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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, SEPT. B. The following has been written from Poitiers on the 7th of September : " Among the passages which have produced the greatest effect in the speech of M. the Procureur-General, is that in which he alludes to the sentences of death pronounced by the Cazbonari. It was known in the town that 31. 31angin had received one of those arrests pronounced dans la Haute Vente alta vendita). Some persons who have seen this placard, emanating from the Philanthropic Society of the Carbonari, are assured that it bears all the mystical signs which are to be found in the placards of Westphalia. Deaths beads and crbssed poignards are the attributeaof this society ; we find it also written-..' The blood of those whom you pursue wiU re ' coil upon you.; an invisible but always extended hand is ready to strike-you !' If such menaces were not odious they would appear ridiculous. The invisible but always present arid ready bands were admirable cautions in those barbarous times, when each individual was supposed to be subject to his separate meed of justice, but_ in our days honest people enter tain no such fear, and.rebels only oppose themselves to the ge neral law. They wish to weaken the energies of those afpo are the organ of the laws, because they fear every thing which is calculated to maintain social.order. The speech of the Pro., cureur-General proves that a Decree De la Haute Vente doep not intimidate him."—(La Quotidienne.) A letter from Bayonne, dated 'the 29th of Au gust, states as follows: You have of course seen the bulletins circulated by the Liberals, and which state that the Trappist has been earn- , pletely defeated. This account is totally false, because we have this moment received an official account of the entry of this Chief on,the 25th, into Ochagavia, at the head of I,Boo' men, for the purpose of concerting with the Provisional Junta of Navarre, placed in this town, as to the best means of de stroying the Constitutionial troops to be found in this province." General Eguya, with his Staff,, is about to quit our town. His project, it is said, is to occupy with a division the frontiers of Navarre, in order ,to prevent all communication between the Libe rals.—(La Quotidienne.) In the public sitting of the Society of Agri culture, Commerce, Arts, and Sciences, which is to take place in the Department of the Marne, in the month of August, 1823, a gold medal, value 300 francs, is to be given to the writer of the best article in answer to.the following ques tion : " Does not the Society, in whose name a prosecution is in stituted, owe an indemnity to the accused, when the law de clares him innocent ? Incase of an answer in the affirmative, let an inquiry he made into the motives which have caused the ,rnaintenance of a contrary system in France, and let the means be pointed out by which this legislation is to be modified, in conciliating the general interests of society with the interests of the accused." CONSTANTINOPt.E, AUG. 10.—The Greek Pa triarch died on the Bth of this month, after a long and painful disease (the dropsy.) His obsequies were performed to-day with much order and dig nity : ninny thousands of Greeks followed him to the tomb. According to ancient custom, the body had'been previously exposed on the Patri archal•throne in the cathedral; and more than - 8,000 persons have been there to kiss the hands and feet of the Chief of their church. On the evening of the same day the Grand Seignior permitted , the choice of a successor to be pro ceeded in. At the same.time, six Greek Bishops were set at liberty, who had been detained as hostages for some months in the Seraglio. The Porte has informed the Synod that, if its choice falls on any one of these Bishops, it will be ap proved of without difficulty, provided the candi date possesses the five following qualities—ex perience, prudence, skilfulness, learning, and fidelity to the Government. The names of sixty-three Bishops were after wards read in the Synod, of whom three were designed as candidates, uniting the necessary qualities. The Representatives of the Greeks at Constantinople, amounting to 600 voters, pro ceeded ,then to the election, and their choice fell on one of the Six Bishops, viz. the Bishop of Chalcedonia, who was formerly bishop of Smyrna. —The Synod confirmed this election immediately, •which it is hoped will meet the approbation of the Sultan, and that to-morrow the new patriarch r.will be clothed with the Caftan. Some days before his death, the Patriarch wrote an affecting letter to the Sultan, in whidh .he recommended the Greeks to his favour. In ,particular he requested the abolition of a heavy tax, which the Greeks of the capital, as well as the Jews and Armenians, are obliged to pay every month to the arsenal. The Grand Seignor received this letter very graciously, and even before the death of the Patriarch the tax was abolished by a finnan. , TETEP.SBUIIGII, AUG. 20.—Count Nesselrode, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, set out to-day for Vienna. Count Ferronays, the French Ambassador, is also departed (he has arrived at Berlin). During the absence of Count Nessel rode, the department for Foreign Affairs is con hded to M. Dioff,` Privy Councillor and Senator. VIENNA, AUG. l 29.—The news of the march of several Turkish corps across Thessaly and Livadia, against the Morea, is fully confirmed. Besides Chourschid Pacha, the Paella of Salonica, who had nothingmoreito fear in Macedonia, has alsoadvanc ed with an imposing force by Larissa and Thermo pylre, on Livadia; and probably it was he who detached the corps which proceeded from Negro pont against Thebes and Athens. But this is all we at present know of the military operations in those quarters. Neither the strength of tha opposing armies, the positions they occupy, nor the issue of the combats which have taken place between them, is at all known. If there had been a great battle in the early part of July, it is almost impossible that the news should not have arrived here, whoever might have had the advantage. But no one of the Embassies, and no mercantile house of any eminence has received any news of this kind. At present it is certain that the Turkish fleet, amounting to :120 vessels, having on board .20,000 troops, has not stopped at any one of the »i.. islands of the Archipelago, but has proceeded to the Morea u where it is to assist the operations of the army. Very decisive events must soon take place there.—(Austrian Observer.) COURT OF ASSIZES OF POITIERS. SITTING. OF SEPT. 7. Some of the minor criminals were defended by MM. BoN.. CENNE and CALMIEL, and 1311EcnAnD, but the proceedings were destitute of interest. There are only two witnesses, said M. BoscENNE, against my client, SAN GE, who prove that he received an individual in his house of the name of Dubois, and that a box marked with this name contained General Berton's uniform. Besides my client has been divorced three times. No doubt the law of di vorce ought not to exist under the King ; but Sange had only profited by it to get rid of a wife, who had thrown herself into the arms of an apostate priest ; and while he had acted under the law, his manners, however bad, would not be a reason for condemning him when accused of a conspiracy. The Court is not sitting to punish an offence against morality. I have seen a picture of justice pursuing crime, but she was pre ceded by truth ; you, Gentlemen of the Jury, must search by the light of truth, before you authorise justice to hurl her vengeful steel. SPAIN. MADRID, AUG. 29.—Tranquillity continues to prevail here. The new Ministry enjoys great esteem, though some evil mind ed persons already complain of its apathy. Vadillo, the new Minister of the Colonies, has just arrived, and immediately entered on his office. The Minister of War and of Grace and Justice, seems to act frankly, in agreement with public opinion. Yet a certain re-serve and silent stupor is observed, which seems the precursor of great events, amidst the obstacles which the new Ministry have to surmount. Besides the military mea sures, great praise is given to those of police, and the banish ment of several Ecclesiastics of the highest rank:. It is thought the Government will not stop here, being resolved not only to combat to the utmost the enemies of the new system, but still further to consolidate it. The Espectador and other Jour nals state, that the Minister of Marine has given orders to fit out several ships of war, to cruise from the Straits of Gibraltar to Cape de Cruz on one side, and on the other from Cape Finis terre to Passages. The measures of the Minister of Finance do not give so much satisfaction. In fact, unless a stable and solid system is established, and means found to raise the taxes regularly, every thing will he embarrassed. It is not only the revolted pro vinces, which have long since ceased to contribute to the public treasury, but almost all the others show a backwardness in this respect, which threatens to lead the Government to its total ruin. Preparations are making here to receive the Infanta of Por tugal, who will arrive on Sunday. This morning the Commander of the Halberdiers drew out this corps, consisting of above 120 individuals, and made 64 quit the ranks, whom he ordered to lay aside their uniform and arms, and to present themselves to the Captain-General, where they would receive their passports, to repair to the places which would be signified to them, and where they may settle as retired from the service. This guard of the King, as our readers know, was chiefly composed of Nobles, and did duty in the apartments of the Royal Family. By this means the guard of the King is confided wholly to the troops of the line and the National Militia; so that all .the pomp of the Guards, and the splendor which surrounded the Palace, have vanished.—(Spanish Papers.) BAYONNE, SEPT. our accounts .from the neigh bouring provinces of Spain, state that the Constitutionalists display great activity, anti are preparing seriously to attack Quesada, and make his defeat certain. People are curious to see, whether in such a case the Defenders of,the Faith will be received in France with their arms ; if this should happen, which is not probable, the Constitutionalists are said to be resolved to pursuit them, even into the French territory, where this faction had its origin. It would inevitably 'compro mise the troops which form the cordon, who will not permit foreigners to violate the French territory. On the other hand, in case of a defection or defeat of the Army of the Faith, it would be impossible to place the soldiers, who might be repulsed, under quarantine, the Lazaretto of Behobia having only one hundred places, which are almost always occu pied by travellers of the two nations, and that of Aldiules forty places. It will be curious to see what measure' the French Government will adopt towards these fugitives, the only per , sons likely to introduce the plague into France, by their un cleanliness and wretchedness. It has been lately reported that the Lazarettos were-to be closed; and evil-minded persons have thought fit to believe, that this measure was merely intended to facilitate, to the fugitives of the Army of the Faith, the en trance into France, by removing every obstacle. The military preparations which have been observed at Bayonne, for some days past—the arrival from the interior of artillery and baggage horses, cannon and ammunition—the activity employed in making several millions of musket cartridges—the intended Oc cupation of the position of Marrac, by some companies of troops which are going to encamp there—and the placing of four brigades of artillery at different points, seem to announce, not any hostile intentions towards Spain, as has been said, but rather measures of precaution, which are very necessary in our situation with respect to our neighbours, who are perhaps now engaged in battle. The courier Blendel, who arrived here a week ago with com mercial letters for. Spain, from Paris, was stopped by the fac tious between Irun and Tolosa; after burning his dispatches, and stealing the money which he had about him for his travel ling expences; they let him go, threatening to put him to death if he should come to Spain a second time. Our Correspondent at Irun writes yesterday, that the factious last Sunday stopped, on the heights of Salinas, the mail from Madrid, which arrived at Bayonne to-day. They opened several parcels and took out all the official dispatches of the Government; making besides an auto da fe of the newspapers. They, however, did not touch the Correspondence for France. The mails from Bilboa, Sarragossa, and Pampeluna, have also been intercepted, so that our merchants have had no letters from these places for some days past; the mails from Bayonne are likewise intercepted. The Secret Committee at Bayonne meets very frequently, and has shewn for some days past extraordinary activity. Ex presses are ofteen seen to set off for Spain. The preparing of clothing and other effects for the division of Quesada it ex pected, and the expcnces incurred for this division within the last six months ; are estimated at five millions of francs : but, all this money did not come from Spain. The Patriot, Mendizabal, a volunteer, of Villafranca; was taken on the 26th by the factious : great uneasiness was con ceived lest he should be sacrificed like the volunteers of Du rango, &c., who fell into the hands of their enemies. The Patriots, therefore, begged the autharities to take the nearest relations of the Chiefs of the factious as hostages for the life of Mendizabal, and the Political Chief of St. Sebastian has ac cordingly arrested a relation of the Cures Gorostridi and Ezeira. There is no doubt that these reprisals will become general and reciprocal, which will place in a very critical situation many peaceable inhabitants, who have taken no share in the quarrels of the two parties. General Mina arrived at Sarragossa on the 22d, with 100 horse. Bessieres (the Frenchman) who commanded the troops of the Trappist in the affair of Agerbe, is dead - of , his wounds.— ( Bayonne Journals.) The regular courier from Spain arrived this morning, bringing the Madrid Journals of the 27th, 28th, and 29th August. The stew Spanish Ministers have unanimously signed an Address to the King, entreating his Majesty to convoke the Extraordinary Cortes : " The disorders of Constitutional Spain (says this Address), admit of a complete cure, if the strong hand which removes the obstacles will unite itself the creative hand which furnishes the necessary means. The nation alone, represented by its worthy Deputies ' can offer all the requisite means, and the Ministers would be unworthy of the confidence of your Majesty and of the public, if they did not make it known with that frankness which has always characterised thei;Konduct. " These motives, in their opinion so paramount, determine them to solicit your Majesty to convoke immediately the extra ordinary Cones, who shall be exclusively occupied in the con sideration of measures which we propose to submit to your Majesty's approbation, requiring the most prompt decision. " The nation, fully aware of its present situation, desires this convocation ; the entire recovery of public confidence de mands it; and we hope that the constitutional monarch so wholly identified with the interests of his subjects, will accede to their wishes and to ours, by giving in this manner the most striking proof of his paternal zeal for the public welfare. " May the Almighty long preserve the important life of your Majesty, for the benefit of the Spanish nation.—At the Palace, 28th August, 1822."—(Momteur.) It Is asserted that the Royal decree for the convocation of the Cortes Extraordinary will be immediately presented to the King for signature. General Demetrius O'Daly has just been no minated the account is dated the 29th August, at midnight) commandant-General of the Province of Madrid, in place of General Copons.,—(Constitutionncl. ) CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. In the four corn counties, Essex, Kent, Suf folk, and Norfolk, the harvest is concluded, and the farmers are already bringing the new crop partially to market. During the gathering, the weather in general has been extremely fa vourable, and every kind of grain has been secured in the best possible condition. It is impossible to describe in too favour able terms the new wheat crop. In quantity it is most abun dant, and in quality it is equal to any, and superior to many of the antecedent seVen years' productions. The average weight will not be under 60, indeed it will be more generally - 611bs. a bushel ; and in this respect alone it will be superior to the growth of last year, by at least 15 pee cent. The season has not made one bad field of wheat, where a good one ought to have been produced, and it will be difficult to find a quantity of inferior quality. The first sales in the Norwich market have been from 345. to 40s. a quarter, but as yet the farmers have not had time to make extensive deliveries. So soon as the samples are brought freely forward for sale, a decline must inevitably take place ; for until its value finds a proper level with the other European corn states, no vent for the super-production can be opened. The latest letters,from Leghorn (28th August) quote the Italian prices at front 20seto 30s. per quarter, from which must be deducted freight and insurance charges, amounting, from England to about . .7s:' a quarter. As the winter ap proaches, however, the . prices in' the South of Etirope may be expected to — adVarice;' and a farther moderate decline in Eng land will ine that case encourage exportation, the proceeds of which will N:real . v. T oath procured for the Agriculturists. Inconsenquence of the extreme drought whilst barley was getting into 7the .ear; the produce of this article may be one quarter less in quantity than an average crop The quality, however, is uncommoniy• fine, and the weight 50 to 521 b. a bushel. lii produce, this year's crop is no doubt greatly below:the growth of last season, but this defi ciency will, be_ fully remedied by the finer quality and the greater weight. At present there are large+ stocks of old barley remaining in the farmer's hands, and both brewers and di4illers, also hold pore than their usual quantities as well of this article, as of Malt. Last season the opening' price of malting barley was in London 405., but it afterwards: fell to 20s. a quarter. This season it has opened at. 28s. and advanced to 32. 'The present laW for the sale of beer and the distillation of spirits, are asqnjtiriousto the growers of barley as they are to the community, and imperiously demand the interference 'of the Legislature.—There is a .Brewery not one hundred miles from Blackheath, in which the enormous sum of 60,0001. has lately-been invested. The present power of this Brewery is from 15,000 to 20,000 barrels annually, and the clear profit on brewing at the present prices of Porter and Malt, cannot be under ten shillings a barrel, - but is probably con siderably greater. —Were this capital absolutely necessary for the production of 20,000 barrels of strong Beer, the profit is certainly small enough for the risk of so much pro perty ; but at least two-thirds of this suns have been expended in those vested iniquities called public-houses, and the consum ers of the beer are obliged to pay a fair profit for the unnecessa ry capital of 60,0001. instead of the really necessary one of 20,0001. Were it not for the interference of these. vested nuisances, 3s. 3d. a barrel of profit would be as beneficial to the public brewer, as 10s. can be under the present system. Were it possible to point out one benefit produced to the comunity by the present licensing system, some excuse might be formed for its continuance ; but the argument used by the proprietors themselves, of .these vested rights in their favour, ought to be considered the strongest proof of the mischief which they hourly do to society. The proprietors of these licenced houses argue, that if the beertrade were thrown open to public competition, no master of family would permit either his wife or daughter to call at their houses for beer. Nothing, surely, excepting the notoriously bad character of a great proportion of them, could produce this effect. To repeal the Beer Duty on the public brewer altogether, and, if necessary, to place a farther duty on malt equal to this reduction, to grant licenses for the sale of beer and spirits, to every man who could give security for the regularity of his house, and to permit any one to sell beer and spirits not to be 'consumed in his own house, would entirely destroy the present monopoly enjoyed by a few wealthy Brewers .and Magistrates, of supplying the poor and needy with these necessary articles, at an exorbitaut rate— The Excise Laws render the distilling trade in an equal de gree injurious to the landed interest as it is to the community. The vexatious opertion of complex and unintelligible legis lative enactments prevents the English distillers from ma nufacturing the quantity of spirits which is equal to the consumption of the kingdom. No doubt some may say that the less encouragement it given to the consumption of spirits, the more will ahe morals of the community be benefited.— Spirits will,, Itowever, 'continue to be used, whatever may be the opinion of these moralists, and if the English distillers are not allowed to manufacture of such quality as generally can be used, the deficiency will continue to be imported, and a great proportion of it will b# smuggled into the kingdom without the payment of any duty. It is an undeniable axiom in Political Economy, that no nation ought by unwise laws to give a preference to the productions of other countries, when its own can be obtained cheaper. English distillers can manufacture spi rits at the present time lower than any nation hi Europe, hot even excepting the Dutch, and if the law would permit them, the . quality would be in an equal degree superior. There is, there fore, no reason why the consumers of spirits should be com pelled to pay snore fbr French brandy and Dutch gin, than they would do'fbr an equally wholesome and palatable British spirit, if the law would permit its manufacture, and the consumption of British barley would be increased by an alteration of the present brewing system and distilling laws to a very great extent, whilst the public would obtain their beer and spirits at a much cheaper rate, and of far better quality than they do at present. Oats, Beans, and Pease, arc likewise short in produce of an average crop, but their quality is extremely fine, and will in part make amends for the deficiency in quantity. A more than usually large- stock of every description of grain and pulse remains over froni last year's crop; and the consumers have a moral certainty of enjoying low prices for the necessaries of life. —The agricultural ,interest will, before long, have abundant proof that their future profit must be obtained by such a re duction of prices, as will encourage a free exportation of the surplus growth to foreign States, for a monopoly of the English market, and the reaping of prices higher than their countrymen can afford to pay, cannot increase but must diminish their pros perity. The Parliatnent, however, may enact many new mercan tile laws highly favourable to them, without injuring the com mon good. Tho,home consumption of agricultural produce may be very much increased, and freedom of trade will encourage extensive exportation, at the same time that it will enable the population to pay for what is consumed 'at home, not out of Poors' rates, but out of productive labour. The public tar es must yet bd greatly reduced, tithes inquired into, and the poor Clergy provided for out of the superabundant means of the richer members of the church. These are. however, weighty conside rations, and will require the force of the most powerful talents and cultivated minds to render them practicable. The Right Honourable - GEOItGE CANNING'S Liverpool oratory, which ' can only be compared to the cackling of a hen in search of nest, must be very different in the House of Commons, if the necessary reform of old abuses be thought adviseable for the pubiic prosperity by its -collected wisdom. The Agricul tural Interest can have far finer lectures on patience, by read ing a few chapters inthe Book of Job, than any which this lo- Cuacious.; Gentleman gap furnish them with, and many:of the itizens will be much disappointed if his ministerial conduct does not very speedily produce results widely different from those he did intend to produce. The English Fuuds,eontinue rather to a6lvance. The Con sols for the Aecourit closed at 81A gS ; the New Fours were sold at 1004 ; and Bank Stock for the Account at 248 a 247. In the Foreign Securities much business has been again done, and the Spanish have been particularly inquired after. The prices of all descriptitnis are as follow : French • Five per Cents. with Dis , from 22d March, 95 25. Spanish * Five-per Cents of 1820, Dividend from Ist May, 68 87i• Ditto Five per Cent: Bonds of 1821, (sterling) Dividendfrom Ist May, 654 416 5 i 5 41 5. Russian *Six per Cents. Dividend from lstJuly, 62. Ditto * Five per Cents. (metallic) with Dividend from Ist March, 811. • - Ditto New Five per Cent. (metallic) Dividend from Ist Sept. 87 1 8 Prussian Five per Cent. Bonds of 1818 (sterling) Dividend from Ist April; :90f. Ditto of 1822 (sterling) Dividend from Ist July, 88A. Austrian * Five per Cents. (metallic) Dividend from Ist Fe bruary, 80i. • • Neapolitan • Five per Cent. Bonds, Dividend from Ist July, 77i. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds (sterling) Dividend from Ist July, 89f 4.. • Ditto • ditto Banco Marks, Dividend from Ist July, 86k. Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds (sterling) Dividend. from Ist May, 86a a. Chilian Six per Cent. Bonds (sterling) Dividend from. Ist April, 832 American Bank Shares, 22. Ditto New 6 Six per Cent. 1812, 93i ; 1813, 93i ; 1814,95 f. Ditto Three per' Cents. 69i. Ditto Five per Cent. Loan, 1820, 954. Ditto Five per Cent. Loan, 1821, 96 . i. Marked • are subject to the rate of Exchange. —(Mortising Clirthelek.) • • THE REVENUE. The Third Report of the Commissioners ap pointed by an Act of the Ist and 2d George IV. C. 37, to inquire into the Collection and Ma nagement of the Revenue arising in Ireland, and into certain Departments of the Revenue arising in Great Britain, proposes the following as the general heads of Regulation for the domestic Trade between Great Britain and Ireland : " That all duties upon the importation of foreign or colonial goods from foreign countries or the Calonies into Great Britain or Ireland, shall be made equal in both countries. " That all such goods shall be subject to duty under the same denomination, and the •quantities be ascertained by the officers of the revenue upon the same principle, and according to the same weights and measures in both countries. " That all such goods, when exported to foreign countries from Great Britain or Ireland, shall, in either country, be en titled to the -.ale drawback of duty when it has been paid, and be subject to the same regulations and deductions when the duty has not been paid, and the exportation is made from warehouse under bond. " That all such goods shall be exportable from Great Bri tain to Ireland, and from Ireland to Great Britain, and also from port to port in Ireland, subject to the same rules, restric tions, forms, and regulations, for the security of the Revenue, as are now applicable, or may hereafter be made applicable, to the conveyance of goods of the like description coastwise from port to port in Great Britain. " That all such goods bonded and warehoused by virtue of the Warehousing Acts shall be transferred under bond from port to pprt in Great Britain and Ireland, in the same manner, and under the same regulations, provisions, and restrictions, as those under which such goods now or hereafter may be removed under the Warehousing Acts from one port to another in Great Britain. " That there shall be the same privileges of bonding and warehousing all such goods, subject to the same restrictions and regulations, under the authority of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, in Ireland, as in Great Britain. " That all goods, the produce or manufacture of Great Britain or. Ireland, subject to duties of excise in one country and not in the other, or subject to duties of excise at different rates in the two countries, shall be exported from Great Britain to Ireland, and be entitled to a drawback from the Excise in England of the British duty, or of the difference between the British and the Irish duties (as the case may be), on proof of the landing thereof in Ireland; and that such goods shall be exportable from Ireland to Great Britain on payment of the British duty of Excise, or of the difference between the British and the Irish duties, on landing in Great Britain. " That all goods, the produce or manufacture of Great Britain or Ireland which may be warehoused under bond for payment of the duties of Excise, shall be exportable, under bond, from one country to the other, and be taken out, for consumption in either, upon payment of the duty to which such articles shall therein be liable. " That all such goods subject to the same duties of Excise in the two countries shall be exportable from one to the other, with out further duty or drawback, subject to the same rules, regula tions, and provisions as are now, or may hereafter be made, appli cable to the conveyance of such goods from one port to another in Great Britain. " That coals exported from Great Britain to Ireland, or from Ireland to Great Britain, shall be subject to the same rules, re gulations, and provisions, except as to the amount of duty, as coals carried coastwise from one port to another of Great Britain. " Under these regulations, the payment and repayment of duties in the cross Channel trade would entirely cease. " The drawbacks and duties which would still be unavoida ble on the ground of different rates of internal taxation, would be simplified, so as to occasion a little trouble to the subject, and as little expense to the public, in the collection of them, as such a system will admit of. The transfer of all merchandise would be as easy and convenient between Great Britain and Ireland, as between London and Leith coastwise. The privileges and advantages of the warehousing system would be the same in all respects, subject to the same conditions in both countries. " Of the value of these alterations to Ireland, and to the merchants of Great Britain concerned in the trade with that country, an estimate may be formed by a reference to the state ment respecting the trade which we have exhibited in a pre ceding part of this Report. It will there be seen how great a proportion the cross Channel intercourse bears to the foreign commerce of Ireland. " Concerning the diminution of the establishments in Ire land, which might follow the adoption of this change of system, we shall not be fully prepared to offer an opinion, until we are enabled to make more minute inquiries on the spot, with n knowledge of the degree and manner in which our recommendations for the incorporation of the Boards, and the modification of the Union duties, in addition to those which are contained in this Report, are found worthy of being carried into effect. If they should all be adopted, the department of the Customs in Ireland will, as we have already observed, ad mit being very considerably reduced, without any apprehen sion of danger to the Revenue. " One of the first and principal proceedings towards the esta blishment of a new system of intercourse, founded upon the foregoing regulations, is equalization of the important duties on foreign merchandise under the authority of Parliament, as far as the circumstances of the two countries will permit.— We shall, accordingly, cause a schedule of duties on the im portation of foreign goods into Ireland to be prepared. We shall also prepare the draft of a Bill for inai)osing those duties, and for giving effect to the several provisions inserted in our proposed regulations, so far as the duties of Customs are con cerned. Those which relate to the extension of all the privi leges of the warehousing system to Ireland, and those also which have reference to the duties of Excise, will require, we apprehend, to be carried into effect by the authority of several Acts of Parliament. " In the formation of the schedule.of foreign import duties for Ireland, it will be our object not only that the rates of duty should be made as nearly as possible equal to those of Great Britain, but also that they should be made applicable to the same measures, and to the same modes of charging the duty; those being at present different in the two countries, in many instances upon the same articles. " The effect of this equalization of the rate will be that of making an addition of about 40,0001. a-year to the revenue of the Customs in Ireland, according to a computation made upon the produce of the List year. We do not, however, con template an additional burthen of taxation, as being likely to arise from the measure we are proposing, when taken altoge ther upon Ireland. There will be a relief in the repeal of some of the Union duties corresponding with the addition to the du ties on import, while the public will gain, we hope largely, by a better collection of the existing duties, and by a reduction of establishment." • 4 1 . , * 2., :- ~---, • :7 • . \ - , •ce,._-..• * . ..,,, , =_, .. • , ....:-.,..! ,t,,_. \.•,. ‘,\r• * .11. 1 . MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEE :C ENGL IND. 9 5 ' Monday, SepteMberl6, LONDON. Nos. 1,8, 14, 15, -' 293, 308. 02 911 1 ' COUNTRY. Nos. 20, 72, 423, 509, 510, kb" 17, L ONDON. Nos. 33, 42, 2 66 ; COUNTRY. Nos. 127, 151, 184, 199, 3 0, 551. 509. Wednesday, - 18, LONDON. Nos. 51, 325, wd";44" COUNTRY. Nos. 92, 95, 1 0, ,0 4 1' 146, 207, g 29, "i 5 13) ' 465, 480, 4 8 7 , U 678, 711. 274 , St' Thursday, 19, LONDON. Nos. 65, 02, ro ,- House Com. Sch. at 11. „ z t 41 4, , COUNTRY. Nos. 113, 17 1 , 56 1 ' - 20, LO N DON. N 4 2 : 493 4 . 66, 469, 6 ;o evi l Co t: tty. Nos. 30, 55,1 93, 646. a • - - 21, LONDON. • COUNTRY. No. 69. IRELAND. Monday, Sept. 16, CORK. No. 67. Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, PRICE a STOCKS ONE O'CLOCK. • .00 * 1 India Stock ............ .1; India Bonds . .... .... ••• *' ~.! 'South Sea Stock •••;-''..• Old Annuities . . .... . ... ..:,;•/ 1 0. Ex. Bills .................. . A ~, Ditto Small ..... .. .. : ..... • '. /• Bank for Act. ......... •••••• i• India for Con. Acct. ••;: t illit Cons. for Oct; 16. .. . PRICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON , --1 THIS DAY AT Bank Stock shut 3 per Cent. Red. shut 3 per Cent. Cons - 3i per Cent 92i 4 per Cent. / 49 . 14 shut New lOO 5 per Cents. 1797 Bank Long Ann. Imp. 3 per Cents. AT ONE O'CLOCK. Five per Cents. 93 25. Six per Cents: 82. { Five per Cents. (Metallic) 81. Ditto New 87i 4. Neapolitan Five per Cent. Bonds, 77iA• Austrian Five per Cents. (Metallic) BV. Spanish( Five per Cent. Bonds, 67j. -( New Ditto, 65 6. Five per Cent. Bonds, 91. Pru " ian Ditto New, 8 . 66 1. Danish . Five per Cent. Bonds, 89. {Old Bonds, 00. Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, NI. Ditto Scrip, 86k. 83i- 4. • (Bank Shares 22. New Six per Cent. 1812, 93i. Ditto, ditto, 1813, 93i. .- Ditto, ditto, 1814, 95k. Three per Cents. 69i. Five per Cent. Loan, 1820, 9 5 g• Five per Cent. Loan, 1821, 90t' French Russian Chili American OMO HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO- _,,fte Morning, 14 minutes after 0. j Evening, 40 min THE S _ A, SOLE/I/ QUIS DICERS FALSUM 4171315 LONDON gel THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 0 11 P Our Foreign Intelligence, under th e ft head, consists of extracts from the Pal lsl°ll fft of Monday, from Madrid Papers to til instant, and Bayonne Journals to the 4th• de r only articles of importance will be fou nd g ap joi the head of " SPAIN." The new Ministers - fe jt the esteem of the Public, and had giverll4Bl satisfaction by their military and police ar io ments. Fears, however, were entertaine their Madrid that they will not be so successfulin s o° financial operations, and that unless a stab le ye solid system is established,and means fou n d t° the taxes regularly, every thing must bee (*) 00 barrassed. The best promise of impro venl o tie 4 this respect, will be derived from the O il 0d Pei confidence of the nation in the wisdolli 8001 e triotism of the Administration, which will c o l the Government to revive public cred it / : o r carry into effect such regulations as 0 / `pet , rived from the regular collection of the re/ Far.Ncti FUNLIS.—SEPT. 9. pC• Five per Cents. Consols closed 6 Sept. 1822 9 ,4, BO Jouiss du 26 Sept. 1322,... Opened at 9 ; O'c• Lowest 92 1 * 4 4 C. 9 f: "- Closed at r. c : Bank Stock lB4l - Neapolitan Five per Cents 4b e• f. Exchange on London—One Month... 25 f_ 345 C ! 9.) Three Months 2 5 sert. ( Cour: Autlientigue, The following is given as an authenti4 P I'7ool ment of the Project which M. DE M°r4 e ce fr RENCY . is charged by the Government to propose to the Congress at Vienna' 1.,g0 1 1. A uniform measure of compression to be olorpp .h e the present popular feeling so alarmingly preval ent Et a iti . e r aj ; for which purpose the contracting parties are tn 0 1 A,; " tary contingent, to be employed at the request 0 141°1 P ecs parties, the internal tranquillity of whose State m i l t ! e ttsi de/e 4 , : i and the employment of this contingent not to be 6 %. in any wny interfering with the general relations isting between the countries. hie°! ll 2. A general law for the regulation of the suspend all local laws now authorising a great latitude lication than may be thought consistent with the newS arrangements. the i 4 : 11 3. The erection of a Tribunal upon the priatili- e ! a b f 0 10_ J 9l ence Tribunal established at Troppau for the P I Z 00 1 , ji r offences against the German Confederacy, f or -- n oti °L i ; punishment of offenders against the order of thing s J to es ing in Europe. The authority of this Tribunla f br ine„ over all Representative Governments, to thee, xten t ° _dsv under its action individuals who may, front National Assemblies, hold language and in ctilcs t° deemed subversive of the present system of legitin.; to 4. A measure which may induce or coo l P el S ii ,; o ent li into the views of the Holy Alliance, by the °tab— ' 11 Chamber of Peers. thc ribulcp4oo [Extract of a Letter from Ifavannak b We have nothing here of a calm er° 00' di a worth noticing; business is more depre'le hoe us than usual at this time of the year. r 1 P ',;~ • h,