The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-03-14 00:00:00

W 6 r•f**- - tien,of peace 'pike e.Ountry. Ali. Peel sattailie was will; beg to admit dist there should be a law for the preserve doe of game but that law ought not to be steered to milit ate tigaiist 1 1 :e preservation of internal tranquil' tit, I This is the great point. 'Pte present grectice has • filled the country with heart-hureing. The : banging of the two men at Winchester seemed to me to' be pushing the thin as far it would o. I have, with very little intermission, heetibA j pi,ilenPon this subject' for years. Amongst about three booked periodical publications in the kingdom, 1 have' obserVed the Morning (lironicl e alone to do its duty in this respect It has done its duty very honourably, and I perceive that this morning it con gratulates its readers on the motion made in the House of Commons last night. For my pert, the banging of the two men at Winchester made me resolve to petition the.Parliathent mYielf"this winter, if I could get nobody e'se to join me. I declared this intention in the Region) . 11301, time back, cod I intended to present thepetition on the anniversary of the hanging of the two merit The " f.etterte the laindlords," of April last, which I have toefontirefeired to, I called a farewell letter to them. I said, " This is the last litter this I shall ever take the trouble to addrees -it short time you " will become mutts too instgnideant to merit any 4 . Particular notice ; but, jest in the way of 4 ' farewell, and "that there be something oo re " cord to show what care bas been taken of the' " partridges, pheasants and hares, while the estates " themselves have been suffered to slide . sera)' ; "I hat "resoled to address this one letter. to you?! .1 *ld them, then,. that the Bey of Tails never talked to bin snhjeers in lanznage more insolent thus they tilbed . so • the people of England.—ln that letter,. I laid, &in the law, as the saying is; and though, as 1 then told them, 1 was qui!e convinced that they were dead to every feel ing that one would naturally wish to excite in such a cats, there was one consolation at any' ate; atethai was, that the DEBT, the bicsted Debt, would finally make them feel.—Never have I missed an opportunity of introducing this subject when I thought I could do it with effect. The lima or lionemt• mentions the mat ter to Mr. Gi *rd. Mr. Mune° mentions the matter t Sir NiNtli NUMSKULL. In one hundred Registers, at the very Ira4,.llave spoken of this terrible game-rode. At last, wit 'see that something is about to be done. What that something will be, it would be hard to say; bet this I will say, that, be it what it will, I shall ascribe it much more to the blessed Debt than to any thing else. All the Paris papers of Tuesday concur in the repre • sentation of those we yesterday received by express, that Vie war is now on the eve of commencing. Another Marshal, (.iloncey) the Duke of Coregliano, has set out' • -for the army, and the Duke of Angoeleme is to leave , Paris to-mortow, to take the chief command. Nor are • -the.'e the only signs of immediate hostilities which the FreoTh papers present. It is positively asserted io the Veinier Francais, that Laws of Marque to authorise • tbs capture of Spanish ships, had been publicly shows upon Change, and bad been offered for alga 'at the rite of 10,000 franca, each. In the !mew 't‘rce, the Sergeant Mercier is daily receiving fresh peasolle from his comrades of their appro batios of his conduct. A great number of the grenad iers of the 34. battalioo , of the 2d legion of the National Guard are about to, present him with a gold snuffbox, with an inscription ;Wading to his conduct on -the 4th of March ; while, on • t:te other hand, it is evident that some steps are now preitriug against him. There *Reared on Monday, an order of the day of the National OuarJ, thus worded : '• AI tecu 10; 182 S.—A sub-officer of the fourth Legion, whb was en service at the Chamber of Deputies, Is accused of heti g refused to execute the orders of the President of (he l'hanthet. Su serious a charge mitt to be examined with the itr:cto-,1 justice; contquently, a Council of,Discipline wilt he .nuinioned to pronounce on the disobedience of which • The said officer is charged. • "The officer who commanded the post will be alike deli vered over to the appointed Council, which will have to , jedgeof the crime. " %W i tte-General Duke de Cate sortr•Towsette e." • rests shit Tccsony.—Eiveprr Cents., with dividend irons the 22d inst., opened at 70. 50c. ; rose to 7Sf. :Pe., and closed at ;St 60c.---Bank Actions, MI — Neapolitan Stock, M. —Spanish Stock, 33. —Exchange ' on Lonion,aioneraanth,2s(. 60. ; three month,: 25f.40e. Elves EICIIANGF, ELKIIOI e'cLocs.-!-There was a great battle at the opening of the Market this morning, ' koningto the-Warlike information from Prince and Spain. , Crkdsols opted: at 734, went up to The Espresits this morning from• Paris have brought the French funds sir/TAW. t Spanish 311. A report was prevalent that I regiment of 'French troop had gone over to the Spa s:wide, Which caused the rise of Spanish bonds, which were done at the opening at 29, 23?, 29g. There is but little business doing up to this hoar. Twzr.tr. o!Ctoca.—This moment there is a 're port of another Express horn Paris, with au count cif a change in the French Ministry ; it that three of theirs bare gone out. All that"is knowi for certain if, that an eminent broker who receives the Espresses, is buying largely. Consols arc at present 731 to 74,--Spanish f 294.-1 be report of the French ftegi: meat having gone over to the Spaniards has received no rortfirmation, though it has caused Spanish bonds to keep up. . Cush, 711-11rWSpsnish.29/1-01d. 3M—New Prussian, 79 . 4—Danish, 791—Columbian, S li —kpanish !trip, 371. F' ':' a . 4 'l. los lion. 14 dgios*- ail PO'fflariliff in the. . 0 0 0 44., i _Pt lace of this city for his Rioyal highness. tki,wit• in `Argot:Mane, !Monseigneur d'Artois harlot. takea , a .Small lodging in the city. Lord lAvison Rower ta r stied at Bayonne to-day from Madrid on his way to L'esion." ~- „, ,-,7 Norfolk (Virginia) pipers have arrived this writing to the 18th ult. The only article of their contents W orth ' .ox*sitting ii the follosrinr:— • ~, • !farm—Letters from Poit an Prince, to slid *b nit. have been received at Boston. They represeit Abe situ ation of affairs there as very deplorable.; no disposition to rebuild the place. Most of the persons, who bad money refuse to pay their debts. , The Government was about rebuilding the COstoin-horse. Leuiher would not bring wet and charges ; dry goods warn , unsaleable: ..a1 ..4 • siaoos •:" ": - ing day (the id) they would take into coosideration the lir eessity of Missing the seat of Covere.3.em,,and dots rnine the pleci• to which ft should he trinsforreil. The Mint.to. • had sot bden chnteed, as srmantiCipated."' • . 1 •'1 • . - •• A paper of this morning Users that the CatireAt satire preparing to leave .Medsid fbr Cordova. ; ;04. sircouu*, of adds that•their was the greatest entliositteln , in the C..rtes, who, together with the MinistrY,• vete mere resolved than ever to stastaiti to the last the tor tional dignity. The Mishit'' , bad, as above stated, ten tainly ft signed but the Cortes decreed that no other Ministers could equally &save the confidence of the na tion, mid they were in consesluence reinstated, amid the general applause. A • • [Cordova, to which i t It now frOnfiCd Ole Government of Spain is to 'be removed. is shoat 190 miles south el Madrid. and 75 miles tiorth-ea:t of Seville. It is en . an, cient rich city, titivated en the diturislquivir, about.- a league from the Morena proun•ains. These mountains; covering it on the side of France, must present inflamer able points for its protection.] - . • • By a letter in the Madrid papers front Count Abishal to the Secretary of State for War, it appears that the hands which had threatened Madrid, and of shish ra much had been said in the French Ultra Journalowerr; at the date of that letter. (February 25). closely parroted, and had sustained great losses in deserters and prt.erner.. The party which styles itself a divisile, consists oily of 900 or 1,000 men, and is rommanded by the leader ltoy; having lost its perfidious chieftains Bessteres and tilnian. the former is at the teed of 40 horse , and the letter has perhaps by this time been orettaken by the victorious column of Brigadier Torres. Colonel Pablo, with 1,2081 troops helongingto. the sth district, is on the front or Rank of, the factious baud ; arid Colonel Ames, witO is advancing from the 4th district. *tiny also have it in his power to attack the enemy. The Oonstitutional troopi are represented as deserving the highest praise, and the spirit that. animates that part of the country they are ins as eminently constitutional.' • , imiNIP • • REPRESENTATION - 01? EDINBUROI Saturday, a Meetinr of the Inhabitant flonsehbl"dfdi . of Edinburgh, called by public adreitiaetttont, was iicid in the Caledonian Theatre, to consider of the orapt:iety of petitioning for an extresioa of the efective franctiia•, in es for as regirds the Representation of that Cityiist Parliament. JOHN COMO, Esq. being caP.ed to the Chair, statedthe . objects of the Meeting, after which . Mr. Aft ;maw Sccirt proposed a aeries of Resohnitrs. the first Of wbi4t " That the present mode of electing the Membeit of Parliament for the city of Eilinbtirgit, by the Magis trates and Town Coancil thereof, and to the utter 'exclu sion of the great body of Irihabitants and HonselsOldera •-ho possess almost the whole of the real proPerty. and personal weight and infhtenee on its Society. is is .the highest degree unjust and ine s f edient—is ralenlated .to prodtice the most pernicious effects on the character of its growing popttlitiott—and has been found in practice to interfere, very unfortunately, both with their genetal comfort arid the good management bf their affiiiris." The second resolution was that a Petition, complain ing of the grievance, shottlil be presented ta the Rouse of .Commons; and another resolution was for the op pointnrent of a Committee to collect subscriptions from the householders. Mr. JEFPREi seconded the resolutions. Which, toge ther with a Petition founded on them, were then put and carried with acclamation. ..11 1 P' -- SIUPPINU IN lELLIUENCE. • Drat., blaten 13.—Arrited to-day and sailed for thw river, the Berwickshire, Sheppard, from Bombay and China, set Charles. Smith, from Melega. came down from the ricer, William ant Alfred, for Wininicii ; Sir John Came ron. fur Sierra Leone; Sir Joseph Banks for Jemaica; and Baltic, for Trieste • the 3 latter readln with the St. Mary; for Jamaica . — Win d W.R.W. FA (MOUTH. MARCH N.—Arrived the Vittotia from Lon don for Trinidad. Sailed the Sandwich Packet for the Bre zils; Nocton, Do. for Jamaica; Duke of Kent, De. for Lisbon ;. and Agenoria for Charente.—Wind W. at ' MARC" 13.-4 boat lies been picked up at tea• and brought here, marked "Friends, Bull, William Tony." Sailed Prince Wear Packet forGottenhurg , —Wind The L'Etoile, du Nord, from Liverpool f.r fintre. wag totally lost ehii morning On the North flank.—Crew %avee. The Loutga. Perry, from Boston to Li: etpool, has bean altandoeed at sea: Poktssoutn and PIANOUTIL—No arrivals or saintly. 9P0R1 7 6 - 46 - iNTELLItIENCI • HETTIVG AT TATTERSALL'W—Maacn 11. CLARET.-3 to 4 sgat MORES-4 to 1 agstrosilturna-9 SO 2 agat Swap-7 to lard Wanton-13 to 2 agst Nlotiaco-r -15 to 2 eget Ajax- 1 S to 1 cgs t Antonio—High odds apt any other. Rtoottswolori—(Colts.)--3.t0 2 *get Web-3 to I ogtt Ernilins-4 to 1 ern, Talisman. • RIDHLESNRORTR-- (Fillies.j—S to 1 apt Sultana-74 to 1 egst sr to Sailor—A to I asst any other. .* • Deenv.-7 to 1 egst Web-3 to 2 opt Fanatic-15 to 2 aget Emilios-12 to 1 eget Talisman-14 to I agatPitati na-19 to 1 agst Chateoal-215t0 I agst Packs-2b legit Ypsilanti-21 to 1 agar Troy-39 to 1 egst Phasic • OARS.-6 to 1 sgst 7.aida-41 to' I &N.St sr to fitiloE.;.9 to 1 ago Tint-9to I agst 01iviera-9 to 1 agst Sultan's-1946 agst Vail-11 to legit S nearer colt. DONCASTER MT. LEGER.--10 E 0 I agst SherwoOde4l to to I sgst Ticker—l 6 to I agst Miss Fanny-22 to iele br to Violet—l 2 to I asst Fanatic—SO to l egstArld strong's colt-30 to 1 apt Honest John—S3 to 1 Cgs% Or phis% colt—l l l to I ago Barefoot-40 to I apt Mercandsta —49 to 1 sgst Troy-40 to 1 eget *AlAsldora. MATCR TO ESETER.-.4dr , is going on well with his match. to do 65 mites per day, to Etteter and back. from London. The start took place at - twelve o'clock .on •Tuss day night, end on Wednesday the 'pedestrian refreshed at Lehain, alter threehours' work. He pursued his coarse to Hartley-row. at the rateof beteregti four and 6te miles as hoar, and arrived there to lunch at eleven o'clock. Ire ora ceeded on to Overton. (St Miles.) where be dined at th:ee o'clock. and went to bed two hours. 11e completed his first day's work of 03 miles, n7ar Little Aran, fresh sad w!Ji, at eight o'clock. Ile started again at twolu o'ploek %este:tooly morning, and oat. information leti.kiii near Viintitilow Het (73 miles) at half past two o'clock yestenley hi • grblat. —He is backed a t 6 to 4 to win. .. • • BoxEn.s.—Sitzt NO AND N cAse.—The articles of the great match of 401) 'sovereigns, Itietbo 20 th of NfaYs was at yesterloy ; and alter Ole Ns tl.rrten who made up the match had left, tbe Corstisoivra had a regniar I.lu tc-np. Neer b•td no regular reptisseot slice there, and mach confasioet took Ogee. in Vie beet of dispute, some energetic alintions, not very ciidltablo to forme? backers, were made. Spring . offered "fo' bit Belcher three bets, of twenty sovereigns rach.-;-thaf to drew the first blood. rave the tirstlsnock-do+s n blow, c yd won the battle. Ttie SQI. is to be mane 1001. a)ielde on the2Oth of April,and the whole of the 2001. a-side WO be stskeli in the her).* of Mr.lsciskaii Ida the Sth of !Hifi when Spring Will hays. a kefsefit •st Fives Cdute. • • ampasommer.••••rre PEN ITErf T 1 A ItY.,-lu4ipttlit; Win ihcM6 LIP:AM) orifiCtS Whea -et was ftiunt that each died a a4fur‘t death. ittelt4ieusox, Gooluxes, Co. respeetfulfy the PAIL, that the New St•te Lottery wiP begin tienfc ing the of Niti Most e (Apri ) . Secoott - Pay. DAt, I and lan nay. tith of Mar. 'f tte Savoie con•4ois prize* of 20,1)0UL 2 of 5,0001 2 of 2,0601. 0 of and ;U other Capit:4lß. Ticket, etti, Shona are ari)ln t Sy litcu•noloN, tiooot.ucei., akft cr.. et . their' (114 Etig. bliabed OTtre t 101, Case:eer Wait' Btapings lCutnhia+ ••.•• • • , 1.1 • . .i, ) -, 1 i ilii.:l.il v Al a v?.4ahms4lrjrl.. ,- .41vp , .-•‘;v7tet: 2i3!laltrac rpm have arrived this morning to the 7th inttant. They state that the passage of extraordinary courier', cawing from blfatirld, continues with the same sitivity as Wren(); but the moils Which ought to have left that caPirtif On the ttm and the 27th have not reach ed them. This delay has given rise to various reports, and to various speculations on the position of the Insur gent bands, %bleb it is needless to repeat. "itisto be frarc:l," ',ay they, " that we mint accustbm ourselves to each i n te r r u pti on.bnau se the Enemies of the Constitutional system redouble their efforts in every way to being shoot in . Spain the couut.or-revolution which they so much.desire. The battalions of the z3J reginiint of the lino, tWo bat . talions of the YUUI of the line, .one of the 2d regiment of light infantry, and two battalions df the i th of light io fantry are to encamp to day between lir ragne anti the Ilidassoa; Ind the other corps which are expected in • this iity, will proceed necessiOly to the SII3IF Tug Kiste.—Briihton, Mireit 11.-IEI MajeiftY has passed a quiet and refreshingbight, and the pain in the affec.a:d hand and wrist has subsided. Yesterday. Mr. Hunter, the King's Messenger, ar rived at the Foreign 'Office, Loaning-street, from Vienna. Orders, it ii staid, ward *rates-11aq transtnitte I from the Atha hilt, to the differeht public duck-yarde, immedi ately tehuild 30 sail of gun-beige .' 'and it is supposed they will all he ready for sea in lees than three iwanille. A powerful squadron is also fittin/ for the Mediterra nean; fur, hoWeSet atisirahle'p ri eFanityle to Great Bri tain. many think it impossible 'to milntaliidt. Tit E LORD LIEUTENANT'S SECOND LETRE..--The Unite yesterday was fully and fashionably attended. All the rank and 'respectability of Dublin and its immediate vicinity were present. 'this is all the answer that need be given to the calumniators of his Excellency's person and Go vernment.—(Dublin evening Post of Tuesday.) By letters received in this city from an authentic source, we are enable to state, that no reduction on Irish spirits will take place antil.the expiration of the.present distiller's license, which will be on the 29th of Sept. next. The reduction. in duty and a general alteration in the distillery and Exciselaws will be contemporaneous, and I are expected to take effect from the qtiaster commencing sth Octoter.—(Limerick CAron.) Ll:tenor COUNTY MEETING, for ' taking into con ' sideeation the expediency of presenting a petition to Parliament for a Reform in the House of Commons; is fixed by the High Sheriff for Wednesday the 26th instant.—The requisition is the most respectable in our memory ; and we understand, that the whole, or nearly so, will attend.—(Sians:Ord News.) The Guildry of Perth met on Saturday week, to take into consideration the propriety of again petitioning the, Legislature for a Reform ti the Government of the Scot -1 tish boroughs. The Dean of Guild having taken the chair, and explained the obje ct of the Requisidon, Mr. John Fisken rose and proposed a series of able anti spi rited resolt,tions, complaining particularly of tin ineffica cious remedies which the Legislature was,pleasei to qp. ply to an evil so glaring and oppressive as the present system of self-election. The resolutions were mconded by Mr. Robert Hepburn. and unanimously carried, with.- the exception of the Provost, Dean of Guild, Bailie Wright, and the ringer of St. John's-street bells. A pe tition embodying the spirit of the :violations was also adopted, with the opposition aforesaid, and that olliailis Mathews, who had entered the Hall its the interva. In the course of the discussion, Mr. Thos. WiolackspOke respectfully of the present Magistrates as in'diVituals; but he vowed, like anbtlier Hannibal, to trate " elertlel war" against the system which they supported. Thepe tilion is to be entreated to Lord Archibald Hamilton.— . (Dundee Paper.) The g- amount of all balances of money in the hands of the Bank for the year We, was 4,107.8331. The average amount of Bank Notes in circulation. in each half year, from January I, 1921, to January 1833, inclusive :- 1821: From Jan. to Jute inc1u5ive....1 23 . 542 . 593 • From July to Dec. 10.032,605 1822. From Jan. to Jane inclusive.. 17,933,073 From July to Dec 17.775,717 Amount paid in the year 18t2 to the Bank, for its manage ment of the Debt, Lotteries, South Sek Debt. &c. &c. 269,95 at. From ao Acconnt laid before the House of Commons, of sums given by sundry persons by way of donation or bequest, towspis the Reduction of the Natiesul Debt, up to Jan. 5, 1523, it appears that there have been bequeath -72,24f1. 16s.* 3d. in Stock, and 15,835/. Is. 2d. is money, making in the whole, in money, 66,6861. 14s. id. and that the estimated ailment of 3 per Cent. Consoli dated Annuities, which these bequests would amount to on the sth April 1823, if the whole sum bad been In- A vested in these Annuities, le 137,2431. The East India Company's ship Berwickshire arrived• off the Wight early yesterday scorning. She sailed from Macao the 21st of Nov., and - from St. Helena the 27th of Jan. All the ships of the season had arrived in China ex cept the Regent and Thames- ELStNORE, lilAßcn 3.—We have a very severe thaw 'hire. The ice in the Sound broke up yesterday, and to-day there is none left; there is, however. a good deal near Copenhagen. le 14 days time we think the nevi . ;ration mar be 'considered open.—March 4. We have to-day the first arrival from the North Sea—in ten days from Hull: Dauev LANs. The Marriage of Figaro was performed at this Theatre last r•ight,for the first time. Miss *remises* played Susanna, Mrs. AUSTIN the Countess, and Mrs. Iluctres,Ckerabino ; Liston Figaro, ELLISTON the Coots, and Hoes P . /ore/to. Excepting that it is upon a seat scene, there is not much novelty in this cast; Miss STEPHENS and lasvoN being wet established in their respective parts. — The former was trill; delightful, end the letter as usual, highly comic. The .CORat Is rather serious for ELLISTaN, but he played itwith . jtidtment and elegance. The parts we noticed were played with their usual excellence by the two pepalar favourites ; and in the other characters there Was, every laudable exertion to give them support, The Opera went off altokither so well as to be announced for repetition on Saturday' and Tuesday. amidst the greatest applause. COV ENT..GARDR9I.—L9St night the Opera of " ,Tree Wood man," written by Sir Henry Bate Dudley, was resived at this Theatre. Some time has now elapsed since this once favourite pray was last performed, and its revival attracted a very numerous audience. The original music was com posed by Mr. Sumas, and there are many of his songs in troduced which have been long known to the public. The character of Eerily was anstained by Miss PaToar, of course for the first time. The part is simple, and requires no great exertion; but there are many very beautiful airs interspers ed, which render it interesting; they were all executed by Miss Pares in a very able manner, sad she was war,nly and deservedly applauded throughout. Mr. Laranor appeared as Witfuril, and notwithatsnd;ne some slight disapprobation from above. he acquitted himself very creditably. Ile sang all the simple airs With much taste and judgment,partienlarly the song.—" Lill kcr 1 lore' her." Pet swan performed Medley with Much ability. FAWCETT. as sit Walter Wa ring. received much appinuse ; his comic 'songs were en cored. CONNOR'S Captain o.llonnell wsaa very pleasing performance; and the whole went off withganeral appro , . betion. Coati Excnamee.—There are eery few supplies of any sort of Grain fresh in since Monday. Wheat i s ut d; sa l e , and rather lower than in the beginning of •the week. 'There is no alteration in the price of Barley, bit the trade is &di Deans and Pease appear ratter on the ad vance, and there is a fee trade fur Oats at fall as goo i prices as taut tooted. • M W llaaasr, Miami 14.—:There as a middling supply if tettleat market shis.mOsing : Prime Stole Beef übtitas 45. 4d. pee stopsamiinfenor gut days as beet eAll'atton tentadas is pun aiihst Monday.. P - P4Lpi‘ , • r. MON* or vitt intIISION TglectlealtrAltY CORTES; • • • •:- The article we ittetitted from Madrid, ivf Ilse remit papers which fruited es yesterday, 14,111 to expeit an early arrival of important intelligence from fhat city.— Since our Isar, accordingly, Merida papers of a date prior to that of the imperfect article referred to, as well as news to a more recent period, have come to hand. 13y the aboveaeentioned papers we learn that the Ses sion opened, on the Ist of March. In that 'retina a letter Wes read from the Secretary of St ate for Brace and Justice, which informed the Cortes that the state of his Majesty's health did not permit him to be present et the opening of the Cortes, bat that Secretaries of State were inlet tendaoce to commentate to the President, the speech which his Majeity would have bad the satisfaetiou to deliver, had dot indisposition prevented him. The Secretary of Stet e for the Home Department then handed the speech o the Presidept,.. who read it to the Cortes. Iris as follows: DRPUTSRA.—The extraordinary circumstances In which this session of the legislature is opened, presents a vast lied to the petriotism of the representatives of the Spanish people, end will render it memorable in the national annals. " Spain, at this moment the object ofthe attention of all nations, is about to resolve the great problem which occu pies Monarchs end neople. In its solution are involved the hopes, the fears. and the interests of maukind—the cap: ices of ambition and pride. " The Continental Powers of the tfoly Alliance have now raised a cry egahist the political inetitutiene of this notion. whose independence and liberty hate been conquered with its blood. Spain, in reply to the insidiotW intimations of those Potentates, has solemnly manifested to the world, that her filndamental laws can only be dictated by herself. • "This clear and laminotis principle is inenpable of being attacked, estept by sophisms supported by arms: and those who, in the 19th century, appeal to this last reason. give the most decisive proof of the injustice of their cause. " The Most Christian King has ssid.that 100,000 French men are to come to settle the domestio affairs of Spain, and to amend the errors of our institutions. When before were soldiers commissioned to reform lasrai In what code is it writtep that military invasions may be the precursors of na tional felicity to any people? " it would be unworthy or reason to refute such anti-soci al errors, and it would not be decorous in the Cpestitotional King of the Speins to Apologize for the jest national cause before those who, in order to subdneevery feeling of Oleme. cover themselves with the mantle of the most detestable hy poerisy. " I trust that the energy, the &trines& and the constancy of the Cortes will form the best reply to the speech of the Most Christian King. I hope that, steady in their princi ples, end resolved to walk in the path bf their duty, they will always be the Cortes of the 9th and I lth of January, and ever be found in all respects worthy of the nation which has intreated to them its destinies. I hope that reason and justice will not show less courage than the Genius of oppres sion and slavery. The nation which capitolntes with ene mies whose bad faith is so notorious, is already subdued. — To receive the law which is to be imposed by force of arms, Ifs the extreme of ignominy. " If war be already an unevoidable.esil,the nation is mag nanimous. and will again hasten to combat for independence sad civil liberty. The path of glory is already known to Spain, and all the sacrifices which this contest may require will be easy to )Im . . Constancy and patriotism present a **mad resources, which, in the hands of Spaniards, al ways produce the happiest results. " For my part, I once more offer to the National Congress the co-operation of all my efforts to realize hopes which the friends of liberal institutions plane in Spain, by carrying into execution all the measures within the compass of my authority to repel force by force. The seasonable removal of my person and the Cortes to a point less subject to the Influence of military operations, .wili paralyze the enemy's puns, and prevent any suspicion in, the impulse of the Go vernaseut, the action of which ought to be felt in every point of the monarchy. •• The army, whose services in the just case are so greet, Is completion and organizing, In pursuance of the last de,- erre% of the Cortes. The victories which it obtained against the factious, .arp the precursors of others of a more import ant nature oierthe foreign enemy. •• The provinces in geneial exhibit a very good spirit.— The evil.; which they have suffered ftorn those who stile themselves defenders of religion, have dissipated the ilia sloes of the ignorant, and convinced all men that the consti tution is the only right path. " The changes which have taken plape.in our foreign re lations have not depressed the spirit of the nation.. The timid, who can never see the resources of the country, lied the malevolent who would take advantage of its weakness, never ceo alter the sentiments of a nation punctilious of ho nour. and which never was accustomed to make any com promise with injustice. " The different branches of the public administration af ford in general a very favourable prospect. The Cortes will, with their umiak zeal, continue the important labours which have been commenced, and the national prosperit- to wbieh these labours lead with consolidate the constitutional syste , n which valour and energy now defend. •• Palace , March I. (Signed) " FERDINAND." After a Committee bad been appointed to draw up an answer to the above speech, the President adjourned.the Sitting. As the Rine' hal distinenished the close of the Ses -, sion of the Extraordinary Cones, by a change of Minis ter% it appears he had resolved to make the opening of the Ordinary Cortes,. is remarkable by a repetition of the same step. In the Rxpectedur of the 2d instant, it is announced that his Majesty the day before act -pled the resignation of the seven Secretaries of State, who have been replaced by Senors Don Alvaro Floret Estrada, for Foreign Affairs; Don Antonio Dias del Moral, for the Government of the Ultra marine provinces; Don Jo seph Rornai, for the Moline; Don Joseph Maria Toni jos, for War • Don Joseph Korraquin, for Grace and Justice ; and l/on Lorenzo Cady° de Rosas. for Finance. Of these persons, the political character is said to be marked by moderate principles ; hut they are described also as possessing the strongest ataieliment to the Con stitutional system, and not likely, even if they had the power to change it, to. listen to any proposi•ions from foreigners for a modification. In the article from Madrid, however, that appeared in the Potts papers we yesterday received , it was said the new Ministers had b een appointed, but could not enter into office ;• and it was hintei that private aocoants stated certain facts of importance which it avoid not be expedient to co.unsonicate till they were confirmed by the public kurnals. Letters from Paris now state, that this change indite Ministry was nut likely to be effectual, and that the members of the ex iistiug administration would retain their ofiices. it is said, that on the pay of the nomination, die atiniaters were called on by an tine nitnoos vote Of the tears, to make a public declaration of their intended arrangements. fur the removal of the King, and to name the place to which the Govern ment was to be transferred, on the approach of the Peach armies. The Ministers required time to pre pare their reports, and could not, therefore, immediately secede and make way for their eaccessors. Bat inde pendently of this difficulty, there appeared a manifest reluctance in the persons named to accept office, sod three of them were said to hare actually declin-a, EXTRACT OF A PRITATt LEITER FROM PARIS, DATED • MARCH lll+ " The Sitting of the Collet] of the gel was very import.. ant. A rneether rose and stated, that positive intelligence had been received that 350.100 French troops were to enter Spaie on tne hth of ; March. Ile .peopose, that the Minis ters should he cal led in. grid required to state what precau tions they bud taken fbr the defence of the kingdom, ana what arrangements they bath mad-' to transfer the seat of Ocrentoment to a safer place then Madrid. 'fhe Ministers .detearistr Peat the* had takewall the measures in their power for the defence of the kingdom against foreign lava/ion, but that they experienced obstacles in changing the seat of 00. sertacent. The Cartel on Cal deemed, that on the follow. 41 t'l I I • I c• 1*• . .