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From the National Intelligencer.
PRESIDENT MONROE’S PLEDGE.
Wo perceive that some pains-tak
ieg person has furnished the Journal
ot this City, with two extracts Iron:
t lie National Intelligencer, of the 3d
and Bih of Dt-comber, 1823, which
are supposed to conflict with our de
claration, of a late date, that we ne
ver could understand exactly what
was meant by the passage, in the
President's Message of Dec. 2, 1823,
which we had occasion, a day or two
ago, to quote. In the first of these
extracts, the Message was spoken of
as doing honor to its author, and
worthy of his revolutionary educa
tion ; and an intention was announced
of speaking more at large of it on a
subsequent day. The other of th
extracts is in the words following.
We quote it from the Journal as we
find it, that no one may accuse us ol
evading the question.
I Her <• follows the article quoted.] I
Having never, either at that time
or more recently, impeached the pa
triotism or purpose of President Mon
roe, we do not p rceive that ti e first
of these extracts involves the neces
sity of any explanation. There is
not a sentiine: t or expression in it
which we should wish (o change,
much less to disavow. If it is couch
ed in less measured terms of appro
bation than we si mutinies use, there .
was a reason for it. We are sorry
to he obliged to recur to it, but the
officiousness of the collocutor for the
Journal makes it necessary to do so.
This Message of the President, and
of our remarks, hear date at the time
when a systematic effort was making
by every sort of incans, to drive this
paper into an attitude of hostility to
the Administration of that day, fir
the purpose of giving color to the
electioneering allegation, that Mr.
Crawford, then preferred by us n
mong the candidates for the Presi
dency, was, witli us, hostile to Mr.
Monroe, and opposed to the policy
of his administration. So ingenious
ly devised were the snares laid for
this purpose, that it required no lit
tle dexterity to escape them. It
cannot ho forgotten how industrious
ly, and almost exclusively, employed
in this purpose l was the Washington
Republican (since converted into the
National Journal.) That print pour
ed forth such a profusion of praise
on the President, and so lauded all
he said and did, and abused all he
omitted to say and do, that, if we
desired to escape the charge of op
position, it was necessary we should
at least not withhold approbation
where we could conscientiously be
stow it. Pleased with the spirit of
Mr. Monroe’s Message, we therefore
freely expressed our gratification at
its general import, with a promise to
go, mofe at leisure, into particulars.
Pursuing this purpose, wo studied
the Message with some attention.
We had no difficulty in comprehend
ing it, in all its parts, except as we
doubted the ex:, t effect intended by
the passage, which we have recently
quoted. Every thing else was lull,
dear, and distinct, with all the usual
plainness of Mr. Monroe’s style, and
more than its usual precision. It
was perfectly true of it, as a whole,
that one might labor in vain to make
it plainer to every capacity. We
had our doubts, however, as to the
single passage, which has been re
called to public, attention by the re
cent disclosures of official foreign
correspondence. To solve our doubts
upon this point, and obtain a more
distinct exposition of the views of
the President, than we had gathered
from the terms of this passage, we
applied, on some day between the 3d
and the Bth of that month, to the
highest authority, whom we had no
desire to commit or misunderstand,
for advice as to its true interpreta
tion. From that authority, we learnt
that the passage spoke for itself; that
it meant what it purported to mean ;
and that, in short, though not in so
many words, it must pass for what it
was worth. Returning to our closet,
we came to the conclusion, that, as
we could not undertake to expound
ibis pregnant passage, viewing it as
we did, without the danger of mis
taking its true import, we determin
ed to relinquish altogether our pur
pose ot commenting on the,Message,
and g<-t clear of our pledge with what
grace we could.
This explanation prepares the rea
der to comprehend the object of the
paragraph of December 3, in which
avoiding particulars, and dealing in
generals, we spoke of the Message
as wc really thought it most just to
speak of it, as a whole. In every
other part but the contested passage,
it was clear enough ; and that pas
sage we felt authorised to say could
not be made clearer by any explana
tion. It is sometimes necessary lbr
Governments to bold a language of
ficial, the object of which would be
destroyed by an analysis. At any
rate, we acted advisedly, alien, on
this occasion, we abstained from sav
ing in our own language what the
President had said in his—and we
left our readers to construe this pas
sage for themselves, not having it in
our power to construe it for them.
We nave no doubt, now, and we
had none then, that the language of
the President in tins passage was
used adviiedly, and with exclusive
reference to the public interest : and i
that it should be understood. Wo
never were ourselves satisfied, but
did not fee! ourselves authorized to
proclaim to the world, doubts, which
others thought to be misplaced,
-incc, in any case, the passage spoke
for itself more distinctly than wc
could speak for it. Wc did not
therefore make this single clause an
exception to our general approba
tion of the message—though that
clause, and that alone, deterred us
from entering into a particular review
of its contents. Though we avoid
ed the question, it has frequently
-incc forced itself upon our atten
tion.
So much lor the history of these
paragraphs. As for the attempt, by
attacking our consistency, to turn
public attention from the intrinsic
importance of the questions involved
in the lately published correspon
dence, speeches, Lc. it were as vain
as it is needless. He who does not
admit their magnitude and conse
quence, must he sans eyes, suns ears,
sans thought, sans every thing but
affectation. We are glad to find, by
the documents yesterday transmitted
to Congress, that the United States
arc not considered by the Execu
tive as pledged to any body but
themselves, nor bound by any inte
rest but that of this nation, to guar
antee llie independence and integrity
of the nations of America. This ex
position is satisfactory ; it is well
timed. That it was necessary is
provided by the views which others
have taken of the correspondence of
Mr. Poinsett, and particularly by the
late vote of the House of Repre
sentatives, calling for the informa
tion yesterday communicated. The
language of the public prints also
proves this necessity, in support of
which we will quote only one of them,
which happens to he nearest at hand.
It is the Baltimore American, which
holds the following language :
“Mr. Wicklill'e has laid a resolu
tion on the (aide of the House ol
Representatives, requesting informa
tion of the properdepartment, wheth
er our Minister at Mexico was in
structed to use t lie word pledged,
when he stated that our Govern
ment were pledged to prevent all at
tempts made by any other European
power than Spain to reduce the
South American Republics. What
my he Mr. Wickliffe’s understand
ing of the word pledged, we know
not. The Ex-President, in his mes
sage to Congress, avowed his opin
ion to both Houses that the United
States ought to take such a stand.
Unless tins was clearly understood to
ho the predominating sentiment of
both of the other branches of the
Government, a resolution expressive
of their dissent from the doctrine
contained in the message should have
been entered upon their journals.
No such resolution ever has been re
corded, either in the Senate or the
House of Representatives, whose
-worn constitutional duty it becomes
to watch over the proceeding of the
Executive Department. If this,
therefore, be not a pledge, zee confess
ourselves ignorant of the meaning of
worth.”
The message of yesterday will
serve to correct these impressions ;
and, wc will add, the promptitude
and directness ofthe answer, which
it affords to the inquiry ofthe House,
is as examplary as it is laudable.
DOWNFALL OF CURRAN.
Mr. Curran distinguished himself
not more as a barrister than as a
Member of Parliament—and in the
latter character, it was his misfortune
to provoke the enmity of a man
whose thirst ofreveng was only to
he, satiated by the utter ruin of his
adversary. On the discussion of a
bill of a penal nature, Mr. Curran
inveighed in warm terms against the
attorney General, Mr. Fitzgibbon for
sleeping on thebcnch, when statutes of
th most cruel kind were enacting ;
and he ironically lamented that the
slumber ot guilt, should so nearly
resemble the repose of innocence !
j V message from Mr. Fitzgibbon, was
I the consequence of this sally ; and
the parties having met, were left to
fire hen they choose. “ I never, ”
said Mr. Curran, relating the circum
stances ot the duel. “ I never saw
any one whose determination seemed
more malignant than Fitzgibbon’s
alter l bad tired, be took aim at me
for at least ball a minute ; and on its
proving ineffectual, l could not help
exclaiming to him, “ It was not your
lault Mr. Attorney ; you were delibe
rate enough. Ihe Attorney Gener
al declared his honor satisfied ; and
here, at least for the present, the dis
pute appeared to terminate.
Not here, however, terminated
Fitzgibbon’s animosity. Soon after
tie became Lord Chancellor and
Peer ot Ireland ; and in the former
capacity, found an opportunity, by
means ot his judicial authority un
generously to crush the rising pow
er ol his late antagonist Mr. Curran,
'\ ho was at this time a leader, and
one of th senior practitioners at the
Chancery bar, soon felt all the force
ol his rival’s vengeance. The Chan
cellor is said to have yielded a re
luctant attention to every motion he
aide ; he frequently stopped him in
tne midst ot a speech ; questioned
hi; knowledge ot law ; recommend
ed to him more attention to facts ;
client Mr. Curran, indeed, appear
ed as usual in the three other courts ;
but he had been already stripped ol
his most profitable practice ; and a*
his expenses nearly kept pace with
his gains he was almost left a beg
gar ; for all hopes of the wealth and
honors ot the iong robe were now de
nied him. The memory of this per
secution embittered the last moments
of Curran’s existence , and lie could
never even allude to it without evinc
ing ajust and excusable indignation.
In a letter which he addressed to
a friend, twenty years after he says,
“ I made no compromise with pow
er : I had the merit of provoking
and despising the personal malice of
every man in Ireland, who was the
known enemy of the country. With
out the walls of the court of justice,
my character was pursued with the
most persevering slander ; and w ith
in those walls, though 1 was too
strong to be beaten down by any ju
dicial malignity, it was not so with
my clients ; and my consequent loss
in professional income has never been
estimated at less, as you have often
heard than /30.000.”
she incidents attendant upon this
disagreement were at times ludicrous
in the extreme. One day, when it
was known that Curran was to make
an elaborate argument in Chancery,
Lord Clare, (the title of Fitzgib
bon) brought a large Newfoundland
dog upon the bench with him ; and
during the progressefthe argument,
he lent his ear much more to the
dog' than to the barrister. At last
the Chancellor seemed to loose all
regard to decency; ho turned him
sell quite aside, in the most material
part ot the case, and began in full
court to tbndle the animal. Curran
stopped short Goon go on Mr.
Curran,” said Lord Clare. “Oh !”
replied Mr. Curran," I beg a thou
sand pardons, my TiOrd ; 1 really took
it for granted that your lordship
was employed in consultation.
THE SILENT ACADEMY,
OR THE EMBLEMS.
There was at Amadana celebrated
Academy, whose first law was con
ceived in the following terms :—Let
the academicans think much, write
little, and speak as little as possible.
It was called the silent academy;
and there was not a real man of sci
ence in all Persia, who was not anx
ious to be a member. Dr. Zeb, the
author of an excellent little work
entitled the Broom, learned at the
extremity of his province that there
was a vacancy in the academy. He
instantly repaired to Amadan, and
presenting himself at the door of the
hall, where the academicans were
assembled, requested the porter to
give the President this note : “ Dr.
Zeb humbly solicits the vacant
place.” The porter discharged his
commission ; hut the doctor and his
note came too late, for the vacancy
was tilled up.
The academy was in the utmost
distress at this misfortune. It had
reluctantly rec ived a courtier with,
whose lively and volatile eloquence
was the admiration of the drawing
room ; and it now saw itself obliged
to refuse Dr. Zeb, the scourge of bab
lers, a man of the deepest erudition
and soundest judgement. The pres
ident, charged to announce this disa
greable news to the doctor, knew
not how to undertake the office.
After a short reverie, he ordered a
large basin to be so filled with wa
ter, that the addition of a single drop
would spill the liquor ; then he gave
a sign for the introduction of the can
didate, who made his appearance
with that simple and modest air,
which almost always announces true
merit, lie rose and without utter
ing a word, showed him with marks
of the deepest regret the emblemat
ical basin, the basin so completely
filled. ThedocO saw clearly that
there was no room for him in the acad
emy ; but without losing courage, he
devised the means of showing the
academicans, that a supernumerary
member would occasion no disar
rangement. Observing at his feet
a rose leaf, he took it up, and placed
it so delicately on the surface of
the water, that not a sin
gle drop escaped. This ingenious
answer pleased the assembly ; and
Dr. Zeb was admitted a member by
acclamation.
The register of the academy was
then presented to him ; and when he
had, according to custom, inscribed
his name, it remained only lbr him
to pronounce hit oration of thanks ;
but the doctor like a true silent acada
mican, returned tkese thanks without
uttering a word. In the margin of
the register lie set,down the number
100 that of bis new colleagues ; then
putting a cipher before the number,
lie wrote, “ makes them n it her* more
nor less (0100.”) The president re
turned the compliment to the modest
doctor, with as much politeness as
presence of mind Placing a unit
before the number, he wrote. “ they
are now worth ten times more (100\”
Nezv-Yvrk Savings Bank. — lt ap
I’cars by the annual report of the
Trustees ofthis Institution,that there
has been received during the last
year, from 9305 and positors. the sum
of $ 583,572 78. The total amount
of deposits since July 1820, tin
year of its incorporation, to-Januarv
826, is $2,744,395 91; of whici
GEORGIA STATESMAN.
REIGN.
From tiie New-York American.
ENGLAND.
The arrival of the Packet ships
S;las Richards, New-Y'ork and Co
lumbia, has overwhelmed us with
newspapers, pamphlets, &c. Our
papers however, in regular succes
sion, are only to the 20th Feb. inclu
sive. The intelligence furnished by
these arrivals both political and com
mercial, is important. The state of
Russia is manifestly unsettled : the
people, the nobles, the army and
the clergy, arc according to the pri
vate advices we have received, dis
contented, and desire a war with the
Turks—an event that would involve
all Europe in new difficulties. The
mission of the Duke of Wellington
at an inclement season, and in deli
cate health, to St. Petersburg, is not
a mere courtly compliment of con
gratulation. He will doubtless be
instructed to ascertain the exact con
dition of affairs in Russia, and to
hold such language in the name of
Great Britain, as they may warrant.
in England, all attention almost
seems to he absorbed in the great
commercial and financial distress.
Parliament was entirely occupied
with it, but apparently without any
hope of present remedy to the evil.
So great however was the dissatis
faction, that a change of Ministry
was in agitation, and would certainly
be attempted, though it was thought
without success, or at least, with hut
partial success.—Perhaps the Chan
cellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Fred
erick Robinson, whose capacity is hv
no means equal to the exigencies of
the times, may have found it expc
pedient to retire. There has never
since 1793, it is said; been so great
monied distress experienced in Lon
don. A letter from there now lying
before us has this language.—“ Ne
ver was there such general gloom ;
and it pervades Manchester, Liver
pool, and Will soon reach Glasgow.
One spinning establishment stopped
on the 16th, and threw 1,000 people
out of employ, another 400 ; and yet
government looks on and says, it is
no concern of theirs, and that the
evil must work its own cure.”
The failure of the great booksel
lers, Constable &. Cos. is said to have
ruined Sir Walter Scott, who had
made himself responsible for them
to a large amount. It has produced
too, the development of the incog
nito hitherto preserved by the author
of the Waverly novels, Sir Walter
having, as it is said, in order to prove
his claims on the estate, been oblig
ed to swear that he had an interest
as author in the proceeds of those
works. According to the annexed
paragraph, however, he will not be
reduced to penury.
“ Sir Walter Scott, notwithstand
ing the unfort urate issue of the com
mercial speculations with which he
has been mingled, will not be in a
destitute condition. Lady Scott has
a large fortune left to her at the de
cease of a brother, which hereafter
will descend to the children. The
estate of Abbotsford, about 40 miles
from Edinburg, on which a largo for
tune expended, was some years back,
settled upon his son, who married a
lady of considerable wealth. The
lucrative office held by Sir Walter
himself will renjain, after all pecunia
ry difficulties have been arranged.”
The present week will be remem
bered as one of the most trying peri
ods to trafle and public credit ever
experienced in the East Riding of
this country.
The Duke of Wellington, says a
morning paper, set out on his mission
to Pctersburgh on Wednesday the
Bth inst. We can state, on authori
ty on which wc ourselves place the
greatest reliance, that urgent polit
ical negotiation, and not Court eti
quette, is the chief object of bis
Grace’s journey. The strong feeling
ot the Russian Army in favor of their
co-relationrsts, which was restrained
by the late Emperor, cannot be so
easily repressed by his successor;
.md Nichols, ascribing the late mu
tiny and bloodshed at Pctersburgh to
this feeling, has declared to his allies
that the only means of escaping dan
ger to his person and government is
to interfere in favor ofthe Greeks.
I nless lie can act in concert with
Ins allies, he must act single handed
in this important enterprise, and in
that case ambition might not stop
when humanity was satistied. To
prevent, therefore, the general war
to which the march of Russian troops
against Turkey might lead, the
Duke ot Wellington is employed to
offer our co-operation for effecting
the immediate and complete inde
pendence ot Greece. Nothing hut
so important an object could have
induced his Grace to under!, ke so
fatiguing a journey at the present in
clement season of the year, and it hi
pres nt delicate state of health. If
and England join cordially in
this object, and Franco co-operate,
as no doubt she will, they can en
counter nr opposition from Constan
tinople or Vienna.
New York, March 28.
The schoon r Guatemala Packet,
>d this port, which was chartered at
Havana to carry to Spain the news
of the surrender of the Castle of St
Juan do I lloa, returned to Havana
27 days I’rum Cadiz '
74 hut mounting 90 guns, and two
smaller vessels lull of troops, bound
to Havana. Another 74 was get
ting ready at Cadiz for the same des
tination.—Mer, Adv.
The ship Clifford Wayne, of this
port, arrived, at Havana on the Bth
instant, from Buenos Ayres. Let
ters from Havanastate, that she brot’
a confirmation of the blockade of the
Rio de la Plata, which was enforced
by several frigates, and had been
officially acknowledged by the Amer
ican and English Agents. A ma
terial advance had taken place on
produce. lb.
New-York, March 24.
The packet ship Bayard, Capt.
Robinson, arrived at this port early
yesterday morning, from Havre,
whence she sailed on the 2nd ult,
We have received by her Paris pa
pers to the 31st of January, and
Havre to the Ist of February, both
inclusive, with London dates to the
28th of January.
Letters from Smyrna of the 27th
of December, and from Corfu of the
31st of January, announce an impor
tant victory gained by the Greeks
under the walls of M issolonghi Ibra
him Pacha having embarked a great
part of his troops at Patras for the
siege of Missolonghi, the Hydriotes
and Spezziotcs, finding themselves
no longer blockaded by the Otton; in
flt'ct, promptly transported 7 to 8000
Rcnieliotes, who arrived before Mis
solonghi at the same time as the
Egypt inns. The latter, surprised by
this skilful manoeuvre, were com
pletely routed. It is said they lost
4000 men.
Letters from Naples say that 6000
Austrian treops will evacuate that
kingdom in the month of March; the
army of occupation will then be re
duced to twelve or thirteen thousand
men, who will quit the country in
March 1827, unless a change should
take place in the determination ot
the cabinets of Naples and Vienna.
The accounts from Russia repre
sent every thing as tranquil. All
the corps of the Russian army in the
South, including the army of Bessa
rabia, had quietly taken the oath ot
fid lity to Nicholas, after having
been officially informed by their com
manders ofthe abdication of Constan
tine, and solemnly revoked the oath
previously taken to the latter. The
Emperor had issued a manifesto
mitigating the punishment of certain
criminals.
It appears certain that the Duke
of Wellington was about to be des
patched on a mission of congratula
tion to the Emperor Nicholas, and
would be the bearer of an autograph
letter from George 4th to him.
Gazette.
We have received our regular
files of the Vera Cruz Mercury to
the 3d inst. inclusive, but we find
very little in them of recent or inte
resting intelligence.
A letter from Carthagena, brought
by the Colombian sloop of war Gen
eral Manraique, which arrived at Ve
ra Cruz on the 2d inst. after a pas
sage ol 12 days, contains the follow
ing :
The expedition for the island of
Cuba is proceeding here, with great
zeal, so much so, that the govern
ment has ordered ten thousand men
to be assembled here in March,
and the naval force to be held in rea
diness, composed at present of five
frigates, several privateers, two fri
gates- which arc every moment ex
pected irom North-Amcricn, and a
Swedish ship and frigate, now in the
harbor, which the government talk
of purchasing.
“ This letter goes by the vessel
which carries out the commissioner
with despatches for the Chief ol
Mexico, informing him of these pre
parations. The military sccni to be
lull of enthusiasm, and anxious for
the expedition to be consumated.”
To this, the Editor ofthe Mercu
ry adds, “this intelligence confirms
what we have heard from several in
dividuals arrived in the Gen. Manr
aique.”
It is a little queer that the secret
sessions of our Senate should have
given rise to a report at Vera Cruz
that the United States were about to
declare war against France—The
Eiiitor of the Mercury thinks the
report not at all unlikely; judging
from the language of the (Jiiofidien
ne and ot M. de Viilelo, “against ev
ery thing that smells cf republican
ism!”'—J\'at. Journal.
Much have been said respecting
the asstnblagc of Mexican troops in
\ ucr.tan, and the following authentic
statesmen! translated by the Editor
of the Philadelphia National Gazette,
from the Mexican Aguila of the Istl>
ult. throws some light upon (he sub
ject
“ The Secretary of War has re
ported to the Supreme Congress,
tnat in the opinion of the Executive,
there are troops and other means
enough to make a considerable lan
ding on the coasts of Cuba, which
will serve as a rallying point for (he
inhabitants ot that island who may
choose to adopt the cause of liberty;
and the number of these is certainly
great; but that to avoid all risk, how
ever remote, the expedition must
not be sit gle ; on which account the
to concert with
[April 18,
their sanction; that he had sent a
respectable portion of our army to
Yucatan, the proximity of which to
the i-land is known to every one,
with the object to resist every hos
tile attempt on the part of tbeenemv,
and to be nearer for the purposes of
the expedition in question.”
In our file of V ra Cruz papers to
the first instant, is contained a report
of the Mexican Senate, which jus
tifies the policy of taking possession
»f Cuba by Mexico. That Island is
descrilfed in this report as of the
very first importance to Mexico in
time of peace; but in a war with
Spain its value is to Mexico incal
culable. Spain may recruit her ex
hausted armies at that place, supply
them with provision, from whence
ordnance and other military stores
might be obtain and, where the* com
merce of Mexico would be exposed
to Spanish depredation and where the
adherents of royalty, if there were
any such in the republic, would gain
confidence, security and strength.
The report recommends taking pos
session of the island — Balt. Amer.
The Baltimore Patriot of yester
day, contains the following letter: —
Extract of a letter from a first rate
scarce to a .Merchant in Baltimore,
dated
Lgndom, 13th Feb. 1826.
Government has just received a
despatch from Russia, stating that
they will be compelled to declare
war again: t Turkey to prevent a re
volt ot the Army; it is hoped, how
ever, that through the mediation of
Gnj' Britain and France, the Porto
iilyf induced to acknowledge the
Ind ;pendence of Greece, and thus
prevent a war. This is not generally
known ;bo it as it may, things appear
far from settled.
Richmond Enq. hhinst.
“ THE GREAT UN KNOWN r no
longer Unknown. —We have seen a
letter from London, dated the 14th
February, which mentions that Sir
WALTER SCOTT had acknowl
edged himself (under oath) the Au
thor of the JVaverly Novels. It is
already known, that the Author of
those Novels was a large creditor of
the House of Constable & Cos. of
Edinburgh, which failed some time
■ fnco. In proving this claim, Sir
V : liter was obliged to acknowledge
bimscli the author of those works
.V. V. Ga .
The Freeman’s Journal, states
that Cooper’s Last of the Mohicans
has met with a circulation, unprece
dented in this country. An unusual
ly large edition was printed in that
city hut the whole of it has been
sold. Such is the extent of the or
ders for this work, every day commo
- that the publishers have deter
mined to publish a stereotype edition
—another circumstamce, incident to
works ot this description, unprece
dented in this country. We under
stand that Mr. Cooper received $5,-
000 for the manuscript.— Sav. Geo.
Ohio and Chesapeake Canal. —lt is
stated that the estimate of expendi
ture,necessary to construct this ex
tensive Canal, will not fall short of
thirty millions of Dollars! From
I file water to Cumberland, Md. the
expense is estimated at eight mil
lions.—lb
Ihe Hon David Daggett has
been nominated by several public
Journals lor the office of Governor.
Mr. Daggett’s character and standing
are too well known to need any re
commendation from us.— Con. Cour.
Tiie Senate yesterday confirmed
the appointment of George Hay,
Esq. to be district Judge for the
Eastern District of Virginia.
Nat. Journ. Ist inst.
Hayti. — By accounts just received
irom Port an Prince, President Boyer
lias issued liis Proclaimation rejecting
the treaty lately negociated with
I 1 ranee, as not being in accordance
with the Royal Ordinance, and the
understanding with the Baron Mac
kau.—The inhabitants received this
Proclaimation with general joy ; but
excited a very different feeling
among the Frenchmen at Port au
Prince.
London Sunday Schools. —lt ap
pears from the Annual Report ofthe
Sunday School Society, that in Lon
don there are 362 Schools, contain
ing 55,398 scholars, and superintend
ed by 4,908 teachers, male and fe-
nude, who officiate gratuitously; and
h»t in Great Britain and Ireland,
there are, at least, 7C0.0C0 young
persons that receive instruction in
about 6000 Schools, from more than
50,000 teachers, male and female,
whose labours are gratuitous.
Ihe Russian Empire in c-xtcr.l
exceeds that ot France 18 times,
Austria 27, Sweden 38, Turk, y 5,
China nearly 5, Persia 7, Japan 39
times.
Men take more pains for this wprld
than heaven would cost them; and
when they have what they aim at,
don t liv ■to enjoy it. The grave lies
unseen between us and the object we
■*eek. W here one lives to enjoy