury, as
guilty of high treason against divine and human laws,
excepting those who ate comprehended in the amnesty'
of August 1, in the present year.
10. Every Spaniard, to whatsoever class, rank, or
distinction, he may belong, shall be subjected to the
above penalties, under the judgment of the Military
Executive Commissions.
11. Those who shall dare to raise cries of alarm and
revolution, such as—" Long Lire Riego," " Long live
the Constitution," " Death to the Serviles," ig Death to
Tyrants," " Five Libera," are to be subjected to the
punishment of death, conformably to the Royal decree
of May 4, 1814.