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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRONTIERS OF MOLDAVIA, MARCH 14.—0 n the 9th, in the evening,a•fire broke out at Jassy and destroyed before the morning five hundred and.eighty houses. The others had already been so devastated by the Turks, that this city, which contained many elegant buildings in the Aiost modern European taste, resembled a heap of ruins. The Janissaries in Jassy were accused of having been the cause of the fire, and got into. .a quarrel on account of this accusation with the other troops (Tilemes), so that a sharp conflict ensued between them, which was not over when the post departed at 10 o'clock P.M. of the 11th. The Janissaries fought with great fury in the streets of the onfortunate town ; the Tilemes defended themselYes from the houses, by which WO of the inhabitants were killed or wounded erk the first day. Of the Janissaries, 100 killed and 80 wounded, were brought into the yard of the i'rince's Court. The loss of the other party could not be conjectured. Some Germans who have arrived from Jassy cannot find terms to 41escribe the misery that reigns in Moldavia.— Tire land is no where tilled ; all the merchan dize, especially cloths, have been seized by the urks. In the streets, which are never remark ably clean, dead horses, half putrifiefil, lie about, and only a few half-naked Gypsies are to be teen. Were not the peas - ants in Moldavia and Walachia already accustomed to live under the zeverest oppression, they certainly would not en dure the tyranny of the Turks ; but as there is very little difference between the treatment they experienced from the Boyars and theirAgents,and that which they receive from the Turks, and the peasants are so simple, that they have no notion of their mela►►choly situation, but approach every saperior, consequently the Turks, with the most abject humility—they find all this quite natural. As well the peasants as the gypsies have been partly relieved by the Turks from the burden of bringing up their children, almost every Janis sary having appropriated to himself some boys and girls, and sent them to his own home. It may be imagined what influence this state of things has on the dull-minded, lazy, covetous Boyars, who have a natural aversion from all in dustry and mental occupation, though in ge neral they are used merely to kill time, and to live in luxury on the revenues of their lands, and the contributions exacted with great rigour from their inferiors. These Boyars, who are now almost all fugitives, trouble them selves about political events, and even read the newspapers, which is an extraordinary exertion for them. Their entire hope is in the Russians, whom they have not forgotten since 1812: time will shew how far these hopes are well founded. At this time there are hardly ten thousand Rus sian troops in Bessarabia, including the garrison, ,of Chotym ; as the rest have retired behind the Dniester, probably from want of forage, and perhaps also to get into more convenient quar ters.—l cannot conceive how the Journals could state that Colonel Pentakoste, and other leaders of the Hetarists, had been sent to Siberia, and the Hetarists ordered into the interior. Credible witnesses, who have just come from Bessarabia, have seen Pentakoste at Kischeneff, Duca and Osche, and the Hetarists, in Budecti and other places. It would have been very ill judged of the Russian Government, if it had ill-treated these brave warriors, as long as its differences with the Porte were not settled. The report was probably caused by the arrest of two officers of the Hetarists at Odessa, for having expressed themselves in an unbecoming manner in a place .of public resort, on the delay of the Russians. VIENNA, MARCH 20.—The Austrian Observer .. of the 27th, 28th, 29th,- and 30th of March in .clusive, has no news whatever from Greece or Turkey.—On the 29th, the metalliques were 744-; Bank shares 670 1-3. MARCH 27.—Yesterday the metalliques were at 74 ; the Bank shares at 664 1-6. MARCH 28.—Yesterday the metalliques were at 74k- ; the Bank shares 665. FROM THE DANUBE, MARCH 29.—The Minis ters of Great Britain and Austria, after receiving the Turkish Note 'of the 28th of February, were . induced to break off the negociations with the Ottoman Ministers, till they should receive fur . tiler instructions- from their respective Courts. lIAMBUItGH, APRIL s.—On the 2d of April two couriers arrived successively from Petersburgh, at Berlin, which have caused great bustle in the Ministerial Departments. It was reported that the first had brought the news of the rejection of The Ultimatum by the Turks; and -the second, .the declaration issued •in consequence by the 'Russian Cabinet. SPAIN. CAniZ, MARCH 1 9.—The_ship of the line, the Asiti, has happily cast anchor this afternoon at :;the mouth of the port, and'buta very few vessels ,-belonging to the convoy are behind. The only , one that has been lost is the armed schooner brig Sorpresa, which was wrecked on the 18th, at eight in the evening, on the coast between Rota ..-and Chipiona : the crew were saved, and it is 'hoped that.the greater part of the cargo, consist- Of 117,000 piastres, will be recovered. VALENCIA, MARCH t3.-Our troubles do not cease. The day . before yesterday a troop of Students, seduced by the favourers of anarchy, appeared before a post of artillery, .insulted it, and had afterwards a quarrel with other indi- duals of the same arrny, at the gates of the -.liniveTsity.' The alcalde of The nearest barrier, ,who endeavoured to restore tranquillity, was .pelted with stones, as 'well as fout - soldiers of the ,regiment of Zamora, whom he had called to his assistance. In these circumstances, thirty soldiers with an officer appeared to check this tumult, ,and the Students being confined for a moment Within the University, offered to the Political Chief,- who immediately arrived, to be quiet, and mot utter any more cries ; but scarcely had the Political Chief, trusting in this assurance, caused the soldiers to retire, when they again began to throw stones, with cries of" Itiego for ever ;" to which they added, the alarming expression, -g' the Contitry is in 'danger," and others of the anie *lna. - The COpunantlant General, the Po litical Chief, and the soldiers, at whose head they walked, were pelted with stories, amidst cries of " Riego for ever." The next day the Alcalde, who had so honourably done his duty on the 21st, was dismissed by the Municipality from his employment in the Secretary's Office, which he had filled for many years. This deserving individual has been deprived of his livelihood, as a recompence, we suppose, for his generous ad herence to the cause of the public. An Address is spoken of from the Munici pality to the Political Chief, on the 21st, in which, after complaining of the battalion of ar tillery, they say the contagion has spread to Zamora, which regiment enjoyed till now a distinguished reputation for liberalism. It is said too that the Municipality tells the Political Chief, that it cannot but resist the violences com mitted against the inhabitants of this capital ; a language which is the more strange, as it is noto rious that no inhabitants have been ill-treated but the inveterate agents of disorder, and the constant fomenters of aggression and insult. The nocturnal meetings of the factious continue, to the great terror of all honest people. These meetings will infallibly ruin this city, unless they are annihilated, considering them as what they are, that is, a band of conspirators against the repose of the citizens, and the respect due to the laws. MADRID, MARCH 27.—There have been some disturbances, or rather attempts to create disturb ance at Lorea, on the 19th, when some persons who were singing patriotic sons in honour of the anniversary of the Constitution, were insulted by others singing the Tragala. Accounts from .Aranjues of the 25th say, there had been a slight disturbance in the theatre the day before, on a dispute whether patriotic songs should be sung or not. Order was, however, not materially interrupted. Accounts from Barcelona speak of new ma noeuvres of the factious, of which the authorities were, however, fully aware. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. Gibraltar Papers, to the 18th ult. contain the following Instrument, issued by Sir THOMAS MAITLAND : " PROCLA3IATION. " His Excellency the Governor having maturely and deli berately considered the important question, how far the corn monopoly, which has existed for centuries in these islands, shall be done away with, and having called to his aid the opinions of such persons in these islands who thought themselves com petent to give any opinion on the subject, he feels himself dis posed, though with considerable doubt and difficulty on his part, to try the experiment of throwing open the commerce of this most important article of necessity. His Excellency does it with doubt and difficulty, because he is convinced, generally speaking,,that the wisest system of government is to adhere to what has been practically ascertained to be beneficial to the people, in lieu of setting up novel theoretical speculations.— Anxious, however, as his Excellency is to give a fair trial to what it is thought will prove ultimately beneficial to these islands, and equally alive to the necessity at the present moment of stretching any point that even bears the appearance of in creasing either the commerce, or of giving employment to the lower classes of the people here, he is pleased to proclaim, for general information, :that on the Ist of July next the commerce of grain of every kind shall be thrown open in these islands. " Having. come to this determination, his Excellency deems it to be his duty to state, that it is not his intention that Go vernment should interfere in any manner (beyond what is here after mentioned) with the commerce of grain when once thrown open, so long as the poorer classes of the inhabitants be sup plied with bread at a fair and moderate rate ; but as the Go vernment must keep a stock on hand to prevent any scarcity or any sudden or excessive rise in th& price of corn, and as it must continue its assistance in providing for the inhabitants, should such high price he of any continuation, he deems it ab solutely necessary, to secure the interests of Government on one hand, and to prOtect the agricultural interests on the other, to adopt the following regulations and restrictions on this head : " 1. That, upon all wheat imparted into these islands for consumption, a duty of 4 scudi per 'gam shall be levied, if im ported in vessels under the British or lonian flag, and 5 scudi per salm, if imported in foreign vessels. " 2. That, upon Indian corn imported into these islands for consumption, a duty of 3 scudi per salm shall be levied, if im ported in British or lonian vessels, and 3. if imported in fo reign vessels. " 3. That, upon all barley, rye, or other kinds used in mak ing bread, a duty of 2,1 scudi, in British or lonian ; and 3 in foreign. " 4. All paste flour, semolla, or farsa, 4 scudi. (The remainder of the Proclamation relates entirely to the details of carrying this important measure into execution.) " By command of his Excellency, (Signed) " RICHARD PLASKET. " Dated Palace, Valetta, Jan. 24, 1822." AMERICA. (From the National Intelligencer of the 14th March.) A paragraph is going the rounds of the prints, of which the following is the import : " We understand that in consequence of some misunder standing among the Naval Officers at Boston, Captains Hull and. Shaw have been placed under arrest." Captain Hull, we are informed, is not under arrest. , Captain Shaw, we regret to hear, is under arrest, and a court Martial has been ordered for his trial, of which, Captain Tingey is the President. CURACOA, FEB. 9.—Two Spanish vessels which were lately cut out of Carracas Bay have, cojitrary to expectation, been sold at La Guayra. Business is very dull, both at Carraccas and La Guayra. At the former place the government has ordered the male popula tion, from 10 to 50 years of age, to take 'up arms in defence of their country. [From the National Intelligeneer.] SENATE, FRIDAY, MARCH 1. Mr. K tia, of New York, submitted the - following Resolu tion, which was read the first time : Resolved, That the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, do adjourn their respective Houses on, the first Monday of April next. PROHIBITION OF FOREIGN SPIRITS. Mr. FINDLY laid the following Resolution on the table for consideration : Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce and Manufac tures be instructed to inquire into the expediency of prohibiting the importation of Spirits. Mr. F. followed his motion with a speech of some length, to shew that a prohibition of the importation of foreign spirits would operate very beneficially-on the interests of the whole republic, particularly on those of the grain states : that it would be attended with much of the good and none of the evil of a sumptuary.law, so far as regards the use of ardent spirits, &c. The resolution lies on the table one day. MR. THEODORE HOOK. Extracts from a Copy of a Report of the Commissioners of Co lonial Audit to the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, dated 22d October, 1821 : " M r LORDS—Pursuant to your warrant, dated 10th Fe bruary, 1820, we have the honour to transmit the state of the attested account of T. E. Hook, Esq. as Treasurer of the Mau ritius, from the 9th October, 1813, when he entered upon that office, to the 28th of February, 1818, when the charge of the Treasury was taken from him. This account has been framed either from the official books of the Mauritius Treasury, signed by Mr. Hook, his admission before us, or calculations necessarily resulting from established data. " Your Lordships are already inforMed, that after the dis covery of the deficit in the Treasury, amounting, as was then thought, to 60,868 dollars 521 cents., Mr. Hook replaced 11,208 dollars 48 cents., and that his property sold to the amount of 13,223 dollars 21 cents. " A part which was unsold, was estimated at 1,380 dollars, for which sums Mr. Hook has claimed, and we have allowed him credit. " The balance now due from him amounts to 55,224 dollars 50 cents.-12,8851. 14s. fid. " Whatever suspicion may arise respecting the disposal of the specie before or subsequent to this period, it is only during this time that we have data sufficient to establish the amount which appeared to have been disposed of without lawful autho rity.—During that period it amounted to no less a sum than 186,481 dollars 86 cents. " In endeavouring to explain the circumstances, Mr. 1-Took alleged that various entries in the weekly statements of receipts in specie from the military chest were altogether fictitious. Why they had been so stated, what was the object or purpose of the fiction, he has not in any way explained. " To clear up, in some degree, the obscurity arising from these erroneous statements, it will be necessary again to de scribe the general nature of the transactions between the Com missary-general (Mr. Goodsir) and the Government, respect ing the payment of specie into the Treasury from the military chest. Fot a certain period, the commissariat-bills were sold in the market for specie : Al r. Goodsir paid the soldiers partly in notes, and paid into the Treasury certain sums in specie, as having been the amount which had thus been paid to the sol diers in notes. From November, 1817, to May, 1818, both in clusive, by arrangement between the Governor and the Com mander of the forces, the commissariat bills were delivered over to the treasurer, to be disposed of for the Government, and the commissary drew upon the Government for the amount of those bills, receiving in part specie and in part paper. It is obvious, that during the continuance of this arrangement,' no specie could have been received from the military-chest into the Trea sury. Yet, in the returns signed by the treasurer, submitted each week to the Governor, and delivered by him to us, it is stated that certain sums in specie were received from the mili tary-chest. ' In endeavouring to account for the irreconcileable differ ence as to specie between the monthly and weekly statements Mr. Hook formerly urged,. that the monthly accounts were in this respect mere hypothetical statements of the transactions of the Treasury as they ought to have stood ; the weekly return correct statements of the facts. 'We submit to your Lordships so much of his answer, in writing, to our query respecting the missing specie, as will show that he now abandons the weekly returns as being fictitious :---‘ In considering the answer to this important query, the Board are requested to put out of their minds the fictitious balances upon which the accounts have been made up, as far as relate to the negociation of paper and specie with the military chest. The statement which I have now the honour to sub. - Att is founded in truth, and bona fide transac tions in the Mauritius Treasury, as correctly stated as my me mory and that of Mr. Goodsir, who was employed in the con duct of them, will permit.' " Your Lordships will recollect that the payment to Mr. Goodsir of one per cent. as for specie paid into the Treasury, amounted to 3953 dollars; Mr. Hook, therefore, appeared prima facie chargeable with the sum of 395,300 dollars. He has now stated, that the whole sum actually paid by Mr. Goodsir, in specie, into the Treasury, amounted only to 60,000 dollars ; that the per centage was allowed him on 70,000 dollars more, because he paid specie to some merchants for Treasury notes to that amount, to prevent their demanding payment at the Treasury. That the per centage on the remainder was paid upon so much of the amount of the Commissariat Bills as was received by him from the Treasury in paper instead of specie. Upon these points we have examined Mr. Goodsir ; he has also corroborated the allegations of Mr. Hook by his oath, and has also stated, that from November, 1816, to May, 1817, inclusive, he did not pay any specie into the Treasury. " Under all the circumstances, therefore, we have felt our selves at liberty to admit that the weekly statements were ficti tious, as far as relates to the receits from the military chest from November, 1816, t o M ay , 181'7; but in other respects, in general, we thought Mr. Hook bound by his own signature. " Upon this principle, we have thought him responsible for the sum appearing by the weekly statements to have been re ceived in specie between September 7, 1816, and October 31, 1817, beyond the sums brought forward in the monthly ac counts, amounting to 89,756 dollars 16 cents. " Mr. Hook asserts positively that no such amount was re ceived. It appears, however, by a warrant, dated 19th of No vember, 1817, that a per centage was paid to Mr. Maure for specie to the amount of' 288,752 dollars, paid into the Treasury between September, 1816, and J u n e , 1817. This warrant in cludes the per centage on the sums admitted by Mr. Hook to have been paid into the Treasury by Mr. Maure, and also on the further sum of 75,667 dollars. The letter of the Chief Secretary, authorising the warrant, states that the per centage was granted on the report of Mr. Hook; and he has informed us repeatedly, that the payments by Mr. Maure were made into the Treasury, not precisely in the months for which the contract was made, but as suited the convenience of Mr. Maure. " The Report however, of Mr. Hook, does not accompany this warrant, and he has suggested to us, both on examination and in conference, that even if he made a Report to the effect stated in the letter of the Chief Secretary, it might have been upon the orders of the Governor, with the view of allowing Mr. .iaure the advantage of the per centage, although no specie to the amount stated in the warrant had been paid by hint into the Treasury.' " To rely upon a suggestion of this nature, in which Mr. Hook imputes to the Governor himself, and others, a gross con spiracy to defraud his Majesty's Government, was impossible ; we have, therefore, with another exception, felt bound to hold Mr. Hook accountable for the suns with which he had charged himself in the weekly statements ; if indeed the Report upon which the warrant appears to have been founded was in writ ing, and in our possession, it would not carry the evidence be yond what we possess, the acknowledgment of Mr. Hook in his own hand-writing. " The other exception to which we have referred arises from the entry in the Weekly Statements of all the Revenue as hav ing been received in specie, while it appears by the returns of the collector that almost the whole was received in paper. Upon what principle these erroneous statements, with respect to the receipt of specie, both from the military chest and the collector, were made, we are at a. loss to conceive. Whatever might be their object, their tendency has obviously been to em barrass the accounts, and to prevent the discovery of the real state of the chest, although the returns were ordered for the very purpose of giving the Governor information on that point. Having thus stated the facts, shewing the amount of spe cie for which, in our opinion, Mr. Hook is bound to account, it is our duty to refer shortly to the 4tlth Geo. 111. c. 141, sec. 19, upon which we think he is chargeable with the difference in value between the specie and the paper substituted in its stead. " To us it appears that the specie intrusted to the treasurer was public money, within the very terms of the 19th section of that Act, and that he was responsible for the loss sustained by Government from the improper disposal of such specie, whe ther arising . from fraud or negligence ; and that the loss is in deed diminished by the substitution of paper in lieu of specie, so that, credit being given to him for the paper, he is only re sponsible for the difference in value between the paper and spe cie. No question, we think, can be made as to his neglect, when it is the very essence of his defence that his returns, sign ed by himself, were fictitious ; that month after month he sign ed and swore to the monthly statements, and week after week attested the weekly statements, without ever examining into the state of the Treasury. " There is one other article of charge, to which, rather from its circumstances than magnitude, it is our duty again to call the attention of your Lordships. It arises from the difference of interest which would have been due to the Government upon certain bills to the amount of 20,000 dollars, originally deposit ed in the Treasury as security for Cle residue of a loan from the Government to Bonhomme and Co., and that which was due upon certain other bills to the amount of 19,836 dollars 51 cents, delivered over with the Treasury by Hook, as a security for such residue. " The original loan was 30,000 dollars, secured by three bills for 10,000 dollars, payable respectively on the 10th May, 10th June, and 10th July, 1817. The first was paid when due; time was given for the payment of the others, at first by the Governor, with peremptory orders that they should be paid at a certain time. 'This time was afterwards prolonged by NIL Hook, contrary to the express orders of the Governor, and without any communication to him ; because, as Mr. Hook al leges, he thought that the enforcing the payment wpuld ruin the house. " Under these circumstances Mr. Hook made arrangements with Bonhomme and Co., by which, as is stated by them, part of the interest was paid, and the two large bills exchanged for others, smaller, and due at different dates. Upon the first dis. cowery of the deficit in the chest, Mr. Hook converted some of these bills into cash, which he applied in liquidation of his debt, and substituted in their place other bills, his private pro perty, granted also by Bonhomme and Co. " The Governor, subsequent to Mr. Hcok's departure, ap pears to have entered into an arrangement with Bonhomme and Co. respecting the substituted bills, and so far to have ra tified the acts of Mr. Hook as to have accepted them as security for the proportion of the debt remaining unpaid. " Any interest, however, which Mr. Hook might have re ceived from Bonhomme and Co., consequent upon the non payment of the original or exchanged bills, is not brought to account. " We have, therefore, charged him with the difference be tween the amount of interest which would have been due upon the original bills up to the 20th June, 1818, the day on which the arrangement took place, and that which was due upon the substituted bills. For the difference of principal, Mr. Hook is charged in the balance of his account, credit being given only for 19,836 dollars 51 cents. " We have already reported to your Lordships the admission of Major Webster, one of the Members of that Committee, upon whose honour and integrity all the conflicting parties place the firmest reliance, that upon a careful examination of all the documents in the Treasury, he was fully convinced of their error. It appears indeed clear, upon a comparison of the statement of vouchers with the Treasury accounts, that when the certificate was obtained, there was a deficiency of more than 100,000 dollars, when, in fact, from the non-entry of various sums admitted to have been received, but not brought to ac count, there ought to have been a surplus of 44,006 dollars 81 cents. beyond the amount stated in Mr. Hook's account, and in the certificate of the Committee. " The diminution of that deficit between the date of this ex amination (19th November, 1817), and that of the second ex amination (28th February, 1818), by about 40,000 dollars, is demonstrative that it could not have been occasioned by rob bery, which s 1 r. Hook frequently endeavoured to impress upon our minds. " It is also a prominent feature in the case that, on the morning of the second examination (28th February, 1818), r. Hook stated to the Committee, that' he had not examined the chest till that morning ; that he had that morning counted it, and invited them to do the same.' " They did so, and found the deficit of more than 60,000 dollars. " To explain the contradictory results of their examination and his own, Mr. Hook states that he had examined the chest by a memorandum which Mr. Chaillet had given him, which memorandum, however, he had destroyed. " To the judgment of your Lordships, therefore, we submit, whether it is possible that a man of extraordinary intelligence and firmness, as Mr. Hook certainly is, who had counted the chest by a memorandurri given him by his Clerk, and found it correct, and whose statement was suddenly and unexpectedly disproved by the discovery of a deficit to the amount of 60,000 dollars, should not immediately have stated how and by whom he was misled, and have insisted upon his Clerk's showing from what materials his memorandum was framed. " Mr. Hook did not make any such appeal. On the contrary, instead of proceeding to challenge inquiry, and sifting pub.. licly to the bottom how Mr. Chaillet could have framed and delivered to ,him a false statement, he was contented, as he himself alleges, with privately asking Mr. Chaillet for his explanations, and with his answer, that he did not understand the matter ; and produces from this very person, by whom he had been thus misled disgraced, and ruined, an affidavit that he believed Mr. Uook ignorant of the non-entry of the 37,150 dollars, which Mr. Allan had brought to light ; but not ad verting to this memorandum—this second fabricated s t a t e m e nt, framed (as Mr. Hook alleges) by him, and which, therefore, he alone could have explamed. " In addition to these extraordinary circumstances, neither the fallacious entries in the weekly accounts, nor the admis sions by Mr. Hook, that he had frequently lent money to in dividuals from the chest, without the authority of the Governor, and against the express tenor of his oath, nor finally, the whole transactions respecting the Auditor-General and the bills of Bonhomme and Co., will escape the recollection of your Lordships. " Where so many instances are proved of his dealing with the Government property as his own ; where the discovery of the real state of the chest was once prevented, by the credit given to a fabricated statement of vouchers which he produ ced ; where it might have been prevented a second time, if cre dit had been given to his as s ertion,—it w ill res t withl your Lordships to determine, whether there are any grounds upon which he ought not to be held responsible for the full amount of the deficit. " Colonial Audit Office, Feb. 27, 1822." TO THE RIGHT HON. THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S TREASURY, THE MEMORIAL OF THEODORE EDWARD HOOK, Shereeth—That your Lordships' memorialist, in consequence of an alleged deficiency in the public chest of Mauritius, of which he had charge as Treasurer of that island, was by order of Major-General Gage John Hall, the Officer administering pro teinpore the Government of the Colony, dragged from his house at midnight to the common prisons of Port Louis, all his property of every denomination being at the same time seized and sealed up. That in consequence of the dread ful hurricane which had occurred the preceding night, (and had not even then subsided) the dungeon to which your Lord ships' memorialist was doomed was reported uninhabitable, and he was therefore allowed, by the indulgence of the officers of justice, to proceed, at four o'clock in the morning, to the house of a friend, where he remained virtually in custody for nine days, and after all legal proceedings had been abandoned by Major-General Hall, in direct violation of, the colonial law, by which, when the first step had been taken, a prosecu tion should have been carried on against your memorialist, or he should have been discharged within twenty-four hours. That at the expiration of nine or ten days, during which time your memorialist was, without any legal form or authority, kept in custody, and ail his property sealed up, a message was sent to your Lordships' memorialist, informing him, that the Major General intended to send him to England when he could, but that till an opportunity occurred he should commit your me morialist to prison, unless he furnished security for his appear ance in Mauritius to the amount of fifteen thousand pounds sterling, which enormous and excessive bail your memorialist put in. And further your Lordships' memorialist begs to show, that after a space of more than two months, your Lordships me morialist was taken into the military custody of Captain Pritchard, of his Majesty's 56th regiment and a detachment of soldiers, by virtue of an illegal paper purporting to be a war rant to him directed by Major General Mall, and that your Lordships' memorialist was kept in such military custody for the space of eight months and twenty-two days, your memo. rialist having surrendered himself to the said military force without resistance, in release of his bail. That your Lordships' Memorialist was embarked on an overladen ship witth several other prisoners, three of whom were since convicted of felony at the Old Bailey, and that be fore quitting the Isle of France, your Memori a li s t a ppli e d t o Major General Hall for a small proportion of his salary for February, to purchase some articles necessary for a long voyage (every part of your Memorialist's furniture, even his dressing-case, having been sold in liquidation of the alleged debt due to the Government), and that the said Major General was please to reply, that he did not feel " disposed or autho rized" to grant any sum whatever for any such purpose. And your Lordships' Memorialist begs further to shew, that the ship in which he was in custody having encountered a vio lent tempest off the coast of Africa, in which she was disrnast , ed and saved from foundering only by the exertions of the troops, your memorialist, after suffering the greatest distresses and privations, was detained upwards of four months at th e Cape of Good Hope, while the vessel underwent the requsite repairs, and consequently was inevitably involved in expences, for the defrayment of which he was compelled to draw on his friends in England, to whom he is still indebted in the amount of such drafts. And further, your Lordships' memorialist begs to state, that at St. Helena, where the ship was detained for a month, and the charges of living are exorbitant, he should have found himself in great distress, had it not been for the hospita lity and kindness of his Excellency Sir Hudson Lowe, the go vernor of that colony. And your Lordships' Memorialist further begs to show, that he has now been four months in England, without. any income or resource, his salary having entirelj ceased since January, 1818, and having given up every species of property of which he was possessed, in liquidation of the debt with which he yet stands charged ; that he finds himself, after six years absence from Europe, thrown on the world without the means of existence. Your Lordships' Memorialist, in consequence of the extreme difficulty of his circumstances, applied to the Right Hon. Earl Bathurst, that he would be pleased to afford him some means of present subsistence, and save him from the, ruin which im pends over him. In reply, his Lordship was pleased to sug gest, that as your memorialist's case had been referred to your Right Hon. Board, he should make his application to your Lordships. And your Memorialist has, in consequence, ventured to ap peal to your Lordships, that you would be pleased to consider his case favourably, and afford him some present relief from the effects of the precipitation and violence of Major-General Hall's temper and disposition, rendered more oppressive, as they have not only deprived him of every means of living, but have removed him from the local means of tracing those per sons for whose business and misconduct your Lordships' Me morialist is so bitterly suffering. THEODORE E. HOOK. PRICE 0 THIS DAY AT Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red....774i ex div. 3 per Cent. C0n5....78i 78 784 3.1 per Cent. BB 4 per Cent 944 ti ex div. 5 per Cent. Navy Ann.... lOU 1021 HIGH WATER AT LONDO Morning, 24 minutes after 6. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE F..ILSUM AUDEAT LONDON, FRID,IY, APRIL 12, 1822. A report prevails in the City that, after the Russian Ultimatum had been refused, the Turks made some new proposal, on which the Diplo matic Characters were left debating, and it was expected it would take some time before they came to a conclusion. Letters from Constantinople of thelsth ult. posi tively assert, not only that the Russian Ultimatum has been rejected, but that a levy en masse has been ordered by the Porte. Letters from Odessa, on the other hand, of the same date, represent every thing as quiet, and state that the exchange was improving, and that there was no appearance of hostility !—Unfortunately the intelligence from Turkey is not only generally obscure, in consequence of the defective means of informa tion, and of the public ignorance and barbarism ; but it is too frequently distorted to suit the pur poses of private commercial speculations. In a few days,however, the whole truth must be known, as respects the present state of the relations be tween Russia and Turkey. Our opinion remains un shaken, that it is a state of incipient war. The fero cious Turkish populace and Janissaries, as we have often remarked, are not of a humour to submit to the demands of Russia, even if the Divan and the GRAND SIGNOR. were ready to prostrate themselves at ALEXANDER'S feet. The SULTAN himself would probably pay with the forfeit of his head for yielding to terms dictated by the detested Russians, and terms which are so ha. miliating in themselves to the arrogance of the Mussulmans. Russia, on the other hand, is no doubt far from being disposed to lower her tone, merely in consequence of the lofty attitude and insulting language assumed by the Turks. It is much more likely that the wrath of the Cabinet of St.Petersburgh will be excited by the insolence of the Porte than that that insolence should have the effect of increasing its moderation. The ex hibition of Am PAcHA's head on the walls of the Seraglio was admirably calculated to deprive the Turks of the last spark of reason. Supposing the Porte to have been disposed to yield to Russia, nothing more impolitic than this exhibi tion could have been determined on,—certain as it was to make the current of popular intoxica tion run counter to the policy of the Divan. It seems to indicate, therefore, that the Government itself is as infatuated as its subjects; and that it would rather stimulate the courage and confidence of its subjects, than prepare their minds for the hu miliation of submission to the dictates of Christen dom; the Janissaries and the populace of Constant' , nople accordingly cry out for battle. They affirm that the war on which they are eager to enter is predestined and they rely with implicit faith on the immediate interposition of their Prophet for its triumphant termination. The Jews were deceived by a similar infatuation even while the battering rams of the Romans shook the towers of Mount Zion ;' and the Greeks i❑ Constantinople fell victims to the same super stitious credulity when the fearful hosts of Ma homed 11. surrounded them in 1453 in Constan tinople. The Crescent has now had its day. The ignorance and superstition which gave it stability are disappearing before the march of Europea❑ intelligence. The banner is raised against it which must be victorious. The tide of victory, knowledge, and civilization must roll eastward with a steady and irresistible force, sweeping before it darkness and slavery. The whole system of Mahomedan dominion in Europe has been the monstrous production of fraud and violence,—a daring and impious usurpation of the attributes of JF;.`OVAH,—the rod, for a time, in his hand, to scourge guilty nations. But the rod is itself, when it has answered its purpose, destined to be " thrown into the flames."— The foundation of Islamism is slavery, cap tivity, and chains to the vanquished. Esta blished by the sword,—maintained by the sword, —by the sword it must fall. "He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity,—he that killeth with the sword must be killed by the sword," is the just and unalterable anathema of the MOST HIGH, applicable to every system of fraud and tyranny, civil or superstitious, but in a particular Manner applicable to t and seemingly STOCKS , NE O'CLOCK. Bank Long Ann. 19 13-16.ths In ex div. Imp. 3 per Cents 78 774 India Bonds 645. 61s. 61s. Excheq. Bills 5 7 5 pr. Bank for Opening 2461 247 Cons. for Account 78lig N BRIDGE TO-MORROW. 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