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London, England, 1821-04-14 00:00:00

BATAVIA, NOVEMBER 24.

Accounts from Macao state, that official news has
there been received from Canton, that the Emperor
of China suddenly died, at Se-ho-cal, in Tartary, on
the 2.5 th day of the 7th month (2d September), the
very day after his arrival at that place, which gave
reason to imagine that he had been poisoned.
On the receipt of this intelligence, and orders given
in consequence, all the Chinese have gotie into mourn-
ing for one hundred days.
Atter some differences respecting his succession

" I shall not attempt to mislead the nations of the
Universe, but be upright and sincere. The Emperor,
my father, has ldng loaded them with benefits : all
have partaken of his favours; he everywhere spread
knowledge and maintained tranquillity. When ig-
norance or folly called for the punishment of the law,
the Emperor, my father, before he gave his orders,
carefully weighed the traditions and the considera-
dons of the wise.

"Whenever it was possible he let mercy avail before
right. Therefore it behoves my people to honour
his relations, to reverence the laws, and to fear punish-1
ment; by which they will contribute to accomplish
my wish to follow the Emperor, my father, whose
benevolent thoughts, like those of Heaven, had no
other object than the general welfare and protection.
" The Princes of the several classes, the Man-
darins, both civil and military, having repre-
sented to me that the celestial throne must not
long remain vacant, but ought to be filled by a
successor, and feeling myself thus repeatedly urged,
I have, though plunged in grief, yielded to those
representations, and in spite of myself, solemnly pro-
claimed my succession to the Empire, on the third
day of the eighth month, in the Temple of my fore.
fathers—the Temple of Heaven, of Earth, and of
the guardian Genii of our Dynasty. The coming
year shall be called the first year of Tued Honci.-
I'he wise of ancient times had it for their object to
support and continue the genuine dynasty. All their
wishes tended to this. Let then all my relations and i
allies, sages, mandarins, as well civil as military, and
others, exert all their strength to assist me in pre-
serving and maintaining this just inheritance, thus
to propagate the doctrine from age to age.
" The above is announced to the Universe, and
let it be respected throughout it."

A Hamburgh Mail has also arrived with Papers
to the 6th instant. The following are extracts:

STOCKHOLM, MARCH 97.

The Government will this year adopt more effica-
cious measures against smuggling, on our coasts.
Three divisions of armed vessels will go to sea, for
this purpose, as soon as the season allows. A Cus-
tom-house Officer, furnished with proper instructions,
will be on board each of these divisions: 50,000 rix-
dollars bunco are assigned for the expenses.
On the 22d, Ilygger recanted his depositions against
Count Rosen, who is now going to return to his post
at Gottenburgh.

had been adjusted, he was succeeded by his secondiand of his vigorous and bold Administration. MA:
son, the eldest having died in his youth. HOMET Au, therefore, instead of a friend, becomes a
The new Emperor has issued a Proclamation, of mortal enemy to the Turks. In the midst of these ern'.
which a translation is annexed. By a decision of the barrassments, comes the great revolt in Walachia and
Court of Pekin, Mienkin, the third son of the de- Moldavia, which is expected to spread throughout all
ceased, is destined to succeed the new Emperor ; the the Christian provinces of the empire,being the alleged
next son, Mienkai, being named a Prince of the first result of a plan for the liberation of the whole body
rank, with the title of Tung-using-rang, and the next a the Greek nation f..om the yoke of MattomEr.
following son, Mien-leen, a Prince of the second rank, Prince YPSILANTI, the present leader of this insur-
with the title of Hnue-Kuun-vang. rection, bears an honourable and distinguished name
IMPERIAL EDICT. among his countrymen. His father was exiled by

the Turkish Government, and his grandfather cruelly
put to death. He may therefore be stimulated in
his enmity to the Porte by the double motives of
vengeance and ambition.

The Spanish Constitutiona'ists appear to be pro-
ceeding with
.activity in the refOrm of the financial
abuses under which their country has long laboured.
A Report, of which the following is an abstract,
from a Committee appointed to Inquire into the
affairs of the Church, states, that from September,
1814, to October, 1820, there went out of Spain,
for the sole advantage (in some shape or other) of
the Holy See, the large sum of thirty millions of
reals. It is now
.proposed by the Committee to the
Cortes, that the annual contribution to Rome shall
be limited to the sum of 200,000 reals " towards the
necessary expenses of the Catholic Church."
. MADRID, MARCH 29.

The Ecclesiastical Committee has reported on the
proposition read by a Deputy in the former Cortes,
and again called for by the Provincial Deputations
of Murcia, La Mancha, Navarre, Biscay, Burgos,
Toledo, Valencia, and Galicia. The object of this
proposition is to put a stop to the exportation of specie
from Spain to Rome, in exchange for Episcopal Bulls,
matrimonial dispensations, and other indulgencies or
apostolic acts of grace.
After a declaration of attachment to the orthodox
principles of the Catholic Church and of respect for
the pre-eminent jurisdiction which belongs to the So-
vereign Pontiff, the Com-mime reserves to itself the
power of hereafter taking views of the rights of Bi-
shops, in conformity with the sacred canons, the spirit
of religion, and the ancient and pious usages of the
Spanish Church. The present Report is confined to
exactions and the consequent exportation of money,
and the abuses occasioned by the Bulls for the inves-
titure of Curates; the prohibition of which is no way !
contrary to faith, the divine laws, or the dignity of
religion. On the contrary, it appears to the Com-
mittee, that to give and receive money for similar
Bulls is contrary to the canons and spirit of religion,
and by no means consistent with the respect due to
the Holy Apostolic See.
The view taken by the Committee is supported by
various sentences and declarations of different Popes,
and by the opinions of the most celebrated Ecclesias-
tical Writers. The Report refers to complaints re-
specting sending money to Rome, made by several
Kings, among whom were the pious St. Louis of
France, and some of the Catholic Kings of Spain.—
An order was issued by Philip V. in 1709, prohibiting
the remitting of money to Rome under any pretext.
The abuse, notwithstanding, continued.
It appears from the accounts furnished by the Se-
cretary of State, that, from the month of September,
1518, to the sth of August, 1820, the bulls of the
Archbishops, Bishops, facultative briefs, dispensations
for age, and others demanded through the agency of
the King and the Royal Ecclesiastical patronage,
amounted to 5,24.8,806 reals ; that from the month
of September, 1814, to the 2d of October, 1820, there
were sent to Rome, for matrimonial dispensations,
briefs, and various indulgencies, 24,945,890 reals; to
which must be added, 4,500,000 paid for the ex-
change and expenses, at the rate of three teals for
each Roman crown.

Besides this, Spain pays to Rome annual pensions,
viz.—for the Church of St. Peter, at Rome, 344,669
reals ; for the Church of St. John de Lateran, 13,020
reals; and to the Pope's nuncio, in Spain, 100,000
reals. The Committee, therefore, proposes that the
Cortes shall decree as follows:

1. That the sending of money to Rome in payment
for bulls, dispensations, &c. &c. is prohibited.
2. That as it is consistent with the piety and gene-
rosity of the Spanish nation to contribute to the dig-
nity and splendour of the Apostolic See, there shal
be given for the present, as an offering, 200,000 reals
annually, towards the necessary expenses of the Church
of Rome.

3. That the Government shall communicate this
Decree to his Holiness, with that respect which is due
to his authority, and in a manner calculated to main-
tain harmony between the two Powers.

From an intimation given by the SPEAKER, in fix-
ing the second reading of a Bill litrought in by Dr.'
LUSHINGTON, last night, it appears, that an adjourn-
ment, from Thursday next to the Monday fortnight
following, is contemplated.
Yesterday, the Princess AUGUSTA, and Prince ER-
NEST HOHENLOE LANGENEOURG left town for Kew,
and returned in the evening.
Yesterday, the Duchess of KENT dined again with
her Royal Brother, Prince LEOPOLD. There were
present to meet her Royal Highness—
The Duke of Sussex, the Earl and Countess of Besborough,
the Dowager Marchioness of Downshire, the Dowager Lady
de Clifford, the Earl of Lauderdale, Lord and Lady Duncannon,
Earl of Carnarvon, &c.
AsoTHER Roux EXTRAORDINARY I—Last night, a numerous
assembly was surprized at an unlicensed house In King-street,
St. James's-square, and taken to the watch•house. They filled
about ten hackney-coaches.