Star.
London, England, 1810-10-19 00:00:00

MEETING OF THE CORI ES.

liflPriamiat.2S.—,-At ten o'clock the Sitting opened. -
The powers pf a-Deputy from La Mancha were pre‘.
•isesslefirant immedi tely ieferred to the proper Coin-
- Riles tie Castro produced a memoir of Dun
.1.-Osmaajentenint-Colonel in the Roy3l cerpS of
Artillery, the ohject of which is to sheiv the means
an(lesodeOE:a4ing an army ofAiservation composed
ipagoo men. which should be, called the l'atriet
01114 i. and procuring 69 clothdoind
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and- masetadi it, during its instruction. The said
memoir teat ordered to be ft:Eerie(' to the Committee
of tVar. .Herrera, a Deputy oiratietnadura, imme.
diately rose, and demanded tgat thekilting 00,41 force-
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a secret committee, since be had twpropcsr2 matters
of the utmost importance: and urgency.
urgency, which I zeiiired.'
secrecy. The question whether the sitting tv:o to be
secret or not now came under discussion. Logan,.
said, that tall subjects relative to the war enght not 0
b? publicly discussed. Golfin supported the motion;
he said, though he felt south concerned to exclude
the public at the very opening of their sittings, yet.
he knew that the subject to be proposed required both
secrecy and urgency, that the evils which hail afnicted
our armies, asked most imperiously-for prompt rense.
dies; that he had been en 'eye witness of the vexations
sustained by our soldiers, of their state of starratice.
their nakedness, and added, that if the sitting were
not to be secret. he should not hesitate publicly to
state the object of his motion. • •
At the end °fa very animated discussion, in which
several Deputies took- a share, the 'original motion
was carried. On this .occasion Qtdisland proposed.
tlf.i'tein order to avoid in fuetvre lEhtilar discussion.
and the inconvenience arisirif frthai.it to the public,
sittings 'should- abiratr be Conttnenced with the
dOOrS shut, and that they' shnuld be opened artersuch
matters as r'equiresi. seireer 'were; disposed of. nig
proposition was' acceded to, ab'd'thsk halite cleared at
The Deputies therfleolitintred the skins
till six at tttgbt.
''SeisreNtnint g 9.-11 litdd 'after • ten the Sittings
•Sonsmenced. The Chiefsitt *the Roy el Guards, 40•
fatitados •Ca'stelflorido, and Crevanklei ere-
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*Ted themselves to e=ke" be- oath., which they did
k ding down on a enshita:-; incanted)) delivered A
Aire speech, in which.4fleteti4N-atblated the Cones
on their glorkus installatton; and eepressed the soli-
bis desire of' the troop of ,the Reyel -Household (0
(reserve still more and inorseispecially at tats present
time, the good opinion which they had obtained And
constantly preset ved from ancient times. Capm4nY
-ascended the tribune,-and read,. in• a very impressive
m:•nner, a paper conceiVcd in the t: lowing terms
In vain shall we sactid,:e our repose.i•ur health,
nay our livts-if it were.required ; did we not accom-
pany the ditcharge of the several duties impnved
on us by . the honourable sitti,tti. n we hold, by
a generous, voluntary, and disinterested act, by
which we may really deserve the title of Fathers
'of the Country.' We must renounce all idea of per-
sonal advantage, and shut the door against all hopes
—against our own desires. 1 accordingly propomt°
this august Congress my opinion in the following let
of a dectee:-4, That it shall not be lawful fur any
' deputies or members of the Cortes, whether they con-
, pose the present congress or may be aPPonateti heir"-