The Sun.
London, England, 1817-03-24 00:00:00

(Nu. 5.)

Extract'of a Dispatch from Mr:Caramg to Lord Castlerealb.

Liibon, May 2G, 1915

- I'hare to nclinowlcage the honour of your 'Lordship's.Dis•
patch No. 20, and to'request your LordAtli) to at the .feet
of h;3 Korai nighneesthe Princellegeni; my 1)111)0116 Thallks
for hts ttoyfil'Hi'aintess's gnicions and hind interptctutiud, is
%veil of the grciumis ou^nbicti I originally aecepted this

Missian, Ps of those on .ostets I ballY lei erea m 7 dent tai

resignation Li. ,
The last dispatches from the Rio, Oted -only in Niareltove
Os T tiritinforrnCi” entirely stlerii-upon the Prince Regent'i
return I and I really believe that. nothing is -known here of
his intentions. •

In reply to the other part of your Lordship's dispatch, it
;: •
would not become me lay more than that, having put illy
resignation intirely'iutd'your Lordship's hands, I have nu
further anxiety on that subject hit that so long ns
vices here are thought tiseful by the Prince ltegeut, they are
absolutely at his Royal Highness's tommiind. •

(Na 6.)
pi uotg3l,lro4,ll,t—Cal.mitig t 4) I.4),t4Ptisticrengh
Lishnt), Nleir34, 1816;

. .
In criAteiOlatiP.o.a..the sfrrittialiion of my I\lil.ion, I feel
it my tint t"txecutr.," as I can, Illat .paet '.of the in-
stroctions or. fmrd litithurst:s Di:patch of .Ottohe;r kit;
which relates tO.tbe scale el appointmeuts at which this Nlis-
-sion alight, be permanently and adegoately t4ettled.
In doing this, I shall 'have aeCt;sion to refhte the injurious
exaggerations which I find to bare been propagated in Etittlalid,
I.esiteeting my allowances a exaggerations and trtisrept.esenta-
tions.whielt your, Lordship will glee toe ciedit fttr disdaining,
as far as they regard me personally: but. of which it is ne-
vertheless nEktural, un nty.own .aceount, as well H% NO to
the Government at !tunic, that..l should leave a recorded to

rotation. . . . .
When I accepted this .litission, it was!inipossilde that, with
the printed. accounts of the Civil List lying on the table of the
Ilont,e of Commons, I should "not advert to what. had been
the scale of its expenditUre (hiring the prt,ecding.years.
• Seeing that, in the period front the sth al April 1814 to
the 6th of April
.1814 (the date to Which the accounts :come
driven) that expenditure was stated, in salary and extraordi-
nary allowances, at ahout 32,005., fur the first year, and at
about 28,0001. fur the second ; it would have been madness
to succeed to a situation in which such 'an expenditure had
been found necessary, without some undetstanding as to the.
limits tp which if necessary, my expenditure might go, and
Within which it was, at Of events, to he confined.
The interval which had elapsed was ton short to enable any
'one to form a judgment at to what. might he the' practicable
reduction of expenditure; and as, will' the exception of the
ten 'days. (Or thcreaboUts) whiCh Mr. Sdettlinfn spent here,
the Mission was, during that interval, in the hands of a
Cbatgd d'Affaires, no Lin. Inference could he drawn from it
in respect to the fitystablisbment of the Mission on a per-
inomsnt sr,tle.

The Sum flied its that which my extraordinary expenditure
sbould.nut exceed, Wilt in no degrte of my suggestion. I re.
Weed, whatsver-it might be, either to confine any expellees
11', • is'rts'i fOnd .tinst..to be-impracticable, to ,icisigui
the NliSsionfutthwith.
I found," aill•expected, on say arrlvallsere, that the footing
on which the British Mission had been' ucettitonmi to sta► d.
oiarld not be suddeuly lowered without impairing the whole
nature of its'relatibn with tlictinVbrninent. •
In this view the rank of Ambassador, while it' emild make
no practical dittereitee in expences, of which the salary (silse-:
tiler as,Ansbassa.dor or as Envoy) stapptied billy,a part, was
politically important, as coßpter-halancing the, positive loss
of rank and indnence, which swiuld otherwise have hten oc-
casioned by.the British Minister'irbeing Ms:longer a MeMber
Of the Regency. • . •
Your 'Lordship •,may perhaps apprehend, that; after this
pteface, rata about to bequeath to you anPpialOn in. favOur.
of Wale very eXorbitant endowment for maintaining 'the
iplandeut of the British Embassy at Lisbon. •
And you will lit;rhaps be surprised when I follow it up by
stating, tbat.supicosing an adequate allowance made7for Out
it, the' old Ambassadurial, appointments. of 0,9001. • per au.
urn, exciu sive, of the usual recognised. contingeocies ( which
form no part of the erpences of the Minister).would.be ade-
quate to the support of the Mission; on condition—
That those Appointsuents are paid free of Deductions at
borne; and (what is most iruportant at this place)—
That they are paid free frontless on E'xchange, and on de-.
preciation 'of Taper' here. • ' ' •
Whin the 'exchange is at Pai:(67l) the dollar is at 4s. (Id.;
when the exchange Is at 75, the dollar costs 55.; it value in
expenditure here resimining.in both cases the same. • .•
The exchange is now 74, it bars been as high as 7.1, and
Probably as the war goes on, will rise much higher a.
After the. loss au exchange, comes that upon, the papa
money. ' •

A hill upon England for 1001. should produce at ps► 444
dollars in coin. With the " exttiangii at 78 it would produce
about 400. This is the first loss.

But one-half, viz. 200 out of 400, are paid in paper; which
paper' bears a discount of 14, 15, 16, or (as last week) of
10 per cebt.. or more. Taking it only at 16, there is another
'lose of 81 dollars out of 200 ; and the produce of the 1001. at
75, therefore would be only 368 dollars instead of 444; bf
whiCh the value to expend would be about Sal.
The paper thug obliged to he taken, can only be gotten rid
.of, in roost of the ordinary dritails of common expenditure,.
at the discount which it bears.:

The law eiljoins iteaccel►tance at par, but custom is
stronger than the law.

By these successive processes, the nominal appointments of
,8,2001. first reduced by dednctions in England' to 6,9141.,
.would be further' reduced •in their transfer from Engl►►nd
hither, by about 7 or 8 per cent. at the present rate of ex-
chang►e, rtii.between 8,8(i01. and emdt. i and further,,in their
conversion into P'o'rtuguese iuoney, to ilomet hing about 5,8001.

Tittle remains to speak of the first supposition, with which
I qualify' my opinion of the p;obalile sufficiency of the old
Anilissadorial allOwances ; I mean the sualciency of equipage
money tor nut-at; a snnsideration applying with peculiar
fates to this country, and (I suppose) to Spain.
In my own ~case, I find by my agent's accounts (which
'received by the last 313oket),tliat my out-at has amounted to
0/nailing wore than 3,001. in Addition, I do assure your
Lordship, to no inconsideraktle portion of my own 'private
funds. To this is added, for fees :it different offices, Custom-
.house charge), insurance, tfcc. &c. about 8001. togethir

about 4,0(W. •
- The allowance of equipage money is 1,6001" with some

detiu4tions.

The difference (sOmething above 1,5091.) absorbs; within a
trifle, one' half of the aggregate amount of the cirdiilariap-
pointnients dui. to we for the thro.l quarters of the year ending
, •
tie tsits of July.
. .
.• .
IllOse.appoiniments, noininapy 8,2001. per annum, are (as
I hare stated) reduced by. deductions in England to 6,914; of

* I take the liberty of enclosing to rim. Lordship some Lis-
bon Gazettes, in .which. acre marked the variations of ex-
'change, and of the disctiußt opt raper money.
•••

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~atCU tll C-TVreV CTIM: 410 UM /wimp -cr,

2,G001. renrainedtmbe'retnitted to me here, subject in its re-
mittance, to the loss on exchange, rtudinipreoncelsion here
to the lots on the paper.
• Under these atuistnuecs'it is that T shalt, Op to the tth
of July, -hare drawn npt►q my keipti, 'limier the
,instinetton,
in Lod Bath, rst'A -Divateli of October last‘ for sums
itinonitting t0,t,0001.' on- account: or.i.xtr.tordinari.,a I rune
at'the winding up ofemy Mission, have occatioti.to
•
.draw for 50t)1 Diore6 •

If I shall with this aid have been enAted in carry on the,
Mission to the end of the three-quart is Of the year, I mit
clearly warranted in saying that, with an allowance for out-
'fit adectuate'fo its purpose, and with the orflingryalloOvances,
p:liil'free from death:films in Ent4l.;ml, and from loss on ...nc-
clntnge and.conrersion hems t sitorddtiottiae hadoctusion
to draw it —ati upon the allowance lor—eltrabrdinert ex-
penditure. • • .•

• (No. 7.)
Extract of a Dispatcli from Lord Ca3tlereagli to Mr. Canning.
Foreign-Office, June 2'2, 1815.

His Royal Highness's Government being now In posses-
sion of the final determination of the Prince Regetit of Por-
tugal not to arail himself of the opportunity which was offvr-
ml to him of. returning to his European dominions, and the
application which your Excellency Was insthlcted to make
to the Regency of Portugal, for the employment of a part of
the Portuguese armies on the Continent, baring been de,
ferret, to an indefinite period, I hare not thought it expedient
any longer to delay to lay before his; Royal Highness your
Excellency's resignation of your E►nttassy at Lisbon; and I
am accordingly commanded hyth'e Prinee Regent to acquaint
you, that be has been .graciou'sly pleased to accept of the
saMe, and. that yoil isrn eonseq►tently at liberty to tertninate
your 111ission'when,most agreeable to yourself.: Your letters,
of recall will be forwarded to you by the packet of next
Week; sJhrn I Anil transinit to you his Royal Highness's
commands with respeCt to the person to whom you will de,
Jiver ,!rer the duties of the Nlission, in ~the event of 'Mr.
Casamajor's having ret timed borne.

• FLANDERS MAIL.

Boussrx.l., NlAtteu :14.---Hitt Imperial Irghness
the (fraud Duke Nicholas arriive►l this morni►►g :
he resides with his illustrious brother-in-l►gar.

MARcil 20.—The Attorney,General has re-
ceived orders to draw up a list of the Function-
aries who have refused to take the oath, or have
taken it with restrictions ; they will he removed,
and others appointed in their rpoinik,_

The Special Extraordinary Court' to try M. de
finer, assembled. this morning at,l3 o'clork, antl
heard' the documents read and the'depoidtions of
the Witnesses:with closed.doors.! At 10 the sitting
warendered put lic.,'The Importance.of the cause,
which involves the great Inestion-of-the liberty of
the' press,' Without 'which there'Can be no true
risii and political liberty, hail 'attracted 'a vast
number of auditors. the Advocate-General hav-
ing 'brought forward the grounds of accusation,
M. Beyens, the Counsel of tbe'accitSed, matte a
most able speech of four ho,urs,in his defence ; he
concluded by demanding that his client should be
set at liberty, on the ground that the articles of ac-
cusation are nr.t of the nature of those denounced
in the- Arret6 of 20th 'April,' ISIS--,Tha :Court
bt'okti up at half-past two, and will meet again`
at four to bear the reply of the. Advocate-General,
and cOntinne the trial ; we shall give the sequel
to-morrow.

ANTWEIP, MA ncil 18.--The2oth of Feb. was the
anion which the Droll de To! began to belevied. It is
thus nearly .a month that this measure has filled our
merchants with alarm, and we have not yet any
decisive answer. A letter from flotterdaM.
nounces the end. of our misfortunes, but it wants
confirmation ; on the other side we are
_certain'
that a mercantile house iu this city paid yesterday
.
80 francs upon four pipes of rum. In nitr anxiety
we'do not give up all hope, but ,remember that
justice and the laws plead with the government in
out' favour.

TRIESTR, MARCH I.—Our merchants have re-
ceived the news that his Majesty the Emperor
intends to visit this clty in the spring, and that he
will make a pretty long stay here. The great
public works have been resumed, the roads are
repairing, dikes are constructing, in short, every
thing doing to offer his Majesty a satisfactory
picture of the amelioration executed under his
auspices.

The population of our city ditily increases; by
emigration from all countries, it, will soon be as
various as that of the United States. 'At this
period a considerable number of Spaniards are
arriving. A vessel just arrivedAfrorn Gibraltar in-
clined forms us, that two Spanish Golet t.;s had been
on going out of the Straits,"and obliged tI retUrn.
They have suffered muck damage, the sea being
very tempeitnous; their destination Was for our
port. Numerous *arbary pirates'scour the Me-
diterrartean, and oven the Afirimic, (Where they
give chace to the merchantmen without distinc-
tion of nation.

MARCII B.—Thz Barbary Orates again
disturb the Meiliterratiejn. We frequently bear
ortbeir having given chace to ‘iesstiffs in different

directions:

INSPAUCK, land; G;---The hamlet of Nidos,
consisting of six houses, three of which were at
at great distance from the others, was over-
whetued by an avalanche on the 28N; of February.