Star.
London, England, 1821-03-13 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1821.
THE FUNDS.

Various reports have been circulated this morning,
but evidently many of them arise from stock-jobbing
purposes. Consuls opened at 727/8 for the Account.
PRICE Of STOCKS TDIS DAY AT 014 a O'CLOCK :
3 per Cent. Cons. 721/4 5/s 1/4
5 per Cent. Navy 106 5 Vs
India Bonds 475. 50s. prem.
grchequer Bills 3s. ss. pre.—Omnium 57/8 pre.
Consols for Acct. 72% 34 73.

The Paris Papers of Saturday arrived this morn-
ing. From these we are enabled to all up with some
interesting details, the brief sketch which we gave
yesterday of the important turn which affairs have
recently taken at Madrid, and also to lay before our
Readers the Speech delivered by the KING at the
opening of the Cones.
It appears that, after the KING hid resumed his
customary promenades, he was again obliged to ab-
stain from them on account of insults which he re-
ceived from some abandoned individuals among the
populace. These insults were conveyed to him
through the medium of what is called an atrocious
song, with which they assailed his ears, against the
Bourse°Ns. The Ministers took no pains, it is said,
to impose silence ou the factious, much less to punish
them. Neither on Saturday the 21111, nor on Sun-
day the 25th, did his MAJESTY stir from the Palace.l

On the 25th the Cortes held their last preparatory
Committee, after which a Deputation repaiied to the
Palace io announce to his MAJESTY that the Cortes
would open its Sitting on the Ist of March,. and to
engail-e whether the KING'S intention was to be pre-
sent in person. His MAJESTY received the Depu-
tation with his accustomed kindness; and answered
that he would be present at the opening of the Cortes
on the Ist, at ten in the morning; but he hoped that
the Cortes would take proper measures to prevent
the scandalous outrages to which the KING had been
on some occasions exposed. The PRESIDENT said
the Cortes knew how to appreciate the goodness of
his MAJESTY in promising to be present in person''
at the opening of the St:;siOn ; but, as to the object
specially pointed out by his MAJESTY, the Congress
• was not charge.] with the maintenance of public
order; yet, in fulfilling the duties which belong to
it, every means in its power would be most eagerly
contributed to satisfy completely the just wishes cf
his MAJESTY.

Previous to the opening of the Session, ARGUELLES,
the Minister of the Interior, presented himself before
the KING, for the purpose of treating of the Speech
which his MAJESTY should deliver. Ilis MAJESTY
answered, that it was ready!

On the Ist of March, the KING, attended by a
strong escort, repaired to the Hall of the Cortes,
and opened the Sitting in the following Speech :
" GENTLEMEN DEPUTIES—In seeing myself sur.

rounded, for the second time, by the worthy Repre-
sentatives of that heroic Nation which has given so
many proofs of its love and its attachment to my
Royal Person, my rat:Sul heart cannot be prevented
from rendering thanks to the ALMIGHTY, who has re-
established me on the Throne of my ancestors, by the
valour and the constancy of my faithful subjects, and
who has deigned to consolidate it, by giving for its

basis the Constitution sanctioned by the Cortes Ex-
traordinary, and to which, comformably to the
wish of the Nation, I have spontaneously sworn.—

The welfare of the People whom DtVINZ PROVIDENCE
has 6:maded to my cares, which is and will always
be the object of my most ardent wishes, has alone de-
cided me in adopting a system which the Nation de-
sires, and which the lights and progress of the age,
besides, imperiously demands. Indeed, everything

has answered to my hopes, and I have seen with the
greatest satisfaction the loyalty of Spain surrounding
the throne of its King, manifesting everywhere, by
testimonies the most unequivocal, its adhesion to new
institutions, which, by establishing its grandeur and
prosperity, are at the Same time the best support of
my Throne, and shed lustre on my Crown."
After thanking them fcr the measures taken in the
last Session, his MAJESTY proceeds :—.4 I know well,
that in spite of every effort, the wounds of the nation
are only to be healed by time. The general disorder
and overturn occasioned by the war, the disasters
which followed in its train, the destruction of im-
mense capitals, the confusion produced by the clash-
ing usages and customs of provinces, the want of re-
quisite regulations, the vices of Administration, and
the necessity of meeting without delay the expenses
of the State, have not yet permitted the establishment

of such an uniform system of finances as I desire, and
as analogy to the new regime which we follow re-
quires. I trust that the Cartes will, in their present
Sitting, direct their attention to an object so essential.
The perfection of such a system must be the woi k of
time ; and to carry it into execution, the Cortes may
reckon on my invariable co-operation, as I feel well
assured of their's."

Ms MAJESTY then announces that the Minister of
Finances will lay the Budget of Expenditure for the
ensuing year before them; and congratulates the
Cortes on the rapid revival of all the arts of peace_
on the restoration of credit abroad—lon the cessation