The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-10-26 00:00:00

SPAN'S!! CO LOB IES.

" HAVANNAIi, ji/LY 30.—1 have just witnesed
a scene• Irons-the Over story of my house, so aw-
ful end solemn, us ulm,st to chill my blood—.the
•
execution of thiSeit6.itte herewith enclosed. _

" The youth aed'appearance of the prisoner, his
solemn) acknowledgment to the public at tht Prison.
duos, of Isis guilt,' and thr justice of his sentence, -
and his great contrition, and the decent deportment
of all classes of people through whom he paired
from the prison to the place of execution, maser the
scene truly solemn mil awful.'
" The arrangement made by the Governor on
the occasion, entitles him to high credit ; as it not
only insured fafety to the peuple, hot tranquillity
to the city. Not an insult was offered to the pri.
slner, and hjs conduct was such as to draw dow
the pity of all- who 'saw him en. his route the
place from whence he took his leave of the scotld.
There are a nueibcr of hip associates now in the
United States, and three or four of theta hourly
expected here, who will, on their arrival, share a
similar fate. The seizure of this deluded yoeog
'man and his papers has completely developed the
plans of the traitors in South America, as in all
th other rot inces of Spain, and put government
into possession of a list of all their names, their
emissaries, their places of residence, to what port
or city hound. The carte-blanche found in Isis
possession, signed by Joseph, as well as blank
commissions, sere burnt under the gallows, while
be INA suipenakil there, by the public hangman.
" It .is said that he had authority to name and
conimis.isits. all officers in New Spain under a briga-
dier-general, and hail commissions for the now Vice-
rs..y and Csuefs of the kingdom.
A se:sooner is now getting ready and will be
off in aibuut two hours for Vera Cruz, with a list
of the names of the emissaries already in that king-
dues, and the names of all those implicated by the
confessions or papers of this unfortunate young
teats ; and I hope sincerely that measures will be
there taken se time to avert and secure them, before
that valuable avid beautiful country is deluged in
blood by their nefarious conduct.
" His papers were well secured in trunks, made
in France or Spain for the express purpose, with.
out a false buttons, or having the appearance of
being thicker than usual, but by boring were found)
and the trunks then split up. I am•SiTl in*"

The following is a clpy of the Proclamation al.
luded to in the foregoing letter :

"Don SALVADOR Jesus DL MORO If SALAZAR, Mar-
quis de Suineruelos, Lieutenant-General of the Royal Ar;
tamp, President of the Royal Audience of Puerto Principe,
Captain-General orate Island of Cuha and of the Provinces
of the Two Floridan, and" olitical and Military Governer
r .flavannah,&c. •

Maketh known to all the inhabitants of this
city—That having bubstantiated and determined the
case of Manuel Rodriguez Aleman y rena, with the
approbation of the Judge. Advocate, Don Joseph
Antonio Ramos, and two other learned Doctors of
Law of my full confidence, he .has been sentenced
to suffer the highest punishment, for having been
guilty of high treason, and as an emissary of Joseph
tionaparte, who came instructed to dissolve the ties
which unite us with the legitimate Government of
Spain, and to promote discord and division in your
peaceable countries, with a view that the Ameri.
cans, forgetting that loyalty which has always cha.
racterise4 them, should acknowledge and obey the
intruded King.

" The Judges have designated the day and hour
on which this ill-auvised young man is to expiate his
crime and temerity on the gallows, which will be
on to.morrow morning (Monday), at seven o'clock.

64 But, Citizens of Ilsavantialt, justice is not in-
compatible wi:11 compassion and urbanity. Those
virtues shine pro-eminently. in your hearts. Let not
your anxious desires for expiation confound nor
strangle your sentiments of humanity. Abhor the
vial; but pity-the critninal. This maxim should
be strictly observed on the day of execution. A
peaceaole and well.disposed concourse will tend to
snake the ut mote pathetic and terrible. Coefu.
lion, untkeessary and improper noise, illiberal
epithets, or uncivil actions, are unbecoming worthy
citizens, and,must always produce melancholy con.
Sequences. On the contrary, decency and good
order are the inseparable companion of noble ;eels.
" With abundant reason I flatter . myself, from
the docility of your dispositions, that during the
passage of the criminal from the jail to the gallows
and in the act of his execution, you Will afford am.
ple proofs of your civil and 'Christian moderation,
by compassionating the unfortunate fate of One who
could forget the sacred principles of patriotism, to
unite himself with the enemies of his conntry.—
And if, notwithstanding my expectations and my
precepts, any one should- contravene, he will be
immediately apprehended and punished in propor.
tion to his excesses and to the quality and eircum.
stances of his person. And that this may be pub-
licly knewn, and in case of contravention, none
shall plead ignorance, it is ordered to proclaim it
through the city by beat of drum, and that hand.
bills, duly authenticated by the Nutary of the Go.
vertinient, be put up in the usual' places.
44 EL MARQUIS DE SOMERUELOS.
" By Order of his Excellency,
" MIGUEL .MENDEZ."

" narauush, July 29, 1810."

[From an American Paper.]
" It appears that Bonaparte's plans against the
Spanish dominions in America have not had that
py issue which lie conte:n[lated, and that his
statagems have not produced.the least effect on the
loyalty of the Spanish Ainerie.ans, which is not in.
forior to that which the iultisiiitants of the Penin-
sula have manifested fur their Sovereign) Ferdinand
the Seventh.

'• Three Americans and a Spaniard, called Blatt.
co, spies or emissaries of Bonaparte, havebeed ar.
rested at Chihuagua„ by Don Neuiesio Salado, in
consequence of the seasonable ativices which the
Vice Kuy of Mexico communicated to that Com.
firrndant, General of said rtovince, that these per.
suns had arrivcit at Upper Louisiana; from Balti.
wore, and were going to the town of St:Fe. These
four individuals were travelling with tWo iletra
slaves amongst the ini!ian tribtst subject tti4lvis
vinery- without any puaisport.flota•the4ininhli Au.=
thoriticw of Ferdniautl VII. from the plaea-wthuncr

Milibil

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they proceeded, which it indispensably necessary
in order to enter the Spanish dominions without be.
ing considered as a spy ; there were found in their
possession a paper,‘ ivritten in English, and a letter
from the curate ..or St. Genovese,. in Franco, alio
illirterm fire-arms, six cutlasses, three axes, and
five tasks of powder. In their first declaration
they stated, that the object of their journey'from
Upper Louisiana was no other than to establish
themselves in the dominions of his Majesty Ferdi.
nand VII. to whom they were greatly attached,;
as if pennons going from this country to the Spa.
wish possessions were ignorint that it is requisite
to have permission from Grwernment, and the ne.
cessary passports from the established authorities,
to obtain an entrance into the Spanish territories.
They were immediately conducted to the castle of
Elceario, fur trial, and it will nut be long be.
fore they will suffer the punishment due to such
traitors, according to the strict orders of the Coen.
cif of Regency of Spain and the [tidies, that in
eases of this nature justice should. not be delayed,
in order to purge the Spanish sell of such vermin.
" Another emissary, a native of Mexico, has
been arrested in the Ilasannah, called Don Manuel
Rodriguez Adoman de Pena, who arrived at Balti-
more, in the French schooner Tilsit; ha entlea.
veered to embark in different places, and at last ef.
fected it.at Norfolk. A number of incendiary pa.
pers were found in his possession, and no doubt
his head will have paid for the enormity of his
crime."