Duties payable on the like articles when imported from such State in British Vessels:

And it is hereby further ordered, that every such Foreign Vessel shall be permitted to export a cargo consisting of any articles of the growth, production, or manufacture, of the Island of Mauritius, or its Dependencies, or of any other articles which shall have been legally imported there, on payment of a Duty of 8 per cent. ad valorem, over and above the Duties charged on the like goods when exported from the Island of Mauritius, or its Dependencies, to such Foreign State in a British Vessel; provided, however, that in cases where satisfactory proof shall be given that the said articles, when imported into such Foreign State from the Island of Mauritius in British Vessels, are charged with no higher Duties than are charged on the like articles when imported in Vessels of such Foreign State; and that such articles when imported in British Vessels are entitled to the same privileges and advantages with respect to warehousing and internal consumption or otherwise, as when imported in Vessels of such State; then and in such case, no higher Duties shall be charged on the export of such articles from the Island of Mauritius, or its Dependencies, in Vessels of such Foreign State, than shall be charged on the export of the like articles in British Vessels to such Foreign State:

It is, however, hereby further ordered and declared, that no Foreign Vessel, allowed by the terms of this Order to export a Cargo from the Island of Mauritius, or its Dependencies, shall be permitted to export such Cargo to any of His Majesty's Possessions, or to any other Place than a Port or Place belonging to the State or Power to which the Vessel itself shall belong :

And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them- may respectively appertain.

CHETWYND.

SPEECH of the Lord High Commissioner, on the Closing of the Legislative Assembly of the United Ionian States.30th May, 1820.

MR. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN,

I DEEM it my duty to express my especial thanks to this Assembly for its conduct during the whole period of this Session.

Under the circumstances in which the Government was placed, at the opening of the present Session of Parliament, owing to the intrigues and cabals of a few deluded Individuals, nothing could so effectually

have restored tranquillity and union in the State as a steady maintenance of that good understanding, which so happily exists between the Executive and the Legislative Powers.

I have likewise received great satisfaction from that Resolution of the Senate, which you have already concurred in and approved, ordering that Extraordinary Deputies be dispatched to England, for the purpose of condoling with His present Majesty on the death of the late King, of glorious memory, and at the same time of congratulating the Sovereign Protector of these States on his accession to the exalted Throne of his Ancestors.

This is a measure which, appropriate and graceful in itself, shows the deep and sincere affection cherished by the Ionian People for that fatherly disposition which His Majesty has ever evinced towards them, and the continuance of which is confirmed to them by the patriotic emanations and the benevolent sentiments of His Royal mind, as well as by the present expression of respectful gratitude so justly due to His Majesty, for that constant solicitude, productive of the happiest results, which His Majesty has shown in promoting the security and happiness of the Septinsular Government.

I observe with much pleasure, that, in the course of the Session, nothing has occurred to change in the least degree, the opinion I expressed at its opening :-there is no necessity to impose new taxes on the People; and I am convinced that a wise and careful administration of the actual resources, and an accurate collection of the revenues of these States, will be found sufficient to meet the Public Expenditure, the Government being relieved from all debts of any kind; unless circumstances should occur, which at present neither exist nor can be fore

seen.

A rigid economy in the Public Expenditure will, however, be absolutely necessary, in order to enable the Government to carry into effect, in the various Islands, those public works which are so urgently required for the comfort and prosperity of the inhabitants.

I have, therefore, the honour of informing you, that I have recommended to the enlightened body of the Senate, who coincide with me in opinion, to diminish very considerably the expense of the Judicial Establishment; which can be effected without counteracting the great and material object of the prompt and upright administration of Justice.

It is not my intention to enter into a detailed examination of the Acts passed by the Parliament in its present Session. I cannot, however, do less than rejoice, with the Representatives of the Ionian People, at the complete abrogation, from the beginning of next year, of the Law which gave a preference, in purchases of property, to Relatives and Neighbours, and by which the seller could recover the property, even after a lapse of years, on returning the purchase money.

I confess, it did not appear to me that this Law could be suffered to continue for any length of time after the promulgation of the present Constitutional Charter: its repeal has, without doubt, been effected by the diffusion throughout these Islands of the principles of the Constitutional Government, and it cannot fail of contributing greatly to increase the value of landed property, and by this means it will serve as a powerful encouragement to the general agriculture of the Ionian States.

It has been thought expedient to defer submitting to Parliament the final arrangement of your Religious Establishment. In considering this subject, the Government has thought it necessary, before any definitive measure can be adopted, to put the Ecclesiastical revenues in a proper state, and to remedy the great abuses which exist in their collection and appropriation, as the said pious Ecclesiastical Establishments of the established Religion are, for the most part, in a state of dilapidation.

On the basis of these considerations, I presented the outline of an Act of Parliament, in the preamble of which are stated the objects of the Government. The unanimous manner in which the Assembly adopted this Act, proves the truth of the above statement; and the conduct of the Representatives of the People on that occasion, is an evidence of the lively interest they naturally feel for the honour and glory of their religion, which is inseparable from the prosperity of the State.

The arrangement of the Religious Establishments can now be properly effected: the Senate will be occupied in adopting the necessary preliminary measures; but nothing can be permanently settled on this important subject without the sanction of Parliament.

In regard to the new Copper Coinage, the receipt of the third and last portion was unexpectedly delayed: it only arrived 3 days ago.

The Executive Government will bestow the strictest attention in circulating the whole of this money, in the manner best calculated to combine the interests of the Government with the advantage and convenience of the People: and, as much consideration has already been given to this subject, the necessary measures for the said circulation will be immediately carried into effect.

During your recess, the organization of the Militia will be commenced, so long delayed from the reasons which I already explained to you; and the Lord High Commissioner will in a few days publish a Proclamation on this subject.

Mr. President and Gentlemen,

I will not detain you longer. You have, in a very honourable manner, fulfilled your duties at the seat of the general Government:-you will now return to your respective Islands and give your Fellow-Countrymen the benefit of your presence and of your example. You may there render them essential services, by pre

venting and repressing the dissemination of those foolish reports, which were dispersed throughout the various Islands, during the past year. Your illustrious Senate is, at the same time, invested, according to the provisions of the Constitutional Charter, with a temporary legislative authority, in the exercise of which experience has shewn how much confidence may be placed in the vigilance, wisdom, and energy, of that patriotic and illustrious Body ;-and to that experience I appeal, as the best proof that the Government, established by the Charter of 1817, is well calculated to ensure the permanent happiness of the Ionian People, interesting to all the World from the ancient recollections which they awaken their happiness is a constant object of anxiety with my Benevolent and Gracious Sovereign, the only and exclusive Protector of these States.

CORRESPONDENCE between Spain and Russia, relative to the state of Affairs in Spain.—April, May, 1820.

(1.)-Le Chevalier De Zéa Bermudez au Comte de Nesselrode.

St. Pétersbourg, le 7 Avril, 1820.

SA Majesté Catholique n'écoutant que le sentiment de son cœur, et adhérant au vœu de son Peuple, dont les vertus heroïques font sa force et sa véritable gloire, vient d'accepter et de prêter serment à la Constitution Politique de la Monarchie Espagnole, promulguée à Cadix, par les Cortès-Généraux et Extraordinaires dans l'année 1812. Aussitôt Sa Majesté a adressé à la Nation le Manifeste (dont ci-joint le texte original, et la traduction en Français) qu'elle a ordonné au Soussigné de porter à la connaissance de Sa Majesté l'Empereur de toutes les Russies; la simple lecture de cet Acte fournit la preuve la moins équivoque des principes qui occupent aujourd'hui toute la sollicitude du Roi et sa haute pensée. Fermer tout accès aux passions haineuses; protéger la justice et les idées véritablement franches et libérales; appeler sur la Nation le repos, la conciliation, et le bonheur; -telle est la grande tâche que le Roi s'est imposée pour faire parvenir son Peuple au degré de prospérité qu'il doit atteindre au moyen d'Institutions sages, fortes, et assorties aux lumières du siècle.

Dans son élan, le Peuple Espagnol, entrainé par la force des choses, et l'ascendant irrésistible de l'opinion, s'étoit fixé un but grand et honorable, sa liberté, la gloire de son Monarque. Ce but, il l'a atteint, comme l'atteste, d'une manière irréfragable, l'accent du Manifeste du Roi, à la fois noble, franc, et magnanime.

Ainsi les vues les plus généreuses, et les maximes les plus sages, en nous conciliant l'estime générale de l'Europe, vont resserrer les liens indissolubles qui unissent la Nation Espagnole à son légitime Souverain.

Le Soussigné croiroit faire tort aux sentimens élevés de Sa Majesté l'Empereur, si pour un seul instant il revoquoit en doute le vif intérêt avec lequel Elle daignera accueillir cette Communication. Se montrant toujours grande dans ses rapports politiques avec les autres Puissances, juste et conséquente envers ses Alliés, Sa Majesté reconnut déjà, dès l'année 1812, par le Traité de Wéliky-Louky* la légitimité

• Traité d'Amitié et d'Alliance entre La Russie et l'Espagne.—Signé à WélíkyLouky, le Juillet, 1812.

Nous, Alexandre Premier, par la grâce de Dieu, Empereur et Autocrateur de toutes les Russies, de Moscovie, Kiovie, Wladimirie, Novogorod; Czar de Casan, Czar d'Astracan, Czar de Sibérie, Czar de la Chersonése-Taurique; Seigneur de Plescow et Grand-Duc de Smolensko, de Lithuanie. Volhynie, Podolie, et de Finlande; Duc de Esthonie, de Livonic, de Courlande, et Sémigalle, de Samogitic, Bialistock, Carélie, Twer, Jugorie, Permie, Wiatka, Bolgarie, et d'autres; Seigneur et Grand-Duc de Novogorod inférieur, de Czernigovie, Résan, Polock, Rostow, Jaroslaw, Bélo-Osérie, Udorie, Obdorie, Condinie, Witebsk, Mstislav ; Dominateur de tout le côté du Nord; Seigneur d'Yvérie, de la Cartalinie, de la Géorgie et de la Cabardie; Prince Héréditaire et Souverain des Princes de Circassie, Gorsky, et autres; Successeur de Norvège; Duc de Schleswick Holstein, de Stormarie, de Dithmarsen et d'Oldenbourg, etc. etc. etc. Savoir faisons par ces présentes, que, conformément à Notre désir et celui de Sa Majesté Catholique Don Ferdinand VII., Roi d'Espagne et des Indes, de voir l'amitié, la bonne intelligence, et l'alliance, rétablies entre Nous et Nos Etats réciqroques, Nos Plénipotentiaires respectifs ont, en vertu de leurs Plein-pouvoirs, arrêté et conclu à Wéliky-Louky, le Juillet de cette année, un Traité, dont la teneur mot pour mot est comme suit.

Sa Majesté l'Empereur de toutes les Russies, et Sa Majesté Catholique Don Ferdinand ViI., Roi d'Espagne et des Indes, ayant également à cœur de rétablir et de fortifier les anciennes relations d'amitié qui ont subsistées entre leurs Monarchies, ont nommé à cet effet, savoir :- Sa Majesté l'Empereur de toutes les Russies, M. le Comte Nicolas de Roumanzoff, son Chancelier de l'Empire, Président de son Conseil Suprème, Sénateur, Chevalier des Ordres de St. André, de St. Alexandre Newsky, de St. Wladimirde la Première Classe, et de Ste. Anne, et de plusieurs Ordres Etrangers; et de la part de Sa Majesté Catholique, en son nom et autorité, le Conseil Suprême de Régence, séant à Cadix, Don Francisco de Zéa Bermudez, lesquels, après avoir échangé leurs Plein-pouvoirs, trouvés en bonne et dûe forme, ont arrêté ce qui suit.

ART. I. Il y aura entre Sa Majesté l'Empereur de toutes les Russies, et Sa Majesté le Roi d'Espagne et des Indes, leurs Héritiers et Successeurs, et entre leurs Monarchies, non-seulement amitié, mais union sincère et alliance.

II. Les deux Hautes Parties Contractantes, d'après cet engagement se réservent de s'entendre sans délai, sur les stipulations de cette alliance et de concerter ensemble tout ce qui peut avoir rapport à leurs intérêts réciproques, et à la ferme intention où elles sont de faire une guerre vigoureuse à l'Empereur des Français, leur ennemi commun, et se promettent, dès à cette heure, de veiller et de concourir sincèrement à tout ce qui pourra être de l'avantage de l'une ou de l'autre Partie.

III. Sa Majesté l'Empereur de toutes les Russies reconnoît pour légitimes les Cortès Généraux et Extraordinaires réunis aujourd'hui à Cadix, ainsi que la Constitution qu'ils ont décrétée et sanctionnée.