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London, England, 1825-06-23 00:00:00

REPUBLIC OF Cdfr011111:4.
The first Constitutional Congopf the Republic has
passed the following law, which ill received the unction.
of the Executive Power :
The Senate and Anna a Sepeelpplativer of the Republic of
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Colombia in Coops missoshisd. Morsoosidaratiso--
Ist. That • population. womesows lo portion to the tessitery of
a `hate, is the foundation of its and true greaten*.
?-I. That the population of ie of Colombia hes et se
corresponded to the vast extent of its territory, kif
epee
of the barba-ous system adopted by ita tyrannical 0
exterminating the race of aboriginal inhabitants, and allshmeris.
preventing the entrance of every other nation ; but it haa, heeldireti
been exhausted by a war of death and desolation of thirteen yaws •
3d. That the fertility of the soil, the salubrity of the climate, the
extent Or unoccupied lend, and the liberal institution of the O.
tublic, permit and require a numerous emigration of uselnlend
Industrious foreigners, who, in making their own fortune, may asii.
ment that of the nation.
They have d.: reed as follows: . i
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Article I. The Executive Government, in virtue of the powers'
conferred upon it by the Constitution and the Laws, and by the
means provided in this Decree, will effectually promote the mi.'
gration of Europeans and North Americans.
' ' 2. For this purpose, they are authorised to dispose of from two'
to three millions of fanegadats of land, belonging to the State, em.
ploying them on those conditions and in that manner which my
be judged most convenient ; but without being able to grant each
Orally more titan two hundred renegades of land.
•h. •In the distribution of the said lands, the Executive Power Is
Ma to be sbbject to the provisions of the law of the 11111 October of
=tenth year or the Republic, which provides for the mice and
ides to be observed in the transfer of the said unoccupied
Lads.
A. The Executive Power will dictate the pecesssry arrangements
=eleiing the local situation, the social establishment, and other
rtlive measures, with s hick tire emigration of orangery shall
lake place, as also concerning the exemptions Which the emigrants
are to enjoy.
6. Every Individual of the said families, from the time they take'
op their residence in Colombia, shall be considered as naturalised
lithe Republic. and will enj'ry all the rights of citizens, except
these which the Constitution has reserved to its citizens by birth,
et who hjve re id ed a certain number of years in its territory.
Is The Executive Power must take heed that this: migration shall
r_iely or mostly be composed of labourers and artisans, and,
dlue2 glee an sceount of its operations relaters to the execution of
this Decree to the first Legislature.
divers at Bogota, 7th June, llin, in the thirteenth year of the
Republic. (Signed)
The N'ica-President of die Senate,
JERONIMO TORRES.
The President of the House of
Representatives, DO3l INGO CA ICEDO.
Secretary to the Senate, ANTONIO JOSE CARO.
The Deputy Secretary of the
House, PEDRO DE HERRERA.
[Then follow the signatures of the Executive Government).
And in order to promote the execution of this law, the Govern-
ment has decreed us follows:
Francisco de Paulo Santander, a General of Division to the
Armies of Colombia, Vise-President of the Republic, charts
ed with the Executive Power, &c. &c.
The Executive Power being authorised by the law of the 7th
of the present month to promote the emigration of foreigners,•and
divide among them two or three mittens of fanega?as of lard, tan.
tier the reglitlationa prescribed in the law, has thought praper to
decree as toilet's :
Art. I. %%'ha:ever foreigner shall desire to have a grant of land
in Colombia. by virtue of the provisions of the said law, shall m-
ien himself to the Governor or Intendant of the province in which
be desires the grant, showing what nation lie belongs to, the
wirsialocr of his fetidly, his profession or business, and what one he
WPM to pursue for the future.
2. The Governor or Intendant shall point out to him the plates
where there may happen .to be unoccupied land, that he may be
' able to choose his min situation, which having done, the land shall '
be measured by a Surveyor appointed by the Governor or Intendant.
This method will be pursued till provincial Surveying Offices shall
have been establiethed, and as good a topographical map constructed
as possible.
3. These measures having been taken, and the foreigner hay-
ing, according to the quality of the had, stated the number of'
tanegades which he shall require, when he, intends to begin theft'
cultivation, the Governor or Intendant shall then remit to .dve
Executive Power of the Republic all the documents, giving, din
opinion on the circumstances of the application, according,to which
the Supreme Government will deny or gram tin: lands, under the
conditions which they have thought
.proper to impose; and in the
event of their acceding to the grant, it will direct and order the Go.
vernor or Intendant to put the emigrant into possession; and give up
the title in the land to him.
164. The expences which %hall be incurred to the surveyor and
other persons employed in the measurenient of the laud, and the
sums necessary to defray the expences of writing the documents,
shall be taken from the value of the land in case of sale;
but, when they shall be given by the Government, the emi-
grant must pay those expences himself; but in no case will it
cost any thing for the labours of the Governors, Judges, and others
engaged in' the business; and tinnily, the whole proceedings must
officialiy be.despe tcheill to the Government. ..
6. The Government, in emisequenee of the utility which will
result to the Republic from the establishment of fcireigners accord-
ing to the business, profession, or art which they' *lay have elm-v.-
6.c1, will grant them evert exemption that may be found con.
venie:rt, and be conformable to the constitution and the laws of
Columbia.
IL The Governors or Intendants shall continue to people, with
We foreigners who may come to Colombia, the most useful lands in
the neighbourhood of ports and navigable rivers, planting the
population in healthy and elevated districts; they sIWI also foto
plans according to which shall be established the Colonies dory'
ay appoint.
7. They are most particularly charged to protect the new Cele.
'ibis, administering them prompt .justice in those affairs in lelb
they may have occasion to want it; giving them every poti4lide
help within the scope of their authorich till they shall have per-
fected their establishment.
8. The Secretary of State for the Interior is charged with the
execution of this Decree.
Given in the Palace of the Government of Colombia, in Bogota,
18th June, 1823, in the thirteenth year of the Republic.
(Signed)
FRANCISCO DE P. SANTANDER,
For Lis Exmllency the Vice-President of the Republic.
JOSE 31ANIDEL RES'I'REPO,
Secretary of State for the Interior.
Letters from Lisbon speak of the early publication of the
Constitution of that kingdom.
The Austrian Observer to the 11th instant was received,
yesterday. It contains accounts from Corfu, dated April
the 30th and May the 25th, which describe the advance
of the Turks and Albanians in gieat force, and state them,
to have forced their way through the defiles of Kefaloo-
, visae which the Greeks vainly attempted to defend, and
is have been enabled in consequence to commence the
1 siege of Anatolie° and rtlissolonghi. Corinth is also to
be besieged, and Navaritio is said to have capitulated.
We need hardly add, that we utterly disbelieve these
'Movies. The Austrian Observer has never scrupled to Ins.*
Iliftit its hatred of the Greeks, by publishing false news se
their disasters.
There was a meeting of the Spanish Refugee Committee
Yesterday, when a reduction ih the allowances to the vari-
ous unfortunate individuals who are supported by the So-'
gamy was decided upon, in consequence of the defalcation
it the funds at the tlisposal of the Committee.
We understand that Mr. Canning has taken up the sub-
ject of General D'Evereaux's recent arrest in Lombardy
with his usual energy. There is, perhaps, no part of
Europe where British subjects are treated with less re-
spect, or more wanton harshness, than in the Austrian
States. English travellers, and even Govetntnent cou-
riers, are continually subjected to the most vexatious delays
and interruptions, from the complex and oppressive system
of passports adopted by the Austrian Police. Mr. Canning
will, therefore, be rendering a highly important service to
the public and his country by his interference on this
occasion.
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Vausnat.r..—The Anniversary of the Battle of Water-
loo was ce:ebrated at these Gardens last bight, with in-
creased splendour; because, in addition to all the prepara-
tions that the seal of the Proprietors had made for Monday,
the line weather last evening induced a very crowded and
fashionable assemblage to grace them with their presence.
Thia, of course, gave a great zest to the various amuse-
ments that occupy every moment of the time of the visitors
at this very popular place of amusement, The perform-
ances were precisely similar to those brought out on Mon-
day, but we noticed a great many additional lamps, even
heyond the extraordinary number that appeared on Mon-
day. Amongst the company we observed his Royal High-
ness Prince Leopold, the Marquis of Worcester, the Earl
of Ilchester, and Lord Pollington.
We are authorised to state, that it is Mr. Courtenay's
positive determination to came forward as a Candidate at
the next Election, and that the impropriety of exciting
any electioneering ferment in the city, when a dissolution
of Parliament i 4 probably so far distant, is the sole cause
of his silence. Mr. Tyner) liaa, we hear, met with such
surprising success in his canvass as, it is said, makes it
possible that one of our present Members, at the next elec-
tion, will be put out of the representation of our city.
There is an expectation amongst some parties that Sir
William Pole will again come forward, having, it was
' understood, pledged himself to do au at the last contest --
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