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In the Colonies, and assessing produce with reference to such value. I Witnesses' Answers.—J. Sewell, Esq. thinks the emi grant will be able to pay ; the Yen. Archdeacon Strachan, D.D. has no doubt of the ability to pay interest, and re commends instalments of 5/. to be received for' the pay ment of , the principal; W. B. Felton, Esq., P. Robinson, Esq., Captain Marshall, J. Howe, Esq., and A. C. Bu chanan, Esq., tViik there will be no difficulty ; B. P. Wagner, Esq., recpinmends 51. instalments to be received in payment of principal, and thinks there will be no diffi culty ; Mr. Roswell Mount thinks there will be no diffi culty; Captain Weatherley is confident there will be no difficulty. • Query s.—Are you of opinion that if thin propo sition be adequately explained to the pauper emi grant, and if he be made conclusively to understand that it is not a rent for his land, but a payment of interest upon a loan of money lent to him at his own request, which loan has been advanced to him in kind, and not lulu-Loney, that he would be in any degree disposed to resist the payment of this inte rest, it being explained to him that at any time he bas the power of exonerating himself from such pay ment, by the payment of NI.? I.Note.—This question might not appear more necessary to be put to a colonial witness, than to any other witness, but it has reference to the disinclination naturally felt to the payment of rent in countries under the circumstances of our "North American Colonies, which contain an indefinite ex tent of unoccupied land of a fertile quality.) Witnesses' Answers—J. Sewell, Esq. .the Venerable Archdeacon Strachan, D.D., W. B. Felton, Esq., P. Ro binson, Esq., Captain Marshall, J. Howe, Esq., A. C. Buchanan, Esq., • B. P. Wagner, Esq., Mr. Roswell Mount, and Captain Weatherley, think there will be no disposition in the emigrants to resist the payment. Query 6.—ln case of the death of the emigrant at any period during the seven years, or after it, do you think there would be any doubt as to the security of the improved land being an adequate value for. the loan advanced upon ? plote.—Fer example, supposing the head of a family to die, and the wife and children to abandon the lot, would an incomin g tenant be able and willing to bay the interest at the end e the seven years, he of course availing himself of the improvements that had taken place upon the parti cular '3t.l Witnesses' Answers—J. Sewell, Esq., has no doubt, when the value of the improvements amount to the sum lent: the Venerable Archdeacon Strachan, D.D., W. B. Felton, Esq., P. Robinson, Esq., Captain Marshall, and J. Howe, Esq., think the improvements will be sufficient se curity ; A. C. Buchanan, Esq., doubts the value of the security until the end ()flour years, when it will be good and sufficient ; B. P. Wagner, Esq., Mr. Roswell Mount, and Captain Weatherley, think the land sufficient security.. Query 7.—Are you of opinion that any sort of prai.eical difficulty will be found in the levy of this interest, supposing such levy to be made underethe directioes, of the Governor ? Witnesse/.,Answers.—J. Sewell, Esq., when aided by legislative previeions, there will be no difficulty F ; the Vene rable Archdeacon S trachan, D.D., W. B. elton, Esq., P. Robinson, Esq., Captain Marshall, Howe, Esq., A. C. Buchanan, Esq., and B. P. Waetier, Esq., think there will be no difficulty ; Mr. Roswell is not in formed on this subject ; Captain Weatherley thinks there will be no difficulty. Query B.—What would be the average expence per cent. upon the collection of the interest ? Wi tn esses' Answers , - - - Sewell Esq. thinks not less than 6 par cent. ; the Venerable Archdeacon Strachan, D.D., perhaps 5 per cent. if collected by the local autho rities ; W. B. Felton, Esq., 15 per cent. , bu t about 5 p er local authorities ; P. Rob i n son, Es q ., cent, if collected b y per cent. ; Captain Marshall, 5 per cent., if collected in meney ; J . J Howe, Esq., 5 per c ent. ; A. C. Buchanan, Esq., from 5 to el per cent., if in money, awl from 10 to 15 per cent. if in produce ; B. P. Wagner, Esq., 2i per cent. in money, and from 5 to 10 per cent. in produce; 'Mr. Roswell Mount, not informed ; Captain Weatherley, 22 per cent. in money, 10 per cent. if paid in kind. Query 9.—Are you of opinion that there would be any sort of indisposition cm the part of the Colo nial Legislatures to give every facility to the levy of this interest, in consideration of the extreme advan tages to the Colony which must arise from the in troduction of a regulated system of emigration, con sisting of properly selected emigrants at a proper pe riod of who have left their own country under the circumstance of there being no demand for their laboer ? (Note. —The Colonies would benefit exclusively from all the productions which might be the I ssult of emigration, with the exception of the interests and repa-yments, which must necessarily be a very small part of the equal wealth created, as is shown by the concurrent teetiinopy of all the Colonial witnesses.) Witnesses' Answere.—J. Sewell, Esq., the Yen. Arch deacon Strachan, D.D., W. B. Fenton, Esq., P. Robinson, Esq., Captain Marshall, J. Howe, Esq., A. C. Buchanan, Esq., B. P. Wagner, Esq., Mr. Roswell Mount, and Capt. Weatherley, think there will be no difficulty. Query 10.—Do you conceive, in point of fact, that this proposal of advancing capital to the emi grants, in other words to the Colony, differs from any speculation which might be made, of advancing capital in any colonial enterprize, whether on loan or in mines, for which the capitalist would naturally re quire a remunerating interest ? [Note. —If an individual, or a Company in England, ad vanced 100,0001. on a Mine, or on a Canal, they would exPeet to receive interest upon their.capitalcould t Colonists complain el' a remittance to England of that in terest Witnesses' Answers.--J. Sewell, Esq., the Ven. Arch deacote Straehan, D.D., W. B. Felton, Este, P. Robinson, Esq., Ceotain Marshall, .1. Howe; Esq., A. C. Buchanan, Esq., Wagner, Esq., Mr. Roswell Mount, and Capt. Weatherley, think there is no difference. Query 11. L-Whether in the instance of indivi duals advancing their capital, a higher rate of inte rest would not be expected ; and whether such inte rest would not be expected to commence at a much earlier period than after the lapse of seven years ? [Note. --The proposition herein made is, to advance 60/. free of interest for seven years, and then to charge interest at the rate of 61. 13s. 4d. per cent., that is 6 2-3,19. per cent. upon the original 601. ; but as it. is intended that the Mother Country should sustaiu no ultimate loss upon these loans, the emigrant is called upon to repay a capital sum of SO/. instead of 601., and is called upon to pay 41. per an • num, at the.end of seven years, upon that, capital of SOL, being at the rate of Si. per cent. upon it. The case, then, as between the lender and the emigrant, eupposing it to be an individual case, atarels simply thus I lend you 601 . fre e of interest, for seven y i ears, but as the colonial rate of interest is six per cent.,ehould be justified in calling upon you to pay V. 12s. for thiseaeo at the expiration of the first year, but as with you to emplo your means exclusively in improving your laud, I will re- snit you all interest fir seven years, and then I will charge you with an interest of 4/. per annum instead of the slim of 8/. 12s. ; and at any time, if you choose to relieve yourself from this annual payment of 4/. or parts of it, you may diminish it to the extent of 11. by every 201. that you pay by iustalineuts in liquidation of the capital debt of 1 SOL , that is. of 601. im p roved to the value of SO/. in consequenee- ef seven years' deferred interest.] Witnesses' Answers.--e. Sewell, Esq. thinks indivi dtiala mould require an immediate return, but they S4nnot the legal interest ; the Yen. t a ke more' th an 6 per cent. Archdeacon ,Strachan, D.D., thinks individuals would take -pet • W. B. Felton, Esq., P. Robinson, compound lutes. s J. /tom?, Esq., 4.. e. Bucha . Esq., Captain -_vier,lhes.""al Esq., Mr. Roswell Mount, nun, Esq., B. P. Ate„:. • and-Captain Weatherley , think in dividuale would require larger profit. It will be seen upon referenCe to all the a the above answe rs, that one opinion prevails among all witnesses respecting the ability of the settler to pay, t h e sum advanced if not in money at least in produce, upon the system above laid down. Your Committee arediowever, aware that difficulties have practiCally been experienced, both in Canada and the United States, in obtaining the payment of the proceeds of, land ; a nd Although they would draw, as they are warranted to do, from the concurrence of all the ne "es , a wide ( C i tinctioxi between the payment of, rent for land, And the liquidatio n of a debt actually incurred and charged with jegal interest, your Com mittee are so anxious to avoid the imputation of act ing hastily upon visionary and theoretical schemes, that they hesitate to express to the IJettee that full ronviction of eventual repayment which nevertjieless a l t o body of the evidence would seem to warrant. At the s.:Arne time they would not feel themselves justified; in recce:mending to the House a national outlay of this nature without a prospect of direct return.; and while they (al that there is that degree of probability which allows thai,n to recommend an experiment for three years, the experience of the last of those years will afford a strong presumption bow far it may be safe or advisable to cont nue and'extend the system, or rest satisfied with the advantage, be it what it may, of the removal of the number proposed to be taken within three years, without incurring any further national outlay. Your Committee are satis fied that the repayment in kind will at once afford a stimulus to the industry of the settler, and facili tate his power of repayment. The advantage of the principle of annuity pay ment, as proposed in the last section, over the more apparently simple principle of an absence of all pay ment for seven years, and the commencement at that peribd of an annual payment of 4/. per annum, redeemable at any time upon the payment of a capital of 80/. appears to your Committee to consist in the following points :—lst. That it will call from the settler a payment at the period of the termination of the third year of his location. 2dly, That if such payment should be actually made in the third and fourth years, the strongest possible security will be afforded of the continuation of this annual payment, progressively increasing to the sum of 5/., and the consequent realization of the plan of entire repay ment; for this ratio of progressive increase will be in proportion to, but below the increased capacity of the settler to pay, arid he will not find any sudden inconvmience in the mere circumstance of payment. idly, As the series of years of the annuity diminishes, the settler will be called upon for a diminishing', amount of redemption-fund. 4thly, No perpetual debt will be contracted between the colonies and the mother country, for the 4/. referred to would have left a debt of 80/., as involved in the queries and answers 'to the colonial witnesses, notwithstanding any number of payments of the annual 4/. ; whereas if the repayment, be made on the principle suggested, the last, year's payment of the annuity will cancel the whole debt ; in other words, if the payment should be realized, and the money paid into a fund to accu mulate, that fund, at the end of 30 years, supposing the price of stocks to remain the same, would pur chase out the remaining part of the long annuity ; there fore the:whole transaction would virtually terminate at that period ; but if the more probable result happens, and the emigrant should redeem his annuity, this transaction will be accomplished at a probably earlier period. It will be perceived, from an examination of the evidence in detail s that no doubt is expressed by the witnesses, of the capacity of the emigrant to repay, according to the scale recommended, commencing at the rate of 10a. per annum in the third year, and progressively increasing to the extent of 5/. per ann. Your Committee beg most distinctly to be under stood that they rest their case entirely upon the presumed co-operation, and assistance ofthe Colonial Legislatures. Unless this can be obtained they feel that repayment would be impracticable; if it be obtain ed theyentertain confident hopes t hat it may bereduced to a regular and effective system; and although they could not go so far as to require a guarantee upon the part of the Colonial Legislature, they should expect them to make such provisions as should tend to en force and secure the validity of the engagements made. Nor, upon a very mature examination of the subject, can your Committee be induced to conceive that the local legislatures can have any disinclination to enter into such arrangements. The intelligent inhabitants of those colonies cannot fail to be aware that when those emigrants repay the loan, which is proposed to be lent to each head of a family, they will only repay a very small part of the wealth which they possess, and which has been .created by their emigration. They will be aware also that the pro jected emigration will consist exclusively of able. bodied healthy persons, selected upon system in:the mother country, and introduced upon system into the colony, and that it is not to be a casual, desultory, and Amprovided emigration. Under such circum stances, your Committee cannot doubt the disposition of the local legislatures of the colonies to encourage the measure, and to facilitate the process of repay ment, an opinion which is expressed unanimously by the colonial witnesses examined before your Com mittee. In fact your Committee are at a loss to conceive what .could_ be more advantageous to the interests of tile colonies than an accession of population under such terms. Their wealth and power will be in creased infinitely more by such an accession, coupled with a principle of repayment practically carried into effect, than it would be supposing that no emigra tion Of that character, that is of selected emigrants, were to take place in consequence of such repayment being deemed impracticable. The colonies will have the advantage of being able to supply, by colonial laws, any measures of police , or o f a n y other nature which may assist in the satisfactory location of emi grants thus proposed to be introduced. In case of the sum of 1,140,0001., it can only be considered in the light of a loan made to the emigrants, to be ap plied in the most advantageous manner for the bene fit of the colony. If English capitalists were pre pared to employ a sum of equal amount in some speculations in the colonies, which they anticipated would be productive, in the formation of a canal, the working of a mine, or the establishment of a fishery, or In any other mode, and if those English_ capitalists expected to derive ten per cent. for this speculation, which annual profit was to be remitted to England, is it possible to suppose that the colo nies would object to such a remittaupr—that they would consider themselves aggrieved by it,- . -that they would not feel themselves benefited by that portion of the real returns of .this enterprise, which would be created and returned within the colony over and above the interest remitted to the parties in England? Your Committee think that it is only necessary to have these views fully and clearly understood, and the evidence examined which has been taken, in order to induce the colonies to accept with grati tude an arrangement of this nature. Nor do your Committee found their opinions upon mere specu ' lative data. They would specially refer to the let ter addressed to Earl Bathurst, by the Magistrates and others resident in the district of Newcastle, in the province of Upper Canada, which is to be found in the evidence betlyeen the questions 3,701 and 3,702, in which they explain their views of the ad vantages to be derived. from t s t regulated system of colonization. In the same place will also be found the expiessions of gratitude on the part of the Irish emigrants of 1825, for the change effected in their situation. Third.—The success of former emigrations, 'as bearing dpon the probability of rep a y ment. In the Appendix to the Report of the Committee of 1826, will be found, among other papers relating to the emigration of 1823, a return made by Mr. Peter Robinson (tinder whose superintendance that e migration was conducted) relative to the settlers located by him, showing the extent of acres cleared, the quantity of produce raised by each head of a family, and the number of cattle and hogs in the pos session of each in the month of March, 1826. From an analysis which has been made 'of that rettirn, it alears that the property iv. the possession of the 0 heads of families included in the return in March 1826, amounted in value to 7,6621. Gs. Gd. sterling, and that at the expiration of seven years from the time of their location, their capital might be ex pected to amount to , more than 3.0,0001. sterling.— it is necessary to observe, that in this first experi ment many of the emigrants were single men. Se veral of these engaged themselves as labourers, either in the gaii.adas or in the United States, and those who proceeded to the settlement and conti nued in their location, ,appear from the return to have .made much less progress in the ,clearing and cultivation .Of l,lreir land than those settlers who had families. The Holm ?!VIII observe, however, that ever under these eireunismace,s the estimated value 'of the property in possession of these 120 heads of families, at the end of the second year of their loe,a tion, amounted to more than one-half of the expence incurred in the transport and location of 568 indivi duals, p i t Ap rate of 221. is. Gd. each. The emigration of 1825 consisted of 2,024 per sons, among whom were 415 heads of families, able badied, and capable of lahottr. They, as well as the emigrants of 1823, were taken from a part of Ire land in which there was no demand whatever for fakir labour. It could never be pretended for a moment that less production has taken place in that part of Ireland iri consequence of their removal ; but it is equally evident, that although they added no thing to the production, the expeuce of their sub sistence, and that of their families, must have fallen upon some fund or other. Of those 415 families, three families were very often to be found in one cabin. They were only very partially and occasion ally employed as labourers ; the greater part of them had no other means of subsistence than what was derived from casual charity, or from more suspicious sources; and their presence in Ireland could in no sense be considered as increas ing the power and prosperity of the country., These 2,024 persons were removed in the year 1825 to Canada, and the expense of their removal amounted to 43,145/. including their location and sustenance up to the period at which their first crops enabled them to provide for themselves. A very rigid esti mate has been made of the value of the produce of their first year's labour, which is to be found in the Appendix to the Evidence. Mr. Robinson, the superintendent, pledged himself to the Committee as to the correctness of that calculation, which can be referred to in detail, and it amounts to 11,272/. Bs. This calculation is made upon the current price of articles in the colony. It is not in tended to be implied that they had a produce to dispose of to the amount of 11,272/. Bs., but that the production which they had created amounted to that sum. Against this creation of value in the colony is to be set the expenditure of the English Government, amounting to 43,145/. It appears, therefore, that the production of the first year has created a value equivalent to nearly one-fourth of that sum. In the estimate the' produce must be considered as applied to the support of these fami lies for the next year, and, therefore, not being of exchangeable value in their especial case ; but it is calculated that that produce, together with the acci dental resources of labour, will furnish an ample fund for their maintenance until another year. The 415 heads of families were located upon 41,500 acres. At the time that the emigrants were placed upon this land, these 41,500 acres were utterly unproductive, yielding no annual value. The Government ex pends 43,145/. in advancing capital upon this unpro ductive land. An estimate is furnished of the first year's production, amounting to 11,2721., including not only the value of the land cleared, as estimated at the current price of the produce, but also the pro duce upon which the emigrant family is to live for the year, after the cessation of the Government assistance. The 43,14 rd. improved at compound in terest for seven years will amount to a capital sum of 60,709/. The Government, therefore, at the end Of seven years, will be in the situation of having ad vanced a capital to the amount of 60,7091. for which it has received no return other than that advantage, beit more or less, which has been derived from the abstraction of an unnecessary body of labourers from the mother country. If the profit of this specida don be analysed, what will be the value of the land on which this capital has been expended, at the old of seven years ? A calculation, founded upon the ordinary progress of the colonies, gives the follow ingresult—that at the end of seven years those 415 heads of families, occupying 41,500 acres of land, will have cleared, fenced,and brought into cultivation 8,300 acres, leaving 33,200 uncultivated. It is a common practice in Canada to let cleared land to a small capitalist, who, in consideration of occupying the land so cleared, pays one-third of the 'yearly pro duce to the proprietor. The average yearly produce of an acre of cleared land in wheat amounts to 18 bushels; by the terms of the proposition, the pro prietor receives six bushels of wheat; six bushels of wheat, at 2. 6d. Per bushel, which is the ordinary price, amounts to 15s. Supptigig the land to be of equal quality, whether it is actually Cultivated with wheat, or laid down in grass, the same ratio of pro fit accrues to the proprietor. This naturally justi fies the estimate, that the annual value of Fill acre of cleared land amounts to 15s. Applying this ratio to the case of the emigrant settlers of 1825, at the end of seven years they will have 8,300 acres of cleared land, the estimated annual profit of which amounts to 6,225/. ; but the interest of the money advanced by Government amounts t 03,035/. 9s. ;consequently, after paying interest upon the money advanced by Government, they have a residue of 3,189/. The current annual profit of this land speculation, at the end of seven years, being 6,2251.; if that be divided by 415 (the number of individual cases), it will be seen how each head of a family stands in relation to this general result. The case then, individually, will stand thus :—A. pauper in the south of Ireland, for whose labour no demand -existed, and consequently whose presence in Ireland added nothing to the ge neral wealth of the country, but, on the contrary, whose subsistence was a deduction from that wealth, was removed to a district in Upper Canada ; he re ceived from the Government, for himself, his wife, and three children, the sum of 100/. sterling in kind and not-in money. This 100/. sterling has enabled him to cultivate a proportion of 100 acres of land; and nt the end of seven years he will be in possession "of a surplus income . of 15/. per annum. Your Committee beg to call the attention of the House to the fact, that this calculation is framed upon an estimate of 100/. per family, whereas the esti mate which they now present with confidence to the House, is only an estimate of 60/. per family. If, therefore, it be demonstrable that the emigrant could pay interest upon, and repay the principle of 10W.— a fortiori, it must be more practicable in the case of a diminished sum, where there is no reason to appre hend that the amount of annual produce will be less; but, on the contrary, if emigration be conducted on an extended scale, the more dense the population in the new settled district, the greater the probability of the success of the emigrant. Your Committee beg to remind the House, that in placing a family of five persons upon 100 or 50 acres of land, the ratio of the population will be one person for every 20 or 10 acres ; whereas in parts of Ireland, from whence such an emigrant population might be taken, the ratio may be estimated at 20 persons for every 10 acres, but certainly not less than one person per acre. Your Committee cannot conclude their observa tions on this point of inquiry, without expressing their sense of the zeal, ability, and discretion, with which Mr. Peter Robinson effected the location of the two bodies of emigrants in 1823 and 1825, under circumstances (however inevitable) of want of previous preparation, which would be avoided in future instances, where emigration formed part of a national measure. (TO BE CONTINUED.) THE ARMY. The second division of the '7oth Regiment of Infantry sailed on the 31st of August from Quebec. for Cork. Detachments belonging to the 40th and 46th Regiments of Foot arrived in town on Wednesday, from Liverpool, on route to Chatham. A detachment belonging to the Atb Regiment of Foot embarked yesterday, on board a vessel in the river far Tynemouth. Detachments belonging to the 11th and 13th Regi ments of Light Drakoons. have received orders to march, this morning, from Westminster, for the Cavalry Depot at Maidstone. Detachments belonging to the 24th, 70th, and '76th Regiments of Foot, have received orders to march, this m orning, from W e stminster, for Bristol,' on their route to Ireland. --...m. Extract of a letter from Carthagena, of the ISth August:—lt is certain that the Act for convoking the Convention on the 2d March, in Orcana, had passed both Chambers ; but it is also affirmed, that although the Council Was of unanimous opinion to sign, Santander alone opposed hiMielf to the 'project, and refused his signature. — There is no clOubt that When General Bolivar finds himself at the head of the•GovernMent, - that the 'finances of the country will be directed to their proper channel, and that the interest of the national debt will be regularly paid, as Bolivar has declared, that one of the chief objects which prompted him to continue at the head of affairs was to wipe off the stain which their misconduct had brought on the country by their mal-administration,--American Paper. INSURGENT CHIEFS IN CATALONIA. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Jep des Estayns, whose real name is Joseph Bossompos, was born near Valsebra, a village in the district of Verga, a small town in the moun tains of Catalonia. His father was a plough- man, and so poor a one, that he abandoned his offspring to beggary. In this school young Jep continued to acquire the qualities which he has since displayed in the various stages of his event ful life until his 12th year, when a respectable amier admitted him into his.service as a shep- herd-boy. Jep's mind, however, could not sub mit to controul ; and as soon as he felt his strength, and thought himself capable of entering on an independent career, he eagerly pursued his own inclination. Several of his companions were smugglers ; he joined their bands, and did honour to the profession ; but his successes might then be reduced to escaping the vigilance ofthe custom-house guards, gaining the advan tage in some skirmishes against small bodies of troops, to acquire money, and to mike his name known amongst the mountaineers.' In 1792, when Spain was at war against the French Re public, he was not only pardoned, but, having raised a certain number of men, he received, by Royal ordinance, a commission as captain of Miguelites—a kind of militia raised to serve in time of war in Catalonia. After the peace of the Pyrennees they were disbanded ; but Jep, assembling some of his late comrades, by his own act, and without any other authority, un dertook to persecute his former associates. His outrages and crimes soon came to the knowledge of the authorities, as, while calling himself a sup presser of smugglers, he was a most notorious smuggler. , The order for his imprisonment threw him into despair : he fled from justice, and, without shelter or friends, appeared in his true character of a highwayman. The moun tains which are now the scene of this hero's ex- ploits have witnessed his robberies. Persons are still - living whom he has plundered on the public roads, and his name may be seen in the annual register of the Court of Justice of Barcelona, with the sentence of transportation pronounced against him. If the absolute party will inquire of the friars, they will not fail to assure them that Providence has only tried the man who was to become the pillar of the throne and the altar, for he soon found means to escape from the Ba learic Islands, where he had been confined. The war in the Peninsula in 1808 changed his for tune ; he was again pardoned, and the friars of Verga, (who had been and still were his pa trons), exerting the boundless influence which a tumultuous mob, and the nature of that revo lution procured them, induced the Town Coun cil to re-appoint Jep captain of Miguelites. In this situation, availing himself of the preju dices of the country, he formed a conspiracy against the General Count de Caldagues, denouncing him to his accomplices as a traitor, and with 200 men deserted from the army in face of the enemy. This crime was followed by every kind of depredation. The hero proceeded to Verga, arrested several of the members of the .Junta, laid his benefactors under contribution, and robbed his patrons. • Such a glorious expe dition was stopped by the seizure of its leader, who was carried to the army, tried by a court martial, and sentenced to be shot. The friars, however, prevailed with General Wittingham. Jep was pardoned, and hie commission restored to him. In 1811, another conspiracy was form ed by this restless spirit, but having been dis covered, he fled to the mountains, and lived by the practice of his old profession, until Captain Carrasquet, of Bulquera, surprised him in Val sebre, and took him to the army. The court martial, of which Colonel Colomina, was Presi dent, tried and condemned him to death. The Auditor (the assessor in the military courts) did not approve of this sentence, on pretence of some irregularity in the proceedings. Jep, however, remained in prison, in the citadel of Barcelona. There he offered his services to the friends of General Lacy, and having imposed upon them, received 1001., to prepare for the flight of that illustrious victim ; he then denounced the pro ject to the Governor. The respectable officers who had intrusted this felon with their project, were thrown into the dungeons of the fortress : thep wete, however, afterwards discharged for want of sufficient evidence, and Jep, accused of slandering them, was placed in stricter ' con finement. In 1819, he was released, and retired to his native village, from whence the Apos tolic rebellion of 91821 called him to participate in I the assassinations, robberies, and outrages which marked its progress, and were so congenial to his habits, principles, and inclinations. He was soon after taken prisoner by the Constitu tionalists ; but, delivered by his companions from the gaol of Cardona. He determined, after this event,. not to give up his command to any one, and General Baron de Eroles, whose orders he often disobeyed, has for that reason always op posed his promotion, leaving him far behind many officers of superior rank. He may, there fore, be considered one of the Agraliiados, although the King has confirmed his appoint ment of Lieutenant-Colonel. Jep des Estayns has recently created himself Duke of Verga, and at the head of a ferocious and_ bigotted faction, he can, without controul, indulge his private Animosities anti resentments.. He is a man of middle stature, stout, and of the most rude address. His mental powers are of the lowest order, yet the various chances of his life have given him some knowledge oT the world, and a sort of cunning which shows itself in a distrust of all mankind, Such is the faithful portrait of Jep . des Estayns, self-styled Duke of Verga.— The life of this hero . not only affords matter en ough for blame to the Spanish Government, but enables us to see the true designs of the Agraviwios, and foretel the issue of the present struggle in Catalona, MR. CANNING.—It was lately deduced from the fact of Mr. Canning having given twenty-five pounds in charity to a Roman Catholic Priest, that, therefore, he was in a Popish conspiracy.—,Dublin Frepnan's Journal. If the circumstance of a gentleman's giving away 25/. in charity' to a Roman Catholic be a proOf of his being engaged in a Popish conspiracy, the good folks of England have little cause for apprehension. IMPORTANT PUBLIC INTELLIGENCE. — We are happy in the opportunity of copying from the Morning' _Herald, the Plowing singularly important in formation :—" Thonia's Macklin, gs q .and Lady, hare left town for Weymouth, to spend the honeymoon." CHEI A TENHAII CHURCH MISSIONARY c 00.• CI ETY.—The third Anniversary Meeting of the Chelten ham Branch of the Chinch Missionary Society was held at the Montpellier Rotunda, on Friday last. The Rev. Francis Close, A.M. having been called to the Chair, opened the business of the Meeting in a speech, in the course of Which he 4 ppeWed to the gOod feejings of those present, to support th e I ns tit u tion in a manner adequate to its merits. Rev. ROREItT DENNY, the Secretary, then read the Report of the Association, which exhibited a most flattering proof of the rapid progress which is making in the funds of the Society. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. From the Gazette de France, dated Oct. S.) (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) VIENNA, SEPT. 23.—Letters from Odessa of the 10th say, that there was no news from Constanti nople, because no ships had arrived. It is inferred that the families of the English, French, and Russian Ambassadors, who embarked on the 31st of August, had not sailed', otherwise they might easily have reached Odessa. Couriers have brought, Jy way of Bucharest, news from Constantinople to the 4th of September. They state that the Divan persisted in its intensions, but it does not seem that the familiep of the Ambas sadors have departed, for no mention is made of them. It was thought that no crisis would ensue of a nature to disturb the peace of the Continent. Colonel Count Dandolo,' Commander of the Austrian squadron in the Levant, has been appointed Rear-Admiral. It is said that the Imperial squadron will be reinforced by a ship of the line, two frigates, and some small vessels. MADRID, SEPT. 20.—1 t is generally believed that the King had communicated beforehand, to the Count d'Espagne, his resolution to repair in person to Catalonia, so that his Excellency, by spreading the news, will have prepared the minds of the people to second the wishes of the Monarch, whose inten tions are to re-establish tranquillity by listening to the respectful solicitations of his subjects, and by yielding to those demands which are in unison with the interest and the wants of the kingdom. It even seem§ that M. Romagosa, in the few hours that he passed in the Royal Palace, received very precise instructions, which authorised him to correspondiwith the chiefs of the insurrection ; so there is every reason to hope that the arrival of the King in Cata lonia will be succeeded in a few days by a general pacification. The army of observation of the Tagus, which will be called the army of the centre, is going to march to Catalonia.; the troops that were at Talavera la Reyna have already set out; General Sarstield will retain the command, but act under Count d'Espagne. General Rodil will be at the head of the light troops of the Royal Guard ; the regiment of Chasseurs of which has been sent to Medina del Campo, because its bad organization and defective equipment would not permit it to be employed. A battalion of the 6th light infantry, in garrison at. Seville, and the 3d regiment of the line, which occupied St. Sebastian, are going to Catalonia. The latter makes marches of - ten or twelve leagues ,per day. A battalion which left Tortosa to proceed to Tarragona, was met by a strong body of rebels, which forced it to turn back. M. Longa, after assembling the prelates, clergy, and municipality of Valencia, and declaring to them that they should be responsible for all that passed in his absence, set out with a battalion and some of the faithfull o n r o d s e t rßot oN rrEe aßrs O CATALONIA , R t y e i o s u ts n , t r f y o au M t e si d rEe r p o : F a . s n a d f2e 5. V p i a u s a s T r a e ghe s e , where som e re b e l s h ave l ate l y s h own th em selves, in for the King, who w ill go by that road. chances of war are going to decide the fate of the finest of the Spanish provinces. We hope that the combat of wi the le not be men whom l he long doubtful, t t r o a ops of the King and that the infa tuation have to contend with, will be dispelled .at the mere sight of the great force employed by the Spanish Government. It is announced as certain, that a courier passed the frontier yesterday, with news that General Monet, at the head of a strong column of the Royal Spanish troops, has taken Vich, from which he has driven the Agraviados, who were completely beaten, though at first they stood firm. It is certain that the rebels have made another at tempt on Gerona, from which they had retired. There was an engagement close to the ramparts, between them and the King's troops, who sallied from the place. They lost 15 or 16 men, and seven wounded ; the King's troops lost two men, and took some prisoners, among whom are several de serters from the regiment of Almanza. The Royalist volunteers of Figueiras, animated by a good spirit, have gone to secure the communication, and to second the King's troops. We learn that the garrison of Lerida has just been reinforced by two regiments, and that several batta lions of the line have arrived at Tarragona. It seems that the greatest fermentation prevails in the district of Urgel. Eight brigades of Custom house officers have been ordered to unite at the Seu. Above half of them have joined the insurgents : the others will form a cordon to protect the country, which is in the greatest alarm, as we learn. We hear from Llers that 600 men have left that place to second the Agraviados at Gerona, and that a strong column which accupied Bagnols has joined those from Llers. It would seem that another at- tempt would be made on Gerona : 500 or GOO men occupy the passage between Figueiras and Gerona, but molest nobody, and leave the communications free. Many of them are well mounted and equipped, and this band appears to be a kind of corps de re serve. BARCELONA, SEPT; 23.—King's troops have ar rived at Tortosa ; some to reinforce the garrison, some to take the field. It is to be hoped that this rebellion will soon be put down, for the movement of 900 men towards Hostalrich has sufficed to raise the blockade of Gerona without 'firing a shot. All that will remain of this mad revolt will be the con tributions levied on some unfortunate places, and the excesses committed. Two companies of artillery, to replace those left us on the 11th, have arrived here without obstacle; they passed the blockade of Gerona, which no longer exists. The drivers of cattle from Frei - ice arrive re gularly at Barcelona, though they pass through the whole of Upper Catalonia, which i s occupied by the rebels. Lastly, the post yesterday met nobody on the road, and, for days past, the diligences met with no interruption. We know that the Count d'Es pagne succeeds the Marquis de Campo Sagrado; and it is affirmed, the Lieutenant-General Viscount Reisset has orders to send out two regiments, if necessary, and to keep the insurgents at a respect ful distance. (From the Constitutionnel.) BARCELONA, SEPT. 22.—General Monet has just published the following Proclamation : " Don Juan Anton►o Monet, Marechal-de-Camp, General commanding the troops in active service in the principality of Catalonia. " Catalonians,—The third article of the Royal Ordinance of the 31st of August, published on the Bth of this month by his Excellency the Captain- General of this principality, must 'have made you acquainted with the delicate commission which the King our Lord confided to me verbally, and which has since been confirmed to me by the competent authority. It contains the most formal instructions for the pacification of the horrible revolution which •has so unhappily manifested itself.= in this country, and which has been fomented by a portion of its unnatural children, who have thus failed, in the most criminal manner, in the true obedience due to our beloved Sovereign and his laws. They have re opened the most fatal wound that was ever inflicted on the industry of Catalonia, at a time when good men were endeavouring by incessant exertiqn to con sign to oblivion the evils of another bloody epoch. " This Royal decree gives you the most certain proofs of the atrocious object of this insurrection. This sacred document, and, as his Excellency the Captain-General told you, the Supreme Tribunal and the Criminal Chamber of this principality, in circumstances so deplorable, ought to convince you to demonstration of its high treason. The very chiefs who direct it cannot help acknowledging it in their own hearts, thOtO by their outward actions they affect the contrary, But what need have I to seek to convince the malevolent of their crime ? I ought to confine m y s elf to informing them in a precise manner of what I shall do to fulfil exactly the service of the King, and the obligation which has been imposed upon me, come what may. " For these reasons, and in concert with his Ex cellency the Captain-General, I decree as follows :—. " Art. I.—An amnesty is granted to every indi vidual who shall have -joined the revolutionary party, which now afflicts and destroys this indus trious province of Catalonia, provided he returns tc , . n i his home before the 25th of this month, (the day ,-.;; which I have fixed is conformable to the benevolent intentions of his Majesty), and gives up to the mili tary authories, or to the magistracy of his village, the arms and ammunition which may be in his pos- session. " 2.—The Chiefs shall' not profit by the indul gence granted in the preceding article, but shall be liable to all the severity of the laws. " 3. The villages and places which have ostensibly taken part in the revolt, by, sounding the toscin, are comprised in the amnesty, provided that after the date of the present proclamation they do not relapse into insurrection. " 4. The magistrates of villages will collect the arms which shall be surrendered to them in confor mity with the first article. They will cause them to be conveyed to the nearest military post : they will receive a receipt for them : they will, in pre senting them, state which of them came from the Royalist Volunteers. " General JUAN ANTONIO MONET. " Barcelona, Sept. 13. " The insurgents have stated, that they will desist from their rebellion on four conditions, of which the first is, the dismissal of all persons now in office who were so during the time of the Constitution; the second, the employment of all real Royalists; the third, the re-establishment of the Inquisition; ; FCAROL, u s rn iz a pir l d . es 2 D 4.— ebu y ts. e and the last, and not the least surprising, the total extinction of the police. VILLAGE o (From t A h n J Jo seph des Etangs advanced to the village o f Doria, sday ) ter and occupied the hill called de Toses, with a force of from 700 to 800 men. This appearance of one of the chiefs of the insurgents in sight of Spanish Cerdagne, spread terror amongst the inhabitants of Puycerda, who hastened to remove their most valuable effects. The same consternation prevailed amongst the inhabitants of French Cerdagne, who were all occupied in remo ving themselves and their property to a place of, safety. Travellers from Barcelona say, that at Granolles, at Yield, and Rieupolli their passports were carefully examined. All those were accounted sufficient which were signed by the local authorities. Eight battalions of the Spanish line have arrived at Tarragona, and two regiments have entered Lerida. Several brigades - of douaniors, raised to oppose the progress of the insurrection, have gone over to the insurgents, with the exception of about fifty, who, -with a great number of the inhabitants of the environs of Seu, have taken refuge at that place. A party of the battalion of Majorca has deserted. BARCELONA, SEPT. 20.—We read in the Diario of the 16th instant the last charge of the Bishop of Lerida. In deploring the unheard-of evils which afflict Catalonia, he congratulates himself that up to the present hour his diocese has been exempt from them. He exhorts the faithful to persevere in their sentiment of loyalty to the King. The Monarch, he says, is free, and enjoys the plenitude of his rights. This is proved by the circular of his Minister of Grace and Justice, and by his energetic decrees to suppress the rebellion. • " Vain arguments! If the diocess of Lerida 1 0 not yet been affected by the contagion, it is on the eve of yielding to its influence. The diocess of SO d'Urgel, which has hithertb been equally e xempt from the troubles, begins to be agitated in the Conques de Tremp; and there is every reason t° believe that the defection will soon be general. We have seen ,a copy of a local police regu lation, printed and published by order of Doti Dominigo de Caralt, the new insurgent Gover nor of Vich, dated the 18th of September : the preamble says, " The Junta of the Provisional Govern ment of Catalonia, having confided (par interim) the political and military Government of this fortress to me, my principal care shall be, under the. present circumstances, to maintain order in all branches of the administration, and to see that the peace and tranquillity of the inhabitants are not disturbed under any pretext." FRENCH FoNns.—Five per Cents., lOU. 65c. ; Three per Cents., 71f. 50c. Exchange on London, one monthr 25f. 20c. ; three months, 25f. 10e. PRICES OF STOCKS 'MIS Bank Stock -- 3 per Cent. Red. - 3 per Cent. Cons.... 88%:;', %;.', 3% per Cent. — Ditto Red. — 4 per Cent. New WON% Ditto, IWO -- Bank L. Ann. -- India Stock — Ditto Bonds pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ' Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent. Brazilian Bonds .........56 5y4 Buenos Ayres Bonds. Chili= Bonds, 6 per et. Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1824 Danish, 3 per cent. 61% Greek Bonds Ditto, 1825 15 % 3 4; Guatemala Mexican Bonds Do. 1825 4B We hasten to In pronounced by hi s the 17th of this concluded between (f the Netherland } - ,ead of the coneor Ltters and the rati Venerable Brotl brothers, that the and regulation of concert with the i Netherlands Willis to a happy result. To the concord: Pius VII., of hap held the Govern] consent, substitut dote of the Nethe ordered to be It the new concords vinces of the Net] Ey the second art a seminary: By Episcopal See sin •ee, dilly assembly shall be confirmed not perfectly canot qualifications req the chapter to pro this concordat w firming and explai will see that, witl creased, by these I alre a dy existing it intended for the future - to frequent but shall be eduea shall prescribe. This, and other the letters. We explained by thew a s muc h as poSSibl Which they have t It may be added, a nd desirable an e Li s wisdom, by hi L i" Catholic subjer S lice% L e t tie, the] t i. lue Fath er of Me] t‘ings, and then a firm confidence t and the nature of • 1' Ore disposed in 1 DAY AT ONE o'cLocr. South Sea Stock Ohl Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, 11,000 51.60 611 0 ' Ditto WO 2d. 60 61 pl* D D- i l t tth to C Sm o n in al m l ercial 26. 60 61 pi* Bank flit Account India for Account Cons, for Acct 16505t-4 THIS DAY AT ONIC Q I CLOCIC. Neapolitan, 1826 ..,, Peruvian Bonds .., Portuguese Bonds ..., 9 9 Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New ., Russian, New tr4y, q Spanish, 1821 - j - ! , 19'i I a X 747 French Rentca, sp. c, —t Exchange —f. 3 per cent ..... •• --f. -- Exchange —l. --4" PRICES or SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid, Per Sh3re" 50!e, Brazilian Mining Co. PRICES OF IRISF Bank Stock 0 48%1 Consols, 3 percent. I Gov. Stock, 3% per cent. 9.11“ Ditto, New 02% 4 per Cent. Gov. Deb. per cent....93!‘, Royal Canal Stock ... Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per sent Ballast Office Deb. 4 D. et STOCKS, OCT. 1. St,. Patrick Insur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hiberniasi Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine 3;4 Mining Co. of Ireland . Commercial Buildings MA Arrived. Due. 0 America 1 0 Brazil 0 0 Buenos Ayres 1 Dublin 1 Flanders 0 1 France 0 Gottenburgh 0 0 Guernsey& Jersey 0 .Its. Arrived. DO' O Hamburgh 0 I Holland O Jamaica 0 O Leeward trlauds O IA sl,oll I O Malta 0 "O Mexico i 1 Waterford 0 _ HIGH WATRB. AT LOND I Morning...4s minutes after 2. IN BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Evening.... 3 minutes after 1 4 ;7 7- Tw • *Alto LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 5, 1827. The Paris Papers of Tuesday, and th i Gazette de France dated Wednesday morning' reached us last night. They are still destitut e of news from Constantinople of a later dat e than the 4th September, up to which it is full) established that the Porte had not made any itr dication of submission. The insurrection in Spain daily assumes more formidable character. The Rebels hav issued a Manifesto, declaring that FERDINA I4 has forfeited the Crown, and proclaiming Do CARLOS King. In the mean time FERDINJ% and his Government appear to be making eve exertion for the suppression of a rebellion whif their means afford. Count D'ESPAGNE, W l ' The Pr °-t "tant is to be Commander•in-Chief of all the Troy the Rev. M. c , l'rotestants will to be employed against the Rebels, has precol t ?wards which ti ; I detable sum, as the KING to the insurgent districts. The Art''v Hithert of the Tagus is moving towards Catalonia, o lj t 1,:( 1 to be taken ti are Pretty Gen. SARSFIELD is to retain the commana i:i ‘E t the d epar it, acting, hpwever, udder the supreme c° Ir. and of D'Esi an audience wit proclaim the RI to promise th submit, in all manes. For t readers to the another part of no further ment nients of the Bi The French than the expres Three per Cer 711. 50e. We received 3d inst., but the had not previc channels. ELI 3 ER FELD, SI acquaint the public "ill. Von Offer Court of Brazil, hi in obtaining for 1 i'igland at first obtained at a subse " A 7. Theremin Trety between Pr acid there is less r, th e Treaty, as the its rivals in its m benefit to German immense field to al BRUSSELS, OCT the 28th of Septe and Dotrange mem decree of the 16th that of the 1 7th 01 the measures to be t concluded on the 1 commission is now and Baron J. F. di Council of State; Dotrenge, and Pet Secretary. We learn from I sent • front the office the Loperial Intel that the courier w proceed with all sp W e received ; Gazette of the Zeitung of flit flatters have b HOLINESS and touching the G in the dominic new Concorda that. its opera. Southern prOVil the Northern. wisely in acced people, for cone course which those Catholics Sovereign. OL dere(' animosity 11j the end from °hft he tus ca use a sep Catholic ( tale ar e happY . Catholic liberal' taut chap e l was PliusSlA CMI WilrdS the War gards defraYil uod, The ,l'eat praise for 1 me tes objects. tar,t, dying o t o Leghorn,, ut cruelly lir fi l h l te deceased. than to charity thus ea the of 1 °lies we re nett feelings of ho c of their corm have been till to Perpetuate. heaven, will y( nations the tno people understai be less nations offence :---