Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-11-30
CONDITION OF SPAIN

CONDITION OF SPAIN.
The following extracts, which ue6
serve in one of our latest London prI.
give sad picture of the condiljn
the Spanish monarchy, in the hrginnr
of last month.
EXTRACTS FROM MADEID,
"Copspiracies, arrests and dcnurG
tons ~ coed each other with raphi
our paper money is no longer currr
all the public Golfers are empty, The D.
of the officers and persons belonging
the government is several months in a
rcar. and the noise of our marilimcpu
paratinns. which for two;ycars have
rited the attention of Europe and ir
RIGA. no longer creates wonder.
Spanish people, during the late VI
had sacrificed everything for hcIs
son and cause ofthcir present soveri!
mt since the happy period of the ret
# his majesty, the peninsula is fl
with Disconnected and lactions pcrn
The hely office obstinately pelsU
The smallest vestiges of freemasom
the .Jrsuits, nav revived, multiply
tonishiugi!, and schools of mutual
,truction are opening in every pat
The kingdom, under the protects
The prince, and the principal Iord
the court. The contagion ia, age,
aest provinces, whilst this capital
sounds with the discharge Of artille
amounting the festivities of his maj
tvs marriage!
The Cadiz expedition is at ltr5
br"kcu up. They now burn the pro-
Sions and military effects; COMMUNE
ton is no longer kept up with the V
sells stationed in the different pODu
the coast Of AndalUsia. The trOi
carried back into the interior. dispt
of themselves. Cadiz, 81. Mary's.
isla de Leon, Chielana. st. Lucar
maritime Andalusia, and even Sew
aud perhaps Cordoya, are a pre-!
the yellow fever brought from tie y
,ana. and combined with the cpGc1
which desolatcs the coast Of Atllra
Greedy English and French speH
tors. attracted by ;he hopes of exc
tant frcights and future sale Of g@
which the government seemed tos
at. have come to die aside of their bal
which must now be committed TO
Ramos. The crews of the transT
have also caught tie contagion. >
captains. it is said. have been abe
escape from the circle in which %
were kept. They. carry death
them. andeven all Europe is thrcatsH
If some barrier is not put to the conn
nications of spain with other nao
what avail arc now those lmms
preparations Of which some oflIcla
chalmers have announced the uneh
for more. than two YEA
The ccntagion has at length put an.
to this tedious lhodomontadc. NO
rate calculations state the e1peHc'
be IS millions of dollars already D
red for this subject. and our falres'
,incrs arc a prey to devastatIoDs'
not heEccforward expect bulletins
failing the ra,ages of the fever.
dead arc no longer counted, and
arc afraid Of making their NUM-
known.
Whilst the plague is devourins
Andalnsia, the lnqusition has sel1f'
Grenada. Arrests are every da!
creased. The Count la PtI
Mcssrs. MENDOZA, DAvILA. and
bcrs of equally distinguished P'',
have been conveyed to prison, o.
distributed in the converts the D
serve As gaolers, though the prs.
Ilo not for this fare better. FreemIr,
~ is the Chief charge. General =,
continues to look after the va"
conspiracy. Before his time, the
'ition had never been called uP."
cmply to take ceguizance Of :.