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X*ateal from EingAaaA.
Office of 4he National Advocate, /
New-York, May 29—1 o,clock, P. M. 5
The arrival of the ships Importer ai.d Man
hattan, in 28 days fiom L.verpoci have
brought us pap r fr m that p'act to the
19th April. they contain nothing oi a
cheering or consolatory nature respecting
the affairs of Europe. It was to he expect
ed, after the disastrous termination of the
Neapolitan struggle, that the Austrians
would turn their attention to thi -.e other
parts of Italy, where oppo-ition find shown
itself against despotic pov»< r. Acc irdingiy,
we find that while a part of the invading ar
my was occupying Naples, another strong
division inarched upon Turin, and compell
ed the Piedmontese in arm* to give way,
without scarcely a show of resistant e.
When the near approach of the Austrians
was ascertained, the provisional junta, which
had been formed on the abdication of the
king, dissolved itself, and delivered over the
citadel to the national guard. Only 5,000
patriots were found in arms when the inva
ders entered the Piedmontese territory.
The king had quitted Nire, on the return to
his capital. and there can be no doubt that
the former state of things would be speedi
ly restored. Like Fiance, alter the fall of
Napoleon. Italy is to be garrisoned by !
troops of the Holy League, and, like France,
the people will be made to pay contributions |
for riveting their chains by re-establishing
the arbitrary sway of the legitimates. But
it is impossible for matters to continue thus.
Liberal opinions will progress, and oppres
sion keep alive the spirit of resistance to
tyranny. It is stated, that the Neapolitans
were betrayed by all their generals, except
the brave Pepe ; they are even accused of
Cowardice. Indignant at this discovery, the
inhabitants are said to have risen upon the
Austrians, and to have destroyed a great
part of the invading army. We have little
doubt that bribery has been employed on
this occasion ; lor ,tjs impossible, otter tile,
display of patriotism which appeared so uni
versal throughout the nation, to believe the
people would hare yielded so tamely as they
did unless tliry had been betrayed. The
allied despots cannot have forgot that bribe
ry and corruption tint more for them in sub
duing (lie liberties of France than all the ar- .
Biles they brought into the field.
Accounts have bei n received in London
from St. Helena to the 10th ol February. 1
Napoleon was in good health, but, beyond <
this, little was allowed to transpire respect- 1
ing him. How he must enj >y the accounts I
of the difficulties of the “ Holy Alliance “ ,
to keep the people in subjection I One of j
the emperor's domestics had arrived in Lon- j
don with his tamdy ; he ia said to have vo- I
lun'arily left Ins master's service.
A report was current at Vienna, on the |
31>t March, that the Au-frinn army, collect- j
ing in upper I uly, was destined to be eni- |
ployed against Spain. The emperor Alex- ,
under was expected to arrive at Warsaw u- |
bout the middle us April, on his way to St. j
Petersburg.
Capt. Parry "as to sail in the beginning |
of May, fiom Deptlurd, with the discovery
ships.
Bank note? arc said to have beconu; scarce
in London, and gold plenty. A velvet had j
arrived in the Thames from this country,, |
with gold coin to the amount of A20,000 i
sterling, and teu thousand guineas had been 1
paid imo one us ihc Hanks of Liverpool.
The celebrated Dr lames Gregory, Pro
fessor of Materia Medina in tin* University
of Edinburgh, died there oil (lie 2d April,
aged 68 years. He was the fourth of the
same family who filled the chair in succes.
sion, as professors of the practice of medi
cine in the siime college.
Mrs. Liston the fascinating singer, and
wife of the well known comic actor of that
name, died suddenly at Uutli, on the 4th A
pril.
Mr Manuel, a Pole, a man of great res
pec alnlity, of immense fortune, anj the fa
ther of SiX children, was lately shot in a du
el at Paris tiy a Mr. Beaumont, a native of
Geneva, ul. o a man nf property hut with no
family. The quarrel originated in the infi
delity of lilt wife of Manuel, who had form
ed mu improper connection with Beaumont.
Accounts from Ma. ch* ster state, that the
cotton trade, m spring patterns, was never
known to he greater and the iron trade is so
improving m SlatFordshire, Shropshire, and
South Wales, that it lias already advanced
2Us. » ton, and a prospect of further advance
ment.
London, April 17.
11l Minion us hiedmunt.
At a late'hour las. n gilt we i ■ c ived ad
vices from Turin and from Chamber). In
the evening us the 9th instant, the following
di duration, announcing the termination of
the functions of the Provisional Junta, was
posted up in the streets us Turin :
The provisional Junta to the Citizens.
Ihe troops comminuted ny Count de La
tum, in conjunction with the Austrian troops,
are approaching the capital. The junta,
Which has employed itself with success in
the preservation ot the public peace, amt in
guaidmg against the evils of anarcnv and
civil war, now confides the care of good or
der, ami the tranquility of the city, to the
municipal authorities. The inhabitants are
informed, tor their satisfaction, that the cita
del is delivt red over to the national guard.
Given at Turin, April 9, 1821.
(.Signed) M A KEN l INI. Area,fettf.
Our advice# from Cl.umbwy are of the
10th, one day later ttian t om the capital of
Piedmont. On that day an vstiitietie arriv
ed ti 1. 11 l Turin with the following letter to
Count Andexeno, Governor of Sayoy, copies
ol w ineii wire immediately affixed, by his
order, in d tl’erent par sos die city. It will
be observed ilia! this letter, having neither
dau nor signature, affords no cine to the
si.me, Irom whence it was communicated to
Count Andean no ■
t in number ot the rebels was SOW). Yes.
terday (the Bth) the Austrians emend the
Piedmontese leintory, and encountered the
rebels in trout i»t Novara. A single regi
meat of llulans proved sufficient to uispe. se
this troop, whicli appears to have been i c.t.
pable ol making a stand, which perfectly
exposes the stale of anarchy that subsisted
among them. In one hour the citadel of
Turin will be evacuated; the Junta is dis
solved, and every thing announces that in
three day * ihe royal authority will be. re-es
tablished in the whole ot Piedmont, as it
has been preserved in Say-v. Count Ande
zeno, by y our w isdom and fit nines*. A true
copy. ANDEZENO.
Chamber)-, April 10,1821.
London, April 16.
The French papers of the 11th state that
tin ITtnce ol tle.sse fiombourg is appoint,
u ocv ernorof Naples, x..d that o;,e cf die
divisions of the army w.-m to be despatched
forthwith to the Calabrins. Several corps
are said to hare already marched.—The
fith bulletin of the Austrian army mentions
tuat the Marquis de Circelio had entered '
upon the t'uiicUon* ot his provisional go
vernment, and bad reinstated all the public
officers displaced by the events of the re
volution. By a formal convention with Ba
ron Frimont, it appears that the Neapolitan
troops were to be sent away from the capi
tol, and that the civic guard was to retain its
organization, subject to the orders of that
officer.
From the Madrid papers we learn that a
proposition was made hi the Cortes hi the
sitting of the .10th tilt, to address an appli- !
cation to the French Government against a
libel contained in the Journal de Farit, which
accused the legislative body of Spam of con
duct di.respectful to the King ; the propo
sition, after some debate, was withdrawn, as
tending to bestow more value on the libel
than belonged to it. It is one of the bless
ings of an enslaved press, that the Govern
ment is held answerable, and justly too, for
whatever is published by the newspapers.
Accounts from Hamburgh slate that the
iusurgents in Walachia are commanded by
two chiefs, named Theodore Studzier and
Demetrius Mudekouski. They commen
atd their operations on the 30th of January,
with a band of only 40 men, by seizing on
| the monastery of Tissman. Their force
I was swelled, by the middle of February, to
s'ooo men. These were in possession of
the fortress of Czernitz, and were, by tiie
last accounts, marching upon Bucharest.—
Os a body of 1000 men sent against them by
the Turkish government, one half are said
to have joined them, and the rest have dis
persed.
From Farit. —General Pepe is a worthy
citizen. He has been betrayed by fortune,
i but lie has not forfeited his honor. As he
; was not among the number of the traitors,
j lie was only intrusted with the command of |
inexperienced militia, who wished for liber
i ty more than they understood how to de
fend it. The General was defeated ; but if
1 we may credit the letters which have es
} caped the strict cxaminalion of the agents
of the police, lie may exhibit among his
countrymen a fiont darkened by misfortune,
but not disgraced by treason.—Surrounded
I by those modern ambitious persons, whose
I models Wore exhibited at Waterloo, lie saw
his officers advance U> t comb.it only to pass
1 to the enemy, and forgo patriotism to obtain
j a better price for their treason. Whilst the
• Generals, his colleagues, refused him the
I smallest assistance, they awaited his defeat
| in order to publish their own shame, and to
| fly before an enemy whom they refused to
| conquer. The plan had been long arrang
j utl, and the militia, who believed that they
j were marching to victory—thanks to these
' traitors—met only the most cruel and infa
| moits butchery.
| A chamber of peers has, it is said, been
, the instrument ol the defeat of the Neapo.
| liians. Each General wished to be honored
j with a peerage without careitig for the dis
| graceful means by which lie obtained it.—
j 'These generals preferred honors to honor,
and at Naples, as elsewhere, the loyalty of
| honorable men has been the dope of the
■ schemes of in!rigusrs. I lowever, it is aflinn
j ed that these ambitious men will not after all
I obtain the object of their desires. Those
I persons wlm affect to be initialed in the se-
I cretsof the congress of Layh.tch, assert that
the high allies jo not wish for n represents,
live government at Naples. If this be the
(act, toe hopes v f the traitors will be de
ceived ; and those who have acted disgrace
fully will reap only shame Irmn their con
duct, should they even escape the fate they
so justly merit.
Liven pool, April 18.
American Flour, sweet, in bond, 21 a 22 1
sour, 26 a 27. Cotton, 9tl aIOJ 4.
Brussels, April 12.
A thick veil still conceit's the causes which
have facilitated the entrance of the Austri
ans into Naples. This event appears to have
been foreseen several days before it hap.
pened. It was at first stated to have taken
place on the 20th, then on the 23d, and fin
ally it was discovered that it was not until
the 24 h that Gen. Printout** army took pos
session of tne capital. The commanders of
Gaeta and Pescara resisted every opposition
and repelled all attacks until, after the con
ventions concluded with other generals, they
were summoned to surrender on pain of be
ing treated as rebels. Indeed, the dullest
cannot help remarking that the troops which i
were under the command of chiefs devoted
to the constitutional and national cause, such
as Gen. Wm. Pepe. Hergani, the comman
der of Gaeia, and Busso, the commander of
Pescara, have displayed equal courage and
fidelity j while Generals Kilangitri, Caras
cosa. and Ambrosio, who negociated with
the Austrians, complain of the treachery of
their soldiers, who, they state, even fired on
them after they had signed the convention.
\Ve shall by and by, learn who have been
the real traitors.
Pams, April 13.
Intelligence received through an extraor
dinary channel, and which may be regarded
as certai i, announces that the Austrians
crossed the Tesmo on the Bth instant, and
joined before Novara the troops of Alessan
dria, who nude no resistance whatever.
This first corps dispersed. There was n a
son to believe, at the departure of the cou
rier, that in the in’erval of two hours the
citadel of Turin would be given up tithe
royal authorities, and that ail would be ter
minated in eight days. —-.Mi rule ttr.
An extraordinary courier, which arriveJ
this morning ( Thursday last) it is said, has
brought the news ot the entry of the Aits
tr an* into Alessandria and Turin. These
troops took pusscssfim of the said towns on
the 9th instant, in the name and as the allies
of the King of Sardinia. Agreeab y to a
convention, the Piedmontese troops will do
doty w<th the Austrians, This operation
met but little opp. sition.-— Oax. tie Frattce-
Ihe King, \ ictor Emanuel, has quitted
Nici, to return to hiscapital.
Indepe idei.tlv ot the Kus*ian acmv which
has received orders to march to Italy, it ap
pears certain that the Emperor Alexander ■
has also ordained the formation ot a second i
army ns a cm,Me ,/e reserve, and which will
be formed m \ oiiimia •, by the troops which
are cantonei, it tne military colonies of the
interior of Uussia. '
The following is an extract of a letter
which u e Q:-o.ahenne ) have received from
i.yo is, dated on the evening of the Bth inst.
1 hasten to announce to you that a body
of Austrian troops entered Turin on the
morning of the 6di inst. and have re-estah- !
l.shcd ihare the King’s authority. On the
previous evening anomer Austrian corps o<*.
copied Alessandria the i.oela of that town
were already dis jeans-tied by tne vain at
tempts which they had made upon Voghera.
*• A «c\v proclamation by hU Koval ui ;
ness the Duke Je Genevoi* has been pub
lished at Turin. This Prince persists in bis
refusal to accept the crown which the kin,
his brother only abdicated from the force: o
circumstances ; but he has ordered tha
prompt measures may he taken for the sup
j pression of all movements which may teiat
I to perpetuate disorder.
“ Savoy receives the reward of the fideli
ty which jt preserved towards its Sovereign.
This duchy will not be subjected to military
occupation. .
“ The’ Generalissimo, Latour, hasenecte
his junction with the Auslrian army.
“ Letters from Constantinople, of a very
\ recent date, announce that the Porte has re
solved upon prosecuting the war in Albania
with the utmost vigour. Numerous troops,
artillery, and ammunition, have been expe
dited to that quarter.
Boms, March 28.
Many Neapolitan noblemen pass through
this capital on their way to Florence, to ex
press homage to the King of Naples, lhe
Prince de Salerno arrived on the 2nd inst.
and continued h s route the following day ;
without seeing the Pope ; he caused him- !
self to be excused on account of the neces- j
sily of joining bis father without delay.
Gen Pope has embarked for Maps, be
cause the Spanish minister as it is affirmed, i
refused him a passport for Spain.
Tcki.v, April 7,
The following has this day been received
from Alessandria, and published hete :
Bulletin of the Neapolitan dr my.
“ General Flono, uminiander ol liie arm
ed forces in Ajiano di Puoba and its depen
dencies. and Major Murelii, the same who
on the 2d of July lasi proclaimed tue Span
ish constitution in Avel ino, and who ar«
now there at the head of 20,000 men, an
nounce that notwithstanding the ’.reason
planned and executed by Gens. Caraacusa,
Filangieri, Ambrosio, Dolle’ta, Campana,
i ;id Eajio, on the 20th of 'I :rch, in conse
quence of which, part of the troops dis
persed, as un furlough, with their arms and
baggage on the26r!i day of the same month,
the whole of the different corps of i.iat ar- j
my, which, in militia and troops ol the line
amounted to 100,000 men were again about 1
to be united to march towards Capua and its j
vicinity. The 20,000 men abovemeutioned, f
under the command ol Generals Fiuno and 1
Moreili, were joined by ah tiie disbanded j
troops and Carbonari of the provinces of tlie |
Polie, Moiiie, the two Pri’.cipati, Basilicata, 1
ami the two Caiatirias. From these provin- !
ces all the organized troops are tailing, up- j
on the enemy in Naples, and occasioning |
great losses to them.
“ Posterior accounts from Capitana di
Bastimento di Yiucinti, who landed at (he i
Gull of Spegia, on the evening of the hist, i
having left Naples on the 29th of March, re- I
late that in Naples and its vicinity the Nea- !
po itan tropps, amounting to more than J
XB,O(W men, being joined by the people, at.
tacked the Austrians and made such a slaugh
ter, that the few who escaped lied precipit
ously to the AbruZzi, where they will be to- |
tally destroyed by the corps which occupies :
that station.
“ These accounts are confirmed- by res- |
pectable persons just arrived in this garri. j
sou from those quarters.
“ K K IT AZZf,
“ Political Chief of tlie Prnv nee of
Alessandria,
“Alessandria, April 4, 1821.’’
A letter from Trieste, of March 26ih,
stall s, that an Austrian vessel had b-ert chas
ed into that port from l.essa, by a Neanoli.
tan squadron winch captured on the 22.1, j
Austrian brigs.
A degree has been issued at Naples, or
dering the embargo un Jfusiy.n vessels to
be taken off, and the restitution of a!! mer
chandize which had been seized.
The Earl of Liverpool, Earl Gray, Lord’
Grenville and the Lord Chancellor, are a
moug the Peers who have yet to deliver
their sentiments or the Catholic Hill. Itisui
derstood the second reading of the bill will
be negatived by a majority of from 20 to 30.
LIVERPOOL, April 19. \
Most of the Preston c itlon' pinners have
been out of work for the last fortnight. The
cause originates in an attenpt, on tlie part
ol the masters to reduce literate of wages
2s. in the lb. The measure was tacitly, ac
i quiesced in except by those at two factories,
who refused to work at the new prices.
Tncse remained out for one we k, while
the men at the other factories continued
their employment. But the masters finding,
or ac least suspecting, that the men who
thus stood out were supported by those who
continued their labours, agreed, with only
one or two exceptions, to put a total stop to
(heir machinery, and almost all the factories
have been closed for the last fortnight. The
deportment of the men has been for the most
part exemplary.'
On Wednesday, a very ,lne ship, in com
plete repair and fitted* for sea, was sold at
Lloyd's for L192-J. Her burthen was near
sl>d tons.
Under the titie of regulation, a new and
heavy tax will be laid on Sugar. It is to af
fect Las- India Sugar only, to serve as a pro
tecting duty to the West 1 ,dia Planter, and
to give hi u a monopoly o the home market.
Letters from St. Petersburgli of 17th
March (new style) state, that the Emperor’s
signature to the new Tariff had arrived on
that day. 15y this Tariff, heavy ami addi
tional duties have been imposed upon re
fined sugars, wines and rums.
Gen. l’epe, and 2-1 of the Members of the
Provisional Nea outan government, have
embarked for Malta.
Several of the Carbonari have been ar
rested at Brescia, and among others, the
comic actor Canova,who had volunteered the
proceeds of h.s benefit to support the in
dependence of Naples. Other comedians had
tied to Switzerland.
Great disturbances have taken place at
Bologna, I.ccas.oned by the students of the
University. The course ol lectures have
been suspended, and the University has been
occupied by troops.
Accounts from the frontiers of France
state, that in consequence of orders by the
Minister of War, several regiments are on
their march for Lyons and Dauphine. A
train of artillery is preparing at La Fere ;
it is intended for the corps of observation
which is to be assembled In the south.
An account from Lille, of the 50th of
March, says: It will perhaps not be amiss
to make it known that, at the moment when
attempts were made to excite insurrection
at 1 yons and Grenoble, the following writ
ten placard was posted up on the walls of
th.s city. %
“ The glorious tri-colored cockadefer ever!
The Cons’ T.ution of the Cortes tor ever!
The Neapolitans for ever !
The great Spanish Nation for ever !
Many copies have been seized and de- }
nounetd to the police. As early as the 2-st, ;
•vime persons announced at Lille that there
.ad been disturbances on the 20th at Gteno
ale and Lyons.
An article from Trieste states, that on the
22d ult. near Liisa, on the coast of Dalmatia,
the Austrian squadron was attacked ancl dis
persed by that of Naples, and that three
brigantines were captured.
A letter from Lisbon, of the ~4tn ol
March, s ates that the Inquisition, by the
unanimous determination ol the Cortes, was
on that day abolished.
It is „ta ed in the London Times that her
majesty was preparing to hold a drawing
room at Bradenburgh house as soon as the
alterations in it are completed. The Cou
rier promise* to give a complete list ol the
nobility who attend, even should it occupy
five or six columns of bis paper.
Sir J. Mackintosh moved, in the House ol
Commons, for leave to br.ng in a bill to
mitigate the punishment for Forgeries; and
aiso for leave to bring in a b.ll to repeal so
much of the act which makes larceny in
! dwelling houses, under certain circum l
stances, capital ; and atso, for leave to bring
! in a bill to repeal certain acts of George 11.
1 connected with the Criminal Law. As he
i understood there was now no intention to j
; oppose the oilis being brought in, he should I
reliant for the present making any observa- J
tions, and content himselt with obtaining j
leave to bring in the bills, and to name a ‘lay I
for the second reading. Leave was accord- ;
ingly given to bring in the several bills. Mr. j
Sergeant Onslow obtained leave to bring m j
a bill to repeal the present Usury Laws.
On the third reading of tlie Bank Cash l'ay
ments Bins, Mr. Ellice suggested the ex
peil ency of introducing a clause, rendering
' it imperative on liie Bank to pay small notes
or currency for their large notes, whenever
tendered. At\r some discussion, Uie clause
was added to the but byway ot rider, and
also a sim.lar clause to tiie Bank of Ireland
Casli Payments Bid; after Which both the
bills were recti a lin’d time and passed.
I BIS TUN DE ACUNHA:
JVeWy founded Kingdom in a group of IsL- \
ands, in tin- . itlantic Ocean.
In the year 1811, Jonathan Lambert, an .
American sailor, took possession ut the tie-.o- ;
late Island of Tr.sniii de Acqjilia, in tiie i
Southern Atlantic Ocean, and issued on tied |
I occasion a manifesto drawn up in a strict di- I
pioniutic torm, wliich was signed by Ins chief
minister, another American sailor, whose
| name was Andrew Miller. He declares, that
| on the 4th of February, 1811, he took entire
possession, tor himself and his descendants
tor ever, ol the Island ol Trisiun de Aeuulia,
; as well as of two neighboring Islands, “ the
\ Inacessible Islands,” and the “ Island of
! Nightingales,” of which he thereby declares
i In.nself tlie Lord and Prince. It is very re
-1 markable that the Ambus rid'iv of the bated
S.atcs of North America, at the Court of
Brazil, appears to recognize thin new pow
er, and is, in ssme degrea, its agent. It
] has another agent at the Cape ol Good Hope,
; accredited to the British Government, and to
; the East India Company. The American
Ambus ador sends to tiie new King Lamberi,
j from Bio de Janeiro, plants and seeds of all
kinds, sugar canes, c dice plants, &c. which
American and British ships, knowing that
tms once desert island now affords refresh
ments and excellent water, touch thereto
supply themselvts with what they want.
Captain Lovell lias visited it twice, and con
vinced himself that tlie establishment is
very promising, and may in luture become
important. Out of giautude tor Captain
LoVch’s friendly and obliging visits, Ins Ma
jesty Lambert has issued a manifesto, in
winch he declares, that the ‘‘lnaccessible
Island’’ shall be cubed henceforth “ Lovell’s
Island;” the Island of N.ghti gales, “ Pint
arct’s island;’ and the three Islands col
lectively, “Islesof Kefrcshment;” which last
name shall besides be especially appro
priated lo the great island, formerly Tris
tan de Aeuulia, where his Majesty cesides.
It may likewise appear remarkable that this
new and sell-created i’rince, like many
mhers, speaks in his manifesto of “ chicane
ry,” and of “the laws of nations r” adding,
“if any there are.” It is further worthy
ol remark, that the English author of a
ni-icti-esteemed hydrographical work, pub
lished at London in 1816, wishes jsuccessi
w*uare, and prosperity to this wlien oiiin
s intan dynasty. II: concludes his notice of
the new;y-.ounded insular state with these
words May an enterprise so honorable
to its author, and so beneficial to humani
ty, have tue success it merits! Every hon
est mariner must cordially join in this
wish.” But what may pc maps excite the
most surprise is, that, in 1813, Lambert,
through Ins agent and minister at the Cape
of G iud Hope,applied to the British Govern
| ment, and to tlie East India Company, for
their alliance and assistance; reserving, how
ever, his rights of possession and govern- •
ment; and that thereupon the Governor of
the Cape actually agreed to his desire, and
granted to the agent of King Lambert a
small vessel, in winch he sent him five in
dus.rious families, who had voluntarily uffer
ed to settle under his government. Horn
ed cattle, sheep, goats, and other things
useful and necessary to the prosperity and
advancement of the young colony, were
likewise sent thither by the Britisii Govern
ment. Lambert must be considered as an
extraordinary and remarkable man, and we
may well wish this liubinson Crusoe of our
tiiiii s along, happy and peaceful goiern
ment. According to the latest observations
ol tlie British navigators, Trial un de Acun
ha, or the Isles of BelTeahuuuu, he in 30 deg.
6 min. 1 see. south latitude, and in the
longitude ol 11 deg. 52" min. east of Green
wich.
It is intimated in a Liverpool paper that
“ the respectable editor of the London
Morning Curouicle is retiring from tlie ser
vice.”
COUN 1 KIiFEU TNG.
This crime seems to increase, and will con
tinue, until the Legislatures of states compel
banks to issue notes which cannot be coun- .
terfened, by adopting the plan of l’erkins k j ,
Co. and which will save much in keeping j
prisoners, and benefit society materially, j ,
Some time ago, a respectable engraver in- ■
formed one ot our police magistrates, that a !
person applied to him to engrave a plate for ■
notes of the Montreal Bank. The magistrate ]
advised the engraver to comply with his re- i
quest, and when the plate was ready lor deli- i
very, to give notice to the office. This wa3 ,
done according to arrangements, and the .
counterfeiter was secured with his plate and
notes nearly ready for delivery. He is now
in prison, and is one of a gang employed
extensively in the business. Notwithstand
ing the vigilance of our police, many of i
1 those characters escape. [2W, .idv.
Niw-Yobk, May 20.
latest from Sovth America.
We have received, by the schr. Macdon.
ough, from our attentive Correspondent at
Curaroa, regular files of the Curacoa Cour
ant to the 29th April Bolivar is stated to
have made a proposal to the royalist Gtn,
La Torre, to renew the armistice for three
months, which the latter is said to reject,
a i h great disdain, tearing in pieces the des
patches of the patriot General, peremp
torily ordering the bearer to depart under
pain of losing his heed. We rather doubt
this intelligence. The royalist chief is well
It nown not to be in a condition to justify such
haughty treatment of a party, holding so ex
tensive a footing as the republicans of Co.
lombia. It is admitted, that the troops of
Bolivar are as numerous as those of Torre,
Add to this, that the former are contending
on tlieir own soil, for liberty, and no doubt
can be entertained as to the issue of tho
contest.
"Female Heroism.
On New-Year’s day, Troger, a miller, whose
mill is situated near the village of Robersdoffj
not far from Bamberg, had gone to church
with every one of the family except JYanpepg
Chin, his daughter-in-law, 19 years pf age,
one of the handsomest girls of the Canton,
At 9 o’clock in the morning, she heard a
j knocking at the window, and saw four sus-
! picious looking men, who asked her to let '
! them in to warm themselves. She told them
j there was no one at home besides herself, and
i that i hey bad better, therefore, go to the next
village. They insisted; she repeated her re
fusal ; one of them threw a stone against the
casement, and, to open the window, introdu
ced his hand through the broken glass. Nan.
nette seized an iron used to sharpen the mill
stones, and pierced the hand of the intruder,
who retired with curses. One ot his com
rades replaced him; she pitreed his fore arm-
A third presented himself i she wounded him
severely also ; hut he had succeeded to open
the window. Almost petrified by fear, the
iron escaped from the trembling hands oftbq i
I young girl, and the fi iirtlt brigand had time
jto enter. She at oned recovered her coup.
age, and, plunging a jar into the kettle of
1 boiling water on the stove, she pitehed it alj
j over the assailant, who recoiled, vomiting a
; hundred imprecation. Nannette again filled
‘ the jar, and stood prepared for another
j attack j but they Were satisfied with their
first reception, and left her mistress ofthe
beid. [jYutional dhhocutc.
jYe-u, Law Case f—A law suit has just boon
commenced between two celebrated persons
from the quay tie la EeraiUe and rue lie la
Bethisij. The one, a druggist, lately wedded
the young and lovely daughter of one of his
friends, and placed her behind the hereditary
counter. A very fine pair of cassimsr Inex
pressibles were ordered at the neighboring
tailor’s ; these were ;« figure on the wee),
ding day. Thu groom requested that they
should he made tight ; and the tailor select
ed for the purpose a refuse kind of cloth
called in trade les briilies. However that bp,
tlie groom, in the joy of such a day, did not
examine his smalt clothes as closely ns he
should have done, and proudly strutted oil'to
the church ; but, in going out, (horrible t 9
ted) the stay, yielding to the pressure ofihq
bony, cracked, broke and exploded on every
side.— the hat alone of the miserable map,
placed sometimes on the other solution oiS
continuity, remedied a very little tHjsterri.
hie accident. Now, must the druggist pay
for the rmkitig ol a pair of breeches torn of
their own act ? The tailor, must he be the
victim ot the weakness of the cassitner which
he furnished 1 I hese are the grounds of
this trial, which furnishes a fruitful subject *
to all the gossips of that quarter. [lbid.
Hess———
I lie American Board of Commissioners
for foreign missions has, in the ten years of
i s existence, expended more than g20<»,000.
It has now, under its direction and depend,
ent upon Jts funds, about ninety persons,
well qualified for different parts in the great
work of general instruction, of whom
are employed in India, 1 in Western Asia,
If in the Sandwich Islands, and 44 in the Ly
dian nations of our own borders j and at j!s
several establishments in the different part?
of the world it has" more than 50 schools,
and more than 3000 children of heather!
families under chnstiau instruction.—Tin#
disbursements froiq the Treasury of
Boat’d last year amounted to more than- .57,-
000 dollars, nearly one half of which
applied for (he benefit of the Cherokee and
Chickasaw nations. Os the 2J9,000 dollars
which in ten years hare been received into
the treasifry of the Board in donations an 5
contributions, more than 95,000 were fram
tile state of Massachusetts.
1
Siugular Fraud,
" On Monday last, a young man of genteel
appearance, wailed upon .'/is. E. Stone, a
respectable lady, who keeps a boarding
school at Deptford, anil presented her witty
a letter, written in a regular lawyer’s hand;
the following is a copy ■—
“ Hath, March 2, 1821.
Madam—My clerk waits upon you, for thq
purpose of faying you a legacy of 50/. dffc
to you, under tiie will ofthe late Mrs. Mctry
lloj'ris of this place, and to take your receipt
for the same. The legacy duty being pro,
t ided for by the will of the late Mrs. Harris,
there is only the expences of my clerk’s
journey in attending von, herein to be had.
Tam, madam, ycur most obedient servant,
(Signed) JOHN WATSON.
11 To . Mrs. Elizabeth Slone, Schoolmistress?.
Deptford, Kent.”
Enclosed was the following.'
“ To Messrs. Fuller 8; Co. Bankers, Lon
don.
“ Bath, March 2</. 1821.
“ At sight hereof, pay to Mrs. E. Stone,
or to her order, the sum of fifty pounds ster,
ling, which place to the account of
LSO “T. WATSON.”
The pretended clerk only charged 4/.
13s. 4</. the precise amount ofthe exper.ces
of his journey ; but the good lady did not
stint her generosity to the preci-e sum, hut
feasted linn, and gave him SL. tor the wel
come intelligence, the whole had sq bus
iness-like and official an anpearanpe, and the
clerk toe, so like a solicitor’s clerk, that not
the least suspicion was entertained, parlieu,
larly, as she had a female acquaintance na
med Harris, from whom .he liad some re*
mote expectations. On presenting the order
at the bankers for payment, the) knew no
such person as T. Watson—it was a forgery,
£s* LOST—An EY E (rLASS
; et in Gold —the finder will be rewarded if
it be left at this Office.
May 29, 95 3t