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t . 1 .L r ' <ffr * iForelgn LATEST FROM LONDON. New. York, May 21.—Bythc packet ship Sovereign, Captain Kearney, front Lon-Ion, the editors of the Commercial Advertiser have received tiles of Lo.idon papers to the 11th of April inclusive, with commercial and marine intelligence to the same date. We have Liverpool dates of the 9th. IRELAND. The affairs of this unhappy and distracted country, assume a more sombre appearance, if possible, by every fresh arrival. The Whitefeet continue their depredations—O’ Connell recommends to the people to agitate —and the innocent arc likely to suffer with the guilty, from tlie.se different, but illegal modes of seeking redress. It will be seen by the following proclamation of the Marquis cf Anglesey, that the enforcing act has com menced its operation in the county of Kilkcn- nv. This experiment will probably prove a test as to the wisdom, justice,and necessity of the act. Proclamation of the Irish Government under the New Bill. Dublin, Sunday, April 7.—The follow, ing proclamation, extending the, provisions of the bill to the county and city of Kilkenny, appeared in the Dublin Gazette. It is stated that a proclamation will appear early' in the present week, prohibiting the meeting of the Volunteers, the Conservatives, and the Trades’ Union. By the Lord Lieutenant and Council of Ireland. A PROCLAMATION. Anglesey.—Whereas, by an Act passed in the third year of his present Majesty’s reign, entitled “ An Act for the more effectu al suppression of local disturbance and dan gerous associations in Ireland,” it is amongst other things enacted, th'at it shall and may be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant and other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, with the advice of his Majesty’s Privy Coun cil in Ireland, at any time after passing of the said Act, and from time to time during the continuance thereof, as occasion may require, to issue his or their proclamation, declaring any county, county.ofa city, or county of a town in Ireland, or any portion thereof, res pectively, to bo in such a state of disturbance and insubordination as to require the applica tion of the provisions of the said Act. Now, we, the Lord Lieutenant, do, by this our proclamation, in pursuance and execution of the sajd Act, and by and with the advice of his Majesty’s Privy Council in Ireland, de clare the county of Kilkenny, the county of the city of Kilkenny, the city of Kilkenny, and the liberties of the said city, to be in such a state of disturbance and insubordination as to require the application of the provisions of the said Act. And we do by this our proclamation, warn the inhabitants of the said county of Kilkenny, the city of the county of Kilkenny, the city of Kilkenny, and the liberties of the said city, to abstain from all seditious and other unlaw ful assemblages, processions, confederacies, meetings and associations, and to be and re main in their respective habitations at all hours between sunset and sunrise, from and after Wednesday the 10th day of April inst. of which all justices of the peace of the said county, and county of a city.; constables, peace officers, and others whom it may con cern, arc to take notice. Given at the Council Chamber in Dublin, this 6th day of April, 1833. Boise Win. M’Mahon, Wm. Saurin. John Raddijfe, John Doherty. F. Blackburnc, R. H. Vivian. ** God save the King.” As Daniel O’Connell is the acknowledged leader and prime mover of the opposition to the English ministry, which probably embra ces four fifths of the entire population of Ire. land, his proceedings possess gre at interest os forming an index of the course and operation of events in relation to the policy of that coun try. We therefore subjoin, from the Dublin Post, his letter to Counsellor Barrett. London, 14, Albcrmarle.strect, Wednesday. My Dear Barrett.—The die is cast. We are slaves. Once more injustice has been committed towards Ireland. Lot us now struggle for the double repeal: First—Of this new Algerine Act. Second—Of that Union which ;donc caus ed this Act to be passed. I feel the awful duty imposed on me by the Volunteers. I will endeavor to perform it honestly, at least, if not well. Announce to the people of Ireland that I intend on every Monday, whilst the Algerine act continues, to publish a letter to them in the Pilot. I will, please God, begin on Mon. day next. I mean to tako up in detail the necessary agitation in each county in Ireland. Our en- temies shall not triumph over the people, nor put down the popular sentiment. We will still agitate within the law, and without cither mortd guilt or legal offence. Call on the’people to be quiet; bear with patience this new indignity. Let them hope for better days, and better days must soon arrive. Give a caution to the atrocious Whitefeet. They have played the game which the ene. mics of Ireland wished them to play. The execration of every good or honest man is upon their crimes. The vengeance of God will, sooner or later, be visited upon their wickedness. How sincerely ought we now tc> detest the vilest of the vile Whitefeet—the last and worst of those villainous miscreants who have given strength to the enemies, and weakened 'the friends of Ireland. But still I do not despair of my country. No. Eren in the crimes which are commit, ted against her, there arises a hope that these crimes will accelerate their own punishment, . and create thereby that state of things which will insure the speedy restoration of our na tional and constitutional independence. Believe me to be, very faithfully, yours, DANIEL O’CONNELL The Dublin Times asserts that forty-four officers from the half pay list were to be im- mediately com nissioned to act as. members oflhe -’ouri martial to be held under *b [ris Di't ,rb me Bill. A considerable m 1 ary rce was ordered to proceed to the county o» Kil kenny to carry the enforcing law into effect. The object of including the city of Kilkenn with the county, in the proclamation, is sat-) to be, that the trials of persons apprehend** in the adjoining part of the county might tak- place there. Mr. Edward Dwyer has advertised the Corn Exchange iu Dublin to rent—evidently under the expectation that the Volunteer As sociation will be suppressed by the Lord Lieutenant’s proclamation. Germany.—The elements of discord and revolution are rife in various parts of the Germanic Empire. Owing, however, to the vigilance of the Government, and the stron. ly armed force which is employed for tin purpose, it lias been hitherto found impracti cable for the unquiet spirits to rally, or ma ture any substantial plans of concentrated ac tion. A riot, however, of a very serious character, broke out at Frankfort on th evening of the 3d of April, tinder the very walls of the Chamber of the Diet of the Con federation. A private letter from Frankfort, dated on the 4th, gives the particulars of the outbreak of*the riot. Five soldiers were kil led, and twenty wounded. The loss on the part of the students and rioters was not stated, except generally that it was great. Their object was the liberation of the prisoners con- lined for political offences. Tins they effec ted ; but the next day the l itter voluntarily surrendered themselves, and the leaders in the revolt were apprehended. Order was again re-established, although another letter, dated 3 o’clock, on the 4th, says it was repor ted that the Palace ot the Duke of Nassau, at Bicbcrick, was in flames. The King Wurtemburg issued a Proclama tion on the 2d of April, dissolving the States General, with a view’ to a new election for the representatives of the nation. The reason for this measure is distinctly assigned to he the turbulent spirit of the former bod}’. The Prince of Hesse Cassel issued a man ifesto on the 25th of March, conceived in still stronger terms ; asserting that a majori ty of the Chamber had, from the very com mencement of the session, assumed an atti tude hostile to the Government. Both these royal functionaries express a strong hope that the new clcctious may even, tuatc in such a manner ns that harmony may thereafter prevail between the government and the representatives ; but it is very evi dent that the discontents are broad and deep; nor would it be astonishing if insurrections of a more formidable character than the riot at Frankfort should ere long disturb the repose ot Germany. Turkey—The news from the theatre of commotion in Turkey is not so late as that re ceived by way of Baltimore, from Smyrna. France.—Nothing of general interest has recently occurred in France. The de bates in the Chamber of Deputies, as is not unfrequcntly the case, were extremely violent, especially in regard toa complaint of M. Vien- net, a deputy, who had been accused by the Tribune, a republican paper, with being in the pay of the cabinet. The editor was sum moned to the bar by a small vote, and would probably be punished for the offenpe. It was rumored in Paris that Lord, Stuarl de Rothsay was about to replace Lord Gran ville as Ambassador to that Court from Eng. land. Portugal.—In the ever-changing aspect of affairs presented by the contending brothers at Oporto, the cause of Don Pedro appears once more on the ascendant. He has cffec. ted an adjustment of the difficulty with Admi ral Sartorius, by acceding to his demands, and consequently retaining him in his service, with naval force superior to that of Don Mi guel. Spain.—The latest intelligence from the capital of this country is to the 1st ultimo, and principally relates to the distractions that prevail in the Councils of the King. The weakness and oscillation of the King’s mind ■re becoming daily more evident, and the forthcoming events in a country swayed by such a government, despotic in its power, and influenced moreover by degrading subservi ency to a bigoted priesthood, it is impossible to foresee. Holland and Belgium.—The ‘King of Holland gives no indication of any design to accede to the course pointed out for him by England and France; and the Belgians complain of the inefficiency of the blockade of the Dutch ports which those powers com menced. We have neither time nor space for any extracts to-day. Sicily.—A letter from Messina,undcr date of 23d February, gives a melancholy account of the condition of the people of this Island Famine, less extensive but scarcely less de plorableand afflicting in its character than that of the Cape de Verds, has produced sickness, desolation and death. The mis fortune was occasioned principally by a sue cession for many months of heavy rains and dark mists, which covered the plains with water, and prevented the sowing of the crops. England. The adjournment of Parlia ment leaves us the selection of such few do mestic occurrences only as the interval of five days may be presumed to furnish. f The renewal of the charters of the Bank of England, and of the East India Company, were topics of great interest, and discussed with great earnestness, not only in the pub. lie papers,but in private circles. A project was on foot to establish, injdace of the present in stitution, a National Bank oq different princi pies of organization. • It is quite evident, from the tone of the leading Journals, particularly of the Times which generally catches and follows the first impulse of the popular breeze, that the Grey ministry is on the wane, Rbduciton.—YVe have several tables pre- ured and so arranged as to p’ace some of he statistics which ought to be spread widely before the people in a better and more con- venient form than heretofore ; but we are not hie to get them in. Our amfour against the assault ..ow making on the Southern interests, long established instiiutions of the coun- ry, and the value of slave property, must be truth and fact. Statistic information being nothing else but fact, we wish to furnish as much of that as possible. When the opera- on and bearing of the project now on foot omes to be fully looked into, it will be discov er’d, we think, that it would fix upon us the ricst curie iture of representation, that has ever appeared any where in any civilized nantry in ancient or modern times. Per haps we ought to except the Borough mon- »ering British House of Commons, but of this ive are not quite certain. THE CONVENTION PLAN. The Senate shall be elected annually on a first Monday in October, until such day of election shall be altered by law, ami shall be composed of one member from each Senatorial District, to be chosen by the elec tors thereof, which said Senatorial Districts shall be tormed by adding two contiguous utilities together throughout the State, with out regard to population, as is hereinafter spe cified and defined, the county of Murray ex cepted, which shall constitute, together with such county or counties as may be hereafter formed out of the territory now composing said county of Murray, one Senatorial Dis trict, the whole number of districts shall be forty-five and no more, and in thd event of the formation of any new’ county or counties, the Legislature at the time of such formutio shall attach tiie same to some contiguous Sen atorial District. Each Senator shall be a resident of the district for which he may be elected, as is re quired by the present Constitution of resi dence in the county. The following shall be the Senatorial Dis tricts : ©eueral Iut?iu<*cncr. Rep. pop. White pop I- 1 Murray, 2 Gilmer and Union, 3 Rabun and Habersham, 14,005 13,244 4 Lumpkin and Cherokee, 5 Cass anti Floyd, 6 Hall and Jackson, 7 Gwinnett and Forsyth, (In Gwinnett,) 8 Paulding and Cobb, 9 DcKalb and Fayette, 10 Campbell and Carroll, 11 Coweta and Meriwether, 12 Troup and Heard, 13 Henry and Newton, 14 Walton and Clark, 15 Franklin and Madison, 16 Elbert and Oglethorpe, 17 Greene and Taliaferro, 18 Lincoln and Wilkes, 19 Morgan and Putnam, 20 Butts and Jasper, 21 Pike and Upson, 22 Harris and Talbot, 23 Crawford and Monroe, 24 Bibh and Houston, 25 Baldwiu and Jones, 26 Twiggs and Wilkinson, 27 Warren and Hancock, 28 Columbia and Richmond, 18,189 29 Burke and Scriven, 12,480 30 Washington and Jefferson, 13,888 31 Bulloch and Emapuel, 4,727 32 Laurens and Montgomery, 5,567 33 Dooly and Pulaski, 34 Marion and Muscogee, 35 Randolph and Early, 36 Lee and Baker, 37 Stewart and Sumpter, ) (In Stewart,) s y 38 Irwin and Telfair, 39 Appling and Tattnall, 20,594 17,851 12,144 10,721 15,486 13,609 7,154 6,465 9,695 7,749 8,641 6,507 19,855 16,488 16,907 12,212 13,336 11,078 19.653 11,702 13,926 7,970 15,339 7,995 18,896 10,387 14.654 9,998 11,167 8,634 11,466 8,657 18,035 12,487 13,386 10,076 16,096 9,319 12,777 9,333 17,332 10,065 9.875 7,409 9,326 4,002 3,951 4,861 4,835 2,157 2,750 6,149 6,103 2,711 3,187 40 Chatham and Effingham, 14,314 41 Bryan and Liberty, 42 McIntosh and Glynn, 43 Wayne and Camden, 44 Ware and Lowndes, 45 Decatur and Thomas, 1,730 1,371 2,956 2,553 3,524 3,048 6,715 7,209 2,301 6,472 1,699 4,117 2,108 3,492 3,218 6,825 5,149 The whole number of members in the Hpuse of Representatives shall be one hun dred and forty-four, and no more, except in the case of a newly created county or coun ties; such new county or counties shall have one member for each county until the taking of the next census thereafter, and the whole number shall be apportioned in the following manner, viz: the fifteen counties having the highest number of free white persons shall be entitled to three members each; thetwen ty-five counties having the next highest num ber of free white persons shail have two mem bers each, and the remaining forty-nine coun ties shall have one member each.' Whenever from the creation ufa new cou.ity or counties the whole number ol members in the House of Representatives shall exceed the num her of one hundred and forty-tour, it shall be the duty of the Legislature, at its first session af ter the taking of the first census after the cre- atiou of such new county or counties, in up- portioning the members, to take one mem ber from one of the counties having three members, to supply such newly created coun ty, always beginning with the county that has the smallest number of free white persons that may be entitled to three members. MR. HULL’S PLAN. . Ti e Senate shall consist of 30 members only, to be elected from 30 Senatorial Dis-. tricts, composed of three counties each, con tiguously situated ; which districts shall be laid out by the next General Assembly con vened as one body in the Representative Chamber, on the second Monday in Novem ber next. The House of Representatives shall con. sistofl26 members only, viz: each.county shall have one member, and the remaining number above that which gives each county one, shall be divided among the counties hav ing the highest Representative population, computed according to the rule now existing iu the Constitution,, beginning at the highest, and giving to those highest counties, one addi tion 1 member, and no more. Any new coun tv which may here after be made, shall h.>ve one member in the House of Representatives, and be attached to the nearest Senatorial District, until the taking of the next Census ; and the Legislature meeting after the ta king of each census, shall re-apportion the Legislature according to the plan herein con- lined Georgia Journal. Speech of Black Hawk.—You have ta. ken me prisoner, with all in\ warriors. I am much grieved, for I expected, it I did not defeat you,to bold out much longer, and give ou more trouble before I surrendered. I tri -d hard to bring you into ambush, but your last General understands Indian fighting.— The first one was not so wise. When I saw that l could not beat you by Indian fight- ng, I determined to rush on you, and tight you face to face. I fou ;ht hard. But your guns were well aimed. The bullets !lew like birds in the air, and whizzed by our ears like the wind t rough the trees in the winter.— My warriors fell around me ; it began to look listnal. I saw my evil day at hand. The sun rose dim on us in the morning, and at. uight it sunk in a dark cloud and looked like a ball of fire. That was the last sun that shone on Black Hawk. His heart is dead, and no longer beats quick iu his bosom. He is now a prisoner to the white men, they will do with him as they wish. But he can stand torture, and is not afraid of death. He is no coward. Black Hawk is an Indian. He has done nothing for which an Indian ought to be ashamed. He has fought for his countrymen, the squaws and papooses, against the white men, who came year after year to cheat them and take away their lands. You know the cause of our making war. It is known to all white men. They ought to be ashamed of it. The white men despise the Indians and drive them from their homes.— But the Indians are not deceitful. The white men speak bad of the Indian and look at him spitefully. But the Indian does uot tell lies; Indians are not drunkaids. Their wives are honest: Indians do not steal. An Indian who is bad as the white men, could not live in our nation, he would be put to death and cat up by the wolves. The white men are bad schoolmasters. They car ry false looks, and deal iu false actions : they smile in the face of the poor Indian to cheat him : they shake them by the hand, to gain their confidence, to make them drink, to de ceive them, and ruin our wives. We told them to let us alone, and keep away from us; but they followed on and beset our paths, and they coil themselves among us like the snake. They poisoned us by their touch. We are not safe. We lived in danger. We were becoming like them, hypocrites and liars, adulterers, lazy drones, all talkers and no workers. We looked to the great spirit. We went to our great father. We were encouraged. His great council trave us fair words and hi. promises ; but we got no satisfaction. Things were growing worse. There was no deer in the forest. The opossum and beaver were fled; the springs were drying up,and our squaws’ pa pooses without victuals to keep them from starving ; we called a great council, and built a large fire. The spirit of fathers arose and spoke to us and told us to avenge our wrongs or die. We al 1 spoke before the council lire. It was warm and pleasant. We sent up the war whoop and dug up the tomahawk ; our knives were ready, and the heart of Black Hawk swelled high in his bosom, when he led his warriors to battle. He is satisfied. He will go to the world of spirits contented. He has done his duty. His father will meet him there and commend him. Black Hawk is a true Indian, and disdains to cry like a woman. He feels for his wife, his children and friends. But he does not care for himself. He cares for his nation and the Indians. They will suffer. He la. meats their fate. The white men do hot scalp the head; but they do worse, they poi son the heart; it is not pure with itiem. His countrymen will not be scalped, but they will iu a few years become like the white men, so that you cant trust them, and there must be, in the white settlements, nearly as many officers ns men, to take cure of them and keep them in order. Farewell my nation! Black Hawk tried hard to save you, and avenge your wrongs. He drank the blood of some of the whites.— He has been taken prisoner, and his plans are stopped. He can do no more. He is near his end. His sun is setting, and will rise no more. Farewell to Black Hawk. inv luable at the commencement of this Teat work. His exertious will never be for otfe, while the Railway exists. Fortuu^eW for the Stockholders aud the public, the gende- man who was elected to the vacancy, occa sioned by Mr. Aiken’s deeply regretten loss, did not disappoint the high expectations which had been entertained of his qualifications perseverance, and has ably, efficiently a.in promptly executed the duties entrusted t 0 him, to the entire s itisfactio i of all concern- ed. His indefatigable exertions are fully ap preciated, and he deserves and he receives the most unqualified approbation.—Charles- ton Courier. The Charleston Courier of the 27lh instant contains the following R til Road intelligence: “We understand that a large party of gen. tinmen made an excursion on the R til Ron i, on Friday last, as’ far as Midway, 72 mites nit] returned in the afternoon. The locum otive Phoenix, with two passenger < ars, were engaged for the trip, which was intended to he as far as the road is entirely completed, 99 mils from town; but, in consequence of the locomotive intended to carry the mail he. ingout of order, the mail passengers, (13 iu number,) with a heavy load of baggage, were taken up by the party. The distance perfor med was 144 miles, the extra stoppages, be- sides taking in wool and water, exceeded 4 hours. The result of this trip proved to th satisfaction of all, that the mail to August i can be transported with safety and regularity in less than nine hours, as soon as the com pany can procure a suflicic.it number o ' e - gines to insure regularity in the departure— All of the gentlemen were highly pleased with the performance of the engine, much gratified with the result of the excur sion, which furnished complete conviction of the unparalleled despatch, safety and comfort of this mode of conveyance. Much credit is due to Mr. Raporth, the Engineer, and Mr. Nell, the couductor, for their attention and exertions during the day. Troubles in Texas.—This province has b eu ior many years u sort of ‘middle ground’in whic.1 were con D re ated together, as well for unlaw.ul os for lawful purposes*, all kindreds aud tongues, from every corner of the earth. Their auuoyauce and disregard of the laws ot the country, have at leqgth become so great and injurious, that the Mexican Govern, meat has determined either to dislodge or subject ilium to more perfect obedience. Accordingly we learn .rom the Mercantile - vurtise^ on the authority of a lettter from Z* n,oras > dated the 22d ult. that during the n. V°i USWeek tour vessels had arrived at ■ ‘ ll . Ce tr , om v ers Cruz, with about three hundred and fifty men , aud a number of offi. cers ior the purpose above named. The Commander, Gen. Fiiisola was daily expec. ted run Monterey,- with .bout twelve h . r 'nun and eight pieces of artilier. t r, -re fitted out to block detiie porisof Mat. ^ord . and Br.z-ria. It is said that Gen. l ibsol (who is an it .ban by binh) will try •° iCi i uory measures oelo#} lie proceeds to force. The colonists are divided amornrst themselves, and in a State of anarchy. ° 4 most injurious contraband trade is carried by them by land, to the northern states and prov. inces through ihe Indi .1 territory, which it will be the principal aim of the General to put a stop to. The Rail Road.—The completion of this invaluable work is now looked for . with tiie most intense interest, not only among the cit izens of this State, but by those of the ;ylj <- ce-it States to the South ind West of us.— The most sceptical are now satisfied of t. beneficial influence it will have upon our trade. As an evidence of this, we are war ranted in stating that the stock of the com pany has advanced fully twenty per cent, with in the last twenty days, and is n >w dell firmlv. in many instances, at par—we have hear! > no sales at this rate, but learn that 95 is oiler ed. Taking into view the unpopularity o. this undertaking, when first commenced—.tin- many difficulties which were encountered i. its progress, arising from the inexperience o those who had the management of it—th - prejudices which it was necessary to over come—the Kttle assistance which was recei ved from State or corporate bodies, and the almost inexcusable supine icss of our capit a) ists, it is somewhat surprising that it has be . so nearly completed, in so short a time. —' The company owe much to those individuals who have risked their property in this enter- prize and devoted their time to its advance ment. We would not be invidious when we mention-the name of the late respected Presi dent, Mr. Aiken, as pae whose services were Health of the President.—The bank Press seems to be busy in propagating con- jectures upon the subject of the President’s health. The ffly-tico thousand dollar pur chase, (Courier and Enquirer) in New-York, says— ' “ Indeed it is said, that scriaus apprehen sions are felt for the result of his pr esent in. disposition, and it has been suggested by some that instead of coming this way, he will repair to the Hermitage if possible, preparatory to re signing the administration of the affairs of the nation to the Vice-President ” The Intelligencer, with its usual duplicity, quotes the above from the New-York co-ope rator, aud hints that “ it is a mere on dit, put out to feel the public pulse,” and suggests, by way of casting a dishonorable shade on tiie President’s motive in visiting the North, that it is '■ much more likely that he, was looking for ward lo a re-election to the presidency Jor a third time. It is by this sort of double deal, ing and false suggestion, that the organs of the Bank seek to impair the influence which sustains the cause of the people against cor ruption! ! The health of the President, which these heartless editors make the subject of their po- liticul speculation, is a m titer of much dearer interest—indeed of affectionate solicitude on the part of the people. We therefore deem it proper to say that the President’s general health is as good as usual. He, however, sutlers considerably from pain in his side, proceeding, us he supposes, from the conse- qucuces of an old woun '. He lias felt it oc a sionally and slightly for some time. Its vio lence was considerably increased a day or two after the dastardly attack made upon him in the steam-boat. The awkward post, lion in which he sat, Between the berths and the table, made u consi ierablc effort neces sary on his port to extricate himself to pur sue the assailant, and it is supposed, although he was unconscious of it at the moment, that he gave his enfeebled side a wrench, or hurt it against the table when roused to exertion. This is rendered the more probable, as the rihs seemed slightly strni led. The p.tin, however, has subsided considerably, and we expect the President will set out on his jour ney . orthw. r i about the first of next ino.tih. — Washington Globe, 24th inst. Bank Defalcation. — vVotake from the Georgia Journal, tiie following* information respecting .a deficit which has been found in the cash accounts of the Cashier of the Br inch of the Bank of the State of Georgia, located in Greensborough. “ We regret to announce what indeed is now well known here, another and a gr^ut Bank defalcation. The Cashier of thq Greeus- horough Br.uich of (he State B mk is found to he iuurr - r in his cash account about $71,009. We take occasion to remind our friends that the Mother Bank stands bound to sustain the bills of that as well us of its other branches, and from the official return in our paper of 16t; ins!, it will be seou that the standing of the Bank cannot beat all affected. We ob serve, indeed, that the surplus fund alo ic umouuts to 893,Sod.’* “ As to the situation of the Greensborou 0 ii branch not included in that return, we have just r -c iive ! I t for n ition from t source that may be relied on, that the bills in circulation arejM 03 - 841. The amount of specie on baud is $14 . 500, and of the uotes of other Banks 17,0 >0. The discounted notes running to maturity amount to $184,201, nearly ail of which am well endorsed, and are considered good— File bills of exchange amount to $9,000, notes under protest to $16,077, though good paper, not h iving been renewed at the regular time and notes lying over to $4,813 well secure;. Notes iu suit 17,277. The deficit is lar u ,nt the Bo id of the Cashier is for $30,000 with security amply sufficient; hence th mblic need feel no apprehension as to the t<- . lemption of the bills of this Branch. Tii foss, whatever it may be, must fall upon th duickholders, and the capital of the Rant- Stock is $1,500,000.” Singular Phenomenon—A friend has fa voured us with the following extract of a private Journal, kept during a voyage from tnis country to Madeira, and thence to Cal- cutta. 1 hiladelphia jJui'y Intelligencer. 1 “About midnight we were roused from our berths, ana desired to repair on deck— ’ 1 W e did so ; and what a scene presented it. s>.L ! Each one of us as he stepped upon >«eck, stood silent aud amazed, appalled vet delighted. We were, foaling upon a sea' of fire! The wind was brisk and the waves high, but each wave hint ltd into liquid and fluting conflagration ; it sparkled and -. lowed like molten iron; and as the crest of the waves broke and fell, it seemed like a shower of fire. The sky was pallid with clouds, and the night dark ; yet iu the reflected glare of the sea, the highest rope in our rigging was pi duly perceptible. We were awe-striken. It seemed, in the silence and tearfulness of the moment, that we were careering in our lonely way upon an infernal ocean. As far as the eye could roach, the sea presented the same glowing appearance, heaving and flash ing and throwing its deep red glare far up into the misty dark air. It was awful, yet most beautiful. Mv imagination can con ceive nothing' of equal grandeur, and inv pen is unequ.fi to tiie utsk of its description, it was doubtless occasioned by the singular abundance of phosphoric mimalciilae. The water, when taken up in a bucket, gradually lost its /low, aud finally became dark. The sea r-nained its fiery aspect for several' hours, during ajl which time our ship dashed through it, scattering the spray like sparks of real fire. lunderstind that in this portion of the sea, and at this time of the year niuri icrs have often rein rked the same sin- .,ul r appearance. At the time we s w it, we were in latitude 7, N. and longitude 17, W.” Intemperance—Yesterday we witnessed in the upper part of the city a lamentable in stance of the misery and degradation induced by this vice. An aged aud hoary headed mini, dressed with more than ordinary neatness, was seen tottering from side to side, the ob ject of the shouting derision of a crowd of jeering boys. Having lost his hat, his white hair streamed dow , his wrinkled forehead, and his eyes gleamed through the rheum of age wah the dull idiotcy of intemperance. A young rosy lad attempted to I a ad him to his house, but from terror, sli me and Weakness, was unable to sustain him. The hoary drunkard loosed his hoi !,a.'H rceli”"umd curs ing, sunk to he ground, his head f lling heav ily against the curb stoue. The boy regarded him lor a moment and burst into tears. It was his lather. The scene afforded an im pressive and affectiiijr lesson. The wretch who thus degraded himself and his species, had accumulated by a long life of honest in dustry, a competency. His characier was 11 a blemished, and he h id raised in the district, ■is fine a familv as ever gladdened a father’s fireside. He had been a moderate drinker, but the measure gradually increased—lie sunk into intemperance, and became a curse to himself and to lus family.—National Intel ligencer. Temperance at-,Nanticket.—The in- habitants of Nantucket—soon after the late temperance meeting, at which above 200 signed the pledge—convened in annual town meeting, and voted a request to the merchants to abandon the sale of areont spirits, which re quest has already been complied with, on the part of the merchants, with but few excep tions. Several merchai.is in New York and Boston, of whom the purchases have been made, consented to receive the liquor back gain, and some of them are sq strongly im, pressed with tho-propriet y of the course taken by the Nantucket merchants, that they iutend soon to imitate their example, and withdraw frohi the-traffic. The Nantucket pocket mas ters volunteered to transport the paison off from the Island, freight free ; some of them Icclaring that they would not at any price convey any more to the Island.—-Genius of Temperance. Newport, May 18*—-The trial of. Mr. Avery, “drags its slow length along,” and we cannot yet even begin to look at the end. Wherever she (the decased) is traced she suems to have carried a remarkable power of .‘.scination and commanding influence over those around her, whatever may have been jor vices. This has been folly exemplified i her biography which has been the subject the two last days examination, exclusively. >1 this topic alone twenty-one females and eight men have.bcen exaiuiaed yesterdayand