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ERITISII AMERICA. HALIFAX, JULY 20.--'1 a understand a camillerable r-duction is to he iti his Majesty's Dock-yr rd and I.t al litispital in tins town ; and that tiolerlorth Her. ittu,!., is to lie ihe heail.q.iarttrs fur the tia , al forces on tar Nof at net is w stdtton.—.4codiart litcvnier. l'roirt the Fire Pres 3.) B►:MOVAI. OF THE NAVAL ESTABLISHNIENTS. The intelLgettee of a local stature recen en by the packet is most extraordinary and unexpected. We had already seen with rezret and astonishment ow vessels ex cluded from the ports of a neighbouring station ; our rights relimptished by the adoption of a course of policy which permit, foreigners to frequent the harbours and 1.,,ys of this colony, and to take and core fish upon its shores: hut we never coisli have imagined, that one of the fittest foreign yards in his Mojesty's drinitilons was t, be abandoned, rod its buildings coosigned to ruin and decay. Such, however, is the fact ; and it is this Ly our unpleasant duty to announce, that the stores iu the sal Hospital are to be removed to Bermuda, and the officers and p:mple of that department are to be discharged, with the exception of a &elk, a porter, and one labourer. We view this measure, in common with every well wisher to the pros ince, with sorrow and concern ; not that we think that this colony does not contain resources within itself, which, if called into action by the united energies of its population, would he amply sufficient fur the support and prosperity of its inhabitants ; but be cause we consider the dismissal of the people to whom these departments have hitherto yielded support, and who are, generally speaking, old and faithful servants of Government, as an act pregnant with the most serious cousequeucts to theinseb es .111(4 their numerous families ; that it is wishirawitig a urge stun of money from eisets- Lithos, at a period whets the cotornecce of the countty labours under the most extr: me depression ; and also, that it must be viewed as demonstrating the near ap proach of that peril whets this province will be tow from the Biiiish It has long been the opinion of well-mformed men, that Gover,iment, in malting Bert:nide e natal d e pot, contemplated the possibility of ultimately losing these provinces, and %vas, therefore desirous of guarding against the pernicious cmssequences which might result to the other colonies in the western hemisphere in consequence u. that event, by ha% ing a place whose insular situation, together witlt its natural and artificial defences, would at all times offer a retreat for the British fleets. But u could scarcely have been contetn;slated that its the midst of peace and security, the naval arsenal at Halifax, on a reduced scale, would be derro . %etl, and its stores re moved ins place difficult of approach, liable to the fe sera and tempests of a West India climate, and where she expense of victualling the persons employed by Go vernment amounts to treble the sum which would be re quired its this province. Besides all this, the Dock-yard at Bermuda is by no means complete, and the al:proach to it is rendered extremely difficult, an even dangerous, owing to the intricacy of the navigation ; and notwith standing the immense sums that have been expended, a vessel cannot be hove down without much risk, and must he righted should a fresh breeze spring up from any point In the compass from N.E. round to S.W. The measures pursued by Governmerst with respect In these colonies, will, we are persuaded, impel the in habitants of this Fovince to cultivate the advantages with which nature hes blessed them ; and it is this re lecterns alone that imparts a cheering ray amidst the sur. rounding gloom. A prompt and manly representation to the Legislature of the grievances which are created by a eircionscribird trade, together with a respectful appli cation for rzdresr, would, we. are persuaded, be attended with success. Vie should then be enabled to cope with our more fortunate and prudent neighbours, and the de- pression and (loosen which at present pervade moo classes of the conununi'v, would be succeeded Ly pros- perous and happier fortune. Sr. Jas's, New Bauxswick, JULY tn.—We un derstand that the Welch families who ascended the river a few days since have chosen for a settlement a rich tract of land lactweeti the riters T.iy and Nashwash. 10 miles eastward of Fredericton. Tries, rain ihle people have s:leveil fit tor their body to superintend the erection of their houses, while the rest, by distributing themselves over the country, readily find eutialtiyment. (From the Badfda Jeurail, -Italy 13 ) The Cmineel FnNeu with the Sax Nationsofhang, Ive the Hon. hlarris S. Moller nn behalf or the United Stites. terminated on Friday lam. Tim result is as we predicted, the Indians refuse, at present, tocede any part •( their reservations to the United States. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. CESSION or rARGA. Extended from the Courier Patti paper of 'Tuesday, the 10th of Au twit : " I war. enough fur England to have sacrificed the Christian population of Varga. In ceding the territory of Parga to the Err! . .., and in planting the hornet of the Infidel on the spca where stood the last cross, on the frontier of Christendom in Groree. England virtually &graded an innocency/topic. •• Purge never belonged to the l'or lc , . 'Die Pargitinotes are Greeks, and have ever distinguished themselves by their num s and industry. They cultivated their native soil up to the very day that tore them front its bosom. They did not alone cohieme olives. that furnished them the means of subsistence ; these fen ! tile territory produces fruits of every sort, with which all Epirus is supplied, and their cedrats find their way even to Itussia. " I duty the author of the article in the Juut no! des Debate. of the 7th, to irroduce a single proof in support of the assertion, ' that the Parguinotes are, Air the most part, banditti and high • way robbers.' I.ord Hyron and Mr. llobhouse never saw Parga; they never sew a great part ot Greece, respecting which they meek with as little truth. To be convinced of this, it is only ne. cessary to consult the work of Mtrjor Lemke, who explored Greece with more care, niece knowledge, and more observation. " But why resort to the authority of the English tourists?— The act of the second session of the first Parliament of the lonian Islands tetutes the caluinnies published against the unhappy Pa goinotes. •• If the Krglish Government attempted to estimate the pro perty of the Parvinotes at so high a valuation a+ to oblige Ali Pathos to aboadon the affair, why did not Sir 'fliornas Maitland, at least adhere drinly to the very moderate estimate Matte by his own comtmssioners specially appointed by Min for the purpose. and announced by pniclamation, which estimate was silted at nearly 3,000,000 dollars? Why dal he give Ali Pacha the church property and lands, which were private donations which belonged to diet community, • whose good alone be consulted ?' Why did he carry his coniplaisance to the ferocious tyrant of Epi rus so far, as not to permit the inhabitants to carry with them the images and other precious articles belonging to their churches; thus lea wing them CKISOSCd to the sacrilegious insults of the infidel? Why add to this disdainful treatment of men, a contemptuous disreganl of the ehings whtch are held most sacred among Chris• titans ? Was it, as said by the apologists of the cession, to air: id the threatencd hostility of the Porte to England's immense commerce in tile Levant? What! England. the mistress of Malta and Corfu, dread the Porte? What a shame! or what a miserable pretext ! •• But England has not fallen so law as to tremble before the Turk. The passage of the Dardanelles and the bombanlment of Algiers have proclaimed her power, end the English Lion would rouse at tile first insult to British rights. Not a morning does the Divan awake without trembling at the idea of /coin beholding the flag with which Admiral Duckworth appeared in the waters of Constantinople under the Sultan's palace-walls. •• With these recollections before us, who shall dare to assert that to save Parga was not in the power of England ? " In maintaining the settled valuation, and fixing the fatal term tor executing the cession, Ali Pacha, who has deceived the Divan as to the importance of Parga and the public feelirig of the inhabitants towards the Porte, would have lost the fruit of his intrigues, and die treaty would have never Ir a completed. But instead of adhering to this wise resolution, General Maitland, PS if Ire had to do with an Indian Nabob, temporised, negotiated, conceded so many frieilities, testified so much deference. and paid an many obsequious visit+, that Ali Pacha thought he was conferring a faiour upon England by tc,!civing Parga on the terms which he condescentle Ito accept,' in compliment to the Iligh Commiseimicrs of Eneleral. " It was not enough for the tepresentative of that King, whose noblest title is drat of • Defender of the Faith.' to descend to a mendicant solicitation for the degrading friendship of Ali Paella. Ile could not inspire him with the common confidence among men in trade. Ere he could touch the proceeds of the sale of Purge, the haughty Maitland, before whom the Maltese and lonians trouble, was obliged to leave Colonels Donkey and Ro binson as hostages for the amount of 150,0001., until Parga should have been actually esti:id. 'l'he apolo:,ists for the cession of Parga say, that its inhabitants will obtain lands in the lonian Isles ; but this promise is alike illusory and impossible to be realized.— The stances] survey of the Seven Island proves. that all the cultivatable lands are the property either of individuals. of the Church, or of the Ezell:wier. property of which no one has a right to dispose. Of this fact the British govern. ment, comprised by a false preceediog, is perhaps igno rant ; and the consequence will be this :—the principal inhabi tants of Parga, too near Ali Paella to avoid his snares, and not feeling secure in the islands, will seek a more remote asylum ; those who have a mcalerate capital will take refuge in Ruse m; and the poor, inveigled by the promises of the Satrap. who has his agents among them, will return to their native soil, and fall yawns to his revenge. What will be the result to Ergland ? She will know it, when she finds herself called upon to rcinforce the garrisons of the Seven Islands." PROSECUTION OF SIR FRANCIS BURDETT. Mr. Brooks applied on Thursday for further time to give the answer which the Secretary of State desired with respect to Sir Francis Burdett's letter, and the time originally granted, and which was only for two days, was extended until Monday. Mr. Brooks having written to the worthy Baronet an account of the above proceedings, the latter has come forward in the most candid and manly way, sad avowed himself the author. Monday morning the Secretary of State received the following letter : • Cotteshrnok, Au. '2B, !819. " M Y !mem—Hearing your Lordship Ivo, apphed to the Genthon :n through whine hands my Address to the Electors of Westminster was tiansmilted to the Newspapi is, to gi.e up the author ' and had, at the same time, intimated that • icfuml would subject him, as well as the Editors of the Papery, to a hliiiistcrial prnsecutiou ; I bike the liberty, iu order to save your Lordship further trouble, and also the ern. Cemen above mentioned on unjust prorreution, to inform your Loriblop, that I mit the author of the Addieo, io quesi ; sod loin rover to inform sour Lord•hip that althinalh penned in a hw ry, ana under the isitliaroer of stroo;,ly excited feelings, I con dhcover nothing in it on ic-perusal, unhecoming the character of no busiest man, and a 0 Luolhbutau. _ " I remain, " Your Lordship's most obedient " And very humble Servant, " FRANCIS BURDETT. " Lord Visebui.tSidmrmth." A copy of the above was at the Fame time trans mitted in the answer of Sir Francis Burdett to Mr. Brookes's letter, and received by post on on Monday SEPT. 5 FROM LAST xxanrs GAZETTE. This Gazette notifies the appointment of Col. Wualiington, in the service of lila Maj.-sty the Ring of Bavaria, to be an H 000• rary Companion of the Moat Honourable Military Order of the Bath. BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED J. maw?), New ‘Vindsor, Berke, cheesetactor. from Scpt. 18, to h•t. ,Tl. I'. Little, Rodiham, Sussex, grocer, from Sept. 4. to Oct. 23. J. flandoworth, Stafford, MitlC the:crant,lloo3 Scpt. 7, to Oct. 2ts. of elcclts. 1 u:,,,,,,,,,, 4. Imp..; per Celli. India Ll , itatls 181. dia. iii.lia Stuck inioi Exchequer Hills S.. die. Cuus. lur Ac. 11$ Lowery Ticks' II BANKRUPTS. I'. Hudson, Armlty, near Leeds, clothier. W. Haynes, Lowestoft. Suffolk. fhb merchant. W. Webster and J. Yates, Bolton lc AluJrs, Lancashire, ironmongers. J. Gray, Wardour Street, Soho, baker. S. Nevile. Leeds, York, flour faller. J. Yates, Burnley. Lancashire, money scrivener. 6—Johnson, Manchester, linen draper. A. Hodgkinson, Heath Charnock, Lancaster, cotton nianu fac .urer. E. Marsden. Bolton le Moors. Lancashire, cabinet maker. ht. Trokes. Liverpool. nrrehant. %V. leach. Clithero, Lancaster, cotton manufacturer. 11. Watson. Bolton le Nloois. Lancashire, druggat. P. Holland. South Illyth, Northumberland, siapbuilder. A. Head, Loser tirosvenor Street, Hanover Square. wine m•r. chant. A. If art.. Little Alic Street. Goodman's Fields, navy agent. W. Doion, Alanet,e,ter, c. leo printer. W. BTUViII, Leadvnliall Mt.tket, fishmonger. . _ _ DIVIDENDS. Ferk . m b,,,,, 27. J . r oz e z : z ...-.1. pysty . s, rualtsterass.2s. J. Wadley, Coventry Street, Haymarket, eheerremonger—tH. T. Earl, King tton.upon-Ttames, Dealer-25,.1. Jackson, Easingwold, York. merchant-25, J. E. Thomas. Beading, Berks. grocer —Y. 5. W. Davis. Ulven.totr, Lancaster, ironmonger —VS, P. Dussard. b..ck Street, Cavendish Schap?, milliner—VS, J. llotson. 011 City. Chambers, merchant-28. T. Mitchell. Cowick, York, linen draper-25. T. Blinks. Southampton Street, Bloomsbury. craw hat manufacturer -25, R. Thomas, Northumberland Court, strand, dealer—V7, C. L. Sparkes, Soutbberstcd. Sutex, shopkeeper—YB, J. Mayer, Camomile Street, merehant—Oet. J. Pritchard, Bristol, merchant-1, T. Pallister. York, currier— I, J. Mercer. Grays.oneley, Lancaster, lime burner-30, E. Joseph and W. Hughes. Winchester Sneer. merchants-9. J. and J. Binns, Love, Cornwall, ba,,kers-3, J. Nyc, Tun b.idge, baker. IL Etat FICATES to he granted Sept. 2,5. E. Lush, Snerborae, Dorset. linen draper—U. N. Innen and G. Dwell. Long-Acre. oilmen—W. P. Watts, titisport. s,ctual ler—G. E. Phillips, Plymouth, saddl, r. nu !Sank S•oek . !Tr ten'. 7:1 3 per Cent. Cob'. 711 ty pri Cont. 1411 4 per Cent. 011 5 per Cent. Navy 1051 Long Auu. TIIF; NATIONAL REGISTER. L 00011, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. The length at which we huve given the procee,!- ings at the Westminster Meeting prevents our observations on them further than the expression of our fervent hope and confident reliance that the sen. timents there declared will be reciprocated ut simi. lar Meetings through every town and county in the kingdom. A requisition for a Court of Common Council, upon the subject of the late proceedings at Man chester, was presented to the Lord Mayor, about 11 o'olock on Thursday, to which his Lordship pro. mised an answer on the same day or early the ne:.t. morning. Some of the Aldermen were summoned to his Lordship's councils, and met at the Mansion house at two o'clock on Friday, afternoon ; the re sult of which was, the transmission of a letter from his Lordship to one of the gentlemen of the depots t:on, about 4 o'clock statang that his Lordship, con• fin-inably with their requisition, had directed a Court of Common Council to be summoned for Thursday next, the Bth inst. at the usual hour.—A similar re quisition, couched in precisely the same terms, and signed by nearly 100 Liverymen, was also presented to his Lordship on Friday morning, fur the purpose of obtaining a meeting of the Livery in Common Hall, to which his Lordship returned for an " that he should take time to consider of it." sorer, The following are extracts from the French Pa pers of Tuesday last : PARIS, AUGUST 3 1 .—The physicians have declared that all interv.il of 15 day, may yr t (lapse before the de livery of the Duche , s dr Berri ; nevertheless, couriers hate received orders to hold yes its readiness, to set oil with the news of this happy event. Ou the 7th inst. a frigate of the royal marine sided from Naples, having on hoard the body of Charles IV. lan. King of Spain. This frigate is bound to Gait's, to take on boars! the mortal remains of the Queen Maria Louisa of Spain. She will then proceed to Aliemt, from whence the bodies will be conve;ed su the Royal Cemetry of the Escurial. • /' coo