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A MU. etie evv , • LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1830. THE KING'S HEALTH. Although no official notice has been issued this morning respecting his MAJESTY'S health, it is with much pleasure that we are enabled to state that the KING is gradually advancing to his usual state of health. Despatches were received at the Foreign Office, this mcrning, from France and Brussels ; and at the Colonial Office, from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and the whole of the Leeward Islands. The following are extracts from the Paris Papers of Saturday : " The abolition of the order of succession established in Spain by Philip V. and 'the restoration of the Castile Succession, is an event that will produce a powerful sen sation in Euripe. The King of Spain, for a long time, entertained a just and lively resentment against a Prince collateral heir to the throne, and has conceived the hope of obtaining an heir or heiress in a direct line. Is it not possible that English and Austrian diplomatists bare availed themselves of the resentment and hopes of Ferdi nand, in order to persuade him to an act, which appears to insure the satisfaction of the one, and the success of the other ? By acting thus, Great Britain and Austria would have consulted their own interests ; by diverting the suc cession from male to male in the Bourbons of Spain, they have secured to themselves, perhaps, for the future, some chance of ascendancy in the Peninsula; they have annihi lated by one single decree the work of Louis IV., the re sult of so many negociations, combats, and sacrifices of all kinds. The measure which has been adopted in Spain is not only mortifying to France, whose services deserved a better reward,; it is an insult to our Royal Family, which Louis XIV. would have resented in the mast lively manner. We may add that, by this act, which appears the ne plus ultra of absolute power, Ferdinand, the unconscious tool of foreign interests, gives a death blow to his dynasty ; he proclaims the exclusion of the blood of the Bourbons from the throne of Spain ; and, in this respect, we might see a ground for nullity in an act which is notoriously destruc • tine of the rights of its author.' But the consequences of this act may net only become serious to the Peninsula ; France itself cannot view it without uneasiness. The order of succession, as established by the Salk law,' Mably justly observes, was indispensable, in order to preserve to the descendants of Philip V. the same dignity in Spain which they possessed in France, and to preclude the Anjou branch from annulling its renunciation, under thepretence of being arranged by the danger of seeing the crown transferred to a foreign family, whilst some of its Princes would be reduced to the condition of private gentlemen.' Thus, on a slight inspection of the Treaties, there is a principle of perturbation introduced into the order of succession to the Crown of France."—Consti tutionnel. Extract of a private letter of the sth inst. from Madrid : —" The decrease in the returns to the Treasury from all the provinces, and more particularly from Andalusia, is inconceivable. Seville, which usually supplied 4,000 chests of manufactured tobacco, has sent out during the last month not more than 300 chests ; and the customs of that city, which ha the same space of time generally yields to the Treasury 25,000 double piastres, have produced no more than 6,000. This deficit, which can only arise frein the distressed condition of the people, has been attri buted by the Government entirely to smuggling, and the encouragement it takes from Cadiz having been rendered a free port. But all their ingenuity cannot prevent the twelve millions of reels, comprised in the estimates of the Budget, as the probable product of the sale of tobacco, from falling considerably short, and affairs in general, and the public credit in parti cular, from experiencing embarrassments. In the mean time, the farmers of the Entrance Duties have expe rien •ed unexpected difficulties. In some of the towns the disorders have become very serious ; and the disputes which have arisen between the receivers of these duties and those bringing in the provisions, have not only been sustained by the use of sticks and staves, but even with the poniard. The manifestation of opposition from the people to measures which attack their daily interests, added to the poverty that oppresses, places the forty mil lions of rials, that Riera and Co. expected to extract from their farming, in jeopardy. The Vales are almost the exclusive object of the cares and efforts of our financiers, who seek, in everydirection, means to urhohl their credit. They are quite right in thus asking counsel from others, for their own ignorance and want of foresight haslAl them to make the Vales a vital object. They will, however, labour in vain, for the good sense of the Spanish nation will ever be opposed to their disastrous projects." A German Paper gives the following extract of a letter dated the Banks of the Rhine, April 12 :—" Notwithstand ing the general apprehension entertained, the new Grand Duke of Baden has taken possession of his heritage. Not only is the succession of the Margraves de Hochberg gua ranteed by the Congresses of Vienna and Aix-la-Chapelle, in which all the Great Powers of Europe, with the excep tion of Austria, joined, but we know that very recently it was confirmed by the Courts of France and Prussia. A very few months before the death of the late Grand Duke Lduis, a defensive alliance was concluded with Prussia, whereby that Court engaged to maintain the Margraves of Hochberg, and their direct descendants in the male line, in all their rights. The ratification of this treaty arrived 'at Carlsruhe two days before the death of the Grand Duke. The inhabitants of Baden, who are strongly attached to their present dynasty, are thus tranquillized, and the mea sures of precaution which had been ordered are counter 'mended. The present Grand Duke, when Prince Louis, gave eonstanc proofs of a kind and generous disposition. On the occasion of a failure in the crops, he remitted the taxes imposed on his dependents. He entrusted the exer cise of his benevolence to no hands but his own, and fre quently took charge of whole families, sending the children to he educated in the various cities of Europe at his own expence, that they might be able to fill the various employ ments he afterwards provided for them. On his journies he was pleased an visiting them, convers i ng w i t h t h em on their progress, and giving them encouragement, so that he was be'oved throughout his small dominion. His accession has not been attended with any remarkable i nc id ent; b ut great changes in the Court appointments are exp ecte d , and also among the civil and military officers." Another letter ' of the same Fate, from Heidelberg, presents the affair i n ts different light. It states as follows: " On the assurance received by the Margrave de Hochberg (the new Grand Duke of Baden) from the King of Wir t. mberg, that Bavaria would not take possession of the Palatinate by force, the military demonstrations were im mediately countermanded. The King of Bavaria will claim his well-founded rights by other means. It is even asserted that the matter is already arranged to his wishes by Austria, Russia, and Prussia. It appears that, in addition to the claims of Bavaria to the Palatinate, the Prince of SweJen (son of the Ex- King) claims all the country of Baden by right of his soother, a Princess of Baden, the nearest heir to the Grand Duchy. The Bavarian Government have pub lished a protest; and if the Count de Hochberg should not yield, the German Diet will interfere. The dispute will be chiefly injurious to the beautiful but unfortunate town of Mannheim, which from its former flourishing condition, has been reduced to a very different state by the ill treatment of Baden for these thirty years. The Margrave Leopold de Hochberg, the present sovereign, employs all his efforts to maintain himself, but they will he vain. He has sent several distinguished persons to the courts of Stutgard, Munich, Vienna, Paris, London, and St. Petersburgh. All these measures will be of no avail; and we may expect that the King of Bavaria will, ere long, take possession of the Palatinate." A letter from on board the frigate La Bellone, off Al giers, states that the Algerines are actively engaged in fortifying the weak points on their coasts, and that thousands of men are seen constantly at work in raising redoubts and planting artillery. La Bellone having approached the land closer than or dinary, in order to take soundings of the shore, the enemy opened a strong fire upon her, but she continued to send out her boats, with the men necessary for accom plishing her purpose, and discovered, about three leagues to the east of Algiers, a landing-place, which, though defended by an old tower armed with eight pieces cf cannon, is very favourable for the disembarkation of troops. The Elizabeth, arrived at Havre from the Isle of Bour bon, which she left on the 16th of January, brought the melancholy intelligence of the loss of the Jeune Prosper, of Nantes ; the Paris, of Marseilles, the .Romilly, of Havre ; and the .Nestor, of Cherbourg ; in a hurricane which visited that island on the day previous to her de parture. The Indus, of Havre, was also in great danger. It will be recollected that on the 13th of February, 1829, a great number of vessels also perished in the same seas. " ENUMERATION OF THE LAND FORCES TO BE SENT OUT TO ALGIERS. " The first division, whica is to establish its head-quar ters at Toulon, is composed of three brigades, ♦iz.— " First Brigade-3d Regiment of the Line, 1,600 men; 2d and 3d Light Infantry, 1,650; total, 3,250. " Second Brigade-14th Regiment of the Line, 1,650 ; 37th ditto, 1,700 ; total, 3,350. " Third Brigade-20th Regiment of the Line, 1,650 ; 20th ditto, 1,900 ; total, 3,500. " Total of troops in the first division, 10,100. " The second division, which will establish its head quarters at 11Iarseilles, is composed of three brigades, viz.— " First Brigade-6th Regiment of the Line, 1,600 men; 49th ditto, 1,700; total, 3,300. " Second Brigade-15th Regiment of the Line, 1,650 ; 48th ditto, 1,650; total, 3,300. " Third Brigade-21st Regiment of the Line, 1,700 ; 29th ditto, 1,675 ; total, 3,375. " Total of troops in second division, 9,975. " The third division, 'which will establish its quarters general at Aix, is comprised of three brigades, viz.— " First Brigade-Ist and 9th Regiment Light, 1,650 men; 25th Regiment of the Line, 1,600; total, 3,250. " Second Brigade-17th Regiment of the Line, 1,650; 30th ditto, 1,650 ; total, 3,300. " Third brigade-23d Regiment of the Line, 1,650 ; 34th ditto, 1,650 ; total, 3,300. " Total of the troops of the 3d division, 9,850 men. " Total of the infantry forming part of the expedition, 29,925 men. " To which must he added the following :-2 companies of artillery, 200 strong, and 300 horses, quartered at Arles; 1 ditto, 100 men, and 150 horses, at St. Remy; 1 ditto, 100 :nen, and 150 horses, at Toulon ; 4 batteries of horse artillery, 650 stroug, and 650 horses ; three squadrons of cavalry, amounting to 550 men, and 600 horses ; the wag gon train, composed of 1,200 men, and 600 mules; 9 companies of engineers, SOO men; 1 company of pontoniers, 100 men ; 1 ditto of gendarmes, 100 strong, and 50 horses; 100 delfts of the commissary department ; 2 companies of workmen amounting to 160 men ; 2 companies of wag gon., 150 men. RECAPITULATION. Infantry 29,925 men. Cavalry 550 Artillery and miners l,BBO Divers subalterns-- l,BlO T0ta1............... 34,165 2,600 horses.—Courrier Francais. FRZNICI FIINDIL—pAiIs, APRIL 16.—Five per Cents., 106 f• 106 f. M. 10c. ; Four and a.half per Cents. 1051. 60c. ; Four per Cents., 1011. 50c. ; Three per Cents., 83f. 95c. 90c. 95c. S4f. 83f. 95c. 84f. ; Bank Stock, 1,910 f 1,9151. ; Rentes de Naples, 931. GOc. 65c. 70e.; Rents d'Espagne, 14%; Royal Spanish Loan, 90 1 4 %; Rent. Psrpetuelle d'Espagne, 79% % 1 ,4 ; Hay tian Loan, 535 f. 540f.—Exchange on London—One month, paper, 45f. 65c. ; three months, paper, Mr 50c.—Coors Authenlique. We have received this morning the Hamburg Reporter, dated St. Petersburgh, and German Papers of various dates, from which the follow ing are extracts:— _ HAGUE, APRIL 15. Their Majesties the King and Queen, and her Royal Highness the Princes's Marianne, will set out on Sunday, the 16th, for Amsterdam, where they will pass a few days. His Envoy M. Von Gobbelschroy, Minister of State, is gone to Brussels. It is reported that the Rev. M. Stercke, Dean of the Church of our Lady at Antwerp, will he shortly appointed to the See of Bois-le-Duc.: M. Hughes, late Ambassador from the United States to this Court, is gone to Paris, previously to his repairing to his mw post at Stockholm. Last week there died at Harqueguies, near Ash, in Hainault, a farmer named Peter Van der Aom, who had attained the advanced age of 120 years and nine months. He was born June 29, 1709, and retained to the last full possession of his mental and bodily powers. llis funeral was performed with much ~olemaity, and attended by a great number of the inhabi.. tants of Harqueguies and the neighbouring parishes. ST. FETERSBURGH, MARCH 31. His Majesty has ordered schools for cadets to be esta blished in several, of the provinces of the empire, viz. in the towns of Novogorod, Tula, Tamboff, Polosk, Pul tows, and Elisabethgrad, each corps to consist of 400 cadets, to he chosen from - the Nobility of the Government in which the corps are, and of the neighbouring Govern ments which contribute to the expenses. ...,... The Nobility of the Governments of Moscow, Casan, Nischney-Novogorod, Kostroma, Wolgda, and Ertbonia, who do not contribute to these expenses, are to send their children to the corps of cadets at Moscow, or the school of marine cadets. The Divan of Wallachia has presented a magnificent and costly sabre to General Count Giesmar, as an acknow ledgment of his great services in the war with Turkey. ST. PETERSBURCII, APRIL 2. The mountaineers who live to the south of the Cuban have long been notorious for the robberies which they commit in the territory of the Cossacks of the Black Sea; during the whole war with Turkey they exercised with more audacity than ever those robberies on the whole line of the Caucasus, and notwithstanding the peace with Turkey, several of those tribes have continued their pre datory incursions. His Excellency Field-Marshal Count Pas kewitsch, Commander-in-Chief in the Caucasus, has judged it necessary to put an end to this state of things, by inflicting exemplary punishment on all the criminals,beginning with the hordes most addicted to this system of hostility and pillage. Accordingly General Emanuel, Commander on the line, and in the territory cf the Black Sea, com menced his march at the end of January, this year, against the Circassian tribe, known by the name of the Schap soughs; and, after having completely attained the object of his expedition, returned in seven days to Casheri•- nodar. The other guilty tribes will not escape their just punishment, wlsich they have merited by their aggressions. All the measures necessary to reduce them are concerted, and will be carried into effect by Count Riskewitsch. His Excellency Prince D. Gallatzin, Military Governor of Moscow, has arrived in this capital. According to the latest official accounts received in the Departments of the Minister of the Interior, the number of Jews paying taxes in the Russian Empire amounts in all to 422,•440 males. The number of females is not stated. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 10. The learned world, and especially Denmark, has sus tained a great loss by the unexpected death of the learned Dr. Master, Bishop of Sealant!, who expired yesterday very suddenly, in the 69th year of his aae. HANOVER, Aran. 10. The session of the General Assembly of the Estates of the Kingdsm was closed the day before yesterday. The deputations of the isles of Car!smile, Mannheim, Heidelberg, Rastadt, and Baden have already done homage to the new Grand Duke of Baden. BRANDENBURG, A rim. 11. The peace with the Porte is considered at the pre sent tim e in Russia i❑ the same light as the Afussul mans formerly considered a peace which they concluded with a Christian Power, namely as a truce. The mili lay armaments continue, and recruits, ammunition, &c. are sent to that corps remaining in Turkey, and while the Journals proclaim that the Russian army is preparing to return back over the Balkan, persons who are well in formed say that there have remained in Adrianople to guard the hospital, as many troops as are sufficient to se cure the city to the Russians. Much has lately been said of the claim made by Ba varia to the Grand Duchy of Baden, but the succession of the Hochberg line appears to have been secured by the 1.- cognition of the great Powers, and recently also by special private Conventions. HAMBURG, APRIL 13. BORS6N-HALLE, HALE PAST FOUR O ' CLOCK.--The business of our Stock market continues limited. The im provement in London and Amsterdam has operated favour ably here. Discount, which had risen on account of the holidays, has declined from four to three and a half per cent. End of April. Anglo-Danish Loan 3 per Cent 7p t , Anglo-Russian Loan 109% Harnhurg-Russian Loan 1043‘ Polish Bonds 132 New Prussian 4 per Cents. (1830) — Austrian Bank Shares ......t 1395 Austrian Metalliques lO4 New Austrian 4 per Cents 9B «y Anglo Neapolitan 9654 Falconets 53 Portuguese Greek, 1925 4l The Algerine expedition is spoken of by the French writers of all parties as an affair which cannot give much trouble to well-disciplined troops. Their infantry, they say, will have light work of it. Even the liberal Journalists forget, in their national enthusiasm, that the expedition is a Ministerial measure, adopted for the purpose of withdrawing the attention of the public from their domestic concerns. The men, they say, on their first landing, will only have to form a square, and disregard the number and the shouts of the horsemen opposed to them; after two or three attempts they will retreat into the desart. That, however, seems to us to be the sort of exception best calculated to convert this costly expedition into an " untoward event" for the French Go vernment. But when landed it is said that it will be impossible for the barbarians to prevent their advance. Well, but what then ? The moment they arrive before the place, the troops, they say, may in one night establish sand batteries open a fire at day-break, and effect a breach almost immediately, Well, and what then ? Why, if the expedition be well conducted, and there is no reason to suppose the contrary, a few days will suffice for the exemplary chastisement of these Algerine robbers. Well, and what then ? The fortress will be taken, the (len will be destroyed. And what then ? Will the people of France be satisfied, with the idle waste of two hundred millions of francs for the mere purpose of revenging the blow of a bar barian's fa❑ ? Will they not insist On reaping some substantial benefit from the expected victory? Are the French Ministry prepared to gratify the expectations so openly expressed by nine-tenths of the press, by the permanent oc cupation of the Algerine territory ? Well, and what then ? Is there no ally to be consulted ? Or rather has not a distinct assurance been already given to the British Government that no such design is in contemplation ? Whatever be the fate of the enterprize of General BOURMONT, it can scarcely be doubted that, although it may secure him his Marshal's baton, its tendency will be to make the Po- LIGNAC Administration more decidedly un popular in France, if that be possible, than it is at this moment. We are glad to perceive that the public arc beginning to appreciate the evils attendant on the taxes on newspapers. No better time could be chosen for bringing forward the subject, than that of the approaching discussion on the new Stamp Act, when the question must arise whether the Irish Papers shall be crushed Oy assimilating the Stamp Duty upon them to the Stamp Duty on English newspapers, or whether the assimilation shall be effected by a reduction of ,the Stamp Duty on English newspapers from fourpence to twopence, the amount of the Stamp Duty on each Irish newspaper. Some enlightened Members of Parliament have turned their attention to the subject, which will be found of greater importance than to persons of a passive habit of mind might at first appear . With none could the discussion so well originate as with those respectable associations, which with out being prominent in questions of party poli tics, take a deep interest in all that affects the moral and social improvement of the community and actively promote the diffusion of useful knowledge. The position of the city of London Literary and Scientific Institution, and the names associated with it of such men as Mr. JOHN SMITH, Mr. JAMES MILL, Mr. DEN MAN, Mr. GROTE,iIITI., Mr. POWLET THOMP SON, and 1)r. SOUTHWOOD SMITH, entitle it with peculiar propriety to ta' - e the lead in ad dressing the Government upon the subject of the taxes on literature and knowledge. The following document, abolishing the opera tion of the Salic Law in the succession to the Spanish Monarchy, we extract from the Madrid Gazette of the 3d instant : PRAGMATIC SANCTION, having the force of a law, decreed by King Don Carlos IV. at the desire of the Cortes in 1789, and published by his reigning Majesty for the perpetual observance of the second Law, Chap. 15, Part 11. which establishes the regular succession to the Crown of Spain. Don Ferdinand VII. by the Grace of God, King of Castile, of Leon, &c. To the Infantes, Prelates, Dukes, kc.—Know y e — That at the Session of the Cortes in 1789, at my Palace of Buen Retiro, a proposition of the King my Father, who is in glory, was taken into consideration, on the ne cessity and expediency of observing the regular method established by the laws of the Kingdom, and by imme morial custom, as to the succession to the Crown of Spain, preferring the elder to the younger, and the male to the female, in the respective lines, according to their order ; and having taken into consideration the immense benefits derived from the Monarchy from its observance during a continued per iod of more than 700 years, as wel l as t h e motives and eventual circumstances whi c h contr ib u t e d to the reform decreed by the Act of the 10th of May, 1713, they deliv ered hits. his Royal hands a petiti on , d a t e d the 30th September, 1789, reminding him of the great ad vantages that had resulted to the Kingdom, even before the epoch of the union of the two Crowns of Castile and Arragon, from the order of succession specified by Law 11. Chap. 15, Part H. and prayiag hint to be pleased to direct, not• withstanding the innovation established by the above men tioned Act, the perpetual observance and keeping of the said immemorial custom, as it had been always observed and kept, and, so publish a Pragmatic Sanction, as done and formed in the Assembly of the Cortes, who established this resolution, and the repeal of the above-mentioned Act. Having received this petition, my august Father took the course which the welfare of the Kingdom required by replying to the report which had been annexed to the petition of the Cortes by the Junta of the Assistast-Coun cillors, the Governor, and Ministers of my Royal chamber That he had formed a resolution in conformity with the tenor of the said petition." But he recommended them to maintain the strictest secrecy, because he consi dered it was useful to his service ; and in the Decree alluded to " lie ordered his Council to dispatch the Pragmatic Sanction usual in such cases." Taking this circumstance into consideration, the Cortes sent secretly an official copy of the above petition, and of all the documents relative thereto, and the whole was published in the Assembly under the reserve of secrecy. The agitation which then prevailed in Europe, and that which the Peninsula has since experienced, did nut allow the execution of these important designs, which required more tran quil days. Having, with the help of the Divine Mercy, happily succeeded in restoring the peace and order which my beloved people so greatly needed ; after having examined this weighty affair, and taken the advice of Ministers, zealous in my service, and anxious for the welfare of the State ; by my Royal Decree of the 26th of the present month, I have decreed, that on the presenta tion of the original petition, and of the resolution taken on the subject by my beloved father, and of the certificate of the first writers among the Cortes, which accompanied these documents, the said law and Pragmatic Sanction should be immediately published in the legal form. Hav ing published in my Council General, assisted by my two attorneys, who were heard viva voce, on the 27th of the same month, it was resolved, that it should be completed by investing it with the force of the law, and pragmatic sanction, as done and promulgated in an assembly of the Cortes. Wherefore I ordain that the literal contests of law 2, chap. 15, part 2, be observed, kept and accom plished in perpetuity, in conformity to the petition of the Cortes assembled in my Palace of Buen-Retiro, in 1789, which runs as follows :—" The advantage of being the first born is a particular mark of the love of God, towards the sons ,of kings, who have brothers : he upon whom this honour is bestowed rules the others, who are bound to obey him, and to consider him as their father and lord. The truth of this is proved by the three following reasons: —The first is the ()tiler of Nature ; the second, of law; the third, of usage. I. According to nature, for the fa ther and mother anxiously wish for a lineage to inherit what belongs to then), and lie who is born first, and who comes in time to fulfil their wishes, is consequently more loved by them and ought to be so. 2. According to law, fur the Lord our God said it to Abraham, when, in order to try him, he commanded him to take Isaac his only son, whom he loved, and to sacrifice him fur his sake ; and he said it for two reasons, the first, because this was the son whom he loved like himself, for the reasons above mentioned ; and the second, because God had chosen him to be Holy, whom he caused to be first born, and on this account he offered him as a sacrifice ; for, according to Moses in the Ohl Testament, every first born male shall he called holy, before God. That his brothers should consider him as sl:eir father and master, it is evident, by his being their elder, and by coining into the world first : which proves, by the words which Isaac spake to Jacob, when he gave him his blessing, thinking that he was the first born : thou shalt command thy brother, and the children of thy father shall turn to thee, and he whom thou shalt bless, shall be blest, and he whom thou shalt curse, shall be cursed. Thus, then, by all these words, we are given to under stand that the eldest son has power over his brothers, as a father and lord, and that they ought to consider him as such. Moreover, according to ancient usage, fathers having in general compassion on their other children, did not intend that the elder should have all, but that every one should hare a share, however, some men deeply versed in affairs concerning inheritance, knowing that a division could not take place with respect to kingdoms, without destroy ing them, for Jesus Christ, our Lord, says, that every kingdom that is divided, shall be laid waste, considering it as a right that the lordship or kingdom shall fall only to the eldest son by right after the death of his father. This has invariably been the usage in all countries where rights of Lordship descend by lineage, and particularly in Spain ; it is with a view to avoid several evils which have arisen and may arise again, that it was conceived that the Lord ship of the kingdom should be the inheritance of the de scendants in the direct line, and it was for this reason it was established, that if there were no male issue, the eldest female child succeed to the Crown; and that it was further ordained, that if the eldest son happen to die before Ire had obtained possession, leaving a legitimate son and daughter, that the first or the second in succession should ascend the throne, and no other person ; but if these should happen to die, the kingdom should become the heritage of the next nearest relation, if he were a man capable and tin all respects, and had done no act to forfeit his rights. Thus from all these facts the people are bound to regard the eldest son of the King as their Sovereign for the real benefit of the kingdom. There fore whoever shall act in opposition to what has been above declared, shall be pronounced a traitor, and as such shall receive the punishment awarded against those who resist the authority of the King. In consequence I com mand all and each of you within your several districts and jurisdictions, to accomplish and execute, and cause to be accomplished and executed, this Pragmatic Sanction in all that it ordains and commands, taking to this end all the measures the case requires, without needing any fur ther or other declaration than these presents, which are to be put in execution on the very day on which they shall be published at Madrid, and in the towns, and in all other places within any dominions, considering that it is calculated for the benefit of my Royal House, and for the public advantage of all my vassals; that such is my will, and I require that the same faith and credit be given to all copies of this ordonnance that shall bear the sign sture of Don Valentin de Pimilla, the Senior Secretary of my Chamber and Privy Councillor of Government, as to the original. Given at the Palace this 29th of March, 1830. By me, THE KING. I, Don Miguel de Gordon, Secretary to our Lord the King, have written this day his command. (Here follow the signatures of the Councillors, and the Certificate of Registry, countersigned by the Vice Grand Chancellor.) PUBLICATION. In the City of Ma'lrid, this 31st March, 1830, before the gates of the Palace and the gate of Guadalaxara, where were assembled the people, the merchants, and officers, with the assistance of Dun Antonio Maria Segovia, &c. &c. Alcades of the Royal House and of the King's Palace, the preceding Royal Pragmatic Sanction was proclaimed by the sound of trumpets awl timbals, and by the voice of the public herald, i❑ the presence of the Alguasils of the said Royal House, and of other persons, Ll 3 is attested by Don Manuel Antonio Sanchez de Escariche, one of his Ma jesty's Council, the Secretary of his Chamber, &c. This is a copy of the Pragmatic Sanction, and of its original publication, certified by me. (Signed) D. VALENTIN DE PINILLA. The LORD CHANCELLOR has presented the Rev. W. T. EYRE, Curate of Blockley, Worcestershire, to the vicarage of Padbury, Bucks, vacant by the death of his father, the Rev. W. EYRE, of Buckingham. It is confidently said that Admiral TATILAM intends to apply for a new trial in the late will cause. The expenses of the last trial are said to have been 15,0001. —Leeds Mercury. A Berlin Paper states, on the authority of private letters from the Rhine, that Prince LEOPOLD of Saxe Coburg is to marry a daughter of the late Duke of PIACENZA (Plaisona), the ei•dcv;ant Consul LE FAUN, who has already arrived in Greece with her mother. The fortune of this young lady is estimated at thirty millions of frat►cs (1,250,000/. sterling).— Gazette de France. It appears, by letters from Madrid that the Court of Spain will be obliged to postpone the grand ex pedition against Mexico. The Spanish Government, re lying entirely on the resources of the Havannah, finds now that, according to the report of Don anunro PlNErd.os, the Intendant-General of Cuba, that island will produce only 600,000 Spanish dollars for the present year, including a forced loan levied on the merchants ; and it is calculated that thirteen millions of dollars are required to defray the expense of an expedition of 25,000 men. MONMOUTHSHIRE COLLIERS.--We are : app y to find it is not the intention of the coal masters to reduce the cutters 2d. per ton, or make ray reduction whatever in the wages of their men, as was reported, and which gave rise to the recent strike among the colliers. In consequence of this and other amicable arrangements which have been entered into, the men are again at work, and it is confidently hoped that every possible ground of complaint will speedily be removed.— Cambrian. HIS MAJESTY'S HEALTH. (From the Court Circular.) His MAJESTY'S health has, during Satur day and yesterday, continued uninterruptedly to improve. The KING passed a better night on Friday night than on the preceding ; and on Saturday morning his MAJESTY was so much recovered as not to require the personal attend ance of either of his physicians during the day. Sir HENRY HALFORD in consequence left the Palace about eight o'clock in the morning, on his return to town, and did not return to the Palace till half -past six o'clock in the evening. His MAJESTY during the whole of the day ap peared to be gradually gaining strength. The KING was rather better yesterday morn ing, and continued, with scarcely any variation, in the same state on Saturday throughout the day. In consequence of the progressive improve ment in the health of the KrNG, no bulletin was issued either on Saturday or yesterday. Sir MATTHEW TIERNEY returned to his professional attendance on the KING about one o'clock yesterday afternoon. Sir HENRY HALEORD left the Palace soon after nine o'clock yesterday morning, and re turned to town. Sir HENRY returned to the Palace about seven o'clock in the evening. When we last alluded to the illness of his MAJESTY, we were not without apprehensions that he was still in a very dangerous state. We have now the satisfaction of being able to say, on the authority of the very circum stantial communications of the Court Newsman, that there seems no reason to doubt that the state of the Kixa's health is such as no longer to give cause for alarm. We attach great importance to the circumstance of the KING no longer requiring the p-rsonal attendance of his Physicians. It will be seen that Sir HENRY HALFORD left the Palace about eight o'clock on Sa turday morning for town, and did not return till six o'clock in the evening. Sir HENRY again left the Pal ice soon after nine o'clock yesterday morning for town, and returned about seven o'clock in the evening. Sir MAT THEW TIERNEY returned to his professional attendance about one o'clock yesterday. The cessation of the bulletins was variously interpreted; but when the public see that the physicians are no longer in regular attendance on his MAJESTY, it will readily be believed that the cause of bulletins being no longer issued is, that the recovery is no longer doubtful. There are reports in cii culation, that though there is no ground for uneasiness with respect to the consequences of the late bilious attack, either symptoms have manifested themselves calculated to inspire apprehensions for the fu ture. We know not on what authority these reports are founded, and we are unwilling to allude more particularly to them. His MAJESTY'S constitution is remarkably good, and it is understood that he has long been very careful with regard to his health. We are willing to in dulge in the hope that the recovery from the late attack will be perfect, and that there is no foundation for the re ports of symptoms indicative of danger to be apprehentkd ere long. The anxiety respecting his MA.Tv,sTv yesterday was very great ; no other subject was talked of. —2lforn ing Chronicle. The reports of his MAJESTY'S health were yesterday very various, as might be expected in a matter of such great and general interest, where the absence of authen tic intelligence gives scope to the fertile invention of public rumour. That a second Bulletin has not been is sued has been construed by some as a favourable symp tom, and by others-as quite the reverse. The Court Circular of to-day is calculated, as far as it goes, to calm apprehension. It states that his MAJESTY'S health, during Saturday and yesterd ty, continued uninterruptedly to improve—" The KING passed a better night on Friday night than the preceding, and on Saturday morning his MaJr.szy was so much recovered as not to require the personal attendance of either of his physicians during the day." Again, it states—" That the Kinn was rather better yesterday (Sunday) morning, and continued, with scarcely any alteration, in the sane state as on Sa turday, throughout the day." Here must be some mistake ; for, if the KING was rather better yest, r day morning than be had been the day before, and his health " continued uninterruptedly to improve," how did it happen that he remained in the same state yesterday as the day before, with scarcely any altera tion? This is not like uninterrupted improvement; and so far, and upon this important yoint, the Court Circular is at variance with. itself. Thus doubt and ap prehension are excited, instead of being allayed. Surely it would have been more proper to have informed the public of the favourable change in his MAJESTY'S distem per upon the responsibility of the physicians who issued the alarming bulletin in the first instance, than upon the doubtful and unsatisfactory authority of any other per son. The Court Circular further says that, "in conse quence of the progressive improvement in the health of the Kisc, no bulletin was issued either on Saturday or yesterday." We are aware of the fact; but we confess we do not think the reason conclusive. We have just shown that the Court Newsman who informs us of this " progressive improvement," admits that the Kinn re mained in the same state yesterday as the day before, or with an alteration scarcely perceptible, which could nut be called a " a progressive improvement." All this pain ful uncertainty might have been removed if the physicians, who, by their bulletin, excited the apprehensions of the public in the first instance, had condescended to convey to them, in the same official shape, the gratifying intel ligence which his MAJESTY'S affectionate subjects are eager to believe, but, at the same time, wish to have confirmed.—Morning Herald. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS, The Countess of Bridgewater, in Grosvenor-square ; the Dowager Lady Cawdor, in Berkeley-square; the Misses Drake Garrard, in Montagu-square; the Marchioness of Cholmmdeley and the Hon. Miss Bentinek, in Carlton-gardens ; Colonel Bo water, of the 3d Guards, in Piccadilly ; Lady Sarah Bailey, Mr. and Miss Bailey, in Montagu-place; the Hon. Henry As:,ley, in Grosvenor-square; Lord, Lady, and Miss Dundas, in Hert ford-street, May-fair ; Colonel and Mrs. Brown, at their resi dence, King-street, Portman-square, from their seat, Amweil Bury, Hants ; Captain Edward Gore, R.N. at Kensington Pa lace ; Captain Carpenter, R.N. in Old Burlington-street ; Mrs. Cotterell, in Hertford.street ; the Hon. Frederick Eden, in So merset-street; Mr. Mrs. and Miss Ford, in Jermyn-street; Mrs. Dawson, in Chapel-street, Grosvenor-square; the Dowager Countess of Warwick and the Ladies Greville, in Chesterfield. street, play-fair ; Sir Culling Smith, Bart. in Brook-street, yes terday, front Paris; the Earl and Countess of Sefton, the ladies Molyneux, and Mr. Francis Molyneux, in Arlington-street, yesterday, from Newmarket; Major Johnstone, in Albemarle. street, yesterday, from St. Patersburgh ; Miss Weiby, at the Beroers Hotel, Berners-street, from Grantham; Charles Tho rold, Esq. at ditto, from Grantham ; Mrs. Chisleden, at ditto, from Bath ; J. Langston, Esq. Mrs. Langston, and family, at ditto, from Manchester. CHANGES. The Earl of Wilton, for Newmarket; Lord Howard de Wal den, for Seaford, Sussex ; Mr. J. S. Duncombe, for Newmarket ; the Marquis of Douro, for Strathsfieldsaye ; the Hon. Mr. Towns hend, for Lord Sydney's, at Foots Cray, Kent. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke of CommtLAtin arrived at the Palace on Saturday, to make his personal inquiries after the health of his Illustrious Brother. The Earl of MOUNTCHABLES came to town on Saturday night from Windsor. The Princess AUGUSTA came to town on Saturday afternoon from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of CLA ar.Ncr, at their residence in Bushey Park. Her Royal Highness attended divine service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. der Divine service was performed yesterday morning before the Duchess of KENT, the Princess VICTORIA, and the whole of their Royal Highnesses' household, by the Chaplain to the Royal Duchess, in the private chapel attached to the King's Palace, at Kensington. The Duke of WELLINGTON, the Earl of ABERDEEN, Mr. Secretary PEEL, the CHANCELLOR of the ExcliEQuEn., and the other Cabinet Ministers who had issued invitations to grand dinners on the 23d inst., to celebrate his MA JESTY'S birth-day, have severally postponed them till the 7th May, the day on which the Drawing-room is appointed to be held. _ _ The Earl of ABERDEEN left town on Saturday night for the Priory, near Stanrnore. The Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England had an interview with the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER on Friday at the Treasury. The French Ambassador had a conference on Saturday with the Earl of ABERDEEN, at the Foreign-office. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY arrived in town on Saturday. The Duchess of KENT and the Prince and Princess Es- TERIIAZV visited the King's Theatre on Saturday evening. Letters from Copenhagen state the winter was extremely mild in Iceland; the little snow which fell melted away immediately, but there were many storms. It is likewise announced that in Kamachatka the oldest men never remembered a milder winter. KING'S THEATRE. A new melo-dramatic opera, by BELLINI, entitled fl Pirata (the Pirate), in two acts, was brought out at this Theatre on Saturday evening. Madame MARIE LA NDE made her debut on the occasion, and was received. with consilerable favour. She is very clever, both as al singer and as an actre ss . H er vo i ce i s a hi g h soprano , (i ' fr great compass, extending to the upper F of the treble scale. Her intonation is pure, but, owing to the embarrassment of a first appearance, was slightly tremulous, and deficient in correctness. The opera is interesting, and full of action, and was received with much applause. DON. EMI was of course a leading personage, and in his : scene of taunt and defiance with Ernesto, displayed energy and skill, and drew down repeated acclamations. The scenery was remarkably well painted, especially the one which represents the illumination of Ernesto's castle. The house was full, and the company first-rate. We should not omit to add, that the opera is an adaptation of the late Mr. MaTuniN's popular tragedy of Bertram, or,. the Castle of St. Aldobrand. THE TAXES ON THE DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE. The subject of the taxes on newspapers, on ad vertisements, and on paper, is beginning to attract extensive public attention. We understand that several bodies of paper makers intend to memorialise the Lords of the Treasury for the remission or re duction of the stamp duty on newspapers, con sidering that newspapers are so far over-taxed as to diminish the receipts of the Exchequer from this source, and to prevent an immense consumption of piper. The present tax OR advertisements will be appealed against on the same ground, and also on account of the mischiefs which it occasions to many trades, as a tax on interchange. But we are informed of more than one Literary Association on whom these taxes fall the most heavily, who have it in con templation to appeal against them, on high moral and social principles, as taxes which check the diffrt sion of knowledge, and restrict the freedom of social intercourse between distant civilized communities. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, T iVEL TB 0' CL 0 CK. The Mexican packet has arrived by the illutinc, which sailed from Vera Cruz 15th February, from the Havannah 4th March, and from 'ramp:co 27th January. New York Papers two days later, to the 19th of March, Calcutta papers to the 18th December, a nd Charleston Papers to the 23d March, have been re' ceived at the North and South American Coffee.. house.' The New York Papers state, that accounts have been received, by way of Baltimore, of In insurree' don having broken out in the island of Cuba. It was di,covered, and General Vives issued a pro.. clamation on the subject, calling on the inhabitanti to he faithful to their good King. Several arrests took place in the island, and the conspiracy appears to have been insignificant. _ _ _ _ Accounts from Lima state that the times are molt distressing in Peru, and no change was ex" pected until the middle of next year. Advices had reached there from Valparaiso, that the province of Conception had declared itself in" dependent, and was at open war with Chili. The insurgents were marching on St. Jago, the capital• Most of the foreigners had left. They write from Mexico that nearly all the Gene ral Commanders of the different states have been changed. General Feran goes to Texas, on account of the continued rumour concerning the pretension' and projects of the Anglo-Americans. (From the Calcutta Price Current.) COTTON—We have heard of no Sales during the past week. Quotations nominal. INDIGO—The Sales in this have been extensive. The Market has rather a heavy appearance. The new crop is c')ming in fast. OPIUM—We have heard of no transactions je this since the Honourable Company's Sale, held et the Exchange on Monday last. The sale went og with briskness. ----- PIECE Goons—The sales during the past 'week have been almost entirely 'confined to Silk Goods. SALTPETRE—The demand has, been , rather lan guid—prices a shade lower. - EUROPEAN GOODS—Piece goods very limited. going off at reduced rates. Twist sales very limited, at reduced rates. Freights to London 31. to 31. 10s. dead weight, and 4/. to 6/. light freights. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 17.-1 he importation of cot ton this week reached 20,674 bags, and the sales are 13,580 bag., at rather higher prices for Brazil, and at steady rates for other descriptions. 1 0 Sugar only 300 hhds. British Plantation Sugar have been sold this week, hi some instances at rather lower prices. Accounts from Alexandria, via Toulon, of the 9,h March, state that the negociations were con tinued by the French Consul lately arrived there; and although they were kept a secret, it was con• jectured that the Pacha would co-operate in the ex pedition to Algiers, and the Egyptian squadron was expected to sail for that purpose. The English Consul there had set off for Cairo to the Nast after having received important despatches from his Government from Corfu. His mission is supposed to prevent the Pacha from joining the French el" pedition. THE FUNDS. Although his Majesty's health is nearly restored, and no more bulletins expected to be published, our Funds are not so good as when they left off on Sa turday, at 93i for the Account, and opened at the the same price this morning, since which they have been done at D 2 93 92i- for Money. Nothing doing us yet in the Foreign Market. In the John Bull (Calcutta Paper) of the 1St!! Dee., there are very long accounts of the speeches at a public meeting of the natives and merchants, to petition against the East India Company's mono• poly, which was carried. The private letters from Mexico appear to b 8 very satisfactory ; all was tranquil there, and con fidence beginning to be restored. £NGLISI - i FONDS. Bank Stock, 216 17 31 per Ct. 99 t i India Stook, 2422 3A New 4 per (;cat., 10114 %.1 3 per Cent Guns. 921 4 per Ct. 1826, 104./ Do. for Account, 922 India Bonds, 82 S Ditto Beauced, 91 1 Exchequer Bills, 79 80 FOREIGN FUNDS. Greek, 444 51 Mexican, 33/ 4-1 Peruvian, 2!/ 3 Portuguese, 60/ I Prussian, Ruseian, II I Spanish, 164 17 TWO V CLOCIC Brazilian, 733- 4 Bsc-nos Ayres, 33 5 Chilian, Colombian, 23- 4 1 Danish, 754- French, 5 per Cent. 10fl 7 Ditto, 3 per Cent. 533- 43- The City is again alarmed by surmises and reports in regard to his Majesty's health. It is again the current report that the King has had a relapse, which originates from large sales of stock being ef• fected by the same parties who had the fist infor• ,nation of his illness. It is a great neglect that Bulletins are not issued, which would be a saving of thousands of pounds to the public, and prevent the gambling on such an unfortunate occasion. Consol ,, , which were in the early part of the day at 93h, have receded to 94- 4- for the Account, and at present they are 92i -a, and for Money 92-1. In the I'ore►gn Market Spanish has fallen 1 per Cent. owing to the expedition sailing from Cadiz. Mexican Bonds are also lower, and the other foreign securities are also heavy. Consols 94 Y HREE 0' CL 0 CK. It is stated by a contemporary, that there is no probability of a marriage between Miss Di v, late Lady ELLENBOR.OUGH, and the German Prince ScuwART" ict:nrac, as the Emperor of AUSTRIA will not permit Prince of the German Empire to degrade himself by espousing a divorced wife. It ought to be recollected, we think, that this divorced wife was the wife of a British Cabinet Minister, and that until she was degraded by this German Prince, she was, in point of rank and station , much his superior. It would be a sad refinement in vtl" lainy, to find a man assigning as a ground for the non performance of an act of justice, a degradation of society of which he alone had been the cause,••-Ixtelligence. 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