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Mhe Zritigh Wog. The CsITISH Peens commenced publishing yucterilay mamba at live o'clock. LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY SR, 1924. Wednesday's Paris Papers reached us last night. The wretched Ferdinand (with insurrection, foreign bayonet", and destitution all around him) is manifesting the fullness of his power by issuing successive decrees, like one after a long fast who thinks he can never give sufficient indulgence to his appetite. The needy despot is crowding mandate on mandate, and sent forth, on the 1 0th, another decree.'' This document gravely commences, by stating that the' happiness of his people, to which the gift y of his crown is inseparably united, has always been the object of desires ; and he has now adopted the firm resolution to etnploy the most efficacious means to ensure it, and remedy the heavy evils, sprung from many different causes, which oppress Spain ; and secure, for the future, those great re sults, that can be only acquired by a constant and enlight ened zeal. While the power and glory (he adds) of other Monarchs are secured by the wealth derived from com merce, arts, and manufactures, Spain, naturally fertile :Ind happily situate for ccmmerce with all nations, ought to be more independent and more thickly inhabited, if the happy dispositions and fertile imaginations of its inhabi tants did not meet obstacles which paralyze its activity, and render all their efforts useless. After this great 4- covert Perdiatactdasiares, that, to remedy 411 these mis- fertanes, be dedicates his solicitudes to so desirable an end, and is determined to I catore Spain to prosperity. He has resolved not to restore its Constitution or liberties, or to heal isi domestic wounds by an amnesty and measure, of concili ation; but to create an all-wise junta, composed of Spanish sages, distinguished for their knowledge and acquirements. This Junta, over which D. Juan Perez Villamil is to preside, is to restore by its magic influence all the departed prosperity of Spain ; to search all the laws and institu tions of the kingdom, and to report to Ferdinand, the Solomon of Castile, those means which can restore to prosperity the manufactures and produce of pain, and bring back its trade and navigation. This Junta is to examine, also, whether it will be useful to re-establish the general Junta of commerce, halloo?, and the mines; that is, to establish supervisors for what bare long ceased to exist, Spain having lost her liberties, her colonies, her mines, and her commerce almost altogether. 'l'hia is the legislation of the wretched tyrant, now at the head of the Spanish Government, whose perfidy and imbecility have de stroyed that hapless country, and who imagines he can re store either, by measures of this description. While we stern Europe is clouded by a tyranny of this sort, light is break ing forth in the East, and each day growingalcarer and stronger. The destir.iee of Greece, and her liberties, will soon be beyond the fell barbarian's power. Accounts frem Preveu to the 23d of December state, that Moustai obliged to raise the siege of Missolonghi, was in full retreat on Janina, having completely failed in all Madness during the past campaign. Omer Brione, it appears, aware of the intention of the Pacha to decapitate him, as the reward of his campaign in Etolia last year, and the defection of his Paiikars in May last. and finding himself closely beset in Acarnania, when taking up his winter quarters, saw ro hopes of safety but in treating with the Greeks ; ac cordingly, after securing from them the strongest personal guarantees, the Mussulman joined Maurocordato, at Mimeo longbi, with his followers and treasures, declaring that his family having been originally Christian, be was determin ed t 6 Survive or perish in the vadat of the Greeks: nut the last descendant of Paleologus (this account adds), Omer Hrione, who had acted so distinguished a part during the commotion. in Egypt, in Epirus, Thessaly, Attica, and Eto lia, has at length become a suppliant at the hearths of the Greeks. On the intelligence of the Paeha's defection, what remained of his followers in Epirus, fled instantly to the mountain-, of Nlusachi, and a general revolt of the Albanians was looked for. Moustai Paella was expected to pay, with his head, for the disasters of the campaign. The dynasty and cmp ire if Othman is now trembling to its foundations, and will experience the same fate as the Roman Empire its followers overturned. Four centuries since, M ahomet 11. ,entered Constantinople, at the head of his Janissaries, in triumph, and turned the Great Church of St. Sophia into a whitened mosque. Yet a few years, and the lemon will no longer call to prayer from its minarets. Greece, once free, its people will press the Ottoman to the very gates of his capital, and carry terror to the recesses of the crowded Seraglio. Hamhurgh papers to the 17th contain the new pro scriptive tariff of the Russian Autocrat. esidently levelled at our commerce. Tbis is the grateful return made to this country for all its monstrous subsidies, and its late loans. This Decree raises the duties on some article* near fifty, and on others more than twenty-live per cent.; the in crease in some instances amounts, in fart, to a prohibition. The duty on porter by the hogshead is increased ten si!ver than twenty shillings) ; the duty ou our West Indian produce, Rom, is raised twenty-fire per cent. Raw Sugars are to pay a silver ruble per pood in addition ; Coffee, two rubles. A number of other articles in the same proportion, as follows Cocoa, one ruble, :50 copecs ; Pepper, one ruble, 50 copees; Pi mento, (linger, Cassia, one ruble; Sago, two rubles; Rice, 25 eopecs Leaf Tobacco, three rubles; Cloves and Nutmegs, five rubles; Olive I 111, 50 copecs ; Twist, one ruble; Porter, 10 rubles per lingshead ; Rum, 25 per cent. ; Wines (except Austrian and Greek), five rubles per hogshead; and Almonds, 110 corm per 1 ,00 d• Any joss our commerce may sustain by this new proscrip tion of the gratefill Alexander, will be more than compen sated by our intercourse with Greece, should its people (as there can now be little doubt) establish their liberties. Russia will soffit infinitely more than our merchants by this oppressive system ; it will reduce the demand for her produce, and lessen considerably the revenues of her nobles, who derive their resources from such a commerce. In proportion as Russia diminishes her demand for our produce and merchandise, her own exportation will be lessened, and her revenue curtailed : she is yet, with her vast dominions, semi-barbarous, and incapable of supply ing, from domestic sources, those articles of luxury and manufacture proscribed by the Autocrat's tariff. The preamble to the I)ecree states its purpose to be, " to di " minish the importation and consumption of certain " foreign articles, tending principally to the encourage " meat of luxury and the prejediee of Russian industry." But where wealth eidsts, luxury will follow. The Rus sian Court was long the most luxurious sod depraved in Europe ; and this Decree, therefore, will not exclude these aftieles ; they will be smuggled into the Autoneat's domi nions, and the trade in them be contraband. We know the dissimulatiadenid falsehood of the Russian character— how prompt it is at invention, and how prone to shifts and falsehood ; and this Decree will only be a new incentive to the exertions of the Russian dealers and merchants : but it unmasks more strongly the amicable feelings of Alex antler towards this country, and is impotent in its effects to any amount against our commerce, new outlets to which, in the east and west, are now each day rising up, Ind presenting unbounded sources of speculation and in dustry to our manufacturets and merchants. Jamaica Papers to the 23d of November, which we re c^ived yesterday, bring the proceedings of the House of Assembly down to that period. Violent alarm was still exhibited on the subject of the measures recommended from this country, to ameliorate the condition of the slave population. A memorial to the King was prepares!, and while read by the Clerk in the House of Assembly, the deepest attention prevailed, and there was general silence both in and outside the bar. The Consolidated Slave Bill was read a second time in the House of Assembly on the 21st, and ordered to be committed. Little amelio ration would be given by its enactments to the slave popu lation. One clause in it protects the slaves, on Alondays,. from being levied on by the Marshal; and directs all shops to be shut, and prohibits the erection of booths, on Sundays, under a penalty of fifty pounds for the first offence, and inTrisoninent for the second ; supervisors of workhoules are restricted from'giving more than ten lashes to negrsos, except with the authority of a Magistrate; and penalties arc inflicted on persons purchasing clothing from negroes. It does not appeat that any clause was introduced in ac cordance with Lord flathurst's letter of the 24th of May, recommending " an absolute prohibition to inflict the 6 punishment of flogging, under any circumstances, upait' " female slares"—a regulation, we conceive; equally neeelh sery and hseann► ilia letter also recommended the maim'. tion of the barbarous practice " of driving slaves to the " work by the sound of the whip, and of the arbitrary in " diction of it by the driver, as a stimulus to labour." We certainly do think these regulations ought to have been adopted, and the present condition of the negro ameliorated fairly, in every possible way. There is a wide difference be tween humane and even politic regulations such as these, and the rash and dangerous measures of some of the abolitionists. The negro must feel the debasement of belt% driven like a beast of burden to labour ; and the punishment of female slaves is a gross and cruel outrage on decency. If the slaves determine on resistance, the cart-whip can avail little against them ; it may torture and rouse the feelings tato action, but it will not subsequently put down incur , rection ; the negroes will not, like the Roman slaves, fly from the sound of their fetters ; impolitic cruelty must in fl sine, and cannot afterwanla controul them. We regret to see a different feeling prevailing in the House of Assem bly, and little disposition, apparently, in its members, to lend themselves to any real measures of amelioration. The suggestions of the Colonial Minister, and the proceed ings in Parliament, appear to roduce no correspond.. ing feeling in the island Legislatures ; but to have been received, on the contrary, with marked hostility and alarm. A resolution, on the motion of Mr. Grigncn, was carried in the House of Assembly, " that a Committee be " appointed to inquire into and report to the House " what, steps are necessary to be taken in consequence of " information received from the agent of this Island of the " proceedings adopted by the House of Commons and his " Majesty's 111 Misters, in respect to slavery in the British " Colonies ;" and the appeal to the King followed. We , do not think that any of the proceedings, either in Perlis trent or from Government, have been of a nature to rouse this alarm and appeal. The wild and fanatic plans of the wesleyan Missionaries and the .nost ignorant of the heated Abolitionists were of a different deieription, and well calculated to alarm the worst fears of the ‘Vest In dians. A Petition was presented, on the 18th of Novcm-, the House of Asoesnlay, which, from its character and language, was infinitely more calculated to create alarm : it came from the free people of colour in the Islands and was couched in the very strongest language. It states, " They groan under deprivations of a nature the most dis , " couraging." The Petition contains a lengthened array of the disabilities and restraints now imposed upon them ; it closes by strongly praying relief, and that they may be permitted to sit as jurors on negroes, and have power to vote on the election of members to the Assembly. This petition was read and laid on the table. It is Clear the *Motion of the negroes throughout the sugar Wan& cannot remain what it now is: there must be some change ; the more calmly and moderately that is made, the better for negro and proprietor too. We attach the idea of little good to Lord Ilathuret's Episcopal Church establishment in the West Indies, except to im pose new burdens on the islands. Such an importation would have little effect ; a few simile and practical benefits worjd be far better. The question cannot be set at rest by any intemperate hostility of the island legislators; it would be infinitely more prudent in them to try and moderate any measures proposed, than to hasten a crisis, by opposing . any amelioration altogether, and denouncing these humane and necessary measures as ruinous to their interests asad thole of the Colonies in general. The Mexican Loan is M be issued on Monday. Sales were made• yesterday morning at 1 ^ per cent. premium. The N.. w Mexican NI ine Shares hare been in demand at from 10 to 10 p.:l cent. proniutn. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. The lion. and Rev. Mr. Rice has arrived at itirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, from Gloucestershire. The lion. Mr. and Mrs. Agar Ellis have arrived at their house in Spring-gardens, from the Earl of Essex's seat, Caahiobury Park, Herts. The Marquis and Marchioness of Chohnondeley are expected in town this day, from Hastings, Sussex. The Marquis and Marchioness of banulown and family'are ex pected in town, on Friday next, from their seat, Buwood Park, The Earl, Countess, and Lady Jane Coventry have arrived at their residence, Piccadilly, from their scat, Crane, Worcestershire. The Earl of Besborough left town yesterday, foe Brighton. fieneral Powlett has left town, for his seat near Reading. Mr. and Mn. George Acker" left Warren's Hotel, Regent street, yesterday, for Bnghton. Hon. W. Vane Powlett has left town, foe his seat, Somerby, near Mellon Mowbray, Leicestershire. Lord Henry Bentinck left town yesterday, for Oxford. Lord Folkston left town on Thursday, for Hastings, Sussex; her Ladyship is exported to follow on Monday next. The Rev. A. Orey has arrived at his house in Charles-street, Berkeley-square, from Lord Forester's seat, Willie Park, Salop. l'iscountess and the Hon. Miss Allen have arrived at Aileen's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, from Tunbridge Wells. Arrivals at Read's Hotel, bower Grosvenor-street :—W. H. Cnwin, Esq. from his scat, Asington Hall, Suffolk ; Captain ('live, from a tour ; and John Maddock', Esq. from his seat in Wales. PARIS. EFROK ♦ CORRLSPONDENT.J PARIR, J♦N. 20. The weather here has been intensely cold, but the ther mometer is now rising, and the frost has disappeared. There is very little news stirring at present. Bankruptcies, however, tare sadly prevalent, and in every street there are sales of insolvents effects by auction, and notices of asks under prime cost. This is a melancholy state of things. In affairs of politics the Court observe great secresy " Ott se parlejanwia re: nw Rni." And his Majesty, - in balk as hufe As whom ate f as tso oss rue. i monstrous sire," ores not to have his benw wrinkled, or his diges dip disturbed by any etails of the present position of the luropean Powers, or by any discussions which lead to serious and unggefactory predictions. The best Cabinet Council is that which regulates the important arrangements of the saile-a-manger. PAAIS, JAN. 19. A case of great injustice has been lately felt in a family eif my acquaintance in Paris. A young man of respectable family was on the point of marrying a lady to whom he had long paid his attentions. l'rior to establishing him self he engaged as first clerk in a mercantile house here, 1 which lately failed, and the merchant absconded; the first I clerk was denounced to the Procurcur de Hoi as being a partner, though he bad been but three months in the house. He was arrested, and has been nearly three months con tined in La Force among the condemned criminals; and, I though his innocence has been ascertained more than a month since, he is still kept a prisoner, till, as a matter of form, some letters from correspondents at Marseilles, Am- demo, and other distant places are received, certifying that they never considered him as one of the principals in the, house that failed. Thus, in France, if a man's politics are obnoxious, he may be criminated in his mercantile con oerns, denounced by an unknown accuser, imprisoned for months among felons in the most horrid prison in Europe ; I and when his honour and integrity hWe stood the test of 'the severest scrutiny, he is enlarged without any redress, because the injustice has originated in the absolute power of I public officer. Had he been arrested by a private in dividual, the heaviest damages would have been awarded to hirn'in an action at law. What the Perna call true fence pluisroite, took place the other ilay in Paris. It is the case here, that all kinds of meta, poultry, &c. pay a duty (ociro4) on passing the barriers into town. A tradesman having taken his " better half" into the country, to spend the Sunday, bought a pig of a fanner of his acquaintance, and then proposed a wager with his friend, to the amount of the purchase, that he would pass his pig into Paris without paying the duty. Knowing the strictness with which the officers search every cabriolet arriving from the country, his friend readily sc.- eepted the bet. The pig being killed and wrapped up in a Idtuet, a white handkerchief round its head, and over the latole. thrown a large mantle, the driver o f the cabriolet `p ori rrized of the joke, the 'husband, wife, and pig, fitelliwriees atirdherr mounts the step, and 'ff Mete is any tb to !leave subject to a duty. "Afafirli, nes ! " replies the wife, who pointing to the pig, which lay across her husband's knees, lamented the con dition other child, ill of a fever, nose n'aroas rien avec nous ' que notre malheuresse elfunt, qui a lafierre chuude." At the terns furore chaude, the officer sprung from the cabri olet, and wishing the speedy cure of la paurre petite, bid the driver pass on ; which he did not fail to do, at a brisk trot, joining heartily in the laugh of his passengers, at the success of their deceiving a custom-house officer. A Frenchmen of the name of Laniard, is at this mo ment busily engaged, in conjunction with the best geo graphers in Paris, in completing his iovention of a Geora ma, which he is erecting at an immense expense, on the Boulevards ftalien, in a garden, at the back of the Caffe de la Paix. The Georama is to consist of a globe of forty feet diameter, in the Mei& of which will be represented a complete map of the world, describing, on an exact scale, the extent of every country, sea, river, and mountain in the atlas ' as well as the site of all the high roads, capitals, principal towns, and remarkable villages in the known world, giving at one view the ainuosities of the routes of armies, public vehicles from one town to another, through out Europe, &c. The poles will serve as a point dappesi for circular stairs in the centre, from which the spectators will have the facility of making their observations ; in a room adjoining, will be established a cabinet de lecture for French and foreign journals, and in another apartment will be given lectures on geography. topography, &c. i Should the undertaking succeed at Paris, Monsieur L. tells me, he shall endeavour to establish a similar exhibi tion in London. lie expects to open his exhibition to the public on the first of April next. A Major C—, in the British service, was lately ar rested in Paris, on an unpaid bill of exchange, and incar cerated in M. Pelagic: his extreme chagrin was observed from the moment of his entry ; in a few days he died. On opening the batty, his heart was found covered with cx travasated blood ; he was declared to have died of a broken heart : this circumstance is rendered the more remarkable, from a person some months ago, who occupied the same corner of the room, and the came bed, being found dead I from a similar cause. With regard to politics, there is much of irritable feeling. The antipathy against tbg English is strong and undis guised. Our Government is considered as having com promised the liberties of guropc, and connived at the pro jects adopted by the Allied Sovere i g ns to hold the people in the bonds of slavery and superstit ion. I woad to Heaven the accusation were false; but I fear there is too much truth in it. The Parisians speak, not "tout bus," but with unrestrained indignation, of our having done every thing short of making an absolute military alliance with the members of the Holy League, whom, they say, we shall shortly turn round upon, if it suits our purpose, and denounce as the common enemies of Europe I For my part I pretend to no philosophic information upon these matters. There is more truth, however, in their observa tions than I have the means of refuting ; and I therefore retire from these political discussions, to relax my chagrin in the gaieties of the Comic Optra. Mr. Secretary Canning will entertain a distinguished party at dinner to-morrow, at Gloucester lAxig,e, Old Brompton, C. Greenwood, Esq. will have a grand dinner party on Thursday next, at his house in Audley-square. Viscount Granville, we are wiry to bear, is confined with a tit of the gout. The I hike of Athol is now residing at Castle Mona. The I hike of Buckingham and Chandos is about to dis pose of his estates called I)oddington, Liistock, ike. in this county. 'rids property consists of several very fine farms, is of between two and three thousand a year rental, ■nd stretches along a considerable part of the British Channel. The whole will be sold, we believe, in lots. The copper mine at Stowev, upon which so much has been expended, but which has been recently abandoned in hopelessness by the adventurers, has been let by his Grace to Messrs. Cairsie and Co. of Cornwall, for a term of 23 years, with a reservation of one-tenth, as dues or rent.-7'aunfim The tragedy of Coins Gracchus was produced on Monday last at the Dublin Theatre, and well received. Mr. Macready played the part of Cu/«a. FOREIGN• INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. IVe received last night, by express, the French Papers of Wednesday, from which the following are extracts : (From the Matelot.. of Wednesday, Jan. 21.1 Manful), J•rr. ii. The Restourador of the 7th contains an article, dated Corunna, December 31, which 'tar— " We think we have at length a remedy for all our evils in the new Captain-General, whom his Majesty has been pleased to send us. Ile made his entry the day before yesterday, and was received with the military honours due to him. He arrived in his carriage, accompanied only by the French General, who went to meet him, followed by the carriages of the municipality, &c. The French troops lined the way as he passed, and their General gave a splen did dinner, at which the Captain-General, Conterus, and the other authorities, were present. " Nothing has yet transpired respecting the measures which his Excellency will take ; but we do not doubt that they will be very energetic, and such as the state of the province imperiously re. quires. We are certain that lie knows very well how to separate the tares from the wheat." BARCELONA, J. 7. The Mnnicipality has published a long decree for the preserra. tiou of the public tranquillity, in consequence of an attempt to create a disturbance, on the 4th, by insulting an officer of his Ma. jesty's armies. [From the Constitntionmck) MADRID, JAN. 8. ..........., ft has been said that the superindant of police, M. Arjona, had taken measures to prevent the assemblages at the Convent of St. Francis; but it now appears that he has done nothing, and the Apostolic Committee nolds its sittings there usual. The Father ('stile, 1). Victor, the Old Eguya, Metallorida. and Calderon, are the most constant in their attendance : it is even said that King Ferdinand is sometimes there ineog. They pride themselves much with the amnesty, and it is there they have planned the delay i of its promulgation. More than once, the King has taken his pen in the Councilor Ministers to sign it ; but the influence of the Privy Council, and of the I:ommitte of St. Francis, has hitherto paralysed this good intention. The uneasiness is general, as there are few fa milies who have not an interest more or km in having decided the fate of so many individuals proscribed who languish in prison, or on foreign shore. There are, however, some individuals less inlistu &tett, who endeavour to disabuse the King ; they represent that the anarchy which desolates Spain cannot last long without pro ducing a new catastrophe, and they wish to perstnule him to esta blish a form of Government which may conciliate all interests; but it is then that all the irresolution appears. How, in fact, can the interests of the secular clergy and the monks be rendered com patible whit those of commerce and agriculture? We may fur a moment renounce the establishment of the Inquisition, which is but a spiritual interest ; but temporal interests cannot be sacrificed with such facility ; and it is only by those sacrifices that results can be come at. The propositions for the guarantee of a loan have been' received with coolness, it is said, by the Committee of St. Francis.' They speak of what happened in the war of independence, and since ; they show how the revenues have been diminiCied these last fifteen years. However, all hope is not lost; and guarantees for a loan of fifty millions are sken of : but what can be done with so inconsiderable a sum, in midst of the wants which sur round us upon all sides. It is circulated abroad, that everything is settled • that the amnesty will shortly appear, with a plan of gr. neral reform ; and tint our treasury will be filled, thanks to the ef forts of the clergy, and to the gold of Peru. Upon this latter point, a specious objection is started against those who pretend that France will not assist us in causing the submission of the colonies, in consequence of the übstaeles which England will interpose. " See (exclaim our politicians) what the English have done to pre. vent the last invasion by the French." There has been certainly much noise in the journals styling themselves ministerial ; some phrases extremely sonorous in Parliament--and that is all. And what is England doing now? Nothing; unless we are to speak of the raising of • few regiments, rendered ne. cessary by the movements in her Colonies. As to France, if she' do not oa-operate directly with us, she has given to the corn. manners of her stations instructions which authorise them to favour, by every means in their power. the Spanish Royalists. Her vessels have three months since carried to America the despatches andl new agents of our government. Reflecting persons do not suffer themselves to be led away by fine words. They would perhaps ad mit the possibility of recovering a kind of patronage of 31 exico and Peru, by means of wise concessions, supported by the develope. ment of imposing forces ; but in the present state of things they consider this measure to be mast impolitic, and one which would destroy all hope. As to Columbia, we must speak no more of it; ' whatever happens, this rich territory is lost to us for ever. If we cast our eyes upon the situation of the entire Peninsula, nothing can be more deplorable. The prisons are crowded, the treasury is empty, and the highways infested with robbers. A letter from Ceuta, of December 30, contains as follows : " The same spirit which existed in this city before the return of the King is still in being ; the triune assemblages take place. The Governor says he can do nothing without superior meters. M e e_ logs of the Freemasons and Clubs are held; individuals have even the effrontery to appear clothed in the uniform of the militia ; this we consider as a direct insult to the cause of the King. PERPIGNAN ' JAN. 13. The second Council of War has condemned to death two soldiers for having carried arms against France. The different bands of royalists which proceeded to Abisbal to disarm the royalist militia returned upon the Ist of January. The doors * all the houses were closetrand Wen 'the Magistrates had concealed themselves. However, the distribution of a little money had the effect of making them leave Abisbal. The same bands re. paired to Vergcsle upon the holiday of the patron saint of the com mune, and set fire to the house in which some persons were danc ing; the tire was not extinguished on the next day. Whilat in the country monks and priests inflame the population to the commission of excesses, condemned alike by reason, by true religion, and sound policy. The inhabitants of Barcelona pursue a different course ; upon the tumultuous day of the 4th, the population of this great city opposed the departure of the procession. All these events prove that the most complete anarchy reigns in this province, and that those to whom the King has entrusted the reins of Government are not decided upon the system which this east monarchy ought to adopt. Whatever the Government of the country may be, it should be always committed to strong, just, and dexterous hands; it would then be easy to unite all the citizens, whatever were their opinions—for they would all have a moral guarantee, and they would know that their lives and properties would be respected. I From the Joni nu( der Debar.) PREVESA, Ore. 23. The destinies of Turkey are fulfilling themselves, and the cam paign which was to exterminate the Greeks has once more termi nated to their advantage. Moustai Pacha, compelled to raise the siege of 3lissolongbi, is in full retreat upon Janina, after having failed in the last attempt which had been entrusted to him. It is known that the Turkish Government had intended fur a long time to behead Omer Brionis tor the bad success of his campaign an Etolia in the preceding year, as well as for the revolt of the Schypetars, which took place in the month of May last, and of which he is accused of being the author. Omer Brionis , aware of these designs, escaped them by keeping himself constantly in the midst of has Fortiticuiotn. He never approached :Houma' Pacha nor his head -quarters except in a respectable state of defence; but at length finding himself almost cut ofr in Acarnania, where he was taking up his winter quarters, he had no mode of safety except by treating with the Greeks. After receiving from thou the strongest guarantees, he repaired with his luggage and treasures to Alauroconlato, as Atissolonghi, declaring that his ancestors had sprung from a Christian family, and he wished to live and die in the midst of the Greeks. Thus, the last descendant of the Palenlogists Omer Brionis, who has played so important a part in the disturbance of Egypt, in Epirus, in Theasaly, .Ittica, and Etolia, places himself now a suppliant on the hearths of the Greeks. Upon this news. the Turk*, who still remained in Epirus, betook themselves with precipitation to the snountaits of filusache, and it is probable that the Albanians will speedily detach themselves from the yoke of the Sultan. It is even thought that 3loustai Pacha will atone with his head for the miafortues of the campaign, which have been as unjustly ascribed to him, as to all his predecessors who hare come in contact with the Hellenists. The 1 arks are now but an interior race in Greece and in Europe ; they will struggle, but they will share the fate of the Roman lower Empire. MADRID, JAN. 10. ROYAL DECREE. . . . . " The prosperity of my people, to whose happiness the glory of my crown is united, has ever been the object of my wishes ; and I ardefeinfied to emp loy all the means in my power to obtain it, for the purpose of remedying those serious evils which have aprunte from different causes, and of. procuring, in future, there "rear ad vantages which can be acquired by a constant and an enlightened zeal alone. At the present period, when the power and the glory of Sovereigns partly depend upon the abundance which peace brings with it, by means of commerce, of arts, and of manufac tures, Spain, naturally fertile, happily situated fur the purposes of trade with all nations, would be most wealthy—would possess the greatest advantages, ar.d a most numerous population. it the disr. anion and temperament of her inhabitants did not interpose oh. stacles which check her activity, and render useless her efforts. Anxious to remove these obstacles, and to open every path to public wealth, by applying all my thoughts to an oh.l j.n-t so desirable and so important, I have resolved to create a junta composed of persons zealous for the welfare of the kingdom, and distinguished for their wisdom and intelligence. This Junta, over which Juan Perez I'illamel shall preside, will apply its attention to all the brar.clies of public wealth, to those which furnish the aliment and shat material, to the arts which !_ ive them employment, to the trade which will facilitate their peace. lion, and will support anti increase their produce. This Junta will examine all the ?listing laws and regulations, and will propose to roe the most efficient means by which the produce of our territories and our industry may be amplified and brought to perfection, by which the progress of the arts, of navii,ation, and commerce, may be accelerated. The Junta will also consider if it be necessary to establish a General Jutaa of Trade, of Coin, and Alines. For the purpose of aiding the judgment of the Junta which I have created, 1 authorise it to seek and obtain the uecessarz documents from all Councils, auth orities , At. . _ . 4 caled by the royal band, Palace, Jan. S. ISALLASTLROS. PARIS, JAN. 20. ANNIVERSARY OF TILE 2IsT JANUARY. The crime, to the fatal memory of which this day is consecrated, affords a frightful lesson, whicli has not been lost upon the people. They are now convinced to what an excess delirium and fury arc capa s hle of leading men who become possessed of power, by to nut. tuare elections, end under the influence of passio:is purely demo cratic. We are fond of cherishing the hope that up to the very moment of the election", but a small number of Conventionalist" had conceived that ,rtccrable tote which they gave three months fafter, and which doomed to death a just and benevolent Monarch, each successive year of whose reign was marked by benefits eon. reefed upon his people. No; such a horrible delinquency could not possibly he the result of premeditation. The majority of thos e ' who were guilty became so by their indolence and sloth ; by fol. 1 lowing the popithr movement to which they had allied themveiree; and hurried to lengths which they could not foresee. Children of a distracting faction, they were faithful to their -latent. Far, far be the intennon of peeking an excuse for an act which can admit of , none ; but we trace the bloodstained path which the guilt of a s e al. I bens origin condemned them to traverse. Escaped fmm the tem. pest of the 10th of August, they yielded to the impulse which gave . ' them birth. They commenced their career with the frenzy of a republic; they entk•ii by parricide—by the murder of all that was virtuous and great—by the destruenim of every mono:pent of France—by the ruin of religion—by the overwhelming of society_ and finally, they leagued themselves with a feeble Power, ohlig n i in turn to submit to a military despotism, and to the ambition of an usurper. }:lectors of France! it is to your French hearts that these manner. lions are addressed. let your royalist elections give some come. lotion to the brothers to the august dsughter oldie martyr king, to the Prince Victor and Pacificator, to the desolate widow, in whose mind the memory of so many public afflict ions has only ag. gravated the recollection of one wore recant &lid more persunil, and who appears before vow, Isear'mg in her arms that child, the depository of the hopes of the country, and the happiness of your posterity. Electors ! assemble to fulfil the most important of year civic du. tics; he mindfol of Eon is XVI. • but be Arm mindful of the noti ce intentions of his crown ; be mindful of yourselves. AVe hear from Apt of the 16th January, as foFloers : We arrive at the moment when these naval stations are to ha relieved, and the vessels which were cruising along the coasts. of Spain are to return ; by these means these stations will bestrengrh— coed. We have had here in the early pert of the month, four fri— gates, six corvette*. and two brig.. Scene of the frigates go is Cadiz, and will bring back those efficere and soldie rs whose time is. expired. The others sail for Rio de Janeiro, to the Antilles, acdF Cayenne. k him 1 rubles (more 1„ 1 y'-r PRICES OF BRITISH 1 Rank Stock 237 3 per Cent Reduced, 901 1 3 per Cent. Cons. 89111 a J 01894 31 per Cent. 100 4 pet Cent. 102 lit All New 4 per Cents. I 4 Long Annuities, VI -16 Imperial 3 per Cents. 1514 - Doak for Account Cowls for Acct. ill 4 004 PRICES OF FOREIGN Austrian Scrip, 64 4 a a pr. Ditto Bonds, Chinon Bonds, 7ti 6 41 Ditto for Acc. 76 Color:ob. Bonds, 621 31 3 80. for Account, 03 Neapolitan Bonds, 11 1 f, 2 Ditto for Account, 112 PrT1113111!) Bonds, 911 Ditto for Account. Ditto Bonds (111221, 001 Russian Roods, 111 1 i Ditto for ham 041 1 Portuguese Boris, .llez. Mines, COURSE OF EXCH . Amsterdam C. F. 12 2 Ditto, at sight 11 19 Rotterdam . 12 I Antwerp . 12 4 I lamburgh - .'1 4 Alyea . - 37 5 Pads, 3 days' sight 24 60 Mite . 25 00 Betudesas 25 00 710 Friakfort.on-the-Main Petaeburgh 9 Vilma . le 12 :'rust. . - 10 12 Madrid . 36. Cadiz . Bi - . IS% Barcelona 66 , Perille - 3.5 Gibraltar - 30, BAYONNE NEWS.. Yesterday we received the following_letter: , BAYONNS, JAW. IA Ity an army courier we have received news from Madrid of the 11th. The Journals contain several decrem relative to the internal administration. but it is to be apprehended that they will produce no effect, as none of them are carried into ex-entice in the pro. vines. The King ban just issusil a decree, which, in the state at disorder in which the kingdom now is, must be cousidered as vain words. The object of this decree is to give an impulse to CM. me rce , agriculture, and industry ; whereas it is well known that even in peaceable times it is impossible to undertake any thing in that !votary. _ _ . . The Ife/feturador is perfectly right in saying that those who are n the secret of the revolutionary manwuvres believe, adopt, and propagate reports which it is frequently obliged to contradict. The billowing have not yet been contradicted :-10,1M0 men, armed and organized, composed of the wrecks of the Constitutional armies, have united between Estremadura and Andalusia. Parties of Libe rals hover about Aladrid, and even appr.nwh the gates. At the head of one of these corps is the brave Seller, already known for his having organized a few corps in the capital, with which he was obliged to yield to superior numbers in La Mancha, and to capitu. late. The French troops are under arms every night for some time past. They have been forbidden to go into the publie.houses, because they run the risk of being poisoned. Since the list of January above one hundred and fifty Swiss have been killed. A decree will shortly appear to annul all the promotions made in the army since the establishment of the Constitution. The decree of the King. approving the project of the Duke de l'lntantado for the organization of the !loyal Guard. will not be carried into effect. The Restourador, in its last number, says a great deal shoot the province of 3lurcia, which it confesses so be in a flame, where all the men, armed against the Royalists, are protected by the inhabitants of the country. Madrid is pretty *rang:ill—thanks to the numerous patrols that are on foot day and night. At nightfall every one losmeadm self in his house, and always has arms at hand. Travellers who come from that country affirm that this state of things =am possi bly continue long. DUTCH PAPERS. Yesterday we received Dutch papers to the 21st, and Brussels journals to the 2uth. The following are extracts: Fnexcronr,Jsx.l2. The most absurd and unfounded reports h-ve been spread from Iliunbergh, relative so a pretended conspiracy in Sweden. The last letters from Stockholm speak only of the internal tranquillity which reigns in the kingdom. The only foundation for the whole report. seems to Save been an annnymotis letter from one peasant to another, which some journals have mentioned, but it was not of • nature to excite any disturbance, nor has there been any. It is said now that the Swedish Ministers at foreign Courts, have received instructions from their bovernment to contradict these false reports. _ _ HACI-E. JAN, 20. Baron Nagel!, whn has been allowed to retire in the most ho nourable manner front the department of Foreign Affidts„, 'DJ retain the tide of Minister of state, and take part, as the thief plbeipotea tiarv, in the neg.wintim:s with the Papal Nuncio. His lisiseVwcy is likewise }lased at the head of a committee for the preas ot i o a o f the tine arts. ...—..- A r canna., JAN. 11. An extraordinary courier, despatched from the Ake of Peke► Metternich, has brought to the President of the Berman Diet, Baron Munch Billinghauscn, despatches, supposed to be idativa to certain communications which will shortly be made to the Diet in the name of the Cabinet of Vicuna. _ RIVSSELS, Jaw.l9. The sciences hare sustained a great loss in Dr. lissiselt, of Gm ninon, who was rent, in 18211, by our Government, to the 1.1.1 t Indies. for the promotion of natural history. Ile died at Button zoog, in Java, in September lam. HAMBURUIi PAPERS. The most important article brought by the liamburgh Mill is the Deerte of the Emperor of Russia for the in crease of the Import Duties of his Empire. . UKASE, (TRANSMITTED IT SIR DANIEL RAYLET TO S. THORN TON, ESQ., GOVERNOR or TIIE RUSSIAN COMPANY] DATED nee. 22, Ifr23--arax. 3, 1te21.) In order to diminish the importation and consumption of cer tain foreign articles, tending principally to the enaroragement of luxury, and to the prejudice of our own industry, we ordain to our loyal subjects-- 1. That - on the importati mof foreign articles specified in the annexed document, and continued by mitselfins, the duties there to affixed, be levied at all the custom-houses established for Eu. ropean commerce, from the l.t day of January, fills, or in places where the decree shall be received later, from the date of the recept thereof. 2. That the duties established by the preceding tariff be lerisd on all such goods as may remain in the custom-houses on the Ist of January, 1821, on on recei p t hereof, and which may not be liable to be cleared until the expira.:on of the term fixed by law, but that this privilege shall not extend to goods, the Unties on which shail have already become due. 3. That the duties specified in the annexed document be levied upon goods imported at the free port of Odessa, anti their must: over the line of the free port into the governments of the Interior, from and after the Ist January, 11121, or from the day of the re ceipt hereof, notwithstanding that they miy have been previously pucchaseri, and have been inscribed in other towns. 1. In like manner. goods taken one of quarantine and out of the cesium-house, for the consumption of rite free putt, lion and after the lit of January, Med, or from and after the day of the receipt hereof, arc to be subjected to the payment of one-filth (I.C) part of the advanced duty, for the benefit of the town. RT. PETE/1881'MM, JAN. - The Imperial Ukare respecting the changes in the Tariff, which wilt take effect from the Ist (13th) of January, 11124, has jot ap peared. It is signed by his Majesty, December 18th (30tb). Raw sugars are to pay one silver ruble per pond, in addition ; coffee, two silver rubles ; twist pays now, undyed, five silver rublta ; rough rived, six silver rubles per pint ; nutmegs, 15 midis mace, 2-.1 rubles per pool ; cassia lignin , 10 silver rublet per loaf ; cinnamon, 10 silver rubies ; olive oil, one and a quar ter silver rubies per pond , gross weight ; rice, 40 copes* ; to bacco, leaf and stalk, four silver rubles All kinds of white cotton goods, 70 copra silver per lb . ; half transparent and Jransparent cotton goods, except run muslin and lam two rubles. 20 cores silver per lb. ; eat:Wets, shalloons, screen, and calimancoes, one ruble pet Ib ; patent cords, wilitiets, and ether woollen goods. mixed with thread and other yarn, one rut.! e, be tepees silver ; wine is raised five rubles silver, per hogshead ; stockings and caps, cotton cords, canvas, piqui; 31ancllester ' such white g ols, with white borders, white counterpanes raOed, from 35 to del copes* per lb. ; Wool, spun and dyed, from seven rubles, 70 copses. to eight rubles, 20 avec,' ; unspun and dyed, from six rubles. I-0 copecs, to seven rubles, CO copra. All these duties are in ails ,• rubles. The winter is extremely mild; the roads are. in eonaccetercr. almost inipaysable, which is a great obstacle to the communrea.lon with the interior. COPENHAGEN, /Vt. 13. His Majesty has granted s prrsion of lOW Tic dollars baneo, in silver, to the widow of the late Minister Rosenerantz. The funeral of that lamented statesman took place yeaterday. Princes Christian and Ferdinand of Iknmark, Prince %%llliam Of Hesse, and Prince William Charles Louis of Hesse Philipsthal. were among the nu. tiverous followers, as well as the whole diplomatic carps. Some extraordinary discoveries have been recently made at the East India lions.. g...eat commercial Route has brought in the Nizam its debtor about seven hundred them,and pounds. I'pan an investigation, it appeared that not more than three hmdreil thousand pounds had been really lent and that the rewainder of the sum alleged to he due, had l:en managed between that house and the Ministers of the Sizam. A high personage is deeply itn plicated, and it is now in contemplation to impeach him. The proposal to give the late Governor-General of India a pension of five thousand rounds per annum was negatived at the Court of Pireetors. This we regret, front Lit.' flat:tires' Fes, n: Parrev. - c,l cl•-cum,tanc,s. 'r'=. -- :