Star.
London, England, 1820-07-28 00:00:00

SPANISH CORTES.

The following Address to the Kum was finally
concluded on in the Sitting of the 10th July :
SIRE!—The Deputies of the Nation, assembled
in Cones, congratulate your Majesty on having ar-
rived at the auspicious moment so long wished for by
all good citizits, in•which your Majesty, identifying
yourself with the Nation by a solemn and voluntary
oath, they can raise to_ the Throne the expression of
their sentiments, to. manifest 'to your Majesty their
adhesion to your august Person and to the Royal Fa-'
=Hy ; and their most zealous endeavours in effecting,
conjointly with your Majesty, the completion of the
legislative and monarchical Constitution, and to ame-
liorate all the branches of the Public Administration;'
objects which the existing state of affairs imperiously
demands.

" From the moment your Majesty,
_by complying
with the wish of the people, resolved to swear to the
Constittition of the Monarchy, sanctioned by the
Cortes in 1812, we had reason to anticipate a long
period of glory and prosperity to the inhabitants.
" The Cortes will endeavour to realize the hopes
of the People; they will imitate the magnanimous
example set to them by the Nation, by conducting
themselves with moderation and wisdom to consoli-
date the liberties of the People, and to pat an end to
the misfortunes consequent upon the aberrations of
the zra that has just passed. While they act with the
prudence and dignity worthy the 'Representatives of
a great and generous Nation, the Cortes expect to
find in your Majesty's Government that vigour and
co-operation which are absolutely necessary for the
establishment of a new system, and for the removal
of those obstacles which impede the march of na-
tional prosperity.
" The National Congress will employ itself with
the utmost assiduity for the discharge of the duties
imposed upon it by the People; and co-operating
with your Majesty, will apply the remedies which the
deplorable state of the country demands, and to which
it has been reduced by the mal-administration of
former times—by the ruinous system adopted during
the last six years.
" The Cortes are well aware of the deplorable state
of the finances ; and in devising the means necessary
to provide for the public charges and disbursements,
they wiil endeavour to make the burden to press as
lightly as possible• upon the People; they will also
direct their attention to the means of restoring public
credit and the. extinction of the National Debt, to the
religious performance of all the engagements which
the Nation or the Government has entered into with
native or foreign Capitalists, and which, in restoring
the credit of the Nation, will enable it to find among
those same Capitalists resources which will afford
time to breathe, and to devise and establish the most
eligible mode cf. taxation.
" The Cortes hope at the same time that the vigi-
lance of the Government of your Majesty, and the
integrity of the Magistrates, will secure the prompt
and upright administration of justice, which, already
reduced to fixed rules, will daily improve, especially
when our Code shall attain the simplicity and per-
- fiction of the age, and when the establishment of
Juries, pointed nut by the constitution, shall have
extended to Citizens a new and important guarantee
of their liberty.
" The internal administration of the Provinces being'
intrusted to those who are interested in their pros-
perity, the inveterate abuses will be removed, and
the difficulties those abuses have created, overcome.
—The communication of ideas, facilitated by the li-
berty of the Press, by generalizing useful knowledge,
will produce an universal conviction of the advan-
tages of the municipal system which the Constitu-
tion establishes.
" The Cortes will contribute everything in their
powcr to the organization of the Army and Navy ;
at the same time that they consult the interests of
tl:e Nation, they will tint fail to pay particular at-
tention to the welfare of two classes cif citizens so
meritorious. They flatter themselves that your Ma-
jesty's Ministers, in proposing that organization of
the Army which is most conformable to the Consti-
tution, will have regard to the important services by
which the citizens of that class have been distin-
guished, both in the Om ions war of independence,
and in manifesting they firm attachment to that fun-
damental law which equally guarantees your Ma-
jesty's throne and the rights of the Nation.
" The intimate union of the Cortes with your Ma-
jesty's Government, the re-establishment of the Con-
stitution, the faithful execution of promises, by re-
moving all pretexts for dissatisfaction, will facuitate
the pacification of the tians-marine provinces which
remain in a state of agitation and dissension. The
Cortes will on their parts neglect no opportunity for
proposing and adopting the measures best calculated
to re-establish the empire of the Constitution and
public tranquillity in these countries, in order to make
one happy family of the Spaniards of both worlds.
" The Cortes see, with the same satisfaction as
your Majesty, the 'perfect harmony which prevails
between Spain and foreign Powers, and will, if neces-
sary, co-operate in drawing closer these amicable re-
lations. They learn that some differences exist with
the United States, and si ith his Most Faithful. Ma-
jesty ; but the principles of justice and moderation
which will henceforth guide our diplomatic rela-
tions, induce the Cortes to hope that these differences
may be terminated by arrangements honourable to
the Country, and no way tending to interrupt the
pacific system agreed upon among the Nations of
Europe, in the preservation of which the Cortes will
willingly concur with your Majesty.
" If the Regency of Algiers renew its ancient sys-
tem of aggression, by a disregard of Treaties, the I
Cortes will only have to applaud such measures as
your Majesty's Ministers may take, within the sphere
of their authority, for causing the flag of commer-
cial nations to be respected in the Mediterranean.
" In taking the first steps in their career for con-
solidating public 'property, executing the Constitu-
tion, and protecting Religion; the rights of the Throne,
and of the People, the Cortes found their most flat-
tering hopes on the solemn promise of your Majesty
to enforce the strict observance of that fundamental
law which is the best guarantee of the rights of your
Crown. Faithful observers themselves of that Con-
stitution, the Cortes, in imitation of your Majesty's
example, will place all their glory and happiness in
their constitutional powers. In offering to your Ma-
jesty proofs of a sincere attachment to your Royal,