The Sun. — London, England, 1822-12-21 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PMI'S, DEC. 18.—T1; Moniteur contains the following article :- 44 On the 12th of last November there was in serted in the Moniteur a notice relative to the adoption in France of a system of signals in use -iu England, and which is designated under the name of an Universal Telegraphic Language.— His Excellency the Minister of Marine and Co lonies addressed, upon this subject, the following circular, dated Dec. 17, to the Commissioners of Marine at Dunkirk, Havre, St. Malo, Nantes, Bordeaux, Bayonne, and Marseilles : •' SlR,—Messrs. Luscombe, agents of the Association called Lloyd's, at London, have caused to be translated into French a work entitled " Universal Telegraphic Language, or Code of Signals." " By means of this work, and of the signals which it contains, the ships of France and England may carry on, at sea, easy an,d certain communications. " Vessels provided with this work, and with these signals, may convey, with greater rapidity, assistance to others in dis tress, or demand assistance themselves : they will be able to give and receive important indications as to shoals that should be avoided, what courses should be followed, and with respect to anchorages, the entrance of ports, &c. " There are various reasons which combine to induce the French navy to adopt a system already practised in England, and which', in many circumstances, may be attended with re sults the most beneficial to humanity, to commerce, and to na- vigation in general. " I have, therefore, given orders in the five military ports, that the Commanders of King's ships should be successively supplied with the work and the signals in question; and I in struct you to inform the Chamber of Commerce of this. (Signed) " Marquis de CLERMONT-TONNERRE." M. de Chateaubriand will not be here so soon as he was expected. His departure from Verona has been retarded a few days ; he would not leave that town until the 13th inst. •Slarshal Suchet has not had a private audience ' , with the Duke d'Angouleme ; he only paid his respects to his Royal Highness.—(Journal des Debats.) M. Sierra, one of the persons attached to the Spanish embassy at London, has lately come to France, on his way as a courier extraordinary from London to Madrid. The mission with which he is charged, we are assured, is of the highest importance ; at least he travels with such speed, that, contrary to usage, he did not enter Paris ? and his journey was only known at the Spanish Embassy by a letter communicating his destination to M. the Duke de Sass Lorenzo.-- (Journal de Paris.) General Quesada has deemed it consonant with his honour, publicly to disavow certain ex - pressions imputed to him by the French Liberaux, with the view of exciting fears, as to the chance of a war with the Spanish Descamisados, We (L'Etoi/e) hasten to promulgate the energetic reply of this Defender of the Faith to the calum nies of our Revolutionists : " TO THE EDITOR. " Sin,—l am informed that several persons affirm they have heard me say, that the day on which the French army enters Spain, the Royalists would unite with the Revolutionists in re pulsing them. They who attribute such language to me, do not know the Spanish Royalists. The Royalists of Spain are united to the Royalists of France, as firmly as are the Liberaux of France to the Liberaux of Spain, and, inasmuch as the Cor tes of Spain would not refuse aid to the Convention, if it still existed in France, we also, subjects of a Bourbon, would not refuse the aid of a King of France, the head of this august race. "jUre should be happy, on the contrary, to see the white flag appear as a trophy of deliverance on the very soil where the tricoloured flag floated to enslave us. A Bourbon would re =deem the evils to which Buonaparte subjected us, and it is under triumphal arches that a French Royalist army would march on its way to Madrid. The whole population would spontaneously join the French, and the news of its approach would act with electric effect in all our provinces. We did not refuse the aid of the English and Portuguese against Buona parte ; how, then, can we reject the aid of the French, our na tural allies, to annihilate revolution ? If the Catalonians, the Arragonese, the Navarrese, are astonished at any thing, it is that they are still waiting the arrival of the French. " I have the honour to be, &c (Signed) " The General QLTESADA." VIENNA, DEC. 4.—Our funds have fallen con siderably within these few days, in consequence of an agreement by which, in the interval be tween the Ist of August, 1823, and the first of January, 182 G, the Government will give to the National Bank the suns of thirty millions, in monthly payments, for the redemption of the Vienna currency, but will issue new Bonds instead. As the Bank will be hereby dispensed for a long time from alienating its shares, and the Bonds will only be issued according to the monthly payments extending over a considerable 'period, it is to be hoped that our Funds will speedily rise again. D cc. s.—Coast Langeron , General of Infantry and Governor General of Cherson, arrived here yesterday. BERLIN, DEC. 14.—Count Alopeus, Russian Ambassador Extraordinary at this Court, is gone to Warsaw. BRUSSELS, DEC. 14.—1 t is said that the clo thiers of Verviers have received proposals for a contract to supply cloth for the whole Constitu tional Army of Spain. AMSTERDAM, DEC. 16. Exchange on London, One Month -40 Two Months 39 9 Hamburgh - 34 9 Di Paris - - 561. SPAIN. We hare received Spanish Papers to the oth lust, They contain an official publication of the recent financial decree of the Cortes in these terms : Trig GOVERNMENT.—YesterLy the King was pleased to dispatch the following Decree : " Don Fernando VII. by the Grace of God and the Consti tution of the Spanish Monarchy King of the Spains, to all whona these present may concern, be it known, that the Cortes Extra ordinary have decreed thus : " The Cortes Extraordinary, in the exercise of the authority given them by the Constitution, have decreed— " Art. 1. The Government is authorized to effect the sale and issue of 40,000,000 of reals vellon in rentes, at the rate of five per cent., to be inscribed on the Great Book. 44 2. The said rentes shall be sold at the highest possible value, consistent with the time and circumstances. " 3. The Government shall give circumstantial information to the Cortes of the produce of this sale. _ " 4. The Goverfiment shall_ apply whatever sun' may be found I:Ter r e h r e t l o p t u t sinking i i .lg A tiu t t4U u l these , sales. CASTRLLO, President. " MARIA.NO MOItENZO, Deputy Secretary. " MARTIN SERRANO, Deputy Secretary. " Madrid, Dec. 4. 4 4 Wherefore, &c. " In the Palace, Dec. 6. Signed with the Royal Sign Manual_ " In virtue whereof the Secretary for the dispatch of Finance wilLreceive proposals for the negotiation by sale or commission of the 40,000,000 of reals vellons renta ; and the Government will, in due time, accept the proposal which may be found naosl advantageous for the public. " 3ladxid, Dec. 7, 1822." The Cortes, in their sitting of the 7th, pro ceeded to the election of a President and Vice- President for the ensuing month, when Senor Oliver was chosen President by 62 votes out of 121; and Senor Santafe Vice-President by 63 votes out of 122. The period of the service of one of the Secretaries, Don Alariano Moreno, having also expired, Don Dionisio Valdes was chosen in his stead by 71 votes out of 133. All these elections have fallen on Deputies who be long to the party which is considered the most liberal of the Cortes. In the same sitting, various representations from Political Chiefs and Provincial Deputations, suggesting the establishment of provincial corps of Cazadores, to be employed in guarding their provinces against factious offenders and other malefactors, were referred to a committee. A report of the Committee of Commerce on a Memorial of the Consulado of Corunna was also read. The memorial related to the prohibition of foreign grain, and proposed that it should be admitted into ports of deposit. The Committee were of opinion that tl►e memorial should be re ferred to the Government, and this recommen dation was approved by the Cortes. In our paper of the 11th, we corrected the mistake of the French journals, in which it was stated that the King had refused to sign the de cree of the Cortes for the regulation of patriotic societies. The decree is now published with the signatures, in the same official form as that which we have inserted above. We gave an account of the measure at the time it was before the Cortes, but as the proceedings of the patriotic societies are held up by the Ultra French papers as a cause of war, it may be worth while to repeat in substance the regulations under which these meetings are placed. They are as follow : 1. All persons who propose to meet publicly for the purpose of discussing political subjects, must give twelve hours' previous notice of the time and place of meeting to the First Constitu tional Alcalde, or the Political Chief of the district. 2. If it be intended that the meetings shall be periodical, those who propose to form the society must draw up a set of rules, and present the same to the above-mentioned magis trates within the fixed period of twelve hours; not however, for the approbation of the said authorities, but merely to give an opportunity for ascertaining whether any thing is proposed to be done which may call for consideration or in terposition. 3. In the case of any appearances of sedition, such as acts of violence or factious acclamations, the Political Chief, the .41- calde, or the Corregidor, is empowered to dissolve the meeting ; which is to be done by reading, three times, with a loud voice, the present law, and desiring all the persons then assembled to disperse. In the case of their refusing to obey, force may be used to make them withdraw. 4. The dispersion of a meeting or society shall not prevent its members from assembling again within three days ; but all the formalities required by article 1. must be repeated. 5. These meetings may remain open until midnight, or one in the morning ; but, after the last-mentioned hour, the Ma gistrates may dismiss them. If the persons present refuse to withdraw, they shall be held to be in a state of disobedience, and the society shall incur the penalty of suspension. 6. These meetings have no legal character ; and petitions from them cannot be received as from corporate bodies, but must be held as merely expressing the opinion of the indivi duals present. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. The Consols, which closed last night at 794 3 7 opened this morning at 80k, which was occasioned by the prices of the French Rentes at Paris on Wednesday having been 88. 20. and not 85. 50. as had been previously reported. The private expresses received this morning from Paris neither con firm nor contradict the rumours propagated here yesterday of the hostile designs entertained by the Ultra Members, of the French Administration against the liberties of Spain, and the Consols in consequence remained very steady till near the close of the market, when they became heavy, and the last price was 791 being much the same as quoted yesterday. A Dutch mail arrived this morning, but it brings no letters from the North, which is probably occasioned by the severity of the weather. The public attention, which for a few weeks has been entirely ingrossed by the danger to which the freedom of the Peninsula has been exposed, begins gradually again to fix itself on Russian politics, and fully estimates the misfortunes which their success must entail on British commerce. Russian Tariffs, at present, only exclude British manufactures from a port or two in the Baltic, but the accomplishment of Imperial inten tions in the East of Europe will extend the same Tariff of duties, and the same Anti-commercial Laws to all the harbours in the Levant. The safety of the commerce, and consequently of the liberties of Englishmen requires that the Peninsula, Italy, and the Levant should not be polluted by any con nection with the Holy Alliance, and the Merchants have learn ed, with great satisfaction, that an Admiral has been ap pointed to the fleet now fitting out at Plymouth for foreign ser vice. The navy, and not neutrality, is the legitimate guardian of British rights, for there cannot be the slightest hesitation in asserting, that if France and Spain be subjected to the doctrines which at present inspire the French Cabinet—if Western Turkey becomes a Province of Russia—and if Italy remains in the clutches of Austria, then will British Commerce be subjected to greater restrictions than it ever endured under the reign of the Emperor NAPOLEON. NAPOLEON was never more hostile to the prosperity and greatness of the British Empire, than are the present Rulers of the Continent of Europe; but at present they have not the same power to injure, and it will be the fault of the British Ministers if they ever have. In Foreign Securities not much business has been done, and there is not any material alteration in their prices. In Mincing-lane during this week, the sales of Sugars have been limited to about 2000 hhds., and prices are fully support ed. Foreign Coffees are 23. per cwt. dearer, and Plantation Coffee fully maintains the prices of last week. Rums are very dull, and prices extremely low ; but the importers do not ma nage their affairs so wisely as the English distillers do, else they never would complain of want of reasonable profits. Since Monday the arrivals of Grain at Mark-lane are rather liberal. The additional supply consists of 6,500 qrs. of Wheat, 5,300 qrs. of Barley, 4,300 qrs. of Oats, with 6,700 sacks of Flour. Prime samples of Wheat are scarcely as dear as on Monday, for the demand is dull. There is more Barley at market than the consumers require, and this article is at least Is. per qr. lower, and so also are Oats. The average prices by which importation is regulated, are for Wheat 38s. 10(1. Barley, 295. 3d. Oats 18s. 6d. Rye 23s.Beans 255. 10d., and Pease 28s. 5d., for the week ending the 14th of December. In Colonial produce no business will be done next week. The Gentlemen connected in that trade agree with Mr. Baron GRAHAM, that every thing should be laid aside which may in any degree interfere with Christmas hilarity.—(Morning Chro nicle.) NAVAL SERVICE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE. It appears from the following letter that a French Code of Signals for the Merchant Ser vice has been adapted to the Code 'of Captain FRED. MARRYATT, R.N., for the British Mer chant Shipping ; and also for the use of Ships of War of both Nations. Extract of a letter from Messrs. E. and M. LUSCOMBE, agents to Lloyd's at Havre de Grace and vicinity, dated Nov. 19, 1822 : " The Government, recognizing the important advantages which must accrue to navigation from the establishment of a general uniforni mode of communication between ships of dif ferent nations, as well as with the shore, has adopted the Code we have submitted to their examination ; and orders have been given not only that the whole of the French navy shall be pro vided with this system, but also that it be transmitted to the different ports of France and her colonies, for the purposes of communicating with the merchant service. " The Committee will observe, that the ships of England and of France are now enabled to speak the same language at sea ; and we have further the pleasure to announce, that the Government of this ' country has taken into serious considera tion a plan we have submitted for the establishing of these sig. nals on the principal points and headlands of France ; and we trust we shall shortly have to acquaint you, that ships ap proaching these shores will be enabled to communicate, and by this means to receive prompt assistance under circum stances of distress or otherwise. " The only difference which existed between the flags em ployed by the French merchant service and the English is, the substitution of a light yellow, instead of a white band in the telegraph flag ; although this difference will be scarcely per ceptible at sea, the Committee may probably think it advisable to notice the same. " It was proposed that the French ships of war should adopt their own signal flags, as is the case on board. the English ; but we suggested the inconvenience of such a multiplicity of flags ; and as our plan is not confined to France, but has been submitted to other countries, the correctness of our objection was readily admitted, and in consequence French ships of war are now supplied with the same flags as those used in the mer chant service, save only that No. 7 and No. 9 have undergone a slight inclination to an angular form, in order that they might not be mistaken for the sr are flags of the 'same design used in the French navy. This difference, as will be seen by re ference to the plate facing the French ships of war, is so very trifling that it will probably be considered unworthy of notice. " P. S. We shall be obliged by your announcing, that ships provided with these signals may now communicate with the point of La Heve, and the tower of this city, where posts are established." 31EXICO. (OFFICIAL.) Memorial addressed to Iturbide, by the Chief of the Province of New Santander, the Council and People of Soto de la Ma rina, and the Officers and Troops composing the Militia of said Province. SIRE,—The Chief of tre Province of New Santander, the Council and People of Soto de la Marina, and the officers and troops composing the militia of said province, assembled— penetrated with the deepest regret, and the measures so oppres sive to the liberties of the nation, which the Government of your Imperial Majesty has thought fit to execute in the most scandalous manner, anti in direct violation of our most Sacred rights ; and the Ministry besides, by their artifices and intrigues, proving clearly that they are sold to the partizans of the Spanish Government, in order to disunite and destroy us—present to your Imperial Majesty, *with all the dignity of freemen, this Memorial of our complaints and grievances, and our astonish ment at the imprisonment of the worthy Deputies to the Sove reign Congress, by which act the national Representation has been reduced to a nullity. What, Sire,, does your Imperial Majesty so soon forget the sacred oath you took in the bosom of Congress ? There your Majesty protested in the most solemn manner, before God and man, that, above all, you would invio lably respect the political liberties of the nation, and of each individual in particular. How, Sire, does, this accord with the annihilation of Congress, the imprisonments effected in the ca pital and provinces of those distinguished for their patriotism and love of liberty ? The enormities are excused, it is true, under the specious veil of subversion, of difference of opinion, and overthrow of the . State ; but, Sire, where is this subversion and difference of opinion truly to be found ? It is in the Mi nistry, Sire,_ who are ambitious of governing in your name, without submitting themselves to any rule or responsibility. Their object is to assume all the power in their own hands, and to exercise a tyrannical despotism. They wish, in short, to alienate your Majesty from the people ; - demonstrating that your interests are different, when, in fact, they are perfectly , identified with each other. 1 Sire, we do not pretend to establish new forms, nor to de viate in the smallest degree from those already sanctioned. We ; wish that the laws should govern and not mere caprice—that Government have our happiness for its end ; not their own ag grandisement. We wish to impress upon your Majesty that we are not guided by a revolutionary and innovating spirit, but, on the contrary, by the most ardent desire for the welfare of our country. We have sworn to a limited Monarchical Con stitutional Government, and far from us the intention of alter ing or attacking it ; but we are anxious that it may not degene rate into an absolute Monarchy. We require that your Ma jesty comply with your oath, and no more. In conformity with this Resolution, which we have adopted and sworn to maintain, sacriticing,if necessary, our lives, our fortunes, and whatever we hold most dear upon earth, we there fore supplicate your Majesty 1. To be pleased to order the immediate release of the De puties to Congress arrested on the night of 26th August, and all those subsequent to that date. 2. That Congress meet at a place of their selection, and where they may deliberate with absolute freedom. 3. That the present Ministry be deposed, and tried according to law. 4. That all Military Tribunals of Public Safety be extin guished and suppressed wherever they are already established. 5. Also that every individual in Mexico and the Provinces, imprisoned on suspicion and in consequence of the Circular of the First Secretary of State, dated on the 27th of the said month of August, be liberated ; those who may be convicted of any crime to be tried according to Law, by the competent Tribunals. And, lastly, that the fundamental Laws that we have adopted for the time being be observed. If (which Gon forbid !) your Majesty should reject these just suspicions, the demon of evil and discord will lour on the de solated empire of Anahac, and we shall be plunged in a war whose only object shall ever be for the sacred cause of our free dom. Wejat least, and all this province of New Santander, faithful to our oaths, and devoted to the cause of liberty, will sooner die a glorioUs death in the field of honour than bow our necks to fierce despotism. We have taken up arms, not against your Majesty, but against those who, abusing your name, wish to enslave us in irons still heavier than those we have just rent asunder ; and we shall not lay them aside until we have seen our Congress liberated, yourself freed from the insidious snares which the vile and designing are laying to your Majesty to ruin both you and the nation ; but, above all, to rescue the latter from the evils with which it is threatened. Sire, it is in your power to avoid it ; let posterity say, that the great Augustin the First twice saved the Mexican nation. And whilst your Memorialists take into consideration what we have exposed, we shall not permit Don Pedro Jose Lanuza, who came for the purpose, to take the command of the province. We do not wish to be under his command, neither for the pre sent nor for the future. We approve of the present Chief—his virtues and patriotism entitle him to your confidence; and we shall suffer no other to command us until we see our freedom secured. Neither shall we allow any foreign troops to enter the province; if any should attempt it by force of arms, without' listening to the voice of that reason and justice which prompt us to apply to your Majesty, as father of his people, we shall oppose them with arms. Whilst we, on our side, do not wish the effusion of blood, unless we be forced to repel force by force, still we shall always observe the rights of war and men, re gretting eternally the blood of our brethren which we may be forced to shed. May , it please the Almighty to enlighten you Majesty in the resolutions which you may adopt, and to carefully preserve for many years your precious life for our happiness! [Here follow the signatures.] Soto de Carllama Sept. 26, 1822. Second of the Independence. [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] STOCK EXCHANGE, Haff-past Twelve o'Clock.— Consols opened this morning at 798 to 80, with a heavy market, owing to the Cortes having decreed a new Loan of forty millions of reals, and an Ex press from Paris, in the earlier part of the morn ing, bringing the French Stocks at2Bf. 30c. ; but about 11 o'clock two other Expresses arrived from. Paris, one of them, who wantA to get to town before the other, fell down with his horse at the Bricklayers Arms, but soon got up again . , and rode off with the horse's leg much injured. The moment it was known on 'Change that the above two Expresses had arrived a great panic took place, and various reports were in circula tion that the King of FRANCE had been danger ously ill ; another, that the declaration of war against Spain was in the press—but letters are in town from Paris, of Thursday evening, which do not mention a word on the above subject of a de claration of war. Consols are up to this hour 79-1 4 j with a heavy Market. FOREIGN MARKET.—A great consternation prevailed in the above Market the moment it was known that two Expresses had arrived from Paris. New Spanish Bonds; which were at the opening 548, fell to 521 4. It is thought that at Paris they have heard of the Cortes having decreed a new Loan, which had caused the French Finds to lower. It is said that the last two Expresses have brought the French Funds 88 f. sc. Up to this hour we cannot give any orrect account of the different prices of the Foreign Funds, owing to the various Markets being in great agitation. It is a holiday at the Bank. This moment, Spanish has got up again to 531. If the principal motive to war between France and Spain was the supposed excess to which the principles of Freedom were carried in the Con stitution of the latter country, that ground of offence seems to be in a fair way of being re moved, without the aid of foreign interference ! It is some time since the ruling party in Spain discovered the necessity of imposing restrictions upon the press, for the preservation of their au thority. It is some time since they proved that they could occasionally dispense with the forms of trial, when the safety of the commonwealth seemed to require the adoption of extraordi nary measures for the punishment of disaffected or the removal of suspected persons ! Now, as will be seen by our foreign intelligence, the Cortes have passed a Decree for the regulation of Patriotic Societies,—one of which regulations is, that, " in case of any appearances of sedition, such as acts of violence or factious acclamations, the Political Chief, the Alcalde, or the Corregidor, is em powered to dissolve the meeting ;" and if the persons assembled shall refuse or neglect to dis perse, "force may be used to make them withdraw!" ft should be observed that this repressive De cree is not directed against the Royalists, but against the Patriots themselves ! There is at present no occasion for Decrees to keep down the Royalists in Madrid. The tide of popular opinion is so strongly opposed to that party, that it is quite sufficient to prevent Royalism from shewing itself in public. We doubt very much whether, notwithstanding the theo retical Freedom of the Constitution, any one would dare to write a sentence or to utter a syllable in favour of Royalist principles, within the walls of Madrid ! In that respect the people take upon themselves the offices of Censors and Judges, and would doubtless assume the further offices of Executioners, if their decrees for the regulation of public liberty were not duly observed ! In the mean time, the actual governing Power most liberally allows the People the ft dam which is requisite for supporting the Gag lll ment, and for repressing its enemies ; but lest to Sovereign People should in a moment of cr price desire any further change in the Geyer' ment, the latter is very prudently ad° l/1' ing, like the old-fashioned organs of PO ° the most efficacious measures for the preserve ° of itself, and for keeping the multitude in O P jectiou ! Those persons, therefore, both in L i° country and on the Continent, who so justly e r tertain a horror of anarchy, may quiet their O, prehensions, under th e assurance t h at the go, people of Spain will be as vigorously gore: and perhaps as we ll governe d, as any o f th ese Reighbours! In all countries there must b e governing Power, an active principle of despoil s* lodged somewhere. If we may believe DE LO the despotic principle in England is hall l/1 , lodged in the LAws, to the resistless power which, the highest as well as the lowest of people—the nobility as well as the peasane the Princes of the Blood as well as the mea oesl Pauper—are equally incapable of o pp o sitio o ' It has been the p e culi ar goo d f ortune o f Eng/stid to acquire this enviable distinction by the gr e ' dual force of circumstances and the progress° amelioration of her institutions. It may s ei the various tastes of other nations to / 1311 the ultimate power of the State in an a bsolut e Prince, or in one or two representative Cho ' bers, or any one of these forms of Gover n ' meta may be forced upon them by circumstarir el which they cannot controul.' In the confuSie! of sudden changes, it is not unnatural 01111 some degree of alarm should be excited ; but the fear of perpetual anarchy is ridiculous. T fr despotic principle always and speedily settle s somewhere, and, by its activity, insures the pre' servation of tranquillity, though it does not 3 ' ways communicate the placid calm of content. FRENCH FUNDS.-DEC. 18. Five per Cents. Closed at BB f. c. Bank Stock 1825 f. c.. Neapolitan Five per Cents. Exchange on London—One Month 25 f. 45 c. Three Illonths 25 f. 30 c. Cvurs Authentip4) Spanish Bonds of 1821 We refer our Readers to the foregoing CO' munication of our CITY CORRESPONDENT for tt° political rumours of the day, and to our usual re # marks on the propriety of receiving them wit; the greatest distrust. The reported illness the King of FRANCE is a state trick in 0 8 money markets. The opening of a new Spanish Loan for so large a sum as 40,000,000 of red is alone sufficient to account for a depression the Funds, both in Paris and London. HAVANNAH, OCT. 18.— he subject of pirate s / which has been so properly and faithfulif brought to view by your newspapers, and pal' ticularly by a late article in one of the Gazette of your city, has at last opened the eyes of o 1 Government here, and the result is, that an e%' pedition of a brig, a schooner, and four gunboats/ has been sent against them; at the same time, 1 body of troops has marched for th e p urpose co-operating with them by land. OCT. 23.—Another letter, of this date, spear ing of recent acts of piracy, says, " A late articl e in one of the Charleston Papers, most truly de g tailing circumstances relating to acts of piracl' and the abettors of it, very disgraceful to in& viduals, and the authorities here, has been 0( more service in checking piracy, than the mos t energetic measures hitherto adopted." THE LATE TRUE BRITON.—We have been desired to state that the account of the meetiag of the Commissioners of Bankrupts which too; place on Saturday and Monday last, was iar properly published. It appeared in a Morning Paper of Tuesday, and was copied into THE SO of the same day. The meeting was intended t i a private one among the Commissioners, ad therefore took place at a Coffee-house, insted of Guildhall.—The case has since been formal!! examined by the Commissioners at Guildhall,ad we understand that they expressed their disar probation of the newspaper statement in questio o + and signified that no Reporter should be sufferd to be present at future private meetings, unle; upon promising not to take any public notice ° the proceedings. We understand that it w as th e general, and the expressed, opinion of th e Commissioners, that, from the origin, and throug il the whole duration, of THE TRUE BRITON, nothir i % could he more honourable, disinterested, p u blic ; spit iced and laudable than the conduct of LOC , KENYON, and considering the pecuniary sacrific e ' which the Noble Lord had made, and the Ol e gations in which he is still involved, they cool not but regret that the law obliged them to d e : tide against him. From all that we have hell never did any individual, with such upright a° praise-worthy intentions, experience such jai° Vice and ° tic, and reason to sufferer al teen or si: account o to feel m( ills lauds losses w h la which fate of a a Mobil friends, traordina PEitity Mille na seem to 1 ties, lon support ( of the C men of t We t the attac from the ; we alwa 3 equenc4 ducted, and its i Establis " The 1 jaztant, in • the Viceri themselve insult his however, Soon frust Parts of t] liolor Vic offered th an event, galleries, though th to ensure of loyalty Toy ever Proofs of could not expressia .When hi: loyalists in honour sonal cha pressed t tolltent v for two h bottle wa Lord-Lii ed, but the corn. The Lol chara,ctec vanced t heart, 10. ruffian.- thing at aim, ani his Exc Seven p , were ful office or rage ca as the on Satu been in determi the Lor lency. general some of is evide zeal or to prey visions there a been p present Theatre with bz Proper and tc indeed, would the du endeav into cu alierit e The would n cient into a either the dis Perhal life bei remon assassi sufficil contin ancien Were a were still, ii in the taken or the tpectil have e the rio Prawn Place. this a: horse tative Was m iscende •,' For Continuation of CAN OW IC HS, on the Bishop of PETER• BOROUGH'S Examination Questions, see our Fotsrth Page. ST. THouAs.—Holiday at the Bank, Exchequer, East India and South Sea Houses. PRICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, DEc. 20, French Five per,Cents. 87i. Six per Cents. 00. Russian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Ditto New' 83. .. Neapolitan 5 Five per Cent. Bonds, 00. ( Scrip, 77:1. Austrian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Five per Cent. Bonds, 65. SPanish New Ditto 544. Scrip, 10 1 'disc. Prussian ( Five per Cent. Bonds, 85i. 1. Ditto New, 86. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 91. Chili 74. {Old Bonds, 00. Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 70. Ditto Scrip, 00. Peruvian , New Loan, 78. , - Bank Shares £2l 10s. American Six per Cent. 92-98. Five per Cent. 961. Three per Cent. 7i.q. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 42 minutes after 7. 1 Evening, 11 minutes after 8. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICEITE FALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1822.