Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-01-08

anu emporium OF nercanLue Wesith--
Eng land with her fleets floating on ev.,
cry sea-England with allher immense
resources--w,th such ample means OF
preventing such conquest, as is now
contemplated by the Allied Monsrchs
who looks with SO much jealousy on
escn and every movement OF European
Courts, that she is prepared to behold
treasures like these, pass quietly under
the dominion Of Ferdinand. to be by
him parceiled out to the other Europe
an Potentates, in whatever proportion
they may think proper to oemand.--
Does any one believe this Tor one mo-
ment Of the English minlstry?-ls the
thing possible? IBaE. Morn. Chron.
| Extract of letter from Madrid, dated Nov. z.
EXECUTION OF KiEGO.
As soon as his Royal Highness the
Duke d'Angou'eme had Quilted the ca
pital, (which was on the 4th inst.) the
second Court Of Aicades d'Cortes has
tened the necessary preparations tor
making the ill.fated Riego drink the last
jrop vfthe chaIic, Of bitterness. Many
Of those occupied in these preparations
had'but..eight months before hailed HIN
as a hero. lie was tranferred from
the prison where he had hitherto been
to the public prison at an unusual hour
of the night, there his sentence was
read to him, which was as follows:-
s.Dop Rafael Riego is condemned to the
capital punishment of the glbbet; he is
to be dragged through all the public
streets leading to the place of execu>
ton, his property to be contisca,ed to
the Kings Chamber, and he is to pay
The expenses of his trial"
AT tea o'clock on the morning of
the 5th, he was led into the Burning
Chapel, "a room lighted up with tune.
raj candles, & other emblems Of DEATH
In this situation, which struck with
grief every man possessed Of a spark of
proper feeling, kiego showed the most
unshrinking frmness. All he said was
"May God grant that my death may
conduce to the happiness and tranquil
ty Of Spain" These words will not be
forgotten. The unfortunate Riego was
sent to the scaffold in virtue of an er
post tacto law, Q Circumstance which
history will not forget, in recording
these deplorable times. 1t was during
the night Of the 9Th that preparations
were made for the execution Amongst
the crowd of ferocious people who look
ed with pleasure at the progress of this
fatal work, some were remarked and
fully reco gn,sed to be the same who on
very different, but not distant occa.
sion, had shouted 10 the ears Of Riego,
Viva ell heros de las Cabezss !" To.
day (the 7th) the execution took place
at the Plaza de la Cebada. Here and
in all the adjacent streets there was an
/ immanxe- osaud- sf-~~nslA:-a.nnnest
| whom were numbers of monks and
priests, as also in tie windows. ST.
lence prevailed during his passage from
the prison to the fatal spot. During
this agonizing march, and 20 the last in
slant Of his existence, he exhibited all
the calmness and serene courage OF
generous nature, willing to be sacri.
ticed in the cause Of his country.
On mounting the scaffold, his legs
appeared to be feeble, they we're evI-
IDENTIFY sweIlsd probably in consequence
of hisJecent illness, and the weight of
the irons with which he had been load
ed. When the executioner made q 81 On
that he had ceased TO exist, viua was
sent forth by number of persons close
tothe glbbet, which was Of an immense
height.
Letter of Riego's z0ife TO the French Nj
mister Of Foreign y44airs.
hlosT EXCELLENT SIR-The irresistible
voice OF nature strikes the oppressed boz
som OF young wife, sick, abandoned, far
from the land of her birth, and separated
IRON her beloved husband, united to him
by all the ties of blood, whom the chances
OF war, and the vcIssiludes OF the pOlit-
cal revolution which still agitates bis coun>
try, have thrown into the obscurty OF
dungeon, where her Imagination, full OF
grief and horror, presents him 10 Der at
every instant, surrounded with dangers
and Affections Not single letler-noi
single word from her unfortunate husband
from man mole admired for his viz
tues aud humanity than even for the bra
very OF his sCtioDs-has come 10 tranquil
llze her ill.fated existence, two months
having elapsed since he became prison
er to the French arms. Her uncle and
brother.ln.law, the only brother Of Don
Raphael del Riego, whose habits, whose
literary lie, whose ecclesiastical charac-
ter appeared TO insure to him an OBJ,
tranquil existence within the precincts OF
The temple, finds biulsef hurled amidst
the agiistions of the political world, ba-
nished from his country, and rePulsed |
from The altar as an unworthy min Ister OF