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London, England, 1821-10-15 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID, SEPTEMBER
EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF Tits CORTE&
A notice from the Secretary of State having been
read, in which he announced that his Majesty had
appointed the llth of October as the time to open the
Session ; the King, however, had thought.it advisable
to anticipate the time, by convening an extraordinary]
sitting of the Cortes on the 24th inst. and a Deputa-
tion was appointed to receive the King in the usual
form, and another to conduct her Majesty the Queen
to the seat prepared for her. A salute of artillery
having announced their Majesties departure from the
l'alace, the Deputations went to receive them at the
entrance of the Palace of the Cortes; and the King,
ha% in; taken his seat on the Throne, delivered the
following speech :
Grxruesteu—Since I expressed to the Cortes my motives
for believing it advisable to call au Extraordinary Meeting of the
Cortes, nothing has so much eugaged my attention as the desire
to see them assembled. "I now see them with the griatest satis.
faction, and give myself wholly up to the pleasing and just. hope
of the good which the country will derive front their Labours.—
The subjects which I have prepared to lay before these Corte*
for their consideration are mostly such the regulation of which
Is necessary for the more speedy consolidation of the constitu-
tional system; such is the division of the territory, and the best
means of placing according to it the political government, the
Cortes, the military ordinances, the plan of decree of the orga-
nisation of the naval force, and the decree for the organisation'
of the active militia.
44 I particularly urge you to place everything in consonance
with the fundamental law of the State, leaving the Administra-
tion free from all those serious embarrassments which it often
meets with for want of this necessary harmony, and which the
Government cannot remove. I have also thought that some
other points ought to be determined, which, though not so inti-
mately connected with the Constitution, have a great influene,
on the general prosperity ; such as the measures to be adopted to
restore the tranquillity and to promote the welfare of the Ame-
ricas, the examination and reform of the duties of Customs, the
moans necessary to prevent the serious loss which the nation
moduli by the currency of false or defective foreign coin, and
the project of a decree on the charitable institutions.
44 Though all the subjects that arc going to be discussed by
the Cones are of so much importance, the fact itself of their
being assembled to discuss them is still more so. This new
proof and guarantee of the union which prevails between all the
chief powers of the State, must convince all the enemies of our
lintitutious that their efforts to subvert them will be in vain.
" t shall take advantage of the period in which the Cortes
will continue assembled, to give orders to propose every mes•
awe or project which may appear to my Government asesseiy
and urgent, as well as to ask their co-operation when eirami.
stances may require. The field, Gentlemen, is most extatelve,
which is open to your seal and your talents, and thesessualise,
which so greatly distinguish yea, combined with due pfaisaet
and circumspection which have marked all your
assure to the country the completion of those adransapa which
k already owes to you.
" I have the confidence that you will gain in both nerds
the admiration of the nation and of foreignism, entitling
his Caught:a aysal throne."t
wins mere and mere to the=alar esteem of your
wbo will alw consider the as the firmest soppen d
re
His Majesty having concluded his discourse, the
President made a suitable reply, complimenting his
Majesty for having called this Extraordinary Meer.
Ing of the Cortes. He adverted to the delicacy with

LONDON.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1821.
THE FUNDS.
PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONR O'CLOCK
3 per Cent. Reducect77 A 1/8 ex. dirt.
3 per Ct. Cons. 78 777/8-31/2 per Ct. 87% ex. div.
4 per Ct. 95 % ex. div.-5 per Cent. 110% %
India Bonds 70s. 725. pr.—South Sea Stock 86%
Exch. Bills .ss. 4s. pr.—Do. (Small) es. 7s. prem.
Cons. for Account 77% 78.

A Turkish Mail has brought letters of the 10th
ult. from Constantinople. These letters express the

strongest confidence in the continuance of peace. In
confirmation of this opinion, they state that the Rus-
•sian and Turkish forces have retrograded to a consi-
derable distance from the frontier line that separates
the two Empires. The utmost tranquillity prevailed
in the Turkish Capital, and the late dangers seem to
have had the effect of increasing the authority of the
Government, and rendering, at the same time, the
people and the soldiery more tractable.. The infiu-.
ence of our Ambassador upon the counsels of the
Divan was more marked than ever; and he had the
honour, which was never conferred upon the Repre-
sentative oC any other Sovereign, of repeatedly dining
with the SULTAN.

By the same conveyance, advices have been re-
ceived from Smyrna to the sth nit. at which time
everything was quiet. We are happy to learn that
our naval force in that quarter has been strengthened
by the accession of two frigates. These accounts are
entirely silent with respect to the pretended victory
over the Turkish fleet.

The Paris Papers of Thursday arrived in the course
of yesterday.
An article from Warsaw of the 23th ult. says, that
the camp, which was formed in the neighbourhood
of that city, has been broken up, and that the troops
have received orders to return to their respective
garrisons. We learn from the same source that the
Diet of the Kingdom of Poland was to assemble on
the Ist of the present month, and that the Senators
received an invitation to be present at the opening of
the Sessions. Whether the Emperor Atatratona
will open it in person, or not, is not staked.
The latest accounts 'from Moldavia, which are of
the 11th ult. confirm the departure of the Turkish
troops from that Province. Sara; Picas, who has
superseded JIMMY/ PACHA in the command, retains
only a small force of 800 men under his orders; and
these dispositions seem to mark the earnest desire of
the Porte to fulfil the terms proposed by Russia. A
Farman of the GRAND Stuotroa was published on the
7th at Jassy, by which a complete amnesty is secured
to the inhabitants, in the event of their returning to
obedience, and which is to be enforced by the ob-
servance of the most severe discipline on the part of
the troops. However, no hopes are entertained that
these conciliatory measures will have the desired ef-
fect, unless the Boyards of the highest class re-enter
the Province. Their absence either betrays distrust
in the professions of the Turkish Authorities, or an

ignoraitot of the 'state of the relations between the
Porte and Russia.

According to a private letter received at Frankfort
from Smyrna, dated the Ist of September, the am-
nesty granted by the Porte had been published there;
and to chew that it did not contain vain professions,
all the Greeks who had been in confinement were im-
mediately set at liberty : even out of four who were
sent to Constantinople, two, it is stated, were already
on their way back.
Accounts• from Trieste, of the 24th ultimo, state
that an Austrian vessel had arrived at that port from
Zra, an island near Attica, which she left on the Ist
of last month. She has brought intelligence that all
the divisions of the Greek fleet had returned to Hy-
dra, Spezzia, and.lpsara, for the purpose of refitting
and revictualling.
French Five per Cents. Wednesday, 90fr. 60c.

We have also this forenoon received the Paris
Papers of Friday. They contain an extract of a let-
ter from St. Petersburgh, of the 4th September, which
is quite at variance with the pacific accounts re-
ceived from Constantinople, Smyrna, and other quar-
ters. The letter says, 44 The EMPEROR has charged
Count CAPO DISTRI A to communicate to all the Euro-
pean Powers the contents of the Notes last exchanged
between Russia and the Porte. He has declared to
the Courts of London and Vienna, that be cannot re-
gard the state of Turkey (which they have represented
as perfectly tranquil) as sufficiently consolidated tc re-
establish his ancient amicable relations with the Porte.
The EMPEROR declares that he has not changed the
pacific sentiments which he manifested at Laybach,
and that such is the spirit in which he has replied to
the Notes of the Porte, complaining of Baron STRO.
noNorr, hoping always that the SULTAN will satisfy
his just demands. But the EMPEROR refuses at the
same time the mediation offered by the Courts of
Austria and England, as well as that of all other
Powers, according to the same principle which made
him leave to Austria the re-establishment of tran-
quillity in Italy. Should any new persecutions break
out against the Christians, the EMPEROR will feel
himself obliged to take provisional occupation of
Moldavia and Wallachia."

Another article from Warsaw, given in the Moni-
teur, goes even farther, and lays down the whole
plan of the campaign which is to make Russia mis-
tress not merely of Moldavia and Wallachia, but of
the whole Ottoman Empire. Russia will march
three armies, without any corps of reserve. The
fisst will proceed directly for Constintinople, &c. &c.
We may just remark in passing, that the season
for hostilities, during the present year at least, has
certainly passed by. That Moldavia and Wallachia
will be provisionally occupied by Russia is, we think,
a very likely result.
French 5 per Cents. Thursday, 90 fr. 25 c.

We received Spanish Papers last night to the Ist
instant. The accounts which they bring of the fever
continue to be unfavourable. It is stated that Port
St. Mary's, which had been officially declared free
from disease, is still as much afflicted as before, and
fears are entertained for the safety of Cadiz itself,
as the disease was spreading through the neighbour-
ing towns. At Barcelona, in direct contradiction
to the French accounts, the malady is represented
as having rather increased than diminished, It seems,
however, to have hitherto confied its ravages to the
coast, and to have left the health of the interior un-
injured. This is entirely owing to the well-timed and
strict precautions taken by the Government, and shews
the necessity of similar vigilance in every country ex-
posed to a direct communication with the infected
places. On ,the 24th ult. the Kltto, attended by the
QUEEN and the Royal Family, went in person to open
the Session of the Extraordinary Cortes, a deputation
from which was sent to receive his MAJESTY with
all the honours due to his rank. He then addressed
the Cones in a speech full of good sense' nd cordi-
ality, explained the reasons which had induced him
to call for their assistance, and expressed a confident
hope that much good would accrue to the country
from their talents and labours.

Saturday night's LondwrGazette, which is given
in another part, contains two letters from Captain
LUMLZY, of the TOPAZIII stationed in the East Indies,
detailing the particulars of an attack, in consequence
of an insult to. the British Flag, upon some forts
belonging to the Government of Mocha. The assault,
though conducted with great bravery, was at first
unsuccessful; but, after a truce of three weeks, the
operations were renewed, to the total discomfiture of
the enemy, who conceded every demand which had
been made.--The substance of this intelligence came
to us some weeks ago through the Bombay Papers,
and was then laid before our Readers.

By an Order in Council, published in the Jersey
Gazette, the importation of rain into the island is
prohibited at the same time it is in Great Britain.
It appears, from an Official Account, that the ave-
rage amount of all Promissory Notes and Bills of the
Bank of England in circulation, duriug the Quarter
ending 10th October, was £20,708,980 ss. Sd.
RAPIDITY OP Bon.nnia.—Within the last three'
months the buildings on the east side of Waterloo-
bridge-road, have increased so much that they now
consist of several streets. The principal is just named
Bond-street. Four or five shops are erected next the
Feathers, and, in short, persons who were on the spot
a few months since would recognise but few of the
cid features.