The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-01-04 00:00:00

Pr" - - • AMERICAN PAPERS. --•iM...-- THE PRESIDENT'S 1111¢11111011; • FELLOW CITILINS 01 THE SENATE AND Muss OP RI. PIItsENTATIVIII.—Mady causes unite to make your pre sent meeting peculiarly interesting to nor constituents. The operatten of wit h he on the various subjects to —mitt& they apply, with the amendments which they oc cardetwilly require, imposes annually an important duty on the representatives of a free people. Our system has ' happily advanced to such maturity, that lam not aware 'that your cares in that respect will be augmented. Other canoes exist, which are highly interesting to the whole civilised world, and to no portion of it more so, in cer• fain views, than to the United States. Of these causes, and of their bearing on the interests of oar Union, 1 shall communicate the sentiments which I have formed With that freedom which a sense of duty dictates. It is proper, however, to invite your attention, in the firm • itsstauce, to those concerns respecting which heslatiie provision is thought to be particularly urgent. On the 24th of June last, a convention of navigation and efinsuierce was concluded in this city, between fuss • United States and France, by Ministers duly authorized for the purpose. The sanction ofthe executive having been given to this convention under a conviction that, • taking alias stipulations into view, it rested essentially ono basis of reciprocal and equal advantage, I deemed it my duty, in compliance with the authority vested in • the executive by the second section of the Act of the ' last Selehre, of the 6th of May, concerning navigation, ' to suepeod,by proclamation, until the end of the next ' tesekta of Congress, the operation of the Act entitled - ".An Act to impose a new tonnage duty on French ships and vessels, and for other purposes," and to sus • •reol, likewise, all other duties on French vessels, or the •* goods imported in them, which exceeded the duties on ' American vessels, and on similar goods imported in them. I shall submit this convention forthwith to the • Senate for its advice and consent as to the ratification. ' Since your last session, the prohibition which had been imposed on the commerce between the United ' States and the British Colonies in the West I ndies,'and on this continent, has likewise been removed. Satis factory evidence having been adduced that the ports of those colonies had been opened to the vessels of the United States by an act of the British Parliament, bear. inc date on the 24th ofJune last, on the conditions see c:ded therein, I deemed it proper, in compliance with the prevision of the first section of the act of the last session Above recited, to declare, by proclamation, bearing date ''on the Dlth of August last, that the ports of the United Stales 'should thenceforward, and until the end of the .iiseirt session of Congress, be open to the vessels of Great z • Britain employed in that trade, under the limitation spe cified in that proclamation. • A doubt was entertained whether the ar' of Congress ' applied to the British colonies on this continent, as well as to those in the West Indies ; but as the act of Pasha ' mein 'Opened the intercourse equally with both, and it ' watills‘ manifest intention of Congress, as well as the obvious policy of the United States, that the provisions, : • of the set of Parliament should be met, in equal extent, On the pert of the United States, and as also the act of • Cottlirem that was supposed to vest in the President souse ' distretino -in the execution of it, I thought it advisable to give it a corresponding construction. Should the constitutional sanction of the Senate be riven to the ratification of the convention with France, . legislative provision will be necessary to carry it fully inrd Offeet,'as It likewise will be to continue in force, on such conditions is int& be deemed just and proper, the , inter:onise which has been opened between the United Stat.ea sod the British colonies. Every light in the pea • sessfen of the Executive will, in due time, be commuoi cated on both subjects. • Resting essentially on a basis of reciprocal and equal ' advents'', it hat been the object of the Executive, is transactions with other Powers, to meet the propositions • of each With a liberal apart, believing that thereby the ' Interest of our country would lie most effectually pro ' tested. Ibis course has been systematically pursued in • the tate occurrences with France and Great:Britain, and 'in sirleloccord with the views of the legishitare. A confi.tent hope is entertained, that, by the arraptement thus commenced with each, all differences respecting na vigation and commerce with the dominions in question, will be - adjusted, add a solid foundation be laid for an active and permanent intercourse, which will prove equally advantageous to both parties. • The theislos of his Imperial iil..jesty the Emperor of Rosen. on the, question submitted to him by the United • Staret 'aisd Great Britain, concerning the construction of the Silt article of the treaty of Ghent, has been received. • A 'eoliedlion has since been concluded between the par ties,. cedar the, wediation of his Imperial Majesty, to . p 'lteiibe Os; mode by which that article shall he car t Inferifect; in conformity with that decision. I • a Illsubmit this, convention to the Senate for its advice ' a 'eenselnt, as to the ratification, and, if obtained, shall ' • lAutiAllately bring the subject before Congress, for such • rivelaisns as may require the interposition of the legis . e . lature. . -- 4 In cornpliatiee'With an act of the last aession, a terti• ..,t..jatorial Government has been established in Florida on 740•Irthe principles of orir system. By this act, the inhabit ants are secured in the fall enjoyment of their rights • and liberties, and to admission Into the Union, with equal partlcipitiou in the Government with the original States, on the condition heretofore prescribed to other territo • ries. By a clause in the ninth article of the treaty with ' Spiin; by 'Which that territory was ceded to the United Stales, it 4 stipulated that satisfaction shall be made for tliti• inku'ir'4l;ir 417; *M . A, by protest of law, shall be established to beech..liftoff :red by the Spanis h 'Mier', • and individgal Spanish inhabitants, by . the late opera tions of our troops in Florida. No provision having yet been made to carry that stipulation into effect, it is sub mitted to the consideration of the Congress, whether It • • will not be proper to vest the competent power in the • district court at Pensacola, or in some tribunal to be sperially organized for the purpose. The fiscal opera intut of the year have been more successful • than had been anticipated at the commencement of the last session of Congress. • The receipts Into the Treasury, during the three first • 'quarters of the year, have exceeded the sum of 14,745,006 dollars. The payments made at the Treasury daring the sense period have exceeded 12,279,000 dollars ; leaving in the Treawary, on the 30th day of September last, (including 1.168.592. dollars and 24 cents, which were in the Treasury on the Ist day df January last) a sum exceeding 4,1 . 23,000 dollars. Besides dischartiag all demands for the current service of the year, including the interest and reinibursemeot of the public debt, the six per cent. stuck of 1796, amounting to 110,000 dollars, has been redeemed. It is estimated that, after defraying the current expenses of the present quarter, and redeeming the two millions of six percent. stock of 1820, there will remain in the Treasury, on the Ist day of January next, nearly 3,000,000 of dollars. It is estimated that the gross amount of duties which have been secured, from the Ist of January to the 30th of September last, has exceeded 19.400,000 &hes, and the amount for-the whole year will probably not fall allot of 23,040,000 of dollars. Of the actual force is service under the present military establishment, the pelts at which it is stationed, and the condition of'each post, a teport from the Secretary of War, Nillich is now communicated, will give a distinct idea. By like reports the state of the Academy at West Point will be seen, as well as the progress which has been made in the fortifications along the coast, and at the national armories and arwools. The position on the Red River, and that at the Sault of St. Mane, are the only new posts that have been taken. These posts, with those already occupied iu the interior, are thought to be well adapted to the protection of our frontiers. All the force not placed in the garrisons along Fr ; THE_STATESI , - e • . the coast, and he the minium' Opals, Wild ihrliorilme necessary there, is plated ea the ate) frontiers- . • •. Melt The orgaillsallea of the several meld eeseposing the is such as to admit its expansion to a great extent, In ease l of emergency, the officers carrying with them all the light which they possess to the ne* torpli to which they might{ be appointed. • . With the organization of the staff, there is equal cause to be satisfied. By the emeeentration of every branch, with itsl chief in this city, in the presence of the department, and with a grade in the chief military station, to keep alive and che rish a military spirit, the greatest promptitude in the execu tion of orders, with the greatest economy and efficiency, are secured. The same vlew is taken of the Military Academy. Good order is preserved in it, and the youth are well in structed in every science connected with the great objects of the institution. They are also well trained and disciplined in the practical parts of the profession. It has always been foutnidifficult to control the ardour inseparable from that early age, in such manner as to give it a proper direction. The rights of manhood are too often claimed ; prematurely, iu pressing which too far, the respect which is due to age, and the obedience necessary to a course of study and instruction, in every such institution, are sometimes lust sight of. The great object to be accomplished is the restraint of that ar dour, by such wise regulations and government, as, by di recting all the energies of the youthful mind to the attain ment of useful knowledge, will keep it within a just subordi nation, and at the same time elevate it to the highest pur poses. This object seems to he essentially obtained in this institution, and with great advantage to the Uition. The Military Academy forms the basis in regard to science, ou which the military establishment rests. It furnishes an nually, after due examination, and on the report of the aca demic staff, tunny well-informed youths, to fill the vacancies which occur in the several corps of the army ; whik Olken, who retiee to private life carry with them such attainments as, under the right reserved to the several states to appoint the officers, and to train the militia, will enable thew, by affording a wider field for selection, to promote the great object of the power vested in Congress, of providing for the organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia. Thus, by the mutual and harmonious co-operation of the two Covers mews in die execution of a power divided between them, an object always to be cherished, the attainment of a great re sult on which our liberties may depend, catmot fail to be secured. I have to add, that in proportion as our regular force its small, should the instruction and discipline of the militia, the great resource on which we rely, be pushed to the utmost extent that circumstances will admit. A report from the Secretary Of the Navy will commtmi cute the progress which has been made in the construction of vessels of war, with other interesting details, respecting the actual state of the affairs of that department. It has been found necessary for the protection of oar commerce to maintain the usual squadrons on the Mediterranean, the Pacific, and along the Atlantic coast, exteading the cruises' of the latter into the West Indies, where piracy, organised into a system, has preyed ow the commerce of every errantry trading thither. A cruise has also been maintained on the coast of Africa, when the season would permit, for the sup pression of the slave trade; and orders have been given to the commanders of all oar public ships go seize our own vessels, should they find any engaged in that trade, and to bring them in for adjudication. In the IVest Indies piracy is of recent date, which may explaiu the cause why other Powers have not combined against it. By the documents commenicated, It will be seen that the efforts of the United States to suppress it have had a very salutary effect. The benevolent provision of the Act, under which the protection has been extended alike to the commerce of other nations, cannot fail to be duly appreciated by them., In compliance with the act of the-laet Session, entitled, " An Act to abolish the United States' Trading Establish mente," agents were immediately appointed and instructed under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury., to close the business of the trading-houses &mode e Indian ;i l l tribes, and to settle the accounts of the factors anb-fac- tors engaged in that trade, a• dto execute, le Giber re spects, the in unctions of that Act, in the mode cribed therein. A final report of their proceedings shaU be com municated to Congress as mien as it is received. It is with great regret I have to state that a serious ma lady has deprived ms of many valuable citizens of Pensa cola, and checked the progress of some of Usa g e arrange ments which are important to the Territory... ,This effect has been sensibly felt with respect to the Indians who in habit that territory, consisting of the remnants of several tribes who occupy the middle ground between St. Augus tine and Pensacola, with extensive claims, but unde fi ned boundaries. Although peace is preserved with these In diana, yet their position and claims tend essentially to in terrupt the intercourse between the eastern and western parts of the territory on which our inhabitants are princi pally settled. It is essential to the growth and prosperity of the territory, as well as to the intercourse of the union, that these Indians shonld be removed, by special compact with them, to some other position, or concentrated within narrower limits where they are. With the limited means in the power of the Executive, instsuctions were !riven to the Governor to accomplish this object, so far as it might be practicable, which was prevented by the distressing malady referred to. To carry it fully into effect In either mode, additional funds will be necessary, to the provision of which the powers of Congress alone are competent. With a view of such provision as may be deemed proper, the subject is submitted to your consideration, and in the interim further proceedings are suspended. It appeared that so much of the act, entitled "An act regulating the staff of the army," which passed on the lith April 1818, as relates to the commissariat, will expire in April next, and the practical operation of that department having evinced Its great utility, the propriety of its renewal is submitted to your consideration. The view which has been taken of the probable produc tiveness of the lead mines, connected with the importance of the material to the public defence, makes it expedient that they should be minutia with peculiar care. It is therefore suggested whether it will not comport with the public interest to provide by law for the appointment of an agent skilled in mineralogy to superintend them, under the direction of the proper department. It is understood that the Cumberland Road, which was constructed at a great expense, has already suffered from the want of that regular superintendence, and of those re pairs which are indispensable to the preservation of such a wo r k. This road is of incalcalsble advantage in facilitating the intercourse between the Western end Atlantic States. Through it, the whole country, from die northern extremity of Lake Erie to the Mississippi, and from all the waters which empty into each, finds an easy' and direct communi cation to the seat of government, and thence to the Atlan tic. The facility which it affords to all military and com mercial operations, and also to those of the post-office de partment, cannot be estimated too highly. This great work is likewise an ornament, and an honour to the nation. Be lieving that a competent power to adopt and execute a system of internal improvement has not been granted to Congress, but that such a power, confined to great national purposes, and with proper limitations would be productive of eminent advantages to our Union, I have thought it ad visable that an amendment of the Constitution, to that effect, shoold be recommended to the several states. A bill which assumed the right to adopt and execute such a system having been presented for ray signature, at the last session, I was compelled, from the view which I had taken of the powers of the General Government, to negative it, on which occasion I thought it proper to communicate the sentiments which I had formed, on mature consideration, on the whole subject. To that communication, in all the views in which the great interest to which it relates may be supposed to merit your attention, I have now to refer. Should Congress, however, deem it improper to recommend such an amendment, they have, according to my judgment, the right to keep the road in repair, by providing for the superintendence of it, and appropriating the money necessary fur repairs. Surely, it they had the right to appropriate money to make the road, they have a right to appropriate it to preserve the road from ruin. From the exercise of this power no danger is to he apprehended. Under our happy system, the people are the sole and ex clusive fountain of power. Each government originates from them, and to them alone, each to its proper consti tuenu, are they respectively and solely responsible, fur the faithful disiharge of their duties, within their consti tutional limits : and that the people will confine their pub lic agents, of every station, to the strict line of their eon- • • stitglianal duties, there is no cane to doubt. Has onanminicated my sentiments to Congress, Rex irrelessilin, fit*, in the document to which I have ne respecting the right of appropriation as distinct (rem ;he right of jurisdiction and sovereignty over the territory in question, I deem it improper to enlarge on [M! 'satinet here. From the best information that I have been able to obtain, it appears that onr manufactures, though de p ressed mediately after the peace, have considerably increa sed, and are still increasing, under the encouragement given them by the tariff of 1816, and by subsequent laws. Si: . lisfied I am, whatever may be the abstract doctrine is, fitrAur of unrestricted commerce, provided all nations' .woOligd concur in it, and it was not liable to be interrupted, by war, which has never occurred, and cannot be expecttii, that there are other strong reasons applicable to our situa tion tied relations with other countries, which impose on • as the obligation to cherish and sustain our manufactures. Satisfied, however I likewise am, that the interest of every part of one Union, even of those most benefitted by manufactures, requires that this subject should be touched with the greatest caution, and a critical knowledge of the affect to he produced by the slightest change. On full consideration of the subject, in all its relations, I am per suaded, that a further augmentation may now be made of dm duties on certain foreign articles, in favour of our own, and without affecting, injuriously, any other interest. For pore precise details, I refer vou to the communications which were made to Congress 'during the last session. So great was the amount of accounts for monies advanced during the late war, in addition to others of a previous date, which in the regular operations of the Government necessa rilly remained unsettled, that it required a considerable length of time for their adjustment. By a report from the First Comptroller of the Treasury, it appears that, on the 4th of March, 1817, the accounts then unsettle.) aumanted to 103,068,876 dollars 41 cults. of which, on the 30th of September of the present year, 93,173,300 dollars and *0 cents. had been settied ; leaving on tlu..t day a balance un settled of 0,893,479 dollars iii cents. That there have been drawn from the Treasury, in paying the public debt, and sustaining the Government in all its operations nod disburse ments, since the 4th of March, ISI7, 157,199,N0 dollars and 06 cents. the accounts for which have been settled to the amount of 137,301,4.31 dollars and 12 cents. leaving a .balance unsettled of 10,697,9 P)) dollars and 84 cents. For precise details respecting each of these balances. I refer to the report of the Comptroller, and the documents which accompany it. From this slew, it appears that our commercial differences. with France and Great Britain bare been placed in a train of amicable arrangement, on conditions fair and honourable, in, both instances, to each party; that our finances are in a 'very productive state, our revenue bring at present fully• competent to all the demands upon it ; that our military force la well organised in all its branches, and capable of render-' ing the moat important service, in case of emergency, IMO its number will admit of; that due progress has been made, : under existing appropriations, in the construction of fortifies-, ._lions, and in tho• operation of the ordnance department; -._lions, that due progress has, in like manner, been made in the construction of ships of war; that our navy is in the best condition, felt and respected iu every sea in which it is em ployed for the protection of our commerce; that our manu factures have augmented in amount, and improved in qualiq ;• !that great progress has been made in the settlement of at-- counts, and in recovery of the balances due to inkivideale ; and that the ut:nost economy is secured and obss•rved iu every department of the administration. s • • Other objects will likewise stains your attentieet.ingrasli n ! 1 the station which the United States hold, as a sambirl of the great community of nations, they have rights u tai maintain, duties to perform, and dangers to encounter. , ! A strong hope was entertained that peace would, era Ns. have been muddled between Spain and the independiAn Governments south of the United States in this hemisPhire. Long experience having evinced the competency of tinge Governments to maintain the independence which they had • edited, it was presumed that the mausideratioas which la- Ahmed their recognition by the United Sates, would We had equal weight with other powers ; and that Spain yielding to those magnanimous feelings of which het Money furnishes so many examples, would have terminated. on that basis, a controversy so unavailing, and at the same time so destructive. We still cherish the hope that the result will not long be postponed. Sustaining oar neutral position. and allowing to each 'tarty, while the ear continues, equal rights, It is incumbiet on the United States to claim of each, with equal rigour, the faith ful observance of our rights, according to the well-known law of nations. From each, therefore, a like co-operation is expected in the suppression of the piratical practice wl.ich has grown out of this war, and of blockades of extensive coasts on both seas, which. considering the small force em ployed to sustain them, have not the slightest foundation 141 rest on. Europe is still unsettled; and although the war, long .me naced between Russia and Turkey, has not broken out, there is no certainty that the differences between those Powers will be amicably adjusted. It is impossible to look to the oppressions of the country, respecting which those differ eaves arose, without being deeply affected. The mention of Greece tills the mind with the most exalted sentiments, and arouses in our bosoms the best feelings of which our nature is susseptible. Superior skill and refinement in the arts. heroic gallantry in action, disinterested patriotism, enthu siastic zeal and devotion in favour of public and personal liberty, are associated with our recollections of ancient, Greece. That seeli a country should have been overwhelmed, and so long hitideri, as it were, from the world, under a gloomy despotism, has been a cause of unceasing and deep regret to generous minds for ages past. It was natural. therefore, that the to-appearance of those people in their original cha racter, contending in favour of their liberties, should pro doee that great excitemeut and sympathy In their favour, which have been so signally displayed throughout the United States. A strong hope is entertained that these people will recover their independence, and resume their equal station among the nations of the earth. - A great effort has been made in Spain and Portugal to improve the condition of the people, and it must be vilely'. consoling to all benevolent minds to see the extraordinary moderation with which it has been conducted. That it may promote the happiness of both nations, is the nrdeot wish of this whole people, to the expression of which we confine ourselves; for, whatever may be the feelings or sentiments which every individual under our Government has a right to Indulge and express, It is nevertheless a sacred maxim. equally with the Government and people. that the destiny of every independent nation, int , what relates to such im procements, of right belongs, and ought to be left, .exclu sively to themselves. Whether we reason from the late wars, or from those me nacing symptoms which dew appear in Europe. it Is manifest that, if a convulsion should take place iu any of those coun tries, it will proceed from causes which ha►e no existence, and are utterly unknown in these states, in which there is but one order, that of the people. to whom the sovereignty exclusively belongs. Should war break out in any of those countries, who can foretell the relent to which it may be carried, or the desolation which it may spread? Exempt as we are from these causes, our internal tranquillity is secure ; and dis►ant as we are fro, die troubled scene, and faithful to just principles in regard to other powers, We might reason ably presume that we • should not he molested by them. This, however, ought not to he cnictllnted on as certain. Unprovoked injuries are often inflicted. and even the pecu liar felicity of our situation might. with some, be a cause for excitement and aggression. The history of the late wars in Europe furnishes a complete demonstration, that no system of conduct, however correct in principle, can pro tect neutral Powers from injury. from any party ; that a de fenceless position, and distinguished love of peace, are the surest invitations to war; end that there is no way to avoid it, other than by being always prepared and willing, for just evuse, to meet it. If there be a people on earth whose more especial duty it is to be at all times prepared to defend the rights with which they are blessed, and to surpass all others in sustaining the necessary burdens, and In submitting to sacrifices to make such preparations, it is undoubtedly the people of these States. When we see that a civil war of the most frightful cha racter rages from the Adriatic to the Slack Sea; that strong symptoms of war appear in other parts, proceeding from causes which, should it break out, may become general, ant•be of long duration ; that the war still continues between Spain and the Independent Governments, her late provinces, in this hemisphere; that it is likewise menaced between ', . , f A Portugal and Brazil. in consequen , e of the atte apt of the 'latter to dsm •n.ber i:selt :.o n the former ; and th tt a systeni of piracy, of great extent, is maintained in the nelghhour- . in; seas, whirl' mill require equal vigitance and decisioe to suppress it, the reasons for sustaining the attitude which we now hold, and for pushing forward all our measures of de fence with the utmost vigour, appear to me to acquire new force. TM Linked States owe to the world a great example, and by means thereof, to the cause of liberty and humanity a Generous support. They have so far succeeded, to the intl.- factiom of tlie'-vireema and enlightened of every country. There is no reason to doubt that their whole movement wilt be regulated by a sacred regard to principle. all our institu tions being founded on that basis. The ability to support our own Cause. under any trial to which it may be exposed, is the great point on which public solicitude rests. It II: s . been often charged against free governments, that they have neither the foresight nor the virtue to provide, at the proper season, for great emergencies: that their course is improvi dent and expensive: that war will always find them unpre pared; and, whatever may be its calamities, that its terrible warnings will be disregarded and forgotten as soon as peacii returns. I have full confidence that this charge, so far as relates to the United States, will be shown to be utterly des titute of truth. JAMES MONROE. Washington, December 3, IS2?. PRICE OF STOCKS Tills Bank Stock .243 E 401 Aper Ct. Red .... ... - .. ! 8 per Ct, Cons shut 31 per Ct 4 per rents. IEI 96 . ! New Fonts ' ...hat 6 per Ct. 1707 Lons.Ann ... .. 9Ol Imp. 8 per Ct Irish 6 per Cents DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock Ditto Bonds s. s 48s. pm. South Sea Stock... South Sea Um, Ann Ex.Bill.2d. j sBs Ms pm 1000/. S 500/. R 85 lOs pm. Small Os Ss lisps,. Con. for tact... 6180 j 816 fit I.ottory•Tickels....27l. 195.. Cut *tatcontan. LONDON: RVENING, JANUARY 4, 1823. STOCK EXCHANGE. HALT-PAST TOMAS O'CV.CK.— Consols opened this morning at MI to 81, at which price they remain steady. Two expresses have arrived this morning fretsleos, stating the French funds 831., 70e.. which ianlMitfteM tents worse than the last price ; but latiegiug imeibereews of importance. The opinions are various this morning concerning the Columbian loin. Illysiome it gliiregined that eventually the Columbian I I . COvermacut most ratify the loan, otherwise their cre.lit will•lts lostig this country. Another opinion prevail • that they are waiting first the acknowledgement of their Republic by our Government, and the moment that takes splatei i they will ratify the above loan. At all events it ,Itaubad the effect ot lowering Columbian Stock, which latieff yesterday at 67—and this morning it is 66. Pommel Matterr.— Very little business is doing here -this morning ; the chief transactions are in Colombian and 'Nei iipinith Bondt, Which are rather heavy, owing to the ` . c!l,otitblan Afabijkliviti having arrived, without bringing '' ,4is taill(eitOoll of tiiiit ibove loan. Cl4ll.7s),,,Amatflpitivlsh, 641 s—Old, 623—New Prra ---gr iiikr, 831, ex die._ .-- 4,B4B6—Russian, We—Danish. SS V -14 1 0zuhlen. TV— • vise, 77—Neapolitan, lb ex di v.- 4 11 . Ish Scrip tO5 ' . Cetiosoblaa Bonds us getting up; the Colombian Charo '44.6eira Is thisspinent with the Contractors. Colombian •___—......--- • I 'Paris papers to the 2d instant have arrived, but they contain no intelligence of importance, and what is now enamel, they ire as barren of political speculation.— On the 24th ult. M. Juanes, a relation of the Spanieh. Minister San Miguel, passed through Bayonne on his 'ilrei. Oaris. It is said that he cornea on an important mission to.tlse French Government. A courieroleApatch ed by Mr. Rothschild for Madrid, has been robbed by banditti et Arretebaballeta, in Guipuscoa, and obliged to return ct Bayonne. The courier -who left Bayonne .on the 2tlth for Spain was also stopped, and his de. s p a tilo es bend; Two papers of opposite principles, the Ultra Mille aid the Liberal Journal dr Commerce. are 'under proseitiii4 Tor a libel on the Royal dignity of the King of France, translated from the Spanish paper ' called the indicator. The Journal do Commerce copied the article how the poi/e. Lord Francis Conynghant has been appointed by Mr. .Casloiag his Under Secretary.—(Morning Citron.) Mr. Navenga, the new Minister from the Kepoblic of Colombia, has arriyed by the Jamaica packet, and is ex pected is town this day. On ThUrsday night, Mr. Robinson, the King's Mes senger, arrived in Dawning -street, with despatches from Sir Wm. A'Court, our Minister at Madrid. Frankfort papers to the 20th ult. arrived late last night. Titelv Cobtents nre of some interest ; especially os fat as they relitte to the disasters (Attie Turkish fret, end Chit feu of the Sultan's late favourite, Haleb Effendi, .whoieliadieltaletto have been planted on the walls of the Setiklto: This intelligence was brought to Odessa bytheeaptainh of several merchant ships that left Con stantinople on the 28th of November. They stated that the Turkish capital was comparatively tranquil at that period, although the destruction of part of the beet, and .the escape of duly sixteen large vessels into the sea of Maumee were known. The Sultan had given imme diate orders to decapitate ail the superior officers on boarditictie vessel., and on the 28th their heeds had ar rived, together with those of Haleb-Effendi, the late Grand Vizier, the Director of Cistoms, the Caphan Bey, and others. Hakb•Effendi's two bankers, the one a Jew and the other a Greek, had been sent to the prison of the Bostanai !Sochi, to be put to the torture, in otdet Po obtain• from tbt•m an ;termini of their master's trea sures. Tke triumph of the Janissaries was therefore complete, and the only thing which was supposed to have saved the life of the Grand Seignior (for the sacrifice of his friends world not have been sufficient) was the delicate health of ids son; for a superstitious belief pre railed that the Ottoman Empire would perish when a successor to the throne should fail in the Imperial line. —The King of Naples has issued two decrees from Ve• tons; the one forbids the importation of foreign corn into his continental dominions, and the other raises the duty on foreign books from •*2i per cent., which was paid on the declared value, to 3 carlius per volume for duode cimos and octavos, 6 for quartos, and 9 for folios. This enormous addition is nearly equal to a total prohibition, and is certainly meant to produce the effect of one, without incurring the odium which would &tufa to its name. A cotemporary states that Don Juan Jabal, the new Minister from Madrid, and the Spanish Mission, togi ther with the Duke of Wellington, Lord Fitzroy Somer set, and a distinguished part y , dined with Mr. Canning on Thursday, at Olocester-lodge. The saute paper im mediately slterwards inserts the following paragraphs. which makes the Duke dine at Stratlifteldsay on the same day :—The Duke and Duchess of Wellington are now at Strathfieldmy. On Thureday, they had a party; and on New Year's day their °races entertained a Juvenile circle. Mr. Scarlett„ accompanied by several of the leading gentlemen of Peterborough, has this week been canvas clog the citizens.—(Stmlford -News.) . aSi:AGLZ' -. - • A ~ ~.~•