Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1825-11-12

had feCehtiy oeen issueu ny The klng,
mad been takan, aud were ordered Tor
execution within three days.
The London Times of August so re-
marks, with justice, that this wretched
and distracted country presents as great
A riddle 20 the poilticlan, as subject OF
regre, 10 The friends OF ilumaniry; unit
my The evils OF dcspoIlsm with those OF
anarchy iicring al once from the w.
ranryo OF Gopernn ent aud the turbulence
OF factions, and experiencing ali the mise
ries ui- civilized society esasperaied BY
The crimes and crueitioS incident 10 a
state OF nature. Each province seems
10 shake eff It's connexion it'll the rest,
each class OF the people live in declared
hostility 10 The othei--snd each partizan
OF opposing doctrines is al med with fury
or tana,acism. The friends OF the king
rebel against his government, on pretence
OF delivering has person from bondage.
The zeaiols 81 monarchy endeavored TO
dethrone the monarch IN favor O, bis bro
iher. The supporters of Legitimacy
take arms against the Crown 10 defend
the church the monk, the royalist vol
unteer, and the revolutionary pairio,
mingle in the !ray, and neither The die.
tates OF authority, noe the counsels of mo-
detaion. nor the voice Of religion, can be
beard among the tumult. Yet, in the
midst of this general tlmuli and coniu-
sion, while the Ministers Of Ferdinand
are denuuDcing .se rebellion OF Trapplst;
while they are setting a reward on The
head OF their former friend Bessiers
while they are filling their prisons With
Liberals, Carlists aud Royalists, and
converting Monasteries into dungeons
ior the discordaDt Insurgents against mis-
rule; they are at the same moment dis
cusslng in the council the propriety OF
establishing the tnqnlsition, and sending
but handful of dIsafecled soldiers to
regain possession of the New World.
The Havana expedition ser sail from
Cadiz tor Ferrol on the 8tb, to take in
troops end merchandise. 1t consists of
he man Of war La Perla and brig Jason,
with transports, merchant vessels, and
two briggs.
We copy the following melancholy
description the late events in Andalu-
sia from tbe Journal des Debais.
Private correShondence)
CADIZ, AUG. g.
"The letters which we receive to-day
from Seville, dated the 7,h ult. bring the
following details:
=" A great fermentation prevails in all
the towns of Uppev Andalusia, but par
ticularly at Cordova, Carmona, EcJa,
and Seville, In the first of these cities
numerous arrests took place on the night
OF the 5lh, all of persons distinguished
by their rank or their riches. 1t should
seem, however that these arrests are
founded on motives of great Importance
for on the 5lh they began at Seville, aud
have been continued every night. Among
the persons arrested, who already amount
to 1879, are the Marchloness de Tabares
and her whole family, the Prior of the
Consulate of Commerce Andueza, the
rich merchant Bayo and Gougora.
+" But what is remarkable, is, that the
arrests extend to persons Of all opinions,
such as liberals, carlists, and royalIsts,
and Of all classes, as monks, canons,
merchants, shop-keepers, tailors, shoe
makers, apo,hecsries and butchers.
These arrests are, il seems, to be contin-
ued; for the prisons and the former houss