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emit. believed k to be still on the banks of the
41bile they appeared at WitepA, and after
.wards at Smolenskie The offensive plan became b?
force & plan of defence. The battle of Moskwa and
;be taking of Moscow were the consequences of the
iystem equally happily conceived as profoundly exe-
cuted by the Emperor of the French... The taking
of this capital must make -ktgritit-ilailehrion
the Russian nation.

• DBCREE THE CORTES,7 11
RELATIVE TO PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED WY
~,.TUR LETEUSIVE GOVERNMENT.
orimomme , •
" Don Fcamsmwts VII, by the Grace of GOD, and by the Con•
stitutien of the SO' Monarchy, King of Spain, and, in his
absence and mitivlty, the Regency of the Kingdom, appioestd
by the General and Extraordinary Cortes, to all to whom these
presents may come :
• " Know, that the Cortes have decree as Mows s

The :General, and Ettraordinair Cortes, con-
.tincer; of the necessity of securing,:by.All possible
means, the confidence of the Nation in the persons
in public employments, who by their agency contri-
bute to maintain order among the peope, ,have de.-
creed, and do decree— . . t

" 1. Tise—perscins appointerbilaiiitriave Government,
spoken of in Article $ of the Decree of the 11th of August last,
the public officers mentioned in the 4th Article, Who have ser-
ved the said Government, and the persons comprebended in the
sth Article of the said Decree; cannot be proposed, nor obtain
any employment, of any, class or denomination whatevei, nor be
appointed nor chosen to offices in the Councils, Deputations ,of
the Provinces, Deputies of the Cones, nor have a Vote in the
Elections.
" 2. This Regulation shall in no manner prevent proceeding
being had relative to such of the said public Officers at by their
conduct have merited• such an examination.
" 8. The Cortes, when they find it proper, and after hiving
maturely considered the state of the nation, may restore and re,
capacitate, by a general Decree, sucks and persons as have
not been subjected lay sentence to any 'Depots! or degrading pu-

nishment. •
1. 4. The first Article of this Demi to not to be considered as
extending to those who have been only connected with the Go-
vernment by serving in the Civil. Councils, nor in the Alcaides,
Residers, &c. though they may receive pay, nor to others not
appointed by the Government, but by the people.
" 5. The Professors of the Sciences and Arts, and other persons
dedicated to public instruction, appointed by legitimate 'autho-
rity, are not comprehended in the Ist Article of the present De-
cree, nor the Masters of Schools, Physicians, SUrgeons, Matrons,
and others of the same class, though they may receive pay, pro-
vided their conduct has not rendered them liable to an anima&
version.

" sr. In like manner, the Civil Magistrates, who have not by
their conduct merited any animadversions, are not coniprehen-
ded its this Decree.
" 7. If any of the persons in public employments included in
Article I, shall have rendered signal and important services to
the country, without having rendered the s ame to the enemy,
the Regency of the Kingdom shall make it known to the C.ortes,
that they may take It into consideration in public Session, first
hearing the Constitutional Councils of the places where such ser-
vices shall have been rendered. , „
" S. Those who shall have received, at their own solicitation or
'otherwise, any insignia or distinction whatever from the intru-
sive King, shall be deprived for ever of the public or private use
of any they had before received from the legitimate, and of the
rents, pensions, and income, and of the privileges, prerogatives,
and honours of their respective order.
" 9. 1 he Dukes, Counts, Marquiues, Barons, and others who
haven solicited or admitted from the intrusive Government, the
conErruation of the said titles, shall not be allowed, during li*;
to use those denominations, eor'claim the honours annetstrio
them, it being understood that this shall not prejudicetheir heirs
and suecetsors. . . •
" 10. The persons who enjoyed pensions granted by the Legi-
timate Atv hority on the National Treasury, or on the Bishoprics
or other Ecclesiastical revenues, shall be deprived of those pen-
sion*, if they have obtained from the intrusive Governtnent
prebendaries, dignities, or any other preferments, 6y which they
have rendered service to the intrusive Government. -

" il. Those who holdirig by the legitimate Authority bene-
fices, Prebendaries, or Ecclesiastical dignities, shall have recePted
others frem the intrusive Government, or asked confirmation of
those they held, shall not exercise the functions of the former,
till purified by the due course of law ; and in the mean time the
revenues of the benefices, prebendaries, or dignities they hold,
shall be sequestered.
" It. The same course shall be observed with those eccle-
Andes who have received civil employments from the intrusive

Govel nment.

" 13. The parishes to which other curates have.been pre•
seated by the intrusive Government, shall not from that fad
alone be liable to the Eleventh Article of the prettent Deario,lollll
the but curate appointed by the legitimate Governments M no
charges •are alledged against his conduct, shall return to the

exercise of his functions.
"„14. The Council of every town shall draw up a list of all
s!does in employ, who are incapacitated by the preceding arti-
da, and transmit it to the Regency of the Kingdom, that a copy
itieinay be laid before the Cortes and the Council of State, for
the information of the Government. - _

" 15. The Prelates shall in like manner &air up isid traninilt
a similar list of the persons appertaining to their judsdiction and
dlocesf, who are in like manner liable. •
" 16. If among those who apply to the Government for em-
ployments or favours there are any who ought to purify their
conduct, it shall be' done in open Court, in the towns of their
residence, beforje
.a full Constitutional Council, and in the pre-.
met of the Spier., Procurator, or Procurators.
(Signed) ANDREI ANGEL De LA ViGA, President.
. • .
" J. N. GALLEGO,/ secretaries.
" J. 8.0. gwvari,
* Cadiz, Sept. in, 1812"
A Letter froth Valencia, dated Sept. 1, says :
« Joseph arrieed here yesterday a little before noon.
411 the Renegadoes went odt .tp meet him? carrying
crosses, streamers, and doing to different. kinds
of music. All sorts and sidds,drese in the procession,
and the Archbishop and' Municipality took care to
distinguish themselves, and the whole rabble rout
proceeded to the Cathedral.. This mighty Monarch,
Joseph, is but mean in his appearance, and acts ra-
ther awkwardly in these farces. The Patriarch, Mi.
ulster', Generals, and their Ladies, seemed to be,
many of them, in but an ill humour, nutwithstandini
their pretended joy. They are in no small perpleiity.
mimeo how all this will end. The officers and sol-
diers of Sachet utterly abhor Joseph and all his 'set."