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~,:~~. ..` .. -- '.A I•• • ' ampor • "T rr • P. dollars, of which nearly one half were received from Great Britain direct. In the same year the exports from . Buenos Ayres, are estimated at 6,700,000 dollars. This difference in the amount of the imports and exports from that country, is explained by the circumstance, that the actual quantities have always exceeded these returns, as they have at all times been short manifested in order to save duties. In the amount of specie in particular , said to be exported, no reliance is to be placed on these returns, as the article has sometimes been wholly pro hibited, and then smuggled off. The revenue of Buenos Ayres in 1822, is stated at 1,900,000 dollars, and which is said to be raised on a scale of duties com paratively moderate. The system of high duties was wisely abandoned by the Government on account of the temptation it created to smuggling. The increase in the trade of Buenos Ayres writ appear far more striking when it is stated that under that name was re turned to the Spanish Government the whole trade with Paraguay and - Upper Peru, which is' now, from politi cal causes, wholly suspended. When those causes cease to operate, which the progress of events appears to in dicate will very shortly happen, the returns must in evitably become greater. It is estimated by the Com mittee, that, while the Colonial system existed, all ma nofactored and other Europeen goods sold for three times their present prices, while the produce of the country was given in exchange for a fourth part of what is now paid for it. The preceding appear to us the most striking facts of a general nature comprised in this report, of which our limits will not permit us to give a more extended notice ; but the whole of the de tails possess considerable interest for persons engaged in commerce with that tart of the world. BOGOTA, SEPTEMBER 18, 1824. SlR—The prohibitory laws and decrees of Colombia against the importation of certain articles into this conntrt appearing to be imperfectly understood, and some British merchants having recently fallen into a misconception of the one relative to sugar—probably from its not being sufficiently explicit—l beg to trans• snit to you a list of the articles prohibited, with the re spective penalties attached to the violation of the laws, for the guidance of merchants embarking in the trade of Colombia, and for the purpose of obviating the re currence of a misunderstanding, nut of which, under the most favourable circumstances, it is diffiCult for persons to disembarrass themselves, without consider able delay and inconvenience. (Signed) JAMES HENDERSON, His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General. John Bennett, Esq. Secretary of Lloyd's. ARTICLES PROHIBITBD. By law of the Congress of September 27, 1821 : Coffee,Cocoa, Indigo, °Sugars, Molasses— under penalty of the confiscation of the vessel and cargo. My decree of the executive of January 20, 1823 :—All productions and manufactures of Spain, or her depen dencies—after being warned off, under penalty of the condemnation of the vessel, and destruction of the cargo. By a law of the Congress of July 4, 1823 :—Gun powder, tobacco,whether in leaf, segars, snuff, or rappee —under penalty of the confiscation of the articles, and the vessel., or the whole or any other part of the cargo, if belonging to the proprietor of the contraband articles. By law of the Congress of August 2, 1823 :—Foreign spirits, extracted from the sugar cane, or their com-i pounds—under penalty of the confiscation of the vessel and spirits. By law of the Congress of July 8, 1824 :—Foreign salt —under penalty of confiscation of the vessel and salt. • The tern " sugar" is here considered to imply the raw mats nil, as weir as every denomination of refined sugars. GREECE. A letter has been received by a Member of the Greek Committee, dated Corfu, N0v.17. It recapitulates the losses inflicted on the Turkish and Egyptian fleets, and then adds :—" The enemy's armies by land have suffered equal losses, end, having been bea . en in several rencontres, must ere this have, accord it.g to custom, dis persed themselves. The Greeks, mho no longer think of being obliged to act on the defensive, prepare for the conquest of several important points. Patras is now completely invested on the land side by 6,000 men, and ten ships of war prevent supplies from getting into that place, as well as to Coron and Modon, which are also besieged by land. A land and sea totce is to proceed against &lima, and an attempt will be made to com plete the conquest of Arta and its dependencies, and to get possession of some rallying points in Thessaly. 1 hope that these measutes will not be impeded by inter nal causes, seeing the solidity which the Government daily acquires, and the excellent disposition of the na tion in general. The Representative Body, after a meeting of several months, has terminated its Sittings by peaceably electing new Functionaries. In the Exe cutive Body, consisting of five Members, four were re elected, with Condor iottis for President, and Mavrocor dote will be Secretary of State. The differences be tween the Greek and Anglo-lonian Governments have been all settled, and the three Greeirbvessels taken by the frigate Sybille, will be to -day liberated." E EVENING, R LONI)ON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1844. TUE FUNDF. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWEI.VIC O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 95i j for the Acconnt, and bu few bargains have been done up tothis hour. FOREIGN FUNDS. Current Prices: New Spanish 151, Old 221 1, Ilimian 96, Mexi can 721, Columbian New 89, Chilian 83, French Scrip 131 pre. Austrian 93/, New Prussian 102, Portuguese 89, Alliance Shares 81 pre. Marine Alliauc•: 11 1 pr:. Brazilian Scrip 31 4 pre. Buenos Ayres 89, Greek 60 3 Ga► dis. par. Culonthi.ut Mines 211 22, Brazil Mines 4; 5 pre. PKICK Or STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Red. •9472 ) 95 91 , % 3 per Cent. Cons. shut. 3 per Cent. 10114 3i per Cent. Red. 101 1 / 8 4 per Cent. New shut. Long Ann. '23 22 15.16—India Bonds 97 ELMO Escbeg. Bills (2d.)55 ; 54 6 £5OO ditto (I '4d.) 54 6 £lOO and £2OO ditto (1 1 ,4 d.) 54 7 Con... for Acct. 95% % By the arrival of a Lisbon Mail, we have received Gazettes 'of the 16th, 17th, and 18th instant. They containlbng extracts from the Spanish papers, relative to the trikls of the persons accused of having thrown ... • several Royalists into the sea near Corunna ; anJ also extracts from the Madrid Gazette, of the 17th and 21st September, (taken from the Correio Mercantil of Cadiz), in reply to a Mexican publication called, V Crib de Sombrerete cemtraos Hispanlioes, which supposes that New Spain produced more in the time of Montezuma, than it has since done. This article enumerates at length the several branches of manufactures, agricul ture, and mining, and to prove the injury which the country has sustained by its revolution, gives the fol lowing comparative table. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. In 1809 - - 1821 ~t Regidor of Seville, uho stated that that once opulent 1 city was scarcely able to bear the expense of 80 to 100,000 francs per annum already imposed upon it for the support of the Royalist Volunteers, consequently, that the equipment of regular troops from the municipal funds would be impossible. It was reported that the KING, who cannot even make a serious attempt to reduce his emancipated and unassisted Colonies to subjection, had determined to embroil himself in a quarrel with the United States, by withdrawing his recognition of the cession of the Flo ridas to the American Union, as having been given un• der the influence of the Cones 1 The idea cf Spain going to war with the United States is ridiculous. If the opinion of well-in tormed residents in Buenos Ayres can be relied on, that Republic has now all the appearance of a firmly settled Government. The Con gress of the twelve United States was to- be assembled before the middle of this month, to determine on the constitution of the Government, whether it was to be a Federative Union or a single State. The- great extent of the country is likely to make the former plan be adopted. Buenos Ayres is described to be the most agreeable re sidence in South America, and inhabited by the most enlightened population. The Dictator of Paraguay is complained of as . a friend to the non-intercourse system with his neighbours; and, but for that evil, Buenos Ayres, it is said, would be a market almost unlimited for British manufactures—the probable consumption of Paraguay being guessed at about a million sterling per annum. The British trade to Buenos Ayres is now estimated annually at one million and a half sterling : 15,000 pipes of wine and spirits are supplied from France and Spain; and from the North American United States are imported 80,000 barrels of flour : sugaf, cocoa, coffee, &c. come from Brazil ; from China, sundries. The general improvement of Buenos l Ayres within ten years is described to be.almost incre dible,—persons returning after that period do not know the place again. FroM eighty to a hundred square-r igged vessels, averaging two hundred tons burden, are usually within the harbour of Buenos Ayres, thirty of which are English. Expenses there are greater than in Lon don, and the allowance of ous Consul-General, 2,0001. per annum, is not thought by any means an excessive income—not more, than covers the natural expenditure of the office. Nothing but an increase of people, it is said, is wanted to render La Plata one of the most de lightful countries- on earth. We have received —uu....— accounts from Canton to the Bth of May. They inform us, that cotton was in good de mand there, at 13 to 14 tales, according to the quality. Opium was quoted at 1080 to 1100 dollars per chest for old Patna, and 1030 to 1050 for - new. Bombay Malina was 800 to 820, and Bengal ditto 820 to 830. Old Benares was good sale at 960 to 980, and Turkey was 1000 per picul. Pepper was exceedingly dull, and the stock remains undiminished. The Company's Treasury was open at 207 on Calcutta. We also have Papers from Bombay to the 90th August, and from Madras to the 15th. Lieutenant Favwscs, who was tried for the murder ofa native on the Guinawar territory, had beeh discharged from custody by order of the Supreme Court, on the ground that the evidence did not bear out the indictment in certain formal points. From Madras we learn, that although thg distress of the native population continued, yet that Government were giving employ ment to many in making a road between the Presidency and Poonamalee. The weather had underpone a con siderable change for the better. There is no fresh intel ligence in these Papers from the seat of war. Dispatches, dated the 90th of September, were received this day, at the Colonial Office, Downing -street, from Lieutenant• General the Honourable Sir G. L. COLE, Governor of the Mauritius; but they' contain no intelli gence of importance. 138,1151,2 X, 83,462,1' 105,390,140 In 1809 1821 In 1609 . 1821 64,611,818 46,345,494 21,172,961 5,965,526 Difference - _ 20,209,462 TOTAL DIFFIRILNCE. Agriculture - - 105,390,140 Manufactures - 38,236,524 Mines - - 20,209,462 Piastres - 163,1111545111 The Gazette of the 18th, contains a Decree to the fol lowing effect : " i, the King, hereby make known, that having, by an Alvara of 9:11 May, 1781, a Pottaria of 13th Febru ary, 1812, and an Alvara of 9th March of this year, granted to the Royal Printing Of f ice exclusive privi leges for the printing of the . several documents therein specified ; and it having come to my knowledge, that the Royal Printing Office is deprived of some of the said privileges, in consequence of orders emanating ft om the so-called Cortes, to the great injury of that establish ment, ss hich, for its importance, deserves to be supported and maintained ; I think fit to confirm, and confirm accordingly, the exclusive privilege for printing the Ro man Missal, Breviary' and other religious books; also the tables and printed accounts, &c. for the use of the army, and the civil officers relative to it ; and likeA ise for the printing and exclusive sale of all the laws and collections of the same; observing that this exclusion does not extend to the lithographic-office, which cannot be considered as a printing-office." Commercial letters from Lima, of the Slst of August, represent the victory of BoLIyAR Over CANTARAC, on the plains of Junin, as having thrown the Spaniard 3 into great dismay. It will be recollected, that it was the cavalry of CANTARAC which alone was engaged, and which suffered very severely on that occasion. The Spaniards, it appears, had placed their chief reliance on that description of force, and felt, therefore, the greatest consternation and alarm on learning their inability to contend with the Colombian troops of the same class. The latest accounts received at Lima from the army, stated that a genes al disper.ion of the Spanish force had taken place, and that BOLIVAR had full possession of the valley of Jauja, one of the richest and most fertile provinces of Peru. CANTARAC'S head-quarters were supposed to be at Huancavelica ; and LA SERNA, the Viceroy, was believed to be on his march to join him, but unable to make any material addition to his nume rical strength. BOLIVAR ' S army was in a high state of spirits, and in the best order and discipline. It amounted to 15,000 men, to which aleinforcement of .5,000 more was daily expected to arrive from Panama. ARENALES, the Buenos Ayres General, was at Salta, on the borders of Upper Peru, into which province he was prepared to march. Admiral Gum, with the Peruvian squadron, had resumed the blockade of Cal lao. The following proclamation was made public in Callao by General RoDIL, the commander of that fortress, on the occasion of the battle of Junin " TUT IlltiOADltli OF Tilt TOTAL AIRMITS SON 3011 RAMON RODIL, *O TTROOS OF CALLAO, CaNNANDANT•OZNIZAL AND INTTNIPANT or 1111 PROVINCE OF LIMA, TO ITS INEARITAN7tS. " Innaarroors or Lisa !—lnseparable from the language of truth which distinguishes the legitimate Government of Peru, lam going to speak to you with the sincerity which my post and my character require. " Our army of the north has made a reconnoissance of the enemy, and on the 6th inst. there was a partial conflict of cavalry in the Pam pas de Reyes, by the result of which nothing more was decided than the proposed object. I am anxious, moreover, in order to remove from your minds every melancholy idea, and to render you proof against the fabrications of the enemy,to inform you that the General.in-Chief, Don Jose Cantarac, retained to the positions which he had-oeco pied the day before, and where he expects the Viceroy and lizo jor.General Valdez, if they have not already joined him. They_ set out on the sth inst . from the capital of Cuzco: In conse quence of this information, in the name of his Excellency the Viceroy, I recommend to, you, and exact from you, the courage and conduct becoming your situation, which, if it corresponds with your duty, will be duly estimated by his Excellency and the Chiefs under his command, who are pledged to support your vir tues and your honour ; but if, unfortunately, such is not the case, you will answer for yourselves. " Receive this explanation with the indulgence which k de serves, and believe that nobody desires more your good than he who now addresses you. (Signed) " JOSE RAMON RODIL. " Royal Phillip de Callao, Aug. leoste." Letters have been received from Madrid, of the 15th inst. at which time the capital was tranquil;—the tran quillity is, however, that of apathy rather than content• ment. Some sensation had been excited in Madrid by the arrest and imprisonment of an Ex-Political Chief, SAN MARTIN, who had been for some time living in an obscure Spanish village, upon a positive pledge of safety from the .Government. The Madrid Gazette contains a decree ordering the different Munici palities to use the funds which they may have in hand, from whatever sources, for the equipment of tro , ps. Many of the Regidors had arrived in Madrid to ration , smite against this decree, and amongst them the ..:g..g.5A..4 r • M ANIMACTURBS. 111)1111. THE KING. WINDSOR, Dec. 28.—The weather continuing so very damp and unfavourable. his MAJESTY has not left the Royal Lodge for any out-door exercise, since Sunday last. During the greater part of yesterday and this day his MAJESTY S time has been mostly occupied upon public business, dispatching messengers to London from the Royal Lodge. And we feet great pleasure in communicating to the public that our be. loved SOVIIRRION is enjoying a good state of bodily health.—Last evening, his MAJESTY again entertained his Royal visitors, Lord Sr. HULLERS, Sir A. and Lady STANHOPE, and others - of his suite, at dinner. Yesterday afternoon, the Marquis CONYNGHAM, Lord Sr. MILERS, Sir A. and Lady STANHOPE, and Sir MILGROVE TURNER, arrived at the Castle in two Of his MICIESTY'S travelling carriages, with outriders, and inspected the various improvements ; after which they returned to the Royal Lodge in the Great Park, where they had the honour of dining with his MAJESTY. The health of M7:=T;77ary CANNING, we aie happy to say, continues improving. Mr. WILBIOT•HORTON left town last night, on a visit to Lord Rano; at BlithSeld, near Lichfield, in Staffordshire. Viscountess BULLRLEY, independent of her innu merable charities throughout the year, has been distributing at her different houses, to the neighbouring poor, several hundred yards of flannel, blankets, sheets, clothing, beef, coals, and money, during the last few days. Letters from the Ile of France announce the death of Commodore Nonase, at Madagascar, of a fever. He was the Com mandant on the Cape of Good Hope and the Isle of France station. Lord WILLIAM LENOX, and Miss PATON, with two of the Noble Lord's friends, occupied a private box at Covent- Garden Theatre on Monday evening, to witness George Bernardi and the new Pantomime. Madame VZIIII/11 and her friends were In an opposite box. The LORD CHAMBERLAIN hats appointed the Rev. Marrow Teem, RD. Vicar of Stourminster Marshall, Dorset, and Prebendary of Rochester, to be Chaplain in Ordinary to his MAJUTY, in the room of the Rev. Janes Russet. Manx, deceased. Sir JOHN HONYWOOD last week distributed two bul locks, as well as game, poultry, &c. The worthy Baronet also re galed his work-people with a good and sabstantial dinner, at his mansion, on Christmas-day. NAPOLEON'S HISTORICAL MEMOIRS—We are re quested to state, that the 4th and last Livraison of this important Work was publiihtd this day ; and the Public are advised to com plete their Sets without delay. _._.,;- -. FASHIONABLE MOVLMENTS. The Duchess of Gloucester, from I. rogmore, fur Gorharabo re Herta, on a visit to F..arl and Countess Ve ; Duke of H ut. land, from tlelvoir Castle, fur Burleigb, lancol!ishir e , on a visit to ' the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter ; I.9rd Arundel, at bi g seat, Wardonr Castle, from Weymouth; Lord Suck, at his seat Woodchester Park, Gloucestershire, from a tour ; the Honourable' W. V. Powktt. from his sea, Somerby, Leicestershire, for Bur. leigh, JAtienhtshire on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter Sir John Lowther, Bare. front Whitby, for Swilti ng f ord near Ferrybridge, in Yorkshire; Hon. and Rev. Henry Watson' from Carleton Rectory, near Rockingham, for Elsham Ilatl s h i ' Norfolk ; Colonel and Mra. Newport, from Chchenham, for Bath ; Mrs. E. Franks. for Winthorpe Ball, from a tour ; Mrs. and Mi l . Serjeantson, for Bath. from Devizes ; Sir James Ferguson, f or Kilkervsn, near Maybele, Ayrshire; Hon. J. Dundas, for Mind., Castle, Queen's Ferry, from Edinburgh ; Hon. Edward Shirk, for Etington Park, Skiptou upon Stour; C. C. Deering, fin s , his seat in Hefts; G. Bucknall, Esq. for his seat in Warwictshir.• the Rev. Archdeacon Proaser, from Easington, fur Durham ; tain and Mrs. Latham, for Brighton ; William Hale, E l . e n . Brighton; James Havre, Esq. for his seat, Melton Mowbray, ,tershire ; J. Hunter, Esq. from N. rot's Hotel ; G. IA hittite.d, Esq. and Mrs. Whitehead, from do. for Brussels. ARRIVALS. The Marquis of Lothian, from Dowager Lady Soffitlti's seat i n Norfolk ; Lo d and Lady Huntingfield, from their seat in Suffolk ; Sir Charles Lamb, from a tour : the Earl of Clanricarde, at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, from Melton Mowbray, Leicester_ shire ; J. H. Langston, Esq. M.P. the Hon. Mrs. Langston, and Mies Langston, at the Hyde Park Hotel, Hyde Park-place, from Saraden House ; W. C. Towers, Esq. and Mrs. Towers,!at Nernt's Hotel. Clifford-street ; Airs. and the Misses Smith, at ditto; the Rev. Jas. and Mrs. Walker, at ditto ; Major Grant, at ditto. KING OE FRANCE'S STATE CARRIAGR—MuCIi is said relative to the state carriage building for the Coronation of his MA. MTV. The interior will he lined with crimson velvet, enibioi. tiered with gold. The designs of the embroidery will present the flowers and stalks of lilies and fiesses de /is. In the centre of the principal escutcheon will Joe two C.'s interlaced. Glass rannets will enable the Public to have a full view of the. Kiso. The em. blems on the top, as well as the frames of the glass, will be rxecoced in gilt bronze, after the designs of the celebrated M. Naas'. Mrs.FivzHEttleßT and her fair chargeMissSsymoua, are at Brighton, and both in excellent health ; the former is blooming even now. Lord and Lady TANKIIRVILLI, Lady Coney, one or two Judges of the Land, and a host of Gentlemen of the Ba r, are likewise enjoying the sea breezes during the vacation, to enable them to encounter other professional breezes when the Term begins. The independence Brazil 'has been recoalized by the Grand Duke of HECK, ENBURGH SCHWERIN. The territory ref Mecklenburith is hounded by the Baltic, and the expectation - of deriving some exclu•ive com mercial advantages for his subjects, is said to have dic tated this step. A Consul-Getieral was appoiPted on the 2d of November, who is to reside at Rio de Janeiro. A letter from Geroa, from Messrs. Gaetano, Drag; and Walsh, the agents to Lloyd's, dated December 11, states that the Consul-General of his Majesty the King of the Low C. untries, in Genoa, has pubtshed n , .tice of having received a Consular letter from Marseilles,dated the 2d instant, which reports that letters from Algiers and Mahon state, that the differences subsisting between the Regency of Algiers and his Majesty the King of the Low Countries have been happily done away ; and that peace was concluded on the 12th day of November last, upon the same footing as that of the year 1816. A letter from Pernambuco of the 20th ult. states, that information had been received the-e from Bahia, of the assassination of the Military Governor of that place. The next arrivals were expected with consider able anxiety, as the accounts came away too soon after the event to allow it to be ascertained whether the crime was perpetrated from political motives, or origi• nated id private revenge. The tranquillity of Bahia, up to the 4th of November, was ascertained not to have been interrupted. , _1 It is said that M. MICIIELENA and M. tilEtnTA DO, th e Mexican and Colombian Envoys, received from Pans, in the early part of last week, an intima t ion that the Trench Government would be happy to receive from them some communication on the state ok the com merce of their respective count, ies, in orkler that a decision may be come to on the proposal t send out French Consuls. Extract of a letter from the Agent to fr,loyd's at St. Jago de Chile, dated Sept.lB:—" Since our advice of the 28th ult. we have no intelligence of the Alia Spanish line of battle ship and her consort. Front Lima we have heard that the Spanish Governor had ordered that no communication should be permitted with vessels in the Bay of Callao, men of war or mer chantmen, while a blockading fleet remained off it. An action was fought at Junin, on the 7th of August, between the van-guards of the Patriot and Spanish forces, in which the former were victorious." In the Laity's Directory for 1825, a pamphlet pub lished annually under the authority of the English Ca tholic Bishops, there is a list of 380 Catholic Chapels in England, and ten in Wales; several of them, however, are Noblemen or Gentlemen's Chapels, -and some of them are attached to colleges or schools, but are all open to the Public. This list, however, does not include all the Chapels that are in England, but only such as are sent to the publishers for insertion. COURTING ET MOONLIGHT.—..RAMSGATZ DEC. 27. An accident that nearly plowed fatal occurred here a few nights since; a Lady and Gentleman enjoying the pure breezes of a cool December evening on the Cross Wall of our Pier, by some unlucky mancetivre ven tured too near the edge, and were precipitated into the water, and but for the timely exertions of Mr. Ecnva ED , FOSTER, they would have met with a watery grave; he was on duty near the spot, when throwing a rope round the Lady she had sufficient presence of mind to hold by it until safely landed ; the Gentleman, although an es• cellent swimmer, sunk tt ice, when luckily Mr. Fos. TER'S boat preserved his life. Thursday, an extraordinary high tide occurred at &rood ; the Gas Works were greatly damaged—so much so, that the operation of the works k stopped, and notices were distributed to,,the inhabitants, that till the damage was repaired, the town could not be sup plied as usual. A number of distressing events oc curred in consequence: a poor old woman was drownei in her bed. As a servant of Mr. GREOsON, a surveyor, in the Commercial-road, was passing along the road on :ler way home, just before nine o'cleck last night, with some porter in one hand, and 19s. 6J. change out of a sove reign, in the other, she was met by asman, who forcib opened her hand, took the silver out of it, and made off, the young woman, from frigLt, being unable to make any alarm. Early yesterday morning, the house of Dr. Mitchell, of Gate -street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, was broken into, and robbed of several articles of plate, Btc. The thieves bad leaped over the railings, and forced an entry through the area-door. Fortunately, some of the servants going down stairs startled them, when they made a precipitate retreat by the hall-door, which they bad previously unchained and left open, without bein; able to collect and carry off the test of their booty. Mrs. Bishop, who, as lately stated, was buried under the ruins of a large chimney stack at Fordwich, ex pired on Monday. - ~ w .~;~~ _ ~ ~. 0 _ - 7 7', ( t , 1•4 1 • UM& mod Akin Atliii 1110.1 11 !rtfri NOV =eel kap ludo of th LW+ very Joao A. lan, A legs beet in a trea writ that bad cite lisp of t the to I Will I 01 Wit eltl I sal ba . a.~:.t -~..v.x~ A7.7 - *