Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-12-06
AN EXTRACT OF ALErTER.
" Gibraltar, Oct 9.

Gibraltar, Oct. 2.
We have important news. The gates
OF the Temple OF janus are again shut in
Europe. CAdiz has surrendered, and
Ferdinand is at liberty. Every hing al
S., Mary was in ecs'acy. The KING was
received by his cousin the Duke dan
gpueme, and the Duke del lnfantado,
President o. the Regency, with every
demonstration of respect and feetivitv
H will set off Immediately for Madrid
We hear nothing OF the fate Of the Cor
ties. Many of then must it is said, emf
CRATE to avoid ass lssnatiOn or persecu-
ton. The French will allow them an
asylum en- board theirt fleet. Toe Royal
lists are all on iip-toe, and are extremely
vindictive; and the Constituencies as
much chop-lailen. The. former expect
the commencement of new era in tn.
affairs of Spain, with the revival Of COM
merce, manufacturer, the arts and asri-
culture, and also The restoration, lvith
French aid, Of Tie colonies. All the for
tresscs hich held out were only waiting
the event Of Cadiz to cspitulate. The
most unhappy me- in this state OF things
are the Infatuated French outlaws and
emigrants, who have taken very active
part in this hopeless war. A most every
man Of reflection Whatever his political
fee iings, and who has hal an acqnaln-
lance with the dispositions and habits Of
the grea, mass Of the S Danish nation, ha,
calculated that the war would end with
the canpaitn, and that there wa, not the
smallest chance Of the existence If any
successful opposition to the French.
b IT these people have made diGaren
calculations, and their dsanp ointment
has been great. They must fly to A ne
RIGA or England. l. is calculated that
nine tenths Of the Spanish peoplt, in.
GLIDING the peasantry, have seen with
pleasure an order Of things established
by the bayonet, put down by The sword
Ii is thought that neither Despotlsm
nor he Inqnlsiion will be re-established
in Spain, aud that Ferdinand will be ad
vised to give Constitution worthy Of
the age. The terms granted to Cadz
are not vet known, and il is not thought
that the British government has had any
agency 10 the result, as the Sahhho,
which IS supposed 10 have brought the
ultimatun, did not arrive here until the
day alter The surrender"
fBy the arrival of the yianon1 at New-York,
from Liverpool, furnishing dates 10 the l6ta
October.
Proclamation ofthe King Of Shain.
The scandalous excuses which pre-
ceded, accompanied, and followed the
democratical constitution OF Cadiz, in
the m onlh of March, 1920, have been
made kpowe to all my subjects.
The ms, criminal treason, the most
disgraceiul baseness, the most horrible
Offences against my royal person-ihese
coupled with violence, were the means
employed to change essentially The pa
tcrnal govern nenl of my Kingdom into
denlocratical code, the fertile source of
disasters and inlsfortunes.
NV subjects accustomed TO live under
wise and moderate laws, and such as
were comfortable 10 their manners and
customs, and which, during so many
ages, constituted the welfare of their an
cestors, soon gave public and universal
proofs of their disapprobalion and con-
tempt of the new constitutional system,
A \ classes OF the state eXperienc ed the
mischiefs caused by the new institutions.
Tyrannically governed, ny virtue and
III The name OF the constitution, secretly