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'talatces. Trinidad *as not favourable for the experiment.— ;- 1 hey were told that strung language was held in the Colonies, [at: was it stronstes than had been used while the question of the Abolition of the Oilave Trade was in agitation. The lan totao:e was so strong then that some expected if the abolition were tarried, that the Islands would he for transferring their • alhe.tionce to other powers, which induced Mr. Fox to say that he would prefer that they should transfer their allegiance than that it should be zetained at such cost. The threats then, as now, had been idle, violent, and unseemly. If that House, firmly and temperately proceeded. if the Parliament appeared resolved t sere would not be resistance on the part of the Colo nial Assemblies ; but the Parliament must resolutely pro ceed. The Assemblies, naturally enough, might not desire interference ,betweeh the masters and the elaves ; in truth, they neither approved of the means nor of the ends. If it could be ascertained whether they approved or disapproved of -. either, then there would be some hope ; and as that was the case, he urged the necessity of that House firmly declaring what they desired to see effected. If they did not act firmly, as well as timely, they would, he feared, have reason to deplore that decisive measures were not promptly adc • ed. That House acted for the benefit of the master as well as of the slave ; and they ought to adopt measures that would put an end to the feverish state it which the Colonies now were—measures that would surround the masters with a happy peasantry. The Negroes now felt a *use of their degradation; they deemed themselves shot out from hope, and deprived of the opportunity -of using their talents for their own advantage. They knew that no liberal career was open to theme they considered themselves a degraded and an excluded class. The manner in which the whip was applied had been questioned ; he had never heard the fact questioned before. Heretofore its use by the black drivers, as an instrument with which the men were driven to their work, had been admitted. The markaput on the negroes were as unquestionable. The Colonial Newspapers, in their. advertisements respecting runaway or other negroes proiird - Ishe tact ; .as they described them and the letters marked on their. shoulders, &c. In conclusion, be had only to require the House to remember that they were acting for the happiness -of a largo community. What had been proposed would not, he believed, answer - the end expected and desired; he firmly • believed that it would effect any thing but conciliation-a-( Hear !) Mr.- K. DOUGLAS said it was a great misfortune that the case of the West India planters and proprietors was not fairly and rightly understood. - Many most unnecessary statements had been made by Honourable Members opposite; they had even gone back to some of those stories that were adduced in 1791. ! All who knew any thing of the state of the West In dies; and they' ought to be acquainted with before they legis lated. an the subject, must know-that the Colonial Assemblies had not been against entertaining measures that were calcu lated to ameliorate the condition of the slaves. During the last year there was hardly a Colonial Assembly that had not had a • Slave Bill before it. Their exertions had not been rightly re. presented. The present condition of the slave population sltewed that there had been prooressive improvement. All knew what was the character of a slave population, and knowing that, they could imagine how great. were the difficulties of promoting their 'fitness to enjoy civil rights. He wished such facts to be duly considered. .Mr. BARING observed that there was not much prospect of gaining attention after what they had heard, but he deem ed it to be his duty to make some remarks. Ile agreed in the - imminent state of the present question—(Hear, hear !)—lt was • impossible that it could remain in its present state ; that the House and the country could suffer it to be blown about as they now beheld it. There were the Ministers on one side, and what, for shortness, he would call the " Saints" on the other side ; and if the Ilousedid not interfere to put an end to such a state of things, he apprehended that the business must end in bloodshed. They had heard curious statements. First, thee • ! were told that their debate produced no elect on the colonies ; and then they were informed, that in consequence of these agitations they were on-the bring of a precipice.—( Hear !)—I f they were on the " brink of a precipice," what had reduced ahem to such a situation but the debates of that I louse ?—( Hear, hear !)—The truth was, they had produced effect; and there was now that state of feeling between the master and the slaves, under which it was impossible to live. This ought not to surprize. They had no occasion to go to Jamaica to be as sured of it ; it was in human nature. Nor was it likely to be amended by the mysterious declaration; or experiment ; nor by the extraordinary instructions in the form of the speech of a Member of that House sent to the West Indies. Then 6 or 111,000 men were sent out to shoot down those poor creatures, who complained that there were individuals who stood between them arid what they deemed to be the wishes of their King. Ile adinitted that the amelioration desired might have carried beyond the bounds originally contemplated by some ; but -if they had gone beyond such point, was it not their duty to go along with them. There had been extraordinary stories circulated in all the market towns of England by the emissaries of the So ciety of the Emancipators, or of Anti-Slavery, or whatever they called- themselves. What would be said if recent proceedings at_ Hertford were to be circulated as specimens of what was con-at:lnt:tr. taking place in England ? Yet with just about as Ch truth were stories circulated respecting the West Indies. '2.iley could not any more than the proceedings at Hertford, saeen as illustrative of the real state of society in the countries ie. which they took place. The fact was that they-spread false ' , ewe. But he imagined that there were those who had so long d welt on thisquestion with particular thelingothat they had at last --b -ought themselves to believe that nothing like truth ever could come from a white man or planter in the CoTrinies.—(l - lear, and laugh.)—lle could not otherwise account for the stories so in- I stroausiy circulated by the Anti-Slavery Society's Emissaries all the market towns of England. The country has been de- I Paged with false statements on this subject. If the condition of • Society is the West Indies were so abominable as some desired to represent, it was not fit to remain. The Government ought to aneak out on such point ; and if the people were imposed u pon, that ought to be avowed. The stories were what had been Old over and over again. It was so with the case of Hug "ins; lie had hardly ever heard a speech from particular quar ters on this subject, in which the name of Huggins was not in troduced. But let it not hence be supposed, that he deemed a state of slavery in the West Indies desirable. Ile - should be ashamed of himself, if he held any such opinion—lie desired to see that population free, if it were fit for a state of freedom.— Much had been said about the use of the whip as if the negro were constantly driven to his work by means of it ; but was the whip used by the slave-drivers of the West Indies only? And did the Haute believe that there could be any discipline, except it was known that such discipline could be introduced if the necessity of the case required it? If the whip could be I entirely got rid ot', he should be glad; but if they could not keep their own people in order, with the superior morals and education of Europe, without severity, how was 'it to be ex pected that it could be dons with a slave population? He wanted to warn the couotry of the danger of the question in its present state, and he wished to see an.end put to the vagueness amid uncertainty of the measures pursued by Ministers. But as those near him (Mr. Buxton and Mr. Wilberforce) complained of the measures adopted by Ministers, why did they not say what measures they wanted ? The plan of e mancipating chil dren born afar a certain time was impracticable. As far as the Government was concerned, he wished to see strong and deci sive measures adopted—measures that would be ailirmatory of all the views of Ministers, and that would spew that they had no further intention of teasing the West India Proprietors and population. Due regard should be had to property ; for as to compensatiob, it would frighten the House to calculate how much would be required for compensation. However, if t'e emissaries were only to propose to double the malt tax, the wirdosi duties, &c., for the purpose of compensation, he ap prehended there would. be a small shew of petitions.—(Hear, tiOd a laugh.) Mr. Secretary PEEL said, that the speech which the House had just heard commenced with condemning Ministers, anti in the course of it vindicated the steps they had adopted, as the only measures that, under all the circumstances of the case, could be adopted.—(Hear I)—The Hon. Member had wished that some definitive understanding should be come to on this subject; why had he not said .what was the understanding he wished ?--( Hear, hear, hear I)—The Government had done all that could be done, and from the Government only had definitive measures proceeded. The Honourable Gentle man's -admission proved that his Majesty's Government had taken the best course that could he pursued. The Honour able Member for Bramber was of opinion that the House should undertake to legislate for the - Colonies. Confidence had been placed in the good intentions of the Colonial Legislators, - and if that were so, could it be explained why they should not proceed to measures which must lead to conciliation between the slaves and their masters. At the sometime it was impossi ble they could make laws leaving the operation to the enforce ment of the colonial residents. The Right Hon. Secretary was sure that such laws for the protection of the slave population would rot be ptoperly enforced, and the effhct would be any thing but that which Parliament required. The course angoested by his Right Honourable Friend with so much eloquence and benevolence, was the true course to be pur sued. It shewed the animus. It would shew they were in terested in the welfare and comfort of the slaves. He was satisfied when the• irritation of the moment had subsided, ifie Colonial Legislative Assemblies would adopt the measures recommended by the Government of the parent country, for the improvement and gradual manumission of the slaves. The Member for Taunton had proved by his own speech that the government had adopted the only means of' promoting the real interests of the planters, and . the comfort of the slave po pulation. -Dr. I,USHINGTON complained that the Right Honourable Gentle pan had not told the House candidly, that if the Colonial Legislators refused, for three or tour years, to adopt the mea Butes recommended , he would not remain passive to their con tumaay. • The RighteHon. Gentleman had stated on a former occasion, that if he found those Colonial Assemblies contuma cious and obstinate, he should submit a proposition to the House. Those Legislative Assemblies had been contumacious, and why did not the Right Honourable Gentleman call upon the House to enforce obedience. His Hon. Friend, the Member for Taunton, admitted that the slave system was disgraceful, but the putting it down was described to he extraordinary, that the object could not be accomplished, and it must therefore re main without remedy for ever. That doctrine did more injury to the subject than any. other argument. The system must stand condemned in the estimation of every disinterested per son. The great difficulty was to find the means by which the laws were to be carried into effect. That difficulty must be found in the West Indies were there would be an indisposition on the_ part of the whites to enforce the laws against those who do injury to the blacks. It would, in his opinion, be difficult to find an impartial Jury to try the questions arising between the parties. Two great dangers beset the question—procrastina tion on the one hand, and precipitation on the other. It would, however, be an indelible stain on the honour of that House to stand still, and abandon the resolutions of last year. It was better the West Indians should go hand-in-hand with his Majes ty's Ministers to remove the system of slavery, and to establish free labour. The West India interest would be promoted by that course. Inflammatory speeches in their assemblies would only tend to excite insurrection, and bring destruction on the planters. With respect to the Church Establishment, he thought the Missionaries who had done so much for the black popula tion ought to he supported. They had sacrificed their lives, time and labour in the great cause of religion ; and without considering which sect they might belong to, they ought to be rewarded for having nobly done their duty as Christians. He expressed a hope that the Right Hon. Gentleman, in his reply, would hold out to all the negroes the promise that they should shortly partake of the benefit to be extended to Trinidad. Mr. W. TAYLOR-assured the House that he could enter into details to prove that in eight years lie had expended not for the purpose of promoting the less than 140,00 W. sterling good of the negroes uponliis property. He had removed their houses from the sea coast, and their comfort was his prime ob ject. He came down to the House careful of the course he should take, and considering the proposition of the Right lion. Secretary fair and candid, lie gave it his hearty support. Mr. MANNING adverted to a printed examination of seve ral officers, w ho stated that the condition of the Negroes in the Island of ll a rbadoes was better than that of the poor classes in England. Mr. EVANS regretted that the regulations of the Right Hon. Secretary had not a wider extension. Mr. I3LAIR thought the Government should state openly not only what they intended to do, but where they would stop. Sir GEORGE ROSE eonsidered it a moral, more than a political question,. and supported the proposition. • Mr. W. SMITH did not think the proposed measures suffi cient for the desired end, and complained of administration of the laws 'respecting Slavery. The question, he said, could never be laid asleep, and the day of emancipation must ere long arrive. Sir K. WILSON wished to know whether the proposed re gulations were to be extended to the Cape of Good Hope, and to the Isle of Mauritius. He begged leave next to refer to the 12th section of the proposed Bill, which enacted that more than twenty-five lashes should nut be inflicted on a slave for an offence, at any one time. He wished to know what construc tion the Right Hon. Gentleman meant to put upon that clause? for as it at present stood it empowered a master to repeat the punishment for the same offence, provided he inflicted it at dif ferent times. Mr. T. WILSON thought it right to say, that when he was in the Island of Grenada, where he remained for three months; he witnessed no cruel treatment that could convey to him an idea of slavery at all answering to the descriptions of it which had been given to that House. The measure ought by all means to be allowed time to find its level. _ ..... _ _ Mr. Secretary CA NNING.rose to reply; and said the stibject ought to be approached with caution as involving the intetests of an entire generation. It more particularly 'behoved the advisers of His Majesty not to determine hastily on an affairof such mag nitude, nor to overlook the signs of the times 'when - they were not called on to establish local regulations or impose taxation on any one class of His Majesty's subjects; but to cast as it were anew a whole race in society. Under such circumstances 'he'' felt he ought not to . sufFer himself to be taunted out of that safe and middle position he had adopted, to embrace a line of con duct with respect to his Majesty's dotninions in that part of the globe, which, were be to adopt, that Hon. Gentleman might, with great propriety, have denominated rashness.—(Cheers.) Mr. BARING explained that his observations did not ap ply to the case of Trinidad. H e had said he considered a i proper that the great population of whites and Nabcksi sl ',. tine island, such as in the island of Jamaica, certainty as to what really was to be done finally by e .tl e te . Govern ment of this country- The motion was then agreed to, and leave given to bring in the Bill. On the motion of Mr. PLUNKETT, the House went into a Committee on the Acts relating to Irish Sepulture, in which certain -11e.solutions were agreed to, and the House having re sumed, the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. .Mr. Secretary PEEL moved for leave to bring in a Bill • to provide for the custody of Convicts lately in the Penitentiary. The motion was agreed to. The Bill was then brought in, read a first, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. The House Adjourned at Two o'Clock this morning. MERCANTILE SIIIVRING. Admiralty Office; Mardi 16. Sin—ln reference to my letter of the 24th of last month, respecting the convoy to Gibraltar, I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you, that no ship having appeared for convoy, his Majesty's sloop Pan dora has been ordered to sail from Falmouth ; but if their Lordships are informed at any future time, that any number of ships are collected, a ship of war will be sent to convoy them' I am, &c. (Signed) JOHN BARROW. To the Chairman of the Committee for Alanaging the Affairs at Lloyd's. DEAL, MARCH 16.—Wind 'W.—Arrived and remains the Mary, Rees, from St. John's, N.B. Came' down from the River and remain the Old Maid, Tully, fur Sierra Leone; and Esnock, Connell, for Dominica. Two of his Majesty's steam packets have anchored in the Downs, from the Northward. The Eagle, of Scarborough, Batty, from Rio Janeiro to Ham bttrgh, has passed at the back of the Goodwin Sands. PORTSMOUTH, MAR CH 16.—Wind S.W.—Sailed his Ma- . jesty's ship Gloucester, for Chatham. Arrived from the Downs the Spanish Patriot, Bogg, for Cadiz; Richardson, Dickenson, for Leghorn ; Priscilla, Ellis, for Brest ; Sarah, Row, for New Providence; and Sir Henry Stanhope, Ensor, for St. illi.-haers. FALMOUTH, MARCH 15.—Wind S.W. —Arrived the Cham pion of Wales, Morson, from London ; Belina, Wildgoose, from ditto for Demerara; Sisters, Bishop, from ditto for I• , aples, with loss of bulwarks. Sailed several coasters, bound round land. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 15.—Arrived the William Wise, Winder, from Demerara; Thomas Fowler, David Shaw, and Adeline, Martin, from Savannah ; Ann, Read, from Charles ton ; and Thorn, —, from Demerara. The Agnes. Reed, bound to Liverpool, has been condemned at Demerara, having sprung a leak. A letter from Captain Welbank, of the I'otton, dated 11th October, mentions his safe arrival at Calcutta, without any notice of having been on shore. The New-York Shipping and Commercial List of the 31st January, says—The scarcity of seamen is almost unprecedented, and 15 to 16 dollars, per month, for European voyages is given ; and for coasting 18 dollars has been paid. Accordimg to a late Decree of the Government of the Netherlands all persons intending to become teachers of the Hebrew faith, must, before they are admitted, subject themselves to an examination before the proper Authorities appointed for that purpose at the Hague. At Basle, lately, one of the most consider able citizens committed suicide; without any known cause, to the great grief of his relatives and friends: Unfortunately (adds the sang account), there have been several acts of self-destruc tion committed in that town within the last few months. V•,••• • ,••••••••”,..• ••• NEWPOUT (ISLE OF WIGHT), MARCH. 2 ,—The Newport Harmonic Society held their annual Feast on Friday, the 12th inst., at the Three Tuns Inn, New port, Isle of Wight, when a most sumptuous dinner was provided by Mr, Ostsoam, of the delicacies of the season.• After the cloth was removed Non Nobii Dondne was sung in a superior sty le, by Messrs. WEBB, D YEK, and Maw, as were several of the most favourite Glees and Catches, in the course of the evening. The Members did not separate till a late hour, quite delighted with the harm9nious treat. PRICE TOIS D AY AT STOCKS Niro O'CLOCK. Hank Stock .................. shut 3 per Cent. Red. • . •. shut 3 per Cent. C0n5... .. . ...... .93i 3iper Cent. .................. 4 per Cent. - 1 ( . ( N l w 5 per Cents. 1797 ............ Bank Long Ann .............shut Imp. 3 per Cent 5........... . . India Stock I ndia .Bonds 7Bs. South Sea Stock Old Annuities Ex. Bills 48 49 Ditto Small Bank for Act. India for Con. Acct. Cons. for Act. on A T ONE O'CLOCK. STOCKS IN LONDON, MARcii 17, PRICE or . FOREIGN .f . F iv e per Cents. 1003. t oFrip, 13 pm. 1 Six per Cents. 00. iFive Per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Ditto New 93 1 1. Five per Cent. Bonds, eai. Scrip, 11i pre.. Five Per Cent. Bonds, 1820, 00. 1 Ditto Ditto 1021, 19a. 1823, 17. ( Five per C en t. B on d s , 981. 1 Ditto New, 961. 1 Bonds, 91: Scrip, 31. Five per Cent. Bonds, 994. Scrip, 00. 81:3. Six per Cent. Bonds, One Scrip, 6j prem. • ( 00. 1 New, 21. ( Hullett's, 1 prem. . Anglo, 5. prerc. 11 prem. Bank Shares £2 , 1 Os. Od. Seven per Cent. 95. Six per Cent. 94-102. Five per Cent. 100 '--102. .Three per Cent. 77. —......-- - French Russian Neapolitan A u►trian Spanbili Prusiiztn Portuguese Daniell Peruvian Chili Colombian Mexican Poynis exican Mines Greek American HIGH WATER A' Horning, ininutl T LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. :es after 4. Evening, 21 minutes after 4. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS, HOUSE OF COMMONS. Maras, _l6 O die Martii, 1824. Mr. SPEAKER reported the Royal Assent—to Austrian Loans Convention Bill—South American Postage Bill—Annual In demnity Bill—Revenue Inquiry Bill—Church Rates (Ire land) Bill—Tunstead and flapping Poor Bill—Kidwelly, Skipton and Colne, and Penrith and Cockermouth Roads Bills—and Chindley (Derby) Inclosure Bill. COMPANIES—GeneraI Oil Gas, and Portable Gas—Petitions for leave to present Petitions for Bills referred to Committees. CANAL—Thames and Medway } Bills read a first time. RAILWAY—Tees and Weardale ESTATE—CastIe Island BRlDGE—Hammersmith Bills ordered to be brought in. TOLLS—Dublin _ _ _ BteCtr . itcx—Roundhay—Bill read "a second time, and com mitted. Harwich—Petition for Bill reported, Report to lie . _ on the table. Roans—Buxton and Stockport, Appleby and Kirkby Kendal, Ambleside and Kirkby Kendal, Newent, Totnes and Bridge town Pomeroy, and Arundel and Petworth—Bills read a third time, and passed. Canterbury, Bideford, and Great Torrington—Petitions for Bills reported; Reports to lie on the table. Barton Bridge (Petition for additional provision, referred to a Committee), Redbrook and St. Aryan's, City, and Leeds and Collingham (Petition of Owners and Occu piers of Muses and Lands in Potter Newton, against, re ferred to the Committee on the Bill)—Bills read a second time, and committed: Carmarthen and Newcatle Einlyn— Bill read a first time. Thirsk and Yarm—Lords amend ments agreed to. Brighton and Newhaven—Bill ordered to be brought in. Poott—Stow flundred—Bills reported, to be ingrossed. COAL Tu A DE—Neweastle-upon-Tyne—Bill read a second time, and committed. Dublin —Bill ordered to brought in. lxcr.osttrtEs—«pest Drayton (Middlesex)—Bill read n se cond time, and committed. Wainfleet (liincdln)—Petition for leave to present it Petition f or Bill re ported, and leave given ; Petition for Bill referred to a Committee. PAYlNG—Gray's-inn-lane Bills read a second time, and GAS Ltdwr —Kennington . committed. Ilinisoult—Brenogue—Petition for Bill reported, Report to . . lie on the table. ' • Pin:mica:is—Petitions nf Licensed Innkeepers and Victuallers of Plymouth, Framlinghsty, Lime-street Ward, St. Matthew Bethnal-Green, St. James and St. John Clerkenwell, for the repeal of the increased Duties on Licences ; to lie on the table. HIDES AND SKINS RrGULATION BlLL—Petitions of Tan ners, &c. of Northallerton, and Worcester, against, to lie on the table. FoREIGN Woor.—Two Petitions from Dumbarton, for re peal of the Duties thenupon ; to lie on the table. COMBINATION or 'WORKMEN LAw s —Petitions of Journey men Coinbmakers of York, and of Journeymen Shoemakers of London, against ; referred to the Select Committee on •. Artizans and Machinery. StLxs—Petitions of Silk Throwsters, &c. of Leek, against the importation of manufactured Silks, and of Silk Traders of Edinburgh, fur a drawback on the stock in hand; to lie on the table. GAME L Aw g AMENDMENT—BiII considered in Committee; further consideration of Report on Monday ; Bill, as amend.. ed, to be printed. CoußTs oa JusTrcr —Compensation to Officers for losses in consequence of County Courts Bill ; . Committee thereupon on Thursday. SLAVE TRADE PIRACY—BiII "for the more effectual sup pression of the African Slave Trade," read a first time ; to be read a second time on Thursday. .NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. 1. Mr. Hume—Number of Men of the Guards that have been confined since 1816; amount of stoppages accruing there ' from ; InciMe and Expenditure of Stock Purse. it Lord Viscount Palmerston—Select Committee to ; prepare Militia Estimates. a. .3rlre.arlslizn of ic Legacy —Cop Duty. yofa ny Treasury Minutes concerning sr- ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. I. Postage Rates Bill—Report. 2. Supply—Committee. 3. Way!' and Mean.--Committee. 4. Silk 'Duties Acts—lteport thereupon. 5. Penitentiary Convicts liill--Second Reading. 3. necovery of Penalties Bill—Further consideration of Report. 7. Insolvent Debtors Bill—Committee. 8. Weights and Measures Bill—Third Reading. 9. Supply i —Report. 10. Board 01-Vt orks (Ireland), (Compensation to Commis sioners).....Comtnittee thereupon. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Tiwrsday, March M. Mr. Secretary Peel —Select Committee on Prison Discipline. Wednesday, illareh 31. Mr. Maberley—Land Tax Redemption Acts. (Deferred from March 11•) PRIVATE .13ILL_SECOND READING for Tins DAY. Dublin Oil Ga*. UN. u SOLEM QUIS PICERE FAISUM AUDRAT LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH ]7, IS2-1. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. We have received by Express the Egoile of yesterday, and Galignani's Messenger of Mon day. The following are extracts : (From the Eta;le of yesterday.) MADRID, MARCH 6.—The King has appointed the following persons 'Ministers of the Royal Council :—D. Ignace Lorens ; Juan Carrido, Member of the Council of Navarre ; Leon de la Cannara Cano, Councillor of Finances; D. Mi chel 0 tan, ditto ; D. Martinez Galinsoga, A lca Id e of the Court; Joachim Almnar, ditto ; D. Tad6e Gil, ditto; D. Louis de Leon, ditto; D. Suarez Valdes, Auditor of the Chancelry ; D. Dionisiu Catalan, Lieutenant of the Corregidor of Madrid. BRUSSELS, MARCH 12.—1 t is affirmed that his Majesty will go to Amsterdam in the course of next week. FRENCH FUNDS. Rentes on the 15th of March, for money, 100. 50.; end of the month, 100. 70. ; Ducats, 89i. Spanish, 24. (From Galignani's Messenger of Monday.) Several of the German Journals state, that the Southern and Eastern Russian Armies continue upon the war footing, and occupy the same posi tions as for some time, notwithstanding the enor mous expences which they thus occasion. Extract of a Private Letter from Odesssa, of the 21it ult. :--- " According to intelligence of the 11th inst., from Constantinople, M. Minziacky was to visit the .Sadi-Effendi on the following day, although the latter still continues indisposed. His missio❑ has not commenced under auspicious circum stances. Lord Strangford was compelled, during his late conference with Ghalib-Effemdi, to employ all the efforts of his diplomacy, in order to elude the questions of that Minister upon the succours afforded to the Greeks, on the part of some Englishmen. The Noble Lord has received a donation of 100,000 piastres from Sardinia, and his Dragoman, M. de Chahert, one of 20,000 piastres and the Order of St. Maurice, for having concluded the treaty of the Porte with Sardinia. The only intelligence in the Paris Papers of Monday is contained in a short article from Madrid, dated the 4th instant, which states that the King had issued a Decree, re-establishing the Junta created in 1815, to draw up a general plan of public instruction. Three French corvettes and brigs have been sent to Goree to reinforce the squadron kept by France on the extreme coast of Africa, to prevent the Slave Trade: FRENCH FUNDS-99f. 85c. ; Bank Actions, 1777 f. 50c. ; Neapolitan 'lentos, 88& ; Spanish ditto, 24. Dutch and German Papers have also arrived; but their contents are altogether uninteresting. EXTRACT OE A LETTER, DATED PARIS, MARCH 10, 1824. " The documents which have been laid before Parliament re specting the question of Spanish America are perfectly free from irritating and menacing language towards Spain. Mr. CANNING has fairly and explicitly stated the views of his Go vernment upon this subject, and avowed in the most candid manner the policy it will hereafter adopt. " I hail the decided negative of Mr. Canning, on behalf of his Government, to become a party to a conference with the Holy Alliance on the affairs of Spanish America, as another evidence of the disposition of the British Cabinet to unfetter itself from the influence of European policy, and I trust that hereafter Great Britain will be as insulated in politics from the Continent as she is in natural position. " The desire of Great Britain to recognise the Independence of Spanish America, is evidently founded upon the belief that Spain is quite inadequate to the task of recovering her former pos sessions, both f r om her own weakness and the indisposition of her former colonists to return to her yoke ; and that, therefore, to continue her nominal sovereignty, by . the demonstrationof an ineffective force, is to protract the miseries of warfare, and to i w n i t t e h r r t u h p o t s e u r n e i g i e i c o e n s s s ar ; b il t y l t w h t e o h hineirn wontede rcia l g intercourseenerosi generosity, fyo, Great the r i ea worldßr itain is disposed to assist such negociations as Spain may medi. tate to procure for herself superior advantages in the trade with her former territories. This proposition, I apprehend, Spain with her characteristic pride will haughtily reject; nor do I suppose it would receive the concurrence of the opposite party, the de facto governments of Spanish America, because they must feel that a disposition to negociate, unless preceded by a complete recognition of their Independence, will evince a degree of doubt of their ultimate success in a continued opposition to the Mother Country. This . prOposal, therefore, is little to be depended upon as a means of conciliating the contending parties. But should Spain, contrary to my expectation, consent to entertain the proposition, she will only dteso in order to gain time for the operation of that intrigue, which is extensively carrying on in Spanish America by her partisans and the emissaries of France. The determination; however, of the British Cabinet, depending upon various circumstances; • and among others, upon the reports which the British Government may receive of the actual state of affairs in the several American Provinces,' will be formed upon an indisputable basis ; and if it shall be so clear and so conclusive as to induce His Majesty's Ministers to re cognise the Independence of Spanish America, we may indulge the hope that the powers of the European Continent will be equally influenced by similar impressions, and be induced to reject, as utterly hopeless. every idea are-connecting them with Spain. But should the Holy Alliance dissent from our deter mination in favour of Independence, in consequence of our re ceiving satisfactory reports, and endeavour to perpetuate the conflict in behalf of Spain, we must feel such conduct to be a crusade against liberal principles, which we, foremost among nations in the march of freedom, must be prepared to resist. " Entertaining, however, an opinion of the actual state of Spanish America very different from that which the prejudices of Englishmen have induced them to adopt, I do not antici pate that the issue of this inquiry by the British Government will place us in an adverse position to the Members of the Holy Alliance, or that the peace of Europe will be disturbed by it. " It is evident from the language of Prince Polignac in an swer to Mr. Canning, that the French Government is jealous of our proceedings, and also entertains opinions upon the etc tual state of Spanish America very opposite to ours, or that it is determined, whatever may be the issue, to pursue a policy peculiarly its own. The Prince says, "The refusal of Eng land to co-operate in the work of reconciliation might aftbrd reason to think, either that she did not really wish for that re conciliation, or that she had some ulterior object in contempla- I tion—two suppositions equally injurious to the honour and lcod faith of the British Cabinet. This insinuation as to our atent motives followed by his remarks upon our proposed re cognition of Spanish American Independence, namely, 'Since, those countries being actually distracted by civil wars, there ex isted no government in them which could offer any appearance of solidity ; and that the acknowledgment of American inde pendence, so long as such a state of things continued, appeared to him to be nothing less than a real sanction of anarchy'—are evidences with what feeling our present measures are viewed by the French Government and its Allies. The recent and com plete victory of the French Ministers over their liberal opponents in the elections, has prostrated the legislature of this country at the shrine of Royal Ultraisni, and we must not be astonished if they determine to resist our policy, in case it shall prove adverse to their own. The battles of Europe may, In conse quence, be fought upon the plains of South America, as was heretofore the case in Old Spain. " Spain entertains the impression that in her late Colonies ' there exists an immense passive force ready to act on the ap pearance of a Spanish army sufficiently respectable to sustain a conflict. She views the clergy, the local nobility, and the Indians, as her natural allies ; and it is well known that if the latter could be armed and excited in her faveur, it might give rise to a new state of things, and the issue of the question of independence would be remotely postponed. if not entirely con eluded against the Creole population of Spanish America.— When the present Lord Beresford and the late Sir Home Pop ham made their landing in the River Plate, the Indians of fered their services to the authorities of La Plata in great numbers to resist the invaders, but the very demonstration of such a disposition to take arms alarmed the inhabitants of that country more than the presence of their avowed enemies, and the offer was, with great trepidation, instantly rejected. " The Indians of South America are active and intelligent, less desultory in their habits than their red brethren of the Northern Continent, and consequently more advanced in civi lization; they are like the Cossacks, always on horseback, and in such a country, which forbids the advance of regular ar mies and disciplined manmuvres, their attacks are both haras sing and destructive. The righteous judgments of Heaven in visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children' may yet be enacted on the descendants of the infamous Cortez and Pi zarro." CITY, Twelve o'clock.— Consols opened this morning at 934 for the Account, and afterwards lowered to 93-1 I, with little doing ;—for Money, 93H. The chief business done is still iu Mr' Rontscnun's new Insurance Shares, which have been at 1 5, and, are now 14+ to 15, and i n g reat demand. FonEIGN MAR/cm—Very little doing in Fo reign Securities. The important proceedings in both Houses of Parliament last night, with respect to the Wei' t Indies, will be read with great interest, and can scarcely fail to prove satisfactory to the Colonies having local legislatures. Ministers, indeed, have' for the ilresent at least, left the adoption of me 3" cures for the melioration of the Slave Popo lation of those Colonies to the Colonists themselves, having resolved to make an expo' riment only in Trinidad, St. Lucie, Demerara, and Berbice, (which are subject to the immediate authority of the Crown), in the hope that the example of an experiment, if successful, wil l be voluntarily adopted by our other NVest Indif‘ possessions. To this course there can of couffe be no objection on the part of the greater part 01 the Colonies, and the most tranquillizing effects may therefore be expected to proceed from it. CORN TR A Dr.—We extract the following from . the Circular of an emin e nt C orn M erc h an t, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, dated Ist March : " Although a good deal of Wheat has already been sold in our market at 80 shillings per quarter, the highest average price of Wheat sold in it for any week, since the late.harvest, Was, 655. and 7d. per quarter , the quantity of inf er i or Wheat prod ucNi l. this season being so great. The trying period will be the month of August, as the ports will infallibly open for fresh im portation in that quarter, if the deficiency in the last crop 0 ' wheat should prove to be as great as it isgenerally thought to be We may then have an overwhelming importation even in the face of a promising harvest, as a necessary consequence of the Pre— sent absurd system of entirely excluding.Preigugra;•rz unt i I prie e t rise to a certain height. A free trade in foreign corn, under big but not prohibitory duties, will, unquestionably, in the end be found the best for all parties ; a duty of 20s. per quarter on Wheat, and duties proportionably high on other sorts of gnin• would secure our farmers against any injurious competition, 3 ,, the same time that it would relieve them from doubt or harm. —We heartily subscribe to the doctrine here laid down, and think the Legislature would do well to take the premises into immediate consideration. It would go far to shew the foreigner . that we were really serious in doing all we could to establish the freedom of trade." POETRY. IMPROMPTU. On the Conduct of the lOth MUSSARS towards Cornet BATTIZS' Q. Pray what was the error of Cornet BATTIEn ? A. Why, after his cheese he had drank some strong beer. Q. If that is the case, may they none of them.share The pleasure arising from Bachelor's foes. Yesterday afternoon, about four o'clock, the Duke of YORK arrived at his Office in the Horse Guards, and in a short time afterwards his Royal - Highness proceeded to hold his weekly Levee , which was attended by Lient.-General Sir Wer'• Anson, Lieut.-General Stephenson, Major-Ge ueral Sir James Lyon, Lord Churchill, the Duke of Athol, Sir George Warrender, and about 3° others. Yesterday morning, between eleven and twelV e o'clock, the Duke, of CLARENCE came to too" , 111 from Bushy.—Th e D uc h ess o f GLO UCEST ES a nt' the Princess Sornu visited the Duke of Yoo yesterday at two o'clock, and partook. of 4 thjeuna. Yesterday, at half-past two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign 011 ice, Down ing -street, which was attended by the Earl 0 1 - LIVERPOOL, the Earl of Harrowby, the Earl of Westmorland, M r. Secretary Peel, Earl B a thurst, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke uf Wellington, Mr. Huskisson, Mr. Wynn, &C. The Cabinet continued sitting till near four o'clock. At an early hour yesterday morning, Mr. Wo• LIAMS, the King's Messenger, arrived in Down. ing-street, in a post-chaise, with dispatches from A ncona, Rome, and other places. The Messenger, was much impeded in his accustomed speed of travelling by the severity of the weather abroad , particularly from the heavy fall of snow. 111 some parts it was so deep, and frozen so severely' , that his carriage was obliged to be dug and co; out of the snow and ice, before he could proceed on his journey. Died, on the 13th, at Clifton, Bristol, Mrs' SOPHIA LEE, as an Author early distinguished la the litera r y w o r ld by some of th e mos t admire', and popular productions, viz. th e hi s t or i ca l nov el entitled ?'he Recess, the Comedy of The Chapter . of Accidents, &c. and no less esteemed and loved in a private circle for every virtue of do. mestic life. The last liamburgh Papers state, that at Re"' kenes, in the Duchy of Sleswig, a slight shock of an earthquak e was experienced on the 6th ult. at eight o'clock in the morn ing. Its direction was from south-west to north-east; there was a rumbling noise, which lasted nearly half a minute. CORN EXCHANGE, MARCH 17. • The arrivals to this day are.considtrable English Whea t ' 7,500; Barley, 6,400 • Oats, 11,200; Irish Oats, 3,000 guar - ters ' • Flour, 7,500 sacks. The market at present is overtlor'' with quantity, and there is scarcely any trade for Wheat to- , 'P9 at Monday's prices. Barley is very heavy, and rather lower' Beans and Peas are very dull. Oats find so few buyers, tb 3t sales cannot be made without submitting to rather lower price , '• Flour continues exceedingly dull. DIED At Newport, Isle of Wight, March 12, Mr. Wm. Harris , of the firm of Messrs. 13ussell and Harris, Ironntonger s ' aged 49. On Saturday last, at his house in NOrthumberland-strec t, Newcastle-upon. Tyne, aged 25, William Henry Alonkhous e • Esq. merchant of that town. He was the eldest son of the late Miles Monkhouse, Esq. On the 11th ult. at Stockholm, Count Ramel, who had acted as tutor to the former Crown Prince tq'Sweden, the son of ties i tavus Adolphus. He was the last of the State-Counsellors o f former times. Lately, on his estate in South Russia, the Counsellor of State; Von Kapnist, aged GB, one of the most celebrated Russian Poe t of the present day. On the 17th ult. at Wentzenbach, in Germany, the widow of the late Joseph Charles Mellish, Esq., his Majesty's late Con sul-General for the Hanse Towns and Saxony. She ill' not survive her late lamented husband quite 5 months. At Hamburgh, on the 28th 'ult., very deeply regretted 11 'fl l classes of society, Mr. John Gotthard Matters, a merchant o Calibritz, and known very generally to commercial welt'. throughout the ,world. His house, of which he was the chi t, ' was one of great honour and respectability, as all can testify who had dealings with it. He had been for many Year s °' member of the College of Elders (a branch of the Govern^ ment), and though at the advanced age of 82, there was bardli an y abatement in that ac ti v ity f or w hi c h h e h a d eve r been (II'" tinguished. Printed and Publi s h e d f or the Pitorn.tEioxs, a the '-' U=B' OFFICE, 112, S:rantl, by J. B. CARSTAIES.