The Sun. — London, England, 1822-05-02 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, APRIL 29.—A report is in circtilation, that a courier from Germany brought on Satur-1 day the intelligence, that M. de Lutzow, the Austrian Internuncio at Constantinople, arrived at Vienna the 21st inst. It is also stated that M. de Tatischeff quitted the latter city the 19th, to return, to the Emperor of Austria. General Woronzow, who commanded the Itus sian . corps in France, during the occupation, went to ►'aid in the night of the 23d inst. lie pro swag from Paris to Vienna, where he is to leave his family, and then continue his route towards the Pruth, to put himself at the head of an army. — The suite of his Excellency consists of four car riages. The Paris Journals have indicated the direction of M. de Woronzoff, sen. towards Lon don, and of M. de Woronzoff, jun. towards Pe t.ersburgh. Letters from Strasburgh state, that M. List, the Bavarian Deputy, condemned by the Crimi mal Court of Eslingen, on account of his opi- Lions, had arrived in that city. On the 24th two couriers from Paris passed through Bordeaux on their way to Spain. The next morning another express arrived from Paris with dispatches to the superior authorities of -Bordeaux. FRENCH FUNDS. April 29, Five per Cents. Opened at BB f. —c. Highest Clued at B7 f. 75 c. AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, APRIL 24.—(Extract of a private Letter.)—We learn by the post from Vienna, this day, that the Austrian Cabinet had received fresh dispatches from Constantinople, of so important a nature that their contents were instantly laid before the Emperor. Expresses were immediately dispatched to Berlin, Paris, and London ; and at the departure of the couriers it was reported at Vienna that the nego ciation with the Porte was at an end, and that war was decided. PETERSBURG'S, APRIL I.—The Emperor and 'Empress, who have been for some time at Sarsk ojeselo, are to return here to-day. We expect, after the return from Vienna of M. de Tatisclieff, to have some information respecting the state of affairs in the East. All the Governments continue to send consi iderable sums for the relief of the Greeks who have taken refuge in Russia. The Councillor Warwatz has offered his necessitous fellow-coun trymen 500,000 roubles. Besides this sum, 900,000 roubles have been sent to the Minister of Worship, the Prince Gallitzin. As soon as this money arrived, it was remitted to the Go vernor-General of Cherson, the Count Langeron, and to. the Commandant of Bessarabia, Lieut.- General Imhoff, to be distributed. Madame Krudener has received orders to quit the capital. AFFAIRS OF GREECE. CORINTH, FEB. 7.—Our city has been de clared by a law, the residence of the Provisional Government. The National Congress, which commenced its labours at the end of last autumn, assembled then at Argos, but pressed by the ne cessty of having more frequent communications with all the points of Greece, and especially with the Archipelago, it removed at the begin- Ding . of January to Epidaurus, in the Gulf of Saionica. ft was in that town that the l'rovisional Con. atitution of Greece was promulgated, on the 12th of January. There were remarked in that or ganic law, amongst other things, two articles im . porting that the heaviest responsibility rested upon every negociator who should enter into a negociation which might in the least involve the political independence of the nation. If the Executive Council were to set on foot such a ne gociation it is by this alone set aside. The Congress on the 27th of January published the Act of Independence of the Nation, and of the Installation of the Provisional Government, as follows. : " The Greek Nation take heaven and earth to witness . that, not withstanding the dreadful yoke of the Ottomans which threatened its extinction, it still exists. Pressed by the measures, im pious as they were destructive, which these ferocious tyrants, after having violated their capitulations, as well as every notion ,equity, rendered more and more oppressive, and which tended to nothing less than the entire annihilation of the sub eject nation, it has found itself under the absolute necessity of taking up arms for its own preservation. After having re pealed violence by the courage alone of its children, it now de. dares before Gore and man, by the organ of its ' legitimate Representatives, assembled in this National Congress and con aeoked by the people, its political independence. " Descendants of a nation distinguished by its intelligence and mild civilization, at an epoch when that civilization circu lated with a vivifying profusion its benefits amongst the other Gallons of Europe, and having unceasingly under its eyes the epeatacle of the ha.npinees enjoyed by those nations under the p . iotccting shield of the law, can the Greeks remain longer in tide state, as dreadful as it is ignominious, and see with apathy that happiness which they feel that nature has allot ted equally to all men ? Motives so powerful and so just can iaat, doubtless, but hasten the moment when the nation, full of its recollections and of its indignation, ought to assemble Pat forces to recover its rights, and avenge the country. against a tyranny, the horror of which nothing can equal. Such are the causes of 'the war whichave have been com pell_ ed to undertake against the Tur'as. •Far from being founded upon principles of demagogy or rebellion—faiefrom having for its motives the private interests of a few individuals, this war is a miaow.' and sacred war ; it has only for its object the resto ration of the nation, and its reinstatement in the rights of" pro perty, houour, and life—rights which are possessed by the natinne our neighbours, but which were wrested from the Greeks by a spoliating Power. " - Publie clamours, little worthy of men born free and ele vated in the bosom of Christian and civilized Europe, directed against our cause, have reached us. But what, are the Greeks man, of all Europeans, to be excluded, as unworthy of those rights which GOD has established for all men ? Are they con demned by their nature to an eternal slavery, perpetuating amongst them spoliations, violations, and massacres ? Can the brutal farce of some barbarous hordes, who, without pro vocation, preceded by carnage, and followed by the spirit of destruction, came and established themselves amongst us, he ever legalized by . the law of nations of Europe ? The Greeks, without ever haying recognised it, have not ceased to repel it by arms every time that any hope or favourable circumstances presented themselves. " Acting upon these principles, and certain of our rights, we neither wish nor claim any thing but our re-establishment in e the European Association, where. our religion, our manners, and our situation ? summon us to unite ourselves to the great • family of Christians, and to resume among nations the rank . which an usurping force has unjustly wrested from us. It is , with this intention, as pure as sincere, that we have undertaken this war,, or rather that we have concentrated the partial wars which Ttlussulman tyranny has caused to break out in different • Provinces, and in our islands ; and we march by common ac cord to our deliverance, with the firm determination to obtain it, Cr to bury for ever our misfortunes under a great ruin worthy of our origin, .which, in these misfortunes, cannot but weigh heavier upon our hearts. Ten months have already elapsed since we commenced the career of our national war. The Almighty has not refused to us his favour ; although little prepared for the unequal con- Awn, our arms have been crowned with success. On more than ‘ ,,,ane point, however,they have also met with a serious,resistance. Occupied, without ceasing, in removing the difficulties which surrounded us, we have been compelled to defer the accom plishment of our political organization, which was to display before the world the independence of the nation. Certainly, before securing our physical existence, we could not, nor ought we, to undertake that of our political state. Such were the causes of the involuntary delay, and which hindered us from preventing some disorders that have taken place. " These difficulties - being for the greater part removed, we have applied ourselves with ardour to complete our political work. Pressed by physical, and moral localities, the force of which nothing could resist, we established local governments, such as those of Etolia, Livadia, the Peloponnesus, the Isles , &c. As, however, the functions of these gover nments embraced nothingbut the internal administration of therespective place' e, the Provinces and the Islands havedeputed Representatives, charged with the formation of a Provincial, but Supreme Government, to the sovereignty of which the local Juntas were to be sub jected. These Deputies, assembled in this national Congress, after long and mature deliberation have now established this Government, and proclaim it in the face of. the nation, as the only legitimate Government of Greece, not only because it is founded in justice and the laws of God and nature, but because it reposes upon the will and choice of the nation. This Govern ment is composed of an Executive Council and a Legislative Senate; the judicial power is independent. " The Deputies, in conclusion, declare to the whole Greek nation, that their task being accomplished the Congress is now dissolved. The duty of the people is henceforth to obey the laws, and to respect the executors of those laws. Greeks, you wished to shake off the yoke which pressed upon you, and your tyrants disappear every day from the midst of you. But it is only concord and obedience to the Government that can consolidate your independence. Nlay God in his wisdom deign to enlighten the Governors and the governed, that they may know their true interests, and that they may co-operate with one common accord for the prosperity of the country. " Given at Epidaurus, the 15th (27th) Jan. 1822, the first year of independence. (Signed) "ALEXANDER MAUROCORDATO, " President of the Congress.'-' [ Here follow the signatures of 67 Members of the Congress.] The Executive c ouncil, on entering upon its functions, ad dressed to the Nation the following Declaration : " The National Congress to which you have confided the po litical organization of the nation has deposited in our hands the executive power. In accepting it, we take upon ourselves the solemn engagement to spare no possible effort to render our selves worthy of the confidence reposed in us. " The task which we impose upon ourselves as one of the most important, is to.direct for the most part cur first cares to the execution of thelaws, and especially those which relate to the security, the honour,' and the property, of the inhabitants of Greece. In - submittin4yourseives to these laws you will ren der yourselves worthy of the independence for which you have taken up arms, and for which, after the great number of sacri fices which you have made, and which have cost you so dear, you are still ready to make all those that circumstances may render necessary. " The Executive Council recognises, as its first duty, to love and protect all citizens as its children. It exacts from them, by a just reciprocity, the respect and attachment due to a Su preme Government, and obedience to established authorities. " The Council has appointed as Ministers' men 'Capable of conducting and of executing the:projects which it is about to de cree for the general good.. These Ministers, whom the Go vernment has chosen as its organs, are animated by the most ardent zeal, and they will use all the means which can render the Government dearer to the nation. _ . " Oiven at Epidaurus, the I6th (28th) January, 1822, the first year of independence. "ALEXANDER MAUROCORDATO, President. " THEODORE NEGRIS, c hief Secretary." _ . The Government, after having issued at Epidaurus some other acts of the first necessity, has established itself at Co rinth, the importance of the situation of which has caused it to be declared its residence. Besides the natural fortifications of the place, this city is the key, and in some respects the centre, of Greece. It commands the two seas which bathe its walls, and by which it can very frequently communicate both with the Islands, and with all parts of the Continent. BERLIN, APRIL 23.—Voss's Berlin Gazelle affirms that Genervl 'fatischeff has sent a new modified Ultimatum to the Iteis Effendi. ST. PrrmisuußGH, Ariur, 10.--The Conser vatcur of yesterday gives, in a Supplement, se veral Documents relating to the Tariff, to which it subjoins an article containing remarks on the motives which have induced the Russian Govern ment to alter the commercial regulations esta blished in ISI9 and 1820. • The Russian Government, It says, bad made in 1818 a Treaty with the Court of Berlin, in which it did every thing to put in practice the principles of freedom of commerce which the act of the Vienna Congress had laid down.— The Russian Government was very sensible that these principles might be as beneficial in 'prac tice as they appear just in theory ; but it con siders it to be certain that they roust be adopted by all nations, if- . they' are to produce any good a effects, and that State which acts upon them while others reject them, voluntarily condemns its industry and commerce to pay a ruinous tri bute to those of other countries, though in 1815 it seemed to b.e generally felt that freedom of 'commerce was necessary to repair the injuries caused by .the yoke under which Europe had groaned for 10 years. Almost all the Govern ments resolved to , introduce free commerce, bitt experience and more accurate calculations soon made them determine. not to renounce the pro hibitory system. England, Austria, and France thought it necessary to continue this protection to their manufactures and trade, and Prussia has found it necessary to follow the example of the rest of •Europe, and this makes it the duty of Russia to return to laws, the necessity of which appears to be acknowledged by all nations. COPENHAGEN; APRIL N.—Several ships have been totally lost on our coasts. Sometime ego the Journal the Dogen, and also the State Gazette, inserted an article on certain reports in Circulation her; in which article there was the word Magesiciffe, which signifies exchange of territories. Several German Jour nals copied this article, and translated the above word by nego ciations of marriage. From these it passed into English papers, which did not fail to make various• comments upon it. NVe may imagine how these roust turn out when we think on the above misunderstanding. Some German Journals translated the Danish word by cession, which is nearer to the sense, though not quite correct. EXCHANGE ON LONDON, APRIL 23 AND 28.-36 si -3tl PETERSBURGH, APRIL 9.—Exchange on London, 91. HANOVER, APRIL 9.3.—This being the day on which his Majesty's birth-day is kept, has been observed with every 'demonstration-of joy. his Royal liighnesS•• the Governor General was pleased to receive at his Palace the congratula tions of a numerous and brilliant Court. This evening there will be - an assembly, ball; and sup per at Herrenhausen. The puke and Duchessof Cambridge took up their residence at the Sum mer palace, Monbrillnnt, last Saturday. By a Royal rescript of the 25th ult. the use of torture,- which,is prescribed by the penal code of the Emperor Charter V. in cases where the proofs are deficient, is formally abolished, though it has not been practised in this kingdom for many years. The proof by circumstantial evi dence is now 'allowed, but the sufficiency must be recognized by at least- two-thirds of, the Judges. Unless the accused is considered to be convicted on sufficient evidence,, but per sists in denying, he cannot be sentenced to death, hard labour for life, or loss of honour. In such cases, 20 years hard labour, or public work for .10 or 12 years, are substituted ; and for loss of benour; a proportional penalty by labour or im-. prisonme-nt. SPAIN. , • M Dim), APRIL PC ti rr ntVerSal of the etst, says--" We are assured that his MAJESTY has issued orders for the recall of the Spanish Charge d'Affaires at Turin. All the friends of liberty will see in this determination a proof of the enlightened patriotism of the Minister who advised it. Was it not in fact a monstrous thing that an Agent of Constitutional Spain should reside at Turin, as it were to be a witness to the insults which were every day directed against his country, and which in some measure gave birth to the chastisements inflicted upon those whose only crime was the wishing to be go verned by the Constitution to which Spain has sworn." Arfur, 18.—(Extract of a Private Letter.) — The Council of State met on the 16th. M. Mar tinez de la Rosa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has for some time past made almost daily jour nies to Aranjuez, after which he has had fre quent interviews with the French Ambassador. On the 17th the Council of State again met, and its members, who were summoned the day be fore, received pressing intreaties not to absent themselves. Although these interviews and meetings of the Council of State have ceased to excite such lively alarm as formerly, and the rumours of approaching war have almost entirely vanished, still a great deal of anxiety is felt at Madrid, because it is clearly perceived that sub jects of momentous impOrtance are under discus cussion between the Courts of Madrid and the Tui leries.—(Journal de Paris.) (Extract from another Private Letter of the same date.)—The general rumour in Madrid lates to an approaching rupture between France and Spain. It is asserted that on Friday next a communication will be made to the Cortes on this subject. Several notes have been .sent to the French Ambassador relative to the cordon of health, which the French Government very un necessarily persists in maintaining upon the frontiers. We really do not wish to be consi dered as either physically or morally pestilential, and the existence of this cordon is an insult equally intolerable to our gallant reformers as to our physicians. M. Lagarde having been unable to give any satis factory reply to these just remonstrances, passports were offered him for his retirement. M. Lagarde immediately waited on the King at Aranjuez, to know whether his Majesty's views on the subject l of France were of the same nature. Ills Ma jesty assembled his Councils, and the Council, in conjunction with the Ministers, decided that it was necessary to demand from his Excellency the A mbassador a distinct explanation of the conduct of France, in thus obstinately maintaining troops on the frontier. M. Lagarde replied that he would dispatch a courier to demand further i structions from his Government. We are sured that this courier set off yesterday. It hi added that orders have been given to intercept all communication with France, with the excep tion of the Government couriers. [Extract of a Letter from Norfolk (Virginia), March 20.1 " W e shall rejoice to see our trade with the British Colonies renewed upon a good footing ; but if, as it has been rumoured, and as we may reasonably calculate, our commerce with them is to be burthened with heavy discriminating duties, the advantage to us will he in reality no greater than if they were closed against us : our vessels will still continue virtually ex cluded from the British ports, while theirs will engross the whole of the carriage of our productions. The trade of Canada appears to have been considerably less last year than the year preceding. There was a consider able falling off in lumber ; the freighting is prin cipally done by vessels owned in England.—We are informed by the arrival of the Brig Dispatch, from Havannah, that a fire broke out in the suburbs at that place on the Ist instant, which destroyed two hundred buildings ; a large quan tity of sugar was also destroyed. Two pirates have been shot at Matanzas, and fifteen more have been imprisoned; part of the crew of a host fitted out at Regla has been captured in the Bay by a party of Spanish soldiers, after killing six in the action. The two men shot were a Captain and Lieutenant of a schooner that had burnt a vessel some time before off Havannah." WEST INDIA INTERCOURSE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—The time is now arrived when the in teresting question relative to the relaxation, or I should rather say, the abandonment of our navigation system, under which the Nation has flourished, and arrived at the utmost pre-emi nence of human prosperity, is to be placed in jeopardy through the contemplated enactments of Parliament. Other Nations,pro bably,will wonder how a doubt on such a subject can arise in the minds of any statesmen within this kingdom, who are gene rally considered to be as wise and prudent in commercial af fairs as those of any other country are or have been. But Par liament surely will pause before it risks a measure from which it can never recede, either with safety or with honour. That Body will assuredly not only call for proofs of urgent neces sity for any important change which shall have the shadow of doubt upon it, but it will also weigh the interests which exist in every quarter likely to be affected by that change.— It will maturely consider whether desperate people in our own country and dependencies are not goaded by their circumstances to propose remedies which may sink them, under future probabilities, in deeper distress than they al ready endure.— It will examine into the interests of the appli cants themselves, and strictly ascertain how far their motives are. legitimate ; it will inquire into the motives of those with whom they are united ; and who, having no stake in our wel fare, but, on the contrary, being rivals to us in every point appertaining to policy or commerce, may be likely, as far as interest stimulates them, to adopt every expedient to obtain their present ends, anticipative too of future advantages. Convinced that Parliament will thus act cautiously, I have no doubt it will ultimately be found to have acted, also, not only prudently but honourably : and, in its progress through this very important discussion, that it will render justice to all concerned, and correct many hardships inflicted on the parties now absent, or actually before the national tribunal. Under the most perfect relince upon the best intentions of the individuals composing the LOslativo Body, but not quite certain of their universal expCrience in all the bearing s of the case, I will take the liberty to Direr some few hints which occur to me on the subject ; and, having so done, leave it to others to enlarge, if they see fit, upon them. The West India Proprietors of Land and Shipping solicit that the traders of the United States should be admitted into the ports of the Islands and the Maine, that they may, through them, _be furnished with, the necessaries with which they are not, as they say, supplied from other places within the British dominions ; and that they may, through that medium, find vent for a redundancy of West India produce, to be purchased by those foreigners in exchange for their supplies. But can the claimants produce satisfactory proof, by prices current or otherwise, that the articles they require are not al ready at a price, and always have been, which reason would allow to the present importers ? I say they are at teat price already, and that, if a committee of inquiry is appointed, and time given, the Northern Colonies will produce proof of the assertion. I therefore say, that an increased supply of fish, lumber, and other North British American produce, is not ne cessary to the West India - possessions ;—why do not the tra ding inhabitants of the West Indies, 'as they have often been invited, fit out vessels, and resort to those colonies where those articles abound as much, or more, than in the United States, and fetch for themselves ? The answer is obvious, and at hand, to the West India dealer,—the profits are so small, and the supply, except in time of sudden natural visitation, already so steady, that they rather choose to trust to the importations of the traders from the northern Colonies. The expectation set forth by the West India Planters, that the dealers of the United States will take the Sugar, Rum, and Molasses of the Islands in exchange for the legitimate imports, is a very great mistake. The American western country now produces, and is increasingly producing, all the advantages of the Sugar-Cane ; and a very few years will put those articles imported from foreign countries into the United States, under protecting duties, or perhaps under prohibition. And then under such circumstances, or those of war or em_ bargo, enacted in a fit of spleen or interest, how will the British West Indies procure supplies; the Northern Colonies no longer able to renew their former trade; or their capital dis persed in other investments, and no longer able to trust to the changdable policy of either the West India Planters or the parent state. In the mean time the Northern Colonists having lost their trade in every quarter, will no longer have the means of pur chasing West India produce, or the manufactures of the parent country. Indeed no state can be more injurious or unjust to any of the Colonies than to place them in a situation of annual appre hension, from which they may expect to be deprived of some source of existence, and be committed to the mercy of interested people, who can persuade persons in power to distress them at their pleasure. This is not urged without truth to support it for to quote one out of many instances, by the treaty with the United States a few years ago (1818), the fisheries of the Northern Colonies were given up to .the . Americans, without those Colonies being apprised of what misfortune awaited them, and was inflicted upon them and the Newfoundland dealers in !the face of assurances, which, to the disgrace of the contrivers, were, as was apparent from the celerity and secrecy of the measure, meant to deceive. But even if it should be possible to establish it as a fact that the West India Planters pay more for the sup plies received from the Northern Colonies than they would were those supplies furnished by America, (an assertion most positively denied, provided the Americans are effectually pre cluded from smuggling their own manufactures, and their im portations from Europe, China and India into ie Islands) still in that case it would he the best policy the nation could adopt, to compromise the difference by remitting to the West Indians so much duty on their produce shipped to this country for it requires no great knowledge of the subject to prove that the West Indies cannot long subsist in prosperity without the aid of the Northern Colonies ' • and that the' Commerce and the Manufactures of this kingdom, should the proposed measures be adopted, will very soon suffer essentially. The well-known fact that at this day the foreign islands of St. Eustatia, St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. Bartholomew, &c., furnish facilities for smuggling into all our West India Settle ments the above-mentioned articles brought from the United States, and deposited in these neutral islands, will convince Parliament, if they sincerely wish to prevent that traffic, of the immense expence necessary for the preventive service. The eagerness of the Americans on the present occasion is a proof of the interest they have in the proposed measure, and the profit they expect to derive from their admission ; for every one acquainted with the subject must be sensible that mere fish and lumber cargoes will never pay their freight; especially as it is well known that it is the invariable practice of American traders to overflow every market to which they resort, as was notoriously the case at Canton with the Ginseng root. The present Northern Colonies can in no case be proved to have ever been importunate, though they have been repeatedly fleeced in the most wanton and cruel manner ; but the Ameri can States have ever been, and are now, insatiable upon this nation, and, to judge . from the past, never can be satisfied whilst it has any thing to grant. Indeed, I challenge their friends to shew, in the hiStory of the thirteen Colonies or States, a :single. instance in which they have expressed gratitude or satis faction for favours received, but have always, and do still, de mand every claim as a matter of right. Having acquired the Floridas (to which this nation hood winked sea senses whilst the measure was in training) the Americans now readily begin, through their public prints, to give us broad hints of the views they have upon us in any fu ture struggle; and yet our Ministry now come forward and propose further concessions which have an indirect, but not the 12SS certain tendency, to effect the secret intentions of this king dom's most inveterate enemies. In fact the United States are determined to form to themselves the most monstrous arrondise ment ;—witness their projected New State of Columbia, or whatever they may please to call it in the South Seas, to which, .as an ornamental broach, the last treaty fondly added the district of Nootka Sound. Parliament will, on examination, observe that one material cause of the redundancy of West India produce is derived from cur late acquirements in that quarter of the world; for the new Colonies having obtained the British rights of imports, have greatly assisted to overflow the market. The present practice of bringing every incidental distress be fore Parliament will be found, in the end, to subject that Body and Government itself to very important inconvenien ces ; foe there is no end to complaints when people find a door wide open to their griefs, whether real or fancied ; whether originating in their own imprudences, or from natural causes ; and as some persons stop at nothing which contributes to their relief, the most selfish expedients, and most inconsiderate sa crifices in other quarters, are brought in to aid their ways and means. In truth, the demands open and concealed of the West India applicants will be found, on examination, to be monstrous ; viz : To take away the trade of our own Colonies, that it may be transferred to foreigners. To injure one most important nursery for our Navy—to en courage that of the enemy—and curtail our ship-building trade. To PROHIBIT the importation of East India Sugar--and To re-establish the Slave Trade. Now to bring these observations to a conclusion, for there is no end to tire evils attendant on this inconsiderate measure, let Parliament reflect on the cruelty of inflicting the numerous con sequences which Irma fall upon the Northern Colonies now taken by surprise. They have had no notice of the designs brooding over them • they are as completely in the dark as they were the affair of the fisheries ; they are not re presented, except in the incidental interests of the Ships Owners trading to Canada, &c. and the Colonial Agent; and this measure, brought on in the dead of winter, mark that, when little intercourse can be had at the distance of 3000 miles; whilst their West India opponents, resident in England, are seats ed on every bench in Parliament; and, collectively, when requir ed to exhibit themselves, shew a most formidablephalanx of opu lent individuals, on every question affecting their interests ; to which on this occasion may be added those Gentlemen who, pos sessing large property and connexions in the United States, are, as they ever have been, ready to assist the Americans against the unfortunate Northern Colonists, already reduced to much greater distress than the West India Planters have ever pre- tended to he. Under these circumstances, I sincerely hope that portion of the Legislature in both Honses of Parliament who have kept their minds unbiassed upon this momentous question will, at any rate, sift the measure to the bottom ;—but that they will, if possible, afford to the absent Colonists time and opportunity to plead their own cause, instead of permitting it beyond re medy to pass against them without notice, contrary to every malt= of British Justice. !, • - • iCM; fi -- ; -,- A : OW MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT ENGI, IND. Monday, May 6, Loy: Dom. Nos. 5, 27, 39, 89, 218. 223, 289. Com. Boys' School at 7. COUNTRY. Nos. 20, 64, 72, 102, 14 6 , 191, 202, 219, 233, 267, 311, 369, 372, 398, 423. 425, 502, 51'3, .509, 541, 632, 638. 644, 680. Tuesday, -7, LONDON. Nos. 9, 240, 281, 287, 316, 381. CouNTny. Nos. 21, 87, 127, 130, 1 6 7 , 170, 180, 184, 196, 20./, 285, 385, 387, 476, 477 , 507, 512, 532, 537, 54 4, 55 1, 557, 392, 639, 640 , 619. Wednesday, -8, LONDON. Nos. 3, 11, 26, 19, 29, 4 7 , 79, 96, 237, 257, 3 34, 353, 435. CouNrnv. Nos. 54, 121, 159, 164, 213, 215, 232, 291, 314, 344, 440, 442, 447, 472 , 478, 543, 563, 6.17, 661. Thursday, -9, LONDON. Nos. 6, 18, 194, 2'l, 299, 301, 326, 338, 499. COUNTRY. Nos. 45, 51, 57, 110, 111 , 115, 153, 172, 178, ' , = 69 ' 278, 354, 384, 397, 420, 461, 483, 508, 331. 540 , 545, 556 , 686, 587. 591.. 657, 670, 717. Friday, - 10, LONDON. Nos. 128, 161, 275. COUNTRY. Nos. 53, 282, 283. IRELAND. Monday, May 6, Con - .:. No. 347. Tuesday. -7, Coax. No. 95. --...- SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH, APRIL 27.—0 n Thursday evening, a ri t3 ', sonic procession of the Celtic Lodge, accompanied by deputa tions from their different Lodges in town, took place from t he Lodge-room, West Register-street, to Freemasons' Hail, for the purpose of constituting the Lodge and installing its office' bearers. The procession was accompanied by the band of the 77th regiment ; and all the members of the Celtic Lodge were dressed in the Highland garb.—The ceremonies of the evening were performed by the Right[Worshipful Brother AI It I it, of St ' Mary's Lodge, No. I. Betwixt 400 and 500 of the brethren contributed to the festivities of the evening, which were eon' ducted with that harmony and decorum which uniformly C }l3. racterise the meetings of the Order. ST. GEORGE'S DAY, 1822.—His MAJESTY'S Biriti-clq, was celebrated by a public dinner at Crieff N.B. A N T HoN MURRAY, Esq. of Cri e fi' and Dolle r i e , in the Chair. T hee usual loyal and approp r i a t e toasts were given by the Chairma n in a most eloquent an d i mpress i ve style; and the hilarity the Meeting was sustained till a late hour by the songs of 'e" veral distinguished amateurs, and military and other music•-r_ The Chair was ably supported by Col one l H en d ry o f Woo"end, end, and J. Johnston, Esq. of Kincardine Anthony Maxzot! e * Esq.4)f Cultzqnhey, and John Hepburne, 'Esq. of Colquhall Croupiers.—The Strathearn T roop o f Y eomany paraded in 41-. regimental order in honour of the day, commanded by Il e tenant Hepburn, in the a b sence o f Capta i n Drummon d, Ilse Member for the County. PRUSSIA. BERLIN . , APRIL 2...--A report has been industriously sPr e6 ) that an order would shortly be issued to close the Freems s3- t Lodges throughout the Prussian Monarchy. It is pro b a ble some Journals may h ave p u bli s h e d this statement on the o' 6 l, of some of their c orr es p on d ents h ere. We, however, earl firm that the report i s w h o ll y groundless, and appears to be i, vented to excite discontent. It is indeed said that rope l : B ,,, of this description h ave b een ma d e from abroad to the-Prtisft_,lv Government, which is sa id to h ave answered that i t was of convinced that the upright, virtuous and faithful servallt B the State are among the Freemasons. There is therefore I t , : reason to dissolve ancient venerable Institutions, to which t ue country owes a great part of its progress in intellectual improTe: ment, and the tendency of which was recognised as salut o7 even by the penetrating eye of the Great Frctlerick.—( meine Zeitung, April 17.) MASON IC MELODIES. f You' The air, " come let us prepare, " which is so great a rite amongst Masons, has lately been arranged With varia ti o l by Brother Joseph Major. This Publication conta ins the uso characteristics of Mr. M a j or ' s compos i t i ons, v i z., simple a e. sweet Melodies, natural harmonies, and brilliant effect. sides a Prelude (in which the chords are ingeniously intr, which form the basis of the Theme) there are twelve variatioxe which arc remarkably well-contrasted to each other, and effect of which is much heightened by the judicious direc 3- t he given for altering the time, so as to be roost appropriate to are different styles in which the variations are written. Th e Y, ff e, calculated to di s pl a y a brilliant singer to the g r e atest advan t- jv and the piece alto ge th er w ill f orm an excellent exercise, e‘lll' agreeable to the hearer, and improving to the practitionere PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. 110 USE Or COMMONS. Mercuric, 1 0 die Ma;i,1822. GREAT YARMOUTH CHU RCH Bill s reported, to be DUBLIN FOUNDLING HOSPITAL ()Tossed. LEATHER TAX—Petitions of T anners and others, of Fif°t r e e ; and of Whitchurch, for the re p ea l t h ereo f , to li e on t he t 3 t ., from Darlington, Godalming and Guildford, Shrew and Beaumaris t to lie on the table, and to be printed. eo f, WINDOW Tix (IRELAND)—P e ti t i ons f or t h e re p ea l tite r " be from Belfast, and Drogheda, to lie on the table, and w oe. printed ; from Ennis, and Cove cf Cork, to he on the_n ie s, HOP-PLANTERs—Pettion from Saletnst, and other pa ns for relief ; to lie on the table, and to be printed. .„, TlTHES—Petition of Owners and Occupiers of Esta' - e - of; the Rectory of Stoke-upon-Trent, for the regulation til er to lie on the table, and to be printed. , be BEAT DRAINAGE AMEND MENT B lLL— R epOr teG, ingrossed. IRON COFFINS BlLL—read a secon d time and COlrnitt,t - e. CALEDONIAN ASYLUM—BiII presented, and ' read a first. t he Pooß REMOVAL BILL—" to prevent the removal °,,013 ,1 Poor," presented, and r ea d a first time, to be read 3 5 time, on Monday 13 May, and to be printed. Ti2 o : SCO TT TISI TURNPIKE ROADS BILL—" for regulatini,,, v a, pi Roads in that part of Great Britain called S o °' : 3 e presented, and read a first time, to be read a second Wednesday, and to be printed. an d REFORM OF PARLIAMENT—Petition of Nlerchaa' nt l t°' others, of Carlisle, in favour of ; t o lie on the table , ' 1 be printed. ' MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS—That they hav r gg Shrewsbury, Wrexham and Denbigh; Ruthin gar , "' g gat e Canterbury and Sandwich, an d Canterbury and 11 ,1' 3 `, i itb" Road Bills, and Durham P av i ng an d Li g hting Diu' Pal out amendment: Clifton Reynes (Bucks) Inclostir 6 with amendments. o e ISLAND OF ST. VlNCENT—Petition of Council a , „,I flo - Assembly, complaining of th e depreciation o f west Produce ; to be printed. I/ r 're a e AGRICULTURAL DlSTRESS—Petitions from the 0 , North Greenhoe, and of Laundi: c h (Norfolk) —t° lie re' . table. PUBLIC HousEs—Petition of' Inhabitants of. Rea'•! e - t3 blet specting the mode of granting Licences ;to lie on th e 0 and to be printed. . pm.ei ts PATENTS FOR PRINTING—Copy presented Of Persons for Printing for Guyer:mica:. , . ..-.....-- 1. Lord Viscount Normanby,—Address, concerning NOTICES OF MOTIONS for THIS DAV' ofne e of Joint Postmaster General. SO' 2. Sir George Hill,—Return of the number of Post OfficF the day . Mails of British Letters discontinued in frelautt ; saving in point of expence, and by what authority. ORDERS OF THE DAY for THIS PA Y. e gy" . 1. Supply, (Barracks, Public Works, and Law Charg 1 , urther consideration of Rbport. 51 41 e ta^ 2. Superannuation Act Amendment Bill—Farther co. , . . tin of Report. 1, 3. Receivers General Bill—Further consideration'aD! epor' 4. Naval and Military Pensions (payment thereof)--- thereupon. 5. Supply Report. . • , 6. Malt Duties Repeal (Ireland) Bill—ReEort. • 7. Countervailing Malt Duties Bill—Third Red 8. Scottish Malt Bill—Committee. 9. Linen Bounties Bill—Committee. the .I•NM. .1111...... an the str, th i gra CL th e tt.r Co 1)r 4t, dii 10,