The Sun.
London, England, 1836-11-02 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEIVMARKE7` MEETING.-YRSTERDA r.
Match, 100, h. ft. T. Y. C.-Captain Gardnor's Ethilda, Bst.
71b., received from Lord Tavistock's Oak Apple, Bst. 41b.
Match, 200, h. ft. 8.C.-Lord Exeter's Luck's All, Bst. 91b,
( Conolly) beat the Duke of Beaufort's Esmeralda, 6st. 131 b. by a
length. Even betting.
Handicap Plate of 100 sovs. D. I.
Mr. Walker's Gipsy, 4 years, Bst. 61b... Robinson 1
Mr. Gardnor's Magician, 3 yrs, 7st. 51b 2
Mr. Foster's Longinus, 4 yrs, Bst
Colonel Peel's The Professor, 3 yrs, 7st. Mb... 4
The following also started, but were not placed :-Famine, 5
yrs, 9st. ; Helga, 4 yrs, 6st. 121 b. ; Coriolanus, 4 yrs, Bst. 91b. ;
Alfred, 3 yrs, 7s!. 21b.
Betting-5 to 3 agst Helga, 4to 1 agst Gipsy, sto 1 agst
Alfred, 5 to 1 agst Famine, 6 to 1 agst Professor, 3 to 1 agst Ma-
gician, and 10 to 1 agst Coriolanus. Won by a length.
Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. ; for two yrs, a feather, three yrs, 7st. 51b. ;
four yrs, Bst. 21b. ; five yrs, 9st. 31b. ; six yrs and aged, Oat. 71b.
Last three miles of B.C.
Sir M. Wood's Tom Beazeley, 3 yrs
Mr. Sadler's b. f. sister to Delightful, 2 yrs
Won in a canter.
Acceptances for the Nursery Stakes of Friday.
Fantastic, Ist. 41b. ; Laodice, 7st, 121 b. ; Anvil, 7st. 101 b. ;
Rnby, 7st. 91b. ; Wrestler, 7st. 91b. ; Edgar, 7st. 91b. ; King of
Clubs, 7st. 61b. ; Cassandra, 7st. 41b. ; Creusa, 7st. 21b. ; and
Marchesina, 6st. 131 b.

Further particulars of Monday.
Handicap.--No betting. The Neva colt jumped off in
front, but after going fifty yards was stopped by his rider, who
heard a bystander call out " No start." Toga carried on the
running to the ropes, where Mozart, ridden by E. Edwards,
went by her, and won cleverly by two lengths.
Criterion.--The former race was run over the snow ;
the superior importance of this induced the Stewards to have
A space of twelve or fourteen yards wide cleared of the snow,
from the turn of the lands in. This certainly was calculated
to prevent accidents ; but, as the race was run, it turned out
that the ground cleared was not sufficiently wide. In the early
part of the morning the Sister to• Waresti was first favourite,
but as the day advanced she declined, Madeira and Chapeau
d'Espagne becoming great favourites. In the rising, on the
heath, the closing prices were 6 to 4 agst Chapeau d'Espagne,
3 to 1 agst Madeira (taken), 6 to 1 agst Sister to Waresti, 7
to 1 agst Fantasie, 10 to 1 agst Darioletta, 10 to 1 agst.
Corban, 12 to 1 agst Nelson, and 20 to 1 agst King of Clubs.
After four or five false starts Madeira went away with the lead,
followed by Corban and Sister to Waresti, the favourite lying
in the rear ; at the Duke's Stand she gained the first rank, the
whole lot being together. About a hundred yards from home
King of Clubs and Darioletta dropt off, and fifty yards further
on Chapeau d'Espagne, Corban, Sister to Waresti, and Fan-
tasie were left to themselves, Corban looking most like a win-
ner and Fantasie the least, his jockey being unable to get him
up without running off that part of the course cleared of the
snow. The run me was highly interesting, Sister to Wa-
resti d3ing away only a few yards from the chair, and Fantasie
defeating Corban in the last stride, without quite getting up
with Chapeau d'Espagne, who won by a head.
Match, 100, h. ft.—Mr. Greville's Marmalade received for-
feit from Lord Suffield's Alfred.
In spite of the snow and a sharp frbsty air the attendance was
tolerably good ; so great, however, was the danger in galloping
over the snow that very few went to the fiat to see the first
race, the majority of them forming a ring, cleared for them at
the Duke's Stand. So effectual a check to racing has not
occurred since October, 1819, when, from a similar cause, the
races were put off a day.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
The Llanblethian Harriers meet on Friday at Ogmore Down.
The York and Ainsy Hounds on Saturday at Allerton Inn.
The Eddlethorpe Hounds on Friday at Castle Howard Inn—
half-past 10.
The Earl of Harewood's Hounds oh Friday at Riffa.-14-past 10.
The Pedalo Hounds on Friday at Warlaby Village; Saturday, at
Bedale—half-past 10.
The Hurworth Hounds on Friday at Craythorne-9.
The Cleveland Hounds on Thursday at Aisdale date—hf-p.lO.
The Badsworth Hounds on Saturday, at Acton Pasture—ht: p.lO.
The Sandbeck Fox Hounds on Friday, at Aston—half-past 10.
The Boroughbridge Harriers on Friday at Copt Hewick.
The Whitelield Harriers on Friday at Hoo Cottage.
The Warwickshire Hounds on Saturday at Epwell White House.
The Galewood Hounds on Saturday at Bewiek—half-past 10.
The Lambton Hounds on Friday at Cassop-11.
The Chillingham Stag Hounds on Friday at Hranxton Moor-10.
Mr. Gillum's Harriers on Friday at Effingham Lodge-11.
Mr. Codrington's Hounds, on Friday at Maiden Bradley-10.
The Craven Hounds on Friday at Chaddleworth Gate ; Satur-
day, at Hunt's Green—hf.-p. 10.
The N. F. H. on Friday at Breamoore ; Saturday, at Bolton's
Rench—half-past 10.
The Hambledon Hounds on Friday at Rumsden Bottom—hf-p.lO.
The Knapton Harriers on Friday at Trummingham Fells-11.
The Eat Sussfx Hounds on 'Saturday at Swanborough—qr. to 1 .

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE:

Or!'•. 3. PEANCE,
PARIS,
6.-vl'ur correspondent at Algiers informs
tnat every exertion its making for he expedition against
Constantine. .It is seed that .the tiidst,bon%idef.able hart of
the corps foriniwg the expedition will land at Store, ilience
to take the most direct road to Constantina.
A Proclamation has been issued by the I3ey of Constan-
tine, in which he announces to the inhabitants the approach-
ing attack by the French. He orders them all to take
arms, and gives directions for conveying to a place of safety
in the desert everything that can be removed.
A signal will announce to the inhabitants of Constantine
the instant fixed for the destruction of the town, on the ap-
proach of the enemy. It is generally believed that the ex-
pedition will be successful as far as the taking of the resi=
dente of the Bey ; but there is a difference of opinion on
the advantages of the measure.
PARIS, OCT. 31.-The brig Eugenia, and the Zantpa,
Which haVe arrived direct from Egypt and Syria, bring ac-
..
counts irom ,:nose eounwies lio not agre,., t what
has been written from Smyrna, to the Swabian Mercury.
The letters of the English Consul at Berout and Damascus
do not permit us to believe that Ibrahim Pasha has restored
the abolished monopolies, and that the trade in silk, gum,
adragart, &c., is prohibited to the Europeans. However,
one fact is but too certain ; it is that the French are
treated less favourably in Syria, and in all the rest of the
Levant, than the English and the Austrians; and that in
spite of the rights founded on all the treaties; as we have
several times proved. The fault is nbt in the merchants
nor in the Consuls; Who lit geliefti do Out tledse to
Make toqiplaititt ; hor to Admiral Hugon, who had not
tht permission to remain in the Levant ; but in the Minis-
ters who leave our commercial and diplomatic agent abroad
without instructions or answer to their dispatches for
months and months together. It is hoped that M. Mole
will not delay to remedy the effects of the negligence of M.
Thiers. Other serious facts shoUld likewise engage his
attention ; for instance the intentions of thePacha of Tripoli
which, while they offer to the Turks a very illusory com•
pensation, for their checks in Barbary will render it imprac•
ticable for our merchants and captains to frequent that
coast.-Journal du Commerce, Oct. 31.
FRENCH FUNDS.-PAats, OcT 31.
Five per Cents., 10sf. RAE sc.
Nut per Cents., DM
Three per Cents. 79f 15c. 79f.
Bank Actions, 2,280 f.
Bente de Naples, 98f 3Cc 35c. 40c.
Roman Five per Cents., 1021%.
Spanish Actives, IS 19 151/8.
Spanish Differes, S.
Spanish Passives, 5%.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, lON.
Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents., 54.
Portuguese Three per Cents. 35%54%.
klaytian Loan, 310 f.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, piper, 25f. 30c.; money, 25f. 27t4c.
Three months, paper, 25f. 5c.; money, 25f. sc.
-Gears Authentic:me.
BOURSE, QUARTER TO FOUR.-The Rentes were, at the
opening of the Bourse, at 79f., sellers. The present price is
79f. lbc., and 79f. 40c., buyers, for the end of November.
The Spanish Actives fell to 18 per cent., in consequence of
the alarming telegraphic despatch relative to Bilboa : they
have since recovered to 18. i. The speech of the Queen-Re-
gent has had no effect on the stocks.
LAST PRICES.-Five per Cents., 106 f. -c. ; Three
per Cents., 781. 95c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, -; Three
per Cents. Spanish, -; Cortes, -; Coupons, - Gueb-
bards, -; Differes, ; New Loan, -; Actives, 19 ; Pas-
sives, 51 ; Ducats, 98 40 ; Romans, 1021 ; Pedros, 54
Belgians, 100}; Dutch, --f. --c. ; Haytians, 340 f. ; 111 i
guels, 154; Brabant Bank, -; Belgian Bank, 24 ; Con
tinuation, --c. ; New Differes, 8 ; Five per Cent. Perpe
tuelles, -; Royal Loan, -; Three per Cent. Portuguese, 352-
Continuation to November, 274 c., the market looking down.

SPAIN.
MADRID, OCT. 24.—The important day of the meeting
of the Constitutional Cortes has passed over, and to the
satisfaction of the Queen's friends, in complete tranquillity.
At an early hour the doors of the Cortes were surrounded
by well-dressed ladies and gentlemen anxious to obtain
scats, in order to witness the important ceremony. At
midday all the tribunes were filled.
The house was tastefully arranged ; the throne was sta-
tioned in front of the elevated platform, the crown and
sceptre, on golden servers, were planted on a table to the
right, and below the platform was the chair of the Presi-
dent of the Cortes ; opposite to which, but elevated some
steps and near the throne, was the chair of the Infante Don
Francisco de Paula.
The marble slab which on Saturday was placed at the
base of one of the pillasters had since been fastened ahove
the seats, and contained the name of Daviz, Velarde, Al-
varez, Porlier, Lacy, and Alvarez Alevedo, all known as
popular martyrs to independence and freedom during the
last 30 years.
At 1 o'clock the deputies began to assemble ; they con-
sist of persons belonging to all classes—of bishops and cler-
gymen, of nobles and farmers, of judges and lawyers, mer-
chants and tradesmen, &c.
The President elected on Friday took the chair at 1
o'clock. It is remarkable that he, Senor Becerra, should
be the person to open the Cortes now, he having closed
those of Cadiz, in 1823. He and the brother of Zumala-
carregui, who is a deputy, as well as several other deputies,
wore the toga and other insignia of Spanish judges.
Among the four Secretaries is an active intelligent young
officer, Senor Lujan, son of one of the first Secretaries of
the- old Cortes. Senor Salva, who was also Secretary in
1823, is one of them, as also the brother-in-law of General
Riego. Senor Cordero was conspicuous on the benches,
from wearing the old dress, called in Spain nzarctgato.
The proces verbal of the sitting of the last preparatory
meeting was read and agreed to.
A letter was read from the Minister of State, announc-
ing that the Queen would come at 2 o'clock.
A deputation of 24 members was named to wait upon
the Queen on her arrival. They and the Ministers retired
for the purpose.
The diplomatic tribunes were full,—among others were
the French Ambassador, the Count Latour Maubourg, and
M. Bois le Comte; Mr. Villiers, the British Minister, with
Lord William Hervey, Secretary, and Mr. Southern and
Mr. Otway, attaches to the British Legation ; Mr. Von-
ncsse, Minister, and Mr. Middleton, Secretary, from the
United States ; the Danish, Swedish, Portuguese, Brazi-
lian, Greek, and Charges d'Affairs, the Plenipotentiaries
from Mexica, Venezuela, &c.
At twenty minutes past two o'clock the Infanta Donna
Carlotta entered the tribune specially arranged for her,
and looked in the greatest good humour. Her Royal High-
ness was dressed wholly in white. The cannon from with-
out announced the arrival of the Queen Regent, who soon
entehd, attended by the deputation and the Ministers, who
took their stations, three standing on each side of the throne.
The Queen Regent was dressed in a dark blue robe edged
with silver lace, looked very well, and bowed and smiled as
she entered the Cortes. Her Majesty was attended by the
Lord Chamberlain of the Palace, and by the Duke of Ala-
gor, Captain of the Guards ; her train was borne by the
Marchioness of Torrijos. Having taken her seat, the In-
fante Don Francisco and the President and the Deputies,
all uncovered, took also theirs.

After a few moments' repose, the President and the four
Secretaries took the book of the Constitution, and, holding
it up before her Majesty, the Queen calmly read the oath
as Regent, and than sat down. The President and Secre-
taries retired to their seats.

The President, Senor Becerra, then rose, and in a short
speech congratulated the Queen and the Spanish nation on
the glorious act of her Majesty, who had, by her presence
in the Congress of the Cortes, and by taking the oath to
the Constitution, given a new proof of her eagerness to
support and to ameliorate the freedom and happines of all.
The Minister of State, Senor Calatrava, then presented
her Majesty with the Royal speech, which her Majesty read
distinctly, although in a low voice. In the beginning her
voice was firm, but faltered somewhat in the middle, but
towards the close it was as strong as before.
OPENING OF THE CORTES.—SPEECH OF THE
QUEEN-REGENT.
We have received by express Madrid papers of the
24th ult., and letters from our correspondent of the same
date.

On that day the Queen-Regent, having taken the oath
to the Constitution of 1812, opened the Cortes by a speech,
of which the following is a translation :
" SPEECH DELIVERED BY THE QUEEN-REGENT AT THE SO-
LEMN OPENING OF THE GENERAL CORTES OF THE SPA-
NISH NATION ON THE 24TH OF OCTOBER, 1836.
" Gentlemen Deputies—On beholding around the throne
of my august daughter the worthy representatives whom
the nation has sent to defend me, and to consolidate it, and
also especially to establish the State on the basis of liberty,
of order and of justice, I cannot but congratulate myself,
and also congratulate you, on finding au assembly so ne-
cessary and so long desired at last constituted.
" You, gentlemen, are called together to perform one
of the most solemn, and at the same time one of the great-
est acts, for which a National Congress can be convoked ;
you are .come to revise the Constitution which the Spanish
nation gave to itself, after having been deprived of one for
the space of three centuries, and at a period when it was
carrying on for its own independence a deadly struggle
with the most colossal power in the world. That act was
attended with glory proportionate to its great merit, and the
Ilawn of your freedom was regarded in many parts with
envy, in others hailed with applause, and in all it was re-
ceived with benevolence.
" To you, who are about to perfe3t the work then com-
menced, no less honour will accrue ; for if that war of ag-
gression was so fearful from the military force and the un-
equalled capacity of the military chief who attacked you,
the civil war which now so cruelly tears us to pieces is not
less terrible in its effects, while in its origin it is by far
more painful. To pacify irritated passions, to unite op-
posed opinions, to conciliate clashing interests, to over-
come enemies at home, and to armihil4te intrigues abroad

THE SUN. LONDON, AirtnNESDAN, NOVEMBER 2, 1536

—oh; great a source OF difficnity Mid disorder I What
plAtitelps to tli o:r4nd ohj&t for which you arc
o 4
,
nere—iusuperaole. , all others, thin' Spaniards!' But
el erythhig is to be expected, Gentierin Peritti6, from
.
your constancyand wisdom) and, without doubt, the g6nt>.
roux, efrOrt Of. fhdwhQ arc 0044 ..to triumph in this se-
cond essay the Saline applause
and renown as have waited upon, and will still tt'elf en) tare
acts of those who triumphed in the first one.
" No sooner was I convinced that the real wish of the
nation was to have re-established the Constitution of the
monarchy proclaimed in Cadiz, than I hastened to swear
to it, and to command that it should be sworti to ~,n3 ob-
served in all the kingdom as the fundamental law. And
it being also the national will that this law should be re-
vised and corrected, in order to effect the bett,..r the ends
for which it was ordained, I cons oked immediately the
Cortes for the purpose of deliberating respecting this salu-
tary reform. lat the same time assembled around my per-
son, and composed my Government of; individuals possess-
ing rx, entire confidence, and who, being well known, could,
As inspire
‘•,,..Tficlenee into the nation. I hope
that the line of Ut•L'iiiiii4nt adopted by them has not ren-
deredand if in any of thoir acts they
them unworthy of' if,
have felt themselves obliged to ex.:.'ecd in any way the sphere
of their functions, I do not doubt, that• considering the ir-
resistible necessity of saving thereby the State, ;,icy will find
the justification thereof in the equity and benevolvee of
the Cortes,
" The foreign Powers, which in both hemispheres have
recognised the indisputable rights of my august daughter,
continue to maintain their former relations of friendship
and good correspondence with no: Among them, the
August allies of the Queen, who signed the treaty of qua-
druple alliance, show shemselves always disposed to sup-
port it ; and, in accord therewith, tontintie to afford us co-
operation and aid as before. To the calt.l4ie :16 sis'ance,
for which we already are indebted to the generosity t;; Inc
Britannic Majesty, has been since added the support given
to the operations of our army of the North by means of
the naval force which took ;inch a part in the glory acquired
before St. Sebastian on the sth of May last ; and the sup-
ply of 100,000 muskets, so important to us in our present
situation. To his Majesty the King of the French we are
equally indebted for the reinforcement, which, under the
command of a worthy General, has already been incorpo-
rated with Auxiliary Legion from Algiers ; although the
Cabinet of his Majesty the King of the French has since
thought fit not to carry forward the arrangements for in-
creasing the co-operation on the part of France. From
her Most Faithful Majesty I receive daily new proofs of
goodwill, and at this moment arrangements are going for-
ward With her Government (which I flatter myself are
likely to have a fortunate result) with a view to dispose of
the auxiliary Portuguese troops in the most advantageous
way.

:‘ The other Powers of Europe, with respect to whom we
do not stand in the same relations, do not, however, on that
account fail to manifest. a pacific disposition towards Spain,
although some of them have ordered the Charges of their
Legations in Madrid to withdraw ; for which reason similar
orders have been issued to our envoys employed at their re-
spective'Courts. The Cabinet of the Two Sicilies has
alone given me cause of great complaint, which, on account
of its importance as well as on account of what. I owe to
the dignity of the nation, and of the throne of its Queen,
have obliged me, much to my regret, to recall my Charges
d'Affairs at Naples, and to command the agent of that Go-
vernment to depart from Spain. All information on this
disagreeable incident will be fully afforded to the Cortes by
my Secretary of Despatch for Foreign Affairs ; the mea-
sures adopted do not involve on my part any feeling of
hostility, nor will they prevent the commerce and commu-
nications between the two countries from continuing on
their former footing.
" My Government will give you, at due time, informa-
tion as to the progress already taken place, a);',l of the state
of the negotiations with some of the new States of Spanish
America ; and being always desirous of bringing them to a
conclusion, as the interests of the mother nation and of
those countries demand, will not delay to ask from the
Cortes the authority necessary for the conclusion of con-
ventions, to accord which the Government believes that no
insuperable difficulties 'will be felt.
"It is an arduous, not to say an insuperable, task, at
periods of agitation and disturbance such as the present,
to attend duly to those branches on which public prospe-
rity and the progress of civilization depend. My Govern-
ment,however, as far as the state of things allows, will not
omit, as far as possible, to provide for their maintenance
and advancement ; having constantly in view the impor-
tance of making practically known to the inhabitants of
every village the advantages of the Constitutional system,
in order that all the productive classes should become iden-
tified with the new intorests created by it
Amidst all those matters, the necessity is more than appa-
rent of attending properly to the National Militia, at once
the protecting force of the rights of each citizen, the bul-
wark of liberty and of order. This Institution has received
a remarkable increase of number, and some improvements
in its regulations, which render it culpable of fulfilling the
useful objects of its establishment. If from want ofarms it
has not yet been able to present such a respectable aspect
as properly belongs to it, now that the battalions of the
National Guard are supplied with the arms which, as I al-
ready said, have been furnished by the British Government,
they will be equally to be feared from their complete arma-
ment as from their heroic decision and patriotism, and will
form the impregnable rampart of our institutions and of our
independence.
" In despite of the toils and cares that surround the
Throne of my august daughter, I have not negldcted the
interests of our ultra-marine provinces ; the situation of
those provinces does not allow the complete re-establish-
ment of the articles of the Constitution, which, relating to
the designation of Ministers, appoints one solely for their
political government ; hut considering it necessary for the
prosperity of these fertile countries that the affairs of their
Government should be directed by one law, and on one
plan solely, I have thought proper to give charge thereof
to the Secretary of Despatch for the Marine Department,
together with matters of commerce, in consequence of the
strict analogy which they all have with those of mercantile
navigation and that of war. The mercantile code, which
requires some reform, will, in a short time, be reformed
and assimilated to the Institutions, under which we now

live, and presented to the Cortes for examination and ap-
probation.

" The same difficulties which with respect to so many
objects of public interest are experienced in consequence
of the painful state of the nation, are also felt in rendering
the administration of justice as free and unembarrassed as
it ought. My Government has, notwithstanding, struggled
to remove those difficulties, and relying on the approval of
the Cortes, it is preparing means for organizing this most
important branch on the combined principles of irremovabi-
l.ty and strict responsibility on the part of the magistrates
and judges. The civil code is already drawn-up ; the penal
and criminal codes will be presented, at a proper opportu-
nity, to the Cortes. Those of the Custom-house tariffs will
soon be ready, for all the Courts and Tribunals of the
Kingdom.

" The state of public finance, after so many unfortunate
and fatal events rendering it impossible for its means to cor-
respond with its charges, will be explained to you by the
Secretary of State to whom this branch belongs. He will
also lay before 3on in as short a time as possible, the esti-
mates of the public expenses, and the plan of contributions
to meet them, for which purpose his particular attention is
dedicated. At the same time he will furnish you all the
explanations and data necessary to satisfy your anxiety on
so important a matter, and which is so specially under your
care. He will, in the same manner, submit to the exami-
nation and approbation of the Cortes the decrees issued in
favour of the national credit, and pciint out whatever may
seem most opportune to restore and to extend it.
" All the interests of the Spanish debt have been paid
up to this period, with only one exception, which I very
much regret—l allude to our not having been able to col-
lect the means of satisfying the six months' dividend on the
foreign debt, and which becomes due on the Ist of Novem-
ber next. I am confident that my Government will be
able to overcome the obstacles that have reduced it to this
extremity, so that not more 'tha❑ a short delay shall inter-
vene between the dividends becoming due and the payment
thereof—a delay which will be compensated by the security
of a proportionate interest during the period which may
elapse before the payment of tho amount due.
" The difficulties to which the public Treasury has been
subject, aggravated at one time by the exigencies of :he war,
and in consequence of the Cortes not being assembled,
obliged my Government to adopt the painful, but indispen-
sable, resolution, of asking from the nation a supplement of
200,000,000 reales, repayable in four years from the pro-
Ceeds of the ordinary taxes, and with the annual interest of
five per cent. The Cortes in their patriotism will acknow-
ledge the existence of causes rendering this measure ine-
vitable ; indeed, the only one that could be adopted for
the salvation of the country at a period of so much em-
barrassment.

" Various reforms and retrenchments have already beet,
effected in the Administration ; they will be continued with
constancy and firmness—for withoutgood order and economy
in the expenditure, there can be no real foundation of pros-
perity or solidity for any system of finance. Measures for
the general and definitive organization of this department
will also continue to be taken—a department which has
hitherto shown a degree of torpidity on account of various
causes, some of which could not be removed by other
means than by the Cortes. The object of those mea-
sures is to take the advantage of all the resources of the
kingdom; capable of making up the losses, of restoring the
credit, and of placing the receipts of the treasury on a par
with the public expenditure, and above all with the means
of the people.
f‘ The special and indispensable necessity of giving pew

impulse to the military operations for tetlenneting the civil
war, has rendered imperative the resolutions adored, for
the fiery of 50,000 men, and for the organization of
the Oationaf °mad ase?rcling to the articles of the decrees
telatitie the'r'eunto: The cemhination cf both measures
will augtriied very tatich the rxctiVe forces, and will hasten
the moment wired peace' and good order, those essential
bases of all' prosperity, Whether public or private, will be-
giii t f lee re4stablished in the 13fate'.,
" In the ilidaiirihilO the army, as Well as the navy, have
incessantly continued id efive: admirable proofs of their va-
lour, of their patience, and of their firm determination to
maintain the cause of liberty, and of the throne of my
atigtist daughter. Impelled by its patriotism, the army
joined in ii declaration of the provinces in favour of the
Constitution ; but it did not, nevertheless, lose sight ot,
even for a moment, the principal object of its destination—
the pursuit and destruction of the rebels. Simultaneously
with the manifestation of the will of our soldiers have been
their victories ; before them are flying bands of enemies,
which unfortunately have suee‘eded in penetrating into the
interior of the kingdom, without ante, daring to face our
troops, or wait for their approach, eaus4i;g: by the rapidity
of their flight more fatigue in overtaking ti)c"ii, than diffi-
culty in overcoming them. Like every pestiiotial and
fatal plague, they undoubtedly are the cause of misek7 and
desolation wherever they come ; but they also leave N."-
hind them a just horror of their atrocities, and in every
quarter meet with a dreadful warning, in not finding any
place to raise up or waive with security the banner of their
rebellion.
"Such is, in fine, gentlemen deputies, the position of
public affairs, of which my Secretaries of Despatch will, in
the different reports they shall present to you from the
various branches under their superintendence, give you
more ample details. Your decisions will, no doubt, be con-
formable with the urgency and importance of the circum-
stances ; and the means which you will afford to my Go-
vernment, and in the strong and energetic measures which
you „Lev adopt, is centred theconfident hope of the termi-
nation Of lamentable civil war : this is the first wish
and the first neeb.2.sttY of the Spanish people, which expect
everything from you.
At the same time you proceed to the reform of the
Constitution, and with a skiffen, ..:end at the same time, firm
social ciahand you will establish the basis of tt.le
new
organiza-
tion. For this noble and majestic tino..: taking have you
been principally convoked. I, therefore, proo,:e and counsel
nothing as Queen, neither do I ask any thing as mother.
It is net possible to imagine, considering the generosity f the
Spanish nation, that the prerogatives of the constitutionkj
Throne shall suffer any diminution in consequence of the state
-of orphanage and of infancy of the innocent Queen now called
to occupy it. Europe has its eyes fixed on you ; she will see
that, taught by 24 years of struggles, of misfortunes, and of
cruel agitation, you know how to profit by the lessons of
your own experience and those of foreign examples. Ele-
vated to the height of your sublime mission, you will, with-
out doubt, place yourselves above all. par.;', and trivial
interests, above all exclusive systems. The nation and the
civilized world expect from you a fundamentai law, by
which the legislative powers may deliberate and resolve,
without precipitation or passions ; in which the Government
may have for its action all the freedom and force it requires,
without ever giving cause of fear that it should degenerate
into oppression. and in which the administration of justice,
founded on absolute independence, shall cause neither dis-
quiet to the innocent nor afford impunity to the guilty.
Such are, without doubt, the views with which you will
proceed to undertake this grand work, worthy alike of your
wisdom and of your prudence ; and thus revised and re-
formed, the Spanish Constitution will acquire more respect
and sympathy among foreigners, more love (if possible) and
more stability among ourselves."
The President of the Cortes then addressed the Queen,
and said that the Cortes would labour to do its duty. In
times of greater difficulty this great nation had done its
duty, by feats of valour in battle, and cool decision in its
ceuncils. The Spanish people expected the Cortes would
do its duty, and he felt satisfied it would, under the standard
of Isabel complete the consolidation of its liberties as
already begun unds:r the protection of Christina.
The Queen Regent then rose, and, attended by the de-
putation, left the House an,iflst cheers of " Viva la Reina,"
" Viva Isabel II.," " Viva la amstitution," &c.
The streets were thronged, and the windows
.crowded,
as when her Majesty came from the palace, and the Queen
looked well and satisfied as she received the cheers along
the way.
The President remained in his sent until the Queen had
departed, when the Cortes resumed ; and a committee of
five members having been appointed to draw up an answer
to the speech from the Throne, the Cortes adjourned to
tomorrow.

The reply from the Cortes to the speech from the Throne,
which is said to be contrary 'to the former practice, is re-
garded as a strong proof that proper alterations trill be soon

effected in the Constitution.

The Gazette of this morning contains.a despatch from
General Rodil, dated the 20th inst., from which it appears

that his head-quarters remain still at Santa Cruz (It; 'Mu-,

dela, and that Gomez, during five days, to the 20th, was

confined in narrow bounds by the Royal troops. It was
suspected that he would again attempt to reach Cordova,

and to enter the south of Andalusia, or get.into Estrema-
dura. Another despatch of the 21 Et states that the last
of the rebels of Gomez, Quilez, Cabrera, and the Ser-
rador, &c., had left Fuencaliente on the 20th, proceeding
towards Conquista, Torrecampo, and other villages of the

province of Cordova.
There is expectation that the tortes will soon excite the
Queen's generals to more activity.
In the Tribune newspaper of this moroing there is a
most curious document published. It is the circular ad-
dressed from St. Ildefonso, by the Conde de San Roman,
on the 10th of August last, to the Colonels of twenty-five
regiments, wherein he condemns the proclamation of the
Constitution in different parts of the country. Thisdocu-

ment is stated here to have been the great 'cause of the re-

volution at St. Ildefonso out the 13th of that month. I

mention it as a curiosity.
MONDAY NIGHT, 11 O'CLOCK.—An Extraordinary Ga-
zette has this moment been published, which gibes un ac•

count of the defeat of Sanz, who on the lOth attempted to
enter the city-of Oviedo, from which be was repulsed with

the loss of 200 men. General Castanon was on: the 20th

at Mier, from whence he was to go towards Labiana and

Langreo.
There is an illumination to night in honour of the open-
ing of the Cortes.

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, OcT. s.—The grand news of the
day is, Lord Ponsonby's receipt of despatches from Lon-
don on the 2d. A thousand reports have since been in
circulation, but I shall notice ,only two, as savouring of pro-
bability ; first, that the British Government, alive to its own
dignity, and sensitive on a point of national honour, ex-
presses its approbation of the Ambassador's firm and noble
conduct in the Churchill affair, and proposed forwarding
appropriate instructions in a few days ; secondly, that Mu-
shin Ahmed Pacha may expect to receive his deserts. If
these rumours are correct, Lord Ponsonbv is d cheval, and
will easily be able to gallop down the Russian intrigues
which have late:y shown themselves in all directions. The
principal of these intrigues had for its object to displace the
Minister of the Interior, Pester Paella, who has always
been firm in his opposition to the progress of 'Russia's un-
principled plans, as regards this country ; and it was in-
tended that the ex Reis Effendi should be put in his shoes.
Had the British .Ambassador continued much longer
neglected by his
,Cabinet, we should probably have seen
this inirigue wound up successfully, and none but the very
worst consequences could have resulted from a change that
would have been, of a tendency so fatal to the empire. As
it is, there is every hope that Russia will be foiled in her at-
tempt. The blockade on the eastern coast of the Black Sea is
perpetuated, and last week tunderstand that this fact was
signified to the embassies :ere. Quarantine is the osten-
sible object—the real one fleets! not be alluded to, This is
certainly an extraordinary degree of activity in the Rus-
sian mission here, and the uoor d.rogomans have no repose
night nor day. Unless the Englislt
demands come, for-
ward,
quickly, so as to still further strengt.L'm the, hands of
Lord Ponsonby, the indefatigable M. Butoniea will again
be climbing up the hill of influence, down which has,
within two or three days, been sliding as rapidly as if
bad been paved with slabs of his native ice.
The British fleet returned to Vourla, on the 2.3 d Sep-
tember, and was expected to sail again about the present
time, to return to Malta, touching at Zante. On the 30th
the Austrian frigate Venese set sail for Smyrna, and Admi-
ral Dandolo, after having been made much of here, has bid
adieu to Constantinople. Previous to starting- he had the
honour of an audience of the Sultan, who of course gave
him a snuff-box, richly mounted in brilliants. In this poor
ruined country diamonds must still be plentiful, thus to be.
thrown away, on every occasion. Baron.Roussin sets off
on the Bth, in the Heradnias frigate, and tho nonsensical
talk about his being kept here further to thwart the Bri-
tish Ambassador is at an end.
The Egyptian steamer Nile arrived here, on the 30th
ult., in seven days from Alexandria. She comes merely to
take down the harem of the late Ismael Pacha. Her ar-
rival here has dissipated the fears that were entertained
about the life of the Pacha, a ho, when she left Egypt, was
iii the best possible health and spirits. After the Nile has
got rid of her cargo at Alexandria, she is immediately to
proceed to Syria to receive Ibrahim Pacha, and convey
him to'Egypt, where be proposes passing the winter.
I hear of a Prussian Prince being here incog. Who he
is, and. what are the objects of his visit, I have not learnt,
blit he has already been introduced to the Turkish Minis-
ters, and in a few days is to have an audience of the Sultan.
The plague is getting worse and worse, particularly among
the Turks, many of iyhom, adhering to their old prejudice

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about Kismet, aisdain to use precautions for their pvotee
tion. The Greek hospital report for last week shove the
admissions to have heel! 93, being nearly four times what
ifley 'Awe a fortnight earlier. The capital is suffering ter-
ribly, too, frgm the want of water, Vie have had liar( fly a
drop of rain for thq last fivt: montl4s,
The Turkish paper contains r, long history of operaticms
in Kurdistan. The Turkish army has taken no less tbat
fifty-live castles aryl forts--has now the v,•hole country in its
hands, and nothing now remains to beiloi;l but to organise
it. A general amnesty to all who deliver up' their arms has
been published. Great credit appears to be cl:le to Reshid
Pacha for the able manner in which he has put down the
insurrection. . _

IThe following is a list of the British shipping art)ved
here during the thre3 months to the 30th of Septemter
From Liverpool, 14; London, 9 ; Newcastle, 3 ; Lla-
;icily, 3 ; Hull, 1, making- from Great Britain, 30. Me-,
diterranean port, 25. Total through the Dardanelles,.
55. From Odessa, 29 ; 'Taganrog, 3 ; Kersch, 3 ; Ga-
latz, 2 ; Ibrail, 2 ; River Bog, 1 ; Trebisonde, 2. Total
from the Black Sea, 42. The corresvending quarter of last
year showed the arrivals to be, from tireat Britain 27,
other ports 12. Total through the Dardanelles, 39, and
from the Black Sea, 34 only. No further proof is required
of the continual augmentation of the trade of this part of
the world, which will become truly important if L'ngland
only do her duty—a duty which will be quite as beneficial
to ;;erself as to Turkey.
I am
happy to say there is every likelihood that the dis-
pute betwe:n the . Porte and Persia will be amicably ar-
ranged.
A new regulat:,nn has been established regarding the Go-
vernment of the Greek Church. The power of the Pa-
triarch has been very much curtailed, and all its affairs are
to be referred to a Synoa composed of six Bishops (the
only ecclesiastics of that rank who will be permitted to re-
side at the capital), and two Co:incillors, with the Patri-
arch, as Presidents. Whatever tLe Synod may decide
upon is to he submitted to the approbation of the Porte,
without whose sanction nothing important can be done.
This regulation must be particularly offensive in Russia, of
whose biusterings on the subject you may soon hear more
than enough.