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LONDON. •

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Buacos.—The letter with this signature would appear, we
think, with more propriety in the Periodical Work to which it
alludes; and the writer may have it for this purpose, by apply-
ing at our Office.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1820.
THE FUNDS.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONZ O'CLOCK
3 per Cent. Reduced 681/2 1/4
3 per Cent. Consols 67% 1/4 % ex. div.
Si per Cent. 77
4 per Cent. 865/3 78 c/s
5 per Cent. Navy 102% 103 102% ex. div.
Bank Long Annuities 17 15-16 IS
Imperial 3 per Cent. Arms. 671/4
Irish 5 per Cents. 1021/2
Lelia Bonds Bs. 9s. pr.
Old Annuities 63:',/8 1/2
Exchequer Bills (2d.) Is. 2s. dis.
Consols for Acct. 69% 'A 3)111 •

A Mail from Flanders has brought us, this fore-
noon, Brussels Papers to the 11th inst. We subjoin
some extracts, the most interesting among which is
an account of the trial and acquittal of a M. de
BEAUREGARD, for being engaged, tinder Colonel
MACIRONE, in recruiting for the South American,
Patriots. If the representation given in these Papers
.be correct, the acquittal has been pronounced on the
general principle, that it is lawful in the people of
any country, to assist, individually, the inhabitants
of another country struggling for their liberty. The
principle is not, perhaps, so questionable as it is new.
Its recognition, at the present crisis of Spanish affairs,
cannot fail to-be of great importance s

" GHENT, JANUARY s.

Yesterday the Court of Assizes had to try an
action in which important points of the Law of Na-
tions are involved.

" M. GRANIER, Baron de BEAUREGARD, Knight of
St. Louis, taking the title of Inspector-General of the
Artillery of the Army of New Granada, was indicted
for having, by hostile actions, incited against the
State, a Declaration of War from Spain, one of the
Allied Powers.

" M. JOUHAUD, Counsel for the accused, began
his defence by proving that his client had not an-
*timed a false tide, and that he bad been appointed,
by General Macirone, Inspector-General of the Ar-
tillery of the Army of New Granada. Entering
then on the examination of the important question
before the Ccurt, he endeavoured to prove that a
State keeps within the bounds of neutrality, when it
tolerates in favour of one nation, what it does not
prohibit to the nation against whom it carries on
war; and then, that a Government is never responsi-
ble for the acts of a single citizen, still less those of,
a foreigner.
" M. JOUHAUD alleged, in this important discus-
sion, the authority of Grotius and Puffendorf, whose
opinions he developed with the force of reasoning of
which the Tribunals of Ghent have so often been
witnesses.

" We observed, at the end of his speech, the pas-
sage in which he combats the assertion, that the Law
ofNations, applicable between one nation and another, li
cannot be appealed to in favour of the revolted Co-
lonies. The following were nearly his expressions:
Such is, in fact, the language of Spain ; and this
hofrible distinction, silencing every sentiment of hu-
manity, has commenced that war of extermination
which has made of America the vastest tomb that
ever was created by the hand of man. But the lan-
guage of oppression and rage is not that which we
ought to hear within these walls. Let us, then,
leave it to Spain to proclaim as rebels a whole
people, who, inhabiting a country above fifteen hun-
dred leagues in extent, have risen to demand its in-
dependence, which a handful of Europeans refine it.
But has not the voice of Tyranny also proclaimed as
rebels these same Spaniards, who but lately combated
with so much heroism for the same blessings Which

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their American brethren now derend against them ?
Were not those North Amiericans also rebels,
who dared to withdraw themselves from the yoke
of England ?—Were they net called criminals, till
the moment when other interests caused a different,
language to beheld? Government then proclaimed,l
that the cause of America was a sacred cause. The
King of France equips his fleets, and the flower of
his armies, inflamed with a noble enthusiasm, goes
to fight for Independence.'

" The Court, by its decision, sanctions these prin-
ciples, developed with equal ability and courage,
and M. de Beauregard was acquitted.

" GHENT, JANUARY 10.

gg M. de lisauregard, on his acquittal by the Court
of. Assize, was immediately carried back to his place
of confinement. It seems that he is to quit the king-
dom, and that he will be immediately conveyed be-
yond the frontiers. This Officer, who contracted
many debts for the interest of a cause, for which he
has never been indemnified, has honourably dis-
charged them, by means of sacrifices made by his
family."

“ BRUSSELS, JANUARY 7.

gi M. Weissenbreck, the King's Printer, has ap-
pealed against the sentence passed upon him, one of
his clerks having declared himself to b. guilty of in-
serting, in the Journal General, the article for which
M.Weissenbruck was condemned, in the first instance.
The Court declared this excuse inadmissible, but de-
ferred the further hearing of the appeal for a week."

VIENNA, DECEMBER 29.

" All the deliberations of the Congress of Ministers
are covered with an impenetrable veil, which will not
be removed till they separate. All that has been
published, or which may be published by foreign
Journals on the subject, is just as authentic as the
Arabian Nights' Entertainments. The measures
adopted are such, that it is impossible to learn any
thing. This is the truth; and it is proper that people
at a distance should be informed of it, that they may
be on their guard against false news, and those who
circulate them."

44 BRUSSELS, JANUARY 10.

" A Hatnburgh Paper says, that a furious insur-
rection of the populace, attended with bloodshed,
has broken out at Smyrna, in which the Palace of
the Pacha was stormed, and that he himself escaped
with great difficulty."

The Paris Papers of Tuesday arrived this forenoon.
Public business continues still suspended, in conse-
quence of theindisposition of the leading Members of
the Ministry. The Chamber of Deputies was ex-
pected to meet, but did not, on Monday, nor was
there any appearance of its re-assembling before to-
day or to-morrow. M. Do CAZE is still confined to
bed, and the fears of his Physicians are said to have
increased. M. DE SERRE is better; but we are as,
cured, that the Ministry of Justice is, notwithstand-
ing, to be transferred to M. FASQUIER.
The Commissioners• General of ljarine have sent
the following Notice to the Chambers of Commerce
of the different Ports of France:

" his Excellency the Minister of Marine and of
the Colonies has informed me, by letter of the 28th
of this month, that an Order of his most Catholic
Majesty, recently published, suppresses all the im-'
posts to which Spanish flour, imported into the Island
of Cuba, was subject, and has established a duty of
eight piastres (fortes) and a half on each barrel of
flour imported from France, the United States, or
any other country."
An article dated Manheim, the 27th December,
states, that intelligence had just been received, that
the great dyke of the Rhine had been burst through,
at ten o'clock on the preceding evening, and that the
inhabitants of the adjoining country had been obliged
to fly to the highest pinnacle's for refuge. The terri-
tory of Carlstuhe, is almost wholly under water ;
and, indeed, there are few towns along the Rhine, or
adjoining the rivers which flow into it, that are not
suffering greatly from the inundations.

French Five per Cents.—Monday, 72fr. 50c.

Extract from a Mercantile Letter, dates Paris, Ja.
unary 6 You reason justly respecting the poli-
tical affairs of England, and the influence these must
have en the trade of your country, which I am con-
vinced can never rise again to that transcendent
height on which it once stood, as long as the National
Debt is so enormous, or so much is wrung from the'
manufacturing and commercial classes to pay for its
support. It is difficult to enter into competition with
other countries which send their goods to market not
so much burdened with expenses. This England
could do, as long as the Continental war lasted, and
she was alone on the seas. There is, besides, a want
of corresponding energy, and exertion in your Go-
vernment, or, at least, so we view things of ss dis-
tance from the vortex of party factions, which does
not correspond to existing emergencies. It will be
seen here with astonishment, if your Government
allows the Americans to take possession of and keep
the Floridas, as such an act would be considered as
the strongest possible proof of its own embarrass.
ments, and, as such, no doubt, it will be interpreted
by the cunning people of the United States, who
have been the only gainers by the late disasters of
Europe, and who will lose sight of no advan-
tages which may arise out of the weakness of any part.
—With regard to ourselves, notwithstanding the
!division that exists in the public mind, and the cer-

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tainty that a very boisterotis discussion will tali
on the Project of the Ministers, in proposing
tions of the Charter, added to the probable
public exasperation may give rise to result
feet: of a serious nature, the rentes have rit,
is attributed to the stagnation, or rather ce•s:
commorcial business, which has placed the
of many in a state of inactivity. Them now
the cellars of the Bank 200 millions of francf
millions sterling), in money unemployed; and!
from England large remittances come over ti
vested in oar Funds. These causes may be t:
for my part, 1 think there is something factitiou
rise of the rentes, and that it is in a great n,
lowing to one of thoe systematic plans of spi
tion, so often practised in London with succe•
which will, ere long, bring a large portion
Government paper again into the market,

sent, however, no embarrassments are remar
the commercial houses here."

Our Readers were informed, some time
the dismissal of M. WETTE, Professor of 'I hi
Berlin, from his Chair ; and, by the glossts
this affair, in the foreign Journals, a caeurii
given to the transaction, tending to convey
pression that he was the victim of arbitrary
We insert the Letter that caused his dismissal
we think that no man of sound morals will
to approve of the dismissal of a Teacher %II
maintain that Assassination may not be crini
"the convictions and motives of himu ho h.
mitted it," were pure; because " it
is ace,
his own faith that every one is to be judge:
Away with all such sophisticated morality.
this true, Divine Revelation would be a m,
and all human laws would stand opposed
only principles by which the conduct of
should be regulated—" their own convictit
feelings!" The King of PRUSSIA would, in

nion, have deserved the execrations of the
and all future generations, had he permits
maintainer of such a doctrine to superinten,
longer the education of youth.

The REGENT left town yesterday, soon after
o'clock, for Brighton.
Yesterday morning, at an early hour, ti;
CHANCELLOR had an audience of the Pet
GENT, at Cm-lion-house.
The Duke and Duchess of ARGYLE, left
Wednesia 7, on a tour.

The Earl and Countess of SHAFTESBURY,
milt', left their house ia Grosveilor-square, yesu
for their seat in Dorsetshire.

Lord ERSKINE has paid a visit to his natiA
try, after an absence of fifty-one years. Ile
at the house of his brother, the Earl of Buc
George-street, Edinburgh, on Saturday last, at
met his grand-children (who are receiving thk
cation in Edinburgh) with their parents. The
and Learned Lord will find a new creation
left Scotland, in 1768. The New Town was
begun, and the improvements, in every di
exceed all that can be witnessed in any oti
upon earth. The Noble Lord says, in his lett.
in his own family, he finds three new gene
around him, whilst those of former days hav4
away."
A Correspondent, who has just returned
Christmas visit to some old friends in the nei
hood of the Lakes, highly pleased with his exl
informs us that he never saw the mountains
a more sublime grandeur and magnificence,
the snow and heavy hoar frosts, every thing
wears but one hue. Derwent water beini
over, its stupendous surrounding mountains,
with its skating inhabitants, a most enci
scene. The waterfall, at Steckgill Force, Ann
in all its fantastic shapes, is, perhaps, as "?
spectacle as this country can, at this season,
duce ; but nothing can exceed the most er
nary, picturesque, or rather grotesque scenery
Stock Bridge and Mill,: at Ambleside—th4
masses of ice, banging in every:possible betel
ous direction, around the whole building am_
and particularly on and about the water-wheel,
one of the most complete subjects for the
pencil—it is a perfect Lapland scene. At
of Windermere, our Correspondent was
surprized with the appearance of a little fa'
ice, where among the groupe of skaters,
whom shewed much dexterity, were to be
Ladies learning. to skate—who, impervious
cold winds, or the hard solid ice, in spite of •
falls, shewed their mountain strength and '
by a steady perseverance.
The only article of interest from Rolla;
the interruption of the navigation, relates to
The following are the particulars :—The
Porto Rico, in the first hands, are limited,
the importations having been disposed of in
ber last, to consumers or speculators, at fron
to ten stivers. Two vessels, from St. Thomas'
arrived in the Texel, with about 150,000
The stock of Marylands, at Amsterdam,
mated at from 17 to 1800 hogsheads, aid Rot
about 1000 hogsheads ; yet prices continue
and the holders being able to keep, no
of consequence was anticipated. Of Virgin'.
stocks were limited, those at Amsterdam -
Icseding SOO hogsheads, and at RotterdaL
l' The demand for manufacturers remained stew,
Georgia and Kentucky, 2000 hdgsheads on
Amsterdam, and 800 at Rotterdam, with 1
Imand, and prices likely to give way.
COVENT-GARDEN TREATRE.—The COM&
Lao It, was again performed last nig)
brought forward, for the second tine, Miss W
in the character of Rosalind. The ease
with which Miss WENSLEY went through th,
her total freedom from aukwardness or
ment—affords the best testimony, not of
merely, bat of abilities matured and di.
much previous application. The repetition
Play, for Monday nest, was qnuouaced
cheer. of the audience.