The Sun. — London, England, 1827-07-30 00:00:00

FOREIGN r,iTELI,INtE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Moniteur of Friday, July 27—Non-o(fig4.4lPart. ) " PARIS, JULY 26.—A telegraphic despatch an nounces, that two ships of the line, two frigates ; and a corvette, sailed front the roads of Brest yes terday, the 25th, with favourable Wind. The two ships of the line'and the two frigates are going to the Mediterranean. According to information, the correctness of which, we believe, may be relied on, France is said lit this moment to be assembling in the Mediterranean a much more considerable naval force than it usually employs there. " The force is divided principally into the squa dron in the Levant, the division which blockades Algiers, and the cruisers necessary to look after the pirates which may have been able to escape from those parts, in spite of the vigilance of his Majesty's ships. " The squadron in the Levant is going . to consist of 23 ships, among which are four of the line, viz. the Scipio, the Breslau', the Trident, and the Pro vence, all of 74 guns ; the Syreft frigate of .58 guns, the 44-gun frigates, viz, the Armida, the Juno, and the Magicienne ; four icorvettes, and eleven small vessels. - " This vv./Adroit will be entirely ready to act under the command of the Rear-Admiral Chevalier de Rigny, about the middle of the month of August, The number of vessels employed before the voile of sthe Regency of Algiers is now seveli, hi,a will shortly 'be increased to 12. Among t'h'em are, the Amphitrite and the Vestal frigates 'Or .58 guns ; the Constance, Cybele, and the Galathee frigates of 44 guns; a corvette, and rix smaller vessels. Six other vessels cruise in different parts of the Mediterranean. For instance, off Cape Bon, the coast of hilly; the 13atearia Islands, &c. Among those rse two frigates, the Maria Theresa, of 59 guns, and the Auro ra , o f 44 guns. Lastly, five brigs and sehooners are em ployed in convoying merchantmen on the two prin cipal lines from. Marseilles to Cadiz, and froth Mar seilles to the Archipelago. Thus the Mediterranean alone employs nearly SO ships of the Royal Navy, indevmdently of those stationed at Barcelona. In the ocean, above 60 other vessels, nine of which are frigates, are stationed at Cadiz, on the west coast of Africa, in India, South America, the Antilles, and Newfoundland; some cruising along the coast of Spain, to look after the Arneocan cruisers, which under pretence of injuring the Spanish commerce, • have committed depredations on board of French vessels. Never, at any time of peace, was there so much activity in the porta of the kingdom: the late armaments have been completed- with remarkable celerity. And of the 29 vessels, (of which four are of the line, and eight frigates), the orders for arming which for 'extraordinary service have been latterly given, there remain only four or five brigs to put to sea, the latest e 2 which will probably be dispatched before the (rad of next month." (From the Gazette de Prance s July 28.) " ST. PETERSBURGN, JULY 10.—On the 7th of this month, being the anniversary of the Emperor's :;firth-day, Te Detsln was chanted in the Casan Ca thedral, and in all the churches of this capital, and in the evening the city was illuminated. The day was also keßt at Karekojeselo, where their Majesties now are. After divine service the Emperor and Empress re'•eived the usual felicitations in the Palace of Alexander. In the evening the town, and the boats on the great lake in the garden, were illuminated ; and great numbers of persons who came from St. Petersburgh walked in the garden till night. " By an Ukase of the same day, his Majesty con ferred on Baron Diebitch, chief of the staff, the dignity of Count of the Empire, transmissible to his descendants. The ukase contains the following passage : " It has been agreeable to us to think that we should always find in you in future one of those men on whose teal we may the most confidently de pend for the accomplishment of our designs in favour of the empire which God has confided to our care, as well as the subject of immoveable fidelity, always acting according to the principles of true honour, and who was justly honoured with the especial favour of our glorious brother, to the very last mo ment of his beneficent existence.' " PARIS, JULY 27.—The Prince de Polignac is expected at Paris to-day or to-morrow." (Prom the Journal des Debats.) " A letter from Lisbon, dated July 11, says— ' The Austriaa Charge d'Affaires lately requested an audience of the Princess Regent, in order to corn . municate to her despatches which he had re ceived from his Court. He added, that he was desirous that the whole i;i ornatic body should be present at the communication which he had to make. An audience was granted him some days afterwards. This diplomatist asked whether Don Miguel could, conformably to the existing constitution, come to Portugal to assume the reins of Government, as soon as he attained his 25th year. The Princess Regent answered, that as sister of Don Miguel, she was desirous to accommodate herself to his wishes, arid to preserve peace in her family and tranquillity in her country, especially as the burden of Government was too much for her strength to support ; but that the existing Regency was not the Regency fixed by the Charter,—that there was no minority at present, and the Government of the kingdom had been con ferred upon her by her father, and confirmed to her by her brother and king ;—that of herself she could determine nothing ;—and that it was to the king her brother that such a communication as she had just received ought to be made. " We are informed, that the English Ambassador declared, that upon this question he could do nothing more than preserve silence, since it related to the domestic affairs of Portugal. He likewise declared, in obedience to the instructions he has received from his government, that he would never consent to the interference of any foreign Power in the internal af fairs of that country." WARSAW, JULY 14.—The different corps of the first Russian army, it is said, under the orders of Ge neral Count Sacken, are to be concentrated in Bes sarabia. Several movements have already taken place. It is added that a corps of from twenty-five ro thirty thousand men will be formed in the Grand Duchy of Posen, and that it will proceed towards the frontiers. (From the Constitutionxel.) MADRID, JULY 16.—One of the richest houses of this capital, the house of Urionagoena,has just fail e d for twelve • millions of reels. The Jesuits claim 35,000 dollars, the chest of the Royalist Volunteers 900,000 reels, and the heirs of Camara Cano, the late Corregidor, 1,500,000 reels. All these sums were placed as deposits. It is said that the house cnly requires a delay of four months to make good all its payments. The declaration of insolvency has astonished all Madrid, and it is the general subject of conversation. The troops to be sent to Catalonia are to be aug mented to 6,000 men and a Royal Commissary, in vested with extraordinary powers, is to be sent thither. (EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE LETTER• MADRID, JULY 16.—Yesterday at ten o'clock a Courier arrived from the Count d'Ofalia, at London, to the Minister of State, bearing despatches, an nouncing, firstly, That the English Government has a second time declared to him its determination to answer none of his propositions; secondly, His return to Spain. Twenty-nine Portuguese cavalry soldiers, with the lieutenant of their company, who have been compro mised in a Royalist plot, which was discovered in time to prevent its taking effect, have jest sought re fuge in Spain. They entered by way of Badajoc. LISBON PAPERS. LISBON, JULY 11.--The official part of the Gazette contains two Reseripts of the Princess Regent, signed by the Minister of War—the first addressed to the Marquis de Valence, appointing hiin Nkilitary Oovernor off' the province of Tras-os- Montes—the second is addressed to the Conde de Lanuares, appointing him Military Govirrior of the province of Minh°. (freiin the Porboleta of July 6.) JUNE 21.—The Apostolical Abbe de Cordedo, who appears to be the most inveterate enemy, in these parts, of his Majesty Don Pedro IV. and the Charter, in two sermons which he preached, one at St. Antonio in Lurna Longa, the other in Canpos, had the audacity to invite from the pulpit the people to rebellion—confirming them in hopes and opinions of the Silveiras—publishing from the pulpit the most alarming and false news— that Silveira had entered Braganca with a French army of 50,000 infantry, fourteen regiments of ca valry, and nine of chasseurs—that the Constitution Was the Work and invention of the devil and the eeemasons, &c. The. Gazelle qnoteS I froin the same Paper a longer but similar statement, dated' Raivaes, 24th June, and adds the following reflections:— " Depending on the authority of the Barb()!eta, we copy the above articles, which we should not have done had they said nothing of the two parish priests, who, whethet considered as persons in Public office, dr merely as ecclesiastical pastors, should be the first to give an iinegniVoCal example of fidelity to the Kill, respect to his institutions, and v'coieration for the divine religion which they professy and which they are bound to explain to the people, whom they should instruct with rectitude and truth„ But if these are the teachers of the people, and if these are the doctrines which they explain or inculcate,, how can there be obedience in our people, and hOW CAM they cease to be rioters or rebels ? Supposing the two above articles to be trod, we must be fully justified in publishing them. Crimes of this nature are calculated only to produce and propagate public immorality ; for what morality can there be without respect for the laws, and the supreme authority which promulgates them. No- thing should be suppressed, but rather allowed to be published. In this manner the authorities, whose business it is to take cognizance of such pub lic crimes, can alone be informed of them, and it is to be hoped they will not be repeated either by those persons or others, who might desire to imitate them, since tve hope that, if they are as certain as they are stated to be, they will be punished, in an ex emplary manner, by those who are chiefly bound to do so." The Gazette subjoins an essay, under the follow ing title The absolute necessity of instructing the people; because it is on their ignorance that all speculators in rebellion found their hopes." After some preliminary observations, the writer says—" It is evident that factious and rebellious principles, ecclesiastical as well as. secular, proceeding by a thousand efforts and a thousand means, to the con quest of absolute temporal power, under the cloak of false legitimacy and false religion, cannot achieve this conquest without the aid of the people, whom they have, in a great degree, deluded by a thousand insinuations, all perfidious and false, and still hope to delude. In order to deprive them of this auxiliary force, without which they could not subsist a mo ment, the only means are to instruct and enlighten the people, by a constant and religious method, that they may see the delusion under which they labour, and the danger of the doctrines by which their false friends endeavour to lead' them through guilt to the summit of misfortune." Enforcing the imperious duty of all holiest men the Magistrates, Clergy, &c. to contribute to en lighten the people, and adverting to the duty of the press, especially of the periodical, the writer con cludes, "In this number is the Gazette of Lisbon, and it promises, from this day forward, to be the sound, pure, and powerful organ of all truly consti tutional doctrines, as its Editor, faithful to his con science and his principles, is resolved to be what he always was—an unalterable friend of legal liberty , —a liberty which, for the happiness of the Portu guese, is now laid down in the Charter, which we must all religiously defend for our own advantage, and for the honour of the great King who gave it to us." LISBON, JULY 10.—Her Royal Highness the Princess Regent, and the infantas, her sisters, were present to-day at the launching of the new brig of war, Don Pedro, at the Royal Arsenal of the W rine. Her Royal Highness appeared to be wholly recovered, and seemed highly pleased, as well as her august sisters. They were all welcomed with the greatest respect and enthusiasm by the numerous spectators. JULY 1 3.—T his morning-, at eleven o'clock, the Princess Regent and her sisters, embarked at the ar senal for Villa Nova ; her Royal Highness will pass some days at the Caldas da Rainha, to take the warm baths, which have always been so beneficial to her. —Lisbon Gazette, July 13. (From the Diario Fluminense, from the 25th of May to the Bth of June inclusive.) RIO DE JANEIRO. These papers do not contain a syllable about the military operations, and are almost wholly occupied with the debates in the Chambers; that of the 25th May contains a very long exposition of the Mi nister of Finance. It appears, from his state ment, that in 1826, the receipts, ordinary and ex traordinary, amounted to about 7,578,473 milreas ; expenditure, 7,427,213 ditto ; leaving about 151,26(1 as a balance overplus. The debt, at the end of that year (1826), was 31,222,593 milreas. For 1828, the receipts, ordinary and extraordinary, are esti mated at 6,300,000 ; the expenditure at 11,219,088 ; leaving a deficit of 4,919,088 milreas. The Minister thinks, that neither the debt nor the deficit give any ground for uneasiness, since a few years hence, and strict economy, will afford ample means to make it up. The only difficulty is, to find present resources for the expence of the army, and for supporting the national credit abroad. The Conde de Valence is appointed Secretary of State and Minister of Justice. ELECTION FOR CARLISLE. Carlisle Journal Office, Saturday, 4 o'clock. The friends of Wilfrid Lawson, Esq., of Brayton (brother-in-law to Sir James Graham, the sitting Member), have this morning commenced an active canvass in his favour. They say that Mr. Lawson will present himself to the Freemen on Tuesday next. The other party are doing all they can to frighten away candidates, by exaggerating the ex pense of a Carlisle election—a sure sign that they themselves are not prepared for a very warm contest. The general opinion is, that an easier and less costly battle was ❑ever fought in Carlisle than this is likely to be. As an indication of it, we can state, that the Yellows (Tories) are very much divided among themselves, owing to the late Ministerial movements, and that some of them have already promised their votes for Mr. Lawson during this day's canvass, which has also secured the most cordial pledges of the Blues. Edmund Gibson Atherley, Esq., of Gray's Inn, was expected among us, as an inde pendent candidate ; but the freemen became impa tient, and insisted on bringing forward Mr. Lawson, who, we believe, was not very anxious for a public life. He had, however, given them reason to hope, that be would comply with their wishes, if no other Blue candidate appeared. It would not surprise us yet to see Mr. Atherley in Carlisle, but we suspect he has been too slow in declaring himself, as the freemen will, in all probability, hold Mr. Lawson to his engagement, since his name has been announced. Mr. PRICE, the Lessee of Drury-lane Theatre, accompanied by Mr. Wallach, his Manager, has been visit ing many of the Provincial Theatres in the midland coun ties, ter the purpose of endeavouring to discover some youth fill theatrical aspirants. Thus far, we understand, they have found nothing worthy to be transplanted to the metropolis. Mr. Price is at present at Cheltenham, on a visit to his friend Terry, at whose Theatre Colonel Berke ley, Charles Young, Yates, and Wallack, act occasionallt. 11, *VA - 0 3 Wf LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 30, 1827. The Paris Papers of Friday, and the Gazette de France, dated Saturday morning, reached us last night ; extracts from them will be found in another column. The Moniteur announces the saili►►g of another squadron from Brest for the Mediterranean, and details the extent of the naval f i nrce intended by France to be employed in the Levant and before Algiers. The fleet in the Levant is to consist of twenty-three ships, four of which are seventy-fours. The Moniteur admits that France is assembling a much larger naval force in the Mediterranean than she usually employs there. This, we think, is pretty evi dent, but it might also be admitted that the ex tent of the force is greater than its avowed objects can require. A private letter from Madrid mentions that Count d'OFALiA is expected to return to Spain immediately; as the British Government has de clared its determination not to answer any of his propositions. The Journal des Debats contains a letter from Lisbon, which states that the Austrian Charge d'Affaires had very modestly en quired of the PRINCESS REGENT whether Don MIGUEL could now return to Portugal, and assume the reins of Government. The answer of the PRlNcEss'referred him to the KING, her brother. The French Funds are again rather on the advance. FREKCH Furas.—Rentes, Five per Cents. 109 f. 20e. 25e. ; Four per Cents. 95f. 10e. ; Three per Cents. 72f. 80e. 85e. ; Bank Actions, 2,010 f. Fouziaw FUNDS.—Rentes Nap. Cert. Fal. 79f. 45e. 50e. ; Spanish Rentes, 94- ; Royal Spanish Loan, 64 ; Interminable Spanish Annuities, 46k. We have for some time been aware that a re duction of our Military Force was contemplated, but forbore mentioning it, as no definitive arrange ments were made. The subject is still under con sideration, and when any thing is determined on we shall lose no time in communicating it to our Readers. Indeed under the present Administra tion, the Public may confidently rely that every pobsible reduction will be made in the several branches of the Public Service consistent with the welfare a►►d safety of the Empire. The Duke of Kent packet has arrived with a mail from Lisbon, having sailed from the Tagus on the 15th inst., up to which day we have re ceived Lisbon Gazettea, extracts of which will be found in another column. The tone of the Gazette is completely changed, a new Editor, of liberal principles, who was a Member of the former Cortes, having been nominated through the influence of SALDANHA to conduct it. We do not learn any particular news by this arrival. The Osborne and Camden packets have ar rived with Jamaica mails. The former sailed from Carthagena on the sth June, from Jamaica on the 12th, and from Crooked' Island on the 21st. The latter from Jamaica on the 2d May, Havannah on the 14th June, and Bermuda on the 3d July. By this opportunity we have received an ac count of the opening of the Congress of Co lombia, at Tunja, on the 2d May, when General SANTANDER, the Vice President, addressed the Chambers in the following terms : " Fellow-citizens of the Senate and Chamber of Representatives,—l was far from thinking when I addressed my last message to you, that I should now have the painful duty of referring to wounds which the internal events of the Republic opened in our hearts. The order and progress with which Colombia was advancing in the political career, when the last ordinary Session of the Congress commenced, announced to the people days of consolation and tranquillity, and impressed me with the agreeable. idea of terminating the period of my administration by leaving the Republic completely tranquil under the guarantee of its institutions, its external relations established, the sources of national prosperity opened, the funds and the administration of justice improved, education increasing, public credit consolidated, the magazines of war supplied, a competent maritime force equipped, and what is more, the Spanish Go vernment disposed to concede to us peace; but Providence, which frustrates the projects of mail 'to teach us to know our weakness, has permitted that the most melancholy and calamitous events should serve as a trial of our constancy and love of liberty. I proceed to exhibit to you this picture with the correctness and impartiality which my character and your representative duties command; not to afflict you and dishearten you through your affliction, but that, knowing the evil, you may be able to apply a due remedy. What ought to inspire you with con fidence in accomplishing this object is, on the one hand, the firmness and efficacious co-operation of the Executive Power, and, on the other, the progress which various branches of the public administration have made, in spite of those agitations which Were calculated to impede them. " Endeavours to bring about peace between Spain and the American States were continuing to be made with the Cabinet of Madrid, by those Powers who, consulting their own interests, recog nise our rights to independence, when the event of Valencia, of the 30th of April, took place. The Executive had succeeded in inducing the most re spectable Governments to interest themselves in this object, and the principal argument on which they founded the claim to peace was the internal order and stability of our institutions. Unfortunately, this basis has lost all its force, and the negociations have been suspended. The Government of his Catholic Majesty resumed its extinguished hopes of con quest and When the commotion of Venezuela re sounded in its ears, conceived the idea of involving us in a civil war : but . the Executive, without with holding from the restoration of 'constitutional- order all the attention which its duty imposed, took care to prepare the means of external defence as far as circumstances would permit, and relied tranquilly on the national spirit, and the well-known valour of the army. The Carrying into effect \ the hostile views of the enemy's Government is now less probable, since itsdOttiestic affairs absorb all its attentionsince it has lost the fortified posts Of Ullds, Caen, and Chiloe—and since the forces which it assembled in the island of Cuba are reduced. However, in any event the Colombians will know how to defend and preserve their independence with the, same glory with which they acquired it. " Our relations of friendship with all the States of America, far from having sustained any diminu tion, are acquiring that strength on which the wel fare and felicity of all depend. The great American assembly contributed efficaciously to perfect the alliance of the Republic with some, and to define clearly our political and commercial connexions with others. This assembly met at Panama on the 22d June, and afterwards removed to Tacubaya in Mexico. After describing what had been done at this assembly, the Congress is informed that the Ministers of Rio de la Plata, of the new Republic of Bolivia, of Brazil, and of the United States, will meet the others at Tacubaya. It is probable that Great Britain and the United States will also send Com . missioners,invested with.the same character as thoSe who repaired to Panama. . " The Provisional Government of Peru has re cognized the republic of Bolivia, but the Provinces of Rio de la Plata have refused that recognition.— The Government of the United Provinces of Central America has received the Plenipotentiary of the Re public, as has also the President of the Provinces of Rio de la Plata. The Government of Colombia is not officially acquainted with the nature and state of the question in dispute between Rio de la Plata, and Brazil, but it exerts its influence to bring about a peace. The mission of Colonel Palacios to the Em peror of Brazil is one of the steps taken by the Executive in favour of peace, and is also a proof of our wish to maintain the best harmony and friendship with Brazil. " The treaty of friendship, commerce, and naviga tion, was ratified in London on the 7th of November, 1825, without any alteration ; and since then, care has been taken that the conditions should he fulfilled with the greatest fidelity, such conduct being the source of confidence between governments and na tions. In fulfilment of the treaty concluded with the United States of North America, I have des patched a decree, giving to the citizens of the said States equal commercial 'privileges and exemptions as those granted by the Republic to the subjects of his Britannic Majesty. I fear that the state of agi tation which the events of Venezuela produced may have given occasion to the violation of some articles of these and of other existing treaties. The Execu tive, however, as yet knows nothing of this; but 1 can assert, that, impressed with the purest good , faith and the most lively desire for the welfare of the allied, friendly, and neutral nations, no effort will be neglected for repairing any violation. " The Government of his Most Christian Majesty has appointed through the medium of a subaltern authority, a superior commercial agent to superin tend the interests of France in the Republic. The Executive is well aware that the forms observed in this appointment are not those recognised by the law of nations, and had it not been for that circum stance the Government of Colombia would have issued its exequatur, and would have been happy to enter into communications with a person of such distinguished qualities as M. Martigny. Neverthe less, the Government being desirous of proving to France, and to his Most Christian Majesty, its anxiety to establish and maintain relations of peace awl friendship, has permitted the agent to superin tend French commerce is the terms and according to the manner in which, under similar circumstances, permission was formerly given to English and Dutch commercial agents. The Executive, therefore, con fidently hopes that the French Government, far from delaying the . recognition of the sovereignty of Colombia, will avail itself of every favourable oppor tunity 'for securing the progress of the industry of its people by entering into relations with the Re public. The Colombian flag now waves in the ports of France, in consequence of the regulations made by the Government of that country. " I have already hinted to the Congress, that the political commotion of Valencia, in the department of Venezuela, damped the progress of the Constitu tional system, under the shade of which the Repub lic enjoyed tranquillity until that ominous day. You know that the Chamber of Representatives received with interest the complaints of the local authorities of Caraccas against certain abuses which the Com mandant-General Jose Antonio Paez had committed, in execution of the decree for enlisting militia; that the Executive had, a year before, warned him to exe cute that decree with discretion and prudence, avoid ing to give any ground for offence or any commo tion, which might render it necessary to resort to arms, or to inflict serious punishments. The Cham ber resolved to accuse the C o mmandant-General before the Senate, which accusation the Senate ad mitted. The decree of the Senate, and of the Exe cutive Power despatched in fulfilment of article 100 of the Constitution, were disobeyed. General Paez was not only retained in his command by a resolu tion of the municipality of I'alencia, but that of Caraccas invested him with a superior authority unknown to our political system. This proceeding gave origin to many others, all hostile to the union proclaimed by the fundamental law ; and on the rith of November a popular assembly in Caraccas de creed the independence of that country. In the reca pitulation of events the Congress is reminded that a popular meeting took place at Maracaibo,—a meeting of a kind not authorized by law—which called for the convocation of the Grand Convention before the period fixed by article 191 of our code, and other municipalities of the province adhered to this act. Various provinces followed the example, and solicited a similar acceleration of the period of the Na tional Convention. All these transactions took place ata time when the Spaniardswere visiting our Atlantic coast with a considerable squadron, while the friendly Powers were making efforts at Madrid to induce the Spanish Government to grant peace to America — when public credit was threatened with the most complete ruin. I leave it to your judgment what must in this si-tuation have been the anxiety of the Executive at finding itself involved in such serious difficulties, and surrounded by so many obstacles in its endeavours to preserve the internal crder of the Republic under the aegis of the Constitution. For tunately, the cause of liberty and of law was not abandoned in the dissidient provinces, nor even in the very cities which had issued illegal proclama tions, and the Executive authority found support wherever there was a judicigus Colombian and true patriot. What words are capable of sufficiently applauding the fidelity, firmness, and attachment to the political laws, of the people and the authori ties of the provinces of Bogota, Antioquia, Neyva, Mariquita, Tunja, &c. ? or the exemplary conduct of Gen. Bermudez, the prudence of Generals Urda neta and Guerrero, and other illustrious chiefs, who do honour to the liberating army of Colombia ? The Executive Power cannot sufficiently describe what is due to those provinces, and their civil and military authorities, from the country. History and posterity will do them justice. In the mean time, I recommend them to the representatives of the nation in the most earnest manner. " In the midst of this deluge of calamities, in which the fidelity of the before-mentioned provinces saved the ark of our rights, the Iris of salvation— the Liberator, president of the Republic, appear ed, and his presence calmed all—the ►nnocent and the guilty—the just and the unjust. The Libera tor closed the wounds cf Guayaquil on the 12th of September, and in his . passage to this capital, or dered the re-establishment of the legal government, whiCh had been.subverted in the departments of the the South, rejecting, with a horror worthy of the first cifiZeri of Colombia, the Dictatorship, which, without power or right, certain popular juntas had conferred on him. - On the 14t1t •of - November he arrived in this city, and departed on the 25th, having executed, in the course of the only two days during which he would exercise the Government, various economical regulations, and the decree of the 23d of November, which I venture to call immor tal, because, having therein declared that he took upon himself the exercise of extraordinary powers, which on account of cases like the present are per mitted by article 128 of the Constitution ; that he was desirous of preserving our political code, until the nation should by legitimate means reform itself; and that the laws were to remain in their former vi gour in every thing in which the exercise of those extraordinary powers were not requisite. • I think that the national honour and glory of General Bo livar are saved."--(To be continued.) Aletter from General Santander announces his intention to resign the Vice-Presidency, to which he has been a second time. elected, and incloses memorial stating the reasons why he does not wish to continue in office. . The memorial begins with a recapitulation of the services of the Vice-President, after which General Santander observes that his re-election was published shortly before the agitations of Venezuela took place, which agitations were followed by illegal meetings of some citizens, —events which had taught him a lessor he had not before learned throughout the whole course of his life. Since a considerable part of the Republic had been in commotion, he had reason to fear that his presence in the Government, whe ther to administrate or to give counsel, might im pede the sincere reconciliation of Colombians. This ap. prehension induced him to avoid, by all possible means, the most remote occasion to do injury to his country. He considered himself performing to Colombia a new service,and one not of little importance, when he sepa rated himself from public affairs,in order that neither his opinions, his system, his character, or his person might obstruct the establishment of the political Go vernment, and the happiness of his fellow-country .men. He afterwards says, " I renounce the office of Vice-President, because I wish to see it filled by some one capable of correcting the errors of my ad ministration for the benefit of the country. I re. nounce it, because I ought to cut off the source whence has recently proceeded the idea of a rival ship between me and the Liberator, and of my being perfidious to his friendship. I renounce it, because I ought, as a good patriot, to take care that it be not again made a pretext for disturbing our• domestic tranquillity, and undermining the social compact. I renounce it, because I wish to enjoy private life, to vindicate my conduct, and combat my calumniators. Finally, I renounce it, because my health is de teriorated by the labour of government. So many, and such just causes of policy, and of convenience, ought to determine the Congress to exercise the authority given it by the law, and to accept my re signation. This I expect from your rectitude and your devotedness to the welfare of the nation. " At a distance from the supreme administration, retired in my own home with reputation or without it, beloved or abhorred by the first among illustrious Colombians, the Congress and the people may rely upon my feeble efforts to do every thing in my power for independence and liberty. Born a Colombian, I shall die a Colombian. Republican doctrines have penetrated my heart, and I never shall be other than a Republican. The gratitude which I owe to my country and to her representatives will always animate my heart. The liberty of Colombia will, while I live, be the object of thy political devotion, of my duty, and of my sacrifices. Bolivar will always be ,the object of my profound affection and admiration. "FRANCISCO DE PAULA SANTANDER." This memorial is followed by a speech pronounced by the President of the Senate, Luis Andrea Bo rah, on the opening of the Session, in which he states that great and important questions are about to be submitted to the Legislature. There is nothing besides remarkable in his address ; but it is imme diately succeeded by a letter, in which he resigns the Presidency. He had been a third time elected President of the Senate ; and he observes that lie does not think it consistent with the dignity of that body, nor of the spirit of equality or liberty of which it ought to set the purest example to the nation, that the same citizen should for three times succes sively hold this office. He reminds the Senators that he has been accused of having committeda crime, and that the Congress is about to take into consi deration the resignations of the President and Vice- President of the Republic. His letter is dated the 12th of May, and on the same day the Senate re solved that the consideration of their President's proposition should be postponed until a determina tion was come to respecting the resignations of the President and Vice-President of the Republic. It appears that the Congress had removed its sittings from Tunja to Bogota. "0/1 the I2th cur rent (says El Constitutional) the Congress continued its proceedings in this capital. The first business which occupied the chambers after receiving the message of the Executive, and the congratulations presented by that power through the medium of the Home Secretary, was the continuing in office Ge neral Santander, re-elected Vice President of the Republic for the present constitutional period. His Excellency had previously addressed to the Congress as on its installation in Tunja, the resignation of his office, and at the same time requested to be excused from taking the oaths. " The Congress resolved, that, before determining upon the points to which these documents related, General Santander ought to be put in possession of the office which he was called upon to exercise, and agreed to meet for that purpose in the Hall of the Senate, at five in the evening. A communication of this intention was made to the General by a de putation. He replied, that he considered himself severed from the functions of his office ; that he could not consent to present himself for the purpose of being re-invested ; and requested that if the Chambers were to meet on the subject, it should be to accept his resignation. The Congress insisted that General Santander should agree to take the Constitutional oath, and a letter advising him so to do was transmitted to him. He replied, that though he respected the resolutions of the Chambers, and though he regretted to be placed for 'the first time in opposition to them, he had resolved not to be invested in an office in which he declined to serve, merely from a wish that those benefits should begin to be felt by the country, which were expected as soon as he should have no connexion Aith public affairs; and besides, that no law obliged him to take this step at which his conscience revolted. " The Congress then proceeded to discuss whe ther General S an tander ought to be obliged to take possession of the Vice-Presidency of the Republic, or whether a declaration should be made to the Pre sident of the Senate, according to article 110 of the Constitution, in order to determine who should ex ercise the executive authority in the case of the ab sence of the President. After a warm debate, which lasted from five o'clock until seven at night, it Ives resolved to call upon General Santander for the third time to take possession; and for this pur pose a member of each of the Chambers, which re mained sitting, was deputed to go to him. The General then stated, that his refusal proceeded from no principle of disobedience, but that he considere'd he had sufficient reasons for not continuing in the Government; but that in consequence of the urgent applications of the Congress, he would present him self before the Chambers immediately, to comply with their desire, which he did about a quarter be fore eight o'clock in the evening. " The President of the Senate then called upon him . to take the oath in the terms, required by the Constitution; and, on the performance of that act,- General Santander pronounced a very energetic speech." - In this,speech General Santander complained of calumnie3 of which he had been the victim. He said every kind , of impufation had been directed against him. "I am accused of being the cause of the misfortunes of my country, of being the rival are' the enemy of the President Liberator. Through me the operation of the Bolivian Constitution has been defeated—to me it is owing that the confederation of Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia, has been frustrated —by me the nation has been deprived -of the bless - - ings of the Dictatorship. It is through me, that the people are oppressed with taxes. It is all owing to me that Colombia was divided into. two sections-- that the army is discouraged—that the funds are ruined—that parties me imbittered—and that every thing is going to ruin. In the opinion of my ene mies, who are also the enemies of our political sys tem and the Government—men who live upon adu lation—l have more power than a celebrated-philo sopher, who wanted only a fulcrum to move the earth. Only accept my - resignation,. and all these evils will be replaced by thousands of benefits. " I here renew, in presence of the august na tional representation, the profession of my political faith. I will maintain the ConstitutiOn, while it is the Code of Colombia. My heart will be alwa:y . ; pure and disinterested, and my soul always free:--- My will shall be that of the Colombian people legi timately expressed. My obedience and submission are due to the law, and to the authorities regularly constituted. My sacrifices and devotedness shall be unalterable for the independence and liberty of Colombia.—l have said it. " Setior Baralt, President of the Senate,. then ad dressed a speech to General Santander, expressing satisfaction at his having accepted the office of Vice ,President of the Republic. YRicis OF IRISH Bank Stock " 2461 Consols, n percent. Gov. Stock, 3% per cent. 92N, Ditto; New I per Cent. 100% Gov. Deb. 3% per cent - Royal Canal Stock a 29% Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent. Ballast Office Deb. 4 p. ct. - STOCKS, JULY 21. St. Pattick Insur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto 12 Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine . . Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings FOREIGN EXCHANGES ON LONDON. AMSTERDAM, JULY 27.-11. 9;"4 2 .—Tw0 months, 11. P2 l ,:i Flmentown, JULY 24,—X 5%,—,Tw0 months, 56. 2%. LEIPSIC, JULY 20.—Three mohtlis, 64 1514. .It:LY 2.l. , =.7'hite months, 6. 251,1. PE•rensnottm, JULY 13.—Three months, 10. 13-32. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning...3B minutes after 6.1 Evening.... 7 minutes after 7. VENEZUELA. " The Liberator-President has replaced Colonel Francisco Abedano in the Commandancia de Arma% of the fortress of Puerto Cabello-. t The disturbances which broke out lately in the province of Barcelona have been quelled, and mea sures were taking to punish with severity all the mutineers and deserters of the troops that rose in Valencia in the month of March last. In conse quence of the exercise of strong and energetic mea sures, the laws have been restored to the degree of vigour necessary to the assurance of public frau quillity."—Gazeta de Colombia. That skilful compound of invention and ab surdity—the John Bull, has put forward the following diverting paragraph in its Paper of yesterday :--" It has been universally • the custom to pre.,ent the freedom of the city to the . Chief Secretary upon his arrival. and accession to Office,—the almost matter-of-course motion was made in the Corporation in favour of Mr. LAMB, and lost by a vote unanimous, save the dissent of one. There has never been a Moredeci ded manifestation of popular feeling than this. Indeed : au unimportant insult offered by 3 set of virulent old Orangemen towards an en lightened member of the present Administration, an insult, by it obsei ved, confined wholly to the Corporation of Dublin, is to be put forward as in dicating the state of public opinion in • Ire land ! If this be really an indication, what becomes of the popularity of Lord Chan cellor MANNERS—who, notwithstanding the idolatrous veneration with which the congenial intellects of the Corporation regard him, is from North to South, from Cape Clear to the Giant's Cause-way, universally denounced as a- curse if it be not an indication, what then becomes of the :veracity of John Bull ? Either way the remark tells against our inventive conternporary• and it' enlarged in its application to Irish politics, will place his common sense on an exact. level with his regard for truth. It will be seen by the extracts which we have given from the Portsmouth Paper, that accounts have been received by his Majesty's ship War spite, that the war between Buenos Ayres and Brazil had terminated ; a preliminary Treaty of Peace had been concluded, and the event had been hailed with the utmost joy at Rio, where the war had become unpopular, as being expen sive and tinitless in its consequences. The letters from Gibraltar of the 9th of July, received this morning, communicate that official notice from Algiers, under date of the 17th ult., had been received by the Algerine Consul- General in that town, of the declaration of War by that Regency against France ; some French vessels are blockaling that pOrt, and others are expected to be sent to Bona, for the same pur pose a frigate is cruising also off Oran. By the Flanders Mail, which reached town this morning, we have received Brussels Papers to the 28th, and Frankfort Papers to the 23d• Their contents are unimportant, but we subjoin a few miscellaneous extracts : OFFICIAL. BRUSSELS, JULY 26. The Convention signed at Rome, on the 18th of June last, between the Plenipotentiaries of his Majesty the King and those of the Holy See, was ratified by hie Majesty, at Brussels, the 25th July, 1827. By a Decree of the 25th July, 1827, his Majesty has no minated the Count de Celles, his Ambassador to the Holy See, to the dignity of Commander of the Order of the Belgic Lion. By the same Decree, M. Germain, Counsellor to the Le gation of the Holy see, is named Knight of the Order of the Belgic Lion. _ BRUS.ELS, JULY 27. The news of the Convention between the Holy See and our Omit has been received with great joy in our pro vinces. As a proof of the importance which is attached to it, we may mention, that a Journal of West Flanders pub lished en extraordinary Supplement, containing only this important communication, to which it subjoins the follow ing patriotic remarks : " Thus the 18th of June, the anniversary of the memo rable battle of Waterloo, will henceforth be that of an event which has been most ardently desired by the Catholics of the Netherlands, and which was the object of their most earnest prayers." There has just been a remarkable sale; of paintings at the Hague, namely, that of the Cabinet of the late M. Gevers. The celebrated family picture of Vanderwerf, containing the portrait of that painter, as large as life, and the fine Italian landscape, by Nicholas Berghein, were both purchased by his Majesty, at the price of 6,000 florins each. Letters from Berlin say that there are reports of the in tended marriage of Prince William, his Majesty's sou, with a Princess of one of the oldest houses of Germany. Several Prussian Officers have arrived at Luxemburg to recommence the proceedings in the affair of Lieuts. Luben thal and Pappe. We have already mentioned that the sen tence passed by the first Court . Martial bad been declared defect His florins his dvi furtun; sidend ought . upon 1 The late in SOOll BI diocese at St. other same t C9l' sellor, marrio Dow* recer whicl Act, !tquadi 24th, On d fence wards Cooke Seymr *ion, 11 jesties On Isojese: whop tin, in lately Thy the m Senia , steam six fi•i arrive • s,np COlnt lame] his 1 hoist mani bore Sir j of th in th by B troll form NOF nes and -an ii