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THE lONIAN ISLAAD.N.

Gibraltar Papers to the lath ultimo, erintain
following inatremont, ironed bs. Sir T. Madan,' :
" PROCLAIM tiON.
" His Excellency the Governor having nottevelc and ail,.
berstely comodered the important onestiots, how for the ctn a
monopoly, which has rained for centuries in ltiose ishowt.,
shall be &oniony withi and having enrei to his aid 'heap,.
•ions of such persons in these nisei% who thought
selves competent to gives*, opinion on the oobject, he feet,
himself disposed, though with coundereble doubt and dlE-
culty on his port, to toy the experiment of throwing °pro
the commerce of this most impatient article of neetessity.
" His Excellency does it with doubt wad diflicri:t?, be-
calm,* he is convinced. intently 'peeking, that the wisest
spite* of Government is to adhere to whit has been practi-
cally swertaisied to be beneficial to the people, in hen of
settle* up Novel thetintient speculations. Anxious. hot'
ever as his Excellency is to give a fair wild to whet it Pe
11.4111 win prove ultimated, bleott•cial to thew islands,sr,d
equally alive toils weressitPt the present moment ofoti etch-
leg wag pains that even bean the apnea-inn of increasing
dkufiabe amatatiatee, or of giving employment to the doe&
whosembot obowelliple there, he is okapi,' to proclaim for
area iskymetions, thud on the Ist of July nest, the r•nn.
omen of grain of every kind shall be throws opts in these
ninon i
" Having cense to 1114 detentinstioo, his Eseelleses deems
it to he his dot/ is state, that it it nut his intention that Go.
verenteut should interfere in any manner (heyond whet is
hereafter mentioned) with the commens of grain when twice
throw' open, so nag its the p.nner classes of the inhslnionts
be supplied with bread et a fsir and moderate rate; but as
the Government mow keep a stock on hand to prevent any
scarcity, or any sudden or tunnies rise in the price of
and a. it must continue its assistance in providing for the
kabinet., should such high peon he of ally euntinustion, he
deems it absolutely oecessegy, to secure the interests of Go.
renown. 00 one band, sod to protect the agneoiluial in-
terests on the other, to adopt the following regulations veil
restrictions on this heed

‘' 1. That, upon all wheat imported into these Wanda, for
commnaptioa, a duty of 4 scuds per *atm sh.tl be levied, if
imported in vessels under the British or lonian flag. and
wadi per salmi If imported is (omits vessels.
2. That, spool ladiso corn imparted into 'hese Woods,
for consumption • duty of 3 scud, per satin 'hail he levee.!,if imported in British ur lonian vessels, and 3.1 if imported
in foreign seuels.
" 3. Thai, upon all barley, rye, or other kinds need in wok-
ing bread, a duty of 2} smith, in British or limas; sod 3 us
foreign.
'• 4. All paste Anne, smolt', or Ism, 4 sruili.
[The remaioder of the Proelanastion ridatia entirely to the
details of carrying this important Inee.ll4ll into executive.]
" By command of his Bucellrticy,
(Signed) "- RICHARD PLASKET.
" Dated Palace, V.l. Ha, January 24, 1222."
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THE SI4VE TRADE. • .*-'••"1

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ARRIVAL OP THE SHARK. ' •Pa
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The United States schooner Sbark, M. C. Pew•T, Era. earn.
Mender, who*e snivel below we mentioned yemerdny, was
towed up to the Navy Tard yesterday afternoon by the
asimAsell Neatllns.
Tbe Sark is from a crnine of 162 dip; 'Mon( the Cosa.
tip. Cape do Verde, roast of Alyea, said last from the West
Issas% add hes he.. 160 dam at sea.
mamsnats.n..a...s

were thew all well. They were still at Gns►sy Ray. The
Slave Trade is still carried ow with great activity wader
Freed', Portagnem,Spawish, sad Dutch fiats. The moms.
lily had bees very great on the roast of At ice ; dunes the
last year upwards of own thirds of the white Eurspca■ sad
Americas 'mitigate had died. The British cruisers ha/ sof-
fered very severely, particularly in officers. :Mr. Wise sad
wife, Rev. Mr. Andrus, and sis of the blithe, died io July wud
August.

Tke Shark boarded a great many Gaineamen on Ilse coast,
time of which she trimmer] some time, one of them r
French schooner of 78 foes with 153 slaves on hoard...but
oat an American was to be heard of, and it WWI tinny well
aseertained that there are au American titian's at pretest
engaged In the traffic.
The followiag slave verse,* were boarded in the month of
July, off Cape Mount, at Old Calabar, Lagos R 011•1%, and its
the river Calabar, by the Snapper, Otitith brig of war :
Freoch whoever* L'Etinci fie, Autlhert, from Bourtlew ;
L'Hypolite, H. Depreyes, from Martionme; brig Nero°. „
Dovaynes from Caroni.; Pet torniese ship Mercury, from
St. Selvarior ; brigs Sunifene, from Lisbon; Bonn Hors,
Aliang, and Strella, from St. Salvador; schooner Conreicad,
from ditto; and Spanish sehootser l)el Carmen, from Hawaii.
nab. It waisupposid, ripen the moat moderate calcolatiou,
theater:me vessels would curt' from the comet at hair 6,000
slaves ; i• addition, the Myrmidon bail examined a somber
of other vessels in the same penud. In the begimaiag of A
cast there were dive hermaphrodite brigs, and two school—
era, seder the Enrich flag, waiting for mimeo at the mouth
at the Gsllinas ; and shoot the mid of October four other
,marls, ander the some flea, came to atichor off the bar, and
were preparing to send their cargoes on Moire for stares.
Thera had been no slave vesselslately in the Itto Fuegos.
It was estimated at Sierra Leone, that 50,1160 slaves lied
been sent from the coast within the last twelve months.
The Shark landed Mr. Ayres, agent of the America',
Ceinsizatuns Society, at Ste :14 on the 26th October.
'the Shark boarded ant detatnitl some time, on the 10th
of Novembtr, SOO miles moos Cr pe Monet. the Frerch
'chimney Caroline, Capialit It itinette, 175 tuna, with 10
Mama on hoard, housed to Martiaique. The slaves wi re
uoly allowed a bottle of xxater sod an ounce of rice per day.
We have beets perniiitei to peruse mime extracts from a
Journal kept donne the riche of the Shark, hoes whirls it
avocets that Cape Men, molo a considered the most eligible
molt for the location of the C..100y, as possessing advantages
over oilmen other emir:non on the coast. The soil la
excellent, and capable of producing lice, indigo, cotton.
coffee, 9111[U•ralle, and the-1.-oda and esculents tU111.1..1/1
tropical climates. The almant three int'ev
into the sea, forming in fine bay, mid rood attelvor.ige
near the shore in test fdilioni•. The:natives ate less barleat -
oua than those of the origithou nor: nations.
It was however feared, that sit tocamptessee of the death of
Mr. AIMS whose influence T 74, very great, and the inane io
slaves having become so prop' able to the Chicle, that many
difficulties would arise its 11'.e negor Mies for the transfer of
land. King Paler, who ..idea at Cape Mount, but whose
suvererguty •xtenda owe, Cape klesorado omit its
11.41 give. (nu doubt 'at the instance of the French slave
testier.) • derided trqative to the prop•wition of she agitate
for the transfer of a pert of bre territory, particularly as the
avowed object x f the Colonists is the sappmstoss of the
Slave Trade, wirich he is determineel to support Si long is.
he can find wretches to traffic with hint. But as soon as the
FI teeth Georesument shall have put a slop to this trade, thine
will be no difficulty in obtaining lewd.

Iltrasiorable tstoi hie In coarse so noimportant in the Gold
Coast, that the British tend 0 is believed the Doteb alit.)
have detorrnieril to cat op mo•t of their iridium eslubli.h-
rent. Sir Charles Mac Cart hy, Guver uor Georral, was daily
expected at S.cria Leone, with lastractioa. to withdraw
all the Wroth Faits on the Gold Coast, except Cape Coast
Castle and that of Dia's Cove.

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Dr. Ayres, rho ►rot out to the Shark, had etroay hnp, s
of being able to obtaiii the luau of ore of these estahlki...
ineate. The rre‘t objechou to a settlement en the
Clie.t is the want of good writer.

Should the Antertcnuesoccceii im the couternmaird