The Sun.
London, England, 1826-11-15 00:00:00

OPENING OF THE CORTES OF pottwinsi..

A halt had been prepared for this purpnse in the Palace
of Ajuda. An armed chair to the rikcht of the Throne,
and as high as the last step, was oecuped by the Duke de
Cadavai, President of the Chamber of Peers. Near him
was seated the Vice-President, the Cardinal Patriarch of
Lisbon. The Peers were seated in two rows. The De-
puties occupied the space to the left, pp benches covered
with green cloth. The President appointed 4 4sputation
of twelve Peers and twelve Deputies to receive the pripeess
Regent.
ifer Royal Highness, seated in a chair of state, which
bad been prepared for her before the Throne, delivered the
folk,"41118' Voreh ;".

Norinz 'Eno 47', VII KINODPNI, AND oserrtra or TUN ronTt-
quesrtt N.4110,f,
In seeing you in this In6fOrable day assembled round the
throne of my august hrother, and, King Pedro IV., i rejoirp with
you, and with all the ttfVm, that it has pleased Divine Pro-
vidence to consolidate, in a rneoper so sure and solemn, those wise
institutions which at different epochs for composed the happi-
ness of many great nations, and which will soon secore that of our
beloved country.
You know that the country which is now called Portugal never
knew, even in the remotest ages, any other Government than that
of representative monarchy. The prelates and grandees of the
kingdom formed alone that representation ; the people had no
voice in it, and took no part in that pearly I'eydt4 Govern-
n'ent' The Kings °I. Portugal, a little after the origin of the mo-
narchy, conceded to the commons the rights and the dignities
which barbarous ages bad refused them.
Portugal flourished then under the shade of s Government cam-
PlatelY representative. Nevertholeas, as there did oot exist kW!
which fixed in, au invariable manner the institutions adoyted by
usago, and handed down by our ancestors, they soon fell into dis-
7y,i the Cartes were forgotten by, the nation. It was re-
7ligehrs....4• .1„. to renew them by means of wise and firm Ma-
melnory
vortuSguatibwillalsatilwie4l,,irojereveterwe,hiceolna
acm,y.yeaduginutsfatlr,;;:a,iwwhiosandi
tt.3oingsitoitruytitiniawuhleh is now carried into esecutiott with ilunl"'"
ISM such is that '
gust brother, iu favouriog this nation with a
tarter.
We are called to the highest destinies ; in A word, to secure the
happiness of Our country
of hope, and smooth tholo dThis idea must guide in the paths
Act& roads whosetertnination is ho-
nour and glory.

The opinion of the great nutobera of individuals who compose
a nation min never be
Perrettlyituiforto on those principles on
which the art of governing States is founded, nor in the choice

of the means calculated to secure their happiness. This is
especially observable when sueressive political revolutions have
taken place in a nation. Nevertheless, the Portuguese nation
being naturally mild and moderate, anti endowed with a great
lo've for their legitimate Kings, this dissention of sentiment can-.
not always subsist, and still less can it produce disastrous results,
There.have, it is true, arisen among us perverse men and trai;
tors, who have degenerated trout their ancient loyalty, but they
scarcely succeeded in withdrawing a few weak and imprudent in-
dividuals from the path of honour and duty, by sowing among
them gross errors or criminal impostures. Happily the number
of either the one or the other has been small, and a great majority
of the Portuguese remain
,firm in the obedience due to their legi-
timate Monarch.

I cannot but anticipate the happiest result from the disposition
of foreign nations iu regard to us, and time will not belie those
favourable anticipations. Bound by the faith of treaties and by
the most striking proofs of friendship, to one of the European
nations, and at peace with all, I calculate upon the decisive sup-
port of the former, as well as upon. the good-will and upon the
fraternal reciprocity of the latter.
All will acknowledge, by experience, that the present repre-
sentative Government of Portugal is truly just and moderate,
and further, that it does not pretend to interfere with any other
State on account of the diversity of their institutions. :It confines
itself to the defence of its own with energy and constancy.
Already facts have demonstrated score than words the prudence
and the good faith of the Government. These have diminished
in a great degree the apprehensions of A neighbouring nation. Its
Government has at last been convinced that the difference of po-
litical institutions ought not to destroy the friendship and mutual
confidence which the most solenin treaties and the ties of bli;od,
as well as neighbourhood, have so long consolidated.
What now remains for us to found the hope of our future feli-
city? It is only a few hours ago that I received from Vienna
the news that my well-beloved and highly-esteemed brother, the
most Serene Infant Don Miguel, took an oath, pure and simple, to
the Constitutional Charter, on the 4411 of the present month. Int-
mediat4ly after that act, lie petitioned hie Holiness to obtain the
necessary dispensation to accomplish his marriage with his august
niece and sovereign, Queen Donna Maria the Second.

Legislative acts will eminently assist in inaintaining the political
tranquillity of the State, and will consolidate the political system
established by the constitutional charter.. They will establish
upon the solid basis of civil and criminal codes, the empire of
justice. They will establish
,laws for the municipal bodies,
for provincial administrations, and they will give a new impulse
to industry, to commermi, and to agriculture, the !forces of national
prosperity.
I cannot allude to commerce without communicating to you the
flattering hopes which I entertairk:of its increase from a redoubled
intercourse between Portugal and Brazil. The treaties concluded
between that empire and some European powers, Increase further
this hope, and we have the most assured pledge of it iu the
known generosity of the Emperor of Brazil towards a country
where be drew his first breath, and where his august ances-
tors reigned.
Your attention will doubtless be directed with particular rare
towards education and public instruction, which contribute so
much to purify the morals of nations, which times of trouble
have corrupted, and the establishment of which, founded on the
principles of the holy religions which we profess and shall ever
defend, will strengthen the stability of the Monarchy and produce
that perfect harmony. in which the members of the great family
ought to live. . .

Noble Peers of the Kingdom ! as legislators you will participate
in these so important labours, but you are likewise called to exer-
cise the functions of the magistracy ; by your wisdom, firmness,
and the love of your couutry, which ought to distinguish you, you
will serve as an example to those who will succeed you in your he-
reditary dignities. •
It is to you, Deputies of the Portuguese Nation, that the ini-
tiative belongs on two subjects which concur most efficaciously to
consolidate the public felicity, as well as the independence and se-
curity to which we owe it, viz. the recruiting of the army and
taxes. The consolidation of public credit demands your most se-
rious attention. The Ministers of State will furnish you with
those explanations which the constitutional charter demands from
them.

Finally, it is from you all, Peers of the Kingdom, and Deputies
of the Portuguese Nation, that I expect, and that the whole nation
hopes, the accomplishment of Its brilliant destinies. You will be
the firmest support *f the throne, and your regard is the greatest
recompense of the interesting labours you are about to undertake,
the sweet satisfaction of saying one day to your constituents, we
found Portugal weak and languishing, and we have left her flou-
rishing and strong,
The Princess Regent, in exneution of the 107th article of the
I Charter, noininsted Om Counsellors of State in the following
order

The Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon, Vi►e-President of the Chew-
her of Peers.

The Duke de Cadaval, President of the same Chamber.
Pedro fie Mello Breyner, Minister of Justice.
Ignace de Costs Quintellas, Minister of the Marine, and Major-
General Frederic de Caul.

The Members of the Old Council of State retain the honorary

AMERICAN PAPERS.

NgW YORK. 0cre..28.--A gentleman, passenger in the brig
Carib, arrived at the Vineyard. in 24 daykfrorn Gino& ( lfonduras),
is bearer of despatches from our Minister, Mr. Williams, contain-
ing the treaty between our Government and that of Guatiinala.
Two of the frigates of the Spanish squadron, which was crippled
in the gale of the 6th of September, have arrived at Havannah,
much injured. A third, totally dismasted, was off the port on
the 6th Instant. From the circumstance of hp carrying the
Goffing, tl4g, it is conjectured that the seventy-four, which
was also dismasted, bas beep alrafuloned.

Ca ATHA/IEI4A, SEPT. 13.... Esteemed Friend,-,-By the schooner
Anuzzona, which sailed from Curacoa the 3d instant, and arrived
at this place yesterday, I have received letters from respectable
persons in Caraccas. From those
,1 learn that the state of affairs
in Venezuela presents a favourable aspect. The army is divided,
opinioua vary, the indisposition of General Paez increases ; al-
ready he begins to see hie error, and to understand the real cha-
racter of the persons who have honied him into it ; and at the
arrival of the Liberator all ' will lee union 'and peace. Colonel
Marcell°, with part of the army of Paez, had arrived at
atTcelona, and I do._ not hesitate now to contradict what I
formerly wrote to you. There wilt be peace in Venezuela ;
and union, the moat ersi,ira and settled union, throughout all
Colombia.' We have good reason to believe and -- affirm that
the Government follows with a firm step the constitutional
course, anti endeavours by the union of its - councils to give
greater effect to its determinations.
,• Some days since was an-
gkilieed the aniyal of 4 large remittance of specie from Bogota
to pay the bills of exchange drawn by the agents of Colombia in
New York,'attd the expenses of the frigates which haze been built
in the port of that city.
The marine Agee continues to be the
principal object of the Executive, and we learn with pleasure that
it has removed one of the principal obstacles which hindered the
growth and improvement of the navy, that is to say, the want of
intelligent men in the command. General Lino Clemente, a
veteran zeaman, and a. man of enlightened views, is at the head of
the department of naval affairs. Commodore J. M. Pareja and
Captain F. Ilernaiz haie lately been appointed to reside in Bogota,
for the purpose of reporting to, the Government such measures,
both principal and srcondary; relatingto the increase and improve-
ment of our navy, as maybe necessary to be adopted. Commerce
begins to mend hers-,-,the fruits of the country are dull—and pro-
visions are in demand.

E' The ship Hamilton, Appleton, has arrived at Portsmouth
from Monte Video which she left as late as the 21st of August.
The partieolars byler have not yet reached tie, hut we have been
politely favoured withtho following extract of a letter from Buenos-
Ayres to i
merchant n this city :
Buxxos-Avatx, Atm. ~--.Admiral Brown's elslP Was cut to
yieces in the action of the 300: of June, which has much weilt
stint the squadron ; 'she had 28 men killed, and 64 wounded.
The repul front the other ships has not yet been received. This
morning the whole atpiatirpri
}rise ordered to the Inner Roads to
lay up until the arrival of the P4i)ia9 aq4a4r"t Which is
daily
expected. The river.is now more securely blockaded than before,
;le the Rratilians have nothing to contend with, PO wM 40' have
until the arrfvalpf the cliihane.
Every article is high in tills market; sugardflo:rdso.llarreepaenr
gayuginsteanli,i7datother6o
peurlietedneat.i9:o7er
dpotuiboinooinpip2r7ortion. Dollars
i"eePtmelot:e peigpeadrr out than respecting
gtlie canpa redeemPercrr ; seneYho'uld he
ThaiilllafkuriCedu
much
to atop PaYmeriA, there will be great distress among the mer-
chants. A.)though artielea are high and rising, far paper money,
the r4e4011 of the people to purchase are every day lessening, and
will in a short time be unavailing, unless a seriona change takes
place.
The ship Covair, Lewis, of New Vor, which has dischar-
ged all her cargo, and is dismantled, le expected to he sold to the
Government. A French brig is to sail in a few days for Rio de
Janeiro, with Passengers,
some English ships of war have arrived in the outer road., .0d
have been ordered down the river by the blockading squadron.
(Extract of a Letter, dated Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 1, 1896.)
There seems to be but little hope of an aminglodakiri of the

existing differences between this country and the River Plate, as
the Emperor seems determined to listen to no terms whatever ex-
eluding his sovereignty to the Banda Oriental. It is thought the
patriots will soon make an attack on the Rio Grande, and appre-
hensions are entertained that they will be successful, though the
imperial forces are numerous. Another engagement has recently
taken place, in the river Plata between the two squadrons, in
which they both suffered severely.
The Captain of one of the Brazilian vessels was dangerously
wounded, and the Lieutenant of the brig Netheroy is said to be
killed ; the contest was, however, undecisive. We are fearful
this war will yet be productive of much mischief, and know that
the general wish throughout the country is to terniinate it by
negotiation without further delay. •
Mirxico.—By the way of Philadelphia, Vera Cruz dates have
been received to September the 16th. The papers inform us
that Tacubaya, the place to which the great Congress adjourned
from Panama, is very healthy; and that the opening of it is to
be' celebrated in a public manner. The liberal and federal party
are said to have triumphed at the late election for Representatives
to the Congress of the Republic.
Several letters having been addressed by merchants to Metiers.
Manning and Marshall, stating that bills drawn by them, on the
Anglo-Mexican Mining Company have been protested, Messrs.
Manning and 'Marshall have deposited funds with C. T. O'Gor-
ham, Esq. British Consul-General, to the amount of 936,397/.
to indertinify any claims that may appear against them in conse-
quence of the protesting of bills or other indemnities.
" Tut Lt BER ATOR. —While the question of the Greek
vessels is attracting the attentio of the public, we would take this
opportunity to say u word or two concerning the Liberator, which
was sold to the United States for 233,000 dollars, in order to
enable the Greeks to pay for the Hellas. We do not see why our
Government should any longer wear the mask of neutrality in re-
gard to the contest between the Greeks and the Turks. The rea-
lity of the neutrality no longer exista; a Greek frigate has been al-
lowed to be built and equipped in a part of the United States; and
it would seem that, in regard to the purchase of the Liberator, a
kind of indirect negociation has been entered with the Greek agent.
Would it not be a more magnanimous, a more dignified, and in
every respect a more praiseworthy policy to take part openly and
directly in a cause which we approve, a cause which resembles our
own struggle for independence, with this difference, that it is a
struggle against a far more severe and grinding oppression? Would
it not be an act worthy of this great republic to bestow the Libe-
rator on the Greek nation? It is already in some sort their pro-
perty, for the funds of the Government procured with so much
difficulty, and so important to them in their present distress, have
been expended in this country to an amount which should have
built three such vessels—yet the Greek agent has been forced to re-
turn to his country with but one. It is no matter whose fault this
is, in the light in which we at present consider it ; it is at all events
a most serious misfortune 'to the Greek nation. It is one which
the generosity of our country alone can repair, and we have now
the opportunity of doing it in a manner that will confer honour on
the nation. The Liberator is of little value to us; it is built of
green white oak, and in a dozen years will be rotting in our docks;
but 'in that period the question' of Grecian liberty will be settled.
We do not want the vessel. We have no battles to fight, and pro-
bably shall have none till she is decayed ; but the possession of that
vessel may prove the salvation of the Greek nation."
Nzw YORK, 0&1'. 24.—The following letter has been addres-
t'oedth be
yHo Mr.nOußrazbalset
Hz ve,nrCyotszlAlf,b,r
setleire UetaryniotefdsStattaet,esdaattedlfsavepret.,
15, 1826
OFFICIAL.

Sir„.—ln my letter of the 16th nit., I mentioned that I had
written to our Minister on the subject of the difficulty which had
arisen here in relation to some cargoes of cotton arrived here in
vessels which had touched at Ireland for orders. ' You will per-
ceive by the inclosures, that he immediately drew the attention of
the Government to the subject, and that the construction which was
put on the convention by the Director General of the Customs,
is confirmed. That is to say, that only such cargoes as come
in vessels direct from a port in the United States to a port in
France, and provided with a French Consular certificate, to the
rnaaifesto that they are the produce of the United States, can be
admitted at the reduced duty. I think it important that our
merchants should hive early information of this strange decision,
for certainly none of them will consider they are liable to lose
the benefits of the convention by the mere circumstance of their
calling for orders.
I have the honour to be respectfully, Sir, &c. &c
(Signed) It. G. BEASLEY.

KINGSTON.-Jamaica Papers to the 27th September have been
received. Several severe shocks,of an earthquake were felt in
different parts of the itilawl on the 18th and 19th September.
'the orders fur dosing the ports in the Wert India Colonies against
the vessels of the United States, is published in the Kingston
Papers of the 284 September.
The Legislative Assembly of Jamaica had been summoned to
meet on the 10th October. "We sincerely hope," says the editor
of the St. Jar) Gazette, "that the arrival of the packet may
bring such an explanation of the late regulation with regard to
the Custom-house duties, as will justify the Assembly in pro-
ceeding with the usual buiinees of the country. But, when we
consider that one of the principal sources of our revenue has been
attempted to be wrested from us, not only against.the British statutes,
but iu defiance of Colonial laws, and more especially of our great
Revenue Act of 1729, for which our predecessors had so long and so
severe a contest, we cannot help thinking that the functions of our
Assembly are already at an end, if these measures have not origi-
nated in mistake. We sincerely trust and hope this may be the
case, and that full and satisfactory explanation will be received,
either by the expected packet or by the one expected in October.
BOLIVA R.—The Peruvians, we learn, are verir much (Jimmie-
fied with the Liberator, General tiouvAn, and look upon his con-
duct and movements with a jealous eye; and that many of the
well-informed men of that country believe his views are to engross
the whole power, of the State in his own bands.

The brig Carlo was at Omar, to sail fur Boston soon, the
American Secretary of Legation was to sail in her, with a
Treaty of Commerce between the ,Government of Gua-
temala and the United States. A Dutch sloop of war had
just arrived from Curacoa and left a Consul at that place, and
proceeded with a Consul-General to Omoa ; continued trade
winds and gales had been experienced. The Chilian fleet had
not sailed on the 14th July, but was expected to sail in a few
dayv well manned' and equipped ; a vessel bad left Lima with
400 men for the o'.Higgins.
' The receipts of the Custom-house at Vera Cruz, during the
month ofJuly, amounted to 515,772 dollars; 100,000 of which
were, we presume, appropriated towards paying the interest of
the debt due to England ; and on the 14th Sept. the Colombian
sloops of war area and Venezuela were met going into Car-
thagena front Chagres with troops.

(From the Baltimore Paper of the 21st Oct.)
CAWMAGIIIIAI BEM Vti.""*"Wa had yesterday tt messenger from
BOLIVAR ;he etneft 4041 by way of Panama, and proceeded
in a mati-of-war for Porto Cabello and La Guayra. The object of
his mission is to call a meeting of the people in every town, and if
the majority wish for a Convention called before 1830, to ike into
consideration a change of Government, he intends to yield to their
wishes. BOLIVAR has had a good deal of trouble at Quito he
had been compelled to shoot about 100 men, and to hang a good
many. They mustered, and said—" Long live Ferdinand !" &c.

Bot.lvAa has pledged himself to be in.Bogota on the 12th of
October.

. ..
Another letter, in giving an explanation' of the circumstance,
says, the disturbance took place in a regiment stationed at Quito,
composed entirely of persons who had formerly been slaves. Capt.
I), 414,,,,,,, Aid,d.carup to General PARS, arrived at Bogota
on the 28d of August, with despatches for the Secretary of War of
the Republic of Colombia, in answer to the Government directing
tranquillity to be restored in Venesuela, and a private letter to the
Vice President, from General PASS. These dispatches con-
tain pp new fact, except the pro •te tation of General Pale
of his wishes for Peru, and that the present differences may be
amicably arranged. The Municipalities of Quito and Guayaquil
have addressed the Government of Bogota, soliciting the confe-
deration of the Skates at an earlier period than that named in the
Government, and to submit
Constitution, for the purpose of adopting a new cods. more
s can"
at the same time they ex-
formable to the wishes of the People;
formation of
this
se scto,urneatrp aing
press a determination to support the
to 'the, laws in their present shaPe.theT3ilstFAA ter
of
the 21 °-
yota Constitutional, in his paper of .
the state of the country, sari aotnasteitPue:iloidi, that
a We
tli are
aware
of,
since .the promulgation of
the situation
in
so critical, •or _ its prospect* so uncertain,consequence of the
the formation of.the mind of man, have
the Republic of Colombia,
The people of the different sections
commotion in Venezuela.
examine into the
Visas. constitution, and
of*
institutions Which govern them,
have begun to
been the °pint."' promulgated gain tl the
Municipalities, as
the organs of the people
._their several jurisdictions.—
to the lfith September hVera Crux papers . ave been received. The
Mercurio of the 12th, contains a letter addressed by Mr. Poinsett
to the citizens of the linked States resident in Mexico, inviting
and as various as 1$
them to join the legation in wearing crape on the left arm for So
days, in testimony of respect for the memories of Thomas Jefferson
and John Adams.
The American Papers give • a most melancholy description of
the late tremendous gales on their coast, iu which a lone list of
'shipping; and numerous lives, were host.

LONDON,

WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOV. 15, 1826•

Our Parliamentary Reports of yesterday and to-asi
have given such correct accounts of the Election ,of
a Speaker to the House of Commons, and of 111.
MAJESTY'S gracious approval of the choice of the
House, that it remains for us only to offer our 'con-
gratulations to that Honourable.House, and to the
country at large, on the occasion, of the Right 11°"'
CHARLES MANNERS SUTTON having been replscea
in that distinguished station. The unanimous Tote
which the House came to for the re-election of the
Right Hon. Gentleman is the best testimony of ti e
sense they entertain of the value of his services in the
11 sto
two last Parliaments, and of the urbanity 8$ -we d
talent with which he has filled the fost difficult' 4n•
at the same time, the most honourable office to 1L ii

°f 0e Commonswith
a commoner can attain in this country• ,
The experience of the past is the best becurity for
zeal, ability,
abexileitryc,isean the the future, and the country, therefore, hive the fullest.
assurance that the Speaker of the present House 01
.It is understood that the Royal Speech will not be
ediscfurentcitoiloi.ns
delivered till - Tuesday next. The Address of tl'e
House of Commons will be moved by the flon• Mr.
of that high
ded
LIDDELL, M.P. for Northumberland, and secon
by the Hononrable G. WINN:M.P. for IVIaldon• The
the
Earl CORNWALLIS 13 to move the Address in
Ulmer House.

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The Gazette of last night, contains a protn''e L.
his MAJEsTY's most graciouspardon to any of "
,d 'it
persons (except the actual perpetrators) engeg—crii,
a most atrocious felony on the night of the
instant. A seaman belonging to the Hyperi str
tioned at Newhaven, for the prevention of siouggin'g'
was
being on duty as a sentinel near East voter,
! A wail,
attacked by a party of men concealed behoh- . i„,
who pelted him with stones, one of which havini:
struck him on the face, and brought hi"' t„c1;t",1
ground, three of the party advanced upon 11'1'1,4 knife
him, dragged him into' a lane, and there w,_t:',3; nine $
made several stabs at him through hiEt
cut off part of his right ear, broke two of his
La' rt:
tempted to cut his throat, which was'rerentetallnY °°
getting his hand to his pistol. and firing an alarm,
which they made off and escaped. -1 & 4
A reward of 1001. is also offered by the "LI )c
the Admiralty, for the apprehenelon and Conviction t
any of these miscreants. clothes, an
his

The French Pipers of Sunday,
or
- 11)06
Monday morning, reached us last night. The it
contains accounts from Lisbon down to the 90tii n I
which had
been brought to Paris by 0 estreordi°Bll,.
courier, and put uc in possession. of the Se
the
the INFANTA REGENT, on, the occasion of
of
opening of the Cortes of Portugal in this Palace , v
Ajuda en that day. The great interest of this 1-)°‘`,
and the 'milt
ment has induced us to publish it in Another Co
to it,
entire, and we must, therefore, refer our Readers to is,"
not having space for comment. - The fact of pcso,
MIGUEL having taken the oath to the tonstitoti°n
Charter is also announced. es
In otherl respects the French Papers are nuivter":
ing. The coast of Sain appears to be infested vf' 1
Algerine anti Colombian vessels, whicli have corns
mitted some havoc amongst vessels employed in the
coasting trade.

---
New York Papers to the 25th ult. reached us 14't.
night from Liverpool. Their contents are onin"
POrtant, but we have given some extracts in another
column. A Baltimore Papa,
!) to
received by the woe
Opportunity, state. that Bo! VAR '$ raw C 01001".
bia would certainly take place during the month ot

October. According to one acoount, he had pledged
himself to be at itogota on the 12th.. The arrival of
General A RIGNO MENDEZ in Carraccas from Bogota,
on a mission, is also mentioned, and it is inferred from
this circumstance that the existing difficulties would
be amicably arranged.
SEDOWICK'S pamphlet, exposing the conduct of
the American arbitrators in the affair of the Greek
Deputies, has excited a considerable sensation.

PRICE OF STOCKS, OCT. 21.

S. Slices 1813..
1814..,

ord asked.
~.. 100 i a 101
~. 1024

1816 1044 a 104,
Fives 1821 lo6f a 107;
Four and a Half 1831 lO2 a 102:

Tlireea
Canal Sizes 1845 ..
Fives ditto
United Statea Bank

1852 lO2l a 104
80 aBl
115 a 1151
108. a 109
118 f a 118
Billy on England
--- France

ILXCHANGE.

Calcutta Gazettes to the 13th June, and private
lettera from thence to the 25th of that month, have
been received. The former contain nothing impofc
tant; the latter mention the arrival of part of the troops
from Rangoon, and that vessels had been taken up
for 'the conveyance of the Madras Army to that Pre-
sidency. Commercial affairs viere. generally in an
improving state. . .

The report Which prevailed yesterday, that an over-
land despatch had been received at the India House,
with news of some events which threatened the tran-
gnillity of India, was wholly destitute of foundation.
Papers were also received from .the Cape of Good
Rohre,
to the 15th August, but they contain no news.

We have on a former occasion noticed the 'very
shameful practice of Counsel at the Chancery Bar re-
ceiving briefs for causes to be tried in two Courts,
namely, that of the Chancellor and of the Vice-Chan-
cellor, from which it follows, as 'those two Courts
usually sit at the same time, that the interest of one
client is very commonly sacrificed either by his cause
being left to the inexperienced advocacy of a junior,
or struck out of the paper in consequence'of Counsel
not appearing when it is called on.

A circumstance of this sort occurred yesterday : a
cause was called on, no Counsel appeared, and the
LoRD CHANCELLOR, after complaining bitterly of
the inconvenience arising in his Court from the want
of the regular attendance of Counsel, ordered the case
to be struck out of the list—thereby, probably doom-
ing it to the delay of mouths before it will work its
wit), up again to the top of the list of causes set down
for hearing. Is this a state of things which ought to
be allowed to exist ? It appears to us that it is im-
possible to assert that it is, for—

lit. It wastes the time of the presiding Judge, and subjects
him to charges of delay in his Court, which ought not to be laid
to his door; and
W. It delays the administration of justice, and subjects both
Parties to unnecessary additional expence and anxiety.

. _
If it is incontrovertible that these -effects frequently
result from the practice alluded to, it is equally incon-
trovertible that the practice ought in some manner to
be put an end to. If Counsel are so far forgetful of
the duty which they owe to their clients, and to their
tiwa character, al to be willing, for' the sake' of the
gu'int" With which a brief is baited, to undertake to
eonduct a cause, with a probable chance of their not
being able to appear when it comes on, we think the
law or a rule Of Court ought, in some degree, to inter-
Shi!) to prevent the commission of such fraud, (by
ch appellation this proceeding ought to be desig-
nated) by restricting` the practice of Counsel to each
Particular Court. An attempt to effect this object was
Itihkade
a few of the Solicitors of London two or
re years ago, but they were not . strong enough to
'6l:tY tlieir point against the powerful artillery of the
t.uaricery bar; and it was abandoned ;—in fact the at-
ri.Pt 'was confined to a few of the Solicitors, as the
oeys of the present, practice are not without their
"Irma in the eyes of other members of the profession.
0. The inconveniences and injuries Avhich are now in-
boicted by the practice here adverted to, are, however,
tr,-ecnte of so serious a nature, that an end must be put
INks. Such a flagrant violation of the duty of Advocates.
3-110,e double harvest which the leaders of the Bar have
"41g reaped must be lerminated, and each must de •
etre whether he will practice in the Court of the
ro"aucellor or in that of His Honour the Vice. The
:ntbers of the Bar would generally benefit by a divi-
ti, of the spoil, and suitors would be saved the mor-
u,c'„ation, anxiety, and expence of protracted justice.
da 414 reform cannot be
ipostionecl, and we trust the
Yl5 not distant when t will be extended to other
raga in the profession of the law ; being satisfied
one
f all reforms which have ever been proposed, the
,
prof""iell should extend to the practice of that learned
LetitePlion is that which would be attended, with most
"t to the rest
,of his Majesty's liege subjects.
We ha-

-re received Sierra Leone Gazette's td the 17th September.
7.4111 Excellency Sir Nam Cmitram, who went out in the
"4441.11, landed at Free Town, on the morning
karecipsn of the 23d Aug.
Royal 11. Y. F.t.t.torr, and Lieut.-Col. Lummtv, of
Cos
ng, h ns.
H Y
His Eacellenc was received on land-
of Council, and the
whole of the principal
inhabitants,, and ma arrival was hailed. es a further and convin-
!lag proof, if any were necessary, of the comid • of
crate attention
46 Majesty's Government to the, affairs of the Colon . The
Zivtly, it appears, besides touching at Medeira and Teneyriffe, in
kee
passage out, remained for a day at Gambia, which enabled
tl4 (iovernor to inspect personally the state of that Settlement,
4,141t0 make arrangements for its wants, as well for the civilize-
:"La and improvement of the surrounding tribes as for the eaten-
'
74 of the commerce of the river. At the same time with the
prban American schooner, named the -Bona, arrived at
La" Town, in order to procure anchors and cables, which she
bi
hoo obliged to cut away, to avoid being carried cdf by a co_
,Tall pirate. The Lively, in company with the steam-vessel
i*111,(44n, left Free Town on the 28th, on a cruise to the south-
-7t}, d, with a view, if possible, to fall in with her; and, on the
~,' a, ELLtivrr returned from Wines, having very nearly
41—ecipd • . • of h;lie fill in with
th, . capturing the object s cruise.
4:Pliate the previous evening, and was nearing her fast, when
4'ciapiti fall of a tropical night, accompanied by a thick rain,
lose sight of her.
P,„, 'lt Gazette, of the 9th September, on the authority of a
fist °f mentions a most atrocious act of barbarity, ou the
c,„ •`'t a French slave Captain, named Ginnie. This fellow had
off from the Gallioas, about six weeks before, 260 slaves,
lie 'll he intended to introduce, mirreptitiously, into Guadeloupe.
114.414"cctled in landing the whole, except sixty-five, when,
ihserred French Government cutter coming towards his
Net to.' threw these sixty-five miserable beings overboard, in
"
Ttle avoid discovery of the traffic he had been carrying on .
~vernor of Guadeloupe, it is added, gave orders to seize
l'Y.o4ll44rderer I when the crime he had perpetrated was discovered
111411 01:44,1:4in that were drifted ashore, but he bad sailed
The " order could be executed.
latt heronina. PaNer contains An account of a gallant attack al7 a
Nu% itut to the Maidstone, on a slaver, under Brazilian
was captured,- after a smart action of three hours.

This vessel, a brig, named Ls Prince de Guinea, the property
of a Portuguese, residing in Whydah, had on board 550 slave.,
was manned with 75 men, and had nine guns. The English
party consisted only of 20 men, including Lieut. TUCKER, of the
Maidstone, who commanded them, and a few natives and boys.
On the side of the English, two officers, of which Lieut. TUCKER
was one, and a seaman, were wounded, but not dangerously; the
brig lost twelve men killed, and had sixteen wounded; two of
her unfortunate" cargo were also killed, and sixteen wounded. The
transport Louisa, which arrived on the 7th, from the Gold Coast
and Ascension, had left Colonel NICHOLLS and the garrison of the
former place in perfect health. The Louisa brought the first ac-
count of the threatened attack of the Ashantees, the particulars of
which we gave on Monday. No accounts of the battle had, of
course, reached Freetown up to the date of these Gazettes.' The
Governor embarked for the Gold Coast in the Lively, on the 9th
September, attended by the African steamer.

A Mexican Gazette has been received in town, containing an
official document of some interest, being the list of bills drawn
un England by the Mexican Government on account of the last
loan, and exhibiting a sum of 1,777,955/. Of those bills, as is
well known, a very large amount has been protested, and sent
back to Mexico. ,The first bill protested was one for 2,500/.
drawn on the 12th of April last, and assuming that all the sub-
sequent ones in the Finance Minister's list would share the same
fate, the amount of protested bills would be above 230,0001.
The next accounts from Mexico, by which the effect of these re-
turned bills will be ascertained, are looked for with much interest
by the merchants, as much embarrassment will, no doubt, be
caused by them, both to private individuals engaged in trade,
who have given dollars fur these bills, and to the Government
itself.

The two lasts posts from St. Petersburgh having brought a fall
of nearly 6 per cent. in the rate of exchanges on England, some
curiosity has been excited to ascertain the cause. The explanation
given is, that the Government, having occasion for bills to a large
amount, in order to provide for the dividends on the Russian loan
"due in Holland, found so few in circulation, that they were com-
pelled to make a considerable sacrifice to obtain diem. The ex-
change with Petershurgh being in the denomination of English.
money, the fall is of course favourable to,this country. The foreign
exchanges negociated here yesterday were nearly at the same rates
as on Friday. •
It, has been determined, we understand, by the Manufacturers'
Relief Committee, not to make any further appeal to the public at
present. ,

Gold 'till arrives from the continent, though the stock of bullion
in the Bank of England is probably greater than it has been for a
long period. A sum of 60,0004, imported by a leading capitalist,
was deposited in the Bullion Office yesterday.

Letters have been received from St. Domingo, of the 27th
Sept., which mention that a brig, under Ilaytian colou►s, called the
Union, was to sail in a few days for London. Considerable
anxiety was felt at the Island to ascertain how the commercial in-
terests of this country and
,France with that Government were to
be settled, as every thing was kept quite secret; but from the
above circumstance there is every reason to believe a commercial
treaty had been brought to a favourable issue with this country.
This will be a novelty to see the colours of a Black nation flying
in the River Thames.'

Accounts from Haiti of the 27tn September, state, the IleW
established Bank was immediately to commence business; it is
also mentioned, that considerable sickness was experienced at
Port-au-Prince and its neighbourhood, and the Island generally
was very unhealthy.

Nxw Yoas, OCT. 24.--VALCIABLE AttatvAL.—Three hun-
dred and eighty-five thousand dollars, in doubloons, arrived here
last evening from Carthagena, in the British sloop of war Har-
lequin, in part payment for the frigate La Plata, built by Mr.
Eckford.
The Duke of YORY is said to be decidedly better. A very
eminent surgeon, to whose skill his Royal Highness has latterly
submitted himself, has expressed an opinion, that though after so
severe and prolonged a disease at a late period of life, be cannot
at once pronounce all danger past, yet it is very possible that a
complete restoration to health and strength may still be effected.
It seems that the disease is not a general dropsy, but a local one,
and that the cause of it is not so much constitutional as acciden-
tal; occasioned by an extraordinary habit of reclining in so pecu-
liar a position, that the weight of one part of the body pressed so
much on another part, as to impede the natural and healthy course
of the principal secretions. It is supposed that if his Royal High-
ness had taken his rest in the usual recumbent position, the dis-
ease would not have happened : and as it is now subdued, it is
hoped that a change in the patient's habit of reposing himself will
prevent a recurrence of the complaint.—Truer.

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