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A vacancy has occurred in the Fast ‘India’ direction, Abraham Robarts, Esq. being disqualified’ on‘Account of ill healt). . re We understand that the very extensive Code of sig nals, which was presented to the Admiralty’ ‘by Sir Home Popham, is likely to be immediately adopted; it has undergone a very minute examination by a Com mittee of Flag Officers, since which it has been printed. A new telegraph has also been submitted to Govern ment, we believe by the sane Officer, which from its simplicity and comprehensiveness, is most likely to su percede all other telegraphs. The Duke of York has ordered some to be made for the use of the army. A Hamburgh paper mentions, that a steam-boat is building there for the purpose of plying on the Elbe between Hamburgh and Magdeburg. M. Von Hesse, of Hamburgh, so well known for his patriotism and exertions in behalf of all the Hanseatic ‘towns, has just published a work, in which he repre sents the behaviour of the Senate of Hamburgh, during the former war, as infamous, ‘by having repeatedly in volved the city in the greatest misfortunes. M. Von Hesse supports his accusations upon the authority of documents which are unquestionable. This work has excited a very great sensation in Hamburgh. Intelligence has been received by late arrivals from Canada, of the entire dispersion of the Colony founded by Lord Selkirk, in conjunction with the Hudson’s Bay Company, on the river Assiniboia, in the interior of the North-west Continent of America. Disputes with the Meritts of the country, a race of people between Cana dians and Indians, inflamed the natural jealousy which the latter have always felt relative to agricultural en croachments on their hunting grounds in the interior, and, we understand, compelled his Lordship’s Governor to abandon the establishment which had been made. About 140 settlers were conveyed by the Canadian traders to Lake Superior, on their way to Canada, and the remainder are supposed to have gone to Hudson’s Bay, with a view of finding a passage to Great Britain. The Governor, Mr. M’Donnell, and a Sheriff also appointed by Lord Selkirk, Mr. Spencer, were brought down prisoners to Montreal, the one ‘for having granted, the other for having executed a warrant, under the authority of which, provisions, the property of Ca nadian traders, were seized during the preceding win ter for the maintenance of the Colonists, and these Gen tlemen were admitted to bail in the Courts of Lower Canada, to take their trials for this alloged offence. The advices from Spain by the French Mail are re sumed, the communication being re-established by the route of the Pyrenees. The accounts from Cadiz are of the 10th, from Madrid of the 25th, and from Bilbao of the 28th ult. The preparations at the first place for the acceleration of the new expedition to South Ame rica, were resumed with increased activity. It is under stood that General Morillo has been most urgent in his demands for reinforcements, and that the Court had at length determined to attend to his recommendation. A report prevailed at Madrid that General Caro (brothe of the late Marquis de la Romana), who had been ap pointed as Commander of the troops in the capital, would not leave the city to proceed towards the north-western frontiers so soon as was expected, and the delay is attri buted to the discontents among the soldiers in conse quence of the non-payment of their arrears. At Bil bao an imperfect knowledge had been acquired of the commotions in Galicia, but we have received no addi tional particulars through that channel, nor have any advices whatever arrived from Corunna or Santiago. The following is an article from the French Papers, caled Ancona, Sept. 20.—* When Murat occupied him self with uniting to his kingdom the Papal Territories, he took great pains to seduce the clergy and inhabitants of Ancona. He made, in particular, some rich presents to the Chapter of our Lady of Loretto; but the Chap ter, nevertheless, remained faithful to the Holy Father, and constantly refused to offer up for him and his family, the prayers which are adapted to crowned heads. ‘When the Ex-King effected his retreat, he demanded back from the Chapter the diamonds, and a crown of precious stones which the Virgin wore on great solemnities.«— The carrying off of these valuables was effected by force of arms. Colonel Benfidi was entrusted with the ope ration ; but having fled with Murat, he was pursued, and with difficulty escaped with his life only from the hands of his enemies. The casket was abandoned, and it was long thought that all the riches which he had carried off were irrecoverably lost. On the 5th iust, some peasants, in digging ditches around a field near the highway, found a casket, and having seen the cyphers of our Saviour and the Virgin Mary on its covering,, they thought they had found some relics, and they took them to the nearest church. The Arch Priest of St. Michael having recognised them as the treasures of our Lady of Loretto, the Pontifical Authorities immedi ately ordered 2 solemn procession and public thanksgiv ings, and the venerable crown and jewels were formally restored.” The following, we are informed, is the substance of the Letter of the Duke of Wellington which has been recently so much spoken of :. It is addressed to, Lord Castlereagh and is dated the 23d of September. His Grace requests the Noble Lord to interpose on his behalf with his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in order to explain his (the Duke’s) conduct in a matter to which much interest is attached, as it respects the sublime productions in France, of which she, by the accidents of war, had become the de pository. His Grace states, that, after the battle of Waterloo when Prince Blucher arrived before Paris, it was pro posed by the French Commissioners to introduce into the Convention for the occupation of the capital, a se parate article respecting the inviolability of the magni ficent embellishments of the Louvre, and other monu ments of an exotic character, which during the Govern ment of Bonaparte, had been procured and appropriated to public purposes. ~ Prince Blucher absolutely and ‘per emptorily objected to any conditions of this kind, al ledging that King Louis, subsequent to his quitting Paris and on the invasion by Napoleon, had distinctly promised, that on his return to power the works of art belonging to Prussia should be resoved. ‘Under these circumstances, continues his Gréze, all engagements as to the inteligibility of these valuable effects were avoided. Lutit was rearrested by the French Commissioners that no parts of the property should be removed until the opportunity should have been afforded of learning the pleasure of the Allied Sovereigns on the subject on their appearance in Paris. The desire was complied with, and over their arrival applications were made to beat on the subject, when they declined any personal interference whatever. _ oe The letter proceeds to say, that the Prussians goon bes came active, and obtained possession of the principal part of the decorations of Berlin, Potsdam, c. . It was not until subsequent to this reduction of the precious stores of the Louvre that his Grace interposed, and the motive was, reference having been had to him by the appointed Agents from Belgium, who had in vain demanded of the French Court the resignation of the treasures of art plundered from their provinces. The Duke in this state of things was directed from high authority, as commanding the forces of the King of the Netherlands occupying France, to claim these public effects. The Duke could not be negligent of the duty thus imposed upon him by the Sovereign who had confided these troops to his disposal, and peshed applied to Prince Talleyrand to procure the return of the Belgic paintings and archives. After some delay, his Grace was apprised by the Prince, that the subject was laid before his Majesty. The Duke recurred again to the Minister and received the same answer, with the unsatisfactory addition, that the King had issued no commands whatever regarding the affair, and his Grace persisting in his importunity was‘at last referred to M. Denon, the Supervisor of the Collection, for any further information he might’ desire. . .e In this unpleasant and improper state of things, the Duke sent his Aide-de-Camp to M. Denon, but the superseda, equally with the King and his Minister, was unwilling to accommodate himself to the wishes of the applicants, or to give any decisive answer on the business. Subsequently, the Duke states, a detachment of Bri tish troops was directed to march to the Louvre, but its assistance, as a military body, was unnecessary, the Prussians being already on guard at the station. Under the deficiency of hands, from the refusal of the natives to give any assistance, the British soldiers were actually employed to take Cownh the pictures demanded by the Belgic Agents ; and this is the whole of these trans actions in which his Grace was passively or actively concerned. ° . The Duke proceeds to vindicate his own conduct! he says, With regard to the French: being deprived of the WORKS OF art, the circumstance, instead of, ‘ding injurious to just feeling “and sound, opinion, will tend rather to improve their morals and ‘correct’ their understanding ; and to obscure those large’ views of glory, which have led them to misapprehend their rights and their duties, and to be insensible to every accurate notion of public virtue and national Honeur? . A private letter from Paris, dated Oct. 6, says—“ it is literally impossible to keep down the disposition to riot in the Palais-Royal; an overwhelming force of Eng lish and Prussian troops, are introduced early in the even ing; and French gens Wharmes are continually walking about among the crowd, but without success; disturb ances ending in bloodshed have been uniformly repeat ed, and nearly at the same hour for the last three nights. Two Frenchmen in coloured clothes, were cloven down by Prussian officers with their/xbreg,on Wednesday night; the night before lest a Prussian officer is said to have been killed by the French, ‘in reta liation, and last night a riot or so, alarming a nature was commenced, that all the inhabitants closed their shops, in the apprehension of some premeditated tumults. They are French military who provoke these distrbances, and in the most wanton manner, from the manner in which the riot of last night commenced, there can be no doubt of a concert between them. The Prussian officers usually walk together at night in parties of four or five ; a group of them were standing together talk ing and laughing very loud in the presence of a crowd, which seemed to observe them.2 French mad, ih co loured clothes, passing by ther,” ered ‘out, “© Gut sont ces coquins la.” “The Prigsians dréw’ their swords and advanced upon this man for the purpose’or taking him into custody, where'some French ‘officers almost instantly advanced from the crowd,and attacked the Prussians, but a strong guard being very near the spot, they were disarmed, and carried of prisoners; the person in to loured clothes who provoked the quarrel was also car ried off, and turns out to be a French officer. Serious disturbances have occurred in other parts of the town between the French themselves, of opposite parties; such is the state of irritation among the lower classes, that the King, in his carriage, was insulted by the rab ble on the Boulevards the day before yesterday ; his guard found it difficult to keep them off from the royal carriage ; they used the mtort insulting language, and advised him to retire quietly to England before it was too late; several cried out to him that he had brought upon them all the miseries of famine, and asked how he could appear in public in that manner whilst they wanted bread. The apprehension of famine is very general, the poorer classes are in great distress,even at this moment. It is impossible not to recollect that the cry of bread was the view of which preceded the horrors of the revolution. It is extremely probable that this rabble, by whom the King was insulted, were prepared for the purpose.” The emigrations from France to the United States, in order to obtain release from the Luidens of the contri butions, and to escape from the civil commotions which are dressed, have been very considerable. I t is said that the families of Marshal Brune and of Colonel Labe devere have already taken their departures and it is publicly known, that Marshal Ner, with his whole esta blishment, will persue the same destination should he obtain his acquittal.We have a communication from a Gentleran who was in company with five branches of families who are taking their wagsage for America, and who will carry with them property to the amount of one million of francs... The population in the silk manu facturing provinces to the south-east of the kingdom, all Protestants, it is apprehended, will be reduced by the same cause to the number of 60,600.
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