Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-05-02

fbaiiS ~ shy. the parish electoral mr. eiinrs are
| toappoint one clector for each 200 abitants:
| the electors appointed BY the parishes are 10
form The electoral district meetings who are 10
form prortncidt electoral meetings to eject de-
| puties TO the Cortes.-Such us hold ofIiS es
under the crown cannot he elected Deputies.
Nor shall any deputy, during the term of his
Office, accept for himsel u or solicit for another
ANY office al the kings disposal moi even pros
| motion unless ID be in the regular course ac-
| cording To the profession which he exercises.
-Ihe Corfes meet every year, their session to
continue for three successive mouths-all the
| deputies to he renewed every two years.
| Their sittings TO he public their persons invi.
olable. They shall propose and decree the
laws approve all treaties determine every
year. (on the kings proposal the number of
sea and land forces lay imrosts and taxes
determine the expences OF the public admins.
tration enforce the responsibility of the min.
,sets OF STATE ana other public fnnctionaiies,
| &c. &c.-The king sanctions stlie laws if he
1 refuses the same bill cannot be brought in
| again before the next year.-Before they
| close their session the Cortes appoint per-
| themselves, three .fIom Enrope,s from the
| Mtrdmariae dominions. the 9Th chos en- by
| Iot-this committee tosec the laws duly observ
| Ell, report TO The next session all infrac lions,
| aud convoke the extraordinary COrtes.
The kings person is inviOlable-he can do
no wrong he declares var, makes treaties with
| the consent of the Cortes. appoints all civil
| and military magistrates &C. lie is 10 have
y
4 Tons, war, navy. tiuance, sc. These are les.
| pshsibie tn the Cories, for signing ordinances,
| &". contrary 10 the constitution. The Cortes
| hX their compensatiOns.-The council of state
| is composed of 40 persons, who are nominated
| by the king ont of 100 persons presented TO
him by the Cortes. This council TO advise him
on a'i arduo9s aud important objectionable
| p" snail not ALLEVIATE, grant or exchange any
| province, city, borough, or any other portion
| OF the Spanish territory however small its
| extent may be :; lie shall grant no exclusive
privileges TO any person corporation: nor
| deprive any one OF his liberty, &c.
Judges, and magistrates are not TO be re.
| moved whether appointed for limited time
or for life, unless legally convicted of improp.
| er condnot.-Farticula precautions are taken
| 10 protect the personal liberty of the Span-
Iatds from abuse, the liberty Of the press, sc.
schools, and national militia, are partcs-
| larry provided far-The ca,echisn of The
Catholic religion, TO he Taught i'm the public
grammar schools. No hereditary nobility or
privileged order is formally recos mzed by the
constitution, hut lie grandees of Spain are
! mentioned az among the classes from which
| the councillors of state NAV he selected What
an astonishing improvement is this constitu-
tion upon the late dcspotism Of Ferdinand!
SPANISH NEGOTIATION.
| Ue hare a letter from Washington Of the 27!b,
'caich says" the negotiation NTH the Spanish
minister is suspended and no hope of its fnrord6ie
conclusion remaims.-H as really a treftuIly troi-
| biesome business Procrasfinated as al has been
At has d'Tired ut point ,rhere cannot be passed
orer an silence Dithont conprouritU,ent Of the
honor and character of the nati0n-- And yet ,rhen
Uere tre erer IN a TOrSe situation for q irqr. IN
Thich at must certainly terminate, and irho can
calculate the commercial disasters that must gro,c
| OFT oft 1t IS beiifrsd the President pM Tpnetu
his recommendation made at the opening Of the
| session
The Mieligencer of tie 2sth, says, the report of
| the suspension as at least premature.
IheJoHoming letter OF the 29h) as later STILL
| UecOuM irish If possible 10 continue on tie best
| terms tClth the new COrtes of Spain:
| TO THE EDITORS.
From Washington, Aprii 29th 1920.
| Alter session of nine hoHrs, the House
| OF Representative on last night ordered the
| new Tariff Bill TO its third reading. This is
decisive of the fate of the bill, so far az il de-
| Ponds on this house. The majority on its
hnal passage will amount 10 somewhere abont
| ~ or Is votes. Our hopes therefore rest on
| the Senate and the vote there is now esteem
ed doubtful. We have fought il maufnlIy, hut
| tIe physical force is against us, and lime
| alone can ensure us the victory reIy much
| ON the good sense of the people TO correct the
| abuses of our legislation.
Ills now confidently said that Gen. Vivas
brings nothing saiiSiactory.-We expect
Monday to receive message announcing the
termination of the negotiation and recon-
mending decisive coHrse-pe rhaps the &C.
| cnpation of Florida forthwith Should this be
| the case, ii will be open act of war on our
| part and we must he prepared tor the Conse-
| quences. The new negotiation may serve still
further to excite this nation, and we NAV with
some confidence look TO n change i'm our TO-
| reign relations. For myself shall weirh every
thing coolly and dispassonately, and while /
| shall avoid 100 much precipitancy.I trust my
| course will not sayOur OF baCkwaI duess i'm The
| assertion OF our rights"
1t ,raS said Jy tie manufacturers thetfheir in
| tFreSt tCdS neglected by the committee of com.
merce and manufactures that they must hare
one Of their ourn. Hell during this session one
| rds granted to them and ,rhGt is the result
That This Committee Of Banufacturess seems intfnt
| upon doing by commerce rhat bcaS charged upon
The other committee Of doing by them. This COM
mittfe he AdrOns rod IS seeking to derOuT Com
| merce. They report hutch Of bills. each one
ShdckhnS commerce for tho Leneft NJ manufactures
"a b'H 10 raise The duficS--a till to abolish the
credits Of duties on tO,igH manufdctures-a bill
tofdr auctions Of foreign goods to 10 per cent.
Thu NJ Baldwin goes
One man from King WiHianl has been commit.
ted to our jail for passing eff one dollar nofe as
a i0 ~ resting tie "oTds and figures (l0) Orer
the -Ano'fT rh' was also arrested in Il.
| putnam, ON the requiSition of our police, and
brought 10 this city, ,cas charged ,Cih being ac-
eesswy to fhePasSing Of The counterfeit Hote Che
being an company Nth the other PERSON. But it
tcds contended that there rds no such crime in our
iar-- and the purity wdS discharged.
The ship Rousseau, Jefferson, arrived al
PhIiadelphid from Amsterdam, has brought d
London paper of March, Is, 4 days later
| benjamin West, our countTyman, the great
historical painter, died in London, OF the
10Th March, ia the sd year of his age.--Elec,
tioIlS tor the new parliament were progressing
In Westminster, Bnrdett aud Hobhomse were
considerably before Lamb, the ministerial
candidate. on the 1tb day. Lord Russell and
NmiDread, son OF The late great commoner
we've returned for Bedford-A proposition
had been made ia George dih's cabinet, IA
J settle on him the hereditary revenues of the
crown, with the dToits, exceeding 6 1000 OOC
} dollars-A pretty price TO pay for king