Star.
London, England, 1823-10-18 00:00:00

ADDRESS OF THE KIAG OF SPAIN.

PU111.1441E0 IN CADIZ 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1823.
SPANIARDS !—The first thought of a King being to
procure the happiness of his subjects, and this being in-
compatible with any uncertainty respecting the future
lot of the nation and its individuals, I hasten to calm
the anxiety and disquiet which might be produced by a
fear, that either despotism should be established, or that
patty violence should predominate.
" United with the nation, I have pursued the war with
her to its utmost length ; but the imperious law of ne-
cessity requires that that war be terminated. In these
circumstances, only my powerful voice can avert from
the kingdom vengavice and persecution ; only a
wise and just Government can unite all wills, and only
my presence in the enemy's camp can dissipate the hor-
rors which menace this Gaditanian Island, its loyal and
well•deserving inhabitants, and the many illustrious
Spaniards who have sought refuge in it.
" Resolving, therefore, to put an end to the disasters
of war, I have determined to leave this city to-morrow;
but, before I carry, this measure into effect, I wish to
publish the sentiments of my heart, by making the fol-
lowing declaration :
" I. I declare, from my free and spontaneous will,
and I promise on the faith and security of my Royal
word, that if necessity should require an alteration of
the existing political institutions of the Monarchy, I will
adopt a Government suited to make the complete hap-
piness of the nation, guarantying the personal safety,
the propel ty, and the civil liberty of the Spaniards.
" . In like manner I freely and spotataneotiey pro-
mise, and have resolved to observe a general, complete,
and absolute oblivion of all the past, without any ex-
ception, in order that by these means there may be
established beta een all Spaniards the tranquillity, confi-
dence, and union, so necessary for toe common rod,
and for svhich my paternal heart so eagerly pants.
"3. In the same form I premise that whatever changes
may be made, the debts and obligations contracted for
the Nation and for my Government under the present
system shall be recognised, as I hereby recognise them.
" 4. I also promise and declare, that all the Genei als,
Chiefs, Officers, and other leaders, both in the Army
and Navy, who up to this time have adhered to the
present Government, in any part of the Peninsula, shall
tl -espective ranks, employments, pay, and

sought refuge within these walls, shall, unless boundbY
the day of their place to stay here, be at liberty to pro-,
ceed to their homes, or to remove to any other patt of
the kingdom, with full a:surance of not being molested
at any time for their former political conduct or
opinions; and the Militiamen who may need relief shall
receive the same assistance on their journey as the other
individuals of the Permanent Army.
" The Spaniards of the above-mentioned class, and
the foreigners. Who may wish to leave the kingdom,
shall be equally free to do so; and shall receive pass-
ports accordingly for such country.as suits them.
" Cadiz, Mth Sept. IBM " FERDINAND."

The Etoile gives the following account of the person
who countersigned FERDINAND s Decree against the
Constitutionalists :
" Don Victor Saez, Minister of Foreign Affairs to
King Ferdinand, whom this Monarch has just autho-
rised to dispatch all business, and to confer with all the
Nlioisters, till his Majesty's arrival at Madrid, iikan Ec-
clesiastic, and a Member of the Chapter of Toledo. lie
was the King's Confessor before the 7th of March, 1820.
DLit ing the three years of the rule of the Cortes he lived
at Toledo, without incurring the displeasure of the Re-
volutionary Government, and he has never ceased to
give the King unequivocal proofs of his fidelity at this
unhappy juncture. The Regency confided to him the
portti•uil:e of Foreign Affairs, from the period of their
ii»tallatio❑ ; because, by that means, thee was an op-
tunity of executing the intentions of the King, at the
time a prisoner of the Cortes."

E‘'ENING

LONDON.

SATURI)AY, OCTOBER 18, 1823.
ST. Luis—Holiday at the Bank.
CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The Bank and Stock Exchange are dosed this morning, it being
a holiday ; but the Pereira Market is open, with little business
doing ; Spanish Bonds opened at 301, and up to this hour are 491.
The Expresses from Paris have not brought the price of the
French Rentes of Thursday. owing to that day being a strict holi-
day in that Capital, in commemoration of the death of the Quxot.
Colombian 56b to .573. In all other Foreign Securities there is
nothing doing.