The Sun.
London, England, 1810-10-19 00:00:00

CORTES.

SEPr. 28..--At ten o'clock the sitting opened.
The powers of a deputy from La Mancha, were
presented, and immediately referred to the proper
Committee. Yr►z DB CAsTRO produced a Me-
moir of Don J. DB 06MA, Lieutenant•Colonet II)
the Royal corps Artillery, the object of which is
.to shew the means and mode of raising an army of
observation, composed of 120,000 men, which
should be called " the Patriot Artny ;" and pro-
curing sixty millions to cloath, arm, and maintain
it, during the time of its instruction.
The said memoir was ordered to be referred to
the Committee of War.

Ihnuuna, a Deputy of Estremadura immediately
rose, and demanded that the Sitting should form
a Secret Committee, since he bad to propose mat-
ters of the utmost importance and urgency, which
required secrecy.
The question whether the sitting was to be secret
or not came now under discussion.

LEGANA 'said, that all subjeas relative to the war
ought not to be publicly discussed.
GOLFEN supported the motion; he said, thOugh
he felt much concerned to exclude the public at
the very opening of their sittings, but he knew that
the subjea to be proposed required both secrecy and
urgency
.; that the evils which afflieted our armies,
ariked.tirost imperiously for prompt remedies ; that
he had been an eye-witness of the vexations sus-
tained by our soldiers, of their stale of starvation,
their nakedness, and added, that if the sitting were
not to be secret, he should not hesitate publicly to
state the ,objeet of his motion.

At the etid of a very animated discussion, in
which several Deputies took a share, the original
motion was carried.

• On this occasion, QURISLANO proposed, that in
order to avoid in future similar discussions, and the
inconvenience arising from it to the public, the sit-
tugs should always be commenced with the doors
stn, and that they shodld be opened after such
waiters as required igcrecy were disposed of. Till

proposition was aecck.l to, and the House cle•-a`4
of strangers.
The Deputies then continued the sittings till 'ill'
at night.

SrPr. 29.—A little after ten, the sittings cc4/'
menced. The Chiefs of the Royal Guards,
tado CASTEL FLORID°, CASTELA, and Carsiattss-
presented- themselves to take the oaths, which the/
did, kneeling down on a cushion. INFANTAD°
livered a short speech, in which he congratulated 111.:
Cortes on their glorious installation, and expresse
the anxious desire of the troops of the Royal g°tl'4:
hold to deserve, still more and more, especially at t,ll.
1)-
present time, the goo.: opinion which they .113-• t °
tained, and constantly preserved, frutri- atici"

times.
CUPRUANY ascended the tribune, and read in 3
very impressive manner a paper, conceived in the
following terms :--.
" In vain shall we sacrifice our repose, our
nay cur lives, if it were required, did we not ac:
company the discharge of the several duties irnpose°
on us by the honourable situation we hold, by I/
generous, voluntary, and disinterested ad, by which
we may really deserve the title of Falun of 111
Colvery. We must renounce all idea of persor9
advantage, and shut the door against all hopes"'
against our own desires. I accordingly propose to
this august Congress my opinion, in the folloWi'l
form of a decree.
t
" That it shall not be lawful for any Deputies - o
Members of the Cortes, whether they compose the
present' Congress or may be appointed hereafter'
during the time they perform the funelions of Dlti-
ties, and within two years after, to solicit or. ac'
cept, either for himself or any other person, 34
employ, pension, distin6tion, or favour, from the
Executive Government, provisionally appoieled'
to be hereafter constituted, of whatever name °
description."
He lastly demanded that [this decree should t
communicated to the Regency, in order that it tfligl
be made known to the provinces of the Spafiii
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Empire for their satisfaction, and to the world t
large as a matter of admiration.
HUERTA immediately rose and said, the, . .1e hod
entertained the same idea, and a6tually prepereat°
form of a decree, which on 'the preceding day I..A'
communicated to CAPMANY. The latter produe'
thereupon the project of a decree, alluded t 0 1)1
HVERTA, which being read was found to be 121°'-
,
rigorous and severe than that of CAP MANY.
ter was therefore put to the vote, and passed by a Coll;
siderable majority, with the addition of this clause'
excepting such employs as are obtained by seniorilli
or granted for notorious extraordinary services f—a
dered to the country, and which, in the estitrati°
of the Cortes, shall deserve an extraordinary re'
ward. This decree had hardly been sanaio"
►
when
Heeterno rose, and said, in an audible Y°iCei
yet without addressing himself to any partl1lAr
1
person, that all this was null and void ; it WI5
the result of a tumultuary proceeding...
He was called to order by Peeez DE Ch.511(4
and explained.
The PRESIDENT then touched the " bell, et
put the question to the vote, whether the 101.
bition to obtain employ ought to be extended to r'
year after the performance of the functions 019 e..
puties shall have ceased.
On this occasion it was determined that the Pe: 0
puties ought to give their order by saying, in a" 30'
dible voice, yes, or no. The question put by
c,
President was decided in the affirtnatiee by a
riority of e t to 41. The Sitting was clused at e, CO
in the afternoon.
hrea
SEPT. 30.—This day's secret sitting was res°
ig
into a Committee of the whole Congress. About
o'clock the Duke of ORLEANS arrived on horsebj,
in the uniform of a Captain-General. He eoterbe
e
the portico adjoining the Session-hall, where
continued about an hour, till some of the Ddinit'.
arrived, and had a conference with his Hight'e;
which lasted about five minuteQ, whey, the 9°,0
re-mounted his horse and returned to Cadiz.
s,
Congress rose at half past three o'clock in the after
noon.
SATURDAY, OCT. 6.—The sittings of the 2d be.:
gan at half past tO, A. M. and continued in a
manner till a quarter before 2, when it was (nliere.
to be cleared. The following persons were adnlitt
to take their oaths :—The Deacon of the C 006,1
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Castile, and that of the Indies; the Deacon of 'J
ders, and that belonging to the State; the C3Ptao
Generals of the fleet, and of various departaleijtii
the Intendants of the army and marines.
Sotne of the foregoing Gentlemen address°
a hig
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Majesty, in whose name the President of the C°r-
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replied.—During the whole of the sitting, only wits,
concerned the Americas formed the subjea of aiy
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THREE O'CLOCK, P.M.
As
the Public are naturally anxious to receive the
ttl', and lutist authentic Intelligence from Por-
-31, we feel it to be our Duty to stop the Press,
Sta
te that a Messenger has just arrived at Lord
'17E4001.s Office 'in Downing-street, with Dis-
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fruit) Lord WELLINGTON. ,These:Dispatefies
~reaated the 5 inst. at Aleobaza, where his Lord-
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"Ia(1-quar.ers were on that day.
keobdea is to the southward of Mondego, on the
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to Torres Vedras, where it is under-
stood
lets Lordship intends to make a stand
again
at the enemy: No action, had been fought, but
:era' 'ktrmilihes lead taken place between the
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conters were at Leyria.