Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-10-25

papers, we find the following articles re
lsnecting the arbitrary and ayariciou
mandates of the Spanish Governmeri
under the auspices Of the imhcci!e Ferdi
lnand. We copy them from the las
Liverpool Mercury
Spain. BY recent letters, we lear
| that mos arbritars act has been com
initted by the SpaliisF, government. III
Kingdom Of Navarro. is a portion ofth.
Spanish monarchy which had its antien
lrigbts--a permanent body al depatie
has existed. to whom the guardiau-hip Q
these rights and privileges was confined
This body had right to declare vile
ther any measures emanating from tn
king was contrary to the constitution
| of the province. An order was latel,
sent from the court, and the deputies, ii
| the exercise Of Their privilege refused t
sanction ii. In consequence OF this re
fusal, the yiceroy tEspele,a) arrested The
whole of them IN their beds, and pu'
them into prison.
By accounts from Rondo, July so, i
appears that there are great connection:
in the Spanish armies. Officers and
soldiers are constantly murmuring thai
the king thinks Of nothing but of fatten
ing the monks and cs7ons like hogs
while the military are suffered to perish
The cla,pours have reached evtn Ferdi.
tnand. and have occasiOned so much a
Iarn, as to EFFORT from him the follow.
ling Royal Order, which has been cirep.
lated among the corps of the army -
The Secretary of State and Dispatch.
es, and of Marine. has acquainted the
king our Lord, that in the department OF
Ferol, lieutenant of the navy. Don 10.
'sef Labradors. has persisted Of hunger u
continued want, and also that the cap
tain of a ftigate, Don Pedo Quevedo, e
another officer, have had the same fate
moreover, that a ship captain Of the line,
two OF frigates, a commissary and many
others of different ranks, were at the
point of death: On which account he has
set forthto the king, that the origin OF
this un!ol tunate situation of the we'll de
serving, loyal, and worthy individuals OF
of the marine service, was the inequality
with which the small or large sums at
the disposal ofthe ROYAL treasury have
been portioned BY the distributors Of the
said funds. And his msjesty's mind
having been, to the highest degree. at
fected by the statements and reflections,
of his said Secretary, he has been pleas
ed to direct that his royal orders be RI
gnrously observed, relative to the equal
ity of the pay Of persons in the marine
service with that Of all other public Off
GERS, in such manner that if to this mer-
ritorious class there can only be siver
only monthly, half third or fourth
OF their pay, no other pablo officer shall
absolutely receive more, whether he be-
long to,the Rosa Exchequer, the Mill
tary Service, the Civil or Ecclesiastical
Aud this commune by royal order"
Sigaed by the Secretary of the
Treasury.
This which it was thought woald calm
the troops has only cxasperated them the
more for it has only served to declare
to them their rights without securing
their being properly paid Accordingly,
the garrison Of Malaga, broke cut into
mutiny. and attacked the, Bishops pa
lace, throwing stones at, and breaking the
windows, &c. Against the Bishop, Fa-
ther Canedo afamous comrade of Ostola-
"a in the courts,) they uttered dreadful
threats and the affair would have had
serious consequences, hadnot some coRci-
liatory persons interposed. and the Bish-
op brought forward bag eff dollars to
pacify the mutincers.
The latest letters from Madrid, reach
ing down to the Sd Of August, state, the
councillor of state, Laroizabal, who was
lately universal minister of the Indies,
and who had a great share in recent in
EQUITIES, has been banished from court
General Abadla, charged wita organis-
ing the expeditions against America, has
also been disgraced.
.4rricat Of the missionaries at Ceylom.
By the arrival at Salem of the ship
Herald from Calcutta, information has
been received from the brig Dryad,
,.hich sailed from Nevbury Port last
October, with the American missiona-
ries on board. Two letters were receiy-
cd IN Newburyport from the supercar
cargo, who informs that they arrived att
Calu!nbo in Ceyf6b(oos .aicatta, stated
IN some nR@papei y On the 29a af MarchI
last, after a Wy fiea,aat s0eage. s'&eirl
i4bsls Of ioye smHag the sbip's ofep, nj
stsing them elIgi6a f4stsg ions,
plessed- Of The ayev, II ii laueS Be-