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London, England, 1823-01-21 00:00:00

SPAAISH STATE PAPili

NOTE TRANSMITTED TO THE DIIARORS D'AVIPAIRSS
AT THE counrs or vz:NNA, teia.nti, AND ST.
PETERSBURGH.

" Under this date I communicate to the Charge- d'Mfaires of
his Majesty at the Court of —, by Itoyal Order, the .
following :
" The Government of his Majesty has received contsouni-
cation of a Note from to its Charge•d'Affairea at this
Court, a copy of which Note is transmitted to your Eseelloacy .
for your information.
" This document, full of perverted facts, defamatory ouppealo,
Amok accusations equally unjust and slanderous, and vague re-
quests, does not calf for any categorical and formal reply at any
of Its points. The Spanish Government, deferring to a more
convententOpportunity the exhibiting to all nations, in a pub
and *cation Manner, its sentiments, Its principles, its decent:i-
llations, andlbe justice of the cause of the generous natinsi at
the head of which it is placed,.l3, for the present content so
declare—, •
"1. That the Spanish nation is governed by a Constitution to.
tern* recognized' by the Flopertir of all the Russias.in ibn
year Isl 2.
"2. That the Spaniards, friends. to their country,. whop s.
clabiled, at the contniencement of 1812, that Constitution *hash
was abolished by chile:ate in Int, were not perjured oven, bus
had the imperishable honour of being the instrunteuts of the
;emend will.
"3. That the Cohstitutional King of Spain•is in their* sar
:reise of the powers which the funclansotal code bas.coulitrrrd •
opou him, and whatever may Ise alleged to the contrary pro. .
:ccds from the enemies of Spain, for the purpose of blackings(
ant calumniating her.
44. That the Spanish nation has never interfered.•-"-
stitutiuna Or internal- sacrament of any ether State.

P the in-

5: Iliat tite he atilt: of the ills which may diliet llisaki
rests no natioihut I er.elf.
"6. That t evili are not consequences of the Constkutibn, •
!)ut proceed from the* .mien r<bo endsevoos to destroy k. .•
„7. 'Tat the "Dish rivion wig never acknowledge the rlgis
of 3!ly to Wit/fere dr mit itself in ha Whirs. . ,
Tim the Government will never deviate from the bee
traced,fcd Is by it* &mkt, by national honour, end by ittismaken.
able attachment to the fundantestal wade sworn to in 161 t.
66 Your Estelle/wry is antbetired re coninterriatte thivdisnatelk
verbally to the blinister Tor Foreign Minim et Aaa....a.—;
hint a copy et tit ..14 li.
6 ills Majesty hopes that Yoer Excellency's prudence, ant,
and patriotism will vurgest to you that conduct which ttlirts,
nd worthy of the spanisb ninse. and which, in the prelentzeir-
ctunstanoes, soak mho followed. •
This is whet I have•the honour to costoesolooto to lotto
Eccelleacy by order of wad tacieithie esliey r
anew the maarsnch my distlngokbett '
tis Goo reign* your life many yawn; Vat Tent' kat.
l'uer etWntivo and constant sereast; :.. • . . •
icEVARISTO SAX
6, The Pelee*. Janinry 9, l ti 23.
"Tu -4 WASiircm:st " .•i• -

SPAIN.

SITTING OF THE TORTES.

A very interesting Sitting of the Cortes took place
on the 11th. The following is a sketch of what passed:
The PRESIPSST obSC;"Ved, that the Cortes had now
to take into consideration the draught of the Message
which was to he delivered to his Maiesty.
Senor GALIANO stepped.into thefribUne, and read
the draught of the. Mf.s%sage, which was to this effect;
The Cortes Manifest to his Majesty* that they have heard
with the greatest astonikhrmot the at,ertlms contained in the
Kotes of the Cobiti,ts of Paris,Vienna. Berlin, and Petersburgh,
because these diplomatic communications, besides being incon-
sistent with the esrsblished practice of civilized nations, are in-
sulting to the Spatii-li Nation, its Cortes, and its Government;
and that they have at the same time heard with the greatest
satisfaction the judicious and decorous answer made by tha Spa-
rish Government, which exposes thief:dm:hood ()rote imputations
cast on the nation, said express^s its determination to maintain
its right;. After some further observations on these points, the
Message concludes by deciarin:;" to his Majegy, that the Cortes
are prepared to wonintain at every risk the dignity and splendour
Gr the Cons:ito.tsnal Throw", and of the King of the Spains, and
the independence, the liberties, and the honour of the Spanish
Nation, and to decree whatever sacrifice may be necessary-for
the preservation of iiiterests so invaluable."
The draught of the Message w•as, signed by Senores
Canga, Alava, Arguelles, Saavedia, 'lnez de laVega,
Adan, Salva, and Galiano.—The quection being put,
Senor SAAVEDRA rose.—Though all the Deputies
ar:proml of the draught of the Message which had I
been read, and therefore nothing need be said in its
suppott, yet the sub;ect was of such high importance,
that it seemed to be incumbent on the Deputies to
state their particular vievcs, and the motives of their
glorious vote in the Sitting of the day before yester-
day, when they exhibited to thu whole world one of
those great and magnificent examples, which prove
that liberty has taken deep root in our sta. I was one
of the first who then wished to obtain the honour of

speaking alter the Notes of the Foregn Cabinets had
beets lead : but the general emotion which prevailed
in the Congress prevented every kind of discussion,
for it was impossible that the warmth of the mo-
ment, and the patriotic feelings which animated
every bosom, could admit of that calm which is ne-
cessary fur a clear explanation of one's ideas. But
now that there is incidentally an opportunity for.
the same discussion, I should wish to make known
to all Europe the causes which produced the de-
r
cision of the Cortes, and, at the same time, to
reply to tLe calumnies which the Notes contain,
The worthy Deputy then observed, that the Message
tended to demonstrate to all Europe the intimate
union which subsists between the national represen-
tation and the Throne, and proceeded to comment
on the Notes. Those which the Austrian, Prussian,
and Russian Governments, had transmitted were to
be regarded rather as incendiary Proclamations than
diplomatic communications. The Spaniards were
complained of for using force by those who perhaps
would mount to the Throne amidst the noise of arms,
and by the means of crimes which shock human
lute. They were very indignhnt, ton, at the reduc-
tion of the Revenues of the Church. It was singular
enough that Schismatics and Protestants should now
be so anxious to defend the wealth of the Catholic
Clergy—(Great applause). The French Note was
conceived in terms still more absurd. It was certainly
strange that accusations should come from a Go-
vernment which owed its existence to the efforts of
the people of Spain, and perhaps to the influence
of the very Constitution it ventures to condemn.—
He could not help on this occasion recollecting what
had been said by a celebrated member of the French
Convention on the 7th of March, I793,when making
a complaint against the Siianish Government. He
eaid—,, The complaints against that Government are
obvious and just. To prove them it is not necessary
to refer to the vexations which French citizens suffer
in Spain ; it is sufficient merely to mention the multi-
plied offences against the national sovereignty, the
obstinacy with which the King of Spain maintains a
cordon of troops on the frontiers ; the protection and
succours which are given to our fanatical rcbels,which
are all so many violations of .the friendship and good
harmony which ought .to subsist between the two
nations." It would seem that these words had been
put together for the present occasion, to he used on
the part of Spain against France.
Senor CANGA next addressed the Cortes, and com-
mented at great length on the Notes. He pointed
out the ignorance of those who had drawn up the
Notes with respect to the ancient Constitution of. Spain.
There was not merely one Constitution in Spain, but
as many as there were separate Governments in the
Peninsula. The Castilians then possessed the right
of insurrection ; and k might be seen, by the laws of
the Partidas, that when the King prevented meet-
ings, opposed the progress of knowledge, or imposed
burdens on the People, he might be deposedolthough
a legitimate Sovereign. Is it forgotten that the bases
of all our ancientConstiptions are liberty and equality?
The Committee appointed to inquire into the affair
of the 7th of July, had proofs of a Russian Agent
Wiring lighted up the torch of discord on one point
of the Peninsula. There would be no disturbance in
Spain, if the factious were not instigated by foreign
Powers.
Senor FERRER, among other things, observed, that
the Spaniards were not so changeable with respect to
Constitutions as the French, who, far from being
content with one, had adopted ren or twelve since
the commencement of their Revolution.
Senor ARGVELUS rose amidst great applause.—
lie mude a long and eloquent speech, in which he
exposed the fallacies of the foreign Notes. He was
convinced that the object in view in transmitting
them was to sow division and discord in the country.
Ile was surprised that in a country like France, in
which so much knowledge existed, that such a Note
could have been agreed to. The striking inconsis-
tency was, that the !emote Powers, Austria, Russia,
and Prussia, were those who made real comnu
Thcse.Powers called themselves the allies of
France; and yet it appealed that France acted only
a secondary part. But France was now trying to ob-
tain such an influence in Spain as she had constantly
endeavoured to possess since the extinction of the
Austrian dynasty. The motives and the opportuni-
ties had been different, but the object always the same.
•Eyer since the nephew of Louis XIV. ascended the
throne of Spain, the Fi ench Cabinet has had its agents
and creatures. in the Government of this country.—
With all the regard now profe:sed for the King, did
tier any Cpngress assemble for the purpose of e-
straining that Monarchs when, unfortunately ill-ad-

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1828.
TIIE FUNDS.

STOCK EXCHANGE, HALF-PAST TWELVE.
Consols opened this morning at 714 I, and, up to this hour,
they remain at the above price, with a heavy market—almost
4111 of them are sellers for time. .
TORZIOIf FONDS.

In the early part of this morning some business was (lone in
Spanish Roads, but soon after the Market became fiat. Spa6lsh
opened at 47143 47 47/, Colombian 5459/.
Current Prices :—Chilian 751, New Spanish 471, Old S4l,
New Prussian 82, Old 85, Russian 82, Danish 871, Neapolitan
741 1, Periiiian 76, Colombian 581 59, Scrip 181.
PRICES OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 2455/4
3 per Cent. Reduced 791(4 54 7874
3 per Cent. Consols 785/8 %
3 1/2 per Cent. 913/4 s/a ih —4 per 'Cu. Old; 98 973 A
4 per Cents. New 99 9834.
Imperial 3 per Cents. 781/B—lndia Bonds 456.
Exchequer Bills of 4:11000, 163. 13s.
Consols fur Acct. 785/8 % Vis

The Spanish State Papers, which will be found in
another colusmi, are not only of great interest so far
as relates to Spain, burare iftsportant so far as con-
cerns the liberties of Europe. In threatening the in-
dependence of Spain, the Holy Allies are only acting
on that system of enmity which they bear to all
Constitutional Governments, and which they would,
if they dared, pursue against this country, or the
United States of America, as readily as. they have
done against Naples and Piedmont. Spain has nobly •
placed -herself in the gap as a barrier against the
encroachments of despotism, and she deserves the
support of every friend to liberty in Europe. •
It will be seen that Spain has done what we sug-
gested she would 4o—not made any formal reply to
the insolent Notes of Austria) Masi% and Piussia;

tug hitt issiseCit deelaratiarr of het' prin4iples, 'attic!' ,
'lliebbs'rtitsT;tiitty Serve as an answer to' Weiss
'Befbie we :Miter at all `vtillie.sttirleek a this Note, it
is neeesrary td notice a.petiversiotri of it in some of
the French Ultra Jotumili, which it hass.beea'
grossly, '-and, we doubt note wilfully, .mistranslated
—These Journals make the Spanish Government
say that the Notes Of Austria, Russia, and Prus-
sia, are " a tissue c.f lies and cal'u'mnies" (we tissa de
mensoqgcs ct de culomnies), which, by the bye, would
only have been the truth; but it is not the language of
the Spanish Government. The passage ought to be
literally—:".This document, full of distorted facts
(hechos desflgarados); defamatory suppositions (strposi-
ciones denigrativas), accusations equally unjust and
calumnious (acrithinaciones an in justas como calum-
niosas), and vague requests (ptticiones vagas), does
not call for any categorical anti formal reply on any
one of its points."
The Constitationnel is the only French Paper we
have seen that has translated it correctly.
But to the document itself. If the Holy Allies
have one particle of the honour they profess, the very
first clause in the Spanish Note must set them at rest.
" The Spanish nation is goveined by a Constitution so-
lemnly recognised by the Emperor of all theltuisrAs, in
the year 1812." This was in the 3d Article of the Treaty
of Welikilouki, concluded with Russia in 1814. Be-
sides, the Emperor ALEXANDER formed a regiment
of such of the Spanish prisoners who had served in
the French army, as fell into his hands; CHARLES
O'DONNELL was appointed to command them. The
EMPEROR further gave them the name of the.lm-
perial ALEXANDER.

After this regiment had taken the oath to the Con-
stitution and the Cortes, and received their colours
from the hands of tl•'e EMPEROR'S mother, he sent
them to Spain, %%here, retaining the title the EMPEROR
gave them,.tbey have since served the Constitutional
• Government.

But it is not merely Russia that has acknowledged
the Spanish Constitution. Ia the treaty with Prussia,
concluded on the 20th January, 1814, at Basle, the
KING formally recognized the Cortes, and the Con-
stitution they had established. Austria went further :
this Power acknowledged all the changes made, or
that it might be deemed necessary to make, in the
Spanish Constitution.
But why do we talk of these Powers now turning
against the Constitution they had acknowledged, as
if consistency was a State virtue. Let us see, in the
case of Spain, if it has been respected by one of these
Powers, Russia. In the first place, the Emperor
ALEXANDER sanctioned the violation of the Spanish
territory by BONAPARTE, with all its accompanying
fraud and violence; and, to impart more solemnity
to his sanction, he left his own States, and met the
invader at Erfurth, where, in the face of astonished
Europe, he signed a treaty, in which he gave his
concurrence to that unparalleled act of spoliation,
by which FERDINAND, for whom he now expresses
so much sympathy, was not only deprived of his
Crown, but even - robbed of his personal liberty
In anotheryear he pronounced it an atrocious aggres-
sion, his opinion vee; ing again with his interest; and
following the same dangerous guide, he now stigma-
tises, as ar. rchical, the Constitution he recognised at
that time. The world, however, has not now to learn
the inconsistency of the Sovereigns of Europe.
- But to rettn n once more to the Spanish State Pa-
per, %hich is a plain, sensible, and honest document,
iwhich he that runs may read, and readily comprehend
every word of it. In refutation of the assertion of
the Holy Alliance, it declares that di the Constitu-
tional King of SPAIN is in the free exercise of the
powers which the fundamental Code (that Code
which has been recognised by the Holy Alliance) has
conferred upon him," and that to assert otherwise is
to blacken and calumniate Spain. The charge irtin-:
terfering with the institutions, or internal govern-
ment of any other State, is distinctly denied.

Having thus satisfactorily refuted the false ane ca-
lumnious assertions of the Holy Alliance, the Spanish
document distinctly declares, " that the Spanish Na-1
'ion will never acknow•ledbe the right of any POwer
to interfere or mix itself is her -affairs ;" and that
"the remedy for all the evils which may afflict Spain
only concerns herself." This may, perhaps, be called
a defiance ;'but it is an act of firmness for which
every liberal mind must'applaud Spain.

The answer of the Spanish Government to the
Note of M. de VILLELE is more formal and more de•
tailed. It is, however, equally firm and, dignified. It
states what. is a severe but a just rebuke to the Holy
Alliance, that " the Spanish Government was never
Without the conviction that the institution's' adopted
freely and spontaneously by Spain Would give rise
to jealousies in many• of the Cabinets of Europe.:" -It
further states, that " Spain is governed by a Consti-
tution promulgated; accepted,-and swots to, in 1812,
and acknowledged by the Powers which. were as-
sembled in the Congress of. Verona"—the very
Powers who nOW seek to oterturn it. " It was *na-
tural," says the Spanish Government, " That this
order of things should produce discontents: that is
an inevitable consequence of every .reform which
aims at a correction: of abuses. Individuals are' al-
ways to be found, in every nation and in every state,
who can never submit :themaelvaz to the empire of
reasou .and justice." : . •
• Frances reeidiceted; offered her assist-.
ante to Spain, in tranquillizing heriand theSpanishdo-

velment points out the way in which she may do it
« The assistance which it is now incumbent cm the
Trench Government to give to that of Spain (say; the
Stare Paper) is purely negative. The disbanding its
army of the Pyrenees—the restraining the factious
enemies of Spain and the refugees in France—and a
marked and decided animadvetAitta on' fTnise Olio"
take pleasure in blackening, in the Most atrocious
manner; the Government of his Catholic Majesty as
well as the institutions of Spain and her Cortes, is
what the law of nations, as respected by all civilized'
countries, requires."

We have no rodm for further remarks at present,
but we shall wait wi►h some anxiety to see how the
Jesuitical minions of the Iloly Alliance will ansastr
these plain truths which Spain promulgates.
The proceedings of the Cortex, contained in the
Spanish Papers, which have been received by express
to the 13th instant, will be read with interest.

The Universal of the 9th contain.; a Decree by the
Cortes on the subject of the reclamation made I y
England for losses to her subjects by piracies and
captures for 'violation of blockade in the West Indies.
Spain admits the claims genet ally, leaving.their-par-
ticular. amount to be determined by future arrange.
ments ; and a sum of 40,000,000 of reals (1:400,000)
is inscribed in the Great Book, to answer them when
adjusted.

The union of all parties in the Cortes, which tie
menaces _of the Holy Alliance has occasioned, and
the spirited manner in which those menaces have
been resented, have excited a corresponding enthu.
siasm throughout the Spanish capital: The Spanish
Papers contain the Notes of the Foreign Powers, ail
the proceedings of the Cortes; they are in the bands
of every per son in Madrid, and it is observed that
the menaces of the Holy Alliance alter irately excite
indignation and derision. 'The Universal, in noticing
the proceedings of the Cortes and the popular enthu-
siasm, has the following observations :
4. Never was any sitting of the Cortes so crowded
as this. Neither in the Chamber nor in the galleries
could a vacant corner be found. And the curious,
who arrived a little too late, could only get as far as
to obtain a-distant view of the gate of the building.—.
Every one wished to hear the speakers defend the
cause of liberty and national honour ; and those who
were unable to obtain this satisfaction, contented
themselves with repeating in the open air the ap-
plauses which reached them.
• 4, When the Cortes had adjourned, the multitude
bestowed on. some of the Members the most flattering
and expressive marks of gratitude. An excellent band
of music celebrated the triumph of reason and of jus-
tice, and Senores Arguelles and Galiano were carried
on the shoulders of the peciple, amidst the most-six.
care and enthusiastic plaudits.

" The coach of the President, which had to pia
through the multitude, gave these illustrious patriots
an opportunity of escaping from the painful situation
in which their sensibility had already plaCed them,
for they were unable to reply to so much kindness
in any ether manner than by their tears. The mul•
titude followed the coach of the President to his house,
shouting repeated huzzas for the fathers of the cove
-try, the national sovereignty, the union, and the.
worthy Deputies Arguelles and Gaiiano.
" Bands of music are still playing about the shied
of the. Capital, and stopping at the houses of the Se-
cretaries of State, the President of the Cortes, a,nl
several of the Deputies. It is now eleven o'clock,
and we continue to bear vicar and cries of joy re-
sounding on all sides. The 'Plaza de la Constituciou
is illtiminated, as are also several public buildings
and piivate houses.
" What causes this madness? What occasion is
there for so much rejoicing ? It is because the infra.
bitants of this city have &zad all the Representative
of the Nation worthy of its confiderree, and base eis,
Woad a palpable proof; tßat among all spaniarde
there is but one opinion, when, the*ety of the cosi..
try lain qitestion. This day *Madrid bas celebrated
theiriunsph of the trnion, the -oar thug
• •..
as the.tiiumph of Liberty."
The Holy Alliance has been very carefel net W
suffer its views, in regard to the affairs of the Turks
and Greeks, to transpire. What are the feelings CI
the Sovereigns of Austria, Russia, and Prussia es
the subject we leirned from the' sort of Round-rObia
they issued from Verona, Ia which the revolt of the
Greeks Was called a criminal enterprise.
An article from Nuremberg, dated the 10th hut,
whieb-appears in the Dutch Papers, assures us, that
at the Congress "'it was really proposed to obtain fut
the Greeks, if possible, in several parts of theieat,
cknt country, namely, in the Morea and the Islancies .
a kind of independence, without, however, withdraw-
ing their territory from the supremacy of the Port%
or too much affecting the principles laid down by tAki
Congress of Vienna, respecting the integrity of
Turkish Empite.'s • " ,1!
The Emperor
.or ituesra (Goo forgsve lriosj, as
Glared that, ik.tbe,affairs of the Greeks, 'he h 4 do
views of aggrandizement. Such a declaration
,Was,
necessary, if, as is stated in the same article,
instructions of the Duke of *ELLINGTON were itiget •
neral not to oppose ant plans that might be proposed'
for the emancipation Oldie Greeks, prOvided it coed
be kerromplished without acs 4freese of PrArrie,
cite; 'in to-01)&1n andYsiatiii Purkey!' Aye, ;beret
_
the rub ; and if the Emperor of Rusvo is mare, wbf

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