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Fr.ni the Philadelphia Guxette, March 24. LATEST FROM EUROPE. By the ship Lancaster, Captain West, we have received London papers to the 16th of February, ami Liverpool to the 19tli. After a discussion which lasted four days, Mr. Uoulburn’s motion for leave to bring in a “bill to amend the existing laws relative to unlawful associations in Irejaml.” was carri ed at three o’clock on the morning of the 26th. The principal object of this bill, tho’ J directed against all societies in Ireland, is the j suppression of the Catholic Association.— The numoers were 278, in support of the motion, and 123 against it, leaving a majori ty of ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE in favor of the Ministers Mr. Brougham opposed the motibn that the bill be read a first time, on the ground that he had a petition to present from the Catholic Association, praying to be heard by counsel. The bill was, however, read a first time, and ordered to be printed, tliough, at the request of Mr. Brougham, the second reading was postponed to the following Mon day. “The more we consider the subject of this strange measure, the more is our early opin- j ion confirmed'—■-That ministers might as’ well attempt to catch the winds, or to fix the ocean, as to destroy thebody against j whom they haie declared hostilities.— If asked how this coercive law can be evaded, we answer by any one of a thou sand acts, which, under any conceivable sys tem of law, each individual of the 3000 com posing the association, might every day per form. The law may be eluded by any man who can put his hand into his pocket and pay money to another. It may be eluded by the change of a name. It may be eluded by a weekly or half week))’ calling together of an -aggregate meeting—by a dinner, or a suc cession of dinners, where speeches are made and reported—where seditions sentiments may be conveyed under words that are in* teligible; and, what is worse than all, but What iho Government would do well te pre pare for, the defeat of the law may be con summated by deep concealment, by meetings .at which no epeechee are reported , and where transactions take place, t>f which we shall know nothing until we see them developed in their fruits.” The people at the different Gaming hou ses, complain bitterly that so much of their business has migrated to the stock exchange. Last year 112,840 persons were admitted into*tbe British Museum. The Levant Company, after listeningto an address from Lord Grenville, their gover *or in , r Vernnient, agreeably to the request made to them by his Majesty’s Ministers The latest news from Madrid, is dated February Bth. At that time, Ferdinand was recovering from an indisposition which had confined turn to his room for several days. From the tenor of the latest Paris papers, it w as anticipated that the important measure of indemnity to the emigrants, though at tended with infinite difficulties would be carried through, Mr Cassimer Perrier Strongly objected to a demand of a thousand yniUiinu tu initriiiiiitjf’ tlu - i-Miiffnniis. before *nv document* were’ presented to afford proof of the ability of France to support such an extravagant expenditure. From the answers of the ministers in the Chamber of Deputies, it is to be inferred that the recognition of the South American States by England, was a measure anticipated bv the French Government, and therefore no occasion ofstrife exists now between the two governments on tins subject. A letter from Copenhagen, of the s:h of February, states as a report, that Sw eden had determined on following the example of England ih the recognition of the South American States; and -that M. tie Hanswolf, who, four months since, had left Stockholm for Colombia, would be intrusted with the negociation of treaties with the republic. Beethoven. — There has recently appeared at Vienna a collection of the works of the celebrated Beethoven. It extends to fifty one volumes folio, and contains four thou sand pages of music. From English papers. Fetters from Cadiz state, that the Guadal quiver Company have established a steam packet to sail between Cadiz and Barcelona, touching, on her passage, at the intermedi ate ports of Gibraltar, Malaga, Alicant, &c. Besides the Lakes of Genoa and Constance, those of Neufcbatel, Biel, Zurich, and Wal- Jcctaut will have the advantage of steam boats by the<end'of this year. Abbi Hil let maintained, that if a wife let the meat be too much roasted, it was a sufficient reason for a husband to divorce her! The follow ing facts will show the value of literary pro perty in former days. The manuscript of “Robinson Crusoe,” ran through the whole trade, and no one would print it. The book seller, who at last bought it, cleared a thou sand guineas by it. How many more thou sands has his successors accumulated by it since! “Bum’s Justice” was disposed ofby its author for a mere trifle, as well as “Bu chan's Domestic Medicine;” both of which yield immense incomes. The ‘‘Vicar of Wakefield,” the most delightful novel in our language, was sold for a few pounds; and Miss Burney’s “Evelina” produced only five guineas. Dr. Johnson fixed his “Lives of the Poets” at two hundred guineas, by which the booksellers, in the course of a few years, iSf*,-aj*cd upwards of twenty-five thousand.— Accounts from Stockholm of the 4th instant mention, that the Continental Gas Company l)f London has concluded a contract with the Swedish Government, by which they are to •have the exclusive privilege of lightning that City for 21 years, as well as all public estab lishments, &c. Anew vegetable, called the Asparagus potato, has been introduced into ‘this country: it comes into season just as the Asparagus goes out. The King of England Kossesses the special privilege, that he can, y his writ of protection, privilege a defer.- slant from all personal and many real suits for one year at a time, and no longer, in re spect of his being engaged in his service out *(.fthe realm. The last that appears on the )ooks is one granted by William HI, in 6J2, /) Lord Cult, to protect him from being out lawed by his tailor. Sketches in India.—Lieut. Col. Forrest ‘ *he staff in Bengal, in his picturesque ; ijc along the Ganges and Jumna, has given ‘o novel and striking narrative: , “*hy of the Elephant.— “ After march ‘9 mostly by the banka of the Ganges for (bur more days, we begtn to lose trices of cultivation, and to encounter occasional tracts of jungle. On one occasion we came to a nullah, 40 r 50 yard* wide, which fora ’time puzzled us to cross. There was a woo den bridge over it, and all the horses, carts, and persons on foot passed in safety, although its construction did not appear very strong, but no inducements urging, could pre vail upon the loaded bagage Elephants to al temnt it; when brought iip to it they ex pressed the greatest alarm, striking the j flooring of the bridge with their trunks, I which seemed to convince them at once ol its insufficiency to bear their ponderous bulk. The bed of the nullah was too shallow in water for them to swim, and too deep in mud to ford. No resource* remained but to iiy the experiment of unloading the ele phants, pass them over the bridge light, and carry their loads after them. I his was ac cordingly done and perfectly comprehend ed by these sagacious animals,who now walk ed over cheerfully and confidently. Hunting Party.— “ln expedition of some sport, being now in the vicinity ot Rajmahal I tills, a groupe of mountains which in this part separates the provinces ot Bengal and Bahar, we halted one entire day at the \il- | j lage of Fnthipore, and having procured ’ from thence a shekarn, or in plain English, ! a poacher, well acquainted with the haunts i of the different species of game with whicli. these bills abound, we mounted our elephants for it is thus that Indian sportsmen take the field, and formed a party ot eight or nine persons. Several baggage elephants with our servants, accompanied us to beat the jungles, and a great many persons from the village with long bamboo poles, volunteered for the ssnfiKiervice, wilh a tribe of tne com mon parish or tillage dogs. “We saw. oil entering the jungle, a great quantity of game, of various sorts,- as the , wild buffaloes, hog-deer, wild hog, deer ot j different kinds, patridges, and chuokores (a large species of the partridge.) florikens, \ a small species of the bustard, and the com- \ moil domestic barndoor fowl of England in j great numbers, called here the jungle-fowl, and when wc found open spots with partial cultivated fields, quail in great quantities, J and very tame. W e had a very pleasant I day’s sport, but our reward was only some of the partridges and quails. W r e got several ■ shots at the buffaloes, and several we could hear distinctly hit—but the common leaden ounce ball has no effect on these tough-skin ned *animals, unless it chances to hit a vital part, behind the ear, ot fore-leg. The two ounce rifle, with pewter balls, to be certain of your shot, the tiger and buffakie both re quire. - ■ —rn-mtr cmmrc'Trf -tttxrrtttj trxr Ltuiiii II|9OTI ! ‘be tracks of a rhinoceros, several of which are found upon tlies? hills, we followed i Item \ sometime, in hopes of coming up wit It him: I in some parts he appeared to have very re cently passed, since the water was still mud dy w here he had trodden. Our pursuit, was however, in vain. An Indian Jungle.—-“I had never entered so deeply into the jungles as I did this day, : and I felt much delighted with the extreme- j ly curious scene they in several parts pre-! sented. The height of the grass struck me , as ] on a vefywie elephant, not than 7 feet j high—the howdah or seat fastened on the , animal’s back, must have been full two feet j higher, it being strapped on a very thick | pad: this would give 13 feet. Now when j standing upright, the. attitude usually adopt- i ed by sportsmen when beating the jungle in J order to see better around them, my head must have been 19 feet above the ground— I but the grass was generally three, and in ] some places 6 feet liiger than my head. The stalks were full an inch and a half in diame ter, and it would he almost impossible, cer tainly very fatiguing, to force a passage on foot through such a thicket, independent of ihe chance of meeting with a tiger on a sud den—by no means a pleasant rencontre.” COLOVI HI V. The following account of the Palace of the Deputies and the other public buildings at j Bogota, is copied from Mollien’s travels j the Republic of Columbia in 1822 and 1823: The place designated with the name of the Palace of the Deputies, is nothing but a large house, situated at the corner of a street the ground-floor of which is let out in shops for the selling of brand?. The first objects which attract attention upon ascending the staircase, are two fames painted upon the wall, at the foot of which is this inscription — ‘No country without laws.’ Having gained the inner gallery, the noise which escapes through a small door indicates it to the vi* sitor to be that of the llall of Assembly. This consists of a long and narrow room, in the middle of which has been erected a wooden balustrade, upon which the spectators lean; for no one is seated but the representatives, who are economically placed upon arm chairs made of polished wood, with leather bottoms, tanged in long rows; within the ba lustrade, eight chandelier, glazed windows, j and a matting, compose the decorations ol the Palace of Deputies Upon quitting this, it is only necessary to cross the street to enter the Palace of the Senate, which is, perhaps, still more simple than that of the representatives. The Domi nicans having granted this body one of the wings of their convent, it was fitted up in a similar manner to the Hall of the Deputies; the walls are, however, ornamented with em blematical figures. Under one of these, which represents Justice, the ignorant pain ter has written Policy. Thus in the Palacethere is neither salte de reception, hall, nor antichamber; and when the Ministers attend to make any conr.- inunicalion to one of the chambers, llioy are obliged to wait upon the staircase till the usher of the house, who is at the same time manager of the theatre, comes to disengage them of their umbrella, and invite them to enter. In their places of confinement the Span ish Americans have established a system of excessive indulgence, Ihe prisons are on Ihe ground floor, and the windows are suffi ciently low to allow the passers by to con verse with those incarcerated; as to state prisoners, they are treated with greater se veriiv. The oilier public buildirtga in Bogota are the Mint and the Theatre. The internal ar rangements of both are excessively bad— neither of them seems adapted to the ob jects for which it was intended: it is how ever, very surprising to find establishments of this kind in places so far removed from all communication with Europe. In travelling over the Cordillera, M. Mo*- < lien experienced great inconvenience from l the cold, for which, in one instance, he found a remedy of a most Extraordinary description. “The cold, however,” he says, “which 1 felt did not last all the night, for my host had conceived the singular idea of bringing up a great number of cats, which were trained to place themselves upon the feet of travellers. 1 had t woof them whose furs kept me very wafm!” Sirth Sense in Fishes.— ln a curious paper by Dr. Knox, on thj theory of a sixth Sense in Fishes, suppose.! to reside in ceetain tu bular organs of shirks and rays, which are lound on dissection! immediately under the integuments of rtiepiead; the ingenious wri ter is inclined to qgree with Mr. Jacobson, that these organs are organ* of touch. He describes tile parallel transparent tubes as they appear, filled!with a gelatinous fluid, ami largely supplies with nerves which com municate with these integuments; and he al so gives an account pf their (probable) modes of action—adding Ins opinion that “they may i be classed with the sixth sense invented by i Buffon. with the theories of Spallanzani, re | lative to the accurate fl ,f?bt of bats through darkened chambers, after he had destroyed the organs of sight and hearing, leaving to them an organ of sense by which the flight was really directed, or with the sense of re sistance, which a skilful metaphysical writer invented anj defended so plausibly.” The J 3 ha nix. —A work on the Phoenix has lately oeen published at Paris, tromihe pen of M. Metral. The author has enriched it with a number of materials extractecUrom both ancient and modern writers. He has levied contributions on above six’y authors: among w hom are, of the Greeks, Herodotus, Lucian, Plutarch, and Sirabo: of the Romans -Ausouiu's, Claudian, l.actafltius, Pliny, Ovid, I and Tacitus; of the Italians —Dante and fas ’ssoso—of the French — LarcheJ, .Vli- I oiinet, Cliampollion. A scientific lyiter.ol ! great reputation, M. Marcoz, proposed to* ! himself to consider the phoenix in an as ’ tronomiqaj point of view. M. Metral eon siders u purely* as aj literary question, I To him it appears, that in the history of the ; Phoenix is to be found that of Egypt, and he 1 devotes ten chapters of his work to prove i the truth of this discovery, which has"for its I basis the allegoricfl genius of the East.— London paper. AN IRISH ORIGINAL. So-vstveet, London, —Among the odd fish ,vlio were caught by the watchmen in casting . their nets on feridflV .fright- *• j Hibernian wag rather advanced in years of ’ very seedy exterior, but possessing all the i dry good humour, and joke cracking dispos ition oF his whiskey loving conut rvmen. On being put to the bar, the watchman was called upon to state the charge, which was done in a very few words. In fact, Mr. Butler, the detenu, was found dead drunk, under the piazzas in Covent Garden, at two o’clock in the morning | ‘Well,* said Sir Ricshard,* how do you ac : count for your disorderly conduct?’ i Mr. B. (with a grin) O! faith Sir. Rich hrrrr.T never warTfifteh‘T BiraWnuntant, and i if I was myself, when 1 was dead drunk, a# I the watchman says, what I’d be saying j would’nt do me much good, for ‘dead men | tell no tales.’ I Sir. Richard, What brought you in such j a state? I Mr. Rutler. I suppose I brought myself that wav by drinking liquor. Sir R. It would have been well if yon bad taken yonreself home to bed. I Mr. B. ‘For, Gad you’re right, it would • have been well, but there were two rasons j against that—first I was blind drunk as well as dead drunk; and so I could’nt see my way; 1 and next if my e> es were as good as your worship’s, I rould’nt have seen what I hav’nt got —which is a bed. Sir. R. Have yon no lodgings? Mr. fl. Devil a lodging, except in the Words of the owld song, ‘On the cowld j ground.* Sir. R. What are you? Mr. 11. ’Faith, I’ain a prisoner, 1 believe. Sir. U. 1 mean bow do jou get your liv ingl? Mr. B. Through the blessings of Provi dence. Sir. R. Have you no trade? Mr 1 B. Is it in me?—the devil a trade have I. Sir. R. Were you brought up to no business? Mr. B. No, by my sowl, I was tenderly rared, and my education was my only pat rimony. Sir. R. That sort of money does’nv go far with a man of your inclinations. Mr. B, (Witii a laugh)—’Fore Gad,'’ you’re right again—all the laming in the world is of no use -Mhe bar. I mane the bar at a public hoirfe; unless you back it with j a circulating medium. Sir. R, I’m afraid you have been circu lating your earning’s through a very impro per medium, Mr. B. Devil a truer word you ever spoke in your life Sir. R. If I let you go now, you’ll set off and get drunk again? Mr. B. I’ll go bale I won’t for I haven’t a rap in the world; and as for my credit, it is like mv coat —worn out. Sir. “it, lam half disposed to try you. Mr. B. Not for tippling, I hope your worship—for if you do, I’m sure to be found guilty. Sir. R. You seem to be a good humoured fellow. Mr. B. lam sure there’s a pair of us your worship. Sir. Richard laughed, and told Mr. B. to go about his business and mend his ways. Mr. B. Before I go, I’ll ask you one fa vour. Sir. R. Well what is it? Mr. B. Just give me a bit of a note to your countryman, Mr. M’ Adam, and as I despair of mending my own ways, perhaps he'll give me a job in mending the ways of others. Sir. Richard again laughed, and bid him go out and wait, and he’ll endeavour to put. him in the way to industry. Mr. B. shrugged his shoulders with good humour, and pulling up his unmentionables, trotted out’ of tiie office. The worthy Magistrate subsequently gave liim a letter, which would probably procure for him pres ent occupation, EXTRACTS FROM THE MESSAGE. iff the Vice Fh-esideut of the Selmblu -/ Cos ‘■’fnnl'i-z, acur.g ns the President, to the •’-<* •- j •j. *> v gres of 1825. run tu xvrroxAt. ixtbu -ej'vcKK.j Frmn Supplement to the Gaxette of Cofm hia. * . ; “•ls CtfUofic M ifeity, so far from rd-n ----quishing lus old pretentious to reignty of these countries, warned as he has been by the justice, experience, and the rum of the Spanish nation, still retains his hos tile vie ivs, nor Is there the least prospected reconciliation.” ’ i “Congress may remain unsatisfied that our means of defence arc most abundant, and whatever enterprise may be attempted bv Spain, will only end irf tier disgrace, and a.ld to the lustre of our arms,” “Our relations with the American govern ment are on the footing of friendship and good intelligence, that ought ever to exist 1 between states maintaining the same cause. The assistance we have afforded Peru has j produced such an. important change in that country- that her independence can no lon-; ger be of doubt.” “The Government of Mexico has just pre-, sented a terrible example to the usurpers of; the power of the people. The General j lturbide contemned the law which | banished him, and entered the Mex ican Territory in a mariner which alarmed the governmet. An act of declar ed him a traitor, and condemned him to die, winch sentence was accomplished without the least disturbance. By’ this conduct, it appears, certain that the Mexican govern ment has advanced one step towards stabili ty and happiness. Recent information, from that part of America has acquainted us with the energetic and extraordinary measures which have been rendered necessary to be empioved. for the defence of independence against the views of Spain, and to recall those to a seuse-okdutv who have treated the compact of union with contempt. “The Provinces of Guatimala preserve, without any opposition, the state of sove reignty, for w’hicli they declared by their spontaneous will. An accredited minister on the part of that government to this Re public, resides in the capital. 1 his‘affords a favorable opportunity for us to understand each other on points deeply interesting to both parties The fixing the boundaries be tween Colombia and Guatimala, is a point o! the utmost necessity at the present moment for some strangers have pretended to spec ulate on the Mosquito Shore; and the in terior boundary i* entirely uncertain. The according io the fundamental law of the.l2th of July, 1221, has claimed, as be longing to the Republic, the whole of the Atlantic coast between Cape Gracios a Dios and the river Chagres; deeming all Colonies unlawful, that have not been planted with the permission of the government, and in virtue of the laws of Oolombia.” “The agitated state in which Brazil has hitherto remained, has prevented our enter ing into relations of amity and good will with that government, with whom we ought also to settle the important questions of bouwla • -%r IT ft Ttrc rytmru ariuerjre nuSn iwrthe most friendly and cordial relations. You will have before you in a sl/brt time, for your examination and approbation, the treaty of peace, friendship, navigation and commerce, that the Executive has concluded with the government of those Slates.” “Colombia will be proud of having been the first of the old Spanish American states that has presented itself to the world, united by means of public treaties with a nation pre eminently favored by the genius of Liberty. You will likewise receive, for examination, the Convention which has been settled with the same States, to put an end to the horri ble slave trade; our laws have declared a gainst that execrable commerce, and on this basis the Executive regulated its conduct.— The law of the 21st of July, of the 11th year, prohibits the introduction of slaves: The law regulating cruizers declares all vessels found trafficking in slaves in the waters with in the Jurisdiction! of the Republic, to be law ful prizes; but as there are no punishments for the infraction of the law, and it being for the benefit of the human race, that the au thority of the law regulating cruizers should be extended; it appears to the executive that this convention with the United Slates sup plies the dificiency.” [The document then proceeds to notice the relations of the government with Great Britain, and states that the Executive had deferred the Exequatur to the commissions of the British Consuls, on account of the sqnbi guous manner in which they were worded, but allowed them to remain on the footing of agents for commerce and seamen. The com missioners of his Britanic Majesty had accep ted this condition with pleasure, without hav ing refuted. the arguments on which the ex equatur was deferred.] “The Executive of Hayti has despatched an accredited agent to this Government, to propose the adjustment of a treaty of de fensive alliance against the respective inva ders of both territories. The language of liberty employed in the propositions of the Agent, and the private services whicli the the Liberator received from the humane and sensible Petion, in the hour ofccalamity, have not misled the Executive in the line of con duct it was its duty to adopt on so delicate a negotiation. Hayti defended her indepen dence against the pretentions of France, of which she was a part, and Columbia defen ded hers against those of Spain. A defen- J sive alliance with.Hayti, would place us un der the necessity of going to war with a na-! tion against whom we have no cause of com- j plaint, and whom we ought not unriecessari- ‘ ly to provoke,” After some further observations, the mes sage adds:— “All these considerations have caused the Executive to lay by the proposition of the Haytien Agent, until the assembly of the ! Plenipotentiaries of the American goveru ; menis shall meet. Our Allies and France will see, in this noble proceeding, the good faith and principles on which the policy of the Columbian government is founded, and France, in particular, will observe that we 1 have aeted on the most open manner in the steps we have taken to incline his most > Christian Majesty in favor of the Republic, and that we do not attribute to the French government the suspicious and insiduous conduct observed by the persons who came to Columbia in the frigate Tame, whose voy age appears to have been undertaken to visit i MV* euntry a- ’> te state of **>*■• f i rs , -I -:, .maud V mint ed by the Republic lj IJsr rudued tVieV ‘- ‘-ntive to provide for 1 ■ r; ,g;u,on utv ■ new mode of instruc number of colleges; to H h new prate t?tsship> and to reform . ere yet suffering fioin ;,'l ,• is. n ofeducation, and from me horrors'*>f war. 1 ® &c. m A 4 n neP'l VII t K .l #, !trgenera!, lain giud to ass irc vov, that the order and rej^ilardy ot the progress of the constitutional s uFered no. alter ation. The Jfuihortw* respect the au%\itu lions, and the enjoy the right freely to demand the • fulfilment <>t ‘be Wws. h would, in lee l.be a phenomenon, were a ‘new-born society to progress towards pros, perity without encountering some obstacles i without some sui di oscillations. ‘.Columbia lias vet to sjiffer from the vvande ing of ig. norance, and the effects of the in< essant sjig. i gestions of its enemies, although ,it is true, that neither the one nor the otlur can pre. i vent its reaching that point at whrch it, must i one day arrive. The of Paste, i which, it was feared, would be jwdkniged, j from the nature of the country andrheehav. j acter of the people, have disappeared, $ and : the government have been as indtfjgent aj i the public security would permit, ‘flit peo j pie desire to live in peacCunder the pntec. i tion of the laws; and whilst they lake ipoq themselves the task of preferring pubic der, and sustaining our institutions, tie re public will enjoy internal peace, and tie ar med force will no longer have to a|leid to this duty.” / “The commerce of the some regulations to repress the abifesrif th e sailors, and to favor navigation; all, ts re gards the external commerce on 4e toasts inhabited bv wandering tribes, sole special laws are necessary to relieve theexecutive from the trouble and difficulties If has en countered on that head within til last few years. I ask of congress to pas; law pro. liihifing the granting of Letters naturali. .’.ation to individuals of any natior rilli whom tlie Republics is at war. This ime of the laws contained in the code of a ation who may’ call herself truly, free, and c the utility of which it would be superfluousl expatiate. “The poverty oftlye national trkury must exist, whilst the payment of thlold debt falls on the annual ordinary rentskid Whilst the system is continued of not ling the public eXpenditureand properly coring it.” “J hope that the Legislature ul extend its consideration to the uniform isolation of the decimal rents, to the reformF the hw on direct contribution, and to the Rher ob jects which the Executive will p<4t out to you, in virtue of the permission whili is con- cceded by the constitution. “I he various and disagreeable qestions occasioned by the loan of March, 18*2, have been settled to the satisfaction of thole inter ested in it, and to the honor of the Republic. The Executive employed in this transaction the power conceded bv the act of the Ist of July, 1823, the results of which will be speed ily communicated to you. “Congress may rest assured that the con duct we have pursued in this affair hapre ceived the approbation of the most respects. Me t oil' m iy,verg -ftrt,-. Have Hetfrt able to com prehend all it's difficulties.” > “It is very important to the public prospe rity. and to the national credit, to provide for funding the national, debt. Every yearne* difficulties are added to those already accu. undated on this subject. The debt embra ces different epochs, different objects, and creditors, which* have not been properly classed. Although during the last session, one act on this subject was passed, you will agree with the Executive that it is very im perfect.” “The army has continually given proof of its obedience to the laws. Although within the Republic there have been no enemies for it to contend with, it has remained on the war footing require f by European politics, “Our navy is receiving all the increaseuvl strength that our present circumstances ;d ----mit of. The Columbian flag is respectedm every sea; and wherever it has fought aguinit the Castilian flag, it has left a monument c otir superiority. t “Naval schools have been formed in Car tliagena and Guayaquil, as far as the limited means at the disposal of the Executive ad mitted.” Tire message closes ijs follows; “This is the present state of our republic, in every branch of its administration. French sl>ip and the best disposition with the Amer ioanand foreign Governments—regularity in treaties and conventions—order and tranqui lity in the interior—respect and submission to the laws—a free press—the increase of public education —well founded hopes of im proving the national wealth—an army cover ed with glory, consecrated entirely to the cause of liberty and independence; and suf ficient resources to meet any event, and to sustain its dignity, government, and lavs.— It is for you to remove the obstacles that im pede the rapid progress ofthis Republic to happiness and prosperity, and to reform those defects which public opinion pointed out and which you acknowledge to exist. If we cast our eyes back on the period when the code of laws was first published, and re collect what Columbia was then,we slisfll per ceive with agreeable surprise, that we have made a rapid stride, and conquered vast dif ficulties. This ought to animate us to pro secute our designs with the greatest” zeab£ patriotism. The executive firmlyJelieves that these virtues exist in the Legislative bo -1 dy; and you, I hope, will have sufficient con- I fidence in me to believe, that I shall afford I all the assistence that the experiquep of ad ministration may have placed in my nower— and above all, I shall be extremely punctual in the execution of your wise deifications.’ [Signed by Francisco de P Satvtandeb, and dated at Bogota, January 2,1825.] A Philadelphia physician, in a letter to a lady, on the deleterious effects of wearing corsets, has the following remarks: “I anti cipate the happy period when tjje fairest portion of the fair creation will step forth unincumbered with slabs of walnut and tiers of whalebbne. The constitution of our fe* males must be excellent, to withstand, in an? tolerable degree, the terrible inflictions of the corset eight long hours every,day. No other animal could survive it. Take the honest ox. and enclose his sides with hoop poles, put an oaken plartk beneath him, ana gird the whole with a bed-cord, and demand of him lahor. He would labor, indeed, but it would be for breath.”