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SPANISH PAPERS.

LAST SESSION ofthe-SUPREME TUNTA ofMURCTAi
conmionicitted_to the other JUNTAS of the IINt.,pOAI.

At a Council held this morning, his Excellency the
Conde Dl3 FLORIDA BLANCA, -Dean of the Council
of State, and nominated by art unanimous vote to
he a I:. :presentative in the Central Jtinta, presented
for tlizir approbation the following Paper :t—
-ile Cunde DE FLORIDA BLANCA, as a First Conn-
seller of State, and as a Member of the Supreme
.Vnta, snhir for the approbation of the Council of
Murcia the following propositions:—
. 1. That the, Members nominated for the Central
Junta Thali take the oath which accompanies this
paper, hethre they attend any Sifting, or any similar
to it which they may devise; and that the same
should be, taken by the other Juntas; and that at
such place as may be seleCted for their meeting, they.
shall elect a President, who, take the same oath
before the highest Prelatewho may happen to reside
at the appointed place ; that the whole of their pro-
ceedings st‘ill be .tithout loss of time communicated
to.t he other Juntas.
2. That the Members who may be sent without
having been previously sworn in their own Juntas,
shall.toke the oath hetore' they present themselves at
the place of the Session of the Central Junta.
3. That the Members shall carry a"certiticate of
their election, signed by their Junta, -pecifying•whe-
ther they have taken the oath, which• shall be de:
posted in the Archives of the Council.of State, to
satisly the Secretary of the Central Council that. the
bearer is the Member elects

4. to prevent dispute, and competit'ons con-
cerning precedency amongst the Members, they shall
vpte and sign th-vir names without any regard topri:-
Ce lefCy.,

5. That the Secretary of the Council of State
shall, tbr the present, hate the suoenntendance of
that Council, of those of Castile, and of War, of the
Inquisition, the Indies, who shall be nominated by
the Juntas..of the capital cities of the kingdom, .the
ltifeinberirwho shall have delivered their certificates,
and Anil; also give their advice to the individuate of
the Council of State, to deliberate on such subjeas
as may,
.from time to time, be communicated to
them oy the President or. Secretary of the Junta.
6. The S, cr:2tary of the Copcil of State, Don.
JosEpn shall cOniniunicate with his EK-
celiency the Conde Dc ALTAMIEA, t,p whoin he will
send au ac:;ount of the proceedings, or to any other
Who may ba.pen to be master of the household in
the I'4l,!ce Royal, who ihfurrn our Sovereign,
FEEL)INA,ND the With, Of the occurrences that take
iiixe in the centre of the kmgdom.

7. The said Don JosErn IrIZARRO is requcsted. to
provide p►oper accommodation for the assemblies,
with seats el gaudy fitted up and covered, and every
other thing that rimy- be convenient for.the ditKrent
itirrnhers.

8. Th 4 Messengers shail be engaged in propor-
tion to the number of Metnb,:ss that shall compose
the Jnota, to r,..nder them such sLrvices as they may
require, and that the first Secretary of State:shall pay
them', as well as the prices of'piper, tax, and other
nocessary for sending oil' dispatches.

-9. Filially, that the rat Junta shall have a
guard of ilaibardiers, who sball alsogpard the Palace
with Wither ot the regiments of Spatiiste or Walloon
GUardS, the garrison. of I),ladrid, under tile cotn►trand
ot•their respective Cl.iefs. Tije Conde regards with
the greattist respect the establist,tuttA of a Central
Junta, as pus' sessipg greaterauthori.i. 1 than the Cortes,
which only hela,t he authority of agreeing to submit
propositions to the Sovereign, and to await his resey•
lotion ; while the Central 'Junta win possess t;ie
powers of Lteciding, in a great tne.sure, upon the
atiairs•of thegeneral government ot the Kingdom, and
to give edea to the Consultas of the Councils, and

other Tiibunals.

The Conde wishes thm the. Junta shtluld commu-
nicate the whole of these propositions to their com-
patriot Juntas, 'and that they should resolve to think
only of the general felicity, the honour of the king-
dom, and i.s-Chijs, in order to avoid difficulties and
embarrassments in the execution of the plan. is
desirous at tile same time, of renouncing every other
situation but that of 1 simvile Member ; and hoping
that, after the !urination of the Grand Junta, he will
be permitted to retire to his house, there to tate
Care of his soot, which is hi 4 most urgent concern,
being now in the 80th ) ear of his age.
The C9nde FLORID 4% BLANCA
Murcia, Aug. i 9, !Solt

This Junta has-ing considered all these articles,
approves of them by
,aeclamalion, as manifesting
each of them a p.,re zeal for the good of the Monar7
chg.% disititeresied pitriotistn, and an exa& know-
ledge Oldie means which will contribute to the dig-
nity aid sLcutity of the Central Junta ; and orders,
them to be ibunetiintely printed, and a copy of theta
to be s: Tit to each of the,,Jtnitas of the L:II6IdUID...
(S fined) CLEMENTI DE..CAMPOS,
JOSE, Bi.hop of Carthagena,
JoAciuti4 DE ELGUETTA,
JULIAN MARTIN DE RETAMOSA.
Murcia, August 19, 18.8.

• OVIEDO, AUG. Q 6. •
111 - SUPREME JUNTA OF THE PRINCIPALITY

Fs INILIBITANT.,..

" Asturians !—Your hearts feel themserves pene-
trated witty grief at he:it-log the unparalieled.atroci-
ties which the 'enemy's armies have committed in
'the greatg-r part of. Spain. But this does not sutike
to fulfil our duties—they are our biothers-they
!,a,e shed .t heir blood to extirpate the common
enemy from • our .country.--. Many "families which
ILiu a decent.subsistenee, now find themselVes des.,
titute and in the most extreme poverty,;the enemy
having burned- their houses, .viiatever they con-
tained, aid even the'rr provisions And shall we
,cooleot ourselves with bewailing their, misfortunes
Doti not brotherhood require that Are„sliould• parti-
cipate With them; the ittivantaes we expect from the
sbie c,,nte-,L in w inch all Spain finds herscit engage 4
smft. I a•: l.t/LIMIOII : set, then, as tar is possible, net:
uni,f, rain. be equal—let thOpanisli nation em upose
o ; l ltr4e are the iSheS cat the Junta,
a d .).ght to be lour's. The Frincjipaiity which
has it happ,..,s of nut single
i:s_ territory s h ul,i h. the tir,i to ciinc
rialfibiisin:which IL confessedly pO3

es;` sacri-

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