The Sun. — London, England, 1821-09-29 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, SEPT. 25.—A letter from Barcelona, dated Sept. 12, says—" Yesterday, at seven in the evening, the troops marched hence to form a cordon without the city. The Courts removed three days ago, as well as half the inhabitants, (Barcelona contained mere than 30,000 inhabi tants). The warehouses and shops are shut up, and all payments suspended. In Barcelonetta, the suburb which extends along the harbour, the mortality is dreadful: men perish like flies. The disease is not yet so bad in the city ; the state of health is much the same as it was in Barce lonetta some days ago. I shall write to you by every post, for I am determined not to remove. 1 hive deposited your merchandize in twenty different houses. By this precaution a part will certainly be saved."—(Gazette de France.) The greater part of the, inhabitants of Barce lona are wandering 'about in the neighbouring mountains, flying from one evil to encounter ethers still more terrible—famine and misery. On the 11th the Authorities abandoned their posts, and retired to. Villa Franca.—(Courier Francois.) The Lyons Gazette contains the following extract of a letter froM Marseilles, dated the 17th :—" You w ill surely hear that the yellow fever is in the Lazaretto of Marseilles : perhaps many stories will be told you on the subject, but do not ,be more alarmed than need be ; for you know the Lazaretto is at a good distance from us, and great precautions are taken. Yesterday and the day before .t.l persons died of this cruel malady in the Lazaretto and at Pomigne (a small island where the first quarantine takes place).— We are persuaded that nothing is to be feared for the city ."—(Journal des Debuts.) FRENCIL FUNDS. Sept. 24, Five per Cents. Bank Stock 1560 f. C. SEPT. 26.—The Journal de Lyon announced, that the yellow fever had manifested itself in the Lazaretto of Marseilles, and that twenty-one persons had died of it. We deemed it our duty to wait _ for more certain information before we inserted such afflicting news. The Journal de Marseille, of the .19th inst..arrived yesterday, and says not a syllable respecting it, but speaks only of the fair of Saint _Lazare, and of the amusements the fair afforded to the inhabit ants in the neighbourhood, and to the most ele gant females of Marseilles. As for the Jour nal de Lyon of the it corrects its former article in the following terms :—" The news from Marseilles is very consolatory ; the Danish ship on board of which the fever made its appear ance' is placed under the strictest quarantine, and all communication with it interdicted. Only three of the Danish ship's crew, and two of the attendants, are dead. It is utterly false that any person at Marseilles has been attacked with the inalad A letter from the frontiers of Spain, of a re cent date, says, that the young Princess of Sax ony, the - wife of Ferdinand VII. who possesses, besides the charms of person, the most amiable qualities of the heart and mind, seems extremely affected at the storms which -threaten the throne she partakes. Since she has been at St. Ilde fonso, She has frequently been found bathed in tears, and in the deepest affliction, from which it was scarcely possible to relieve her. • FRENCH FUNDS. • Sept. 25, Five per Cents. Bank Stock 1561 f. 25 c. VIENNA, SEPT. 14,—1t seems that the Porte prudently follows the advice of some European Powers, who are most interested in the preser vation of the Ottoman Empire, and has removed every pretext which might tend to the subver sion of the principles proclaimed at . Laybach. The last propositions of Russia were apparently very moderate, but the 'Russian Cabinet - did not expect that the European Minister would suc ceed in inducing the Sultan to accede to them. We, therefore, wait with great impatience for the next advises from St. Petersburgh. SEPT. 15.—A fresh divisiOn of the Ottoman fleet, which passed through the Dardanelles, was attacked by the Greek fleet of Observation, but the large Turkish ships, with the exception of two, sticceeded in escaping. These two, with some small vessels of war and transports, fell into the hands of the Greeks, which may haVe given rise to the report of a great naval action, in which the Turks were completely defeated. — The fleet of the Paella of Egypt, which has formed a junction with the Turkish fleet under Cara Ali, consists of three frigates, fotir cor vettes, and several smaller vessels. Cara Ali has now under his orders five ships of the . line, and . several frigates and corvettes, on board of which are, it is said, several excellent European Naval Officers.: Ile has received positive, orders to attack the enemy as soon as he is in a situation to do so, and we may therefore expect to hear of a decisive naval action. The Greek . fleets are concentrating off the island of Mitylene. We have received news from Constantinople up to the 28th of August. Ttie negociations be tween the Reis-Effendi and the Ministers of France and England are carried on with extra ordinary activity. The same diplomatic activity, and. the same degree of perplexity and uncer tainty,,. which has marked our proceedings for some time past, prevail in our capital. We have not, as is announced in some .foreign journals, takeil part with RusSia against Turkey. FRA.IsFORT, SEPT. 19.—The King of Den mark has sent Count de 14rdenberg ,Reventlow to Hanover, to compliment in his 'name the King of England. We-learn from Zante; under date the 15th July, that Salonica is besieged by the Greeks by land and by sea. The Greeks proposed a ca-. pitulation to the Mosselini, but the latter seized on the richest inhabitants, strangled them, and caused their heads to be exposed on the walls as his only answer to the propositions of the be- 1 siegers. The Greeks, irritated at the massacre of their countrymen, anchored their fleet close to the town and bombarded it, so that after having been a prey to the flames and half consumed during three days, it was surrendered. The Austrian Government has reinforced the garrisons of Ragusa and Cattaro, whilst on the other hand the Paella of Scutari has been making great movements. It is affirmed that helms re ceived orders from the Grand Seignar to march to Janina, but assigns various pretexts for not obeying this order. Commercial letters say, that the Greek Arch bishop of Smyrna and ten of the principal mer chants of that town have been arrested and sent to Constantinople, by order of the Sultan. This event has thrown the inhabitants into the greatest consterwition. SEPT. 20.—We learn that the war has become very active in Macedonia. The efforts of the Greeks are principally directed against Salonica, and they have two armies in this province which act in concert. We have received from Trieste accounts of a decisive. victory gained by the Insurgents of the Peloponnesus over the troops commanded by Jussuf Pacha in the neio-hbourhood of Patras.- SEPT. 29.—We have advices from Vienna of the 14th, which state that the Austrian funds continue to rise. Metallics were quoted at the Exchange on the 13th at 72 7-10ths. It is thought there will be no war between Russia and Turkey, but that pacific negotiations will be car ried on to establish, on a permanent footing, the civil state of the Greeks in Turkey. A letter from Bucharest, in the Universal Ga zette, draws a frightful picture of the horrors committed in Wallachia by the Turks. It is well known, that for some time past the Turks have been withdrawing their troops from the fortresses on the Danube, leaving at Bucharest only a Caimacan, with the ordinary civil autho rities and the accustomed guard. By this skil ful measure they haye deprived the Russians of any pretext for entering 'Wallachia, since existing treaties only authorize the latter to send extraordinary forces there in - cases of open revolt. The Wallachians have now only the alternative, either of subduing themselves the remains of the bands of Jordaki, 1 c, or of fur nishing the Turks with a pretext for returning. MADRID, SEeT.l3.—This capital is very quiet; much more so than it was before the late popu lar commotion. 'Th e affair of Saragossa is in volved in the sante mystery. G ERTNI N PAPERS. FRANKFORT, SEPT. 20.—Her Serene Highness the Dowager Landgrave CAROLINE of Hessa HOMBURG died the day before yesterday at eight o'clock in the morning, at the age of 75 years and six months. Her Highness was daughter to the Landgrave Lewis IX. of Ilesse Cassel, born March 2, 1746. She married, on the 27th Sept. 1768, the late Landgrave Frederick Lewis of Hesse Homburg. SEPT. 14.—The agreeable news has at length been received from Rome that the negociations are now concluded which have been carrying on with the Papal See respecting the organization and regulation of the Catholic Church in the Protestant German States which joined together for this purpose, and that the Pope has accepted and sanctioned by a Bull the proposals of the Commissioners, who have been sitting for some time at Frankfort. The Landgrave Frederick of Hesse Cassel has accepted the invitation tc fix his winter residence in future at Gotha, as he will not return to Cassel. SA LONICKI, July 30.—(From a Commercial Letter.)—Since the late events our situation has become less alarming. The .Turkish arms have again subjected all the villages that had revolted from our city to Mount Athos and Orfano. Only two rather difficult points still remain, Monte Santo and Cassandra, where the Greeks seem disposed to make a long resistance, and the Turks, on their side, - are preparing to at tack them on two sides. -The above village . g had been deceived- entirely by the flatteries and threats of the Greek armed vessels,, which assured them that Alexander Ypsilanti was already master of Moldavia, Wallachia, and Servia, and threatened Constantinople with' an army of 150,000 men. By such delusion they plunged the poor people in the greatest misery, for above 30 villages which attempted to revolt have been plundered and burnt by the Turks: Here (at Salonichi) the Greeks continue to be thrown into prison, and to be burdened with heavy contributions ; many rich Greek houses, which had outstanding debts in tho s se villages, aro ruined, as well as the country people them selves. There are still executions every day ; a week ago the Greek Archbishop and two Greek merchants were beheaded, and their heads exposed for three days together to the'insults of the Turks. , They were said to be implicated in the conspiracy ;, at least it is said that princely insignia of honour, and dresses were found in the house of one of them, it being his design, if• things turned out" favourable, to become Prince. of SalOnichi.. He' had had the clothes made by a Greek tailor, but this wretch turned Mali°. metan and betrayed him. In the quarter of the Franks we enjoy perfect tranquillity. -Com merce goes on Without interruption. SEIVILIN, SEPT. 3:—According to accounts from Serer, in Macedonia, of August 22, the Pacha of Salonichi had collected. all his forces in the middle of Augusti . and - Marched towards Cassan dra, to meet the_ victorious Greeks (stated at 20,000 men„) who were advancing from the side . of St. Catarina, in Thessaly. Alexander Stagi mita, who commanded the Greeks,' defeated the Turks near Cassandra on the 18th'August, so that the remains of the Turkish army with diffi culty escaped to Salonichi. Among the numerous prisoners is stated to be a corps of 400 Jews, w hich had been voluntarily formed at Salonichi, out of 'hatred to the Greeks. The Greeks, adds the letter, who treated the Turkish prisoners' mildly, mutilated most of the Jewish prisoners in the most cruel manner, cutting off chins, noses, and hands. If the friends of humanity must feel pro found abhorrence of such cruelties, it is allesed; on the other hand, that. the Jews throughout Tur key are in league to destroy the Greeks. All the Turkish Governors, even military commandants, are said, now that the. Greeks are proscribed, to have only Jews for their agents ; and in the ex ecution of the most cruel acts of 'the Turkish barbarians, Jews are said to he u,snally the in struments. Numerous events of this-nature have excited an inextinguishable hatred between the Greeks and the Jews. At Salonichi all the Jews ha.ve armed' theMselvefi, formed a body guard for the Cadi, and during the absence of the Pacha in his expedition against the Greeks kept in cheek the Greeks living in the city, who, it is true, were previously• disarmed.' It must not be forgotten that the Jews in Turkey, in consequence of the heavy oppression under which they are placed, are at the lowest step in the scale of civilization, and can by no means he placed on a level with their brethren living in the Christian European States. SEPT. 4.—ln explanation of my letter yester day, I add, the Greeks, who advanced victorious from St. Catarina, in Thessaly, had passed over the narrow .bay, which, when the wind is fair, may be crossed in an hour, to Cassandra, in Ma cedonia. Three thousand Thessalians had landed at Cassandra, who joined the Greeks from Mount Athos. The whole force of the Christians is said to have' amounted to nearly 20, - 000 men, who were joined during the battle by all the inhabit ants of the coasts of that district. The priests of Mount Athos carried the Cross before them, and inflamed the enthusiasm - pf the Christians to the highest pitch, so that the Turks were totally defeated. FOR THE SUN. RELIGION.-LETTER 1. MR. En/TOR—If we consider the nature of man, his situa tion upon the earth, the wants, the dangers to which he is daily,. nay hourly, .exposed, ! Ave cannot ..be surprized that, in the con sciousness of his own weakness, lie shoiald almost instinctively have sought the protection and good will of some being more powerful than himself. At the Sallie - time that a sense of his weakness, and of his incapacity led him thus to seek a friend, it had previously convinced him that such a friend did exist, whose good graces it was his interest to obtain. He soon remarked, that he had no controul whatever over the course of events ; that he could never turn them to his own particular purposes ; but that they were regulated by the power of some being superior to him Self. Strongly impressed with this idea, he bowed down before this, ruler of the elerrients, acknowledged his superiority, implored his protection, and thus laid the foundation of reli gious . worship. So natural *is this idea, that no nation, even the most illiterate and the most barbarous, has yet been found, that did not possess some notion of a Supreme Being, and some regular form of worship. This dis position towards religious principles, thus implanted in every human breast, and so generally disseminated, might originate in'the opposite sentiments of love or fear ; whence some nations have been found to worship at once the two opposite principles r -of good and of evil. The full enjoyment of health and of pro sperity naturally inclined man to pour forth the accents of his love and gratitude to the Being by whom these blessings were bestowed ; whilst disease, accidents, and misery, induced him, either to depreciate the wrath of his offended God ; or, in other countries, to appease the anger, or conciliate the good will of the author of evil. These ideas, and the- conclusions to which they lead, may not be much in themselves, but they may serve when that man, even if left to himself, would find in his own breast the seeds of religion. • The Christian, however, traces the origin of. Religion to a higher sours:, to Gon himself. Though infinitely superior to his creatures, and, in his own nature, wholly independent of them, he has still condescended to establish an intercourse be tween man and his Maker, between the heavens and the earth. Not satisfied with revealing to his chosen creature his origin, his end, and some of his own perfections, lie has moreover traced, out for him the line of conduct he must adopt to secure his eter nal welfare, and has deigned to accept the homage of his crea tures. To the Jews lie gave not only his law, but also the pomp and ceremonies of ykirship. To the Christian lie has given the hope of eternal bleSsings ; and the rules, by the observance of which lie may contribute to the welfare of his fellow-creatures, and secure to himself the everlasting enjoyment of his Goo. If we reflect upon the extraordinary violence of the passions that sway the human breast, we must be aware that nothing but a strong harrier can possibly keep them in due subjection. They were no doubt given to for the wisest and most be neficialputposcs, and when duly kept in proper bounds, they tend to his advantage, andto that of his fellow creatures. The greatest curb that can be put upon them is - no doubt that of re ligion. - The conviction 'that a day WILL conic when Divine justice will punish , the guilty and-reward the innocent, is one of the most powerful inducements men can have to keep in the path of virtue. The subniission they are taught-to Peel to the laws of God, prepares them to submit to those of men ; whilst the moral precepts of the Gospel must render them good fathers, faithful husbands, and loyal subjects. Considered, therefore, in this point of view, Religion may he justly regarded as the very basis of social order, and the strongest bulWark of so ciety. Hence we ever find that the iiien who form the pro ject of subverting the civil institutions, begin their work .of destruction by an attack upon religious principles. When men, indeed, have been once brought to hold in contempt the laws of God, how can they pay. any deference to those of man .? If men are taught that death is an eternal sleep..; that their ex istence must terminate in the tend); what' curb can restrain their passions what charm can induce them to prefer the rugged paths of virtue to the alluring and flowery ways of vice ? ,If men believe that a moment of criminal enjoyment may be punished by endless misery, they will pause no doubt ere they purchase it at so high a rate : but if, they are taught that the present is the only period of their existence, that their action's a .e . punished here, and here only, when they are detected, why shoUld they forego a :certain gratification, through the mere dread of human disapprobation, and with the certainty of future imp Unity ? The evil-disposed Of the present day, those men who, under the mask of philosophy, endeavour to conceal their anti-social 'intentions, know well the force of this reasoning, and therefore endeavour. to sap the .founda tions of the Throne, by remoying; the prop . of Hence do we now see all the anti-religious workS which were once so profusely disseminated in France, and which there produced such fatal effects, now actively, -dispersed . among the peOple of this country. In - this state of things, it believes every lover of his country, every, friend' - of social order ; every true and sincere Christian, to contribute his mite towards the sup port of religion - and cif• loyalty. I shall therefore beg leave to send you a series of Essays, in which I will endeavour to : point out the fallacy of the doctrines' contained •in the pernicious works to which I have alluded: trusting that the goodnefls of the intention may induce your readers to excuse the imperfec tions which they will find in the execution. Ewliurst.• • A. ST. THOMAS'S and GUY'S HOSPITALS. QIR,ASTLEY COOPER WILL BEGIN his COURSE ^of LECTURES (itt SURGERY, on MONDAY, at Eight o:Clock-in the Everiing. • UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, SEPT, 28.—The Rev. Mr. Winter,, late Curate of Milton, is appointed Chaplain to the Kent County Prisons, in the room of the Rev- G. Harker, resigned. Pispensationlias passed' the, Great Seal, • empowering the Ref: James Blackburn, M.A. Vicar of. Gainford, Durham, to hold therewith t he adjoining Rectory of Ronialdkirk, in the Noah Riding of Yorkshire, bequeathed to him by the Earl of Strathmore. • • • , THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY MEETING of the RAMS GATE- BIBLE 'ASSOCIATION was holden at the Albion AS sembly Room, on Wednesday last, T. TENPLEMAN, Esq. in the, Chair, when an interesting; report of the proceedings of the. AssoCiation since the last meeting. was read, from which it ap peared, that the operations of the institution have been widely ex tended, and productive of much.benctit to the poor ; 1_39 Bibles and 23 TeStaments have been distributed, and there are now 164 poor people, subscribers, to obtain the word of God. The claims of,this and similar institutions to universal support,with out distinction of sect, were most eloquently and . forcibly urged by the R6verend Dr. Thorpe (from the Parent , Society) Re verend Slr. Sandpi,- Mr. Bartlett, Mr. E —Phillips? and Burden, Esq. M.D. - The meeting was numerous . and - highly respectable. At the close of the proceeding, a collection was made, amounting to 231. 13s.—(Eentish Gazette, Sept. 28.) *.* As the well-known Tale of " MoxsiEun TONSON" has . been revived in public recollection by the success which has attended the new Farce of that name, and as the original has long been - out of print; we shall comply with the request of wary Friends to this Paper, and insert, a correct copy of it on Monday. HEBDOMADARY. atiwiDAT, September 30.—Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity.— Sun rises at 10 ni. after 6 ; sets at 50 m. after 5.-3 loon sets 41 M. after 6 afternoon. MONDAY, October I.—Sun rises at 12 m. after 6 ; 'sets 48 m. after s.—Moon sets 10 ni. after 7.—Duration of Twilight, 1 h. 54 m. TUESDAY 2.—Sun rises 14 m. after 6 ; sets 46 m. after 5. Moon sets 54 m. after 7. WEDNESDAY 3—Sun rises 16 m. after 6; sets 44 m. after 5. Moon sets 48 min. after 8. THURSDAY 4.—Sun rises 18 m. after 6 ; sets 42 m. after 5. Moon First Quarter at 11 h. 1 m. morning.- FRIDAY s.—Sun rises 20 m. after 6 ; sets 40 m. after 5. Moon sets 16 m. after 11 night. SATURDAY 6.--Sun . rises 22 m. after 6; sets 38 m. after 5. Moon sets at midnight. SAINT MICHAEL. , -Holiday at the-Bank, Exchequer, East India and South Sea Houses. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 0 minutes after 4. 1 Evening, 17 minutes after _4. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICER? FALSUM AUDE4T? LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29; 1821. The French Papers of Tuesday and Wednes dayovhich arrived this morning, bring no deci sive intelligence respecting the question of peace or war between Turkey and Russia, which is still involved in the same uncertainty. We have given ample extracts in another column, .and are sorry to observe that the yellow fever is making dreadful ravages in Barcelona, and has manifested itself in other parts of Spain, and at Marseilles. Every precaution, we are enabled to add, has, been taken to prevent its furtlier progress. The Dutch Mail, received this morning, brings the following version of the long-talked of Note of Baron STROGONOFF to the Porte. If the language be firm, and the intentions of Russia plainly and boldly stated, in the event of the Porte refusing to accede to its proposition, it is impossible, on the other hand, not to be struck with the moderation, and reasonableness of the demands themselves : " SMYRNA, AUG. 17.—. The Oriental Spectator gives some extracts frotn the Notes of Baron Strogoneff to the Sublime Porte, dated the 18th and 28th July, regretting that it cannot give the' whole, which it says is a masterpiece of moderation and policy. " The Ambassador observes, that Russia, depending .on the justice of her demands, and certain that all her Al lies are convinced of the purity. -Of . her intentions, has, while she took upon herself the defence of general interests, not alleged the particular rights which may be considered "as the ground of all its proceedings towards the Turkish goyern ment. He alleges the treaty of Kanianigi, which gave Russia the protection of the Greek Christians in all the States of the Porte, and the treaty of Bucharest, which the assumptions of the Reis Effendi, in the conference of 25th April, would render void and of no effect, and deprive the inhabitant 'of Mol davia and Walachia of all prospect of seeing an end of their misfortunes. Russia desires with respect to the Porte what she always has desired. While she frankly points out to the Government the danger to which it exposes itself, she will at the same time shew it- the way to its preservation, and if it obstinately persists in not following that way, Russia will warn it before hand what attitude it will compel her to assume. If, as the Emperor willingly believes, the measures under which Religion and humanity in Turkey groan, have been taken contrary to the wishes of the Sublime. Porte, his Majesty requires that his Highness shall prove that he is not without power to alter a system which, as it now is, will no longer permit the Christian Government to treat with the Turks, or to live upon any other terms with them than in a state of war. ".That the Greek churches that have been destroyed or plundered be immediately restored to a condition adapted to their sacred destination : that his Highness restore to the Chris tian worship itx just rights, affording it the same protection as befote, guaranteeing its inviolability for the future, and doing every thing to console Europe for the death of the Patriarch of Constantinople, and for the profanations which succeeded his death ; that a wise and just difference be made between the Authors of the troubles, and those who have taken part in them, and those whose innocence should protect them from the seve rity of the Divan ; that to this end a prospect of tranquillity and peace be opened to the Greeks who have remained faithful, or who shall submit within a certain time, and that whatever the state of things may be, means shall be adopted to distinguish the innocent from the guilty. " To the list Moment tbe Emperor will repel from his mind every representation contrary to the preceding ; but if the Turkish Government, contrary to expectation, should manifest that it is in consequence of a plan voluntarily adopted that hose measures are taken, respecting which the under signed has already declared the opinion of his august Master, nothing will then.ieniain to the Emperor than to declare already now to the Sublime Porte, that it places itself in a state of open hostility with the whole Christian world ; that it legalises the resistance of the Greeks, who would then combat solely to save themselves from inevitable destruction, and that considering the nature of this contest, Russia will , consider itself as strictly bound to afford them an asylum, because they are persecuted ; protection, because she has a right to do so; and assistance, in unison with all Christendom, because she cannot leave her fel low-believers a prey to blind fanaticism: " In making these declarations to the Sublime Porte, his Majesty the Emperor considers that he has fulfilled all his ob.. ligations towards it. lie has proved that, as a faithful observer of treaties, he sincerely desires their maintenance, since he has pointed out to it the means that may save it, and even ahewn a wish to contribute to its preservation. ." He proves-it even this day, by pointing out the only means by which the Sublime Porte can avert its entire overthrow. • " This undersigned is commanded to give the Sublime Porte the space of eight days to answer the present Communication. " In case the Turkish Government listen to all the wishes of his Imperial Majesty, and fulfil all his hopes, by acceding to these proposals, the undersigned is edmwissioned to agree with the Sublime Porte upon another period of time, during which it shall have an opportunity of proving to Europe, by the testimony of facts, that it not only accepts these proposals, which must shew on its part a return to more moderate prin.; ciples, and which are here above stated, but also that it exerts itself to carry them into effect, and that it not only does ziot desire the evil, butialso that it is able - and willing to pre.: vent it.--In every other case, the undersigned has orders to an- nounce to the Sublime Porte that A is immediately to leave Constantinople, with all the officerS and other persons bebng ing to the Embassy of his Imperial Majesty. The undersigned takes this opportunity, &c. &c. "BARON STROGONOFF, " Bujukdere, July 6, (1£3,);11;21." [After the lapse of the tithe fixed, his Excellency wrote a second note, recapitulating the chief points of the preceding• He complains, that not only his first Dragoman has pot brQught any written answer, as the occasion imperiously demanded, but . that even the manner in which the Ottoman Minister had ex pressed himself virtually respecting the three important points, rendered it impossible for his Excellency the Ambassador to continue steps which are now become useless. His Excellency' then embarked, and only waited fora fair wind to sail with the whole Embassy.]• A file of Philadelphia Papers have been re ceived this morning to the 2d of September. The following are extracts : [Extract of a Letter from St. Jago, June 20.1 We have now at anchor in this Bay the brig Apollo, from Lisbon, commanded by ,a First Lieutenant of the Portuguese Navy, bound for Cached, and expected to sail in a few days. The above ship is the property of a most notorious slave-dealer , JOHN PEREIRA, of Cacheo.' It is 'affirmed that PEREIIIA has obtained a passport, signed by his Most Faithful Majesty, granting him leave to send four thousand Domestics, Slaves, to the Brazils. The Apollo is intended to take this voyage.—This is certainly one of the most abominable atternpo to evade the precise worth and spirit of the Treaty for the abo lition of the Slave Trade. • [Extract of a Letter from St. Bartholomew's, Aug. FLA The Patriot privateers continue, as usual, to send thei r prizes to the Five Islands ; many have recently arrived there- The private armed Venezuelan brigs, Brion and Bolivar, are cruizing off thiS place, waiting for men and provisions. FROM TIIE - SPANISII MAIN, AUG. 4.—A disturbance has occurred at Curavoa, the militia having refused to obey 311 order of the Governor to _parade in the Fort, and insisted on doing duty in the public parade ground, which yeas gr anted them. A considerableexeitement exists among the people, under the idea that the Governor was going to abridge the rights , of the people. Oh the 2d inst. there was an assemblage of a bout 700, who, in-the course of the evening, insulted the Governor, On the 3d, the Governor called another Meeting, and entie g ; voured to pacify the people, by assuring them that he had ( I ° T , nothing but what necessity and his duty imposed upon 1 3 °' Thus affairs remained at our last dates. NEW Yon x, SEPT. I.—The brig Helicon arrived Iry 00 Wednesday from New Orleans. When off Manilla Reef, ° l3 the 21st inst. she was boarded by the Buenos Ayrean ship °t. war Jupiter, Don ANToNio, commander, and treated with the greatest politeries4. The Jupiter, four days before, had e l; tured a valuable Spanish brig.—LAFITTE, the pirate, 11 `* . taken an American brig, - the Captain and passengers of whlca he had treated in a cruel and wanton manner. The J"P I I C : had chased LAFITTE several hours, but he escaped by NO' into shoal water. Theliberal conduct - of the. Bank of End: l9d ', in granting an annuity to all the Clerks who ar e about to be discharged from that establishme nt, cannot be too. much praised. We are not so O re of the Wisdom or propriety of giving the Cl erl '` s the option of taking the value of the annuity rrl money, if any of them are disposed to prefer that part of the alternative. The liberality and g° °4 intentions of the Bank, in giving its servants tlje option, are obvious and unquestionable. We take the liberty to express some doubts as tO wisdom, not the generosity, of the a rrangew elit. When a man who has been trained to the P raF' tical knowledge of any trade or emplol nleli f comes into possession of an adequate s on ' e . money, he generally cannot do better than elm' 'bark his capital in the business which he under stands. When a man, on the other hand, has not, been practically trained to business, e coMes possessed of capital, it is a mark of I ' ` ' prudence to convert the cash into an annu it Y‘ The former -has in business all the usual chan ces of success which attend industry and praCtt le cal skill. The latter would have to s tru g g l e with competitors possessing superior knowle-'Age and activity, and would be in great dang er Of losing his money in learning the- P rc l s means for . its employment. Now, the C l ' l . io ., of the. Bank of England, though d , ist in guished by habits of accuracy and dispatc:'re the discharge of the routine duties of th' h ' f o ily spective offices, must be presumed to ignorant of the practical details of tr a ":;,ioo, which ingenuity is required rather than P re— i"f 'of and in which' the knowledge that 'availi; It s the state markets and of the demand and s t ye ply, are often of more value in one day th an utmost efforts of patient industry for 01 0 " 115. er . Clerks, therefore, are of all men the very f ' t o sons in whom it would be most prude" o f convert capital into fixed income, by sc a Y o y -annuity. I f, after their discharge, they Ca ° , t o talk other situations,, similar in some tieg re f io those to which they have been accustomed , i ; e o/. do not require capital to enable them to fill t ; i os - If, on the other hand, they cannot obtain 5. , iv tions, the Bank will but fulfil its benevole n ; o w teutions towards them, by securing the F e ,,eti nency of its liberal provision for its discha:s'eas o servants. If, supposing the Clerks to r i ' he ir capital of their own, it would be ave rt wisest and most prudent course tO 0 in the it into annuities, it cannot be judicious kig Bank to atfoid them the opportunity of 111 (1 3 o ur an imprudent choice. We have confi"e oold remarks to the supposition that the Clerlo.! all endeavour to make the best use of t he : r z eul ney, by embarking it with industry 00