The decree for the convocation of the Cortes has strengthened
the government of MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA, and diffused almost general satisfaction among Spanish Liberals, who begin to give the Minister credit for honesty and prudence. The recognition of South American independence will, it is said, be among the first measures submitted to the Cortes. The Pope's Nuncio having refused to acknowledge the right of the young Queen to the throne, has been furnished with his passports by the Government, and taken his departure from Madrid. There was a scuttle in the streets of the capital on the 11th of May, between some of the roililia and a crowd of people, which has been magnified into a serious emeate. It arose from a quarrel between a soldier and the coachman of a grandee, and was really a very trifling affair.
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