Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-12-30
FROM HAVANA.

" uom IIdFdud, payers W tDc TON IUSt.
We learn from Captain D. that French
friga'e arrived off the Moro on the 9th,
with the Kings Proclamations Tor the re.
establishment of the Royal Government t
al that place. The frigate came into port
on the 10Th, and fired Royal Salute,
which was returned By the shipping and
forts. On the Itlh, The King was pro.
claimed at the Cathedral in the presence
OF the Governor aud principal officers al
Havana, who were escorted by part of
the Catalonis, Tsrrsgnna and Malaga re-.
gimen,s Of foot. On this occasion Royal
Salutes we're fred from all the forts, bells
we're rung, and in the evening illumina.
tions, &c took place Not smile was TO
be seen in The faces Of the Constitutional
ISIS. All the former laws had gone into
effect All was quiet and sadly tranquil.
The city guard was doubled, and all ia
verns and coffee houses ordered 10 be clos
ed at o'clock
The Havana papers oil the 10th contain
the Royal Dec;ees alluded 10 above, trans
iations OF which follow:
!, Don Francisco Dionisio V'pes, make
known to all The inhabitants OF this island +,
that have just received the Royal De-
crees OF His Majesty, OF the Sd and Goth
OF October, which are inserted below for
your exact observance, and information
Restored 10 the plenitude of my So.
vereign Rights, | now annul every thing
that has been done in virtue OF the cons!i-
tutiooal system. and order the Captain
General and Commandsnt OF the Island oil
Cuba, to obey, protect and discharge with
all the military and naval forces under bis
command thus my Royal Decree; and this
expect from his fidelity, TO be performed
in the manner described in my decree OF
the Sd inst; with is MY will. Done in the
Palace OF Seville. Oct. 90. 1898.
"FERDINAND.
"VlCTOR sAEZ"
The King our master has forwarded me
the following decree:
Restored by Divine Mercy to the
throne OF my august ancestors, and finally
relieved trum the bitter captivity which
have suffered, the first care Of my pater.
mol heart. has been TO destroy an odious
system, introduced by some cowardly and
insubord,nate military officers, who are un-
worthy of the confidence reposed 10 them.
Such base institutions deserve only TO rule
those wretches who attempt to defend
them. The impotent attempts and attro.
cious crimes with which they attempted
scandalously TO imprison my Royal person
and family, could not. thanks to Divine
Providence, prevail against the generous
aid OF my august uncle The King OF France,
the other Soyereigns of Europe, and the
unanimous, 6rm and spontaneous voice o.:
my beloved subjects, who rose en- masse to
re establish the wise and ancient laws,
which characterized u ~ ancestors, Tor
many centuries, the Spanish name, power.
and greatness
"Iu re-eslablisbing them in my donj.
MONS, my royal heart will not enjoy repo.e
until it has put an end TO these di ,ters
in order that the immense colonies whit
it has pleased Providence 10 grant to IN
glorious arms, may experience equal be-
nefits. A part of these vast and rich pos.
sessions, still prey to the horrors of CT.
vii and disastrous war, through the trea.
son Of the powerful army destined to pa
city them, will, hope, be restored to
peace aud tranquility, by returning TO the
bosom of just and paterDal government,
Jealous of its interests
Whilst am employed in determine
ing upon such energetic measures as the
importance OF the subject demand il is re-.
solved that my royal and legitimate au-
,horlty be Immediately re established in
all my ultra marine dominions, in the
same state and condition, and with the
same preroga,ives AS existed prior 10 the
fatal 9Th of March. 1890, on which day
was robbed of it by violence. and, with
my royal family, deprived Of liberty "
In consequence OF the foregoing DEGREES,
Governor Wives issued Proclamation,
from which we make the following extract
g The king, then, has just been re-es,
tablisbed in his sovereign rights, with The
full authority inherited from his august an,
ces,ors. The genius OF revolution and
discord had succeeded in overthrowIng,
by the dissemination of extravagant and
impracticable principles, the order esta5.
lished. during many ages Of glory and
the ambition OF few demagogues (cori-
feos) had proclaimed as dogmas Of the new
sects. the most absurd Inconsistencies, in
order 10 seduce the unwsry, who could
mot penetrate their sanguinary projects
and pernicious maxims The happiness
which this island has always enjoyed, and
the favorable reception which bis MAZE y
has always given to your petitions, r'n-
out losing sight Of bis own interes' = the
general good. imposes on US the necessity
of being faithful TO our sovereign and res.
pect and obey his benehcent resolutions. I"
1.-THE remainder of the Governors Pro.
clama,ion is occupied in an attempt 10 10.
still into he minds OF the Inhabitants dis.
gust for liberal principles; exhorling them
not 10 attempt their independence, but to
be good subjects, and merit the love OF
their master, &c.