The Sun. — London, England, 1816-04-19 00:00:00

JAMAICA MAIL. Extract of a letter from a Gentleman in Cnrago to lsis friend in this City, dated February 3, and received per schooner Adventure, arriVed here last week. " Yon 'no doubt heard that the Spaniards were fitting out an expedition td go and attack the island of Margaritta, in possession of the In dependents. A Spaniard (Manuel Linares) has arrived here, as a.. Commissioner from the Spanish Government of Caraccas, - and brought the news that the expedition, consisting of 500 men of the regiment of the Union, went against Marga ritta, but were entirely defeated,: the 500 801, /tiers' and 'l7 officers (among them, the cele brated Albuquerque) being:all killed. The whole island is now entirely in the possession of the In dependents, who have offered large snmi to those who will furnish them supplies of arms, ammuni tion, and provisions. The Spanish Counnissioner, Linares, has issued forth a paper, declaring all those that may be concerned in carrying any' sue emir to the Island - of Margaritta, shall be declared traitors to, the Spanish Government, and, it taken, I-. dealt with accordingly. Two schooners, be longing to Nargaritta, lately attacked the well known Spanish privateer, General Moxo, and gave her ',a tolerable drnbbing, but she succeeded in making her escape.. General Sarana, the Commander of the Inde pendents of Venezuela, has taken the city of Ba rinas, and has a large force of Cavalry with him, You-may rely on the correctness• of the above inforonlion, it being hut too true, and if you think roper, publish it with safety." Extract of a better from St. Thomas's, dated the t3th /Pleb. " By .a schooner, in a short p'assage from Baltimore, we learn that an American squadron, cons;sting of Ord 74's, four frigates, and other milli vessels, under the command of Commodore Decatur, were under sailing orders 'for Aux- CaYes, for the purpose of blockading Christ Oldie, he having hting some American Captains at the Cape.. The squadron may be expected in fifteen days hence:" By the arrivals of Thiirsclay we learn that Don Pedro Morino, Commander of the Spanish Forces, is acting the part 'assigned to him by his master with the greatest rigonr, and executing numbers without regard to age or sex. We are glad to learn, however, that an Englishman, of the name of Bell, who was to he shot, made his escape twenty-four hours previous to the period ordered f or hi s rxeciniiiii, out of the gaol of the Holy uquisition, and has arri veil at, pid Providence. We ►+re happy to observe that the first Report, agreed to by the Hon. House of Assembly on the . October last, on the subject of the Registry Bill, and the Resolutions grounded thereon, have beets copied. from' the papers of this Island into the Norriing Chronicle of the 221 December last, and we cannot entertain a doubt but that Parlia ment will pause in its further proceedings On that subject, until the very conclusive evidence, which was taken for the purpose of disproving the alle gations of that Bill, so far as it related to this Island. and transmitted by the Lord Sidmouth packet on the Ist tilt. shall have reached Eng land. The Emulous brig, of 18 guns; Capt. Carter, arrived on ,Monday . evening from Chagres, Car thagena, and Santa:Martha : she left Chagres on the 29th ult. called off Carthagena on the 7th inst. where'she remained only six hours, and from thence proceeded to Santa-Martha, which place silti IL ft last Saturday evening. When the Eruuloas anchored off Carthagena, the dispatches which she had for that place were sent oil shore, and received by the Spaniards outside the walls, no person from 'her being suf fered to enter the town, consequently little infor mation could be gained. We hear, however, with much satisfaction, that the British subjects, for whose fate many in this community arei deeply interested, were then well, but Still con. fined. At Santti-Martba several American and British auhjects.were detained as prisoners by the Spaniards, but some of them expected to get away soon, When the Emulous passed Porto-Bello, on her way to Chagres, she saw two Spanish frigates, with troops, going in ; they were from Cadiz, and had a passage of thirty days. The Royalist brig, of 18 guns, Copt. Stewart, was lying at Charges, when the Emulous left that place. The Araxes frigate, of 38 guns, Capt. Bligh, arrived yesterday afternoon from Nassau, N. P. in seven days, with a detachment of the 2d West India regiment on board. The Carnation and 'Variable brigs of war lately carried round to Port-Antonio a detachment of two companies of the 6th battalion 60th regiment. Tl►e Acbar, of 50 guns, Captain &Hen ; Car ron post-sloop, or 20 guns, Captain Pateshall ; Jaseot brig, of 18 guns, Capt. Lock, and Portia brig, of 14, guns, &plain Thompson, were at Per muda when the Friendship sailed. The two first were to leave - that island shortly fo'r England. Fifty passengers arrived iu the Rosetta. They: were landed at-Old Providence from a brig arid a schooner from Carthagena, shortly after the eva cuation of that place.' 'We learn from them that. the noted pirate Mitchell, iit the schooner Comet; was eruiziug,ol-1 Providence, and it was.►tuderstood that he intended proceeding to St. Andreas, for the purpose of plundering ; alter which he would go to New Orleans, where Ise had Previously sent a quantity of specie. We are extremely sorry. to state that a severe calamity toys happened to Mr. P. Grant, of Moun tain-Sprit►t;, St. Andrew's, by fire. On Sunday mot niag, betweetsthe hours-of one and two, his house was observed to be on fire in three places, and burnt so rapidly, that the building, wi►it the furniture, a quantity of coffee in bags, ready for• market, &c. &c. Were entirely consumed. This serious lire is supposed to be the work of a negro on au adjoining property, who, it appears, had some time hack threatened committiug sonic de predation of consegnence, which he has fully ac compliyhed, as the house being set on fire its se veral places, not a vestige of it remains. GERMAN PAPERS. PARMA, MARCH 23.—tor some days piist a number of coaches have come here, forming part of the equipage of our illustrious Sovereign. Oa the 20th, the following Proclamation made its ap pearauee cs We, Francis, by the grace of God, Emperor otAbstria, &i.—lly our letters-patent of the 2d of April, 1815, we made known, that, on the request of our beloved daughtiir, the ArchduCheis Maria Louisa, Duchess of Parma, Pfacentia IltiGitastalla,_ we charged Luirselcrs with the preliminary ministration of these provinces. The circumstances which at that time led us to such a determination being happily ended, we restore the time intrusted Governmnt into the hands of our beloved daughter; and we hare ordered that the sinie shall be made known to the people by letters-patent. Done at Milan, this ith of March, 1816, the 25th of our reign." The above was accompanied by the following Proclamation : "'We, Maria Louisa, Imperial Princess, Archduchess of Austria, by the grace of God, Ditches& of Pazina, Placentia, and Guastalla,&c.—Oar illtistri'ons and dearly beloved father, his Majesty the Emperor and King, haring desired that; on our repairing to our Duchies of. Parma, iStc. we should again take into. our hands the goveriititent , of these provisices,which he had so graciouslyaccepted in trust for Ili (aS we summ it nicated in otir letters patent from the imperial Palhtce of Schoenlirunn of date , the 31st of March, 141.5), we hate therefore thought proper to make known, its we hereby mule known', that we again take upon ourselves the government of our subjects, at the same time giving thanlis fur the Carp which our illustrious tattier has taken of the welfare of ear wi k ieets mon:over, declare, that it is our pieditlrt;'4lt contirtn all the ordivances issued by • our father during his government, and strictly enjoin the inhabitants of our said Duchies to conform thereto.—Given at Venice, this 17th March, 1816." FanX BASLE', .MARCH 31.—According to the miscount of a traveller coming trout Nlithlhausetp, some wounded Ausi sinus are stated ,to have been brought into chat place, it having been found ne cessary to suppress, by force of arms, a tumult of the•seduced soldiers and peasants in the neigh bourbood of Deforr, and in the Vosges. At Strasburg, where tie police is-equally rigorous and %%quaint, the number of persons in confine ment, according to he assurance, of time same traveller, which, however, we will not warrant, aMOtiati to 600. It is said that the nuntlyee of the Austrian troops in Msace is to be consider- ably increased. FRANKFORT, MARCH 6.—lt is said that the country ft out NVorms and Alley, as far as Bingen, will be spedily occupied by Darmstadt , troops. The, final decision on the fate of these fine pro vinces is the Moreto be desired, as, in Addition to the manifold ,evils with which they have beau vi sited of late years, a spirit of religious intolerance, has appeared, which' ought not to betoundi in this enlightened age. At Mentz the value of lines continues to be depreciated in a matinee hitherto unknown—a natural consequenCe Of the burden of quartering the garrison, wnich falls en tirely on .the burial'-6wners. FROM THR M smtis, Alitarcu 26.—Bir the death of Duke Frederick Augustus, the Government of time Duchy of Nassau is now, united in the'person. of his successor, Prince William of N'assau burg., By the duration of an unanimity main tained, with perhaps unequalled steadiness in si milar cases, between the reigning Duke and his presumptive successor, the Goveriunent of:the country presented for several years past the spec tacle of a consistent Government, tending to po litical unity under two Princes ifidepend en t o f each other. , BERLIN, MARCH 20."--It is itlte,ildeci to place in the space between the University and the Arsend dig' Statues of several of the must distinguished heroes of our times. Such monttments Were erected by the Ancients to their Generals and Ci tizens during their lives. They inflame the youth of the State to imitate such examples. But %va cannot help asking why are such , monuments erected to great Generals onlyl—Why not, as was the practice among the Greeks, to great Statesmen also ? Doubtless, a Blucher, Kleist, Gucisenail, would not frown afseeiug placed next to them and Billow, the statues of a flardenbuig, Kerchiesen, etc. These high-minded men. think too justly not to he pleased at seeing every spe cies of merit receive its due rewards. In the course of February some cases of plague had appeared at Constantinople, particularly in some villages on the Channel.; 15 persons, of whom five died, were brought 'into clic Greek Lazarettos, near the Seven Towers, and out of I'esa. hi the other, Lazarettos only one patient had been brought in during the la s t fortnight in February, and that was into the Armenian. AI:MVP:n-1 Brazils 1 Jamaica, 1 Dublin, 1 Waterford. Dut:-1 Lisbon, ,1 tit:Band, 1 autlaurcb, i Guttenburi;tt. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE o'CLOCE. Rank Stock, 3..15 - India Stuck, 3 per Cent. Red. 59i GO India Bonds, Q. St. pr. 3 per Cent. Cons. GI4 Excheq. par, 3s. pr. 4 per Cents.74ii Oluniititt, iii f, p e r Cent. N. Ann. 90131 Ditto fur Ptayinent, 171 - 13anh L. Ann. I 03.113. for .:11.1y, GI HIGH VATER LONDON BRIDGE TO-NIORItOW. Miiriiing, 33 minutes after 8. I Evening, 54 minutes after 8. THE SUN. 'lol,llm cm's oicEitk, rALsum Atl ',LAT LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, ISIG. Our Readers will remember that we have al ways stated the probability of their_ being no Loan this year. Ministers in their anxiety -to avoid overburthening the money market, have looked to every resource that could enable. them to avoid this measure. The strictest economy, diving into every branch of public expenditure, and other steps dictated by wisdom and policy,„ have crowned their efforts with success, and we believe we may now state positively, and :on good autho rity, that there will not be a Loan for the pre sent year.--Au arrangement nearly completed with the B.uik is the main groillid on which Ibis be neficial fiyhtetn rests. Jamaica Gazettes rc) the '.15;11 February reached , us this morning, Anti bring some interesting news res . pepting South America. We have made co 7 pious•extracts,* which our Reiiders will find in otti, .receding columns. I ) ;Jiladelphia•Papers to. the Bth, and lialifitx to the 20th ult. were received yesterday. There ap pears to be no truth in the report of the House of Assembly in Canada having been dissolV'ed General DRUMMOND. The interesting subject of the American Fisheries attracts much attention, both in our own Colonies and in the United States. The official 'instructions - sent out by the British Government bad been published at Saint John's, New Brunswick, on the 27th of February. - They I - briefly state; " that a; the Treaty of Peace lately concluded by the United States contains no, pro , vkiotr with res p ect t o the fisheries which the sub yet* of the United States enjoyed under Article of the Pence of his Majesty's Go. .I;ersrment consider it unnecessary that you should• be informed, as to the extent of the privileges.— The forme - r, Treaty allotted the citizens of the United States to.fish upon the high seas, the pri ' vil e g e of fishing within' the British jurisdiction, and, under certain .restrictions, using the har bours for the purpose of cpring, &c.---the former was permanent taut could not be altered—the two latter, both fishing within the British jurisdiction /and also curing on the, shores, being privileges merely conventional, had not been renewed, and of course the vessels Of the United States could have no pretension to." The instructions • then point out, that the American fishers shall not be molested on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, or other places in the sea, but that every'indulgence should he granted to the subjects of the United States wh o sh ou ld in the first plate plead ignorance of these instruc tions, but that the next season these Orders . were to be strictly enforced. We have 'copied from the New - York Post some curious articles relative to the Politics of the United States, and other platten.. The contest respecting the election of a President, enlists all tGe ontionunly pens of botl parties, in defence of their respective favourites and abuse of their ad versaries. The Commission app6inted to inquire into tl►e State of the Establish ments, which have grown ont Of the Hai. since 1792, with the view to retrench ment in all those offices, &c. which may be dis pensed cif h in tiine of Peace,, continues its daily 14bours with unremitting assiduity. It consists, as we have before stated, of Lprd BINNING, Mr. RYDER, and STURGES BouttNE, and when we consider 'the integrity and ability of these Gentlemen, we are sure we shall hot be consider ed as the causeless Panegyrists of Government when we offer our,,,warmest tribute of applause for an appointment so cot►clusive:in proof of their determination to _carry 'public economy to the nearest point, and so full of prothise to the best interests of the Empire. ' , Similarly occupied in <labodring for the public service, Mr. CHARLES LUNG, MT: ARBUTHNOT, an d Mr. HUSKISSON, meet every day upon the subject of the Civil List-l►o clear it of all incum brances, simplify and class its objects, reduce its amount where reduction is practicable, and be pre pared to bring before Parliaroeut a income calca latccftoPlace this intricate matter in a just polo' of view in all its bearings', so that what is re• quired for the dignity of the country, and_tbe ties of the State, and the station of the Sovereiga may each appear in a seperate form, and be cleat 4 understood by , the People. The utmost nao tional advantage may be anticipated from this salutary and requisite proceeding being entrustei to Gentlemen whose fitness for the task (and that is paying them the highest complin►ent).is para mount to its difficulty. We have only to add, to the honour of all concerned in this affair, that the eipress desire and wish of the PRINCH 11Fosta letho the adoption, of M course so eminently de. serving of the reward of public gratitude. . . There is something curious in the limit of the loyalty and attachment to the Throne in the Whig Opposition. It never goes the whole way, but invariably stops short at the Heir Apparent or the Heir Presumptive ; and no sooner does such Heir inquiry t 1 cc t e ll: si i their bestowed o endeavour 81: , and ffC at cti they iol bat e t aret e andra lis become e to S the o : er n e next i n wells *detest their former favourite prodigiously. it wo uld be an discover. the reason for this extraordinary err' cumstanCe. Is it that there is so Minh Of the leaven of democracy and jacobinism in the cont h position of this body, that whoever wears the Crown becomes odious, to them ? Or is it that .they.have found,it. a profitable game to sow dis" sessions in the Royal Family, and play oti . W ife against Husband, Brother against Brot her, anel ‘v C hild as thei r again s t ciiie Pt policyare t Pa r ent ? for l t V h e e knots y t I: a't a i n which rs the latter they endeavoured to make the Prince of IVALso an instrument forttheir designs, and wen"' sec. them atempting to perpetuate this infamous pr'"' " ciple by exciting a difference between the Da u ghter of that very Prince and her Father. .. We rejoice to find that they are withot \ it thir shadow of success in this course, and that alert is not an " honest, honest Ingo" among them who can flatter himself that he has raise d one (Us' cordant feeling between tlae Princess CHOW ° and her Illustrious Father. But what stuff most these men- be made of who can resort to such means to promote their party or personal views ?-• —it is impossible to reflect on the subject with out experiencing emotions of the deepest •dett's . tation. Among the patriotic efforts of the thy, it i 8 a `. very favourite measure to a ttempt to c reate air , " lousy between the Navy and the Army, by pretend.. ing that Government shews a predelictioo for the latter. Such mischievous machinations need but to be viewed in a candid light, to be rendered in" nocuous. Any man of common intelligence, looking at the political state of the world, most observe, that the services required by t his Coon' try, and the nature of the objects, to be a ccoar plished for her security and pre-eminence are 501 1 as to preclude the possibility of employing so grea t a Naval as a Military Force. We . cannot occori France with Ships and Sailors. We cannot bola possession 'of , Colonies with Ships a nd Sailors. IV° cannot overawe the rebellious associations in Ire' land with Ships and Sailors. Our comnterce stasis in no need of naval protection, and - not one of the acquisitions we have made admits of being bell' i le safety by any • other than a milita r y force. Tin difference of our establishments th en arises our o the 'necessity of the case; Party brings the subject before Parlittineat, do' de " m n onstratio of their malignity and " Pant good ground for these firebrand imp utations cover them with confusion. and ivhenever "`"...---- From the Constitut --- ionnel, a Paris Paper.) A , ." Agt.r.sriElat t APHIL 6.--A considerable number 0.1 wounded Austrians have lately arrived at MuMansell, in con" seq uence c l an engagement between those troops arolattarme town. The nneiber of Ansi banditti collected In the Vosges. Spacious hospitals are pre f. tb paring in all haste to receive them within two leagur vo- a siderably increased. Strasburgh is protected agniost,_ turbance by the severity and vigilance a the police, Itl been arrester& 600 seditious or suspicious characters have lately in that city. Among' them are many agents of the Custom; }Muses, hetier known under the name of rats de cave, : t employed under Buonaparti in the collecting Of tilg judircc ' elan troops in Alsace will he cos" the news from Sp , rench Pape r s remark , t h at all too justly The F is to Ti._ " . l.etters fear the be received as grossly exaggerated. We - ha following, from 'a Morning Paper, is a ,fort proof of the truth of the accusation., Spain in the English Journals office __. :40 - r s of Os negiment of Catalonia hare been arrested and t hrowi. ' O . prison, alit is said, in consequenc. of a sOspieion of their beLz fron.) Spi - 6n announce, that ten implicated in the late Madrid conspiracy. Owing ta ts e th er '‘_,: e . i r ordinary measure, all the other Otficers hare abandonea 11.,.,11 regiment. -- appotri clear that the torture has in Alc y o l,r ip d Won several persOns in Spain _ In consequrn °re „: ' 0 General O'Donohoue has lost tire use . of his hands , bis,l e of llaeing . been alt separately diijointed. The Inte,noa . Valencia died deicing the operation of the torture.' .Teti taxes." Yesterday the PRINCE RIIGE:at accom.— b t y le the k r e ar ° l f a Y , ca usEetl tutu Alarti•• Regent's Path, viewed the itoprovelitents, (NI maid returned to Catiton-h,ouse.. Their Highnesses wfa ere n -iwnrsehack for about t Lauri, front hull Fait (Pie iv half pot 011'0. , k