The King of Spain has declared Cadiz a free 'port,
in the most unlimited sense, to all powers iii amity with him. The privileges to traders are ample, and might, if there were no counteracting circumstances, make this forsaken port again a favourite haunt of commerce.
In the mean time, occasional insurrections indicate the state of the country and the Government ; and some parts are the mourn- ful theatre of massacres by order of the King's officers. Ten men were shot the other day at Barcelona, for having been engaged in some political intrigues. The measures lately adopted at Gibraltar towards strangers resi- dent there, are enforced with vigour. Domiciliary visits are made, and parties compelled to embark without any direct explanation. In Russia and Turkey, preparations are active for the ensuing campaign. General Wittgenstein has resigned the command of the Russian army; and the Sultan has deposed his Vizier, and ap- pointed the celebrated Redschid Pacha in his place.
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