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part of Greece, to assemble and meet at /Ilyi
na by the 1st January, 1827, in order that
they any dissolve the body composing the |no-
visional government, and elect netv members
front among the primates and chiefs, the per
sons composing the present government, with
the exception of one or two, being generally
considered unfit for titc situations they hold.—
It is certainly much to be lamented, that such
as Colorotrnni, who is only distinguished for
Ins brutal ferocity and gross ignorance, should
be placed at the head of affairs. Zuirnis, the
president of the provisional government, is a
man of very mediocre talents, possessing no
hnowledge of the world, and can speak no lan
guage hut his own. On tite other hand, prince
Mi tvrocordato, a man of acknowledged talent,
a great politician, who has seen a good deal ol
the world, and who has made more sacrifices
for his country titan any other individual—yet
this man is not allowed to have any si tare in
it*** 111* ciiciiiSct all miitr
in saying that lie is ilte cleverest man in their
country. Although IVIavrocordato has not any
share in the present government, ho has not
been less zealous or active in the service of
bis country. I am no advocate of Mavrocor-
cinio; but no one can deny thru he is a true
friend to his country. I do not hesitate to
say, that I really believe, he cares not by wluit
means he serves his country, provided lie can
do so.
I have heard rrnnv dishonorable acts of
M ■tvrocordato, and I doubt not that some of
them are true; but they were always of a poli
tical nature. He is accused of having been
privy to the murder of Ulysses (brother-in-law
of Trelawnv) and the proofs against him are
rather strong. The greatest enmity exists
between him and Culocotroni. The latter
futitleman is at Cnstti, with a few of his fol
lowers. I saw this ferocious savage yesterday,
lie refuses to meet the national assembly at
.Egina, and staled, that if they wanted his o-
pm'ion, they were as well able to come to Cas-
tri ns he to go to .Eginn; lie is well aware that
it is intended to remove him from ilie govern
ment, and to take the command of the army
from loin. He is, therefore, making use of
every artifice to raise himself a strong party at
Castri. lie can no longer place that depend
ence on the army that lie could formerly. He
was then their idol, and is now their aversion.
. Numbers of his own followers have deserted
him, and the few that yet remain with him are
daily becoming less. These public jealousies
; aro much to he regretted; hut they exist
1 throughout all Greece. The want of unanim-
1 itv is universal. It would be difficult to find
two members of the Greek government per-
' feedy agreeing, or who do not most heartily
hate each other; and yet they never meet with
out kissing one another. You will readily sup
pose that these are Judas’ kisses. One would
suppose that the common enttse would unite
them, but it appears to be quite the reverse.—
If you speak to any of the chiefs about the state
of their country, they are sure to impute all
l their ill success to the want of union, forgetting
l that, at the very moment they are complaining
* nf it in others, they are condemning themselves;
* Jor there is not one of them who docs not sc-
• crctly foment those civil broils. However, to
• return to our subject—many of the primates
1 end chiefs refuse to meet at .Eginn, and wish
*1 the assembly to meet at Napoli. The mem-
' hors of the provisional government are, howe
ver, at -/Egina. As soon as they heard of the
arrival of the frigate, they sent Miaulis over
land to take command of Iter, and bring Iter to
iEgina. They were afraid to leavo her at Na-
, poli, the Spezziots having threatened to take
possession of her for their own admiral. More-
I over, a mutiny had broken out among the A-
' merican seamen; they had threatened, on tluilr
} way from Malta to Napoli, to murder the cap-
J tain and first lieutenant, and then to steer for
latter brought povisions, pay and clothes loi
Ibrahim’s troops. Although they have now
been nearly a month at Navarino, the Greeks
have noi yet been able to send a single ship a-
gainst them. Fire Spezziot nicn-ol-war brigs
actually left Spezzia about a fortnight ago, a-
gainst the orders of their admiral, for the sole
b r • Tim Iron
Pacha an offer for the whole crop of Indigo,
which lias been refused. There arc about 10,-
000 bales of cotton in store at Alexandria, for
which the Pacha has at last made a price equal
sions, destitute of any kind of provisions ex
cept fresh beef, and nearly so of clothing.
A letter from Buenos Ayres of Dec. 2d, says
—“We can still give no encouragement of a
quick termination of die war being likely to
purpose of pirating. The danger from pirates
: ’ • m * . .1..!!.. luwmniinn JTM'nlfr. ;\
in the Levant is daily becoming greater,
few davs back two largo brigs attacked Ins ma
lt was in
jestv’s'ship Zebra, in Doro passage. It was in
the night, and no doubt they had taken her for
... * i..... rn.o-.in William suffered
a merchant-man. Captain W illiam suffered
them to approach pretty close, when lie fired
ilium in iijj|nutii.ii 7 , *
liis wliolo broudsi.'le into one of them; tlu*^
immodiatelv sheered o(T, and captain \y main*
nil sail in chase of them, but, owing to the dark
ness of the night, lie was unable to Overtake
them. Only two days ago the pirates attacked
an Austrian man-of-war brig in mid-day, hoar
ded her, and took her; they took three thou
sand dollars, a quantity of provisions and pur
ser’s stores, together with every sail they could
find. After this thay spiked all her guns, took
all her ammunition, and then left her.
to about G,1 per lb. lice on board. There will I take place. More rancorous feelings towards
not be any linseed for export this year. Ex- j each other gain ground daily; and the Buenos
change 78 3-8 I Ayreans are determined, il possible, to possess
The* woollen districts of Yorkshire are be-! the Banda Oriental. They are making every
winning to feel some symptoms of tho spring de-, preparation for an attempt to gain the Province
maud. Ati evident improvement it is said is! of Rio Grande, whilst Monte \tdeo will be
generally felt. j closely beseiged. Our market is at advanced
The trade* of the Staffordshire Potteries, prices, hut it is for it very depreciated curren-
continues to languish. The distress now pre- cv. A considerable part of the Brazilian
valent in that populous district appears to be . squadron is almost continually in sight of this
greater than it hitherto has been. j city. Admiral Brown with a small squadron
It is announced, that Congress will refuse to j of this government, is somewhere on the coast
make anv alteration in their tariff of imports; of Brazil, hut at present we are nearly two
then, of course, that botty must rest satisfied j months without any information of him.”
with prohibition of all commerce between tho
United States and tho Bri isli colonies.—Lon
dim Times.
LiiitON, January 2G.
War Office.—General fount de Villa Flor,
COLOMBIA.
Mnrucaybo papers to the 4;It February are
received at New York—they contain the letter
of general Paez to Bolivar, in which the former
writes from his head quar ers at Almeida, on j resigns his power, and the reply from Bolivar’s
the 15th, that the rebels hid retired the same secretary.
day from tho PortuguesaAerritory into that of
Spain, where they occupied Alvea do Cispo
and ViUardc Corvos.
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the nearest Turkish port. I h ive since seen
the first lieutenant. It appeared from his state
ment that eight of tho crew had refused to do
any work; of course there was no such thing
as law on board such a ship. The captain
could not flog them, but he stopped their grog
—this produced a great deal of niurmaring, and
being joined by most of tho crew, a mutiny
ensuoa; fortunately, however, they contented
themselves with taking possession of what they
wanted. The captain did not, after this, pos<
sess any authority over them.
The ship arrived on tho l6;h instant at jE
f lna, with tho American officers and crew on
oard, under the command of admiral Miaulis,
The mutinous Americans wore sent on board a
Greek man-of-war brig, and senr to Syra t
whence they will have no difficulty in returning
to their own country. Captain Hamilton; who
was at Aigina when the frigate arrived, was in
duced, by the particular request of the Greek
government, to take the American officers on
board the Cambrian, to wait for a passage to
Smyrna. As soon as I heard of her arrival at
ASginn, I went there io sec her. She is a dou
ble banker, carries 68 guns, long thirty-twos on
the main deck, and forty-two pound carron-
adcs on tho upper deck. Sho is, I believe
the largest frigate in the world; she is mot
liko an eighty-gun ship, in point of size, than
frigate—her tonnage is stated at seventeen
hundred tons; there is a large cabin on the
main deck, similar to our own frigates, with the
gun-room below; thoro are a great number of
small cabins on the lower deck; close abaft the
mainmast there is a bulkhead put up, which
completely separates tho steerage from tho
fore part of the lower deck. In the steerage
there aro several small cabins. She has plcn
ty of room between decks; any person m;r
Stand upright on her lower dock; her comple
ment is s<x hundred men; at present she lias
only two hundred men on board. Miaulis has
been made a full admiral, and has hoisted bis
flag at the main. Constantine Cunari, the ce
lebrated commander of brulots, is appointed
captain under Miaulis, It was Canari who
blew up the captain pacha’s ship at Scio; lie
is a very brave fellow. The frigate’s name ii
; sho is to bo got ready for sea imraedi,
ately, to join the Spezziots, who are bent on
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
Ni:w York, March If.
The Robert Fulton, Capt. Britton, winch
arrived this morning, sailed from Liverpool,
Fob. Dili. This vessel took the place of the
packet ship Panthca, and has brought regular
advices to the date of her sailing including
Loudon papers and Shipping Lists to the 7th
ult.
The price of Cotton had declined a fraction
at Liverpool.
The last papers state, that tho affairs in Por
tugal were rapidly approaching to a satisfacto
ry conclusion. The rebels, broken and dis
persed, were flying in every direction. Their
leader, the Marquis de Chaves, has sought re
fuge in Spain, anJ the forces had been totally
dispersed.
A Paris paper of Feb. 4, says—“From tlic
details respecting the affair of Coruches, it
items that the insurgents engaged amounted to
1,000 men and that of Villa Flor to 7,000
men at most. Tho victory was warmly disput
ed during the whole day, but the report of the
landing of the English troops, with tho addition,
that they had immediately marched for Boira,
caused a panic terror in the camp of the Mar
quis de Chaves. The officers and command-
rs themselves, except Count Camillas were the
first to take to flight. The soldiers followed,
and a great number ofthcni went to tho enemy.
When they reached Almeida, the fugitives
were beginning to rally, when almost the whole
corps of Magatsi, hearing of tho amnesty pub
lished hy tho Regent, went in a body to give
themselves up to tho Count de Villa Flor.—
Tho remainder wore terrified, and fled to the
Spanish Territory, where in a tumultuous as
sembly the Marquis do Chaves was deprived of
tho ciiief command, which was given to Vis
count Montcalogre, who was able to collect
hut littlu more 1000 men, with whom lie is said
to have re-entered Portugal by Tras-os-Mon-
tcs. Tho others hava dispersed, in small de
tachments, some of whom h ive doubtless also
repassed tho frontiers, ns Chaves and the other
chiefs seem to have done.”
His Majesty’s sloop Redwing, which has ar
rived in England from tho coast of Africa,
brings intelligence that captain Clapperton had
arrived at the residence of Sultan Soolim at
Sachutoo, and had been well received. Dr.
Dixon had arrived at Youra, five days journey
from tho Soolima country. Captain Clapper-
ton would immediately proceed to Tombuctoo,
to be there joined bv Dr. Dixon, and they
would then make their best way on tho ulteri
or objects of their journey.
The Liverpool Mercury states, that severe
distress existed among the laborers at the Staf
ford potteries.
The British Parliament assembled on the
8th, and the great topic of interest, was tlte be
lief that the corn laws would be taken into im
mediate consideration. The Ministers have
however, announced that the subject would not
be brought forward until the 19th February.—
Mr. Canning is to introduce the question to
the Commons, nud Lord Liverpool in the
House of Lords.
Three transports, which had arrived
Portsmouth to tuko on board additional troops
for Portugal, had been ordered to leavo that
port, from which it is inferred that no more
troops are to be sent out.
[•'ranee.—Letters roteived at Madrid on the
22d of January from Cadiz, stale that the
French are about to cvacuuto that place, ami
that the national.guard bus already received
orders to hold themselves in-readiness to per
form a part of tlte duty there. This news is
looked upou as premature, but hy no means as
false; and moreover, it is cortain that throe re
giments of militia and a regiment of infantry of
Lusitania have orders to set out for the environs
of Cadiz.
A Paris paper of Feb. 2d says:—This day
the Ministerial paper, the Draneu Blanc, which
has been supposed to be in the pay of the es
tablishment of Foreign Affairs, announces that
it will not appear again. The Aristarquc ccas-
ed at tho commcncemcat of the new year.—
The Ministry is said to have expended no less
than three millions during the last six years in
sustaining these Journals, which nobody cared
to read.
London-, February 3.
Accounts from Batavia to October 9, state
that on the 1st of that month, the Dutcli forces
under Gen. Van Green, had a battle with the
natives, when the former were totally annihila
ted, the General only saved his life by a hiding
place. He returned to Samarang without a
single follower. The battle was fought be
tween Solo and Samarang; the greatest con
sternation prevailed at the latter place. Pa-
lambang was again in the hands of the natives.
A letter udds—“if 3 or 6000 troops do not ar
rive in a few weeks, 20,000 will not save Java,
for every mile the insurgents advance, their
strength increases.
It is stated that the Swiss Company cstab-
The English troops are on tie point of leav
ing Lisbon, to aid Portugal agsinst its enemies.
Paez says that lie was induced only by the
public danger to receive again tho command at
Valencia; and that iu spite of all his enemies
have said, he had no sinister intention. He then
says, that since the liberator has appeared,
(Private Correspondence.)—The troops of j peace lias returned, and lie (Paoz) has sworn
the Marquis de Chaves having re-entered Spain i never again to obey the government at Bogota,
the Count de Villa Fkir, lias signified to the ; it is liis first duty to request that Bolivar will
Spanish Governor tl»t ho is authorized to re
ceive arms.
One of the regimrnts from Gibraltar, (1000
men) has landed.
The Count de Villa Real is going to Paris.
Sir W. A’Courtis named Grand Cross of tho
Tower and Sword. Tho Regent has given
him a cross worth 120,000 francs.
Considerable advances had taken place in
the British Funds, Consols have risen about 2
per cent, iu one week. The advance was ow
ing, as is slated, lo the great supply of unem
ployed capital, .with rather favorable intelli
gence from the Peninsula, and large (pecula
tions for tho advance in the Funds.
The Morning Chronicle of the 64 tilt, says
—It is rumored that there have been bickerings
between some of the Magnates of the land and
their deputies in the Cabinet, on the subject of
the duty to be imposed on imported corn.—
The duly which Ministers proposed was fifteen
shillings the first year, with a diminution of
one shilling each year till ten sh flings, at which
it should stop. On the other hand, a great
Northern Proprietor of Boroughs insisted on
twenty-five shillings: and distinctly stated, that
ny attempt to fix a lower duty should ho frus
trated in the House of Lords. Several Minis
ters, on tins, threatened resignation. A com
promise at length took place; and 17s. 6d. it is
aid, is tho sunt fixed on, with a reduction eve
ry year till 1 Is. Gd. 1
Il was stated that the Earl of Westmoreland
and Mr. Robinson were about to retire from
tho Cabinet.
The Duko of Sussex had been dangerously
ill, but was pronounced convalescent by his
hvsicians. Mr. Canning had also been seri
ously indisposed, but was 'apidlv recovering.
A prosecution has been issued hy the Crown
against Mr. Shiol, for the treasonable and sedi
tious tendency of the speech, delivered by him
in Dublin, on the subject of foreign invasion.
The Duke of York’s will has boon proved in
Doctor’s Commons, and the Executors have
sworn tho effects to be under £180,000. He
desires his just dehts and funeral expenses to
he paid without delay, and expresses a confi.
dent hope that liis property is sufficient to dis
charge them. It is however stated that tho
Duke’s debts amount to nearly £300,000 and
that the King has expressed his determination
to pay the difference between the assots and the
claims, out of his private resources.
The Duke's stud of horses were sold at Tat-
tcrsall’s on the 5:li, and brought 7230 guin
eas. His celebrated horse Moses was sold for
1000 guineas to the Duko of Richmond.
Kean continued to draw crowded houses at
Drury Lane.
Tho loss sustained by the Dutch expedition
in the late gales is said to amount to two mil
lions of florins (£200,000.)
Fifty houses in tho town of Biel in the valley
of Conche, were destroyed on the night of tho
17th by an avalanche; thirty persons had been
extricated from the ruins shockingly mutilated.
From the London Courier, of Feb. 7.
City Two O'clocJi.—Wo have had various
unfavorable reports circulated in the course of
flic morning, viz. the resignation of Lord Liv
erpool and Mr. Canning—a New Loan—and a
decline in the French Rents on Monday—all
equally entitled to credit: but they had, never
theless^ the- effeet of lowering the F uuds.
_ Fracas in France.—It is stated in the Now
York Commercial Advertiser that a violent
personal attack was committed nt Paris, on the
20ih January upon Prince Tolleyrand, by
Count Maubreuil, while leaving Church, at the
close of tho service. The Prince was felled to
the ground by tho blow, and was severely stun
ned. He had been twice bled and was recov
ering. The Count Maubreuil, had been em
ployed by Tnlleyrand, to recover the crown
jewels, which had been taken by Jerome Bona
parte’s wife; and some dispute existed in regard
to his services.
have a tribunal to try him.
In the reply, Setter Revenga says, Bolivar’s
words had already been, “yesterday Paez saved
the republic,” and “today he has given us domes
tic peace.” “General Paez, far from being
culpable, is the savior of the country.”
By the latest accounts from Bogota, both
chambers of congress had adjourned for want
of a quorum, but it was supposed that the ses
sion would not he long deferred on that ac
count.
Changes are to be made in the department
of Bovaca. The intendancy and other gov
ernments are to ho in the hands of capable mi
litary men, the direct taxes generally to cease
and several parts of the Spanish system to bo
revived, as bettor for the people and govern
ment.
the 4th, entitled “Ail act to regulate the tn.fe
of the British possessions abroad,” and by
other of His Britanic Majesty in Council, beat,
ing date of27thof July, 1826, the trade I
intercourse authorised by the aforesaid act Z I
Parliament, of tho 24th of June, 1822, beu v J
the United States and the greater part of SI
said British colonial ports therein enumera:^
have been prohibited upon anil from the f, r! j
day of December last past, and ihe conting fil , I
cy has thereby arisen on which the P resident I
of the United States was authorized by the s'5^ I
section aforesaid of the act of Congress of i* I
March, 1823, to issue a proclamation to the cf.
feet therein mentioned:
Now, therefore, I John Quincy Ada*. I
President of the United States of Amortcr^l
hereby declare and proclaim that the trade anJ I
intercourse authorized by the said act of Parba. I
ment of the 24ih of June, 1822, between M
United States and the British colonial pome,I
numerated in the aforesaid act of Congress of I
the 1st of March, 1823, have been and are,up, I
on and from the 1st day of December, 1S26,1
by the aforesaid two several acts of Parliament, I
of the 5th of July, 1825, and by the aforcsiijl
British Order in Council of the 27th day of Ju. I
ly, 1826, prohibited. I
Given under my hand at tho City of I
Washington, this 17th day of March, jj |
the year of our Lord 1827, and the fif. I
ty-first of the independence of the Uni. |
ted States.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
By the President:
II. CLAY, Secretary of State.
MEXICAN SQUADRON.
Extracts of a Letter, from Commodore Porter to a
gentleman in Pensacola, dated at Key West on
board the Libertad, Feb. 20, 1827.
“When they (the Spaniards) proclaimed that
they were blockading me, and a dismasted schr.
which I was converting imo a Brigantine, with
four frigates and threw brigs, they should also
have told that one of my brigs was cruizing in
sight of Moro castle, and the other destroy
ing all the trade betwe n Matanzas and Neuvi-
tas. While I was thus necessarily employed
they raptured eight sail, six of which they de
stroyed and two are now here. We have cap
tured ten altogether—two I sent to Vera Cruz
—one being very valuable (say §60,000)—tho
other n fine armed schooner, fit for the service.
It is pieposterous in them to say they block
ade us, when our brigs and our prizes come in
as they please, in open day. They canuo'
blockade us—and,since they have reduced their
force to two frigates and a brig, they dare not.
The other day I got under way with the sqttad-
and went out, when Luborde made all sail from
me—When I hove about to come in, I
could scarcely sec him. This does not look
like blockade.
“It would give me great pleasure to show my
Mexicans at Pensacola. I nra proud of them
saw them when in an unpolished state,
—‘hoy are different beings now, altogether—
no men could learn faster, no men could behave
better. I have never seen a ship worked bet
ter or guns better managed—and those aro the
mos* essential things. Mv squadron, although
small, looks well. This is not the last you will
hear of if, if I recover” (from an attack of Fe
ver) “and can enjoy my health.’*
DOMESTIC.
CIRCULAR TO THE COLLECTORS.
. Treasury Department,}
March 17 th, 1827. (
Sm—I send, herewith, a copy of the Pici
dent’s Proclamation,dated this day,by tho effect
of which you will perceive that the trade I*,
tween tho United States and certain colonial
ports of Great Britain, its opened by the -ic;
Congress of the 1st of March, 1823, con led
“An act to regulate the commercial intercourse
between the United States and certain British
colonial ports,” is closed; anil that the pruvis.
ions of the act of April the 18th, 1818, cntidcd
An act concerning navigation,” and those cf
the act of May the fifteenth, 1820, entitled “At
act supplementary to an act entitled an act con
cerning Navigation,” arc in force. These
veral acts have been heretofore transmitted to
you, at periods wlteu their provisions were it
operation; but copies of them aro again enclos
ed for your information and government.
As British vessels from some of the colonial
ports specified in the-first section of the acta!
die 1st of March 1823, may now bo within the
United Stales, and consequently must have st
rived anterior to tho date of the Proclamation
the President directs that all such British ves
sels be allowed to depart from our ports, wik
dicir cargoes. As others may arrive between
the date of the proclamation and thc'time ufitt
reaching you, he also directs that as to the#
die fuifciturcs and penalties of tho aforesaid
acts of April 18th, 1S18, and May the 154,
1820, lie not enforced, hut that dicy too be
permitted to depart. And if, after you shall
have received the proclamation, British voadi
should arrive within the ports of the Ur 1
States from some one or more of the said
ish colonial ports, iu ignorance of the existaj
prohibition which the laws impose to their co-
try, the President further directs, that in d*
case of all British vessels so arriving, priori!
die first July next you cause notice to lie give*
to diem, as soon ns possible, of die prohibits^
accompanied by orders for their departure vv b-
in twenty-four hours, without unlading; op#
’heir failure to comply with which orders, vui
proceed to enforce against them tho provis.oa
of the acts last recited.
In case of all British vessels arriving with
our ports, from any of the aforesaid British®"
loninl ports, after the first of July, you will forte-
widi, enforce against them tho provisions a
those acts.
I have the honor to remain, your ohcd’Mt
servant, RICHARD RUSH-
To , Collector,
BUENOS AYRES AND BRAZIL.
Advices from Rio Janeiro to January 18,
have been received at Baltimore by the Gen
eral Smith. The Emperor had returned from
Rio Grande, and as stated in a letter, im
mediately displaced his ministers for “not being
sufficiently respectful to the Countess Santos,
during his absence.”
Relative to the state of tho warbetwocu Buen
os Ayres and Brazil, the accounts are contra
dictory. The Emperor appears to have ac
complished nothing by his expedition. Tho
resources of Brazil are said to be so much ex
hausted, that the monies paid into the Custom
House for duties are drawn out every day.—
The main body of the Brazilian army was con
eentrated at Rio Grande. It is reported to be
in a wretched condition, disturbed by dissen*
By the President of the United States.
PROCLAMATION.
< Whereas, by the sixth section of nn act of
Congress, entitled “An act to regulate tho com
mercial intercourse between the United States
and certain British Colonial ports,” which was
approved on the first day of March, in the year
of our Lord 1823, it is cuuc:ed “that this net,
unless repealed, altered or amended, by Con
gress, shall be and continue in force so long as
tho above enumerated Br.tish colonial ports
shall be open to the admission of the vessels of
the Uuitcd States, conformably to tho provis
ions of the British act of Parliament,of the twen
ty-fourth Juno last, being the forty-fourth chap
ter of the Acts of tho third year of George the
Fourth: But if at any time the trade and in
tercourse between the United States and all or
any of tho above enumerated British colonial
ports, authorized by the said act of Parliament,
should be prohibited by a British Order in Coun
cil, or by act of Parliament, then, from tho day
of (lie date of such Order in Couucil, or act of
Parliament, or from tho time that tho same
shall commence to bo in force, proclamation to
that effect having been made by the President
of tho United States, eacli and every provis
ion of this act, so far as the same shall apply to
tho intercourse between the United States and
the above enumerated British Coloninl ports,
in British vessels, shall cease to operate in their
favor; and each and every provision of the
“Act concerning Navigation,” approved on the
eighteenth of April, one thousand eight hum
dred and eighteen, and of the act supplementa
ry thereto, approved on tho fifteenth of May,
one thousand eight hundred and twenty shall
revive and be in full force.”
And whereas, by an act of the British Par
liament, which passed on the fifth day of July,
in the year of our Lord 1825, entitled “An act
to repeal the several laws relating to tlte
Customs," tho said act of Parliament of the
24th of June, 1822, was rcpoalod; and by an
other act of the British Parliament, passed on
the fifth day of July, in the year of our Lord
New York, March 15-
Singular discovery.—We examined tW
skulls last evening, anti some other bones,sad
as a rib, and one which looked like tho bone #
a child’s arm, which were taken out of an ™
cistern in Madison-strect, by some workmen
who wore excavating tho earth. Tho ciste#
was filled up some fifteen or twenty years
but the wood of which it was constructed
partially remained. One of the skulls wu
that of a female, with a fine forehead, and I**
tifully arched eye-brows, but it had been It*
tured by a blow apparently from an oxc. «•
long with this skull was found the remains 0,1
i n kettle, within which, (the sidos being co*
pressed together to conceal it) was a I"?
hatchet, with the marks of coagulated blow
fresh in color, but completely indurated. *.
hering to the hatchet, and tho half-decay**
tin, was a cluster of hair, and tho remains 1 ?
coarse cap or other cloth. It looked like®"
der; but it must have been perpetrated sow
ago, that unless a second Elspoth lingers up*
the brink of eternity, too guilty to depart W" |
out making a disclosure, the mystery can
ly be unravelled.
Horrible!— A monster in human *W*
by the name of Christopher M’Gowen,*
yesterday tried and convicted in the.Co u[! ^
Sessions, now sitting, of a rapo on his»^
daughter, a female of about seventeen yc* 1 ?
age. The prisoner was an old man of s ^
and upwards, by profession a tailor, and for
last three or four years addicted to intc®r
ranee. His wife an honest hard-working?
man, who, by Itor industry, had supported^
family, consisting of six children and her w**
less husband, had died but a fortnight Pj*£
ding the commission of tho unnatural J® ^
of which the prisoner was convicted. The .
fortunate daughter is a very interesting^
and conducted throughout tho trial w j® „ A
groatest delicacy and propriety. Atcr tn^
rage she fled tho house, and was found h^
ked, benumbed and shivering in tho y a
Her aunt, being apprised of the brutality
1825, in the sixth year of the reign of G eorge! father preferred the complaint.