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we contemplate the enormity of the tvicirciness to' which the free-born sons of Britain are made panics by this hellish compact. Give colonies and freedom to the basest, because the most immoral nation upon earth, for the purpose of enslaving the people of Africa! Language cannot furnish terms,of adequate reprobation for an act of such deliber'aie cold-blooded wickedness and injustice. . , We declare, without the least mentatretervation whatever, that war vrith Friti*with • sat . thi horrors • which it could produce — with alith e d angers it might threaten, was less to be dreaded than Us. giving (Mg national consent.to African asaa-steoling and murder. With -justice fit our, side we might hope for•vittOry in a war with France; but in a War it atla REAM,' itself who can prolfser ? But what can be done to avert the evil ? The same as in any other unlawful compact.—Tt is not—nor can! it, in the nature of things, be binding. Should inian make a compact with another to stand by and see' him commit a murder, Would the Isacacquit him of the crime ? Ask Lord Eu.stracatotrossit.—Ask the ju rists of any nation upon earth, not excepting those of France, and they will all give the same answer. Can England then be made a party ,to a compact , s to day the innocent," and expect to escape the pu.. nishment! Away with all sophistry. Letinglandli which has liberated 'France, not ptrmit France to et slave Africa. _ The intelligence which we daily receive from Spain continues to be of a mixed character. On the 4th instant the KING issued a Decree for the punishment of those Officers of the Spanish• army and navy, who had sworn allegiance to, and followed the fortunes of the Usurper JOSEPH. By this Decree, all military Officers down to the rank of Captains are banished for life, with their wives and families ; the wife during the lifetime of ber husband ; but the children under twenty-one years of age are not included. The same rule ap plies to such Captains as are supposed to have acted under the authority of their Chiefs. All Civil Au- 1 thorities, from the Counsellor of State down to the Commissaries of War, partake of the same fate (with their families) as military Officers holding rank above that of a Captain.—And all other Civil Officers who received salary under the Government of King 30MM are declared unworthy of holding any situa tion under the Crown. By another Decree, as we are informed, our illus trious Ws.LtatloTos has been solemnly confirmed in all the titles, honours, and emtiluments, which the Cortes had so generotisly and so justly showered upon the Deliverer of Spain. So far as.this intelligence goes, it. is highly grati fying, and the feelings from which such decrees have emahated, do .honour to The heart of the restored . Sovereign. Of a far etilierent dial-Acta., however, is; another report stated in 'private lettere froarthe Spa - nigh. capital, but which we trust will prove unfounded. The most patriotic Members of the Cortes and the Editors of the amiss and Redactor, men who labourcd incessantly with thtir voices their pens, in the great cause of the emancipation of Europe from the thraldom of a most atrocious tyranny—these stout and successful avengers of the wrongs and 'sufferings; of mankind have, according to other private letters, been sentenced to death. Again we say, we trust we shall never have to stain our columns with an account of tlx execution of these intrepid men. .The Spanish Minister of the Indies has issued orders to the DePuties from South America not to quit Eu rope until further orders, as a General Meeting of the Cortes newly constituted was about to be held. • - TLe Nero fori Gazzete, of the 17th of May, has the following paragraph :.14 Yesterday morning the 17 British hostage prisoners, lately cor tined at Phila delphia, arrived at Pow Hook, under charge of Lieutenant I3oucE. They are to proCeed in the steam boat this evening for the northward." The armistice proposed by Sir G. PrtEvosr, it is said, has been acceded to by the Auteric in Govern. meet, on condition of its being extesided to the sea, as well as land. To this the General replied, that such an extension was beyond his powers, but that Sir ALEXANDER COCIfRANB W4S daily expected un the sta tion, who probably might possess such an authority. The late Brevet NM remove Lieutenant-General lArrNvAttp from his situ.ttion as Deputy Adjutant- General to the Forces, which be has held so many years at the Ucrse-Guards. _ The Dachess of °EA:Et:Bum - or, we understand, de cl arcs, '• that it will be a sufficient happiness for the rest of her life, to remember and to consider over the pleasant days she pissed in England : the polished and gallant manner in which she was received by the PlUNCtand all the Nobility, and the still more grati fying. way in which every hand and every heart in the sums testified the beneral approbation." Our Mal !cwr announces the sailing of seven Russian men of war from the Don os for Portsmouth. They will doubtless take part in the grand Naval spectacle which is expected to commence as Ibis day. The-great circolar building for fireworks in the Gt.en Park advances rapidly ; the bridges over the canal, in St—James's Park, are also in a state of for wardness. Yesterday a new entrance was made into the Park, across the paling immediately opposite to St. James's Palace. These are preparutosy to the military rejoicings in honour of the Duke - of Will.- LINGTON and our victorious army. REDUCTION Or RENTS.—The following paragraph is extracted from a Yorkshire Paper received yester day We hear that the Harewood family have it in contemplation to make a general reduction ir. the rents of their farms, for the purpose of enabling the English cultivator to bring his corp to market at as low a price as the foreign farmer." TRENCH pares. Just as our Paper was going to Press we received Paris Papers' of Sunday and Monday last. Rear. Admiral LtNom, whose long and successful cruizes in the Indian Seas have made his name conspicuous in Europe, has been nominated Governor of Guade loupe. M. Him, the Valet de Chambre of Louis XVI. during thelast years of his life, has been ap pointed Paymastee. tiitthe Military of the French Xines.liousshold.. • • - The beautiful Madame It EC AIVIER, who was order. red to quit Paris by BONAPA SITE, has returned. The son of General MALLET, who was shot at Paris in October, 1812,has been kindly received by the KING, and promised his protection. Marshal MASSEN A, one pf the ex-Senators, has retired to his country seat at Ruel. The Duke of WELLINGTON was still at Paris on Sunday last : he was at Court on that day. King FERDINAND of Spain has presented the PRINCE Itgorurr of England, tht Emperor of Russia, the Xing of PRUSSIA, the Duke of WELLINGTON, and the Prince'of BENEVENTE (TALLEYRAND), with the 'Order of the Golden Fleece. The Duke d'AnoouLEgE, as High Admiral of 'France., is about to make a tour of the naval ports and arsenals. • , • • Cardinal GONSALVI, who lately visited London with a letter from the POPE to the PRINCE Raoani., is now at Paris, on his returl to Rome. The EMPEROR and the GitAND Ductless did not re tire to rest till three o'clock yesteiday, and rose again at eight. They sent for Mr. Escumea, the p►oprie tor of the hotel, and addressed him in the French language, calling him their dear friend, acknowledg ing the great attentions he had shewn them, and the comforts and excellent entertainment which they had experienced in his house, and very kindly bade him adieu. The Rev. Mr. SMYRNA, a Russian Clergy man, of Welbeck-street Chapel, waited upon Mrs. Esturnza, and, by the commands of the Emperor, presented her with a very valuable brooch, or for a waistband, of amethyst, desiring her to keep it in re, membrane of the Emperor. Mrs. Escumen ex pressed herielf highly honoured and flattered, and expressed herself very warmly towards the Emperor. Count Ottwtr, Count WortoNn, Baron Nit:Hen:a t, Colonel Fatasu*w, and a number of Russian Gentle. men who remain in England, attended to take a farewell of their Emperor, and they embraced accord ing to the custom of their country. No person was admitted into the Hotel yesterday morning as a spec tator. The EMPEROR, the GRAND DUCHESS, the D.:.ke of OLnEmiunotr, and the Prince of WIRTEMBERG, en tered an open carriage of the PRINCE Reoss . r, exact ly as the clock at u‘k nine. As they were enuring the carriage, a N. - Oman presented a bank to the Est- PERnft, whir l , be handed - to a Page on the steps ; ano ther a (Arian presented him with a very tine rose, which the Emvettoi: gave to the GRAND DUCHESS, and she placed it in her bosom. The carriage then drove oft amidst the loud huzzai of the populace. The car riage drove to the Tower of London, and afterwards we understand, to Other places, and passed alonkt . Lon don-bridge, at half-past twelve o'clock, or. the n Way to the seat of the Earl of LI v Eavoia., at Comae Wood, to breakfast. A man was st :tioned on liereback (41 the top of the hill at Kingstc,n, to conduct them to the liouie.of the Noble Earl, front thence they were to proceed to Portsmouth. The King of Prtussia, frllowed by t;c. Princes, left Cbtrence House at half past nine o'cha-k, in a Royal carriage, for the Earl of LI VLItP , OL'S scat. His Royal Highness the PRINCE It EGENT set off from Carlton House a few minutes after nine ck, accompanied by his Royal Brother the puke of Ca BRIDGE 'and. General BAILEY, in his travelling car riage, for Portsmouth. The ALLIED SOVEREIGNS passed 017.0110 Guild ford about three o'clock in the afternoon, bet: w; taco only•thirty miles on their way to Portsmouth ; from which place the following is a letter : " Portsmouth, Wednesday, Four o'clock in the Morning. " .It is impossible to give an, adeq.:ate description of the anxiety which prevailed here amongst the countless numbers yesterday to see the .PRINCE RE gENT and the Allied Sovereigns The arrivals yes terday formed a sort of cavalcade. The town is lae. rally crammed : -floors are let at the modest price of from ten to fifty guineas per week in High.stieer, and it is considered a mark of favour to get a bed of any sort under a guinea per night. In shot r, the town never was known so full, and the nurneraus walks on the parade battlements of the town may be compared to a full Steine at Brighton in the stason. Thousands have come from the 'western counties, even as fir as Devonshire. Detachments of military were under arms yesterday, and a squadron of Yeomen Cavalry awaited the arrival of the PRINCE REGENT ( who alone was expected) at Portsdown Hill. It was known in the course of the day, that his Royal Highness would not be here until this afternoon. The PRINCE RE GENT will reside during his stay. at the Government- House, the EMPEROR and his sister, the Duchess of OLDENEURGU, at the house of the Hon. C. GREY , in tthe Dock-yard ; the King of' PRUSSIA, at General HOUsToN'S. , " It is not expected that the grand Naval Review will take place till Friday. There are 60 pendants flying at Spithead ; IS ships of the line, 13 frigates, and the remainder, sloops, brigs of war, &c. Amongst 1 the arrivals yesterday, were the Duke of SAXE WEI ' 11Alto Lord Forms, Lord and Lady CRAVEN, in his Lordship's pleasure yacht, &c. Hundreds are pouring in at this. moment, (half-past five) and hun dreds slept on the floor last night, not only in Ports mouth and Portsea, but at Gosport. Many take up their abode in the Isle of Wight for want of nearer ac commodation. Post horses travel stages three and four times to-day. " Lord Masn.LE, and several Lords from the Ad. mitalty, with the Secretary Mr. CROKER, are here.—s- Yesterday the Lord High Admiral's flag was hoisted nn board the Ville de Paris, Sir H. NEALE, and hl Royal Highness of CLARENCE shifted his from the Jason to the Impregnable; on which occasion saluting took place. ' 1 he Duke of SAXE WEIMAR also landed here from Cherburgh yesterday, and a Russian Aide de-Camp with dispatches to his Imperial Majesty." NATAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 11. Sailed his Majesty's ships JAWS, TSASeIt, STEADY, RICHMOND, and QUEEN CIIMILOTTIC yachts, to the Eastward.—Wind N. DEAL. JUNE 23. Sailed seven sail of Russian men of war to Potts mouth, under the command of Vice-Admiral TAM COVE Or CORK, JUNE 17. Tuesday evening, arrived here the schooner Vivid, Capt. STRACIIAN, of Belfast, laden with cotton. She was captured on her return from Lisbon to Belfast, by the Surprise, American schooner privateer, and recaptured by the CERES frigate, Capt. BOWLES, in la titude 4.9. N. longitude 13. W. The CERES was a French frigate, captured some time ago, by the NI GER and another of our frigates, and was coming home from Buenos Ayres, with treasure, on account of Go vernmeit and some merchmts. She left Rio Janeiro the 26th of April. Previously to the Ceres leaving the river Plate she carried a person in a public character -from Bueiws Ayres to Monte Video, invested with powers to adjust the existing differences with the Monte Videans. 'cite siege of MonteNideo was expected to be immediately raised. His Majesty's ;hip PROTECTOR, Lieutenant MIT CHESOIt, arrived yesterday from the Westward, hav ing been round to look after the dismantling the sig nal towers on that part of the coast. His Majesty's ship TEAZF.II, Captain PRICKETT, sailed this morning with a convoy for 14irtsmouth. ' Thursday a party of the 88th Regiment marched through Cork for embarkation. A dispute happened amongst two of the privates, when one drew his bayonet and stabbed the other, who died on the spot. The fellow was lodged in the Main Guard-house. The Freeman': Journal, alluding to the reports of seditious meetings near Dublin, which we noticed yesterday, is of op . nion, that they are merely combi nations to raise the price of wages, and prevent the intrusion of strangers among the working classes. Some Dutch Papers have been received. The following are their principal contents : LEYDF.N, JUNE i 7. Letters from Porto Ferrajo mention, that the So vereign of the Isle of Elba had formed a Council of State, consisting of twelve Members, of which Gene ral Bertrand, grand Master of the Palace, is President. . We learn from Brussels, that the number of mili tary mert likely to retnrn to Belgium, in consequence of being dism;ssed from the French service, is estima ted 4 t wenty five thousand men. From this we may calculate the number of men whom the conscription swept from Belgium, during the period of its anneia , Lion to France. • FLAARDINGEN: MAY IS. This day our boring busses put to sea—an event of the moot joyful nature, and which we had nut wit nessed for many years past. Tile concourse of pro dle•from the neighbouring towns, on the occasion of thisalational festival, was extremely great. The port and river were full of yachts and boats decked out in the gayest manner, and satisfaction shone on every ccuutrnance. : THE HAGUE, JUNE IS. The States General, whose sittings 113 d been ad journed for some weeks, the day before yesterday le sunie.l their deliberations. The Sittings was opened by a Message from the Prince Sovereign, to the tol iowinU ( - Elect : ‘‘ NoriLE AND MIGHTY Loans--At the moment when you restime your impoi tant labours, it is very agreeable to *a to be able to congratulate you on the conch3ion of the general peace. " Me Treaty entered into between the Allied I'ower3 and his Most Christian Majesty presents to all nations the happy prospect of a long repose, which will in a tew years have elTat....d those traces of caht miLies which sa many dissensions and wars have left behind them. You will have remarked in this Treaty, and noble Lords, not without the most pleasiag svnsations, the stipulation by which our country, such as it ha; been re-?.stablished, 15, thanks to DIVINr I PIVJVIDLNCk and our untied efforts, confirmed and guaranteed by the unanimous still of the most power tul S , ivereigns of Elir(lre. " We ate convinced that the calm and tranquillity which must arise from such circumstances, favoura ble in all respects, must have the most beneficial ii.flu ence on • your deliberations, on those laws and regu lations which must extend and secure mote and more the prosperity and glory of the country." The States General, deliberating on the above com munications, resolved to testify in a solemn manner, the great satisfaction which it excited among them; and in consequence Messrs. Steengracht van Oster. land and Peters van Cattenbrock, delegated for that purpose, yesterday presented to his Roy it Highness, in the name of the States General, the toilowirig ad dress " ILLUSTRIOMPUINCS AND Loan—Nothing could induce the States General to resume their labours with greater zeal and satisfaction than the communi. cation which your Royal Highness has graciously made to them of the conclusion of a general peace. "6 If they learn with transport, as men and mem bers of the great society of nations, that a period has at length been put to the shedding of so much human blood, to the dissensions and calamities which, in all parts of the world, produced cries of misery and des pair, how much more reason have they not, as inha bitants of the United Provinces and the representa. Lives of their people, to rejoice in beholding, tinder the will of PROVIDIMCE, their couthry entire, and its in dependence and integrity acknowledged, established, and guaranteed by the greatest Monarchs of Europe. 44 The States-General, penetrated with sentiments of gratitude towards the SUPRZDIR BRING, to whom they humbly ascribe their safety and preservation, are also grateful, illustrious Sovereign, for the numerous efforts which yotir Royal Highness has exerted with so much energy and zeal, to attain that salutary ob ject, to restore to the country its ancient domestic prosperity, rind to procure for it abroad that conside ration and respect which it formerly enjoyed among the nations of Europe. They have the honour to congratulate your Royal Highness on the success of these efforts ; assuring you at the same time of their promptitude and zeal to concur with your Royal Highness in the advancement of this great object." The following are the Regiments of Militia order., ed to be disembodied to-morrow, viz.— The Augtesta, Card Lian, Carnarvons. Cornish Miners, Flint, Glamorgan, ide of Wight, East and West Kent, East and Weai London, Merioneth, Montgomery, East Norfolk, Northemboa. land, Pembroke, Radnor, Rutland, Ist and 2d Tower Hadlllets, and lit and 2d West York. The undermentioned Rates of Pay which are to be granted to General Officers, not being Colonels of Regiments, it is understood, will commence on Saturday first, the 25th instant, viz.— General - e ,Bt 1 0 per diem. Lieutenant-General - 1 12 6 ditto. Major-General - - 1 5 0 ditto. (CIRCULAR.) " Wet-Orrice, Jews W, 1814. lilt Royal Highness the Panics RZOLNT having bees 'pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to sign orders for disembodying the Militia with all convenient speed ; his Royal Highness hai been pleased to grant the following allowance to the officers and men hereinafter mentioned : • " 'co each Subaltern, and to the Surgeon's Mate, if any, an ' allowance will be made equal to two months pay from the day of disembodying exclusive, which being granted to them as fol lows, will not interfere with the receipt of half•pay, nor of any (slier allowance to which they ate entitled, or may hereafter obtain from Government: Officers holding two appointmeote are, however, to receive the allowance for ore of them only. " '['he Adjutant, Paymaster and Surgeon are cot to have the allowance of two months' pay, it being intended that they shell be retained on duty, and receive certain rates of pay commence I log from the day subsequent to that of diaembolying inclusive, "which rates shall be communicated to you as soon as they shall have been determined upon. " In pursuance of the Pelmet RIGID; r's orders by Lord Vb. count SIDMOVIII, and communicated by his Lordship to this &pertinent, to retain upon the disembodied establishment the number of Serjeants, Corporals, and Drummers allowed by the Act of the 42d Geo. 111. Cap. 90, sect. 83, viz. one Serjeant and one Colepral to every thirty private men. with an addidonat Corporal fur every surelus of fifteen men and upwards. and one Drummer per CuruFany, with an addition of one Drummer fur etch fl. tek Cote pary, of Regiments conesdng of five sr more Cem?ar.4•. ; suet scijeants, Corporals or Drummers as exceed that number it: tacit lank, are to be immediately discharged;-- and in tl.e execution of this part of Lis Royal Highness's instruc tions, it is commanded, that no Serjeant or Coreeral be retained who is rot, in every respect, Et for service, and qealifiel for the active duties of a Non-commissione f Oliker, bur aLy Drummer who is not an able-bodied young man. " Surly of the Serjeants to be discharged as may be deemed de serving of the out-ev neon under the ptesert Regent's warrant, dated February 28, 1814, and such of the Corporals and Drum mers as may have a claim to the pension under the general Mi litia Laws, are to receive an advance of marching money, at one sheleig and ten pence per day, suffiaent to carry them to Lon don, reckoning ten miles a day's niarcii, wehotit halting days, a report thereof being made to the Agent, to whom the men will be further subsisted, according to thee respective rutit, until they can pass an exam nation before the Chelsea Board. Lads Non-cenunissioned Officer and Drummer who shall be di.c.ear get', and not recommended to the Citelo a pen-ion, net each Private Man who shall be di•embetelo.l, ix to b allowel o equal fourteen days pcy, reckoned from tt.e depot his disch..rpe se of disembodying; aisel het Rile' Highness is further phased to permit such Non-commissioned Officers and Men to take with him the clothing of the current year, and also their knatoacks. "'t'he Non-oonintimioned Officers and Drummers ref:emit on the dieembod.ed establishment are of course nut to receive the fourteen days bounty ; amid as the said Notecommissionel 02:- cers and Drummers are to wear tiler present clothing only well Christmas next, seeps will then be taken for ordering a rumple, supply of new clething for delivery on the 25th December, let 4. The clothing for each reek is to ccusist of a cap, cockade. fea ther or tuft, plate, and cap-mee, coat, waiteceat, a pair of breeches, .and a pair of military shoes. " Instructions will be given in due time as to the clothing for the privates of the disembodied establishment. Before the diseni bodying an exact muster is to be taken by the Regimental Pay meter of the several Companies of the Corps, anti all the quar ters be duly eicered, and special care taken that the accounts of the men be made up, and all their jest pretensions completely satisfied to the time of their being dismiesed. Care Is to be take is teat the arms, accoutrements, and great coats, for the number of men of which your Regiment is to consist, when disembodiete, be all collected, in order to be lodged in the manner directed by the Act above referred to. " Ihe Tents, and whatever arms you may have beyond dm • establishment, arc to be delivered to suck persons as the Board of Ordnance may appoint to receive them. The supernumerary accoutrements, and the great coats of the Non-commissioned Officers and Drummers to be discharged, as also those Dot wanted for the use of the privates of the disembodied establishment, to gether whh any set viceable camp necessaries that remain so the possession of the corps, are to be sent to such place as shall be pointed out by the Store-keeper General, to whom it ventories thereof should be sent; and the Commanding Offirer wall of . course be responsible that the arms are left in the best possible state. As all the absent Officers end men on leave have been ordered to juin before the day of disembodying, it is expected that the claims of every individual in the corps shell be finally settled by the Paymaster; but as some few cases may occur, and men may be unavoidably absent, the Paymaster is in such cases, and also in the cases of men who are necessarily absent from the corps, on account of . sickness, to send to the Agent a statement shewing thenames of the persons absent, the balaece due to each individual, and the stations at which they are to be found, in order that their claims may be sett:al upon their appli cation to/the Agent, without difficulty or delay. " he Paymaster is to send to the Superinteudants of Military Accompta an estimate of the sums that will be required on the present occasion, distinguishing the proportion for each head et service, and Li to give credit in his last pay list for the unclaimed effects of deceased men and deserters. " The allowances of Captains are to be issued only up to the day of disembodying. The Paymaster is to balance his tinal ace counts execey with the Agent, it being proposed that the charge of the pay, clothing. contingencies, and allowaoces to no duced Subalterns, &c. of the disembodied Mahe, shall is future be defrayed under the superintendence of this Office. The ap pointment of a Battalion Clerk will ant be revived; and the finances concerning the corps, when disembodied, Is to be ear ried on by the Paymaster, who is to be retained, as before me m. timed. Instructions sa to the transmission of estimates, and as to the mode of rendering the accounts of these services, will be given to the Paymaster with as little delay as possible. (SIB) " Patemaitsrost." " To Colonels of Regiments of Militia." PR it.:s OP s•rOCKs THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Reduced 66H—Cone. for sec. 70H-4 per t.. 1. 8414 Omelets, sit pre.—Bank Long Atlas. lit Slfitles Luke Beads, 4s. is pm—Exchequer lifb" •