The Sun.
London, England, 1827-01-31 00:00:00

Rouse had finished the business of the Session, and requesting a
recess. In half an hour a message was received from his Grace,
by the Provost Marshal, requiring the immediate attendance of
the House in the Council Chamber, when his Grace was pleased
to give his assent to several Bills; among which are—the Poll-
tax, Land-tax, Slave Bill, &c. &e., the Deficiency Bill being re-
fused, when his Grace was then pleased to close the Session with
the &Rowing speech :---.
GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL, Ma. &FAXES, AND GEN-
TLEMEN OF THE ASSEMBLY,
I have passed all such Bills as have been presented to me, with
the exception of one, to which, as it imposes an unusually heavy
burthen on absentees, I could not, consistently with my instruc-
tions, give my consent ; and I am happy to be able to grant you a
recess. I trust that the laborious attention you have bestowed on
the revision of the Slave Laws, the beneficial alteration it pro-
duces in the condition of Ole Slave in many particulars, more espe-
cially those which regard the mode of trial, and the admission of
their evidence in Courts of Justice, will be highly satisfactory to
his Majesty's Gov.ernment.
I do now, in his Majesty's name, prorogue the General Assem-
bly, until Tuesday the 23d January next, and it is hereby pro-
rogued accordingly.
Two resolutions on the Inhject of refunding the double duties
paid, Passed the House of Assembly on Thursday.

The following are extracts from the Bogota Papers,
'received by the same opportunity

BOGOTA, NOV. 16.
On Tuesday the 14th instant, at eleven o'clock in the morning,
this capital had the inexpressible happiness of receiving in its bo-
som the Liberator President of the Republic, the centre of the
hopes of Colombia. The Intendant and Municipality, with a
considerable number of citizens, went out as far as Fontivon, to
meet his Excellency, and the balconiew and streets, through which
he had to pass, were literally crowded. As soon as his approach
was perceived, the transports of joy were redoubled, and the plea-
sure which was felt at the presence of the Messenger of Peace and
Concord was visible in each gladdened countenance. His Excel-
lency, the Vice-President, the Secretaries of State, all the Prin-
cipal and most distinguished Personages of the Capital,
and a numerous assemblage of private citizens, were in wait-
ing to receive his Excellency in the Palace.
The former then addressed him in words expressive of the happy
circumstance of his return to the capital of the republic, to
which his Excellency replied in terms worthy of the hero of liberty.
In the nett-moon a splendid entertainment was given to his Excel-
lency, -.rho in the evening retired to his quinta which had been
prepared for his reception.
In the midet of the joy which has filled the bosoms of the in-
itabitants of Bogota, it is to be regretted, that the municipality
should not have exerted itself more in the preparations for recei-
ving his Excellency, and in the decorations of the streets ; par-
ticularly, as by a resolution of the Congress, the honours of tri-
umph had even been decreed to his Excellency, the Liberator Pre-
eirlent, when he should return to this city. His Excellency will
Lyre felt more gratified however, at the sincere and heartfelt ex-
pression of gratitude displayed in the countenances, actions, and
exclamations of joy.

It will be perceived by our Police report of yester-
day, that the Marquis of SALISBURY, the Earl of
BAREWOOD, and several other men of the first dis-
tinction, have been fined under the act which obliges all
yersons to have the pavement before their doors swept
by ten o'clock in the morning. Nothing can evince
more clearly the impartiality of our laws than circum-
stances apparently so trifling. For great and flagrant
transgressions, the nobility of foreign countries may be
held amenable to laW, but privilege protects them from
responsibility to the Min,* regulations of police. And
yet we know not any country where more respect is
shewn than in England, tonobility, when accompanied
by those qualifications :which are reckoned its essen-
tial and becoming ornaments. There is no radical
American spirit of levelling in the great body of the
English nation. Feeling themselves possessed ofrights
of their own—they are disposed to give to others that
which belongs to them. They like the descendants
of the Howards and the Percys—theirs is a voluntary
homage, and as such, is the more gratifying.
There is nothing in which the English Aristocracy
have displayed more judgment than in abstaining from
investing themselves with those numerous petty privi-
leges, which are calculated to excite the jealousy and
hatred of the lower classes. How many of the French
Noblesse must have deplored, in poverty and exile,
the infatuation which led them to claim distinc-
tions as beings of a superior order, and to treat
with insolence and contempt that class whose
physical strength is always sufficient to vindicate rights
unjustly withheld, or to redress injuries gratuitously
heaped upon them by arrogance and pride. In France,
the distinction between the noblesse and the canaille
Was not to be mistaken. With us, the different ranks
are blended in a manner which makes it difficult to de-
cide where each terminates. The highest of our nobility
With their princely fortunes, tread close upon Royalty,
and some of our richest commoners, of ancient descent,
occupy a station no way inferior to that of the poorer
nobility. The highest offices and honours of the state
are open to distinguished merit in every class, and
thus, without any confusion of ranks, the distinctions
are not invidious. Equally amenable to the laws of the
land, and equally independant of all other authority,
they harmonise in a manner 'unknown in those
Countries where every man is either a tyrant or a slave.
The whole structure forms an edifice, the merits of
Which an eloquent foreigner says, can only be justly
appreciated, as in the case of a palace, by him who
gees it from without, not by those who habituated to
the comfort of each individual apartment, have yet no
idea of the majestic effect produced by the whole.

We have received this morning Dutch Papers to
the 26th inst., from which we have only room to make
the following extracts :

THE HAGUE, JAN. 25.
His Royal Highness Prince Frederick, arrived here on Monday,
front Brussels, and set out again on Tuesday for Haarlem.
His Royal Highness is now again here, and we understand, will
let out for Brussels to-morrow.

Accounts from Groningen give some particulars respecting the
condition of his Majesty's ship, the Waterloo. It lies at anchor
three miles N.W. of the Island of Borkinn (which Island is five
Trines from Delfzyl) and has 13 fathom water under her keel.
On the 18th, Capt. Van D. alen, Captain of that ship, found an
°jlportunity to send by a fishing boat an account in writing of his
tituation to the Burgomaster of Delfzyl, requesting him at the
cattle time to @end all the vessels he could from Ameland,
thiermonnikoog, Vlieland, and Terschelling, to tow the
and (to save the people and effects ; and he also desired
Lug notice might be sent to the Texel, that vessels might
sent from that place also, to his assistance. The Burgo-
aster, Delfzyl, immediately took the necessary measures to
'Pare and dispatch vessels, and gave notice of the event to the
r'overnor, who on his side, gave orders at Zoltkamp and elsewhere,
to lend out every vessel that could be of use, and requested Lieut.
Btavorinus, Sub-Inspector of the Pilots at Groningen, to go to