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ill EV•e;.\llNt k LONDON. SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1814. !MICE OF 4TOCKS THIB DAY A TWELVE O'CLOCK: ittiluetd 66};—Cans. 651} 66—fer account 65ii 66 4 per Cent. salt-5 per Cent. Navy 951 i. Otnniutn 1,0, 4 A, I dia. Bank Lun g Ames. lb} i-toths 2 Bouda, 16s. 17$. pr. Exchequer Bills is. ts. pre. WAR IN SOUTH AMERICA. The state of South America is at (lice distressing -..n3 interesting. It will be seen by the Extracts which have this day given from Buenos Ayres Gazettes , -;':*the 2d, and letters to the 12th June, that the peo plß arc now suffering all the horrors of civil war—a r engendered in the foul attempt of the NAPOLEON family to seize the Throne of the Mother Country. An effort, it will be seen, had been made, under the mediation of Lard STILANGFORD, to restore peace between the Royalists and Revolutionists ; but the for. tiler insisted on such terms , as to provoke the Go trernment of Buenos Ayres to a strong resistance. The Montevideans were perhaps induced to make the high demands they did from the circumstance of their having long had the command of the River, by which Means they very much distressed the people of Buenos Ayres. The latter, 11,iwever, succeeded, under the direction of an Englishman, in forming a maritime force, by cciaverting a number of merchant vessels into ships of war. After another fruitless attempt at negociation, a naval action took place on the 15th of May, whidh terminated in favour of the Revolutionists, who captured or destroyed the whole of the Montevidean havy, except one ship and one ketch. The triumphant Insurgents are now as high in their demands as the Nlonteirideans were before, and threaten to burn the Chipping in Montevideo, .and the town itself, unless they be complied with. We have also given from the Motriteur Annitano, st South American Paper, an account of the cessation of hostilities between the Government of Chili and the Viceroy of Lima& We have received Paris Papets of Tuesday and Wednesday : those of Tuesday merely contain an account of the Festival instituted by Louts XIII. to commemorate the birth of a son, and that son was Louts XIV. BONAPARTE, although born on the .sth of February, thought proper to call• the 15th of August his birth-day, in order that this festival might be perpetuated in his name. In an Address from the 90th French Regiment, there is more truth than we have been accustomed ti witness in productions of this nature. sa Nothing was wanting (say these brave men) to make us invincible, but a true sense of honour end love for our Noce— under BONAPARTE, therefore, we fought as if with , one arm in a sling. The return of your Majesty re.i stores to us the full possession of out faculties." The Journals of Wednesday inform us, that Mr. CRAW/fORD, the American Minister, delivered his credentials to the French Km, and had an audience on that day. An Address has been voted in the Chamber of Deputies, praying the KINd to maintain the Establishments for the education of the Children of Officers of the Legion of Honour, which were abolished from motives of economy. A Member in timated* that one of the French Marshals was wil ling to contribute largely to a fund for this purpose, and thus to relieve the Finances from the burden. We trust that this generous example will be followed. The tavages of the plague at Smyrna have greatly 1 diminished, Every arrival from the outports swells the list of captures by the Americans. The Coromandel home ward-bound Indiaman has been taken, at no great distance frtim the English coast ; but she was after wards recaptured by the ERIDANUS frigate. We pre sume that the Coromandel is the vessel alluded to in the letter from Cork as having been captured on the 27teit ultimo, although by other accounts the capture took place on the 2d of August. Mr. COOK, the Under Secretary of State far Fo. reign Affairs, proceeds from Paris to Vienna to act as Principal Secretary to Viscount CASTLEREAGH at the Congress. Mr. J. C. MORIER is appointed Under Secretary of State during his absence. The Earl of ROIIII4IY has embarked at Dover for the Continent. Earl BATHURST is indisposed at his seat at Pulteney. There is no foundation for the report that the Duke DI RICHMOND has let his mainion at Goodwood to the Duke of WELLINGTON for three years. Wednesday, the Duke of MARLBOROVGII passed through Oxford, on his return from Sion-Hill to Blenheim. His Grace was, as usual, hailed on his entrance by a ral from the city bells. S.Ltut day last, Mr. COKE entertained the poor of his parish of Holkham, consisting of about 700, with a plentiful dinner of beef and plum-pudding, and twelve barrels of strong beer, in celebration of the Peace. Mr. and Miss Cox% with their friends in the house, presided at the different tables, and thousaas flocked to partake in this gay scene of festivity. In consequence of the lateness of the Harvest the Gentlemen of Hampshire, Berkshite, Oxfordshire, and vane other counties, have agreed not to com mence shooting till the 14th of September. It is to be hoped that in all the counties the Gentlemen will adopt a similar resolution ; otherwise the loss to the farmers will be immense. The Barclay match of 1000 miles in 1000 succes sive hours, is again attempted by a Mr. FORDYCE, in the neight•ourhood of Amsbury Common, Somerset. shire. The pedestrian has been a week at work. NAVAL NTELLIGENCI. The following is an Extract of a Lettei from Ctookhaven, received this morning, dated August 13th, 1814: " Captain CAMSnoN and crew; of the ship Coro. mandel, with Cape. SITU 4-rtr, of the Madras Army, landed here late last night out of a pilot-boat, on board of which they were put yesterday by the York schooner, privateer, of Boston, of 14 guns, and 140 men, commanded by FaaNcts Buacy. Captains CA- M ERu NI and STBUART s ate, that the Commander and Officers of the privateer behaved in the most kind and humane manner to them and every individual who belonged td the Coromandel. They gave positive and strict orders to the crew of the privateer not on any account to examine any man's baggage on board. The Coromandel was from Batavia, with prize coffee, and was captured on the 2d instant, six leagues from Scilly, and sent for America.—The ship General Hurter, Wu. Sutra, with timber, from Miramichi, was burnt last night 20 miles S. W. from the Meszin head by the above privateer, and the master and crew also landed here. _ 44 P. B.—The privateer was seen this morning." N. B. The Coromandel has been retaken by the ERIDANUS frigate, and arrived at Plymouth. CORK, AUGUST 15. A Russian vessel (the Herman and Thusnelda, of Petersburgh) has arrived in our harbour, the Master of which states, that he spoke an American privateer off the Mestin Head, and war informed by her, that on the 27th of last month, she captured a homeward hound East India ship, richly laden. She had after wards captured another small vessel, and put 40 or 50 Lascars on board of her, to be landed on our Western Coast. Saturday morning, a Telegraph signal announced an American Privateer off Cape Clear, steering S.W. on which an unusual scene of bustle and activity took place, and it was but a short time before we noticed Majesty's ship CASTILIAN getting under weigh. Owing to the indisposition of Captain BREMER, Lieu tenant Lunn is gone out acting in her. Shortly atter, his Majesty's ships AVON aed PRESIDENT fol lowed, and we have every expectation that they will be able to give a good account of those daring intru ders on our coast. It was said there was also an American frigate in the Channel. Ships are dropping in every tide for West India and American convoys, shortly expected. FALMOUTH, AUGUST 17. Arrived the Francis Freeting packet, from Lisbon, in nine days. Fourteen sail, from the Brazils, bound to Liverpool, &c. have put in here for protecti.m. The remainder of the convoy has past up Channel. The Duke of Kent packet, far Surinam, is gone into the Roads.—Wind N. W. PLYMOUTH, AUGUST 18. Arrived the EunoTus frigate, from Bourdeatm- Sailed the HORATIO frigate, on a cruise. POR rsmouTH, AUGUST 19. Sailed his Majesty's . ship Emus, for the Doans; PORT MAHON, DEXTEROUS and STEADY, OR a cruize. Ws Majesty's ship ALPHIAS, takes convoy to the Brazils, Cape of Good Hope, &c.—Wind N. W. DEAL, AUGUST' 19. Arrived the Country Squire, GARBUTT, from, Shields, to Gibraltar. Came down from the River the Hope, WARDELL, for Trieste, and sailed with se vetal Mate Wercbaatamen and transports, to Ports mouth ; also five sail of transports, to Ramsgate. GRAVESEND, AUGUST 19. Arrived the Sterling, ADEINSON, frOm Quebec ; the Elizabeth, LAUGHICK, from Berbice ; William, LINKLATER, horn Demerara ; Balfour, GUNSON, from Tobago ; Kingston, RICHARDSIN, from Calais ; and Young William, BRINK, from Corunna.—Sailed the General Stewart, Ran?, for Bombay ; William Niel son, ARMSTRONG, for Quebec.; Unity, A LPIN, for Ancona ; Ateta, Foss, fur Copenhagen ; Cerleritas, LENDER, fnr Rouen ; Po, MINTOR, awl Rover, KING STON, for Rotterdam ; and the Tantivy, DALE, for Newfoundland. LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 18. Arrived the John Cole, from Prince Edward's Island, sailed :.'2d July. A single ship put into Cork, from which she sailed 15th instant, under convoy of the CONSTANT gun-brig ; yesterday, off Tuscar, was chaced by a large American schocner privateer, and the CONSTANT then had the .111 m in tow, when they cut the hawser, and gave chace in turn, but could not corn.: up with her, in consequence the CONSTANT gave up the pursuit atter firing a few . shots. The TLUSTLE ship of war which sailed on the Ist instant from Halifax, has arrivel. Ten thousand more troops had reached the St• Lawrence tfum France; 5000 of which were at Qoebec on the 20th of July, and an equal number were at the mouth of the river on the '27th of that month. _ _ It has been afirmed, on the alleged authority of accounts by the fIIbTLE, that the Macedonian and United States frigates in the port of New London, with 60 or 70 more vessels in other harbours of Con necticut, have been destroyed by a naval expedition under Sir THOMAS HARDY. We cannot find, how ever, that there is any confirmation of this intelli gence. Colonel RZYNELL, of the 71st Regiment, s ap r pointed Adjutant General to the forces proceeding to America, under the command of Lord HILL. All the regiments that arc to embark at Cove for North America, are to be completed against the 24th inst. to 1000 men each. Most of the regiments that are to be sent were in Sir It. HILL'S (now Lord Hrtes) division, and were particularly requested to accompany him. The population of America, in 1810, was calcu lated to be 8,269,607. _ _ The militia belonging to the State of New York alone, amount to upwards of fifty thousand men. A Meeting of the Creditors of the Banking-house of Messrs. EntEucti and Co. has been held at Dublin, when a satement of their affairs was laid before their creditors. The Dtbts appear to amount to And tbt: Assets to "39,616 4 10 353,198 13 4 Leaving a :unpins of . - .1:113,583 8 6 Lord FFRENCH added, that although there were such ample funds, yet if any creditor was not satis fied, he would give up every inch of land lie possessed to trustees, and live upon any pittance he might be allowed.. The affairs ate vested is the hands of eight trustees. CUSTOM-HOUSE ALUSE:;. The subjoined document presents such a view of the practices of the Custom-House at the Pct of London, as welt as the Out-ports, as we believe the inland public is but little acquainted with. It is pro. ceedings, such as these, that cause people to he dissa tisfied with the Government which gives them protec tion. The conduct of the Lords of I:is Majesty's Treasury, on this eccasion, deserves the highest praise, and furnishes a complete refutation of the assertion of many, that those who are oppressed by Custom-House Officers and Tax-gatherers, have no remedy but to submit to the imposition. The-very circulation of - - such an unfounded statement is calculated to do the greatest mischief, and we rejoice at such a practical contradiction as it has received on the present occasion. We cannot avoid, on the present occasion, suggest ing to their Lordships, that there is another branch of Revenue which deserves their particular attention — we mean the Assessed Taxes. The complaints and murmurs which arise frem the real or supposed ex tortions of the surchargers are of a much more damp- roue completion than abuses connected with the trans• actions of the Rich Merchant. On Monday we shall state more explicitly what we mean, and we doubt not that it will receive attention. L" TREASURY CHAMBERS, AUGUST 11. " GiNTLZMJEN-I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury to inform you, that they have recently bad under their consider ation representations from various merchants, com plaining of unjust seizures and vexatious detentions by the officers of your departments. In some of these cases my Lords have observed, that the precise letter of Acts of Parliament framed many years ago, in time of peace, and of more cir cumscribed commerce, have been rigorously applied amidst all the difficulties incident to war, and against the manifest spirit of the Acts themselves, the penal ties of which were directed for the punishment of fraud or culpable negligence, and not for accidental or trivial omissions. " To four cases which will serve as examples of many others, 1 am commanded to draw your special Attenticll : 6, The first is the seizure of twenty hogsheads of sugar, entered with the mark RS instead of R.S.: these hogsheads were seized by the officers of your department, at Bristol, merely for the omission of the small intervening mark ; and a satisfaction has been demanded for the restoration of each cask of one guinea. 4, It is quite manifest, from all the circumstances of this case, that no fraud could have been intended. To grant a satisfaction, therefore, to the seizing offi cer, could tend only to encourage similar seizures for trifling irregularities ; and, therefore, my Lords, can not sanction the payment to the seizing officer of any satisfaction whatever, but direct the immediate re. storation of the goods. 44 Another seizure at the port of Bristol, which has particularly attracted their Lordships' observation is, that of two hogsheads of sugar imported in the ship Ruth, in the month of April, and seized by the officer, as he declared, for being an excess upon the report of the cargo, against the earnest remonstrance of Ihe! owners, who contended that the cargo entirely cor responded with the report. After nearly four months detention, and vari_ras reports and correspondence, the owners were enabled, from the accidental cir cumstance, of no part of the cargo having been sold until the whole was delivered, to prove that there was no ground whatever for the seizure, and the very irre gularity which was the pretence for the seizure, was traced to the officer himself. " A third case at the port cf . Bristol, is that of the sugars imported in the Anna Maria, a part of which has been seized, because the marks do not entirely correspond with the report ; but as the whole contents of the cargo, as reported and delivered, agree, there is no ground to suspect any fraud, and the irregula rity is not of an extent to call for any penalty. My Ltrds, therefore, desire that the sugar may be forth with restored, without any satisfaction whatever. 66 A fourth case, now before their Lordship's is, that of the Perseverance, in the port of London, which vessel and her cargo have been seized under circum stances so extraordinary, as to demand their Lord ships' immediate interposition. 4 , It appears that this ship brought some came of sugar from Gibraltar, and, under the existing laws, was not liable to seizure, but the owners were at li berty to send the vessel and cargo again from this country. They applied, however, to their Lordships for leave to land and warehouse the cargo ; and whilst this application was under consideration, your officers construing such application into an intention to hind the goods for warehousing, seized the vessel and cargo. 66 The application to their Lordships for permis sion to warehouse being refused, the memorialist then applied for an order to tranship the cargo into another vessel, for Gibraltar, • the petitioner being subject to heavy demurrage for detaining the vessel;' to this request their Lurd.,iiips were pleased to accede, and your Board was apprised thi.reof on the 6th ult. and desired to give immediate directions for that purpose. ~ The vessel Perseverance, and cargo, having, however, been seized by your officers as above stated, yon have requested your Lordships' directions, sub nnting, ' that should their Lordships he pleased to oiler the delivery of the goods and vessel, the seizing officer might, according to the practice, be entitled to a satisfactions' but you beg to submit how fir their Lordships, under the circumstances, Ina; think he has any claim to the same. 4 , According to the view which my Lords at pre sent take of this case, the original seizure appears to have been most unjust; and any practice which would entitle the officer to satisfaction, cannot be too much ceasured, or too soon abolished. 4 , In cases like this, my Lords expect, from the discriminating judgment of your Board, the prompt and vigorous execution of the powers vested in yoti by law ; and you may confidently rely, without tl.e delay of previous reference to their Lordships, which is 11 itself a heavy punishment to the merchant, upon their Lordships' full support in whatever measures nue be necessary for the punishment of Oppressive or contamleo—, orrrers. This, my Lords, feel to he due to thu it , Alest of the fair merchant. and to tfie character of t! Gcveriment. both of which are aftv ted by such trai.sactions as those adverted to in this letter. 64 Already my Lords have instructed you to en join your officers to refr.lin from acting urn any new const-uctions of laws.coutrary to the past practice, and to refer all such doubts, in the first instmce, to your Board ; ani in cases of great importance or dif ticulty, you will apply to their Lordships' de'ermina tion. As the penalties contained in the vaiinus la•ao of Customs were intended for the punishment of fraud, and not of accidental or trivial omissions, the Officers of .the Customs must cease to consider such mistakes as sources of advantage to themselv” ; for my Lords are determined hereafter to mark with their decided displeasure every detention that shall appear to have been made upon such vexatious pre• tences. gi In order tosremove every doubt of their Lord ships' intention upon this subject, I have it in command to desire, that if upon ;he delivery r f car goes of vessels, it shall appear that any packages, which may be erroneously marked, do, in substance and contents, correspond with the report and the ma• nifest, neither such goods or vessels shall be deemed liable to seizure on account of such error. a I am, Gentlemen, you; obedient tervant, (Signed) a S. R. bawl:Gam& Cominissioihrs Cogan's." BRIGNION, AUGUST 18. The dinner party at the Pavilion last n:ght, con sisted of the REGENT, the Duke of CLARYNCE. Sir WILLIAM KFPPEL, the Rev. Mr. &mum% General BLOOMFIELD, General THORNTON, and Mr. QUIN rAtm. During dinner, his Royal Highness's hand played in their best style. The carriage containin the Rs- GENT'S Grooms of the Chamber, Mr. D g _ U PARQUIZR and Mr. TUART, did not sctch this place until tuil six hours after the arrival of his Royal Highness, its consequence of an accident on the road. One of this horses fell between this place and Cucklield, and broke two of his legs, and they were detained until another horse cou.d be procured. CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION. We copy the following from the Cork Merge:stile Chronicle. We need hardly remark, that Minion: to Rome, for the avowed purpose of discussing there questions relative to the civil rights of Irishmen (lor it is civil right: they claim) do not appear to be the best calculated to gain the object they profess to be seeking : ga MISSION TO Roos.—We haVe I:arned, with much satisfaction, that letters have been received from the Most Rev. Dr. MURRAY, dated from Rome, the 15th ult. That Most Rev. Prelate had, tortha with Dr. Mrfauta, obtained interviews with his Hot'. xr.ss, who expressed his esteem for the Irish Prelacy. Clergy, and Laity, in the warmest terms of attach_ ment and approbation. Dr. MURRAY represents, that the mission proceeded prosperously. “ The Delegates from the Irish Hierarchy were received with every mark of attention, not only by his Holiness but by all the Cardinals assembled in Rome. Dr. MORNAY and his Right Reveretul co adjutor expected to return very shortly. The Itr seript, ,sala all otlicr proceedings that have taken place, have been set aside; and Cardinal AURA. President of tl:e College of Propaganda, lies been charged with the examination of all the documents to be laid before that Congregation, for the purpose of coming to a proper decision. It is eitreniel) for. tunate that the President understands English very well, and has already perused most of di se papers which throw any light upon the subject, and parti• cularly the Statement of the Panel Laws, which he has nearly committed td memory. He eaprtsstd himself in the most unqualified terms of Abhorrence of the Oath and some of the clauses of the late Bail." It is rather to expose imposture, thin from fii:Aling any amusement in such a being as J;hanna Soati,l:l, that we notice her impious Absurdities. She issues papers, called , f the Seal:," which we ii iderstiod disciples sell. • In one ct these, the wri•ing is within a rnytical circle, about six inches in diimeer, in a good plain hand, to which is her own signature, a wretched scrawl. The seals, which are of red w,_, are on the outsides one of them his the stamp malted or pressed out, as it by warmth of the hotly, from wearing in the pocket—the other has a small shabby impression, I. C. with two stars. [Name of the Disciple.] The Sealed of the Loaa—the !ilea precious. Man's Redemption ' To inherit the 1 rve of Life, To be made Heirs of GOD, and j qat Heirs with Jesus Cul ts . r. Diu. Ist, 1804. %TOURISM &fitful... The Seals. LC. 1. . C us perhaps intended fir the initials of our •;itv soul. We understand that two of our m•'st celet;rated a e. coucheurs have visited this mad-woman, and they declare that she certainly is in the eighth mmith of her pregnancy. She is sixty-five years of age. Sunday morning, a follower of Johanna S'.uthcote, whilst delivering a sermon at a house on Ceattase Hill, where a congregation of her disciples usuatiy assemble, invited any or all incredulous silt geol:s to visit the lady, when he assured his heareis, ;h u .vtt y doubt would be removed respecting the apps .iching arcouticmate of that venerable rawron: he at thi• same time most formally and confidently predi.t,cd th. death of all the Bishops of the Established Church, ear : pt four, within twelve mouths, if they interfered with, er in any way molested the expected parent of the j New Messiah ! 1 The lunatic prophet, Brothert, who some 12 or 11 years back, attracted the superstitious, and amu s ed the idle, by his absurd and profane prophecies and sleclarations,and who was subsequently sent to a mad. house, is represented now as getting a little 'niter in his intellects; for it is sa'd, that he actually es jecas the absurdities which gained for him toe notice and countenance of so many hundreds ot ► onis. A man of the name of Seltsy was last night brought to Neivgate from Shad well Office, charged with the wilful roureer of Mr. WILLIAMSON, a publican, and 'amity, in Old Gravel-lane, near three years ago. The tact, we understAnd, came to light through a quarrel which the prisonev, a Portuguese sailor, had with a shipmate in the West Indies, and he was i n consequence sent home in nous. 1 r• 1 •