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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. SPEECH OF THE KING OF FRANCE, ON OPENING THE SESSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE CHAMBERS. On Monday last the KING of FRANCE opened the Session of the Legislative Chambers with a Speech from the Throne, of which the following is a copy : " GENTLEMEN,-It is always with confidence, and, on the present occasion, under favourable auspices, that I come to open this Session. " In preceding years I was compelled to par ticipate my griefs with yon. "'More happy now, I have only to return thanks to the All-powerful for the constant pro tection which he has vouch , ,afed to France. The Son, with which !leaven has soothed my sorrows, grows with the public prosperity, and continues to _be to me a source of consolation and hope. This : child, my heart feels confident, will be worthy of us ; he will merit the love with which my subjects surround his cradle.. " i4•'ly relations with foreign Powers have never ceased - to be amicable and I have firm confidence that they will continue to be so. •4 Great calamities afflict the East. Let us hope that they approach their termination, and that the prudence and cordiality of all the Powers - will find the means of satisfying what religion, policy,-and humanity, may justly demand. " The naval force, which, under these circum stances, I have stationed in the seas _of the Le vant, has accomplished the object which I con templated. Our ships have always effectually protected my subjects, and often they have of-• forded to misfortune a. timely aid. • " A destructive scourge desolates a portion of Spain ; I have prescribed, and I will maintain, the rigorous precautions which protect our coasts and frontiers from the contagion: • 44 If we take a view of our domestic state, what motives have we not to bless Providence ? The sensible progress of manufactures, agriculture, and the arts, attests that of commerce ; and very soon new channels, by multiplying the means of com munication and of traffic, will extend the general good to all parts of the kingdom. ‘.c The prosperity of the finances, the gible exposition of - the public accounts, and fide lity to engagements, have consolidated public credit, and increased the resources of the State. " The period at which I have convoked you, and, the orders which I have given that the finan cial laws should be'first submifted to you, suffi. cientlli manifest My deSire. to put an end to pro visional grants : the . Chambers will, doubtless, be eager to secohd my intentions. " Our auspicious situation, and the return of internal and external tranquillity, have already admitted of a diminution in one of the most bur- . thensome of the taxes—that which attacks repro duction in its source, by overcharging landed pro perty. Next year, those so assessed will wholly enjoy this reduction. I desire that successively, and ns soon as the exigencies of the State and the dignity of France will permit, the various taxes which constitute the public revenue shall be investigated, and, if it be practicable, dimi nished, or better assessed. " The laws are respected, and the deposita ries of my power become every day more and more imbuod with their spirit. Order and discipline reign in the army. " Everywhere passions are subsiding, and sus picions wearing away ; and it gives me pleasure -to acknowledge, Gentlemen, that by your loyal co-operation you have powerfully contributed to all this good. " Let us persevere in the wise measures to - which such prosperous results must be attributed. Let us persevere iu that unity of views, which has so efficaciously defeated the vigilance, and restrained the last efforts, of the spirit of trouble and disorder. "In this the repose of Europe is no less inte. rested than ours. It is thus that all the generous. sentiments will be developed with which your hearts abound; and - that you will establiSh, upon the gratitude, the love, and the respect of my subjects, the Throne, which protects the li berties of all." When his MAJESTY had concluded his speech, the CHANCELLOR, having received the KING'S orders, informed the newly-elected Deputies who were present, that his MAJESTY would permit them to take the oaths before himself. He then read the formula, and the Minister of the Inte rior, calling over the names, each Member stood up in his place, and replied by the words, " 1 swear."—The following was the form of the oath : " I swear to be faithful to the KING, to obey the Consti tutional Charter, and the Laws of the Kingdom, and to con duct myself, in all respects, as befits a good and loyal De puty." The Deputies having thus taken the oath, the CIIANCELLOIt announced, in the name of the KING, that the Session for the year 1821 was opened, and all of them were invited to assemble on the following day, in their respective Cham hers, to commence their labours. His MAJESTY descended from the Throne amid the liveliest acclamations of Vivc Ic Rol ! which were prolonged for a considerable le►►gth of time.. Salvos of artillery announced the return of hie MAJESTY to the Thuileries. NAPLES. (EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER.) " NAPLES, OCT. 16.—Last week Gen. Flit- MONT submitted au important proposal to the Neapolitan Government, offering to reduce the • Austrian Army of Occupation to thirty thousand men, and to charge himself with the care of pro viding them with subsistence and military stores for the sum . of 4,000,000 ducats per annum.— The prOposal received his Majesty's approba tion, and Count Orloff has been dispatched to Vienna to obtain the concurrence of the Em peror of Austria, to the 'proposed arrangement. The perfect tranquillity of the kingdom autho rises the reduction of the military force, and the great diminution of expence which will result from the measures in contemplation, will be a very important and opportune relief to the King dom, and it marks at the same time a watchfulness over the fluctuation of circumstances and a wish to bestow every indulgence which is consistent with safety, for which the Austrian Court is not so much honoured as it deserves to A short time since, the report of the contagious fever existing at Marseilles and in Spain was confirmed by news from Genoa, and orders were consequently given that no vessel from Marseilles I or from the Spanish coast should be allowed to en ter the Bay, and cruisers were stationed off Cape Misenum to carry those orders into execution. :1 Danish vessel, laden with fish, from the coati( of Spain, was sent back a few days ago ; and so strict are the orders, that immediately on learning that it came from Spain, it was ordered away be fore the name of the vessel could be ascertained. It is eminently necessary to guard, by every means that can be suggested, againSt the intro duction of a contagious distemper into such a city as Naples, where, from the crowded nature of the . population, from the stimuli of heat and wine, from the ignorance of the' people, from their poverty, their vice, their filth, and their sloth, it would have its entire effect ; but though every body must be fully aware of this, still there is a great laxity in the .quaran tine, and it is notorious that almost any indul gence can be procured by bribes, and that the country ships smuggle goods into pretty nearly every port in the Mediterranean. I will men tion one out of many curious facts which have come to my knowledge respecting the quaran tine of Naples. An English vessel arrived in the Bav, bringing a miscellaneous cargo, part of which it had taken in at a suspected port ; it was conseqUently gent to the latzuretto sporco at Nisita, and compelled to perform sixty live days quarantine ; armed boats were stationed round the vessel, and every precaution taken to prevent its having any communication with the shore ; but all this was en pure perte ; for on the veryday that the vessel got into the Bay, and before the Officer from tire Health Office had been along; side, the Captain, by means of a bribe of a dol lar, got on shore, and visited several families be fore he returned on board." SPAIN. M kLiGA, OCT. 12.—A notice has been pub lished here, of which the following are the chief passages : " Inhabitants of the Province of Malaga !—The enemies of their country take advantage of every circumstance to promote t:ieir machinations. " While the inhabitants of Malaga have been .agitated by the fears of a malignant disorder, which has attacked a very small number.of individual 4; and which the Authorities have endea .voured to stifle in its origin, and hope to extinguish, and an in creased number of families have emigrated through a prudent precaution, the ill-disposed have spread the most absurd reports for the purpose of exciting disordar, such as that c there was a dreadful popular commotion in 3lalaga, caused by the approach of an anti-constitutional army; that numerous armies of French, Geirrians, and Russians, had entered Catalonia and Navarre to dissolve the Cortes,' and other equally absurd tales ;—I there fore think it necessary to state, that Malaga enjoys the most perfect tranquillity ; that the King and the Cortes are cordially united for the good of the country ; that we maintain the moat friendly relations with all foreign Powers ; and that those who spread reports like the above. 'ought to be considered by you as traitors, and denounced to the - competent Authorities, that they may be punished according to law. " MANUEL ROBLEDA. " Malaga, Oct. 11, 1321." SEvILLE, OCT. 14.—The Magistrates of this city have pub lished a notice, to contradict a report:that had been circulated, of the yellow fever having manifested itself in the quarter of Triana ; the patients who were supposed to have that disorder, have been ekamined, and tOund to have only bilious feVers, such as are conanon at this season. MADR:D, OCT. 19.—The accounts received to-day of the progress of the epidemic are not 'ao satisfactory as might have been hoped. In Alalaga, there have been some persona sus pected of having the contagious fever, but it was generally be lieved that the evil would be extinguished, and for the present no fears were entertained. At Cadiz, _there were only vague reports among some people, but in general nothing was feared ; and from the lath to the 11th there had been buried in that populous city only one child, one woman , *andone man. . , . At San Luca: de Barrarne4 4 there was a report of the fever. Precautions were taken against a suspected patient, but it 'was soon found that the contagious disorder did not exist: At Puerta de St. Maria, the contagion continued, as appears from the following statement : YELLOW FEVER. Remain. New - Cases. Cured. Deaths. Oct. 7, - 165 27 13 7 8, . 171 35 14 14 At Xeres de la Frontera, the malady had appeared, hut with little violence ; on the 6th there were three new cases, one death, one cured, seven remaining. At Lebrija, its ravages were more extensive than in Xeres. From the Ist to the 6th— Remain. New Cases. Cured. Deaths. • 22 - 32 • 2 8 From the 7th to the 9th -32 18 1 7 It is not known that the contagion has appeared in any other part of Andalusia, At Mequineuza, the epidemic was considered to be extin guished. At Barcelona and Tortosa, this dreadful scourge continues to rage in the most frightful manner. BARCELONA, OCT. 13. Remain. New Cases. Cured. Deaths. Oct. 10, 719 99 28 61 11, 729 96 14 87 12, 723 56 7 76 13, 507 0 0 6 Note.—The last physician, D. Diego Deloni having fallen sick, the Junta has not been able to receive die official state ment for Bare . elptiettalor the 12th : however, from the report of the Comnoisary, it appears that the number of deaths has been 29, as we have reckoned it, and the number of new cases nearly the same as on the preceding day, A notice published by the Board of Health mentions the arrival of the French physicians, and speaks in the highest terms of their generous philanthropy. In the debate on the division of the territory, the following articles were approved : Province of Thlboa, capital Bilboa ; Province of Tolosa, ca pital St. Sebastian; Province of Vittoria, capital. Vittoria ; Pro vince of Canaries, capital St. Cruz de Te.neria ; the latter capi tal after a very long discussion.. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE 1 , 4L5E171 AUDE.IT ? LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1821. His MAJESTY was expected to land this day at Greenwich, and proceed immediately to town. Information to this effect was yesterday received at Carlton Palace, and all requisite arrangements have been made under the superintendance of Sir BENJAMIN BLOIUMFIELD. It is reported that his MAJEsTY will *non return to Brighton,. where preparations are 'making for his reception, and it is supposed that he will remain there till after Christmas. Dovra., Nov. 7.—The French packet, with the mail, left Calais to-day later than any other of the vessels, and the passengers by her report, that soon after she left the harbour the guns be gan thundering away, and there is little, doubt but it was a Royal salute in honour of the arrival of His MAJEsTr, who may therefore be expect ed to reach England to-morrow. He was momen tarily expected at. Calais, in the morning having passed through Cologne, Liege, Brussels, Bruges, &c. &c. We received at a late hour to day the French Papers of Monday. An article from :Semlin, in Hungary, dated the 18th of October, confirms ,the previous report of the Proclamation of the Matti-Scheriff of the Grand Signior, throughout the Turkish provinces, calling upon all Mussul mans, from the age of ten to sixty years, to take up arms. Several couriers who left Constanti nople on the 9th of October, had arrived at Belgrade, with this firman,. and others had gone into the other provinces for the same put''. pose. The troops of Asia are appointed to ren dezvous tlt Constantinople, and -those of• Euro pean Turkey at Salonica, TrawniCk-,'•Andrinople, • •. Silistria and Beiv ide; and i t is reported that the Finnan containable declara-tion of the avto SIG iOR, that-his Highness considered himself as being at war with 11w Russian nation and the G reek nation; that the ekistence of Islamism and of his State was in danger, and all true believers must fly to arms in defence of those: objects. A Frankfort article of the 30th October confirms the report of the discontenti prevailing in Servia. The same article states, that the Emperor of AijiTltlA has prohibited any - Greeks from entering his domi nions who have taken part in the contest against the Turks; and contrasts the Austrian policy with the Conduct of .Russia, who has given an asylum in Bessarabia to the Moldavian and Wa lachian Insurgents-, who have fled thither for re fuge. Th e f r i en d s o f Greece , however, w ill re joice to hea r th a t, accor ding to the Nurembu rg G a . :elle of the 0 9th Oct:, a great Power has recently given instructions to its diplomatic agents abroad, to grant pa s sp or t s t o a ll persons applying to go to . Greece, without inquiring into the object, of their journey. We may therefore shortly expect to hear of many distinguished military men being in the ranks of the Greeks. The intelligence from Spain in the French Journals comes clown to the 25th of October. The Corks are proceeding with the territorial law, and the law relative to the National Militia.— The Empecinado, Military Governor of Zamora, has been replaced by G eneral CARTANO.—The town of Alcaniz, in A rragon, has been the theatre of some tumultuous scenes ; but order was re stored by the vigilance and activity of the police, and the zeal of the Political Chief.—The second in command of ZALnivAit's band has been taken prisoner. On the 23d the Members of the Club of the Fontana d'Oro wished to make a triumphal procession through Madrid in honour of General RtEso, in consequence of its being St. Rafael's day, and the General's Christian name being RAFAEL. Some disturbances arose, but a regi ment of the guards soon dispersed the seditious groupe, and several of the most active have been arrested. The Smell of the KING of FRANCE, in open= ing the Session of the Chambers, will be read with great interest.—Every one must rejoice at the prosperous condition of that great Member of the family of Europe, and at the gratifying assurances which the KING gives of the progres sive consolidation of its institutions, and its pro sperity. As far as France is concerned, we shall leave the Royal Speech to develope the leading features of its situation without com ment. It is the passage relating to the great struggle for the Independence of the Greeks, which, with the intense anxiety we feel for the emancipation of that suffering and heroic people, has arrested the greater share of our attention. On the interesting question of peace or war be tween Russia and Turkey, we are still left in doubt. The King of FRANCE, however, IRIS ren dered it certain that the existing peace rests on no secure basis, and that the boasted arrange ments for its continuance are not yet completed. This confirms the views of the subject which we have all along taken. The King of FRANCE still only " hopes that the prudence and cordiality of all the Powers will find the means of sa tisfying what religion, policy, and humanity require." Their prudence and cordiality, how ever, have not yet, it seems, after so many months, obtained from Turkey those concessions and guarantees, whatever they may be, which have been required of her. And do the move ments of the Porte Indicate a disposition to comPly' with the demands made upon it, or.to resist them by force? We have no means of solution afforded but those of its extensive preparations for war, — the assemblage of its forces from the most dis tant parts of its empire, ----the calling of all Mus stilmans to arm,—and the retaining its troops em bodied, in defiance of ancient customs and regu lations, and at the hazard of exciting their dis affection and revolt. Letters have arrived this morning, of a recent date, from various parts of Spain; and those from Tortosa bring the pleasing account that the rain has already commenced in that quarter, owing to which the fever has begun to abate.—The above letters add, that the malady communicated to the cattle, and out of 300 sheep only 75 re mained alive, in one week. Ten Friars, who went to attend the sick, fell victims to the fever. LIVERPOOL, NOv. 6.—General Don FRAN CISCO %%IVES, late- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from Spain to the United States, arrived here on Wednesday in the packet ship Amity, from New York. Don lII LARIO DE RIVAS SALMON, Secretary- to the Le gation, remains as Charge d'Affaires.' S r.troc or WILLIAM 111.—DuaLIN.—We hoped that iu consequence of the recommenda tion of the Lord Mayor, and the ROolutions of tl.e Magistrates, the practice of decorating- the Statue of King Wzr.r.iAm, in Dublin, would this year have been abandoned. The custom is exceed ingly offensive to the Catholics ; find is produc tive of no real advantage, that we can see, to the Protestants. It is true that it is as little pro ductive of any real injury to the Catholics; and therefore, so far, the one party may contend for its" continuance with as much she'w of reason as the other for its cessation. But , vihatever may he the abstract insignificance to both parties, of the custom of decorating the Statue on a particular day, it is found to be practically productive of very bitter and resentful feelings on the one side, and perhaps of insolent triu.wph and idle exultation on the other. It is therefore desirable, that, being use less in itsttlf, and mischievous in its consequences. it should be entirely done away. If the Protes tants were required to relinquish any principle, or even any real and substantial advantage over LiWir C4tholic fellow-subjects, which they now Possess, we should liat , e to examine the questic rl with different views than are required for th e decision of this unimportant dispute about au material matter of mere shew. We should have to look, nut merely to the amount of the sacrifice itself, but to its influence, in all its bearings/ upon the state of society, the civil and religious Institutions of our country, tile present 4NY of the Constitution, the future tranquillity of the • State, and the permanent stabiliti of tl►e Protestant fait}►. But none o f these considerations have any thing to do with the propriety or impropriety of continuing. this of fensive decoration. The Constitution rent the same whether the statue of WiLLIANt b e de corated or not,—whethera few perverse Orange' men succeed in placing the gaudy trappings ul►o" it under cover of the night, or even if a Catholic mob, availing themselves of the same mea►►s 0 1 privacy, should hurl it from its pedestal. It is , perhaps, hard that the Protestants should be re -- quired to make this sacrifice of feelings at leas t innocent if not laudable in themselves, and that they should be expected to relinquish a custom which, abstractedly considered, is perfectly harm' less ;—but it is harder still that the peace of 0 14 country should be endangered, and the gracious efforts of the Sovereign himself to introduc e habits of civility and good order, if not of heart/ reconciliation and mutual good-will, amongst Ogg contentions classes of his subjects, should be frustrated, by an obstinate adherence to a custom which though innocent is of no utility,—perse' verance in which can be productive of no g ood/ though it may lead to much mischief.—Naving these views of the matter, we are truly sorry to find from the Dublin Papers that the statue , notwithstanding the exertions of the. MagistracY , exhibited on Sunday last the usual Orange trappings, which had been placed upon it, 1 " the course of the night, by a few unknow n persons ; but it may be hoped that this imprudence will not be repeated, since ,tb c great body of the Dublin Protestants have e s ' pressed their unqualified reprobation of it, an d the %hole of the Orange Lodges have disavowed all knowledge of or participation in a proceeding which is, to say the least of it, equally o pposed to the wishes of the KING, to the determinatio n of the Magistracy, and to the suggestions °I. common sense. PoLICE.—We have more than once carefollY perused Mr. MAINWARING'S pamphlet on thi s important subject ; and we have heartfelt OW snare in avowing that there is not one of his rel y sonings or suggestions from which 'we can vrit ll hold our cordial assent. It is impossible, w e think, but that they should be adopted by Cr° - veinment and the Legislature ; and confident we are that a system of Police founded upon them would speedily realize all the advantages expect' ed by Mr. M.tINWARING, and which he has pointed out in a manner most attractive and S e tisfactory. The work does equal honour to his head and to his heart,—to his feelings as a ma"' his discernment and sagacity as a political phil( ) " pher, and his integrity and experience as, a gistrate. We sincerely wish that it were in °dr power to transfer the whole of this laminud s production to our columns, so convinced are ‘ e that every person by whom it is read will, wit ll ' ourselves, be satisfied of the soulidno , s principles and the practical utility and impor!' ance of its propositions. Though we feel ail 04 difficulty of making selections from a worl" every part of which is equally deserving of Pt' ference, yet we intend, as soon as. Possible ; . ") extract a few passages as specimens, in the hol e that our Readers may he induced to examine the whole for themselves. -‘ 4l , , I * 4 , Vr r+4 MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. Monday, Novembcr 12, 40NDON. N 05.40, 100,143, 241, 319, 335. COUNTRY. Nos. 97, 131, 243, 320, 3C03 378, .433, .137, 47:1, 517, 524, 538, 546, 448, 570, • 574; 578, 597, 043,, 710. - 13, Lomnox. Nos. 23, 62, 290, 3110, 367, Tuesday, 479. COUNTRY. Nos. 24, 67, 87, 130, 1:;8 145, 211, 2t;3, 202, 310. 427, 537, 604, 626, 640 WU, 714. Wulnesdny, - 14, LONDON. Nos. 3, 11, 16, 19, 29, 47, 79. 92, 86, 237, 257, 334, :153, 435. COUNTRY. Nos. 159, 213, 215, 232, 314, 344, 440, 442, 447, 470, 543, 647, 661. - 15, LospoN. Nos. 152, 274, 284, 388. COUNTRY. Nos. 51, 113, 11f., 171, 288, 416,.451, 453, 466, 469, 506, 511, 561, 657, 670. - 16, LONDON. N.. 49 3 . CousTßr. Nos. 20, 30, 55, 193, 470, 600, 646. • Thursdaj , , Friday, Saturday, * ---- 17, LONDON. COUNTRY. No. O. LANCASHIRE. 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After our hearty cornmenda'tions, having considered.your R e ' port, dated the 15th ult, on a Petition from Cowes, praying be allowed to Warehouse some Bear Skins at that. Port, tli °e are to authorise sad require you to permit tioOdS 'anutneratc airl Table D. of •the Warehousing Act, to be Warehouse the Pert of Cowes, and for so doing this shall bo your warrant.. VA NSITTAR`F. To the Commissioners of Customs. PAGET. The Duke of Yoarx unexpectedly arrived i f } town front Chevely, the seat o f th e D,q l i.e °„ Itui•LANu, his Royal Highness not having b ee , - expected till this day. Tuesday his Royal n i g : l; ness held a Levee as Co mman d er -i n -Chid; w ll ,s_ C • was but thinly att e nd e d, th ere being only b e t ' LWeest twenty and thi r ty Gentlemen preserY )wing to his Royal Ihighne,is not b e ing eNPecte