The Sun.
London, England, 1821-05-14 00:00:00

CERTIFICATES, JUNE 2.

J. F. Charletowri, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, ship-owner—J.
Durtnall, Dover, ironmonger—W. Blackburn, Blackburn.,
Lancashire, shopkeeper—R. Bulpin, Bridgewater' Somerset-
shire, draper—H. Jackson, Great Prescott-street, Goodman's..
fields, merchant—T. Field, White Hart Inn-yard, St. John-
street, West Smithfield, inn-yard-keeper—T. W. Turner,
Brentford, potter—C. C. Wrathell; Lancaster, dealer.—C.
Blazdell, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross, loch-smith—T.
Courtney, Oxford Coffee House, Strand, coffee-house-keeper—
J. Brotherton and W. Brotherton, Liverpeol,lailors—J. Finch,
jun., Rufford, Lancashire, maltster.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

E. Kimpton, E. Tavener, S. Hayden, and J. Tavener, Ox-
ford-street,• London, haberdashers—M. J. Tobias and S. J.
Tobias, England and the United States of America, watch-till,
nufacturers—J. Fletcher and W. (1. Matthews, City-road,
papek-hanging-manufacturers—W. T. Ward and R. R. Ro—
binson, 11011 es-street, Cavendish-square, surgeons—W. Price
and J. Price, Silver-street, London, working.silyersmiths,--J:
Llewelyn and N. Belchier, Old Jewry, insurance-brokers-W:
Olrod, J. Bidden, and J. Wilekens, King's-place, 'Blackman-
street, Newington, Surrey, sugar-refuters.

THE COLONIES.

UPPER ANI) LOWER CANADA.

From the Quebec Ganttcs to the 2ild March, 1821, and other
sources.
[From the Niagara Patriot, Feb. 26.1

We learn that the ice which had formed tlie vionderfu.
bridge across the Niagara river between Lewiston and Lake
-Ontario, begins to give way, leaving in some instances, large
masses in the middle of the stream insulated- from the rest, and
immovable. These islands of ice it -is supposed rest on the
bottom, as they resist a strong current, in about eighty feet
water ! . .
YORE, (U.C.) I.—Dirous not only of giving due
prase to the intelligent and industrious farmer, but to hold out
encouragement to others for exertion, we with great pleasure
mention Mr, John Robins, who is described to us as the most
spirited farmer in the Township of NI-indham in the London
Astrict.- He has brought to this market nearlyt DI bushels, of
clover-seed, gathered from about 12 acres of ground, which
yielded also 18 tons of good hay; thus affording a handsome
return for the care bestowed.

KINGSTON., (15. C.) MARCH G.
PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENT.—With the aid of a supple-
mentary sheet, we are enabled to lay before our readers Parlia-
mentary proceedings to the 24th ult. Our Representatives cer-
tainly proceed very leisurely in the business df Legislation ;
but if their deliberations ultimately tend to promote the pros-
„perizy and happiness of the Province, we. will be amply fora-
pensated for a protracted Session. The petitions of the inha-
bitants of Hallowell and Adolphustown, relat:ve to the esta-
blishment of a Loan Office, &c. appear to have attracted the
attention of the House of Assembly. How far such, a .project
proVe beneficial, we are rot competent to _decide. We
hope, however, Alin some measure may be adopted to relieVe
the country from its present embarrassment.
EARLY GAT x ON.—Th e Niagara Gleaner. mentions
the anival of the sloop RiChmond, Capt. Oates,-from York_
it being her second trip this season.
1110:yr REAL, MAncu 7.—Shocking Accident —A few days
ago a e'en teelfarin mined PeacOck, residing n ear Capt.WilseY's,
in the Township of Hemingsford, went out to the place where
one of his sons was felling trees on, a farm lately purchased by
him, when a large tree fell, and killed him on :the spot, the
son not observing the father until too late to give hith notice of
the danger. He has left an amiable wife and a large family to
depiorehis untimely end. The deceased was a native of Nor-
thumberland, England, and arrived in this pro Vince last sum—
irer.

MARCH 10—We have seen the prospectus of a. work on the
Statistics of Canada, entitled " The Emigrant's Assistant; or,
Remarks on the Agricultural Interest of the Canadas, by A. J.
Christie, A.M. From the knowledge Doctor Christie has ob-
tained through various authentic channels, of the subject of this
work, no doubt can be entertained that it will be a highly va-
luableacquisition to our local information ; the public mind
has not been over anxious to discover the many advantages pos-
scsnd by this country, in agricultural pursuits ; as the strength
cf a community is a hardy industrious yeomanry, as that wealth
which enriches the people is most conducive to national pros-
perity, any work which serves to pave the way to these desirable
objects ought to be liberally encouraged,, for the value of its ex-
ample, as well as its positive usefulness ; on all sides we see
resrion.to wish that our agrictilture was in a more favourable
condition, and to laud the public spirit of the Members of the
Agricultural Society, which promise such increasing benefit to
cur country. But a general knowledge of the situation and pe-
culiarity of our lands is certainly a very desirable object, molt
particularly to emigrants. 'We wish the Author all the sue-
CCM, which, we are convinced, his work will merit.—(Canadian
Courant.)
ILLimors.—The Legislature of Illinois have it in contem-
•plation to connect the Illinois,.River with Lake Michigan, for
-the purpose, when our Erie Canal is completed, of enabling their
x'sople to attend the New York market, and purchase and
transport their goods at a cheaper rate than they can now pro-
cure them. Should this project be carried into execution, in
three years time the Hudson and Missisippi will be united!
KINGSTON, (U.C.) MARCH 9.—We are gratified to observe,
that an appropriation of money will be made for opening a rriad
in a direct line from this town to the new setttlement on the Ri-
deau. We hope the grant will be liberal, because the road is
quite as important as it .s described to be.

QUEBEC, MARCH 15.
THE PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENT—The 'business of the
present session, we believe, is nearly at a close in both Houses,
and it is generally understood thatthe prorogation will take
place in the course of the present week. '
Sixty-two Bills.in all have been introduced in the Assembly,
forty-seiren Of whichliave been sent up to the Legislative Coun-
cil. Four Bills have been sent down from the CoUncil to the
Assembly. Among these, the Judicature Bill has been lost
in the Assembly. - Among the Bills sent up by the Assembly,
Which have not passed the Legislative Council, are the Census
the Appropriation Bill for the Expenditure of the Civil
Government for 1821, and the Bill appointing James Stuart,
sq. Agent of-the Province to reside in England. The fol-
lowing:Bills, it is understood, have passed both Houses, viz. :
To continue and amend the Judicature Act. To regulate
the trial of Contested Elections. To encourage. and promote
Education. For the maintenance of good order on Sunday's,
4.c. For a market,in S. Lawrence Suburbs. Delery's.Bridge.
Quebec Fire Insurance. Boucherville Common Dubord's
.Bridge. To appoint Commissioners to treat with Upper Ca-
nada. Continuation of the Act of the 57th Geo.-111. for the
Trial of Small Causes. For the administration of Small Causes
in the Country Parishes. To extend part of the Ordinance of
the 27th Geo. 111. respecting Peace Officers, &c. to Three
Rivers. To incorporate die Quebec Bank. To incorporate the
Montreal Bank. To incorporate the Canada Bank. To con-
tinue and amend the Militia Acts. - To validate certain con-
tracts, &c. in Gaspe. To open a Canal in the neighbourhood
of Montreal. To encourage Agriculture. For the support of
Foundlings, &c. Tic continue the Act relating to the Watch
and Lights. To continue the Duties under the Act of the 55th
Geo. 111. To encourage vaccination. To continue two Acts
Tehting to the Houses of Correction. To complete the Gaol,
&c. at Three Rivers. To complete the Gaol, &c. at New Car-
lisle: To continue an Act relating to the . Trade with the
United States. To appropriate a sum of money for the pur-
poses therein mentioned.

Ia 'conseipinice of the loss of the Appropriation Bill in the
L2gislative Council, the Assembly went up yesterday with an
Address to his Excellency, praying him to advance the money
voted, 'which we understand his Excellency declined. An Ad-
dress to his ExeellOcy, prayini him to transmit an Address to
his Majesty, on the subject of the differences between the Gran-
tees of the Crown and the Censitaires of La Salle, was at the
same time presented by the whole House, and also an Address
relating to certain Officers on the Colonial Establishment, re-
siding out of the Province; and others, who hold situations
alleged to be incompatible; both of which Addresses his Ex-
cellency was pleased to say he would transmit to his Majesty's
Government in Great Britain.

The following Resblutions were adopted in the ASsernbly
yesterday, after reading and entering on the Journal the Reso-
lutions of the Legislative,Council published in this Paper of the
fith inst. '

On the first and second Resolutions ;
Resolved, That this House has- never done nor' claimed any
thing contrary to what is stated in the said Resolutions of the
Honourable the Legislative CounciL
On the other Resolutions ;
Resolved, That ;the Honourable the Legislative. Council
cannot Constitutionally prescribe or dictate to this Hoilse, the
manner or form.of.proceeding on Bills of Aid or Supply, nor
upon any matter'or thing whatsoever, and that every attempt of
.the Legislative Council for that purpose, is a breach of the
rightS'and privileges of this House.
That. the nght of originating Bills of Aid or Supply, belongs
solely and exclusively to this House.
Tnat the right of originating Bills of appropriation of public
money, belongs solely and exclusivelY to this House.
That this House are astonished that the Honourable the Le-
gislative Council have passed Resolutions, and adopted Rules,
which affect the Constitutional rights and privileges of this
House, without having heard the reasons to the contrary which
might have been given on the part of this House.
. That the said Resolutions have been adopted by the Honour-
able the Legislative Council without any difficulty or dispute
having arisen between the said Legislative, Council and this
. House,.respecting the matters therein set ferth,. and- that the
said Resolutions adopted gratuitously and unnecessarily by the
said Legislative Council, are of a nature to retard the re-esta-
hlishment of that harmony and that good understanding be-
tween the two Houses, which it is so desirable should prevail.
for the good government, peace and welfare of the people of this
Province.
That all Resolutions by which one branch of the Legislature
lay down for themselves beforehand, and in a general manner, a
rule not to proceed on Bills of a certain form or description
which may be offered to them by another branch, is contrary to.
parliamentary laws and usages, to the Constitutional Act, and
to the liberties, rights and privileges of the other branches of
the Legislature, and even of that branch which adopts such Re-
tolutions.

That by constant parliamentary. usage, recognised by several
Acts of the Parliament of f1u.... United Kingdom and the Legif-
lature of this Pwvince, the Commons of the United Kingdom
and the. Assembly of this Province have frequently voted by
Address advances of money when the exigencies of the state
and country have rendered it necessary, and that this practice,
-fir from being disadvantageous, has been of very great assist-
ance to Government, as the converse would produce incalenl-

able is convcniznce and. fatal consequences to his Majesty's Ga,
vernment.

That it is the duty. of this ltduse towards his Majesty and his
peopfe,- of this. Province, to take into coosideration all salaries,
pensions, and augmentations thereof, and to provide for them
with liberality and justice, although the quantum be not men-
tioned in the recommendation made to this House by the King's
Representative. '• • ' - •
That tha Honourable the Legislative Council cannot directly
or indirectly abridge or prolong the time fiked by Bills of this
House for the collection of -any-sum- of money, nor-change the
mode established by Bill of tins House either for the collection
or application of the public money. -
Upon the whole of the proceedings of the two Houses during
the present Session, it will probably be said that much has been
undertaken, and something done. The misunderstanding be-
tween the,Legislative Council and the Assembly, relating to the
appropriation of • the public monies, will probably be removed
by the effect of the Constitution itself, which subjects all par-
ties to various inc'Jnvenie.nces where there is a want of liar-
inonv between any of the constituent parts of the Lesislature.—
The nr:sent misunderstanding is not at. all surprising; for, in
point of fact, the Constitution granted to this Colony by the
mother 'country thirty years ago, is but just going into opera-
tion. Our own precedents of parliamentary proceedings are
sometimes contradictory, and those of Great Britain frequently
inapplicable to a dependent Government and the local circum-
stances of the Colony.

,41. -

QuEßEceMAncit 25.—Tn the course of the last month a Me-
morial, of which the following is a copy, was transmitted by his
Excellency the Governo: General to the Earl Bathurst, from the
Committee of Trade in this City, of which the Honourable W.
B; Coltman. is the Chairman. We hope t.incere/y that this re-
spectful and humble_representation will he attended to by his
Majesty's Government at home; and that a dispassionate view
will be taken of the capabilities of these Colonies, and the ex-
etent to which they may be pushed. in aid of the manufactures
and resources of Great Britain. A kind, generous, and wise
system will make us of :more iinportance. to British industry,
than all the old countries of Europe :
To the Right Honourable the Earl BATHURST, Knight of
the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and one of his Ma-
jesty's Principal Secretaries of State.
The Memorial of the Committee 'of Trade of Quebec, as
well on their own behalf as an that of the Merchants of that
City, and others interested in the Agricultural and Com-
mercial prosperity of the Provinces of Lower and Upper
Canada,
MOST HUMEL:r SHEWETH,
That your Memorielists; in common with nearly the whole
population of the Canadas, suffer extreme distress from the
depreciation of every article of the produce of these P'iovinces. •
• That it appears-from the annexed Statement marked A., to
the correctness of which your ,Memorialists pledge themselves,
that the Agriculturist in the remoter parts of Lower 'Canada,
and almost throughout Upper Canada, does not receive more
than twa shillings and one halfpenny' sterling per Winchester
bushel for his surplus-wheat, 'which constitutes the staple arti-
cle of the growth of both Provinces.
That your Memorialists have waited with patience, in the
hope that time would have afforded some relief to their suffer-
ings, but so far from that being the case, they have now before
them
.the alarming prospect of their Wheat and Flour being the
ensuing, and.probably for many future years entirely excluded
from the British market.
That in the event of these, their well-founded apprehensions,
being realized and no relief otherwise afforded them, the stif-
ferinp and distress of your Memorialists arid -others, his Ma-
jesty a Canadian Subjects will be increased, so as to threaten to
involve the whole population of the Canadas in one common
ruin.

That under these circumstances, your. Memorialists humbly
submit to the wisdom of his Majesty's Ministers, the expe-
diency of affording every practicable encouragement to the
Trade and Agriculture of the Canadas.
That from the annexed Statement marked B of the total
export of Wheat and Flour for the last four years, furnished
officially by the Officers of the Customs of this Port, whence
all the Exports of both Provinces are necessarily made, it ap-,
pears evident that the total quantity thereof could not at all
effect the market of Great Britain ; taking the average of such.
exportation as a fair criterion, as is the actual fact, since they.
have recovered from the effects of the late war, and allowing
for any reasonable augmentation by the gradual increase of
cultivation. •
That under a due consideration of thia fact, your 3lemoria-
lists beg leave respectfully to suggest for the consideration of
his-Majesty's.Ministers„ how.far it might not be desirable to
modify the Corn Laws of the Empire, so far as relates to Im-
ports•frnin these _Provinces, either by admitting* the same with-
out restrictions, or by a reduction of the average rates by which
such importation is_ now regulated under the Act of the 55th of
the late King, cap. 26 ; either of which measures, whilst they
would afford the most •effectual relief to' the Merchants
and Agriculturists of these provinces, and to the numerous
classes dependent upon their industry, could not, in the appre-
hension of your Memorialists, be attended with any real injury
to the other interests of the Empire.
That should it, however, not be deemed consistent with a due
attention to the more important interests connected with the
Corn Laws, to hazard any change in the principles thereof, your
Memorialists would hope that no objection could exist to such
regulation of the practice under these Laws, as far as relates to
these Provinces, as would render the same conformable to the
spirit of them 'and at the same time consistent with that protec-
tion, which the inhabitants of these Provinces might look for as
subjects ofshis Majesty; and these latter objects they respect-
fully submit would, in a great degree-, be effected by making
the right of importation of Grain from these Provinces for
home consumption in Great Britain, to depend upon the. date
of the clearance at the Custom-house here, instead of that of the
entry. in Great Ilritain.
That by this regulation the inhabitants of thes'e Provinces
would actually receive only that protection
.which it appears to
have been originally intended to grant thein, but which, owing
to their distance from the Mother Country, has proved, under
the present regulations, nearly nugatory ; as, in the event of
importation being allowed in Great Britain for one or two
quarters only (as was the case last year) the Agriculturist in the
remoter parts of these Provinces has not time to get his Grain
to market within the period by which it must be exported to af-
ford a probable chance of admission into Great Britain and the
merchant purchasing the same for the purpose of making a re-
turn for his imports, finds himself not only disappointed in this
object, but involved in further heavy advances for the freight
and charges of exportation, with a commodity on his hands
which he cannot sell but at a ruinous loss.
That to provide in detail for giving full effect to the proposed.
regulation, it would, however, be necessary that the. Corn Re-
turns should be transmitted to the Custom-house here, and that
all clearances, hence previous. to the receipt of the official advice
of the average price having fallen below the rate admitting of,
importation for home consumption should entitle the Grain. so
Cleared to an entry. in Great Britain.. That should it, however,
be found impracticable to transmit the Corn_ Returns to this
country, that the same object might in some degree be effected,
by giving the privilege suggested to all Grain cleared for expor-
tation hence, previous to the quarterly period, when such Grain
shall actually have fallen in Great Britain below the rate of ad-
mitting of its importation for home consumption from this
country.
That it further appears to your Memorialists that the placing
of the free Ports of Halifax in Nova Scotia and St. John in New
Brunswick, and of the Port of St. John's in 'Newfoundland, on
the same footing on which Bermuda was placed-by the 49th of
the late King, cap. 16, would be a measure tending materially
to the relief of the Commercial and Agricultural interests of
these Provinces, at the same time that it would operate as a re-
moval ofthe present onerous regulation, under which Rum, the
produce of his Majesty's Sugar Colonies in the West Indies
and on time Continent of America, imported from the Ports of
Halifax, in Nova Scotia, St. John New Brunswick, 'and St.
John's Newfoundland, -in • return for the. produce of the Ca-
nadas„ is indirectly subjected to a heavy additional duty, in con-
sequence of there being no exemption from the payment thereof,
on' the export of the produce- of Canada to those Ports, as pro-
vided in favour of the trade from the West Indies direct or from
the Island of Bermuda:
That the export of Flour from Quebec' to the neighbouring
Provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and to the island
of Newfoundland, was last season under 3500 barrels, the small-
ness of which quantity is ascribed by your Memorialists in a
great degree to the abovementioned regulation, which in-
duces the inhabitants of these Provinces to 'resort- to. the
United States not only for what is required for theft• internal
consumption, but for what is thence exported- to .the West India
Islands.

Your Memorialists hiimbly submit, that the adoption of the
measure proposed would insure to. the Canadian Agriculturitt
a more extensive and certain market for his surplus produce,
as the consumption not only of the ports of Halifax, St. John
New Eranswick, and St. John's Newfoundland, and the cir-
cumjacent countries might be abimdantly supplied from the
Canadas .but a very considerable proportion of the supplies
re-
quired ior his Majesty's West India possessionif•' which 'have
hitherto been almost exclusively derived from the United States
of America, might be also furnished from the same source.
Your Memorialists beg leaVe, lastly, to: -represent, 'that his
Majesty's Canadian subjects, from their local situation, labour
under great natural disadvantages; being debarred by their cli-
mate for one half the year from all commercial intercourse by
water with the other parts of his Majesty's dominions, and that '
they humbly conceive, that the last proposed measure would
operate tow: rds their rdhicf in this respect by enabling them to
form depots of the produce of- the Canadas at .Halifax .and St.
John's, whenCe the Sugar Colonies in the West. Ind c • might

be in a great measure supplied during the Winter months,-and
moreover that in return for the advantages afforded thereby to
the commerce and navigation of these Colonies, regulations
might be adopted by them, under the influence of his Majesty's
Ministers, for some modified enforcement of the system origin-
ally established for the British North American Colonies, under
the Statute 28 Geo. 3. cap. 6, and intended to secure the supply
of the home consumption of these Colonies to the Agriculturists
thereof, under which, by such, reguldtips as toguard against
the possibility of injury to any party,-eaehlyOftioA of the.Colg
nists- might best profit of their natural advantages.
Quebec, February 24, 1821
(Signed)

W. B. COLTMAN,
Chairman of theCommittec
'of Trade of Quebec.
JOHN STEWART.
JOHN DAVIDSON.
WM: PEMBERTON.
WM. FINLAY.
JAMES HEATH.
ROBERT HAMILTON.
STATEMENT A.
Average price of Unix; Canada Flour last' season in the
Quelac Market.
Superfine
Fine _
31iddlings
Rejected

275. 6d: Currency.
235. 6d.
20s. Od.
18s. Od.

Currency
Probable aggregate average of the whole, per barrel 2.25; 6a.
Expellees to be deducted.
Cost of barrel in Upper Canada - 2s. 0(.I.
Transport from York, Upper Canada, to Quebec 7 6
Inspection , - - - - ,0 - 4
Storage and other Charges at Quebec may on -
a-n average be - - - 0 8
2A per cent. Commission on 225. 6d. for selling 0 7. _ _ _

Leaves foi one barrel Flour, or 5 buslrels Wheat 11 d
Or 2s. 3d. 2-sths per bushel, equal to 2s. Oild. Sterling.
STATE.mr. NT B.
An Account of the- Quantity of Wheat and Flour -exported
from the Port of Quebec, from the year 1317 to 1620 in-
clusive.

Ymr.

Wheat. I Flour.

1817
1818
1819
1820

Bushels. Barrels.
145,681) 38,047
401:,791 " 30,543
37,395 12,086
319,043 . 45;339

Total

904,394 126,045

(Signed) M. PERCIVAL, Collector.
T. A. YOUNG, Comptroller.
Custom House, Quebec,•F'eb. 12, 1821.

ONT REAL, MARCH I7.—(FinT.-..)—Yesterday morning,
between five and six o'clock, a fire broke out ie the Mansion
House Hotel, and by half-past ten, reduced all the interior to
ashes. The cause of it has not yet been ascertained; but it is
surmised that it was occasioned by sparks having fallen from a
candle or candles with which the musicians, who had been
Playing at a ball.of the Montreal Social Assembly till late on
that morning, were lighting themselves through a dark passage,
next the roof, that canununicates between the orchestra and the
centre of the building. This is the more likely as one of the
waiters, before going- to bed,: went round all the lower Apart,
ments and found every thing safe:. but, when the alarm was
given, looked out of the window and saw the flames evidently
issuing from that story in which the passage. before mentioned
was situated. However this may be, the progress of the flames
was 'such as that in less than an hour they had seized both
wings„ the engines being unable to arrest them. It wasa piteous
Spectacle to see the splendid ball roam filled with lire and
smoke; infestooned curtains. curling and shrinking in the
blaze ; the fine 'stuccOwork crackirpr and falling; end the
scene- of so much former gaiety and pleasure converted into an
,'enormous furnace; the lustres. int ed, composed of 30,000
pieces, were
.snatched from the devouring element ; but with
such precipitation, and consequently, damage, as to have been
rendered totally unserviceable. Most of the moveables in the
lower suite of rooms, including the plate and china of The-Ba-
chelor's Club, the furniture of the Beaver Club, and the con-
tents of the Montreal Library, were fortunately preserved,
though somewhat damaged in the removal. The building,
owned by Mr..MoLsoz•r, was insured for 12,0001.; Mr. MAR-
TINET'S furniture, plate, &c- for 3,0001. ; both at the Phoenix
Office. Thus hoes been dismantled one Of the greatest orna-
ments of our city : its bare walls alone reinaining. The stables
and other buildings on the extensive premises; sustained no da-
ma..e ; so that there still stands in the rear a comfortable inn
and other accommodations for travellers.

'( To be continued.)

EAST IND I ES.

As Captain GRANT, of the Marine, and lately
commanding a vessel in the Guycowar service"
was proceeding from the coast of Oka to Am-
rellie, he was seized on the 30th of July by
Bawa Wallee, a Barwutti Katty, who has beer.
long committing depredations from the hills of
Gur and Babreawar. Captain Grant was taken
near a village 'lamed Byawadee. lie had four
horsemen, his monshee, and two sepoys with him.
fie was immediately forced away, and is now a
prisoner in the mountains between Amrellie and
Korenar. The Katty threatens to kill him if he
-is not restored to his grass, or rights, in Kittiwar.
We do not apprehend that he will carry his
threats into execution ; at the same time nothing
can be more distress:ng than the situation of that
respectable officer. We are persuaded that every
effort will be made to effect his liberation.:—
(Bombay Courier.)
We are happy to state that Captain Grant has
been released, by the exertions of Major Ballan-
tine, the political agent in Cutch.
PALuNtriANG.--Accoulits from the eastward of the
2d of May, relative to the affairs of Palembang,
mention that the sultan's defences are very exten-
sive, and that it does not appear at all certain that
the second expedition of the Dutch will be more
successful than the former. The sultan-is now
engaged in repairing the ills done to his country
during the residence dr the Dutch. A very un-
fortunate circumstance, it is said, occurred when
the Dutch were driven out, which has not been
stated in any former account. The fire rafts, in-
tended to act against their shipping, by some ac-
cident became entangled, and, getting aground
near the. Arab Town, th.e. latter caught fire, and
with the whole native towtrof Palembang, was soon
reduced to ashes! The number of houses
,burnt
is estimated at an immonse number.—(Penang
Gazette.)

il.txcA.—A very -gallant affair is reported to
have taken place on the 2d of August last, off
Coba, on the Island of 13ancii, in which twenty
Malay pirate prows were_ defeated by the little
brig Pallas, Captain Roberts; of 150 tons ; the
prows, one of which bore a white flag with a
black dagger and.skull, surrounded the brig, and
kept up a constant fire upon her 2 which was re-
turned with such effect, fo'r upwards of two
hours, as to induce them to pull in-shore. A
breeze springing-up at the time, the brig made
all possible sail, and firing a broadside, sunk one
of the boats. The Pallas was very much injured
in her hull and riggim.—L(Calcutta Gov. Gqz.)

- -
MILITARY APPOINTMENTS.—Lieut.-Colonel C. Brown,
artillery, to officiate as agent for Ist divisions of army clothing
during Major Fag,an's absence..*—Coloncl (-Major-General) A.
Fergusson, removed from Bth to 4th regitnent.—Lieut.-Colonel
Sir T. Ramsay,- -Bart. froM 2dl3att.- 27th to 2d Batt.
Lieut.-Colonel J. W. Adams, C. B. from 2d Batt. Bth to 2d
Batt. 20th.—Lieut.-Colonel Torretts, 65th regiment, to officiate,
as Deputy-Adjutant-General to his Majesty's Forces ih India,
during the absence of Lieut.-Colonel Murray.—Ljeut.-Celonel
U. B. Penny, Native Infantry, posted to the Ist Battalion Ist
Regiment,

P'ar'is Papers. of -Thursday and Friday last
reached us this morning; they contain no fresh
intelligence respecting the Greek Insurrection;
but the GRAND SEIGNOk is represented to be
marching considerable forces, against Moldavia
and Walachia. 'The Chamber of Peers at Paris
is still occupied with the trial of the Conspirators
of August 1820. The ATTORNEY GENERAL con-
cluded his case on Wed nesday, and on the fol-

owing day two witnesses were examined hi sup-

port of the prosecution, after which the House ad-
journed to the following day. In the Chamber
of Deputies I%]. de BOUM ENNE brought up and
read the Report of the Committee on the Budget
respecting the expences of the year. The Re-
port respecting the receipts was brought up and
read by the Count de Ia BOURDONNAYE. Both

Reports approve , with a very few and trifling ex-
ceptions, of the R esolutions submitted by the
Government to the Chambers. Several Deputies
have given in their names to be heard for and
against these Resolutions.
On Tuesday Count de PlinoMIE presented to
Louis X VIII. a letter from CHARLES FELIX
King of Sardinia, announcing his accession, and
letters accrediting the Count as Sardinian Minis-
ter at the Court of France.
From Geneva it appears that the Prince of
CISTERNA, SANTA RosA and other members of

the Piedmontese Junta have been compelled to
quit that Canton. The Prince is gone to Lau-
sanne, and hiS friends have taken other routes.

the Florence Gazette of the 28th ult. announces

that the nuptials of the Grand Duke and the
Princess•MAßlA FERDINANDA of Saxony will be
speedily celebrated. The Princen and her Fa-

er are at Florence.

The King of NAPLES is still at Rome. Seve-
ral Neapolitans who were attached to the late
Constitution at Naples have received orders to
quit Rome, among whom is the Duke of SALINAS,
a native of. Palermo.

An article from Frankfort states, that the
Saxo❑ Government have just established a very
_rigorous censorship over all works printed at
Leipsic, and in the other towns of the kingdom.
it is added, that this example will be followed
by-all the other States forming the German Con-
federation. The same article also says, that the
Dowager Empress of Itu,sLt will go in the sum-
mer to Spa, accompanied by the Grand Duke
NICHOL 1S ; and that the King of ENGLAND will
also visit that place at the same time, on which
occasion the whole Court of the Netherlands
will repair thither.
We learn from Lisbon that the corvette Maria

rlrc Gloria, dispatched by the King of'PowrooAL
and BIZAZILS from Rio de Janeiro, has brought
intelligence of his MAJESTY'S full and uncondi-

tional acceptance of the new Constitution of Por-
tugal ; and that the news had produced the live-
liest sensation at Lisbon. The KING and Royal
Family are expected to return' immediately to
Europe.

We are sorry to obserye that the different. ac*
counts from Spain represent that country to be

`infested by numerous bands of anti-revolutionary
partizans, under the commands of Ecclesiastics.
The defeat of the rebels at Salvatierra has
been officially announced by the Minister
of the Interior, but it does not
that neigh-
bourk9c4 .The band. of
,the Curate MERI
increases daily:. He appears to maintain
possession of the country between Vittoria and
Burgos,. and is said to have recently attacked and
defeated the division of General MAIRTIN- called
• the Empecinado. The canon- VINUESSA has been
condemned to death. It • appears *hat a plied
was laid for his escape; but the military appoil.-
ed,to guard him' having obtained information ®f
the plot, have declared that he shall only get oLit
of their hands to mount the scaffold. Amid these
violent disorders . the Government are taking
energetic measures for their suppression, as
\veil as to guard against foreign aggressions.
All the manufactories of arms are world with
great activity. A purchase has besides been made
abroad, (we know not in what country) of 00,900
muskets.- A Cabinet Council of Ministers was
held in the night of the Ist instant, at the eon-
elusion oaf which two couriers were dispatched,
one to Paris, and the other to London.
observed, that they wait the answers to these
dispatches before they take. Measures for raising
an army of 100,000 men, and putting the forts
on the frontier in a state of defence.

• FRENCII FUNDS.
May 9, Five per Cents.
• Bank Stock .1580 E
May W, Five per Cents.
Bank. Stock . 1563 f. 7;* c.

Hamburgh Papers to the 4th instant reached
us this morning. The following are the chief
contents :

cc
FRANK.FORT, Apnzr-28..—Prussia has de?i-
vered to the Diet its Declaration against Anhalt
coethen, and persists in its territorial rights:giving
an indemnity to Anhalt, respecting which, how-
ever, an amicable arrangement maybe concluded,
and wholly declines the competency of the Diet
in this affair. It was decided by.a majority that
two Commissioners should be named to make a
Report to the Diet on the point in dispute.
cc lIANovEtt, Amur. 30.—The, preparations
which are to he made on account of the arrival
of his Majesty the King, are carrying on with great
diligence. It is conjectured that besides the
Princes and Princesses of the Royal Family,
some foreign Princes will accompany his Ma-
jesty. According to the latest accounts,
.how-
ever, his Majesty will probably not arrive before
the end of August. At the beginning of August'
the 'army will go into camp about a league from
this city, except one regiment, which wilt remaitt

in garrison at Stade. We hear that ,during his
Majesty's stay here, he will hold a Grand Chapter
of the Order of the Guelphs. The apartments
fitting here for his Majesty, and the furniture,
will be in:every. respect like those in England.—
Our army will be much augmented this .year by
the second levy, according to the new organiza-
tion, made last year. The Guards in garrison
here are to receive 300 recruits for each regiment
in the beginning of May.
" A LLENnuttu, APRIL -2g.=—The most remark-
, able Resolution of our Slates was,that though they
consist of 13. Noble Members and only four from
the Citizens, they have yet proposed to the Duke
to.alter the old Constitution of the States, so as
to be conformable to the present age, and to
confide the deliberation on the welfare of the
country in future to Representatives chosen by
the people: As the Diet has been hitherto con-
stituted, only six-sevenths of the landed pro-
prietors were at all represented. The proposal
could not be made without a sacrifice of _personal
privileges. It has met with a favourable • recep-
tion from the Duke, as appears by a rescript
issued by him on the 12th of March."

Charleston Papers arrived this moraing to the
15th April.
EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER rnom IfAvANNAE,

DATED APRIL 7.
" I wrote you by the Jane, under date of thf.
Ist instant, in which I stated the circumstance of
a recent disturbance at Mexico, hut by more re-
cent advises from that place, via Vera Cruz, it
appears that the first reports which reached us
were rather of an aggravated nature :—thero
had, indeed, been some serious disturbances in
that quarter, but the Viceroy was not deposed,
as at first stated, and the insurgents were not
likely to succeed in their design of overthrewing
the Government. The Captain-General of Vera
Cruz had marched to the relief of the Viceroy
6000 men, and there was not the least doubt that
order would be restored.

" The Consulado has presented a strong re-
monstrance against the new Tari:T, in conse-
quence of which it has been determined to post-
pone the operation of it for ❑inety days.
" One hundred and twenty-nine vessels have
entered the Port of Havanna!), in the month of
February, of which
,48 were Spanish, 50 Ame-
rican, 10 English, 7 Danish, 4 French, 4 Dutch,
2 Sardinian, 1 Hamburg!), 1 Bremen, 1 Portu-
guese, and 1 Prussian.

44 The official return of the gold and silver has
been published, coined in our Royal Mint at
Mexico is 1820, which amounts to 10006,51
dollars."

Having given in our Daily Extracts from the
Morning Papers of this day all that they have
said on the • subject of the Parliamentary Pro'
ceeding respecting John Bull (The jllornii4
Herald and The British Press are silent). it is the
less necessary for us to state our own opinions'
But as we shall never disguise, or dissemble, our
sentiments -upon any important points affecting
the liberties of the People, we shall add a felv
words.---It is evident that the dignity of the
House of Commons, as that branch of the Con"
stitutionwhich represents the People at large,
should be properly supported, lest it should loge
its due weight in the
..scale of our political
,system, and sink into camparative contempt•
But an attack on a single Member is not to
be considered as a libel upon the whole Rcq
presentative Body, and the distinction should he
made in aity-measures tending. to the punishment
of the offender. Such a clitiuctiou will doubt.