The Sun.
London, England, 1821-11-06 00:00:00

OFFICIAL CIRCULAR.

The following Official Document first appear-
ed in The British Monitor of Sunday last. It
appears that that paper had previously stated
that a Foreign Ambassador had availed himself
,of his dinloniatique privilege to dispose of a vast
quantity of wine, after his functions had 'ceased,
without paying the duty. This fact was con-
tradicted in a Morning Paper, and a correspond-
ence'ensued, by which the fact was confirmed,
and which finally occasioned the publication of
the subjoined Document :

FROM THE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY TO THE
CORPS DIPLOMATIQUE RESIDING IN LONDON.

The Marquis of LONDONDEP.ItY has the honour confidenti-
ally to intimate to his Excellency. the that it has come
to the knowledge of the Lords Commissioners ofhis Majesty's
Treasury, that ..sOme instances have lately occurred in which,
contrary, no doubt, to the intentions and orders of some. inem-
bers of the Corps Diplomatique, lately or now resident at this
Court, and in consequence of the MiscondUct of 'their agents or
servants, sales have taken place of large quantities of wine, 'im-
ported for their Excellencies' use, by which the wine has been
admitted to general consuinption, and .the .6iivernment thereby
deprived of the revenue which ought to have accrued from such
sale. • •

;.• Lord Londonderry is convinced • that he has only to make
this circumstance known, in order that-steps May be effectually
taken to prevent a recurrence of this practice ; and he •is confi-
dent that his Excellency will admit the propriety of its
being regulated for the future, that no such sale of wine Should
under ;any circumstances take place, except when the whole
of the cellar 'belonging to a Minister leaving England is trans-
ferred to his. successor; and that when a foreign Minister's
wine is left to be sold without such transfer, due notice must
be given to the Exchequer, in order that the proper duties may
be levied thereon : and in default of such notice, the wines'
would, it is already declared by the law of the country, be-
(ionie forfeited to the Government. _ _ _ _

. ,
PA.(' Londonderry feels assured that the Corps Diplomatique
will prefer 'a reguktion of this nature, which he freely leaves to
be acted upon by the well known honour and loyalty of those
to whom he has on this occasion addressed himself, to that by
Which each Foreign Minister would be restricted, as formerly,
to the importation of a certain quantity of wine according to
his rank. .

Lord Londonderry has only further to call the attention of his
Excellency to the additional precaution which it is
neecssaiy to adopt, that in all applications for the admission of
wine duty free, •it should be precisely and expressly stated un-
der tl,ie signature of each Foreign Minister so applying, that
the wines as described are, and intended, for his own consunip-
tipn ; and the Lords of the Treasury will require the Revenue
Board to furnish to Lord Londonderry, for the infoimation of
each Foreign Minister at the expiration of each year, a note of
the wines so admitted at his xequest. •
• Lord Londonderry has only further to express his anxious
hopes that his Excellency will not consider this com-
munication as in any way tending to limit the liberal manlier
in which his privileges,. in common with those of his colleagues,.
have, hitherto been extended in placing no restriction whatever
on the quantitty of-wipe' allowed to be entered duty free for the
bona fide consumption of himself and family. • '
LOid Londonderry avails himself ofthis opportunity to renew
to his Ex.'ellenCy ' the assurance of his hi li consideratiOn.
' (Signed) - LONDONDERRY.
Foreign-office, .Aug.,3l, 11321.
To his Excellency -

IFROM THE EDINLE-RaII -WEEKLY i0tIIII;IALz:X0i.11.1
The period of 'Rear-Admit'al:'o;rwAT's Com-
mand on the coast of Scotland tieing On tfie'eve
of:expiring, a splendid dinner wits-giVen to him
yesterday, at' the New Club in St. Andrew's-
square, by the. Noblemen and -Gentlemen of
,Edinburgh and its vicinity, as a ,teStiniorry of
their respect for the public and dprivate qitalities
of the . Rear-Adrniyal; 'during the three fears he
has held his present high ;official situation:•*-:Anct
we are glad to. Observe that the-gallant-Atlnlital,
by an unanirnousn - T vote. of the own* Council, is
now a freeman of our 4c ancient city„? and. an
adopted son of Caledonia.7--After the.clotih,was
removed, the healthyof „his Mtjesty wens drank
with all the honours; „when
.the Chairma.h, the
Right lion. the LARD PnovosT4 :rose ank pre-
pcosed a bumper toast, whiciL be felt as tired
would be received by..thecorrip,any with.peculiar
satisfaction ; he tneant_thehealth .and .pros.p- erity
of his most excellent and ifollant friend,UMiral
Otway, who, during the/three years of his com-
mand, had endeared himself to the whole ,of the
company---not less in the transaction pub-
lic -duties, than in the exercise of "his...privtitl, and
domestic virtues; his Lordship, as an ,Old friend,
and in the presence'of the gallant Adniiral, de-
clined expatiating upon ;his publiC
They were, as hiS Lordship observed, upon re-
cord, and duly appreciated irrthe proper quar-
ter ; but he must add, that if 'the voice of. the
Noblemen and' Gentlemen of the city of Edin-
burgh could prolong the gallant Admiral'i com-
mand, that it would be most 'willingly exerted
on the present occasion, as he was sure his gal-
lant friend would remember, in his future career
in the service, that he would carry with him the
affection and esteem of his old friends in Edin-
burgh, who would also long recollect, and at all
times join with him in .drinking,health and pros-
perity to, Admiral. Otway. This toast was re-
ceived with the greatest enthusiasm. •
The Gallant ADMIRAL, in rising to thank his
Right Hon. Friend the Lord Provost, :and the
Noblemen and -Gentlemen present, observed,
that he was quite overcome by the high honour
they had conferred on him, by the manner hu
which' they had drank his health. He could only
relate the story of a bargain he had heard in the
West Indies, between a black girl and a gentle-
man, which he thought applicable to his present
situation. The black girl had a parrot for sale
which the gentleman asked if it could speak- ?
" No, massa," replied the girl," parrot no speak ;
but parrot think a great deal."—Like the - parrot,
the Gallant Admiral observed,he could not speak ;
but if he lived as long as_ history gave to the life
of parrots, even to a hundred years, he 'should
remember the present
.as one of the most gratify-
ing days of his life." This speech was loudly
cheered ; and after the health of the Duke of
York, the Royal Family, the Armv and Navy,
the Peerage of Scotland were drunk.
The LORD PROVOST again proposed the health
of Admiral Otway, not as an Admiral, or for his
private or public qualities, well known and esti-
mable as they were, but he would .propose his
health as the youngest Freeman of the City of
Edinburgh. Tor which the Admiral returned
his thanks in a neat speech.
After the healths of the Lord Provost, the
Lord President, Lord Chief Baron Adam, Lord
Duncan, Lord Gillies, Admiral Sir David Milne,
Sir R. C. Durham, Captain Chas. Adam, 'the
croupier, Sir 'Thos. Troubridge, and others, it
was particularly gratifying to see so many dis-
tinguished members of the naval service, after
joining in drinking, the health of Mr. John Clerk,
bearlestitnony, wich they did, to Rear Admiral
Sir David Milne's handsome eulogium 'on the
merits of his celebrated relation, the Author
of the Naval Tactics, whose memory was
drank in solemn silence.—Amongst the com-
pany, which broke up at a late hour,' were
The Lord Provost, Lord Duncan, Lord Keith, Lord Tor-
phichen, Lord Belhaven, Lord Gillies, Mr. Clerk, the Hon.
A. Macdonald, .the Hon. General Duff, Rear• Admiral Sir P.
C. Durham, Admiral-Sir D. Milne, K.O B. Mr. Mackenzie,
Mr. Munro, Mr. Forbes Blair, Captain Hay, R.N. Mr.
Dewar, of Vogrie, the Hon. Admiral Fleming Elphinstone,
Commissioner Earl, Captain Adam (croupier), Mr. Laing
Meason, Mr. George Russell, Mr. George Bell, Colonel Ross,
General gir J. Hope, Mr. Campbell, General Maxwell, Mr,
William Clerk, Mr. Shannon, Mr. Horrocks, Captain Patrick
Campbell, R.N. Commissioner Fotheringharn, Mr. Camp.
ix.ll, of Combie, Captain Bingham,' Lieutenant Beckford,
Mr. Paine:

No Turnmst i3ERLAND H 0 USE.--The southern
facade of this noble mansion has been complete
for some weeks, and the workmen are now pro-
, ceeding upon the stables. These will* front into
Northumberland-street; and as they will be
built of very fine brick on a stone . base, they
will be rather ornamental objects there. The
house itself is of the lonic order on its southern
aspect ; the approach to the central d'pOr is by
lateral flights of stone steps, ending in a'liallus-
traded terrace at the top. The wings', of the
same height with the house itself, are very spa-
cious, and shelter it well on the east and west ;
perhaps it would be more correct to consider
them as parts of the main building, and say,,that
the whole forms three sides of a .square. Upon
this edifice, which is indisputably the largest
mansion in London,. the Duke hes been for three
year's usefully 'ekpenaing apart of the large :store
of ready money left him'by his father ; making im-
mense'disbUrsements, and yet reducing his rents.
There ika simple, unostentatious magnificence in
the whole air of it, which accords with the sta-
tion and with, the-character of the noble owner.

REDUCTIONS in the PUBLIC OFFICES.

OBSEayATIOYS,-*ehiefly in 'REPLY to REMARKS
made in PARLIAMENT during the last SESSION, on
the, SUBJECT of GOVERNMENT CLERKS. By "A

CLERK.

This. is a; well-written and spirited examina-
tion bf the grounds on which it is proposed to
reduce. the Salaries of the Clerks in the Public
Offices. The writer, we think, has succeeded in
shewing that the measure is harsh, unjust, and
impolitic;. and if. Government can be satisfied
that it is so, we cannot entertain a moment's
doubt that it will be abandoned-. The -author
hai selected from Parliamentary Reports and
other sources the following passages, which he
givei as the heads on which it is the, purpos• of
his, work more particularly to comment •

1. Reduction of Salaries in all the departments of the
public service was now under the consideration Of Uovern-
tnent.'"—Sir C. Lox°. :

2. " I never can hear in the House a prOpOsition to give Oa?
same Salaries now as in former, years, however large their
amount. I call upon the Landed Gentlemen- particularly-not
to lose sight of this very important question ;--they'corild not
colleCt their rents,' the fume; co.eld not dispose of-his pioduce,
and aitooit every clilsof 'men "had to deplOre the •sarrieufer-
whilm;ng depreciatiop. J,....tberefote, see-no reason why' per-
sona in public offices,
,and they who, are.annuitants upon'tht
public, should be exempted--alone from any deCrease of means
ov fluctuation of ptoperty.'2.--tLord 4)1t1.1' ON.

3. " k was said the salaries of the Clerks could not be re-
duced, because there was no reduction in the prices of provi-
sions ;•very ore, hOwever,*whii ifiainotdepending 'on the .007
vernment for his salary,-LLevery one who had any thirig
with land; knew very well there was a considerable reduc,
HumE.

4. thnk, with regard tq the salaries of persons in officer
they ought' to be reduced in proportion to the depreciation of
the neeeusaries of 'W. BUItREL;..

5. •° The Honourable Oentleman nest adverted. to the wages
of the Ordnance Clerics, Which had been. successively raised to
meet the high prices of the times, and asked why they were not
now reduced in proportion to the value of money and rtmoval
of the Income Tai."—Mr. Humr.

6. " I disapprove of increasing Clerks' Salaries after three
years' service : the additional income should only fall on the
industrious and efficient Clerks."—Mr. HumE.

7. " I should, like to see a Clerk with 14001.-'a year for the
mere curiosity of the thing.- (Laughter.)—l should be glad to
see how the gentlemen travel to office, whether in tilbury or
curride."—(Laughter.)—Mr. Car EVE Y.
8. " I should like to compare one of these officialists with
some brave officer who, having purchased his commission in
the first instance, had fought up his way to honour and promo-
tion, and having, at length, for'his service, been called to the
Peerage, received only 20001. a year as a compensation for his
services and to support the of the Peerage. What
comparison Could- be made between the two individuals."—
Mr. C4EFvEY.

9. " Government does not require GENTpI.IIEN for Clerks
—more modest servanti will suit."

10. " If the Clerks feel aggrieved, they have. the power of
relinquishing their Places : Other persons will be but too happy
to occupy them."

On the first of these heads ourauthor remarks,
that the-Government, by," contemplating a re-
duction in the Clerks' salaries," have assumed
that they poSesS the right to reduce them."---
Tbis assumption _he, strongly contests, on the
.eround that the Clerks have a vested interest,
which cannot with fairness be- infringed upon,
the Clerks having entered upon. their offices un-
der" settled, positive,and determinate rules," en-
titling them to certain salaries," subject tow: Ip-tril-
lion in proportion to the length of'service spent by
them in those ofitces,.as well as to certain allow=
ances„guaranteed by 50th,Geo. 111. cap. 117, in
case, after fixed periods, they were desirous of
retiring from their situations." On the second
head, he remarks, that though great depression
has taken place in the value of agricultural and
other produce, since the conclusion of the war,
it does not therefore follow that a corresponding
reduction should be made in the salaries of the
public servants, since their salaries did not ad-
vance during the war, in an equal ratio, to that
elevated point frorn.which other interests have
declined. We have not room to•give the whole
of the writer's clear and satisfactory reasonings
upon this part of his subject, but must content
ourselves with the following'passage

" Let us pause for one moment on the rental of land, or the
price of any article, natural or artificial, previous to the late
war ; let us look at it before the pinch of the present day com-
menced,—nay, in nunieroui instances, let us consider it even
at this very moment ; does no difference, no disproportion, no
increase appear ? I should think a very considerable change
would be found to have taken place ; and to 'what can such
change be mainly ascribed, if not to the war and . the. circum-
stances which it pioduced ? It is the war that has more than
trebled the renfroll of every great landed proprietor in the
kingdom,t and put princely fortunes into the-pockets of many
a contractor ; but now the tide has turned, prices are ebbing
back again to theirformerdevel, to that level which, but for
the war, they 'never would have quitted. Have we here of the
surprising ! Can we .be struck with . astonishment ? Is:this
course of events unnatural ? Has it not, on the Contrary; re-
peatedly happened in our history? - Ougfit'tiot‘the Opulselit to
have been prepared for the alteratio ? Prepared or not, ought
he not quietly and- willingly to comply with it ? Whet, if a
man buys into the funds at 50; and they should afterwards,
fortunately for him, rise to 100, has he an excuse to complain,
if prices once more revert to 50? 'By what right, I.sliould be
glad to learn, could • such a man . grumble ? .yet precisely to
this length goes the lamentation of my Lord Milton. Because
war has ceased to advance the inccine -of the capitalist, and
that, as a consequence, it rather reverts to its usual and natural
standard, is that good reason why an income, -not arising, not
having received an accession through war, .should be instantly
reduced ?"

* This assertion is at complete variance with the Report
set forth by the Agricultural Committee._" Rents," says the
Report, " have hitherto been duly paid, either from savings of
more prosperous times or from credit."
t The evidence given before the Agricultural Committee,
proves that the rental of the kingdom has, upon an average,
been nearly trebled since the year 1790. In Essex, says one Of
the witnesses, and one 9f the most intelligent of them, a farm,
called Hollywell, which, previous to 1790, was let for £9O per
ann. produced, in 1791, .4241 per ann. or about 19s. per acre,
and, on being once more let in 1811, commanded a rent of
£899 per ann.—The Middleton Hall estate, in Norfolk, was
purchased about 1780 for £25,600, and, in 1912, no less a sum
than £140,000 refused for it.
(To be continued.)

STATUE OF WILLIAM 111.

ThepubliC have lately heard a gte'at deal of
the Orange Institution ; but hitherto there had
never been any attempt Wintroduce its customs
in this Metropolis. Sunday, however, and yes-
terday morning, several placards and. small billi
were profusely distributed in the City and at the
West-end of, the town, calling upon the Protes-
tat!t public to commemorate the birth of WIL-
LIAM the Third. One. of the largest placards
was as follows :

The Birth-day of lima WurrAst the THIRD, of Glorious
and Immortal Memory, who,' under Divine Providence, de"
livered England from Popish Tyranny and Superstition ; in
Honour of which his Statue in St. James's-square is decorat-.
'ed this sth November, 11121, (the 4th being on Sunday.)

Another hill, posted during the night in Hat-
ton-garden, says---'
" The Members of the Established Church, the irofcssors'of
the Proteitarit Faith,. the supporters of the House of Bruns.:
wick, ,are informed this day, the sth of November, (the 4th
being n a Sunday), will be universally, kept in commemora-
tion oT the Gilbrious triumph over Popery."

The -bills also' stated, that the Statue of the
•Immortal Wir.r.Lim, in St. James's-square, would
be decorated, in honour of the anniversary of the
never-to-be.forgotten day.
The attention of several families resident in St.
James's-sgnare. was :attracted on Sunday morn-
ing, about,, eight lo'dock, by the extraordinary
-appearance of three men, who were within the
railing, and seemed engaged in deep conversation..
They appriiaCheil the*inoat
_which surrounds the
eqnestrian;•one of them Carrying a basket, which
he deposited close to the internal railing, Ario-
Aber Of them very deliberately took off his coat,
waistkoat, and shoes, and'Seemed to be preparing
to get over the•railing into the water. The fa-
mily, who occupy a house bet Ween the Marquis
of LONDONDERRy's and the Duke of PORTLINO,
at the north-west angle, were 'preparing to go
out of town, and, throwing open the windows,
gave the,alarin, and sent some of the servants to'
the railing, with orders to inquire into the affair
The parties immediately fled. in different direc-
tions. The man, who was partially undressed,
bounded over the railing like a stag,
_got into-
George-court„and escaped. The square-keeper,.
who lives. in Church-passage, was instantly sent
for, and, accompanied by several servants, pro-
' ceeded to the.interior railing, where they found
a basket containing an oil-skin parcel and seve-
ral yards 'of rope with hooks or grapples attach-
ed to one end. On opening the oil-skin bag
or envelope, it was_ found.. to contain several
yards of orange and purple silk, with a num-
ber of drags' (apparently) and lines of pack-
thread or whip-cord. The whole was conveyed to
the residence of the Duke of PORTLAND, and left
in the- charge of his Grace's porter. • In half an
hour afterwards the articles were claimed by a
person, who gave hi 3 name and address in New
Bond-street; but we have beard that-the porter,
suspecting that more was meant than met the eye,
withheld the trophies, under an idea that they
might become the subject of investigation at the
Secretary of State's office, or at Bow-street.
The parties, however, were not deterred from
their pdrpose -by the discomfiture, for at day-
light yesterday morning the. statue of King
William exhibited 'for the first time since it was
placed upon its pedestal, the insignia of orangism.
Two scarves., :one orange and the other purple;
'were thrown over the right shoulder, the ends
terminating in a' large bow over the hilt of the
sword, 160 a- garland woven with the distinctive
coloured ribands invested the temples of the
statue.

This affair will be matter of surprise to those
who are acquainted with Me position of the
statue, and the difficulty of obtaining access to
it. All the houses in the square command from
the front a distinct view of the circular area,
which is enclosed by an iron railing upwards
of six •feet high, with well-lighted lamps at
short intervals, and guarded by several watch-
men whose beat is confined to the square. The
interval from the exterior to the interior railing
appears to be upwards of twenty yards, and the
diameter of the moat, in the centre of which
stands the statue, appears to be about twenty
feet, and the depth of the water not less than four
feet and a half. From the surface of the water
to the summit of the re iestal on which the horse
stands, seems to be about fourteen, and thence to.
the apex of the figure, twelve feet ; yet, notwith-
standing the recent failure, and the obstacles.op-
posed to the enterprize, the object was accom-
plished ; and St. James-square, the vicinity of
Carlton Palace; the residence of the Marquess
of LONDONDERRY, &c. exhibited those party em-
blems which have hitherto only created division
and heart-burnings in the capital of the 'sister
kingdom. Whatever.might be the 'ulterior ob-
jects 9f those who planned and carried into effect
this ntavel spectacle, the decoration was removed
by order, it is 'said, of Lord Stowell'.

EQUESTRIAN STA TUE OVILLIA:iI 111.-DUBLIN:

-At -a Mt-eting of the Board of Magistrates held
odSaturday last,, at the Assembly House; the
Lonn MAYOR in the Chair, a letter was read,
addressed to the Magistrates of the Head Office
of Police, of which the following is a copy
Mansion-House, Saturday, Nov. 3d, 182},
ten o'clock, a. x.

GENTLEMEN,—The Lord Mayor conceiving, that at this
interesting crisis the Equestrian Statue of King William the
Tleird, situate at College-green 4 should not be decorated on the
approaching anniversary of his birth-day, the more particularly
as it will happen on to-morrow, Sunday.
I am, therefore, desired by his Lordship to request you will
immediately communicate those sentiments to the different
Police Magistrates, and that you will give such directions as
may seem•to you expedient, for the purpose of carrying into
effect his Lordship's orders, and to prevent any breach of the
peace, or violation of the Sabbath, on this occasion.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, -
Your most obedient and very humble servant,
GEORGE ARGUER, Secretary.

The Magistrates unanimously approved of the
letter, and-resolved to co-operate, by every legal
means in their powers to carry its recommenda-
tions into effect.

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THE SUN.

SOLEM QUIS Dicrizr FALSUJI AUDE_IT

LONDON,
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1821.

Letters from Aleppo to the 25th of August
last were received in town this morning. Every
thing was quiet there up to that date. There
were few Greeks in Aleppo, and it was expected
that the state of urreece would not be the cause
of any inconvenience to the European residents.

Extract of a Letter'- from 11avann.h, dated 17th September,

received in Glaskow up Saturday last.

" We hasten to advise jou that accounts have just arrived
from Vera Cruz; of an atccinamodation entered into between the
new Viceroy; and the Chief ofthe new.party, the object of which
is, to secure the independence of that country under an imperial
GoVernment ; but securing, at the same time, the lives and pro-
perties of all Spaniards- there not choOsing to become subject.,
who are at liberty to retire yiL,..re Jthey please ; this arrange-
ment is hailed by all parties ;tithe Most auspitious which could
be formed, and we again anticipatz a lively intercourse with
that quarter.?

DEMERAItA.—It affords us much pleasure to
that the suggestions of Mr. lIENny, in his
letter to Mr. GOULBURNE, to abolish the present
form of criminal process in force at Demerara;
and the other- ceded- Colonies,' namely, " of pro-
.
" ceeding by written interrogatories, and substi-
" fitting, 40 far as it is locally practicable, the
" viva 'Voce examinations practised in this coun-
" try," has been adopted ; and that an Order of
Council has passed to that effect, which will be
sent out by this packet.

Halifax Papers arrived this morning to the
21st of October.

HALIFAX, OCT. 19.—Yesterday Vice-Admiral
COLPOTS was presented with the following
Address :