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London, England, 1822-10-08 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

I!XTHACTS FROM TILE DAILY 31ORNING PAPERS,

October 8, IS‘2.

[MORNEN.G CHRONICLE.]

The fact that the Duke of WELLINGTON does
not proceed to Verou7, or take any part in the
Conferences of the Holy Allies at Vienna, farther
than. delivering the communication with which
to-
lie is charged' to- them, coupled with other cir-
cumstances relative to our foreign politics at
present, will naturally excite attention. It thus
appears that the British Cabinet will in reality
have no Representative at a Congress, which. we
Were led to suppose would be of the utmost irrp-
portance, at least to all Europe ! The attend-
ance of the Marquis of Londonderry at Verona
is, we believe, a- mere. piece of courtesy, in con-
formity with diplomatic. etiquette;. inasmuch as
the. Court of. Austria being in some sense removed,
prolempure,. from Vienna to Verona, also in the
,Austrian dominions, by the presence of the
'Emperor in- the latter eity,• and his Lordship
being our Resident :Minister at the Court and not
the Capital of his Imperial Majesty, he is almost
.necessarily required to follow him to- Congress.

[THE TimEs.]
Once more to the artic►e " PIRACY" we call.
the attention of our readers.—(See another Column
of TIIE Sc N.)-11 the Minister who slumbers
over the solemn trust reposed in him could blush
as deeply for his own neglect as those even who
stiffer by it personally have done for the disgrace
thereby falling on the nation, we might yet enter-
tain some hope that the wrongs of our merchants
connected with the West Indies would be re-
dressed by an increase of activity, or of common--
humanity, on the part of the British Government :
but after the repeated outrages committed upon
our commerce--the numberless and bitter com-
plaints which they have provokedyand the invin-
cible apathy: with which the English Ministers
have regarded them—it is impossible not to
despair. The regular premiums of . insurance to
Jamaica and other islands of the West Indies are
now from three-to- five per cent. If no step be
taken to put down piracy, they must soon be
raised to fifteen at the lowest—a tax amounting
to a total prohibition of all mercantile intercourse
with that quarter of the world. The narratives
presented in our West India intelligence, under
the above head, are as interesting us they are
mortifying. to the: mind- of a British- subject.

[NTW TIMES.]

ConsolS,. which have for a long period been
almost stationary at suddenly rose yester-
day to 82. • This circumstance is probably to be
attributed to the arri;val of the Ganges and
Topaze frigates from India, which was yester-
day announced- at Lloyd's. The Ganges has
brought specie to an immense amount on account
of the East India Company.. This money, which
is understood to be destined to the redemption of
49%e of the Company's loans, will of course find
its way into the market ; and we trust will in
great part he invested in our own funds. The
rage fur foreign securities is' indeed as high as
ever ; but the persons with whom it pre-
vails are generally the more speculative part
of the monied interest ; the steady bona fide
holders of monied property are for the most part
disposed -to look carefully at the nature of the
security offered, and to regard rather its validity
than its apparent profit. We are gratified to learn
that our faithful endeavours to discharge our duty
in this respect have met with the approbation of
so many highly respectable individuals ; and that
the more accurate knowledge which 'now pre-
vails of the Spanish finances is in a great measure
attributed tb the discussion of that subject in
The New Times. Those who do us the honour
to pay constant attention to our pages know
that we do not write on Spanish affairs to answer
any temporary interest, but that we lia%e been
nninformly guided by the same principles in
the judgments which we have all along form-
ed of the state of Spain. We predicted the
Civil War, when the great holders of Spanish
stock laughed such an idea to scorn, and when
The Times, and the other Papers, which make
a trade of imposture, daily repeated that the
Spanish nation was unanimous in support of the
Constitution. What that Constitution was, those

Journals studiously endeavoured to conceal from

the people of England ; nay, they went furtlwr ;
they asserted that it was a wise and well-tempered
monarchy; but «e convicted them of most gross
deception, by citing the specific articles of this
pretended Constitution, and proving it to be a
mad and utterly impracticable Democracy.

[BRITISH PRESS.]

I•t 18 conjectured that the destination of the
geringapatatn, Redwing, and Grecian, is con-
nected with the present state of affairs in South
America, where, from the contending state of
parties, the British interests. may require protec-
tion ; and also with the piracies committed on
our commerce -in the American and West India
seas, particularly at Cuba, where it has been
charged upon the Administration our commerce
has been abandoned to the ruinous depredations
of pirates, or the humiliating protection of the
French and American navies. The delicacy to-
wards Spain, in whose ports the marauders har-
bour, which has been stated in extenuation, cannot
be any longer listened to, but these glaring of-
fences, the existence of Ni hick brings an oppro-
brium on the Adpinistration and the country, must
be put down. It is understood the above ships go
direct to Bahia. The Seringapatam is fitted on
the main deck with wrought iron gun-carriages,
manufactured according to the plan of Mr. Pering.
They combine numerous advantages, being lighter
►than those made of wood, affording much more
air and room between decks, not to be splinter-
ed,. are easily taken to pieces, and stowed away
below if necessary, thus enabling spare carriages
to be taken to sea, which could not be effected