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proposed to His Majesty, FERDINAND VII. to unite
the Princess DONA MARIA DA GLORIA to the Infant of
Spain, Dow C A RLOS Lu is MARIE, eldest son of the Infant
Dow CA RLos, brother of his Catholic Majesty, married to
the Infante Dona MARIE FRANCOISE n'Assts, sister
of Don PEDRO: the Infant Don CARLOS-LUIS was
born the 31st of January, 1818. It is said further, that
the Emperor of AUSTRIA has caused it to be signified to
our Sovereign, through the interference of England,
that if his MAJESTY does not espouse Dona MARIA
DA GLORIA, Don PEDRO Will be invited to abdicate,
and give that Princess to a Prince of the House of Ba-
varia. Of these two reports the latter appears the more
probable, as the Emperor of AUSTRIA has wished for
some time to give to the King of BAVARIA a compen-
sation in Italy for certain territories on the Austrian
frontier, which his Imperial MAJESTY has long coveted."

Yesterday we had private advices from our friend and
correspondent at Cadiz. They are of such extreme
length that we can only afford a brief notice of them
to-day. With respect to commerce in Cadiz, and ge-
nerally throughout the neighbouring towns and coun-
try, much depresssion and distress prevailed. The
house of PEDRILLA and Co. at Seville, had just
failed ; and at Port St. Mary, MInUEL Loco—a
great wine exporter to England—had become bankrupt,
minus £150,000. The exactions laid on by the
Director of the free port of Cadiz, had become so vex-
atious and heavy, that many persons engaged in trade,
to a great extent, have been driven to the necessity of
shutting their shops—being totally unable to pay them.
Silver coin had become scarce ; and most of the pay-
ments, by merchants, were made in gold and copper—
one shilling being lost in the exchange of a doubloon
of sixteen dollars. The exportation of wine—parti-
cularly Sherry—to England, had been very limited
for three previous months; the state of the crops,
from continued dry weather, was miserable in the ex-
treme ; and the horn-cattle were dying on the ground
for want of food. A few cargoes of wheat have arrived
from Oram—yielding about two shillings a bushel,
clear profit; but the Emperor of MOROCCO had strictly
forbidden the further exportation of any grain, till he
could judge on the appearance of the crops, through-
out his own dominions. All these untoward cir-

cumstances combined had necesarily caused that
privation and distress which our correspondent
states, to prevail. We lament to perceive that the
slave trade is carried on with impunity. The Spanish
brig Marinero bad sailed from Cadiz, in August last, to
Port Avonah, on the African coast—there forced in a
cargo of blacks—took them to the Havannah—sold them
as slaves, and returned last month to Cadiz with a full
cargo of sugar, coffee, &c. &c. the produce of their vil-
lainous expedition. When the Marinero left the Ha-
vannah, suspicions of a revolutionary disposition were
gaining ground ; and fifty persons—opulent and res-
pectable inhabitants—had already been put under arrest.
In the meantime, FIADINAND bees no opportunity of
sending troops to the Havannah.

The LORD CHANCELLOR, last night, in the HORN of
Lords, brought in a Bill for the purpose of carrying into
effect the recommendation in the KING'S message, with

respect to instruments requiring the sign manual. It is
proposed, as a substitute, that a commission under the
sign manual should issue for a limited time, authorising
one or more therein named to affix the KING'S signature,
by a stamp prepared for the purpose, to such instruments
as require such signature ; and as securities against the
abuse of the power thus delegated, the Commissioner or

Commissioners are to be bound by an oath never to affix
this stamp to any instrument, except in the presence, and
by the express command, of his MAJESTY; nor until
the contents and nature of the instrument shall have been
indorsed upon it, and signed by three Cabinet Ministers
named in the Bill; the said stamp to be prepared and
kept in the custody of certain high Officers, and not to
be affixed to any instrument except in their presence,
which they are to attest. Were a second CABAL to arise,
these restrictions would seem sufficient security against
abuse ; but as precedents are of great weight in such
cases, the Minister is not content with the arrangement,
however perfect it may be, without their support. The
LORD CHANCELLOR enumerated several, some of them
of doubtful authority ; but to two cases in the reign of
King EDWARD VI. there does not appear to be any
objection.—The Bill having been read a first time, it was
proposed to dispense with the usual forms, for the pur-
pose of forwarding it through the remaining stages, so
that it might pass the House this day ; but on the sug-
gestion of Earl GREY, that such haste would not
comport with the importance of the subject, a Com-
mittee was appointed to search for precedents this day,
and the further proceedings on the Bill were postponed
until to-morrow.—From the pains which the LORD
CHANCELLOR has taken to inform himself on this ques-
tion, we consider the appointment of a Committee as
little more than a matter of form, and do not expect
much new light from their labours. The constitutional

jealousy which has suggested it, is, however, a laudable
feeling, participating in which we still hope that the
Heir Presumptive to the Throne will be the individual by
whose band the stamp will be actually affixed. This
distinction, we think, is due to his position in the State,
and that to withhold it would be a mark of disrespect to
that Illustrious Person. _

The silly prejudice that our laws, civil and criminal,
are the perfection of wisdom, has been a long time
giving way to a more liberal, humane, and enlightened
policy. It is due to the memory of Sir SAMUEL Ro-
MILLY to acknowledge his meritorious exertions in the
cause of legal reform ; but the progress which it has made
since his death, far exceeds his most sanguine anticip►-
tions. One great step more in advance appears now re-
rived at the moment of completion—the abolition of the
' punishment of death for forgery, and the substitution of
a less sanguinary penalty.—Publio opinion has met in so
strong against the exiting law, it mast sweep all opposi-