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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, (ic'roisi 5, IM.

rite Paris Papers which atrived last night inform us,
that the French Government was actually taking the first
step towards the recognition of the new American States.
A provisional arrangement has been made, forgrantiag au-
thority to the commercial agents of Mexico to exercise their
functions in the ports of France. The negotiation was
conducted at Pali/ by Mr. THOM Ar MURPHY, who has re-
turned to London since its completion. In pursuance of

THE BRITISH PRESS.

this arrangement, M. ROCAFUZUTE, the Mexican Charge
d'Affaires, has appointed the commercial agents for the
ports of Marseilles, Cette, Bordeaux, and Ilavre ; anti the
French Government will shortly nominate agents at Vera
Cruz, Alvarado, and Tampico; there will be merchants
now residing at those ports. The agents of each Govern-
ment will be charged to protect, in the fullest manner, the
.commercial interests of th.lr respective countries. It is
understood that a similar arrangement is about to be con-
cluded with the Reptiblic of Colombia.
Letters from Vienna assert that there have been frequent
conferences there between Prince hlEssEarnor and
French, Russian, and Prussian Ambassadors, respecting
the late events in Greece, and the offer of the Greek Go-
vernment to place the country under the protection of
Great Britain. Sir IlExay WI:LLESLEY, it is said, has
also had several conferences with Prince METTEDNICII,
and been much occupied with official business.
The Courrier Francais contains a well-written commu-
nication from an intelligent Brazilian, in which be exposes
the entire groundlessness of the recent statements in the
Times with respect to the intended arrangement between
Portugal and Brazil. There appears not to be the slightest
reason for believing that the Brazilian negotiators have
consented to any plan for the surrender of the absolute and
perpetual independence of their country.
The Memorial Bordelais states that the Ministers of
FERDINAND VII are busy at Madrid forming a plan for a
Constitution resembling that of the ancient Cones. It is
also said that the Clergy will make great sacrifices to re-
Here the public credit.

(From Mit Etoik, dated Monday.)

Panic OCT. 2.

Within these few days several persons have been bitten by dogs
running about the streets. Within our own knowledge the lives of
four persons would have been in danger had not instantaneous and
painful cauterisation relieved the apprehension of their friends.
The serious nature of these facts obliges us again to repre-
sent to the magistrates, that they would do wrong not to per-
slat in tha execution of the orders which they have given.
Certainly the owners of dogs, whether kept for use or pleasure,
may be very reasonably required not to let them go out without
muzzles. Thus dogs which have no masters may be instantly
recognised. Care must be taken that the abuses which have been
comi lained of be not repeated, but orders must be given to kill
every dog that is not either led in a leash or muzzled. In parti-
cular, the mode of destroying them by poison must be extended, as
it is attended with no inconveniences.

The trials of the Carbonari in thelprovince of Ravenna are con-
cluded. The facts, the circumstances, and the grounds of the
judgments passed, are printed, and form a large volume. The
accused are four hundred in number. Some are condemned to
death, others to the galleys, the majority to temporary imprison-
ment.

Though the heat still continues to be excessive at Rome, the
health of the Pope is quite recovered.
Letters from Vienna say that Prince Metternich arrived there on
the 20.11 from I'resburg, and was to return on the 23d.
LFrom the Journal de Paris of Sunday.]
VIENNA, SETT. 21.

It is affirmed that an extraordinary courier from Constantinople
has lately brought to the office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs,
despatches from Baron Ottenfels at Constantinople, relative to an
important communication made to him by the Reis Effer.di, as
well as to several other Ambassadors. On the other band it ap-
pears that the diplomatic intercourse between our Cabinet and
other Courts, relative to the affairs of Greece, is very active at pre.
sent. It would be very difficult to penetrate the mystery in which
this intercourse is enveloped, but there is every reason to presume
that the Great Powers, to continue the conferences which took place
at St. Petersburg!), between Count Nesselrode, and the Foreign
Ministers at the Russian Court, are going to commence fresh nego.
tiations, in order to put an end to the war in the Pelopoonesus.
However this be, since the receipt of the abovementioned de.
spatches from Constantinople, couriers have been despatched at the
same time to St. Petersburgh and London.

[From the Cornier Francais of Sunday.]

DARCELONI:SEPT.2C

Letters we have received from the interior of the province inform
us that the monks arc bestirring themselves in an extraordinary
manner, and that they arc everywhere openly preaching the noes-
city of exterminating the enemies of the throne and the altar, vii.
the infamous race of the Nu'ros. Never, we are informed, has our
holy religion, which only serves them u a cloak to obtain their own
ends, been so daringly and scandalously perverted. On Sunday
last. at.Torello, a town In the bishopric of Vich, a cordelier was in
the pulpit, preaching an inflammatory sermon to his auditory s all
at once he turns towards the Image of the Holy Virgin (which is of
wood, and covered with rich ornaments), as if calling upon her to
bear witness to the truth of his words, and (Oh, prodigy !) the
Holy Virgin raised her hand in sign of approbation ! It may be
imagined that more is not wanted with our peasantry to induce them
to draw the sword and light the torch.

A letter from Buenos Ayres, dated the 22d of July, re-
ceived by the Warrior, which has put into the Cove of
Cork, communicates the important intelligence that the
discussion between the Government of Buenos Ayres and
the Brazilian Admiral has led to the most satisfactory ex-
planations, and that the friendly relations between the two
States will consequently not be interrupted. Hostilities
are, however, waged fiercely in the Banda Oriental, and it
was reported that the insurgents had gained some successes.
The following is an extract of the letter to which we
refer :

" BUENOS AYRES, JULY 22.

" As the correspondence between this Government and the
Brazilian Admiral has been concluded amicably, this morning the
fleet fired a salute all round, and hoisted the Buenos Ayres flag, as
being in peace with the place. The salute was returned by the
fort.

" The war In the Banda Oriental is prosecuted with vigour, and
it wu reported here that one of the Imperial Generals had been
complctety routed. We have no news from the patriots on that
side; but db not doubt that with unity and exertion they will ulti-
mately drive out the Brazilians. They have already succeeded hi
calling together a Provincial Congress, and have sent two Members
to the General Congress of Deplane% now sitting in this city."

We have received New York Papers to the Dth tilt.
Their contents are not of great interest. The dispute be.
tween the General Government and Georgia is not tertri-
nated, but it does not appear likely that it will go beyond
bard words. Governor Taour has addressed two long
and violent letters to the PRESIDENT, who will probably
disregard them, u the term of the Governor's rule draws
rapidly to a close, and it is not expected that he will be
re-elected.

The Washington Papers state that the Court-martial
for the trial of Commodore B...aware had closed, and that
the Court had acquitted him of all the charges preferred
against him.

In another column wo have given the latest intelligence
from Peru. The following also are extracts:—

[From the New York Daily Advertiser of Sept. 81
Gzwra*t WILLINSOS.—Tmus.—We have seen a letter from
General IVilkinaon, dated at the city of Mexico, just received by a
gentleman of this place, in which he states that he has procured a
grant for a large tract of land in the province of Texas, and wishes
to settle it with a body of honest and well-disposed Americans.
The inducements which he holds out to emigrants are very liberal
and advantageous. The General contemplates establ'shing a Co.
lony, either at the Bay of Trinity, 40 miles from Oalveztown, or at
Crow's Ferry, on the Sabine river, 43 miles from Natchitoches,
and expects to commence his operations in September next.—
Arkansas Gazette.

(From the National Inbiligencer of September 3.1
Wednesday neat is fixed on, by General IA Fayette, for his de-
parture from the seat of Government, to embark for his native
country. Ile will leave the city between two and three o'clock, in
the steamboat Alount Vernon, which has been engaged by fbe Go-
vernment to carry the General and his family to the national ship
Brandywine, which awaits him near the mouth of the Potomac, 00
or 90 miles below the city. The General will be accompanied to
the ship by the `Secretary of the Nary, and such ether Ames of

the Government ns the limited accommodations of the boat will per-
mit to be invited ; also, by the Mayors •of the cities of Alexandria
and Georgetown, the Mar,hal of the District, and the Commanding
Generals of the Militia of the District-

At the Council held at Windsor, on Friday, it was re-
solved to issue a proclamation, enforcing the provisions of
the Foreign Enlistment Act. This proclamation was pub-
lished in last night's Gazette, and will be found at length.
in a preceding.eoluinn.
After noticing the happy terms of peace and amity
on which Great Britain is with the Powers of turope
and America, and the strict neutrality his MAJESTX
is determined to maintain in the disputes' if—soivie
of those Powers with their former subjects, observes, that
all acts of hostility by intlividtials, subjects of this realm,
against any of those Powers, are calculated to call in ques-
tion the sincerity of his Majesty's declaration of neutrality,
and to provoke those powers to make reprisals on the per-
sons and property of his Majesty's subjects.
The proclamation then adverts to the war between the
Ottoman Porte and the Greeks, and the attempts that are
making to tit out bhips of war and privateers in British
ports, and commanded and manned by British Officers and
seamen, to cruise against the Ottoman Porte, contrary to
the provisions of the Foreign Enlistment Act, which pro-
hibits all his Majesty's subjects from enlisting into foreign
service, or fitting out or equipping, in his Majesty's do-
minions, vessels fur warlike purposes, without his Majes-
ty's leave.

Ills MAJESTY therefore commands all his subjects, that
they do not take any part in the said contest, nor infringe
this law; the violation of which is a misdemeanor, and
will, on conviction, subject the offenders to fine and impri-
sonment.

All ships engaged for such warlil.•e purposes are liable
to be forfeited, and all officers of his Majesty's forces and
customs are charged to seize them wherever they may be
found.

We had no space yesterday to offer any observations on
the Meeting of the Silk-manufacturers, which had for its
object to consider of the great injury which the trade sus-
tains by the clandestine introduction of foreign-wrought
silks; and also the expediency of applying to Government
for the further continuance of the prohibitory law, which
expires in July next. The present depressed state of this
most important part of the British trade is a subject of
serious consideration. That much of this depression may
be ascribed to the immense quantities of contraband silk
smuggled into the home market, we can readily believe;
but we fear that whenever the profit is adequate—let the
article be what it may—the ingenuity of the smuggler will
always be an overmatch for the wisdom of the Statesman.
While the gain outweighs the risk, the illicit traffic will
continue ; to suppress it you must remove the temptation,
for, while that remains, laws and custom-house regulations
will do but little even in the way of restraint, and any
thing beyond that is utterly hopeless.
With regard to the policy of extending the prohibitory
law, that is matter of very different deliberation. The
political econoinists of the present day will be against it.
They will reprobate it as an unwise and improper inter-
ference with the freedom of trade. if we are to consider
all such questions in the abstract—if we are to discuss
them with reference to first principles, and not to positive
and peculiar circumstances, all their opposite reasoning may
be right; but facts are too stubborn to be governed by the
rules of political philosophy; those rules may apply cor-
rectly enough to the interchange of native commodities, or
of home manufactures, but they are by no means of such
easy application to foreign commerce; these, internal taxa-
tion, the price of labour, the cost of subsistence, and
various other causes, so complicate the interests of the
manufactures of different countries, that our only sure
guide is experience, and our only safe reliance is on
matter of fact. It is clear that if two commodities in the
market are equally good, the cheapest will have the prefer-
ence. If the French silks can be sold at a lower price
than our own, the looms of the British silk-manufacturer
must ultimately be suspended. Whether the prohibition,
—or tt protective duty so high as to be equivalent to a pro-
hibition—will afford the true remedy, is a point that re-
quires to be well weighed. It might be expected that in a
nation like ours, taking the lead, as it does, in commercial
knowledge, this point would have been long since set at
rest; this, however, is far from being the case. That it
will not operate to prevent smuggling is certain; it will
not tend even to diminish it. The smuggler thrives on
restrictions and prohibitions; high duties arc his element;
still some sort of protection is essential to our silk-manu-
facturers, or the foreign fabric will drive them out of the
market, and thousands of industrious workmen will want
bread. Whatever be the remedy, thus much is clear, that
the present system is bad, it is surrounded by discourage-
ment, which a free intercourse would certainly increase,
and which a prohibition, we fear, would not remove.

CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.

Another very uninteresting day has passed on the Stock
Exchanges. In Consols, which opened at 88, sellers, there
was scarcely any business doing till towards four o'clock,
when the market became much more cheerful, and several
bargains were completed at 88k, buyers; making an im-
provement on the day's business, which closed much more
lightly than it commenced. Money was considerably
easier.

The Foreign Market has remained nearly stationary as
to prices, and inactive as to business. The only difference
in it was in Spanish Bonds, which were a shado worse;
the old being done at 181 I. In the new, some transaction.
took place at 121 13. _ _ _

The business in the Share Market was as unimportant
u that in the Foreign Market.
In Mincing-lane very extensive business was done in
Sugar, at full is. per cwt. advance. The Coffee sales were
dull.

The Exchanges were nearly stationary, and very little
business was doing.

Advice', as late as the 14th August, have been received
from Berbice, which state that the weather there has been
exceedingly unfavourable, as well as at Demerara. Both
Colonies have been, very unhealthy.
Advice's from Port-au-Prince of the 20th of August state
that tranquillity was restored there.
Letters from St. Petersburg!' state, that after the Empe-
ror has passed in review the Russian army on the frontiers
of Turkey, it is not improbable that Moldavia and Wal-
Ischia will he occupied.—l'itote.
A letter from Madrid dated Sept. 20, states that there
is a great talk there of a loan proposed by some French
house, to be guaranteed by the French and English Go-
vernments, on condition that a certain part of the loan of
of the Cortes should be taken in part, for which, as a se-
curity, was to be given • seventh part of the estates of
the clergy, which Pope Pills VI. ceded to Charles IV.
Extract of a letter from Coruuna, dated Sept. 14:—" The
expedition to the Havannah has not yet left Ferrol, and it
is not probable it will sail before it is joined by the corvette,
Descubierta, which is expected laden with muskets. Ac-
cording to all appearance our Government still thinks of re-
conquering America. Guides the troops and transports
they have embarked projectiles and cannon of all descrip-
tions, and they will be escorted by the ship Cturrero, two
frigates; three corvettes, and three brigs."