Star.
London, England, 1823-02-17 00:00:00

Throne. While the Spaniards are o, zealous in t.
defence, the Dike d'Awcasamozw! was not to.iet,(4_
for the army Ware the 6th oPfsta rch> or it is tees.
' said tilt the beginning Of AlsrilOind that army was
not to be collected before the Itch. 'How different
was the last French tyrant whom the Spaniards had
to oppose, and how much to their advantage is the
character and abilities of their present enemy. • . •
CORTES EXTRAORDINARY, VERTU:TART t.
Communication from the Government relative to
the King of FRANCE'S Speech
" His Majesty's Government, anxious to preserve
the invaluable treasure of national liberty, threatened
by the approach of a foreign war, of which the Speech
delivered by Louis XVIII. appears to leave no doubt,
cannot do less than recur to the Cotter, the faithful
organ of the will of the Spanish nation, in order that
it may grant to the Government the means necessary
for resisting and chastising the aggressors. Though
the Government deeply regret the necessity for great
sacrifices, which it always wishes the people should
be spared, it is now bound to ask them, because it
regards the making of such sacrifices as of first im-
portance for the maintenance of the fundamental code
of the Monarchy-, the dignity of the nation, and the
most sacred and imprescriptible•tights of the people.
Against these objects, beloved by all true Spaniards
and their worthy representatives, are Itctually and
effectively directed the hostility and the invasion wills
which France threatens us. The case has then ar-
rived, in which it is necessary for the defence of their
sacred rights, that his Majesty should avail himself
of the generous offers made by the Cortes in theii
message of the 11th of January last, in consequence
of the heroic resolution which they adopted in the
memorable sittings of that day and the 9th. Invested
with this authority, his Majesty's Government will no
longer delay to propose extraordinary measures pro-
portionate to the magnitude and imminency of she
danger, and such as, in its opinion, the public safety
imperiously demands. It is, therefore, considered in-
dispensable and urgent to propose to the Cortes, that
they will be pleased to decree as follows :
1. That, to place the army completely en the war esta-
blishment, there shall be raised the 30,000 men necessary for
that purpose.
" 2. That this levy shall be accomplished in a prompt and
active manner, by the Military Commandants of districts, in
concert with the. Provincial Deputations. The Deputations who
punctually execute this duty will, .for that act, be declared to,
have deserved well of their country. •
" 5. That the Government be authorized to apply imme-
diately to the army, if it should think proper, the men intended
to form new battalions for recruiting the active militia.
" 4. That the Government be in the like manner authorized
to recall into the service persons from the rank of private to that
of serjeant inclusive, who have completed their periods of scr-:
vice in the standing army or active militia, and who, without
exceeding the age required by the organic law, may presentrheic
tiCenses in due form, and with the requisites it preset ibes. They
shall be allowed a bounty correspoudiog with their class and the,
time they havie previously served.
" 5. That the Government be also authorised to suspend the:
final discharges of the soldiers vibe have served out their time,
until the recruiting of the army. be completed.
" 6. That the Government be also authorised to' permit the
importation, of arms, ammunition, implements, and . all ar-
ticles tor-war.
" 7. That the Government be also authorised to, build, pur-.
chase, or obtain by embargo, as may be found most convenient,
and expeditious, the number of small craft necessary for forming
200 gun-boats to- defend dur coasts, and that there be granted.
14,400 seamen for the crews of these vessels ; it being understood:
that the Government may or may not render effective, in whole
or in part, this grant, accordinz as circumstances may or may
not require another destination to be given to it in the naval
supply previously decreed by the Cortes. ,
.• " The shortness of the time, and the great importance and
urgency of the subject, have reederel it impossible for the Go-
vernment to submit, at present, to the deliberation of the Cortes,'
the relative ,pecuniary resources. This it will, however, .have
the honour to do to-morrow.
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SAN MIGUEL'.

(Signed)

EVARISTO,SA., _.•
" MIGUEL•LOPEZ BANOS.
" FRANCISCO FERNANDEZ CASCO.:
" JOSE MANUEL DE vAnILLo.
.a FELIPE RENICK/ NAVARRO.
" DIONISIO CAPAZ.

" Madrid, February 5."
The Secretary for the War Department then said,
" His Majesty's Government, in the exercise of; its
powers and the fulfilment of its duties, is making
every necessary arrangement for giving the armies
embodied for military operations the necessary im
pulse of force and organization for repelling the at-1
tempts of the enemies of the country. In vain do
foreign Powers oppose themselves to liberty, which
is destined to triumph in Spain. On every point in
which the Government requites the authority of the
Cortes, it will recur to them without delay in order
that every department may acquire the force neces-
sary to act with due effect.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY s.
The Special Committee, to which the propositions
made by the Government in the Sitting of yesterday
had been referred, made a report in the ,follow-
ing terms:
" The Special Committee appointed to examine the
demand made and the authority required fibril the
Cortes by the Government in the Sitting of yester-
day, have, notwithstanding the shortness of the time,
consideted the subject with due attention, and, after
hearing the Secretaries of State, now present, for
the deliberation of the Cortes, "the following project
of a Decree:
" The Committee must, in the first place, observe
to the Corms, that the making thelorce in the pro-
ject 27 men short of the 39,000 required, is far from
being occasioned by an opinion that the Government
ought not to have the force which has been demanded,
but is done to avoid the inconvenience of a new re-
partition for the Provinces, and to enable the towns
to avail themselves in this levy of the repartition,
which was formed for the last guixter.
" The Cortes Extraordinary, exercising the powers
[grantee by the Constitution; havedecreed as follows:.
I. The army shall be placed on the war eitablishment by a
levy of 29,973 men.
e • St S. Rack Province shall contribute,to this reinforcement the ,
der of men corresponding, to its population, accord' lit to the
elosporary division of the Spanish territgry of the 27th January
bit, deducting-four men from each of the Lists of the Maritime
Provinces. .
" 3. The Provincial Deputations shall cilvy info effect this
levy, either in the Wanner of the pinta, or by substitution', ac.
cording as they may find most convenient.
" 4. Those who have already joined battalions of the siithe
militia are exempt from this levy.
" 5. Young men who have completed their 17th year, may, If
they wish, be admitted as substitutes, provided they are of the
requisite height and strength.
" 6. They may also be admitted as volunteers, fifths, poems
the same qualifications.
a 7. Ths arikli,"in the Decree, is the same as t=
meat Message except that it omits to,sfate thatithettil'
Deputations 51411 be declared to have deserted wenn/Araks.'
try io order to make that a separate article., and the It dams