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2 particular words are marked as by the writer himself; and such, we repeat it, is a rapidly growing opinion among the people of the south. The time will come, when cotton plan ters shall be many tim s more anxious for a protective tariff than the cotton spinners ! To the last, indeed, it is now of little importance, except to maintain the steadiness in the home market; for they meet the British in fair and manly competition abroad, and undersell them in every market which is equally free to our fabricks and their’s.* This is “ confirmation strong as proofs from holy writ,” that, while they consume so large a portion of the pro ducts of our planters, they neither demand or receive any advance from the said planters on the manufuctured article, over and above what would be paid to foreigners, whether the cotton was of American product or not: but furnish them with cotton goods at such redu ced prices. The progress of the cultivation of cotton in the United States, is, every way, wonderful. If any person had predicted, thirty five years ago ( that the crop of 1826 would have amounted to 720,000 bales, or about 250 mill millions of pounds, we should have put him down fora madman or a fool—saying “go to the hospital, go.” if any one had asserted only fifteen years ago, that North-Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, &c. should now produce what they do, we could not have believed him; if it had been said only five years ago, that Virginia would cultivate and send into the market nearly 40,000 bales in 1826, we should have laughed at the proposition ; and if it had been suggested, that a crop of cotton should be made in Maryland the last year, many would have smiled at the “notion.” How much further north the cultivation will go, no one will ven ture to assert; but Maryland, Delaware New- J rsey and Illinois and Missouri, and perhaps, other states, may very possibly, furnish con siderable supplies of cotton; and Arkansas and Florida will certainly cultivate the plant as ext nsively as it is cultivated any where, if profitabl . The cotton producing region of the Ib ited States thus produces a vast tract of land —capable, in itself, if cultivated as it ea sily may be, stiffi i -nt to supply the whole world with that valuable commodity. Ot this, and of the progress of its cultivation, the planters should take most serious notice. E gypt is pouring out new and large supplies fur the European market, and that country and Gre ce, and the Greek island-', are capable ii themselves, of supplying all E rope nd pro- bably will do it, should tin bitter be ema'’ cin.ited and have peace- Labor is much cheaper in those countries than in our somlt em states. Afreeru n may be hired for a lit tle moie than the annual interest on the money vested in the person ot a slave in this country; and it is cost of labour and subsistence, with the requisitions of government, that must for ever e tabiish the comparative prices of com modities, not confined to the production of peculiar climates. The immense island, or continent, of N”W Holland, also begins io fur nish supplies—and the land on this globe fit - te 1 to the growth of cotton, is competent to furnish a thousand times more than its people can consume; and besides, the cotton of many countries (except as to the small quantity of “sea-island” which we raise) is better than our own. It is impossible then, that we can have and preserve a “monopoly” in the production or sale of this staple Our cultivation has al ready passed beyond the proJi table demand.— The crop of 1826,’compared with that of 1825, shews an increase of 150,000 bales, or more than one fourth of the whole quantity produ ced in 1825! Can this increase continue? No; no—no —indeed, no ! Cotton first began to be raised in 1789 or 1890, except as a garden product. In 1791, we exported 1811,316 lbs. 1,601.000 in 1794 20,911,000 in 1801, a part of which was of foreign growth, for it was not till 1802 that a discrimination was made as to its origin. And out of these small beginnings w have risen up to the production of 250 millions of pounds in 1826 The quantity and value of cotton ex ported has exceedingly fluctuated, and the remarks which are applied above to tobacco are also applicable to it. respecting scarcity and supply. The following items are inter esting : Cotton Exported. Years. Pounds. Value—s 1791 189,000 1796 6,100,000 1800 17 789,000 1802 27,501,000 5,250.000 1807 66,212,000 14,332,000 1810 93,874,000 15,108,000 4 1815 82 998,000 17,529,000 ( 1816 81,747,000 24.106,000 4 1819 87 997,000 21,031,000 J 1820 127.860,000 22,308,000 4 1823 173,723,000 20,445,000 1824 142,369.000 2 i,947,000 The years connected with a brace and several other pairs of years that might be offered from the table, sin w that quantity and value have i.o certain relation one with the other 87 millions of pounds, exported in 1819, were nearly ns valuable as 127 millions in 1520; and 173 millions in 1823; produced 1,500 000 dollars less than 112 millions in 1824. these tacts certainly shew that the foieign iemand may be exceeded—or rather that excess quantity cannot be sold except at a reduced price. The whole crop oi 1826 is estimated at 720,027 bales. 1825 560,249 Increase in one year 150,778 Os the 720,000 bales, we suppose that about 175,000 will he consumed in the United States, and that 185 millions of pounds may be left for exportation, if the foreign market will re ceive it; bin when the annual commercial ta bles are published from the troa-my depart ment, we shall be able to speak more fully on • A Commercial letter fiom Lima, dated Oct. 1, 1526, »\vs —“ Our unbleached 3-4 and 7-b domestics ate gain ing ground here daily, and in oil case* piviened to Eng lish or India cottons. They generally command a Inin - profit at least. There have been samples ot th *m sent to England for imitation, but whether they have succeded we are not able to say.” Many like 1-tiers might be quoted from other parts. But what a volwase ot is conUuucd in the few It&eawc b.av« girtaf this interesting point. It is well known that our own manufacturers were the chief purchas ers in the early part of last season. We may expect that they will require 400,000 bales, in from six to ten years, unless destroyed by some suicidal policy. When they shall reach that quantity, about 150,000 bales, will be made into goods for the foreign market ; for it is just as certain to our mind as any almost every other future event can be, that the British manufacture of cotton must de cline, and many people will depend upon this, instead of that country, for their supplies of cotton goods. Some of the reasons for this belief we set forth in. the article published in the Register of the 27th January, ult* Let us however look to the present only. Can any one fail to suppose that the domestic de mand for one fourth of the whole quantity pro duced, has no effect on the price ? We think that every reflecting calculating merchant or dealer, every one who has thought of what belongs to scarcity and supply, production and demand, would estimate this demand as equal to 10, 15 or 20 per cent advance. Indeed, the price of cotton exported in 1822, 1823 and 1824 shews this —for in these years our manu facturers were exceededingly depressed and many of them absolutely ruined. Stop their mills and looms, now,"and cotton, ii worth 8 cents, would tumble dowm to 6; and the price of cotton goods would as suddenly rise at the same or a grcate» ratio, and thus make a dou ble loss to the American people, and a double gain to foreigners. No business-man will con test the principle of this proposition —it rests upon the natural an<l unavoidable rules of trade, and is applicable to all sorts of commodities. But admit that the present domestic demand has effect to raise the price of cotton only halt a cent per lb, or five per cent, on its value, and this we think that the most obstinate and reso lutely blind opponent of the lai iff will be com polled to allow as being very reasonable: then, if the crop be 2.50 millions of pounds, the gain to the planters, because of this demand, is $ 1,250.000. This item we wish especially re collected—for it will be referred to below These results, simple ns they are, will not fail to excite surprise in many persons ’‘Who would have thought it ?” But such is the re sult of almost every investigation, or compari son, of things at home with things abroad Let us usefully shew this, m a case that is exactly in point. If the importation of the U. States amount to 75 or 80 (which may be taken a n ivirage official value of them,) the uool'en, co!i n, flaxen and hempen gr ud .-, inch'bug ; i manufactured articles of these, i . <1 for the clothing of p< rsons, anil for al! • ’unily or other purposes in which such goods are required, w ill make up 21 o F 22 millions ot the amount. Now, it these cloths and cassi meres, worsted and stuffs, blankets and ruggs cotton and piece goods, printed, coloured or white, nankeens, woollen and c tton hose, flax en and hempen goods —worth in the whole 22 millions of dollars, be divided among the peo ple ofthe United States, each person might recieve almost two dollars worth of such good in a year—some of which, however are not consumed, being exported. Who cannot ‘draw an inference” from this?—that our peo ple would be “clothed in nakedness,” it thev depended on the foreign supply? The proba ble value of such goods consumed cannat be less in the whole, than 120 millions, which is about ten dollars only for every person, includ ing what is required for family and other pur poses, never excepting cotton bagging ! ! But such is the effect of scarcity and supply, as before several tunes alluded to, that the small value imported interferes with the whole quantity consumed—and ten millions worth thrown into the market over the amount ofthe needful supply, will effect that supply more than ten millions, extra, are worth in them selves, and paralyze the whole business. “Ev ery good rule works both ways"—if this for eign excess in articles manufactured produces such imposing effects on ourselves, what would be the state of the European market for our cotton, if we exported one fourth more than we now do? Let cotton planters calculate it ' Again, and further to demonstrate this opera tion, and shew the importance of activity in the market—when the late rows arrrived as to the transportation of British troops io Portugal, flour momentarily advanced one dollar per barrel. Now, wc could uot expect to send to Portugal more than 2 or 300,000 barrels, in the present year, under any circumstances The difference of value have been only 300,000 dollars; but that difference might have effect ed the whole value of the bread-stuffs in all the I nited States—the annual consumption of which, we are morally certain, is equal to 30.000,000 bbl-. of flour; so there would have been a generally increas d value on every bar rel ot flour or hushel ot grain which vet re maned ini the United States for coi sumption, had the rise caused by the expected demand in Portugal been maintained, which was onlv in the sum of 300.000! “He that runs may read” and understand this , no proposition in Euclid is more capable of unerring solution And who would regret tins advance in price to the fanners? Supposing they consume one half of all which they produce, it would have added several millions to the circulating medi um ofthe country, and every man, because of the increased facility with which he might ob tain money, would very gladly pay his own ad vance on the cost of a barrel of flour. The cash would all be among ourselves—not a cent would bt lost by it. For our own part, we are perfectly satisfied that we can well afford to pav 10 dollars for a barrel of fluur (that being the common selling price,) better than five, k. fifty cents per lb. for the cotton used in the gouds which wc purchase better than ten un less the appreciated prices shall grow out oi actual scarcity in the domestic production.— either would make money “plenty,” and, in the general stir of it, we should pick up extra sums, * e have since met with he following from a Lon -1 on paper, which is not lees applicable to the relation in England stands to our country than to France. Mr. Macdomell in his “ treatise on Free Trade, •’ gives a comparative statement of the expenditure of a London mech nic, with a wife and four children, and that of a lartstan meclunic with the same family. That of the one he <«tim .Us at 78i. per annum, and of the latter at Lx. 10s. Ol the excess of expenditure in the case of the English labourer, (hz.32L ISs.) he attributesone eighth, (or 4.. Is. 3J.) to the greater amount of taxation which is paid diieetly, or indirectly, by the English mechanic, as compared with the uxauoc bore by the French arujan. GEORGIA STATESMAN, MONDAY MAY 28, 1827. end receive extra subscribers, the extra prof its on which would pay our own advances on the articles named an hundred times over. And thus it is with every person engaged in business. Our draymen would be glad of it, and make a large profit out of such a state of things. But further ; we assert, find appeal to the documents,* that the whole value of all the woollen, cotton, flaxen, or hempen goods, imported, and of all the mixtures of them, of all sorts, sizes, shapes, colors ; from the dimensions of the finest thread to carpets of many yards wide, has an avarage annual value of about twenty-two millions a year. Well —by the census of 1820 there were, say 8,000,000 of the people and 10,000,000 persons in the United States. We shall, however, use the latter number to avoid the shadow of of fence on any accout whatever. The whole pop ulation of the cotton growing states and dis tricts, (without reference to the amount of per sons employed in the cultivatian of the plant,) may be thus roughly shewn: One eighth of Virginia 133,000 One fourth of N. Carolina 160,000 Al! South Carolina 490,000 All Georgia 340,000 All Alabama 127,000 All Louisiana 153,000 All M ississippi 75,000 Half Tennessee 221,000 1,699,000 “Al! told” 1,700,000 persons, or 1,000,000 of the people of the United States. Now let us suppose that the duties levied on the goods, above described are really (yes really) paid to the amount of thirty per cant, on the reported cost, and it will appear that the whole revenue divided from them may be 6,600,000 dollars ; and then, if we admit the 1,700,000 persons to pay their full and equitable share of the whole, (which is admitted only for the sake of the ar gument, for slaves are not made to contribute through their masters, as free men do,) we have 1,122,000 dollars paid by the cotton growing states and districts, on all the goods above described! and if we allow that one fourth of the duties collected is more for the protection ofour minufactures than the gene r.ii revenue of the goverment, the amount will 3 280,500 dollars a year, one fourth only of the increased value on cotton because ofthe tariff, at the exceedingly moderate rate sup posesed above, and one fifth only ot wl at Lou isana directly an I cert amly obtain on her sugar, through the tariff-—‘ the iccursed tariff” —or m eighth part of th duties paid on that arti cle imported and consumed by the people cf the United States, which is about $2,280,000 and would be $3,600,000 were not the sugar ofthe state just named duty free! Whois not surprised at these results? The suj ct might be further pursued, and we shall probably here after publish a statement to shew the pera tion ofthe new tariff, and the extra amount ap parently paid under it, on all sorts of articles. It will amount to a small sum, indeed; but the reality is, taking all the articles together, that those which have been protected are cheaper because of that protection. So much for the law which an “ honorable gent eman” in his place in congress, swore “ by Heaven, Georgia would never submit to.” (To be concluded in our next.) • Rcferrining to those of 1823 —the year preceding the adoption of the present tariff. FOREIGN. ~ Letter from Dr. Howe to a gentleman in this vicinity, twenty-five days later than that which was published last week. Steat-ship Kateria, Syr a , Dec. 18 1826. Sir—My last was front Samos, dated Nov. 22. This vessel having been left there, to cruise about for some days, after performing this, without falling in with any enemy, re turned here, on the 15th, and 1 am now able to inform you of many things, of which I was then ignorant, or which have occurred since Athens holds out and will hold out ; the rainy season has commenced, and must every day make the situation of the enemy worse. The garrison are well supplied with all necessaries, and we are under no apprehension for the place. Cutuckis Pasha met with a severe loss the other day, man aflair with Karraskai kas. This commander as I informed you. had changed his plan from that of openly attack ing the enemy upon the plain of Athens, to that of cutting off his supplies from a dis tance. He had taken a post for this purpose, w hen a body of 1500 Turks, sent out by Cu tuckis, bad advanced almost to Salona. He followed them up, attacked them in a defile, kdled eight hundred and forced the r main der to shut themselves up m a Venetian cha teau, almost without provisions; and he non holds them in blockade. Ibrahim Pasha remains, with his remnant of an army, at Tripohzz a, entirely inactive, and probably very weak ; though I learn with sorrow, that twenty transport vessels, laden with provisions and supplies, have arrived safely at Navarin. No troops however, have been brought him, and this confirms, what has been lor a long time suspected, that the Pasha ot Egypt is hardly in a state to support the troops he now has in the Morea much less to send fresh ones. i'ne expedition of Colletti to Euboea has failed , hoping to find the Turks off their guard, he landed and attacked them. But it appears he was perfectly prepared for and ex pected ; they fought, the Turks beat them back and drove them on board their ships. Thus ends the expedition of Colletti; from which 1 had hoped something, for he is decid edly a man of talent, and his plan was a good one; but he was miserably supplied with funds, and too crippled in means, to enable a general to execute a design with secrecy and despatch. His failure will much diminish his influence, which until now, has been very great, especially over the Roumeliotes Col letti is a man hard to fathom ; that he has talents, none can doubt: else how, without money, without family influence, witnout any striking military successes, could he have I risen from the place of simple physician, to ti e enjoyment of an extraordinary influence, { which he has kept undiminished from the very commencement of the revolution ? The regular troop, now diminished to a small number, are at Methina ; entirely de prived of the means of supporting this body, Government would have been obliged to aban don it, had it not been for French philanthropy; their committee having placed at the disposal of Col. Favier, thirty thousand francs per month. The conduct of the French people towards Greece has been really noble and gen erous ; neither have the Germans nor Swiss been behind. The safety of the country now, as in the days of Themistocles, lies in her wooden walls. /Mistress of the sea, she is se cure upon the This leads me to mention the arrival of the frigate Built in A merica, and which has diffused joy among the Greeks. I learn that Miaulis has gone on board and taken her to jEgina, where the na tional Assembly is now sitting. How she will be disposed of I know not yet ; the gen eral wish is. that she may be commanded and manned by Americans* —but this seems hard ly probable. Government have received let ters from Cochrane,-dated Marseilles, where he is making arrangements with the European committees, for the purchase of a large cor vette of thirty two guns, built for the Pasha of Egypt, but which he has not the means of pay ing foj. Lord Cochrane’s expedition is the sheet-anchor of Greece, hope brightens now into certainty. Something will be done in the’ spring ; the Greeks have already two of the most powerful vessels that swim, in their ser vice ; I speak of this one, t and the sixty-four gunship. More will probably arrive this win ter; and if they have been able, with their little fleet of merchant brigs, to meet with the Turkish line of battle ships, what may not be hoped from an equal force.—Give us the sea, and Turkey may pour in upon us as many hordes aS ever did Persia, aud Greece will be as little harmed by them. . In my next 1 hope to give you an account of ’the operations of the National Assembly, which have just been convened at jEgina Meanwhile, I remain, Yours Sine rely S. G HOWE. * The appearance of our sqadron in the Archipelago, impressed upon the people a high idea of our navy. Thu j Greeks speak in rapture of the North-Carolina. Sam ; old hydriote sailors, speaking of her. said “we never knew what a ship was, before we went on board of her i and we have seen the ships of every nation in the w orld.’ j Whatever may heve been the policy of the government, in sending so large a force up th; Mediter anetin it has had at least the effect to heighten the reputation o’' our country in Europe. I see much of the naval officers of all nations, and can say tha’ where our officers are best known, they are most esteemed, I reinember, the other day, to have heard some Br .tisb officers say, “Well, to tell the truth and shame the devil,” I see nothing in tin Yankee ships or men, inferior to ours. Then they ar really gentlemen ! strange as it may appear,jf I hid not known them to be Jonathans, 1 should have taken them for John Bulls 1!” From the Richmond Whig. England-— The foreign news will command the attention of the reader —there has been none so important since the battle of Water loo. The charge of ministry—the elevation of Canning and Hu-kisson to the first places, to the government of the Empire—both ofob score if not unknown parentage, proves that England is closely approximated in fact of the commonwealth—that the influence of the com mons has completely prevailed over that ot the Nobility, proves more than this—that the situation ofEngland is so critical-iier trade so much embarrassed, her manufacturers in so suffering a condition, and her finances by consequence, so much diminished, that the prejudices of the throne itself, were obliged to yield to the force of circumstances, and con sent to the elevation of ’.be popular favorite Mr. Canning, to th* Premiership. George Canning the illegit irate son of a strolling.ic tresss, is King ofEngland in effect—the King de jure and de no mine, is George Guelph. Whatever cause the American people may have for disliking Mr. Canning—a cause m some degree, removed by his subsequent apol ogy on the. Liverpool Hustings, and though their is no sufficient evidence, that the change of ministry, will lead to a change ofthe Eng lish colonial policy—yet as the friends Jfpop ular rights, and as the cm mics of Aristocracy, the people of the United States have great cause of congratulation at the elevation of Mr Canning, His triumph is the triumph of the people of England over the titled feiv, whose merit lies in their blood— ofthe Whigs ovec the Tories-r—of the popular branch of the con stitution over the Aristocratic—of the latant Republicanism w Inch always existed in Eng land, which brought Charles 1. to the block, i It is not an ill founded hope, that the triumph of Mr. Canning will lead to the speedy eman cipation ofthe Catholics, and the restoration iof oppressed jind generous Ireland, to himu.n right- and that the temporising policy of his Predecessor mil be exchanged for a firm and decided interference in behalf of Greece. In short, we hope a more glorious day has dawn ed upon Engined and the world The following extract of a letter front Con stantinople (says the Boston Messenger) shows with what ease a Turkish court of inquiry can settle a doubtful question. “ On Friday last, the 23d. the Grand Seign ior having gone toperform his noonday prayers at the Mosque of the Bombardiers, two vessels ot war, anchored in flic neighborhood, saluted him as he passed. A ball, discharged from one ofthe cannon, happened to wound one of the rowers ot the boat which followed imme diately behind that of the Sultan. The event gave rise to many conjectures. It is rot known whether it was the result of accident or of a criminal intention. The captain ofthe vessel has been strangled with all his crew.” From France —The Greek steam vessel Perseverance had attacked the port of Pireus, and compelled the enemy to retire. This ad vantage is very important, as it opens a com munication with the Acropolis. The National Assembly had quitted yEgina for Orandi, as being a place more central for the deputies Miaulis had gone in the frigate “ Greece,” with some other vessels and four fire ships, to annoy the Turks in their contem plated attack on Samos. The Constitutional of the 3d, states that the Greeks having with a force of 3000 men, ob tained possession of the Pireus, so annoyed the Sleraskier, who was seeking to starve out the garrison of the Acropolis, that leaving 1000 I men to watch ths citadel, he marched with all | his remainingftffc- to attack the new comers. A decisive battle was fought, and aided by a Sortie under Cdl. Fabvier, from the Acropolis, the entrenchments of the Turkish camp were carried, their forces routed and slaughtered. The steam boat Perseverance is said to bav© rendered the Greeks great assistance in the battle.— Times. From the Augusta Chronicle. Charleston, May 15. We received no paper of Tuesday, by the ship President, (theday she she sailed) but a friend has favored us with the following Im portant News, taken from the New-York Ga zette of the Bth inst: — Courier. By the ship Dalhousie Castle. Captain Wai* ton, which left Liverpool on the 16th of last month, we have received Liverpool papers of that date which contain advices from London to the 15th. Mr. Canning had accepted the office of First Commissioner of his Majesty’s Treasury; or in other words is now Prime Minister of England. In consequence of which the follow ing seven members of the Cabinet have re* signed. The Lord Chancellor Eldon, The Duke of Wellington, Lord Sidmoutb, Lord Bathurst, Lord Westmoreland, Lord Bexley, Mr. Peel, Lord Lowther, son of Lord Lonsdale, alsp resigned as one of the Lords of the Treas ury. It was understood that Mr. Canning was in possesion of the King’s cordial support, and that the resignation of the retiring members had been received without hesitation. Lord Bexley had signified his wish to reeal his re signation. Various lists of members for the new ad ministration were in circulation. Tije Duke r _»f Clarence had been appointed at the head of the Board of admiralty, all the members of which, except Viscount Melville, would re nnin. It was rumored that the Marquis of Anglesea would succeed the Duke of Well ngton, all of whose subordinate officers, ex ceeding forty, it is said, would retire with him. Other reports assigned the Chancery io to Sir J Copley or Mr. Brougham, and that the Marquis of Lansdown would take a part in the administration. Certain of his Majesty’s household had also resigned, viz: the Duke ot Montrose, Lord Chamberlain: Marquis of Graham, vice do.; Duke of Bedford, Master of the Horse. The Courier considers this an extraordinary at tempt to fetter the King’s choice. Mr. Huskisson was spoken of as the suc cessor of Mr. Peel; Mr Robinson of Earl Bathurst; Lord Granville of Mr Canning; and. Viscount Dudlby, Lord of the Privy Seal. The Corn Duties Bill was passed in the House of Commons on the 12th of April. One hundred American vessels entered at Liverpool between fith January and sth April. House of Commons. 5 o'clock, 12th April.—• Mr Wynn. President of the India Board, moved that a writ of election issue to the bo rough of Newport. to elect a member in the room ofthe Hon Geo. Canning, who had ac cepted the place of the first Lord of the Treasury: [Great Cheering from all parts of the House,] Mr. Wynn then moved an ad journment to the Ist of May, in order to’afford" rime to Mr Canning to form a new cabinet.— Mr. Tierney objected, saying that tone enough, h .d been taken to form a new cabinet, and as it was understood that seven of the old mem bers had rwnatrat/ and nobody knew when they would return, it was not worth while to wait. The adjournment,* however was car ried. Greeks.—A second vessel with supplies is to sail from Philadelphia for Greece, on the 25th inst ' From tiie Savannah Georgian, Brazilian outrage upon American Citizen*— Yesterday we gave an account, very general ly, of the facts which recently occurred be tween the Brazilian government and the Am r ican authorities, in connection with the cap ture and abandonment of the brig Spark com manded by Captain ('lark of this port A gentleman who is intimately acquainted with the whole affair has given us’ further particu lars of Uris transaction. The fact of the case are these:—The brig Spark formerly belong ed to the U. S Navy. When she sailed last year for the south, she was owned wholly by Captain Clark who equipped her with a view of carrying out to Rio Janeiro and offering her for sale to the Brazilian government. A num ber of guns was part of her cargo, but they were stowed away in the hold as ballast, unt;J she reached Rio. Here they were broughe on deck and mounted.- The authorities of J Rio looked at the brig but declined purchas ing. They offered, how ever, to buy the guns but Captain Clarlfdeclmcd selling them with out the vessel. Soon after this refusal was given, an Im pc-, rial decree was issu d, declaring that no arm 'd foreign merchant ships should be permit# to mount more than a certain number ot gunx on deck. This order was intended entirely tq reach the Spark, for although there was a pre* tence made to enforce it on other vessels, no> thing took place to give any other construc tion to the order. The captain ofthe Spark* although it was very injurious to him, landed all bis guns except four, which he retained fo< his own protection. This was allowed by United States laws relative to pirates. Capt. Clark submitting to these things, then procur-, ed a regular clearance at the Custom House of Hio Janeiro,"and’prepared to sail for Monte*-, video, which he did on Sunday, the 11th of March. On the same . day he was captured by steam boat, sent out on purpose, as men tioned yesterday. The Spark Wjas carried back, and her offi cer made application to the American Charge d Affairs respecting the Aflair. The Dr*-. I zillian minister of Marine in. reply to the A inerica Cbarged’Affairs, said he had ”griev,-.B ous suspicions” that Capt Glsgti and thq brig j| Volume 11.