The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-04-18 00:00:00

TV THE EDITOR OP THE BRITISH PRESS.

Stet—ln the general exultation at Kiog Ferdinand's down.
'fall. solo" (roortself itscholed) hive tikes bar granted ii was a
chalice fur the better. They have inferred, that as the old
system was boil, the sew tae is good ; and that heroine the
partisans of the one were scusudeels mood bigwig, the autism.
of the latter are nut scoundrels and jocobins. These are
roes stquitarr, and the matter esquires eoplattatioo, fur
which I hope you will, in-candour, nod a colones.
In illl4, the Regency were desirous of ennobling a body
who should exercise, is the King's &benne, the fosactioess of
the Curses ; but the whole country (except Cadiz, mud the
kiegoluon of Valencia) being or-cored by she French, it was
imptstible to have a Couveution of the Corson elected. This
espedient was therefore adopted, that such iothalotabts of
each city or province, as happened to be at Cadis, should
elect .me of their number. The Colonies were represented
by a similar expedient. The permits massed were chiefly
lawyers sad men of letters. No sooner was this won.dereript
body assembled than they abolished, with one dash of th it
pen, the laws, rights, and ininsuaifies of all the coon.
tries contriving the Seaside monarchy, sad subninted the
lung-winded farrago you are sow eulogising. Thus did it
originate in a daring and lawless usurpation of power.
Nuw as to its contemn s—lt establishes a popular pasembly
of 1,300 men, elected 'open the basis of popolatina only, and
including the Colowier. Than is the majority of the Perlis.
mesh siting at 31adriJ composed of Mexicans, Peruvians,
&e. the popalatiqu of the Colonies to that of Spoils bring as
13 to 10. And these Members, who are to come 10,000
miles, sit but fur two years, and are nut re.eligibk! Nu Mill
can be a Deputy in two successive Cortes.
This assembly so constituted exercises the whole govern.
seen' ; not molly the making of laws but the command of the
army, navy, aid militia, and the appointment to all public
offices. The loniser directly, the latter indirectly, by laming
three pervious, out of whom the King must choose ; and all
this power without the control of any Senate or House of
'Lords. The King has ouly a suspeueive veto, sod no power
of dissolving the Curses
Now, Sir, am 1 wrong in saying, that this Constitution
far outdoes all the absurdities of modern times, that it leaves
tlit foremost of the Fsench Jacobins panting far behind ? I
am euisvisiced it is too absurd to be the work of folly, and
is the result of k y and hypocrisy, for which 1 will
outgo three-good reasons, viz.—Three flagrant violations of
the Constitution' (as it is termed) by then who have just pro.
nolgated it: lst, Ibe Decree enabling she Members of the
late Curses to sit in the present ; Id, The Decree condemns.
log to forfeiture and balithatest all Spaniards who
'shall nut take a .certain oath without reservation, no such
•poinisbnieut being inflicted or sauctioond by law; 3J, The
eusifiseatiou of properly belonging to the ate:drones orders
of Cannon' awl A Icantora. 'lima art laws, persons, and
property violated, before their Constitution is dry from the
press.
Being democratic beyond all precedent in Roman. French,
or Americas history, it is 'of course 'trines is blood; but
lest that red ink should ever fade, it is written in black ink
(with Atheosiai ferocity), that whoever advises as alteration
of it, shall be guilty of high treason. There is, in my
humble opinion, so hope'fbr Spain.
Vuor obedient &mat,
XIMENES.

INDIA.

CALCUTTA. wovEmnsa 4, 1819.

compare.— A letter lit,tit this *tattoo. detect
October 4i, 1919, eusitsitts the lullurring ecitostius
atiestion:—
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" natives are in a terrible stale of want and misery
front the excessive detentes, of grain of all kinds, width is
the inure extraordinary, as the crop, which is jest wow ripen-
ing, is ituiversalty the; and, is fact, the last three or four
harvests have bees Very go nd mica, an that there in no raid.
ble cause whatever fur the scarcity. The Officers of (inverts.
meat should ewdeavuter to Anil oat the cause of this artificial
dearth, is tlwir particular ilishicts, which is at !Havens so
mysterious, and to remuse it, if within their power, as it is
impassible So expect that AWN will solve In quietorss, while
root raced that there In plenty of grain in the country so
supply their wasitr,aud save the lives of their children."
Erareah.—The following I. an extract of a letter
frwm Enteral), dated October 9, 1819, us communi-
cated in The limes of Tuesday last :
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" lints battalions of the 34 regiment are ordered to &au-
gur, the Ist is to march as. the 13th or 20th instant. The
scarcity ever once 1817 has been stve►ely felt. Grain is
now oclliste at 11 sad It seers per rupee at this very place,
where, in 1815,11$ seers were procurable for a lake sum.
" At Saugsar,l uul.•rsisud, that only six sects of Chasms
are to be hail fur a ►ape., awl then with difficulty, so that
we shall be nearly mistreat; for notwithstanding such prices
of gratis, camels. bullocks, sod bursts, mist be kept up.
hope this tfreaccity will nut continue much longer. We have
bad accounts of a favourable chalice in the season, but
inunopulixers contrive to k.ep up the high price to the great
distress of the pour."
Chiliagutag.—Four ►hock+• t.f esrlhquske were
experienced in this place between the 13th slid 20th
ultianu.