Star.
London, England, 1822-09-17 00:00:00

SPANISH PAPERS.

MADRID, AUGUST St.
On the 27th, Blas and Baltasar, leaders of the in-
surrection in Alcaniz an December last, suffered the
punishment of death at Saragossr.
It is confidently asserted that the present Ministry
has decided on convoking Extraordinary Cortes, and
that in order to come to an agreement on this point
some of the Secretaries of Dispatch held a conference
on the 28th with the permanent Deputation. The
convenience or inconvenience of this measure has al-
ready become the subject of conversation. Some are
of opinion that the executive power should be left to
perform its labours without restraint, and with all
that prudent energy which the present circumstances
require. Others consider the idealsf convoking Ex-
traordinary Cortes as a very judicious one, and they
found their opinion not only on the critical situation
of present circumstances, and on the future occur-
rences which they must produce, 'considering the
pr,esent state of the whole of Europe, but also on the
relief that the mere fact of the existence of the as-
sembled Cortes would give greater confidence to the
Government, and to all the friends of the Constitu-
tion, and would, at the same time, efficaciously con--
tribute towards maintaining
.the resi ect which we
have a right to exact from other Powers.
For our parts we do not doubt that if the present
Ministry convoke the Extraordinary Cortes, they will
be actuated by a full conviction of the utility of such
a measure. We must not forget also that there is
business now pending, which it would be impossible
to discuss except in Extraordinary Cortes. And as
for the probability of the action of the Executive
Power being paralysed by this measure, if we saw
any ikelihood of such an event, we should be among
the first to give a decided opinion contrary to the in-
tended convocation ; but we do not apprehend that
this can be the case :—first, because the risks which
'equally threaten all will keep every mind united to-
wards the fulfilment of the principal object, which is
the destruction of the infambus fiction which seeks to
enslave us and to bring round again the bloody and
disgraceful days of the six years of inquisition and ig-
nominy ; secondly, becausethe present Ministry may
rely on an indubitable majority in the Cortes, not
only for the reason we have already mentioned, but
also because the party which may now be called the
opposition is, generally speaking, composed of men
who feel the necessity of maintaining the Govern-
ment, and that such is the foundation of their prin-
ciples, is manifest and, thirdly, because the Cortes,
assembling to consider affairs determined in the or-
der of convocation, cannot in any manner embarrass
the Government, which should devote exclusively all
its resources to the establishment of that order and
tranquillity which we all desire.—Li Universal.
On the 28th, thirteen armed men passed by the
way of Avila. They were pursued, and seven of
them taken, who proved to be deserters from the
Guards, who were dispersed in the affair of 7th July.
SEPrIMBER 1. .

It appears that all the Political Chiefs and Com-
mandants of districts are to be changed. This mea-
sure will give satisfaction to most patriots, who are
convinced that the subaltern Authorities aught to be
in a perfect state of harmony with prose who com-
mand, if it be wished to.prevent confusion and dis-
order in the administration of public affairs. . .
The Queen's indisposition still continues, and no
improvement appears _to have taken place in the state
of her Majesty'i health. .
Don Joaquin Villanueva, Canon of Cuenca, is ap-
pointed Minister at the Court of Rome. What will
the exclusive and routine prosopopaia of our diplo-
matists say to this?.
It was yesterday observed by Copons in a private
circle, that-he had fallen into disgrace, not for what
he had. done, but for what he had said.
4£I!TEMBER 2..
Some persons . are of opinion that the Cot $ of
Rome will not recognize Don Joaquin Villanuevaat
Agent for Rome.
The famods robber, Rojo de Valderas, who lately.
became a champion of the .Faith, has been mad*
prisoner.

The promulgation of the. Penal Code is speedily
expected. It is said that the new system it is to gap-
bitsh will prove very unpalateable to the Officers of
certain Tribunals.
When, in one of our late NuMbtera, we ob
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disconcert all the plots of the enemies of liberty be'
fore the fire of sedition should gain an aseendangits
his province, we might, in support of ,air tiseffioni
have quoted what h just occurred in Madritkwhere
the energy of our Political Chief has stifled It.itsivirth
a spirit of sedition which might have protest fatal,
not to the cause of liberty, but to the impittilmt in=
dividuals who suffered themselves to he seduced by .
the bribes of our enemies.
The following are the authentic particulars which -
we have collected relative to the object and remit pf
this expedition, which for several days hacociupied
public attention, and which the Serviles have at.
tempted to torn to,their own account, by declaring .
that . the most imminent danger had compelled the
Political Chief to quit the .capital :
tt appears that as early a's the I6th of August, that
[Magissessossassesedilsly informeatisita factious party
was forming in the lowa of El Molar, and that the
agents of this plot were busily recruiting in the towns
of Valdetorres, Fuente el Sax, Argete, and others, of. •
fering.to those who wo d d enlist in their cause no less
than twenty realsaday, and promising to mount them
on horses, which they expec:ed to steal in the above
towns, particularly fr,,m the people who had visited
Molar for the purpose of takin;.; the baths.
As soon as the Political Chief received this infor-
mation he never, for a moment, lost si.ght of the agents -
of the plot, and he gave orders that the Command-
ants of the National Militia, and the Patriot, of the
whole Province, should watch the step, of the factious,
and hold themselves in readiness to attack them if
they should in any way have succeeded in carrying
their plot into execution.
From this moment a correspondence was esta
blished at every point, by which means the Political
Chief received daily and hourly information of what-
ever could contribute to the confirmation of the facto
Of this fact complete proof was obtained on the 515th,
and such were the arrangements which had been
made, that even had the factious party succeeded in
organizing itself, the news of its existence and de.
struction would have reached Madrid at one and the
same moment.
On the 24th, at half-past eleven at night, the chief
of the conspirators was arrested at Alcobendas, in
company with a, servant, both mounted and well
armed, being on their way from Salanianca to Fuen-
carral: The Political Chief, therefore, after having
given the necessat y orders for drawing up the verbal
process, and for the safe keeping and separation of thd
prisoners, conceived, that his presence would be ne-
cessary in Fuencarral to verify in- person the sus-,
' picions which had arisen out of the arrest made at Al-.
cobendas. Accordingly, that very night, a column
marched from'the last mentioned place, consisting of
a party of the active militia of Toledo, a detachment .
of the gallant regiment of Alnianza, and 150 men of
the brave militia of this heroic capital.
The Political Chief arrived at Fuencarral almost
at the same time with the troops, and is the suspected
house, which was found open and forsaken, lie dis-
covered proofs sufficient to convince him that his sus-'
picions were not unfounded. Neither arms nor papers
were discovered, as was reported at Madrid, but an
open trunk was found, out of which the clothes bad:
been hastily emptied and thrown on the floor, doubt-.
less for the purpose of securing papers, money, and
other things, which the individuals who inhabited the
house of coOrse carried away with them.
The Political Chief immediately gave orders for
the assembling of the Ayuntamiento, in Order to ten.
der himself acquainted with the state of the public ...
administration and the spirit of the corporation, and..,
he found with regret, that in a town only two leagues'
from the capital, the National Local Militia was not'
organized, and the decrees of the Cortes neither
known nor understood: the Monks of the suppressed'
convent of Valverde being permitted to remain in that
town, and not having proceeded to the places assigned
to theme- The Political Chief likewise visited :het
primary school, and observed that the master- had
totally abandoned the teaching of the Constitution,
and that the Ayuntainiento had adopted no measures
to enforce the fulfilment of this injunction. The Chief
reprimanded the Ayuntamiento for this neglect, and
save orders for the purchase of political catechisms
for the instruction of the children, who gratefully
burst forth in an unanimous exclamation of •Vioa 14
Constitution being. the first time that the scry has
been uttered by these innocent creatures, who are in
all respects worthy to be instructed in the principles
of the fundamental law which will one day render
them happy. The Political Chief, who might have
severely punished the culpable neglect of the Apra-
tarniento of Fuencatral, merely informed them of
what they had to expect unless they changed their
line of conduct, and contented himself with ordering
the individuals of the three Ayuntartrientos, which
have existed since the year` 0, to pay out of their-own
purse two days of the extra allowances of the troops,.
to the amount of five reals per day each man.
k• From Fuencarral the Political Chief proceeded to
Alcobendas, where he found the people enthusiastic..
'Stir liberty and the sacred code of their rights. The
inhabitants of ranks came out of the town to meet
the column,. and mingling with its files, arrived at
the garrison chanting hymns to liberty. The. Chief
immediately convoked the Ayuntamiento, and with
the utmost satisfaction observed the excellent state of
.its municipal government. The brilliant National
Militia of Infantry and Cavalry earnestly entreated
that the Political Chief u ould permit them to attend
him in his expedition, and in order to comply in soma
measure with this request, he consented that the Ca-
valry should accompany him, thanking the
for their zeal; and representing to them the
necessity for keeping the prisoners under strong
tody. The coluinn was received with the like demon-
strations of patriotism-at San Sebastian ditilos Reyes,
whose Nationsrligiqa. 'both /ofsuttrand Cavalry,
presented fherrtioltlis 0 offer their Services.
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