The Sun. — London, England, 1822-04-29 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, APRIL 25.—The king yesterday pre sidi.d at a Council of Ministers. It is stated that the Government are sending ptroops into the cantons in the neighbourhood of Paris, which are a prey to fires. It is with terror that the spread of this scourge is witnessed in .the neighbouring departments; it prevails in l'Oise, la Somme, la Seine, and reaches to the gates of the capital. A report is in circulation that intelligence has .been received at Marseilles, of a Revolution in the lonian Isles: The population are said to 'have taken up arms against the English, and to -ha;re proclaimed their independence. A German Gazette states, that some French Gendarmes, disguised, proceeded to a village in Alsace on the banks of the Rhine, to arrest some individuals implicated in the conspiracy of Belfort, amongst whom is mentioned the son of General Berton. Their s• arches were unsuc cessful. Tuesday a duel took place in the Bois de Bou logne between'two Students of Law, which pro duced deplorable consequences ; one of the seconds, through the awkwardness of one of the principals, was killed. We have received from London, by a private channel, accounts in which we place much con fidence. It appears certain that the Porte in tended to address to the Austrian and English Ministers a very confidential expose of the diffi culties in which the Turkish Government finds itself, placed. It is believed, that in this expose the Porte will insist on the absolute necessity, on the part of the Sultan, of rejecting the Ulti matum offered by Russia, on the ground that the Turkish army and its Chiefs have positively declared for war; Ind consequently the acceptance of the conditions offered by Russia would lead to an insurrection, and occasion the fall of the Turkish Government. It is also believed, that .this confidential expose has been actually sub mitted to the respective Governments in harmony with Turkey, and even to Russia; that the latter has, in consequence, consented to diminish her pretensions, and that there was great reason to hope that war would be avoided. Lastly, it is stated that the fear that a general insurrection in Italy, France, and Germany, might take place at the moment Russia should engage in a war against Turkey, has contributed to the conclu sion of these arrangements.—(Gazette de France.) APRIL 26.—Last night two messengers from the North arrived at the Russian Embassy. CORRESPONDENCE FROM GERMANY. The last number of the Frankfort Journal contains an article under the head of Constanti nople, March 23, which says not a word of any new negotiations relative to the diplomatic note of the Divan, of the 20th of February ; it is as follows : " Constantinople, March 23. " The vessels bearing the Austrian flag, which had been de tained, have been confiscated and sent to the arsenal, where the • Captains and crews, who are Greeks, are imprisoned. These vessels were destined for the insurgent Greeks. ti The vessel bearing the Russian flag, 'which had also been headined, has likewise been confiscated and sent to the arsenal. This vessel, like the others, was destined for the insurgent Greeks. The Captain, who is a Greek and established at Patinos, took refuge in the palace of the Austrian Internuncio. The Capitan Pacha demanded him. The Count de Lutzow, ?i,good faith, ordered him to be given up, and caused him to be accompanied by a Dragoman and an Employe of the Chan - eery. The Capitan Pacha maintained that he was a Raya, and caused him to be detained, as well as his crew. " It may easily be conceived how painful and afflicting all these events are to the Austrian Internuncio. Hitherto he has been unable to obtain either the liberty of the crews or the resti tution of the vessels." AUGSBURG APRIL 18.--The Algemeine Zei lung has the following article from Constanti nople, dated March 23 : " On the 10th, the Austrian and English AmbassadOrs transmitted to the Reis"Effendi a last and very pressing note, again urging the Porte very seriously to accept, without ob jection' the Russian Ultimatum, and to transmit another note instead of that of the 28th of February. The Porte, instead of replying, hastened its armaments with the greatest activity, a.nitlid not condescend to answer either of the two Ambassa dors. Thus the hope of maintaining peace vanishes more and more. The two Ambassadors sent this intelligence to-day by special messengers to their respective Courts." Official intelligence was received to-day front Persia, that the son of the late 'Prince Ali Ker man Schah had re-commenced hostilities. The obstinacy of the Grand Seignor, who had ordered the Pacha of Bagdad to continue the war, has determined the Schah of Persia formally to de clare war. lie was about to set out from Te heran with a considerable corps d'armee, which he commands in person. II is advanced guard had effected a junction with the troops of his grandson, and the army was marching upon the Pachalic of Erzerum. APRIL. 19.—j,etters from Frankfort of the 15th say— " We are still in the same uncertainty respecting the nego ciattons of the mediating Powers at Constantinople ; and even at Vienna, which is one hundred leagues nearer the theatre of nesociation,' the public are in such uncertainty in this respect, that we receive from thence letters, in which we are urgently asked for information as to the question of war or peace. At Vienna there are very few persons who are truly informed as to. the actual state of.the negociations with Turkey, and these per sons maintain the greatest silence. In the commercial circle of that city only some great houses appear to be better informed of what is passing,. but they have intimate relations with the Go vernment, and impart their news with extraordinary circum spection. j . " Under extsting circumstances the public securities are more than ever exposed to the mance-ay:es of jobbers. Their price varies every day, but keeps up higher than could be expected. Who can say what influence a war in the East may have upon the relations between England and Russia, notwithstanding the best informed diplomatists assert that the best understanding still subsists between these two Powers ? " The Austrian General, M. de Langenau, President of the Commission of the Military Confederation, has been recalled to Vienna. lie received'the order of his recal tHa day before yes terday by Estafette." In opposition .to the accounts from Zante.of the sth ult: in the Frankfort Papers, stating the Greeks to have been defeated in the late naval actions with the Turks, letters of the 6th ult. from Santa Maura are quoted, which again assert that they were the victors, and repeat the details of the captures made by them and their subse6 9uent - operations, nearly in the terms of the first reports on the subject, which reached us by, the way of.TrieSte. .In a political essay in the'Cou. rier Frangais, Rdssia is held forth as the only power which has 'derived any' solid advantage from tileitijudicious system of the Holy Alliance. APRIL W.—Accounts rrom Malta of the 16th March state, that the garrison Of Coron,besieged by the Greeks, had made a sortie, but had been repulsed with loss. At Navarin they assembled .on the Coast on the arrival 9f flie Turkish fleet, which threatened a debarkation, and obliged it to depart without effecting any thing. BRUNSWICK, APRIL 17.—There is much talk of two autograph letters, addressed by two powerful Monarchs to the King of Denmark, and of a-declaration to be made at Copenhagen by some foreign Ministers. It is -said that in consequence of some explanations which have taken place, the Court of Denmark will not take any part in the negociations which have been for some time announced, and that affairs will remain in statu quo. NUREMBERG, APRIL 19.—The Russian house Thernikow, of Moscow, has failed for 2,000,000 rubles. FRANKFORT, APRIL 19.—Following the ex-1 amples of the Emperor of Austria and the King of Prussia, the Emperor Alexander has just made, in his quality of King of Poland, a numerous promotion in the Polish army. This circumstance is regarded at Warsaw as a certain indication of an approaching war. AI 20.—The numerous promotion which has been made in the Polish army, and the measure by which Austria, in order, in the event of war, not to render inoveable the bat talions of the landwehr, proposes to augment by 3002 men every regiment of infantry, are-cir cumstances which promote the belief of approach ing hostilities with 'Turkey. Letters from Brady of the 6th April state in a postscript, that several Russian corps are in mo tion, and marching upon Laditschin and Alexan drowka. Three bridges of boats are to be esta blished over the Dnieper, to facilitate the corn munications.—General the Count de Wittgen stein was at Laditschin, but he was abOut to re- , turn to Tulezyn. By the new positions taken by the Russian army it will enter Bessarabia, and traverse that province as soon as the order arrives for opening the campaign. It is not judged proper to concentrate the army in Bessa rabia, on account of the difficulty of provisioning it, and the failure of many articles which can be easily procured in Poland. It is stated that General de Langenau is ap pointed Chief of the Staff of the Austrian Army which is assembled in the environs of Temeswar. The last letters from Vienna state, that Prussia will enter into the new alliance which is now negociating between Russia and'Austria. It ap pears to be certain that M. de Colloredo has been charged to inform the Courts of Paris and London of the basis of this alliance. AIX-LA-CILIPELLE, APISIL 20.—The Cabinet of Berlin having resolved to recognize the Con stitutional Government, which is now actually established in Portugal, has sent passports to M. Gomez d'Oliveira, at Frankfort, that he may proceed to Berlin, and there exercise the func tions of Charge d'Affaires for Portugal to the Prussian Government. THE CAUSE OF THE GREEKS, AND TIIE GREEK CONSTITUTION. The following extract of a letter from Greece contains important and authentic information concerning the views and proceedings of the Greeks, relative to the establishment of a Con stitutional Government : " I have before me the constitutional act of Greece, which I shall transmit to you by the first opportunity. The copy which has been received is duly attested, and bears all the marks of certain authenticity. It begins—" In the name of the most, Holy Trinity, one and indivisible. ' The Greek nation, which groaned under the abominable yoke of the. Turks, being no longer able to support the weight of a tyranny unexampled in the annals of the world, has at last resolved to shake it off, and proclaims to-day by means of its legitimate representatives as sembled in national congress, in the presence oft GoD and of men, its independence and political existence, &c. Given at Epidaurus, Ist of Jan. 1822, first year of independence." This constitution is called provisional, and is divided into titles, chap ters, and articles. It is too long for a regular analysis, but a few of the leading arrangements of it are as follow :—Christianity, agreeably to the rites and doctrines ofthe orthodox church of the East, is declared to be the religion of the State ; yet every Greek citizen who may belong to any other sect of Christians enjoys the same political rights : those who believe not in Jesus Christ can only enjoy civil rights. The state guarantees to them, be sides, the existence, the honour, the property, and free exercise of their worship. There are three powers—the Legisla tive, the Executive, and the Judicial. The number of the members of the legislative body is not fixed, as the definitive law of election haS not yet been promulgated. The Legislators are elected only for a year. They will choose from among themselves their Resident and Vice-president. The represen tatives of the nation must be citizens, and be at least 30 years of age. The executive body is composed of five members chosen from the legislative body by an assembly formed for this purpose agreeably to a special and particular law. This Pentarchy has also a president and vice-president chosen from among the five members which compose it: It is this last body which nominates the Ministers, to the number of eight, for as many departments. The prime Minister is entitled Aexiyfaptrzeistic ^'.El E 6 1 ,80" (Chief Secretary of State), and is Charged with the department of foreign affairs. The judicial body is independent of the other two. The constituent assembly was dissolved immediately after it had accomplished the purpose for which it had been con. vened. M. Marrocordato presided. It appears, also, that this same assembly has chosen the Pentarchy, of which the presi dency has been confided to Marrocordato. M. Negri has been charged with the functions of Secretary of State having the the department of foreign affairs. The executive body has al ready decreed a loan of 7,000,000 piastres, bearing an interest of 8 per cent. The actions of this loan shall be put into circu lation, and even be preferred to specie in the sales of national property. The assembly has also published a proclamation, in which it invites the Greek nation to voluntary gifts and patriotic offers, and gives the assurance that they will be accepted with thankfulness, and that the names of 'the generous donors will be inserted in a register, in order to perpetuate, their memory. There are also particular and local constitutions for the principal divisions which form the Greek State. At present there a - a. only four provinces —the Peloponnesus, Wes tern Greece, Eastern Greece, and the Islands of the Archipe lago. Each has its particular congress : of the first, Prince Ypsi lanti is President ; of the second, M arrocordato ; of the third, M. Negri ; and of the fourth, one of the principal inhabitants of the island of Hydra. There will be formed other provinces, as the other parts of Greece free themselves from the Turkish yoke : they will also have their congresses, or local senates, acting in concert by their deputies with the general congress for the promoting the general interest. Of all their local con stitutions that of the Peloponnesus appears the least regular and least liberal, as it is always the ancient primates who (without being elected by the communes) choose the deputies, and send them to the general congress. ;There is also an Areopagus in each of the great provinces,' for the administra tion of civil justice. The National congress sits this year at Corinth,' and remains in permanent session all this first year. SPAIN. BARCELONA, APRIL 6.—We have the follow ing accounts respecting the movements of the se ditious in a communication from Figueiras of the 2d April : . _ " On the 29th March, confident information was received in the house called Pineda, in the Spanish territory, and in another called camp-Baix within the French line, there was a party of Insurgents who might easily be surpnsed. The Con stitutional Alcalde of Figueiras sent an account of the particu lars to D. Pedro Navarro Pingurron, the Chief Commander of the Military Reserve, who, in fact, set out at eight in the even ing with a captain, two subalterns, and 18 men of the reserve, together with an officer and 25 men of the National Volunteer Militia, who, on passing by San Lorenzo de la Muga, were joined by the Alcalde and Commander of the Local Militia of Irenquera, with a Sub-Lieutenant and 15 men. Before they reached Pineda, they perceived a large party of rebels, who, on seeing the troops, uttered loud cries of the absolute King fcr ever, death to the Constitution !' and particularly insulted the Commander and the militia. Before morning an officer of the reserve, who had made a movement for the purpose, sur prised the house, but this was of no use, the rebels not being there. " A 'parley was commenced with the Commander of the French post, that he might permit the factious to be attacked ; to this he made no objection ; he marked out the ground which was to be kept, and even expressed his satisfaction that it was intended to destroy a troop of men, stained by every crime. While our Patriots were pre - oaring with the greatest alacrity to attack the factious at three different points, a French officer, at the head of 20 armed men, came running down the mountain, making signals with a handkerchief, as it' he desired a parley. Immediately the rebel Misas advanced, crying to the French officer that the Spaniards wanted to deceive him. The latter stated to our troops that his obiect was to remove the misun derstanding proceeding from the Commander of the other post, because he had orders to protect the refugees : so that, if the intention to attack them was persisted in, he should be under the disagreeable necessity of fiting.—Our Commander, there fore,.perceiving that every attempt would be in vain, and con sidering that the men had marched nine hours during the night, without any refreshment, ordered his people to retreat. " Though this affair has produced no other advantage, it has made some of the factious known. * Those assembled in that place were 43, all armed, commanded by a Friar, who calls himself Colonel, under whom is Mises, who calls himself Cap- taro, and also one (lure, a native of St. Lorenzo de la Muga. It was known that further within the French territory, there were 30 or 40 other insurgents, who have been joined by those who escaped from the prisons of Gerona." phi:imp, APRIL 14.—The Gazeta de Madrid has com menced the publication of a series of papers relative to the affairs of Mexico.—" Thee documents," says the Gazette, " may lead to serious reflections ; among others, to the important in , ference that the changes which have taken place in the kingdom_ of Mexico are more the effect of force than of the spontaneous adherence of the inhabitants. These documents shew the state of public opinion in that part of the Spanish Monarchy, and it appears to be very different from what some persons have en deavoured to persuade us. It is known, however, that within these few months, this opinion has, in fact, undergone a change, doubtless from some extraordinary reason which had deceiv ed the credulity Of - the. inhabitants ; but, at all events, it seems certain that the _desire of Independence is not so ge neral as some persons born in the Colonies have been pleased to suppose. In the Sitting of the Cortes of the 14th, there was a long conversation on the affairs, of the Colonies. The Committee of these Affairs hweing examined the proposals of the Deputy, Signor Sanchez, relative to various negociations with the pro vinces, which . haVe in fact separated themselves from the Go vernment of Spain, and to establish commercial relations, the Most suitable to both hemispheres, state that it immediately re cognised the, importance of this matter, and reserving its opi nion on this point, thought that for the present the Government should he requested to do what it judged necessary with respect to the said proposal, with the advice of the Council of State, and bearing in mind the urgency of the case. " S. Sanchez blamed the remissness that was shown; in tak ing the proper measures to,preserye Cuba and Porto Rico, though it had been known fbr some months that Lima and almost all Peru were lost, and-also the kingdom of Mexico : and that in fact Spain had only these two IslandS and some spots on the Continent which were occupied by Spanish troops. He was surprised that no naval force had been sent to the coast of Peru, though, after the loss of the expedition sent three years ago (the Alexander, S. St. Ehno), only one frigate having reached its destination, every body saw that Peru was lost unless a naval force were sent without delay. S. Sanchez acknowledged the inhabitants of Cuba and Porto Rico to be perfectly loyal ; nor did he fear that the insurgents '.f the Continent can conquer those Islands; but there are, however, ambitious and restless. characters to be found there, as well as foreigners who would gladly excite disturbances, and the Insurgents of the Continent by landing might cause great confusion. We ought, therefore, not to neglect for a moment those Islands, which are a most precious portion of the Spanish Monarchy ; for if they should be lost, we must renounce the hope of seeing the Spanish flag wave in the Gulf of Mexico. " The Minister of Grace and Justice said, the Government was convinced that a naval force was the true support of the Co. lonies, and that if squadrons had been sent in time to the Northern and Southern Provinces of Amerce., they alone would have animated the patriotism of an immense number of Span iards, who are sensible that the Constitution accomplished the most ardent wishes of those who sacrificed themselves for the country in 1810. The Government possesses data which enable it to assure the Assembly, that the mass of the population in America acknowledge that the Constitution is every thing that America can expect, and that every other means exposes, all its inhabitants: Sensible of this truth, Cuba remains firm to the mother country, and the Government directs its chief at tention to this subject, and is employed on the means of exe cuting the Decree of the Extraordinary Cortes, relative to the sending of persons to hear the proposals of the insurgents, and make the necessary observations, to submit them to the judg ment of the Cortes. The Government, he said, was exerting itself to fit out squadrons for the Haiannah the coasts of the Terra Firma, and the Pacifi c; it wished the Colonies to enjoy all the advantages of the Constitution. "S. Cuadra made some observations on the remarks of S. Sanchez ; some vessels had been fitted out for Peru while he was Minister of the Colonies, hut were afterwards employed for other purposes. The Havannah never , had more troops than now, and had even been able to send reinforcements and sup plies to the fort of St. John de. L illoa ; the present Govern ment, he knew, was exerting itself to the utmost to send assist ance to these countries. Peru is not in such a state as S. Sanchez represents.—Lascerna is at Cusco, which he has de clared the capital ; his van-guard is at Jauga ; he is master of all Upper and a great part of Lower Peru. General Custual is sometimes in the mountains sometimes in the plains. The appearance of one ship 'of the line and two frigates on that coast will be the signal for the certain ruin of St, Martin, and the possession of Lima. " Senor Infanti allowed that S. Cuadra' was, in some inca sure, correct respecting Peru, that the Spanish troops occupied the situations he mentioned, and that they performed prodigies of velour, but it was in expectation that Spain would send a force to the Pacific. " After some farther discussion— " S. Sanchez made the following motion, which was ap proved : _ . _ "' That the Cortes urge the Government to exert that atten tion which the affairs' of the Colonies claim, to the means of protecting those Provinces, and the security of the interest of the Spaniards residing in them ; and, if the actual grants do not suffice to complete the naval armament that is required, that it may propose, - as soon as possible, the sums'which it thinks necessary, that the Cones may consider of the grant:' " His Majesty's health, we have the satisfaction to say, is in a state of improvement. The Queen and the rest of the Royal Family aro well." PORTUGAL. Lrsnox, APRIL 19.—1 n the Sitting of the Cortes on the 13th, the Secretary read a dispatch from the Provisional Junta of Goa, in the East Indies, giving an account of the joy with which the news of the revolution in Portugal had been received there by every body, except the Viccroy (Conde de Pardo) and his adherents. In spite of all his eflbrts, however, he was de posed, and, in consequence of the representations made to him, consented to be sent to Cabo, where he is treated with all the respect due to his rank, and has repeatedly thanked the Provi sional Junta for the attention sliewn him. Deputies are to be sent from Goa as soon as possible. The Cortes continue the discussion of the Constitution. The Lisbon Papers contain a great mass of documents relative to Brazil. A recent letter from Vienna says, " The heirs of the late rich Banker,.CALmAN, have vested in the House of GEYMOLLEtt and Co. two millions of the 42 millions of florins (between 4' and 500,0001. sterling). The other 2f millions have not ; been disposed of as yet. Should, however, any transfer take place hereafter, there is little doubt the same respectable firm (G., and Co.) will have a preference. By.this prudent arrange ment a favourable impression has been made upon the securities.—Rosspqr is at Vienna : he has married the celebrated singer Madame COL BRAN, with a large fortune, the whole of which she has settled upon her husband, except a small annuity for her sister. • With the most praise worthy zeal, the Austrian, Go . vernment have offered a premium of one thousand thicats for the mqst useful invention of any kind., It is ru moured that Mr. BETIIMANN, the Banker, has succeeded in contracting for a Loan for the Im perial Government at Milan. The princely House 'of TIIUaN and TAXIS, it is said, has re cently made a considerable purchase of Crown Lands in Bohemia." THE BRITISH COLONIES, &c. &c. &c. —... FOR THE SUN. EDITOR,--I have read with serious attention the Bill inserted in your excellent paper of this evening, to regulate the trade of the King's Colonies, and I never in my life saw so complete a delusion as is now attempted to be imposed on fhe public. It is impossible that the whole of His Majesty's Mini sters can have perused this and the other Bills recommended by the Board of Trade, and which have been brought in under' the particular auspices , of llr. ROBINSON and Mr. WALLACE. I refer the trading public to the Schedule inserted in your Paper, as a proof of the accuracy of my observation ; for with the exception of the benefit the British Colonists may derive from purchasing FOREIGN LINENS AND SALT, Fruits and Wines, the whole of the other enumerated European or African articles, which they may import, will not employ more than two ships per annum for the whole of the Sugar Colonies, and the British Colonies in America—except in the articles of FOREIGN CORN, Grain, Beans, and Peai—which Might be imported from Europo or Africa to the former Colonies; for it is quite clear none of these latter articles will be imported into British North America. With what views this precious scheme has been recommended, I cannot imagine;—its effect will be to encourage FOREIGN Produce and FOREIGN' Manu facture, and to add to the depression of our lIGNE Ex- PORTS, and annihilate altogether our trading connexion with the Colonies. To afford a proper opportunity to the Proprietors of the Cheshire and other Salt Works—to the Manufacturers of British, Irish, and Scotch Linens, and to the Exporters of all other British Manufactures—to con sider of the effect of these Bills—they should be postponed until the next Sessions. For AT THIS MOMENT we do not know in the City what articles are to be enumerated in the schedules to Mr. ROBINSON'S West India Intercourse Bill. Now, ;lady, it is not respectful to treat the Trading Com munity in this manner, and to hurry measures of this important nature, through Parliament without allowing the great bodies of the people interested time to reflect upon them. Such con duct was not pursued by Mr. PlTT—With a deference and correct feeling which always marked his character and conduct ; HE never took the trading world by surprise. They always had timely notice of His intentions, and l& invariably beard their objections, and acted upon them as HE thought most con sistent with the general good. IN Hut the Country had a powerful and disinterested friend—HE never suffered himself to be biassed or cajolled by the particular views ofparticular men— but invariably heard ALL parties—and boldly took UPON HIM SELF the responsibility of the measures he proposed, without the intervention of Parliamentary Conimittees, which has recently become the fashion and order of the day. I feel reluctant to occupy a greater space of your columns, and therefore shall be brief; but if His Majesty's Ministers knew the characters of many of the persons, and especially a certain Broker, whom they have consulted on these revolutionary Bills, as well as I do, and the individuals who are now sitting round me in this Coffee-house, they would, as Mr. PITT always did, apply for information to MERCHANTS of the FIRST EMINENCE, and not to such persons, as they are now relying on, by whom they are apparently influenced in the measures they are now hurry ing through Parliament, and which, when passed, instead of making Great Britain the warehouse for all Europe and the World,:will throw the trade into the hands (four opposite Neigh bours, who formerly possessed it, and render useless all the docks and warehouses which have been built in London and at the great outports, and take from our Ship-owners the LONG voyages, and convert our Mercantile Marine into a miserable' class of craft for bringing goods from the Dutch and neigh bouring ports, and make us in the end altogether dependent on them. The permission to import into the British Colonies FOREIGN Corn and other grain from, Europe and Africa ap pears to be most objectionable, and will operate most inju riously to the Agricultural Interest of British North America, and even the Mother Country. AN ENGLISHMAN. Batson's Coffee-house, Saturday Night. THE COLONIES. NEW BRUNSWICK.-(ILLICIT TRADE.) To the Right Honoulmble Earl BATHURST, one of his Ma jesty's Principal Secretaries of State, &c. &c. &c. The Petition of the Chamber of Commerce of Saint John, in New Brunswick, in behalf of the Merchants of that place,— HUMBLY SHEIVETII,_ That his Majesty havinibeen pleased by an Order in Coun cil to allow the Port of Saint Andrews in this Province a par ticipation in the privileges enjoyed by this Port, and Halifax, Nova-Scotia, under the provisions of the Act of Parliament ; upon the said Order bemgcarried into effect, your Petitioners learned with surprise and regret the extended Construction which the Collector and comptroller of his Majesty's Customs thought proper to attach to the same; including in the said Port the Islands of Passamaquoddy Bay, theptintipal of which are Campo Bello, Deer Island, and Indian ISland, thereby em bracing an extent of Coast of at least twenty leagues, and con taining various Harbours, Anchorages, and. Inlets, used for the discharge and loading of vessels, which from peculiar circum stances are highly favourable to the illicit trade that has long been pursued upon the borders of this Province, and the United States. That your Petitioners, believing• such construction contrary to the meaning of the Act and the intention o f hi s Majesty's Government, immediately waited upon the Collector and Comp troller, and stated their conviction that the most pernicious con sequences would flow from it, and were assured, in rely, that the Collector and Comptroller had suspended the operation of their first Orders, and had directed their Deputies to confine the Free Port Trade to the Harbour of Saint Andrews, until in structions should be received on the subject from the Commis sioners of his Majesty's Customs; but your Petitioners being informed that the Trade still carried on at Passamaquoddy does not coincide with this assurance, have thought it indispensably necessary to state the case to bis Majesty's Government, as the only source from which they can expect redress of the evil. That such latitude of construction is inconsistent with the practice of the Officers of his Majesty's Customs at Halifax and this Port, the operation of the Free Port Act being confined solely to these two Harbours. Your Petitioners beg leave further to call the attention of your Lordship to an evil which has been gradually extending itself, and is now became truly alarming: they allude to the practices of citizens of the United States resident on the Lines, who build vessels on the British side and employ them in th e Colonial Fisheries and West India Trade. By this means they carry on a traffic in which the British Merchant cannot enter into competition. The equipments for such vessels, and the cargoes and supplies for their voyages, as well as the whole ca pital employed, are from the United States. This trade is at once injurious to good morals, and destructive of the Commer cial interests of the Colony, finding a ready support hi the agency of needy individuals, who at once set at nought their oaths, and abuse their privileges as British subjects. Equally injurious to the interests of British trade is the prac tice always prevalent on these borders, sanctioned by all the Of ficers of his Majesty's Customs here, of suffering American and British vessels to interchange cargoes lying along-side each other in a space deemed to be on or between the Lines, and essentially without the jurisdiction of either the British or Ame rican Custom-House. Thus are some of the most important resources of the com merce of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and among the rest, a vast trade ln Gypsum, rendered subservient to the purposes of an illicit traffic, originating with, and now chiefly supported by, citizens of the United States. _ Your Petitioners cannot avoid, on this occasion, to state their conviction, that if the plan some years past adopted i n G reat Britain, of abolishing Fees and substituting Salaries, were ex tended to this Colony, it would be of great advantage to its Trade, and honourable to the Officers of the Customs, by re moving every inducement to the encouragement of those irre gularities on the American Lines, where all Trade, at the same time that it afFords great emolument to the Custom-House, im mediately connects itself with a contraband intercourse with the Americans, beconies prejudicial to British Commerce, and in most cases gives rise to fraud upon British Revenue. For the payment of such Salaries, provision might be made out of the Provincial Revenue, at the same time that Regula' tions should be adopted to equalize the burthen upon Trade, by granting Licences to Coasting Vessels, and altering the pre sent system, which exacts the like Fees from Vessels pursuing distant voyages, whether they be of 50 or 500 tons. Your Petitioners also beg leave to offer their opinion, that small number of armed Cutters, permanently stationed in the neighbourhood of Passamaquoddy, would essentially protect 'the Revenue and fair Trade ' • but that larger vessels of war, in consequence of their being frequently withdrawn, and *cut other essential causes, would afford little benefit. , . .. Your Petitioners, in conclusion, humbly pray that as a far ther check to illicit traffic on the American Lines, the Free Port Trade of Saint Andrews may be ,confined to the limits of. that Harbour, agreeably to the request of th e M erc hants of that place, and that on the side next the American shore, it be not allowed to extend beyond the Bar. That the Officers of his Majesty's Customs be directed rigidly to enforce the Laws against all persons detected in carrying on illicit trade, and that such instructions may be given to the Naval Officers on thia station, as will render tl:eir services more efficient than they have generally heretofore been. And as in duty bound your Petitioners will ever pray. Saint John, New Brunswick, 7th Aug. 1821. Z. WHEELER, Dep. Chairman, n R. W. CROOKSHANE, o THOMAS MILLIDGE, (Signed) CHARLES SIMSONDS, ~1 JAM ES EWING, 7-1 THOMAS BARLOW, I 4 rl ANDREW RITCHIE, 1 1 : 1 JAMES ROBERTSON, Jun., J PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. NOTICES of MOTIONS, and ORDERS of the DAS: which now stand in the Order Book of the 1101.T61: COMMONS, for the present Week. Monday, April 29. ORDERS OF T . HE DAY. 1. Yorkshire Election Polls Bill—Second Reading. 2. Juries (Scotland) Bill-Second Reading. 3. Ancient Commercial Statutes Repeal Bill—Second Redding 4. Navigation Bill—Second Reading. 5. Importation of Goods Repeal Bill—Second Reading. 6. West India and American Trade Bill—Second Readir3a 7. Dringhouses Inclosure Bill—Second Reading. 8. Excise Licenses Bill—Third Reading. 9. Agricultuial Distress Committee—Further consideration nt Report. 10. Colonial Securities Bill—Committee. 11. Superannuation Act Amendment Bill—Further considera tion of Report. 12. Supply—Committee. 13. Ways and Means—Committee. 14. Silk Lace Duties—Committee thereupon. 15. Malt Duties Repeal (Ireland) Bill—Further Considerati aP of Report. 16. Countervailing Malt Duties Bill—Further consideration of Report. 17. Slave Trade Acts Consolidation Bill—Second Reading• 18. Scottish Creditors Bill—Committee. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Mr. Arbuthnot,—Army Extraordinaries' and Miscelholv*! Services. (In Committee of Supply.) , 2. The Lord Advocate of Scotland,Bill to enforce the re, dence of the Sheriffs Depute within the Shires of Edinburg and Lanark. 3. Mr. Hume,—Copies of the Table of Fees charged by e several British Consuls-General and Vice-Consuls , clearance of Ships, and other Duties ; aLso, for the aro% collected in the Brazils unde r th e au th or ity o f 3.4 Geo-1` chap. 106. Last Day for receiving Reports of Private Bills (except Torn pike Bills). Tuesday, April 30. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Sir Robert Heron,—To prevent the necessity of reno" appointments to Offices on demise of the Crown. 2. Mr. Scarlett,—Bill to amend the Poor Laws. 3. Mr. Sykes,—Repeal of the Duty on Tallow Candles. .) 4. Mr. Canning—Bill to repeal so much of an Act (30 Ca r ' as debars Roman Catholic Peers from the exercise of t heir .... right to sit and vote in the House of Lord s . . 5. Mr. Nicholson Calvert,—Bill to regulate the proceedingol3:, specting the Forfeitures of Recognizant-es entered in t° fore Justices of the Peace and Coroners. tors 6. Mr. Attorney General,—Bill to amend Insolvent Deb tor Act. ORDERS OF THE DAY. 1. Receivers General Bill—Further consideration of ReP° rt " 2. Stamp Duties on Legacies Acts—Committee thereupon . Wednesday, May 1. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Mr. Beaumont—Repeal of the Leather Tax. 2. Mr. Tennyson—Motion on the subject of the Game Lito s ' 3. Sir Robert Shaw,—Repeal of Irish Window Tax. Thursday, May 2. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. , e e fiqcei 1.. Lord Viscount Normanby,—Address, 'concerning tu of Joint Postmaster General. 2. Mr. Western,—Resumption of• Cash Payments. ORDER OF THE DAY. 1. Supply, (Barracks, Public Works, and Law ChArges)r4 urther consideration of Report. Friday, May 3. ORDERS OF THE DAY. 1. Warehousing Bill—Second Reading. • • 2. Marriage Act Amendment Bill—Committee. 3. Marriage Service Bill—Second Reading. 4. Warrants of Attorneys Bill—Committee. 5. Colonial Trade Bill —Second Reading. PRICE 0 STOCKS THIS DAY AT Bank Stock . 238 3 per Cent. Red. 776 , 3 per Cent. Cons. 7 8 ii 3i per Cent. New 95 9 95 1 4 per Cent. 5 per Cent. Navy Ann.... 102 a 5 per Cents. 1797 ONE O . CLOCK. Bank Long Ann. 19 9.160' 1.5-16tHs India Stock ................. India Bonds sBs. 5u,;:, South Sea Stock ........ .. . 610 Excheq. Bills 3 „Pri Bank for Cons. Act. 233 Cons. for Account .. . ...... Tl 5 PRICE OF IRISH Bank Stock 245 Gov. Deb. 3 per cent. Stock, 31 per ct. Gov. Deb. 4 per cent. Gov. Deb. 5 per cent 2g l a Stock, 5 per cent 2v e t Treasury Bills, 5 per cent. City Debentures, 5 per • STOCK, APRIL 1:16. 47 Grand - Canal Loan, 4 p.c . ". Ditto 6 per cent. _Dit toStock ............ Royal Canal Stock ........ . Wide-street Cert. 6 p e r ct• Do. Deb. with Gov. Sec•••' Pipe Water Deb. 5 per ct. Do. Ballast Office Govt. Sec. cent. Lying in Hoseal 4 per ct. txchange on Lon, 5 per cent .... . .......... April 24, sg a HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-3100'"- 9 Morning., 0 minutes after 9. 1 Evening, 24 minutes after rr lIE S UN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM RUDEAT LONDON, MONDAY; APRIL 29, 1822 It appears to us that considerable pains hand been lately taken by som e J ourna l s t o mislea d the public as to the real state of the question b ey tween Turkey and Russia, and we have there fore for the last three days bestowed more than oral nary attention to the articles in the Austrian ° b ' server, the official paper of the Austrian Ge vernment, on which the speculations of tho se Journals have been founded. In its first article the Austrian Obser ver , a ft er a three wee ks silence, stated that it was formally authoriAetk to declare that the reports respecting th e state of the negociations with the Porte a re either entirely false or mixed up with data' partly true and partly false, so that they d a not merit any credit what e ver. We could .11°t help expressing our surprise (see Friday's Su" y re) that this Journal, w hich i s g enerally verfppt ( show it th 1101 NV ha its Serv, poin Whit i mp , rej e , lion \via Aus Rre the troy ha v 4 cow Jliri, C Purl the is ri tl ilitl i Iv 1, mat and nth( lion "iris lief r est: PO, /tub Th( t ai ties, ! , ittn thi n th e c on Itus Con l both Pre c lion ( G eri Nst, or 0 , a nd th, wh it: hop 1)1 11\ of defeat