The Sun.
London, England, 1811-10-29 00:00:00

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W. On Lord W. ,Bentiock's arrival, the'Merchaols
ptirred a Petition to, his Lordship, enumerating
the gtieurnces under
.wlrieh they laboured., and
nearly the same in substance as that nfesented to
the Board of Trade, but concluding as follows
We are paying unequal and exorbitant duties.=
we are every day under apprehen.sions that tresh re-
quisitions and contributions: will be imposed on our
parsons and property ; eyed our properly landed
for re-shipment, under assurances • that .ito tax
shnpld be exaeled on it ; neutral ,vesstls carrying:
BrlUsh licenses are pirated and•condemned to the ,
Crown our flag is insulted b) -a, Peke-I:Meer,
and by the Dirt :toter of the Customs; our Consul is
treated with outrage and indignity ; our leg +l
clanns.on Sicilian debtors, nay, on this SiCilian
Government,. are wasted year alter year through
corrupt practices in the offices et the Government ;
even in queotions between British Subjects we are
interdicted ; a reference to nut Consul, and his
award is invalidated. The British Consular Autho-
rity is at all times regarded with contempt, and at all
times treated with indignity."
In another Petition. to Lord W. Bentinck, they
solicit the " reiteration of Mr. Fagan to the full
and ample exercise of his Consular, fundions, and if
in his Lordship's Wisdom it shall seem just. to direa
the Government of his &CUM Majesty, immediate.

lv to accredit him as his Britannic Majesty's Consul
for Sietly.!'
Friror our private correspondence we .learn; that
an off-4 was made by the Court of Palermo to rein.
state Mr. Fagan in his Consular powers but that
Gzntleman refused to accede to a simple recogni-
tion, alleging that as .the affront was most public,
so also should be the reparation ; and that attended
by the punishment of disini,sal of certain agents,
who were active in the atErir, and are notorious for
their enmity to the British interests.
We have annexed, from our private correspond-
ence, such extracts as appeared of most interest,

IotTRACT OF A LETTER, DATED PALERMO, AUG. 24.
'6 The Court lit decidedly rrcie6ted the demands
of Lord W. Bentinck, who has given it a specified,
time 10 deteimine on a tin I answer. These de-,

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mauds,, which are ,aidtto: have been consequent on
the ch•claration by the. Queen, referred to the vemo-'
val of t ),000 of the Sicilian troops to Spin, and
the garrisoning of Palermo by Brit,iSh troops. 'The
manner m which Iris Excellency Lerd
Bentinck received the cetition of the Merchants,
gives hopei of obtainittg complete'—redress. His
Lurdship, however, cannoned them is avoid in dis-
course a certain freedom of arech that 'Englishmen
its 'ulge wherever they may be, and which is
mediate!y communicated• to the --..-.--. by her nu-
inutotis spies His Excellency's firmness appears
to e.O bor ra-ii and frighten this Court r the ---
has been ite.trd to declare t hat. the English had sent
too her :a " hard-headed G rtntiti Corpor,l, who
wooll taint listento.reason This (IN:411'060n gives
reason ui ! ono, that at length we shall obtain re-
dress. * * * In order to
.be well in public
estimation hoe, it is absolutely neceskary to be at
e-Imity with thiS Court, so universiffly is it detested i
and you. may r; %t assured, 'that had not Sir John

Stuart been tonsidered Hr. its principal opiounert, lio
would have lacked that cordial co--operation of !he,

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Sic' pea.antly in, she neighbourhood of Mes-•
was ' muniicsted nu the invasion of the
French."

RXTUAOT OF ANOTIMit LETTL•'R 11111li AVG

‘‘• The negociarions between gibe Flritish Minister
and this Court ate understood to be of the 1.4 t im
pot-ince to our just interests. and claims, whether
regarded in a military, or commercial point
vtow ;..it is believed that • every demand has hi-
therto been resisted ; indeed the French party here
is so strong that nothing else can be expeOed ; un-
less Lord W. Bentinck provided with powers to
at in the event of an ultimate 'refusal, our situi-
lion in thelsland will be extremely critical."