The Sun.
London, England, 1834-09-06 00:00:00

SITTING OF THE 28TH.

The order of the day for the discussion of the petition on
the subject of the " Voto de Santiago" having been put, a
brief conversation ensued on a point of form, as to whether the
discussion should take place on the petition or on the draught
of the law wbich was now before the Estate. The latter mode
was strenuously resisted by Senor Lopez and others, who con-
ceived that such a proceeding would be equivalent to the re-
linquishment of the right of petition, which the Procuradores
possessed by virtue of the 32d article of the standing orders.
Ultimately it was decided that the petition should take prece-
dence of the draught of the law presented by the Government,
and the debate accordingly commenced.
Senor Gonzales began by detailing the history of the re-
puted origin of this impost, and commenting as he proceeded
on the discrepancies which were observable between the ac-
counts given of it by Morales and Mariana. The original
document on which the privilege of exacting this burden,
some impost was said to be founded, bore the date
of 872 ; but it remained to be explained how Ramiro I.
could sign this diploma a year before he came to
the throne. This argument acquired additional force from
the testimony of the chronicles of Alfonso 111., in which the
date of the accession of Ramiro I. to the throne was placed as
far forward as 880. After some further critical remarks on
the palpable anachronisms and historical mistakes connected
with the title of the " Voto de Santiago," Senor Gonzales
passed to a consideration of its demerits as an impost, and the
inconvenience of its existence. He dwelt with much force on
the wretched state to which the peasantry of Spain were
reduced by the accumulation of general taxation, independ-
ently of being obliged to sacrifice their capital and produce by
paying the contributions extorted for this " voto." He there-
fore trusted that the Estate would be convinced of the neces-
sity and justice of abolishing the " voto," as an injurious and
unauthorised impost on the agricultural industry of the country.
(Here the report is suspended in the Madrid paper, and the
continuation promised to be given on the following day.)

BADAJOS, AtTG. 21.

CAPTAINCY-GENERAL OF ESTREMADURA.

The Civil Governor of Badajos has transmitted to me the
following despatch received by him from the civil Governor of
the province of Seville, under the date of the 9th inst. :
" By information received extra-judicially, I learn that a plot
is hatching to disturb the tranquillity of this and some of the
adjoining provinces by proclaiming the Pretender. With a
view to this object it was once intended to resort to the trick
of feigning that a courier had arrived with letters from the
Ministry to the Captain-General, which, as it was to be repre-
sented contained an account of the Government having recog-
nised the Pretender. During the confusion which this news
would occasion, the conspirators were to call out their parti-
sans. In case they should, as is to be feared, avail themselves
of a similar artifice in your province, I mention the circum-
stance to you, that you may by this forewarning be enabled to
defeat the plans of the malevolent.
" The enclosed I send for your Excellency's information,
informing you at the same time that I shall this very day com-
municate it to the district subdelegates, in order that they may
be on the watch in their respective districts and render abor-
tive the attempts of revolutionists, in case they should be di-
rected against this province ; and your Excallency will have
the opportunity of making the same known to the governors
and military commandants of your district.
" God preserve your Excellency many years.
" Badajoz, Aug. 16. " MAN UE L DE LATRE."
VITTORIA, Ace. 22.

(From the Eco del Comercio.)
It is stated that General Harispe, who is charged by his
Government with the surveillance of the frontier, has caused
the Pretender to be informed, that if he should not present
himself at the present moment--already so critical for him, and
likely to become more so—he will on all occasions treat him as
an enemy of the French nation, give him neither asylum nor
protection, and will leave him exposed to all the severity with
which he is menaced by the Spanish Government, in case of
his being made prisoner by the troops of the Queen, Donna
Isabella.