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would Uisnrc to each the inviolability ct Ins home, the preservation of his property, and the peace of his country. In tact, the in vasion of the allied powers would have tail ed before France in arms. How often, during the sanguinary struggle of 1*14,; did those words of the Emperor,at Duhhen, come to my mind—“ The fall of nations is I marked by fate.” This axiom was now daily manifesting itselfina terrible man- j ncr. By the orders of the Emperor, 1 set out, early in January for the head quarters ot; the Allies, where new and useless negoci- j at ions were opened. It was. I believe, on j the 25th of that month that the Emperor j quitted the capital to put himself • at the head of the army already assent-j bled near St. Dizier, from which, on its,; arrival, it had chased tin; enemy. It was then commenced that campaign of miracles, in which the genius of .Napo leon blazed forth with astounding splmi dor. Never before did any armv achieve I such prodigies ot valor, or perform sm li skilful maiintuvrcs —work spell wonders. In the campaign of France were renew ed those prodigies of Italy, which exhibited to the whole world the spectacle of a hero. The close of the military career of Napo leon supplies the most gigantic deli nee which the' annals of warfare afford. • I am not able to supply \ou with any facts know’ll to myself, from January to the 23d of March, for m that period I was not with the Emperor. I joined him at St. Dizeier,after the rupture oftlie conference-. 1 rejoiced to find myself once more at head quarters. Every thing which surrounded the,Empcror breathed ardor and devotion to him : and though our affairs had a most unpromising aspect, every even partial vic tory which he achieved, tended to rovivi hope and to restore confidence At the lime when I arrived, the battle of Arefr- Sur-Aubc had electrified the public mind. The details were in everybody's mouth: the soldiers talked of nothing else. The following anecdote was mentioned to me by Colonel Moiidreville, a brave and excellent soldier, attached to the grand iiead quarters: “During the battle, w hen it raged on all points, a division of Uussian e.av airy, about <>ooo strong, preceded bv a body of Cos sacks, broke our lines and drove hack out cavalry, which was much inf-norm force. The Emperor, whose glance rapidly sur veyed every movement of the hittle, per ceived, an impenetrable cloud dust tlneki-u before him so densely that nothing beyond it was visible. He was immediate)', at it side.—Some horsemen rode up ar full speed—some wounded, others terrified. In a moment a crowd of troupers m full re treat, surrounded the Emperor. -What i this V said he. ‘\\ hat is this ! Now drag oons, whither do you go ? Halt, halt. Noil, I say’ ‘The Cossacks, the Cossacks,’ vv. >; the only cry ; and the tumult v, as liecotii ing almost a complete rout. At this moment nti officer without a in !- met, and covered with blood, role up, am! perceived the Emperor, rushed toward: *liim. Sire, said he, the Cossack-, suppor ted by an immense body of cavalry, have broken our ranks and driven hack our troops. The Emperor instantly rui-itm; liiinselfup in his stirrups, called ou! in a voice of thunder, “Dragoons, rally: v.'at is it you do f Do vou fly, ami I here N Close your ranks, and forward!" At the same moment In-darted forward, -word in hand, in front of a crow and oft 'us-tic K-a 11" was followed bv a siatt’.hy some of hi,-lmd , guards, and bv those very men who an instant before were tlv mg confounded ami terrified. In a monent they dashed on the enemy w ith cries of “ l ire // f'.wg n ar. — The column ot the enemy were driven back, forced beyond our lines, and pm -m ! with great slaughter.— Immediately after, this, file Emperor returned tranquilly to the midst of the held ot battle, wide i lie continued to diieci during the ro-t ot lie engagement. During this partial engagement, we had not more than a thousand liorso to oppose too,ooo Russians, much better mounted, yet it was at the Imad of the wreck of a troop ofdragootis that the Emperor ventu red to repel the superior force and succei d id. The whole e:igagt-nicnt was not over til! midnight,but we were not able to .-natch such a victory. The French, on tins occa-. sion combatted with six thousand men, ex hausted w ith fatigue, against 30,003 li t >!i troops conunanded by Do W rede. I lie 1 no recollection of anv instance inwincli 1 had seen N ajvoleon engaged sword m hiuid, and I spoke to him of Arcis Stir Aube. Ho looked at me with astonishment : "Ala foi,’ said he, la,Ughing.‘it is a long time} since any thing of that kind occurred to me. By the wav, I now recollect, that 1 had some difficulty in getting at my st nbb.trd to get out my weapon.’ ami he langlted . heartily at his own awkwardness : ‘hut," lit added good humored!v, "it should be know n tbatutiv redoubtable sword is on*- of ilte worst blades in the whole army.' We laughed at this, but it was true, the- of the whims of the Emperor was, that lie Would not allow that sword to be set w ith even a simple, stained, and m 'an-looking mOli.er-of-paarl It.uidle. There was not n olficer in the army who would have worn such another. “This conversation put him into good humor! and, putting his hand under my arm, he drew me a-n.e and said,'\oti an not aware that i failed in the attempt u> car ry off my father m-!a\v ! That would I.a e | been a glorious capture ! 1 hive man v " uvered incessantly to take the head quar ters of the aiiie>——that would, greativ have advanced our affairs a: Ghuill-m. What do you say to it, (’ayloincourt ? His countenance darken u. "B it I was teased all sides to cover Faria —To cover Par- is ? 1 know that is essential ; hut I tints ' 1 lost the opportunity of effecting oil my oth- j er intended operations. In abandoning Paris to the care of its proper defence,! { should be master of mv own movements—| nothing could hinder my inarch from the Rhine—uniting his garrisons with those of the Moselle—organizing on that whole line your levy cn masse, —shutting up the roads, and thus cutting ofTthe communica tions of the enemy’s forces engaged in the heart of France.’ He paused for a few moments pensively, then added, ‘Since the opening of this campaignthis idea has been familliar to me—l have matured it— developed it—my plan is fixed. What is your opinion, Caulaincourt V I “Sire, the plan certainly appears v.ell , digested— j “ ‘But to carry it into effect,’ interupled the Emperor eagerly, ‘Parismust be aban doned—what will Joseph do! Will lie i re.-i-t with energy ! That is the vvlieie ! question. .My head is filled with a thou sand (dans, hut I am clucked bv uncer tainty : and in this war, which resembles no other, Igo on thus from day to day. The accounts which I receive from Paris are ; most alarming. I know not what may be : the remit/ ” ’IRISH .IDVOCATFo BRUNhWICK, (Ga.;. It Nil H, |k]7. To TDK i’l BI.IC. A full and candid avowal of the course he nit elide J.; i piu.-uo,is always re juiced from every | conductor of a I’re . The justice of tliat de ; maud we acknowledge, and are willing to | iiicr > it promptly and fairly. Iri fact the Pro ‘spectus fir this paper i- - tool fn,nu* mcnUis - since,, gave an outline of our opinions on those I topics which will come within the “ver<«r* and | , scope ot our design. However, la conformity ton we!! es'-ddished usage, and m accordance i with our own feelings, vie make in this our first number, a public declaration of the jirin : cip!es which are to control the colitoins of this j paper. A- 1 1 -■ name imports, it- landing object will | he to advocate- the cause of Biiuiswick mid present for the consideration of the whole j country, the eminent advantages which this ' port possesses, both Ibr a commercial city and a nival depot. This we ,-!c:!l attempt to per -1 firm by th" statement of facts and their h _• it ! imato deductions, Discussions on this subject I we aliiicip.ite, and shall he to meet on this pa, llll nl all I'v/.’/'f ■nitnl.t/ opponents—nil others »ill receive that treatment to vv hich their conteiiiptiide cliaructer entitle:; them. Believing that the growth and importance of , Brunswick is eommeiisunito with, and insep arable from the prosperity of Georgia, we hall do all m inr | ower, to aid m iier 'onward march that Ftata, t > which nature has s-> geivci.it iv nip; lie ! all ih - rl.'incuts of : wealth and gr ’ t>. . Th” • mugenu ;:t ' and i-’-ni'-e render'd 1 \ the Suite, to ike various works of lnte:n:i! Improve’.n-:it within, lie lin i , In peak an mdqgh'ed legislation, j and must spec lily result in giving to Georgia 1 tint -rank and place” in the l’nion, which ho; , favorable |" sition nndwat p s,,..cViim j . for her. Th” lull ; ua.l I V'tovrint n's ot’ th ‘“ate o list qi: -nTy w ill he ci:' '!• 1 to n large I si'.m • itt ( column q and nil in!’ minting r-'- ;-p. ctiug thmi will be fun:: lied to our readers.; \\T shall studiously avoid party politic; as ( v. ell so mu me lin it ion, as prim''pic. The sos Brunswick depends in no degree upm the sac- ■ ct ss or defeat ofmiyof 11.. • p :rti"= nova.;: at-' rag tin' country. No p. >!,••■ •• 1 -.fie is con-; licet ad v. fill her rise, and whatever may be tiie ■ iis t > result from the- building up of an- j other ci;;. on the Southern eo.:-1, those benefits i wiii be fell by the nation and not solely hy.n 1 party. Our com - • in this rc.-peci, no are aware, wiii he isgnruc J by .-ame with ngpigio::.— , Ti -a v. e a:-' n ill;ag to li'ar. until “liuit old ' co.anion avinirator Tin:,'," sliall d<’t nuLm its inju. \A"i* know slia; ii is at i■!; beset v. ith ; dan,per 1 ditficiilty, to conduct a ihi ss in j this country whheut pnrticipating in thasc ex citing con ■- Pi, wliieii from the nature of our : free iiisrttntioiis, mu t rontiimally arise. Aci I '.ere all other eensideratiniis wanting, 'l'ii” danger's s -it’ wire lure a!cue." Wlitle to others we leave tin: distinctions and I rewards bestowed on the successful politician, | we shall be content to labor in a humbler l sphere, and t > see!, our reward in the eon- j soiousness of striving at least for th” improve- ' ment of society and the ilevelopcinent of new sources of wealth and strength of tiie country. For tiie arti -les v.Nii'ii j import tube Editor!-, al, we .shall hold ourself personally accounta ble to till aggrieved; but for eoimiiimieations, the writers mu rt be r„v;xin.- .b!o, and papers in tended for publication in the Advocate, in.is: in every instance, be accompanied by t.h • name oftlie auihor. Tiiis rule w ii! he rigid!' en forced, for though w'fiiug to Miswer for r:;r own ('tie:ices, v,e haie no: tiie slightest idea of bearing the burdens which belong to e.'liers. liming u i!m.. frmkly, we shall leave :i tor tin* l’uoiv 1 i puss sentence ou our future"! course, uii»i by tint decision, we sh.d! clteei fa'dv a’-ide. the I’lvOsi'iios of i;:a nsayiuk. Ii is inn recently tliat public attention has been at ui! directed j vim. as presenting fie necessary requisites for an important cifvi in t 'et tiie Nortliern mcreliuiits ami siiip mas- - t.-rs, v.me ignorant tliat so fine a harbor was t<> i*e found on the Southern coast. But tliat ig norance w rapidly vanishing, and Rnmsw ick i now exciting in New England tint fn-tig L .i its favor, which exists in tiiis State. The vu- : rious documents emanating from th*- highe.-- , sources th-t have been so extensive !v circulat BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE. ad, present in a clear manner the great advan tages of this Port, and must carry conviction to every unbiassed niiad, of the importance which Brunswick is destined at no distant day to pos-, soss, and the influence she must wield in the commercial operations of this country. So fully has this subject been canvassed by j the Commissioners of the State, by- Col. Loam mi Baldwin and by the Navy Commissioners, tliat our task is merely to give a transcript of their investigations, and compress tln-ir con clusions into trie compass of a newspaper par agraph. The want has long been felt of a _cjty at once offering security to the strips and crews engag ed in carrying on the trade ot the South.— The sickliness of the pr< s-.-nt cities to stran gers during the hot mouths, is a fact so well, kii'jwn. that, it cannot be thought invidious in us to speak of it. Tills fact so well known at tii-- South, admits of most painful proof in every New England village, by the many bereaved families, that tnouui the loss of some dear, member who hag added a nether to the victims of a deadly climate, dying m a strange land far away from the scenes and friends of his child hood, and finding a neglected grave in the “Potter’s field.” Tin* causes of this unhealthincss are believ ed to be the mingling of the fresh w ith the salt water, and the piescneo of stagnant pools.— The Southern cities are without an exception lit the mouths of the rivers, usually at. the head of tide water, and with rice plantations in the 1 neighborhood. Now these causes must al ways operate to make the climate dangerous to strangers, and whatever may be the advantages .oili-red by good harbors and an extensive back country, these can be but imperfectly improved, if na-relniit ships and strangers can enter them | only during a portion of the year, i Brunswick possesses this advantage, tint it I is situated on mi arm of the sen, with a high ! drv s.-uid bluff and its shore washed by the waves of the ocean, rolling in with every tide 1 from the Atlantic. Turtle Hirer as this arm , has been erroneously named, is not u river, but in ovvrv particular a Bat/. It extends into the ; interior about twenty miles from MU Simons | Sound, and with deep water for the greater ' part of the distance, receiving a small I quantity of fresh water from the Buffalo Swamp, j but not sufficient to diminish in any sensible | degree, the snltnc-s of the seawater. In the recent plan oftlie city and harbor, drafted by Mr. <l. 11. Baldwin, the late Engineer, “Ogle thorpe Bay,” has been substituted for that of “Turtle River.” The name of Oglethorpe was select -d as a mark of respi-t to the memory oftlie Father of (Georgia, the Philanthropist,] Warrior mid Statesman, wlmse character at-j irr-cU such universal admiration and is held so <h /crvo.lly dear, associated as it is with that ‘•init. until band” who planted the Colon-es of A:.:--rie». Freni th- other great cause of sick-, ness, stagnat'd water, we are aim happily freed, i Th-- tew ponds in the neighborhood Ir.vo all; been drained at a cmi.-uderible expen.-o, and scarce a trace ot them remains. And we tec! ■ not the slightest U--si tat ion m pronouncing j this as healthy up:t as any i:i tiie country. 1 Tiie entrance into the Ir-rher is pronounced lit all compel iat judges, as one of the least • intricate in the country. 'l'lie outer bar is live ! miles from St. Siiuoiui Eight, and consists of j two sand spits projecting that distance into the sea lion St. Simona and Jek-. I Islands, with a channel way betweensuftk-iently wide for any j ship to Imat up. Several brigs of ordinary 1 draught have been navigated by the musters to tiie inner harbor iviuiout a pilot, and tin-, too without a single buoy to mark the course: i Tiles- men nil pronounce it by far the best, harbor on tin- coast, and v ken the channelj shall be properly marked by buoys and bea-1 cons, no ditiiculty can occur in the navigation.) -’i lie tine >r is vi'iiqwetely isndioeked, *<s much -as anv hi die country, and the security :tf • , f'rded t i cotton slupe and cotton boats is per fect This is tli:'eiunion ryj*rossed bv intelli- 1 1 ! 1 gcti’ shipmasters and cotton factors, and w-e i ! can luudly imagine how anyone in hi-« sober, sense-, run have the effrontery to t dk of t!ie • danger to wiiieh-cotton boats must be subject-1 cl in this harbor. The only cau«c w-’nich has retained Bruns-; wick in such obsinti :* v, and completely ciieeked its growth, lias been the want of a communica tion with file back country. To obtain this, a canal of twelve miles is now cutting from Ogletimspe Buy to tiie Southern Brandi oftlie Altamaha, which must give us the trade of that noble river, extending as it does into the 1 : lie-art of the St Be. 1' is fully expect'd that' ;s ■ :i arrangements wiii be made as t > bring! h*'re much iff tiie cotton now sent from Augus ta to t’iritle.-ton, a.id tiie IF.il Bond to the Gull ot Mexico, will, as t: .-iatt”ro! course, take much ot tiie produce now shipped from New (deans and the ports on the Gtdil Os, tins v.e shall speak more fully in a future ' number. Tin -e works mu undoubtedly be re-; tnriled for the nt by the frightfully ucrar.g-i cil shite ut Me*business and currency of the com,: .. But tiiis cannot always continue, and "’fib tin return oi confidence anil order, they w ill i> • pros-, i uted with renewed energy and nativity. The sale of Cn v Lots took place on die -nth id May, and n-itwithst '-.biig tiie unparal lellod pressure of tiie limes, a large concourse of pe ; - , ,;is iis.-cmhicil, and tjiirty seven lots ••vent eoM rt an average price of three iinn ! at; i i.fty uo.lurs iv.on. 'iuis price which m e; unary tones would bo deemed email, i s'.dl iugh ns at the time ami under the ch i’:: ‘a::. 'eon Id be reasonably exocctod. A\ . unde .take to say that lots in any ofonr 1 <:itie3 North or South, would noton the 2.lth ult j if pat upat Public Auction, have brought one ; quarter part as much as they might have been j sold for six months since. They may be worth j as much to day a.; ever they were, but money j cannot be procured and consequently no sales j can be effected, if such is the depreciation of property elsewhere, why should Brunswick*be j exempt from the general suffering? Had there j been any appearance of such a state of affairs as now exist, at the time when the Directors of the Brunswick Company determined on a sale, their course would have been entirely dif ferent But having advertised the sale and led the public to anticipate that lots could then be procured, they preferred selling a few at v. hat they deemed a small price, rather than not meet tliat expectation. The lots were of (bred according to the terms and the result we! have given above. The Company is content, j the purchasers are satisfied and really for the j life of us, we cannot imagine what other par ties there are to the trade. We do know tliat ; 1 the effect of the sale was to raise the price of some lots held by individuals a hundred per cent. Should the money pressure he in any | degree relieved, there will in the Autumn be ! another sale, when the lots will doubtless ad vance very much on present prices. In the afternoon a large company sut down to the first dinner furnished at the ‘Oglethorpe House.’ After the removal of the cloth two brief Addresses were made in reply to compli mentary toasts by Hon. Thomas Butler Kino, of Glynn, and Hon Seaborn Jones, of j Columbus. Mr. King, by the generous zeal he ins manifested for the success of Brunswick,has ’ called down upon himself the enmity of those ' whose pecuniary interests are opposed to the ' opening of anew port in Georgia, but this on ly gives him a better title to tliat respect which ' he enjoys both at the North and the South. I After the sale a race took place in the har ! bor between this boats of two of tiie ‘‘lsland I/ortls,” which afforded much pleasure. The I “Goddess of Liberty,” tiro successful boat is owned by Col. Dubignon, of Jekyl Island—she j is dug out of a Cypress log, and is the most perfect model of symmetry we have ever seen.' ; yhe lias been victorious at several of the ra ces of the St. Simons’ Club and deserves for her beauty alone to win the prize. The ‘Aqua : tic Club,’ some months since, iff. red a chal lenge to the New Yorkers of? 10,COO, thecon test to t ike place in Savannah river during the 'month of November next, which has not yet : been met. We hope the White-hall boatmen j will not permit this banter to remain unnoticed. TIIE AUTHOR OF JUNIUS. j Tiie mystery which has invested “as with a mantle,” the powerful writer of Junius lias baffled the most careful scrutiny, and “the veil ed prophet.” yet c-needs his av.Tul face. Much laborious research and ingenious reasoning have been lj artlessly displayed in attempting to give “a local habitation and a name,” to the fearless and fiendish mind tliat scattered such lire brands through the British realm, which -hr t their meteor gleam around 11 io very throne. Whoever he is, he may well be liken ed tortile “Will oftlie Wisp,” leading all who choose to follow, many a weary slop, and at length leaving them bewildered and fatigued by their idle chase. The industry of the many secret 1 uniters, however, if not rewarded by tiie object sought, have elicited much curious information relating to those times, which would otherwise have been lost. Among the numerous writers, to whom these letters have been ascribed, the most distinguished, are Pilt, Burke, Sir Philip Francis and Gerard Hamil ton, better known by the title of “ Single Speech Hamilton.’’ But the evidence to sup port their claims, Iris been of the slightest and cm unsatisfactory nature, and with the lapse oi tame, the mvjiressioii nus neon confirmed tuai Junius must, have occupied some subordinate station, which while it enabled him to obtain a perfect knowledge of the various State secrets and hidden springs of Government, yet kept him far from the public gaze —precisely tiie position best adapted for his purpose. From recent Scotch papers, it seems tliat Sir David Brewster, the eminent Philosopher has commenced the investigation of the mys- V-ry ai-. l bids fur to succeed. In examining the correspondence of his relative, the cele brated Maepherson, author of Ossian, lie found several letters, which from the striking resem blance to the peculiar style of Junius, induced him to make some inquiries about the writer, who proves to have been an Irish gentleman ofti-.e name of Lachlan Mncleanc, one of the political writers called into being by those troublous times, lie was hired by the Gov ernment, and afterwards made Under Secreta ry of State,under Ijord Shelburne’s Administra tion, and thus had opportunities for amassing , tliat extraordinary fund of know ledge, mani fested iti the letters of Junius. Ruing dismissed ; from office by the Duke of Grafton, ho hated i that nobleman with the venom of a proud and puss! >n it a heart, and the same spirit is infused j throughout the earlier letters of Junius. De fending the Ministry for pay, he attacked with still greater power from hate many of its mem bers and acts. For his public services, lie was appointed Collector of Philadelphia in 1772. i which office iic retained about a year, and during that time there is a 1 iank in the cor r.'sponih nau of Junius. On hi- return, he re ceived an East India apj-ointm.-tit, and on hi ' .ly.rtg” out. tiie «h.p was i 'ii, and all her crew pcrisli Fir David Brewrtt ri. w >1! adapted to mi".ml this Miii-fod thread, mid ere long) we hope to learn something of ti.n priv.rt” history arid secret feelings oftlie most pun or-: fu! political writer in the Engli-h langu igp. TIIE VISIT OF THE STEAMER OC * MULGEE. On the tenth of May, Brunswick was hon ored by a visit from this fine boat, freighted w ith many of the ladies and gentlemen of Da rien. The Oglethorpe House at tliat lime was not fully completed, and however desirous the gentlemen of Brunswick might be to manifest their gratification at the honor, it was entirely out of their power to do it, save by words.— Diligent search was made for a swivel even, to welcome our visitors, bat in vain. Next Autumn, however, w-e hope to see them as sembled within our halls, and joining in the pleasures of the opening Ball. But to return, after remaining a few hours, the Boat, with the addition of a large number of Brunswiekers, left for Darien, by the inland passage, arriving there at about ten in the evening. This pas sage affords a safe navigation for boats, and until the cuijal is completed, a lino of Steam tow- boats, -will be employed to bring cotton ! and other produce of the Altamaha to Bruns ! wick. Nothing occurred to mar the pleasure of the party, and if the visitors were half as ; much pleased as the visited, this will be but j the first of many visits, and a commencement |of an interchange “of those small sweet conr j tesics of life tliat make smooth the road of it.” “Oolethorpe House,” is the name oftlie | Hotel erected in Brunswick during the last 1 Winter. We doubt if there is in the whole | country a house superior to it in point of com i fort or even elegance. It is sixty feet in length ;by fifty in width, built of wood, four stories high, and a basement of brick. A piazza ten feet wide on each side of three stories, protects the rooms tVom the sun and affords a delight ful promenade, while from the cupola is open ed an extensive and beautiful prospect of the Sound and Islands. Wide entries extending through the building, and w indows springing from the floors nearly to the ceilings, permit the free circulation of the breeze, which blows daily from the ocean, mitigating the intensity oftlie Summer heat “Mine host,” Mr Davis, has long carried on the business in the irnmn , diate neighborhood of Boston, and brings with .him the reputation of an attentive and oblig ing landlord. Gentlemen and families will mu! this an agreeable residence during tiie Summer, and every exertion will be made for ! their comfort not only by the host but by tiio-e ; who intcnS?to pass the season here. The Report of the Navy Commissioners I will be found on the first page, and to that we refer our readers for information relative to the harbor of Brunswick. The gentlemen whose names arc attached to that document arc in the front rank of their profession and entitled both from their private character as well as official station to the confidence and respect of the community. Any statements made by them will be regarded as coming from those hav ing authority. They wore selected to per form a duty of great responsibility and iri.som l ness and this they have done with the ability j and faithfulness expected from them. And , though their conclusions are not such as were ! wished by the citizens of each of the towns a j .gainst whose claims they have spoken, we doubt whether any man of correct fceliiun; \ will impugn their motives or assail their honor. i The Schooner Exit, Capt. Sisson, arrived in ! our harbor on Tuesday, having on board Liculs. ]T. Petti gru and D. N. Ingraham, of the U. S. J Navy, and Capt. Hubbard, of the St. Mary’s I Revenue boat. These gentlemen have been j appointed to examine the different harbors on ' the coast, with a view of ascertaining what ad ■ ditional facilities arc required for their sat’; 1 navigation. j Having as yet no regular exchange papers, wo shall be compelled to ask our readers to bear with us patiently for a few numbers. Those Editors who have done us the kind ness to publish the Prospectus or otherwise ■ notice the .Advocate, will receive our thanks. LATER FROM ENGLAND. The packet ship Garrick has arrived at Ncv. York from Liverpool, bringing London papers ( to April 17, two days later than the last pre vious arrival. The following extracts from ' New York and London papers give the chief i news furnished by this arrival. The intelligence of the stoppage of the Messrs. Josephs, of this city, and that of sev t oral houses in New- Orleans, had reached Eng ; land, and produced greater excitement than had been anticipated by us, although in the critical ! position of the American houses in London, : we doubted not that the effect of the intcili- I gence would be great. Those who have paid attention to the recent commercial advices from ' England, must have noted the great nnxietv I wita which the next accounts from America. | have been aw aited. They will also have ob served that the hopes of the London nierch nits ■ an:l bankers were buoyed lip by anticipations :of favorable news, and large available remit tances. These circumstances mast hvve es sentially aggravated the disappointment.— , lienee the excitement above indicated, wiiic.li it was supposed would for a time increase, before it could be allayed; [The above is communicated to us as the ' latest verbal intelligence by Garrick.] It is proper however to‘remark'.hut i either the London nor Liverpool papers iiiaiic anv men tion oi the fact. The President, which carried out tlic disastrous news, was sal ’ to be "off tliu coast—hut there is no news oi her hrnv.ul at any port. I tie advices from Paris are to the 15th, in clu.r.e.—The ministerial arrangements were not yea completed. v A prediction of our own, uttered seveial months ago,'was apparmuth in train of fulfilment, as we ~<■<• it st.ged tli.;t the lust offerof presidency of the council, was Jo the Duke do Broglie, where iiitmi'ams on the subject w ere not yet known. The task of forming a ministry was in the hands of M. tiUizot. Nothing had recurred to di *urb the public tran.Miitfty. j Gen. Sebastian is also spoken of as presid ent of the Council. Marshal Labau had been appointed com mandant of the National Guards, of the do partment of the Seine. A letter dated at half past 4 in the after noon of the 15th, says that the ministry is ar ranged. Count Mole being president and tor eign minister, M. Montalivet minister of the interior, and Earthe, of justice. hi. Guizot holding no portfolio. The advices from Madrid are to the Bth, and from the frontier to the 11th, inclusive. Deep stiow’ had prevented any hostile movement ot consequence by either army. General Evans prouised to attack the Cariists about the first of this month. Another remittance of tio,t)oo dollars had arrived at Bayonne, from Madrid, to be paid to the English auxiliaries. The British government packet Lapwing, ar rived at Falmouth from Tampico, had on board 8!X)0,0(!(> in silver, 200,000 of w hich ' were for government account. Count Dainreinont, the new Governor Gen eral of the French possessions in Africa, ar rived at Algiers, April 3d. An inquest had been held on the bodies of the two- men supposed to have died of the ’ plague. It was proved that they had not worked at the docks ; one is stated to have di ed of appoplexy, the other of debility caused by a recent severe attack of influenza, and by \ destitution. A verdict of natural death was i rendered. [N. Ah Com. Adv. j U. S. Circuit Colt.— A question of Juris i diction. —Capt. James Davis, bf the Whale ship Rose, was indicted for manslaughter, in killing jra man on board of a schooner in the harbor of l Raiatea, one of the Society Islands. At the moment, when Capt Davis shot the deceased, there was a mutiny on board of the Rose,and the 1 deceased, an Englishmen,on board of the schoo j ner, which for the time was lashed alongside the i Rose, ltad interfered with Capt Davis, while | punishing the laborer. After Nathaniel Cor j ham, the mate—a most unaccountably stupid | man—had stated the facts as well as he knew ; how—Mr Mills, for the Government, and Mr ; Choate, for Capt Davis, submitted the question j to the Court, whether the alleged offence was j committed within the jurisdiction oftlie United | States. It was proved that pilotage and port du -1 ties were paid at Raiatea, and that the harbor j was a beautiful one. The second volume Malte i Brim,lft4,and an Encylopediapverc also brought jto substantiate tiiis last point In addition to ■ this,the mate testified that the schooner,on board, of which the deceased received his death wound j was ow ned at the Island. His Honor, Judge Story, ina short, time, au | nouuccd it to be the opinion of the Court—first, : that the Inunction took place within the juris ' diction ol tue Kingot Raiatea: secondly, that I there was no pretence that it was piratical ; thirdly,thatthe deceased was not an Ameri can citizen, and fourthly, th it he was not killed ; while on board of an American vessel, and, j therefore without going into the merits of the : ease, the Court directed a verdict of acquittal. Ilis Honor, Judge Da vis,then raised the quos lion, wh, ther it were not the duty of the Circuit Court, to send ('apt Davis back to Raiatea to bo j tried for the offence. Judge Story replied, tliat I such a course had not hitherto been adopted, ex copt in cases w here treaties to this effect ex's ‘ ted. In relation to this question MrChoite stated, tliat he was prepared to sfiov.-, by conclusive ev I idenee, that (.'apt Davis had good reason to sun pose, that his gun was not loaded, when lie pro seated it to the docy-.sod.and that he only me in’, ito intimidate him by poin , ing it nt him, and that ! ho had. been fully end regal irv tried before the King oftlie Island, and honorable acquitted.— [Morning Rost. Tun I'.DEPKNnrNcn. This noble ship, j which has b->-ti recently reduced at the Navy I Yard at. Charlestown from a 74 to a double ! banked frig itc, is now lying in the stream, and will sail in a few days for < 'ronsiadf, & carry out i Mr. Dallas, Minister to Uu Ta, and family, and i having landed them will proceed to Brazil, and become the FI ig Ship of the American squad ! run on that station. The Independence is now j one of the most tdegrn-ly mole.lei, camun j dious, and efficient ship.-: in the Navy. Tiie i Rost gives the following account of her ar.na l ment, &.o. She lias a battery of .sixty It! notin- I ders—viz. thirty long guns on the main ifte'c, 1 and an equal number ot medium length on her spar deck. She is pierced Ibr til guns, end ' her stern ports may in tin exigency lie roadiiv ; converted into a buttery, by changing tiie posi j lion o! ti e aft or borv guns, ’j it-, (lournioau-i ; weight of the guns on the nui.i dc-hls !707 , ev.;.. ami on the sear leih> cvrt. Her leng'ii is hi i) feet—brain 52 —depth from spar <hvk to ■ held. .10—leptli between beams ami main dock ; B tcet and an inch, an am.aunt of sp ice which wi:i he id the highest utility during an engage ! ment —mainmast i 15, and "nrtiny.'.nl 105—mul ! the same suit of sails which she" carried when j a seventy four. i Her ammunition consists of 40CO round shot, •hs—e)o bags grape do., ar.d ICD canisters do —-1 *I,OOO lbs c union powder hlOfil) lbs. priming , do, and 120 pistils, 120 muskets, and 200 cut ; lasses. Her guns require 11 lbs. of powder t i a charge, and each hnil-divismi delivers ItiO i lbs. of metal at a discharge. The weight of her anchors are. 7(10 cwt, 7 10 do, 710 and 800 do. Her draft at present is 22 foot I inch aft, ! and 22 feet 5 indies forward. She is strongly : built, but not without the strictest observance j of neatness ami w hatever con’d contribute to sabstantiil comfort, an! she will no doubt be : come one of the greatest favorites in the Navv. 1 here are already upwards of 800 men om I board, including a detachment of marines. A f'Aii.oß Ricked it. The A armouth, N S. Horrid, in announcing the arrival ofthe brig- Pleiades, from Montagu Buy, relates the fid lowing incident:—On trie night the Pleiades left Jamauu, about nine niiie - from 1 mil. pick c«l up a sailor mined Robert Darrel], of the ship Hanover, of Glasgow. He w ith two of lux shipmate}!, were beating up in a boat from Green Island to Montego Buy—when the boat unfortunately foundered, and lie supported himself nearly 12 hours on two pieces of boards : the whole time surrounded bv sharks which he keptofi by incessantly kicking. I!o was taken on board in an exhausted .“'rate, an 1 carried back to Jamaica. His shipmates, whom i:« Inst saw endeavoring t > supp art the n st i\as on .n o :v. could not be found. aUliongh every search w as made for them.—[Transcrip;. Mr.LTi.vn or Coin. It i computed that the cousimip ion of silver coin, in m.-.nutue t:.re-in New York D annually upwards oi e'iUlu (*(i; tint of gold, sids O.C'ftO." In Bos ton, th” sum used in this wav oftlie article of silver alone, in on« establishment, is 108.000 ounces. In I’loi iden :e, I>. >,Ji s;l\ i-r and gold ia used to tie* amount-of YK'O.OvO annudly, i• t the various brandies of manufacture. In him aiVlnhin, yoOO CGtt.