The Sun.
London, England, 1816-04-15 00:00:00

CONSULAtt 61;spitn.

'4lDon TstoxAs STONthrroN his Majesty's Consul
for the State of NewLYOrk, makes known to the
Merchants, Ship-Holders, and to whomsoever it
may, concern t

"That his Excellency Don PEDRO Mortmo, Commander
' in Chief of the-Forces which the King has destined for the
paeification'of the vice-kingdom of Santa V 6, under the date
of the 19th December laSt, has inftnued the Plenipotentiary
• and Euroy Extraordinary of his Majesty near the United
States,

" That with a view to re-establish perfect .tranquillity
in the kingdom of Santa Fe, he ha. thought it convenient to
Ao:ontinne the blockade from Santa Martha to Kr rivCr Atratd
inclusive; and that any :vessel. whicb may be fonnd furtl.er
south of the Niouth of -the ,blagdolena, or further North of
the parallel of the Cape Truburun, on the Musq*ito Coast,
and between the Meridian of those two points, will be de-
clared good prizes; regardless of any documents or the:desti-
nation she may have. - But that he' has left open the Forts of

Santa Mai tha and Port a Bello; and that shipments of nun-

prohibited articles will he furnished with Consular documents
's froth ttis °dice, for the last-mentioned ports of Santa Martha
and Port a Bello.!' • •

LETTER
ADbRISSED BY
_COUNT JULES DV, -POLIGNAC TO
THE MIKE OF WELLINGTON.

" April 3, 1816.
-Lour. Dunn --I vim no longer endure
that the visit .‘vhicli I had the honour of making
you about three weeks. ago, should give occasion
to the abstml reports which now circulate in' this
capital, and which the. English papers have cOl-
. lected, adding tletai!. equalky detirittste of founda.

thin as the runionrs• which gave them birth. In
fact The Couoier and Morning Chronicle repott tt
pretended cony, nation 41i1 supposed to
haVe'lltil With your Grace, for the purpose of con-
ferring with you ou a change of Ministry hi
:France, and in•which I,am represented as having
appeared in an ottic)al,.character,-which you did
not think fa to recognise. •
'"'You know', my Lord Duke, how false the 'state-
milts in such articles of these papers' are, in
• *very thing respecting tile pretended conversation
‘viiich they yelattf. flits report of your approach.-
ing departure being circulated at Paris about three
'Weeks ago, I presented myself at the Elyi46e;BOur.;
ben) to have. the honour of seeing you ;.and 1 con-
emulated. 'myself the more ott finding you there;
As in my.prveciling visits I had not had that good
fortune: Paying respect to. your numerous oe,li-
pationS, F.thought it right to remain only for a'
few moments,, during which ,yowhad the good-
ness to converse with me, in the first plate, On
the recolleCtion Ivhicit Mott preserve or the inha-'
Litmus of TlMulotise,.. who,. under your eyes, in,
the month of April 1814, gate wools of their love
for the King, whieb Were so nobly appreciated by
)tin; and finally, on the satisfaction you expe-
rienced from the peinetnality with which. the pay-
sueutt stipidated in the last Treaty were mails, by
the French Government.. To which I replied,
tint, that 'almost 'all nanee participates in the
sentintent.„•which animated the people of Thou-
louse ; and secondly, that it was the sincere de-
sire of France to prove to Ehrope, that the .en-
segments entered tutu by the King • were held
sacred ; and I added, that the Chamber of Dern.-
tits, so worthy of representing. France, would
stroll- give a touching example of this. truth.
" Such, my Lord Duke, were the only. points.
on which the 'conversation, which occupied the
time of .my short visit 'wilted, acrd iu which no,
affair was treated upon, nor any mission
a u nnonced my - part. I doubt not, therefore,
my Lord Duke, that you will contribute on your
part, as I have on mine, Cu.' contradict the false
squirm to which the visit I bad the honour of
snaking you has given rise, and to which I should ‘'
sfever have thought it IteCesmlllr'y to call your at-
tension, had I not-been assared that grave per-
sonages (doufn less. involuntarily) have given cre-
dit to tkin, and had not, troll the manner' in
which these reports have beets stated in the Eng-
lish papers, that error on, their part become in-'
furious to the Printe to whom I haVe the honour
to be attached, and whose nobleness of character '
and love for all his duties are I,no wn to your ;
Grace. I have the honour to be, my Lord Duke,
sour most humble and moil obedient servant, •

The Count JULES de POLIGNA-C."

The Noble Doke replied to the above letters,
" Ovalle had been no .less :astnt.ished tben the
Cottilt cle Polignac at the interprets! ion ?which the.
Jonentirs: had given to a visit of mere politeness,
and that he would see the disavowal of it with the
greatest sittistaction:'

Count BALstitq, whp 11714 appointerl by the
• Emperor of Itussta hit, Commissioner tot he Island
•f St. Hciena, is, at present sojhurning atAhe Uid
Ship-ravern,
One of t Ike French Depntie:,, in the deliase on
the Citstomi, makes,a most furious attack °tribe
quiet* and favourite 'English beverage,. tea he
think" that its caustic ,qualities (as he calls them)
could destroy the charming gaiety of the French.
character, and, with- a most important face', re-
commends brandy .as the true French drink.. No
svondpr that French 'gaiety is so trooblesnme to
other Nations, when its source is it) fierce and
•
A letter from Palau, dated the 27th of March,
ssys—" When the Vistula river broke upon the
21st-last. the ice cut the bulkiarks and dams, and
forced its' way on dle,main land, in.Marienburg
WertiO, and overflowed about 100 miles
in circumference. The misery Occasioned by,it is
clreadipl; and 'many of the poor, inhabitants lost
all-their cattle, reep, horses," &c.
Accounts from various parts of Ireland Concur
, .in a considerably increased demand .for grain,
which !has given confidence to the .few farmers
who had not been compelled to 'sell early in the'
season, At Limerick, in particular, wheat had
risen fetipence per stone of 141 b, and other grain
in, proportion. •
-Ott Saturday the-dispatches were finally closed
authe :last India House, and delivered to' the
]"Users. of. the toll Owing ships,
6:alehy Castle, Catania W. Moffatt; Earl ut Balearras, J.
I.xoeson; Hop Fairfax; Marchioness of
rt. COON Windham, J. Andrew; and burst Castle, W.
lope, far Chilli; dirscr:
Passcaprsperthu Earl of llalettiras.—For China: Mest,rs.
11742' 1331)4i anti 41A% (.4 Smith; writers i Mrs. Davies.

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