The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-24 00:00:00

I ADDRESS
FROIVI THE LEGISLATIVE ASSAMBLY OF THE
lONIAN ISLANDS TO.HIS MAJESTY.

' TO his MajestY Gedrge the Fourth, king of
,the United King-
' dom of Great Britain, and Ireland,,&c: &c. theSo‘;Tereign
Protector of the United States of the Islandg.
President and Menibets of the Legislative As-
ian* of the... United Stat;ti of the lonian Islands humbly beg
to offer to your ezipressiOn of their respectful at-
tachment and devotion:
At tile termination of die first Parliament of five yeats' Aura=
tion undet the 6rnstitution of 1817, they deem it dutiful and
fitting to declare, that the benevolent intentions of iiiirll.la-
jesty towards these States have been carried into effect in a
manner the most gratefill to their feelings ; and the result is,
the advancement of the interests and the genial Prosperity of
their country.
, -
In the choice 'df trusty and distinguished personJortu-
nately aPpOinted 'to represent your sacred Majesty in these
Islands, they beheld the pledge, and in the ratification of our
Constitutional Charter, the irreftagable proof, of the favourable
disposition of your Majesty towards this people. To the due
observance of the provisions of that charter they owe the reali-
zation of those hopeS which inspired them when it
pleased Divine Providence to place the lonian States for ever
'under the exclusive protection of the British Throne.
Such are the sentiments of .the Representatives of lonian
people, humbly laid at your Majesty's feet ; and those who as-
sert the contrary are not the advocates of the interests of that
people, but the supporters of a few factious individuals, now
restless and discontented, that the revenues of these States are
no longer a prey to their rapacious desires.
May the Almighty, the arbiter and disioser of all events,
liropitious to the prayers of your people, long preserve your
Majesty ; and in the meditations of a great and glorious King,
on the happiness diffused by your Majesty over a large portion
of the earth, let not the regeneration of the lonian people be
forgotten, excluSiVely the Work of your fottering hand.
(Signed) MARINO VBJA, President.
DE3IE. YALSAMACHI,
Corfu, May 30, 182-2, Secretary of Legislative Assembly.

CITY, MONDAY EVENING.

The mercantile letters received this morning
from St. Petersbufgh are dated on the 3d current. The Ex_
change on London was 101 a 10 1-16, and every description of
trade was extremely dull. Tallow had declined to a nominal
value of 97 rubles, but no purchases had been made. About
63,000 casks of this article had been already shipped off to
various quarters, and 50,000 casks still remained for shipment.
105 ships under the British flag were at St. Petersburgh and
Cronstadt at the date of these:letters. Tallow was freely offered
at 85 rubles for next season, but found no buyers.
In consequence of the partial failure of the fisheries at
Greenland and in Davis's Straits, fish oil has advanced
in Hull to 281. a ton, being equal to from 291. to 30/. a ton
in London. From these two fisheries the quantity of oil
expected to arrive this season is estimated at about 7,000
tans, which, ,added to 2,000 tons of South Sea oil on hand,
make the supply amount to about 9,000 tons. Last
Seasori, Greenland and Baffin's Bay produced 17,000 tons, and
there Was also nearly the same quantity of South Sea oil
remaining over as there is this year. The quantity for sale,
therefore, is somewhere about a half of that last season, and
a farther advance ought naturally to be expected. This is
however uncertain, for rape-seed is uncommonly low, and there
is an over-bearing weight of home-grown tallow, which the
resent most seasonable rains must very much increase. The
best St. Petersburgh Y. C. Tallow is nominally quoted this day
at 38 to 39 ; but the consumers make very few purchases of
this description. Some from Odessa has been sold at 38. The
future price of St. Petersburgh Tallow, however, does not
now depend on consumption, but on the ability of the sellers
for time to deliver their contracts. Hence the
,present easterly
winds favour the bulls in this article, fbr they detain outward
bound ships, and the chance of an early winter, added to thi4
circumstance, renders their return this winter a little doubtful.
These matters are, however, only interesting to the speculators,
for the borne. trade can be abundantly supplied from other
sources.
, .
The arrivals of Grain during last week are, 9,427 quartere
of
Wheat, 4,321 quarters of Barley, 3,530 quarters of Oats; and
6,487 sacks of Flour. The average prices by which importa-,
tion is regulated for the week endingahe 14th current are, for
-Wheat 395. 4d., Barley 225. Ild. and Oats 18s. a quarter, being
higher than fob, the preceding week. Fine qualities of New
Wheat maintain last Monday's prices, but for old or inferior
samples there is not any demand. In the morning the best
Malting Barley was sold at 325., but before the close of. the
market 30s. was the full value. Old Barley for grinding is
worth only about 21s. a quarter. The supply of Oats being ex-
tremely short, this article is a shade dearer.
In the Corn Counties of Scotland the harvest is finished, and
has been housed in the best condition. The Universal report of
Wheat is, that it is a full average growth, and that the quality
is uncommonly fine. The bestruns weigh from •621 b. to 641 b.
a firlit, being equal to 59 to 611 b. a Winchester bushel. It
comes forward for sale in the finest condition and the best qua-
lity sells at 20s. a boll, or about 38s. a quarter ; 18s. a boll is,
however, the current price.
Barley is not considered in quantity equal to last year's
t.khe,
growth by at least a third, and the quality also is inferior, occa-
sioned by the dry weather When it came into ear. It is ex.'
tolig
hsOticbr
0.
p in
a b u shel
quantity,.. andat sare reek-
oned , from
oned a quarter less than an average growth. They will weigh
same. cause, to wareieghlike from
likewise 4 a 9
from 40 to 411b.' a bushel. Potatoes are a most abundant crop,
and the quality is uncommonly good. Scotland stillcontains a
large quantity of old wheat in the hands of the growers. Of
barley and oats, hoWever, the farmers hold an unusually small
quantity, but both the brewers and distillers hold more than
their usual stocks.
Very little business has this day been done in the English
funds, and they haire not varied in their value. Consols for the
October account opened and' closed at 8111, at 811 for cash, and
the New Fours at 10011.
A great deal of business still continues to be done in foreign
securities, in all of which the public confidence is daily acquir-
ing strength. The French Rentes are 1 per cent. higher. The
general currency Is as under :
French * Five per Cent. Dividend from 22d Sept., 92 50 75.
• Spanish • Five per Cents. Of /820, Dividend from Ist May,
70k.
Ditto Five per Ceit. Bonds of 1821 (sterling), Dividend from
Tst May, 65.
Russian * Six per Cents. Diiidend from lstJuly, 82.
Ditto * Five per Cents. (metal].) Div. from Ist Sept., 82.
Ditto New Five per Cent. (metall.) Dividend from Ist Sept.
$.
Prussian Five per Cent. Bonds of 1818 (sterling) Dividend
from Ist April, 91.
Ditto of 1822.(sterling) Dividend from Ist July, 881
Austrian Five per Centi: (-metal) Div. from #. Ist Feb. 81.
-.Neapolitan * Five per Cent. Bonds, Dividend from lit July,
77
4 ;
Danish Five per Cent. Bonds (sterling) Div. from Ist July,
89.

* Ditto Banco Marks, Dividend from Ist July, 864.
Colombian Sik per Cent. Bonds (sterling) Dividend from Ist
May, 86A 4.
Chilian Six per Cent. Bonds (sterling) Dividend from Ist
April, 841.
...Marked * are subject to the rate of Exchange.
—( Morning elvonicle4

COMMUTATION OF TITHES.

MEETING OF.TII.E•COUNTY• WATERFORD. .
At the call of the High Sheriff, W. SMITH, 'Esq. of Head-
borough, in compliance with a Requisition:Presented tohim.on
the. sth inst. a Meeting of the Landed iGentrY of Waterford.
took place on Monday, at Lismore, for the purpoL'e Of tonsider_
.
ing the subject of a Commutation of Tithes.
At one o'clock the 'Moir SNERIFF took the 'Chair in the
County Court-Hoose. The 'ineeting,Was more numerously and
respectably attended than on any • former,.bccasion . we re-
member. :
,• . • • - •
. Several Clergymen of the Established Church were also pre-,
sent. Among theSe were the,Detin And Archdeacon of Lismore,
the Rev. Mr: Smith, of Songborough, brother to the High She-
riff; the Rev. Mr. rower; ,of Affane, the Rev'. Mr. Gumille-
ton, and several.o.thers. The Gentlemen in attendance carp-
tprised some of tilt largest landholders of the couilky.
the High Sheriff haVing taken the Chair,
leColonel Belmont), rose and said, Anti in asking
ave to submit some Reaolutionsz, there could.he, no danger of
going wrong if . they followed-the example and .adhered to. the
principles of thOse,agreed to "at the Thatched House Tavern; in
Ldndoti,'wldch lad been signed by sixty 'of the most extensive
landed proprietors bf' this country. -Ile would,, therefore, fol-
low up a previous. Resolution, by moviiig that those be adopted,
and. as it had devolved on liini to perform this duti, he thought
it necessary to accompany it with a declaration, that it. was not
intended to infringe upon that pillar of the State—the Church
but they had now arrived at one, of the most interesting periods
that ever occurred in TriOi history; ant they could not render
greater justice, or act nitre in the spirit of troe,patriotism, than
by standing forward at such a season and endeavouring to aid
the interests of the owner and occupier of the soil.—Colone/
Keane then read the Resolutions adopted at the, Thatched
House Tavern, which, as comprising every thing that could be
Wished, he moved should be adopted.
They were as follow :
" That fot the tranquillity and happiness of treland, it is,
expedient to substitute for the present precarious and vexatious
mode of supporting the Clergy of the Established Church, a
full'and liberal equivalent, fairly assessed and levied:
" That we are the nfore.inclined to express,thil Our opinion.
because we are satisfied that a fair commutation of tithes is not
only practicable, but that it is essential to the _stability, inde-
pendence, and dignity of the Established Chtireh, and to the
general interests of the country." • .
Captain HUMBLE then seconded the Motion. •
ROBERT UNIACKE, Esq. of Wood House, observed, that
the greater part of the tithes In the countrof Waterford were
Lay property, which were not adverted to in. the _Resolutions
that had been read.,
Sir JOHN NEWPORT said there was no doubt, however, thiat'.
It was intended to hielride all,' and the Clergy were
.named,'
order that the assertion of the principle might be, accompanied
with a deelaration,that with respect to them it could only .be
acted on on the terms of a full and liberal equivalent. It had
been stated that the signatures to the resolutions at the-Thatched
House Tavern amounted to sixty, but that was merely at the
commencement,
,and they had since received sixty others,
among whom were included all the great land proprietors of this
country. • The object of the resolutions was to recognize the
principle of compensation, not for claims but for receipts ; to
compensate for whatever was received, but not
.to sanction
dormant claims, which would be against every principle of
justice. If one Gentleipan buys; and another sells an estate,
they buy and sell the amount of the rental, and so should it be.
with the compensation to be made in lieu of tithes. The ad-
vantages were Obvious, even to the Clergy themselves, of re-
leasing them from' those never ceasing disputes, of a disagree-
able nature, and the almost inextricable confusion attendant
thereon, in which they Were always involved. The tenant,
under thepresent system, , paid' much 'mere than •the Clergy-
man received, and the difference was consumed in
.expenees.
and litigation. It would surely be a point of infinite ad-'
vantage if the same value were given by *a mode diffe-
rent from the present. For sixty years tithes had been a
source of confusion in this country, and even where they
were not oppressively collected, they were made a pretext
of disturbance. Tranquillity should .be 'Sought and secured
by every means,• for without tranquillity. there would be
no transfer of property frOm any
.other country, which
could in-omote, and it was, indispensably necessary to pro-
mote, the prosperity of this. In the Resolutions 'that had
been read and proposed for adoption, the principle merely
of a commutation was
.laid down, leaving the • details to be
arranged by the Legislature. It was said these 'details were
difficult ; nevertheless he had seen what he considered good
plans to proceed upon. But without canvassing these now, it
was wise and prudent to confine :themselves to stating the'
principle, and to .leave the detail's to • those who' were -to,
frame thei Oct. If they acted otherwise there would belhis
difficulty, that what one country .rnay suggest
,an a
.modus,
another may not agree in. Ile Viewed the arrangement as one
peculiarly valuable to. the Clergy as, well as laity, particularly
in times like thete,,and was quite,sure that, if the Clergy' wete
polled, exclusive of those over whom an influence was exer-
cised, nine out, of every ten would be found favourable to it.,
This he had fOund to be the ,case with almOst all' of those with
whom he had mixed in private company, and whOgave very
tinreservedly.their sentiments, but would
.not sailer it to. be
stated that they entertained them. The Right lion. Bart. Was
listened to throughout with respectful attention, and warmly
cheered when he,cotichided. .
• The. Resolutions were then transcribed on a large sheet,
which was handed about the Crain, and in a short time they re-
ceived the signatures of all the gentlemen in the room, who had
greatly increased in numbers, even during the short time the
proceedings occupied. The meeting'then broke up.

•
~,GRATIFYING ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
:ITY.—The Moniteur of Friday last says—G° The King's cor-
vette l'Egcrie,.commanded by M. Behic, Capitaine de tregate,
sailed from Brest on the Ist instant. for Halifax, on a special
mission, the object of whiCh was as follows :—All the journals.
' have announced the shipwreck of l'Afficalite, which, proceed-
ing from off the Caribbee islands to NewfoMulland, encounter-
ed some thick fogs, and was wrecked. Off the Isle de Sable,
about 50 leagues from the coast of Nova Scotia. The officers
and crew of this ship owe their lives to the prompt aid and in-
trepid perseVerance of certain subjectk of his Britannic Ma-
jesty. The Sieur .Hodgson, head of an English family esta,
Wished on the Isle de Sable, his son-in-law, and one of their
domestics, formerly a seaman, contributed, at the peril of their
lives, to save eighty men, who sviade the first attempt to gain the
shore. The Sieuri-jarby, captain and owner of the English gal-
liot Two Brothers' whom a particular mission brought into that
quarter, and, who heard the signals of distress made by l'Afri-
cauie, without hesitation threw his' cargo overboard, and ent red
,the dangerous passage, in order to render prompt assistance.
After having twice struck, and narrowly escaped shipwreck,
they succeeded in taking a pOrtion of l'ilfricaine's crew on
board, and during the passage •to Halitax, manifested, the
most kindly disposition. in administering to their comforts.„
Captain Darby's galliot net being able to take all the frigate's
crew on board, Sir James Kempt, Lieut—General•and Governor
of Nova Scotia, sent his own scout,to the Isle de Sable, which
took on board the remainder. During their stay at Halifax the
officers and crew of l'Africaine received every attention from
this General officer and the officers of his staff, and were
supplied', with every thing necessary. They al:so acknow-
, ledge, in grateful terms, the good offices, of. M. Haden, his
Britannic Majesty's Consul-Generate Who zealously superin-
tended the requisite artangernentsfor their return to Breit.—
The king, on• the report. of these details, which M. de
Clermont Tonnerre, Minister of the Marine and Colonies, had'
the gratification of laying before him,' has nominated Sir J.
Kempt, Commander of the Royal Order of the Legion of Ho-
nour ; and has caused his thanks to be addressed to MM.
Haden, John Bazalget, Brigade-Major, and Major Gore,
first Aide-de-Camp to Sir James Kempt. Three gold me-
dals, and one of silver, have been struck to commemorate
the intrepid conduct of the Sieur Darby, of the Sienr Hodgson,
of his son-in4aw, and of their servant. Pecuniary recompenses
accompany these medals, and his Majesty has further or-
dained that these acknowledgments of satisfaction shalt be con-
veyed to their destination in one of the ships of the Royal
Navy:" . -•

, .
LONGEVITY.-=There are now livirifi in the
hamlet of Ditchamptort, 'Wilton, within the space of severity
',girds of each other,. five men. and seven women,-.whose united
ages amount to 960 years; and what renders the circum-
stance the more extraordinary, five of theM reside in one
linuse.—( Wilts Advertiser.)"