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, -~ - t~ , ; •Ns, r D. 047, 8 IT N. , moot .11 /he. ':1.111.01,1111 n er-f veral ► the as it ea,/. fat Pnici StirtNrENct NumBER 9839. FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1824. lid ae to . ;u3f• pub. ; at nag a re- _ g to ding f le pos- Imgy Nful E. 1 the . that de- Te" to ther The lieGT e is ion, ing he nil nd •ed OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Feb. 23, 1824. THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS o f His MA JESTY'S ORDNANCE do hereby give Notice, that they will SE Lr, by PUBLIC AUCTION, at the DOWER, on THURSDAY, the lith day of March next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon precisely, SUNDRY LOTS of NEW and OLD STORES, consisting of New Sand Bags, Old Saddlery Articles, Tents, and Camp Kettles, Iron Crows and Iron Sword Scabbards, Blankets and Coverlets, Bushel and Lump Iron, Copper, Tarred and White Rope, Pieces of Gun Barrels, Bayonet Sockets, Sword Blades and Ramrods, and a quantity of Cast Iron Sand Shot. The whole of which may be viewed upon application at the T'incipal Storekeeper's Vice, in the Tower, (with the exce,v- Won of the Cast Iron Sand Shot, wkidi is to be viewed and delivered at the Royal Laboratory at Woolwich), where Printed Lists of the Luts and Conditions of the Sale, will be delivered to those Persons who may apply for the same. By Order of the Board, R. RYI-14.11, far the Secretary. C ONTRACT DELVER COALS AT GIBRALTAR. Commissariat Department, 'Treasury Chambers, March 4, 1824. SUCH Persons as are desirous of Contract ing with the Agent for Commissariat Supplies, to D ELIVER 2,n00 Chaldrons of COALS at GIBRALTAR, may receive Particulars of the Contract , at this Office, be tween the hours of Ten and Four, and deliver their Tenders seale d UP and directed to the Agent fur Commissariat Supplies, markingi thereon " Tender for Coals ;" on o r before Tuesda y , 1416th inst. ; but none will he received after Twelve o'Cloek on that D ay; tior will any Pr o p osal he noticed unless made on or "flexed t o a printed Particular, and the Prices inserted in Words at le ng th ; nor unless a Letter be subjoin ed to such proposal, signed by two Persons of known property, engag ing to become bound with the Party tendering in the Sum xpressed in the Particulars, for the due performance of the Contract. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Feb. 27, 1824. THE COURT OF DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHAN'T'S of ENG LAND TRADING to the EAST' INDIES, do hereby give Notice, That whereas, under arrangements promulgated by the Governor•Gcneral in Council, of Fort William, on the I , :th and 96th of February, 1823, a certain port,on of. all the Pro missory Notes of that Government, bearing date the 31st of March, 182-2, was discharged on the Ist of May, 1823, and in the case of Proprietors resident in Europe, their Agents were entitled to receive Treasury Notes for the amount dis charged, payable eighteen mouths after date, and bearing interest for that period, at the rate of five per tent. per ann., directions have been issued to the said Government to grant Bills upon the Court for the amount of such Treasury Notes, in all cases in which the Proprietors shall be bona fide resi dent in Europe, payable at the rate of two shillings the sieea rapee, and eighteen months after date, with a reservation to the Court of the option of postponing payment for one, two, or three years after the expiration of the said term of eighteen months, upon allowing interest at the rats of four per cent. 'per annum for the period of postponement. This Notice is given in order that the Proprietors resident In Europe may communicate directions thereon to their Agents in India, in time to allow of those directions bein4 received previously to the Ist of October, 1824, at which time the Treasury Notes became payable. JOSEPH DART, Sccretary. PIANO-FORTES, and HARPS. EYERY one who wishes for a Cheap and Good Instrument goes to J. WATLEN'S, in Leicester equalled in T o ti ch and square ' w here may be seen a Cabinet Piano, not to he Tone, only o cli Guineas, worth 60 Gni. !teas ; an inlaid Rosewood Cabinet, 60 Guineas, worth e 6 Guineas ; e4Piial Square Piano, 25 Guineas; a Pedal Harp, 45 Gu i neas ; New D ouble-action Harp, 80 Guineas, cost leet These Instruments are so low priced, that no allowance can be given to the Profession ; those who purch ase for them selves will always g e t the best bargain. ______ ITALIAN Vegetable Seeds. St e . : TU BEROSE ROOTS, Italian ; Just arrived in the most perfect state at C. BARRON S, 19 v Pall-mall, late Partner with Air. Bart° Vall The Tuberose Root s 6s. per dozen ; a few fine A nemones and Ranunculus, 2s. cd. to ss. per dozen; Dutch Van Thol Tulips, 3s. per dozen ; Green an d Mite Turkey ' C ucumber and ypress Seeds, Is. the packet; early and late Malta Cauliflower, early and late Roman Brocoli, Egg Plant, Arabian Cabbage, and Italian Endive Seeds, Is. 6d. the packet. Printed I nstruct i ons for the management of the above, also Lists with the prices of many other recent Importations, may be ' la d Sallad p i er post. New Honeycomb, Parmesan Cheese, and PUBLICATIONS. On Saturday, the 27th of fo rme r will be published, aligned uniformly with the Volume, with 13 Maps, 84 e- and 26 finished Engravings, by Finden, after Draw ings of the most interesting Subjects, by Captain Lyon, price 41. 14s. fid. OURNAL of a SECOND VOYAGE for fi the DISCOVERY of a NORTH-WEST PASSAG E 4 1 the Atlantic to the Pacific, performed in the Years the orders f in His Majesty's Ships Fury and Hecla, under o P C aptain WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY, R.N. rinting for JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle-street. THE TREAD-WHEEL. T This day was published, price Five Shillings. ~,17,TTER on the NATURE and LF of Pri s ;„lTS, of the TREAD-WHEEL as an Instrument R,O e," 1 1 ighment. Addressed to the Right Honourable °IS EEL, M.P. Hir. Majesty's Principal Secretary c. of fort he Home De artment, &c. &c. With an Appen ll of Notes and Cases. Y one "his CONSTITUENTS, and a Magistrate of the County of Surrey. P rinted for J. Hatchard and Son, 187, Piccadilly. In a few Days will be published, ° M E REMARKS on Dr. HENDERSON'S IPoitv, AP PEAL to the MEMBERS o f t h e BRITISH and Itit,J6N BIBLE socir.TY, on the Subject of th 4 'ISH NEW TESTAMENT, printed at Paris in 1819 . 'Prof By the Rev. S. LEE, M.A. Pssor of A ra bi c i n the Univerity of Cambridge -I%s, L" b tuit y Longman an d C o., Duncan, Hatchards, an d See ion. LENT ASSIZES. HERTFORDSHIRE ASSIZES, THURSDAY, MARCH 4. THE INTERESTING CASE OF MR. CONOLLY. The Assizes for this county commenced here to-day, before the Lord Chief Baron A LEXANDE u and the Hon. Mr. Justice BEST. The calendar contains a list of twenty-six prisoners committed for various offences; but the most prominent case is the alleged murder of James Grainge by Patrick Conolly and others, at Shenly Hill, on the 31st of December last. Mr. Justice BEST, who presided in the Crown Court, charged the Grand Jury, and called their attention principally to the case above-mentioned. His Lordship, after stating to them the sub stance of the depositions against the prisoners; as returned by the committing Magistrates, said he understood that there were two distinct charges intended to be preferred against the parties, namely, one founded on Lord Ellenborough's Act, 43d Geo. 3, for stabbing the Sheriff's officer, Watson, with a pitchfork, with intent to murder him; and the other for murdering J a m es Grainge with a loaded gun. These charges he understood to be applicable to two distinct transactions : first, that in which Watson attempted to arrest Mr. Conolly, and the other, when the deceased was killed, in an attempt to apprehend the pri soner on a peace warrant. The first alleged offence must de pend upon the question, whether, in case death had ensued from the violence committed on Watson's person, the offence would have been murder. In order to the decision of this question, it would be necessary to attend to the evidence as to the manner in which the officer attempted to make his cap tion. According to the depositions, the outer-door of the house was open, and in the attempt to force an inner-door the wound was inflicted. If this fact was clearly established, the first offence would be made out. An officer could not break an outer-door to execute civil process ; but finding the outer door open he might enter, and break inner -doors, to take his prisoner. If the door, upon which the violence was committed in this instance, was the outer entrance to the house, then the officer would not be justified in b rea ki ng it, though the prisoner was only a visitor. The depositions of the different witnesses varied in this point, and therefore it was incumbent on the Grand Jury to pay particular attention to this part of the case. Then, as to the second charge, there was no doubt that if the deceased was a Constable, and duly authorised to execute a warrant for the apprehension of Mr. Conolly for the breach of the peace committed on Watson, the breaking open the house was a lawful act, provided the prisoner had due notice of the contents and object of the warrant; and if the prisoner, in re sisting the execution of the warrant under such circumstances, killed the officer, the offence would amount to murder. His Lord ship observed that there was a material difference in the deposi_ dons of the several witnesses as to the notice given to the prisoner of the contents of the warrant, and the authority of the deceased to execute it. Some said that the warrant was read to the pri soner, and others, that the substance of its contents was dis tinctly announced. It was the duty of the Grand Jury to watch with great circumspection this part of the evidence, be cause it was most material as it respected the charge of wilful murder. It appeared that from the depositions, that Mrs. Brown, Moran, and the other prisoners, were encouraging the conduct of Conolly throughout the whole transaction, and therefore, in the eye of the law, they were all principals. ' The Grand Jury, however, would attend to all the circumstances of the case, as proved by viva voce evidence, and return such bills as were satisfactory to their consciences. The Grand Jury, after being out about few hours, returned a bill of Manslaughter only against Mr. Conolly and Hugh Moran, and ignored the bill against Mrs. Brown, Amelia or gen, and Edward Trayers. There was nothing of public interest on 'the Civil side. STATE PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE SOUTH AMERICAN STATES. ( Presented to both House: of Parliament Last Night. ) COMMUNICATIONS with FRANCE and SPAIN relat ing to the SPANISH AMERICAN - PROVINCES. No. I. EXTRACT OF A MEMORANDUM OF A CONFERENCE BE TWEEN THE PRI NCE DE POLIGNAC AND HR. CANNING, HELD OCT. 9, 1823. The Prince de Polignac having announced to Mr. Canning , that his Excellency was now prepared to enter with Mr. Can ning into a frank explanation of the views of his Government respecting the question of Spanish America, in return for a similar communication which Mr. Canning had previously offered to make to the Prince de Polignac on the part of th• British Cabinet, Mr. Canning stated : That the British Cabinet bad no disguise or reservation on that subject : that their opinions and intentions were substan tially the same as were announced to the French Government, by the Despatch of Mr. Canning to Sir Charles Stuart, of the 31st of March ; which Despatch that Ambassador communi cated to M. de Chateaubriand, and which had since been pub lished to the world. That the near approach of a crisis, in which the affairs of Spanish America must naturally occupy a great share of the attention of both Powers, made it desirable that there should be no misunderstanding between them on any part of a subject so important. That the British Government were of opinion that any at tempt to bring Spanish America again under its ancient sub mission to Spain must be utterly hopeless ; that all negociation for that purpose would be unsuccessful ; and that the prolonga tion or renewal of war for the same object would be only a waste of human life, and an infliction of calamity on both parties, to no end. That the British Government would, however, not only ab stain from interposing any obstacle, on their part, to any at tempt at negotiation which Spain might think proper to make+ but would aid and countenance such negotiation, provided it were founded upon a basis which appeared to them to be prac ticable ; and that they would, in any case, remain strictly neu tral in a war between Spain and the Colonies, if war should be unhappily prolonged. But yenttheermpriazse of constituting Spu at itnh aatgtah a i thene n si e tu n n t eirtei n entirely Colonon f e a w ni eys cct f l ow e r s eo t i i ugl o l t d : ;Pbaoenwdevri Power, in e e upon danb t h e y must take such decision as the interests of Great Britain might require. That the British Government abAolutely disclaimed, not only any desire of appropriating to itself any portion of the Spanish Colonies, but any intention of forming any political connec tion with them, beyond that of amity and commercial inter course. That in those respects, so far from seeking an exclusive pre ference for British Subjects over those of Foreign St a t es , England was prepared, a nd woul d be contented, to see the Preference ; an d to b e ; . wi k e d , a f ter Il in lo p th o e ss r eso t n tn o tr f y that(by v irtue of an amicable arrangement) her, equally with others, on thetfoo u .. of the most favoured nation. • That, completely convinced that the ancient system of the Colonies could not he restored, tt* British Government could not enter into any stipulation binding itself either to refuse or recognition of their I ndependence. • Thai the British Government had no desire to precipitate that recognition, so long ti as. there was any reasonable chance of an accommodation with the 11.1 to delav its other Country, by which such a recognition might come first front Spain. But that it could not wait in definitely far that result : that it could not consent to make its recognition of the New States dependent upon that of Sp a i n ;- and that it would consider any foreign interference, the by lofarce or by menace, i n t h e di spute be tween Spain and Conies, as a motive for recognizing the latter without delay. That the mission of Consul s to the several provinces of Spa nish America was no new measur e on the part of this coun try :--that it was one which had, on the contrary, been delay ed, perhaps too long, in consideration of the state of Spain, after having been announced to the Spanish Government in the month of December last, a s settled ; and even after a list had been furnished to that Govern T nent of the places to which such appointments were intended t o be made. That such app we pintments re absolutely necessary for the protection of British trade in those countries. That the old pretension of —pain to interdict all trade with th ose countries, was, in the opinion of the British Government, altogether obsolete ! but that, even if attempted to be enforced against others, it was, with regard to Great Britain, clearly in applicable. That permission to trade with the Spanish Colonies had been conceded to Great Britain in the year 1810, when the me diation o f Great Britain between Spain and her colonies was asked by Spain, and granted by Great Britain : that this me diation, indeed, was not afterwards employed, because Spain changed her counsel ; but that it was not, therefore practicable for Great Britain to withdraw commercial capital once em barked in Spanish America, and to desist from commercial in tercourse once established. That it had been ever since distinctly understood that the trade was open to British subjects, and that the ancient coast laws of Spain were, so far as regarded them at least, tacitly repealed. That in virtue of this understanding, redress had been de manded of Spain in 1822, for (among other grievances) sei zures of vessels for alleged infringements of those laws ; which redress the Spanish Government bound itself by a convention (now in course of execution) to afford. That Great Britain, however, had no desire to set up any se parate right to the free enjoyment of this trade ; that she con sidered the force of circumstances, and the irreversible progress of events, to have already determined the question of the ex istence of that freedom for all the World ; but that, for herself, she claimed, and would continue to use it ; and should any at tempt be made to dispute that claim, and to renew the obsolete interdiction, such attempt might be best cut sho r t by a s p ee dy and unqualAied recognition of the independence of the Spanish American States. That, with these general opinions, and with these peculiar claims, England could not go into a joint deliberation upon the subject of Spanish America, upon an equal footing with other Powers, whose opinions were less formed upon that ques tion, and whose interests were less implicated in the decision of it. That she thought it fair therefore to explain beforehand, to what degree her mind wasNiade up, and Tier determination taken. The Prince de I'olignac declared, That his Oovernment believed it to be utterly hopeless to reduce Spanish America to the state of its former relation to Spain ; _ _ _ That France disclaimed, on her part, any intention or desire to avail herself of the present state of the Colonies, or of the present situation of France towards Spain, to appropriate to herself any part of the Spanish possessions in America, or to obtain for herself any exclusive advantages ; And that, like England, she would willingly see the Mother Country in possession of superior commercial advantages, by amicable arrangements ; and would be contented, like her, to rank, after the Mother Country, among the most favoured nations. I,astly, that she abjured, in any case, vry design of acting against the Colonies by force of arms. The Prince de Polignac proceeded to say, That, as to what might be the best, arrangement between Spain and her Colonies, the French Government could not give, nor venture to form, an opinion, until the King of Spain should be at liberty ; That they would then be ready to enter upon it, in con cert with their Allies, and with Great Britain among the number. In observing upon what Mr. Canning had said, with respect to the peculiar situation of Great Britain, in reference to such a conference, the Prince de Polignac declared, That he saw no difficulty which should prevent England from taking part in the conference, however she might now an nounce the difference, in the view which she took of the ques tion, from that taken by the Allies. The refusal of England to co-operate in the work of reconciliation, might afford reason to think, either that she did not re all y wish f or that reconcili ation, or that she had some ulterior objec t in contemplation ; two suppositions equally injurious to the h onour and good faith of the British Cabinet. The Princa de Polignac further declare d, That he could not conceive what could b e meant, under the present circumstances, by a pure and simple ac kno wledgment of the independence of the Spanish Colonie s ; sin ce , thrle countries being actually distracted by civil wars , there existed 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, :appear e d to him to be nothing less than a real sanction of anarchy. The Prince de Polignac added, That, in the interest of humanity, and especially in that of the Spanish Colonies, it would be worthy of the European Go vernments to concert together the means of calming, in those distant and scarcely civilized regions, passions blinded by party-spirit ; and to endeavour to bring back to a principle of union in Government, whether Monarchical or Aristocratical, people among whom absurd and dangerous theories were now keeping up agitation and disunion. Mr. Canning, without entering into discussion upon these abstract principles, contented himself with saying, That, however desirable the establishment of a Monarchical form of 'iovernment in any of these Provinces might be, on the one hand, or whatever might be the difficulties in the way of it, on the other hand—his Government could not take upon itself to put it forward as a condition of their recognition. P. G. C. No. 2. SIR W. A'COURT TO MR. SECRETARY CANNING. (RECEIVED JAN. 14.) ( Extract.) Madrid, Dec. 30, 1823. The inclosed Note, though dated the 26th, did not reach me till yesterday. By my answer, a copy of which I have the ho nour to inclose, you will see that 1 merely acknowledge its receipt, promising to transmit it to my Government. (Signed) WILLIAM A'COURT. The Right Hon. George Canning, &c. &c. &c. TRANSLATION OF FIRST INCLOSURE IN No. 2. COUNT OFALIA TO SIR was. A'COURT. Palace, Dec. 26, 1823. HONOURED Sin—l have the honour to inform you that the King, my august Master, has determined to devote his particular attention to the regulation of the affairs concerning the disturbed countries of Spanish America, being solicitous to succeed in pacifying his dominions, in which the seeds of anarchy have taken root to the prejudice of the safety . of other Governm ants. His Majesty has therefore thought that he might justly calculate on the assistance of his dear Allies, to wards obtaining results which cannot but prove beneficial to the tranquillity and happiness of all Europe. The inclosed copy will put you, Sir, in possession of the orders issued to his Catholic Majesty's Representatives at the Courts of Austria, France, and Russia :—and as the Ministers of Spain have not yet proceeded to London and Berlin, the King has directed me to address you, Sir, and to the Al of Prussia at this Court, a transcript of the said communica tion ; which his Majesty hopes you will have the goodness to transmit to your Government, whose friendship and upright policy, the King, my Master, trusts, will know how to appre. elate the frankness of this communication, and the equity which has dictated the bases on which it is founded.—l avail myself of this opportunity, &c. (Signed) THE CONDE DE OFALIA. To the Minister of England. TRANSLATION OF SECOND INCLOSURE IN N 0.2. The King, our Soverei gn , being restored to the throne of his ancestors, in the enjoyment f his hereditary rights, has seriously turned his thoughts to the fate of his American dominions, dis tracted by civil war and brought to the brink of the most dan gerous precipice. As during the last three years the rebellion which prevailed in Spain defeated the constant efforts which were. made for maintaining tranquillity in the Costu Firma, for res cuing the banks of the Inver Plata, and for preserving' Peru an d N ew Spain ; his Majesty beheld with grief the progress of the flame of; insurrection ; but it affords, at the same time, consolation to, the King that repeated and irrefragable proofs exist of an immense number of Spaniards remaining true to their oaths of allegiance to the thron e ; and that the sound majority of Americans acknowledge that that hemisphere can not be happy unless it lives in brotherly connection with those who civilized those countries. These reflections powerfully animate his Majesty to hope that the justice of his cause will meet with a firm support in the influence of the Powers of Europe. Accordingly the King has resolved upon inviting the Cabinets of his dear and inti mate Allies to establish a Conference at Paris, to the end that their Plenipotentiaries, assembled there along with those of his Catholic Majesty, may aid Spain in adjusting the affairs of the revolted countries of America. In examining this important question, his Majesty will, in conjunction withretio his powerful lAllies, consider of the alterations which events have produced in his American _provinces, and of the during the disorders, have been formed with commercial nations ; in order thereby to adopt, with good faith, the measures most proper for conciliating the rights and just interests of the Crown of Spain and of its Sovereignty, with those which circumstances may have occasioned with respect to other nations. His Majesty confiding in the sentiments of his Allies, hopes that they will assist him in accomplishing the worthy object of upholding the principles of order and legiti macy, the submission of which, once commenced in America, would presently communicate to Europe ; and that they will aid him, at the same time, in re-establishing peace between this division of the globe and its Colonies. It is, therefore, his Majesty's pleasure that, penetrated with these reasons, and availing yourself of the resources of your well known talents, you should endeavour to dispose the Government with which you reside, to agree to the desired co-operation, for which the events of the Peninsula have paved the way ; autho rising you to communicate a copy of this Note to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. God preserve you many years, (Signed) The Conde de OFALIA. To the Ambassador of his Catholic Majesty at Paris, and to his Ministers Plenipoten tiary at St. Petersbuigh and Vienna. (THIRD INCLOSURE IN No. 2.) Slit WILLIAM A'COURT TO COUNT OFALIA. Madrid, Dec. 30. 1823. The undersigned, &c. &c. has the honoui to acknowledge the receipt of the Count Ofalia's note, dated the 26th of this month. He will hasten to submit it to his Government. He begs his Excellency to accept, &c. (Signed) WILLIAM A'COURT. His Excellency the Count Ofs.Ea, &c. No. 3. XR. SECRETARY CANNING TO SIII W. A'COURT. Foreign Office, Jan. 30, 1824. Sin—The Messenger Latchford delivered to me, on the 14th inst. your Despatch, enclosing a copy of the Count de Ofalia's official note to you .of the 26th of December last; with the ac companying copy of an instruction, which has been addressed, by order of his Catholic Majesty to his Ambassador at Paris, and to his Ministers Plenipotentiary at the Courts of Vienna and St. Petersburgh. Having laid these papers before the King, I have received his Majesty's commands to direct you to return to them the following answer : The purpose of the Spanish Instruction is to invite the several Powers, the Allies of his Catholic Majesty to " es tablish a Conference at Paris, in order that their Plenipoten tiaries, together with those of his Catholic Majesty, may aid Spain in adjusting the affairs of the revolted countries of Anierica." ......._._...... The maintenance of the " Sovereignty" of Spain over her late Colonies 'is p o i n ted out in this Instruction as one specific object of the proposed Conference; and though an expectation of the employm en t of force for this object, by the Powers invit ed .to the Conf ere nc e , is not plainly indicated, it is not distinctly disclaimed. • The invitation contained in this instruction not being address ed directly to the Government of Great Britain , it may n o t be necessary to observe upon that part of it, which refers to the . . late " events in the Peninsula," as haVing " paved the way" for the " desired co-operation." The British Government could not acknowledge an ap-: peal founded , upon transactions to Which it was ne - party. But no such appeal ,was necessary. No variation in - the in- ternal affairs of Spain has, at any time, varied the King's desire to see a termination to tht Oils arising from the protracted Struggle between Spain and Spanish Americ a; or his Majesty's disposition to concur in bringing about that ter. minatiOn. From the year 1810, when his Majesty's single mediation was asked and granted to Spain, to effect a reconciliation With her Colonies—the disturbances in which Colonies had then but newly broken out-:-.to the year 1818, when the same task, in creased in difficulty by the course and complication of eventa in America, was proposed to be undertaken by the Allied Powers assembled in conference at Aiit-la-'Chapelle ; and from the year 1818 to the prasent time, the good othecs of his Majesty for this purpose have always been at the service of Spain, within limi tations and upon conditions, Which have been in each instance explicitly described. Those limitations have uniformly excluded the employment of force or of menace against the Colonies, on the part of any Mediating Power ; and those conditions have uniformly 're.' quircd the previous statement by Spain; of some definite and intelligible proposition, and the discontinuance ou her part of a system utterly inapplicable to the new relations which had grown up between the American provinces and other countries: The fruitless issue of the. conferences at Aix-la-Chapelle would have deterred the British Government from acceding to a proposal for again entertaining, in conference, the question of a Mediation between Spain and the American Provinces even if other circumstances had remained nearly the same. But the events which have followed each other with such ra pidity during the last five years, have created so essential a dif. ference, as well in the relative situation in which Spain and the American provinces stood, and now stand to each other, as in the external relations and the interns' circumstances of the Provinces themselves, that it would be vain to hope that any Mediation, not founded on the basis of Independence, could now be successful. The best proof which the British Government can give of the interest which it continues to feel for Spain, is to state frankly their opinion as to the course most advisable to be pursued by his Catholic Majesty; and to answer, with the like frankness, the question implied in M. Ofalia's instruction, as to the nature and extent of their own relations with Spanish America. There is no hesitation in answering this question. The stab.' jects of his Majesty have for many years carried on trade and formed commercial connections in all the American Provinces, which have declared their separation from Spain. This trade was originally opened with the consent of the Spanish Government. It has grown gradually to such an ex. tent as to require some direct protection, by the establishment at several ports and places to those provinces, or Consuls on the part of this country ;—a measure long deferred out of delicacy to Spain, and not resorted to at last without distinct and timely notification to the. Spanish Government. As to any further step to be taken by his Majesty towards the acknowledgment of the de facto Governments of America— the decision must (as has already been stated more than once to Spain and to other Powers) depend upon various circum stances ; and, among others, upon the reports which the Bri. tish•Government may receive of the actual state of affairs in the several American provinces. But it appears manifest to the British Government, that if so large a portion of the globe should remain much longer with. out any rccogeized political existence, or any definite political connexion with the established Governments of Europe, the consequences of such a state of things must be at once most ern barrassing to those Governments, and most injurious to the in terests of all European Nations. For these reasons, and not from mere views of selfish policy, the British Government is decidedly of opinion, that the re• cognition of such of the new States as have established de facto their separate political existence, cannot be much longer delayed. The British Government have no tlesire to anticipate Spain in that recognition. On the contrary, it is on every account their wish that his Catholic Majesty should have the grace and the advantage of leading the way, in that recognition, among the Powers of, Europe. But the Court of Madrid must b e aware, that the discretion of his Majesty n this respect cann ot be indefinitively i bound up by that of his Catholic Majesty; and that even before many months elapse, the desire, now sin cerely felt by the British Government, to leave this precedency to Spain, may be overborne by considerations of a more com prehensive nature;—considerations regarding not only the es sential interests of his Majesty's subjects, but the relations of the Old World with the New. Should Spain resolve to avail herself of the opportunity yet, within her power, the British Government would, if the Court of Madrid desired it, willingly afford its countenance and aid to a Negociation, commenced on that only basis which appears to them to be now practicable ; and would see, without reluctance, the conclusion, through a Negociation on that basis, of an ar rangemect, by which the Mother Country should be secured in the enjoyment of commercial advantages superior to those con ceded to other nations. For herself, Great Britain asks no exclusive privileges of . trade • no invidious p re f erence , b ut equa l freedom of com merce for al l. If Spain !hall determine to persevere in other counsels o it can-. not but be expected th at G r e at B r i ta i n must ta k e h er own course ' upon this matter, when the time for taking it shall arrive; of which Spain shall have full and early intimation. Nothing that is here stated can occasion to the Spanish Go vernment any surprize. In my despatch to Sir Charles Stuart of ttie , 31st of March, 1823, which was communicated to the Spanish Government, the opinion was distinctly expressed, that, " time and the course of events had substantially decided the separation of the Colo nies from the Mother Country ; although the formal recogni tion of those Provinces, as Independent States, by his Majesty, might be hastened or retarded by various external circum• stances, as well as by the more or less satisfactory prog ress ., in eaoh State, towards a regular and settled Form of Go vernment."' • At a subsequent period, in a communication * made, in the first instance to France, and afterwards to other Powers,•- as well as to Spain, the same opinions were repeated; with this specific addition—that in either of two cases (now happily not likely to occur) —in that of any attempt on the part of Spain, to receive the obsolete interdiction of intercourse with countries over which she has no longer any actual dominion ;—or in that of the employment of foreign assistance to re-establish her dominion in those countries, by force of arms ; the recognition of such New States by his Majesty would be decided and im mediate. After thus declaring to you, for the information of the Court of Madrid, the deliberate opinion of the British Government on the points on which Spain requires the advice of her Allies, it does not appear to the British Cabinet at all necessary to go into the Conference, to declare that opinion of the a-new ; even if it were perfectly clear, from the tenor of M. Of'alia's instruc tion, that Great Britain is in fact included in the invitation to the Conference at Paris. Every one of the powers so invited has been constantly and um reservedly apprized, not only of each step which the British Government has taken, but of every opinion which it has formed on this subject :—and this Despatch will 'be communi cated to them all. If those Powers should severally come to the same conclu sion with Greta Britain, the concurrent expression of their several opinions cannot have less weight in the judgment of Spain—and must naturally be more acceptable to her feelings-- than if such concurrence, being the result of a conference of five Powers, should carry the appearance of a concerted dic tation. If (unhappily, as we think) the Allies, or any of theru, should come to a different conclusion, we shall at least have avoided the inconvenience of a discussion, by which our own opinion could not have been changed ;—we shall have avoided an appearance of mystery, by which the jealousy of other parties might have been excited :—we shall have avoided a delay, which the state of the question may hardly allow. Meanwhile, this explicit recapitulation of the whole course of our sentiments and of our proceedings on this momentous subject, must at once acquit us of any indisposition to answer the call of Spain for friendly counsel, and protect us against the suspicion of having any purpose to conceal from Spain or from the world.--I am, Sec. (Signed) GEORGE CANNING. . The Right Hon. Sir W. A'Court, &c. • The Memorandum or Conference, No. 1. t Austria, Russia, Prussia, Portugal, the Netherlands, and the United states of America. ARMY CON rt; I's. Commissariat Department, Treasury Chambers, February 26, 152.1. NOTIC E is hereby given to all Persons de sirous of contracting to supply the following Articles , or the Use of the Army, viz.:— BREAD—To his Majesty's Land Forces in Cantonments, Quarters, and Barracks, in the under-mentioned Counties and Islands:— Bedford, Berks (including the Town of Hungerford), Ber wick, Bucks, Cambridge (including the Town of Newmar ket), Chester, Cornwall (including Scilly), Cumberland, Derby, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Essex (exclusive of Tilbury Fort), Gloucester (including the City of Bristol), Hants, Hereford, Hertford, Hunts, Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Kent (including Tilbury Fort, in the County of Essex), Lancaster, Leicester, Lincoln, Middlesex, Monmouth, Norfolk, Nor thampton, Northumberland, Nottingham, Oxford, Ktitland, Salep,Somerset, Stafford, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warivick, Westmorland, Wilts, Worcester, York North and South Wales, in the several Counties in North Britain, and. in the Islands of Alderney, Guernsey, and Jersey. As also Bread to the Household Troops in Loudon and its Vicinity. OATS, to his Majesty's Cavalry and Artillery Horses, in Cantonments and Quarters, in the under-mentioned Cowl- ties : Bedford, Berwick, Buck, Cambridge, Chester, Cumber land, Derby, Durham, Gloucester, Hereford, Hertford, Hunts, Leicester, Lincoln, Monmouth, Oxford, Rutland, Salop, Stafford, Westmorland, Wilts, Worcester, North and South Wales. FORAGE, viz. —OATS, HAY, and STRAW—To his Ma jesty's Cavalry and Artillery Horses in Batrstclis, and Oats, in Cantonments and Quarters,, in the under mentioned Counties in South Britain : Burks, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Essex, Hants (including the Isle of Wight), Kent, Lancaster, Middlesex, Norfolk, Northampton, Northumberland, Nottingham, Somerset, Suf folk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwick, York, and in the several Counties in North Britain. That the Deliveries ase to commence on and for the 25 t b (Jar of April next; that Proposals in writing, sealed up, and marked "Tender for Army Supplies," will be received at this Mike on or before Tuesday, the 30th day of March next, but none will be received after Twelve o'C!ock on that Day. Proposals must he made separately for each County and Island, except fur the Counties comprising North and South Wales, all of which must be included in one Tender; likewise the Islands of Alderney, Guernsey, and Jersey; as also the several Counties in North Britain ; and each Proposal must have the Letter which is annexed to the Tender properly filled tip. by Two Persons of known property, engaging to become bound with the Party ten dering. in the amount stated in the printed Particllars, for the due Performance of the Contract ; and no Proposal will he noticed unless made on a printed Tender, and the Prices expressed in Words at length ; and should it so happen that during the continuance of the Contract no Troops should be supplied by virtue of the same, the expence of the Stamps on the Contract aad Bond, paid in the first instance by the Contractor, shall he refunded to him. Particulars of the Contracts may be had upon application at this Office, between the hours of Ten and Four. P. S. Samples of the Bread and Meal may be seen at the Office between the hours of Twelve and Two.