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LONDON:

LVENIXO. APIIL 24, 1822.
STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
We still remain in the same tuseertalaty is regard to
the negociatioa between the Russlaos and Turks ; In
contequesce of which, the Market remains mock
in the same state as yesterday, with mot moat basi-
sass doing. Consols are 73k to I for the Accoast ;
and for Mosey 771 to 73.
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FOREIGN /VMS.
Very little is doing in the Foreign Securities this
morning.
lOWA Bonds ... to 88
, Pealesiaw ........"... 86
Daridt B4
Neepolitse
Old Columbia" ........... 1081
New

Oar " Representatineappear not to have met at
all yesterday; sw last eight. either to consider of the
means of relieving oar distress or of doing any thing
else lor us. For oar pads, we meet rep's* at them
lapses ; we are disposed, rather. to view thorn with
the feelings that the people in the county-towns (all
but :be inn-keepers) view what are called "Med.+,
" Assizes;" or, rather, that those people and for-
nier/y to view such Assizes; for, God knows. sine*
the "improvements' in the gene laws, In this age
of " Bible and Ilaniane Societies," there are seen but
few " maiden assizes." Our " Represeatativee"
were, we suppose, at Court, there being a Drier
room in celebration of the Birth Day of the lings
who was bora oa the 1214 of August ! Did ever sass
brae of the like of this before ? What is it? What'
cam it be called ? When will it be otherwise?
However. we do not dislike a Birth Day because it
gives our " Representatives" a holiday; for we
should aot care, if they were to have a great siday
more holidays. Certain it is, that, if they had kept
holiday at the time when they were pas.ieg
pate's Bill, they would have waved themselves a great
deal of trouble. Busse. amongst his reproarbea
on the National Assembly, said, that they " worked
" a Ssadoy's and gave themselves no time to think
Nut so," said be, " our Parliament. It allows it-
" self time fee refection; for study; for cossetting
" reason and experience; and, accordingly, its acts
" bear the stamp of wisdom." Very true ; as wit-
ness Pc sCe BILL! This measure, which was never to
spokes of again, is now to be regularly canvassed.—
We cannot too often call the attention of our readel s
to it. Mr. WISTEIN is to make his motion next week.
This discussion pill, whatever may be the fact of ail
Ino!ion, produce great effect on the country. TI e
farmers who have any property left, will know new
what they have to trust to. The son about
Cora Bills sad taking core into pawn was unworthy
of their notice. Bat, in the fate of this motion, or
in the discussion, they will learn a great deal.
The subject of West India Commerce is speedily to
come before the House, and we hear, that there are
whole crowds of American merchants here in London!
already. watchiog the result! JONATUAO is a good
fellow in many things ; bat he is very keen ; and, If
lie were in a nanny where bribery was at all known, he
would find some way or other to get at a certainty of the
fate of,the measure before it were-far advanced. We wee-
der bow be came to hear of this intended measure atNew
York sad Bodo., before we heard of it in London!
JONATHAN looks upon us, at this time, as a magpie
looks on a poor old horse that is just creeping into •
hedge-row to die. Whole flocks of sharp merchants
ere here to en when the carcass falls; Or. father. in
the true magpie character, to es. whether the work of
devouring cannot be began before the actual disease
take plan. Ab ! JONATIiAtt ! Well might in. of your
Ministers at Washington exclaim: " Oon forbid the
" the Reformers of England should succeed !" This
tint we have sow is the net of THING that it salts
youth'. we should have: a ding that despises you in
swigs, sod crouches to you is dude. A Reform would
give yea nspectfal languege ; bat would safer you,

selves. Bat.then. Only reutiosts..
Hoes owe you stotking, aft even geed wishes; aod.
;in ill estuerns with regard to yolk are to leek et ill.
:dry gentian of interest, as yea do I. your
souk with the Hessian Cur. A Retina in Eallitad
would, and will, teach kith you and your cossin.the Cur
a very usefulnesoo. In the meanwhile, scramble sway
for the West India commerce. That is a right bl.g.
The mends of it may encoorsge you t. hoop
to
"netions/firith"; and, itt' return fur your wishes, that
we may not get rid of our Boroughmosigen. rkr
God, that you may ewitinve to pay the inerisel ;Of
your detlitsseetiy; though we must cure's; dailies
are afraid oar prayers:will not bo haatitt We OkitlelN
fuels obliged to any one that "retold get aroifisheilit
then, Tin At:eons Newspaper of intilatklykia. that
we night lay before our readers some of 'the kfhltfill•
of.tbose precious knaves, the Americas Bask sod
Fund people. There are no Jews amongst them.-'
The native roguery far surpasses that of the growth of
Falestioe. The people of America are everlaadagly,
indebted to Mr. DUANI, who, by kis own single efforts,
did, is some measure, keep this prodigious mass of
villainy in check, till Use time whets the babble
bunted. •
Lady CASTLeaII•GS, the Courboews say, presented
the diplomatic Corps of Ladies to our gallsot Ktxts
yosteeday. We ars very happy to hear this, and
hope that it is indicative of her Ladysitip't taking 16.1
hand these affairs of oars, which, Garioows, have
ems to a fine pass is the bands of her husband!
l'"ar natural partiality for petticoat • govetnenest
would, under any circatutsoces, make us aerie
well from such a change; it is impossible
therefore, that we ; should , not anticipate it
with delight, at a motions when projects are Olaf:002
to deck Me breeding qf the people, while, at the same
time, laws are recommended founded sto the assertion
this we Aare too midi food Her Ladyship would
sun drive away this nonsense ; and, we are confident,
that we should never bear from her the stetil pee-
-1 position for digging boles one day and filling than op
Me nest.

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SINTIMINTAL LAWYKON..--... We hen that a silt
." gown has been offerevl-Te Mr. BROVOISAW no the
" ground of his libelist been Attorpey-General 4
" her late Majesty, but that he has deelisef 'incepting
it sale:: a similar compliment is paid to Ms. Dix-
" re.tni; though he has no objection to remise one, if
" offered him srithort reference to hit late sppeintooent
.1 as principal legal adviser of the late Quasu."--
This " keeping together in their taieelry." is good
earliest! We do not believe a word piths matter. if
Mr. BROUGHAM accept of the thing et all, lie is a
weaker man than we take him fur; but this pretended
distinction is contemptible Indeed!

Oa perusing a pamphlet entitled, " The state
of the nation, at the commencement of the year 1822,
considered under the four departments of the finance;
foreign Motions; home department; colonies and
board of trade," which has now been for same mouthe
before the public, and has all the characteristics of an
official document. we were much *track with the state,
of oar foreign eouimeree, and cannot bet think tba
the inferences, which are there drawn from It. ar
totally fallacious. It appears from official returns.
that in the year ending the bib of Jen. 1821, the
vales of our exports was in round ambers about 52
millions, whilst the vain of oar imports was little
more than 36 millions and a bait; from which it is
inferred, that there remained a clear balance of trade
in our favour of nearly lb millions and a half. We
are aware, that there is sedge( meet in this view of
the subject. It hat been cestomary since the days
of Adam Smith. to consider any excess in the valet
o' the experts of a Gentry ever its imports. as the
m- f the profits accruing from its commercial
intercourse with other countries; and to this opinion
oh statesmen and econneists have, as far as we know,
subscribed with but ewe exception. Notwitlistaading,
however, the generality at ;this belief, sad the great
number of illustrious 1i 81 byrwroilr irhairiteen
and is supported. we can't help deal:tie( its accu-
racy. and the greater the consideration wo have be-
stowed on the subject, the mere decided is become
our conviction, that our doubts are well fended.—
Perhaps we cannot illustrate oar view el the subject
better than in the (allaying manner
If it were possible for a single merchant to expert
what all the merchants in the country enameled in the
year 1821, viz. 52 millions worth of produce; and. if
he were to receive. in excite:lgs for it. only what they
received, vin. 36 millions worth and a half. no one, we
should think, would be fond hardy., ur rather
stultified enough. to assert whet has been weeded
by the dolts in office. that he habil gained lb millions
and a half by the transaction. ltat. how can it &Per
the ease. whether this amount of goods were exported
and imported by one merchant. or by ten thousand
merchants? How can the loss of an individeal, or
of a whole class of individuals, be converted, by any
pr of reasoning, into a national gain? In fact,
the conclusion that the balance of trade has been
against us instead of baring ben in oar favour, is so
obvious and irresistible, that we could sot. at Arai, help
believing, that the precious metals imported late the
country, whether as bullion or coin. might have bees
omitted. Oa inquiry. boweva, we fin that, like every
ether article of merchandise. they ai properly
lsr
chided ander the head of imports.
There only then remain two ways in which it is
possible to square our exports with oar imports; ass
these are, by *opposing that the differene hewers
them in the above year. amountiag, as before stated,

-tie. SIM ear upsets have greatly _ _
F•rta Pt many yeers past. end that-chisel:um .
bun with little easeptios gradually. or the iscreams
theagli only, as .it were, la an arithaistlealintbse.:
There is no violist chasm in the expeettititipeetneff
soy ens year ever dose of a preceding. of ortolt
i
year. For instance, in the year 1611-14. and 1
our imparts were somewhat ander thirty milliones and
oar exports about' female millions. leuriag the bm
haze of trade each year, as it is contended. shoat If'
million la oar &mar. •
' Hew, if we take the first of these years in Matra-
.." of oar arymest, and suppose that it die tow
,sies
ets/emelt if it there was nothing des either by
•fitreigaen to mar merchants, er by our merchants to
,fteelgaers; It must, we think, be allowed, that if our
omnibuses did seller their foreign correepoutleats. in
tie milieu of that year, to untrue debts with them to
As imonnt of those 16millions. they would hardly hum
•allowed them to run lots their debt 16 millietts more
the aimed year, and still less would they kayo per-
WOW them to add to this already mormes ammo-
Wiest of debt another HI millions the third year. If
we were; therefore. to pursue our inquiries into
tie amount of oar 'sports and imports. nis further
than the three years above alluded to, it would, we
eetteeive, be safficieetly demoststrated, that the former
el these suppositions is utterly at variance with all
probability. Bat if we proceed a few steps fattish%
we shall Gad that for many years preceding these
abovrasentioaed. there was constantly a very large
omens on the value of our experts over that of our
imports; and that there has also been a constant em
cent ia the same side, varying, we believe, freinsimn
tweets 10 to 16 millions per annum since. Sad
keg the cue, it is impossible for any sae
comma seise to imagine that our mere
•esld or would allow foreigners to be adding yearly,
during se keg a period, to the millions which they
already owed them; as on this supposition they would
have contracted debts with tier merchants. seam ow.
the year 1811, to the amount of mere tim US
millions.
Having thu *hew,. as we conceive. the impossibi-
lity that the dormer of these suppositions can be
true, we will sew examine into the probability of the
latter. viz. whether the difference between oar exports
and imports meld have bees settled for in the other
Ira, we have supposed, and which is the only'ressiaieg
way It is possible to imagine, viz. by bills of He-
el/age. And here it mast be evident that such hills
mint, If they were ever in existence, have beets draws
either on this usury. or on foreign countries. Now,
if they bad been draws in the merchants of this
eettatry, it would follow that the foreigners, who drew
HMI. -bed Miele la dm heeds of oat merchants to
the imam of the bills es draws. or, in ether words.
that our merchants were so much in their debt. But
we have already shave, from the state of our exports
'sad imports for many year. put, that sash osuld au
have bees the ace; onkel), indeed, it be ersateeded,
that in addition to the conseant balance of trade.
which we assert. and trust we have proved. to have
been ageless us for a great many years past. our
merchants have been also running many millions ink
debt with the salmis they have bees trading pith.
It must be evident, however. that to admit this sup-
positioa. mold only be is strengths* oar argaseut,
and that it is much better for the supporters of the
',posits doctrine not to mix up the exports ape ia.
ports of one year with those of soother, but to con-
sider the imports received each year as the payment
for its experts.
Besides the very same process of reasoning which
has already emptied us to scout this supposition as
regards our commercial intermitse with foreigners,
equally precludes the possibility of believing that fo-
reign merchants would permit oar merchants to ram
every year deeper into their debt, eve. if eat NM-
chants were idiots enough to be willing to persist is
so ruinous a commerce.
If this reasoning. however, should not be deemed
conclusive of the subject. the following, we apprehend.
will effectually set -it at rest, and demonstrate the
otter impossibility that these fifteen millions sad a
halt could have bees paid for by hills of exelotoge.
drawn either oo the merchants of this country, or on
the merchants of any other. All bills of exchange
are themselves bat symbols of some commercial trans-
aetista. If; merchant In America, for instance, draw
a bill of exchange on a merchant in this country in
favour of attedier merchant in this country, he mast
hare transmitted. or he must transmit, to the mer-
chant on whoa he es draws. a quantity of lurches-
dire (we include,'of cohree. the useless metals 'toast
this denousinatioo) equal to the value each bills ef
'Rehear represents. If the same merchant in Ame-
rica draw a bill of exchange in f f the same
English merchant on a suerchast in Fraser, or in way
other foreign country. this bill aloe can only be paid
is France, or in that other foreign country, in millt.
chsodise, (asieg the term is the same significationlia
before). So that. is either case, the proceeds at a
hill of exchange. whether it be drawn on this century I
tie em any other country, or that of which it is the
eyeelesi, must ultimately he !deeded with the mass of
the imports of the country to which the teerclusat, ST '
s person in tibiae favour it Is drawn. beloep.
Hysti die whole, therefore. it is clear to demoostratios
that during the year 1821. the balance of trade was.
on the shewing of Iltaissers themsetves, fifteen mil-
lions and a half against this country, and mot, as they
have concluded. that muck in its favour.
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A Jamaica mail arrived tide morning, by which we
have received the Jamaica papers to the 12th March,
from which we extract the following:--
TOBAGO, Jar:. 11.—The melancholy task devolves
upon us this day of recording a moat unfortunate ca-
tastrophe, we mean the antecedes of a great portion
iT the Town of Scathe/else, by a fire which broke
out le the upper story of the home formerly occupied
by Mr. Sawyer. Seraph' was the coodagration that
is a short space of time a large building, with the *A-
im:ern one beleaging to Samuel Halls,,Ebq. was totally
coasamed, with several other buildings. His Excel-

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°oversee, after provirlisir Iv the ssfoty it
Goverssasst Hesse, ro4e isle the rows,

sad energetic orders soon plumed the

which have come to hand to the 2N
a laniard eouradictory statements..,,
piste at issue between Turkey sad
_ weir of their intelligence us the .
AI is warlike. The Austrian paper, it is said, has
Aperient:ad a considerable fel!, in consequent of the
arrival at Vienna. en the 10th, of an ectreordinary
Curter from .Coastantinsple, with intelligence which
it was isferred was of s suture to dispel all hopes of•
peace. The house of Rothschild, the pillar of Ass.
trig; is, it is said, seadieg couriers in all directions —.
This imegiligenee,•bowever. it must be observed, is at
variance with soother scemast which has came fro n a
dilsenoVillositer. A coarier, it is said. has arrived et
kmateidato os the 20th, frees Vises., with felearab4
ruse igselligesee, and bringing the metallic, per
vest. higher. which caused a guestsl improvement in
the prices of the public securities out the Aunties'
Boehooge. Oa the other load *a betels from Asp.
low ital.., is is slirmad that Coen Uslowkin bed.
M. de ?animist& •have reasileted the uguiatisss
with. which they were eharoed. sad the treaty of
1788 is reartiod, by which Austria sod Rusts en-
gage to ant in count assign the Porte ; while a letter
from Fataltfon says, "we cats cooly tell you use thicg
with certainty; it is that the Towns of peace se war
between Rusts awl Torbay remain is esepense, said
the former power, is conjanctiee with England and
Austria. shall have agreed upon some plea to mon
cite the various isterests of the European powen. All
the news relative to this plea is vague or premium.'
Another comnumication Was the same city says, we
have this mount received the new., that the Ports
has placed ander embargo all Turkish vessels is the
Chassid, and is the ports of the Bleak Sea. 'nook.
jest of this measure is to secure a soliciest somber of
*lien to man the Weems dui, destined for tie
Black Sec—Au:sow frees Bucharest of the 30th of
Mum* state. that s. &M TOgkisk troops daily pus
the Dumbest Sellouts; ad s pints commsoicatioa
from Aix.l•Clespelle, that a report has hoes is cub.
tioa in some parts of the south of Oennany, that as
English Jut would be immediately seat to crane is
the Baltic, and that the last despatches which the Ca.
Mint of Berns has received from the Coon °frees+,
relate to a convestioa agreed apes betwees Priors
Moue raich and Aids Tannehill. to regulate the flows
fate of the Greek patio% sad deters's, its psii ical
exhume. The istelligeocie respecting From* lama
is of very little importance. The Budget is bet likely
to occupy mule time is the Chamber of Peers, sail it
is therefore expected that the Session will shortly
close.
A bishoo packet arrived with letters aid papers to
the 7th instant, a week later theta those revisal, re.
wised. The Cortes had got through the last articles
of the Coastitolime. sad reensuill use of the Waal
oyes. which bad hoes postrool till she principal pen
bad been finished. From the dlicassioas im *eaten
is seems that %keepsake of the nineties of Olinda
-by Spain. sad of Moolis-Video by the Nitwit,. is
cueleg soder the salmis consideration of the Ruse.
Previous to ordering the troops to be withdraws free
the latter place. the Cortes had requested ail the sot-
respondence with the Madrid Ooseroweat mints sale
pet and °Hyenas to be laid before them. la the sit•
tiug of the 2d, Secretary Felgseiras laid before tin
House an offer frees two British merchants to supply
the Goverment with what mew, might be reqsired,
on certain conditions, sod the proposal was referred to
the Committee of Fiume*. The di stassio os os ne
culture oanf
dal rates, still condone.
dthteheFreensulief,off.tloretbudPreme:lllefropsai doldareei:
Th. New York Papers lately received, sustain a
document of an interesting nature, namely, a Repirt
of the Committee of Foreign Affairs oo a Memorid
from certain persons is South Carona', sad to the
Resolutieas of the Chamber of Commerce of the ci,y
of Baltimore. " preyiag for the Repeal of the Lars
closing the ports of the United States s;sibone Ctits
vessels employed in the trade beeves t.i„
TSthatessiessendhof Stun
tßhiriti
whole to-day, but we subjoin the mounding
are decidedly against any relaxation of the restrittive
this Report U°or:aei prevents vseat in
t title efro Wseit g i l
eg
ies.e
thv mli
Cow
par
graphs, from which it will be seen that the ittte
system, unless an equal concession be wide by Great
the
Britain.
commercialA f er
relations
the United States, since the establishmeot of tte
independence of the latter, the Report nu pro.
somewhat
tehliasbocroauten tvriye :df

eeeds:—
" In reseret to the commercial diluent, which has
so lon easmod between the limited States and Reglad.
the claim of die latter, exclasively to regulate the ic.
tercourse sad navigation betas:es-her West Lodi' rols-
airs and the United States. has affected the reputatios
and rights of the United States, imilhe public honour
joatifiaa erettotervailing measures adopted on this
subject; recede from the sons would be equivalent
to their final relinquishment, and would not fail to re•
courage the belief that a wrong so loog endured wrgi!f
so logger be opposed, sod that further aggression
be made without resistance.
" It mast be always remembered, that the cotri.;-
vailing.useasnres ls bare been adopted by Cruerv.
are entirely defensive; and as we desire to concur is die
establishment of free trade with every nation, we sr.
reedy to abattdoo the restrictictions on the English sss.
riltatiettsas soon as England manifesto a dispositio te
give up the restrictions which she oas the hest to 10'
pose on on; navigation—and does public. policy ter.'“'
or will thy national honour permit, that we *bald doo
sooner r
A Report on the same subject was presented to tl"
Renee of Representatives on the 15th ult. .
it Is said, of 105 quarto pages. Two thousandegois esir.
copies were ordered to he printed. This Rep 4; cgs.
glades with two resolutions declaratory of the inn.
pedieoey of repealing the restiietive Acts in sisestiv' •
Conw-Exenarral, Anti. ft.—There is a shunt 0;01
°bee 0491tritall descriptions of Wheat, is No
=9lr the prices trl4V be queos; smursirs
Omit lad market day. 'Barley remains
Fridry's prices. Means and Orr, hove haproveo I
peke. Seperiot samples of Wheat are in denoted. 14:
Alai, fall as much as per oar last quotation. Am"'
sines last Saturday to last Might ;—W beat. Om 4"
Floor, Sid 4; Barley, IS00; OAS, OW-- I a br
430; Oats, 1490.

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