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en these Colonies and the Mother ' Led by the Spanish Government, at a Liation was practicable, when it might he effusion of blood, and been ser contest in which we were then en• that can be its object in 1818, when flood has been spilt ; when the South .e gained the object for which they png contending ; and when they are eaping all the fruits of their labours ? hree positive and ignominious rebuffs iards ; shall we now court one from ricans ? Let us at least hope that this ever join in any expedition for the pur ng on them a disgraceful yoke which, ;, they have been struggling to shake off. g ociations, as our Readers have been carrying on at Paris. The following win them of some particulars respecting worth knowing. As to the issue, we f e ars whatever. The South Americans c i r point in spite of the Holy Alliance, great Britain join in the ungracious work again to subject their neck to the vilest er oppressed and degraded any of the DAM. " PARIS, JANUARY 4.- v was never before so mush the theatre intrigue and bustle. It - would appear [ties of half the globe were to issue from holding and to be holden in this place, e projects are hatching. With regard to is on European politics, I consider you 'ell informed through other channels, letters shall, therefore, only touch on subject that seems to excite a lively in ;land. 'y her unwearied exertions, has at length Prince Regent's Ministers to undertake, s in, a mediation, though some difference fists on the subject of the terms—a point Beak to be established. In this plan I. the three great Continental Powers,' tria, and Prussia, have entered ; and ge, seeing that they have nothing directly r are warm, it not the warmest partisans, 'less thought that Great Britain will have uence in this affair, for reasons which I :ertain fact that the Spanish Minister, it is well known, is anti-English, had reated with Russia, not only on the sub ttion, but also respecting the aid neces le Spain to reconquer her former Colo s the British Ministers complained, be ad been the first to offer their mediation, the time of the Cortes, and to prevent siting is a fresh effort, was evidently a ist. Proofs of the strict manner in which , been observed during the present con so alleged, and, it is stated, that certain ions from the South American Agents, spective answers, were also brought for a such professions, the co-operation of Kinisters could not be rejected, and the the Spaniards call it, of the Slave Trade, ently made for 400,0001. sterling, whereas re, I am assured, a million sterling was ides hopes of a loan to a certain amount. that in• England you never could have at King Ferdinand possessed such good id such adepts in negotiation. :inisters of the Prince Regent then gained tendency in the Madrid Cabinet. This i felt, and became jealous. As a counter stirred up Austria, Prussia, and I am not hand also is not of the number, to mediate h herself, between Spain and South Ame e same manner as they had done between Portugal. This plan the Madrid Cabinet ,ted, much to the dismay of the Prince dinisters, who wished to act alone, and e negotiations being opened in Madrid, y alleged could be better done in Lon length they consented that the negocia d be opened on the Continent, insisting, ss, that the place should be out of Spain, was eventually fixed upon, nay the parties ly at work. : v:ill be the issue of this strange and party- . :onclave, it would be impossible to tell, but it the confidence of Spain in the sincerity fissions lately made to her daily diminishes. roes, by long and fatal experience, that the iyire is deeply interested in the indepen- Sxth America, and on this head, to the King Ferdinand's Ministers it must be said, x deceive themselves. Spanish Government is persuaded that all ments sent from England are not the work. luals, but moved by a more powerful, dden spring, and all attestations to the con-' Id be of no avail. To think otherwise, they iced, would be a libel on the understanding ders of a mercantile and enterprizing na aversing the other day with a Spaniard, ill those secrets, on the subject of British I q.loted to him the instance of a port in Ino;6s where the Royalist flag was received Imcd, but where that of the Independents upon. His answer was, that he was very e cannon were not loaded with shot. a pity, therefore, your Ministers shenld at least t'-e credit of emir delicacy and neutrality, which with the Spaniards they certainly do not, as the arguments of the latter are as follow " 1. That it is not credible, or even presumable, hoteever po pular the cause of the Independents may be In England, that the merchants would adventure large sums in favour of an object which their Government does not protect some way or other. "2. That muth less would they do it if there was any direct Oppoaltlon. • " 3. That it is netessary to conclude, from existing appearances, that if no opposition is made, the laws are defective, or that the yoke of the people has more weight than the will of the Ministers• " Among the Spaniards, the difficulties that Eng land has put in the way of the negociations being carried on in the Peninsula, tend to strengthen the surmises above alluded to ; and it is besides awk ward, that the exertions in favour of the Indepen dents are particularly displayed at the precise nick of time when Spain is preparing to send out men of war, frigates, and armies, to bring the rebels on their knees. In short, the Spaniards are too incredulous to believe, that philanthropy could intie the purse strings of private individuals ; and they add, every musket now wielded against them in America, has got the Tower mark upon them and the King's arms ; " In the whole of this affair one thing is certain with regard to the Allies, and that is, that the inter ests of England are different from those of the Con tinental Powers. The latter haste entered into the negotiation with a view to prevent the former from absorbing all the advantages of trade, and England has acquiesced from two reasons, viz. through jea lousy of the United States, and because in a commer cial treaty she hopes to retain an ascendency, founded on previous intercourse. Other reasons are 'also stated, and it is even said, that Spain has offered the Flori dan to England for her services on this occasion, the tenure of which countries would not be so interesting as the privation to the North Americans would be galling " M.. Pozzi de Borgo and Count Fernan Nunez are the persons most busily employed in this affair, as the Count de Palmela seems only to interfere in what concerns his master, viz. the possession of Monte Video. It is now, however, said, that since the nego tiations have been opened, the French Ministers have been invited to take a part, but we hear of no depu- ties from South America, nor whether any are to be consulted. What is still more strange, it is supposed that the independent governments in South America, have never been asked, whether they will accept a mediation, or not. It appears natural that their com plaints should be heard, for how will they agree to terms to which they have not been parties ? South American agents, it is understood, reside in Europe, ' yet none have been called upon, but in the mean time it is whispered they have lodged solemn protests against . a mediation in the hands of the British Go vernment. " This affair, consequently, though not of such great magnitude as those which occupied the Con gress of Vienna, presents infinitely more difficulties, not only in consequence of the distance of the coun. try whose welfare is to be the topic of deliberation, and of which here great ignorance prevails, but also owing to the collision of interests, and the extreme jealousy that already prevails among the negociatorst in Spain also they have a difficult stvirject to handle. Who can make her listen to reason? Who can keep down her pride and obstinacy? Certainly England will agree to nothing that is not liberal and just, and to propose any thing of this stamp would only strengthen the distrust of Spain. Besides, in this I plan, are those countries to be comprehended which the Spaniards say they have reconquered and paci fied —as, for example, Santa Fe, or those of which the revolution is not completed, viz. Mexico? It is understood that England insists on the mediation being general, in order that no jealousies may be ex cited, and with a view to prevent the elements of future discord, on the grounds of disparity. " Suppose Buenos Ayres is allowed a free trade with all nations, and this is refused to Peru and Mexico, the former would then be rewarded for having raised the standard of rebellion, whilst the latter would be punished for not having followed the example. This would be to tell the two latter sec• tions that to be relieved from monopolies, the Inqui sition, and finally the laws of the Indies, they must first become insurgent. Spain insists on the media. tion being partial, and for reasons you will easily guess. Any mediation in which England has the chief influence, must make Spain a loser, for it is well known the monopolists of Cadiz would as soon see the Spanish possessions in America lost, as hear that her ports had been opened. It is therefore for tunate that Russia has not the ascendancy. You will not be astonished that I am unable to give you more positive details respecting a matter, of which the first lines of the Protocol are scarcely traced. As they go on, the negotiators will discover the difficulties they have to encounter, and which they did not expect " Spain has represented the thing as easy, and hitherto she has been believed. But, apropos ! is it whilst the negotiations are pending that the Hispano- Russian squadron is to leave Cadiz with troops, or is the rest* to be previously ascertained ? My opinion is, that if the squadron leaves Europe before the no gociations are terminated, Spain has little hopes tne result being favourable to her ; and on the other hand, if the armament waits the result of so tedious an affair as the one in question, the successes of the Patriots will render its coming of no avail. Let these continue prosperous as they now are, and the South Americans need not care for the mediation of the Allies more than they have hitherto done for the threats of Spain. My next shall give you some in formation of what is passing here between the Repre sentatives of the latter and those of Portugal." CaLcurra.--Actording to the Ukbars of the last year RUNJUT Sinou had withdrawn the Seek army from Moltan. Heavy falls of hail in the wheat coqn tiles had destroyed the crop, and rendered all kidds of grain excessively dear. Prince KAMHUN had marched from Candahar towards Cabul, and King MAHMOOD SHAH had proceeded from Peshawar m the same direction. AMEEI Kuwww was still occu pied with the siege of Madhooragporah, and Hot,- K 4 / 1 had promised his rebel Chieftain Gurrooft Kna!:, that he, or the mutinous army, should not be attacked by 94:trnsta's troops under AsdiAlit• rAL INPELLIbENCE. MAILS T ♦IM DU pUblill 0 0 Waterford 1 0 Guernsey and Jersey 1 0 Hu/land 0 0 G uttenbu res 0 4 its DAY. AIRI. Deis Lisbon 0 U Malta 0 0 France 0 1 Man**, rgh 0 5 Flanders 0 0 PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY 11. A large brig is just brought up on the Mother bank, but it is impossible to communicate with her, as it blows a gale at S.W. DEAL, JANUARY is. Wind S.W. blows strong. .A sloop was this morn ing observed on the off part of the Goodwin band, with her mainsail up, and a signal of distress flying. Several boats are gone off to her assistance, but these appears to be some doubt whether they will be able to get to her, as there is a dreadful sea on the Sand.—Four o'clock.—Some of the boats are just come from the Sand, and, at the risk of their own lives, have used every effort in their power to save the crew, but, lam sorry to say, to no effect. She disappeared all at once and went to pieces, and no doubt the crew are all lost. She Was a large sloop, with a running bowsprit and a topsail-yard across; these are the only particulars I can give you at pre sent. Arrived and sailed for the River, the Lively, Goals's°, from Seville ; Isabella, HoLstss, from Ja maica ; and Ann, WALTON, from Teneriffe.—Five o'clock.—Still blows strong and thick weather. The shipping in the Downs appear to ride all well. WEYMOUTH, JANUARY is. Arrived this morning the Countess of Liverpool Packet, with Mails from Guernsey and Jersey. LIVERPOOL, JANUARY 12. The Panopea, from this Port for Baltimore, was spoken with on the 28th November, in lat. 86. long. 61. 30. The Francis, NALDRON, from Terceira for this Port, is on shore in Ballytriguf Bay ; the vessel will go to pieces—crew and cargo.saved. RAMSGATE, JANUAI I / 4 Y is, The Mate and crew of the schboner Friendship, ROBERT CARR late Master, landed here this day, from Boulogne, and report that the schooner was lost on the N.E. end of the Brake, on the 28th of December last, on her voyage from Newcastle to Lisbon—the Master drowned—the remainder of the crew saved themselves by taking to the boats, in which they reached the French coast the next day.— Arrived the sloop Jane, DALE., from Yarmouth to Dublin, with loss of an anchor and cable. • ORAVESEND, JANUARY 13. Arrived the Mariner Ingram, from St. Valery. Sidled the Urania, Howell, for Bermuda; the Picton, for Lisbon; Mary, Fox, for Lisbon ; and Brothers, Davison, for Genoa. CUSTOM-HOUSE, JANUARY 13. Suns aNTIIILIM It:wawa—The Jubilee, Williamson, and the Regent, Bell, from Seville ; Bustler, Walker, from Jersey ; the Eliza, Gray, from Waterford ; Minerva, Scholl, from &Jibe's ; liplea, Tyat, from Oporto • Foinax. Collins, from Lanzarotte • Edward, Johnson, from Bombay ; Stag, Learmouth ; Provi dence, dence, Henderson, and Lady Ann, Jones, from Lisbon ; Neva, Adams, from Jamaica ; Averick, Manlove, front Virginia; Ju bilee, Frazer, from Liverpool ; Restitution, Lewis, from C ork. Chrrwaati.—The Voiharding, Onwehand, and Vrow Fenne- OM. Lin fo r Amsterdam ; Endeavour, Parry, for Cork ; England, , for Jamaica • Mahlon, Hodge, for Grand Ca nary ; and , Weekende rs, for St. Christopher's. • • The smack Fifeshire, Captain Folmar, arrived this morning from Leith. During a gale in the Wolds, last Sunday night, at twelve o clock, she picked up the Master, Mate, and two men, clinging to the rig ging of the sloop Zephyr, Captain JOHN HARVEY, of Boston, Lincolnshire : she had been upset two hours previous on the commencement of the gale. A brig had passed close by them about an hour before and would render no assistance. It was from the infor mation received from this brig that the Fifesh ire pro ceeded to look for them and providentially rescued diem from a watery grave. Friday night last, a party of disbanded soldiers. from the 18th (Irish) Regiment of Foot, embarked tre, board of Messrs. Hotta and Hicourrores lug-boats,, to go from Paddington to Liverpool; the boat hav ing some delay at the second bridge, about ten or twelve cf the party got out and went to a public house, and on their return to reach the boat several of them fell into the river; four were got out imme diately, and two shortly after, apparently quite dead, but by surgical assistahce, and the means recom mended by the Royal Humane Society, they were soon restored. The drags were set to work, and in a little more than half an hour the body of a third was picked up, but all means to restore animation proved ineffectual. BRIGHTON, JAN. 12.—This morning, about fifty Noblemen and Gentlemen assembled at Standend, near this town, to enjoy the diversions of the chace, with the subscription pack of harriers. After run ning in at the death of two hares, they took the di rection of Dichling. At, this spot Captain Cvnris observed Master WETHERALL, a fine youth about 14 years of age, nephew of Mr. Serjeant RUNNING TON, mounted upon a spirited horse, with his feet in the straps of the stirrups. The Captain warned the boy of the danger of riding in that manner, and re quested him not to join in the s po rt of the field. Un fortunately, at that moment, the hounds passed in All run, when the animal started off, and in less than ten minutes the youth was seen to lose his seat, and hang suspended by the straps. His head was knocked against the. new laid flints in a most dreadful man ner. The horse, finding itself encumbered, plunged, and quickened its speed down Standend-hill, whilst the Gentlemen in the chace were endeavouring to stop him. The hounds even joined in the pursuit, and when the horse was stopped, actually stood at bay. We sincerely regret to add, that the youth was lifeless and literally dashed to pieces. This melan choly event has occasioned the most painful affliction in this town. A Corresponaent, who keeps a register of Capital Prizes and by whom sold, assures us that in the last 12 years there have been only 12 Prizes of 30,0001. and that BISH, the present Contractor, sold no less than EIGHT of them: this is another proof that Por t:me favours those tohofavour him ;" indeed in the last Lottery which contained Three Prizes of 30,0001. (about two years ago) Bait sold them all!! In the very last Lottery he sold in Shares Three Prizes of W,OOOl. each, and as the present Lottery contains Three Prizes of 30,0001. besides 97 other Capitals, eviler* can we go with so great a chance of obtaining them as to DISH, the Contractor? who seems the fa ,voured Agent of Fortune to disperse her Riches to the Public at Cornhill and Charing Cross, London, and by his Agents in the Country. LAW INITLLIGENCE. • 1414 tit VIC&CHANCELLOR. The Chancery Codtt was this Morning filled at flit early hour, in the expectation of Sir ANN LEACH ; • the New Vice-Chancellor, being publicly sworn into Office, previous to taking his seat to-morrow, when, to the great disappointment of those present, and contrary to former usage, Sir JOHN was sworn in the Chancellotispriadle Room, and did not at all appear in Court. COURT OP RING'S BENCH, JANUARY It. THE IMO O. THE COUNTY OF MIDDLULL Mr. MARRTAT stated, that this action was brought to ascertain whether the expense of repairing the bridge over the Brentwater, near the five mile stone, OH the Edgware-toad, between the parishes of Hens don and Willsden, should be defrayed at the tharp3o of the county of Middlesex, or the Lord of the Manors It appearcd that this brides is situated on one side • of the high road, and crosses a ford which is fat the most part impassable after heavy rains, and during the whole winter, and consequently no means left for the conveyance of passengers but along the bridge s which has been of late in such a ruinous state as to be impassable without the greatest danger; and con• sequently, if not repaired immediately at the charge of some party, the road to the metropolis in that , quarter must be utterly cut off. About one fourth portion of the bridge is situate within the parish of Willsden, and the other three fourths in the pari.li of Hendon, which is the end most shattered and dans gerous. 'The Inhabitants on the Willsden side made BO defence, and the point at issue stood between the County and the Lord of the Manor of Hendon, Mr. ;Lowndes. .Mr. Stirling, Clerk of the Peace for Mlddlever, said in evidence, that during the thirty five years he had had official access to the county books and ac counts, he never knew an initance of any charge for repairing, this bridge. On the other hand it *as proved by a very old witness, who, as a bricklayer, had repaired this bridge in the year 1787, that he had been paid by the Exec cutors Of the late David Garrick. as Lord of the Manor ; and that for some repairs done since that, he had been paid by the • steward of Mr. Lowndes, as present Lord of the Manor. Mr. MARK VA' in reply, quoted the act of Henry VIM which declared, that in all dotibtful cases, the county was obliged to build and keep in repair every public bridX,The bridge had been originally built at a great expense by some one, nobody knew who ; and the Trustees of the koads had often Made re. pairs; and all the proof affecting a Lord of the Mancr was, that Mr. Garrick was a genetotas rain, had paid for one repair because he did not wish to apply to the county. • Mr. Justice HoiROYb summed up for the Jury, who found the defendants guilty so far as regarded the fourth part of the bridge belonging to Wiklsden ; and not gullty as to the other three parts ; thus der claring t ha t the Lord of the Manor of Hendon was obliged to keep those three parts in repair. 1112TH024 57. LOUGUNAN. This Vt2S an action upon a policy of insm'at►ee, el• fected by the plaintiffs, Messrs. Berthon and Koster, as the brokers and agents of a person of the name of Vasconcellas residing in the island of St. Michael, upon a schooner vessel called the Maida Dios, of which Vaszoncellat Was two-thirds owner. The schooner left St. Michael at the latter end of May or beginning of June, 1811, for a voyage to Pt; nambuco, in the Brazils, and back, and the proprie. tor of the other third part of the schooner had in sured his share at the commencement of the voyage, but Vasconcellas, who was in fact the real plaintiff, did not effect any insurance upon her, or gave any orders for that purpose till he sent a letter to the no• minal plaintiffs, dated from St. Michael, on the 11th of December, in the Same year. On the receipt of the letter Messrs. Berthon and korter effected the in surance in the usual manner for the sum of two thousand pounds upon the vessel, and fifteen hun dred pounds upon the goods on board, from Pernam= buco to St. Michael, the defendant, Mr. Andrew Loughnan, having subscribed his name to the policy for the sum of 2001. The schooner was described by Vasconcellas as being at Pernambuco ; he hot Living received any notice of her having proceeded on her voyage home; whereas she had actually left , that place in the middle of September, and Was lost within two days from the time of her sailing. The grounds of defence were—first, that the goods were not of the value described in the policy, but the value of the ship was admitted. And, secondly, that the r policy was void, as the anderwriters were not in , formed of all the circumstances relating to the ship, which the owner was bound to communicate, inas much as the ship having sailed en a voyage from St. Michael to Pernanabtco in the month of May, which at most should have eccupied but six months, ind that consequently in the month of December she ought to have been represented as a missing ship.-- The depositions of a considerable number of wit• tresses, taken at St. Michael, were react, to shew that Yasconcellas had no notice whatever of the loss of the vessel. To this part of the case the defendant's Counsel cordially assented, but contended that from the length of time the ship had been absent, Vas concellas ought to have apprized the underwriter: of the fears which he must naturally have entertained. To shew this the undezwriters were called, who de clared, that had they been made acquainted with the real facts they would not have insured the vessel at ahy rate, one of the Gentlemen expressly deem , kg that he would not have touched her with a pair of L tongs if he had been awv.:t of her having so much exceeded the time usually consumed in the voyage. Mr. Justice HOLROYD summed up at considerable length, leaving it to the Jury to decide whether Vas concellas had disclosed all thp fa c t s h e k new ? The Jury retired, and after being out for abott three quarters of as hoar returned a verdict fcr the plaintiff. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK -LAME, JAW. 14.—We at* still without any arrivals from the Suffolk toast: and although the supply of all•grain is in coast. , (pence very small, the Wheat trade is heavy, except for prime samples, which support Monday's price.. There was no fine Barley at market, the price ft which is nominally as on Mond:4. .but the Inferie f descriptions are unsaleable. 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