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

restored U4e 10 ny CoHStaiA aiio lasth
fuI subjects.
Replaced upon the throne OF VI,
Ferdinand by the Just and wise hand
of Providence, as well as by the gen.
erous efforts of my noble allies, and
the valiant enterprise Of aly cousin, the
Duke dAngouleue, AND his brave
army, DESTROYS of applying remedy
TO the most pressing necessities OF my
people. and CT manifesting TO all my
real will in this, the first moment OF
my recovered liberty, l have aothor-
ised the following Decree
cart |. All the acts of The govern
ment called constitutional (of whate-
yer kind aud description they may be-
system which oppressed my people
from the 9TH of March, 1920, until the
lst of October, 1923, are declared
null and void, declaring, as now de-
clare, ths. during the whole OF that
period / have been deprived OF my lib.
erty, obliged to sanction laws and au
tl1orise orders, DEGREES, and regulstions,
WHICH the said government framed aud
executed against my will.
"At. 9 I approve OF every thing
which has been decreed and ordered
by the Provisional Juu.a of Govern
| nent, and 10y the Regency, the one
created at Oyarzun, April 9, the other
May 26, il the present year, waiting,
meanwhile. until sufficiently informed
as to the wants CT my people. may
be able to bestow these laws, and =
| dopt those measures, which will be
best calculated to secure their real pros
perity and welfare, tive constant OBJ
Iect OF my wishes. You may cofnmu
uicate this decree to all the ministers.
f5igned by the ROYAL hand0
u. VICTOR SAFE"
Port ST. Mary, Oct. /"
MADRID, Oct.7.
The King our Sovereigu has issued
the following decree, dated Heres The
4th Instant
Ills Majesty ordains that, on his
journey TO the capital, no individual
who, during the existence OF the sys
tent styled Constitutional, has been a
DEPUTY to the Cortes in the two last
legislative sittings, shall present him
self, or be within five leagues vi the
route to Madrid.
''This prohibition is also applicable
10 the ministers, councillors of state,
the members ofthe supreme tribunal
Of Justice, the commandaats general,
political chiefs, the persons employed
in the several departments OF the Sc
creiaries of state, and the chiefs and
officers Of the ci-devent national yoIun
teer militia, TO whom his Majesty in-
terdicts forever (para siempre) en-
trance to The capital and the royal re-
sidence or approach thereto within a
circumfercnce5of Is degrees.
"1'hc Will Of bis Iaajcstv is, that
this his sovereign decision shall 10. be
applicable 10 the individuals who, since
entrance OF the allied army, have OBJ.
| tanned from the Provisional Junta or
! the Regency of the kingdom new
nomination to Or confirmation Of the
Office ~hirhfhey held by his E2jesty's
appointment, previously to the 9Th OF
hl2rch, 1920, but the parties here ex-
peeled are bound 10 prove their tities
10 the conditions Of this exemption
THE present decree shah be com
r1unicated without delay to the com
mandauts general ofthe Irovinces, in
order that they roay Immediately take
the necessary steps, for It's prompt ex-
ecuiion.
Communicates thereof shall be
forthwith made to the Captains General
of Scvillc and Grenada, in order TO
avoid the least delay"
The French private accounts men
ton the following occurrences, which
preceded the liberation of the King. In
an article from Port St Mary, Of the
goth, it is stated, that the conditions de-
manded for the Kings liberty were to
preserve, for two months, Under the do
,minion OF the Cortes, the Isle of st. Lee
on, the city of Cadiz, and all the fortress
Naes then in possession Of the Constitu-
'-tionalists. These propositions were re-
jected. Valdez having declared that
the Constitutional fotilla could not de-
fend the city, the Cortes held public
sitting, in which "a message to the King
was decreed, to supplicste his Majesty
to deiga TO open negotiations with the
French gems, on such terms as he should
Judge advisable The King answered,
he could not enter into any negotiation.
a second meeting of the Cortes took
place, and a second message was sent to