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Virginia Argus
Richmond, Virginia
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Reports from Cadiz, Spain, dated December 1 indicate sequestration of all British property in Spanish ports, signaling certain war with England. Further accounts suggest civil unrest, including a conspiracy by the Queen and Prince of Peace to commit the Prince of Asturias to a convent on insanity charges and form a regency. Captain Smith reports the Prince of Peace was stabbed by a grandee in the king's presence but survived and was arrested, hinting at a potential governmental upheaval.
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A letter from Cadiz, dated Dec. 1, mentions, that all British property in the ports of Spain, has been sequestered by the government: follows, therefore, that War between that country and England is certain.
Accounts of the same and later dates indicate the approach of some serious civil commotion in this ancient but debased government. It is understood that the Queen and Prince of Peace had conspired against the royal character and the Prince of Asturias. Their design was to have them committed to a Convent, under the charge of insanity; and then to erect a Regency under the joint influence of the Queen and her favorite.
This intelligence is in part confirmed by verbal information received from Capt. Smith of the Revolution. He left Cadiz the 3d of December, at which time it was currently reported, that the Prince of Peace had been stabbed by one of the grandees, in presence of the king: the wound not proving mortal, the prince was placed under arrest. Other circumstances conspire to render it very probable that the government of Spain is about to experience a shock which may not only vary its form, but even jeopardize its existence.
(Phil: Gaz)
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Cadiz, Spain
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Dec. 1 And 3d Of December
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all british property in spanish ports sequestered; prince of peace stabbed but wound not mortal and placed under arrest; potential serious civil commotion and governmental shock
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A letter from Cadiz dated Dec. 1 reports sequestration of all British property in Spanish ports by the government, making war with England certain. Accounts indicate approaching civil commotion; Queen and Prince of Peace conspired to commit the royal character and Prince of Asturias to a convent on insanity charges and erect a regency under their influence. Capt. Smith of the Revolution, leaving Cadiz on Dec. 3, confirms reports that Prince of Peace was stabbed by a grandee in the king's presence, survived, and was arrested. Other circumstances suggest the Spanish government faces a shock that may alter its form or jeopardize its existence.