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BRI'IiSH PItISS. LONDON, TUESDAY, MAT 16, 1820. The farther coosidirration of the Civil List, which Stood for yesterdsy reeling in the I-souse of Coin -1110110, was postponed until to-morrow, in eon. sequesier of the absence of the Cu•Nt:ELLOIt of the EICIUSQVIIL The House was occupied to a late hour in discussing Lord A. II amiLros's motion respecting the appointment of a Fifth Ba ron of the Exchequer iis Scotland. We request the particular attention of our readers to the admi rable speech of Lord A. ilassti.Tox. The result was only a majority of i•! in favour of Ministers. Lord hlii,ToN's motion for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the Art of the last Session, imposing I. duty tit 6d. per pound on the importation of fo reign wool, which stood fixed for this evening iu the House of Commons, has been postponed for a few days. A motion such as this is, involving the very existence of au extensive branch of our most va luable manufacture—on which the employment and comforts of a very large portion of our people rle• Fend, and which is founded no less on the experience of past evil., than on the best principlesof political wisdom, cannot fail of success. The ouly pretence for originally imposing so impolitic a tax, was a lope that it would he a valuable'sccession to our lubournig revenue ; hut this hope has failed,•anil the impediments !brown by the prohibitory opera. Lion of the measure in the ildViitiCt of our mans. Gcturing interests, moo, 011 the routra►y, have deprived the Tre..ory init.r revenues that would hove arisen fron► an ei.lat get! consumption. The measure must iiko, by adding to the number of hove feuded still further to oppress the sigro.i.ltural interests, and increase their ember rassineuts. All parties ought, therefore, to unite iii pathogen end to so obnoxious a duty ; and oil productive as it hits been to the Treasury, even the CHANCELLoit of the EXcIIZQUEg might wit.. ties* its dissolution without a struggle or a sigh. We observe with pain that a very great jealousy of the manufacturing and commercial interests of this empire Isas growi► op among some of our most eminent agriculturists, ■nd they allege that the agriculture •f the country has 'Neu uniform/y saw crifit7ed to trade and manufacturer. They are tery ungrateful to trade and matiulictures, or are stay ill apprised of the great twaielits which they have derived from these sources of wealth and p o wer. But they surely do not desire to he iiitilerianorl li terdlly when they uffirni that agriculture hat , been sacrificed to the other brand:ea of maternal intluory. Is not the great home mat ..rt second to the nativr agriculturists, even though it it 000 that they cannot supply it ? Whom did the wails of trade and commerce enrich during the war, if not the agriculturists ? Where would the produce of I land fluid consumers, if it went not to feed the great commercial and ntanufacturing population of Great Britain? There is not a f oreign comitry to which one quarter of British corn can be scut with a chalice of 'Wiling a market, and consequently if the British manufacturers did not require a Large consumption ' the glorious display of figurer in the Agricultural Report would raptilly fall mail, and our agriculture would be reduced to raising suffi cient produce for the maintenance of the landed proprietor and his few lahourrrA. The jealousy of she agriculturists towards the commercial and rini nufacturing interests, almost realises the fable told in Ln Yof the belly and the members. They will in time discover that commerce is the life's-swing of agriculture ; that while it prospers the land will flourish; but that should fate or fully drive ca pitol and commercial industry from our shores to seek for shelter in other countries, we may indeed have green fields, and flocks and herds, but agri culture must lose its energy when the population that required the excess of produce over the wants of the cultivators shall have dwindled away, or have followed the capital and the Commerce that gave them the means of saleistence. We certainly would not have one branch of national industry more favoured .than another, butt let the equality between all be .regulated, not by imposing addi tional burdens upon one, but by lightening the load that may be felt to 'press upon the other. The grounds of Lord NIII.ToN'is motion are, we preswine, partly developed in the following Petition, which has been presented to the (louse, laid upon the table, said p • ed. It is— "A Petition of the Merchants, Manufacturers, and Traders in Wool, resident in Leicester and it; vicinity, setting forth that a tax of fid. per pound was imposed on the importa tion of Woul, by the last Parliament, and the Bill was brought forward at so short a notice, that the Petitioners and utlwrs were preseuted by the forms of the House from laying the hardship of their case before Parliansent ; the Petitioners therefore now pumbly, respectfully, and ear nestly entreat the early attention of the House to the extreme injury ■rising from that tax; the Petitioners are aware that general commercial distress is fe It by them in commou with others, and are confident that this tax has most materially increased the distress of the Petitioners and others embarked in the woollen trade and manufacture; the Petitioners are convinced that the House will see the said tax is contrary to the system hitherto pursued, and to all acknowledged rules of police! economy, and will inevi tahly pervesit the importation of coarse wool, and the Peti tioners believe it will nut raise the price of Eliglish wool ; it must also cause the price of the fine wools of Spain and Saxony to be always higher here than upon the Continent, whirl. most prove fatal be those districts heretofore employ. ed in the manufacture of superfine cloth and ke►seymerrs fur exportation, and thereby transfer what has hitherto berm cot:sidereal the staple trade of Great Britain, and one great source of her wealth, prosperity, and power, to Miser nations. The Petitioners do not, however, rest their case upon apprehension or opinion only, however well grounded, they now actually feel these ruinous effects; that some of the Pet ',Muer, have nut been able to execute foreign orders, which would have given great employment to a distressed popula tion, because they could not compete with foreign mannfac torero ; the Petitioners moreover cannot refrain from slat. ing to the House., that they have reason to believe this cruel tax was imposed, not so mach with the expectation of in creasing the revenue. as to satisfy the wishes of some leading and respectable members of agricultural associations; the Petitioners cannot conceive it possible that the late House of Commons, or the great landed interest of this country, could have been acquainted with the disastrous effects of this tax,. or they would 1101 have thus consented to sacri fice a numerous, tearful, and industrious class of their fel low-subjects, who have at all times borne their shale of the politic burdens, and contributed to the strength, pros perity, and independence of the empire ; that the Peti tioners beg !cave further to state to the House, that, ender the fullest confidence that the laws which have an long ex isted in regard to wool and woollen trades would not have been altered, large capitals have been embarked in the erretiou of manufactories, and in providing machinery and alewife fur carrying them on, which establishments will Cease to be of any value if this said tax is continued, and the landed ;nom rty in the vicinity of manufacturing towns will be greatly depreciated ; the Petitioners confidently trust that the House will immediately repeal this destructive tax, and agates afford to the woollen manufacture and the commerce of this roulitry that protection which in every roomer period of history it has received ; and if the House is nut sufficiently satisfied that the effects of this tax are and most he such as have been stated, the Petitioners humbly pray to be heard by their Counsel at the bar of the House." Paris Pspers of Friday last have arrived at our Office. They contain some extracts from the 11adr►d Journals of the 2d of limy, which represent Spain as continu►ng to enjoy perfect tranquillity, and the people as ittereastog in confidence, and looking forward with warm hopes to the meeting of the General Cortes. A egiutedron, consisting of the frigates Lvere, Sabina, and Viva, the corvette Areihrsa, ihe tine* Miens and Hercules, aild route other vessel►, was preparing ut Cadiz to sail fur Venezuela and Carthagrita. This squadron is to convey some troops, but the principal object of the expedition is to sopp‘rt, by a 'how of strength, the 'levels. lions that are about to be commenced with the Pat riots. 'rim King of SPAIN hat cominsinktl, that of the iroopt forming the uatiooai armies now united in Andalu►ia ) a tingle corps d'airmie shall be orgio. lobed under the orders of Dim.le Ali 0 . 130:40141JE, mlti* whom shall be placed Dim ANTONIO ROG A, and General ARCO GUERA. A Paris Paper couirsdicis the story respecting the pecuniary transactions between Our present Kin°, when Princent Wst.ts. and the late Duke of ORLEANS. It denies that his Royal Uighur.s had borrowed usiy money from the Duke. We have received New York Papers to the flirt ultimo. The commercial dtatre•s in the United Stutea has produced a great deficiency in the re. venue, nod the difference betivreso the receipts and the etpenditure, fur the year 18 . 110, virus estimated at nearly four millions of dollar*, including the fon& available at the cnriclupion of the year 1819, which are nearly 800,000 dollars. The deficiency of IBitl is estimated at 3,655,000 dollars; but ve venal of the American papers state it will he much more, on accomit of the revenue entirely arising from import &intim—The folloWing are extracts: — The Committee appointed on the Ways and Mean• for the years 1820 sod 18311, have nude their Report. _ _ The amount availahle fur the expenses of 1820, Dollars. WAS . 21,525,666 Expeutl,ture Leaving deficiency of 3,773,499 A Bill has in consequence been introduced, autho rising a loan of two millions of dollars, the re mainder to he taken from the Sinking Fund. The Report goes on to take a view of the receipts and expenditure for the year 1821. The result of which is au estimated deficit of 3,655.000 dollars. ( From the Atm York Ga:ette.l Whilst speaking of the Revenue and the Loan Bill we are reminded that Mr. STORM'S ►notion, looking to the establishment of a system of it.terrial revenue, was founded on the Report of the Ways and Menus, and did not grow out of the decision to the Act on the Bill to revise the tariff of duties on imports, as we had supposed. •The report as to the ratification of the Florida Treaty, by Spain, appears premature : the rumour originated in Ihe of the minor journals ; it is now stated that the official paper, The tVational Intel ligencer, continues silent on this important sub ject. There is, however, no doubt entertained as to the final ratification. Several amendments in the Navigation Bill have been introduced; they appear of minor importance. The principle or the Bill to prohibit all intercourse between the United States end British Colonies, appears to meet with little opposition. The Ame rican pipers seem confident as to its passing into a law. _ Advices from the Cape of Good Hope to the lit of February contain a Proclamation of the above date, from the Governor. Sir It. S. DoNam com manding that all vessels which arrive at the Cape, either from the Mauritius or the East Indies, s`►ould be subjected to a rigorous quarantine. to prevent the introduction of the malignant fever which was rigging ut the former settlement. The extension of the order to vessels coming from the East Indies is ascribed to the rear lest any coma• ginti should be communicated from that quarter, where the cholera morbus has prevailed. The judgment of the Court of King's Bench was pronouced yesterday upon Mr. HUNT and the other Defendants, who, with him, were found guilty at York. Mr. HUNT was sentenced to suffer iniprisonstient for Iwo years and a half! in fiches. ter gaol, and to give ►ecurity for his good behaviour for five years, himself in 1,000/. and two sureties In 5001. each. JOHNSON, HEA LY, and BAMFORD, were sentenced to he imprisoned each one year in Lincoln Castle, and to give security for five years, themselves respectively in 2001. and two sureties in 100/. each. The Court of King's Bench, in pro. nottocing this sentence, must have viewed Mr. offeuce in • very heinous light. Had he been guilty of sedition or blasphemy, a severer punishment could not have been awarded against him; yet his crime was nothing more than the commission of an act which, until very recently, had not been thought illegal or improper. To meet in public fur the expression of individual opinions was hitherto reckoned qmong the boasted rights of the people of England, and Mr. Justice BAYLEY declared on the trial at York, that to tall a meeting fur the purpose of Froposing a Reform its Parliament was not illegal, and further, that the circumstance of numbers alone did not divest such a meeting of its legal character. The purpose of the meeting at I,lau cliester was yesterday declared, in the affidavits of some of those who convened it, to have been Gond fide what it purported to be, namely, to express the sense of the people upon tile expediency of Parliamentary Reform, and the meeting sub sequently became illegal only front the nature of the flags that were borne at it, and with which Mr. HeNT had no concern. The judgment was heard in the Court yesterday with a feeling of disappointment and surprise, (or it wag certainly much heavier than was expected from a mete* of the trial. From such severity 69 advantage can be *frisch because Parliament has already cut cp the old law on the stil j ct of public meetings by the tout, and thereby pirvent ed thr recurrence of such an offence. It may excite • sympathy iii his favour among those to whom lie was previously an object of indifference. Judgement was alm pronounced iu the case of Sir CHARLES WOLSELET. who was sentenced to im prisonment for eighteen months in Abingdon gaol. and to give security fur five years. JOSEPH !FAR mom. the preacher, received sentence of an equal term of imprisonment. The Brisk has receivrd -orders to hr in ►eadinrrs to attract his MAJESTY on his aquatic excursion iu July next, as on a similar occasion last year. Yesterday Earl KATHURIIT and Viscount Mrt.- TILLE had audiences of the KING, et his Pr ldee in 11.1111-mall. The Dni.hess of KVIT rode out in on open (qtr. rio4e with Prince LEOPOLD yesterdsy. and in the evening the Prime dined with the Duchess. Yesterday the Duchess of CLOUCEsTER visited the Princess SoPHtA. The Mall in St. James's Park has recently re covered some of its former 11shion. Yesterday it presented a fine display of equestrians, male and female, who sought the protection of its shade from the still and dust of the ride in Hyde Park. Dr. MACKIE and the Rev. Mr. MACKIN arrived et Fladong's I Intel yesterday from Bath. Sir Josent BANKS resigns the Presidency of the Royal Society immediately, and Earl SPENCER is to he appointed in his place. Sir J. B. devoted Ins fortune to the situation, and had excellent tact, hut certainly neither scholarship nor deep science: he is not veurd even in simple mathematics. Mr. CiiisaLEs K EMILE Was prevented by a se vere cold from filing; his place last night at Co vent-garden Theatre in Mini Qaaire. The Pagoda Bridge, in St. James's Park, has acquired a very sober appearance since it has been divested of those attributes of folly, the caps and bells. THICATRIFROTAL, ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.— Mr. M ATHEWS (by the desire of several fashion able.) last ought performed, for the first time this season. his inimitable entrrtainment of last year, The Try► to Paris, to a crowded hou►e. The whole of the performsoce kept the audience in a tom. of laughter, particularly the Packet Song; and that exquisite Imprecate.. the Old Scotch Lady's Story about nothing. The petite piece, or Mono poly-logue, called La Diligence, followed, and Mr. M ATHEWS was equally arousing in theastonishingly rapid changes of character he assumes. The 10th Hussars, his NIAJZSTY'S favourite regi ment, passed through Carlisle this week, from the North, for London. to assist in the ceremoilial of the Coronation. The eldest son of Sir FRANCIS Bo RDETT is an officer iii this corps. He is a tics personable looking young man, and from the cr. lebrity of his father, excited considerable notice.— (Ibid.,/ A correspondent informs us, that • gentleman who fills a respectable situation iu the Victualling office, was abruptly stopped on Sunday the 30th ult. from walking into the Citadel by the Se►jesut on duty, simply because he wore • white hat. From what quarter this order emanated is not mentioned, hut we trust that an inquiry will be instituted by the proper authority. If so trivial a thing be the cause of exclusion, it is not the wily to conciliate British feelings or increase the patriotic spirit.— ( Plymouth Telegraph.) The East Jodie Company's ships Inglis arid Vansittart, arrived from China, off Weymouth, the 13th instant. These ships left China the 23d Ja nuary, and St. Helena, the 2d April, at which time there were at that island the ships Princess Charlotte of Wales end Marquis Camden.— to leave on the 2J April; and Marquis of Wellington and Carnatie—to leave as soup as both were in mediae's. The Inglis spoke the ship 411moroh, from Bengal, on the 25th April, in lat. 20. 42. North, and long. 36. 40. West—all well. A Correspondent from Exmouth writes us—" It has been blowing a gale here from the southward three days, which has caused a tremendous surf on the bar ; to-day it exhibited a scene of terrific gran deur, particularly at low water : about tioosi, two small boats were seen approaching it from the west ward ; the pilots knew them to be the Amazon, and Lady of the Lnke yet btr, which sailed eight days ago for Plymouth, and said it was almost im. possible for them to enter the harbour. At a guar tel after one they passed the outer white buoy. Every eye was fixed on them, and every heart beat with anxiety ; at length a sea threw the former on her broadside, plainly exhibiting part of her keel; ere she had recovered the shock, a sea broke on board the latter, and she disappeared, as it were, in on instant. The little bark, however, emerged from the wave, but was water logged, and from the mast to the stern was barely visible. Two people were seen bailing with their hats, and at length their exertions saved themselves and the boat; and both entered the harbour to the great astonishment of the spectators. On board the Amazon were Capt. HOSKINS, Lieut. George TINGCOMBE, and Mr. J. Cox. On hoard the Lady of the Lake, Liege. W. PEIDIIAII, Mr. READ, and Lieut. Geo. READ, Ibis son : what the feelings of this young man were, on beholding himself about to perish, with 'nis aged parent, must be conceived, they control be ex. prewied," RICHARDSON, GOODLUCE, and Co. respectfully acquaint the Public, that the Second Day of Draw. in, will he NEXT THURSDAY, when the • First Driers Prize will be entitled to 10,000/. Consuls iu addition. The Wheel contains 78 Capitals, including 4 Prizes of .. £30,000 2 4 Consols and Money. Tiekets and shares (warranted undrawo) are on Mei by RICHARDSON, GOODLUCK, sad CO. at their Gee% Hank.buililiegs,Curnhill, sod Charing.erows, who Sold is lin present Lottery three Capital P,izn in Shares. A poor girl in Glasgow, who had received a re primand from her parents for spending too much of her earnings in wearing apparel, drowned herself yesterday in the Clyde. So willing are many girls in the amine sphere to appear as well clothed es what they were formerly, that from the kind and scanti ness of their food many of them have been attacked with inflammation of the bowels,—( Carlisle ;bar. isaL) THr•. a,<•t: lit f.Ci C4III4ILIC tiodit.llES. Yesterday the anniversary dinner in oupoirot a th v e r C il ia le ori c trz d f r o e r n et ‘ i , t i i providing for destitute forvitaiot, was held at the Freenotroo.' Tavern. A twist the num. ut .5 •u,l very respectable o.ortullay stitch unit for the pose of ptosnottog the object. of this truly Itosivioe and benevolent Charity, or room). this Impuy u• to I of *every{ !montane mid benevol.itt chorine-. avr Ws' ticed his Grace the Duke of NORFOLK, the E. , I of DORGOGHOIORE, nisi Earl of Pineal.. the It g. t Rev. Dr. Nature!. it. the Right Doti. Loud Cr 1!. • troop, Sir G. JEN.% 1461 i ma, Batt. and moil U.... dis•inguished Nubleineo, Clegg, nom, awl 6 times), who au.taally take so active pat in she 'flair' of the Charity. At shout six o'clock Lord Clifrard entered the great hall of the Freemasons Tavern, accuinpatin by several of floe Committer, and the Siewavils this year ; his Lordship shortly after took the Chao., halving preciously stated that Lord ',motion, a 1.., it had been expec!ed„ would have taken the Ci 141 4. Was prefetited horn doing so by intlispusif . 11 . 1.e.1 cloth being removed, " Non Nolois Donuts " w • sung iii ',toy good style, after which the health of 0.., present Most Gracious Majesty was given, and drunk with three times three, and much .pilau e. The health of the King, was accunopsutrd w the expressi .. , that he alight 108. g eOlit intl. lip reign happily over a unit. d and loyal vrople— air, God state the King, followed by loud opplan.... The next toast was, " The health of the rest of ih- Royal Fsmily"—applsose, followed- by the Do.te of York's Grand Alarch, mid Glorious To this succeeded, " The Memory of his late R..) .1 Highness the Duke of Kent." which was drunk to solemn silence, the Chairman having first ob-er wee, that the toast which he was about to propose, to do honour to the memory of iii it bit 1110616ot:1 and Noble Prince, who, on all m casions, evinced himself forward to est Nish sod promote every charitable inatitutio.. After the memory of his deceased Royal 13,0 th..... had been shrank in silent and respectful gratitud • and was followed by a solemn dirge, the health his Royal Highness the Doke of Sussex was pro. posed by the Chairman in a short speech, ii. lie noticed the awl claims which the Royal Disk had upon their gratitude. (lay Royal Higlitirs-, observed had upon all occasions proved both by his patronage, his presence, and his reuse support, the real fneud of every charitable lost:- t ution, the object of which was to relieve Misery without distinction of sect or party. said to the As. oociated Catholic Charities in particular, he 11...! been of peculiar and important benetit.—f Loet applause. ) The health of " His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex" was then drunk with three times three. mud rapturous acclamation, which continued durit:g several minutes. The next toast was— " The health of the Patron of the Associated Catholic Charities, and of the Catholic Clergymen, who, by their pre. settee and exertion., aided the besievuleut objects of the Chr rtties."—Drmik with great applause; which having subsid. The Right Rev. Dr. POYNTE returned thank. on behalf of himself and of the Clergymen *hope health had been drunk. " Success to the Charity" was next given, and received with very great applause. The children were then introduced to the pre sence of the company assembled, and in their pro cession round the room presented as pleasing a sigi.t as any thing of the kind which we have for a long time had the gratification to behold. They oer.+ divided into several parties of boys and girls, awl grown up young men and women ; some of theta had served their apprenticeships to useful trail,. or callings, and every one of whom, by the? ilea:. cleanly, and orderly appearance, bore the best pos,i ble evidence to the utilit♦ of the -excellent Corr.-- ties under whose banners they were marched round the r o om. After they had made the circuit of the middle table several times, one of the boys repeated a very appropriate speech of grateful thanks fur the benefits winch he enumerated as having been conferred on him and the other children present by the mean's of the Associated Charities. CHARLES BUTLER" Esq. then very eloquently de tailed the zeal and kindness which the Charities had experienced from the august and truly illus trious Nobleman, to whom they principally •wed the success of this foundation. In noticing also the benefits which they derived from the royal sanc tion of his late Majesty, he mentioned, that in the year 1780, when the riots were at their highest pitch of violence, his Majesty entered the house of the grandfather of the present Lord Petty, and dismissed his body,guards, saying, that there was not any occasion for them in a house where he could find nothing but harmony and love.—(applause.l— then observed, that leis Majesty had left a wor thy successor to his benevolent feelings towards his Catholic subjects, in his illustrious son the Duke of Sussex. How often and how kindly he came amongst them they were all well aware, supporting by his eloquence and invigorating by his bounty the objects of these charitable Institutions. His present gracious Majesty likewise had on many cc casions evinced his kind feelings towards the Catho lics, and he would mention it as affording a strong contrast to the feelings which existed respecting them at the commencement of the present and of - - the last reign. that his Majesty had kindly rau•ed the property which had been taken Iron the Catholics in Hanover during the French usurpation there, to be restored to them. He feared that be hot already trespassed too much on their time, but he wished to add, that as it had been butted on err authority of the Hon. G. H. Brunet,. as Chair. • mall of the Committee appointed to examine 11414 the state of the poor, that there "et r 110 less hen 900 ti children in London who were cot t ely &mime of the means of support and education there still remaiee an ample tield to be cultivated by those who wished to rescue these little unfortunates from misery sod vice.—(Applause.J—The Learned Gentleman 11 a proceeded to give an outline of the manner in which the present charities are conducted, and observed, that the children spent their tithe in a manner ,loci. was useful to their employers and creditable to themselves in this life as well as likely to render Them hippy in thy next.—(Applause./ The health of Mr. Butler was then given, aid druuk with great approbaiiiin. ' lit. Poynter next proposed tie health of Lord hopes of carrying any motion for retrenchment or ec•uuumy would be vain whilst the present Ministers remained in office. Mr. IVm. DUNDAS defended the appointment. Lord A. DAMILTOW rose to reply, but the gal lery being ordered to be cleared, we were excluded Inc an hour and a half, during which time a division took place. The numbers were— For the previous question 11)9 Contra Majority for Ministers.... 1$ On our re.admi►aton to 11w gallery, the srsailiti was ',gating the question, that a►ter the rpsagnatioll ..f Mr. Bsti,tt Adam, in the SroliA Unett 411 c.:rque►, another ought not 1.. have beret 'iignotinted until the Report of the Commissioners on that sub. ject had gone under examination b' that Weals after which he observed, that the precious questiaa had been moved. The question he hid then to put was the latter one, which was carried ►n the affirmative. SCOTCH JURY COURTS. Mr. BROUGHAM gave notice of a motion for Friday the 26th inst. fur an inquiry relative t.. the filling tip the judicial seats iu the Scotch Jury Courts. The other Orders of the Day were then di.posed of, and the House adjourned at a QUARTER BE FORE ONE O'CLOCK. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FLANDERS MAIL. 1111 1 tVeitli, NAY 11. Accounts from Riga of the 19th April say, that the Em peror of Russia, who is always humane, even where severity appears indispensable, has ordered the Minister of the inte rior nut only to allow the Jesuits who see banished from his empire the usual time to make time necessary prepare- Nos for their journey, but also to pay their expenses to the 1% - outices—to furnish them with money —with clothes to pro tvet them from the rigour of the season—and also with pass ports for the places to which they desire to go. MADRID, ♦TAIL 27. The King continues to give every day the most evident proofs of his attachment to the Constitution of the fortes which his Majesty has sworn to observe : he has summoned around him the most ardent patriots, and is guided by their Counsels. He has now shewn himself inure easy of access, more affable to all those who were admitted to the 1 of speak ing tdbim; whenever he appears in public lie is receit eil with ■n entlue-iton, which makes a singular eontrist with the onset gravity of the Castilians. The appearance of this capital is all at once changed; is all societies the interest of the mu nareby,w hich is pirated from that or the King, is the sole object of attention The clubs are frequented with ex traordiunry eagerness. At the theatres, the passages which seem to bear on the present slate of affairs are applauded. The press enjoys the moist perfect liberty; the number of jonroals multiplies here as well as in the provinces ; unr printers are also bogy lb prlating works and pamphlets un political subjects. Large orders fur types have been sent to foonce, as oar founders cannot s•tpply a sufficient quan tity. Mean time all eyes are turned towards the approach in; assembly of the Cortes, from which we must expect the consolidation of our national institutions ; the spirit which will direct their labours will fix our de►tinies for a long time to come. Thera is every reason to hope that this spirit will be excellent, and that each deputy will renounce all personal • . vest and private resentment. A hall worthy of the dignity of the oatiuu is preparing fur the sittings of this assembly. A squadron is fitting out at Cadiz fur our American Colo• flies. (I is to convey the Commissioners who have been named by the Kiiig to carry words of peace and concord to time chiefs of the insurgents. The choice has fallen on en lightened and prudent men, and whose conciliating disposi tion glees reason to hope that their mission will not be fruith so. lint if these pacific proposals should be rejected, it will be necessary to have recourse to arms to regain the rights of the mother country. This important affair will busiever be laid before the Curies for their decision. ,i ~~ I