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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. SPANISH PAPERS. \%Te have ret•eieed Madrid Papers to the Bth instant, containing the following important intel- ligence : " MADRID, MAY ' b.-Yesterday, after the death of ,Vinuesa, the persons composing the troop who had perpetrated it, separated ; and it was'net till the evening that some groups, more -or less numerous, were observed at the Puerta del Sol, and the neighbourhood. • M night - many people met in La Fontana, • and several orators. •delivered discourses of various tendency. Cap ,tain Nunez deprecated the event of the preceding evening, and painted in lively colours the fatal consequences of relaxing the bonds of society.— Citizen Maccrohoni had before spoken te the 'same effect. A Valencian clergyman insisted on the necessity of proscribing some dozens of per sons; which was•secondeeby N. Adam, belong ing to the office of the Secretary of Finance. " The . - drawing up of the list of proscription bring agreed to, several persons began to add to it, placing upon it several Counsellors of State. Among the number were, two Captains , General .of the army, four or five Lieutenant-Generals, as many Officers of the SUpreme Court of Justice, the Secretary of the Finance-office, and many other persons ; and lastly, Don Javier de Burgos, editor of the Miscellanea; and - Don Sebastian Alinaho, co-editor of the Censor. " The editor of the ilTiscellanca being informed of this, and conscious of the purity of his inten tions, - as proved by. 2,000 pages of his journal, in which there is not- a line but what is eminently liberal, recollected Athens and Aristides, and desired a copy of' the list, intending to publishit to-day; but the lateness. of the hour prevented him •from obtaining it. " The list being drawn up,, fifty or sixty left lea•FOnt'arta with it, about 11 o'clock at night, proceeding to the Municipality. Being chal lenged by the guard, - and answering " the sove reign people," they entered to present their pa. per. It was full of erasures and interlineations, as is natural, since on such occasions there are persons who wish names to be inserted or erased. The Municipality thought the list was not re gular, since, besides being presented in so dirty a condition, it was not signed and accompanied by - any representation. They, therefore, recom mended to the bearers to conform to these •for mantles, and mean time to take some rest, which they did. We are glad we did not obtain the list, for it has undergone a hundred alterations ,to-day ; and in the last copies we have seen, the name of the,Minister of Finance is omitted, as - well as those of several other persons which - were in the original. ** * In the evening the Judge of. the First Instance, Don Julian Solo, vent to the prison, and instituted inquiries to discover the authors of the event. Afterwards time body was examined; . and this morning, at one o'clock, it was carried to the cemetery out of the Toledo gate, accompanied by the same Judge, his clerk, and other attendants, and SO both hnrcP and fo,,t. " Yesterday a notice was pubit.t ie d by the political chief, which we abstain from inserting, because It exhorts to a tranquillity sthloi wt:. not maintained, and because, being issued before the catastrophe of irinuen, it would be beside the purpose. To-day the municipality has pub aished an address to the citizens, enforcing obe dience and respect to the law as the only means f maintaining social order. " CORTES.—SITTING or MAY '5. " The Minister of War communicates an official report from Major-Gen. l'Empecinado, of an action with one of the Gueril ,las of Merino, who retreated by favour of the night, leaving 50 prisoners, most or them mortally wounded, in the hands of the constitutional troops. " The Minister of the Government of the Colonies gave a ?succinct account of the murder of Vinuesa by the populace of •ths capital. - • " His Excellency then declared that he had a message from ins Majesty on this subject. " His Majesty expresses his lively sorrow at the news of this horrible event. Ile observes, that if it is not punished in an 'exemplary manner, and above all, if it is repeated, it will be impossible to establish the constitutional system. Foreign' 'Rowers will form a very unfavourable idea of the situation of bpalri, and of the political institutions that it hai adopted. Ex presses have been sent to other cities of Spain to prevent trans quality from being interrupted there. The King also said in his message,, that he had conversed with the troops which com pose the guard of his palace, and was perfectly satisfied. with tl,r! disposition they evince. " The Minister adds, that the Goiernment has invited the Authorities to provide against the recurrence of such events. " M. Arnedo says it 'was notorious, even in the morning,' that the unfortunate Viouesa was to be murdered in his prison. Ife asks how it is possible that the.Ministr . y.should have taken no measures to prevent such an atrocious crime. He moves that a rigorous inquiry be instituted. " The President (M. Cuesta) wishes the Assembly to decide 'that there weregrounds to impeach the Ministers. 4 . 6 The Minister of Colonies pretends that his colleagues and hirsisalf did not think the danger so great : if they had, he as suces the Assembly, they would have endeavoured to avert it. • " The Count de Torreno spoke vehemently against the.rnini stars. He observes, that it is not at Madrid alone, but in the whole kingdom, that the people arrogate to themselves the right of exercising justice, or rather. of drawing up lists of proscrip tion. He asks if it is credible, as the minister present affirms, that the ministry was ignorant of the plot of the factious, when then was not a single deputy who had not certain inforraation on the subject. " The Minister of War invites the assembly to beware of - calumniating .the sentiments of the heroic people of Madrid., " Count Torreno proposes that a 'special committee shall be appointed to draw up an answer to his Majesty's message.— The commitee was named immediately. " M. Ramos Arispee says the Spanish people ao not wish - for victories, but for justice. He accuses of the murder of Vinuesa the JUdge Arias, who had told the people that this man deserved death, and then sentenced him to a less rigorous punishment. .. " SITTING OF THE 6TH OF MAY. " The Committee brought Up - the outline of answer to the King. It is in substance as follows : " The Cortes have learned with much grief the crime which has just taken place. But the Government is invested with the power and the means necessary to provide for good order. "' The Cortes are confined by inviolable limits to the facul ties of a legislative body, and can only set the exrmple of respect to the laws. _ _ " ' The diplomatic relations which your Majesty maintains with other powers allow us to believe that a. single fact will not suffice to give them; an unfavourable opinion of our new in stitutions.' " Gen. Quiroga asked why so much bustle was made about the murder of a priest, when the individuals who assassinated two constitutional soldiers of the regiment of Seville, far from being punished, Kaye not even been discovered. 31. Quiroga de clared that the King is surrounded by perfidious counsellors, 'who conceal the truth from him. " .Count Torreno remarked several important omissions in the answer Proposed, which, for instance, passes over in profound silence the scenes of disorder which have filled all the great ci ties in the Peninsula with terror. " M. Golfin made a vehement sortie against the ministers.— lie accused them of having counselled the King not to show himself to the people„. and with having suggested to him the Anti-patriotic idea of harangu ing the troops to animate them to def,nd his person. The onourable Member concluded by snoving that a new committee be appointed, to draw up another swidress, which may make the King acquainted with the real of ei-ent in question and of all the evils which affect the state. The new committee was named." We have received the Madrid paper called•El Universal, which, in addition to the above in telligence, con'tains the correspondence of Ge neral i'dorillo, on his being appointed Captain- General of New Castile. - A letter from the General to the Minister of War, dated the 4th instant, states., that he had on the preced ing night, at twelve o'clock, received the King's order to take upon himself the command of the army and province of New Castile.. He ear nestly begs that he may be permitted to decline this hi,..;11 ()Mee, for the duties of which he considers himself unfit. Among other reasons he urges the necessity of the Captain-Gene ral being acquainted with the country and the people in which his command is established, and observes, that besides having come from abroad, he had never before resided in Madrid.— The Minister replies on the following day, that he had communicated his letter to . the King, but that his' Majesty would not admit the validity of his reasons for refusing the command, and insisted on his immediately• accepting it. General Morillo wrote again to the Minister, stating that he would go and-take the command of the tioops, that the ser vice might trot suffer by delay, but begging he might be-allowed to resign. Having received no reply to this last letter, he went to the palace, and obtained an audience of the King, and re peated his reasons for wishing to ciec.line the em ployment ; but his Majesty would not accept his resignation. Ile .then publiblied the following address : 1 ‘ TILE CAVTAIN-GENERAT. TO TIIE 1121 AVE CiAIthISOIsT OF MADRID. • " Soldiers,—After-having fulfilled my duty, and supported, as my honour required, the glory of our arms, I returned to my country, expecting to find it tranquil and enjoying the be nefits which the Constitution that has been sworn to holds out ; but, unfortunately, some persons are endeavouring to embitter this happiness to us. There can be no greater misfortune than that enemies of the constitutional system should present them selves and.render their destruction unavoidable. The Consti tution, and a constitutional King, form the only Government suited to the Spanish nation. On these bases rest your felicity, that of your dearest relatives, and . the prosperity of the whole Spanish nation. " I hoped for repose after my past fatigues; but, contrary to my wish, and notwithstanding my urgent refusal, I am tinder the necessity of placing. myself at your head. The honour of commanding you could alone alleviate so weighty a charge. " Soldiers ! lam one of you : but trust in me. I love you because I have suffered with you. I will constantly direct you in the path of glory, towards the happiness of our beloved coun try. Let our device be the Lawandthe King (Ley sr Rey), and let cur rallying cry be Long live the Constitution, long live, our Constitutional King!' " Madrid, May 6. " PABLO MORILLO." FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, MAY 17.—A letter from. Rome, dated May 4, states, that in consequence of the arrival of au extraordinary courier from Laybach, Baron Vincent and Count Pozzo di Borgo, appointed ambassadors extraordinary to his Sicilian Majes ty, have returned to Laybach. According to accounts from Semlin, dated the ult., the Pacha of Bosnia had arrived with a corps of 5,000 Turks on the frontiers of Servia, and had demanded a passage and the general dis arming of the inhabitants. It is not believed the Servians will submit to these conditions. The Royal Court being of opinion, that there was no intention on The part of the Editor of the Journal flpt. pawls lA, evade tue law relative to the censorship of the press, has annulled the-sen tence of the. Correctional Police, which condemn ed him to a month's imprisonment, a fine of 200 francs, and the payment of costs. FD ENO' FUNDS. May 17, Five per Cents. Bank Sto..it 1560 C. c. ROME, MAY I.—The report of the famous Ali Paella having been• baptised, and taken the name of Constantine, 'is repeated. It is also said that the Greek Insurgents have entered Patras, and put all the Turks to the sword. The Spanish squadron has quitted the Bay of Naples, after having delivered over to the Go vernment of Naples (according to report) all the Carbonari who had taken refuge on board their ships. OALLICIA.—(Bro/N, April24.)—We may now consider the insurrection of the - Greeks as at an end. Prince •Ypsilanti has been summoned to disband his army and return to Russia with all the Russian subjects who have taken part with him. It is supposed that he will conform to these orders. Moldavia and Wallachia have decks.' ed against him, and have sent their submission to the Porte. This important step has been taken by the advice of the Russian 'agents, agreeably to orders transmitted to them. It is positively stated, that the Sublime Porte, having considered the declaration of the Emperor Alexander, communicated officially by Count Strogonoff, as a proof of the sincere regard of his Imperial Majesty towards him, did not hesitate to accept the mediation of the Emperor for the pacification of Moldavia and Wallachia. It is also affirmed that the Grand Seignor has pro mised not to send any Ottoman troops into those two Provinces, if they, disavow the rebellion of a few restless chiefs, and submit unconditionally to his Highness. With this view a Provisional Govermnent has been formed at Jassy, and the Hospodar Suzzo, who has offended too deeply to obtain pardon of the Porte, has retired to Bes sarabia. A Provisional Government is also to be formed in Wallachia until the arrival of Prince Calli machi, who has been appointed Ilospodar of this Province by the Porte. His Highness means likewise to give a Ilospodar to the Servians, and introduce into Servia the same system as in the two provinces o❑ the left bank of the Danube. DUTCH PAPERS. Dutch Papers were received this morning. The .chief article, Which led to a long and not very interesting discourse, is as follows : " Bitussm.s, MAY 17.—The Second Chamber of the States.-General continues to be engaged, in a Committee of the whole Chamber ; in discussing the articles of the new Civil Code. From the great extent of this 'important work, and the at tentive discussion which the various articles undergo, it will occupy a considerable time. " The cause now pending before the Court of Assizes against the Vicar-General of the Diocese of Ghent, which has all along been considered as important, attracts a much higher degree of attention since the commencement of the public proceeakigS of the Court. It was known that M. Goethals was accused of having published an inflammatory letter of the Ex-Bishop, and Messrs. Martens and Boussens of being accom plices in this proceeding; and, secondly, of having all three, in October 1820, spread 'mates, accounts, and news, tending to alarm itnd dis turb the public, and of having at the same time committed acts tending to excite amongst the inhabitants disunion, mistrust, and quarrels. " HAARLEM, 1111 Y 16.—Accounts from Stock holm, of the 4th, say, that the Crown Prince has had a slight relapse. The physicians have ad vised him not to attend the.camp at Liukopping." PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. BRITISH WEST INDIES. FLOUR FOR THE TROOPS. COPY of a Letter from Mr. Tni - soiti addressed to GEORGE ILeiftersgx,,Esq. dated 20th February 1821, relative to The preparation of Flour for the use of the Troops. "London, `February 20, 1821. Slll,—Havin# been informed that it is intended to kiln-dry flour for the service of the troops in the West Indies, I beg leave,with very great respect, to observe, that kiln-dried flour is discoloured and bad flavoured. Flour, to be kiln-dried, would have to be decomposed, to be packed, after having been packed, and be packed again. It is the opinion of learned men, that the decomposition of' flour ad= mits of the air to impregnate, by which insects are generated ; to my humble capacity it causes waste, expense, and delay. The American method of manufacture is approved of in the West Indies. In the United States . , wheat ' hich is intended for exportation in flour, is kiln-dried previously to being ground, to prevent any latent ill effects from moisture and ammalculte. It is to be observed,- that wheat is kiln-dried in the husk. The - meal being dressed, and while at the mill, is, at the proper time, compressed in-barrels of a fixed cube measure, winch is convenient and customary, contains 14 cwt. This pro cess is no less simple than altogether understood in the British flour trade. In the West Indies, it is considered that flour . keeps better in wood than in sacking ; indeed a flour sack is of a spongy texture and a sultry warmth ; • and flour "should in every situa tion be preserved from wet and moisture, and no - where with more caution than at sea, and in a warm temperature. It may not be immaterial to observe, that the ordinary price of a flour barrel at New York is one shilling and one penny halfpenny English the wages of cooperage, - however, are pro bably no where so low at this time as in the south of-Ireland, from the diminished demand for cured provisions. • In the year 1816, I had the honor of suggesting to Mr. Her ries, that the troops in the West Indies might be supplied from the port of Limerick, which is the principal outlet for Irish corn, and that port of the United Kingdom most contiguous to the West Indka, and the cheapest corn mart.' But this suggestion had more for its object to encourage the manufacture of wheat in Ireland. The principal consumers of the bread corn exported from Ireland are British manufacturers. - Were Irish wheat manu factured in Ireland, these manufacturers, instead of paying for the land and sea conveyance of five bushels of wheat, for in stance, would only pay fur the conveyance of one hundred weight and three quarters of flour, added to which, they would be relieved from the payment of the additional labour which is employed in the conveyance of the more bulky commodity ; be sides, the manufactures of corn and live cattle are the only manufactures which are or can be cheaper manufactured in Ire land than in Great Britain. • To prohibit the importation of Irish - wheat in the raw state would be of mutual benefit to the Irish , corn growers and the British manufacturers; the prohibition could only be preju dicial to an intermediate class, the British corn dealers. I have made inquiries (since I made - the suggetiein to Mr. Herries) in the United States, and I 'ain humbly of opinion, that no other process of manufacture than the American will be successful. British flour contains more substance than that of the United States ; it produces more bread, and of a superior quality-;_ however, it is prepared for immediate home consump tion, and not for exportation. Should it be considered necessary to have the flour inspected previous to being shipped for the troops, I would pray the ]tight Honourable the Lords of .the Treasury for that employ ment ; but I am not competent to interfere in the manufacture. I have the honour to bit.. with the greatest respect, Sir. tatinnie servant, Geo. Harrison, E. (Signed) K. TRENOR. THE COLONIES. NEW BRUNSWICK.-TIMBER DUTIES. To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom ol Great Britain and Ireland in Parlia ment assembled. The joint and humble Petition of the Council and Assem bly of the Province of New Brunswick in General As _ sembly convened, _ . . Most respectfully shewcth--That your Petitioners contem plate with deep anxiety and concern the subject referred fox final decision to the consideration of the Imperial Parliament of the United Kingdom at their present Session, involving the ques tion of exemption from duty of, timber from this and his Ma jestv's othet Provinces in British North America. that a discontinuance of this exediption or any relaxation of the existing duties upon foreign timber imported into the United Kingdom from the North of Europe, would, as your Petitioners humbly conceive, be destructive to the welfare and prosperity of these provinces, and more especially of the pro vince of New Brunswick, which, although hitherto highly fa voured by the fostering care of his • Majesty's Government, of which a grateful recollection will be ever cherished, has from its earliest establishment struggled with fortitude and perseverance against difficulties peculiar to the settlement of a wilderness by unfortunate exilei from their native soil, on account of their un shaken loyalty and attachment to their King, and the British Constitution and Laws; difficulties, from which they have lately been gradually emerging by their successful and almost unexampled exertions under the salutary provisio'ns of diverse acts of the British Parliament, more especially under the pro tecting duties, which by the wisdom of Parliament have been imposed, and hitherto continued upon foreign timber, a diseon tinuance of which, at this time, would plunge them again into a state of suffering, from which there is just ground to apprehend that they would abandon all hope of being again-relieved. That your Petitioners; with all humility, beg leave to -bring unacr the consideration of your Lordships, that the efforts which have been thut successfully made,. have not been merely' beneficial to the general welfare of this with the other Colonies,,but have materially 'contributed 'to the maritime gratness, and to the :connnercial and manufac turing interests of the United Kingdom, by the great num ber of ships and seamen, altogether British, employed in this trade . ' and' by the returns for the timber, which have been exclusively confined to British manufactures and other articles supplied from the British market, both which sources of national wealth and greatness would instantly be cut off' by any altera tion in the existingstate-ekfthis qade,, Which would favour..the competition of foreign nations With his Majesty's loyal colonial subjects. - ' 'That your Petitioners feel a. just confidence that the great principles of the navigation laws, upon which the naval superio rity and 'commercial interests of the BritiSh Empire are founded, and by which its agrieUltural interests at home have been sup ported, will not be suddenly abandoned for a system of untried maxims, so contrary to the successful_ policy in this regard, which has hitherto distinguished - the, counsels of the British Government, and calculated, it is to be feared, in the first in stance, to ruin many of the most valuable dasses in the com munity, if not ultimately. to sap the foundation of British greatness. - Your Petitioners, aware of the discussion which this subject has undergone in much abler hands, by whom it has been con templated in all its various and extensive bearings and relations, and of the attention with which it must have been examined by the enlightened and distinguished Members of the British Par liament, will not presume, by enlarging upon it, to trespass fur ther upon the time of your Lordships on this occasion, but will confine themselves to an humble representation of the ruinous consequences which must result to the interests of those, for whom they now most respectfully solicit the interference of your Lordships to save them from the evils which they dread from any alteration of the existing laws• upon this important branch of British commerce, so essential to the welfare of all the British North American Provinces, in whose behalf your Petitioners most humbly pray that they may be heard by their counsel at the bar, Ur in the committee of 'your Right Honourable House upon any Bill that may be •dependiiii , for the alteration of the duties in question, and that the advantages and preference secured to his Majesty's loyal subjects in these provinces against foreign competition, by the wise policy of the existing laws in this regard, may be continued. And as in duty bound will ever pray. JOHN SAUNDERS, President of the Council pro temporc. W. BOSSFORD, • ' Speaker of the Hous.i of Assembly. Fredericton, Nor Brunswick, March 19, 1821. THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS). Ella 21. • TlNte.s. ;If the averts made to redUce l the , public expen diture Serve no other beneficial purpose, they at least tend to enlighten the country as to the cha racter of those majorities by which reduction is resisted ; and the only rational argument dedu cible is, not that the estimates are proper because they are so voted, but that a reform should take place in that body which can carry through esti - - mates so disproportioned to the situation of the people. indeed, any independent man had been previously. of opinion that the estimates were proper. and reasonable, he would surely begin to suspect the justness of that opinion, when he discovered that they could only be car ried by a phalanx of placemert. Buonaparte's im perial guard, the old and the new guard, were better clothed and paid than' the rest of the . French troops ; but then 'they were always re served for services of extreme danger and hard ship., In the same manner are certain adherents of Ministers, old and new, excellently well pen 3ioned ; but they also must fi ght on occasions where men of more scrupulous feelings and more regard for public opinion do not wish to appear. [MORNING POST.] We have received a variety of interesting in telligence . by the Foreign • - Mails of yesterday ; but the most important is that which relates to the unhappy state of Spain. In the Sitting of the Cortes of the sth inst. the Minister of the Colonies delivered a Message from the King, on the subject of the atrocious inurderof Vinuesa.— (See another column .of TILE SUN.)—The evi dent fact is, that there is something radically wrong in the new Constitution of Spain ; and that the measures at present pursued or tolerated are alike dangerous and unjust. T he experiment of a democratic revolution is, however r most pro perly left (as should be the case in so large a country) to work its own way to confusion, with out controul or interruption from ether, States ; and to that result, to the operation of the experi ment, with the fullest facilities for all its pro cesses, we repeat, let it be left. It is due to so ciety, that where ill means are employed to an ill end, the mischief of the means and of the end should be shown to revolve directly upon their contrivers, and indirectly against those who stand tranquilly by to see such things, and who need a lesson from some inconvenience against a continuance of their torpidity ; and a short time will probably shew that•the means of the Spanish Revolution are as dangerous to their authors as they are unjust to their victims.—We shall take an early opportunity of pursuing this important subject. At present we have no room for any further observations. [3IORNING CHRONICLE.] We cannot help thinking with one of our con temporaries, that a more wicked and unjustifi able invasion of the rights and privileges of Eng lishmen was never attempted, than that in the Newington Select Vestry Bill, which is every way deserving of the most serious attention of the people of every part of the country. One of the most important of the rights possessed by the people of this country, is that of controuling in the different parishes - the sums which it is re quisite 'for them to raise for local purposes. This right; as is observed by our contemporary, is " as well established by law, as the,right of the King to the . Throne, or of the Peers to sit in the House of Peers, or of the Members of the House of Com mons to sit. in virtue of the choice of the various constituent bodies.7- 7 The importance of this right is best proved-by the abuses which are wit nessed in those parts of this country where it does not exist. The Magistrates of the Scotch Burghs, for Instance, who are self-elected, and not ac countable to their fellow-citizens, and have the power of imposing rates for. local purposes, over which the citizens possess no controul, have al most uniformly abused their trust in the grosstat manner, wasted the. funds at their disposal, and, in several cases, deprived the most useful chari ties of the funds bequeathed for their support, and besides contracted enormous debts. A sys tem nearly similar to that of the Scots Burghs is now attempted to be established by the Newing ton Select Vestry Bill. One hundred and six of the Parishioners, with the Parson'of the Parish (whose name is Onslow) at their head, come to the House of Commons, praying for the appoint ment of a Select Vestry, not chosen by the Parish, and that the Members of this Vestry may, like the' office-bearers of the Scots Burghs, have power to name their own successors, and to raise as much money on the Parish as they please, and in what manner they please, without being obliged to account for it to the Parishioners.— Against this Bill there are nearly WOO rarishion ers, 106 of whom are rated higher than their opponents, in the ratio of four to three ; and thus, whether numbers or property be taken as the criterion, we find the balance strongly against the proposers of the Bill. What, then, is the pretext for this daring attempt to deprive the Parishioners of Newington of so valuable a right as that of controlling the expenditure of the money raised upon themselves? We blush to think that such a pretext should be listen ed to for a moment in the House of Com mons. There are parties, forsooth, in the Parish, and once or twice there has been great . noise in the Vestries, which are held in the Church ; and parties being a bad thing, and noise in a Church being incompatible with the sanctity of the place, it is_expedient to disfran chise the majority, and to place the power in the hands of the minority, which, it is supposed, will put an end to parties and to noise in a holy place. [ltiEw TIMES.] Letters of the 27th February have been re ceived from Sierra Leone, which afford the most satisfactory accounts of the state of that interest ing colony. Our readers are aware that there are some individuals in England whose animosity to the establishment of Sierra Leone leads them to represent it as continually exposed to the most tremendous evils—sickness, hurricane, at tacks of the natives, &c. &c. The old, dread ful stories were not- long since revived, par ticularly in regard to the alleged devasta tions occasioned by fever '.qmong the Earbpean kopulatiou. • We havet.the. 'satisfaction to \ state, that the t3tal loss aiming tire 'Europeans tending at Sierra Leone . ,'• iti , the course of the late rainy season, up to the above-mentioned date, amounted to no more than six persons. On the other hand, we have before us The Freetown Gazette,-of the 24th of February, containing the particulars of a grand dinner given a short time previously by the Turf Club of Sierra Leone, to upwards'of 70 persons : the annual races had afforded much sport, and were numerously attended. We have also before us two play-bills of the Amateur Theatre, one announcing the Tra gedy of Douglas for the 9th of February, the other, the Comedy of Love-a-la-Mode for the 13th. The fair , of Freetown had .been celebrat ed in the beginning of the month. It was open ed with the usual solemnities by the Mayor and Aldermen on horseback, the band of the 2nd West India Regiment attending them in proces sion through the principal streets. This is a to lerable disproof of the alleged mortality ; for we have never yet heard of dead men attending fairs and races, or performing a very conspicuous part at public dinners, or private theatricals. [BRITISH PRESS.] The agriculturists are beginning to look anx iously for the Report of the Agricultural Com mittee, hoping that some device will be therein suggested for alleviating the distress which un doubtedly prevails very generally among them. The Committee has now been sitting for a consi derable length of time, and have pursued the in. quiry submitted to them with great industry and exemplary perseverance; but the des : ires of the agricultural body are not in their nature capable of being gratified to the extent that is contem plated; the exertions of the Commitfee must ) there fore, inevitably fail in attaining the object proposed by their deliberations. In the mean thne there are, as we understand, constant applications made to the Ministers, urging them importunately to do something to save the agriculture of the country ; and threats have even in some instances been offered, that if the - Government should hesitate in acceding to the desires of the agricul-. turists, the Ministers shall no longer receive the support of that body, who have hitherto been their staunch adherents. The something now required, by the agriculturists is that the prices of corn shall be raised, and the only means suggested for effecting this • purpose is to impose further diffi culties upon the importation of foreign corn. — Much is said about altering the mode of stiiking the averages, and it has been intimated in Parlia ment that reland shall be deprived of the benefits she now enjoys of a free exportation of her pro duce to Great Britain. But no alteration in the laws now affecting the 'importation of corn, no changes in the mode of striking the averages, can possibly have the power of raising the price of f grain throughout the country. A considerable length of time has now elapse since the ports• were open for the free ndruission of foreign scorn, so that whatever quantity may then have been imported has since most probably been consumed : yet we find that not only does the price of this first . article of necessity remain below what the far mers call a remunerating price, but that it has even recently experienced a further fall. This, in our opinion, shews very clearly that the power of . Parliament is not sufficient to maintain corn at a high price, when other circumstances, of a nature purely domestic, are silently operating to coun teract its exertions. THE LATE M It. PITT.—By the•death of Lord GUILDFOUD, on the .sth of August, 1 i 92, the Warden Ship of the Cinque Ports, worth about 30001. a year, became vacant ; and the King im- , mediately offered it to Mr. Pitt, in the following . most gracious and pressing terms : " Windsor, August 6, 1792.—Having this morning roceiveti: the account of the death of the Earl of - Guildford, 1 take the first opportunity of acquainting Mr. Pitt; that the WardenshiP of the Cinque Ports is an office for which I will not receive ant wtcommendations ; having positively resolved to confer it 00 inn., as a mark of that regard which his eminent services have deserva from me. lam so bent on this, that I shall seriously be offended .& anyattemptlo declire. I have intiniateti these my intentions to Dundas." .heE a rl of Chatharn;Lord Gr:nville, and :qr. —His Majesty, knowing that Mr. Pitt was at • Burton Pynsent, on a vliait to his, mother, sent the above letter to Mr. Dundas,,in London' , adding," Mr. Dundas is to forward it with a for lines from himself, expressing that I will not ad.; - mit of this favour being declined. I desire' that:- • Lord Chatham may also write, and that Mr- Dundas will take the first opportunity of ac!' quainting Lord Grenville with the step I have taken." This appointment, Mr. Pitt having been nine years Prime Minister, felt himself en' titled gratefully to accept. His GraceAhe Duke of RUT LAWD has been pleased to .a 1;.; point the Rev. W. EvaNs HAnTopr, of this County, one of his Domestic Chaplains.—(Leicester Journal.) . Mrs. Anne Marriott, of Bath, the surviving sister of the late Rev. Sir Charles Cave, Bart. has been pleased to give a Don tion of Two Hundred Pounds to the Leicester Infirmary.—(lbiLo' The Rev. Mr. Slade, Rector of .Thurlaston, in this county , has reduced his rents £lO per cent.—(lbid.) NEW,SERIES OP SCOTTISII HISTORICAL NOYELS' —A new Novel, entitled " A I.T.:GEND OF ARGYLE," will be found to form a new, instructive, and entertaining Illustration, of the Rebellion in Scotland in 1715, thus embracing one of the most important epochs of our domestic History.....-In " Th e Legend of Argyle," fiction is so ingeniously blended with failt s of historical record, that the illusion is complete, and while pc' rusing its pages we fancy ourselves carried back to the olden time of Scotland, with its turbulent Barons, its obsequioi;s Vassals, and all the peculiarities of Clan Government.- , -W e strongly recommend this Novel, together with " Lochicl ;- c; r a • the field of Culloden, also lately published, to all who wet' obtain an intimate knowledge of the History of their CoUnt r y , without wading through the arid details of the Historian ; t he latter Work being founded on the events of 1745, as the fou r is On those of 1715, thus forming a series in which, the one , a supplementary to the other. SUICIDE.—On Saturday morning, Mr. Fon' REST, breeches-maker and glover, one of t he oldest and most respectable inhabithnts of St. Martin's parish, residing in James-street, Co vent-garden, was found dead in his bed-room , - having hung himself during the night. He had been for several days in a melancholy state of mind. No cause is assigned for the fatal aqc! Coroner's verdict—" insanity."