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London, England, 1845-12-23 00:00:00

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• or 'ILL QL.Lio...AN
MADRID, DEC. 11
Gentlemen, Senators, and Deputies—
During the short space of time that has elapsed sines
the termination of the last session of the Cortes 12°
remarkable alteration has taken place in the relations 0f
my kingdom with the other Powers.

The negotiations pending with the Holy See continua.
During that interval the ratifieatiens of the .treaty
concluded with the Emperor of Morocco hate ix°
exchanged, as well as those of the treaty of reconcilta•
tion, peace, arid friendship with the Republic of Chili'
An unexpected accident has prevented the conclusion of
the same formality with respect to the treaty recentlY
agreed upon with the Republic of Yen, zuelm The
many bonds which unite Spain with those States cannot
but contribute to the establishment of intimate relations
between the two countries.

I desire to protect by all means cur navigation and
commerce. By giving life and animation to agriculture
and industry, a new stimulus will be given to the pro'
greys of our navy, which will insure recovery from the
state of prostration into which it had fallen, and which
will not confer less benefit and advantage upon our
foreign provinces, so worthy of ail our interest fer
the fidelity they have always displayed under all oil'
cumstances.

At home, in the Peninsula, order and respect of the
laws have been maintained, so that every attempt 0
treason had been defeated by the vigilance and the
firmness of the authorities, as well as by the fidelity et
the army, the subordination and discipline of %bleb
might serve as a model for the world; and, in fine, 13 ~/.,
the excellent Spirit of the people—tired and worn eat by
revolt, and anxious to enjoy fully the benefit of Peace'
under the shade of the Throne; and under the prole'
tion of our national institutions.
In order to consolidate the possession of advantage:
so precious, we have, by virtue of the authority which
you gave to my Government, established organic laws'
I have to congratulate you on the tact that these inea.
sures have fully justified our expectations. The Deihl:
now finds itself endowed with laws, the want of whit-
had been felt during so many years, and the establisu"
went of which has been effected without suggesting an/.
difficulty ; on the contrary, the establishment of those
laws beginning already to produce their fruits in the
good order and government of the State.
Independently of those reforms—so important anci‘
urgent—others of less magnitude have been effected. he;
well in the department of public instruction, as tit
administration of justice, and in various other braneu
of Government.
My Government has likewise devoted itself to the
carrying into execution the plan cf finance voted in the
last Legislature, and to the removal of all the obst9o
which impeded total reform in matters of taxation.
can assure you with satistaction that that plan has been
carried into effect in most of its provisions..
In the estimates, which will be immediately suhraitte4
to you for examination, you will find all the amehere,;
tions and improvements of which they were susceptible
Time and experience will lead us to discover deftcfr:
which it is indispensable to correct, which it would haw
been impossilbe in so short a space of time to have reoi
moved, and which ever accompany the establishment
a new system.
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Some of the evils and injuries arising out of the
Aranceles, passed in the year 1841, being obvious.
Government proposes at a convenient opportunity to
new
submit to you measures for their remedy. My
,stied
went propose also to submit to you measures valet e,
to increase the public wealth and to strengthen the er
dit of the nation. of
My Government will also present to you a project
law with the important object of endowing, in & perm
nent and solid manner, public worship and the elergY:o,
Such, Gentlemen, Senators, and Deputies, are the
cipal matters to be submitted to your cousiderstl;
relying, as I do, upon your seal and goodwill, of vilo.
I have received so many and such unequivocal Prop rit
The greatest and most difficult portions of this w
being accomplished, it now remains only to cone
i
session
and place it on a solid basis. During the last
you introduced into the Constitution the reform loftle
pensable for placing in harmony the prerogatives
thorised
Crown and the rights of the nation. Y".; jaws, by
my Government to promulgate those organic
means of
and
fwhimehovtehmeenL political machine
decreed, received
fin efe
,d
plan of finance, calculated to put an end to the disordt"el
which consumed the resources of the State. At presen
it devolves on you to examine the results of your fotraeo
resolutions, and to introduce such further improve:noel
and reforms as shall appear to you called for and Dec!:l
sary—a task, which though less brilliant, is not the
r se nevi
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useful and glorious. Your zeal and perseverance W 1121.
necessary to aid my Government in the laudable; 7he
of regulating the finances and administration d at
State, which necessarily felt the effects of previot Js gre
Ind fatal disorder.
b e Ifofuene ed
gornevaitneere dt h that this
your
ctaapsakc, i it
capacity
. undertakers,
hiniselpi
least, confiding in the protection of Di
many which you have already conferred
and the country.
r°Pvw7difeltlic°l:es,
and with an ardent desire to add this nedwosnertvhiceeatorotnlife

FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAILS.
BRUSSELS, DEC. 18.—The Chamber of Repres.entai
tives, in its sitting yesterday, agreed to the projeo.l:d
law relative to the treaty of commerce with the lidri?l/..
States, by a majority of 73 to 3. One l%leulbtr declined
voting. the
In the Chamber of to-day, on the discussion 0.,t,
Budget of Ways and Means, Messrs. de Br&Yee'
vart, and Eloy de Burdinne, expressed their opilb),
that the estimates of the Budget were too faros axes
They dwelt on the necessity of reducing the .14041
which bear on the middle and necessitous chonsiad.
of laying the burden of the taxes on the greatt;robla
holders. M. Eloyde Burdinne drew a moat deP'—ascl
picture of the condition of the farmers, and all0°11"0-
his intention of proposing an amendment to
tides of the Budget.
M. Delfosse and M. Verholgen made many 017/c-1 and
to the Budget and the actual system of taxation
ro,
expenditure, but no practical measure was furinollY P
posed in support of their theories. • ling
Several Members insisted on measures for relle
the poor, and lightening the burdens of the taxes
the middle classes of the town and country. t the
The Minister of Public Works announced that b$
by
works on the iron railways, which have been delaY'—dea
the formalities of expatriation, will be shortly Pr°eee„
with, and stated those which were already in colas"'
execution. pot
Several Members called the attention of Governm.4,
several
to the deplorable condition of Flanders' which Aqua
speedy and energetic measures for its relief.
THE HAGUE, DEC. 16.—The First Chamber of t_.,11!
States-General met to-day, and received several Pa
jects of law that have already paised the Sec°
Chamber.
In the Second Chamber reports on several petitiai
were brought up. f the
We have further accounts from several parts ° b
coast of the damage done by the hurricane on the lit
and 12th of this month.
A3ISTERDAM, DEC. 18.—The Minister of Finance 13„:9
given notice that the half-years' interest of the Nana.
Debt, at 213- per cent. pfr annum, due on the Ist 0,
nuary, 1846, will be paid in that month. t nine
UIRECIIT, DEC. 17.—Yesterday evening, a' th
W.
o'clock, we had another hurricane from the N., '"i
), t.•
a violent thunder-storm and hail. The flashes of lig:or,
ning, immediately succeeded by loud claps of tlitawi
proceeding from a cloud which was very tow, Inade;„tie
apprehend some serious damage. In fact, the ligbta:n7,
struck the tower of the Cathedral, but on examinet'' i
no dam Age appeared to have been done ; the electrc
fluid seemed to have been carried off by the waterrpouti•
We understand that a conductor is to be affixed t° the
cathedral.

BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bausskr.s, DEC. 20.
Actual Debt, 23 per Cent
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent .... •• • •
Lean of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •• • •
Ditto Three per Cent. .
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto . • • • •
Ditto,ditto, 1840 .
Ditto, ditto, 1842.. .
Ditto,
Ditto, 1836.. .....
Ditto, 1838
Ditto of the City, 1833 102
Ditto, 1843 .. 100
Bank ofßelgium.. ....... .......... 774
—Brussels Papers, DEc. 21.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Viztots, DEC. 13-
5 per Cent. ....... 11114
4 per Cent. ditt0........................ 100%
3 per Cent. ditt0........................ 76%
Loan, 1834 ICO
Ditto, 1839 .......................... 123
Bank Shares • • • 1688
Esterhazy's Loan . .. —
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand ............ 191
illoggnita . 134%
Vienna—Milan .. 121%
Leg horn 117 ~s
Pcsth . 108
Sienna .. 100
Grosetto
Oldenburg
Pestoja .................... ........
—Allgemeine Zeitung, Dec. 16.
DUTCH I UNDS.—ADISTEaDAM, DEC. 19.
Money.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.— .• •• • 60 604
-Tata°, 3 per Cent •• • • • . 73 73%
Ditto, 4 per ..............94 • 94% 904
Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent . 161.3 i 1624
Ditto, 3% per Cent ........ •••• • • • • 94 94,0
Commercial Company, 4% per Cent .• 158% 1594
East India Loan, 4 per Cent
Exchange on London, at sight • .... • . 13 17 5
Two months O7 5
On Hamburgh, at eight . 35 62 5
Two months. .... ••• • • . 35 18 75
On Paris
-Dutch Papers. Dec. 20.

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1'111:,S1A.); FUNDS.-11ERLIN. DEC. 15.
Lill3.
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Foreigii ... .
EXcli:lnge on London, £1 Stirling, 2 6 24% 6 2475.
Hanibur2h, 300 Marks, 2 Mont )s. 149%
Paris, 300 fr., 2 M0nth:.........
17nlverial Prussian Gazette, Dec. 17.