The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-10-10 00:00:00

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the Colonies have delined granting certificates as re-7
quired by the section 9 and.ll of the Act of the 18th
Oeo. IV. chap. 37. on the ground of their not having
received any instructions oil this subject : I have it in
command from their Lordships, to desire that the ne-
cessary directions on this subject may be forthwith
transmitted to the said offices by you. And as it ap-
pears, that in consequence of the refusal of the officers
of your department to grant certificates, several yes-
eels have lately arrived in this country from the Bri-
tish North American Colonies without these docu-
ments, and that they have in consequence thereof not
been admitted to enter, I have further to desire, you
will direct your officers to dispense with the produc-
tion of each certificates, in all cases of the vessels ar-
riving from such Colonies previous to the Ist day of
December. , (Signed) ARBUTHNOT.
To the Commissioners of Customs.
Nobs —The certificates required by the abovemen-
, dosed Act were,that the Wood or Timber imported was
really sod bona fide the growth or production of some
(specified) British Colony or Plantation in America.
Extract of a letter from Lisbon, of the 22d ult.:-
4'be
Prince Royal and his Consort have beileordereti
by the Cortes to return to Portugal immediately. The
Prince Royal is to'be directed to go upon his travels,
for the benefit of his education, and also his brother,
Don Miguel. The King of Portugal :has determined
to give every facility to Portuguese agriculture. His
Majesty is already in correspondence with Sir John
Sinclair and other distinguished agriculturalists in

England.
A letter from Madrid, dated September 25, says-
4. The appointment of General Pamplona to be Minis-
ter of War in Portugal, has made a great sensation
'here. That officer is one of the Portuguese afrancesa-
dos. He had been condemned to death for contuma-
cy, and excreted in effigy. He escaped from the
prisons of Bragan to France, where he obtained
the comms#A of a military division. The Spanish afros-
cesados, fortified by this nomination, cry out loudly
ozainst our etvernment. Certainly no impartial
man can regard with indifference the miserable si-
tastion of this important fraction of the Spanish
populatinn, which reckons among its numbers men
of eminent merit, who have rendered, and may still
render, great services to the country, and whose faults
were only the inevitable consequence of the position in
which they were placed."
Private accounts from Petersburgh, received at Stock-
holm, state, that the Emperor intended to leave the ca-
pital to juin his army statiosid on the Turkish fron-
tier on the 19th ult.
Extract of a private letter from Zante, dated August
5, 1821 :—We have received here the positive news of
a signal victory gained at Samos by our countrymen
over the powerful Ottoman fleet, which was almost en-
' tirely destroyed, and are in expectation of the official
confirmation. A decisive and favourable crisis for oar
people seems to be at hand also In the Mona. The
. • seige of Patras has been renewed with froth vigour
since the withdrawing of the English division, which
serves only to inspire our people with apprehension, and
to afford encouragement to the Turks, who aft daily
supplied by these masters of our's with provisions. The
sense of horror inspired by the measures of that Go
vernment, whose perpetual aim is to favour our im-
placable enemies, is inexpressible. It is said that
Prince Ypsilanti is daily expected in the Mores. The
enthusiasm of the Greeks is not to be described. They
are now convinced that they must either conquer, or
he completely destroyed. Every day affords fresh
proofs of this glorious resolution. Many of the inha-
bitants of the slorea, who took refuge here in the com-
mencement, make their escape secretly to join their
brethren in the Peninsula. Two weeks ago a number
of young men of this island set off secretly for the
AI ores, among whom were your friend Gum*. They
go to avenge the outrage done to the Greek name by
the government of the United States of the lonian
Islands.
BIRMINGHAM PITT CLUB.—A General Meeting of
the Members of this Club took place on Monday
last, when it was resolved that the Dinner which
was to have taken place this year, should be post-
poned till October, 1823; and that in future it be
held triennially. The Club could not have exhibit-
ed a mere unequivocal symptom of its decline.
The total number of Bank Clerks dismissed is 125 :1
the dismissal took place in the most delicate manner,l
the selection having been made by ballot, and all whol
have served fifteen years and upwards being exempted
from it.
The Court of King's Bench sat yesterday morning
at the Sessions-house Westminster, and again adjourned
its sittings to Westminster Hall, to the 18th instant.—
It is understood that the Sessions-he:lse will be wanted
for its own business, and that thisAtise reason of the
change to Westminster.
The colliers at Westhomaallolitfiehl have already
returned to their work. We hear that some others
will begin on Monday, and it ii probable they will all
be at work as usual by the end of next week. The
coals are at present selling from 12s. to 15s. a waggon;
but they will of course soon fall to their former prices.
—(Glesgow Chronicle.)
INFLAMMATIIRE NEWSPAPIIII.BEIWEEII one and
two o'clock on Tuesday morning, the 25th ult., an
alarming fire was discovered in one of the attics, in the
dwelling-bouse of Colonel Lumley, at Cockney, in
this county. The servant by whose e,arelessness the
accident happened, bad taken a newspaper with
him to read, and no doubt had fallen asleep while the
candle was burning, which set fire to the bed, and ha
bad bat just time to escape and alarm the family of
their danger. The most fatal consequences were anti-
cipated, for the flame and smoke which instantly
crossed the landing at the top of the staircase, to the
opposite rooms on the door being opened, was so sorra
eating that it was found impossible to convey the
water (of which a plentiful supply was at band) up
stairs. Ladders were immediately procured, and by
extraordinary exertions, the fire was got under, and
the damage sustained was confined to the room where
it commenced ; the bed and furniture was nearly all
destroyed ; the floor where the bed stood, was burnt
through to the ceiling, and the window frame was
much injured. Great praise is due to the servants and
others from the village, for their ratable assistance.--
(Nottingham Review.)