Star.
London, England, 1823-03-17 00:00:00

MARCH 3.

The PRESIDENT announced that the Order of the
Day was the discussion of the opinion of the Special
Committee on the reply that should be given to his
Majesty's speech.—The minute of the reply having
been read, • ,__

Senor Rocs de la VEGA tonceived the present a
good opportunity for pointing out to the King, as
was done by the Permanent Deputation, the necessity
of confirming himself in the sentiments expressed in
his speech. Ile also wished the reply should con-
tnin some allusion to the removal of the Government.

Senor AncueLLas.spoke in. favour of the reply as
already drawn up ; and after some further discussion
it was unanimously approved. ,
Several other Resolutions were proposed, relative
to measures for repelling the invaders, and they were
'referred to particular Committees.
A paper delivered in by the Secretary for the-Home
Department was read, in which it was- stated, that
his Majesty having been informed of the dispatch of
the Secretaries of the Cortes, in which was communi-
cated to the Government the liusolution adopted yes-
terday, in order to the Cortes obtaining information
of the point to which the Government was to be re-
moved,- and having heard the opininn- of the Council
of State, his Majesty had been pleased to appoint the
city of Seville as the place to which the removal is
to be effected; ordering, at the same-time, that the
Government do issue the necessary order* for-the se-
curity of the journey, and also for establishing mili-
tary posts, and for seeing that the town* to be passed
through shall be furnished with provisions and means
of transport ; and also that the most convenient edi-
'fires be allotted for the occupation of his Majesty, the
Royal Family, and the Congress; the Government
collecting the sums necessary for defraying the ex-
penses required for all these purposes.—The commu-
nication was laid on the table.

On the motion of Senor HO):IMO, the opinion of the
Junta of Officers consulted on the removal was read.
Senor ARGUELLES.—I presume that the Cortes will
be satisfied with the reply that has been given to
his Majesty's Speech ; at least lam so. It certainly
appears to me, that it would-be proper, in order to
facilitate the necessary arrangements for the removal
of the. Government, that the, President and the four
Secretaries should be authorised to form themselves
into Special CoMmitteeto settle all that may be ne-
,gessartfor the said I.woula.also wish that
this Committee, -excited—solely. by. its lea!, should
make a lictort of the measures that may be adopted
on this subjett.• In this minttei I conceive the object
of the Cones will be completely accomplisted, and I
shall make a formal proposition on this.poiat.

The MttilSrEa for \\*An, in answer to a question,
observed, that the Government must say that the oc-
casion for carrying into effeethe removal had an ived.
. Senor !arum:. doubted the power of the Govern-
' mein to carry the removal into effect, in consequence
of the dismissal of the Ministers. He thought his
Majesty ought to be called 6n to fie the stability of
the Government, in order that the Corte might act
in concert with the Ministers.
Several documents connected w ith the removal were
read', including the, opinion of the Council of-State.
Senor ARGUELLES, after observing that his opi-
nion coincided with that of the Government, said
1 surely need do no more than beg of the Cortes to
keep in mind the bad faith of the hostile Powers, their
want of 'sincerity, 4nd their desire to lull us into a
false security, in order to destroy us. If, then, this
be their distinctive character, must we not believe',
that they will adopt every means to administer to us'
abundant does of their opium ? Reasoning from
analogy, the foreign Governments who have ven-
tured to violate the most sacred laws of nations, will
' not fail to resort to any means for the purpose oi sur-
prising us, and throwing us into confusion. Not to
adopt the measure which is -under consideration,
would be a positive proof that we want sufficient
firmness to resist the attacks of our enemies. There
is no other alternative. We must either submit to the
0,000 lu bayonets or carry the removal into ef-•
feet. Besides, it is necessary to bear in mind, that,,
even though we w ere to make concessions to the fo-
reign Powers who thrsiiten us, we should not thereby
avoid invasion, while, pn the other hand, parties
would be augmented. Invasion would not be avoided
even though a concession were made.- We must re-
collect what happened in France on the entrance of
'Louis XVIII. That Monarch did not enter the Fiend'
territory with merely the Charter in his hand. He
entered with the Charter and with 150,000 foreigners,
having four hundred. thousand more ready to march
forward in case the first force should not be suffi-
cient to calm the elements of discord that might arise.
It would have been the height of imprudence had
Louis XVIII. presented himself, armed only with his
Charter, to force and compel the French nation to
adopt it: thus he found it necessary to be accom-
panied by 150,000 men. The same thing would hap-
pen with us if we yield, for to complete the arrange-
ment the 100,000 men with which we are threatened
would still enter Spain. The invasion will be neces-
sary to secure the concession. It may be asked, what
was the object of the occupation of the kingdom of
Naples? It was no other than that the new state of
things which was introduced should take the- wished-
for course. Let us not fall into the snare that these
enemies have laid for us.•To avoid it, I wish that the
Government should be required to state to-morrow.
to the Cortes, the point to which it is intended to re-
move; and besides to explain the theasutes Which
have already been adopted towards -icocniiplishing
that removal. It is not to be supposed that the re-
moval can take place-as smoothly as in former times,
it was usual to make a journey collie pleasure Palaces
of Aranjuez or La °maga. Out it. is necessary to
employ precaution and dispatclu In conclusion, I
wish that the Cortes should admit the proposition We this day present our Readers *ith a large
which has been made in this form—namely, that to- 'mama of foreign intelligenceocoutaindin the Madrid
morrow the Secretaries of Siatishall appear in the."‘: •ri the 6th instant, the- Paris' Journals of
the Se
te of the Government
to name the pl
and the tn•tes
ace fixed on Lby his Majdesttoy e:-
for
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, together with some
'plain the measures taken for the ranch*. 'Kith
with this private letters from the Ftpnch capital, which con-
modification I approve of the proposition, but I trust firm oar statement of. Sataday as to the sensation
above all things that precious time will not be lost.
.created in Paris by the expdlsion of M. MaavEr..
Senor CANGA supported the motion of Senor Ar-
guelles, observing, that 'the welfare of the country -pyrenee• •
The.Duc cl'Aacsoiitmait set 'out-for the army of the
son Saturday ;edit altho-ugh iu the present
• • •• :,• --
required the Ministirs to continue in tieeit
replaced. • ' Sp,airt • tkat arsaly 'it sufficiently •13owerfuI'tb
The -SWRITAXT he the 110111.-Wriangzs. T masa' to Madrid Without- intich interruption, yet

THE EVENLNO STAR..

MONDAY, MARCH 17. 1823.
TNIS FUNDS.

STUCK EXCHANGE. HA IF-PAST TWELVE.
Consols opened this morning, at 75j, at which price they
remain steady.
The Express from Paris mentions the French Funds at 771.
Soc. Spanish at Paris was 281., a fall in two days of 44 per cent.
The steadiness of our Consols is atttibuted to this country re-
maining neutral. and no warlike preparations ou the part of our
Government. Some business was doing in the Market in the
earlier part of the morning, but not of magnitude.
• FOREIGN FUNDS.
Owing to the information from Spain and. Prance this morn-
ing, Spanish opened at 28, went down to 27t, 266 with a heavy
Market, and scam any buyers of the above Stock. Chill has
also fallen, owing to a legal opinion given that five per cent. can
only be taken fur the above Stock, which now giires 6 per cent:
• Current Prices: Milian 67, New Spanish 26, did 38, New
Prussian 764, Old 81, Russian 71, Danish 70i, Colombian 494,
Spanish Scrip 39e. • •
PRICE OF STOCKS AT•FO'UR O'CLOCK.
3 pee Cent. Consols 751 A )4' '
pet Cents. New 933/4 %—isselia.Bon.ds 218.235.
Exchequer Bills of EJ,OOO, 12s. 10s. ' •
Consols for Payment 73% 3/3 . • -