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FROM ENGLAND.
Boston - , May 11.
By the brig William Henry, captain Paine,
Which arrived at this port yesterday, a Bristol pa
per of the sth ult. was received at the Exchange
news room.
The examinations respecting the affairs of the
bank of England, made by a secret committee
of the house of commons, had been completed;
the report was preparing, and was expected with
much anxiety. The committee of the house of
lords had not advanced so far.
A misunderstanding has occurred between the
covirts of Berlin and Hesse Cassel—and their re
spective ambassadors have been recalled.
The new British parliament L said to be com
posed of 398 ministerialists, 247 anti’s, and 12
epicenes.
The British appropriation for 1819, is expect
ed to be 66,000,0U0/. The number of houses in
the British European dominions are estimated at
6,000,000.
A dispute has occurred between Edward Po
thero, esq. and the electors of Bristol, respecting
the cxpences of an unsuccessful attempt to elect
him to parliament. He contends that they agreed
to pay those expenses, and yet have allowed a
part of them to fall on him—and that he has since
been taxed with 83,300 postage of double letters,
resenting his complaints.
Lord Stewart, (brother of lord Castlereagh,)
was married to lady Frances Vane Tempest, the
rich heiress, on the 3d of April. The lady being
a ward of chancery, there had been a very long
legal investigation, to decide whether the match
was a proper one.
The Bonapartean general Gourgaud, has im
proved the facility of application to the British
parliament, by petitioning against the manner of
his arrest, the seizure of his papers, &c. It is
said he served Louis when Napoleon was at Elba.
Great numbers of woollen and cotton weavers
arc said to be out of employ in England, on ac
count of the diminished demand for articles of
their manufacture, and fears are entertained for
the public peace—but who can they blame?—
government cannot compel foreigners to buy their
goods.
A great disturbance occurred at the Drury
lane theatre, on the third of April, on the perfor
mance of anew tragedy, called the Italians, by
Mr. Bucke. After the performance of two scenes,
without a word being heard, the play was recom
menced; but without success—and the call was
that it should be withdrawn. A quarrel had oc
curred between Mr. Kean and the author re
tp< cting this production.
Vegetation was forward and promising in Eng
•land the beginning of April.
Cassel, March 14.
The serious differences which have arisen be
tween the court of Berlin and our*s, have led to a
recripocal recal of ministers. M de Haenlien,
minister plenipotentiary of Prussia, had a solemn
audience of the elector, previously to quiltting
Cassel, of which the principal object was the de
cided refusal of his royal highness to separate his
contingent to the army of the confederation, from
that of the grand duchy of Hesse.
From India. —By the brig Cherub, capt. Da
vis, from Calcutta, we have received papers to
the 30th of December.
Mention is made of an agreement between the
Ibaclia of Egypt, and Messrs. Lee and Bucking
■m, for promoting a trade to India, by t! ? isth
mus of Suez. There has lately been consider- f
Imile trade to India by the way of Alexandria,
JCairo, Sec. Mr. Lee is, we believe, the British
consul at Cairo.
The British authorities in India have induced
the enlightened Hindoos to undertake to examine
the Sanscrit authorities, with a hope of Ending
some reason to shew that widows should not burn
themselves with the bodies of their deceased hus
bands.
An inconsiderable warfare is still carried on in
toe interior of India, against the forces of sortie
ot the inferior Indian rulers.
Sir David Ochterlony is appointed president
1 at Delhi.
Bombay, December 21.
His majesty’s ship Eden, arrived here the
other day, is one of the ships which has been
completely cured of the dry rot by having been
sunk.
m
LATEST FROM SPAIN.
Norfolk, April 10
Wo have received from our Gibraltar corres
pondent, a communication of the date of March
the 10th, from which we have made the subjoin
ed extracts, of no less interest than many a para
graph which has gone the round of publication
in these dry times.
“The post from Cadiz this morning informs
me of the terrible consternation of the people
there, inconsequence of receiving intelligence of
the capture of the Spanish frigate Maria Isabel,
of 44 guns, with four transports, having nearly
2000 troops on board, which sailed from Cadiz
for Lima, about eight months ago. [Our cor
respondent then gives the Spanish account of the
disaster, which is nearly the same as the one
which has been already published.]
“My friend adds, that the intelligence is con
firmed by the arrival of the Madrid mail, and that
the sensation it produced in the metropolis was
unexampled—it was the greatest damper of all the
since the commencement of the revolu
tion. At the time of the arrival of the nows in
another expedition for Lima, of 2000 men,
of the San Tahno, 7 1, Diana,
polls, u.is ready t<- sail; hut the
• 1’ ■ •” I '■ : i:< ill's’ (:i\ im 1 1m was
‘V i r. ■s£.
cd the expedition to he delayed until the line of ]
battle ships Alexander Ist. and San Fernando,
and the frigate Pereuba, and more transports, can
be got ready—and when that will be, says my
correspondent, heaven only knows. The effect
of this intelligence, he further observes, will be a
certain detention of the grand expedition for
Buenos Ayres, for a long time, if not a total aban
donment of it.
“For any fiublic purpose, you will please to put
this mournful talc in a dress more suitable to the
solemn dignity of the subject than I have leisure !
to give it—not forgetting the profound respect J
which your duty, as caterers of good news, obliges
you to observe towards a nation in peace and ami
ty with all the United States, (except Baltimore)
and what your Christian charities should cause
you to feel for the misfortunes of the august pro
tector of the inquisition, &c. Meanwhile I shall
not be unmindful of my duty, in giving you fur
ther accounts of the operations of this intelligence
in Madrid and elsewhere, and really expect that j
I shall soon have something to communicate ;
which will shew in your paper somewhat in the I
style of former times, when it was so common
with you to say, “we stop the press to announce,”
kc. kc.
“I informed you in my last of the arrival of
Wm. D. Robinson, esq. at Cadiz, from Havana,
where lie*had been confined by the royal author
ities, in consequence of being captured with an
insurgent party in Mexico; I have this day re
ceived intelligence from Cadiz, stating that“Mr.
Robinson has been liberated from the castle, for
the present, by the governor, upon his pulobru de
htfnurffi (parole of honor.) What circumstance
this act of clemency on the part
of elect of Buenos Ayres,” I am not
inf^NH^but, to g> ve the and 1 his due, I should
consider such an act of condescension towards
myself, under similar circumstances, as apiece of
very gentlemanly deportment, to say the least of
it, and I have no doubt that Mr. R. would not feel
himself insulted, if his excellency, as a further
proof of his consideration, was to order him to
leave Cadiz and his majesty’s dominions imme
diately.
“I shall prove myself a prophet, depend on it,
(as a thousand others will do,) with regard to the
affairs of Spain, and may soon eaii your atten
tion to things of more consequence than little fu
gitive paragraphs of news.”
TREATY WITH SPAIN.
It is probable (says the National Intelligencer,)
that before Mr. Onis reaches Madrid, our trea
ty with Spain will be ratified. We say it is pro
bable, because there is a possibility that it may
not, particularly when we recollect how long the
convention, ratified last autumn, and which will
now be merged in this more comprehensive trea
ty, was held in suspence by the Spanish govern
ment.. We should not, however, have seriously
entertained an idea of the possibility,of its not be
ing ratified, if our attention natl not been caught
by the following jpaiagraph, which, considering
the source whence it conies, (from the pen of a
member of the senate of the United .States)*—is
entitled to more respect than is ordinarily paid
to newspaper speculations. We certainly hope
the treaty will lie ratified; though, should it not,
there are some very rcspecut ne citizens WalM
who would be gratified at lhe
certain essays we*!* Mq^siva
ly extended
not YY e are
the of what we haVe,
al consul**r our present limits cqmpßehensivjgl
endfc-h for happiness. A wider range i
but the field for speculation,
ample enough. jffF
From Trenton Jtof
Wt . • ofl|L:rrd
as unquestionable < tnmcTlt*qflLjKain
will promptly c<>
minister here: ■■■ dW. - hmpKn ! ”
appears to ifo ihrful.
has not evuyipn much disposition
noi gregpSlvdety to secure our good wnTraßß. ee |
formed at Madrid in
ratified by that court until 1818. As substantial
reasons may be assigned for refusing or neglect
ing to ratify the treaty as the the convention; and
if her statesmen are at any loss for arguments to
justify such refusal or neglect, they may possi
bly derive assistance from the speeches, reports
and publication of some of our’s. That govern
ment may also disavow the authority of don Onis
te form the treaty, as the British government
once did the authority of Erskine to make the ar
rangement by which the embargo was raised,
and the mouths of starving millions filled in Eng
land. The don himself has gone home, and
whether to advise the.ratification or rejection of
the treaty, is a subject of conjecture. The Brit
ish government, too, if we may judge from the
tenor and temper of their papers, or indulge an
opinion as to the extent of their apprehensions
for the safety of their colonics and commerce,
should Florida pass into our hands, or the height
of their jealousy of the increasing wealth, strength
and Consequence of the United States—the Brit
ish government, we say, may not yield their as
sent to the cession of the Floridas to us, unless
Cuba is surrendered to them This Spain justly
deems the brightest jewel in her crown, and will
part with only imthe last extremity Yet Spain
would greatly dread a rupture with Britain,
whose interest already prompts her to the aid
of the patriots, and whose arms could, in one cam
paign, effect their independence, and ensure their
gratitude. On the whole, we shall not be sur
prised should the ratification of the treaty be sus
pended until the result of the pending enterprise j
is known; and, should that prove even partially I
successful, we shall aalittle wonder at its totaLj
rejection. .r\
| YY*c have been very much surprised at finding 1
I in the Democratic Press the following intimation.,
The state of public affairs is at this time in no i
respect varied, as far as we are informed, from ,
that which existed at the time that congress ad-.
join ned, when they refused to anticipate the usu
al sitting of ©ongress, although proposed from a
highly respectable quarter. If it be desired that
congress be convened to authorize the Bank of
the United States to suspend speck* payments,
in order that every other monied institution in 1
! the community may do the same, and the court 1 -
i try be flooded anew with paper, paper, paper—
we are persuaded the bank itself does not desire J
it; and we are confident that, if it did, the congress 1
would not consent to the measure. YVe should ;
be glad to be informed what “causes” render an
anticipated session necessary. If the scarcity of;
money be the prevailing motive, congress could ’
no more cure it than they can By law make com-:
mercial adventures profitable, or by resolution
, abolish the conditions of poverty and wealth in
; society. The object avowed in the copy of a pc- 1
I tition published by the Press, is, “such a revision
“and regulation of the tariff as shall reduce our
“importations, and effectually protect national in
dustry.” It is almost impossible to believe that
an extra session of congress is suggested with
this view; that it is proposed to strike off at a heat
a work the most tedious and laborious—the!
most requiring caution, circumspection, and:
patient investigation, that can be undertaken by
congress. YVe should look with apprehension
to the legislation of anew congress, at an extra
session, convened under the impulse of speh con
siderations. The present tariff of duties on im
ports was a woikof time-, it ought to be a work of’
time to'change it. This at least is our impres
sion. Whilst earnestly desiring, for the present
that congress may not be convened, we are, how
ever, open to conviction, and shall weigh with
respectful attention whatever may bo said in fa
vor of the measure. YVe pretend not to judge
for others, but only to state our own impressions.
—National Intelligencer, 19 th May.
FROM THE DEMO CRATIC PRESS.
“ The Meeting of Congress. —Wc expect soon
to hear that petitions from the commercial cities,
and many of the large towns will have been pre
sented to the president of the United States, pray
ing him to call congress together at an earlier
day than the constitution prescribes for their
meeting. From the information we have had
communicated to us upon this subject, wc are of !
opinion that the causes which have combined to !
give birth to these petitions, are of so imperative 1
and pressing a nature as to justify the measure,
and demand the prompt interference of the gov
ernment.
“Since the above has been in type, we have
been furnished with a proof sheet copy of the pe
tition to the president of the United States, which
will be found in our paper of this afternoon.”
Fron the St. Louis Enquirer of March 31.
THE VALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
According to Melish, contains one million five
hundred thousand square miles.
The Roman empire, according to Gibbon, con
tained in the time of Augustus Cesar, one mil
ipon six hundred thousand.
That proud empire was then in the zenith of!
her power and splendor, and vainly supposed to !
have embraced tile world within her limits; yet j
was but very little larger than the valley which
is ch ained by the waters of the Mississippi.
But the dominion of the American republic is
Wot limited to 1,500,000 square miles. The val
llpr which exhibits that magnificent area is only
]a part of her empire, which also embraces two t
! appendant slopes, or borders; one to the east,
where the old thirteen United States are situated,
and the other to the west, where the bank of the
Columbia and Multnomah, and the shore of the
Pacific , have yet to invite the cultivating hand of
the farmer, and the exploring genius of the East
India merchant.
ISh-Tiiesc slopes or'border, being counted in with
will make the American republic near
the size of the Roman Empire; and every
man may sec that she wiil be more powerful in
portion to her superior size, on account of her
middle position between Europe and Asia, her
compact form,, and the natural union and indivi
sibility of all her parts.
In time this continent (N. A.) will probably
shew but the two powers—■
1. The American republic.
2. The republic of Mexicp.
The limits of the first will naturally be—
To the east and west of the two oceans.
To the north, a line which shall cover the Co
lumbia, the heads of the Missouri and Mississip
pi, the lakes, and take in so much of the Canadas
as may be worth possessing.
And to the south, a line through the gulph of
Mexico, Iqaving the island of Cuba to the right,
and crossing the continent wcstwardly by leaving
the Rio Grande del Norte to the left, and the
Buenaventura to the right.
The Mexican Republic, of course, will occu
py the balance of the continent south to the isth
mus of Darien.
There will still remain independent of the re
publics, and unoccupied by any civilized power, ’
about one halfof North America, to wit: the large
region between the arctic circle and the republic ‘
of the United States, a space of twelve hundred
miles from north to south, and three thousand ,
from j
The quesflliqis, wh.*t to do with this great rCjJ
gion?
The answer—leilljje given to the 1
These people have ctfelainly
land < -1
* . •
‘V \t .*‘V
animals, with lakes full of fish, and covered with,
fowls: the cold by no means equal to what its high
latitude would indicate to vulgar apprehensions;
the atmosphere generally dry; and the heavens
giving much sunshinewith but little rain and snow;
in a word having a climate ten degrec-3 milder
than the corresponding latitude on the Atlantic
coast, and in all respects, except want of sea ports,
a preferable country to the New England states.
No doubt the Aboriginees, or as many of them
as are unwilling to mingle with the whites, would
be glad to compound for their future repose, and
the preservation of their species, by agreeing to
this division, and it would become the magna
nimity of the republic to assign and guarantee it
to them; a thing which can easily be done after
the next war with England.
St. Louis , (Missouri Territory,J is in latitude
35 degrees 25 minutes north; and in longitude 1
degrees west from Washington City. It lies un
der the confluence of the Missouri, Mississippi,
and the Illinois, and near the centre of the valley
of the Mississippi, and combines in its position
more advantages, commercial and political, than
any oilier spot upon the face of the globe.
Tricks of Brokers. —Whenever they wish to
purchase the notes of a distant bank, for-the pur
pose of making a run upon it for specie, they
cause a report to be circulated, that the bank has
refused to pay specie, or some other disrepu
table circumstance respecting it, which imme
diately produces a depreciation in their notes, so
as to enable them to purchase at five, or in some
cases, perhaps, at ten per cent below par. This
discount, with the premium which they obtain
on specie, for exportation, enables these specu
lator on the public, to amass large profits—and
it appears to be a principle with them, not to
mind whom they injure, provided they them
selves arc benefited. Is there no way of guarding
the general interest against sucli practices.—Ra
leigh Register.
YY T e understand that the Velocipede, Accelera
tor, or by whatever name they may be pleased to
call it, is no .v manufactured by a carriage maker
in Baltimore, from a model he has received from
England. The inquisitive are in the habit of ta
king an amble upon them. Its structure is re
markable for its simplicity-—one wheel following
another—-the hinder one higher than the front;
and motion is communicated by applying first one
foot, and then the oilier to the ground.—The ex
ertion on the part of the rider is said to be incon
siderable. An experienced rider may go about
eight miles an fiour, on smooth hard ground; anci
up hill, at about the rate of three miles an hour.
The Ballimonmmcc for this amusing hobby, in
about 835. W
[Two of the above machines, which are some
times called the Draisena, from the inventor,
baron Charles de Drais, master of the woods and
forests of H. R. H. the grand duke of Baden,
have been made and exhibited in Boston, by
Ambrose Salisbury, wheelwright.] — Charleston
Times, May 17.
■“proposals
i Tor publishing by subscription^
ETflttprw TIIE
nWLyblflg&ON ENCE.
X iqanufawwl by Mr. Ames, in his best
and ofnbgye X-st materials. Jjr
The the pencil of Mr.
cuted in bas relief; and encircleaJßndecla
ration as a surmounted fhmto of
the United States. Tfcyucdiutely undgpQfl^^Hn^ - ,
is a large medallion y%©rait. R
WASHINGTON, support
bellished -with spears, fags, utugKEutiliUiru and
emblems. On one is a
similar portrait NO 0 C t ( in
gress, July 4, on the other, <Jt
author of the
dependence.
The armsof“the thirteen United States,” in medallion,
form the remainder of the cordon, which is further en
riched by some of the characteristic productions of the
United States; such as the tobacco and indigo plants,
the cotton shrub, rice, &c. &c.
The facsimiles have been engraved by Mr. Vallan ce,
who executed this important part of the publication at
the city of Washington, where, by permission of the
secretary of state, he had the ouiuinal sinNATUiirs
constantly Under his eye.
“Department of Htate, 19 th April, 1819.
“7 CERTIFY, that this is a correct, copy of the origi
nal declaration of independence, deposited at this depart
ment; and that I have compared all the signatures with
those of the original, and have found them exact imita
tions. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.”
The portraits are engraving by Mt.Lonoacrf,, from
original paintings by Messrs. Smart, Cos [ley, and Otis, and
the most esteemed likenesses.
The arms of the United States, a*d of the several
states, have been faithfully executed irom official of
sciuptions and documents, in the manner directed by
the most approved authors on the science of heraldy.
It is confidently expected that thi* engraving will be,
a splendid and truly national publication. The publish
er thinks he can promise that it shall be ready to deliver
to subscribers, late in June, or eftrlv in July next, at
TEN dollars each copy, to be paid an delivery.
1 ne engraving will be followed by a pamphlet, con
taining the official documents connected with the publi
cation as authorities, and a list of the subscribers’ names.
The pamphlet to be delivered gratis.
It is contemplated to have a few copies printed on
paper prepared to carry colors, to have the shields ac
| curately tinted in the modern style; and the plants, Etc.
i colored by one of our most approved water colorers.
| The price of those superb copies will be THIRTEEN
; dollars each. Gentlemen who wish for colored copies,
are requested to add the word “ colored ” to their sub
, scription.
■ JITI'IN, manufactured expressly for this publication,
expected from France. Care shall be taken,
[and no trouble or expense spared, to have some very
I superior copies, printed on this satin. The price of
1 these copies cannot now be ascertained. It will here
after be announced. Gentlemen who wish for copies
on satin, are requested to add to their subscription the
wonls “on satin.” JOHN MINNS,
No. 70 Chesnut-street, Philadelphia.
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