Star.
London, England, 1820-07-22 00:00:00

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SPAIN.

MEETING OF THE COETES.
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• The ntemoratle epoch is arrived in which the
wishes of the Spanish nation were to be fulfilled—
the happy day, in which a people determined to pre-
serve the liberty and the dignity of the Throne have
seen their adored King giving another decisive and
irrefragable proof of his paternal views, of the love
which he bears to'his subjects, and of the earnest de-
sire which animates him to concur, in concert with
the Cones, in founding and consolidating the public
happinest by means of a Constitution, essentially di-
rected to the welfare of all—the •happy hour, in
which Ferdinand the Seventh, uniting his sentiments'
with those of the Spanish people, presented hints&
befbre the august National Congress, in the solemn
act of swearing to the Constitution of the Monarchy.
All the necessary arrangements for the celebration of
this solemn ceremony had been previously made.
The King having appointed the hour of ten in the
morning of yesterday, Sunday, the 9th of July, for
proceeding to the Hall of the Cores, his Majesty left
his Palace, accompanied by his auzust spouse and

the Infantas, attended by his suite, Ili state coaches.
On reaching the Hall of the Cortes, they were re-
ceived by two Grand Dpputations of the National
Representatives. One, consisting of twenty-two mem-
bers, accompanied the Queen to the tribune which
had been prepared for her, that she might, in com-
pany with the Infantas, enjoy the spectacle of so so-
lemn a ceremony. The other Deputation, consisting of
thirty-two members, including two of the Secretaries,
was appointed to attend on the King.
When his Majesty entered, all the members stood
up, as well as the diplomatic corps in the tribune on
the right of the Throne. The Councillors of State.
Generals, and Magistrates, occupied the other tri-
bunes; the immense multitude which filled tire gal-
leries could not restrain themselves from bursting
into loud acclamations and rim!

The King took his seat on a magnificent throne,
on the sides of which were displayed the Royal in-
signia. As soon as the King had seated himself, the
Infantas, the President of the Cot tes, and all the De-
puties, also sat down. After a short pause, the Pre-
sident rose, arid, with the Secretaries, proceeded to
receive the King's oath, which was taken in the man-
ner prescribed by the Constitution.
Don Joseph Espiga, Archbishop Elect of Seville,
as President of the Cortes, then addressing himself
to the King, delivered the following speech:
The Cortes, at a less enlightened period, but.or
great and sublime virtue, preserved the fundamental
laws of the kingdom, the glory and splendour el the
throne, and rheoational Frosperity; but that wi,e
rtitmion, which united the King and the nation by
the great and noble sentiments of affection and
loyalty, gradually dechLed, fell at last into oblivion,
and the nation became the theatre of ambition, and
the Kinan instrument of bad passions. But the day
of your -'.‘lajesty's birth was the Aurora of the resto-
ration of Spain ; and more than twenty millions of
ialiabitaks vie.a. in their young hince the worthy
successor of Sr. lier,linand. They were congratu-
lating themselves with these flattering hopes, when,
at the same time that the sacrilegious project of ex-
tinguishing your sacred.rights was conceived in the
bosom of the nation, a vile impostor perfidiously in-
troduced his hostile legions, and wrested from the
arms of the faithful Spaniards their beloved Mo-
narch, at the very moment when he had just been
placed on the throne of „his glorious progenitors.'
The Spanish lion was then roused, and a general and
uniform cry gave spit it and vigour to the valorous
stns of Pelayn; and while the brave warriors ad-
vanced with their breasts cf bronze, and ext elled the
tyrants hosts horn their native land, the fathers of
the country, who had been called upon by the gene-
nil voice of the province;, re-established the Consti-
tution of the Spani,h Monarchy, which, by solemnly
declaring the per:on of the King sacred and invio-
lable, has more firmly fixed the crown on ycur Ma-
jesty's royal held, has secured you against the arti-
fices of any favourite, and thus enables your Majesty
to act more freely fur the benefit of your people and
the welfare of the State.

" The worthy sons of the country conceived that
they could not make a better return to the confidence
with which the provinces honoured them, nor offer
to their King a more acceptable tribute, than to con-
solidate a vacillating throne, by placing it on the
broad basis of a fundamental law, which, being the
legacy of our ancestors, and the expression of wis-
dom, justice, and the public will, closed die door
equally against vile flattery and unjust aggression.
It secured the administration of justice, established
just system of public economy, and sanctioned the
respect, obedience, and veneration, due to the laws
and the Royal authority. Thus felt the Representa-
tives of the Nation, in Cadiz. I saw them, Sire, send
up deep sighs to HEAVEN for the cruel captivity of
their King : I saw them, like orphans, shedding tears
of sorrow and anguish, and, humbled before the
LAMB of GOD, praying for the return of so amiable
a. father to his numerous and disconsolate family. I
saw them, overwhelmed with joy and delight, give
vent to their oppressed hearts, when they learned that
the ALMIGHTY had listened to their fervent suppli-
cations, and that the tutelar'''. Angel of Spain had
(!escended to break the chains imposed by Tyranny.
Such were their generous sentiments, when sordid
Interest, crafty Ambition, atrocious Calumny, and
insatiable Vengeance, after meditating in obscurity
their detestable plots, dared to approach the Throne,
and sacrilegiously profane the sanctuary of Majesty.
But, Sire, let us spread a veil over those melancholy
proofs of human weakness.
" At length the happy day arrived when a bright
star arose on the Spanish horizon, which dissipated
the thick clouds formed by intrigue and malevo-
lence, and,sacred truth shoat forth with a brilliancy
which excited the admiration of some, the respect of
others, the confusion of many, and the conviction of
.all. Happy •Spain again sees assembled those Cortes
which rendered the reigns of her Alphonsos and her
Ferdinands so glorious; and the most virtuous of na-
tions—forgetting wrongs, pardoning injuries--is
solely employed in the re-establishing a constitu-
tional Government, in preserving the purity of her
holy religion, and in giving testimonies of gratitude
and veneration to her King, now seated on his august
Throne amidst the National Congress, after having
taken a solemn oaths by which he is made greater