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the Students, illegal combinations having been discovered, re-
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erecting which we expect the issue of the enquiry that is in-
stituted.
'IIANOVER, MARCH

We learn• that an Ordinance is expected shortly to appear,
olishing the use of torture In the Kingdom of Hanover.
COPENHAGEN, MARCH 12.

His Majesty the Kuto has had a pretty good night, the St,
Anthony's fire is diminishing, and his Majesty's health continues
to improve.
ST. PETERSBURGH, FEBRUARY 27.

An Embassy sent in 1820 to Bucharia, after crossing In 72
days the Kirgese desart (Steppe), where it suffered many hard-
ships, especially for want of wkter, reached Bucharia on the
20th December, 1820. They found Bucharia to be a very fruit.
ful and well cultivated country, with 2e millions of inhabitants.
The trade with Russia amounts to 20 millions of rubles. The
Embassy set out on its return to Orenburg on the 22d March,
1821, and arrived there safe in 55 days.
Exchange on London, 19th March, 56-4. 36-7.—St. Peters-
burgh, March 1, Exchange on London, 9,1, 9 21-32.

By an extraordinary conveyance, the Spanish Pa-
pers, up to the 19th inst. have been received. The
proceedings in the Cortes are the most important
articles they contain. The following are extracts :
CORTES.—Snermo or Ma two 12.
A letter dated yesterday from the Alinieter of the Dome De
partment was read, in which he informed the Cones that on the
evening of the 9th, some soldiers of the regiments of Guards and
Fernando VII. some National Militia, and a number of country
people, had a quarrel near the bridge of Toledo, in which one of
the peasants was severely wounded, but that this affair appeared
to arise merely from ordinary causes ; that in the evening of
Sunday some groups of people appeared with cudgels, but they
were dispersed between the gate of Valencia and the bridge of
Toledo, by.the patrols; and that several, being taken into cus-
tody, had been placed at the disposal of the competent Judge :
that in the course of yesterday the Government had been orcn-
pied in adopting the necessary measures; that having received
information of same groUps with cudgels having collected year
the bridge of Toledo, the Captain-General and the Political
Chief had proceeded to that point, to take such measures as they
might think proper; and the Government had just been informed
by those authorities, that immediately on their arrival at the
spot, the groups head dispersed without doing any mi.chief, and
that some soldiers who had been taken into custody were placed
at the disposal of their Commanders.
Senor SALM ne 13VIMAGA thought that the letter hrcl the ap-
pear:nee of a determination on the part of the Minister to con-
ee:lalie truth. What ought to engage the attention of the Cortes
Wax, the fact that cries of " An absolute King for ever !" were
heard. We know very well that the quarrels of soldiers and
country people are oreinary things ; but that such a cry should
be heard, was not a matter of indifference.
Senor CASILJ:IN was of opinion that the letter should be re-
ferred to the Contluiitce appointed by the Cortes to inquire into
this transaction.
The l'itesumee.—" I shall take the liberty of stating what 1
saw yesterday with my own eyes :—When the Congress was up,
I went home, mounted my horse, and rude out by the gate tit
IA Vega, crossed to the gate of Segovia, and from thence pro-
ceeded to that of Toledo. At the bridge about 400 persons
were assembled. This was about half-past tour, and at that mo-
ment a party of cavalry of the National Militia arrived. The
multituel_ made some demonstrations which no one could fail to
I observe. I followed my course to the quay of the canal, and aft:r-
wards seem on towards the gates of Atoeba. I met about eight
persons on horseback, who asked me whether I knew what
that noise was about? I told them that I did not ; but as I
observed the glancing of sabres anti muskets, I said that if they
pleased se would go together, and see what was the matter.—
Only one, however, accompanied tee. On aeptoaching the
crowd, which consisted of horn 500 to 6CO persons, chiefly
young men, when I could make myself heard I inquired what
was the matter? To which several wished to reply at once ;
but fur the purpose of obtaining information, I singled out a gm-
na.lier of the Guards, who stated various things to me, which,
from the respect I owe to this place, I shall nut repeat. lie con-
cluded with saying, Senor, 1 fear, in consequence of !Lavin
spoken so ingetiutmely, that my days will not be lung: 1 d-..sired
them to put their trust in the Government and the Cortes, and
after I had spahen to them, they went away qui:tie, as it ap-
peared to me, to their respective homes."
After a few observations from Senors CANGA, VALDEs, and
other Deputies, on this subject, the letter was referred to the
Committee.
The Cortes proceeded to the consideration of the Report of
the Special Committee charged to examine the proposition sub-
scribed by fifty-three Deputies, which is thus expressed :—" We
request that the Cortes will be pleased to determine, that no
Deputy can accept any appointment in the gift of the Crown,
unless it be hi the gradebon of his professioe, wanner year atter
the period of his deputation."
The Committee, after examining the spirit of this proposition,
and after pointing out its utility by various reflections, and its
conformity with the Article 129-130 of the Constitutive, were
of opinion that it ought to be approved.
A discussion ensued on the subject, when the proposition was
put to the vote, and negatived by a majority of three only, there
Wing 64 in support of, and 67 against it.
SITTING OF MARCH
The Report of the Special Committee charged to inquire into
the events of the 9th and 10th instant was made. The Com-
mittee stated, that they had neglected no means by which they
could obtain an exact knowledge of the nature and circumstances
of those transactions; that the character of those events had
nothing alarming with respect to their origin, since they arose
merely from disagreements between the different corps of the
garrison ; but that their character varied on the 10th, because
the enemies of liberty availed themselves of that oppottunity to
give to the dissentions an importance which they did not possess
in themselves, and to mislead some soldiers belonging to corps
attached to the constitutional system, and whose conduct has
hitherto been unimpeached. In this woe, the subversive and
alarming cries which were heard are to be accounted for ; but,
the presumed criminals are consigned to the due course of law,
and the offence will be investigated by the proper Judges.
The Committee conclude by recommending the appointment
of a Special Committee to examine into the state of the nation;
and as that Committee ought to possess all the means of obtain-
leg the information necessary in so delicate and important an in-
piry, it is recommended that the Cortes be pleased to order—
'. That this Report be referred to the said Committee, in order
that it may be before them in drawing up their Report ; ur that
the two Committees be united."
The first part of this recommendation was approved.
A Report was made from the Committee of Fit:avec., respect-
ing the Meriorial presented by the Mittiser of that department,
which states, among other things, that according to the calcula-
tion there is a deficit of 125,000,000 in the Revenue compared
with the expenses of the State. The Committee insist on the
necessity of establishing certain regulations by which suck inequa-
lity may in future be prevented. A beginning ought to he made
by ascertaining as nearly as possible the actual state of the nation
with respect to its wealth. According to this basis, the extent
of the expenditure should be fixed; and the necessary reforms
must, therefore, be made in the public expenses. The Com-
mittee conclude by recommending reforms in various branches
of expenditure.
After some observations from Senors Aaceetees and Canca,
the Report was ardered to be printed.
SITTING OF MARCH 16.
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should, in the meantime, take his chair. This was agreed to, and
Gen. Riego took his seat among the other Deputies.
The Deputation was introduced, and the Commandant of the
Corps, who was included in it, expressed the gratitude of the re-
giment for the honours conferred on it by the Cones.
The Artea-Palstoxxv, in reply, stated, that the most grateful
task he could have to perform was to salute, in the name of the
National Representation, those warriors who, on the measurable
day of the Ist of January, 1820, struck the first blow for the
restoration of liberty, and informed the Deputation that they
would receive a copy of that book, by which, and their heroism,
the country had been rescued from eternal disgrace.
The Secretaries Sams and Parr then delivered-to the Cons
tuandant the copy of the Constitution destined for the battalion.
On receiving it, he ungirded the sword which he wore, and said,
1, On receiving this valuable present from the Representatives
of the Nation, nothing could be more grateful to me than the
being able to offer them in return this sword, which, in the
hand of General Mega, was the first drawn in proclaiming li-
berty on the Ist January, 1820."
The VICE-PRESIDENT stated, that the Cortes received this gift
with great pleasure.
BITTING OF MAIICTI 17.
The Select Committee appointed to propose to the Cortes the
use which ought to be made of the sword which had been deli-
vered to the Secretaries by the Commandant of the second bat-
talion of the regiment of the Asturias, repotted that, in their
opinion, the weapon ought to be restored to General Riego, in
order that he may with it defend the Constitution and the Mo-
narchy, and that, at the General's death, it should be placed
with the distinction it merits in the national armory, beside other
illustrious arms which have defended the rights of Spain.
The Report was approved, and the same Committee was or-
dered to present the sword to General itiego, and to cause an
inscription to be engraved upon it, declaring it to be the pro-
perty of the country.
The First Committee of Legislation reported that they had
considered the propositien signed by several Deputies, request-
ing the Cones to decree that no Deputy should, during the pe-
riod of his deputation, transact business personally, under any
title, in the Officessof the Secretaries of Dispatch. The Com-
mittee concurred entirely in the proposition, but nevertheless
abstained from recomtnending its approval, as it had been signed
by the greater part of the Members of the Committee.
A long debate arose on this Report. AHGCELLE% and VALDES
were the principal speakers against the proposition; and GAI,
I.IANO and INFANTE for it. The question being put, the proposi-
tion was ai•proved by 77 votes against 48.

TIIE TWENTY-FIFTH OF MARCH—BY A TENANT.
That " when a Lady's in the case,
Alt other things of course give place,"•
Vas once a doubt with me, friend GAY;
But LADY My the fact explains,
Who never comes but she distrait's,
And carries al my things dery !
• Gax's Fables.

The KING continues in the enjoyment of excellent health.
Ills Meas.sry attended Divine Service on Sunday morning in
his Private Chapel, Brighton. In the pew with the Sometime
were the I. ird Steward and the Hanoverian Ambassador. His
MAJESTY was plainly habited in blue, and wore a star.
Sunday, the Duke and Duchess of Geoticesrta attended Divine
Service at St. George's Chapel, Hanover-square.
Last night the Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER honoured
Covert-Gardcn Theatre with their presence, to sec the Play of
T!,e T /vest, and the Pantomime of Mather Bunch.
The interior of Usury-Lane Theatre is, after the close of the
present season, to undergo a variety of alterations and tasteful
decorations, previous to its reAlpenitig.
Mr. KEAN, Mite Ilete.seue, and Miss M. Tars are engaged
by Mr. Ileums for the after season, at the Dublin Theatre.
An Irish parer observes, that two women have been taken into
custody, charged with being Whurboys !
Letts: s front Cadiz, dated the sth instant, and received by
the Mail of yesterday, allude to the great expectations the inha-
bitants of that mere-utile city entertained of the present Cortes
declaring it to be a free pore ; in which case, no doubt, a great
revival in trade may he exrected.
Letters from Hamburg'', dated the 19th instant, and receive,:
yesterday by the way of Holland, speak with the utmost cer-
tainty as to the war between Russia and Turkey, and add, that
several speculations had been entered into in conformity with that
exre.:ta: They itASOII too in this way, that the Emperor
At.tx.tenest has now upwards of eOO,OOO men near the Turkish
frontiers, In which the most material expense has been incurred,
and therefore cannot secede. Many mercantile letters, received
yesterday from Paris, speak exactly in the same tune respecting
the expected rupture berweeu Russia and Turkey.
The Getman Papers positively affirm that a marriage is nego-
elating between the Kiteek of EXCLAND and the daughter of the
Mato of DINMA
A letter from the Havannah, dated Feb. 10, says,
" By the last accounts from Mexico, a Proclamation hasbeen
issued by General Iturbide, on the subject of the form of Go.
vernment proper for Mexico, which, ft seems, has begun to be
the subject of discussion there. The Proclamation announces a
limited Monarchy as the form best suited to that country, and as
in fact already adopted and sworn to, when the independence of
Mexico was proclaimed at Iquala. It notices, in a similar style,
that in various publications, Iturbide himself had been invited I
to take the Crown, but he' declares himself above all spirit of
ambition, and aspiring to no other glory than the liberation of
his country. Ile intin:utes, however, that should the Mexican
Nation offer it to him, nothing less than a miracle would induce
hint to accept it ; and that he would answer, like Numa, that if
any recommendable qualities were to be discovered in his per-
son, they would be' absolutely such as ought to disqualify hint,
the love of repos.. and a retired life. It would seem, from this,
that the General might be persuaded to accept it, provided he
had sufficient encouragement."
The rate of Exchange between New York and the British
Metropolis, is, at this moment, no less than 14 per cent. in fa-
vour of the latter.
The following paragraph appears in the Conga utionnel of Fri-
day, respecting the recent arrest of some Englishmen at Paris:
" It is stated, that the police had been informed that M. Mace-
rune, known by some political publications respecting Naples,
was about to arrive at Paris, and that he had previously sent a
servant and horses to the house of Mr. Williams. It was in con-
sequence of this information that the Authorities went to the
house of Williams, who was about to set out the same day for
London. All the persons in the house were detained until a part
of his papers had been examit.ed ; and they were not released
till it was ascertained with certainty that M. Macerone was not
there. Ile set out for London on Tuesday."
• At the Stallerd Assizes, C. and J. Taylor were convicted of
forging shillings at Aldridge, and they had sentence of death
passed upon the nu 'the officers from Birmingham found on the
vii,otiers' pre MISES many dies for coining sovet view', half-crowns,
and other coins, with 6,4e0 silvered blanks, ready for striking
into shillings, and 7,e00 ready coined: the press and other ap-
paratus were also seized.
Bow-seacs.v.—Yesterday Jaen Lentos underwent a final exa-
mination before Sir RICHARD BIRRIE, charged with uttering
forged Bank of England notes to a greater extent than ever was
known, and for a greater length of time before detection.—Com-
mitted for trial.
John Cale, the man charged on his own confession with hav-
ing murdered a young woman, named Mary Beagles, in the year
1815, was brought up for another examination. Ile persisted
in saying, when questioned by Sir R. hillals, that the confession
he made at Newport was fabricated for the purpose of getting
out of prison there, and that he never saw the girl until she was
lying dead in the bone-house. Sir R. Brawn said he was a great
scoundrel, and richly deserved to be punished ; but he was afraid
he must once more be turned loose upon society. As to the al-
leged murder, there was no evidence beyond his own confes-
sion, and that he now chose todeny. Ile should., however, keep