Star.
London, England, 1822-01-03 00:00:00

Sta.diNe
TIRQM THE GIBRALTAR PAPER OE DECEMBER 7. "
The Spanish Oorte, Wee extended to foreiga wool-
lens the Ittioofrahich they adopted on the 14th
vtigoi
ortaseiro h respecting foreign silk stuffs, and al-
lowed a twelvemonth for the sale or exportation of
such parcels'of the same as happen to be at present
in the kingdom. They further agreed to a motion
for prohibiting, from theist October, 1822, the im-
portation into the ports of the Peninsula of foreign
coal, peat, and other fuels, and for levying on foreign
coals imported in the meantime a duty of thirty per
cent. at the rate of eight real: Tenon per cwt. while
the export duty on Spanish coal is reduced to two
per cent. at the rate of two reali also per cwt.
The Minister of Grace and Justice informed them
on the same day, that his Majesty intended to return
from the Escurial to the capital, with the Royal Fa-
mily, on the 4th instant.
The War Minister transmitted, on the 27th of No-
vember, to the Military Commandant at Madrid,
the King's Message to the Cortes, and the Answer of
the latter.
The Provincial Deputation and the Municipality
of Leon have addressed his Majesty and the Perma-
nent Deputation of the Cortes, highly disapproving
of the attempts made in some parts of the monarchy
by a faction, which wants to set itself above the na-
tion, and which, if not effectually repressed, will
shortly attack the Cortes, as it now does the Govern-
ment. " When the enemies of order thus presume\
to shew their faces, the provinces," say the addressers,
" ought to form a close connection with the Perma-
nent Deputation, and, thus united, rally round the i
Throne, and impose an impenetrable barrier to the
bads The addressers add, that they neither court
the man in power, nor fear the Faction. They have
no objection to the fall of Ministers, or of all the
agents of the Executive, if the public good requires ,
it; but they object to that fall being brought about
by the clamours and cunning manoeuvres of a party.
Let the law of responsibility be enforced: this is the
proper way to serve a public cause. In conclusion,
the addressers repeat, that they want the Constitu-
tion, and nothing but the Constitution; andthat they
will listen to no other voice than that of the Cortes
and their constitntional King.
The province of Avila has expressed similar senti-
ments to his Majesty, through the organ of the Pro-
vincial Deputation. The Memorial of the latter
Totes the Article of the Constitution which confers
on the King the power to appoint and to dismiss the
Secretaries of State, and denies that popular commo-
tions and threatening representations leare the Mo-
narch in the free exercise of that power. It does not
follow, however, that either the Ministers or the
other agents of the Executive may infringe the law
with impunity. Other Articles of the Constitution,
also qucted in the Memorial, designate the Tribunal
,which is to try them, if guilty; and commit to the
Cortes the care of bringing them before that Tribu-
nal. Let this legal course be pursued, but let not
alarming declamations be indulged in ; let not con-
tempt for the Authorities and the Administrators be
publicly displayed, as has lately been done in some
corners of the Peninsula. Desirous peaceably to en-
foy the advantages of the beneficial and liberal sys-
tem introduced by the Constitution, all true Spa-
niards, the Deputation confidently assures his Ma-
jesty, will rally round his throne, and give his Ma-
jesty their decided and effectual support.
From Badajoz his Majesty has been addressed,
about the middle of November, in very different lan-
guage. That city SAW :to other remedy for the great
evils with which the country is threatened, from the
ill administration of public affairs, than the total
change of the present Ministry, and his Majesty's re-
commending to the Cortes to take into consideration
the inobservance and infractions of the Constitution,
Laws, and Decrees, and to call to account the Secre-
taries and Council of State, and all others that may
be found to have transgressed in such weighty matters.
DeCEMERR B.—The epidemic fever continues to
rage in the island of Majorca.
DECEMBER Io.—The new Commandant-General
of the province of Seville, General Moreno y Davie,
acknowledged from Ecija, on the 22d of last month,
the receipt of the communication from the Authorities',
assembled at Seville, adding, that he would act as
such delicate circumstances required, without losing
sight of the observance of the Constitution.
On the receipt of the King's Message, and of the
Answer of the Cortes, at Seville, the Municipal Body
of that city met in their Hall, " freely and of their
own accord," they expressly state, apparently in con-
tradiction to some of their late meetings; and being
there by themselves, drew up a respectful Memorial
no his Majesty, in which, after premising that it had
not been possible for them to peruse the above docu-
ments with indifference, they assure his Majesty that
he would be greatly mistaken if he believes that the
representations hitherto addressed to his Majesty, in
the name of the Constituted Authorities of their ca-
pital were the result of the effervescence of a few
111;ra Liberals. The feeling. which dictated them
was, they could aver, a rational feeling, so deep-
rooted, indeed, that any attempt to eradicate it would
throw not only their province, but the whole country,
into confusion. The Paper then went on relating the
grounds of the prevailing want of confidence in the
present Administration—a want of confidence which,
even supposing its members actuated by the best in-
tentions, would of itself, the Municipal Body did not
imitate to assert in conclusion, utterly disqualify them
for their exalted situations.
MADRID, DECEMBER 17.
_ EXTRACT Of A PRIVATE LETTER.

The crisis of the fate of the Ministry has arrived,
in consequence of the Cortes having approved, with
some modifications, the Report of the Committee ap-
pointed to consider the events of Cadiz and Seville.
The Committee meets this evening for the purpose
of drawing up an Address to the Throne, conform-
able to the Report. The Members of the-Committee
are divided. Some wish that the Address sh
request the Government to propose to the Cones ,
energetic measnres for preventing the return of the
evil, while others are desirous that no suggestion of
this kind should be made. The'discassions in the
Committee will chiefly relate to the bringing to trial
the Authorities of Seville and Cadiz, to die abuse of
the Liberty of the Press, and the abuse of the right
of Petition.
Whether the whole or only the larger portion of the