368 
Political Affairs in October. 
[Nov. 1, 
Stone Bottles 
. 1,897 
2,705 
Sweets 
6,428 
4,496 
Tea 
3,067,274 
3,147,683 
Tobacco and Snuff 2,47 5,995 
2,365,654 
Vinegar 
39,993 
44,445 
Wine 
959,1 to 
892,635 
Wire 
10,084 
10,126 
26,488,510 
26,471,363 
STATE OF THE IRISH REVENUE —1820 
AND 1821. 
Years ended Oct. 10 
. 
1820. 
1821. 
Custom Duties 
£1,233,926 
£1,438,357 
Excise 
1,650,209 
1,581,744 
Assessed Taxes 
201,795 
303,894 
Quit Rents 
193 
79 
Casual Revenue 
5,137 
2,290 
Dismissed and Deceased 
Collectors 
1,794 
818 
Stamp Duties 
. 828,637 
400,528 
Postage 
63,692 
60,000 
Poundage and Fees 5,630 
6,800 
3,591,016 
3,794,752 
Imprest Monies, &e. 113,918 
126,508 
3,704,935 
3,921,260 
Year ended Oct. 10, 1820 
3,704,935 
Increase in the 
} ear ended 
-- 
October 10, 1821 
. 
216,325 
SPAIN. 
The lovers of liberty have nothing to 
desire relative to Spain, beyond what is 
accomplished by the enlightened patri¬ 
ots of that country. Its south-eastern 
corner has been unhappily afflicted by 
the scourge of the yellow fever, which, 
it is presumed, the approach of cold 
weather will extinguish. 
The following is the speech of the 
King on opening of the Extraordinary 
Cortes, Sept. 28. 
Gentlemen ,—Since I expressed to the 
Cortes my motives for believing it advis¬ 
able to call an extraordinary meeting of 
the Cortes, nothing has so much engaged 
my attention as the desire to see them as¬ 
sembled. I now see them with the greatest 
satisfaction, and give myself wholly up to 
the pleasing and just hope of the good 
which the country will derive from their 
labours. The subjects which I have pre¬ 
pared to lay before the Cortes for their 
consideration are mostly such, the regula¬ 
tion of which is necessary for the more 
speedy consolidation of the constitutional 
system, such as the division of the territory, 
and the best means of placing, according to 
it, the political government of the Cortes, 
the military ordinances, the plan of decree 
of the organization of the naval force, and 
the decree for the organization of the active 
militia. 
I particularly urge you to place every 
thing in consonance with the fundamental 
law of the state, leaving the administration 
free from all those seiious embarrassments 
which it often meets w iih for want of this 
necessary harmony, and which the govern¬ 
ment cannot remove. 1 have also thought 
that some other points ought to be deter¬ 
mined, which though not so intimately con- 
nectecTwith the constitulk n, have a great 
influence on the general prosperity: such 
as the measures to be adopted to restore the 
tranquillity and to promote the welfare of 
the Americas, the examination and reform 
of the duties of customs, l he means neces¬ 
sary to prevent the serit us loss which the 
nation sustains by the currency of false or 
defective foreign coin, ai d the project of a 
decree in the charitable institutions. 
Though all the subjects that are going to 
be discussed by the Cories are of so much 
importance, the fact ic>elf of their being 
assembled to discuss tin m is still more so. 
This new proof and guarantee of the union 
which prevailsbetween all the chief powers 
(of ihe state) must convince all the enemies 
of our institution that their efforts to sub¬ 
vert them will be vain. 
I shall take advantage of the period in 
which the Cortes will continue assembled 
to give orders to propose any measure or 
project which may aj pear to my govern¬ 
ment necessary and u gent, as well as to 
ask their co-operation when circumstances 
may require. The field, gentlemen, is 
most extensive which is open to your zeal 
and your talents; an *1 those qualities which 
so greatly distinguish you, combined 
with the prudence and circumspection 
which have marked all your deliberations, 
ensure to the country the completion of 
those advantages which it already owes to 
you. 
I have the confidence that you will 
gain in both respects the admiration of the 
nation and of foreigners, entitling your¬ 
selves more and more to the particular es¬ 
teem of your Kii g, who will always con¬ 
sider the Cortes as the firmest support of. 
his constitutional throne,” 
NETHERLANDS. 
The speech of the King of the Nether¬ 
lands, on opening his motley parlia¬ 
ment, exhibits a fine picture of internal 
prosperity. We have subjoined some 
extracts : 
“ The intern r situation of the kingdom 
offers in general a favourable view. The 
fear of a scantv crop is happily dissipated 
in most of the provinces, and we can pro¬ 
mise ourselves abundance ol provisions, 
and at a moderate price. 
“ Trade and navigation have not dimi¬ 
nished, and we can cherish the hope of 
seeing themi u future receive a new in¬ 
crease. 
« Notwithstanding the favourable influ¬ 
ence of sevei al years of peace, the situa¬ 
tion of our manufactures does not present 
in 
