The Sun.
London, England, 1818-02-25 00:00:00

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" the OVEItTI-11:0it OF THE CON:;T1itY1101,:-. r
knOW not.whetr:.'r most to pity or desii:s
Politicians, butt ice sincerity stish that they
become more enlightenea in their undersrani"'
less malignant in their peislions, That
wtHild 7 assume a vivitie if they have it ti°,,e
and bestow intit praise on those who stispelidedl°
forms, to prescrve the iubstanec, of our Well,
maple Constitution."

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is the Se,
CITY, l „ /NE O'CLOCK .—Prichiv next
tling day for the long•pentling and fioctooti"i
Account in Consols. '[tie market IS at. Preielio
stßady at 794; and it will principally depend
the quantity of Stock delivered and taken on fb°,
day, whether a rise or WI will tolfotT. The C°:
missioners of the Sinking Fund bought their ust-
quantity to-day at 801 Reduced they were fretei
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offered Consols at g 94, but on account (34 ble
d thd
near approach of Reduced Dividends, a" hef
being in consequence the cheapest Stock) 4"
gave to it the preference in their purchas,e.

EXTRACT Oir A LETTER FROM ST;THOMAS'S/I°V.
16TH JANUARY,. 18.18. tde
" The Royal Party have lately had' the a'
iAi
tage in the Insurgent Provinces of Vevezu:oo
and repelled, with some losS, ;time small divi96o,
which were advancing from Guane upon' therbt
vines of Caraceas. I have, however, " -411fior
in my own Mind of theii• ultimate occess'! e•
although they are now miserably poor
serted, they cherish a sentiment of freeOra' "1 re
can only be extinguished with life. 4°Y.
that may come from Europe, sofficieni e°
4
quer, will only render the country a wlla

dreary desert.
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e present unsettled state of the.
Colonies has bad a miserable effect on the
of this island ; there are upwards of9oo"l"SfeV
Hug of British manufactuted goods in the setu';
and more are daily expected ; and Falu sorcrar
say the demand is very limited. To adli "init
grievances, a great malty privateers, fitted
principally from tit., United States, calling
selves Independent Spaniards, are every a,4y
of piracies, and keep both its and theilord SP!,
nish merchants settled on the Main in .such dr"'
that we are afraid to-venture our good's 0,Illeilt;
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and they to come up trith their mon 1" 2)3
purchases. In this state of Wogs, represe°l3t,i:o
have been made to the Governor-General of tsl-5$
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iSla MIS, to give occasional convoys, Under t
Danish frigate, to and from the Spatiiiii
and it is I,kly the frigate will make ber
essay in a fel. days Gatt /do Dot think it 11"e;1),
it will be continued, as it is .110 t CtITIS "'lf
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the policy of the
.I.)Anish If the Lord? (i
the Admiralty
were to put another sloop" of °r'l
under Admiral flAttvEy's command, for ta"
pose of giving occasionarconvoys from aOd tc?
ports on the Spanish Main, anti to and from !he
Britizib free ports•io the Windward Wands' this
which should include the British Trade of
1-I':s
place, which is more than double all the °l°g d
0
put together, it would give a great additiooi 03
let
to British Manufactures, and enable us see
to the amount of at least a million sterling rilleja,
than we do at present._ Spaniards iron COI ii)e.
gena, Santa'Martha,- and other rich places °I) t,
Main, would come bete protected with their 9'4
ney, and give British goods, because the ebegeo
and best, the preference to all others. It• `"tite,
also be a means of fixing this lut ky prcfcre"ci
.the exclusion of other manufactures, a"d be
check to the commerce of the United States'
which is fast underioining ours in this l'as't of tlic•
world. The inclosed statement of a recent cf
wiz!' shew with how little respect the Class 0f r;
vateers I have been speAing of treat the 1311(
Flag."

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' I The English schooner Betsey, of Tortola, -belo°!;. en
rue,' and commanded by William PriCe, • while pOce-lii /rot'
iher voyage from Havana for St. Thonta, with a carg° ° „able
and gunpowder, with invoices And bills of lading Jelive., of
at St, Thomas's, was taken possession of on the Ir'rniti' r
theist inst. off Salt Key Bank, by the Insttr,ent Privle/ei, !1
. Brutus. 'or 'Crutus, commanded by Captain .J 01)", " 6-t%e
notlei Spanish colours, who hung 'up by the neck one °.t. Ile
Betsey's -crew (a Spaniard), to make hini Confess 'cbarft c
knew of the vessel, ber cargo, or destination, arid °oft-
searching greater part of the crew, put them n irong, '' ~s
,withstanding assurances were given him that one o'f.thiele4
the time was very sickly, and another, on account of t -
ofit
being much swelled, begged the shackles to be tal'e:: •-"^
when they were removed from the ancles to his scr'-°.0.(1
During the afternoon the crew were taken out of in'F's '.
of:"
put on board the Spanish coasting schooner La Care'clh,,,ll
Havana, while Captain Price and. Myself were sent col b'''.
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the Betsey, under charge of a prize-master (Cky.tain 1“: i...
an American) and four armed men, who reliefed °use c•
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ginally sent from the privateer, whothCing r'cceived vra''' '
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to examine the trunks, found son money in that of ril:e Qn.
cant, which was taken by the Prize-master who came firs. o
,board, and by him tarried on board the priVateer. °I) t a .
morning of rite 2d inst. I received orders to remove on 13(33r- ,
p.
the La Carmen, with permission to take my" haggar
1,-ith of
at which timei left Capt. Price and two of his Crew °j'ls'),.lfa
the Betsey. Thu lath: joined me In the afternoon, ""d '':
last time Inl saw Captain Price was onbord the Tentativa!,
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boeward• hound Quinealuan, with /46 slaves on boaa, Di"
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