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'/FOREIGN. •
By the packet ship George Washington, at
New-York, London and Liverpool papers to
•the 23d March’ have been received.' l -We ex
tract the following iteinS of intelligencer, by l
this ship, frofij-lbe Journal of Commerce,
Commercial Advertiser, and Courier and Ln-
The “Irish Enforcing Bill” was still strug
gling its way bv incites, through the Committee
of the Whole W ’Cofhftwus - Five clauses
only were disposed of during the Sitting of the
18ih The court martial clause was carried
on tho 19.1., rf<« a long and nhMUd a '7
and then only tffter an avowal by Mr..Swpley, I
that Ministers,, “without being asked to do so i
but from feelings dfjAsirce, had iuuck-nut poli
tical offences of all kinds, and that all cases of!
libel, political meetings and manors connected
with the press, had been taken out of the bill.” :
For the clause, 270; against it, 130', This
tension of some of the most offensive parts of
the measure, is considered by the Liberals as,
a triumph alike over the Tories and the Minis-.,
ters. The following extract from a Lpftdon
paper of the 21st, shows the r by
rhe bill during the sitting ot the 20th;
Two amendments ' wero proposed by Mr.
O’Connell in the 12th clause. Tho. object of
the first was to allow.the government to. se
lect as Judge Advocates to tlie courts martial
“any barrister of not less.than five years stand-
Jro.” This was aggreed to. t ,As the f lauso
originally stood, the selection was restricted to
King’s Serjeants and King’s Counsel. Tho
effect of the second'amendment was to make
the courts martial open courts. This also was'
agreed to, with the limitation, that the court,
should be closed while tbejmembers consider- ‘
ed their verdict. / I
On the motion of Mr. Stanley, lhe.lGth
•clause was so amended as,to render it necessa
xy that warrants against persons refusing to at
4end to give evidence should be issued by the ■’
whole Court. As the clause stood before, any
single member of the Court had power‘to issue j
such warrant. .. . : . ; I
In the 17th clause, Mr. O’Connell moved an
Amendment, which was not objected tp, and
which prevents tile com t maitial from inflicting
corporal punishment ol any .kind..
The 18tli clause being thought to render it
imperative on the patrols, in a proclaimed* dis
trict, to detain all persons whom they found
out at night until tried by a court martial, Mr. '
Stanley offered to amend the clause in .such a
way tis would allow ol bail being .taken for._the j
•appearance of parlies* and as would diiect that j
no person should be arrested except under cir
cumstances of suspicion. 1 he. clause so a-j
mended was agreed to. I
1n the 16ih clause, which gives tho power of
domiciliary visits, some important alterations ■
Were made, on the motion of the* Solicitor
General. The clause as now amended, for
bids the police or soldiery breaking in.lo a house
under any circumstances.,- If the inmate sum
moned refuse ip. answer, he is to be considered
as absent.
In the course of the debates on the Enforc
ing Bill, thrtj Ministry have been continually
lossing strength. The minority has doubled
jts number, syice the debate began; and among
the deserters are some members whose votes
must be considered a pointed censure. The
English petitions against the measuie are un
usually numerous, and it is creditable to Scot-
Jand that there was not one petition in its fa
vor, although- the Scotch members nearly all
Voted for it. t The public, says a London pa
•per of Mar?h, 23d, although some times slow
to doubt, arel-always certain of being ultimately
au.iyed in defence of principle; and tho Cabi- ,
joe; miscalculated when they thought tliatrfhey
Could offend against all their former professions
with impunity, ■ . . ■'
Mi. O’Connell after having opposed the
principle of the Effijlish • Poor Laws during his ■
whole life, has at length astonished (lie House
i)y giving notice of a motion. for a .committee
to inquire into the expediency of adapting those
laus for Ireland. , i
From Holland flier*is still nothing decisive.
It is asserted, howevyr, that an important
change has Ifekoif place in public opinion, and
that the mercantile community in particular are
anxious that the Government should put an end ‘
to the difficulties under which the country la
boms. A 1 \*^j||ht 1 *••'*'** t “h-" with,
teas belonging to the Dutch Trading Campany, '
had br eu rent, into England.
A subscription is raising in Paris for M. Lafitte
whose hotel is advertised for sale. Theamount
ol winch will probably be large. M. Agpedo,
the Spanish Loan Contractor lias given 20,000
francs. The two young men accused of having
shot at the king on his way to the Legislative
Cuamber have been acquitted, as have also all’
the persons found on board the steam vessel
Carlo Alberto, supposed to have landed the
Ductless de (Jerri. These persons had previ
ously been ohce acquitted hut were tried again
in consequence of some informality in the pro--
reedings. The interest taken in the Duchess
herself seems fast dying away, and if she is.
spoken of at all, it is in ridicult*.
The account of a cessation of hostilities be-;’
tween the Sultan and Pacha of Egypt, is fully
Conti, med.
In Spain the liberal advisers of the Queen •
seem to be gaining entirely the upper hand. If
it be true, as is stated, that the Kings brother, '
D >n Carlos, had been exiled from the King
■dom. || hopes of tho Apostolicals must go
wi'li I) in. j
Business in London is said-to be entirely at
a stand still, in consequence of an apprehended
change in the currency* system. The advo
cates for an unlimited issue of Bank paper are
becoming evidently more numerous. At pre- .
sent no Bank Notes under £5 arc allowed, to
be circulated. . . j
tvrkey.
Important advices have been received £t
Vienna, by a ,Dragohian,- deipf»tcln«d' from
Constantinople by the laternuncio, at the de*
•sire af’jhe Reis Effemli. It appears that the
Fr> Admiral Roessw, with’the •concurrences of
the English .Charges de Affairs, Mr. Mande
ville, had prevailed on the Forte to sfcccpt the
mediation pf France between rhe Suhhn and
the Viceroy of ’and ’ that a treaty- had
been signed, by tho French and the Ottoman
minister* by which tho Porto cedes to-' the
; Egyptians the whole coast of Syria from 1 ri
! prdi to the borders of Egypt; with a tract > ir “ ,e
interior which includes Jerusalem, but not Da- ;
Aleppo, Scanderoon, and all tho other con
quests of the Egyptian army, are to be re
stored to the Ottoman Porte.. A messenger
bad been despatched to Ibrahim Pacha, with
intelligence of this"convention, mid- a declara
tion that if he advances farther into Asia Minor,
France will consider Lgypt us her enemy.—
Little doubt- is entertained but that this mes
' sage will stop Ibrahim in his career, and that
his father wjll not hesitate to make peace on
j the terms proposed. The Russian fleet, which
i.had arrived at the mouth of tho Bosphorus, be
,i ing no loogpr wanted, will return to Sebasto
pok
’ PORTUGAL.
-. * i. - <
Op THE MJGUELITEB..
■' t .Cow icr Office, 6 o'clock, I
Thursday Evening, March 21. J
The following is an extract of a letter, re
ceived by tho steamer from Vigo, on which
implicit reliance may be placed:
(tyvto, tylarch 4.—“ This morning at day
light, after tho town during the
night, tho troops, of Miguel'made a grand at
tack in theldiroction of Cordello, and St. J oho
da F'-'i. Aidiversioa had been made in the vi
cinity of Agoa Ardente, but it was soon per
, ceptible that the main object ol attack was
towards the Cordellodine.
1- ’.‘The troops of Don xMiguel were complete
ly repulsed, and it is supposed that they have
sustained a considerable loss; upwards of 600
1 are said to have been killed, but credence can
not bo given to all the reports current in the
to’>n. »
| “Don Pedro’s troops have comparatively
I sustained little loss; but the Scottish corps, un
der Major Shaw, have suffered most, one offi
cer in.ihat corps has been killed, and almost
every officer, with exception of its commander,
Shaw, has been wounded on the constitutional
side. Supplies of provisions, ammunition and
troops are daily expected.” j
The letter from which the above intelligence i
is taken, was brought by tho Alba steamer, ’
'which touched at Vigo on the 12lb, on its way
from the Mediterranean.
With respect to the extent of tl*e advantages
gained by the liberating army from this sue- [
cessful resistance, we cannot speak positively; i
but it is quite certain that they Arrue again beat
en off the Miguelites: and the result of the con
flict, cannot fail to inspire the army of the
Queen of Portugal With fresh courage air] in
creased confidence and to produce a favorable
effect on tbu inhabitants of Portugal.
From the London Times of March 28,
The letter by the Lisbon packet, dated on
the 2d iusi. were delivered this morning, but
they contain little news. Various constiac
tions were put upon them on the retirement of
General Santa Martha from the chief command
of the army; but the appointment of San Lou
renzo had caused some dissatisfaction, and it was
expected that Telles Jordan, on whom it ought
to have devolved, as he was second in com
mand, would resign in consequence of it. Mi
guel was at Braga on the 26:h ult. It is now
stated that the prevalent sickness in the north
of Portugal was not the cholera, but of a less
fatal nature, arising more from great privations
than any other circumstance.
This packet passed Oporto on tho 4th inst.
but was not able to enter, and did not remain
1 off more than two hours—consequently brings ’
no information from thence; but we find that i
a letter from Capt. Glasscok, of the Orestes,
is jn town, stating that -the affair of the 4fh,!
mentioned yesterday,. was an attack by tire t
army of Miguel, not a sortie by the troops of
i Don Pedro* as described in the first account,
and that, according to the reports from tho
town, it was repelled with a loss of 600 men on
the part of Miguel.
The troops of Don Pedro had sustained
comparatively, as it was stated, but little loss.
The Scotch troops, under Major Shaw, had 1
-.suffered-most; one officer in it is said to have
’ been killed and almost every officer with the
1 exception of Major Shaw, to have been wound
ed. The total amount of killed and wounded
on the Constitutional side is given at 100, but
with regard to both accounts there was con
ceived to be some exaggeiation. The chole- j
ra had no’, increased, but much distress is said
to prevail in the town from want of provisions J
> This account is in some degree an imperfect 1
one, which the drcuinstances under which the
communications with Oporto took place will
easily account for, hot there appears no reason i
to doubt the genuineness of it. It is proper, j
, however, to mention that no other letters ot
the date of the 4th inst. are in town from Opor- !
. to.
Lisbon. March 2.—Our Gazette of the 2d
/contains His Majesty’s acceptance of the resig- ■
■ nation of General Santa Martha, on account
of his bad health, and the appointment of the
.Conde de St. Lourenxo, Minister of War, to
take command of the army before Oporto.
During the Absence of the Conde de St. Lou
"renzo the Conde de Barbacena is to act as
’ Minister of War. .
FRANCE.
A letter of the 15th inst. from Bordeaux
■says —“The news front Blave begins to lose ;
its interest since the Duchess has broken with
. the Carlist party by declaration, the authemi-
■ city of which is not now doubted. Blave itself
• is no longer the temple to which the legitima-
, tist devotees make their pilgrimages: conse
j quently the office of Central Commissary of
.Police of the town has been suppressed, and
M. Joly, who held it, ha's returned to Paris by
order of tire Government.” •
J St ILL .LATER.
From the Courier and Enquirer.
Saturday, April 20.—1 P. J/,
/‘Tho barque Science, from Glasgow, has
brought us L indon papers of the 24th March
and Glasgow 6f tho 26th.
-In Spain the party of the Queen had pre
vailed upon Ferdinatid to 1 issue letters for the
convocalibii of the Cortes. It would assemble
immediately for the avowed purpose of repeal
' ing the Salic Law, and thus permitting his in
fant daughter to succeed him on the throne.
. There was a report that General Solignac
had made a- successful sortie to the north of
..Oporto, and driven back the Miguelites with a
. loss of GOO men. ■’ • •
..Tho subscription opened in Paris for M.
Lafitt-e, as ‘‘a pledge of the national gratitude
•for tho services rendered by him io the coun
try,” it appears was resolved on at a meeting
of tile editors of several Parisian
when it was stated a great number of letters
had been received by them recommending the
measure. The committee appointed to receive
tho subscriptions are General Lafayette, Du
pont de ’Eure, Odillon Barrot, and Marshal
‘ Clausel.
Wool.—The following statistical accounts !
are curious and interesting:—England and
Wales feed 36,000,000 of sheep, each of which f
yields a fleece of four pounds weight, or i
144,000,000 lbs. which at one shillnxr pet
pound is worth £7,400,000. These manufac- J
I lured produce £20,000,000 leaving a profit of ;
£12,000,000 per annum to the various tnanu- i
, I faciurers. |
In the New York Gazette is the following j
communication:— ' '
I The Duchess of Berri has recently been j
forced before the public in new light. The!
| editorial notices, got up for purposes of the
worst character, elicit more regard'than they
are entitled to. The letter signed Simon
Deutz, and every story about her being mar-
j ried are fabrications. One who knows.
Pei haps this one who knows is the very
Prince ***, o f whom mention is made in the
Paris papers, but who is not to be found.
[' MISCELLANEOUS.
Jefferson, Camden County, Geo. )
■ April 27th, 1833. j
Gentlemen—l take the liberty otinclosing
• to you, for the purpose of publication, a reme
’dy for the bite of a Rattle Snake, and as the
, plant is not generally known in our pan of the
I country, I also take the liberty of saying tint it
is abundant in this county and perhaps in all the
Counties in this State. It is commonly called
Old Maui’s Bpard—which, I presume, is from,
the flower resembling the cuttings of white pa
per, the berry is of a purple color and about the
size ol a Tupelo, or Blavk Gum berry, and is
generally ripe in the fall. 1 think you will do
a great favor to your subscribers by publishing
the same, and as one, hope you will do so.
I remain, gentlemen, very respectfully,
Your most obedient servant,
. . ISAAC BAILEY.
From the Maryville, Tenn. Intelligencer.
WHITE ASH vs. RATTLESNAKES.
We have often heard that a strong tea made
of the bark or leaves of the White Ash is a
certain cure for tho bite of the Rattlesnake, if
it be applied to the wound and taken internal
ly. The value of this remedy is confirmed by
a letter from Samuel Woodruff, Esq. contain
ed in the American Journal of Science, in
which ho gives the following, humorous state
ment of facts. He says:
During the summer months of 1801, 1 resid
| e<l in the noj th eastern part of the state of Ohio.
1 Rattlesnakes were then very numerous in that 1
j region. I found die opinion universally pre- ;
valertf among the inhabitants there, that the '
I leaves of the white ash were highly offensive to
'he rattlesnake. Several persons of respecta
bility assured me that the rattlesnake was nev
er found on land where the white ash grows,
that it was the uniform practice among hunters,
as well as others, whose business led them to
traverse the woods in the summer months, to
stuff their shoes and boots, and frequently
their pockets also, with white ash leaves, as a
preventive of the bite of the rattlesnake, and
that they had never known or heard of any
person being bitten who had used this precau
tion.
Some time in the month of August, I went
j Mr. T. Kirtland, and Dr. C. Dutton, then
resting at Poland, to the Mahoning, for the
jpurposeof shooting deer, at a place whear
| 'hey were in the habit of coming into the river,
to feed on tho moss attached to the stones tn
tne sho d water. We took our watch station
on an elevated pan of the bank, fifteen o,
I twenty yards from the edge of the water. A
s bout an hour after we commenced our watch,
j instead of a deer, we discovered a large rattle
snake, which as it appeared, had left his den
in the rocks beneath us, and was slowlv ad
vancing across a smooth, narrow sand-beach
towards the water. Upon hearing our voices,
|or from some other cause, he stopped and lav I
stretched out with his head near the water ft
! occnned to me, that an opportunity now offer- !
eel to try the virtues of the white ash leaves. !
Requesting the gentlemen to keep, in my ab
sence, a watch over our object, 1 went imme
diately in search of khe leaves, an(J o„ a piece
[of low ground thirty or forty rods back from
the river, soon foCnd, and bv the aid cfrnv !
hunting knife, procured a sm di white ash sap- 1
; ling eight or ten feet in lengih, and with a view
to make ihe experiment mote satisfactory f 1
cut another sapling ol the sugar niable and with
these wands returned to the scene of action
In order to cut off a retreat to his den, I ap
proached the snake in his rear. As soon as I
time within about seven or eight feet of him
he quickly threw his body into a coil, elevated
his head eight 'or ten inches, and brandishing
Ins “gaye note of preparation” for
combat. T first presented him tho white ash,
placing tho leaves upon his body. He instant
ly dropped his head to tho ground, unfolded
his coil, rolled over upon his back, wreathed and
twisted his whole body into every form but
that of a coil, and appearing to be in great an
guish. Satisfied with the trial thus far made,
I laid by the- white ash. The rattlesnake im
mediately righted, and placed himself in the
Same menacing attitude as before de
scribed. I now presented tho sugar maple.
He lanced in a moment, striking his head into
a tuft of the leaves, “with all the malice of tho
undei the next moment coiled and
lanced again, darting his whole length at each
effort with the swiftness of an arrow. After
repeating this several times, I again changed
his/are,and presented him the white ash. He
immediately doused his peak, stretched himself
out on his back, and wreathed hij body in the
same manner as at the first application. It
was then proposed to try what effect might be
produced on bis temper and courage by a little
flogging with the white ash. This was admin
istered. But instead of arousing him to re
sentment, it served only to increase his troubles.
As the flogging grew more severe, tho snake
frequently stuck his head into the sand as far as
■ he could thrust it, seeming desirous to bore his
way into the earth and rid himself of his nn-
| welcome visitors.
j Being now convinced that the experiment
j was a satisfactory one, and fairly conducted on
both sidjs, we deemed it ungenerous to take
! his life after he had contributed so much to
jgratify our curiosity; and so we took our leave
of the rattlesnake, with feelings as friendly at
least as those with which we commenced our
’ acquaintance with, and left him to return al leis
-1 ure to bis deu.
; From the Portland Daily Adv. and Patriot.
DINNER to major jack downing.
Extract of a letter down East.
It affords me much pleasure to be able to
send the fust account ot the civic honors con
ferred on this illustrious chieftain, who has
been so instrumental in bringing to a glorious
and bloodless termination tho war of straddlo
bugs.
On the arrival of Major Downing at the bar
rier of slabs and upturned roots which forms
the Eastern line of Harysukit and is now tho
suburbs of Downingville, he was met by a
Committee the chairman of which, Squire Josh
ua Grant, addressed the major as follows:
“Major Downing! Penetrated with the pro
fonndest feelings of respect and gratitude, your
fellow-citizens ot Downingville and of tho
gion round about, have directed us to meet you
at the threshold of your native city, rendered il
lustrious by your deeds of arms, and in their
name to welcome and congratulate you on your
safe return after the perils, fatigues and hair
breadth escapes encountered by you, alone, and
single handed, in meeting the whole chivalry
of South-Carolina % with Brigadier Hamilton al
their head—sustaining the honor of knighthood
unsullied ; compelling the enemy to retreat
beyond tho reach ot his own voice ; but bag
ging him at all points and fnrally causing him to
lick the dust and cry pecavi ;—Thus showing
to all Europe, Asia, and a pretty considerable
part of Africa, how much can Lw bv orrcr
man when he is in earnest ! Wo therefore in
vite you in the name of your fellow-citizens in
general, and your military co-patiots in particu
lar, to partake of a public dinner now “being
cook’d,” and in all probability, unless the devil
is in the pot, wiil be ready in two hours from
this time.”
To which Major Downing was pleased to
make the following laconic and characteristic
reply :
“Gentlemen! No moro palaver, but let us
prepare for action—some bitters—and while tho
punch is brewing I will take a julip, and then
to the dinner with what appetite we may.”
At one o’clock the company sat down to a
sumptuous repast prepared in Capt. Zebulon
1 Tripe’s best style. After the cucumbers were I
| removed, the President Gen. Flash-in-the-pan
i rose and addressed the company in substance !
|as follows: Fellow soldiers and fellow-citi-I
) zens : citizen soldiers and soldier citizens : one j
and all please to fill a bumper to the man that’s
' filled the gallon pot of his country’s glory, and j
!is ready to do it again and again if so be his
country’s glory should again be dry : are you '
all filled ?” “1 rather guess not s lid lieuten- j
ant Spare-ribs—who like somebody of old grew )
hungry on what he fed on. The President not
hearing the Lieutenant’s reply, gave—“ Our
Guest—-If Trajan found a Pliny, Major Down
ing shall nut lack an historian nor Brigadier
, Hamilton a bellows blower.”
9 cheers—music, “The Campbells are com-
l inß ’”
i Major Downing arose amidst a thunder of •
i applause, and with that peculiar winning, mod- '
■ est, retiring manner, and subdued tone, said :
’“Mr. President and gentlemen! little did 1 i
think when 1 left my native hills to meet the ■
wishes and the expectations of three wars, since
the war of nullification is ended, little did 1
think that a in short campaign of six months such
! a change would be wrought in the destinies of
1 the world ! When 1 left you all was dark and
I dismal despondency. The tariff, that terrible
monster, was abroad like a roaring lion, seeking
whom be might devour—all was going to wreck
[and ruin. The sun never rose till noon day,
the moon hid her pale face behind - a* nullifica
tion cloud which grew thicker and thicker and
thicker, until my arrival at Washington, when
on the lOih of December, anno dornini, 1832,
Andrew Jackson and myself issued a proclama
tion which dispersed the cloud and produced,
if 1 might be allowed to say, a day of political
penticost. When Parthians and Medes, Elami
tes and dwellers in Massachewsets,were all ama
zed, saying one to another what is this we hear ?
our own tongue wherein we were born! A
truce was sounded by squire Calhoun, and a
nine years armistice agreed to by and between
the keeper of the nulliesand the keeper of the
tariff, by which it is agreed that the tariff is to
go at large, having one inch of his tail cut off'
every year for eight years, and then the whole
to be clipped oft’ close to the rump, provided
I they can hold him to perform the operation. |
~/tl>u« you see, fellow-citizens, how all ugi? diffi.
■ cullies are settled to the satisfaction of every
I body,-and the tariff is now as tame and harm
l less as a puss cat—-even before one inch of his
tail is curtailed.
The major Concluded his very animated re
i marks by proposing most magnanimously—the
■ health of
1 Governor General Hayne.
■ Brigadier Governor Hamilton, art'd
• /‘Ensign Frost !”
’ Wo to the Yankee who has liis sauce cut
’ when such a frost comes on !
■ Song— '■'twenty thousand volunteers, al) in a
I row.”
Several other speeches and volunteer toasts
Wore uttered, but 1 have not time to give them
in regular order, but hope to have them prepar*
; ed and revised by tho authors, to send to vou
• next mail.
Owe of the invited guests, being a strange}
■ of distinction.
Down East, April 10th.
From the Richmond Compiler,
’ THE DUCHESS OF BERRL
O. P, Q. doubts whether the Duchess hai
told the truth about her marriage. He says in*
deed, that “it was generally understood and ah'*
nounced, in rhe fashionable societies and saloons
of Paris,” that her Royal Highness is cncicnfe
but not married! The difficulty seems to bn
in ascertaining who tho Little Cupid is. if
i the Bridegroom bo an Italian Prir.ce, then
how is that supposition to Be reconciled to the
fact that she quitted Italy in April last? is
nature working a miracle of an eleven months
child in her favor? Some conjecture that her
c/rcr ami was amin by the name of Smioß
Doatz, who was her constant companion in La
Vendee, and who betrayed her to the French
Government. Two years since he \yas in Bos
ton—and he has written some account of him*
self to a gentleman in that town. If he were
connected with the Duchess, it is suspected he
has betrayed her in a.fitof jealousy.
“Tho Gazette de Perigord of (he 6th of
March, states, that five physicians were in con*
sultalion on tho 2d, upon the subject of tho
health of the Duchess. They were unanimous*
ly of opimion that there was imminent danger iu
exposing the Princess any longer to the atmos*
phere of France. On the question of Irer pro
spective maternity, they refused to make ex*
amination or give an opinion ; but Madams as
sured them that she was married and pregtjant,
and requested them to say so, in order to. pre
vent coHissions, whice would agian be a most
cruel torment to her. Tell iny friends, too she?
added, with that warmth of expression for whirdi
she is remarkable, tell them that they may ba
easy on my account and that they will have no.
cause to blush at a marriage, all the circumstan
ces of which they will be made acquainted with"
immediately on my arival in Italy,”
“The constitutional says,” Os all the iu-.
ventions to which the Legitimatists, in their
despair and confusion, have given themselves
up, tho following is the most recent. In the
saloons of the noble inhabitants of the Fuuburg-
St. German, it is now circulated that the se
cret husband of the Duchess of Berri is Louis
XVII. wtip, necording to thjj nTA«t incontro
vertible evidence, has survived all tile vicissif
(tides of his infancy. Consequently, tfio
Duchess is not only Regent, but actually Queen
of France.”
It is said that the Duchess is in the forty
sixth year ofher ago.
What a satire upon the assumed sanctity of
Kings.’and Princesses ! As Shakespear says,
“The King is but a man, as 1 am; the viols:
smells to him as it doth to me; all his sensed
have but human conditions”—nay, they are tie*
quontly worse than the average run of mortals
—“Weak and foolish humanity ! exclaims O.
P. Q. Alas! alas! Whit mortals we are, and
what follies we perpetrate! L’Estrange lias
m ide us laugh with him at ’hi? dog, df\v!iom
he reported that “he would have fought for his
master in any other case; but the love of mut
ton was his weak side.” The dog was van
' quished by the love of mutton, and the Duchess
( of Bern has been conquered by her love for
an Italian Piince! She lias forgotten her Sire**,
forgotten her son—forgotten her daughter-*
forgotten her departed husband—forgotten the.
' game she was playing and the struggle in which •
i she was engaged—forgotten the respect sho
I owed to herself, to her family, and to that
Franco which she professed to Jove and to «•
dore—and has yielded to tho persuasions of an
Italian Ptince—was to him secretly married— .
and is now about to be delivered ofanothet
“Dieu-doiine” in the shape, I suppose, of Hen*
ry VI or Charles XI.”
FROM NEW-YORK.
By tho schooner Exact, from New-York,
we received the New-Y >-k Courier &, En
! quirer of tho 22.1 inst.—The following are ex*
, tracts:
•
Cholera in Ireland.—“ Never,” says a.'
letter from Limerick of the 15ih of March,
“was (liera any thing like the state of the sur
rounding country. Tier Cholera fins spread
all around. The Rev. Noonan Curate of
Knockany, was here to day to purchase coffins,
there not being h inds enough in that place to
m ike them. At Hospital, tn day, the parish
priest and twelve of his flock are dead ofchol*
era. Forty persons wore attacked last Light
I with the pestilence, out of which, the above
number fell victims to its fury Poor Dr. O’Con
nell said mass yesterday, and appeared to be in
excellent health. -The manner of his death,
being taken off in three or four hours, has creat
ed a general feeling of regret and consternation
through the surrounding country. Kilin dlock,
too, is nearly as bad. Brureo is totally de
serted; Fedanroro attacked at all points, the ,
Rev. Air. M’Carthy, the parish priest,'and his
coadjutor, have been called out of bed to at*
tend the sick and dying, eleven nialits in sic
cesssion. In short, the' panic through tie* ’
country far exceeds any thing within the menu*
ry of man.”
Kilmurry, Ibraickane, and Seafield, in tho
county of Clare, have been likewise.visiied -
i with the disease, and as ifjo it* rage*