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LONDON JOURNALS. FROM THE NIORNINt. e.cPliltti OF THIS DAY. [Hornin g Chronicle.] Dispatches have beets received front Lord Cocb• rouse (+l' a very favourable astute. We have not yet Is arta their contents. An arrival at Liverpool has brought private accounts or a beide having been fought on the' Syttitish Main, the consequences of which tittiSt &timely important. The. advices Ate corn menicated from Ttinided ti nt - date of the 7tit A !ell, tie the supercargo of a most respectiable heose in the City, and en extract of his letter w ill be 'mind subjoined. By the analysis we some days eeo published of the movements and positions -of the coil teleding armies, up CO the period when NJ - rill. commenced his retreat front the Arauca, our reedrre would be in some measure prepared for this crew, at it was evident the Sitanish Chief was in ot. critical sitastion—at an imeteese distance from his resources--iris supplies and communications cut A—a,lar g c and rapid river hi his rear—and active Guerillas harassing isini can all sides. A re port front Curagna, contained in a New York Pa , per of 24th ultimo, stated,, that the Patriots bed attacked else Spetsierds when recrossing; the Apure, Mitt eel up one halt of their army. .1 his may be the saine action, as the dates would agree. The results may . be eseily conjectured. .Morillo, finding atter repeated anti urgent recite/cm' atices that he could olein no aid frtati bonne, • armed all the black 6 ctt the coofileataid estates, clothed and disciplined them with his own officers and Oleo, and with this army formed the hold 'project of penetrating to Auenstera. A few weeks betere he marched, F. 50,000 dollars arrived front ikvannab, and large hounties were given to stctire their fidelity. This army being once broken, a the black coming in contact weartheir countrymen and former Masters, ,teat desertion may be expected. In the mean time, a competent force was preparing to laud on the sea-coast from Margarita. IMTaACT OP A LETTeat DATED TRINIDAD, APRIL 7. Vesterday there was ass arrival here from Maturin,bring ing accounts of a battle haring been fought at San Fernando, is , which the Royalists were defeated with loss of 2,000 men, and also that a stroag position its front of Cumatta had been fqrced. We are luokiug anxiously for ass ars - iv Ai from An gostura with the above good stews confiriued, which if true t‘a it full extent, decides the business. It is said, the v . . - bole the British who sailed in• December, were iv actinn, and that it was all accoatplishrd at the point of the bayonet by theist. It appears, however, they would not stir a step with out cash, fur which all the cattle, ffi.c. were put in requisition, and the I,s - cidace ()ethic prizes at It.trgarita. Admiral Brion rcsigtteil the command of the gra to July, and ri•smiins on short as tiuperinteisdenr of Marine, .litly is flow bitiatitd icti; Cumana. Colonel Eaglish gives out that he shall not trouble himself about Cumana, toot intends making a dash at once on Caracas; if so, and the, 4.1)41Ve• mentioned accounts are true, it is snore than probably tie may meet with sue cess."—.Cnid.) (Brilisk riessj A report tirevaiis iu die City, but we believe it depegids on the very suspicious authority of Ame rican intelligence, that Lord Cochrane has at tacked the Andromache, Captain Sherriff, and another British vessel, having large quantities of siiecte tit board, but that he was *tea of, and two of ii is vessels were It*nlc. Fears are entertaiiiel that ;be packet from Ja maica, which Wit! known to 14a*V specie ()it tumid, bas beets met by riaintlered, and vAnk. l'hese fears Crave beCII prhicipany excit4d by 'Zito afri of some vessels which left that Istztnil suhsequent to the - sailing of the packet. One of these fell in with a privateer in the very, course which the packet would take.—(lbid.) (Morning Herald.] ilia Grace the Duke of Bedford, at the com mencement of last week, had two interviews with the Prince Regent at the house, No. 5, Marlbo rough-cow, Brighton, (within the precincts of tt , e Pavilion) then occupied by Lord Williatn Goreloo, who, it is said, was the only person pre sent on each occasion. It is contoured that the staTe of political parties in the country was the sohject of conversation. Some say that the in terview was at thee inilance of the Noble Duke others helese that it solely origivated with his Royal Highness. _ [Mornizg Post.] We untlerstand that the following Resolutions' sic intende4 to be moved iu the House of Com mons this evening, as an actieuttlateut to thnse to be proposed by Mr. PEAL, as the subject of the Bank : TLFSOLUTIONS. 1. That it is eXpt4ient to Ex a definite period when the IteOriction. now existug by lase, on Payments in Cash by the Bank of Ewerland, shall cease and del...Twine. R. That sacs period fixed for the Ist May, 1823. That as act auxiliary, measure to the oltintate object of payit:g in tlze legal coin of the realm, it is expet; ient to pro vide, that !root atoll after the ist of May, 1821, the Batik E ileen be obli.ged by law to sell.attel deliver, on &Ina 341, any etyma tity of gold ,rnot less than sixty ounces being at a time required). of standard dilly assayed and stamped at his Majesty's Mint, at the price of .; : tl. 1 7s„ tog. per ounce. 4. That in order to provide intermediately against any ma tecia.2. fluctuation in the Rates of Exchange between Great Britain and foreigu countries, awl with a view to the sooner restoring these teichanges to the par (setpposing no extraor dinary cireornetatiees to occur to itiffnetice the balance of pay ments agltinst areat Britain, it is expedient to provide, that front nod after the Ist December 180, the Bank shall be ob liged hy jaw to sett and deliver oily setantity of gold of stand • ,1 tin mess, 3iCtyttil and stamped as before mentioned (not lest Ulan C3131114C42s toeing at a time required), at the current or tweilitim marl:elepicieie of gold, talten at the preceding In ✓tigl,/ yOsk. day in London, and ceetiSed by two sworn bra- Leci: alivays that the Batik shall not be obliged at asie time tea sclt at a less fairs! that 31. 171. WO. per ounce. S. That in order to give the Bank the means of increasing their prtecat ttoek of treasure, and of carrying into effect the before-stated ohjesits, it is expedient to declare that ten raillionT of the Exchequer Bills hel , l by the Bank should be raid or and reduced ; whereof, five millions should he dis eta ir,/ed ley gradual payments, 1313 or before the Ist May, Ivin ; and the other tee 131111 - 111:/11 oct or before Ist Nlay, It32 i. That in order to costive a safe anal certain pi ice for all the Feiceigit Grill which 171 ay he imported into Great Britain, it is expedient to provide that the Bank sof England shall be olifievii by law to purchase :oa4 receive all !melt quantities of foveigit gold, of standard sneuess, du iy assayed and stamped at his Majesty's Mint, as may be offered to them for purchase between 'toe present time tail the Ist May, 18'23, at 3i. 17s. rid. per tr:nee. 7. The.. 111:: itestrittion on Payments in Cads by the Ban:: of Feel :toil ebenolti cease definitively Ist 1323. 3. Tlvit i: is not expelietit to fix at.y cpecibc numerical t-mina:, and which the issue; of the lianhis of litteland arid of feeland respectieely shitald tie het eatter !looted ; hat in or der 1 , 3 a hi; Majesty's Goeernment and the Public due lime Ledge of the 'extent of teteli issites, it le expedient to pro vi,fe that :a. weekly account be transmitted liv each Bank I espeetirely to his Nlaje.gy',..: Mott Efortoiteable Pricy Council of the enteunt of Notes and Post Bills in circulation, on each day in said week ; and the average arming of Notes and Post eirettlation iii etch qitaiter at the, year he pub lished oi,ee in the London and Dublin Gazettsis rerpe‘stieely, b' .'.Atli 9. Ti.at it is expedient to repeat the prohihitlng: Vie anal Exportation of the Cain of yile Rea'r.e. 1J R. WILKINSON'S CASff. In considering the very peculiar predicament of Mr. Wil kiteam, ated the claims founded upon it, it appears to me to he desirable to endeavour to lay down a fair and just principle of adjustment, and then to apply it to the case. unlit, in explanation of my general view of it, tq pre mise in the outset, that with every desire to consider and discuss the claim liberally, still I cannot bring myself to regard it in the light of a legal claim, in the strict and se vere sense of the term. When Mr. Wilitioson, in the year 1812, entered into engagements for insuring a supply of sudtpetrr, tw could not hut be aware that Government had a right to revive that monopoly of the article which had been but jnet abolished; from which it follows, or seems to me to follow, that in forming a quinquennial contract for the supply iu question, 1w look that step " sun perienio" with. out any guarantee on the part of Government, and subject of course, to all the rietaa and to all the losses incident to an eventual change of system—whether by the re-establish ment of the inottopoly—whel her by subjecting the article to the payne , nt of duties—whether by the prohibition to ex port. It is therefore that I am of opinion, that the claim Omuta itiSi ly be cotianlered to be of a legal nature. But while I entertain that sentiment, I cannot on the other hand but admit, that as the then recent abolitiOn of the monopoly of saltpetre, by a legal enactment, rendered it. in the biabeet decree improbable that it would be immedi atclorcoistablished, and as it was immediately reestablished to the &Mous ruin of the speculation entered into during the interval by Mr. Wilkinson, that Gentleman has every right, short of legal right, to expect that his claim will he considered as a ease .standing upon grounds peculiarly strong, and that it will be decided on principles of the greatest liberality, more especially when - it is considered that the decision is to be passed by the very party which benefit. ad by his lois. This, as a principle, appears indeed to have been admitted from the'first ; hence the numerous references which have taken place on. the subject, and hence the appointment of a Committee of intelligent and experienced Gentlemen for the purpose of applying that principle. Had any doubt been entertained from the first of Mr. Wilkinson's claim being entitled to consideration, it would, I conclude, have been rejected and dismissed in limine. In that ease the measure of resorting to the opinion of a Committee, com posed of men of business, would have been altogether un gatere. In the present stage, therefore, of the question, the Ttu tutu, or degree of compensation, to which, in equity anti li berality, Mr. Wilkinsoo may appear to be entitled, seems to me to be the point for consideration. In turning this point in my mind, 1 have found little diffi culty or hesitation in deciding, as far as my humble hut de liberate judgment goes, that Mr. Wilkinson is nut only enti tled (though, as (discreet!, not legally) to compenSation for all actual loss sustained by hint, but also to a certain degree on account of the privation of those commercial profits, which, hat for the revival of the monopoly, he, would have enjoyed, and which, by the direct operation of that revi val, Government, as- a commercial body, has reaped the fruits of. In this there is nothing at variance with what 1 have de clared above, as 10 Mr. Wilkinson's liability, in a leenl point of view, to suffer from the operation of measures, which, however prejudicial to his interests as an individual, Go vernment, iu its paramount capacity of ruler of the country, had a right to adopt. I now examine the case as a case of equity, and 1 examine the conduct of Government, or rather I consider the line of conduct which, in my humble opinion, it behoves Government to pursue, not with mere reference to its power, hot, with advertence to what, in sound policy and iii true considerate liberality, it ought to do. Infect, if it be admitted, and it can hardly, I think, he de. nied, that in sound policy, and with an enlightened, en larged, and statesmanlike view to its own interests, every Government ought carefully to abstain from every public act which has an obvious and direct tendency to destroy, or even to weaken„the confidence of its subjects, on' its wis dom, justice, and consistency, it seems to follow, that in the event of a Government sanctioning, suddenly and unexpeet edly,alie adoption of a measure, which converts an article of free trade into a monopoly, it is bound in policy (lode pendently of considerations of equity) to grant relief to those who may ctlfrer from the operation of sorb measnres ; since a contrary line of conduct on the part of a Government, in that predicament, must have the effect of diminishing the confidence of the community. For what merchant will ven ture to engage, to any extent, in commercial adventure, if he he exposed, by the operatiou of a measure which he had no reason to expect, to see the legitimate profits of his speculation pass from his hands into the hands of the very Government front which he had a right to look for good faith and protection , I venture to affirm, that, when I consider this as likely to prove destructive of public confidence, and to paralyze exertion on the part of the commercial portion of the coin do not advance an extreme or as exaggerated position ; and if it be admitted that on grounds of general policy, le reasoning is just, how strong and immediate must its applicability be to a case like the present, in which an individual has evidently been a severe sufferer by en act of Government, the object of which was NOT POLITICAL advantage, bid PECUNIARY profit, NOT the promotio n o f the public intereits of the State, but the securing a com mercial coin to the Government in its capacity of a trading Company in quest of money by means of traffic ? Such are the grounds on which it is clear to my conviction that, in. sound policy as well as in equity, this Government ought to consider itself bound to make a liberal compensa tion to Mr. Wilkinson, even supposing it not to have drawn arty immediate profit from the operation of the measure which caused his loss. But when it is considered, besides, that in proportion as he LOST, the very Government now about to decide on his claim GLINCD, it appears to me that that Government, on principles of equity, is doubly bound to compensate, or in other words, to transfer to him some part of the gain which, in-Us commercial rapacity, it acquired eU his expense. So sensible indeed was Government of the peculiar hard ship of Mr. Witkinson's case, that it came to the determina tion, at once just and liberal, of respecting such engitgements as that gentleman might bona. fide have entered into pre vious to the revival of the monopoly of saltpetre in the year 1812, and Could Mr. Wilkinson have rendered that con siderate indulgence efficient and available, he would not now lie in the distressing preilicatnent of suing for relief. The circumstances which prevented him firm reaping the advantage of that measure, have been so frequently adverted to lu the course of the proceedings, that it were needless now to refer to them in detail ;'suffice it to say, that they were beyond his control, and that he was not the victim of his own neglect. The Committee has taken a clear view of the several prin ciples, according to which the amount of compensation due to Me. Wilkinson may be estimated. The most moderate sum to which it considers him to be fairly entitled to ou ac -004111( of the two first years of his engagement, is 180,000 rupnee, with iuteest, at the rate of 8 per cent. Per annum. Assuming that the calculations of the Committee are just, and entirely concurring, as 1 do, in the fairness of its prin ciples, and to the justness of its reasoning, lam of opinion with the Committee, that Mr. Wilkinson is entitled to a compensation of 180,000 rupees, with interest, at the rate of 8 peer cent. per a n num, on account of the losses sus taived by him during the two first years df his contract. On a superficial view of the case, the magnitude of the corn may startle, but we ought to consider that that very magnitude serves to shew the magnitude of the pecuniary gain which the Government, or to speak more property, which the Company derived front stepping into Mr. Wil kinton's place, in consequence of the revival of the mono poly, as is clearly proved (to my conviction, at least) by the Committee in the 12th paragraph of its letter. - The Committee further proceeds to consider the compen sation doe to Mr. Wilkinson for the losses sustained by him during the three cementing years of his engagements, and on grounds stated in the 17th paragraph of its letter, deems him entitled to receive front Goverionent the amount which he would have recovered filer the Contractors as a penalty for breach of engagement, viz. 20,000 rupees per annum, thus excluding from the calculation, all Slippn9ed profits which might have accrued to Mr. 'Wilkinson, bad the trade ist saltpetre been suffered to continue open. I admit, with the Committee, that suppesint Mr. Wilkinson to be entitled We received yesterd.tly and this morning the Paris Papers of Thursday and Friday last.—ln the Chamber of Deputies the discussion on the articles of the prujet respecting the Financial Ac counts was continued through Wednesday, and again adilurned till Friday. home conversation took place :-...pecting the expenditure of the Duke de RICHELIEU, with reference to the negotiations at Aix-la-Chapelle, which bad exceeded the sum allowed, but the amount was ultimately agreed The KING'S health is stated to be much im proved, the attacks of the gout having entirely ceased. The statement is contradicted respecting the Coronation being to take place on the 25th of August ) it being asserted that no orders have been issued upon the subject. Marshal GOUVION ST. CYR, the Minister at War, is about io quit Paris to take the waters. During his absence, the business of his depart ment is to be transacted by the Marquess Des- SOLLES, the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The Constitutionnel states, that the Deputies who were prevented from speaking in favour of the recal of the Exiles, by the abrupt determina. tion of the Chamber to close the discussion, mean to publish their intended speeches. _ One of the Journals contains the following cu rious article, dated Madrid the sth instant : "An agreeable piece of news is in circulation here ; Deputies from Buenos Ayres have arrived in this capital, commissioned to offer to the KING the submission of the Insurgent Provinces of the Rio de la Plata. It is believed, that the conditions which accompany this offer are of a nature to be accepted( by the Government, of at least the greater part of them. The Provinces demand a national representation, the privilege of voting the taxes to be imposed upon them, and to be placed upon a footing of equality with the Mother Country With regard to customs and commercial re gulations. The wishes of the Colorists, enlightened by a long and melaiwholy experience, appear to be limited to the Status of 1738, with some ameliora tions suited to the progress of civilization. But there is one wish of the Colonists to which it might be dangerous to accede; namely, to send a Prince of the Royal Family as Viceroy to Spanish America. Buenos Ayres, situated at one of the extremities of the Spanish Possessions, could not besides be chosen for the residence of a Viceroy. But, not withstanding some inevitable discussions, this step, taken, as it appears, by the Authorities of Buenos Ayres, cannot fail to lead to a reconcilia tion."—This story is probably altogether a mys tification. The Journal de Paris, reiterating the contradic tion of the reports of the abdicatio❑ of the King of SWSDEN having been required by Russia, states, that letters had been received from Stock holm, dated the 4th inst. at which period nothing new had occurred, and the most perfect tranquil lity prevailed. The following are extracts from the Journals of Friday : " PaRIS, MAY 21.—The King gave audiences vest erday to the Marquess Dessaes and the Duk e of Rdgusa. The Piincc de Schwartzenberg arrived at Brussels the 17th instant from 'Vienna. The Marquess de &rail)°, Grandee of passed through t ßordeaux on the 15th inst., on his way, it is said, as Ambasbador Extraordinary 1 11731 Catholic Majesty to one of the Norther n Courts, for the purpose 01 demanding for his S°' vcre;gn the hand of a Princess. " A letter from Berlin states, that the Fren ch Marechal de Camp, Hulot d'Osery, brothe o f Madame Moreau, passed through there the 1 161 instant, on his way en courier to Petersburghi 1!. Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, after passing some days at Schaffhausen, proceeded to Zuric h ' His Royal Highness, after finishing his journey Switzerland, proposes to return to England. " The King of the Netherlands is expected shortly at Ghent. FIVE PER CENTS. Wednesday Of. 57c. DEFERRED STOCK. Of the 22d March, 1817, . SSE 150. 22d Sept. 1817, .. . 83 1. 15 C.. 22d March, 1818, Bl f. 13c. 22d Sept. 1818, ..79 f. 15e. 22d March s tBl9, ..7rit. 25c. (Thursday being Ascension Day was a hada"' at the Bourse.) " FRANKFORT, MAY 15.—Tbe Germanic Die t has appointed a Committee of five of its Member' to consider the present state of the Ustiversiti ge Of Germany." . _ The Duchess of KENT was delivered of 1 Princess, at Kensington Palace, between four and five this morning. Both the Duchess and bg r Daughter are doing well. Tua FUNDS.—This morning a panic seized 0 44 House, which was crowded at an early hour, tha t . is almost unprecedented ; the moment b a sica" commenced the rush was tremendous, and all sr Fared to. be Sellers ; various prices were called' at length some little order being obtained, Consol s were named at 678, and fell to 67k, being • de' pression. of 4 per Cent. since this day week' Scarcely any purchasers were to be - found at 'bag price. They recovered a little by 12 o'cla when they were 674, but the Market looked ell m ceedingly gloomy. • Boston Papers arrived this morning to the 20 1 Apt il, and New York to the 27th, and Pkilatiel" / lia to the 25th April. SPANISH Assaatc4. 7 —(BosToso.—Tbe solo/one s ' Retrieve, Captain TwYcaoss, arrived at (bib port° in 20 days, from St. Martha, Spanish Mont.'''. Official accounts had been received that Genera M'GREGoR, with his squadron of six sail, -with 12 or 1500 troops, from Anx Cayes, bail latgle 4 ' near,Porto Bello; he was expected at St. M a rths; .all the inhabitants were under arms, and India'' and troops from the Country were called to aßsi lL in its defence. PHILADELPHIA, APRit, 55. Extract of a Letter from St. Thomas's, ?doc k 30:--" By a vessel just arrived from Curago" news has been received by vessels, arrived be lls from Carthagena, that the Governor of Paolo ll bad written to the Governor of Carthagena 14 all the forces he could muster, as be dreaded 0 immediate attack from the Independent Aral' which, atter taking Lima, was then advancing rapidly to the Northward, no doubt to attack post." It is stated, we find, in one of the Paris Paper' that the Deputies who were prevented, by th sudden termination of the Debate on the propos e ! recal of the EXILES, NMI speaking in favour 0 that measure,,meao to publish their reasons to tom, world at large. We hope that they will do 544 that a refutation of thiir argtintenli is support 04 so dangerous a measure,onay,ba equally circulate' throughout Franco and'all Europe. It is also desk' able that these advocates for rebels and muidel fi . should, by thus avowing their sentiments, had their characters fully developed to their county'' men, since, after proving themselves to be favo oll ` able to the most odious criminals, they will harti l ll be returned, on a futUre occasion, to the Lego' lative Body. Such partizans of treason, anarchio. and regicide, might next be expected to prop o° the return of BUONAPARTE to France, or to Sovereignty at Elba, if nor in order to . invest with a new dignity, as Monarch of his notl cil island, Corsica. At all events, we hope that i ti4 Patrons of the infamous Exiles, by thus expoi ° l their principles, will preclude themselves front official employment, as they never can desert'e the confidence of a King whose piOus Broths they murdered, over whose country they i p re4 desolation and misery, and Who shook the foa l ' dation of the civilized world. No—never should such wretches be permitted to enter France n° l more, and, indeed, it seems surptizing that tbe : should find shelter in . any part of E u rope which suffered so much by their principles and meastagg' to compensation on account of those (lime years, it I:as assumed the very lowest scale by which the quantum could l►e• estimated; mid were I, as art individual. standing in 11.0 , sum, relation towards M r.Wilk bison in which thv Compaw, is now I►laced'with respect to him, i alight, as a Gentleman be disposed to admit the claim. Eat ate/trig as Ido in (1w capacity of steward or others, I hardly consider myself war ranted to follow that impulse. The ground on which I prin cipally hesitate is this: through I ad►oit that during the two first years circumstances might render it impracticable fm. Air. Wilkinson to divert iris attentio❑ and his capital to souse other channel, and to speculate in a different quarter, that consideration cantos( Ire held (I think) to apply to the latter years of the period in question, and I am therefore not prepared to concur in that respect with the Committee; yet I must add, that it is not without a considerable degree of diffidence . and hesitation that I dissent from the sagges tiou, the mann/moos suggestiou of so many able, honoura. ble, ittlelligent, and experienced G utienteo, whohare care fully considered the subject, and can hate nu possible brie. rest in the result. Under this impression, it is gratifyiug to me to reflect,that should my view of the case be too na rrow, the misconception will be corrected by the liberality of those with whom I have the honour to be associated, or by the authorities in Europe. (Signed) ARCH D. SETON . THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed on Saturdan Ni g ht. 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NOLEN QUIS DICERE FA LSUM All !MAT LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 24, 1819. Wl laz ii:fi ti , pr ose th e C th e C tilt/ #~ diem Perm Miter l'zlai H'l►xt d4lig then, It e h, blQo Stir ° Wh o *hi c aUb n tbis tei v4 to u snot just ttp, 1 go, tit, To V, 'lll6i