GENERAL HISTORY. 



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sons were condemned to the gal- 

 leys for two, six, or eight years, or 

 to strong castles for longer or 

 shorter periods : among these 

 were comprized priests, military 

 men, civil officers, literary per- 

 sons, and especially the journalists 

 under the Cortes, who supported 

 their system . T wo j ou rnalists, th e 

 editors of the " Redactor General," 

 and two professors, were sentenced 

 to the galleys at Carthagena for ten 

 years, under pain of death on 

 leaving the precincts. Fines and 

 confiscations were added in some 

 cases. The king, about the same 



time, issued a decree granting an 

 honorary decoration to those whose 

 attachment to his person during 

 his arrest at the Escurial exposed 

 them to imprisonment and exile 

 under the influence of Godoy, A 

 subsequent decree recognized the 

 distinguished merit of Don Pedro 

 Gravina, the Pope's nuncio, and 

 archbishop of Nicea, who signalized 

 himself by his opposition to the 

 Cortes in their abolition of the 

 Inquisition, and underwent ba- 

 nishment in consequence. A ca- 

 nonry of Seville was conferred on 

 him as a reward. 



