The Sun. — London, England, 1821-08-13 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN. }:AST AND WEST INDIA SLIOAR. NR, ECJITOR—,Mr. COBBETT'S :Weekly '2l, contains a Letter to Mr. J'AIES 1.1-i01 1 01;;“, n Qiaker Merchant at Liverpool, com o.e:-.linr, npon one addressed by that gentleman rr,Pir. Vimis - znorotcE during the late discussion in Parliament relating - to East India and West sugar. and printed in the Dublin Jilercan t,q, Aeircri:ser.' As Mr. COBBETT observes, " self ..raiets and kypocrisy, when they can be come " whether they take refuge behind the " 1 - ,tlonet, or libeler the broad brim beaver, (night " 41ragged. forth, if possible ;" and this he has admirably performed in the present 1t.5.1.44.ce. That he !nay not be accused of garb -I;t,is, tie gives Mr. CROPPER'S letter at full length, theii .aornments upon it in the following rlnnaer •• i s is the Mere qallicking part of the subject that we have to 4e,e4:ss. Tile precise nattire of the request or the appli but,i,n, of West India 31. , ..rchantl, or, rather, Planters, .1 am of. Eut, it ie. char, that they want an additional iJiity on East India ingar, in order that theirs may not be de yte;etU- i nl. - ,rize by the Eaet India importation. Now, at first ee c. little mere unreasonable even than the ot' the Af:riculturasses ; but, a$ will presently tho vz•tv differr:t indeed. The light which you , "4:s ce - ztite:..ef the West Indians in is extremely odious, otiox of that of a desire to cultivate their lands ty the hririaofide‘.7es, , ariel these brought from Africa too. Pail:gm - ph 6 eon taiiit this base imputation, and that con artfitl. a, ".inaant. as need be. 4 lt may fairly be entl,• then 4 .0 u go on, till you come to the s: conch - Dton ; overlooking all tne weighty reasons that. iiivOur of the West India Planter's application, and teaders to believe that there are no disadvantages tt.itt; nawral ones, that the West Indies are sub ttied to mac than the east Indies. It is, according to yen, a o p en competition between the two countries ; and the West IFOrtr, ar , L.wantinq; a monopoly, because, without that, they cannot carry on tfic cultivation. this fair play, friend Ceoppe-r. ? Is this fairly ask lagtlee cfaesticen 1' It is not known to tne Nation at large, the a . ;planae of whom it was your intention to catch ; but it is very ki.:.v.s-71 to yon, that'a West India Planter is little bet ter than a Slave himself, though he, in g eneral willingly enough, eontainutes. in wish as well as in net, to keep us in a:every at home, Vett know well, that he cannot ship his pro to any country in Europe but this ; that he must send it in ani English ship ; that he cannot sell his produce to go to tee Unite s a States. except it go in an English ship ; that ha get buildinL , materials or provisions (absolutely =es aary to aim) froin the United States, except in English ships ; anti, you.k.nown that he has thus lost, in great part, his best nnyer and beet scare !" For, the Americans ; in the way of retaliation, have shut out the English ships trading be tween their country and West Indies, while the colonies of arher nations sena their produce, and receive their supplies in Arnerinet: ships " The English %test Indians must, in consequence of these re strictions, get fettir provisions from Ireland and Canada, and bui,6ng mate - jails from the latter. All at once, (quality te.: - .ar in 7i?Al at double or triple the price. The injury to the b :sit Inthe plantee arising from these restrictions is too mani fest to be insisted on. Suppose the Hop-growers of Surrey, for insantic.e, were compelled to purchase their poles and a great part of their food In Hampshire, to send their hops fcr sale no 14ns:re bet into Rulandahire, or, if they send them elsewhere, L?-ild them only in ilutlandshire waggons, driven by Rut latecshire men ; suppose, besides this, the poles and provisions ive.-r three times tta price in Rutiandshire that they were in i v .iddleser ; supT. , oe that, while this was going on with reined ta :Ile ricer plan teas in Surrey, those of Kent were allowed - to fiend their hops just where they pleased, and by waggons and men of any country, that had more than a sufficiency of poles ;nncl peovistors at home. Now, suppose this case, and you have set y nearly the relative situation of the West and East India sfla:ar powers. And Will any man living say, that it would. in. such a case, be fair towards the Surrey slates to suffer Kentish stops to come into the market in Rutlandshire ? Would you, fair,nd Cropper, if yon ; were a Surrey Planter, hold thy tongue ! rAulde.ot thou r. man in ' the quiet ?' AVeuldst thou say, that tune `scut :air play ?' And, if thou becamest ruined, ananideat ent - no gay, eisa. it bad been by fair competition ?" 4 ir You, in the clue 4 . your letter, seem to condemn all re ;naleeanl. upv..l 1,11 A• t. run. iliUi y,ctiin g Ir,te; nittzt:•::4 c: - annel in con sequence the removal of all reannclions. 'l'i;n is to say, of course, all restrictions that :tams in your way ; f oe you say not a word about the West nrlia rntrictions. Aye, it all be removed ; and, as you well not an titer ounce of sagnr, rice, or cotton would come horn the Beset I_'- lies, And your ships might be as well sold to make paddeaar-fences for the fund-lords, as toile and rot in the water. Take away tine West India restrictions, and we might have good nagar at abont three halfpence a pound. Leave use trade P...± free with those; Islands as it is with the East Indies, tus4 t!ee West India Planters will ask for no protection, I war rant them. " Your saying, tiler:gore, as you do, in paragraphs 8 and 10, that the (Vest Indians propose to tax the people or this country kr'p up Cie price of their produce, and to support an infe r:l,4in traiUak in slaves, is at once false and Malignant. Now, • Leon' not a rr.an of them. And Ido know, that they - trays, and are, amongst the supporters of that systcm,which has • rendarad England miserable and disgraced. But, give the devil daa, friend GroppOr. They do not want the people of Eng land to pay ally t•nc at all on any stia7ar. It would be much better for thaiii, if there tvuc no tax at all on sugar. (Jive them leave a4i to wham thsy pl.eas, and to buy of whom they :lease, are they want noresLrretioos upon Any body in any market in the world. And this, you well know too; all the time that you are insinuating, arm, indeed, asserting, that they want to sisve. tu tpcsri, , in ordt,r Char they may carry on an advanta grim4 r,,1 in fsarnsus tra " The West Indians say (or, I supposeso, for I. ha. e, aft..n. no: ::I?.acci. a; ;a2pii.,:ation before) Yon compel us to nbra:! . . Lo a cntair. nrode of buying and selling winch must • ortr total ruin, rf:' you leave the market open to the sugar of the 1-:1 , :t fediee.' Is . thli asking to have the people cf Eng land taxed ? Is this an endeavour to keep the price of strar ? Is thiS'aekar.i7c.lging,that thev cannot raise sugar so crif.ap as it Can be raised iu the East Indies ? If the fiovera ment do not one eJcut the ruin of the West Indians, it should alone; the 'y would take care, of themselves I war rant it. ,- " But, no: the Covernment say.this : We are well aware ' that your property., and all the whole of your concerns, are '-greatly iniuren. by our policy; by our cutdrig off your free tre•lc with j the United fi . .ates • by compelling you to send away " your produce in none but English ships, and to receive your suppiies, so necessary to you, in none but ships of the same description. WI are weL aware of all this. But, we have contethiar to think about beside your immediate interests.— ' A'r; have the interest and safety of the whole nation to think And, we -are of opinion, that the employment of Eng 'Ts..., ships is an object of great importance on the qne panel, and that the Frew:a:lag of other natives from increasing their rrisritbne means by trsding with you is an object of great im portnnec cn the other linnd.. In short, we see, that, to leave vi.t with a f,ee tra=ce ttrctild be to render you worse than use ' 'frtn.4 as t , ie kinsein at laige.' Indy : But ~...jurbig us, you injure the kingdom at large: for, in whatever (1 - z :ea you crump our trade, you compel the " . 00lsomers of Our sugar to purchase of us at a higher price 'than they otherwise trould purchase.' The Government would. reply : We are aware of thatalso; but this high price of sugar, givcain order to maintain our - shipping, is a part of the price which the nation pays for securing to itself that ' power and that ss.fety,whia4 it cannot have unless it takecare, its navigation lsw i, to secure a Superiority over other 'actions at sea.' " New, 616, friecd Cropper, is the true state of the case.- 7rhethrr the policy Ty.; sound or not, is another question, anet one whin nothing at all to do with the qustion bpfire ns. Though it may be obVirved that the outcry iszai7y.t all rrstrictions is cuite new-fashioned., and leas its ffnirlatirn only in the trLfac . lcing, notions o the Scotch econo irdsts, aided, j ust at this time, by the -di S'Z.T.IS 7!S of the Mer fylanufactur:;rs,. 14 - hather the -policy be e'eund or uns:.Y.ind, it is clear that the high price of Vircst tndia produce is, in a great measure, to he ascribed to the restrictions on the trade ; and, it is also dear, • t!lat those who are r;anters 410? Wkst flidics must he wholly - ivin , A, if others, w;a3 are exc.n..fLd from such restrictions, be allowed to bring the same, of similar, produce into the sole mark t, on the same t:rrns as to tax. For the East Indians (of whoth yea are one) to demand this, is something monstrous. To tail: of competi tlon in such a case, is brute folly or sheer knavery ; and to you, is f%is instance, one or the other of these may ue much inwe feirly impltal than you }rive imputed to the West Indians the to p. - rp2tilate an infamous traffiek,' by a tax on the Nople of .F.iislawl." C:.) P,BF4TT then comes to a separate branch GT the 5 , 11)4-ct of Mr. CROPPEIOS fetter: his asser t " that sugar is raised in the East Ladies 01)). free ILI e ; that the West fradiatis wake. " duties put on the East India Sugar, that they C 4 may continue an infamous traffic in slaves ; " that the refusing of their request would dis " courage that slavery by means of which they " wish to cultivate their lands; and that the mo " tive that indiked Mr. Caoarra to embark in " the India trade, was that of putting an end to " negro slavery;" on which last point Mr. COB BETT observes, " this is false, or you are the " foolishest man that ever walked about without " a keeper." Mr. CORBETT concludes by pro mising another letter " on the influence of " the proposed measure as to the Slave Trade, CC and to show what pretty freemen the poor < cEast Indians are ;" but has deferred this let ter till he receives some farther materials. In the mean time, I address myself to you, in order to lay before the public some documents upon this subject, which may possibly escape Mr. CORBETT'S researches.--I shall however first correct an error into which Mr. CORBETT has been led by Mr. CROPPER; who declares, "that " the measure likely soon to be brought before " Parliament was an increase in the duty on " East India Sugar." The fact is, that the bill alluded to proposed no alteration of the existing duty, but merely contained enactments intended to guard against.two abuses, which had long been practised, and of late had. greatly increased, and were of a nature highly - injurious to the revenue, as well as to the interests of the West India Planters. The first of these is the importation of sugars, the produce of ChinaiCochin-China,Ma nilla, Siam, Java, and other foreign countries, as if they were the growth of the British Presiden cies in India. This is a manifest imposition on the revenue, as these sugars, so imported, were admitted into the home-consumption of Great Britain, at about half the daty imposed by law on foreign sugars, as well as an injury to the West India Planters, whom it deprived of that protection which Parliament has given them against the interference of foreign sugars in the home market. The other abuse was the admis mission of clayed Sugar from India into home consumption, without the payment of any addi tional duty. Clayed sugar, if imported from the West Indies, is subject to an additional duty of five shillings per cwt., and refined sugar to a duty of eight guineas per 'cwt. The latter is in tended to operate, and does operate, as a total prohibition; being imposed, upon the principle adopted by Great Britain, of obliging her Colo nies to ship all their produce to her market in a raw state, and take from her all the manufac tures necessary for their own consumption. For, some time past, sugars, as white as refined sugar, have been imported from India at the duty on common Muscovados ; and the operation of this new act goes no farther than to subject them to the additional five shillings per cwt. im posed upon clayed sugars from the West Indies. It may be proper to observe, in explanation of this subject, that clayed sugar, or sugar from which the molasses is extracted, ought to pay an additional duty,because, if worked by ourrefiners, it gives a larger portion of refined sugar than can be obtained from Muscovado sugar, in which the molasses.. is left, and consequently a greater sum is paid in bounty on the export of the refined.. produce than is received in duty on the raw commodity. The policy of imposing an addi tional duty on clayed sugar is justified on ano thee ground ; that by extracting the molasses the bulk of the commodity is diminished, and less freight given to British Shipping. The paramount object of Great Britain, in all her Colonial re gulations, has ever been to increase her carrying trade as the foundation of her naval power; and Parliament would have disregarded all consider: ations, both of revenue and naval power, if they had not enforced the payment of an additional duty on clayed sugar from India.—lf the West India Planters had moved for a clause in this to increase the duty on all sugar; from India, as' Mr. CROPPER 3.511111eS to have been their inten tion, they might have justified the measure by the following arguments :—Thatin consideration of the double monopoly imposed by the Mother Country upon the West India Planters, of taking all their supplies from her, and shipping all their produce to her in British ships, the supply of her home consumption has been given to them for more than a century and a half, by the imposition of such high duties on all other sugars as were intended to amouet, and except under very pecu liar circumstances always did amount, to a prohi bition.—That so far from the importation of East India sugar, for home consumption, having been originally contemplated either by the East India Company or by the British Legisla ture, sugar was not included in the tariff o(corn moditiea to be admitted from those dependencies; and that in the year 1792, when a temporary high price of sugar was occasioned by the devas tation of St. Domingo, and made it an object to procure the admission of East. India 'sugar into home consumption, the only mode in which that could be accomplished by the importers was by entering it its one of the non-enumerated manu-o facturpti -articles, at the ad valorem duty- -of 331. Gs. 811. per cent. That when the high price of sugar subsided, the entry of East India sugar for home s consumption was dis continued ; but that. the great advance In the duty on British Plantation sugar, which, be tween l 792 and 1806, rose from 145..t0 275. per cwt., with an additional duty of 3s. mere when ever the average price exceeded a certain rate, while no alteration whatever took place in the ad valorem duty on East India sugar, gave the latter ate unexpected advantage over the former, and brought the two duties within about 3s. of each other. In 1813 this became the subject of regulation ; and previously - to the trade being opened, after much discussion with fits MAJESTY'S Ministers, the present rates of duty were esta blished, which allow the West India sugais protection of 10s. per cwt. over the East India sugars, to be reduced is. per cwt. for every shil ling that the average price of West India sugar shall exceed 605., thus admitting the principle of colonial, protection, without losing sight of the interests of the consumer. That at the time when this arranaemant was made, the rate of freight from the East Indies was 18s. per cwt., p.nci that from the West Indie=s 40s. per cwt. ; but that now the ,freight &Om the cast Indica? cannot he rated at more than 65., and that from the West Indies at 55., reducing the difference from Bs. to ls. per cwt. ; and that, under these circumstances, the West India Planters are de prived of a considerable part of the protection they enjoyed in 1814. That it has been provei,to the satisfaction of His I".TAJESTY'S Ministers. that the lowest price at which sugar can be afforded by the West India Plerriter is 50s. per cwt., ex clusive of duty ; and therefore the conditional duty of 3s. only attaches when the average ex ceeds that price ; but, to the great loss and dis tress of the West India Planter, the average price at present, and for nearly two years past, has been from 355. to 385.; partly owing to the vasteincrease of the produce of Cuba and the Brazils, countries where the slave trade is still carried on, and which inundate every market in Europe with their sugars, and partly to the in creased importation of sugar from India. Not withstanding the force of these claims, the Wrest India Planters did not urge any additional duty on East India sugar, but contented themselves with the correction of those abuses which at tended their importation under the existing system. The preference granted to the West India Planters, by the protecting duty of 10s. per cwt. imposed upon East India sugar, has been represented as a great hardship on the British consumer ; but the truth is, that the monopoly to which the West India Plan ter is subjected is real, and absolute, while that given to him in return is not only quali fied, bat imaginary. ; and this is admitted in the petition presented to the House of Commons by the Liverpool Merchants interested in the trade to India, • who state, (speaking of the West India Planter,) " as his supply exceeds " the home consumption, and he is obliged to " export a large quantity of his sugar, he must " be met by East India sugar on the Continent; " and the home price for his sugar mast be re cc gulated by the general market of Europe." This reasoning is conclusive; and proves that sugar would not be cheaper than it now is, un less the duty which constitutes half the price were lower, if foreign Sugars of every description were admitted into home consumption ; but then, say the East Indians and the advocates for free trade, why do the West Indians wish to ex clude sugar of any description from home con sumptions In the first place, they object to it on principle ; because they ought not to be inter fered with, in the possession of that for which they pay a valuable consideration, in the restric tions imposed upon them in return. They also ob ject to it, because opening any new market for the consumption of foreign sugar would proba bly tend to increase the cultivation and the ship ments of that commodity to Europe ; and these increased shipments, in whatever market they were sold, would depress the general price, and consequently effect the interests of the West India Planter. The consumer would also be in jured in his turn, for one extreme of price natu rally leads to another, and an over supply would soon lead to an under supply, by discouraging the growth of the commodity. I shall conclude this part of the subject by adding, that, the growers of sugar in the East Indies are at liberty either to ship it to any part of the world, or to sell it, to the buyers of any countries, to all whose flags their ports are open, and with whom they enjoy a free trade. .The West India Planters are prohibited from all these advantages, and compelled by law to ship their produce to the Mother Country only. The at tempt of the former, therefore, to interfere with the 'latter, in the only market which is open to them, and for the exclusive supply of which they pay a valuable consideration, is highly unreason able. To sum up the merits of this case in one word, those who are not subject to colonial re strictions, •have no right to expect colonial privi leges, and ought not to interfere with colonial protection. [To be continued.] FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, AUGtiST 9.—We read in a German Journal that BUONAPARTE left three remarkable letters, addressed—one to a great Monarch ; the second to the Archduchess Maria Louisa, his wife; and the third to the Duke of Reichstadt, his son. The same paper adds, that the last words which he pronounced were the following : —" I die with the experience of a thousand years, and with the sentiment of an instant." FRENCH NAVY. According to the report Which his Excellency the NI inister of Marine presented to theChomber in the last Session, and which has now been distributed arriong the Members, it appears that 76 vessels were equipped at the commencement of this year, and distributed among the stations which the interest of commerce, the repression of the slave trade, and of contrahand, render ne cessary to be occupied at the Antilles, in the Galph of Mexico, at Cayenne, at Newfoundland, on the coast of Africa, at the Isle of Bourbon, in the Levant, and the Mediterranean, both for protecting our cornmunicati6ns with Corsica, the states of Italy, and the • regencies of Barbary and the coral fishery. Other vessels were destined for ..the .coasts . of America in the two oceans. They; will appear before the forts of Chili and Peru, and on the points inclnded between the Rio-de-la-Plata and the mouth of the Cronoko. . They wilLthiss protect, in the coun -triei b crtkring on - Blitilt,'llirlfariS — ttted out for the whale . fishery. Our communications with the Colonies of the Weseindies 'will be maintsined by - vessels, which both is going to thtir sta tion and returning, will cruise in every direction where it is use ful to show. the 1 rench lag. These 76 vessels, manned by 10,000 mariners, and armed with 1,029 cannons, are composed of 3 ships of the line, I i frigates s 6 corvettes, 9 brigs, 13 gal liots, 3 bombs, 7 sloops, 21 inggets, and 3 transports. Accord ing to this statement the maritime power of France will be re presented in the four quarters of the woill by 33 armed ships, or which are capable of making themselves respected. It would be desirable that the Minister of Marine should make. known by means of the journals, at different ssasons of the year, the situation of the squadrons destined to protect our commercial navy. This knowledge would effectually contribute to give security to owners and captains who arc proceeding to countries far distant and little frequented. Fl? 7NCII FUNDS. An. 8, Five per Centi. BRTlk ^ Stock 1.40: c. " sale of 12} millions of rentcs belonging to the Royal Treasory, which has been announced for this month past, wok place this morning with the publicity and so lemnity hitherto unnsu?.l in France in operations of this kind. The following were the biddings Ric.).rilo end (io. at the rate of 84. f. Laiitze and. Co. . . . Sartoris and Co. . 84f. CT:. Delessert and Co. . . 85f. 55c. The rinole 17.15, therefore, knOcked clown to the 17.2tholzst'," FR ENca IF uN os. tills. V, Fiie Tr;t c,, :its: Be:: stock . 1649 f. c. 1 Letters fro:n Col,sta . ntittopli• received this day, 6 tat., that the fr. , asz. of Lairaro, which bego .7. ia. tf:e. midst of a state of public agitation, which made people apprehend great disorders, concluded very quietly, and that the general appearance of the capital was more tranquil. VIENNA, JULY %.9.—M r e have received news of a recent date from the Archipelago and the Peieponnesus. A government of the islands has been effectually orgini7cd 'at Eydra. All the inhabitants are making the greatest exertions and personal sacrifices to sha!te off the Turkish voke. Forts are constructing on several of the Greek islands, and the works abandoned by the Turks have also been restored. In Bulgaria the insurgents are organized as guerillas, and incessantly harrass the Turks. NUREMBERG, AUGUST 3.—The letters received this day from Vienna are all warlike. A courier extraordinary, it is said, has been sent to Count de Wittgenstein, commanding - the army of the South, to enter Moldavia. We expect with great impatience the particulars of the passage of the Pruth, which a Russian division has effected, after haying fought a well-contested battle with a part of the troops under Juisuf Pacha. The Austrian troops in Transylvania and the Bannat have received a part of their reinforce ments : other regiments from Bohemia are to join them by forced marches. Lord Walpole haA had several conferences with Prince Metternich. It is supposed that, notwithstanding the importance of the mission confided to him, he will not be able to effect a change in the course of policy adopted by the Cabinet of Vienna, in the differences between the Ottoman Porte and Russia. FRANNFOR';', Aug. A.-lit was 'reported at Vienna on the 28th ult., that the Grand Signior had formlly rejected the Uitifiuctum of Russia. We expect every moment to hear that hostilities have commenced. BERLIN, JULY 31.—The Government has just authorised the Censorship to permit the free cir culation of ~ vriting-s in favolir of the cause of the Greek insurgents. The following arty the coutcats of the Lisbon Mail received this day : LISBON, JULY 24. OFFICIAL AP.TICLE.-(DECREL) - " DON JOHN, by the grace of God, and by the Constitution of the Monarchy, King of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and Al garve on this side, and beyond the sea in Africa, &c.,--I signify to all my loving subjects that the Cortes have decreed as follows : " The Genera!, Extraordinary, and Constitu-. tional Cortes of the Portuguese Nation, consi dering the very serious isjury Ivhich has accrued to the public treasury and the national manufac tures from the resolution taken on the sth of May, 1814, which reduced to 15 per cent. the import duties on woollen cloth, and other British woollen manufactures, contrary to the Ordinance of the Council of Fin-once, dated the 28th- Sept. 1313, and contrary- to. the express stipulationS of the .26th Article of the Treaty of Commerce of the 10th of February, 1810, between Portugal and Great Britain, which contain a decisive ex ception terminante excepcao) from the 15th Article of the same Treaty, relative to the im portation of the raid woollen cloths, and other British woollen manufactures, and left in full vigour, with respect to 0 - le!ie goods, the stipula lations contained in the ancient Treaties, decree as follows : " 1. The Resolution of the sth May, 1814, is revoked, and the 26th skrticle of the Treaty of Commerce of the 19th Febr;iary, 1810, is re stored to its literal and due observance, and in consequence the woollen cloths and other Bri tish woollen manufactures, which are imported into this kingdom, shalt continue to pay on im portation the duties of 30 per cent. which they paid before and some years after the said treaty. " 2. The present Decree shall receive its due execution, only with respect to such woollen goods as shall leave Great Britain after the Ist of August next ensuing. " Palace of the Cortes, July 11, " [Here follows his Majesty's Order for execut ing this Decree. l " liassnoN, JULY 27.—The Mario do Govern° now contains in three successive numbers the Decree of the Cortes, sanctioned by his Majesty, relative to the Liberty of the Press. It consists of sixty-three articles, arranged under five gene , ral heads, viz. : " 1. On the extent cf the Liberty of the Press. " 2. On the abuses of the Liberty of the Press, and the corresponding penalties. " 3. On the competent Tribunal for deciding on ofknces originating !n the abuse of the Li berty of the Press. " 4. On the mode cf proceeding in the Tri bunals respecting the abuse of the Liberty of the Pre Sr. "5. O -the. Special Tribunal for the protec tion of the Liberty of the Press. " The Cortes ure prr:ceedin,g in the discussion of the Articles of the proposed Constitution." Madrid Papers to the 31st ult. arrived last night. They coniirrn the re-occupation of Ca raccas by the Royalists ; but state that it took place after a sanguinary engagement, in which the Insurgent corps hail been totally routed. — 'Other accounts, however, only say that it had evacuated the city in conseouence of the near approach of supe;'ior forces. From every state ment, llo•-vever, it appears that the sudden move ment which enabled General BERMUDEZ to ob tain temporn-y possesion of Caraccas, was an operation of great daring, conducted with con summate skill through diFicu!t roads in the vici nity of a large army, and was attended with all the success which that officer probably anticipated. GAME. —Sportsmen will regret to learn that fne gaps is particnlatly prevalent among tha pheasants, and nartially to craong partridgc3; quantities of the former have been pic!:.ctl up dcau in garne, or grouse shoot coltra:lit:_s this day, and the sportsmen expect a suc cessful seasan, the birds ' , acing increased much since the last yesr. Indeed, cf de. , c--tti= is very plettiful PRICE OF STOCKS Tins DAY AT TWELVE 0 - CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Red. Mk India Bondi :599. 3 per Cent. Cons. 7sw Excheq. Bills ....... 5 4 pr. 4 per Cent 95 956 Cons. for Account Nit 5 per Cent. Navy Ann....103i; HIGH WATER AT LONDO. Morning, 47 minutes after 2. IN BRIDGE TO-MORROW- I Evening, 7 minutes after 2. THE SUN. SOLED,' QUIS DICER B FALSUJI ACIDE4T .51 LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 182 L From the intelligence contained in the Paris Journals of Thursday and Friday, which ar-' rived this morning, there is every reason to sup pose that hostilities have commenced between Turkey and Russia. Advice of the formal re jection by the Grand Signior of the Ultimatum of Russia is said to have been received at Vienna; orders had in consequence been dispatched to, the Russian army to enter Moldavia, and the utmost impatience prevailed in the Austrian ca pital to learn the particulars of the passage of . the Pruth, which the Russians, it was rumoured had effected, after encountering a strong opposi tion from the army under JT3SUF PACIIA, It has been some time generally believed that Au stria would take an active part with Russia against the Turks ; and it now appears . that all the efforts of Lord WALPOLE to detach her iron'. this alliance are not likely to meet with any suc cess. It was likewise reported, last week, that a treaty had been concluded between two Great Northern Powers, meanin g cr Russia and Prussia, to - effect the liberation of the reeks; and this report is confirmed by an article from Berlin, which stato that the Government has authorized the Censor ship to permit the free circulation of writings favour of the cause of the Greek insurgents. The accounts of the progress made by the Greeli.s in the Morea and nei,ghbouring provinces, and of the arrangements they are entering into to pro' mote the establishment of their independence 0 11 a firm and systematic basis, are extremely gratify ing.--In our extracts will be found an interestifig report on the state of the French Navy. A Letter from Curacoa, dated the 20th of June, says, " true that the Royalists have re-occupied LaTaira ; but it is et pected that they will be soon driven out again, as the Patriou~ threes were concentrating, and when united will compose 141 army of 18,000 choice troops, commanded by BOLIYA% PAEZ, BERMUDEZ, and URDANETTA.—A general bst t `,.„ is expected, and as the Royalists will have an inferior force, t"" event cannot be doubtful.—The Old Spaniards are en bariOn4 several vessels have sailed foi the purpose of bringing then c`" with their property." A Letter received at New York from Buenos Ayres, (b i te '', the 12th of May, states that country to be still in a del" ° „ .- able condition. The Indians continued to collect in groat ° l ",: e bars in the interior. A large body of them, it is said, -vre about 30 leagues from the city, committing great . depredatie r t murdering the Whites and destroying the cattle. CARRE",i4 now Governor of Cordova, and, with' RAattnEz, is capec here soon to upset the present Government. THE QUEEN. COMMON CoeNclr..—This day, at one o'cloc' the Common Council assembled, for the pure s , ° . of arranging matters to conduct the Cacl ° ; remains to Harwich.—The LORD MAYOR t (ra the Chair, and stated the object of the Meet .l l , was to pay the last possible respect they O u . ii to departed worth, by conducting her procession to Harwich. He then entered in' 3 the proposed arrana - ements. &c.—The Hall ".° crowded to excess, and ail the leading charac ter 4 ,of the City were present. A long series of n i e ; solutions were about to be proposed when °- Reporter left. Brandenburgh House, This Day, 2 o'clo cl '• ot In consequence. of it having been state ° i some cf the Journals that nersons would be admitt ed ho 4 usual when any individual lies in State, at an e arl ; 4 considerable numbers had assembled o pp os it e ' the ge te "4-f - e. Brandenburgh House. It was, however, at about ; ( 1 but o'clock, announced, that " no one would be admit:-,, t te persons having direct businiss with the Establishmen t ,' 4 , 0 0- reason fox which was stated to be that a considerable nience would be occasioned. by the conduct of so 111511 !j;iis, eons from town. This conjecture was by no means et T P'.-E-re for towards the after part or the clay considerable numbft9 1;00, seen approaching ; their conduct was, however, by no T o ti that of per3on3. wishing to pay that respect which they was due to the departed Q,it,ca, but more of persons day excursion. A Morning_ Paper of this day bat asse rts, t " the QUEEN'S Household and her E.xecul°rf coMplain with great justice of the indecenther:4, with which it is proposed to send away her- o f JESTY'S remains." This assertion is a plain PO.ni. that the Paper alluded to really knows noth l 'T, of her MAJESTY'S expressed wishes, or the f e l : e _ ings of her Household. We stated, from rity, on Saturday last, " that the object of ea nisters from the moment that they were infe`r%e of the QUE6i'S Will, expressing her desire t 0 0{ buried at Hanover (Brunswick), and to be se it off in three duysk has been to give the utu l° , effect to her wishes ;" that "‘ all that - ha s ~b e e 'e fi written and surmised to the contrary has.do-pie utterly devoid of truth, and though unailsoiog delay has occurred as to the time of comil'ae the procession, the period prescribed by the t 01 0, will be exceeded as little as possible." Wh s ", o rrc' i must be thought of the charge of" indecent it iS brought by the paper in question, bet th 3 a re: as fallacious as the worth and sentimen ts F ite rec t sented by the same paper as.having been"'lle n s tie by her MAJESTY mn tits in her last o •Jo le 9 cj i ci s was insensible, from the operation of 13' ; dec ent and the decay of nature. Instead of " other hurry" there has been unavoidable del 9 Pid ha v , e , wise her .MAJEsTY's solemn desire g' ° , to 3 " been solemnly regarded. We are avers` rs . but controversies with 'any of our conpetito to r tamely to suffer malignant falseh o° d ' ue re spec t without;notice would be wantiog to truth, justice, and pUblic opiolon• --2.-.41-,-- e us valLt.t: ccmrn unication, respecting- the a - t , tap t relative situation of the Sugar g-rowers in the the h In our second. pap:,3 :;e-- ave Trisette i ,' 4 ' - 1 and West Indies,—the ruinous condition of t latter, and its true. 4:-.:_tc, , , the" precise all-IQui/ anti '-';-;"-=tirni-of the existing duties on th f° ItLiCe ' sl 110, E-;.ist and West reßpectively, de=ltan