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IPRAMKFInifi PAPERS.

- • FRANAPORT, NOVEMBER 2.
trentesaityrreneiftdtount Nugent, who commanded
the Neapolitan Army, and was obliged to leave Na-
ples when the Revolution took place, has applied, as
it is confiiently stated, to the Aulit Council of War
at Vienna, where be now is, requesting to have a
command given him in the Army of Italy;
If we may give credit to letters from Trieste, of a
recent date, the situation of Ali Pacha is not so despe-
rate as the Austrian Journals have stated. They say,
that the Pacha, who is shut up in the Citadel of Joan-
nina, makes the most vigorous resistance to the Otto-
man troops, and that he may hold out a long time.
To the reiterated summons of the Turkish Govern-
ment he has replied, that he will rather bury himself '
under the ruins of his fortress than ever surrender.—
It even appears, that he has made some sallies, which
have occasioned the Turks some loss.

VIENNA, OCTOBER 27.
The conferences between the Ministers of the
great Powers, who are now assembled at Troppau,
have already commenced. It is Count Capo d'lstria,
and not Count Nesselrode, who is commissioned by
.the Emperor Alexander to conduct the negociation
in the name of Russia with the other Powers. The
two Emperors visit each other frequently. It is ob-
served that the Prussian Ministers, Prince Harden-
berg and Count Bernstorff, are highly esteemed by
the Russian Emperor, who has likewise given the
most friendly reception to the Crown Prince of Prussia.

BERLIN, OCTOBER 28.
The King has been for some time indisposed with
a severe rheumatic attack; it is thought he will not
go to Troppau, and that it is for this reason he has
sent the Crown Prince, his srmr.
NOVEMBER 4.--The Berlin Papers of the 31st of
October make no mention of the appearance of the
King of Prussia at Troppau.
It is affirmed that the Agents of the Police have
gone from Vienna to Troppau, to observe all strangers
who are not attached to the Ministers, and other per•
sons whose functions render their presence necessary ]
in that town.
The Bureau of Prince Metternich is formed almost
in the same manner as at the Congress of Aix-la•
Chapelle; Count Mercy and M. de (i entz are charged,
as they there were, to keep the Protocol of the Con-
te' ences.

SPANISH PAPERS.

MADRID, OCTOBER V.
THE CORTES.
'The following are the particulars of the proposals
made by the Committees of Finance and of Com-
merce relative to the prohibition of foreign produce
and manufactures, in consequence of the bases 25
and '29 of the general Tariff.
Art. 1. The prohibition to import provisions of
any kind, whether liquid or dry, which is established
by the ancient Tariff, and by Decrees of the Cortes,
shall be retained in the general Tariffs, and shall be
extended and apply to all such as our own dominions
pi oduce, in sufficient quantity for consumption, with-
out any exception save that which is mentioned in
the fourth Article.
'2. In the sume manner shall be retained and ex-
tended in the general Tariff the prohibition to import
foreign articles ur manufactures, of which we have
national manufactories, and the principal raw ma-
terials ei:tei ing into the composition of which, are pro-
duced in our country ,without any exception whatever.
3. In the preceding regulations cattle of all kinds
are included, with the ex;:zption in the following
Article.
4. In order to reconcile the general interest of the
%%hole nation with that of each province in particu-
lar, the provincial Deputations who may apprehend
serious detriment to their respective provinces, from
the execution of Articles 1 and 3, may petition for
the necess'ary modifications, and on the information
of the Government, the Cortes shall determine what
is proper.
5. The produce of the East Indies shall be the sub-
ject of special Decrees of the Cortes, and till they are
published, the Royal Ordinances hitherto in force
shall be retained.
Mr. Freire spoke at lenrh on the detrimental influ-
ence of this plan upon America. It was supported by
Mr. Oliver, and other Members of the Committee.
Count de Torreno thought that the adoption of
these regulations, instead of producing a great be-
nefit, would do much mischief, especially consider-
ing the state of imperfection of our manufactures,
which would not improve unless they had some com-
petition to strive with ; and the monopoly would be
highly injurious to many provinces which would be
forced to purchase, at a high price, articles which
they might have on much easier terms from abroad. Ile
voted for sending the Report back to the Committee.
Mr. Marteny de la Rosa dwelt on the notorious in-
justice of prohibitory laws.
M. Cuesta thought that experience was not unfa-
vourable to seasonable and well-considered prohibi-
tions, and that the example of France and England
should have more weight than the theories of their
writers, whose spirit and object may be unknown to
us. He allowed that the prohibitory system bad some-
times been carried too far, but maintained the neces-
sity of adopting it, as the wisest nations have done.
The Minister of the Interior judged it to he highly
proper that the Committee should take more time to
procure the data necessary for the foundation of the
general regulations which it was proposed to establish.
In the Sitting of the 26th, it was resolved, in con-
formity with a proposal of the Government, to build
20 ships of war for the protection of commerce, viz.
two frigates of 50 guns each, six corvettes of 30 guns,
six brigantines of 22 guns, and six sloops of 14 suns.
'Thirteen millions of reals were assigned fur this ob-
ject exclusively.
In the Sitting of the 27th several Articles or.the
Projet of Law on the force and organization of tie
Standing Army were read and discussed. by the 541
Article the three Swiss Regiments are to be abolished.
The Nation will Make good all the injury which,
according to existing engagements, the measure will
cause. The individuals of those Regiments, who
desire to remain in the service of Spain, shall be in-
corporated with the national troops, with their present
rank ; but must take out letters of naturalization.—
The regiment of Custa is also abolished.