The Sun.
London, England, 1810-09-19 00:00:00

CAYENNE.

VICTOR HUGUET.—The f !lowing -is an extract
,a letter from Paris, dated ,Se,it. I, 18 ig
i,•bl:he first Council of War of , the Ist Mili;ary
.'"°1), after eight days delib-ration, has closed its
.I)roceedings, in the case of the Adjuont Comman&
M. Victor Hugues, "!il.mber•of .the Legivn of
°,iour, Commissary itt H. 1. M. andX,lntuander
(1 eine' of the Colony of Cayenne, and (.1' French
OYatia. An immense number of documents had
N:..ert Put in as evidence, and' upwards of fray
(illnesses examined. Th.: Co! Mlsory- lit! rer,
udge-Advocate) after a t ery long and very lutni-
toull sum»ming up. for the pros eulkn, left the case
thO I,:vistroat of the Court.—A whole day was.
441,, PloYed by the prisoner's Advocate,. Mr. Prieur,
4 Inl made a most eh quent and interesting speech,'
1/4,1-1.4, the. accused h Inself was heard • upon' the
at; iktenee ; after which the Court was -cleared for
k, °l-1 I. half an hour.. On the door being opener!, the
Fre ••,,•
esiluliz General publicly,read the sentence, which
..t
Er ared, nem. con. that M. Vidor Hugues, charged
(it not having done his utmost iii defence of the
1161"Y;A arid, secondly, of having capitulated with
,;,e nglo-Portuguese, in order to save his own
Vantations aod property, was Not Guilty and that
L.e should be forth With set at liberty, and restored to
fun6ionS."
a111),91 readers will recollect, that Ca3;enne was reduced by
Act,i2.?(Pedition sent from Rio de Janeiro last year, by Re..4r
Ver7llral Sir S,idney Smith,
.under the orders ot Capt. I.
L.
ji431;,.01. his Majesty's ship Contiance, who.e conduct tully
"led the confidence reposed in hint.

1 4kNsioHousE.—John Cartivriht , a journey-
w N -
smith, was charged before the LORD NAYOR.
tiiith violently assaulting a respeCable Gtqiilewomati
ve„night before in Broad ;-street, behind the 'Change,
1,11 several ft-lends with her, ty tearing -her cloaths,
behaving iu ,a very indecent way to her. The
tulewornan although attended-by
,other Ladies,
aQ
er" So much affected, that she could - scarce give
4 evidence. ,Ti,e prisoner, in his defence, did not
e~QYch the charge, but said he Was very sorry for his
`4ll
the 1-1('-‘, being rather in liquor,,and was mistaken in
fv •`-'3 (Iy. The LORD MAYOR severely reprobated
at' brutal condna, and ordered him to find bail to
iswer the assault.
sh Thomas Iniie,and,Richard Barnes were separwe-
,,
trged as being male night-walkers in Moorpta 411 d who had been detezted is most shocking
1,-;`ieLs. It appeared from the account of the pa-.
:eS f Coleman-street Ward, lbw several of these
trte')'-s were._seen to frequent Moorfields, when
L°RD MAYOR ordered a party of City Constables
`l's!st them in detecting the monsters. They
ele both commitied fur further etaininatiou.

SZEtCH

OrTitTANCI ENT CORTES OF THE KINCTiONIS
01' CASTILE, ARRAGON, CATALONIA, AND NAVARRE.,

CORTES OF CASTILE.

The Cortes or Assertbly of the States of Ca4tile,
are ttleJont4 or Meeting of the, three Estates of the,
Kingdoln, which the King summons for the pur-
pose of taking ihe advice of his subjects on matters
of difficulty, and affairs of importance which 'may
occur.

The Corlett are constituted of three orders, the
Clergy, the Nobility, and the People„ The. order
of the Clergy is' formed of the Archbishops and
Bishbps, at the head of which is. the Archbishop of
Toledo. The order of the Nobility is formed of the
Grandees; the Titulos; and some Knights whose
families enjoy that privilege. TI-at of the People,
or Commons, is represented by.theProcuradores, or
Deputies from the kingdoms, cities, and towns, who
have
,votes in the Cortes, and which are,. the king-
doms of Burgos, the capital of Catile, of Leon, of
Granada, of Sevilla, of'Cordova,, of Murcia, of Jaen,
.and of. Toledo, which last always disputes the pri-
ority with. Burgos. The, cities are, Valladolid, Se-
govia,• Salamanca, Avila, Toro, Zirnora, Cuenca,
'Soria, Guadalaxara, and the city of Madrid ; and in
latter titritl, Galicia, with the title of city.,
~The Cortes being.asstmbled, the King, seated on
.his throne, assisted by his Council and Chamber of
Castile, explains the motives for assembling them-;
by his command, . the Secretary of the Chamber and
States of Castile reads the subjems proposed 'for their
consideration. BurgOs; and Toledo contest for pre-
cedence. The King orders Burgos to speak, and
Toledo to wait.his further .commands.
The first Procurador of Burgos then answers in
the name of. Ilse kingdoms, that all are dkposcd to
serve his Majesty, and request of the King permis-
sloe. to as.symble. themselves with the President' or
Governor of the Council, and other assistants of the
Cortes, to deliberate upon the ‘subjeds he' has,pro-
posed. With the Royal permission, each order as-:
-sembles separately, and draw up an answer, which
they usually communicate to one another. The or-
der of the Procuradores of the kingdoms represent
the grivances and wrongs which the peoplesuffer,
and demand redress. ,

Tree Cortei, after having accompfished the object
of their meeting, take au oath of allegiance to the
Prince of, Asturias, as heir to the Monarchy, or
adopt rtsolu/ions respecting any other of import-
ance; and, b, fore' separating, the King is to reply
to the demands of the Procuradores of the king-
doms, giving the necessary orders for redress. In
ancient tin►rs there was
.some variation in this re-
spect.