The Sun.
London, England, 1822-01-25 00:00:00

NEW COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS.

The stamp duty on Bills of Exchange is not only augment-
ed, but the seconds, thirds, and fourths must in future pay
copecs each. The merchant must take all the four, neither
first, second, third, nor fourth being issued singly. Up to 500
roubles, no stamp is required. Bills on this place pay the same
duty as our bills on foreign countries. The holder of the remit-
tance must take it to the
.Stamp-office; the stamp, however, is
not impressed upon it, but the'bill is translated into Russian,
the translation written on Russian stamped paper, and it must
be accepted on this transcript, not upon the original. Bills
drawn from this place on Moscow, Riga, &c. and vice versa,
are likewise to be stamped, and without the stamp not to have
any validity. Every merchant of the first guild, or wholesale
dealer, is to pay in future for his pass 100 roubles per annum.
—Every merchant of the first guild must have every year a
new day-book, ledger, and cash-book, containing together
20,1 leaves, and pay for them a stamp duty of two roubles
per leaf, i. e. 600 roubles, before the guild tax can be accepted
frorrr him. Merchants who are registered in other cities must
send their books thither ; so that numerous consignments of
cbunting-lionse books are sent this month to Revel, Narva, &c.
and the bookbinders are obliged to work day and night. A
merchant of Revel of the first guild, if his buSiness is heie,
rrs.;t now pay above 5,000 roubles before he can undertake
any thing whatever. Brokers' tickets, which formerly paid a
ste.rnp dutl of a copecs, are now to pay three roubles ; so that
in transactions of a small amount the broker is out of pocket.
In bill business the, broker is to state the names, not only of
the drawers and remitters, but also of the acceptors ; so that he
will be obliged to inquire on whom a bill is drawn, and if he
Cannot state it he is in default, and may be struck off the
lisi at the end of the year, when he must submit his books to
the revision.

CIIRIS.fIANIA, JAN. I.—Count Wedel Tads-
berg, who is at the head of the department
of Finance, Trade, and Customs, having re-
quested to be released from his official du-
ties after the Ist of January, his Majesty has
acceded to the request, and has appointed Mr.
Collett to act,' so long at the head of that de-
partment. _ _

STociinoL3l, JAN. 4.—The amount of bar iron
exported from hence last year exceeds, by 0,000
ship lbs., that of 1820 ; but the exportation of
manufactured articles of steel and iron has de-
creased by 5,000 ship lbs.
HAMBURGII, JAN. 15.—Exchange on Lou-
don :

January 11-36. tg. 36. 111.
.Tanuary 15-36. 6. 36. 11.
St. Petersburgh Exchange on London
• . • D.ecember :25-9!. 9 56-16.
December 26-9 7-16. 9 15-32.
HANOVER, J.N. 12.—A. proclamation, dated
Carlton House, December 1821, was pub-
lished here on the 9th inst. in which his Majesty

signifies, that in commemoration of the many
affecting proofs of attachment to his Majesty's
person and family given by the faithful Hanove-
Hans during his late visit, his Majesty has re-
solved to decree the introduction of a national
cockade. It is to be black, with a yellow and
white border, to be considered as an emblem of
attachment to the Royal House, and of true pa-
triotism, and a mark of honour for all those who
are entitled to wear it. All persons in office are
to wear it on their hats, and all natives or other
subjects of the kingdom of Hanover, who have
completed their 20th year, are allowed to wear
it. The right of wearing it to be forfeited by
cowardice in the presence of the enemy, by ille-
gally quitting the service, or by crimes which are
punished by hard labour in the house of correc-
tion, and other similar penalties.
BARCELONA, JAN. N.—With respect to the
political aspect of Spanish affairs, I never saw
public opinion, any where, more unanimously or
decidedly pronounced than last night and the
night before, at the theatre of this place.—
The immediate object which called forth the ex-
pression of it was General Riego, who came from
his retirement at Reus to visit Barcelona. He
was received with the loudest and most universal
acclamations of " Viva Riego," and " Down
with the Ministers." Between the acts of the
opera, the performers were called upon to sing
patriotic airs, especially such as had any allu-
sions to or mention of Riego, in which the au-
dience heartily joined. He has taken occasion,
in addressing the people at a public meeting, to
disclaim those republican views which have been
attributed to him by his enemies,and the enemies
of the Constitution, and to recommend firmness
and moderation in the present crisis of public
affairs—a line of conduct which, among reflect-
ing people, has gained him much approbation.—
The same spirit has shewn itself in the theatres
of Madrid, and at other public places.
MADRID, JAN. 10.—The Gazette of to-day
contains the official notice that the King has at
length accepted the resignations of the Ministers
of State-13ardaxi, Foreign Affairs ; Felice, of
the Interior; Salvador, of War; and Vallejo, of
the Finance.—" These resignations," says his
Majesty, " I have hitherto declined to accept ;
but considering the present circumstances, I
have now allowed them to retire ; declaring that
I am satisfied with their good services, their at-
tachment to the Constitution, their loyalty to
my person, and their zeal for the public good."
Another official notice, addressed to Senors
Cano-Manuel, Escadero, and Imaz, charges them
ad interim with the Departments of the Interior,
War, and Finance, and Sr. Pelegrini with the
Foreign Department. This change was an-
nounced to the Cortes yesterday.
CADIZ, JAN. I.—Our Journals publish the
following letter from Monte Video :—" The
Viceroy of Lima abandoned the capital at the
beginning of July, retiring into the interior with
4000 men, Cantavol having left it prvvionsiy
with 3000 men, leaving Sanchez, in the impreg-
nable fortress of Callao, with 1,500 men, and
provisions for a year; the army of Upper Peru,
of above 8000 men, being under the command of
Olaneta, and other distinguished Chiefs. As
soon as two Spanish ships appear in the Pacific,
all these forces will march to Lima, the Chilian
invaders will be annihilated, and Peru will be
restored to tranquillity."

GIBRALTAR. PAPERS.

[From the Gibraltar Chronicle, Jan. 2.]

On the 14th ult. Te Deum was sung at Seville,
for the cessation of the contagious disorder which
prevailed in the suburbs of Triana.—A free in-
tercourse is now established between the Pro-
vinces of Murcia and Granada on the one hand,
and that of Malaga, and the cities or towns of Bar-
celona, Tortosa, Asco, and Las Aguilas, on the
other. The Authorities of Seville have sent fresh
Addresses to the Cortes and his Majesty, remon-
strating against the Answer of the former to the
first part of the King's late Message, as calcu-
lated to bring on a civil war ; and stating to his
Majesty, that the inhabitants of Seville refused
to admit the new Military and Civil Governors,
General Moreno, Daviz, and M. Albister. The
Cortes, after a protracted debate, resolved, on
the 23d, that all the individuals who had signed
the Addresses should be brought to trial. This
Resolution, and a Royal Order, expressive of
his Majesty's disapprobation of the representa-
tion, received from Cadiz under date of the
16th of December, and directing M. Jaurequi
to concert measures with Brigadier Romarate, to
the end of getting the latter acknowledged as
Commandant-General of the Province, were
made known in Cadiz by M. Jaurequi, on the
30th ; but this Magistrate added, that " although
the Brigadier and himself were willing to carry
the Royal Order into effect, yet they had agreed
on its suspension with a view to the preservation
of public tranquillity ; and that they had fur-
ther determined to state to his Majesty, in an-
swer, all that was required to consolidate the
Constitution, on which depends the liberty of
Spain ; the only object of the just demands of
the people of Cadiz."—A Havannah Article, in
the latest Ileduelor General, states General
Donoju to have died on the Bth of the last men-
tioned month.

(FROm THE PAPER Or TUE 3D OF JANUARY.)
On the 14th of last month, a party of 250 mal-
contents, headed by a man of the name of 'Visas,
forcibly penetrated into Grona before daylight,
made themselves masters of two of the gates,
the Horse Barracks, Town house, and Main
Guard ; stripped some Militiamen of their
uniforms, and kept possession of the points
which they had occupied until daybreak, when
the Militia having assembled, they were driven
out after a stout resistance, with the loss of
a few men killed, wounded, and taken. On
the 16th of the same month, the inhabibints and
garrison of Murcia came to the resolution of
espousing the cause of Cadiz, Seville, and Car-
thagena, and expresses were immediately dis-
•patched to the last mentioned city, Valencia, and
Madrid.

It is in contemplation to erect a statue in Dub-
Ha, to the memory of Mr. GRATTAN.