The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-01-11 00:00:00

FOREIGN RELATIONS. --era— Extract from a pamphlet, entitled " Administration o 4 the Affairs of Great Britain, Ireland, sod their De pendencies, at the commencement of the year 1823. Stated and explained under the heads of Finance, National Resources, Foreign Relations; Colonic*. ~,....Irade anii_komenic areelmjmetration.' 'tt (Merida from yesterday's gaper With Anitrievand the German powers, the seine sir toosesf-amity mad 000lideace obtains. W. bans; am tiler diets, and their councils impose heavy, almost pro; 1 bititnry, duties upon certain articles Of 'English manu facture, and in aid, as they allege, of the industry of their own inbjects. If we have seen these laws without jealousy and remonstrance, it is because we have looked to our own trade with thesecountries ; and, finding the value of tiOrtOtal exports upwards of ten millions atm. ally,have found'enoogb, hi this state of things, to justify our confidence in the solid basis of our commerce. ' With Prussia', with the Netherlands, and with the northern Poweis'of Europe, whilst the relations of national amity cOetlnite uninterrupted, our commercial dealings are ex tending and improving. Notwithstanding the almOst total extinction of the corn end provision trade, our commerce with most of those et:mottles is increasing. With Prussia, • our trade has Merman' one-third, within the WI four years. Vi.kth Holland and Flanders it continues more stationary. The Dutch mist Netheslanders manufacture, like the French„ for themielves, and import colonial produce in their own ships. With. Sweden, our trade his been somewhat affected by its own domextle manufacture of iron, Ind has deelieed do that &tenant, aN we notertger takelith staple production di that country. But with Norway shd Denmark, since the repeal of thoweetimber duties, it is is a state of most ra pid advance, . . . With elli.serts of Europe we proceed upon the same sys tem. Wonestee lo,costuitercial terstlea, because such is ale lealowspirli of 00f own•tradercood manufacturers, tjiat they, aW pOt alloir:the ectiffealent concession upon widel; such trollies . 'can ilone.he handed. We are thus eorepelled.ha kradd eillithem audit. a system of reciprocal daties;• and par 'eOrismeree. where most friendly, can wily ffemreet6faifted opentotte footittg of our intercourse with the rehst aseetwed Petiole. 7.lf.Portegal be an exception to this system, upon the policy of the Methuen treaty, and artistic some ground df . compikini, that by the late high .duties upon woollen elotles,.ettelptsheen violating. the, spirit of that treaty, it ninst he remembered that the trade of Portugal is not properly comprehended withih out Enropeun system. — In vontradictonn to the police of Spain, and the other colonial powers of Europe, Portugal originally threw upon tar Brazils and South America to British wile.— 'Fhle trade; Indeed. now stands upon another fondue. Tele; perhaps, independent of the controol of the mo ther Cotner . It is ,now. perhaps (we are speaking of time Aflliftil) o . tradd thi free and open as the Wale with te Sioute Ainericen provinces. It no longer stands nponmconeeseion,and privilege. Bat we cannot, in jns• tjce, forget the friendly hand that first unbarred the gate. With Portugal. however, as far as regards com mercial dealings, we have sniue reasons for discontent Therillettmen treaty now exists for her 'seamier advan tage) The cottons 'and woollens of Great Britain will iittiseme command the' same snperiority in the Brazilian itim(rlM as le the markets of the United Sta:cs.lf we take Portuguese *inert at lower duties than French wince, it is so mach Conceded to Portugal. Her colonial pro duce., sager, coffee, itinacco, &C.ttett . admitted into !Ini tials poets upon equal rates With the colonial produce et (*reign natiur.s.. England, as a commercial country, Las no. very Particaler !won to demure any other leasirof 'trade , than , Ilimet• of perfect equality and reel proeite., • !, -•.••- . With the United States, as we have already shown, our romp erne Wit :Nutty mitalited; and our friendly relations with this pffteer eve net only confirmed, but ilxced upon a more Solid Haiti, by our late worm of pesigation laws and the rektt,4tion of our colonial trade. his. Ire trust, bas closed ,a entree of irritation and j ea-, lousy which long existed between the two 'conntries. Anumrien has now that trade between the British Weft, bid i emand her own 'Wei which she so long desired to poseese. She may now carry provleions and lumber th.ther direct, loiter own vied", ; and, without any fir il,;(otli navigation to time : Bermuda or Bahama Islands, clay trade directly with. the West Indies. This conces- Mon is, doubtless, attended with hardship to some of oar nm i ape colonies; hut a system of laws, founded on the higher interests of national policy, must not lie weak "ned•by too much tenderness for minute and partienlar interests. li t the treaty of ISI Iwe opened to America the parts of India, Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay, and • era thus rendered as free to commercial access as Lon ean; Liverpooland Glaigow. We have now permitted her to Mode with .minr * West India colonies upon the same eqnil and liberal footing. . • Oat nfiatior,mveith the South American provinces are equally favourable to the b. st interests of Brimish com merce and metioffieineelm. So far as the public law of Emrrope will show, hes 'Majesty's Ministers have removed !very Itopedimentcto the progress of this Intercourse. 1:t is almost net4l6 4 si to observe, in addressing ourselves to intelligent repliers, that, by the public law of Europe, one nation cannot, recognize the independence of the tevored colonies of another, unless one of two conditions of circumstances should occur. Either the mother country itself tuust have made some preliminary con cession, which May sott:len the inference that the rovereign GI shoat to admit, in fact, the independence of the provincei concerned; or the colonial indepenti- COW(' must be so firmly established, and must be fol lowed up by sncha system of regular government to an other form, as to render it matter of reason and coinmon sense. that all powers should recognize, in lowa, what so undeniably and so palpably exist in furl. It would be invidions to argue too mole the application of this principle to the actual stets of Spain slid her colonies. Suffice it to say, thatso far is Spain from havine made any preliminary hinceision.4tt filli war upon her part still continued. It is Ondenlahle that nearly all her South American States are independent, in fact ; but it can *morel be asserted that they have yet passed into any atee• regular, established, and permanent government. Under such circumstances, Ministers had no choice hut to adhere to their system of strict neutrality. Thee have done se in the most liberal construction of the term. Bribe new navigation laws, a direct trade is al lowed between England and the South American States. Two are treated in every respect as foreign friendly wallies. • Ministers have done every thing in their re/rote assist the British merchant and these colonies to their mutual intercourse. Formerly time trade be tween South America and Great Britain was carried on under the general system of the Navigation Act. Be the late statutes, that trade is permitted to be conducted either in ships of their own build; or, as they might want a commercial marine, in ships owned by the c:tlitsns of those provinces. To disembarrass and assist this trade, we have deviated somewhat widely from the letter end policy of the Navigation Act. Whilst Portu gal and the United States are only permitted to import the produce of America in vessels of the build of time country of production, owned and navigated by their own sitijects, his Majesty's Ministers, yielding to time necessities of the South American provinces, have been induced to extend the relaxation. and to legalize the flag of Old Spain in this new traffic between her colonies and Great Britain. Our commerce is already receiving the benefit of this encouragement. These provinces are annually becoming large markets for our manufactnres ; and if our own colonial policy shall gradually open, so as to allow us to admit their imports upona more unrestricted footing, there can be no doubt but that South America. as a commercial dealer with Great Britain, will gradually rival the markets of the United States. 'FN garb is *getter!! state of our fureinu relattie. n Vet thibeid of our foreign relations, our poi, ly been invariably directed towards the preservation o. the peace of Earm e, end the continuance of that equality sad just distribution of. power which w ere established b y tiirlete treaties, and nitwit compose the only ndequate means by which the general peace can he upholden. We heyeelways refused and discon ntenanced.any interference in the private corcerns of independent states; and have required proof of a very extreme condition of things, before we could be induced to admit that the internal excesses of one nation, and Nose excesses proceeding opon principles unquestionably anarchical, can pistil), an appeal to the couiusonwsalth of Erg*, to abate the civil disorders of a particular state as a general nal sauce. In the disputes between. Russia smiths Sublime Porte, we have sought at sacs to obtain peace, And 'to procure, thoio guarantees for the future safety of the Greek pro. vinces, which are consistent with the independence est. the Turkish Government, and with the indisputable, rights of the Sovereign over his own subjects. The maintenance of general peace is unquestionably the first and roost important of all our interests ; but whilst we have sought this object according to paramount conse quence, we have not a wierralsed the further obligations of. generosity, compassion, and Vittistian feeling to. , wards a people, of the same common faith as ourselves.— , fp be struggles which have agitated Pumps both in the . , East and the West, our poiicy has been cautions , bit assally and decisive.. We have been neutral, but not in different; impartial, but not insensible. Wei have been desirous to see the same free institoilaris, the amiss quickening spirit of liberty and civil policy, nottrlihing and spreading in every other country as well as in Great. Britain; being satisfied lb* the prosperity, freedom, and the due statioe of the several kingdom, and coin enmities of Europe can affect England with no feelings of jealousy or envy. The eminent services and just influence of an illustri ous chief, at the late Congress of Verona, will, perhaps, be more impartially appreciated by posterity than by the present generation. Ile has, possibly, repeated in the Cabinet and Council what he hail before achieved by his sword. Possibly, it may be °Ring to him, and to him almost only, that the country, which his unconquerable salons and consummate prudence have once already de fended, is saved from again becoming the theatre of warfare, upon which the late miseries of Europe might be renewed. Such is the state of oar affairs under the general heads in which it has been attempted to examine them, and such are the prospects with which we commence a new year. Upon the general questions of domestic policy which are likely to agitate Parliament i n the ensuing Sessions, it would be premature to give an opinion. But even in this stage, however numerous the candidates, and however brilliant the prizes, it is obvious that public opinion has intelligibly pronounced the principles upon which they are to be awarded and distributed. No party of men can justly hope for the confidence of the people of England, to whom its honour and public :faith are matters of indifference. No person can expect the high trust and confidence of the public, who are accustomed to deride and undervalue the obligations of the State. His Majesty could' scarcely be recommended to take those persons into his councils who are either lukewarm io their affections to their establishments which entrench and support his crown, or who, in these cases in which they can express a public opinion, treat them rather as objects/I Osiris the people are cheated and deluded, than as administering to their happiness and honour, to their conr.dation in life, and their refuge in death. ProfiTto, magma fat eorum irsipientiu. qui itnperiurs alit, mode comilatuni a tiliu construandurn car:hoard. tiItEEUE. • • • asx.A.c.sp. OE A USITIN fIION AN OFFICIO IN TIIS , 1104UADRON ACTING IN THI AIEDITANNINZAN. " We have had but little to amuse ourselves In this 'net -of the world, except to esecrt an loolan boat, in October last, from Cephalonia to Patras ; on our ar rival, the Captain immediately sent ashore for the Bri tish Consul, Mr. green, but he was absent: the Vice- Consul came on boon'', to whoni Captain Jervolse gave orders to precure for him an interview with the P.a., al he had communications to make to him from the loniau ilovernme it, touching a breach of neutrality, and which interview the Captain said should be matte half ..way from any point he might point out. The Vice Con sul went on shore, and returned with an answer, that as it was then late, the Pacha could not grant an interview till nine o'clock next morning, and appointed the place of assembling under a large tree. We sere there at nine,lbut no Pacha making his appearance, we returned iillnietliately on board. Some time after, a boat came off to say the Paella was waiting at the appointed place: after keeping his Highness a little in suspense, we went to the place appointed, and found him seated on a blue cushion under the tree, with his pipe. After providing us with chairs (a scarce article), see were seated, and the overture began with handing us coffee. The Captain then commenced by inquiring why a party of troops of the Ottoman Porte hail been sent on board a neutral vessel belonging to an lonian subject. The Pacha gave a satisfactory reply by stating, that through the ill health of one of his officers, a p-tss had been granted him to proceed to his friends at Prevesa, and to obtain a pas sage in what manner he could. Of this pass seven more had availed themselves, and agreed with an lonian boat for a large sum of looney, to convey them to Prevesa. Another lonian boat meeting them, conveyed them to Cephalonia for a breach of neutrality, where the vessel was condemned, and all hands placed in the Lazaretto, and the master severely fined. The Turks being brought to the Pacha, he was highly pleased, as deser tion bring very frequent, he was determined to punish it see -rely, so that err this they are with Mahomet, or fell from their passage across the silver web; the brae( here being, that after death they cross a passage on a silver web, and he whose sins bear too heavg.pu ago web, breaks through, and instead of reaching Paradise, goes to Purgatory. it The Turks certainly deserve commissetation, for at this time in the Alarm they are greatly in want of pro visions; a pound of bread, if to be got, sells for half a dollar. We, having settled our business about the neutral ity, as also of their firing into the Chanticleer, returned on hoard, and the Turks retired to their castle of this, now in a miserable state, garrisoned by only 400 Turks. " The cause of the Turks is very unfavourable, all their troops being in the city of Corinth, about 90 mike distant from ns, surrounded by the Greeks, and in the greatest distress for provisions, of which the °reeks have an abundant supply. Acts of the greatest cruelty are constantly practised; not long since four Creeks bad each a stake driven throug:t his body—they lingered four days ! for this, as many 'f urks were instantly served the came. Corinth is surroui.ded by dead bodies, in every state of pntrefaction, from the one that fell yesterday, to the first at the commencement of the war fare. •• Twenty thousand Turks are now in Albania to force the isthmus of Corinth, which is strongly guarded ht• the Greeks ; should they succeed, the carnage will be dreadful. •• We arrived at Coron in the night, and went on shore in the morning to witness most appalling sights; of 20014 houses, not one was left standing; what has become of the on:ortnnate inhabitants it is impossible to say —some to slavery—some massacred—others doom ed to worse than death ;—this is the fourth town I have STA TESI " On the fat of November, the Captain had an inter .view with the Bey, and delivered his !Wets from Sir Thomas Maitland, demanding a number of pirates who had been pillaging and -mterdering. The Her mplied. he was qnite indignant at the sobjeet—intleesi, his men weie AO divided, he said, and ki llefl by the Oreteks in am• bush, that he could scarce account for his siee.- 7 11,0 inquiry, it was the • ease, they should be punished , and restitution made; but •he would not con sent to give them op. He 'moires!, 'IV Ally of the British subjeeti wire to commit acts of piracy, whether the King of England would deliver them up ? Upon being answered in the negative, he said- how can von expect the Porte will deliver these men up to you ? if the crime is proved. they shall•be puniabed for this breach of the laws of nations by nor own laws. During this service several of our mon were placed around with glasses,fearfal of an impetuous attack from the Greeks, who succeed In this kind of warfare and spare no one.— The day before they killed six men, and wounded two, at the distance they were then from the Castle. Having c domptete thla affair, the Bey, denying all knoiiiedge of tle bast °ciao, el vo retarget° Coifs." ;traction i• percci, _• • . PRICE OP STOCKS TIII9 DAY AT ONE treI t OCK.. Bank Stock .9461 India Stock ...... .• • • S per Ct. Red ....: .. It; Ditto Bonds 405..41s &I s. t oper Ct. Cons .79 South Sea Stock ... .. S9ll Ei per Ct. 6 per Cents. New Fowl 6 per Ct. 1797. • ' —a.--3001. s. 10s 12s m. Long Atm . . .... 291 7-10 --'----Small IDS We pd 2 Imp. 3 per Ct.. AO Lets. 6 per Cebts t ot te ryTickets....27l. 195.. . . • • ___ • . Zit *taiifonan.._ SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1823. TO THE YEOMEN OF THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK. Uphesbxad, 10th Jan. 1923. ONNTLESISN—The date of this letter demands some apology from roe to you. It was the wish of many of you, and it was my most anxious wish, that 1 should go as soon as possible (and before Parliament meet) to visit several market 'towns in yont vitality. 1 was strongly pressed to do the like in Suffolk ; and 1 have also been requested to do it in Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, and in Northamptonshire and Hert fordshire. Lest it should appear to be idleness or caprice that has brought me down so quickly amongst these North Hampshire hills a;; :in ; lest you should think that 1 had gone away, at this important moment, from the scene which ought to he the most interesting to me, think it necessary to state to yon, that at the cic4e of the last Session of Parliament, 1 formed a resolution, to finish, if possible, daring the prorogation, a work which 1 bad long had in hand, and which, if not finished now, would, in all probability, never be finished at all.— This Is a grammar for the teaching of English peopl e the French language. During the rural rides of the last fall, 1 have brought this work almost to a conclusion.— I almost see land ; end 1 am extremely anxious to com• pieta my undertaking; so that, 1 may, in future, have nothing to think shoat but those great and important public matters, to take part in which, and to Jo my ut. moat with r►gard to which, is now really become a duty to which 1 am bound.---I thought this explanation necessary lest you shonlil ascribe to some whimsical motive my absence from the Eastern counties wh►n my presence might be of much utility there. To . . do in London that which I have to do is impossible. The smoke and botheration of the Wan are obsoletely des tructive of those faculties ; or, at least, they suspend those faculties, the application of nhich, and the strict application of them, to are necessary to the perform once, in a proper manner, of the above-mentioned task Having stated these circumstances, I have now to point out for your observation, a Letter which has appeared in the Morning . , Chronicle of yesterday, signed T. S. NOR., OATS, Heihertett, Norfolk, Jan. 7, 1823.—Gentlemen, there is nothing better calculated to excite contempt than shapng; especially when the shufEing has been pro duced by the threats and bullying of other parties.— This Mr. Norgate says that be was one cf the committee, who drew up the resolutions, and that the resolution which scmaks of the reduction of the interest of the Debt, dial not mean, in fact, any reduction of the interest at all ; for the gentlemen says that what the resolution meant was, that the whole of the interest should continue to be paid; and that what was meant here by redaction of Debt was, that this interest should be made less in time by a Sinking Fund, which would reduce the capital of the Debt; so that what Mr. Coke meant, and what Mr. Glover meant, and what this Gentleman meant was, that the whole of the debt should be paid either in principle or in interest ; and that there should be no dimanition of it at all by law ! I will not call this a wilful falsehood, gentlemen. 1 will give it co name whatever. I do not know Mr. Norgate. You do• Call his shuffling letter by what. name you please. Bat, as to what Mr. Coke meant, the Morning. Chronicle very justly observes that Mr. Coke's speech " hardly , seems to warrant a belief in his not nnderstanding the resolution as we understood it." Mr. Coke, as many of you can testify, took the resolutions, one by one ; ex pressed his decided approbation of each ; and called upon the meeting to approve of those resolutions by its vote. Now, what did the fourth resolution say? Why, this—That the county saw no hope of relief,'• without " such a reduction of the National Pebt as is required "by the present circumstances of the country, and by " the imperative claims of public justice." How Mr. Wedehouse nndcrstned it is clear enough from what he said. But how is the country to be relieved ; how are the landlords and farmers to be eascd by a reduction of the Debt, if they are to pay off the whole of the debt. How are they to he relieved,by any measure of this sort unless there is to he a deduction from the claims of the fuadholders. In short, it is manifest that Mr. Nor gate has, by the boisterous newspapers been bellied into the making of this shuffle. But how stand al e . Wndebouse and Mr. Western as to this mat ter? Mr. Western calls upon the landowners to join him in his efforts to prevent the fundholder from diiving them from their country seats, and appropriating those seats to himself. Mr. Western explicitly says, that be is for taking away a considerable part of what t ' • the funiiholder now receives. And Mr. Wodebouse say that he agrees with Mr. Western; Lord Stourton (Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire, I believe) calls upon the Prime Minister to protect the land against the claims of the landholder. And whet do you pray for, gentlemen. in your petition ? Why, like sensible and jest men, you pray for an" equitable adjustment with regard to the •• publiccretlitor nit you do not pray even Li this, unaccompanied with a cessation of the enormous ease- _ laments of the *Hadar families ind for an glaciation of all the crown Inds and a part of the church lands to the liquidation of the debt. Let Attars Annie; reef prayer is distinct; nobody will attempt to misinterproi that ; you have nothing to ten-say. You have only to stand where you are, and you will soon see the whole of the kingdom with you. 7 7! I am, gentlemen, your most obedient, And most bumble sermon__ Wu. Cliollllli liCl EXCIANG6, HALP•I'AST TWELVE. 11'41.—. Is the early part of the morning the Market appeared rather gloorhy p ,. and scarely any business was doing. Opiates. are ettU fluctuating in regard to war between Fastened Spain; and will continue so until orgocie., floe ll' terinleafed. Consols opened this morning at BO& sad, ta l this hour remain steady at that sprite. The meeting of the Colombian Stock holders Mitet piste at 'ono °Tim" . ;:after which it is iniagieid. the decisioe' will operate on the Colombian Bonds. —The Esp from Paris this morning have brough• the printed price of the French Funds 87, 5, but they left Mt at 57,'36 rents. We do not hear the the Papers bring any political information of import ance. FOtEIGN FUNDL—The most business doing this morn- ing was in Spanish and Colombian Bends, but not to say great extent, as the holders of Colombia are waiting the is sue of the meeting thin day. New Fpanish opened at 4i/it° I, since which they Wave got better. Chill, 73/ to I—Now Spanish, 491 to 30-01 d, 331 to 60 —New Preemies, lift} div.—Old, 854—Russian, 81—Tha. nish, SO—Neapotkae Strip. 77--Colomblan, 00 tt 61— Spanish Scrip In to 10.tlie. Paris papers to the 9th inst. have arrived, bit Al hare brought no intelligence of importance. The Jou:- nal de Paris which bad copied an article front that of Toulouse, announcing the taking of it tiaguer byt corps of the Army of Faith, having subsequently recei red com• monications from a correspondent at Perpigone, who is s il en t res p e cting it, now considers the statdetent unfound ed. The let of January had been:appointed b . the Cortes of Spain, the day for conferring honoureon the brave defenders of Public Liberty, on the 7th of July. San Martin and Morillo are not to obtain those hononriosed their exclusion gave rise to a %. arm discmsion. FRITCII FUNDS, J. B.—Five per Cent. NNW' opened at 871. 70c.; closed at p7l. 3.sc.—Bank Stock. 15-17 f. 50c.—Neapolitan Stock ;IL—Spanish Bonds, of 1829, 61 to 60 ; of 1821, 50.—Exchange on London, one month, 25f, 39c. ; three months, 25f. Isc. Mr. Secretary Peel is come to London. Yesterday, the Right lion. Gentleman transacted business at the How• Department. We 'understand that Mr. Baekhonse, wbo pro reot• pore filled the situation of Under Secretary of State at the Foreign Office, daring Lord Chinnillism's absence , at the Congress of Verona, is to proceed to indla with Lord Amherst, For the present we beiieve Lord Clan willintu retires to private life, the lion. Mr. Hill, one Envoy at Turin, having declined to accept of the situa tion which has been bestowed on Lord Francis Conyng ham : and there bring no appointment belonging to the Foreign department. in consequence of that refusal, immediately vacant which would snit his Lordship. it is remarked at the west end of the town, that few stronger proofs of the ascendency of a crrtaih Noble Family, or of the manner in which political affa'r% are managed in this country, could be given than that Mr. Canning should, in the selection of an Under Secre tary of State, pass over all his own relatives and con flexions, to confer the office on a young nobleman who has hitherto been a stranger to Wm.—(ion/iv paper.) German papers to the 4th kat. have brought an ar ticle from the Banks of the Danube, which says, that a Plenipotentiary is about to be sent. to Constantinople, who, without appearing as an Ambassador or as in the service of Itussia, shall endeavour to preserve peace with the Pore. This Eitloy i to represent the Cop ts. Baron Libeizellen, the Ana ri.o Awhaas d r, is pr - posed for the purpose. Iha sari e a till!! 043 mentions that an alliance has heel finned betwe, n itussia, Great Britain, and the great European Power', though cf what na.ure, or fur what purpose, is not stated. Rus sia, it is said, will, in the meantime, continue her mili tary preparations, as the best means of giving weight to her negociations. hr Greek flotilla is about to enter the Dardanelles; the Turkish fleet is now at Gallipoli, and they intend to take advatitage of its absence to at- . tack Chios and other islands where there are Turkish garrisons. We have seen a letter dated from Kingston (Jamaica). November 18, which comments aid) strung—and, if the allegations art correct, with just—indigos ion 03 the recent conduct of !Mealy% the Spanish General, at the taking of [Maracaibo. a port on the Spanish Main, le - hanging to the itepeithe of Columbia. This place had been fixed on by the foreign merchants in general, but particularly the Naglish, as a magazine for the deposit of goods suited to the traffic with the interior, which oat expected to be very consideralole. It appeals that at the period of the cepture, wide:, took place early in September,the English merm'ants resident in Maracaibo,. made application to she Spanish Commander to learn what course of proceeding was meditated with respect to them, and received through the medium of the Cap tain of a British frigate, then in the port, general assur ances that they would not be molrsreil. Soon after be was fully established in the possession of the place, Morales, whose chief objet, in the whole expedition seems to have been plunder, subjected them to frequent annoyances, and at length, on smue vague pretence of a violation of his blochaue of the coast by a British mei.• chant vessel, contisea•ei and seized upon the whole cf their property. and ordered them to leave Maracaibo immediately. This arbitrary command was carried into effect, and the greater part of the English merchants settled there, or consignees for mercantile houses in this country, with their families, had arrived in Kingston. , warm remonstrance on this subject will be presented. we understand, to the British Governmest.—(Morning Paper.) A bird called the little bustard. or otisteiras of Lie nous, rarely ever seen in this country, and said to be a very great delicacy, was shot last week on Nailsea Moor, near Bristol. ' A private letter from Cork says, that during the. ' Christmas holidays the best tnrkey.s in that miticet have , been soki at Is. lid. each, and- efi eAts of meat prepor , tionably cheep. • • • • • 'V Co oh th Li r„