The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-10-21
Eoreisn Intelligence


By tho Packet ship Manhattan, arrived at
New York from Liverpool, English papers
to the Sth tilt. have been rccclved-AcColntsi
from Spain represents the condition Of that
Peninsula as most deporabc. 80 great has
been the alarm excited in consequence OF
the nsurrcction 1t 1'ariaa, that Ferdinand
has authorized the French Generals to dis
pose Of Spanish troops, which is to make
the Kingdom nothing more nor less than
French province. The following abonlna-
bic ordnance speaks for itself; It Is oi the
very essence Of tyranny.
MADRID, Aug. 25. The Gazette which
will be Published Tomorrow IS 70 contain the
following decree respecting the events at
Taritfa =
Art l. Every Spaniarl coming from the
Bay of Gibra!ter or from amy other point,
who shall have dcbarkcd, or may dcbark,
on the coasts Of spain, or the adjacent is
lands, and who by arms, by placards Of a
scditious nature or by any other means,
Shall cneteavUlr to establish the anarchal
systenl, termed Constitutional, shall be Shot
as soon as taken, whittier hc be armed or
unarmed.
Q. Strangers who shall commit the Of
fcnccs mentioned above, shall be subject to
\ tic same punishment, if they be taken IN
company With the Constitntionalists.
8. These also shall undergo a similar pun
ishmcnt who, after landing, shall JOIN the
/ ConstitutionaliSes or whatever position they
occupy, and who may be taken armed or un-
armed.
4. Those who from the interior or places
abroad Shall hold correspondence u til tht
Gonstitutionalsts, OF shall supply them with
arms, munitions, horses provisions, dress, ol
money! shall Sc placed at the disposal ofthC
Military Commissions, and tried witllontthe
least DELAY, comtoluaablc to 4 decree oi the
18th Of January last.
s. Those Commissions shall, in these pro
! ccedings, decline every information whict
may not be absolutely necessary to proyt
the crime. That is, hear evidence Of guilt
but 10 evidence that the unhappy man IS m
noccnt OF the charge
g. Every individual Of the Rcvolutionar,
bands who shall deliver up his chiefs or Of
fccrs, Shall obtain pardon; he will also re
ccive a reward, if the particular circum
stances render him worthy OF it. Favour
t is also granted to those persons, who, bcin:
made the repositories Of secrets of TIL Con
stitutionalists, shall reveal them to a compc
i, tent authority, or shall contribute to the ap
prehension of these persons or Of the effect
: mentioned in Art. 4.
f No government can be endured in such
! state Of things as this-Spain is herself ol
: the eve Of another revolution.
: The affair Of Tariia that has given occa
:, sion to thisuneXampled tyranny is thus &c
counted for by letter received from Gibral
= ter. The prosecutions by the party in pow
: er against the Constituencies were s
y great, that many fled to Gibraltcr in til
:, hope of obtaining temporary relief.--lntcr
A. Al.
!. son by the Governor, they were compcllc
i to hire small vessels and live in the bay
Reduced to this dreadful alternative, with
out money to escape to foreign lands, an
starving for want of subsistence, they wer
joined at last By some equally desperate Inc
II who had escaped to the mountains, and pre-
g ferring a speedy to lingering death, the
Sc attacked and carried the fortress OF Tariha.
e Bat. -imericQN.