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R'A '° %sordid laws, wli:elt It was established to preserve sod derend ? Is it because it afforded every facility so the enemy to usetrp the ssvereilkiity of Sprits, to, destroy the liercditary succession of the Crown and the Dymakity posse.,iou, and rocuguited and seated on tite - throae a foreigner, destitute rico . . _ _ (if the shadow of a title to it ; foe it is iucontro von i tily iiiainkat, that the renunciation of Charm. IV:•-ift its favour gavetirm no such claim? What coatidenee amnia the Spanish 'tattoo plare in a Go +trimmest created by en ombority invalid cud ii legel, sod whirl, hid aleovendereal itself thispeeteal, b 7 the previons commission of acts of so horrible a dascripteeo. Ilea. the . , , may be justly ntuked with the most atrovious crimes against the country ? . - "'Me Cou.wit of Castile being thus exciudel from ell cosisideration—who should eoheoke the Cortes Ttic authority to convoke them is a part of the itatettrier not eitelasetve pterogative of the King. The provinces would oat salmon to any other nu thastity ; they avoi.l , l not unite ; there wou!d be no Curtest turd" eheeld a few delegates assemble, that sere einanustalice would elyose the kingdom to di eieion—tlie evil which all wish to avoid. •.. ekvides the cities who have votes in the Cortes Mee not undertaken the defence of the kingdom, isor of themselves nor in their eorporete capacity, have they wide say effort to defend it. We enter tain the most proftenta respect both for thew and their ..ielits i hot truth compels us to speak out. • .. Mo.t nodotslitedly, however, the cities who have votes in the Cortes. in than conducting themselves, meted with consummate prudence, and with a, glue olvervaisee of liw. The kingdom found iteelf sud denly withnutli King, and without a. iiovernment —► isteatioe indeed Unknown in our bisloty, stud to our laws. The people legally resumed the power of avatiointing a Government; and this ttuth has been openlly avowed by various Supierne Juntito:— The people created these motes withott payieg woe regard to the cities who have votes is the senors. The legitimate posses is therefore depo sited with the Supreme Juntas, and, in virtue of that ;sower, they have governed and do govern with vied andineitv. and have been and still are aclinoiv le:l4fel and obeyed by all ranks of subjects, and by all e.ttes is their respectiee districts having votes in the Cortes. Their situation has not changed ; the danger mill exists; no new tinhorn/ has super vened; the lawful authority therefore realties entire in the Juntas which the people created, and to which thec confided it. " It re therefore, itteontestible that the Supreme* Jnotas have the sole and excluere right of elacting tlivme who are to compo.e the Supreme sloverit meet. as the only mew:* of proteetiug and preserv ioe Cie kiii 4 drun, wnose defence the people hay: *entrusted to them, sod which mainot he accom plished but by the ettabliatunent of a Supreme Goverument. Nothing is more evidedit than this -truth. " And whom shall the Supreme Junta elect Most certainly individuals of their owu body; for they alone derive their power from the people, and it is its their constituent Members that the people have reposed their entire confidence. Should any other penmns be chosen, they wonld possess neither the cousideuce nor the a aosent of the people, and ail their acts would be null and void ; and front thus want of confidence, the nation would be ex posed to intestine dieisious, the last and greatest of all our calamities. .. Hence, it there be any province in which the railitery power has alone beet' retained, results the, absolunt necessity of constituting Supreme Juntas, in which the power of the people shall reside, and by. which they may act. Whether they shell be con stituted by the petty Cortes or any other bodies, their appointment, in some form or other, is iodise petenitec, in order to the concentration of the legiti mate power of the pecyle, and the establishment of a Civil Goverument, which shall inspire mati drnee into the people, and proceed to the choice of rooms who shall compose the Supreme Govern • snout. which, under the present circumstances, can not be legitimate, antes it has its origin iii the free coaemit of the people. .. It seems thea to be indispensably necessary, . that all the Supreme Juntas, meeting on the some .day, should each elect, front among their own mem . -bees, two Deputies to form the Supreme Govern •satent, mei the persona au elected should, from that .moment, he reputed, tied actually be the Geyer more-tleneral of the kingdom; and that as such °they" should be universally acknowledged and ishetel. . " Tlieir authority is well known, and cannot be .eithject to ens alouie. The Stusretne Junta of Vs leach( has most judiciously marked its extent and knits, in the paper which theypublisbed on this question, ou die 16th of July. We shall, therefore, te• ei:stsoil from going more at large into the coil- olersiion of it. '44 We will only add. that the Supreme Juntas ouxiit to he continued with all their aopoustraeots aiia ca.ignis, and be invested with the internal Go scrams-ids of their respective provinces, until the emiciavion of the present start. of things, but at the same time under due subordivatiou to the Su preme Government. In these Supreme Juntas rens:its the legitimate power of those portions of the ',torte who have rrspectivily created them. It is their duty to take measures for insuring the hap . pine,* of their constituents, through the medium .of a jest Ovierrniumst. and viinlatitly to protect and defend eve rights slavery individual among their. For this purse they ought to give their 'Lonnie..- ties:li to their respective Deputies. eonstitutiog the . Suisreme Genera:neat ; non it will be the duty of • the late.-r to observe tha.ii„ and to represent and ..suppArt the claims of thei:- provinces. as far as may be c • .si.tent with the general prosperity. e• If there e‘isited among us a Royal Personage, capa-rie of prewinina in this Supreme Government, reason nod justice :ire.scnbe that he, and lie other, sionu'rt itimoiutril to thst office. Bat if there Itoyal Personage, the:Supreme Govern snout 4iiust elect a President from its own hotly.— : To oireiote every danger. hos ever, the Presidency Would be tem;•orary, and continue only for a fort ni*lsr, a month, or any other term, agreeable to die Astprimie (...;overnment, upon the lapse of which •ven...l it ithoul , l ineusntieut on them to choose a datt'r•ot 1.11...f,11!1 • 4. AV nave a:r•arty reniark•d, and it is unneces -rif-e to it, tirtt the Sttpretn.. .rlect, as I.) , pitir% to foe Supreme (;overunn ut th,ir as ar.: 1113bt for their tel.* ts, their genortil kuewhige ofleigisla titin, nod all the bratief public welfare Dud , lecollectiug that they an to be the depostiorics of the hope* of the kingtbin. This Skpreme Jutita,in full reliance upon the 'onerous character of Spaniards, middle - 1r ardent atinelimeut to the good of their country, mares ittieif that in trigue, pa . ity . , Itr personal iuterest of prestilectioas, will 'wive i'h no olm:aye upon tins sec:coon. " The Svpreine Snots. will, iti the first instance, appoint the place witivii shall be the seat of the SatttatAe Covefilistrat, who shall afterwards ad here to or alter lilac ativointitient, as they think tit, abcortlin4 to a plurality •of votes. The seat of Grovertune.ii; as has been most wisely observed by , ghe Supreme Junta of Valeucci, ought to be at a distance f:cia all the deniers of war, cud should, as a elaint larefervime, possess other advantages of a local nature. Seville couceives herself to pos seiesall tl.e.e'talvaiiniges, but liar no anxiety to' I.e selected ; tar she will Swett Corvlailly saeritice ail her claims to what the other Supreine Juntas shall decidde to - be for Oa general prosperity of the kingdom. The Suprezie Juntas will, therefore, make known their pleasure ow to this point, when they notify the election of their Deputies. In the mean time we sill frankly state, that La Illauelia appears to no watt convenient for the seat of Go veramcut, and there we would particularly Dame its. lava cities . Citadel Real or Aliutigna. But on this subject we are no wi* anxious ; we leave it entirely . to the free choice of the Supreme Junta.. _ _ _ " It rentaiiiconly that we speak of this Supreme Yenta ofeisivilte, upon which point wit shalt not say con ieh . Certiitt peesous i iither ignorant or malevo lent, have‘iideavoured to spread the persaamion that we atieeted a eisperiotity Over the other pro vinces. Au: such thougin has s heep wirijrn, us, although 'We general good of the nation baa Lieu our guide, and, ts rj; were, the soul of ull our deter minations. ' We possessed the only fcrundery for cannon latlielcioAileai, and eines. and aminuuitioa in a mimeos/ignite:of antudanee. ilarinhs Cap tains-General ackuoirledgede livid' the commence ment:and veteran trope were more 13131 3 Wry314. josses province than in eat.:aer parts; aid thus wi formed au arms to *slimier time, rod heeedsimased the enemy, who have surrendered prisoners attar; with their General Oupout, intl . have capitulated for the divisite.s of Generals Vedel sad Gobert, who are to be conducted to France, aniehottoK &gorilla to 17,000, men, so that there does not remairi a oiligle French eoltbei in arm. in the Andalusias; a victory most gloriat.s ai.d simutar, which has been etfectod without the e.fiwtou of much Spanish blood, in which it a.,peare we stand alone. " Chit 1..crl situation of the Aodalusias presents also a .e pedsable mode of defence against the arms of Napoteon, if he means to uttack us ; and, with this vies, we have ouited with us the Portu guese provitiees of Agerva and Aleutego, aho have placed theinseltaa udder our protection ; and the Canary Isles have seat ism deputy for the same purpose. " The greater opalatimesilrer other peculiar cis-. consstances of these provitites offeri resources which the re,t want; and we have thus been en abled to wake provision for intrisesae espease, with loat having received any moues- from any other part, or imposed any contributions. 'Fbe marine arsenal of the Ide of Leon, per haps the most considerable of all, obeyed MO from the beginning, and with it the SponiSh *quadri:in off Cadiz, whose force is the greatest, and has been since augmented by that of the French moored in that harbour, and suirendered to us at discretion. " Gibraltar, the famous English - fortress, is in our territory, and one of the most environs squa drons of. that nation kept our coast in a suite of blockade. We immediately, therefere, opened a communication mile Gibraltar, and with the Eng lish squadron, has given us all the n..sistaiice that watt in its power, sent as a resident Minister at the -very-first, and conveyed our Deputies to Lou don, to request subsidies, and settie a peace advan tageous to the whole station. AshislA so many serious cares, we hat.' trans mitted ail the arms which it was possible to trans mit to Grenada. Evtreinadnia has received a still greater number, met ties expetisioced our protection, and so has Cordova and Jan.. We have offered arms to IA Mancha, to Murcia, to Tarragon, to Gerona, who requested them of us, and we exerted ourselves to the unmet to fulfil the promises which we had made. a We have not forgotten the rest of the European provinces and kingdemis, end we hope in time that the effects of our zeal and vigilante will be made clear and public. " The Americas claimed at the first a great share of our attention, in ordef to preserve that so principal a part of the Spanish Monarchy. We have sent Envoys. and Commissaries thither anal to Asia, in order that thug may unite themselves to us, which we could not do without qualrfying our selves as the Stipreme Junta for the Government of Spain and the Indies. and we trust t'.; it this title and opr cares will not be found ageless. So many labours, surrounded by so many dismser„ will, we trust, deserve some consideration of our country, for the love and defence of which only at have done and suffered so much. 414 With all this, a e repeat, that we neither affect nor desire any superiority. il'hatever we have done, we owed to our country : it was an indispensable obligation upon us. Our only object is, that Spain may preserve its integrity and independence, for our Lord amid King, ferdinand Vii. and for that object we joyfully roeritiee Our lives. May God, who has so clearly and inarec!lonsly shean his pro , tectinn of Spain, grant a safe return ,to its King Ferdinand VII. aiiil then, with the Solite:ea Co. vernruent, he will determine whit may be his Eclat ail!, either commanding an union of the Cortes, or by •tich other nurser as his prudence soar suggest, and will facilitate the reform of abuses and the ge neral happiness of the kiagdom. tecuring it upon such foundations as are firm, and subject to no change. a If these hopes are vain, in which the cleincncy . of God leads is. to indulge ; then the eel-tint( Su preme Covenimeat will itself dettftilifte what is most conducive to the interest of the kingiloni, enufonning itself to the fundamental laws thereof, it against the fury mod malice of our cucrnirs, and preservitie this Moinirchr, in which itself, VI, Liberty of Nations, and the Catholic Church, the Leloved grouse 'of out Lord Jesus Christ; is so deeply iutertsted. ' , Given N the` kyal Palace of Seville, this ad day of August, tons; " FIRANCIS sa4ve.npA, Arel;:tiaLop of taatiiees the Matto( the Chapter of the Holy Church, FRAN . CIS RACIER CIF-SrvE:;os , VINCENT Hoar: • FRANCIS 1•I9I. BERMUL:t); MANUEL (111; • Father 0)1E1'H ..117.tN FEB 14AN'DO Atilll.fte; Coact TILLY ; Marquii de la GRAr4ImA; Marquis de 'FORBES, sad eLvea Inhere. "By cyanamid of hb Serene Highacaa." IV REIGN LVOLLIGENCE.. UANIBOitai PAYERS. MADRID, JULY eR. The ceremony of the proclamation of which took phice kere oa the tilt. had t.oute thin; in it very impo:ting. 'lke tine old costutne gore •u the occasion bud an avo:i Oen: also the asiociet4 tune Of proclamation, mach wn ate follows : chlebtAing at Arms procluth.ed— .• Silriseio ! °id. Wel, Uiel Castalla, Castilla! Par of rry 'resit° Soler, cut ..... , _ Dior giiiirda, Dom.&kph 11uptdc.,ni I."—(tittrisce, Silence, Silence! Dior, Hear, Hear ! for the Kilig our Lord, *bout God preserve, Doti Joseph Na poeon I.)—This was the %bilk jirriirolo, was repeated its all the usual public places; und atter which money was thrown among the people. . _ • . Vesttedtty the Lull-fights began in - the Amphi theatre, Leture the gate of Alcals, They begun at ten o'clock iu the Morning, and lasted till one ; and again a second time at five, and continued till 14 bulls were killed. The concourse of people was pro:'igions, as no ektertainment of the Lind bad been knoan for several years; and the fondness of the Spaniards for these fights approaches &hams: to madness. Next Saturday these bull-fights alit be repeated. RASTADT, AVG. 22, A corps of troops is forming at Rastath, which was intended at first fu. consist of Ippon men, but in consequence of later orders,' will now be made 4,460. Co ithitl Porheek is appointed Commander. It is tolt,e heady to march on the 14th of August. We are insured that this carps will go to Mentz, and, in conjunction with other troops of the Confe deration of the Rhine, will occupy a camp near Motithurg„ ou the *ft hank of the Rhine; it will therefore belong to the army of reserve under Mar abal ROW THE 311AINF4 AVG. 424. • AccorJeng to thee public journals, the Frt ncb army, collected on the left bank of the Rhine. from Strasbnrgh to Wesel, is to bear the name of the Army of Reserve of the Rhine. MAPLES. AUG. 31. Manilla' Perigee, arcerentor of Naples, and LieutenanteGeneral of the Kingdom, arrived here yesterday. Expensive entertainMents are preparing in the city of Naples to celebrate the arrival of our new Sovereign. illarshal Perigon, who arrived here, yesterday, is to take the pLacecf Marshal !suntan, who is gone to Spain. A French and Austrian cabinet courier lately ar vired here from Paris, and %arra immediately fol lowed by Gary Nish:lined, a coulier from the Tusk ish eteliassy, who continued his jouruey for Con stantinople. The Austrian army will. it is said, be divided iuto eight gram' divisions, esw4) of 40,00 n men, poder the command-of the Archduke, and other Generals. WARSAW, '*VG. 15. This day being the birth day of the Emperor, Napo.eou the Great, was celebrated hers by the firing of artillery, sod the drawing out on the parade of all the French. Pplisli a and Saxon troops. About noon alt the civil and military authorities, as also the faergy, spii&ACifiti the Duke, Marshal Da voinit, to complOryst tint on the occasion, and to express the gratitude due from the Polish cation to the Great Monarch. At night there nes a go. neral illuminaticn: The Palate of the Marshal was embellished with 6,000 14111 P -9, aild a variety of trausparencies and devices. So splendid or ge neral an illumination was utter kilos a 4 here. It hikintended to t•rrct a statue of the Emperor Napoleon, as large as life. iu tte Place tie le Re publique, in the name of tbe*galef!al na tion. AMERICA. FROa TaENEW:TORE PAPER& • WIEW-VORK, JULY 9.;,, The Government schooner Hope, Cupti.in 11 . uoil ward (sacs The Satiogia tr ot Friday last) sailed yesterday. She viirries not two 111essirusers, Capt. holey to France, h•lct - 'Sir. Atwater to Eng. land. Captain Raley iv ill lie trials& at Ilavre-de- Grace, while Mr. Monter will repair to England. On the return of Ciipt. Miley from Paris, the IJ.pe will sail for Englaiiil, whence she will return to this place with Capt. !later And Mr. Itteater. The Neii-Orkwas t;ezcite of June Igi says— " Wc learn Now Raton Rouge. that serious sp pretiensinsts have been enteitsiii.d by Governor Grand Pre, of a rebellion ii„-uinst the Government of Ills Catholic Majeste, unit that llijor Ellis, for .nterly of this city, has been aurebtv..l, uud is in close custoey." The President of the Uniti.ri Sates lert Wask ingtnn, on Wednesday 'Art, for Eetraet of a letter from a rev ' :v.-table mercentil: house in Tridideri, dated July 1 :—" With re gard to our marlets hero fur Armoricrin produce, you are egre-;;.on-ly uu,taken when cnu suppo,, them high. We hate just received 13,01-0 barrels of fresh flour from Possn'aquodd ; imt a wet k passes but some vessels are dropping in Phi ladelphia, Norfolk, .ke. with that article. from the arrangement' now made with Ilalifax and Ca nada. we have no doubt but we oii I he s.vilarly supplied with that articir. of barrels would lint jret now coin:p.n..: snore than twelve dolt:tr.. I,sist Sipteniber. to , vino+ to the embargo, it teas soli at ciAhteen milled do!. l er a. From the MJ:ts ne get fir-h beef. ee ,endiles, &e. We fiti.l by vie ran li. e iirlefsendeut oriefferslii au,l his e11i1.W.%;0 LIIV." . . _ A letter from Halifax, dated 3ni. 7, mention., thnt dour 1 , 113 7rt1;114 rather seiee; but that eualrist perk had tava suld fcr 15 dullars lori•1 ;—lkyr•wof. I-2 pet pound; yea' Ic cob t. cents." The l:oetritor of Nora Scotia hat rub •sh,l •, on ly Irz t ry, pitch, tar, tlirvetitilse, ", are admi:isible t..t.v.Al ato:es. TNr p •,„ neutral t nide to Nova have 1,. „.„ o Ne...--nruos%Cv. k. 1:1 the New-Brit•!,‘,i, artie:r4, are he;nd, r, L•, pit c h, tit..., turltrutiu••, cutt4,ll, u„t ut provi.iious At a Calii t !outwit, head some Otty t ...i ! „ .the of iii. N;.ije.ty I(il,g 't first, it Witi rI .. ...AVVA ( - I i ketors to pay on re art! to the of t if South Cairoi”iit, bit 4 11 .p e ct ettr: titer t!.ere true sositictotis (.4c:otos:a:to, et e. _No ti.•..sel van ito.% ClL:Area OWL %41,111. v cri %too f..ont Hi. ajesty., or twine of ho, 6,i;e111,1 deei....oas of oar Ce 1 1... arlsitt,itify set tit tiougist, e.e i!t substititt.J for taw. if thi. eott,litute ( :o,l's mune IVe have %nat.., lltltil oils i'tipu r to,v itt the 4.xpect.itio:: of ;ct • eavi::4 A CI. Cireithar of the Trea.ury have not been fortunate eno.t 4 ls believe we way pru:daie it is oar tiev.-- f Fed.) AL... o. CUrruX OUST d, lOUS . NOTICE. Ne vessel having. rtee'vtJ pereiiiwioti for was fet.''.ell ceu Le ele.tr..l ur peruoitieil to depart f.we tkei Enda!, the 13th inst. throcrs of resactr. to ebom permission had lurami'y Smote!, either for Eitrupe, Asa, ur Africa, Anti Mb,/ Dell not a' ailed thenisels es of the same, eautat, after this nary be permitted to die Patch their vessels. Al:Cti A report it in circulation,. that in lie of the iliopute which brought on the affair & Chesapeake last yea:. it was a que.tion a4:ta, a Council. held at Vt - aaliiiiqtogi. in April, - . they the deloerter, front Lora Townshend's si: Nor&lk, eitonbi be rweived nn board t 11.! peake, and protected by the Notional Fia 4 ?'• It is whispered, that on this question :iir. LATIN 01)1,1i0114 that to ro,, r . by the do; of one autism, deserters from the 0,,v, of n.tother, was ju >tido:de cause of war; and Ibis caNc, wheii the two ships lay alongside el' other, the publicity of the act rendered the sion the mare iotolerslile." It is :ikeui...e that the majority of the inviihrrs of aultui.list . r over-ruled this wise and temperate opiniu, them arcattrititited the consequence.. THE BRITISH PPI:.,-)S.I LON D')N, FRIDAY. SErriaissa 16. SURRENDER OF JUNOT, AND THE arsa FLEET IN THE TAGUS. Yesterday was a day Qt great anxiety ail ri pectation, sad the taws was anc seared t: I au early hour.—At four o'c'.: ek ma. Cap aii Ev arta arrivea at a-. aa.i......-a..., -is& .X.,-.....hy from Admiral Sir JAYS, SAUSAIREL A re; , t immediately prevailed that they brouet an .- count that the Russian and Eioglial fleets an left in sight of each other in the Baltic, and t'a an action was unavoidable when Captain Ern; • came away.—About half past four p.a. two on. cers arrived express at the Admiralty, Eli t was generally behesed that they were coat with an account of the action. This was a error.—The officer; arrived came from the T. gus with an account of the surreuder of J:- not and the Russian fleet. Lord Mu tot ter. i•s; mediately went with tile dispatches to the Fe: . :a Office, and a Council was held upon them, a • sat for it considerable time. About five o'rlo , a. - followiug Bulletin was distribated iu the-Mini:4:Al Circles : The Captain of the Gut is arrival from fir C Co'* at tine Ada/rally, Siir flew Idat.swn cur.'s ros Secretary of 9:ate's OtZre. The substance of foe pence *loch they bring is, that we have enteral int 'motion with the flinch and Jt; a *ho are to he venal to Prawn lo British vessels, but rut as pr WIZ. The surrender of thc Russian tket is itichleci • Conveftt:ata, bet to lie restwral al the cigiciiisiAs of st.i 'Ube public having been long encou7 Mini,ter, through their fAvotirite Jour: 111: forwani to the up surrenlor JL and the Rutrian fleet, anti consegnettkl..• t'. pate t:te tothit. gintions moult from PortA, come very iartp:tih , nt, but nothing officill to grata : their eager curiosity. Orders, '! . _ sa.4l, were given fur the Park anti Tower ir tire, Lut no in:meth:de firing took ;'lac .. I alb° snows:et!, that, as in all other an.l tars, a communication V. made to the cly. It is trio.• that a mall. !IC to be a Messenger Bunt the Ailtniral , • sippearaece, but he did r.Gt rroii• crcttcutials, and hi, urkuunee e:ily c to increase the itit7.atietwe l 0 ki ree the wean timr, Tttv 1.'4.1 spread the itat.lll4Loc.: hro C.“ the 31(.401w:i5. mod thAi L.: to The 111ausoi.-lluti.ie blockade. A Breit to ?see au .rnwri stirri .d it, of the iies, po.ted upon Os alpeart-d. Ti r lropuia..e 1•.3t ail lot' some of thew even tiort.o.,“ alli Tower 51; ► Lred intv.een tieht tEscharqe Learl as u c e r-port cf west and import now nine o'clock, a:A the pu i'vco went of t' tt etmcrA by t':e L:z2 11.. V the 5..1!,4 - ..an , :c of tLa cL7at: I I~i~._ 1 L6.l;ttia I cm slo lio t lillli Loi Ciu