The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-09-20

-dTt. OF. lie o7tNtoNS anu TcSotVcS Oh INC
assembly shall not be divulged or printed.
Every publication by means of printing or G.
dict, made by the assembly of the Cortes or
by any of its individual members, shall be
considered as an act of rebellion.
.frt. 50. A law shall determine every 5
years, the quota Of rents and annual ex-
pences of the state and this law shall be pre-
scented BY the orators OF the council of state,
for the deliberation and appreciation of the
assembly.
The variations which shall be made in the
cival or penal code, in the system of imposts
or the system of coins shall be presented in
the same manner, for the deliberation and
appreciation of the assembly.
CHAPTER X.
Of the Kingdoms and SPANISH Provinces in
america and Asia.
.drs. 81. The Kingdoms and Spanish pro-
vinces of America and Asia shall enjoy the
same rights as the metropolis.
.frt. SO. A reciprocal commerce is per-
mitted between the Kingdoms and provinces
and the metropolis.
.frt. 90. No particular privilege of ex-
portation or importation shall be given in
the said kingdoms and provinces.
.drt. 90. Their deputies shall be in num-
Der, twenty-five, vix.-two from New Spain !;
two from Peru; two from the New Kingdom
ot Grenada two from Buenos Ayres; two
FROM the Philippines one from Cuba !;
one from Porto Rico one from Venezuela !;
one from Charcas ); one from Quito; one
from Chilli one from Cuzco one from Gau-
timala one from Yucatan one from eau
dalaxara; one from the internal western
provinces of New Spain; and one from the
eastern provinces.
.frt. "a. The deputies shall exercise their
. 80 =: - s,',Us Gig nj years.
CHAPTER XII
Of the judicial Order
.lrt. 90. Justice shall be administered in
the name of the King, by tribunals which he
himself shall establish.
.4rt. 90. The King shall appoint all the
Judges.
.1rt. 100. No judge can be deprived of
bis Office but by appreciation of the King.
.frt. 1o6. At the first session of the Cortes,
the question shall be debated, whether the
trialby jury may be established.
CHAPTER XII.
Of the .fdministration Of the Repenue.
.frt. 117 The system of contributions
shall be equal throughout the kingdom.
.frt. 118 All the priviledges which actu-
ally exist, given to companies or indivi-
iuals, are suppressed.
.frt 119. The national treasury shall be
distinct from the treasury of the crown
.Art. 121. The King shall appoint the ma
tiioilai treasurer.
.arr 122. The appointment to all the Of
fees, shall belong to the King, or to the au-
thorities to whom it is confined by the law,
and regulations.
CHAPTER XIII.
General Distositions.
.frt. 1874 There shall be an alliance of
fensive and defensive perpetually, as we'll by
sea as by land, between France and Spain.
A special treaty shall determine tine proper
ton which each power shall contribute in
case of war, by sea OF land.
.4,.t. 1873. The torture is abolished.
fri. 134 Il the government should have
notice that any conspiracy is forming against
the state, the minister of police shall give
an order OF arrest and imprisonment against
the individuals rs authors or accomplices
The whole consists Of 146 articles, and is
dated in Bayonne. July 9th, I808 signed by
Joseph, countersigned by the Secretary Of
State, Mariana Luis de Urquiio, and after
wards signed by the junta assembled fsr this
purpose, consisting of ninetyone members
The Cortes consists OF 172 members; their
appreciation OF the laws is given by plura-
lily of votes Of this assembly, ony72 de-
putes are chosen by the people. the remain
der being appointed by the King or officers
Immediately under his direction.
Translatiens irons Nadrid (oGciai) Gazette, Of
June so.
The 23d instthe French troops entered ST.
Andero. Their preseRce has suffced to make
observation-disclosures comprehend to what degree they
had been deceived by their Bishop. Ii was he
who had induced them to abandon their occupa-
tions and caused them to take up arms. Forget
ting all the laws Of decorrrm, he was the first 10
arm himself assuring these unhappy beings, tn,
they should always him at their head but
the danger did hardly approach, when he took 10
flight. From that moment the simple men, he
had deluded, began to open their eyes-AI their
errors have been dissipatcd well as their in
quietudes, when they had intercourse with
those troops, who had been painted to them with
all the black colours that calumny can imagine
The French fastened Immediately to wipe n
way the tears Of misfortune, aud to accept of the
suppcations of repentance. The attentions of
their humanity have even been extended over
the rebels who had been wOunded-The roads
are full Of peasants who returning with all
their families to their homes, which they had
forsaken on account of various alarms and peri
6iious columncs. That rebellion has left through
out the province just horror against those who
bad excited il.
We cannot see without grief one of the chief
ministers OF the gospel profane his character e.
to sacrifice to furious passions tho Aoc!,
which is intrusted 20 him; cause the blood Of tie
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