The Sun.
London, England, 1822-10-15 00:00:00

CITY, MONDAY EVENING.

Mails arrived this morning from various guar
ters. They bring letters from Constantinople, dated on the
10th September. These contain nothing new from the Morea,
and thereby establish the advantages which the unfortunate but
gallant Greeks have obtained over the barbarians. A letter
from Zante, of the 19th August, states, that the Greeks were
in full possession of the country, girded by the Gulf of Lepanto,
but that the Turks only allowed them to keep possession until
the fruit season closed, when they hoped to be rewarded by the
gathered fruits of the earth, for the murder of the inhabitants.
The cause of liberty and of true religion must, however, yet
succeed in that country, for the only alternative to the Christian
inhabitants is death or emigration. The Sultan, like a true
legitimate, had ordered his beloved Mahomedan subjects no
longer to use English imitation or Indian shawls, nor any
thing which bordered on comfort, but to content themselves
with the most economical dresses and turbans. In his legiti-
mate power he had also ordered them to carry to the mint all
the silver, plate, or ornaments which they had in their houses,
for which, however, this Brother of the Sun and Moon allowed
them nearly 4s. an ounce.
From Odessa the letters give a most wretched description of
the situation of the Russian army on the banks of the Pruth.
They are without shoes and necessary clothing, and discontent
amongst them is almost at its greatest height. Orders have
been received in England for various articles of clothing, but
the credit fixed are not sufficiently good to render their execu-
tion prudent. The Holy Alliance has more to attend to than
its own legitimate wishes, and the power of circumstances may
yet induce its Members to do justice to humanity. They may
rest assured that the liberties of Greece and the free Constitu-
tions of Spain and Portugal do not entirely depend on their
determinations, though no doubt their power may fel a while
restrain them. Their labour, however, to maintain the pre-
sent system, by attempting to limit the progress of the human
mind towards a perfection in knowledge, and by saying to ci-
vilization, " thus far and no farther shalt thou proceed," will
prove as vain as it is presumptuous.
From St. Petersburgh the letters are dated on the 24th Sep-
tember, at which time trade was extremely dull. The exchange
was at 9. 30-32. to 10. About 800 casks of tallow had been
purchased at 110 rubles, with a credit of two months. Here
this day this article is worth 455. and in some instances 455. 6d.
The importation of hemp this season is not equal in quality to
that of last year, and the Navy Board has been forced to reject
various parcels offered to them by the contractors. They have,
however, permitted them either to cancel their contracts, or to
execute them by purchases of hemp already in the market,
which has given more life to fine quality, though nothing can
be quoted above 375. per cwt.
In the value of the English Funds there is this day very
little alteration. The Three per cents Reduced are 811 I.
Consols, 82k, 811, 82i.—Four per cents Old, 994 a, and the
New, 102, 1011, 1021. Bank Stock for Account, 2521, 2581,
and East Indian Bonds, 57. 8. 6.
An express from Paris, dated Saturday, bring the rentes 93f.
80c. The new Spanish 72, and the Neapolitan 811. Here an
immense deal of business continues to be done in Foreign Se-
curities, particularly in the new Spanish Bonds of 1821. The
Neapolitan are also dearer, and much in demand. In the new
Peruvian Loan not much business has been done.
The following are the current prices of this day. To-morrow
is the settling day in the Old and New Spanish Bonds, and
will be a busy one.
French * Five per Cents. Dividend from 22d Sept. 93 75. 94.
Spanish * Five per Cent. of 1820, Dividend from Ist May, 84.
Ditto Five per Cent. Bonds of 1821 (sterling), Dividend from
Ist May, 724 fi fi,
Russian * Six per Cents. Dividend from Ist July, 82.
Ditto * Five per Cents. (metall.) Div. from Ist Sept. 82.
Ditto New Five per Cent. (metall.) Dividend from lst Sept.,:9o.
Prussian Five per Cent. Bonds of 1818 (sterling) Dividend
from Ist Oct., 89 1
Ditto of 1822 (sterling) Dividend from Ist July, 88.
Austrian * Five per Cent- (metall.) Div. from Ist Feb. 82.
Neapolitan * Five per Cent. Bonds. Dividend from Ist July,
82 p
Ditto Scrip, 83 4.
Danish Five per Cent. Bonds (sterling) Dividend from Ist
July, 90,1 6.
• Ditto Banco Marks, Dividend from Ist July, 88.
Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds (sterling) Dividend from Ist
May, 94i 5.
Chilian Six per Cent. Bonds (sterling) Dividend from Ist

.
Oct. 88i i. _.
Peruvian, 871 j.
Marked are subject to the rate of Eachangs.
__(Morning Chronick. )

,
BRIDGE-TOWN, BARBADOES, Acts. 1, 1822.
1-1 k Excellency the Governor, attended- by his
Body Guards, went in State, to the Town Hall
on Tuesday last, to open the ;present session of the
Colonial Parliament with thelollowing Speech :

" Mr. President and Gentlemen Of his Majesty's Council,—

" Twelve months have now elapsed since I first had the ho-
nour of addressing you from the Clifiir'; and it is with sincere
and strong feelings of gratification that I offer you my best
thanks for the able advice and ready assistance which you haie
rendered me in conducting the important and difficillt duties of

my situation.
" I trust that the confidence which now exists between us
may not only continue, but be increased and more firmly ce-
mented by a longer and,more perfect knowledge of each other ;
as I am convinced that only one sentigiAnt prevails in common •
with us all—that of an anxious and ht felt desire to endevour
to promote the general good of the public ; and, with such sen-
timents, I yet entertain a sanguine hope that all eyes may be
turned to that alone ; and that tranquillity, harmony, and
happiness, may be restored to the country by the well com-
bined co-operation of all the branches of the Legislature.
" Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly,
" The present house appearing (with very few exception) to
consist of the same members as those of the last year, it may not
be improper for me now to express to them and to their
Speaker my very warmest thanks for the general kind attention
shewn to my wishes,- publicly and officially made known to
them ; and I most sincerely and feelingly regret, that my last
should have proved an exception ' • as I trust I speak with no
erroneous confidence when I say, Gentlemen, there is not one
among you who will not do me the justice to believe that my
message to the Speaker, conveying an especial call of the House,
accompanied by a document explanatory of my reasons for that
call, did not proceed from any desire to dictate to the House, but
unequivocally and solely from an earnest and heartful desire to
promote the welfare of the community by the expression of my
wish, which had ever previously met with so much kind atten-
tion ; and now, acting from the Very same feelings and consi-
dering it my duty, as well as that of the other branches of the
legislature, to endeavour to relieve the severe and cruel sufferings
under which the poor of St. Michael's have too long been labour-
ing (and more particularly when the very existence of some
may be at stake by delay), I do again beseech you, in the
name of humanity, no longer to allow any cause to shut your
ears to the loud cries of the poor, but to afford them some
prompt and permanent relief, .by rui immediate act for a levy to
be raised by the late vestry of St. Michael's, and to add a clause
to the Bill now in force, to oblige all future vestries to act until
new ones may be elected.
" Since the last meeting of the Council, the draught of a Bill
for the amendment of the Slave Laws has been shown to me ;
on which, in the present stage of the business, I can have
nothing to remark more than to state, for your general informa-
tion, that I cannot affix my name to any Bill, enacting a new
capital offence, unless it shall contain a clause suspending
the execution thereof until the same shall have received his
Majesty's approbation.
" I would strongly recommend to your attention the nume-
rous evils which constantly arise from the want of a police in
Bridge Town ; with the hope that you may, after the due con-
sideration of a subject of such great importance, be enabled to
enact a well-framed bill for the establishment of an effective
and energetic one, which might include all the various branches
necessary for the preservation of good order, as well as those for
the prevention of the improper landing of aliens, and of per-
sons labouring under infectious diseases. In my humble opi.
nion, such a measure would prove one of the most beneficial
which could possibly be adopted for the good of your country.
" I shall now, Gentlemen, conclude by offering you all my
hearty congratulations on the present truly cheering prospect of
most plentiful crops of every description, which, by a continu.
ante of God's blessings, I entertain a well founded hope may
be brought to maturity, and in great measure tend to relieve the
country from its sufferings and distress."
** There is an introduction to this Speech in
The Times of this day, probably from a private
correspondent, of too disrespectful a character
towards the Governor for admission in our Paper,