The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-08-11 00:00:00

THE TRZXCIPALITT OF PO}JIS!

The two rvllewing Onlinances of the sni -disant Prince
d Poyais have been handed to us for publication. They
will contribute to the amusement of our readers. In the
first, the t 'azique, in imitation of Bonaparte, renders il-
lustriens the hne from which he is dons:tiled. '1 he second
ractit of the late Poyaisiah Envoy.

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ME I,IIINCL•si6IItTII-DAy.
van Grec,,r'n I. r.4)l}crano y Principe Iteynante .le Toynia.
(1,: In Ntcion Purer. Pr,quet.n de Los balks, &c. tk.e.
OltblNA:stE. 1.

%For. ar AI.
II arc, g taken into our constderation, that the dignity of on'. !lonic
ve.t.nita, teat we should gr..nt a distinguishes% rank in nvr pa-
Iny a Poyais, to our Matcnal Attuts,—We have this day con-
femal upon all, and each of them severally. the tteatittent of
" Highness,' and the rank of " Princess;" and (ha' illtm"hwelY
after their Christian :mums, the shall bear that t.t " 1): Casa
Aatttic;•
Given under ottr hand at Paris, this twenty.fourth day of Pe.
cember. in the year of our Lord one thowand eight Lundred
arti twmtr.three. and fourth of our reign and countersigned
by our Lefler Stemma, ut State f..c foreign AtLint.
(Signed) 111:13OR P.
By command of his Most scutie Iligbness.
(signed) least)': or Pw.sty4A.
Corder Sterntary of Smut for Foreign A.fairs.

No. XXXIII.-0141D.N.lNIT. A.R. v.
Ulnae 1. 1►.4:. Sovereign Prince of Poyabi, l'adique of the Toyer
Native, Protector of the Indies. ke. di.c. he.
To ail to whom thew; presents come greetin7,.
WitERFAA,
liming taken into eonsidera:L.:l rentiem, ?oyalte
and talent+ of the Marquis de la t roa. nor 1:Ivoy I: maordinary
and Alieister Plenipotentiary at tie t! out of Writ Dritain. aid
wishing to bvitow upon hint a proof of our strirdlc;tion, we !tare
this dar o: chine!. and do hereby ordain as 101111%%
the 31arquis de la Cmv is created a Duke of our Trinei-
pality of Peribi, by the stile and title of " Duque de loy Sierras."
Y. 4.h.r. l!, riihrs College is hereby char7ed with the rterution
of 110, eelra-re.
Y. Our Secretary-General to the tromnilasion of I.rrilts Iligh
enronnsaionera of Priyoia, a herby charged with the peonilga.
tion of the preaent
Giro at the Maisnn Villette, this teenty-seronil day of June.
t! :e yetir of our Lord one thousand eight hiruirol and
twenty-hair. and MTh of our Ta 141); and entinter,ie,ned by our
1.;:l:r Secretary of State for Foreign AfPairs.
rf;oß P.

r,• the Prince,

VirrortnE nr. BRAEN.I.
Scrxtary of Sixty fur Foreign .ttfairs

*TO THE EDITOR OF TIM BRITISH PRESS.

S:l,—Froni Kliterial remarks appearing in your
Pap, r of this I feel called upon w captain that part of
my cmrluet. whirl: 1 must allow that you, Sir, have justly
anittat!vated *Tot.
la the first instance, Sir, you are in error in saying act
I ovenetl an office in Itowgate llill. That office was
omen and established iiine months before I cver.saw Sir
tsreitor M`tire:ror in England, before I was in any way ac-
quit-twit with Poyais, and was during that nine minithc
utal.r the managemitit of a gentleman who was, and is
41'3 a 1 kputy Commissary Ci.reral in Ow service of his'
Ikaapnic Majesty, and who also hail the distinguished
tonmir of being is Pttyai.lian Highness's Envoy Extraor-
doaryi and Mini ter Plrnipatentiary, and who was created
a Baron of l'oyais, by the styk and title of Baron Va-
in* and Knight of the Moat Illuatrieus Military Order
of the Green Cross. This gentleman hints who contracted
a L,311 for Posais with Mr. John Lowe, on the tnil of Oc-
text, Ifi‘23, for 4200,0U01., at the high prie of TS per
art., which Scrip wet- ortitalkilai dte pale it SO per
<cat.

In llf:neb, 1923, hearing that Sir Gregor lkl'Greger was
in London, 1 waited upon him, having formed an se-
qmintance with him at Porto Bello, and having taken my
leave of hint on the stub of April, 1810, whilst the forts
of Porto Dello were doing their utmost to sink our respec-
tive
The conduit of Sir Gregor 3fiGregor at Porto Bello I
fel: had been much iniarepreser Led to his disadvantage,
and I think much Value was attached to him unmeritedly.
At a subsequent itterview he told me of his briUiant pros-
pecn, the misconduct of his " Envoy," and finished by
appointing me his I'oyaisian Highness s Charge (FAQ:tires
in treat Britain. In all conversations that 1 had with Sir
Gregor 11PtIregor, be s►surnl me that the King or mo.
quito's grant was irrevocably given to himself and his
him and that the grtut carried with it the sovacilvity of
Ponds.

t the Bit meeting of the. Poyais Scrip-holders, as can
be ores by the papers of the loth of April, IsZt, I called
upon the holders to examine the rowan of Sir Gregor
RV Gregor, and state 4 the grant was ycgistered in the Court
of Chancery for every pc-ton to examine. This I stated
by direction of Sir Gregor Nl`Gregor 1 was also informed
that the first Contractor was well assured of the validity of
Sir Gregor's claim to Poyais, before lie contracted for the
Loan.

I never pledged myself that Sir Gregor *Gregor was
Sovereign Prince of Poyais, nor did I ever think it ULLTS•
sary to examine the grant from the King of Mosquito until
September, 16'23, when the rcvo-ation of that grant ap-
peared in all the London Journals, via Belize. I then
employed a Notary-public to take a coy of the original
cram (a copy of wnch had atm been los n.ll in the Rank-
ing-house of Sir John Perrtrig, Bart. a ('o. by the first
Contractor, in October, 113`_:2), if which I immediately hod
I,otii copies printed and published, with Bryan Edward's
&twit if the British Settlenterts an the Aters9mito shore,
ems, far the wee tf the British Gorertnient in 1773.
The copies I instantly distributed to the Poyais Bond-
holders, in order that 1 might not be considered a party
to thc misrepreser.tations emulated by of ors as regarded
the sovereign ty of Poyais.
You must allow me to repeat, that I knew northing of
Poyais until the end of March, l»^3, which was about six
months after the List Loan was in the market, and about
two years after the Poyais scheme hail been started in Scot-
land. In fact, Sir, the plausibility of Sir Gregor Nl‘Gregor
convinced me, as he has done his good friend Mr. Thick,
that his Erre./ and Contractor had conducted themselves
' •
most inirropeelv, "and that the must injured of men was
lirfurit. I believed Sir Gregor M`Gregor's talc, and I
amid; red, that in taking up the cause of the injured party,
that I was also supporting a man of extraordinary talent
sad of inflexible honour.

I have thei)Onour7o remain, Sir,
Your most obtvlient Servant,
WILLIAM JOIIN
Sit August„ I, Donate-hill.

'll4 fotow;:•,7, is an extract of a private letter recciveil

• C 4114..; r lir 13.—A small French squadron has made Its
'Air to-day. They were seen from the tower
ry "'Tougt. the different evolutions, and will be join :d this night
7"'""m r''ringby the vessels which era now in the liay.
ssid lthe% unitvii they will make a squadron of twelve or
".ricei sad, la:, ivid small. Front the preparations which are
i! e.. nnt some change Is about to tak.: place. The
P'let 4en r., ,ing to. hut will not remain any time, as she is
Manned w Live any communication with the shore, owing to the
my last, scat you some oboe:rations on the yel-
Probability of its breaking out here this season ;
ithoZ.,tequence of which the French troops arc in the greatest
Letters w-r. yesti May received from Bt. Thomas, dated
'th Jaa by a Danish ship of war. They refer to
writtta by the packet dated the 10th of the same
":;111., 60 that the packet may be daily lookotl for. 'There
cyvtral arrivals from the Colombian ports, but
....taeotton nothing new from that quarter, except-
.."ll' many bills hail arrived in the island drawn by
Government on Mr. llurtatlo in London,
of which had affected the Exchange to the
(t.ss of 1 Gl' 5 per cent. 'Flies? bills, drawn by the Slt-
P3ttraf r.-.inr?, arc dated Bogota, the 27th of May,
423 dahtlen days later than any previous account.
lb,cardtr will make his Report to the King in
-;.,P1 itnrilay next, at Carlton Palace.
t K I V.—A care was lately discovired in
to this place, by following a fox which
ottre.l it on being pursued. It is said to be contained
. .
,4, „ lamp
.. ce of primitive lino stone. The opening
.is
: K: he int not is asserted to contain chambers 3n
rr to1:4I to thise of the inn. It has no appeafknee of
an ..r..nzial excavation, and is said to hc distressingly
ry dark. The exister.a. of such a cave had
merit' nal:y te.ked of, as having been the resort of a
freebomer, who was betrayed by a paramour, to
sikt"l)ss7an I)hu offered as a reward as much gold as
it,sld contain in her two hands, l'lte gold, however,
proud delivered i 3 a melted state, the rc.cotopeneF
P
. Ikritttly suitable to the service.—L ./: ',burgh