21 JUNE 1834, Page 2

The Spanish Government has issued a decree establishing a censorship

of the press, and laying down other oppressive regula- tions upon its conductors. It is pretended that this is done at the instance of certain journalists ; which is probable enough, though a disgraceful circumstance. No blanks or asterisks are to be left in to denote the passages struck out by the censor. The debates in the Cortes are, however, to appear unmutilated; and it is con- jectured that MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA has been prevailed upon by French influence to sanction the decree, but has contrived to re- tain a privilege for the press which will neutralize its efforts; as what cannot be legally published in the first instance, may be de- livered in the Cortes by some Liberal member, and then appear in the newspapers.