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t THE TARIFF
At aij adjourned meeting ot tliu citizens or Bald
win county, held at the court house in the
town ul Aliilcdgcville, on Saturday the od
inst. ('Ji.ei Cravfocd, the chairma.i of the
formet meeting, oung absent,) Hixks Iloi.r
Was called to the chain and Ciuiuas I Pains,
ai)|)oihied Secretary. Samuui Uucawcd »V> m
the committee who had teen appointed for
that purpose, ottered the following Report,
which was read, considered, and adopted,
viz s
The commencement of our revolutionary
struggle found the people of the Southern states
pour in the means of defence—They, neverthe
less,' engaged eagerly in the pending contest,
'and throughout the whole uf the struggle heir
blood wus freely shed, and What little treasure
•they hud was profusely spent. In the war ol
1812, they were found ranged under the banner
of the constitution. Even many of those wh
condemned the measures which led to the war,
were among the foremost to aid in its prosecu
Ion, and rescue the country from the perils
by which she was surrounded. No section of
the United States gave more signal examples of
elevated feeling and patriotism.
These circumstances in our past history con
atitute sufficient ground for the cxpeoration.th t
the interests of the South would receive from
the government, which ->ur ancestors and our
Selves had thus assisted to establish and sustan,
an equal distribution of the benefits of its ad.
- ministration. In most esses we have no cause
for dissatisfaction The laws are administer,;,
to us by the judicial tribunals of the Union, with
as much promptness and partiality as to others.
In evsas of invasion (with certain notable ex
ceptions relating specially to Georgia we have
been promptly and efficiently aided by the na
tional resoinces. For these am) other reasons.
We have ample cause to congratulate ourselves
on our connection with the confederacy, which
wt tiist will be perpetua’. But there are, in
the history of the administration of the govern
ment, matters, concerning our interest very
n< nrly, ou of which arise just causes of diss.itis-
fac'iom We have been denied an equal partici
pation in the benefits flowing t om the disburse-
jnentsofthe national treasure—We have beeii,
in truth, and are yet tributary to the North ami
West.—This state -f things hud its begi ming in
the assumption at par, :>y the government, u -
der the new constitution, of not only the revo.
jut'onary debt of Hit confederation, but also that
of the States, amounting to 80 millions of dol
lars, after the evidences of these debts had been
bnii -ht up by the people of the Northern states,
at - most enormous discount. Here was the
Creation at once ol a capital, which has ever since
• operated to keep the people ot th«- South in
tjm hack ground, in all the arrangements of th
government, affecting the national debt. It has
enabled'the North to come into the marlce>.
whenever the government wanted money, on
terms with which the South could not comp* te.
The national debt has been increased—The
S<rnh owns but a small part of the stuck thus
created—The interest must be paid The peo
pie of the South pay i heir proportion of the tax
cs necessary to discharge it. But a small por
tion of the taxes thus paid return to them—Tlv
m oiey parses from their hands into the coffers
of the national treasury, and thence d'rectlv into
the pockets of the more fortunate citizens of the
North,
An inspection of the pension list will lead to
th same conclusion. The people of the South
ha ted with pleasure, the provisions made to
■sbothe the declining age of those who had
fought and hied for the Nation's Independence.
Ttiey contribute with* equal pleasure, iheir por
tion of the funds requisite to enable the gov
eminent to fulfil its obligations in this regard
Thov know it passes from them never to return.
Am. they are content it should so pass, as long
as a pri>pcr and m artial application is nude
Of it The case is now adverted to for the pur
pose only of illustrating the difference ih the
ke.anve situation of the North ami South.
In all the establishments of the U. S. govern
Blent, wherein large disbursements cf ihe na-
tio al treasure are made, the North has decided
ly the advantage of ns Ncw-Y rk boasts of the
location of our military academy within her ter
ritory. Li 1815. an attempt was made to have-
two others established—one in the Somh and
one in the West But the attempt was abortive.
At the late session of Congress it wasde ermin
erl to taken similar institution of a piivate indi
vidual, under the patronage of the government,
T hut in 1815, the solicitations of the South were
rejected —in 1824 those of a private citizen of
Vermont prevailed!
Our national armories are all located on the
same partial principles—We cannot point to
one within our bounds, with the'exception of
that of Harper’s Ferry s and even this, from its
location more properly belongs to the North
than to the South.
Where are our Navy Yards f We can poin*
to but a solitary one at New-Orleans, and this
consists more in name than in essence. On our
Whole coast from Orleans to Gosport, tho* it is
the native region of live-oak, and is rich in the
finest specimens of that invaluable material for
Pa-al architecture—we look in vain for another
That at Gosport can liar lly be said to belong to
th- South. Leaving this point, we find in quick
succession the establishments at Washington,
Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Charlestown, and Ports-
tn nth, all kept up in the very best style; and
operating as outlets to immense sums of the
public revenue
For ftorpe years past, the great question of in
ternai improvement has been amply discussed
th Congress. Tile result has been the partial
Success * if its advocates By the present Con
gress, an appropriation of £75,000 has been
made for the improvement of the Ohio and
Mississippi rivers. I < addition to this, an act
was parsed directing the President to employ
the corps of Engineers in making surveys and
estimates for national road9 and canals. In the
very first movement that has been’made under
this act, the eyes of the government had been
tOrned to the West But four weeks bail elap
sed after the passage of this act, when we find
twenty-seven members of Congress jointly uig.
ing the President to direct his attention to the
improvement uf the Susquehanna,- and the Se
cretary of War by the direction of the President
ditiona up the MisStmri that .were undertaken
some years ago f Midions yero ex k . n.ie-l ,-v
hat project We nave reason for believi
that liberal anti enlightened as the views of th
government may luve been in Unit affair, >
was pressed on its attention by the West, f -
the purpose mainly of procuring the vita''Ur ,
ment of large sums of the public money in tl
region west of the Allegany mountains.— M
Clay has expatiated mm e than once on the gn
importance of such disbursements to the peop
of die West. I
in the year 1807, a no'able instance dccnrrt
of tin exhibition of the -pint, and views ot vb.
Northern people hi reference to th- >ci uiatttjv
\n act supplementary to an act, for fbvtityini
the porta and lia-bora' of the United Mate* m
for building gun-bouts, tune before the Sena .
One of the Senators ot Georgia offered an
metidment, having for its object, the equitabu
distribution among the Mates, ot the sums to b«.
expended under this act. He proposes that th<
disbursements should be msde as follows: A
New-Orleans, £6-/,0l)l>; within - die state *
Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carotin
£252,0U0; upon the Clu-sapeake and its water
S 160,000 i within the Delaware ay and riv. t
New Jersey and New-Ynrk, £300,000} withi •
the states of Connecticut and Rhode-Island,
£31,0001 within Massachusetts and N- Hamp
shire, £135,UjO; and for places not enumerat
ed, £62,0001 Such was the proposition. U
was rejected, equitable as it appears to have
been, the Northern and western members with
one or two exceptions, voting in a body against
it. -
When the Bank of the U. S. was estab
Iished, We were led to hope that it would
, end.;, .>« idipvirtant service U> the whole
population of the Union. It wa.» to oper
ate as a sovereign remedy for all the evil-
growing of out the de>anged condition of
our local currency H ive these anticipa
tions been realiz'd so lar as the people ol
Mm Sciutli are concerned ? The Bank has
its branches located among us} but instead
if throwing its own bills into circulation, it
carries on its operations by means of the
bills .-four local institutions. We connot
remit funds to the North without loss. Kx
change Ins not been equalized, so far as tt
affects u* ; and the signt of one of the Bills
is, among the people of this section of the
country, even inure rare than that of the
gold and silver coin of the Union. It is
not thus with the people ot the Nothern
totes They have the benefit not only of
the circulation of its bit s, and the conse
quent equalization of exchange between the
me different par's of their section of -the
Union, hut they also receive the greatei
p oportioo of Us dividends, while the peo
ple of the South are left to struggle as they
can with Mu.- losses they have to encounter
from the partiality of its uppurations.
These tacts ami observations are f.nnil-
at- to every one who has been attentive to
:he current events of the last forty years
We have long felt their force. Some of
be evils of which wo complain are perhaps
necessarily incident to our situation, and
therefore cannot be. remedied. This how
ever does not deprive them of the charac
ter we have assigned to them. Many of
them we are assured, have their remedy.
Y t we have patiently and quietly submit*
ted to them indulging, in the mean lime,
(he hope that the day "would come, when
these things would be otherwise ordered-
Neither \v >uld we now tnJulge in this ex
pression of our views, were we assured
that our condition would grow no worse.
W e have cheerfully paid the exactions of
our government wall knowing that what we
thus paid, never relumed to us by the or
dinary channels of circulation..
We have not looked to the disbur-ment
ofihepublic money among us,as bringing
with it the means uf increasing our enjoy-
moots We have looked to other sources—
to the oxertions of our own industry, and
(he productions of our'agriculture fur Ihe
means uf supplying the demands of neces
sily, or the gratifications of luxury. T
Hie-e sources we would continue to look,
were we not satisfied that the secowty in
*rhich they have been hitherto employ, it
ib"Ut to be jeopardized. In the present
condition of the world, it requires the de
votion of all our attention *o industry and
economy, toenablc us to fulfil the ordinary
ibligatinns of social life. When, therefore,
our government evinces s^lisposttin Intake
f om us a part of our res urces, slender a>>
they have become, & give it to others, hav
ing already so decidedly the advantage f
us ii becomes our duty to remonstrate.
-Such a disposition we believe tohavebeen
evinced in the strenuous support that was
given to the Tariff bill at the late session
of Congress. The supports of that bill not
content with the advantages they already
possess, and which they have enjoyed by
prescription, wish to appropriate to them
selves a part of the immediate pi ii .» of
our labor. We must be taxed for the sup
port of the government; and we must be
further taxed for he support of the Nm -
them ^’Western Manufacturers If under
this new attempt to trespass on uur interest
we remain silent, whathas been heretofore
imposed on us by custom, and patiently
submitted to on our pa* t, will, in the end,
be claimed as a right. Resistance will then
be vain, except by force, To prevent this
result, so much 1qbe deprecated, the peo
ple of the South must how take a decided
stand. Our grounds must be broadly assu
med, and fnmly but decorously mintamed.
Reason, and ttie justice of out cause, are
the weapons we propose te use; and the
period has noW arrived wh'dn, with such
weapons, the 8t:if»can be maintained with
t.-y^the apuraenehs df <»uf pVpulnitoft^tV
o ind foi- labor, and the consequent high
iqe it commands—.the facilities ofprohu
. ig Hte oe.cessBiies «f-life by the whole
> ne-Mnployments of agriculture, nod the
tiure of the neiv employment to which it
proposed to subject a part of our p'opu*
too—.tjie operation of the system on the
•ter great inte-ests of the community—its
"ieful effect on 'ho present system "of na
oual finance, the consequent ncpeasily
f a resort to internal taxation for the pur-
sea of revenue; the evils which will re.
It from the diversion of the industry of
e Country from its wonted channels—the
ignitude of the natural advantages ttlrea
-t v enjoyed by our manufacturers, and the.
.act that those of them who understand
heir business do not want protection—the
esult of the ample experiment that Bng-
ind has made in the matter of commercial
imbibition and restriction—a> d above all
' he total Want of power in Congress under
the constitution to adopt such a system, and
the manifest injustice; even if they had
the power, of preventing a free people from
purchasing their supplies ftp- domestic con
sumption wherever and from whomsoever
-ney can be purchased on the best terms—
"leseare the considerations which influence
is to deride against the '< American sys
tem. as it has been called, # every thing
relating tn it. Connected with this view
of the subject there is one other considera
tion which with us is entitled to very great
weight. Suppose Congress were to levy a
direct tax in our houses and our lands, col
lect & pay it over to the Northern man
ufacturer is a bounty, to enable him to fur
nish us with articles which we cobid pro
cure on better terms elsewhere—is it lobe
expected we would tamely submit ? Y»*t
'lie advocates of the " American System”
propose tn do this very thing in effect,
though they endeavor so to manage it, as
•o conceal the real nature of their design.
The Second, relates to the new tariff as
it was passed by Congress, and received the
sanction of the Pieaident. \Ye took upon
it ns being worse than useless to the skilful
nd honest manufacturer. In some ins-
snce-i, it will operatetoliis positive injury.
Take the taxes on raw wool for an example
—It is unequal to its operation, for that
those articles are most heavily taxed, which
are must extensively con -umed by the peo
ple of theS-tuthern states.' It will increase
'he practice of smuggling, already gmwn
to an enormous extent. The Secretary of
the Treasury in his report of the 2rth Jatiu.
ary, 18*20,says, that under the then exia-
ting rates of duty, the practice of smuggling
was gradually increasing. Under the in
creased duties of this newacl, what evils
may we not expect to gmw out of this prac
tice and the total deprivation of principle;
and the utter disregard of all mOml obliga
tion that are incident to if. The act is
viewed by some as being merely an act for
the increase of the revenue. For this pur-
pose it is exceedingly impolitic, inasmuch
as it imposes additional taxes on the people
to the amount of about three millions per
annum, at a time when they are pressed to
the earth, and struggling with their private
embarrassments,—at a time when there is
a surplus of six millions in the treasury,
and when the P'esident has told us in his
message thut the government does not want
additional,revenue.
From these views, after mature deliberation,
the committee conceive it to be their duty to
recommend tbe adoption of the following reso
lutions:
Retolveil, That we will hereafter insist on onr
ripht to an equal participation of the benefits
arising out < f the disbursement of the national
treasury. r
HesUvcd, That we view «ith decided disap
probation, all attempts of one part of the com
munity to procure forits own exclusive benefit,
•he adoption by our jjovernmenp of a system of
commercial prohibition and restriction
Ueiufaed, That while we admit the power of
Congress to regulate commerce, we view - with
abhorence every attempt, under that power, to
exercise, by implication, an additional one to
impose duties on the importation of foreign ar
ticles—not to regulate commerce or collect
revenue, but for the avowed purpose of pro
tecting our manufacturers, thereby laying hea
vy burdens on one part of the community, for
the exclusive benefit of a very small part of
the same community;— for that we believe no
part of the constitution admits of such a con
struction, and that the exercise of such a pow-
er for such a purpose, is unconstitutional.
Resolved, That to render all such ‘attempts
nugatory, as far as possible, we will rely on ouf
own individual resources for the production of
all such articles as are necestary for out domes
tic < onsumption ; and when it becomes inilis-
peiwible that we should purchase of others, we
will, as far as it may be in our power, give a
decided preference to the foreign fabrics, choos
ing to pay the excess of price into the national
treasury, rather than into the pocket of tho man-
ulaeturing capitalist.
Resolved, That we cannot look upon the new
tariff', which is now the law of the land, as in
tended for the increase of the revenue;—hut,
u, vrur uy me airccuuu ui me i I'csiuetiL e ,
giving assurances that the improvement of this 8 ” 0Ur equitable result
river had been already taken into consideration, ‘ ‘ L ‘ ‘ L
and would in a short time receive ttie necessary
attention. The South has hpr claims to at.
tention set aside for the present, and it is ex-
trcmely problems i*~al .judging from the past,
whether, during the continuance of the act in
puree, one effort will be made to confer on the
South any of the benefits arising out ot the pas-
j^eof it,
tynp dogs nut recollect the expensive ejepe-
tlian atat y time that may hereafter com<‘.
The subject to which we have last adver
ted, presents it*eif to us in two strongly
objectionable points of view;; First—The
Fa rill Bill wasjjrought before Congress for ;
the express pm pose of prohibiting the im
portation of foreign 'manufacture*, so tha*
the prosperity of thedoinestic might be pro
moted. The general condition of opr corny
SAVANNAH
SATURDAY liVKNING, JULY 17, 1824.
•UKFf'KUSON,” came too late for this day’s
paper it shall appear in our next.
CCj* By the arrival this forenoon xf the sloop
Delight, t.api. Coorrn, we have received the
Charleston Courier of yesterday morning It
furnishes nothing uf importance.
We this day conclude the testimony given in
Itathfied with his conduct, This letter J
' d on board the BritiHi ship WindsorP,3
Dn the 13th,tbejPrince departed for
th. Perola ftlgute., [information to thi, Jj
has been received before, but not olikiJ
This was the King’s birth day, and it w ul 1
brated with every demon*' ration of j oy
Majesty received the congratulations of 1
Court, and ot the diplomatic body on b ua ,a ”
Windsor Castle, and the city was brilliantly i'lJ
minuted at night. 1 ^
The King of Portugal has presented his
trait set in diamonds to General Dearborn, Jjl
ted States Minister at the Court of Lisbon' 1
the case ofEdwards. The only documents coik
nectefl with the case, that we have not publish
ed are the expuse of Mr. Edwards' address to
the committee of Investigation and the defence
made by Mr. Forsyth before the committee in
behalf of- Mr. Crawford. These documents oc
cupy more than twenty columns of the National is accounts to the'Sdth May have bZ, 1
Intelligencer and are two long for our column:.. Ceivetl. They contain notlling of much
those who may wish to read tliein may do so by portance
of Lisbon.
LATEST FROM FRANCE.
By'In- ship Six Brothers, Captain
I Now Y >-k fiein u ,n
Vunn*. arrived
rtltad
p ipers front that place to I e28n and
calling at this office
Mansi
We perceive by ihe accounts given of the
procession at Washington city in honor of our
National Anniversary that John C. Culhoun, and
John Quincy Adams, attended the same in an
open landau, side by side. We wonder these
gentlemen did not before consenting to attend
the procession, require from the committee of
arrangement, that Ninian Edwards should be
seated by them in their carriage, in order that
their ''attendance in the procession without Ed
wards, migtit not oe considered ns tqu 'va
lent to an itssent on their part,to his exclusion!”
The Washington Republican says if the Attor
ney General of the United States had been in
Washington, he too wotildhave erased his name
from the subscription list to the dinner on the
4th July. Indeed! Are you, Mr. Agg, the kee
per of Mr. Wirt’s conscience.
The Washington City Gazette offers a reward
often dollars to anyone that will produce a man
of respectable standing and impartiality in
Washington city who will solemnly and publicly
■lecture that be respects' and admires, Ninian
Edwards.
It seem9 by the following letters that Gen
Van NesS was authorised to instruct the agents
of the Committee of Arrangements not to. re
ceive the subscription of Ninian Edwards to the
dinner.
To lion John Quincy Mums. J C Cal/u/un and
John JW'Lean.
, Wasiiinotm* Citt, 3d July, 1824.
Gentlemen—The Committee of Arrangements
for celebrating the approaching Anniversary of
American Independence, have instructed us to
say that they regret the withdrawal of your sub-
scriptions to the Anniversary Dinner, and the
more so, as the.withdrawal seems to have been
induced by a misconception of themotives which
governed the Committee in ‘the course they
deemed adviseable to pursue in the case of Mr
Edwards
We have t^e honor to be, with great respect,
your obedient'servants.
(Signed) THOMAS CABBEUY, Chairman.
Jos GaLEA.jr - > c’ry v
To T/iomus Curbery, Chairman, and Jos Gules, jr
Secretary of < ommittee of jirrangements for
celebrating the Jniuvertary of Jime lean Inde
pendence.
Wasminoton; 5th July 1824.
Gentlemen—We have had the honor of receiv
ing your letter of the 3d instant, and request
you to present to the Committee the assurance
that we cordially regret thp incident which has
deprived us of the pleasure we had promised
ourselves of uniting with them and the rest of
our fellow Citizens, subscribers, to the Anniver
sary Dinner, at the social boat d^on the day pe
culiarly devoted to generous and patriotic fe'el.
ings. We wish you to add with the tender of
Our respects, that the determination lo withdraw
our names from the subscription, wail taken
from the convictions of our own duty, without
enquiring' into the motives of the Committee, or
reference to them.
We are with great respect, gentlemen, your
vary humble and obedient servants,
(Signed) JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
J. C CALUUUN,
JOHN M'LEAN.
LA FAYETTE.
Our correspondent at Norfolk under date of
the 8th instant, writes us that—Captain Hum
phreys, of the ship Harmony from Havre, in
forms us, that h? was in Paris just before he
sailed, where he had the pleasure of being in
troduced to General La Fatbtte, and was told
by him that he had engaged his passage for the
United States in the Line ship Bayard, Captain
Robertson, at Havre bound to New Yi>rk, to sail
the first of June—consequently the arrival of the
noble triend and benofactor of nur country, who
so essentially contributed to the achievement of
her independence, may be hourly expected—
an event that has been looked for with the live
liest sensibility and with the purest feelings of
joy and gratitude, by the American people.
Capt Humphreys states, that the General was in
fine health and excellent spirits, and spoke of
his approaching visit to the United States in the
«veil admitting ikst such will be its effect, we most j°ylul terms. The General is now in his
uonaider it highly injudicious and inexpedient, 68th year; but the impression which hi* lively
since It imposes un us taxes which are unequal
in their operation—whicti we are not able con
veniently to pay, and which the necessities of
the government do not at present require
Reso'ved, 1 hat we recommend to the consid
eration of our next legislature, the adoption of
such Bieasuresto countervail the elfccis of the
new tariff' as may be deemed constitutional and
expedient.
Resolved, That we highly approve the able
exertions of our Senators and Representatives
in Congress, in resisting the adoption of the new
tariff. Unseduced by the example of others,
they have 'faithfully represented the true inter
ests of the people and are entitled to their grat
itude
Resolved, That our fellow citizens of the
snujtltejpt.states are earnestly invited to co-ope-
Mtc-will; us in'these views.
" Resolved,' Thatthe proceedings of this meet
ing he signed by the Chairman and Secretary,
and that their publication in all the newspapers
pit the state be requested
HINES HOLT, Chairman.
C. J. Pajsz, Setretary.
and active appearance made on the mind iff Capt
Humphreys wouldAave bespoke him a much
younger man, •
FROM PORTUGAL.
By the arrival of the brig Mareellus at Salt’m'
from Lisbon, the accounts from this country are
a few days later than before received
On tbe 12th of May the infant of Portugal
Don, Miguel, addressed a letter to his father, uc-
know ledging his errors, arising from bad coun
sels, and hie yupth and consequent want of ex
perience} and praying leave, for the aake of
the public tranquility, to set out upon a journey,
with a view of making the grand tour of Bu-
rope —The Ring answered the letter,, in affec
tionate terms, on the same qay, and gave the
oermissiop solicited—expressing a hope that on
Gen. Morilio, Count of OaMhagens J
arrived in Paris and had a t inteview ’vH
the Duke Ol Angoulente.
Tho last advices from Spain, state thi
the King has decreed the dissolution .
Onesada's army. Such of the French boilj
guards a* remained at Madrid had march"
ed M Aranjuez. A French garrison w„
to be stationed at Saragossa, although tit
treu y fur the occupation did not stin
late it. p
A letter from Vienna states, that „
Henry Wellosley received a courier lrn(
Constantinople, with dispatches from U
Strangfurd, announcing that in a coufW J
m, the '27th ult. between the Ri ig EffJ
and hi* l-n dship, the evacuation of Mo|
avia and VV ’lachia <vasdecid 'd upo...
The Gazette of Augsburg say* >hrii -
Greeks may count on an army of 1200.
men, of which 40,000 are ieady -o fhu<ctd
their intestine jealousies had ceased at t
approach of common danger The Ui
feels the difficulty of it* situation, ami tu
immense powei they have given to the Pj
cha of Egypt prove it |
The Augsburg Gazette Mates that, iti
generally believed that in the event nftil
campaign axai st the Greeks being un-d
ceBsful, the subjects of be Porte will imti
diately rise in rebellion.
The Brussels Journal of 'he 17 n hsl
contains the following article :—r« Atrnj
concluded with Great Britain, -e alive if
t»e Dutch possessions in the East 1'idin
has been communicated to the -e »
Chamber of the State* general by the Ki
Paris. May24.|
The six Universities of tin'?" NeTiei lsS
contain the following numbe- >f»'u in'.
Ghent 286—Lou\nins 326 —Lit-g;*- 445J
Levdeh 402—Utrecht 377} G oununj
290—Total,2127.
LATE FROM ENGLAND
Tne barque Lord VVhi'WortlL M’Lenj
arrived at Quebec on the 25tb ult f
B 'lfast, whence she sailed on the 30in
May <
The London accounts are to the 25lJ
but their appears to be nothing intereimj
from them in the Canada papers, eicepf
tli»* following:
It was whispered in the Court Circled
London that two ships ot the line were it
be dispatched to Lisbon for their ancienl
ally the King of Portugal.
Ca pt George A By run. R N succeeds HI
the titles of lie late Lord Byron, who!iebo|
dy is on the way to England, to be dejosit-J
ea in Westminster Abbey, Lady Bjtoa
succeeds to his property. '
LA’I-ER FROM ENGLAND.
By the packet ship Columbia, a' N Yo.kl
London date* to thd 30tlt May,'and LtverJ
ponl tn the 1st June have t»een rsceindj
A London paper of,the 29th May, bijJ
we have rec-ived the Ktoile of Thursdij]
The proclamation of the King of Por'ugf
is given in it at length, and is an imporbol
document.
It is said the King of Portugal,hascocl
Rented to recognize the independence!)
the Bi -izils.
Information has been received in a
ter from N pies, nfMay IT, that the Britiskl
frigate Naiad has paptured an Algoriot
frigate off Gergenti, after a severe actions
an hour.
The London money market ha* uniM
gone an uexpected depression. Up to!
turday night the 29th, there was a greitl
scarcity of money on the St-ick Exch»n?e.
Upon this subject , the Sunday Morningj
Herald of the 30th, soys;
'' This scarcity, with the exception
periods of avowed insolvency, which is W
from the case no'tv, is altogether unprew-
dented. In some instances as much as HI
eighth per cent, has been given to havesc*|
counts carried over for two or three dayM
making an interest of twenty to twenty
five per cent, per annum, and we ha rt l
heard that twd or three of the most
thy individuals in the kingdom have been
so pressed for ready cash as to be compel'
led to apply to the Bank of England a M
upon security, to the amount of more than!
a million. It is well for the»e gentlemen
that their credit was so good and t,l?ir , ,c ‘
curity so tangible. Yesterday and to day
the Bankers have been abnolutely peateredi
for cash, which in most instances, they
fused, although, 5 per cent, was offered,«(>“
a few days ago, they were happy to «® n “
at 4. To-day the prices of South Americas
securities dropped rapidly. Mexican
to I 3-8 prem.,and Colombian to 1 2 " ‘
count. The closing prices were 2 l; 2 !“
tjbe first, and 1 the second. Spanish Bonw
closed at 20j.
Accoun'h from Paris, by express, sin ,
* 7* u lu/jiu itliH UII iiwviruu'o * '1 ’V A tOl¥)
his return he shoald have every reason to ho tho 24th, Iho Kriogol i riVKO