The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-06-27 00:00:00

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portados of silt by Portuguese vessels, Old rakes* 11 to 300 nab I
(Tees) per moyo, hatted of KW
The export dui. 41 wine is reduced one-half.
It is useless to observe, that this Edict has been issued imme-
diately after the departure of Sir Charles Stewart for Brazil. Most
certainly before his arrival here our Cabinet would not have pub-
' lished such doctrines upon commerce, and would not have failed te
extend any measure that it might have thought fit to adopt, to the
ports of Braid, which no longer depend on Portugal, as well as to
the other colonies which are still in its possession.
(From the Bloik, dated Saturday, June 26.1
MILAN. JUNI 13.
The Emperor of Austria having staid at Genoa till the 7th, has
passed the lElordielta, and visited some small towns between that
chain and the Po, and is arrived at Pania. His Majesty is expected
here immediately. Prince Metternich, the dfarquis of Caraman,
M. de Tatischeff, Sir 11. Wellesley, and Prince Ilatzfeld, have re-
turret! for Genoa. We do not know whether Count Latour, Sar-
dinian Minister for Foreign Affairs, who hsd many conferences at
Genoa with Prince 3lettemich. will come here. It was said his
Sardinian Majesty would visit the Emperor, as soon as be returned
to this city.
FAENCII FUNDS.-.-PARIS, JUNE 23.-5 per Cents. 102 f.
135 c. ; 3 per Cents. 7.5 c. 90f.: Bank Stock, 2,2oof..—Courr Authes.
Ague not received.

We have received the Brussels papers of Saturday. They
state that the Congress at Milan was concluded, and that
M. Dir GENTZ, who had acted as Secretary, had passed
through Inspruck on the Bth, on his return to Vienna.
The following extract is from the Allgemeine Zeitueg of
the 19th of June
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Faow TUE SOUTH OE FIANCE. JUNE 9. '
We have now accounts from Alexandria in Egypt of the 11th of
April, according to which the Viceroy was at Cairo, engaged in or-
ganizing a numerous corps, intended to join the expedition of his
son, lbtahim Pachs. Some regiments of this corps, the amount of
*hide is stated at eight or nine thousand men, were already corn.
pieta, and were daily exercised in the use of their arms. The re-
mainder were also to be ready to march in a few weeks. It did not
appear likely, however, that they could embark before the end of
May, or the beginning ofJuna, even if the naval armaments were
ready by that time. In this corps are all the French, Neapolitans,
Piedinontese, litc. who served in Spain under the Constitu-
tional Government, and when that was overthrown repaired to
Egypt to serve in the army of the Viceroy, and are not with Ibra-
him's troops in the Mores. As these individuals went for the most
part singly to Egypt, after long wanderings and trying their for.
tunes elsewhere, they could not form a separate corps, but are for
the most van placed as officers in the regiments of Arabs or tie-
groes. No doubts were entertained at Alexandria of the success
of Ibrahim in the Mores; his landing and his pretended advance
had been publicly announced. On the other hand, we have re-
ceived dirtctiy certain accounts of the destruction of the greater
part of the Egyptian fleet by Itliaulis and Canaris ; and Greek ac—
counts unanimously affirm that Ibrahim Pacts, who in a most dis-
tressed situation in the Peloponnesus, has since endeavoured to open
fresh negotiations, in order tube permitted to retire unmolested from
the Mores with his troops; but that nothing had been concluded.
The Greek Government, it is said, insists that Ibraham, as Com-
' slander-in-Chief of all the Turkish corps, shall stipulate in the
proposed convention the delivering up of Patras, Lepanto, and the
castles of the Mores, and send the necessary orders to the Goner-
nors. This latter is said to be a main subject of the negotiations.
After all, the rights of the Spanish bondholders will not
be bartered away. The principle of composition, on which
the new loan was to have been founded, is abandoned, and
the contractors have insisted upon the recognition of the
bonds at their full value. This is what should have been
done in the first instance. If it had, we have no doubt that
the question would have been settled long ago. As it is, the
whole subject must continue yet some time in suspense.
The delay that will take place, whatever it may be, is

decidedly beneficial to the bondholders. FERDINAND
must do them complete justice. We wish, however,
that the contractors had so managed their negotia-
tion with him, that there had been no appearance
of bad faith on their part. They ought never to
have proposed a composition. The Times states, that
M. ALMAGRO, the Spanish Commissioner, had " mistaken
the project, or rough draught of a contract, for one fully ra-
tified." This statement is itself a mistake—the contract
was concluded, as we have stated, on the 27th ult., at Ma-
drid. The King of Sr AIN then acceded to the terms on
which the contractors offered to furnish him with a loan.

It remained then only to issue the new bonds, for which
purpose M. ALMA:;no came to London.

It is still fresh in the memory of every one connected
with the commerce of the British Empire, that in 1810 the
paper circulation of Great Britain had increased to an ex-
cessive and alarming degree. In many parts of the con-
tinent of Europe, a gold guinea commanded twenty-eight
shillings of English paper money, and the general belief
then was, that precious metals could not be found sum..
ciently abundant to supply a circulating medium for the
ordinary transactions of the commercial world. It was in
that year that Mr. lioairca, whose memory, although be
died in the prime of life, will hold a conspicuous station
in the financial history of his country, prevailed on the
House of Commons to grant him a Committee to inquire
into the state of the currency. The eminent services per-
formed by this Committee have long ago been universally
admitted. By the most laborious research, much useful
knowledge was acquired, of which no part was more,
valuable than the documents which were procured respect-
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mg the produce of the American mines. These papers
were printed for the general information of the community;
they are founded on the best authorities, and extracts of
them must be important at a time when, through the pro.-
gress of civilization, the Americans have gained independ-
ence, and are closely linked by the strongest tics of interest
to the people of England. The following information has
been selected from the report of this Committee :

COINAGE OF 91EXICO.
Silver Gold
Annual Averagefrom 1733 to 1742 - 8,998,209 434,050
1743 1752 . 11.566,030 435,109
1753 1762 . 11,971,835 462,773
1763 1772 - 12,303,753 770,743
1773 1782 - 17,603,462 773,800
1783 1792 - 19,491,309 844,c40
Dollar%

1795 - 26,480,677
1796 - 21,590.891
1797 - 19,649,679
1793 . 18.750,1190
1799 - 21,002,134
1800 • 21,880.400
1601 - 20,992,635
1802 21,930,776

18W3 . 21.960:040
1804 - 22,611,652
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Produce of the mines of Peru computed from the royal
duties from 1780 to 1789 inclusive, being for ten years :

Dollars DoUars
Silver made into plate, duty at 10 per cent. . 60,213 602,130
1)o. made into ingots, duty at 11 j per cent. 3,307,580 29,126.024
(bold made into ingots, duty at 3 per cent. 132,729 4,424 035

9,500,622 34,152,189
Alarm. oz.
A verage.antual amount of silver from 1780 to 1787 - :173.076 0
(31ercurto Peruuno) of gold 3.538 7
In 1790 the amount of silver smelted was - 412,117

LIMA.
Dollars
Coinage In 1790 - 6.206,906
1791 - 5,120,04
1792 - 5.005.581
1793 - 5.941,706
1794 - 6,093,937
ST. JAG() DE CIIILL
Dollars
Coinage 17132 to 1786 - 2,308,220
Annual Average . 526,624
Coinage 1789 - . 971,241
Coinage 1790 in gold 721,714, in silver 146,132 Dollars.
General estimate of the annual coinage of Spanish
America :

Dollars
Mexico - - 24,000.000
Cluatimala - - 200,000
Lima - . 6.000,000
Potosi - - ♦.600,000
Chili - - 1,200.000
Popayan - - 1.000.000
Santa Fe - - 1,200,000

M. BOURGOING, from information communicated to him
by Mr. HUMBOLDT, estimates the average at 35,000,000
dollars, and 111.suariNa at 40,000,000. The information
collected by the House of Commons la, however, more

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The produce of the Gaives district is about 1-6th of the
Minas Geraes. The mountains, however, abound with
diamonds and precious mmals. 116x15011DT estimates the
gold produced in the Brazils at millions sterling per
annum.
It is impossible to contemplate the unbounded sources
of wealth and prosperity which the liberation of America
opens to its 'own population, and also to the nations of
Europe. Whilst the Western Continent was subject to
Spain and Portugal, it was only supplied with slaves from
Africa, with soldiers and convicted felons from the Pe-
ninsula, and with lefew high priced goods for the consump-
tion of Viceroys, Captains-General, and other European
officers. The natives were oppressed by a system of the
most insufferable despotism ; their industry was paralysed
by the exactions to which it was subject, and safety, either
of person or property, was unknown. The scene, how-
ever, is now changed. The labourer is well rewarded for
his toil, and his earnings are protected by free and whole-
some laws. The mining wealth of these vast regions will I
no longer lie hidden and neglected. British skill and 1
capital will be applied to unfold all their resources. The
mines will in future be worked en the most approved prin-
ciples, and their produce, according to Mr. Ilumaotnr,
will be tripled. The Real del Monte, the Tlalpuxahua,
the Anglo-Mexican, and the United Mexican Associations
are in full operation, and that for working the mines of
Colombia has commenced its proceedings. Great progress
has already been made, although not more than one
million and a half has yet been remitted across the Atlantic,
and not one quarter of the total sum subscribed will be
required to put into activity the dormant energies of the
people of the American Continent. The manufacturers
of Manchester, Glasgow, and Birmingham will reap the
advantages of American prosperity, and a short period
only will be necessary to demonstrate tho great value and
importance of these undertakings to the general welfare of
mankind, and primarily and especially to our own country-
men. Every advance made in numbers and riches by the
twenty-two millions of emancipated Americans will create
a fresh demand for the products of British industry, and
open a wider scope for the arlployment of the increasing
wealth and population of this great Empire.
The readers of the Times were; surpised on Saturday
by the appearance of a long and grave homily on the evils
of jobbing and gambling in Foreign Loans, and the shares
of Joint-stock Companies. The principles which the
writer of this article lays down are perfectly unobjec-
tionable. We wonder only at the peculiar earnestness
he manifests, in urging them at this particular period.
What has recently occured, that this writer should feel it
his duty to draw up a bill of indictment against the mer-
chants of London, as a body who are generally sunk to
that state of " moral debasement which obscures the
faculty of judgment ?" There was a time, four or five
months ago, when !speculation ran to an enormous height.
The fever lasted but a very abort time, and at this moment
scarcely any of the shares of the new Companies arc at any
premium worth mentioning, except three or four, which
are known to be in an advanced state, and presumed to be
producing considerable profits. If any new companies
are brought out, their shares fall immediately to a discount.
Yet, this is the moment selected by the 7 imes to represent
the spirit of gambling as having degraded the character of
the City "to thelowest point of moral depravity !" While
the mania raged with the greatest violence, the Times was
silent as the grave, with regard to the evil; but now that
it has passed by, when the public mind is quite cool and
sober, the virtuous indignation of the Times knows no
limits. To what are we to ascribe this new-born zeal
against dishonourable practices? Why did not the Times
attack the evil when it was in existence ? No one in-
timately acquainted with what is distinctively termed
the " City," will pretend that there is much present
danger of fraudulent associations. Had the managers
of the Times reasons of their (new for their silence
at the period when, if ever, they should have spoken
out? Have they not now reasons of their owl for venting
their spite in the shape of a general libel on the " City ?"
If they have, it is right that we should uncloak their de-
sign and expose their hypocricy.
It is well known that a charge has been made very freely
against a " great speculator", that during the panic
in the Funds, three or four weeks ago, he recommended
his friends to follow a course precisely the reverse of that
which he was following himself ; in other words, he
advised them to buy while he was selling. What
foundation there may have been for this charge,
we, - who have never had reason to flatter ourselves
with being in the confidence of this great person-
age, have no means of ascertaining ; hut it is some-
what remarkable that in company with this rumour,
another was current, viz, that among the " friends" who,
as the Times feelingly states, were " betrayed into pur-
chases of stock in order that he might sell his own to
greater advantage," were some of the parties who hare
the " City" department of the Times mote particularly
under their management. This report we had disregarded
as a malicious satire on the unsullied purity of the " lead-
ing journal :" but we confess our suspicions are now more
than excited. The Times, who have suddenly imbibed so
just an abhorrence of the fraudulent artifices of jobbing and
gambling, observes that " they are reprobated by those
who have suffered, and would have been practised with
the same hope of gain by those who now reprobate them
most loudly." This is perfectly natural, as we have no
doubt the writer knows it to perfectly true. No man is
more angry at being cheated than he who falls into the
trap he was setting for others.

We are not of the number of those who have been found
at any time administering to the public appetite for specu-

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'accurate than any Individual can be unposed to haft ob-'lation of any description, bat we cannot patiently witness
tained. lan endeavour from such a quarter to assume a high tone
The importation of gold and silver into Spain from her of moral feeling, under such circumstances as have pro-
American Colonies, amounted yoked the recent ebullition of the conductors of the Times.
In 1794 to 17,14111711 sinus 7 teas They have no right to come forward and abuse the whole
In 1796 to 25,567,521 dollars 7 rests
"City," because a "great speculator" may have included
After this date, Spain joined in the French revolutionary
them among the "friends" whom he betrayed to ruin.
war, and the importation of specie became irregular as to
The nature of things is not changed because they have
time, and uncertain as to amount. During the peace of suffered,
Amiens, viz.—From Bth December 1801, to 29th August though we agree entirely with them, that, as
sufferers, they may be expected to " reprobate most
180 1, being two years and three quarters,
the importation loudly" what they would possibly themselves have " prac.
into Spain amounted to 107,308,1 54 dollars, making an i
tined with the same hope of gain." If the Times has a
annual average during that period of 39,0%1,146 dollars.
cause of quarrel with the "great capitalist," let it be
This information was extracted from the books of the
fairly brought forward, and not converted indirectly into a
Spanish custom-houses. general libel on those who are guiltless of the practices
With regard to Brazil, the average of the Minu Geraes
alleged against him. The paragraphs that ha /e lately ap-
for forty years preceding 179 $ amounted to 707,8 1 1/. as
peered on several occasions had prepared us for some at-
is manifest from the following statement of the produce
tack upon him; but we hardly expected it to have been
during that period : made in the shape of a canting lamentation over the" moral
1752 to 1762 Annual avemge 20.489 lb. a£46 1_44. 61. £985 debasement of the City."
628
1763 to 1772 . . 17,716
627.096 A spirit of gambling speculation is, without doubt,
1773 to 1784 . - 13,635 - - -
1734 to 1794 - . 8,976 - - - 419,269
highly pernicious, whatever be the object to which it be
Since the latter year this mine has not been productive, directed,
whether loans, joint-stock companies, cotton,
and latterly the want of capital has prevented it from being
coffee, tallow, hemp, or any thing else. It is one of the
worked. The above quantities were assayed and stamped
evil passions of human nature, continually showing itself in
by the Portuguese Governnaent ; but a vast deal was also
some form or other, and perhaps inseparable from the very
smuggled. nature of commercial transactions. It should certainly be

repressed as far as possible, but we can hardly hope to de-
stroy it altogether. All fraudulent contrivances in getting
up joint-stock companies, or issuing loans, deserve exposure
in every possible way. If they have been carried to the
extent stated by the Time:, the law would reach the
parties concerned ; and it could not be more usefully
administered than in punishing them. We coincide
in the opinion, that many respectable persona have lent
the sanction of their names in some cases too hastily,
though unquestionably if it were "for the sake of
profit," as the Times grossly asserts, we could not regard
them much as " men of honour." There may have been
some, however, who have fallen into these projects " for
the sake of profit," and for the " sake of profit" alone.
There may be some who have made assiduous application
for shares of all the Foreign Loans and new Companies,
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without reference to their character or merits. What
should we think of the sincerity of these parties, if, be-
cause they were at last themselves duped by the ma-
noeuvtes in which they hoped to participate, they should
set un for teachers of public virtue?

CITY, SATURDAY ETIMING.
A large portion of business was transacted in the British Funds
this morning, and the prices were exceedingly firm, vis.—Consols

for the opening 91jj, and the Reduced Annuities 90j 91. Money
is even now getting more plentiful, and the near approach of the
payment of the dividends, which will necessarily make it still
easier, leads to the expectation that Consols will fully maintain
themselves at their present quotations.
In the Foreign Illarket the chief attention of speculators
wax directed to Spanish securities; the reports being diame-
trically opposite to each other, and opinions the same, large
transactions took place according to the varied views of the different
parties, in the absence of all real knowledge with regard to the ex-
pected Loan. The Bonds declined considerably, the Old being
at 2ljj, and the New at 16, 16., 17. There was a partial re-action
in Greek &sip , which got back to 10Ij discount. The Ronda were,
489.

In consequence of the reported capture of Callao, South Ameri-
can securities were on the advance, Colombian Bonds being 88,1,
and 31ezican Scrip la discount ; Brazilian ditto was j 4 discount;
and Danish ditto 3, 24.
A good deal of business has been done in French Recta. The
Five per Cent. Stock has reached 103 f. In the new Three per Cent.
Stock many purchases have been made, and they have risen to
76i, for the delivery on the 15th proximo. It is probable that in a
time of profound peace and internal prosperity, there will be a con-
siderablylgreater improvement in the value of French Stock.

There was a good deal of business doing in the Share market, in
Anglo Mexican Shares,this morning, at 824 874. The United Mexi-
can Shares were 25, 7. Great interest was ala excited respecting
the Rock Salt Shares, which were done at q. Paseo Peruvian
Shares were 134 Those of the new Potosi Company were' at
fii 7 ; and the General Mining Shares 114 12.

The Brussels Oracle of Thursda7 states the Ministerial
changes which have taken place in the Netherlands.—
Count W. F. Beetle, the late Minister for Foreign Affairs,
is appointed Superintendant of the Royal Palaces, and
Member of the First Chamber of the States General. M. de
Coninck is appointed to the Foreign Department, and is
succeeded in that of the Interior by M. Von Gobbelsehray,
the King's Cabinet Secretary.
FALL or Cattao.—Captain Mortimer, of the Vulture,
arrived at Liverpool from Puerto Cabello, states, that the
agent of the vessel, at the moment of his departure, in-
formed him that an express had just arrived from Bogota, bv
way of Valencia, bringing the intelligence that Bolivar hail
taken the fortress of Callao by storm, and put the whole
to the sword. The Captain does not bring any papers. A
vessel called the Picton was to sail for Liverpool a few
days afterwards ; and, as she is a fast-sailing brig, she may
be hourly expected.
By a gentleman arrived at Plymouth, from New South
Wales, we 'cal n that every thing is going on very pro-
sperously, and time inhabitants enjoy good health and ge-
neral content. Many settlers are making rapid fortunes.
Such is the commercial prosperity of the settlement, that
but few commodities arc now supplied from India ; from
whence, however, many persons of distinction came to
inhale the more bracing a:r of Sydney, to the desirable end
of repairing their health.
Intelligence from Hayti, according to a Baltimore Paper
of the 23d of May, represents that great dissatisfaction pre-
vailed among the emigrants, on account of their anxiety
to return to the United States. The President Boyer, it is
added, was as eager to get them out of the island. as he
had been before to get them into it, and had signed seve-
ral hundred passports in one day, in furtherance of that
object.
General Canterac has addressed a letter to the Editor of
Tile Memorial Bardelais, denying, ihr Wee, the epistle from
i himself to Bolivar, which lately appeared in the London
Papers, and which, had it been authentic, would have done
so much credit to him. He says be had no other commu-
I nication with Bolivar than a mere letter of etiquette, " the
contents of which were so simple, that he wrote it without
making a first copy, or even keeping a duplicate."
There is a Bill before Parliament to enable such persons
as his Majesty may be pleased to call to the degree of a
Sergeant-at-Law, to take upon themselves that office in
vacation.

The Bill to prevent the vexatious removal of indict-
ments, and to empower the presiding Judge to pass sen-
tence on defendants convicted at Nisi Prim:, has been
printed. This was a very desirable measure. Hencefor-
ward no prosecutor will be able to remove any indictment
or presentment, without notice to the parties indicted, and
by motion before a Judge of the King's Bench, as defend-
ants are obliged to do when they apply for such a purpose.
B 7 another clause it is enacted, that when issue shall be
tned at Nisi Prins, and the defendant found guilty, the
'Judge may, with the defendant's consent, pass sentence
forthwith.
The Session of Parliament draws rapidly to a close.—
There are no Notices of Motions, nor Orders of the Day,
standing in the Order Book of the House of Commons,
beyond to-day.
`The John Bull states that the prorogation of Parliament
will take place next Saturday, when his Majesty will per-
form the ceremony of prorogation in person.
A meeting will be held to-day, at the Middlesex Hospi-
tal, Lord R. Seymour in the chair, for the purpose of pro-
moting a subscription for the sufferers at the late dreadful
fire in the neighbourhood of Cavendish-square.

Lora William C. Bentinck has declared his intention of
not again Vanding for the County of Nottingham, at the
next election.

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FASHIONAIII.I INT I Luciarcr

ARRANGEMENTS FtEt TUE WEEK.

'ruts 'EVEN) .
The Marchioness of Cholmondeley's concert, Piemditly.
Viscountess Melville's quadrille ball. Admiralty.
TO-MOBROW.
lady Warburton's rout, to meet the Duchess of Gloucester.
Albemarle-street.
Lady Conte's ball, Connaught-place.
Mrs. Champagne's ball, Harley-street.
Mrs. Lawley's rout, Uroavenor-square.
The Earl and Countess of Aberdeen's party, Argyll-street.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry's party, Hilt.
ford-street, May-fair.
The Countess of Dartmouth's dejnose, At Blackheath.
IVEDNLSDAT.
The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury's assembly, Arlington.
street.
The ltfarquis and Marchioness of Camden's party, to meet the
Duke of Gloucester.
Almack's grand ball.
The ,larquis and Marchioness Of Lansdown's party, Lansdown
House, Berkeley-square.

THURSDAY.

The Connte.s of Arran's assembly, Dover-street.
The Earl and Countess of Darlington's party, to meet the Duke
of York.

The Dowager Countess of Cork's party, New Burlington.street.
The Marquis of liertford's concert and ball, in Piccadilly.

FRIDAY.

The Marchioness of Cholnondeley's rout, Pieeadirly.
The Countess of Sefton's mut, Arlington-street.
Lady Maryborough's assembly. Saville-street.
SATUNDAY.

The Marquis of Hertford's party, to meet the Duke of York.
The Marquis and Alarchioncsa of Salisbury's party, Hanover•
square.
The Earl and Countess of Mansfield's party, at Caen Wood.

SUNDAY.

The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, eonversasioae,
boron-street.
Countess St. Antonio. music, Hanover-square.

His Excellency Count Lieven gave a grand dinner on Saturday
to Prince Radziville, the Earl of Aberdeen. Earl of Bristol, Earl
Morley, Lord Melville, Lord Strangford, Earl Harrowby, Count
Munster, Count Goloakin. the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Huskisson,
Mr. Stratford Canning, Mr. C. W. Wynn. Mr. C. Ellice, Mt.
Planta, &c. at Ashburnham House, Dover street.
The Duchess of Bedford has issued cards of invitation for a grand
ball on Thursday, the 14th July, at her house in St. Jatnees.
square.
The Countess of Dartmouth has issued cards of invitation far •
grand rout on the bth July, at her house in Berkeley-squarc.
Tice Earl of Essex entertained the Marquis and Marchioness of
Lansdown and a distinguished party at dinner yesterday, at his
seat, Cashiobury Park.
The Duke of Rutland will give a grand entertainment to the
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and a numerous party, on the 4th
of July. at his house in Arlington-street.
The Hon. Mra. Price gave a grand ball and supper on Friday
trrening. at her house is Harley-street, which was attended by
Prince William of Brunswick, and upwards of 400 of the haul
ton.

Lord Sherburne, Sir George Warrender. Montague Burgoyne,
Esq. Sir Thomas Lennard, &c. bad grand dinner prrties on Su.
turday.
The Earl of lionsdale had a grand dinner party yesterday, at his
house in Charles-street, Berkeley-square.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Hastings entertained a distin-
guished party to dinner yesterday, at the Pulteney Holel, Albe-
marle-street.

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Lord llynesor has left town for his seat Barrington Park, Oz.
fordahire.

The Duke and Duchess of Bedford have left town few their.
villa, Camden Hill, for a few days.
J. Heneage, Esq. hu arrived at the Cleveland Hotel, St
JameOt, from Pane; Mr., Mrs., and 3lias Quick, have left ditto
for their seat in Worcestershire.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Buller and family left the Waterloo
Hotel, Jermyn_street, yesterday, for their seat in a:Tonal:lm.
Departures from the London Hotel. Albemarle-street:—Sir
Henry Bunbury, Bart. for his seat in Suffolk ; Miss Creapigny,
for Bath; and Miss Hendrick, on a tour.
Arrivals at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square:—The Earl and
Countess Kenmare, from a tour; their Excellencies Conn* and
Countess de Stakelserg and suite, from Russia. Departures from
ditto, Lord and Lady Gray, for the Earl of Stamford's seat. En.
villa Hall, Staffordshire; Lady Cecil Talbot, for Staffordshire;
Sir Robert and Lady Harland. for their seat in Suffolk.
Departures from the British Hotel:—Major Kelly, for Dublin ;
Captain and Mrs. Owen, for Paris; J. Staples, Esq. for ditto ;
and Wm. IVillett, Esq. for Brighton.
Mr. and Mrs. Churchill left Gould's Hotel, Jermyn-street, yes.
terday, for their seat in Northamptonshire.
Amvals at Nerot's Hotel, Clifford-street :—Leveson Gower, Esq.
and the Hon. Mrs. Gower, Mrs. Redwood, Rev. Mr. Walker and
Ladies, Right Hon. Lord Audley, Lady Audley and family, and
Mrs. Willoughby and Ladies. Departures :—Edward Smith God.
fret', Esq., Mr. and Miss Godfrey, Thomas S. Godfrrv, Esq. and
family, for Newark; 800. Mrs. Doody; and Ladies; .1. H. Dun-
can and family. •

On Saturday afternoon the King left town for Kew, and
returned to town about eleven o'clock.

Yesterday morning his Majesty attended divine service
at the Chapel Royal. The Duke of York sat to the right
of his Royal brother; the Princess Augusta sat on the
opposite side of the Royal Closet. Sir William Congreve
was the Equery in Waiting.
The King will give a grand ball and supper on the sth
of July.
The Duke of York, the Princess Augusta, the Princess
Sophia, and the Duchess of Gloucester, visited the King on
Saturday.
The Duke of York and the Duke of Cambridge visited
the King yesterday.
The Duke of York, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke
of Sussex, the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and
the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, the Duchess of
Gloucester, and the Princess Sophia, visited the Princess
Augusta on Saturday. Some of the Royal party partook
of a dejesne.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge honoured the
Duke and Duchess of Wellington with their company on
Friday evening.
The Duke of Cambridge honoured the Earl of Harring-
ton with his company to dinner on Saturday.
The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Major Jones,
heard divine service yest,rday &tithe Asylum.
The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by Prince
George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, took an
airing yesterday afternoon in the Parks.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess An.
gusts, attended by Miss Ahlefeldt, Colonel Prott, Sir
James Kennett, and Colonel Keate, honoured the Exhi-
bition of the Royal Academy with their presence Saturday
afternoon.

Prince Leopold entertained the Duke of York, the
Duchess of Kent, Princess Feodore, and a distinguished
' party, to a grand dinner on Saturday, at Marlborough
House. Among the Company were—the Duke of 15', I-
lington, the Duke and Duchess of Rutland, the Lord
Chancellor, the Marquis of Hertford, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Lanadown, Sir Charles Long, Lady Emily
Manners, Mr. Secretary Canning, Mr. and Mrs. Secretary
Peel, Mr. G. Howard.
On Saturday evening Prince Leopold honoured the
Italian Opera with his presence.
Prince Leopold, accompanied by Major Cust, attended
divine service yesterday, at St. Philip's Chapel.
On Friday the Duchess of Gloucester dined with the
Duchess of Cambridge.
The Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Angleeea, and
Viscount Melville, had audience of his Majesty yesterday.
The Marquis of Hastings was among the Nobility at the
Chapel Royal yesterday.
A reconciliation between the highest Personage in the
State and the Duke of Gloucester has recently been effected,
through the medium of an exemplary wife and an amiable
and favourite sister. The personage so graciously received
at the Royal Banquet; given by his Majesty at the Palace
during the last week, has long been the object of calum-
nious and jocular sarcasm by the wits of the Court. We
suppose their virulence will now cease.—Sunday Pirper.
Lord and Lady Dundas, the Hon. the Misses Duna's,
and the Ilon. John Dundas, have arrived at Edinburgh.
The Earl and Countess of Kingston, the two Ladies
King, and Lady Moore, have arrived at Mitchelstown
Castle, from London.

The Earl of Clanticarde has subscribed 201. to the Gal-
way Mendicity Association.
The Marquis of Sligo, the Earl of Clanricarde, and, in
fact, all the leading members of the turf, have taken lodg-
ings in Ennis during the Races, which commence on the
ist of July.
Mr. Charlcs Kemble played some of his favourite cha-
racters at the Liverpool Theatre, last week.
Mr. Blanchard's eldest daughter, Mrs. William Fear-
man, is engaged to lead the business, this season, at the
Worthing Theatre.
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The author of Waverley, in the introduction to tha Tales
If Me Crusades, announces his intention of writing a Life
of Napoleon Bonaparte.
It is determined to give Mr. O'Connell • dinner, and
present him with a iicce of plate, ou his arrival in Wex-
ford at the next Assists.

RAMO.
MEMORANDA TAKEN BY AN AMERICAU AT
MEXICO, JULY 11, 1822.
rbe duties payable at present are equal to BLI per teat.
on a suppositious value. On some goods it amounts to 80
per cent. on cost. Calicoes, worth in the United States
five dollars to tive one-half dollars per piece, were valued at
Tampico at fifteen dollars; though they would not sell foe
more than twelve dollars at the same time.
goods sent to Mexico pay an additional duty of 10i per
cont. on a value fixed there. In the intermediate towns
the internal duty varies. In some it does not exceed 4 psi
• on the actual sales.

ant.
Internal duty on the transit of coined metals is 2 par
cent.
Gold and silver in bars cannot be exported.
Carriage of goods from Tampico to Mexico, 1 dollar
23 cents to 2 dollars 30 cents per 231.
Carriage of goods from Vera Cruz to Mexico, 1 dollar to
9 dollars per 951.
A mule will generally carry from Soolbs. to 4001bs. ao•
cording to the state of the roads ; and where it is prizes
ticible, without the loss of draw-back, goods should be
picked in parcels of 130 lbs. to 200111 s. u each mule-load
roust be in two equal packages.
Re-packing at the sea-ports costs about four dollars a
paoksge, or eight dollars a load.
The Mexicans pack goods with great skill and neatness,
and there is no danger of damage from rain.
Import duties at the seaports payable in three months
from the date of entry.
Sales are usually made for cash at Mexico.' A cash sale
is payable in fifteen days.
On large sales, sometimes a credit of three and foal
months is asked. Payment always made in Mexicali
dollars.
Doubloons are an article of merchandise, anti have poi
fixed value. Those coined in Mexico are worth eighteen
to twenty dollars. Those coined at the other mints are
worth from sixteen to seventeen dollars.
Bills of Exchange on foreign countries unattainable.
Carriage of specie from Mexico to Vera Cruz, 1 to
per cent.
Fine Calicoes, fast colours, full breadth and new patterns,
sixteen dollars per piece.
Silk and cotton hose open all over the foot—for ladies—
good.
ii'hite Russia sheetings—for soldiers' use—from thirty
to thirty-two dollars per piece.
Cloths, French—Spanish preferred—from six to ten
dollars per vara.
Black silk—much worn
Black lace—much worn Marketa glutted;
Canton silks the Indian goods
Spanish silks supplied in great
abundance from
Florentines the ports on the
Canton crapes from 10 to 12 dolls. per
Pacific Ocean.
piece
An Arroba is equal to 231bs. English. )
A Van is equal to seven-...ehts of an English yard.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS.

Sta,—The misrepresentation first propagated by an Ho-
nourable and Learned Member of Parliament, distinguished
fa his rancorous hostility to the colonies on all occasions,
with respect to the time the Bishop of Jamaica had been in
the Island when be made his first report to the Secretary
of State, having, according to the usual system of the
anti-colonial party, been now assumed as Jact (see the
Times of this morning), it may perhaps be well to inform
the public, that the Rev. Prelate arrived in Jamaica on
the 11th of February, and that his report is dated the
12th of March ; so that instead of having been only ten days
in the island, as stated by the honourable and accurate au-
thorities referred to, he had been there above a month.
While I :m on this subject, I hope I may be permitted
to ark how it happened that all the Members of Adminis-
tration remained silent when such virulent and unfounded
invectives were applied to the sacred officer in question,
the efficacy of whose functions must entirely depend cn
the estimation in w hich the public hold his character?
I am, Sir, your very obedient servant,
Saturday, June 23. A BARBADIAN.

Our Correspondent evidently writes under the influence
of very strong feelings. We have taken the liberty to
suppress son e passages of his letter which were not ma-
terial to his purpose.—En. Ba. Pa.

NEW COLLEGE OF PHYSICE4NS.

On Saturday this noble fabric was opened with an inau-
gural oration, &livered by the President, Sir Henry Hal-
ford. Among the company present were the Dukes of
York, Sussex, Cambridge, Gloucester, Prince Leopold, the
Duke of Wellington, Lords Liverpool, Sidmouth, London-
derry, Spencer, with many others of the Nobility, the
Speaker of tli.l House of Commons, and between S and 400
visitors. The President began by thanking the members
of the Royal Family, together with the Nobility and mem-
bers of the House of Commons, for their presence. He
then proceeded to explain the great public utility, for the
promotion of which the College was founded, and the im-
portance of its museum of morbid preparations. He expa-
tiated on the science of medicine, not only ae regarded its
individual benefit, hut as tending to promote the advance-
ment of general science. lie adverted to the art being
brought to its present state of perfection by the munificent
and extensive assistance (in the way of donation) ix stowed
upon it by Royal patronage, and alto to the labours of some
of his immortal predecessors in medicine—as Harvey, Rat-
cliffe. &e. &c. Ae further observed, that to no individual
was the high rank of the profession more indebted than to
the late Dr. Baillie, to whose memory he raid a most feel-
ing and impressive tribute of vcneratien, not only as a man
of science, but also as a man whose charactea for integrity
and worth was so well worthy of imitation. He impres-
sively exhorted the members of the profession to support
the high character which it had attained, and concluded
with a pious aspiration that the institution might remain
an imperishable monument of public munificence and na-
tional advantage. The oration was delivered in the most
graceful and impressive manner, and was heard with deep
and gratified attention. After the ceremony, the company
were regaled with a superb cold collation, consisting of
every delicacy and the choicest wines.

MEMO AND COLOMBIA.—By the treaty entered into
between the Republic of Colombia and the Mexican nation,
the two Governments bind themselves to act in concert wher-
ever the political independence or civil harmony of either
may be endangered. The 14th, 15th, and 16th articles of
this treaty provide for a general assembly of the Plenipo-
tentiaries of the American States, as soon as the Govern-
ments of the other States of America, formerly Spanish,
shall have become parties to this league of union. For
this purpose, the Colombian Government offers the isthmus
Panatnau as a central point for the assembling of these
Plenipotentiaries; and the Mexican nation proffers any
part of its territory for the same purpose. The object of
this assemblage is said to be to constitute a body " which
may act as a council in great conflicts, as a point of contact
in common dangers, as a faithful interpreter of their pub-
lic treaties when difficulties occur, and as an arbitrator and
conciliator in their disputes and differences."—Americas
Paper.
COUNTEATEITING NT WIIOLVIALr.—It appears from
a late Lexington ( Kentucky) paper, that an extensive ma-
nufactory of counterfeit bank notes hail been recently dis-
covered in a remote and mountainous part of that State,
about thirty miles from Mount Sterling. They had carried
on business for some years, and were informed against by
a young man who had acted as their clerk in filling up,
&c. They had a small paper mill to go by water, and
had made about 6,000 dollars, all of which were so well
executed, that most persons considered them genuine, prin-
cipally on the banks of Tennessee, South Carolina, and
New Orleans. Two of the party were taken, and three
made their escape.—Bosion Courier.
John Wilson Croker, Esq., M.P., whose visit to this
eountry has been attributed to electioneering views, arrived
in Cork on Monday evening, and sailed next morning in
the George IV. swam vessel for Bristol. We have reason
W believe that the object of his visit was to arrange some
family affairs, and was not at all connected with election
politics.—"Dalin paper of Friday.
The state of the poll for Sheriffs of London and Mid-
dlesex on Saturday was—
p". - - 1491 Marten -
Hurd - . 136 .

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