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DECREE.

'• The King.—Amiest the caret which, at the epoch of my re-
establishment in the plentitude of the rights of my Sovereignty,
ineptly claim my paternal solicitude, I have considered as one of
the MOM important things the organivition of the police of my
kingdom, which should make me acquainted with the opinion
and the wants of my people, and point out to me the means of
repressing the spirit of at dition, extirpating the elements of discord,
and of making every thing concur to the prosperity of the kingdom.
The police, hitherto confined within too narrow a circle, and de-
pending oo the immovable tidiity of the Spaniards, limited itstlf
to precautions proportioned to the peaceable situation of the mo-
narchy ; but these precautions would now be barren end uselcra.
It is therefore indispensably necessary to give them the unity, ev-
il:lll4N and force which are required by the changes of times and
assue♦ts, and the want of repose, which is the first benefit of nit i-
litation, and the first security of the public welfare and happiness.
In consequence-Asking into consideration what has been represented
to me by the Superintendant-Oeneral of the public surveillance, and
in conformity with the opinion of a junta of Al Misters of toy Su-
preme Councils, at which the Governor of my Royal Connell pre-
sided, and by the advice of my Council of Ministers, I have resolved
to decree as follows :"

(Hcre is subjoined the Decee, the substance of which has
already been published.) .

PARIS, JAT(.3O.

The obsequies of V. lousgßs (the celebrated orientalist) took
place to-day. Alter the 1.21igi04111 ceremony in the church of Notre
Dame des Victoires, the mortal remains of the deceased were de-
posited in the burying ground of Pere la Chaise, to which they
were attended by a numeral's deputation of the Institute, tie Con-
serateurs of the Royal Library, and a great number of distin-
guished ornaments of the sciences, literature, and the arm, both
French and Foreigners.

[From the Etoik.l
PARIS, JAK. 31.

The news we receive from the departmenta coplanar; to be nal-
ler.t. The elections are prepared for in a manna =fore. ble to
the wi►hes of the friends of monarchy.
Popo Leo XII. ha• named Cardinal Gonsalvi, Prefect of the
Congrgation .k prop:246inch'

VIENNA, JAN. 21.

The ,t ',stria); ONert•e, publishes the following, under date of
Constantinople, Dec. 24, after noticing the char ges in the Turkish

Ministry :
" The news from the theatre of war occupy and alarm the go
vernment. The citadel of Corinth has certainly surrendered to the
Greeks. A fact sti❑ more athicting is, that the insurgents hare
made a second landing in Negropont (Eubma), and got possession
of Karisto. Their attack on 3litylene has not been less successful.
The events which hare taken place in the wcstern pat of the
theatre of war are still more serious.
" The Paeba of Scutari writes, that he has been obliged to
aim die siege of 3lissolungld, and evacuate Anatoliko. For two

months this has been foreseen by military men. The plan Of elm- /
paign this year hai not been Bad, but the means of execution have
all failed. The defection, and even revolt of the corps of 8,800
Albanians at Lunaki, was so much the more calamitous to the
Turks, as the Greek general. Mark Borrari, took advantage of it,
with rare talents, to effect his fine surpriae of Karpenissi. To coon-
plete the reverses, the Capitan Paeha—it is not known why—aban- t
'toned the station of Patras. Mustepha Pacha, however, ventured
to attack the Greeks at Kilidonia, and obtained some advantage
over them. This was the last affair of the campaign.
" The fatal issue of the siege of Missolunghi has had, and win
have, fatal consequences for the Porte. Its first eflict has been to
raise all the Albanians in favour of the Greeks. The latter an-
nounce already that they will convert the blockade of Patras into u
regular siege. Colocotroni marchcs on the place with six or tight
thousand men. At Constantineple it is said that the fleet of the
Capitan Pacha is to he sent back thither to attempt a diversion,
but it is more probable that the scasm will compel a suspension
of arms.

RaENot FuNns.—Puts, JAN. 31.—Rentes, ficr. 25c. ; Bank
Stock, 1,1:56f.; Neapolitan 5 pa Ce;its,l3l.l; Spanish Rentes
d'Esp. 251.—E:change on London, one month, 25f. 45c.; three
ditto, 25f. 35c.

Both Houses of Parliament meet to-day. It is to be re-
gretted that his Majesty's health will not permit him to
open the Session in person. The leading features of the
Speech to be delivered by the Royal Commissioners are
already known. It does not make any distinct recognition
of South American independence, though it alludes to Con-
suls having been sent to that interesting part of the New
World to watch over the commercial interests of our mer-
chants ; nor does it make any alltzsflis to the affairs of
Greece, or the struggle now pending between the barbarous
Turk and his revolted subjects in that classic portion of
Eastern Europe. The Speech will open by stating the
assurances received by his Majesty of the continued friendly
disposition of all foreign Powers towards this country. It
will then allude to the differences which still prevail be-
tween Russia and the Porte, the amicable arrangement of
which, it will add, are contidiastly contemplated from tie
strenuous exertions of our Plenipot...ntiary, Lord Strangford.
On this melancholy state of Spain little will be said; and
that merely in allusion to the war Ir tween France and
that country, which has closed in everything but its
c msequences: on that subject the Speech will contain
the assurance, that every day's experience has confirmed
the wisdom of that course of neutrality which Ministers
adopted, and which the last Parliament so cordially
approved. His Majesty will next inform Loth Houses,
that Consuls have been sent out to South America, to pro-
tect the trade of this country in that important quarter of
the New World, and to watch over our commercial into-
rests ; but that with respect to any ulterior measures it
may be expedient to adopt, this country will take its own
time for the arrangement of them. The course pursued
by his Majesty's Government will be stated to have been
steady and consistent, observing throughout a strict neu-
trality between Spain and her emancipated colonies. On
the agitating subject of the West Indies, the Speech
will state the endeavours of Government to carry into'
effect the measures recommended in the Address
voted by the Lower House for the religious instruction
and general amelioration of the condition of the Negroes;
and his Majesty will press upon Parliament the necessity
of the greatest moderation and prudence in the present
discussion of so delicate and important a subject as the ex-
isting condition of our West India Colonies. After this
detail, of what may le called our Foreign Relations, the
Speech, in noticing the domestic condition of the country,
will state the great satisfaction his Majesty feels at_ the,
flourishing state of the revenue ; the increasing activity in
almost every branch of our manufactures; the prosperity
of our trade; and the general improvement of agriculture,
which will be mentioned as now promising speedily to re-
sume its permanent station among the great interests of
the country. The Speech, in adverting to Ireland, will
dwell on Lord Wellesley's Government, and the pro-
mising, appearance of improvement in the internal condi-
tion of that country, which has so long been the object of
his Majesty's particular, and personal anxiety. Parliament
and the Country will be complimented generally on the do-
mestic repose and quiet of this country, and the confidence
now beginning to be felt by all classes of the community in
the stability of our affairs. The Speech will then close
with the usual recommendation to the Lower House to
provide for the necessary supplies of the year; the esti-
mates for which will be kid before them. We cannot
avoid regretting the condonation of the hesitating policy,
too long practised, with respect to South America, and
which withholds a distinct and unequivocal recognition of
that which absolutely exists—the complete independence
of those provinces. We did hope, that when the prudent
poiiey was adopted of sending Consuls to those countries,
that it was only preliminary to such an acknowledgment.
France, we are persuaded, has yet concealed and dangerous
d.aigns on those colonies: she is notoriously snaking large
naval preparations in her ports, and prohally pith a view
to an expedition, in the name of Spain, to those shores.
Our commerce, in that rising quarter of the New World,
is of first-rate importance; it is indissolubly connected with
the freedom of South America. The United States have al-
ready expressed their feeling unequivoca ly on the subject;
and we feel deeply disappointed that our Government has not
pursued the same course. On the agitating sohject of our
West India Colonies, the paragraph of the Speech which
alludes to them has our warm approbation, and will have,
we trust, the fullest effect with Parliament. The safety
and preservation of these important appendages of the
British Crown, the lives and property of the colonists,
now haulms the wisdom and prudence of the Legislature.
If the career of the abolitionists be not restrained, destruc-
don to the sugar islands and the white inhabitants must
be the certain consequences. The stake is too deep to be
trifled with for a moment: our possessions there are of too
much importance to be sacrificed to the ignorant and im-
patient zeal of a few fiery and fanatic zealots. The dis-
cussions during the last Session, pressed as they were by
Mr. Buxton and his party, have already is en followed by
the deepest alarm and the most appalling consequences.
If the fevered feelings that now prevail, both among the
colonists and slaves, ere not suffered to subside, before
any new discussion is pressed forward, no man can
calculate what the melancholy results may be. With
respect to Ireland, in the happiness of which country his
Majesty's paternal feelings have been so warmly embarked,
we know that a gradual but most sensible amelioration has
taken place throughout the country. The zealots of both
parties declaim against the Government of the Marquis
Wellesley, and it is the best and highest compliment that
can be paid his administration. We shall probably have,
in the coming Seraion, petitions from the half-dozen ob-
scure and intemperate individuals, styling themselves a
Catholic Board, complaining of the administration of
justice on their side; and Sir George Hill and the Orange-
men will vent their complaints as impartially on the
opposite benches. But the King's Viceroy was not sent
to Ireland to consult the prejudices of any party : the
peace of the entire country, and impartial government, for
the benefit of the whole Irish people, -without dis-
tinction of sect or principle, woe the gnat object

`his Majesty's Tepresentative tiaa lent to' a
and these important put-poets he has steadily and
unchangeably pursued, and in a great degree attain-
'ed. In the view taken by the Speech cf the si
tuation of this- country generally, we must fully con
-
I
tcur ; it is now every day rising in prosperity ard con-
, segment power ; its pact mighty efforts are no lenger felt in
the depression that for a while followed on them. The
commerce, the manufactures, and the revenue of Crest
I Britain, are all rapidly increasing. Near ten years of peace
have already passed a say, and the benefits attendant on
such a state arc now more then ever felt and appreciated;
we trust the characjer and honour of the country may
long be consistent with its continuance, and that when
Great Britain is again called on to arm, it will be only
when her quarrel is just and unavoidable ; and, with the
fulniss of power,. et.pability, and resources in a willing
and gallant people, whenever that day arrives she will be
, found prepared for the effort;—but her day of peace will
yet, we trust, be long and prosperous.

THE linto.—The state of Lis Nlajcsty's health, we arc
glad to annootice, continues daily to improve. The an-
swers to the Inquirin on Saturday and Sunday, were as
follow:

SATUSDAY Jax. 31.—" AL Majesty is considerably better."
SUNDAY, I&.. I.—" 1I Majesty continues to get better."
The Prince de Carignan was to leave Paris on Monday,
for Turin.
Yesterday the Lords of the Council assembled at the
Council Mice, Whittling, to hear and determine Planta-
tion appeals. The tit were the Lord President,
the Judge of Arches Con toe Lord Chief Baron, the
Mast: r of the Rolls, the ellui*e of the High Court of Ad-
miralty, &e. Their Lortlails also assembled last Friday
at the same place, on similar appeals. The same Lords
were present.
Yesterday the Earl of Liverpool gave a grand dress Par-
liamentary dinner, at WenitelialL to a number of Noble-
men; among them were the mover and seconder of the
Address to the King, upon the delivery of his Majesty's
Speech, at the opening of the Session of Parliament.—
Mr. Secretary Canning also gave a grand dress party to
the Members of the House of Commons; consisting of
about thirty-flee, including the Speaker, and the mover
and seconder of the Address. The substance of the King's
Speech woe read by both the Ministers to their noble and
distinguished guests.
Lady Nugent gave a masked and fancy ball and supper
on Tuesday evening, the 20th ult. at Teignmouth. The
company amounted to about 130, • considerable number
of whom were in character. Her Ladyship, in the early
part of the evening, was dressed in the costume of 17'20,
tier hair powdered in a most unique manner, and covered
whit diamonds; at supper her Ladyship was in p opriet
rsontr ; and afterwards appeared as a French lady. Sir
Jaunts Nugent was liabited in full Court dress of the same
reriod. On this occasion, the Conversatory was floored,
and the whole fancifully decorated with evergreens and
flowers, amidst which was intempersisl a great number of
ea. legated lamps. The Quadrille Band was concealed in
an arbour, anti another formed a communication with a
room where refreshments were provided. The dancing
commenced at fen, and continued till See a.m.

MARRIAGE VAT limit Ltre.—On Wednestley, the seeth
ult. was married, by special licence, at Ilehburn Hall,
Wiliam Henry Lambton, Esq. brother of John Gorge
Lambton, Esq. M.l'. for the county of Durham, to lien-
rietta, si cond daughter of Cuthbert Ellison, Esq. M.l'. for
Newrastle-upon-Tyne. Among the company present
were—Mr. and Lady Louisa Lambton, Sir Al. W'. Ridley,
Sir Hodworth Williamsoa, Messrs. Iligge, T. W. Ripe,
It. J. Lambton, and R. W. Brandling. The bells of this
city, and those of Newceetle and Gateshead, rang merry
peals on the joyous ocensien.—Durham Paper.
DCATH nr TN Coverese or Central:E.—On Tues-
day morning last, at five o'clock, at Castle Howard, York-
shire, the seat of her noble husband, in the seventy-first
year of !visage the Right Hon. Margot et Caroline Countess
of Carlisle.- age,
LmWh4wris the second elanghter of
Grenville Leveson Gower, thirtfarquis o 7 Stafford. I
Another striking instance Ilia occurred of the meanness
and suspichts at the French Government towards those
who have rendered themselves politically obnoxious to it.
Two of Sir Robert Wileos-s's children, daughters, who had
been at school in France, were on their way to this
country, and were to have sailed in the packet from Calais
on Friday last. Sir Robert Wilson who is not allowed to
enter Franc.s, had gone to Dover. to receive them. When
the packet arrived on Friday, instead of the young ladies,
a messenger arrived, with the intelligence, that at the
moment of their going aboard the packet, an agent of the
police had brought orders that they should be detained.
Sir R. Wilson, who was naturally surprised and alarmed
at this Feet:sling, wrote to Mr. Canning, informing him
of the circumstance; hut the next arrival from Calais
brought a letter to Sir Robert, stating, that after examin-
ing the bag,gaese, and detaining nothing, the agents of the'
police had said the young ladles were at liberty to depart.,
When eitestioned es to thi causes of and order for this
strenge proceeding, and caps chilly as to its taking place at
so inconvenient a moment (the ladies having I:een a day
and a night in Calais previous to the search, and all their
passports having been regularly delivered berore), the
agents stated that the measure was taken by the special
order of the Minister of Police, who had ordered that the
search should be made " at the moment of their departure."
Erereis,,,, purr.
Of the individuals who have been recently tried in Lem-
berg, twenty-five in number, and among them several
I noblemen, 'nine have been acquitted, and sixteen con-
de-ginned to capital punishment. Ten of the latter, how-
ever, having made their escape, they have been contemned
par MIiUMOCC only, and as long, therefore, as they keep
themselves beyond the jurisdiction of the Austrian ponce,
their lives will beset:. The others, too, have had their
sentences commuted, some of them into that of imprison-
ment in a fortress for life ; others for twenty years, and
others for three. Those who were not convicted, even,
with the exception of one, have been fined, and deprived
of all their rights as Austrian nobles.
GENERAL Li- ral Ludlow, who examined
the papers of Charles thi First when they were wilted by
the Parliament, asserts, that he saw a letter, signed Charlte
/tee, in %%hide that monarch ordered Sir John Pennington,
who o•minanded th.s squadron, te follow is every reaped
the oret.re of the King of Franc:s while he should be be.
tore and to sink every English ship the Captains
of which should be unveil:Jug of obey him.

- .
Ms. PIE:Kt-L.—The fate of this gentleman still remains
enveloped in mystery: various rumours are daily and
almost hourly circulated ; but we can assure our readers,
that up to the hour of ten last night no trace of Mr.
Pierce bad betn objained, and his friends and the public
are strongly impressed with the conviction that he has
been destroyed. The water will again be let out of the
Float on Alonday, for *lw purpose of RCIMITiIII the har-
bour, when we understand th,t most scrutinizing search
will be made therein, foritr.scovery of the body ; and as it
is of the utmost impor*ce to the cause of justice, that
the hest infonration should be obtained of the strte in
,
which it may be fone learn that very many gentle-
men intend to meet tithe time when the Float will be
emptied, to take station n the banks of the harbour, for
the purpose of themselves inspecting the state of the body
anti property thereon, it should be found to be cast
therein.--Bristed Merniq.

A correspondent nt Cows says —" The public mind may
now be rclivred from its apprehension respecting Mr.
Pierce, of Bristol, ash is determined, almost beyond the
Istasibility of doubt, .that be sailed from this port on
Thursday last. in the American Hudson, for New
York, under the assumetrname of Robinson."
WONDERFUI. FEAT Of ('faxes Sun-
day (Netting last was rung, at the ancient church of St.
Dunstan's, Stepney, by the Junior Cumberland Society, a
trtiv and convict-a peal of gramisire laters, consisting of,
musical changes,' which was c:-.:npleted in a Inas-
terly manner in the short tiint• of three hours and thirty
minutes, pelf itythe following persons :—Petcr I I all,
treble ; William Williams. second; Benjamin Martin,
third; James Bfacklock. fourth; Samuel Austin, fifth ; I
John Mnrrin, sixth ; John Harris, &Tenth ; TllOlll3,
Rates, eighth ; Stephen Wedge, ninth ; and Ebenezer I
Haswell, tenor. The whole conducted by Williatn Wit-
Earns, Weight of the tenor bell, 1 ton 11 cwt.