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\ • ' - • c/9# • . . 11 ,pr t sr cw. NUMBER 12,373.] TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10, - 1826. [PRICE ►7EVENPENCE. _ _ ARMY CONTRACTS. TRE4SURY CHAMBERS, Citatinisissiat Department, Oct. 3, 1826. NOTICE is hereby given to all Persons desirous of Contracting to supply 411111IRALTY OFFICE, September 26, 1826. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, t h at a SESSION of OYER and TERMINER, and GAOL DELIVERY for the That of Offences commttied on the High Seas, within the Jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England, will be held at Justice Hall, In the Old Bailey, London, on TUZSDAT, the 24th day of October next, at Eight o'clock in the n«irning: And all Sheriffs, Gaolers, and Keepers of Prisons, in whose custody any Prisoners, charged with Offences committed on the High Seas, or within the said Jurisdiction, may be, are hereby required to transmit a copy of the Commitment of every such Prisoner to Mr. Bock:mt., the Solicitor of the Admiralty, on Spring Garden Terrace, London, in order that the necessary mea sures may be taken, for removing all such Prisoners to his Majesty's Gaol of Newgate, for Trial, at the said intended Session : and all Mayors, Justices, Coroners, and other Officers, before whom any Inquisitions, Ttiforinations, Examinations, or Recognizance; may have been taken, touching any such Offences, are required to trans- min the same forthwith, to Mr. TiIOMAS SIiEVZON, the Clerk of Arraigns to the High Court of Admiralty of England, at his Gffice,_ at the Sessions House, in the Old Bailey, London. his instructi ons , f o ll ow t h e principle designated, the undersigned protests .beforehand against all and every arrestation, detention, or confiscation of French mer cantile vessels which should be made by infraction of this principle. The undersigned Vice-Admiral seizes this opportunity to renew to his Eacelkncy the AdMiral commanding the naval forces of his Majesty the Emperor of Brazil at the River Plate, the assurance of the high consideration with which he is his very humble servant, On board the frigate Maria Theresa, in the ROSAME L roadstead of Monte-Video, June 6. ANSWER. TO Ills EXCELLENCY THZ VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE NAVAL DIVISION CF HIS MOST CHRISTIAN MAJZSTY IN SOUTH AMERICA. Sags, notwithstanding they had to use reprisals. In sight of so many systems to vary on the same principle, we may without scruple say, law of convenience instta I of law of nations: BEEF and MUTTON To lds Majesty's Land Forces in Cantonments, Qsarters, and Barracks, In the Derby Dorset 'Xnex lent • sed Counties: Northampton Warwick Wilts. That the Deliveries are to commence on and for the Twenty- Ira day of November nett; that Proposals in Writing, sealed up, and ataiked " Trader for Army Supplies," will be received at this Office, on dr before WIDNUDAY, the £Sth day of October; but none will bereceiveil after Twelve u'Clock on that day. The undersigned Admiral, commanding the naval forces of his Majesty the Emperor of the Brazils at the River Plate, and of the blockade against the pot is of the Republic of Buenos Ayrea, having received the note of his Excellency the Vice Admiral, dated the Gth of this month, relatively to The examination which Wig 'bade of the papers of the merchant brig~► the Cosmopolite, per ceives by it that tlte VI& Admiral expects that certain principles should be observed, which he classifies among the rights iaf nations, and which are-1. That the flag covers the cargo (except contraband of war). 2. That the search of neutral ships, by ships'of war should be made with the greatest precaution possible. 3. That warlike stores (cannon, powder, and ball) arionly jects of contraband. 4. That each Power has a right to give convoy to its merchant vessels, and that in this case the declaration of the Commander of the man••sf war would be Sufficient to justify the Rag and the cargo of the ships convoyed. 5. That a part must not be considered as blockaded by a squadron, except in the case.that there is danger in entering into it ; but that it never could be forbidden to a neutral ship to enter into a port previously blockaded by a force which should not be present at the moment that the ship should pre sent herself, whatever might be the motive of the absence of the blockaders, either on account of the wind, or from necessity of subsistence. Not designating the case by which the best method of search may have been facilitated, of which the article treats, not appertaining to the actual circumstances of the matter of article 4, which is reduced to a question, the Vice Admiral will dispense with treating on them and others, only as much as can interest and be relative to the commission with which the undersigned is charged ; the right of nations is established and founded on natural right, and that upon reason, and its principles must always be the same, and not vacillating. Amongst others, the Vice Admiral will find the following articles: Proposals must lit made separately for each County, and each Proposal must have the Letter which is annexed to the Tender properly Ailed up, by two Persons of known Property, aiming tb becalm bound with the Party tendering, in the amount stated in the printed Particilarkitir the die Performance of the Contract; and no Proposal wia be noticed unless made on a printed Tender, and the Prices expressed 'in Words at Length ; and should it so happen, that during the ccntinnatice of the Contract no Troops. should be supplied by virtue - of the same,tbe amount of the Stamps on the Contract and Bond," paid in the first instance by the Con tractor, shall be refunded to him. Particulars of the Contracts may be hid upon application at these Chambers, between the Hours of Trii and Four. J. Ir. CItaKER. ROYAL DISPENSARY FOR - DISEASES OF THE EAR, 10, DEAN STREET. MR. CURTIS, Aurist to his Majesty, and their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and Surgeon to this Institution, will commence his NEXT COURSE of LECTURES on the ANATOMY,. PHYSIO LOGY, and PATHOLOGY of the EMI, on MONDAY, Oc tober 2d. •RRANGO[RNT Or THE COURSE. VICTUALLING-OFFICE, Odober 9, 1825. THE COMMISSIONERS . for VICTUALLING Au MAJESTY'S NAVY, ie. do hereby give notice : In the Introductory Part will be considered the Importance of the Sense of Hearing, as the medium of social intercourse; the various degrees of this Sense in the several tribes of Animals ; with the different construction of the Organ for that purpose. The Anatomy of the HuMan Ear will be described, as divided into eatonal, intermediate, and internal parts; and the description will be illustrated by Anatomical Preparations. _ _ 'That on TUESDAY, the 44th instant, they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat lui the supply of the undermentioned articles, viz. One Hundred Tons of MUSCOVADO SUGAR, Eighty' Tons of COCOA, Fifteen Tons of BUTTER, Fifteen Tons of CHEESE, Thirty Tons of NEW OATMEAL, Twenty Tons of NEW VIRGINIA LEAF TOBACCO, Forty Tons of NEW BLACK SMYRNA RAISINS, Two Hundreil Bags of KENTISH 1101'S (growth of 1826), Two Thousand Siz Hundred Sacks of BISCUIT MEAL, Two Hundred and Fifty Quarters of PA LE MALT, One Hundred and Fifty Quarters of AMBER MALT, Ten Thousand Gallons of good, strong, full-bodied TENER I FFE WINE, The Physiology, or uses of the different parts of the Ear, will next be examined. ' On finishing the Structure and Uses of the Ear, the various Dis eases occasioning Deafness will then be considered, treating them in the same Order in which the Structure has been described. This Order will comprehend, first the A ection, of the Meatus Auditorius, or external liar; secondly, those of the Tympanum, viz. its puriformilibcharge, and the Obstruction of the Eustachian Tube, with the Operation; thirdly, the Diseases of the Labyrinth, whether Constitutional, as nervous, scrofulous, syphilitic, &c. or local, as Paralysis of the Auditory DierVe, defective Organization, Ste. fire. The Subject will conclude with general Remarks; applicable to this class of Diseases; to whisls will be added, Considerations on the best Means of treating the Deaf and Dumb. . A Clinical Lecture will be given occasionally on the most Import ant Cases that occur at the Royal Dispensary. For Partici,lat. and Terms of Attendance, apply to Mr. Curtis, at his house, No. 2, Soho-square. 'Ten Thousand Yards of CALICO, Ten Thousand Yards of FLAN NF.J. The whole to he delivered into his Majesty% Victualling Stores at Deptford, One half by the 25th of November, and the re =Alder by the 24th of December next. Ann ALSO TOO, Five Tons of EAST INDIA RICE, and Six Hundred Thousani, WILLOW RODS, To be likewise delivered into the Stores at . Deptford. the former immediately, and the latter between the lit December next, and the Ist March, 1827, in equal monthly proportions. Samples of the Sugar, Cocoa, Raisins. and Rice, of not less than Three Pounds each ; of the Oatmeal of net less than Three Warts ; and of the Malt of not less than One Quart, will be required to be produced with the Tenders. Samples also of the Willow Roils must be produced with the Tenders : those of the Tenerille Wine, and the Calico and Flannel, win be exhibited at this Office. The Conditions of the Contracts may be seen at this Office. Each Tender must specify the price in words at length, and be delivered before One o'Clock on the Day appointed, and the Person who nukes the Tender, or sonic Person on his behalf, must attend to answer when called for. M. WALLER CLIFTON. FOREIGN LOTTERIES, PRIVATE LOTTERIES, LITTLE GOES, AND RAFFLES. Lorna Orrice, SOSIIIISET•TLACZ, JULY 19, 1826. LOTTERIES being finally to cease on the 18th day of OCTOBER, Notice is hereby given, that the Laws against the Sale, or Advertising for Sale, of Foreign Lottery Tickets, and of any Lottery Tickets not authorised by Parlia. anent ; and against Little Goes and Private Lotteries, will be strictly enforced. It is requested that thc outstanding Prizes may be brought in for Payment with the least possible delay, that the Lottery Accounts may be closed. Numbers of Tickets and Shares may be Registered, and their fates May be ascertained, by application at this Office. HFISSE. PUBLIC NOTICE. . The Licenses granted BY 4vn GAO. IV. CAP. 60. To the Lottery-Office-Keepers, to . Sell and Divide into Shares Sr*l% LOMAT Timms, WILL CEASE AND DETERMINE ON WEDNESDAY, THE 18TH OE THIS MONTH, When all the Six Prises of X 30,000, and every other Prize, amounting to THREE HUNDRED AND RIGHTY-NINE THOtiSAIiD POUNDS, Must be decided, and ALL LOTTERISS END IN THIS KINGDOM. GOVERNMENT having already given extra Time for the SALE of TICKETS, will Oct grant an. Hour be , Toad the nth Instant. This day was published, In Two large Vols. Bro. price £1 10e. in biirds, THE HISTORY of the KEFORMATION of the CHURCH of ENGLAND, during the Reign at King Hear/ the Eighth. By HENRY SOANIRS, M.A. Rector of Shelley, Essex. Printed for C. and .1. Rivington, St. Paul's Church-yard, and ‘Vaterloo-place, tar The Third Volume, comptidng the Reign of EDWARD the &tyro, is in the press. HENRY'S CALCINED MAGNESIA continues to be prepared with the most scrupulous care and attention, by Mturs. THOMAS and Wiwast Hexer, Manufacturing Chemist* Manchester. It is sold in bottles, price 2s. 9d. or with glass stoppers at 4s. 6d. stamp included, with full directions for its use, by their various Agents in the Metropolii, and throughmit the United Kingdom; but it cannot be gendine, unless their names art engraved on the Government Stamp, Which is Seed over the cork or stopper of each bottle. Of most of the venders of the Magnesia may b., had, authenticated by a similar Stamp, HJOHIT'S Attestant: Stan= of Vonanna, the invent/en Of Mr. Henry, sod the only genuine preparation of that article. BLOCKADE OF THE RIVER PLATE. TO MS EXCELLENCY THE ADMIRAL COMMANDER-Itf. CHIEF OF THE FORCES OF HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF THE BRAZILS ON THE RIVER PLATE. The undersigned Vice Admiral; Commander of the Noval division of his Most Christian Majesty on the South American station, convinced, from the examina tion which has been made of the papers of the French brig Cosmopolite, that the Government of his Majesty the Emperor of the Brazils has adopted, with respect to --neutral ships, a maritime right which that of his Most Christian Majesty has never tecognized, and never can tecognize, has the honour to present to his Excellency the Admiral commanding the naval forces of his Ma jesty the Emperor of the Brazils, a relation of the prin cip'es pursued in this matter by the Fetich Govern ment, and the reciprocity of which he has the right of exacting. the principles are founded on rigid justice, and exactly conformable to the right of nations, w hich do not admit that any ma:ititrie Power should arrogate to itself, on the ocean, a sovereignty which no one has the right to eser cise, and which belongs to all. France admits the principles consecrate.' by the treaty between the Northern Powers, which was intimated to her on the 15th of August, 1780. Me has always fol lowed them since ; or, if she departed from them in the time of any one of the Governments which succeeJed each other during the Revolution, it was by way of re prisal on the pretensions advanced by the maritime Powers with whom she at that time was at war—preten sion.; which, notwithstanding, she has never acknow ledged. Afterwards, when the reins of government re tut ned to the hands of her legitimate sovereigns, she re turned to her principles, and saw herself in a situation to pursue them in the very last war which she sustained against the Coltes of Spain. 'They are as follow: " Article 1. The !lig protects the merchandise (except contraband of war-).-2. That the search • of a neutral vessel made by a man of war must take place with the greatest pi ecaution.-8. That only warlike stores, guns, powder, and shot, are objects of contraband.-4. That each Po wer has the right to give convoy to its mer chantmen ; and that in this case, the declaration of the commander of the ship of war is sufficient to protect the Hag and the cargo of the ships convoyed.-5. That no port is blockaded by a squadron if there is no evi; dent danger in entering it; but no neutral' vessel can be hindered from entering into a port previously blockac1:11, by a force which was not present on the occasion in which the neutral vessel presents herself,—let the cause of the removal of the force which blockaded it be what it will,—either by the winds, or by the necessity of seeking subsistence." The formalities exercised on the Cosmopolite, parti cularly caused the undersigned to think that the inten tions of the Commander of the Army of the Emperor of the Brazils were not in harmony v►ith the sense and letter of this last article: besides, that it was the duty of the undersigned to make known to his Excellency the Admiral, the principles professed by the Government of his Most Christian Majesty—his instructions foresaw that case, and prescribed it imperiously. Now, in order to avoid any circumstance which might alter the good harmony which happily exists between their respective states, the undersigned is eager to communicate to his Excellency the Admiral, what is the manner of discri minating and acting in France respectively to neutrals. When he arrived at Rio de Janeiro, he had the honour to address the same communication to his Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs ; and in case that his Excellency the Admiral could not, consequence of " Att. 3. Likewise it is forbidden them to stop vessels belonging to the subjects of neutral Princes, having sailed from the ports of neutraPStates or allies of his Majesty, to proceed to another State equally neutral, or allies of his Majesty, provided that they be not laden with merchandise of the growth or manufacture of its enemies, in which case the gaols shalt be goo 4 prize, and the vessels released. 4 4 Art. 4. His Nfajesty likewise farbids his ships of war to stop vessels belonging to the subjects of neutral Princes, having sailed from the ports of a state, allies of h's Majesty, or neutrals to go into ports hostile to his Mijesty,' provided that there be not on board the said ship, any contraband goods, neithr r of the growth or manufacture bf the enemies of his Majesty, in which case the goods shall be good prise, and the vessels shall be released. 44 Art. 5. And, nevertheless, if the cases borne by the four first articles of the present regulation, there should be found on neutral vessels effects belonging to the enemies of his Majesty, the vessels and all their ladings shall be good prizes, conformably to article 7. of the title of prizes of the month of Aug. 1681. " Art. 6. The vessels belonging to the subjects of neutral States, which shall have sailed from the Potts of a State hostile to his Majesty, and shall there have taken in their lading, in whole or in part, in u rder to proceei to the States of a Prince otter than their own, whether he be an ally of his Majesty, neutral, or enemy, may be stopped and brought into the kingdom. and shall be declared lawful prize, with their cargo, in case that they were loaded for account of the subjects of his Majesty, or of a state allied or neutral." The 21st of October, 1744, she publishes another, in which is found the following article: 44 Art. 5:- 'fin case there shauld be found in neutral vessels, of . whatever nations they might be, merchan. disc or effects, shall be lawful prize, though even they were not of the manufacture of ao enemy, and never theless the ships released." 'ln the Primitive ordonnances of the French navy of August, 1681, is found the following article : " Art. 8. All ships which shall be found laden with effects b?longing to our en?mies, and the goods of their subjects or allies, which shall be found iu an enemy's ship, shall be equally lawful prize." The undersigned has the honour to inform his Excel lency the Vice-Admiral, that he would not transcribe the above articles of the ordonnances of France, in order that they should serve as a rule, far they are not the laws of the empire of the Brazils, nor its doctrines used with such restrictions; he would transcribe them simply, in order to shew that even by the laws of France, the assertion, that the flag covers the cargo, would be unte nable; and to shew also, that in the time in which the reins of Government were in the hands of legitimate Sovereigns, even an armed French vessel, meeting a . neutral vessel with an enemy's cargo, not only took the lading under a neutral flag, but the neutral vessel itself was declared lawful prize. From the whole expose, it follows; that if this first principle Of the note of the Vice-Admiral makes a part of the law of nations, it was France which has falsified it by the ordonnances above mentioned. The treaty with which she corroborates her opinion, formed between the Powers of the north in 1780, known as the armed neutrality, without doubt, had for its aim, that this principle of the article might be a convention, and was incorporated with the mari time law. But we shall not demonstrate that the powers which composed no part of the league " of the armed neutrality," should recognize it after the peace was made, although that was its object, so little shall we prove that at the last peace of Vienna, or in the long war which followed it, they had conceded remuneration for the goods in vessels likewise appraised, in spite of France not having respected the goods under neutral And who is ignorant that the neutral power, assisting in this manrer one of the belligerents commencing hos. tilities against the other, and that supporting her com merce we put her in the way of being better able to continue the war; and who is ignorant that of the greatest evils that can be done to an enemy is to hinder its commerce? And for this principle this means would be rendered useless, that the Government of the Brazils should adopt the principle, that the flag does not cover the lading, a principle followed by all nations, without exception, in the last war which took place in Earope. This was known to his Excellency the Vice Admiral, for he will remember that a treaty of commerce ma* the 18th Octsber, 1825, established also in Article 17. —This treaty, although it was not published officially, woe. however, printel in the daily journal of the 12th of November of that year, which indicates at least an acqiiiescence in the doctrine. And if there was any delay in the ratification, on account of some explanation, l we mg. surely believe that it was nit upon this prin. ciple that England has constantly followed. The example of the system pursued.by France in the war against the Cortestof Spain proves nothing, because, besides that it is an exception from circumstances, the assistance that his Most Christian Majesty gave to his Catholic Majesty, in order to withdraw him from the coercion in which the Cortes held him, was not a war nation against nation ; and it is for that reason that ex. ceptions were made at the blockade of Cadiz. The contraband of war of which the 81 article treats, in order to be lawful prize, we have no need to go into blockaded ports. A proof of this is the follbwing article of the ordoanance of France, 1631 : Art. 11. Arms, powder, balls, and other warlike stores—even horses and equipages--which shall be transported for the service of our enemies, shall be con fiscated, in whatever vessel they may be friend, and to whatever person they may belong, either of our sub jects or allies. To blockaded ports all commerce is forbidden; and consequently all Vie articles of commerce are contia band, because their conveyance is made against the recognition which the respective Governments make, in publishing the blockade, when it was intimated to it. Speculators, who from ambition hazard themselves against the recognition of this Government, have for their end to deceive the blockade without committing hostilities against the nation which makes it ; and for that purpose it is established, that the penaltrin case of being stopped is the loss either to the loaders or of the owners of the vessel., if it were not so, instead of a few, all would go and sport with the blockade: the prin ciples are so wise, that it appeared impossible to enter into proof: . . As to the sth article of the note of his Excellency the Vice-Admiral, it is intended to blame some indiscretion in the manner in which the blockade was made, as he already did once in another ncee of the 25th of May past, the undersigned, in orJer to satisfy his Excellency. say, that within the River Plate there are only porrs - belonging to the territory of the Ernpire-oPthitratels, and those are found blockaded, and jhf method ogoac quitting oneself the better in it, is from the competence of the undersigned everywhere; seeing that his Excellen cy the Vice Admiral will meet ships of the squadron of his Majesty the Emperor of the Brazils, he will under stand that this service makes a part of the method qr system adopted, and that it has for its aim to hinder the passage and entrance into the ports blockaded • andal suredly this method cannot he reputed less efficacious than that by which France declared in a state of blockade the British Isles; and his Britannic Majesty, in opposi tion, declared in a state of blockade the ports of the nation whose territories should be occupied by the French armies. And his Excellency knows well; that the pi iies made on neutral nations were all adjudged lawful. And if it be said that this act, and some others of those cited, were practised in the time that an uturper occu pied the throne of France, the tefusal of remuneration, and the circumstance that the same ordonnance, regd. lation, and other laws, for the most part of this kind. are serviceable to the French nation, might be good answers to all objections whatever. The undersigned believes that in this manner he has answered the protest which his Excellency the Vice- Admiral has intimated to him by his note of the 6th current month. His Excellency can, if he is not satis fied, have recourse to the means indicated in the same note.—There remains to the undersigned only to renew, as in fact he does renew, the protestations of being, with the greatest coed• deration and respecb—His respectful and obedient servant, PINTO QUEDES. Oa board the frigate Piranga, before Monte Video. June 7 ; 1126, It is affirmed, that the trade in bones brings into the kingdom of Denmark from 150 to 200,000 rix-dollars, Gibraltar letters and papers to the 17th ult. state, that the post frpm Madrid to the garrison; was inter., rupted by one of the numerou s detachm ents o f ro bb ers that infest the mountainous country on the route. There was a report that they had made a d escent i n consider able numbers on the towns on the eastern coast. Intelligence from Constantinople to the 10th of Sep tember makes no mention of the reported attack on the Sultan's life, but estimates the extent of the ruins at one sixth of the city, and the loss sustained by the Govern ment alone, at upwards of 200 millionroffiastses. The day on which the Porte was to give an explicit answer to the ultimatum of Russia, was the 7th of the wren( month. It is therefore now past, and the fate of war or peace between those two vast empires is probably decided, though it will be nearly three weeks before we can know the exact result. . Colombian Papers state that Maracaibo, Trullllo, and Merida, bad declared for the Federal Syst as,well- as General Uanastava, but little credit was attached t rumour. BOLIVAR was on his way back to Colombia, where be exp ecte d ar t at the end of the present month. He bad sent his Aid de-Camp, Colonel CELuae, previously to the late insurrection, to remon strate with the Government, and to request the retneval of the pro secution against his favourite General Pau, whilst he advised the latter to submit patiently to the orders of the &mato!, and to abstain from any act hostile to the Constitution to which be bad sworn. Colonel O'Luer, however, only arrived after the grand breach had taken place, and after delivering his dispatches at Bogota, set out for the Banks of the Apure, where Pau was busily engaged in calving troop and making other preparations for self-defenct A Fr.