The Sun.
London, England, 1818-03-02 00:00:00

A MELIA ISLAND.

SAVANNAH, JAN. 16.—We have accounts from
Washington City to the Bth inst. from a highly
respectable source, from whence we learn that our
Councils are undecided, whether the occupation
of Amelia shall be continued or not—much will
depend on the course which the negociationi with
the Spanish Ministers may take there—if nothing
favourable results from it, the troops will be with-
drawn ; because it is already discovered that Con-
gress will not support the executive in the mea-
sure. We also learn that there is no other subject
calculated to excite any sensations, and perhaps
none likely to occur at the present Session of
Congress.

(From Me same Paper, Jan. 29.)
LOSS OF THE SHIP BERKLEY.

NORFOLK, JAN. 24.—The British ship Berkeley,
'Captain DENT, sailed from Annatto Bay, Ja-
. maica, on the 2(1 of November last, with a cargo
of rum, sugar, and pimento, bound for this port,
and on the 17th of same month, during a strong
northerly gale, was wrecked on the Colloredos
reef. The crew were all saved, and the Captain
expected to have saved a part of the cargo by
carrying it in boats to an adjoining island, but a
party of the Spaniards laid siege to it on the
night of the Ist December, and after plundering
the ship •f every article, even to the cabin stores,
which they could conveniently carry off, set the
ship on fire. Captain Dent was only able to
save 33 bags of pimento, and a few small articles,
which had been conveyed to the island, and which
escaped the observation of those rapacious sa-
vages. The Captain and crew afterwards found
niFaus to get, to fla-Vanna, from whence the former
has written an account of his disaster t• his Con-
signee .at this place.

NORFOLK, JAN. 22.—From a Gentleman, who
left Havanna on the 9th instant, we learn that
the report of the detention of American vessels in
that port, in consequence of information received
that the United States' Government had taken pos-
session of Amelia Island, is totally without foun-
dation, nor did he hear that the intelligence of the
taking the Island had reached them.

We this day received the following intelligence
from Paris, dated February 26, on which our
Readers may most confidently rely :
" A Courier has arrived from Rome, and his
dispatches state, that THE PoPE will not hear of
any modifications of the CONCORDAT. This in-
telligence has considerably irritated THE CHAM-
BERS, and they appear resolved not to agree that
the number of Episcopal Sees shall thus be mut-.
tiplied without any necessity : even amongst the
DEPUTIES, who are the most decided Ministe-
rialists, a great amber are resolved to reject the

Law of the CONCORDAT, from the sole eonsideraa
tion of the great number. of Bisbopricks. There
does not now seem the shadow of probability that
it will be discussed this Session. The Deputies
already begin to think the Session too long, and
there is yet the Budget to discuss : as soon as it is
over the greater number will instantly go home.
" The Chamber of Isl 7 fancied it made a
glorious effort over itself in iu►iLating, or rather
endeavonting to imitate, the independence of in
English Parliament, and that the DE PUT] ES should
not be paid by Government like the I'LErts. What
has been the result ? Many of the Deputies, of
great worth and disinterestedness, ,but of small
fortune, will not return a►t all. Many of them
have not 4001. per annum 3 they come from the
extremi►ies of France, and in the four months'
residence at Paris, living even with economy,
they are obliged to spend their whole
The Law on the Elections therefore ought, and we
understand will be changed on this point : if not,
it will be necessary to choose the Deputies only .
amongst the Landholders, who have 2 or 30004
per annum ; and of this class so few is the mon•
bet in Prance, that there are 30 Departments in
which there are not five persons of the age of
forty who enjoy such a revenue, small as it may
appear to the English reader."

As the operations of the French Cabinet are
highly important to the rest of Europe, we fee#
much pleasure in submitting to our Readers this
day, an authentic letter from Paris, which de•
scribes the nature of its composition, and its ap-
parent designs. We have differed in some re-
spects from the opinions of our Correspondent,
but as he is on the spot, moves in the first circles,
and has full opportunity of observing the pro—
ceedings of that Cabinet, so far as they can be
traced by one not immediately conneeted with it
as he possesses a capacity that enables him to form
a due estimate of the state of affairs, and as we
confidently rely on his rectitude' and impar.
tiality, we shall not presume to question his views
on a subject which be is so well qualified to treat,
and has such ample scope for observation. We
should be rather surprised •at his reserve on
the interesting and alarming topic Of the attack
on the Duke of 'WELLINGTON, if we did not
retain our opinion that it has been deemed most
proper to proceed in silence, in the attempt to
discover the Assassin and his connexions, and that
our Correspondent istoo prudent to. touch upon
a subject which we presume. that France, for its
own honour; will investigate with all practicahis
vigilance.

It is generally admitted that our Government
has acted a prudent part in not interfering, except
by amicable attempts at negotiation, between.
Spain and her revolted Colonies: But do Minis-
ters know that there are two Agents still in this
Metropolis, who are recruiting for the cause of
the Insurgents, and purchasing, at a vast expellee,
whatever is necessary for the -equipment of ant
Army. A third Agent recently left this country for
Paris on the same purpose. It is not enough thatour
Government takes no active or ostensible part its
the Contest ; it should not seem to be guilty
of connivance, while it maintains the appearance
of a rigid neutrality. We, therefore, exhort
Ministers to ascertain thii fact ; for if the Adver-
saries of Spain are permitted to adopt such mea-
sures here, the Court of Spain may well accuse
Great Britain of a hollow 'friendship, or rather of
a treacherous hostility. We have little doubt
that the French Government will speedily disco-
ver the Agent who is gone to Paris, and wilt
frustrate his endeavours, unless, indeed, there.
should he a covert Jacobin influence in that Go-
vernment, which the loyal and well-disposed part
of it, with the best intentions, are tumble to sub-
due. Jacobinism is as artful as it is sanguinary,
and will endeavour to effect its object by all pos-
sible means, and one of its primary objects is to
embroil Nations with each other, and encourage
sedition, rebellion, and anarchy all over the
Globe.

If Mr. TIERNEY were not known to be so pure
and so disinterested a Patriot, from his objection to
the printingof TUEREPORT Of the SECRST COMMIT-.
TEE of the House of Commons, introduced in our
account of the Debate on Satnrdiy last, it might
be Supposed that he was apprehensive that it
would be sati.!factory to the country, as a complete
justification of Ministers for the part which
they acted in saving it 'from theitorrors of re.
hellion. The Honourable Gentleman declared,
that he was puzZled to know why the Report
should he printed, but we believe, that the people
will be more puzzled to guess the grounds of his
objection, unless they should mistake his motives,
so much as to suppose that he thought it might
refute all the allegations of Party within doors
and without. The British Press says, '' this pre-
cious document". as it stiles it, "presents no one

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point of interest or novelty—tbat it is through-
out vague, indefinite, and unsatisfactory." Con-
sidering The . British Press, as now the only legiti-
mate Opliosition Paper, all the rest, without ex-
ception, being entirely Jacobinical, from the Morn-
ing Chronicle, downward!, we deent its opinions nor
unworthy of notice. But why does the Report con-
tain no point of "interest or novelly?" why,because
the dangerhas passed away., and because the facts of
the insnrrect ions are now universally known. Yet
it is still interesting to those who are attached to
the Constitution, and zealous for the honour at
the Government that preserved it. But if it is
really, as The British Press says, " throughout
"gne, indefinite, and unsatisfactory," why
should the Party object to its being printed
and circulated over the country, for if that
Were its real character, it could only bring
Iliscredit upon Ministers"? If that were its real
character too, the Party would be anxious for its
tirculation, from the desperate boldness of The
Morning Chronicle to the treacherous vaccination of
*anther Daily Print, which, under an insidious
"Phistry, pretends to he impartial, while it does
ill it can to undermine the Government, to whose
patronage it was chiefly indebted for its prosperity