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IF" - - • ~~t • 44 ~."""•• - 7 . i P a 4 r0 : 1 4 t i '' A. FRENCH PAPERS 4 AVOSBURGH, MARCH 30. We have received news from Constantinople, atO. flouncing that M. de Latour Maubourg, the French •.....Ainbaytador, has received a verbal promise of the sa -tisfaction which he had demanded with much dignity and energy, for the insults offered to the French Con maw Agents, by the Turkish Commanders-in -Chief in Syria and Cyprus, as well as for the excesses and cruelties . committed towards Christians of the coun tries of the west, who are under the protection of France ; but his Excellency demands a promise in writing. - The subjects are, however, treated with much respect, as well at Constantinople as in the other parts of Turkey. There is even reason to hope that the losses the French merchants have sustained for some years past in the Levant will be made good. NUREMBERG, MARCH 31. =TRACT PROM A PRIYAtR CORIMAJPONDENCIL It is asserted that the Court of Vienna will notify to the great Powers, that in consequence of the little success of the negotiations which it had carried on at Constantinople, it has ceased to be mediator in the differences between Russia and Turkey, reserving to itself the faculty of taking such measures as circum stances may require. Letters from Constantinople say that the Grand Vizier will immediately go to Adrianople, there to act as Generalissimo of the Ottoman armies. A report (which needs confirmation) was in circu lation yesterday, that some warm skirmishes had already taken place on the Pruth, between the Rus sian and Ottoman corps. More certain information is impatiently expected. We learn from Warsaw, that a considerable corps of Polish cavalry is to march to Lithuania. The Commander-in-Chief of these troops will have his head-quaffters at Wilna. The- Officers of different European nations, who joined the Greeks, have introduced among them European tactics; the artillery, in particular, has been considerably improved. The number of Ottoman troops cantoned in Mol davia and Wallachia, is estimated at 150,000 men, chiefly Asiatics. A report is current, that the Russian agent at Te heran has succeeded in concluding an offensive and defensive alliance with Persia ; and it is even affirmed that a secret article of the treaty assures to the Schah the possession of Armenia, as soon as the Turks shall be expelled from it. if this important news is con firmed, it is supposed that the English resident, who has employed all his efforts to counteract the negoci ations of the Russian agent, will quit Teheran, where his presence would henceforward be of no advantage to the interests of his Government. MADRID, MARCH 27. A duel has taken place this day between General Quiroga and Ex-Deputy Moreno Guerra. It appears that the latter had insulted the General, in several letters which he had addressed to him. Only one of the pistols was loaded : on drawing lots, chance put it into the hands of Quiroga, who discharged it in the air.—Gazette de France. French Funds, April 6.—Five per Cents. 861. 70c. 86f.15c. 861.80 c. last price, 86f. 75c. ODES.SA, MARCH 12. The Porte has published no account of the nego tiations with the Court of Teheran; but the Arme nians living at Constantinople assert, that Persia would not make peace but on certain conditions, one of which is the cession of Armenia. If the Court of Teheran persists in its demand, peace will be impos sible. The principal hope of the Pone is in the in fluence of the English Resident at Teheran, who has again offered his mediation for terminating the dif ferences between the two Powers ; but the influence of this agent is neutralized by that of an agent of another great Power, who is listened to with more attention. We expect that hostilities will recom• rnence in the spring. The two armies have not charged their position during the winter. EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER. " Pmus, Aram 3. " There is no public event here of any great importance, ex c:pt a fall in the funds of nearly three francs, in the course of a few days. This has been generally attributed to the commence ment of hostilities between the Turks and Russians, certain in telligence of which, it is said, has arrived here ; but others seem to . think it is partly owing to causes nearer home. The Ultra party are pushing forward so undisguisedly towards their ulti mate object, that people are at length beginning to be seriously alarmed. This party have got the secret springs of power so completely in their hands, that they threaten to dismiss some of the highest functionaries for a mere bon Mi. M. Semonville, who is said to be the second Talleyrand of France, both as to conscience and wit, in talking lately of the presumptive successor to a certain Illustrions Personage, said, Ii exempts sun nese (he is discounting his reign). This expression, so perfectly just, soon reached the ears of the person alluded to, and produced great anger and indignation. It is thought these four words will cost M. Semonville very dear, as it is expected he will lose his place of Grand liVerendaire of the Chamber of Peers, the emoluments of which are a hundred thousand francs a-year, and a-very - handsome apartment at the little Luxembourg. It has been promised to the Duke de Levjo by one of the divisions of the Ultra party, and to M. Than by the other. " Messrs. Corbiere and Benito* have been severely r►buked for the bad habit they have got of so frequently quoting Voltaire but this is a failing that it will be impossible for 1111. Wm* to cure himself of, unless he is satisfied to be altogether silent ; for, having risen from a very obscure rank, and having received se early education, when he got up in the world he endeavoured te snake a short cut to knowledge, by getting Voltaire, works, or as much of them as was possible, by heart. In this basilica:viol to a miracle, as be is endowed with a very extraordinary use =ors.. From this circumstance it continually happens. thit, in the midst of a desultory conversation, he will pour you out a doyen eloquent sentences, or rounded periods, which rise, like the Alps, above the otherwise dull flat of his discourse. But dime bigh-sounding phrases are to be found, word for word, in oink a chapter and page of Voltaire. Since he has been made Minister be has been completely puzzled, and even nonplused, for he has been expressly forbid to cite Voltaire. At every in stunt be commences an eloquent sentence, but stops short in the recollecting to whom it belongs ; and, as he has no mate , his own, bis discourses are thus made up of unfinished and ends. He has been so entirely paralysed by this mfrs interdiction, that he has exaggerated a very slight attack gout, for the purpose of encasing himself from appearing Tribune during the discussion on the Budget." 4 t riale of h odds and ~tHtC in of the go at the Ti • 'Rants' - STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Very ode business is doing this wiendmvisiegrilliiket• and Consols are rather heavy i k may birialeibiiMeins4lllapproach ing Account-day, which will be as Ilinniday next; Poznan Maamm—There appears a greatdvimess hr the Fo reign Market this morning, and scarcely a price can be obtained for all descriptions of foreign securities.—Spaakh 151 to 6, no buyers; Pmsaisl lid; Danish 85e 66; Neapolitan 674. STOCK EXCHANGE—ONE O'CLOCK. A good deal of business has been doing within the last hour. Consols are now 7611. • ROYAL EXCHANGE—ONE O'CLOCK. The Forqign Market continues heavy, except in Colombian Bonds. There has been a good deal of inquiry this morning after these Ronda, in consequence of the arms ban the United States, that the Congress was about to acknowledge the inde pendence of the Republic of Colombia, which, it is considered. will lead to the Governments of Europe doing the same. The New Bonds are at 113/..—01d 10 per Cent. Bonds, 107. This forenoon we received New York Papers to the 12th of March. They bring intelligence of consi derable importance. On the Bth ult. the PRESIDENT of the United States sent a Message to the House of Representatives, recommending the acknowledge ment of the Independence of the whole of Spanish America without distinction. The following is the PRESIDENT'S Message on this subject : g , To the Howe ^f Reilresentatives e the Mated State:. * In transmitting to the House of Representatives the docu ments, railed for by the Resolution of that House of the 50th of January, I consider it my duty to invite the attention of Congress to a very important subject, and to communicate the sentiments of the Executive on it, that, should Congress enter tain similar sentiments, there may be such co-operation between the two Departments oe the Government, as their respective rights end duties may require. " The revolutionary movement in the Spanish provinces in this hemisphere, attracted the attention, and excited the sym pathy of our fellow-citizens, from its commencement. This feel ing was natural and honourable to them, from causes which need not be communicated' o you. It has been gratifying to all to see the general acquiescence which has been manifested, in the policy which the Constituted Authorities have deemed it proper to pursue, in regard to this contest. As soon as the movement as sumed such a steady and consistent form as to make the success of the provinces probable, the rights to which they were entitled by the law of nations, as equal parties to a civil war, were ex tended to them. Each party was permitted to enter our ports with its public and private ships, and to take from them every article which was the subject of commerce with other , nations' Our citizens also have carried on commerce with both parties, and the Government has protected it, with each, in articles not contraband of war. Through the whole of this contest, the United States have remained neutral, and have fulfilled, with the utmost impartiality, all the obligations incident to that character. " This contest has now reached such a stage, and been at tended with such decisive success on the part of the provinces. that it merits the most profound consideration, whether their right to the rank of independent nations. with all the advantages incident to it, in their intercourse with the United States, is not complete. Buenos Ayres assumed that rank by a formal decla. ration in 1816, and has enjoyed it since 1810, tree from invasion by the parent country. The provinces composing the Republic of Columbia, after having separately declared their independ ence, were united, by a fundamental law of the 17th of Dram. ber, 1819. A strong Spanish force occupied, at that time, cer tain parts of the territory within their limits, and waged a de structive war. That force has since been repeatedly defeated, and the whole of it either made prisoners or destroyed, or expelled from the country, with the exception of an inconsiderable portion only, which is blockaded in two fortresses. The Provinces on the Pacific have likewise been very successful. Chili declared in dependence in 1818, and has since enjoyed it undisturbed ; and of late, by the assistance of Chili and Buenos Ayres, the revolution has extended to Peru. Of the movement in Mexico our infor mation is less authentic ; but it is, nevertheless, distinctly under stood, that the new Government has declared its independence, and that there is now no opposition to it there, nor a force to make any. For the last three years the Government of Spain has not sent a single corps ortroops to any part of that country ; nor is there any reason to believe it will send any in future.— Thus it is manifest that ell those provinces arc not only in the full enjoyment of their independence, but, considering the state of the war and other circumstances, that there is not the most re mote prospect of their being deprived of it. " When the result of such a contest is manifestly settled, the new Governments have a claim to recognition by other Powers, which ought not to be resisted. Civil wars too often excite feel ings which the parties cannot controul. The opinion entertained by other Powers, as to the result, may assuage those feelings, and promote an accommodation between them, useful and ho. nourable to both. The delay which has been observed In making a decision on this important subject, will, it is presumed, have afforded an unequivocal proof to Spain, as it must have done to other Powers, of the high respect entertained by the United States for her rights, and of their determination not,to interfere with them. The Provinces belonging to this hemisphere are , our neighbours, and have successively, as each portion of the country acquired its independence, pressed their recognition by an appeal to facts not to be contested, and which they thought gave them a just title to it. To motives of interest this Govern. ment has invariably disclaimed all pretension, being resolved to take no part in the controversy, or other measure in regard to it, which should not merit the sanction of the civilized world. • 44 To other claims a just sensibility has been always felt and frankly acknowledged, but they, in themselves, could never be come an adequate cause of action. It was incumbent on this Government to look to every important fact and circumstances on which a sound opinion could be formed ; which has been dons. When we regard, then, the great length of time which this war has been prosecuted ; the complete success which has as tended it, in favour of the provinces; the present condition of the parties, and the etter inability of Spain to produce any change in it, we are compelled to conclude that its fate is settled, sad that the provinces which have declared their independence, and are in the enjoyment of it, ought to be recognized. " Of the views of the Spanish Government on this subject no particular information has been recently received. It may be presumed that the =crustal progress of the revolution, through such a long series of years, gaining strength and extending annu ally In every direction, and etnbradng, by the late important events, with little exception, all the dominions of Spain, south of the United States, on this Continent; placing, thereby, the corn- dentood that they were not prepared We k. The lounnee between those Powers, even those which border en the Montle, and these Provinces, makes the movement an afar of less Wet test and excitement to then than to us. It is probable, there fore, tint they hove bees less attentive to its progress this we have been. It may be presumed, however, that the late events will dispel all doubt of the result. " In proposing this meseare, it is.not contemplated to change thereby, In the slightest manner, our friendly relations with either of the parties, but to observe In all respects, as heretofore, should the war be continued, the most perfect neutrality between them. Of this friendly dispodtlas an assurance will be given to the Government of Spain, towlsam, it is presumed, it will be, u it ought to be, satiefacteirS° 3 The measure is proposed under a thorough conviction that kels in strict accord with the Law of Nations ; that it is just and right, as to the parties, and that the United States owe it to their station and character in the world, as well as to their essential interests, to adopt it. Should Con gress concur in the view herein presented, they will doubtless see the propriety of making the necessary appropriations for carry ing it into effect. " JAMES MONROE. " Washington, March 8, 1822." A Jamaica Mail arrived this morning, with Papers of the 16th February. The following are extracts : ST. THOMAS'S, JANUARY 20. An arrival from Coro brings accounts of the Ex pedition of La ' Torre being at that time at Les Jaques. The greatest patriotism is manifested at Coro on the occasion, the male population, to a man, having taken up arms to defend themselves against La Tone. The Caraccas Gazette, of the 4th January, states that General Antonio Ramos was shot in the city of Caraccas, on the Ist December last, for the crime of high treason. Ramos was formerly an Officer in the Royal service, but, on the capture of Caraccas, went over to the Columbians, from whom he again de serted, and was taken prisoner. The intelligence received from the Continent this morning adds little to our information relative to Russia and Turkey ; that little, however, strengthens the opinion we have always held, iu opposition to many of our contemporaries, that war will be the result, however it may be procrastinated by negocia tion, or by the indecision of the parties. An article from St. Petersburgh, dated March 13th, in one of the German Papers, states, that the activity which had been for soma time remarked in the Department for Foreign Affairs, was then pursued also in the War Departnient. Almost every day couriers were dis patched to the Commander of the troops stationed on the frontier of Turkey ; Officers of the Staff, and par ticularly of the Artillery, likewise go to join those troops. A numerous list of appointments and pro motions in the Army was expected immediately.— In Poland the prices of grain had risen considerably, in consequence of the large purchaFes lately made for the armies. The Austrian Observer, so long fer tile in rumours, has been for three days entirely silent on the affairs of Turkey, Greece, and Russia. From Frankfort we are told that it was affirmed that the Porte had consented to evacuate Moldavia and Wal lachia, but had absolutely rejected the other demands of Russia : it was, therefore, expected at Vienna that the Emperor ALEXANDER would declare war. An article from Augsburg states that the Austrian Generals are at present reviewing the troops which form the cordon on the extreme frontier of the Aus trian :Rates adjoining the Turkish Empire, and that it is believed that Austria will act together with Russia. At Constantinople nothing is talked of but the great preparations that are making for war in all parts of the Empire. The standards of the Crescent are surrounded with persons in arms. The march of troops towards the Danube is accelerated as much as possible, and the approaches to the capital are fortify ing with meat activity. At a late hour this forenoon we received two Ham burgh Mails, bringing Papers to the Sd instant. They are as barren of intelligence as .those from France or Germany. A mutiny is said to have broken out at Jassy, among the Turkish garrison, on the 10th ultimo, when the city was plundered and set on fire. Massacres bad taken place at Bucharest on the 25th and 27th February. An article from Frankfort, of thevailth March, states, that reports had been in circulation on the previous day of the death of the King of FRANCE, and of the Duke of Botransaux—the general mas sacre of the. Austrian troops in Naples—the attack on the Russians by the Turks, &c. These, which had considerable influence on the Government Securities, were found to have been mere stock jobbing rumours. The accounts from Hamburgh state the dreadful injury that has been done to the shipping by the late violent and continued storms. Among the vessels lately wrecked on that coast is one that had on board a valuable collection of Egyptian antiquities, be longing to the Prussian General Baron After having made the voyage from Alexandria to Trieste, and thence to Hamburgh, the vessel was to tally lost in'a dreadful storm, between Heligoland and Cuxhaven. A few light chests floated on shore in the Duchy of Bremen: they contained mummies; and the peasants who opened them, terrified at the sight of the dead bodies, immediately buried them. They have since been taken up, and delivered to the Prussian Authorities. In the year 1819, a Swedish vessel, laden with steel n l _ l 9r ° the Dutch toast. During the Sea, it has been canon short great part of the cargo saved: persons who have perished in the I the coast of Jutland, is esti- I 500. The French Papers of Saturday are ertremely bar. ren of intelligence. The only articles of the slighteit • importance will be seen in a preceding column. It is an old saying, that " a falsehood, a fortnight old, is as goOd as a truth r and there is no doubt that there are many persons who, having once given cre dit to an assertion, are very indifferent as to its con tradiction. Some of our brother journalists are well • aware of this, and act upon it accordingly-. It will; perhaps, be in the recollection of some of our !leaders, that in December last the Courier had a fabricated , account of the massacres by the Greeks at Tripolitxi, which was said to have disgusted Mr. Gonnosr, an Englishman in the service of the Greeks, so much that he quitted their service. We denied the staie ments of the Courier at the time ; and we have now the pleasure of announcing the arrival of Mr.Gesnex in this country; and we are authorized to give the most positive contradiction to the assertions of the Couricr. —Mr. Goanos left Greece on a regular leave of ab • sence, in consequence of extreme illness, which con fined him in bed at Zante for two months, and that so far from having abandoned the Greeks in disgust, he considers himself in their service, is highly satis fied with the reception he met with from them, and is as much attached to their cause, and as bound to serve them as ever. So far from having been under the necessity of escaping by stealth, as asset ted in The Courier, he was saluted in every town he pa-,sed through all the way to the coast opposite Zante. lle now holds the commission of General, in the servi..e of the Greeks. Sunday the Princess AUGUSTA went from her resi dence at Frogmore to Windsor, and attended Divine Service at. St. George's Chapel, and heard et_Sermon preached by the Hon. and Rev. Mr. STOPFORD ; after which, her Royal Highness received• the Sacramen•. MONSIEUR, instead of his brother, the Kivu of FRANCE, washed the feet of the youths, representing 'the Apostles, on Maundy Thursday ; and on ihe same day the Duchesses of ANGOULEME and BERRI went to adore the Cress. Mrs. CotrrTs, accompanied by her Physician, Dr. THOMAS, and a large retinue of domestics, were for some days last week at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth, whence she proceeded on a tour through Cornwall, preparatory to her stay at Teignmouth, where a house is preparing for her residence. It is reported that a matrimonial alliance is nego rciating between Lord PRUDHOE, brother to the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, and Lady CAROLINE GRA HAM, youngest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of MONTROSE. Mr. GREVILLE will, this week, lead to the altar cf Hymen, the lovely and-accomplished Miss LOCKE, of Leatherhead, in Surrey, grand-daughter of the Lite DuChess of LSINSTER. Sunday se'nnight, while Colonel SMYTHE, of Meth yen, and his Lady were attending public worship, Methven Castle, their residence, was discovered to be in flames. The accident is supposed to have ori ginated among some of the joists which are near the fire-place. The same part of the castle took fire about two years ago, and was considerably damaged. is We feel sincere regret in stating that great ur easiness prevails among the work-people at the iron works in Monmouthshire and South Wales, on ac count of the low rate of wages and want of work.— A reduction of 2s. 4d. to Is. 3d. per ton has taken place, and several hundreds of people are out of employ in consequence. These reductions, we un derstand, however, are absolutely necessary to enable the proprietors to carry on the work at all.— Sunday week (Assize Sunday), considerable sensation was caused at Monmouth, by the arrival of Mr. Lewis, the Commander of the West Monmouthshire Yeomanry Cavalry, in order to get his attendance dispensed with, having been suddenly called nut to preserve the peace at some of the iron-works on the hills. Two active Magistrates likewise left Mon mouth, with the sanction of the Judge, before ,he Grand Jury was discharged; and Government having been applied to for troops, a detachment of the Scotch Greys are arrived in this city, where they are inrea diness, should their assistance be wanted; but up to the latest accounts no commotion has as yet taken place to render foreign aid necessary."—Gloucester Paler, April 8. THE LATE UNFORTUNATE DUEL IN SCOTLAND...a In the STAa of yesterday we stated the arrest of Mr. BORTHWICL, of the Glasgow Sagami, tor having abstracted several letters and other roanuscriptslrcm the printing-office of that Paper. The legality of Mr. Boaruwica's conduct (says the Editor of the Dun dee Advertiser) is, we understand, involved in a ques tion still pending, as to whether, at the time of his taking the papers, he was or was not a proprietor? His statement is, that he was so : that he had agreed, no doubt, to sell his interest in the concern to his part ner ALEXANDER; but that the latter not having ful filled the conditions of the bargain, Boarnwicz had obtained a udgment of the Magistrates of Glasgow, reinstating him in the possession ; that he had accord ingly resumed possession, before witnesses ; but was immediately thrown into prison, on an old caption for debt; that he was liberated by his Alen on the evening of Sunday, the 10th March ; that about seven o'clock next morning he went to the office, and took from one of the desks which was open, and from another of which he still retained the key, the manu scripts in question; that he conceived himself entitled to do this, and that he had a strong inducement to it, namely, to save himself from the consequences of prosecutions brought against him through the acts of his partner. A . young man, who had been a com positor in the Sentinel Office, and who, it is said, was employed by BORTHWICE to carry the papers to the Tontine, has also been committed on a Justiciary warrant, as his master's accomplice. • • -a-- • TtICAVENING STAR. " NW° °hi a reg 16a " eamailleild. "" tbssill late stones in die North the bade of ,shalr ssisaille4 umsposstooss.' Ilir hes ay a- if thank 'shimmies bees mess* noshed elf the dismelties at near "a "mg", ands 1 LONDON. . Wait Powers respeednir ft. A sinew* lofts has boss ehorhhoil •TS number.. of perso to am in Man with them is the pespeoad resegoldest. of late gitrious stgrms on h TUESDAY, APRIL 9. which' several were some thus past doll grind, brat k was ow m a te d at no l ess t h an 11, F