Star.
London, England, 1822-05-03 00:00:00

VIEN!sTA,.APRIL 19.

The Councillor of State, de Tatischeff, had this
afternoon his audience of leave of the Emperor; he
will set out to-morrow for Petersburgh. His mission
appears, thelefore, to be at an end ; and it is gene:
rally stated in public, that all the differences u ith the
Porte will be amicably terminated. M. de Tatischeff
would not wait for the courier from M. de Lutzow.—
It appears that the accounts from Constantinople, of
which he is already in possession, are sufficient to de-
cide his departure, so often announced.
The Turks continue to make defensive preparations
iu Moldavia and Wallachia. They are erecting for-
tifications in various places. Six hundred cars,
loaded with ammunition, arrived near Silistria, ou
the sth instant.

Letters from Bessarabia state, that the Russian
flotilla stationed on the Danube had quitted Ismail,
and gone to Repi, at the confluence of the Pruth and
the Danube. Russian pontoons, conveyed by land,
have arrived on several points of the Pruth.
French Fands....—Five per Cent. Consols opened at
87 f. 60 c.--Lowest, 87 f. 50 c.—Close, 87 f. 60 c.

We have received Madrid Papers to the 21st ult.
The Cortes, in their sitting of the 15th, proceeded to
the discussion of a proposition by Senor ORDUNA,
for reducing the number of Ecclesiastics. The pro-
position having been referred to the consideration of
a Committee, it was reported divided into eight Ar-
ticles. The first Article was to the following effect :

I, That the Archbishops and Bibhsps do refrain from confer-
ring supc.rier orders, until the Cortes, after having formed regu-
lations for the Clergy, and ascertained the number of Ministers of
worship which may be necessary, shall determine accordingly."
A long debate ensued, which was continued
throng% the sitting of the following day.
The first Article was at last agreed to with an
amendment, providing that those already ordained
in iacris might be raised to the priesthood. The other
Articles, which embraced details for carrying the
proposition into effect, were also adopted.
In the Sitting of the 17th, the Cortes elected the
Junta for the protection of the Liberty of the Press.
An eminent literary character, Don MANUEL Joss
QUINTANA, was placed at the head of the list, having
obtained the greatest number of votes.
A debate took place in the Sitting of the I9th on
a proposition for referring the .renal Code, as agreed ,
to by the late Extraordinary Cortes, to the KING for,

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his sanction. This question was decided in a man-1
net favourable to the views,ofidie 11inistly s the di-
vision being 69 in favour of the proposition, and 49
against it.
The Dutch Papers to Wednesday state, that the
Russian Southern Army has now begun to move,
to take more concentrated frontiers between the
Bog and Dneister. It is to be augmented to 150,000
men. An army of reserve of 60,000 men 'will also
immediately be assembled, and, in case of hostilities,
Drill be embarked at Cherson and Nicholajew.
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Advice: have been received from Cape Coast
Castle, stating that the Dutch Government has sent
out to the Government and Resident of their settle-
ment of Elwina Castle full permission to sell canoes
to the Portuguese and other slave-traders, thereby
affording great facility to that traffic ; and that in
consequence many slave-vessels had anchored at that
port, and have been amply supplied. The settlethent
on the Gold Coast has been very unhealthy last year►