424 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1S12. 



out in the Constitution, it not 

 being possible that the deputies 

 from the more distant parts of the 

 kingdom can be assembled by the 

 1st of March, of the said \ear, tlie 

 first ordinary Cortes will therefore 

 open their session on the 1st of 

 October, 1813. And for this pur- 

 pose shall be held electoral iissem- 

 blies of parishes, districts, and j)ro- 

 vinces, in conformity to the in- 

 structions for the Peninsula and 

 ultra marine possessions which ac- 

 company this decree. 



3. That with a view of facili- 

 tating ■ the elections at a period 

 when the extraordinary circum- 

 stances in which the whole king- 

 dom is placed, oppose obstacles of 

 so many kinds to the necessary 

 verification of the elections, and 

 to the first assembling of the ordi- 

 nary Cortes which is to result from 

 them : the regulations contained in 

 the instructions for each of the two 

 hemispheres, which accompany 

 this decree, shall be observed and 

 followed in the provinces of the 

 Peninsula and adjacent isles, and 

 in those beyond the sea, respec- 

 tively. 



4. That all the ultra marine 

 deputies repair to this city of Cadiz, 

 where the place in which they are 

 to open their sittings shall be com- 

 municated to them by the perma- 

 nent deputation of the Cortes ; for 

 this purpose they ought to be 

 assembled in this city at the com- 

 mencement of the month of Sep- 

 tember, 1813. 



5. The deputies to the present 

 general and extraordinary Cortes 

 cannot be re-elected forthe ensuing 

 ordinary Cortes. 



The Regency shall take the pro- 

 per measures for executing this 



decree, causing it to be printed, 

 published, and circulated. 



Jose Maria Gutierrez dk 



Teran, President. 

 Jose de Zorraquin, 

 Joaquin Diaz Caneja, 



Secretaries. 

 Given at Cadiz the 23rd of May, 

 1812. 

 To the Regency of the kingdom. 



We therefore order all tribunals, 

 justices, chiefs, governors, and 

 other authorities, civil, milita- 

 ry, and ecclesiastical, to observe, 

 and cause to be observed, fulfil 

 and execute the present decree in 

 all its parts ; and that the same be 

 printed, published, and made 

 known in order to its fulfilment. 



Joaquin de Mosquebay 

 FiGUEROA, President. 



Juan Villaticencio, 

 Ignacio Rodrigues de Rivas, 



The Conde del Abizbal. 

 Cadiz, May 24, 1812. 



America. — Message fromihe Pre' 

 sident of the United States to the 

 Senate and House of Represen- 

 tatives of the United States. 



I communicate to Congress cer- 

 tain documents, being a continua- 

 tion of those heretofore laid before 

 them, on the subject of our affairs 

 with Great Britain. 



Without going beyond the re- 

 newal, in 1803, of the war in 

 which Great Britain is engaged, 



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and omitting unrepaired wrongs of 

 inferior magnitude, the conduct 

 of her government presents a series 

 of acts hostile to the United States 

 as an independent and neutral 

 nation. 



British 



