Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1823-12-03
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LATEST FROM EUROPE.

LA Ecl fhOM EUROPE.
by the packet ship Cortes, from Liy-
erpool, we have our regular files of Lon
don papers to the 22d, and Liverpool to
the Gath of October inclusive.
A contribution of six millions of francs
is to be levied on the city of Madrid.
''Mcdri3, Oct. 10.-The dawn of peace
and happiness did not long beam upon
unhappy Spain; the DEGREES of the king
of the list and 4th of this month have
spread CONSERVATION amongst all classes
in Madrid, not excepting even the monks
and most decided royalists; but the worst
is to come. Already the inquisitions are
preparing, and further DEGREES of more
rigorous nature are expected, amongst
Others one for forced contribution of
twenty millions Of reals TO be levied up
on Madrid, and the exile of numbers of
the nobility of Spain, and the confsca-
ton of their property.
"Among the names cited TO be denoun-
ced for Punishment are, the Marquis d.
Altanizes, the Marquis de Santa Cruz,
the Marquis de Villaffanca, the Marquis
de Villa Paterna, the Count d'Altimlra,
the Duke d'Abrantes, the Prince dang
Iona, and the Duchess de Benaventa. 1t
is also question of the general disband-
ing of the army, which will reduce thou
sands of officers TO despair and mendici-
ty; finally, there are no expressions suf-
fciently suitable to pourtray to you the
deplorable state into which we are pluDg-
ed by the per6dious CounseIlors of our
monarch, who appear resolved to con-
tuct him direct to the precipice, and TO
Plunge the country into an abyss of evils;
and il is at moment when LoPez-Banos
has yet 5000 men in Estremadura, when
Morillo exercises great influence in Gal
lcia, and when Nina firmly maintains his
position in Catalonia, that such measures
and DEGREES are adopted and promulga-
ted. By this system they drive to des-
pair all the Constitutionalists; for perish
if we must, say the most Indifferent and
the least courageous of them, it is better
to perish arms in hand, than TO receive
death on the scaffold.
"The occupation of the fortresses of
ST. Sebastian, Pamp eluna, and Cadz, by
the French army, is another subject of
discontent on the part of the royalists,
who fear (without any ground, in my
'opiniOn) that they will always retain
them. The officers of the corps of Bal
iasteros observe no reserve on this SUBJ
ject, and say openly absurdities which
will not venture TO repeat, so repugnant
are they.
g 1t is notorious that the king does not
live in harmony with the Prince Gener-
alissimo, the Duke d'Angoulemc. His
Royal Highness desires that his majesty
would accomplish his promises, and
throw veil over the past; but Ferdi-
nand inexcrably persists in being an alb
solute king, and in governing according
to his own good pleasure; and hope vain
ly seeks for some means of opening the
eyes of Ferdinand, or of inspiring him
with moderation. May the councils of
wisdom and experience penetrate the
heart of our king, who may compromise
for ever the fate of Spain, and involve
himself in a labyrinth of sorrows, per-
plexities and disasters.
The number of persons who; in con-
iormily with the Decree of the 4th inst.
must leave Madrid,i is estimated at Is, 900.
and they form the flower of the capital.
The municipal authorities have publish
ed an outlawry register (un ban, and