The Sun.
London, England, 1810-09-07 00:00:00

SPANISH OFFICIAL PAPER.

The Ipst. *Decree of the Supreme Central Junta of
Spain: and the I,Kites, for• the formation. of the
Cortes, to be e,nvoked on the first of March of
.the present year 1810, signed by all the members
of the . Junta presedt, and communicated to the
Regency. at the time of 'iti:installation.

" The King, and in his Royal name the Supreme
Cemral Junta of Spain and the Indies.-
"As it has been my chief care-to collect the Spa-
nish nation in the General and Extraordinary Corte's,
in order that they; representing- the individuals of
all classes, ranks,' and orders. iti the state, after
having pointed out the means of driving away
the enemy 'who has .so perfidiohsly invaded, and
cruelly desolated some of the provinces, they should
•on due consideration regulate what shall be most
expedient to give stability to the Constitution; and
j further, what shall give purity ,and every possible
perfection' to the Civil and criminal legislation of the
-kingdom, and to the several branches, of the public
administration. For these purposes; :.by my Royal
Decree of the -lath of last month, 1-.cOrumanded
that my said Central Junta should remoirefrom Se-
vill the Isle de Leon, in order that they might
conveniently p'epare the business for the accom7
plishment of this great design.
[Then follows aiong.series of articles on this subjeCt, of
winch the subsequent are the. most essential-.)
" Those Grandees shall not be admitted into the
Cortei which are not the'cliiefs of their families, nor
such .s have not attained the- age of- twenty-six
years, nor Prelate's or Grandees which are under
pr,ces; for any crime, nor such which shall have
S in !iiited to the Fiet.cii Government.
hrkler that the provinces of Asia and Ame-
rica-(which on account of the shortness of the tittle
cannot be repre.enied by deputies of their own no-
titillation) may not be entirely -excluded from the
Cortei, the Regency is to form an Elealoral Junta,
composed of six persons of character, natives of
those dominions, who will select from the Resi-
dents in Spain, bOrn in the same country, forty per-
eons, to be 'chosen by lot, from which number
twenty•six are to be seleded in the saute manner,
which t wenty-six are to represent in the Corte those
extensive territnties.

In the same Manner deputies are to be obiain-
ed for the provinces occupied by the enemy ;
eighteen to be named for each province, out `of
Which four are to be appointed.
" That the preparatory labours may proceed un-
obstructed, a 'deputation of the Cones, coosisting
of eight persons, six natives of Spain, and two Of
America, whose duty it will be to manage the forms
respecting the Cortes, in order that the attention of
Government may not be withdrawn from the im-
portant concerns in which it is engaged.
" The Junta. of the Cortes shall be under these
distinctions : the Junta of Ways and Means for the
snppott of the war; the Junta of Finances; the Junta
of Legislation; the Junta of Public 1114ra:find ; the
Junta Ecclesiastical ; and the Junta Ceremonial.
" When the business is opened the Cortes shall
be divided into two estates, the one of the People,
composed of the' eputies of the Provinces of Spin
and America, and the other of the Nobles,-coin-
posed ,of the rielatea acid orand_eb
c or ilia
i be propositions which in my royal name, the
Regency shall make to the. Cortes, shall be examin-
ed first in the popular AiSembly, and if approved by
it, shall be afterwards transmitted to the :Nobles, to
be by them recohsidered,
" The same Method shall be observed with re-
spect to such propositions as originate in either of
the estates, which shall be transmitted from the one
to the other for re-examination.

" Propositions not appruved by both are to be

void.

" Propositions approved by both are to be ;ent to
the- Regency for its sanction:
" The Regency is to sanction the proposition so
approved, unless for grave and weighty reasons it
should not appear expedient.
" In such cases the Regency is to return the Pro-
position to the'Cortes, with a clear explanation of
their Motives for rejeding it.
gi If the proposition so returned, be not approved
by two-thirds in each Assembly, it is negatived, and
cannot be resumed until the meeting of a future
Cores.

" i ; approved by two-thirds, it is to be again sent
to the Royal Sanction.

so returned, the san&ion is to be given
by the 11-!czency in three days, but if withheld after
that time, it to become a part of the public laW,
and to be announced as such.

" Tile Regency may assign the time when the
Comes is to 4ertninate, but not bc!ore the expiration
monihs from its installation.

" During the time that the Cortes ts discharging
its functions, the Regency is to continue in the full
exercise'of the Executive Power. The Cortes there-
foie will contine,iis duties to the exercise of the Le-
gislative Power, which properly belongs to it, %With-
out admitting discussions on the Executive, and by
such means distracting their attention from the se-
rious matters which should engage it. They will
direct then' entire regard to the formation of laws,
to the introduction of salutary reforms, to the cor-
rection of the abuses of the old, Government, to the
improvement of the present state of the nation, and
to the precautions for its future security ; fulfilling
in this manner their high and important duties.—
Royal Isla de Leon, January 29, 1810.
I" ARCHBISHOP Of LAODICEA, President.
" 11,1ARQUIS of ASTORGA.

" VALDES.
" MAUQUIS del VILLEL.
" JuVELLANOS, &C."

PARTRIDGE SHOOTING.—Many excellent shots,
and some of .a very humorous description, are re-
ported to hove been made do Saturday last by our
City Sportsmen. It is submitted, however, to
marksmen in general, whether the numerous Prizes
iti the present State Lottery are not objects well,
worthy their- ai►n.--To hit, fur instance, one of
the Five Twenty Thousands would certainly prove
a capital shut.

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