Star.
London, England, 1817-07-23 00:00:00

CUIIAIERCE.

As the interests of commerce are inseparably coo-
netted with Brutish proyerity, it is impossible that
discussions connected aid. these import:int topics cso
be placed tau many points of view, ma ego the 1:11b.
11C press trivre eifcc tu Ally promote tho gettei Ai James's
than by giving circulation w such investigations. Ne
ate led to otter these remarks by the Appearance of
Stllial pamphlet, of which the Author (an anon).
mous nue) his srnt us a copy. It ts entitled Ctn.
eiderations cn the B. C.mwret, r.ferente ortirs.-
larlyh iiris;sh of dmerice, ampler
Slave trade" and is preface.: by the following Ad-
vati)ement :

" the argument Was framed, the ra4t
Gibraltar, and Malta 'cr..de Lill, b.ni ra5!...3.1 tie I.ezisiaiiie.
'l'hat Bill is of grLtt co:in vence, aed la agreement with the
principlerla:d down iti I tvo Essay; but being ugly rartial in opt,
ration, does nut preclude tint con‘ideration 01 the sultan at
large. 'fix dt.ty on Bice ha; also been re•eittded, but being a
mea.urs teincorary and exigent regulation does not Whet ale
general conr-e of the argunkn.."

obsei vat Pons of the Author, which we subjoin,
are at least dews vnig of serious consideration.
G. The c.tthes %Inch tend to the decline of rich and
powerful Slane,, ate counteracted in 'the instance of
Great Britain :

First—By her social Institutions, which dispense
to in.itistry and talent the rewards ut wealth and dis..
tiLction, sand consequently assure to the community a
constant succession of active and able Members.
4,Se In herTr oh-marine dominions, which not
only constitute an extension of her Agriculture and give
;ncrease to her Trade, but by the direct and relative
employment of Seamen, conviblite most ol the advan.
ta.:,,es, without the expense alit! civil evils of a stand-
ing Miiitary mere tor detente.
Relatively to those doininions, chiefly, it is now
purposed to examine 6,mm of the particulars of the
British C .n.• tierce; the inquiry leads to remarks on
the Trade of the United States of America, and also
brings the Slave Trade into a point of view in which
it does not appear oshave been hitherto considered.
4, Europe depends upon the Countries within and
adjacent to the Tropics, for vast supplies of Agrlcul-
tur4l pioduce.
44 A Tropical, or other Trans-marine Farm, within
the British Dominion, is, in effect, a British Farm,
with the advantage common to 'every other liri:islo
Farm, of producing that within the Empire, for
which a Foreign Nation must otherwise be paid;
with the further advantage of employing the Mari-
ners who convey the produce to market.
gs The British Tropical Dependencies exceed in the
production of most of their staple articles, the
consumption ; they of themselves give to Great Britain
the character of an Export Country, and her poxer
will be in proportion to her independence of supply
from other nations, for her own consumption, :old to I
the extent of her exports to the market ol Europe,
directly or indirectly, from her trans-marine dominions.
" That market repays not orly the charge for la-
bour, the cost of the manufactures used in the cnitur..!
and preparation ..f the produce, the rent of and and
taxes, bin, also, the cost and equipment r.f the ship
employed furconveyance and the iv, tht

" Further, the vender of trans.marine productionti
in the market of Europe, selects the goods which art
to be invested in return ;—he ranks with the best eta,:
tom r of the Manufacturer, and the power of contkool
over the vender. is thi•refore an object of political
s:ience ;—a foreign ship arrived at Amsterdam, .nt
at Hamburg!), from the East ar from the West, will
seek to invest the manulactures of the Continent in
return ; a British ship, in a like situation, may be re•
quired to receive her return cargo, at a port of the
United Kingdom and without being restricted in ant
other respect, will assort a cargo with the best probs.
bility in faiour of the British rnanufattuter.
Great Britain can reddce her demand upon
•foreign labottr fur her own use and consumption;—
She can embrace, in a proportion of great increase,
the Market of Europe for Tropical productions, in
proportion to that increase she will be enabled to
.fluence the investWuit of the returns, and tile means
necessary to those important ends are in unison with
the best dispositions for promoting the interests of so-
ciety.—Tropical agliciihure resolves itirlf into two
divisions, EAstern and Western. The Eastern divi-
sion is cultivated chiefly by native free labourers.—
The Western disisi,.n by foreign slaves, the former at
the lowest, the latter at the highest rate of expense.
—A limit to I3ritkh Colonial agriculture in the iVett •
is tiled by the suppression of the British trade in slave l;
the heart takes-10s the•decision, but unless a more
commanding and comprehensive pul•cy in the regu-
lation of trade generally be ad..pted, the nations
which ritak the lowest in moral feeling will, through
the resources of the Tropical agriculture and naviga-
tion, which Great Britain has humanely abandoned,
make the largest adv..nces in political power.
The.efir s.t of that limitation to British industry is
seen in the increased activity of the foreign planter.
In Cuba. in the Brazils, the impnt'e is sensibly felt.
, By atf2cting the demand for the produce of the toil
of slaves only, can the trade in staves be prevented;
when ahandneed by all the Governments now exist-
ing, is the pol.cy of SW.etes which may yet be formed
in hl•-zico, i•nd the countries Ef:oth of that Province.
attain the imssitile view of the philasupher or the
ie ;man

With a co;I and climate rich and varions, sup-
e(l.l.l ,li,tioce and facility nt n4tlgation, and
q. 141 poli:tc.ll eocc.u:ngement, tae native, free, and
e lat.our Ot 1'.:40 niuLt have preve::!e
die ti • t demand nt Europe upon the foreign, corr.-
pnlssny, and expen%ive labour (.1 the Welt. In the
preient irnpsoved setae nAvigatton, eglial political
enconragement being sup' oned. Cie labour of Ole
West, even with the advoltages of les:: d stance.
hit is cultivation, great capital and skill. and t ff,c-
-! iive s, niust yield to the I..bour of the
East. Toe subs..trivia examinAtien • will estAbl.:A
that coliclosi:.o.

44 East lOUs sugar is become to some extent, art
article of coustmiption in the United Kingc:am, ai.
liaLsle to the payment or lOs. per cwt. duty
mire :hail sugar imported from the British West bpi
Ji.t plantations, iln,l is in extensive demand for the
witkrt of E 413 ape, even with the increased chasgetif
transit by way or Ilrea: Britain.
44 Et.t Eska Cu: tin Wool. (the produce of the
Island of B.u.s bon excepted) until the scarcity of
other co ton, occasOolad lay the American embargo,
was, lox most pus pose•, repcted by the British spin-
ner.— At that pesiml its rivatitiel were more nicely
,acid toe demand in cons, quence became
regular and extensive, and is iocreasing both for (1,7-
and foretin consumption. The importation
of E .si India Cotton Wool to Great Britain. Holing
the tist six inuti:lis, of the present year (18171 is
50.000 bales, in value equal to
East Judi* Rice, fauns various uccasicatal and
•emporary causes, has been lightly esteemed in the
Br it mil and other Opt Ail mat kets. Under the ad-
vantages of reduced in iglit and expeditious carriage,
the prospect may be rust t t.sined of tha: atticle bt:-
cuneitig to the European Nations and t s the Western
Colonists. a cheap auxiliary in domestic economy,
iind in seasons of slistres::, an unfailing resource.
4' East India Rice cnot.tins more nutrimenq will
keep longer, and Call be delivered at market cheaper,
than the Carulina Rice.

44 Persons who have res;ded in India, prefer the
East India Rice for their tables. The European, ha.
bituated to the Carolina Rice, prefers the latter.
would the same preference continue, it the East It,-
ltice were carefully cleaned, with() it breaking
the grain ? If the same care and attention were dr.
rected to its preparation tor masker, as the Carolina
Rice receives

" Duly considered, the preciimption arises, that
the tiadet id Rice is .0 the coin:maid ul Gierit Britain,
through her Indial. province•:, and it ulf-rs employ.
tilt3it to her shipping,l, stigt.timice to her population,
domestic and colonial ; sustiliaiicv to her neighbour:,
and activity to her cumnierce.
" &eh are some of the indication.: of the Plower of
the iloiatie cultivator to meet the demand of the
European market, in the 'great staples of Sugar,
Cot.kni, and Ric', si eves under disadvantages front
the waiit o: more active kto petizstendAn ze by the E.
roinfah : with the full enjoyment of that superintel.
dance, ::-e progress of the Ihdigo trade, more plainly
thews the e:•tent of his powt•ts.

66 '1":n; eulitire of Ildign. in the East Indic%
been pa!ttettl.irly tostereir by t::e East Lidia Cotripanr.
T:ie quantity of .adigu imported in%) Great
Britain ir.zti the E ist Indics, in ti,e year 1753, Vrze
• suFar, C.won, Ind•go, CoLE:e, and l'obAceo, or!y,
(bc Le tile !ta..li;tz vaple c.:nuor..:l • o I.att and Wet...".
ar- espr:cil7 zdvtatit to tr. i.ltrse paari.
t L11 0,1 an rtrerlment recently and car,ftilly riade wi•h
r•ght of Bag India and C.,rolina It,ce, the t'onnrr
teams to produce a eorishleratAF server inc•r-,ept wrtsta
tvi.lrd, and the laud is otwitios:y more rY4.
I S7ippre du: cog of a ton of rite. et CA:wt.', to be $5, 20.1
thr ty..ise on the Europe:rn (pay, to be or lb. !he
consumer will ":y £t', or stittrea part. In to the navii; t•i ;:t
of

4.; bc c,Arry ylaot.tricrus of lava AlSckntly
At):1i;) to ft. szc J tv tbo ptoJu‘tiou ot

*1,047 lbs. whiet, by progressive imrorts, had in-
ernased in the year 1302 to 2,‘2,61,1E;:4 lbs.
4' The East India Company's sales of I ttl;go, in
iccessive years were,

1n 1f.03 2,n70,9k2 i!es. X 771,137
11404 Y. 53,4114 1,04i,140
IPO3 3,4513,516 1,141,15/4
1 So 6 2,2'..;,! Sr; 174,3•:7
yo 7 5,115,315 I,h 3';,a14
J hob Y0ci11,11,7 711,153
9 4 7y7,:95
Islo 5,2i2,123 10451,40,9
xll 2,0h4,7139 476.566
5,17,4277 1,521,273
3 4,197,997 1,370,650
ix! 4 4,637,111 1,/41.3,0'1•
1s 6,158,443 1,939,766
1 ••• I G 6,975.9.;i1 1,714,35
." T uli.4, from remote antiquity, is known to have
h wt hteitlul in the must valtosble productions, and
if acknt.a lodged, from their first introduction into
a.:etrope, to have. excelled in the Silk, Cotton, and
ether manutactures ; her productive powers Are equal
t any supposable demand upon her and itidus-
t v ; her ric!..sr provinces arc British: ant .1 it be
i idced desirable to consumtnate the slave abolition—
i it be indoe.: desirable to assure to Great Britain the
c unmated of tlx market of Etat opt., associated as
Oat object is, with the trade in manufacturtd gooJs;
if it be desirable to asstue to Great Britain the undis-
puted and bloodless empire of the seas ; the E-ist
India trade, through :he medium of the British car-,
tier ougbt to receive nil the impulse coniistent with
the prat: ctior. ut British West India interests, the
preservation of whic;l is demanded by every conside-
raficn nct inv firm' the further importation of slaves.

" h.: flower cat the United States of America re-
s tits fly from Planting and ishivigation, and since
ti:e acicnctelecigmcnt cf the Amer:can independence.
the current nt the British policy has in a high degree
b •en favourable to :American interests.

" Thme S:4tes wl:en British Colonies, were pot-
se;sed of the British Market for the produce if their
Plantations. Their change from Provincial allegi•
ance to liidepeadence and Commercial rivalry, has
not been sufficiently maiked, and the high rate of
freight incident to the monopoly of the East India
C'u patty, too long prevented competition between
tote Asiatic aad American Planter, and precluded the
British People burn cuidinuing to draw from within
their own Empire their accustomed supplies. The
Cotton Wool, Rice, and Tobacco of America under
dif,ie it system, wonid have found cheaper substi-
ti tcs in 'lit Cotton, Rice, and Tobacco of India.

Un Jer the relaxx.ion, during die late war in
cf that principle of public law, by which the
tra ' • weep Europe and her Colonies, is in time of
vas restr'cte,t, as to the several States, to the modes
uud. a winch such trade is conducted dining peace,
sod under the advantages which were conceded to
I.er by the Commercial Treaty of 1794, particularly
by the 13th Article of that Treaty respecting the
AMerican intercourse with British India, the noviga-.
tion of the United States has been equally favoured;
when the Orders of Council of November 1607, were
issued, the Europe in Market was supplied with Tro-
pical productions, chiefly through the medium of the
American Flag, esnecially with the productions of
the East ; at a period too, when by a gross anomaly,
the individual British Merchant was virtually ex-
cluded from the East India trade.
" Such are some of the benefits which have been
enjoyed by the American, in preference to the Bri-
tish Asiatic and European subject ; the effect has
been felt in the recent ceinflict between the two Coen-
tries, and in that conflict it is easy to discern the
seminal principle of future wars, the frequency and
duration of which will depend upon their relative
naval power.
Great Britain is, then, directed by the best
maxims of policy, by Councils which Raw from the
heart to the head, by Councils which are alike
pri:mpied by feeling and by the understanding, to
.extend her Eastern Agticulture and Commerce.
" The ;collations which are at present presumed
to he necessary two that purpose, and to ii.crease and
coos firm the iliguence of Great Britain in the Mar.
bet of Europe, are necessarily comprehensive in their
plan. In number and character, they are few and
s
" It is suggested that direct intercourse in British
ships be permitted between the several British Presi-
dencies in India and the Ports of Europe, for Sugar,
'Coffee, Rice, and all such other articles as upon due
consideration shall not be excepted, subject only to
the following conditions:
'• That the ship shall touch at Gibraltar or Malta,
if botind to a port south of Cape Finisterre, or at
Falmouth or Cowes, if bound to a port north of that
point ; not to pay any duty, but to shew that she is
n milord agreeably to British law.
" And that she shall not receive for a destination
beyond the limits of Europe, any return cargo, except
at Malta, Gibraltar, or a port of the United Kingdom.
" That Cotton Wool and Rice be imported from
the British Settlements in the East Indies, into the
United Kingdom, free of duty ; that the importation
of Tobacco from India be permitted at a reduced
duty, and that the free transit of all articles, the
growth and manufacture of the European Continent,
be permitted by way of Great Britain, under the
provisions of the Acts commonly called the Ware-
ttousing Acts, so far as such articles are already the
subject of direct trade between Europe and other pans.
" If it be objected—
" Ist. That a trade so permitted in Sugar and
Crffee might operate to the prejudice of the British
West India Planter.
" 2t.1. That by the proposed direct trade, the busi-
ness of the British ports would be diminished.
" :M. That the tree importation of Rice might in-
teile.re with domestic Agriculture, and that a duty
is therefore expedient, by way orregulation.
44 4th. That the duty on Cotton Wool is low, and
upon all Cotton, exported for foreign use, paid by
the foreign consumer.
14 sth. That the United States of America, receive
British Goods, in payment for their Plantation pro.
duce, and that the Asiatic is to be paid in money.
" 6th. That the introductirn of Foreign Manufac-
tures, even to be reshipped, would bring such Ma-
nufactures into mischievous competition with the Bri.
tish Mattufattures.
" It is anstored to the objections, in the order in
which they stand :
" 1. That East India Sugar and Coffee are al
ready conveyed direct to the Continent of Europe,
in 1 ortign ships, and that the home consumption of

East India Sugar might be di-allowed, whenever
the price of British West India Sugar should render
such regulation necessary to the protection of the
West India Planter.

" 2. That it is essentially, in the nature of Coat..
mace, to avoid unnecessary charges, and a slight
observation of the present state of Commercial rela-
tions is sufficient to shtw, that, if Great Britain will
not curry on a direct trade iar certain descriptions of
conanodi!ies, other Nationsirill so bade.
" 3. That it is known by experience, that the Bri.
tish Poor will not substitute Rice for I-loos:hold
Bread, if the litter be within their means of purchase.
Anctil Bread be nut 'within their means of purchase,
the voice of Nature dictates that the supply of other
food sl.ould be permitted at the cheapest rate.
" That Cotton Wool is the basis of the must
ext.risive of the British Manufactures.

That the Cotton Fabrics constitute the principal
cloathing of the poor ; and therefore cannot be pi 0.
ducei too cheap. That the efforts of the people of
the United Slate► of America, and of all Europe, are
strongly directed to competition with Great Britain,
in Cotton goods, and that it is therefore inexpedient
to levy any duty on the raw material to be purchased
in a state of manufacture by the Foreign consumer.
" 1. That the efforts which are in progress In the
United States of America, to establish usanutactoties,
plainly indicate the contingent nature of the demand
of those States for British manufactures.

Titat the demand of Great Britain uprn the
Agriculture and Navigation of the United States,
tends to augment their Manufacturing ani Commer-
cial Capital, and consequently to accelerate their
second independence, an independence of ear British
Manufacturer.

" That the continued dependence of the British
Manufacturer upon the Cotton Plantations of Ame-
rica, is to be deprecated, as one of the greatest cads
to which he cart be exposed.
" That the losses and misfortunes which arose
from that cause during the American Embargo, and
American War, were very considerable.
"I'llat dep::ndence upon that source of supply,
would enable the United States of America, at any
time, to cause distress and dismay throughout the
manufacturing counties.
" That when the United States shall have esta-
blished the Cotton Manufactory, a double incentive
to War with Great Britain will be klt L.—namely, in
the conscious power of distressing her, by withholding
the supply of the raw material, and of underselling
her in foreign markets, when deprived of that supvly.
" That the demand of America for British goods,
is not confined to the Plantation districts, nor in those
districts confined to barter; that even if Great Bri-
tain did not purchase any American produce, Ame-
rica would be encouraged still to deal extensively
withTher, if offering the cheapest Market, and that
the speculation of some increase, or diminution of
Ametican demand for British Manufactures, cannot
be allowed to interpose to the prejudice of objects in-
comparably more important.
That the Asiatic dues purchase some of the
Eu-
ropean Exports, and that a considerable proportion
of the cost in England of the raw produce of India is
constituted by freight, paid in support of British Na-
vigation and by profit to the British Merchant. •
4' 6. That permission to assort a Cargo in Great
Britain from her own productions in combination
with all the other productions of Europe, would in-
fluence very powerfully the direction of Foreign pro-
perty to British consignment.—
" That it is well known that extensive consign-
ments of foreign produce are made to the Continent
of Europe in consequence of the request for the Con-
tinental Manufactures, which consignments, upon
every other consideration, would be directed to the
Ports of Great Britain.

" That the Foreign demand for British Manufac-
tures, must depend essentially upon the relative qua-
' lity and price.
" That the Trade of Transit, as proposed, would,
by the increased attraction of Foreign Capital, tend
to augment the demand for British Goods in all
branches in which competition can be maintained,
and that if competition cannot be maintained, the
demand on the part of the unrestricted Consumer
must necessarily cease. That such Trade would
give employment to British Ships on their return
trom the Ports of the Continent of Europe, and again
on their outward voyage from Great Britain.
" Of the productions of the Tropical regions of the
Globe, Sugar is of the most considerable exported
value as it is unquestionably the most bulky.
" From the annual value of Sugar, refined and
I consumed in the raw state, in Great Britain, not less
than Six Millions Sterling, it may be inferred that
' the demand of the Northern and Southern divisions
of America, and the Continent of Europe, is an ob-
ject of great magnitude.—That to supply that de-
mand, labour to a VAR extent most be brought into
action, a large Commercial Marine be created, and
important interests and relations be established :
Coffee, Rice and Tobacco are respectively interior to
Sugar, in extent of value and bulk, but claim similar
consideration in their relative proportion.
Cotton Wool is not only important as an Agri-
cultural production, and as the subject r,f extensive
employment to Shipping, but as the staple of the
most extensive of all the Manufactures. The annual
ilconsumption of Cotton Wool in Great Britain upon
lan average of five years ending on the 31st day of
December, 1814, is 340,000 bags, equal, at a low
valuation, to st miilions sterling.
" Tile greatest Marine carrier of those bulky and
valuable products is most prepared for future contest,
or is capacitated to controul Nations into Peace ; the
latter is the high and glorious privilege of Great
Britain, if she duly improve the advantages offered
in her Indian Provinces.
" From Asiatic soil, Sugar and Coffee arc to be
produced to keep in check the plantations of the Fo-
reign West laJia Islands, the Brazils, and other
parts of America ; from Asiatic soil, Cotton, Rice,
and Tobacco, are to be produced to maintain cons-
petiti-in with the produce of the United States of
America.

" In Asiatic Ports are to be freighted the Ships
by which, only, the Navigation of Foreign States
can be prevented from great and rapid increase.—
Upon Asiatic soil only are the advocates of the Slave
Abolition to gain their final victory: Upon the Bri-
tish Asiatic Policy in the cl.villepement of the un-
bounded resources of British Asia, depends the ascen-
dancy of We British Raw."

THE EVW.NING STAR.

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1817.
PRICE OF e-POCKS THts DAY A 1 TWV.I.VE O'CLOCN 3
ktee.uced B:4,ll—Ctruitsls 432:1
4 prr Cert. pt r
11411 k L.r. :lo.tivitivi I—ltv!itt Butid4 110 1 ' pr.
tat:beeper 13.11% Sta. 34.. yr.

It) the STAR of the 1 ltl: inst. we informed the
Public :rf a report current on the Cent;r•.enr, that, it
eppositirar to the Tre,ity of 1815, by the lnniAn
islands were placed under B:ickh protecti,ar, borne
Treaty was neg, elating for the delivery of Parga to
the Turks.

By the Treaty of March, ISO°, between Russia
and the Porte, the possessions formerly bel urging to
the Venetians in European Turkey, were as•:igned
to the latter, on certain conditions ; among which
was one that the inhabitants, who were all Chris-
tians, should retain all their religious ptivileges, and
that no MAitometans should even be suffered to ac-
quire property or be domiciliated among them. All
the places referred to in the Treaty, except Parga,
were, in consequence, then delivered up to the Turks;
but instead of adhering to the terms of the Treaty,
the people were every where abused, and treated as
subjugated slaves.—ln other words, the Treaty not
having been executed faithfully, ceased, iftto facto, as
to any who still had the power to refuse submissions
without terms, and in violation of conditions solemnly
ratified. Even the places retained by the Turks are
held in violation of good faith, and yet they have the
impudence to require another Christian town, now
under our protection, to be delivered up to them as
A price for their acquiescence in our retaining the
lonian Islands ! !—But what is more distressing, re-
port says that the British Cabinet (but we will Hot
believe the disgraceful tale) lends an ear to this inso-
lent demand, and is now actually in treaty for the
surrender of a Christian Community to the domino.
tion of the enemies of the Christian name.

The report that Britain listens to tlis proposal has
filled the Christians, in those places, with consterna-
tion and dismay. Parga, in particular, puts forth
the most urgent and well-founded claims to be re-
tained under British protection. Situated on a rock
lICAT the shore, on the continent of ancient Thesprotia,
eight leagues distant from the southerly extremity of
Corfu, this town has constantly baffled the efforts of
the Turks, who, for several ages, repeatedly attemp-
ted to reduce it to their power.

As early as 1450 it follored the fate of the Corey-
reans (the ancient came of the ;rhabitants 61 Corfn),
who voluntarily placed themselves under the protec•
tion of the Republic of Venice. The Venetian Go-
vernment Easing ceased to exist in 1798, the French
t-ok the lonian Islands ; and Parga, as one of their
dependencies, shared the same destiny. In 1800,
both were ocenpied by the Allied Armies, who drove
the French from their insular and continental pos-
sessions. A few years after, Russia, by the Treaty
of Tilsit, resigned once more the lonian Islands to
France, and Parga was again comprehended within
the cession. United and consolidated under a free
Government by the Treaty of Paris in 1813, those
Islands and their dependencies were placed under
the special protection of Great Britain, who bound
herself to secure to their inhabitants their property,
commerce, and independence.

If the weak forces of the Venetian State were suf-
ficient for nearly four hundred years to retain posses-
sion of Parga ; if the Russians, though at that period
the Allies of the Turks, maintained their right over
that city ; and even the French, notwithstanding a
similar alliance, retained it in their power, it can cer-
tainly be no-very difficult task for England to resist
the intrigues of Act PAL:HA and the importunities of
the Turks, in a case in which not only justice is on
her side, but her fairs is pledged in a double manner
to preserve the Pargans trum the revenge of the ore
and the yoke of the other. They have, in fact, note
particular claims to our protection than the Grecian
Islands themselves, as the following statement will
shew

In ISIS, when the destruction of the French army,
in its retreat from Moscow, had emboldened Au to
act on the offensive, this enterprising Chieftain as-
sembled a considerable force to besiege Barge,
trusting that as Corfu was strictly blockaded by
a division of our fleet, no relief could be sent from
that island, to rescue the longed-for prey from his
grasp. Apprised of his hostile intentions, and ani-
mated by the heroic spirit of their forefathers, the
Greeks of Parga removed with much difficulty
and danger all their old men, women, and children
to Corfu, and retained only those who had strength
.to fight, and hearts to die for the independence of
their country. Thus prepared, they met the enemy
within their walls, and drove him back in all his
attacks,
.with the loss of eight thousand men, and
Au's own nephew, who perished in the contest.-- j
Fresh numbers, however, poured in to press the
siege, and cut off from all communication with Corfu;
and unable to mair.tain themselves any longer, they
applied to the Commander of the English fleet, gave
him tl:e keys of their city, and placed themselves
under the protection of Great Britain. This was not
the work of the French garrison, but of the pev'ple
themselves. Their surrender was accepted ; the Bri-
tish fhtg wo planted on the toners varier they Lad
sk, bravely defer.dcd; an ill-74121n fOlt

thrown into our hands; and An P. r.;:is,!-.
his tro .ps, fiacd with disappnintr.icilt :tnc!

Is it to such a man, still more celehrated for t;
horrible cruelties which lie has triton:4nil, u-11:1-..-• -
force or deceit pr: cured hilt; pos,:::.i.sirin of a -
a-d spirited peni-le, than fc; his talerrs,
arzl is heroic inlta!litanz,. s:.: to be ti 1 '—
Art the riat.sacres l'rev-!i1 arid ,
arct a v:hole people to be again -sc:ificed
revcege of a merciless despot ' Soeh
tally be the fate of the Paeans, it me shi-.uli.! ;
draw froo them the pretection we ;are 1.,.
gaged eerselves in 1813, and by zoletrn Treat:,
ISIS, to exterd to their city. Dzsientrion
too mild a punishment for their Itt,eury r Alt ; •
places, the male populatit.n vini.l,l Se rut zo
sword, and the females sold for slaven, (greed to
prostitute themselves to the suldicts if
Let it not be said that he would be restramed
by conditions from visiting with his vtuge ince a
pei;ple that once defeated his :unties Ile had
made and sworn treatis milli all his odic:- vic-
tims, but no sooner had they laid down their arn.s
am] submitted to Ilk power, titan he rave his oazlts
to the wind, and whole delui!ed cities to the sward.
This is a consideration which, we tra:,t, will have
some weight in the deliberations of Governme:A.
We might add many others connec:ed with local and
political advantages which must render the po:ses6on
of a town like Parga, on the shores of Albania, of
considerable importance to this country. rat we
think it sufficient to appeal to the justice and huma-
nity of those who have conducted ouriaffitirs, and as-
sisted in regulating those of other nations, with _o
much wisdom and liberality. They will lint abandon
a brave and confident people to certain ruin ; and the
heroism of the descendants of Ancient Grevce,
receive its crown from the sympathy of bezut:
humane Britons.

The Park Papers of Sunday arrived this marnicg.
The Duchess of Bunn- continues convale,ceir.
The Duke of NVLLLINGIVN attived in Pad.. on
Sunday night.
The Tribunal r.f. Correctional Police I:as com-
menced the trial of the Members of ilie Secret Se.!-
ciety, called the Lion Dorma:a. T 11- .ICE of acm:a-
lion states, that the As,ociation was, early in January,
1816, denounced to the Police, as bein;
with projects against the Government-1!:,g ;:s chierc
were two persons, named IloLuxii.LE (a cousin
BONAPARTE) and O.GNET--th.a th it no:etiogs were
held under masonic forms ; and every persoi
initiated took a solemn oath Bovsr.ret
and his family. tiou.sytig.t:, iu !.:S dektice, allelzes
that the Association was formed so far bail( as the
year 180.5, and that it had for its object nothing hut
acts of charity and beneficence. The determiii.i,i,in
of the cause has been dderred for eight days ; bor,
from what has already transpired, it has lost mu:l
of its importance with the public.
One Colonel BRUN, said to have been the leader
of the insurrection at Grenoble, has been art eLrted at
Genoa, when on the point of embarking with five of
his accomplices for America.

A letter from Cadiz states, that the troops, wl•ote
departure for America had been postponed tin 4CCOllrt
of the late seditious attempts ia Cataloni.:, had begun
to be re-ernttaiked. One division in three traJ
escorted by two frigates and a brig, has alreaJy set
sail to reinforce the Royal Army in Peril, and it
thought probable that another Expedition v.:;i b
dispatched to the same destination before the. eli,t
Summer. The safe arrival of the last Cunvoy froat
the ilavannah, had not a little reanimated the pu!.:i;
spirit.

General LACY has arrived at Majorca, where Le f:
to wait the pleasure of the KING, as to the execut:•4l
of the judgment pronr•unced againe,t him.
has yet transpired :is to the fiit.:pf t7ie oth_r indivi-
duals involved in the same condernnat:on.

The Captain of a ship attivc,l at Mareilles, w')e)
left Tunis the 18th of Kay I.tsr, roporti that War
had positively been declared b::tween Tonis and
Algiers, but that no ho6tifiti:n had ;et taken place.
The Rhine has comoletdy eve:flown its banks
Rheinsheim and PhillipLbarg, and has de•Aroyed
the hcpes of the harve.t in twat quart,:r. The ion:,
datinn, it is said, will i e evea more di::ait.:•,:u.; to
country, than the scarcity of ISW,

French Funds, II)CA July, 66 fr. 70 c.

Saturday last the trill of char:;ed wi:l.
administering unlawful o:Ahs at t;lasgow, C.t:TIC ea
before the High. Court of Justiciary, at F'liaburg!...
In another part of our Paper we have given Oe fir.t
Jay's proceedings, clown to the him: wi:irhti.e
Mail left Edinburgh. This trial excites considerable
interest in Edinb-argil, iron. some of its peep:jar
features, will receive an equal degree of at:ention ca
this side of the Tweotl.

The PniNcr.ss 112 s accoucrietham is expected
in Oct, ber.

Louts XVfil. wi:ea he was in!Orrned
Duchess of B!:!IP.1 'oven delivered of a icmal.:
child, is said t.) have c:::!.:irned, with a sigit—•This
i 5 what I ought to. have tn7peettfd :s1 ln a
mood, JAME': V. cf tv:lca info7owd ot
birth of hir only child, the :nfor.,;.r.a::: Q 4Cen
remarked to ele by -t' tidcrr, th a .7:e Cro,.vn !Ltd
CO?)! into the family wit!, a female ; and piltheti:..:lly
added—" It will pc) o,:t with a w,.;:nan atso."
KJ NC, W!,:. 1! ct,