Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1823-11-20
FOREIGN.

Cuba. &c.--Election Of the Pope.
NEw-YoRK, Nov. IL.
The ship Diamond, Capt. Maxcy, ar
rived below yesterday, in the very short
passage OF e3 days from Liverpool, and
we are indebted to Capt NJ. for Liver
pool ard London papers, the former to
the 18th, and tie latter to the evening 0!
the 10th ult inclusive.
SPAIN.
The following is summary OF the IN
telligeuce from Spain:
The Cortes, itappears, have fnadeno
terms The Royal Family appear to
have left Cadiz, simply because Che con-
fusion and dismay were such that 40
one had authority to prevent them. On
the sd the French troops entered the
city. twas on the LIST that the King ar
,iged at the French pest
fifty thousand men of the French ar
my ere, It is understood, to remain to
occupy Pain, llatil the establishment 81
Tranquility under the Kings govern
lnenf. Tile King is not expected IN
Madrid before the 1sth: little, it IS pro-
babe, viii be known Of the purposes OF
,he party now restored until then.
The Regency have of course dissolv-
ed: they issued an address, remarkable
for the curious imitation of its style and
sentiment
Nina sill continues in arm. and it Is
supposed will perseyere in resistance.
Riego has been condemned
Preclmctioa Of the King Of Spain.
1878. scsndalous excuses which
preceded, accompanied, aud follow
ed tie establishment ofthe drmocrati-
cal constitution of Cadiz, in the month
of March, 1870, have been made pub
lie and known to al my subjects.
@.'The most criminal treason, the
most disgraceful baseness, The most
horrible offences against my royal per-
4on-these, coupled withvio!cncc, were
the means employed 10 change essen
family the paternai government OF my
kingdom into democratical code, the
fertile source of disasters and mister
tunes.
.Mysubiects, accustomed to'iveun-
der wise and moderate laws, and such
as were conformable to their manners
and customs, and which, during SO
many ages, constituted the welfare Of
their ancestors, soon gave public and
universal proofs of their disapproba
iion and contef1pt of the new consti
tutional system. Al classes ofthe state
experienced TIE ni5chiefs caused By
the new institutions.
"Tyranaics,iy governed, by virtue
and in the name Of the Constitution,
secretly W .ched 10 all their private
concerns. it was not possible to re-
store order or Justice; and, they could
40: obey laws established hy periidy
and treason, sustained by violence, and
the source Of the most dreadful disor.
des, oftha most desoIatiDg anarchy,
and Of universal calamity.
''Tne general voice was heard from
all sides against the tyraunical cousti,
iution---it called for the cession OF a
code null IN lis origin, illegal 10 its
formation, and unjus; in its principle;
it called for the maintenance Of tie
sacred religion Of their ancestors, for
The re-establishment Of cur flndamen
taI laws, and for the preservation of
NV legitimate rights; rights which l
have received from my ancestors, and
which my subjects have solcmnly
sworn to defend.
'This general cry CT the Elaticn was
not raised in vain.
ia all the provinces armed corps
were foEnIed, which leagued them
selves against the soldiers of the con-
stitution; sometimes they were con
guerors; sometimes they were conquer
ed; but, they always remained firm 10
the cause of religion and OF the mon
archv.
Their ent1usia n, in the defence
OF objects so sacred, never deserted
them under toe reverses Of war, and
prclerring death to the sacrifice OF
those great benefits, my subjects con.
WINGED Europe, by their fidelity and
their constancy, HAT although SPAN
nourishcd in her bosom some unna'ur
al children, the sons of rebellion, the
nation in general was religious, mon
archical, and passionately devoted to
ITS legitimate sovereign.
The whole Of Europe-well aware
of my captivity, and OF that of all the
royal family, Of tie deplorable staa-
lion Of my loyal and faithful subjects,
and Of the pcrnicious doctrines which
Spanish agents we're disseminating on
all sidas-resolved to put an end to q