The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-12-24 00:00:00

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W lgglesworth, Leeds. timber-merchants--0. Hangedleld
and W. F. Reeks, Tewkeshvry. surgeons-C. Booker and
I M. Naylor. Cannon-street: irbol esa le-g roeers--J . Tra nter
and S. Hill, Benthall, Shropshire, iron-founders-J. Walt
nod G. Watt, Beaufort's-wharf. Strahan-terrace. Islington.
zoal-merchents-J. Lucy and E. Lem Worcester, carpen-
ters-H. Gye, and J. Barrett, jun. Sligo', stationers--J.
Tidd and Co. Gainsbnrgh. Lincolnshire, merchants, as far
as regards J. Sooby-T. Hodgson and I. Bowes, Carlisle,
• • "ert'erk---W...Yrottd. lad . Vo-Oxford•ctratat, .holtiams.-g
Itties-if and J. Stares, Chichisider. bakers-H. Cooper and R.
M. Pite, High Holborn, op/viers—J. Butcher and W.
Wright, Liverpool. drug sm-W..Byrsoto-antilLito
-Chet-pool,- architects- . erree and-J. White., Weil*
. borongh, Worthamptonshtre, spirit-merchttqls-T, IC Orme-.
and Co. Watling-street. wholesale-conkctioners--R. MR-
man old Co.' tilvnete, Sussex. coal-merchants-4. Hills!
and Co. Sowthinitliing and Westfirle, Sussex, Hise-berietb
-J. and T. Thomson. Greenwich, coal-merchastte-,--+1
Dud J. Ogdee. Omen-street Side, Dewsbury, Yorksittee.
card-makets-..C. Lucas and R. Christie, St. Swithin'W-Imils
nieichants—T. Masters and R. Bolton, Great hutches*
spice-merchaots-C. llnriey and W. Brooks, Curey-strnet,
Li neals'slia, law-stationers. .
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AVIRAOII PER'S OP CORN ix z.-sot.IND AND WALES. '
Wribat.4o4 ad.-Rye. vas. ad.-Barley. Ws. l‘L-:Oats.
.181.. td.,»Beens, als. IM.—Pease. 2Ss. ad. ' -
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar. eom-
pure.' from the Returns made in the Week ending the 10th
day of December, Js2l, is Ws. fd. per cwt.
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REPORT OV ?lig COMMISSION APPOINTED DE,Tillg OINDSS '
TRArlifing INTO THE STA?' OF Tall COUNTED:9
MADRID., DEC. 10.—Yesterday; in the Birder4st
the Chides; was aiudi the Report of the l.ttniniittoo..itt
pelotas. to4osaidesOttf the steers proper td.'beltiqn:ll.
conserpteetzl.lliirliajeshi•t's itessahge to ;tics. I
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157'1111P a laid they
before ave CT;
_tn.t , a ; thedocuments A es-1,••
irar re several different Sittings the Secretarial of
Niel, cut 41,e Deputies of the Province of Ctdit t, od
have fromPati theae sources of information deiwif n 0 •
narr tive pf the events in question., They.o i.,Ske
with the affairs of Cadiz. the aPpointmeot pit,: #4,la-i
r
;limy Of the Marquess tie is Reunion to tha.goeertar
meat of that city;, the • fermentation .canutd,by this
nomination.' the petitions of the inhabitants to appoint
aootherpersoo, and the refusal of the hiaronesa to at-
rept the office, o'l4 renders it unnecessary. for the
Illing- to Wei*, e hiViheice, and. his BlajestyYr.nnini-,,
nation of tild Baron VAndilla. The Committee il:eo
detail all the circumstances of the disobedience of,the
people of Cadiz to bis Alajesty's orders in refusingt.to'.
sofferAlte Baron D'Andilla to assume the goveretimellt
of that city. • , I il, f •
The iteport then details the proetitditga at OVA *
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which immediately followed those of Cadia,antritft.
weeisely of the same nature. The Committee. ;insta,
its Report to the affairs of Cadiz and Seviile, they,
being the only ones referred to in the communication if
the Government to the Cortes, and regret that thiy
canund giec:a less afflicting picture of them. They
&tierce? that the.question is wholly distinct frotn'the
writs oFt *writs of the Ministers, gad involves W7disobei Ka .4:.the Royal .authority.. Hie Majesty•bas:
the constitu44ll power of filling all Civil and ntilitny';^
• apinylliEDlS ; and every Spaniard ought to reopen lai,
though be also has the riffht to censure the condtlet
of the Aliniste* who huthorises an improper mender);
or acetic him if.he violates the laws.
It is true, .pnblio offices ought only to be given to
those who have given positive proofs of their attach-
ment -o the polidearConstitotion of the Monarch, and
nobody can be more persuaded of this than the Mem-
bers of the Committee; but, from the documents laid
before them, it is evident that no objection whatever
was made to the Marquess D'Andilla by the people d
t'a liz, or to Don Tomas Moreno Daviz add' D. Joa-
pilot Alvista, by those of Seville. The Committee
litol, that there is more excuse for the people of Cadiz
than for those of Seville, the litter not having any
grounds of complaint whatever, but only wishing to
retain Don Manuel Velano and D. Ramo Luis de Es-
coved°. So that these two persons have been more
reg:;rded than the respect due to the Government, the.
tramptiliity of a whole Province, more than the repo,
tattoo of Spaniards among foreign nations, more than
I ler Coostitution and the sacred empire of the laws.--;-
Whereas the people of Cadiz has some motive of dissa-
t6f,t,tion, at least, thotigh none that could authorise ,
the mode of Conduct which they adopted. 1
The Committee, therefore, does not confound the
ev n• sat Cadiz with those at Seville, in the latter of
tv.ii h i• cannot help recognising a certain character
of faction; whereas, in those of Cadiz, it is persuaded,
taut the whole has proccede4 front an error, from an
excessive ardour and a distrust, which cannot be

wlmlly condemned in those who love liberty, and have
su feted much for it; the error in sotne points, and the
aberralon of some persons in others, are not such
that the Committee attributes them to their will, and
they cannot but merit the indulgence of the Cortes.-1-
But the National Congress cannot but expressly die-
a;lprove, in the face of all Europe, the disobedience'
and illegal proceedings of those authorities, which
will doubtless suffice to make them return to their duty,
acknowledging that they have erred.
The Cortes may be pleasetito examine in the first
place this point. and above all, let the observance of
the Constitution, and obedience to the Royal authority.
in conformity with it be sacred. These two things
are inseparable: the question is not of the Ministers,
but of the Government, and of the power which the
Constitution assigns to the King. The Ministers may
be culpable ; but the Government and authority of the
King, when they remain within the Constitutional
limits, ought to be sacred to all. What would become
of liberty if the laws did not govern, and how shall'
they govern if it is lawful to disobey him who is
charged to•execute them, when he does not act con-
trary to them ? Under pretence of supporting the
Constitution
,it has been scandalously violated at Cadis
and Seville, by creating under the title of Juntas, au-
thorities ucknown to the Constitution—attacking pre-
rogatives which the Constitution consecrates, and re-
sisting orders which the same Constitution commands
to be obeyed. Illegitimate organs erect themselves
into interpreters of the public opinion, and usurp the
functions of all the powers of the State. Weakness
and irreflexion have yielded to their impulse, and for
the first time have been precipitated into disobedience.
Cortes may fear that these evils will increase, us-
hey are stopped at their origin.
these reasons, the Committee, though it thinks
inea.nres adviseable in our present situation. pro-
:hem to tl:e Cortes in the second part of this re-
which it presents sealed, intimating, that in its
in the dignity of the throne, the &coma of the
;, the welfare of the Nstiou, and the cause of Li-
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