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From the Xcw York Spectator.
NAVIGATION OF THE ST. LAWKENC'F.
Provincial Parliament of Lower
Camilla. —In the Legislative Coun
cil of the parliament of Lower
Canada, the following important
proceedings have lately taken place.
On the sth of February instant, the
Council resolved itself into a com
mittee of the whole, to take into
consideration the consequences to
that province ol free navigation by
the river St. Lawrence to the sea,
from the territory of the United
States bordering on that river, as
also the consequences thereto if the
water communication with Upper
Canada shou'd be interupted by
icason of the award under the
Treaty of Ghent. The following
resolutions were passed by the
committee and Reported to the
Council, \ iz.:— /•
Resolved. That it is the opinion
of the Committee that an humble
address be presented to His Excel
lency the Governor in Chief, to
represent to His Excellency the
extreme anxiety and alarm ol His
Majesty’s faithful subjects in this
Province, since the publication of
the Message of the President of
the United States of America to
Congress at the opening of their
present Session, wherein a claim is
laid the Free Navigation of the Ri
ver St. Lawrence to the sea, from
the Territory of those States bor
dering on that River ; and intima
ting that a negociation is now pen
ding thereon, with a hope of suc
cess.
That such a claim is contrary to
the established and recognized
Law of Nations in similar cases ;
and innovations upon those Laws
by so ambitious a neighbour to tne
Provinces of Canada, it is humbly
hoped, cannot be allowed.
That if permitted upon any con
ditions, it would have the effect
of weakening that intimate connex
ion and dependence upon the pa
rent State, and attachment thereto
which so happily subsists in both
Provinces, and which attachment
was so powerfully exemplified du
ring the late war with those States.
That it would tend to system
atize contraband trade and evasion
of the laws, and destroy all hope
of deriving efficient revenue from
import duties.
That it would be pernicious to
British interest in various other
respects, and beneficial in none to
these provinces, as parts of the
British Empire.
That the claim is more untena
ble and extraordinary, as there
have been and now continue, con-
Tlicts between some of the states of
the American Union, respecting
the right and excercise of Steam
Boat Navigation, from the witters
of one State into those of others,
which being contested among them
selves, it is with an ill grace, that
u claim can be made upon a foreign
power, for what they practically de
ny to each other, and which from
time immemorial lias between in
dependent powers rested upon in
ternational law.
To represent also to his Excel
lency, that it is seen with great
concern that the internal commu
nication by the St. Lawrence, from
Upper to Lower Canada, is threat
ened with interruption by reason
of the Commissioners under the
Treaty of Ghent, having awarded
to the said United States, Barn
hart’s Island, above Cornwall in
the Upper Province ; whereby
no practical channel of descent for
Boats, Rafts, A)r other connveyan
ces by water, is left on the British
side of that River and therefore the
communication is placed at the
mercy ot the said States.
To entreat therefore his Excel
lency to submit those important
points to the consideration of his
Majesty’s Ministers, and to state
the serious anxiety and alarm pre
valent in Lower Canada thereon ;
and further, to add the earnest re
commendation of his Excellency’
that they will advise his Majesty
not to concede to the said United
States,upon any terms or conditions
the navigation through the St.
Lawrence to the sea—and that they
will use their ellorts to procure
by negotiation the reciprocal right
or exercise of navigation during
peace by both nations, of the sev
eral internal channels of the St.—
Lawrence in which soever Terri
tory the said internal channels may
be situate in order to prevent those
collisions, which otherwise must
mutually arise and become ire
quent between both, to the injury ot
each.
On the following day,
tion of concurrence was taken,
ard the resolutions were adop
; ted.
I.a Fayette —'This old friend to
America, is now the only surviving
General of Washington’s army,and
it said is about making a visit to
this country where he will be re
ceived with an affectionate welcome.
The following anecdote of this
General is in a note, in MacThme
Campan’s Memoirs of Marie An
toinette.
During the American War a
general officer, in the service of the
United States, advanced with a
corps of men under the English
batteries to reconnoitre their posi
tion. His aid de camp, struck by
a ball, fell at his side. The officers
and dragoons fled precipitately. —
The general, though under the fire
of the cannon, approached the
wounded man to see whether he
had any signs of life remaining, or
whether any help could be atforded
him. Finding the wound had been
mortal, lie turned his eyes away in
emotion and slowly rejoined the de
tachment vv liich had got out of the
reach of the pieces. This instance of
courage and humanity took place
at the battle of Monmouth. Gen.
Clinton who commanded the Eng
lish troops, knew that the Marquis
de la Fayette generally rode a white
horse, it was upon a white horse
that the general officer, who retired
so slowly, was mounted : Clinton
desired the gunners not to fire.
This noble iorbearance probably
saved M. de la Fayette’s life, lor
it was he himself. At that time
he was but twenty-two years of
age.
From the Knoxville Register.
About three weeks since, two
black fellows belonging to different
gentlemen in Lee county, Virginia
had a recountre which only resul
ted in one proving too hard for the
other, without giving final satisfac
tion. Determined to act up to
high life, they agreed to meet, and
decide the matter in an honorable
way, in true gentlemanly style.—
On the Saturday following, they
accordingly met about two miles
from the dwelling of any person,
each with a riflle ‘.veil charged.—
They were without seconds or
physicians and of course managed
they business themselves, though
not according toetiquette. On the
first fire, both fell; one was shot
through the heart and expired in
stantly. The other was shot just
under the left breast, made out to
drag himself to where the dead
one lay, and with his gun scraped
a parcel of leaves over, him which
with the flash of his gun, he set on
fire, intending to burn up the dead
body ; the leaves however burnt
up without entirely effecting the
object though the body was very
much burnt; the surviving fellow
then started for home, two miles
distant, in excruciating pain, drag
ging himself as before, and arrived
on Tuesday, related the circum
stances minutely and shortly after
wards expired. Their quarrel (of
course) originated about one of the
lair sex of their own colour.
A writer in the American
Monthly Magazine states a fact
which, he says, appears novel to
most people in the country to whom
he had mentioned it, viz ; that
the best gun-lock will not fire gun
powder during intensely cold wea
ther, or when the Mercury stands
20 degrees below 0. On repeated
experiments, the flint slid as inef
fectually over the steel as if it had
been wood, and it would not pro
duce fire until it had been in the
warm room 20 seconds.
The following is given as the slate
cf the market in Cincinnati, Ohio, in
January last.—“ Whiskey at “three
tips” per gallon, partridges at two
cents each, chicken* at 6, (lucks at 64
geese 20 to 25, turkeys from 30 to 40
—some of the latter price weigh 20
pounds, butter 10 to 12 cents, beef 2
to 4. Wood is now selling at from 75
to 87$ cents per cord. The weather
resembles that of spring, and we have
scarcely felt the w inter yet.
A letter from one of the Osage Mis
sionaries states that that nation had
entirely disavowed the attack made
on the American hunters a short time
since, anil that no fears need be enter
tained of them. _____
jpovnjju K-ntcUtfinicr.
Extract of a letter from ,in Spain
dated Dec. 21.
“ The state of ,and indeed
of almost every town in Spain is
most lamentable, and what here
occurs will give you of the
persecution to which honest men
are subject in this unfortunate king
dom. Without entering into pol-
besides you must be
amp* informed through the medi
um of English newspapers, I must
say that the Conduct of the lower
class against every respectable per
son is abominable, and what is
worse, that it has been promoted
from the pulpit, especially by friars
and even by the actual authorities.
The bonds of society seem to be
dislocated. Any person, however,
respectable and virtuous, merely
for having thought, when it was
lawful so to think, that a Repre
sentative Government was good, is
pointed at as an heretic, insulted,
and very often beaten, without re
gard to age or sex. The pulpits,
instead of recommending the sub
lime precepts of our Saviour, name
ly, Charity and forgiveness of of
fences, fulminate extermination
and vengeance, against all who
have had liberal ideas, and praise
the necessity of the inquisition and
punishments. The ignorance of
the lower class, and malice of some
others, prompts it to carry threats
into execution. An order has
been given by the present corpo
ration which, amongst other things,
says,” that the Royalist People are
filled with a just resentment at the
haughty air with which the Con
stitutionalists walk about, and that
in consequence, no person that has
either taken arms in fayor of the
Constitution, or that was attached
to it, shall he out of his house alter
dusk under pain of 20 days impris
onment.’’ The day after this or
der was fixed a number of armed
royalists came through the streets
with swords and clubs, and wanton
ly attacked every person they met.
The situation of Spain, in every
point of view, is melancholy, and
were it possible for me and family
to leaye it I should gladly do it.”
Boston Palladium.
Paris, Jan. 9.
Extract ofletter of the 24ih ulti
mo from Basle; —A Spanish Envoy
Extraordinary is expected shortly
in Switzerland to induce the Gov
ernments of the different Cantons
to adopt anew military capitula
tion proposed to them by Ferdinand
VII who requires for his private
service four complete Swiss regi
ments. It is still doubtful howe
ver, whether the Swiss Govern
ments will their legal sanction
to the military engagement propos
ed to our country by the king of
Spain.
A letter from Sir Paul Baggott, at
Madrid, gives the following details of
the execution of Riego—
“l saw poor Riego suffer ;1 had a
place at a window within twenty yards
of the spot. He was drawn in a bask
et, bv an ass of the lowest description.
Anew gallows was erected in the Pla
za de Cevada. The Plaza was com
pletely crowded, as well as the house
tops, windows, &c. At one o’clock,
he arrived, and was assisted out of the
basket by two fi iars, who placed him
on the step of the ladder, and held
over him a crucifix during his confes
sion. lie then ascended the ladder and
a friar made him say, or assisted him
in saying the creed, till he came to
“ and in Jesus Chnst our Lord,” when
ho was instantly turned off the step,
and the executioner jumped on his
shoulders, holding by the rope by
which he was suspended, frequently
rising up, and then forcing himself
down upon his victim ; in a lew ini
nutes he put a handkerchief over his
face, and in an instant took it off, and
waved it over his head, crying Viva.’
which was twice answered by the
crowd. Two other men pulled his legs
and one hung on him for ten minutes :
another fellow struck him with his fist
as a mark of indignity. After the bo
dy had been hanging half an hour, 1
was invited by the Baron Hardenberg
who was on duty, to see him. The
poor fellow’s tongue was propelled
From his mouth, winch appeared very
much swollen and black. Riegn’s fi
gure was very slender, and his height
about five feet nine inches. He wore
a mustachio on the upper lip, and was
dressed in grey pantaloons, black
waistcoat, and covered with a dirty
smock frock, which had been once
white; lie was degraded as much as
possible. I observed the greatest joy
among the multitude, and 1 saw many
persons Pinbracing under the gallows.
A French officer in my room, cried
out “ Shame ! shame !! ” and retired.
Revolution in the Cotton Trade.
Bonaparte in the account ol his Egyp
tian Campaign, says, that his view in
attempting the conquest of Egypt, was
to make that country the grand colo
ny of France, being convinced that it
was capable ofyielding all the produc
tions of the trophical climates, espe
cially sugar and cotton. In respect
to the latter article, his opinion is in a
fair progress of being verified.—lt ap
pears that IGOO hags of Egyptian cot
ton have lately been sold in London,
and 500 have also been lately sold n*
Liverpool. AY’ c believe that SCO tnorc
are expected in this port. — lhese are
very curious and interesting tacts to
the commercial world. The history
of this commodity, the most remarka
ble of all others,'is truly extraordina
ry. For many ages its production as
an article of export, was chiefly con
fined to the West India Islands. —■
Thence it passed to the continent ol
North America. Afterwards it ex
tended itself to the Brazils, in South
America, and lias lately become the
principal export staple of the East In
dies. Finally, it has passed into Egypt
which, from its proximity to Europe
may at last outrival all other coun
tries. —Liverpool .hirer.
We have before published rumors
of the defeat of the Turkish squadron
and the raising of the siege of Misso
longhi. We are happy to confirm the
intelligence and the following is the
most particular account of it we have
seen.
It is certain that the Greeks took
the earliest advantage of the depar
ture of the Capt. Padfia, from the
Archipelago. The expedition from
Hydra, already mentioned, under
Maurocordato, arrived at Calarna
ta, took on board troops, and sailed
three days after—arrived before
Missolonghi and dispersed the Bar
bary squadron of sixteen vessels,
which blockaded that place, cap
turing or destroying three of them.
The Greek squadron then proceed
ed immediately to transport 6000
troops from the Morea, which had
been assembled for the purpose
near Patras, to Missilonghi, by
means of which the siege of that
place was raised. Omer Brione
Pacha of Janina, after suffering
great losses, retired upon Prevesa,
abandoning all his artillery, and
Mustapha Pacha of Scutari, had
also retreated w ith the remnant of
his troops. Three Greek vessels,
detached from the squadron pro
ceeded to Mourtos, a small port in
Albania, and surprised and took
prisoners, a number of Turkish
troops. —a corps of 1500 or 2000
Greeks also landed at Armyros, in
the Gulf ofVoloand had advan
ced some distance into the interior
of Thessaly. It was uncertain whe
ther they would be able to maintain
themselves in that quarter,and they
therefore kept their vessels in'the
gulf to embark if it should prove
necessary. This information is
derived from various accounts re
ceived through the lonian Islands,
Trieste and Venice. News of
these successes of the Greeks had
reached Constantinople. A letter
of Nov. 15, says that the result of
the late conferrence of the Divan
is not known, but it appears certain
that it has decidedly rejected the
proposition of stifling the insurrec
tion by conciliatory measures, and
by granting governments like those
of Moldavia and Wallachia; hut
that the taking of Corinth, and
the deliverance of Missolonghi,
will give anew energy to the
Greeks, and it becomes more and
more improbable that the insurrec
tion will be quelled by force.
FROM LIMA.
A friend has favored us with the fol
lowing extract of a letter dated Lima,
3d Oct. 1823.
“You are aware of the circumstance
of Riva Aguexo having dissolved the
Congress in Truxillo, which act, added
to his continued resistance, tnay he
considered one Os the most unfortunate
occurrences in the history of the Revo
lution. Should he persevere in the
part lie has taken, the combined ef
forts which are now making for the li
beration of Peru, will he greatly para
lised, and its emancipation from the
Spanish yoke, which might have been
looked upon as almost accomplished,
may now be retarded for some time.
“ I have the pleasure of inclosing a
translation ol Bolivar’s letter to Riva
Aguexo. This letter had no effect, as
the hearer of it has returned, and open
war has been declared by the Congress
against Riva Aguexo. \ SI „ . ®
mission has however been . H
yesterday; and it i,
nope.l that some favorable HI
ment will take place, that tC"®
ous ellorts of Colombia heaiW?''®
brave Liberator Bolivar mav •> J B
crowned with success. ;
LIM V, 4th Sent iqa. B
To Sir Don Jose Riva Ami” ’J^B
“My Dear Friend— It is - B
mte pam that I have to addre “B
on a matter the most unplea Ba .’ ‘Vf
at the same time the most
which can occur in the life
character.
It is unnecessary at this pe r i c ,L |
enter into an investigation of the -ii S
of difference between yoursc't ■§
Congress, or even to analyze t!i C ':’B
ruder of it. The fact is, you lrt | D
at open war with the National lu'Jß
sentatives of your countrv. ‘j- d,*®
presentative Assembly was
by the founder of its liberty, and
been acknowledged by the"public
thoritics and people of p tru y*®
yourself owed your elevation to t Xf
Presidency to this Assembly, j. ®
therefore beyond all doubt that
thoritv of a body elected by
tion, can never he annulled byanvji®
dividual of whatever rank be marbeß
and much less by you who was i> ri[ , ®
the principal agents in the estabii*®
ment of popular representation, r ®
to which, as President, you have
lemnly taken the oath of obedient,®
In fact, my friend, the principle |®
lieve, does not admit of discussion®
let us see what will he the result®
a line of condu :t in opposition tail®
Bonaparte in Europe, and Yturbid®
in America, were the most extraord®
nary men, each in his sphere whir®
modern history presents to the ivorl®
Although benefactors of their count®
and promoters ol its national indeper®
ilence, they have been unable toes®
cape ruin merely on account ofthti®
political sacrilege in profaning th®
temple of the laws and the sanctaar®
of social rights. You have added t®
this the most scandalous outrage a®
the persons- of your Ministers. ®
think you cannot be insensible tu th®
united clamours of indignation exc®
ted amongst all classes ot men at win®
took place in Truxillo, and which,be®
lieve me is the blackest stain that ha®
sullied the Revolution of America®
consequently you can expect nothin®
but inaladictions in this countryu®
disapprobation in Europe. I,notwiG®
standing, make you a tender ot r®
friendship, and offer you all the p®
tection which my situation can aftix®
If vou are inclined to accept my gw®
offices, Col. L'rdaneta and Mr, Gail®
ano are authorized to accommodi®
matters with you as well as with tho®
who are acting under you in this h®
rible affair. ®
The ruin of Peru is inevitable shoo 1
the acceptance of these generous of
fers be delayed ; by your refusingtbei
you can expect nothing but the slur*
ry of your country, and your execra
tion hv every American. —Public opin
ion will be so decidedly expressed
against you, that not even in your ova
conscience will you be able to lindu
asylum. That you or your partaiw
can ever rule in Lima, is out of the
question. One and all of us win
come the avengers ol Pern ;nor, il -
enemy again subjects your country w
the Spanish yoke, can you, even w
this case, obtain what you aspire ater-
Finally, rest assured, that no prof’
tious fortune can alter the principle
of natural order which you havetr-m
pled upon, and this alfair will P rove 1
source of remorse which will ac 00 1”
pany you to the grave.
Have the goodness, my dear fric” >
to pardon the frankness of my exp*
tion. Having been actuated by no *
worthy personal motive, but consis
ted the head of an Independent sM*
I could not, without failing in my J 5
remain silent on the subject ot ‘ ‘
conduct, which at the present
period may produce incalculable ® IS
chief to America. On the other ij”
[cannot forget what you have jj 11
for America, and particularly for
ru, of whose relicks you were the •
viour. BOLIVAR
A grand jury of South Caro.ij- 3
some time since presented
President of a certain college i
unpopular; and a grand j ur ’
Tennessee, presented Gen. J* c ,
as a suitable person for Preside
the United States. Another
jury of the same state presented 1
as unsuitable ; and a. petit g
jury in Louisiana sentence
man to pay a fine of one thou 53 ! 1
dollars for killing one of his s* *
In vain was it that the Judge
formed them that their busine ss *
to determine whether the p rlso ,
was guilty and that the law
the punishment. They in s ‘ st . e Jp.
on including a sentence in their
diet, i heseare queer things’
history of juries; and to hn‘ s #r
chapter we may mention the