Star.
London, England, 1810-11-29 00:00:00

EREACII or rwrittam.

An application of D. Jose Nia7arrasa Was road,
setting forth what the Concise in its 89th qurnbtr had
said of Senor Villanueva, complaining that the invio-
lablity.of ate Crrtes was there mucked, and deman.
ding that tit.; Edit-r slionid be ordered to give satis-
faction, Sic.*

Sonor VILLANUrVk fo-,,•ave the injury as done to
hims.At, -but as a deputy Le could not pass over it.--
}le in explxuation of what he had formerly
said, :hat he belizved our calamities to proceed from
top, who w;:s irritated by our sins, and that it was
necescary to appeas-:. ;,H) I,y penitence ; tliat divine
Phovin:::NCT: had, ivert him rentg, and when he .en-
j yel‘..,-1 them, he maintained. a soldier; bat at present
ctnld not recover them, his house wAs plunctervd,
• and tre was- ilitic:hteri to the kindness of his fried ;3.
• A Clerical 1);T:ry sat d, that t;:e proposal in the
conciso w,ts blaspht rny ; another, th:: it was heresy
thini dernamitd the paper should be pro!li-
b;tet3 ; v:bich s rep!icd, lat the liberty of the

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F i
ess •:. ii decreed. . :
• A .(•inher Fibs..:-v,..:!, that it rendcrd necessary
the e•.l•4;..•iishment of : t.. 3.... J':iir:4al i)f. the Cores ; to
icLic:-. Senor 0L11.1.....,•s replied, that the plan was a's-
ri.•••tdy intnied, alid ready to be submitted to the ,
Corte3. . i

. VALCA Ftl,7T, sr-,ke in d:•rFm.:. of the Ccr.,isc,
0.4 did' also Senor Go:4IN, thserving I.Lat neither had
he thc dose ui Senor .VillanTrva's discotirse,
and that there ilijnii•nlc in v:hit had been
pn7,;;.i.ed ; beyideQ, it tho. Conc:.ro considered Senor
ill Inucva as piwis arid cit:tritable, there was r.clbing
censur,:bifz in r.,hat he had been.represented as s.tying
with regard to Cut! giving up of TT:tits, ft-.
At last Ippiicittimt, with a copy of the said
Coviso, was -transmitted to the Committee ofJustice.

• Tl.it complaint rir,, to the Concise', pare 190. It is there
Vlllana.-va then r..a.1 a pious discourse; the close
of it was not well in : b..- troni whet we were informed, and
from the charity of the o, itor, we believe that be ofir•red to give
up his rents for the benefit of the country, rescrying to hinnell
only as much as was necessary For Ids support ; we, ti.e rather be-
heve this, when we consider that words are best set tifiby works.'
The Co;:ciso confesses that he dhl net hear the close of the spec eh
well: this happened to many -.then., ahel among the rest to a 1)e-
-ruty: and even the isararanli hints that his readers st:ay stespenel
_their judgment. Besides, it being necessary to ask, " When did
Senor Villanueva seat the end of his speech ?" sonic answered
that they believed they.had heard what is reported in the CO7
tiso—and as this was u.. impos.iisl-, considering the precediag
part of the discourse, and the patriotism of Senor V ilinueya,
,vbile on the other hand sucia a proposal might be of great use as
In example, the edifor had not the least hesitation in publishing
It, as he would have as li•tle in correcting any mistake into which
lie had fallen ; for the gentlemen who coeduct the Cowin), always
'foyers of truth, will at:nounce it without disguise, eve n thouLh
It should he agaiu.t themselves and at the expense of their lives.
9f this impartiality they every day give proofs.

DECREE OF THE CORTES RESPECTING TIIE LIBERTY

OF TIIF. PRIUS.

•
The General lnd Ext riot dinar! Cotter, considering
that the individual right of citizens to publish then'
4.lLonhts and political ideas is not only a barrier to
.the arbitrary power of those-who govern, but also the
means of enlightening the nation in general, and the
• only wA v of Arriving at the knowledge of what is truly
'the public opinion, have decreed as follows
I. A'd public bodies and private individuals, of
whatever condition and estate they may be, have the
liberty of writing, printing, and publi,hing their po-
littco ideas, without the necessity of any licence, le-
' vision, or approba►ion,previens to puhlication, under
the restrictions and responsibility which .toe Lid down
in the present Decree.
2. For thesercasons all the existing, tribitn-th of the
preys, and the cestsorshirr of poiitical ‘...orke previous
to their being printed; are from this titre aerie

S. Authors and print2rs shall he repectively tcspor.
Sible for the abase of this liberty.
4. Defamatory libels, calumnious writinf.,,s, Come
subversive of the fundamental laws of the monarchy,
•th.ise that ure licentious and contrary to public deco-
li:m and morai%, shall he punished by points 'of law
svh;rh shall be pr: scribed for that purpose.
V. The judges and respective tribunals in the in-
vestigation, proof, nud pttnisitment rf (42m-es com-
mitted by an abn.:e of the Liberty of the Press, shall
take care to conduct themselves by what is laid down
by the laws and in- this
6. All writings on nrtrters of religion remain sub-
ject to the previous censorship of the Ecclesiast.cal
Ordinaries, according o what is laid down by the
Council of Trent.

7. -Authors,. undcr which arpollation are compre.
hended the Editor, er he who has corrected the ori.
ginal mannscript, ate not obliged to pout their names
to thd writings which they publish, though they do not
c?ase on this account to remain subject to the same
arspousibility. It ought, therefore, to be known to
the printer,, who is the author or editor of the work,
otherwise he shall stiff.-r the punishment which would
attach to the author or editor, if -made known.

8. Printers eiall be obliged to put their names and
elr.;►}ities, and e:►e iind year of impression. on
every thing they print, whatever may he its size ; it
Leing understood that a falsehood in any of these par-
ticulars shall be punithed as well as their pOsitive
omission

Q. Authors or c-iitots, Who, ahoslng the liberty of
th.- presss, contravene the shall not only starer.
the punishment tl►ete, hid down, according to the
rna ttnitude of the • offence, but bcalt th.►r ;o►ct the
punishment inflicted om t!afrzi shall be publi.ihed with,
their utines in the Government Gazette. .

10. The priaters of wore, or writhi(ki, which' are
declared innocent, or not inju: io.ts, shat) be pubishe.,l
with a fine of 50 cincats, m !ht-y omit their
st,imes, or ail ot4er requisites pciinted alit in the Bth

It The printers of writ:rgs prohibited in article 4.,
who shall have ornit,ed their 11..rne.;,•0r any other of
the circumstances all-eddy 2'.1.t11 suffer over
and above the iiue on thAt account, san:e pttuish-
wents as the authors.
12. The prinerc'of v.rritiiT;t4 on matters of religion,
without t...e previous licence of the Ordinaries, shall
be liable to thr hue iroptysttl urn them, without pre-
jodice ro those penalties which are already doirn
against any exec.; in this respect..
13. To secure the liberty of the press, And at 'the
same time to restrain it: abuse, the Cortes. shall ap-
point a guprerne Jurita of Censbeship, which-Tust
Trislo with tltc G4TVl:4lMini coriaptr.4.o Oine.

viduals, and, upon their'pr op-Aldan, a sinailat Junta
shall be established in the •capital of every province,
to consist of five members.

14. Three of the nine Members of this. Supreme
Junta of Censorship shall be ecclesiastics, as also two
out of the 6ve of the Provincial Juntas; and the others
shall be seculars, all well iustrncted persons, possessed
of probity and virtue, and the necessary talents for
discharging the serious duty entrusted to them.
15. .It. snail be theii- duty to eramine the works
which the executive power or separate tribunals may
have denounced ; and if the Censorial Junta of the
province think Et that they should be prohibited, the
Judges shall do so, and shall collect the copies that
hare been sold.

16. The author or printer may demand a copy of
the censure and reply to it. If the Junta confirm its
Est censure, the interested person shall have a right
to demand that the affair be transmitted to the Su-
preme Jnnta.
• 17. T. e author or printer may solicit the Supreme
Junta to revise the affair a ;first and even a second
time, in order that they may ascertain his motives.
If the last opinion of the Supreme Junta be against
the wort:, it shall be prohibited rithont further exa-
mination ; but if in approbation, the worlcmay be put
in circu iation.

18. When the Censorial Junta of a province, in
pursuance of the law, declare that the work only con-
tains personal injuries, it shall be prohibited, and the
a7gricved person may have recourse to a competent
tribunal for deckling on the same according to the
laws.

19. Though bocks on religion cannot be printed
withr,ut a licence from the Ordinary, the latter cannot
refuse this without previous examination and hearing
the persin interested.
20. if the Ordinary, however, should persevere in
refusing a licenceAhe interested person may apply to
the Supreme Junta, who shall examine the work ;
and if it he fit for approval, shall transmit their opi-
nion to the Ordinary, in order that, being more en-
lightened on the subject, he may grant a licence if he
think fit, fur the purpose of avoiding farther applica-
tions.

,tbatshed the Inquisition, the Menke, the Councils,
and ethetold establishments, a cpnstitution so liberal
as that of Bayonne biving.followed, and .under the
reign oh Phil osnphet,G rand Masterof the Freemasons,
we must at least, you will say, have the liberty of
printing what takes place in the kingciom. —.But no,
my f iend ; here there is only liberty to speak against
religion, against pattiotic Spaniards and their govern-
ment, and against the English.
No one is permitted to breathe even a sigh in
alleviation of the miseries which he suffers, and much
less to shew that he is deeply penetrated with the in-
famy of the usurpers of our property. Should any
unfortunate night only say, that there has been no
regeneration ; GOD help him ! for in a moment one Of
the 50,000 spies would fasten on him, and his life is
not worth a rush.

44 Those who alone dare speak out, are the French'
officers. These are to be seen coming in wounded,
battered, exhausted; and, on arriving at their lodgings,
they rage, foam,- and curse their fate, calling their
Emperor a brigand, and Joseph a beast, &c. One of
them came enraged the other day from Guadalaxera,
saying,' that barbarian Napoleon has pledged himself
to make his footstool of a brother, King of this coun-
try, and he did not know what he was about.
The Spaniards have discovered our intrigues, and the
, conquest cannot be made without blood. The sel-
I dier knows that this is madness, that the Spaniards
are every day getting stronger and better paid, while
I have not seen any pay these five months, and always
go from village to village exposed to the danger of
being shot.' This detail he ends with a thousand f—s,
and as many oaths. His landlord says not a word in
reply, but receiving him into his house, sits down to
supper very contented—for this good reason, that such
must be the feelings of every Spaniard when he hears
a Frenchman rage in that manner.
" Believe ane, mr friend, that such things alone
enable us to pass our lives with less vexation ; for they
cherish the hope, that the day will arrive when we
shall see ourselves delivered from this scum."

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

GOTHA, NOVEMBER 8.

The Government Gazette of this day contains the
following :
" WE, CHARLES FREDERICK, kc:

" By a former order of the 31st March, 1810, the
admission of English goods into our dominions was
forbidden, but since that period, we have learnt that
this law has been frequently evaded. We therefore
have been induced to command, that it shall be car-
ried into execution with the greatest severity, and that
it shall embrace all colonial produce according to the
general system of the Continent—We, therefore, have
decreed :

"I. ha: all English gomls in the public warehouses, or pri-
vate stores, shill front this clay he confiscated.

" IL • lite Custom House Otteer+ are commanded to commence
the strictest examination+ into the nature and quantity of colo-
nial produce in all plates, and they are to take possession of the
same, and clear it away into the public rectptadrs. They are
likewise ordered to seize all English goods on their transit, and
to send In inventories of the same to the Secretary of our Go•
vernment as saon as possible. (cigned)
" Carlsruhe, Oct. ta, tato." " TIJILILMEII4 irunenstec.

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