Star.
London, England, 1824-08-05 00:00:00

SPA IN.
711051 THE MADRID GAZETTE ell THE 15Tlit JULY.
CIRCULAR OF THE MINISTER OF TIREIMEASURT.
The Secretary of Dispatch of Grace and Jpstice com-
municated to me on the 9th of June last what follows.:
- " The Junta-of Civil Purifications pf Madrid Tas atc'
dressed to his Majesty the following Cansulta
" Stns—the anterior Junta, obliged by the continual
clamours of those who had commenced their purifica-
tion, who had no other subsistence than that of their
salary, which they did not receive till they were puri-
fied, represented to the Regency, on the 2d September
last, that to avoid these clamours there were no other
means than that of giving them their salaries on their
producing an attestation from the Secretary of the
Junta, of their having demanded to be purified. The
resolution was, that conformable to the arrangements
of the Ministry of the Treasury, the 26th of August
next should be taken as the date of this measure of
grace; but it has not had a general effect in all the
establishments, because every individual has given to it
the interpretation which he, no doubt, thought the most
just. It has hence resulted, that from the moment
this Royal Junta was installed, these clamours have
not only been repeated, but augmented in proportion
as the necessity increases, and these same clamours
and solicitations interrupt the march of affairs.
The Junta, desirous of avoiding this evil, has treated
the point in all its bearings, and finds it necessary that
there should be adopted such a general measure as jus-
tice, policy, and equity dictate tot aid., the parties in.
terested. The reasons on which it proceeds are, that no
one ought to suffer a punishment till he is declared
guilty, and a person in office cannot be punished more
severely than by being deprived of his salary, on which
the subsistence of his family depends. In the depart-
ment of your Royal Treasury, it is the practice. that
when an employ& is accused of a crime, he is com-
manded to appear to the charge; and even when he is
imprisoned, he is never denied his just aliment in pro-
portion to his income, till it be determined whether he
is condemned or a:quitted. If this takes place in the
case of those who are suspected of delinquency, it ap-
pears that equity dictates those should not be worse
who subject themselves to purification, especially when
this measure is general, and comprehends all ; and it is
better that the benefit should be felt by many who have
no title to it, than that one innocent person should be de•
prived of it. In this undoubtedly was founded the Deeiee
of your Majesty respecting the military; RAJ if the not
paying entployis during their purification we e generM,
the junta would abstain from molesting the sovereign
attention of your Majesty ; but it sees that some dra w
their salaries, and some do not, and hence the measure
is criticised; and it is desirable, under present circum-
stances, that all predilection should cease. Such being
the case, wishing to conciliate the interests of your Royal
Treasury with those of the employis. and what the pub-
lic conveniency exacts, it cannot do less than repre-ent
to your Majesty, that it would be proper to circulate
through all the Ministries a Royal Order, that in no esta-
blishment payment be made to any one, be he, or be he
not, in actual service, till he shew the certificate of puri-
fication, or the having commenced it, whether they are
Chiefs or Subalterns, and whatever their class; with the
distinction that those who are on actual service or super-
annuated, be paid their whole salaries, and those that
are not; on actual service be paid the half of what
they received on the 7th March, 1820, the period back
to which all things have been carried by the general
Decree of your Majesty. And the King our Lord
having considered the above; has approved of the plan
of the Junta.
" I transmit to you the Royal Order for your infor-
mation and guidance ; it being understood that the
payments are to be verified from the 9th June last.
God preserve, iftc.
" LUIS LOPEZ BALLASTEROS.
" Madrid, 10th July, 1824."

Extract of a letter from Madrid, dated July 19:—
" It is rumoured here to-day that several detachments
of French troops have been dispatched in all haste to
Oviedo, to quell a very serious disturbance that had
taken place between the Negros and the 131ancos. It
appears that several on both sides have fallen victims,
but that the Blanco had the ss orst of it, as it was they
who applied for succour, but which succour arrived too
late, as the Negros had, after soundly drubbing their
antagonists, taken t flight, and most probably have
sought a reiuge in Portugal. Although Ido not give
entice credit to the alarming reports of a contagious
disease having broken out in Carthagena and Murcia,
yet, as the last courier brought no letters from those!
places, though many were expected. I am beginning to
have my fears. Besides, the appearance of such a scourge
would not be at all unlikely, seeing the excessive heat
which is felt in Spain at present. We have had latterly
several violent thunder storms, and the last was accom.
panied by a tremendous shower of hail, so thick and
heavy that a great portion of the vines in the neighbour-
hood have been utterly destroyed. Since the departure
of their Majesties for Cuenca, the re-establishment of the
Inquisition is talked of more confidently than ever."