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London, England, 1829-12-16 00:00:00

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journal that we shall henceforward select such materials
as may enable our readers to judge, not merely of the
advancement made by Colombia in civilisation, but also
to appreciate the importance of that new State as a com-
mercial ally of England. We shall to-day confine our-
selves to the insertion of some forcible remarks on an
insidious Proclamation of V" v ES—the Captain-General
of Cuba—which he addressed to the Mexicans pre-
vious to the abortive attempt of BARRADAS . These
remarks will acquire additional interest with the British
public, not merely on account of their intrinsic ability,
but as they also afford satisfactory evidence of the im-
proved state of intelligence to which the Colombian
people must have advanced, when articles of this nature
find encouragement in the number of their readers.
" We have here exactly the same language adopted by
MonILLO at Torresillas to lull us on that occasion; and
there can be no doubt but the enemy's conduct in Mexico
—if once he obtained possession—would be as bad, if not
worse, then that which we experienced, after such pom-
pous promises. Convinced that they are bound by no
contracted obligations with South Americans, they do not
scruple to make professions which there is not 661
smallest disposition to fulfil. The clemency of the Kinn
—oblivion of the past—fraternity on the part of the
army—these are favourite phrases, when they wish to
subjugate us ; dungeons, confiscations, and scaffolds, NO
our lot, whenever we fall into their hands. And is done
still an American who can rely on their promises ? Un-
happy would the Mexicans be, to listen to such as-!I
surances : they would bewail their folly, when no
remedy would be left. How could it be otherwise ? An
army like that of Spain, acting by order of its Govern-
ment, composed of officers and leaders who come deter-
mined to enrich themselves at the expence of our for-
tunes, and to whom it is necessary to be com-
placent ; an army which has to support itself by means
of contributions arbitrarily imposed, can offer no gua-
rantee for the security of- property or person. Witness
the state of misery to which our richest proprietors were
reduced, by forced loans and confiscation'', during the
boasted amnesty. The security of life would not be
greater to those, whom their false promises might seduce
llto place themselves under their protection. There can
be no faith with such invaders : neither age, nor sex,
nor virtue, would be secure from destruction. If any
person doubts this assertion, let him consult the history
of Columbia during the ominous domination of Spain
" There is nothing extraordinary in the fact, that
neither Mexico, nor the other South Americas
States, have, as yet, enjoyed the fruits of their
independence, nor that they should have suffered
the inevitable evils of a revolution. With the vices
of a defective education such as our old masters gave
ignorant of all that concerns the well-being of so-
Aety, it was impossible to acquire a knowledge of that
which could best promote the general interest. Every
people has passed through a. similar career, while the co-
jowl prosperity to which some have arrived, has been
the fruit of continued errors and great calamities.
No! PROVIDENCE never conferred good unmixed with
evil, and the ladder of adversity is the only
way by which; mankind can mount to happiness.
The time will come—and perhaps it is not far distant—
when the people of South America, taught by misfortune,
shall in their turn give lessons of wisdom, prudence, and
constancy. In the meantime, let us meet with resignation
the evils which may be yet in reserve, consoling ourselves
with the reflection, that they can never be compared to
those which the renewed dominion of Spain would entail!"

We have the Nuremberg Correspondent this day to
the Bth instant. An article from Berlin of the 2d—
written before the convalescence of his Majesty of Rus-
sia was known there—gives us the first cause of that
illness which set all the politicians in Europe to work.
In itself, we think it will prove rather amusing than
otherwise. " The intelligence," say they, "of the
illness of his Majesty the Emperor of RUSSIA caused
great alarm here at first ; but according to the later ac-
II counts, we may now make ourselves easy. At the first
moment numerous reports, founded on suspicious conjec-
tures, were in circulation, all of which have disappeared.
We hear that his Majesty's illness was caused by the fell-
lowing accident : the Emperor and his august consort sleep
in the same wing of the Palace. Between the bed-rooms
on each side—in which the Princes and Princesses aims
sleep next to their Majesties—is a large apartment or
II gallery, the floor of which is highly polished. During
the night one of their Majesties children, rising up ii•
bed, threw/town a vase which stood on a bracket. Tin
great noise caused by the fall roused his Majesty frog
his sleep : he leaped out of bed in much alarm, and has-
tened to the room from which the noise proceeded, but
slipped in the gallery and fell. The fright, the fall on
his forehead, and the cold which he caught, produced
his Majesty's indisposition." This curious article then
begins to speculate like the rest—thus :
His Majesty derived benefit from Wog blooded immediately;
loitthe fears of an inflammation of the brain, which might sally
rime been the consequence of the fall, are said to be now:dispelled.
Only a few bouts the august patient was delisious, and Mewed
mme symptoms of alarm of mind. It need not be stated this
oimimant event excites general sorrow here. We however con.
Nit ourselves with the hope that his Majesty's vigorous constitution
will overcome the effects of the accident, and we trim in the ability
of Mg*physisisos. The life of the Barret is of the highest
impeetooto to all Europe; and it cannot be denied that as
event which we trust is very distant would lead to fresh em-
barrassments in the polity of Europe, and there is, there-
fore, but one unanimous wish for the speedy recovery of the uni-
versally revered Mossrch. The extraordinary interest that is felt
for him here, more than any other plate, is partly founded on the
love and respect of the Prussians for the daughter of their King,
the Empress of Russia.
BELGRADE, Nov. 27.

Accounts from Constantinople of the toth say that the greatest
traogninity prevails these; and that commerce dallrbeconses store
sod more active. Many ships of all nations are condsoally ar-
riving. It is mid that sane °leek merchantmen. which bad Weed
their, colours, were at first refusid admission to the Dardanelles,
sod that this lid to some difficulties, which were arranged by the
interventloo of the Englltla Dowd ; and it was ague& that the
Greek ships should be Amid to Goer the Dardenellas, on condi-

don of their not hoisting the Greek Sag. We underhand that the
complete evacuation of Adrassopk by the Russians was to take
place on then(' instant. Mustapbs Pula of Scutari is still with
the main body of his army at Philippopolis, where be has bespoken
quarters for 17,000 men.—Numistbsrg awrapsudent, Dec 8.
At any other time—or upon any other occasion—we
should perhaps regard with no other feeling than that of
ineffable contempt, the heartless indifference with which
an Evening Contemporary descants upon the misery—
the wretchedness—the absolute itarvation—in which so
many of our poorer fellow-creatures are at this moment
" steeped to the very lips." But with the living evidence
daily before us of the most appalling sufferings—with the
instances of desperation, arising solely from the excess of
human affliction in the Metropolis, which every Police
Report details—with the damning proofs of the de-
plorable state to which the people in every quarter of the
country are reduced ;—it would be an unpardonable den-
'teflon of our duty to the public—and an irrecondileable
compromise of our own feelings as men, were we to suffer
the wilful misrepresentations of a soi-disant Ministerial
organ, to pass current through the world, without
endeavouring to disabuse the credulity which our con-
temporary assumes to himself the privilege of im-
posing upon, " by virtue of "—his connection with
the very underlings of the Government. At any
other time—or upon any other occasion—the Courier
might amuse himself with his glowing visions of national
prosperity, and indulge in his vapouring speculations
upon the " alternations of prosperity and depression"—in
undisturbed tranquillity. But when the streets of London
present such harrowing scenes of " real calamity ;"—when
men are driven to the commission of crime merely for the
purpose of being taken into custody, and enjoying the
comparative luxuries of a prison-cell ;—when their " un-
housed free condition" is so helpless and so hopeless, that
they prefer even the loss of liberty, and the coercion of the
dungeon, with the certainty of food—such as it is—and
the shelter of a roof to save them from that exposure to
the inclemency of the season, which they can no longer
endure ;—it is time to protestagainst the insidious artifices
of the willing tool of power, who would preach patience
to the wretch perishing, before his eyes, for very wantl:
and, whilst he vainly attempts to exonerate the Ministry
from all responsibility, even with the consequences of
their misrule staring him in the face, refers with the
most perfect none/lab:ince to " the discovery of new
outlets for or manufactures—the advance of rival nations
—the variations of fashion—the exertions of ingenuity
Stimulated by self-interest, in the invention and appli-
cation of mechanical auxiliaries,"—in short, to every
cause but the true one,—as " sufficient to create and
to account for, the alternations of prosperity and de-
pression"—which he affects to " dwell upon with a
sincere desire that they may be borne in mind by the
meritorious individuals who now suffer under temporary
pressure)" And all this, at a moment, when it is
im-
possible to walk the streets after nightfall—or even in
the open day—without being assailed by the most af-
fecting supplications that ever the parched lips of
famine uttered ;—and when it is equally impossible
to take up a newspaper without meeting with heart-
rending details of sorrow and of privation which are
scarcely parallelled in the annals of any country !
Gracious Goo I to what a condition has the Press of
England sunk, with all its boasted liberty, when any
one of its conductors can listen unmoved to the cries of
the starving poor—and evince no more sympathy for the
desolation and misery of his fellow creatures, than we find
in such apathetic speculations as the Courier does not
blush to employ, in the hope of deluding the country int,
a belief of the capability of Ministers—and Ministers into
a belief of their own fitness for the business of political
economy.—We have indeed " fallen upon evil days!"

CITY. Twavris o'CLocr.
Our arrivals to-day are very few, and not worth observation ;
but it is stated that an Express ha:arrived from Paris, no doubt
bringing the prices of the French ftentes, which have not as yet
transpired, and Consob opened at the same price they left off at
yesterday. 941 1 for the Account, with scarce a bargain doing.
The Foreign Market is void of interest as yet—prices nominal.
CITY, HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.
The Consol Market remained during the whole of the morning
without a feature worth observation, at 941 for the Account ; but
within this quarter of an hour the market took a turn, and Consols
receded to 941 1. The change in the market Is attributed to the
French Funds coming lower. The information by the &press
from Paris has not as yet transpired, consequently we cannot state
as positive the above report.
Me Commissioners purchased this morning in the 31 per Cents.
and Reduced, but not to a great amount, of which there was aboat
.1600 for the Life Annuities.
In the Corn Exchange this day the arrival of Oats was km. and
fine fresh Corn supported Monday's prices. In Wheat and Earley
little doing, and the prices were the same as last market day.
Tim Foreign Market continues dull, and without interest. Era.
all and Mexican Stock have rather improved.
CITY THREE O'CLOCK.
EXPRESS FROM PARIS.
From the Quotidienne of Monday.
BUCHAREST, Nov. 16.
The fortress of Giurgevo has at length been given over
to the Russians, who entered in the greatest order, with
drums beating, on the 27th. The Turkish garrison are
to pass the Danube for Rudschuck. The pest does not
cause anymore alarm. The Corps d'Armee beforeShumla,
as well as the Second Corps, commanded by General
Psnzw, have received orders to march for Russia.
In the afternoon Prince Polignac had an audience of
the King.
Five per Cents. 108 f. 80c. 108 f. 60c. 109 f. 40c.
08f. 85c. Three per Cents. 84f. 40c.

THE TOLLOWINO IS POSTED AT LLOYD'S:
" The Committee of Lloyd's have been officially in-
formed that two Englishmen and an American are under
sentence of death at Curnoa for piracy and murder. One
of the English acted as Captain, and the other as an •
officer, of the brig named the Providencia, afterwards
the Bolivar, which carried into St. Eustatia a Portuguese
or Brazilian ship, with a Bishop on board, who is sup-
posed to have been murdered, with most of the crew.
" Some doubts having arisen as to the legality of the
sentence, the men are to be kept in custody until the de-
cision of the Authorities in Holland shall have been
received ; and it being desirable—in the event of the
present sentence against the pirates being reversed--
to obtain evidence of other piratical acts which may have
been committed by-the vessel in question, the Committee
request that the owners or masters of vessels plundered
by the Providencia, alias Bolivar, will transmit them the
articular. without delay."