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Four days later from London.
Cant. Merrill, of the ship Caroline Au
gusta, has politely favored cs yitli Lon
don papers of the 24th ult. four days la
ter than previously received.
It does not appear from the papers,
that the succession to the Cabinet had
been definitively settled, and Mr. Can
ning is said to have experienced much
difficulty and embarrassment in comple
ting it—but Capt. Merrill, who did not
leave the Downs until the 29th April, in
forms us that the new Ministry had been
formed previous to his sailing, and that
the Marquis of Lansdown’s acceptance of
a place in it, had the effect to cause an
immediate-rise in. the funds.
The extracts which will be found below
furnish the only political intelligence con
tained in the papers.
The population of the city of Paris had
been for some days in a fever of joy and
exultation, in consequence of the with
drawal '■f the project of the law on the
liberty of the Press. One reason assign
ed for the determination of the French
Government to give up this impolitic mea
sure, was the appointment of Mr. Can
ning to be Prime Minister of England, an
event which is said to have produced the
most powerful sensation both upon the
people and government of France. The
night after the rejection of the law, the
cit»' of Paris was enveloped in an almost
noon-day brilliancy. The streets were
filled with immense crowds, and traversed
by processions of two and three hundred
individuals, with torches in their hands,
bearing flags, and singing triumphal songs.
From time to time, astounding cries of
Vise la Iioi—Vive le Chambredes Paris
— Vive la Libcrtie de la Presse, were sent
f orth, and. answered by waving’“of flags
ae.d handkerchiefs from the well filled
windows. In the Rue St. Denis, & Rue
■St. flonoro, in consequence of the im
prudence of the populace, in lettingoff fire
works, discharging pistols, &c. the gens
d’armes charged upon the crowd, sword in
hand, and at full gallop—many were
wounded;.trampled under foot and bruised
—one woman was killed. In the Place
Von dome, three or four hundred journey
men Printers took their station under the
win lows of M. Peyronnet, and. sung in
grand chorus a triumphal stwjsg, much to
his annoyance. The next night a guard
of soldiers was'sent far his protection.
A letter of the 9th April, from Madrid,
.states that the Spanish Government had
rejected'the terms upon which the Ham
burg House of ITasperg &. Schutte had
offered to contract for the-Tobacco con
cerns.
The Stirling Journal states, thgt -no
less than six vessels had sailed front Alloa
for America, within the last, three weeks,
partly with cargees, and. partly with emi-
grats. ' ; '•
London, April24.
It is not impossible hut 1 hat, before
tills paper goes to press, we 'may be
able to announce the result of the ne-
gociations which are now'carrying on
between Mr Canning and the Whigs.—
When wp use the word negotiation, how
ever, we must not be misunderstood as im
plying that the Whigs are anxious to make
terms for themselves. The contrary ap
pears to bo the fact. They are willing to
give their support to a liberal system of
policy; but the promulgator of that sys
tem wisliesto engage them in it, not as ap
provers'only and promoters, hut as co-
operators. If there had been any avidi
ty of place, an arrangement might have
been concluded long ago; but, according
to Ste-n’s proverb, “liberality offers” with
both hands open,what modesty will scarce
ly “touch, with a finger, Mr, Brougham,
for example, has taken a decided part in
promoting the negociation, bv which the
Whigs were to come in, declining at the
same time, for reasons to be hereafter ex
plained, nnv >ffice himself.
As for Lord Lansdown, it is pretty evi
dent that he has shown no gfeat appetite
for place; Lord Holland has expressly
refused it, and others are equally averse;
whilst there exists in all the warmest dis
position to support the Government, of
which His Majesty has laid the corner
stone.
We are not able to fulfil the promise
held out in the beginnining of this article :
so late as 12 o’clock last night nothing
was settled. The negociation, however,
is not at at; end. Lord Lansdown had not
returned to town last night; but the Duke
of Devonshire made that kind cf commu
nication to Mr. Canning which was con
sidered as leaving the question still open.
Lord Holland, Lord Carlisle, and Mr.
Brougham were at Devonshire-house with
tiie Duke after his return from Mr. Can
ning, but no final resolution was adopted.
It is proper to mention, what we are sure
will give give great satisfaction to those
who wish well to Mr. Canning and Mr.
Plunkett, that the latter gentleman bas re
tracted his acceptance of the Rolls. He
accepts a peerage, but goes to the Upper
Hpuse to defend the GovernmenUvithout
any place at tall.— Times.
Tho difficulties and einbarrrssment of
Mr. Canning’s situation, as Veil as*|
of the country, appear to increase
and hourly. As far as the former is con
cerned, it is entirely of his own seeking
and that most unwisely and unnecessarily;
but that the country is to be involved in
fresh difficulties,—her affairs, both foreign
ond domestic,_ placed in abeyance, and
■1 hat to gratify the ambition of one man,
himself apparently the instrument of a
questionable influence, is a state of things
two mischievous and alarming not to call
for the severe animadversions of that part
of the Press which aspires to any charac
ter fer independence. We make-this lat
ter femark, not without feelings wf both,
pain and shame at the unblushing inconsis
tency (we would fain hope, not venality)
with which a certain part of the Press has,
on the instant, deserted all iis former
principles and prepossessions, and has em
barked -in a defence of the new order of
things more nauseous and subservient to
than any thing we have ever before wit
nessed of the kind.—Morning Herald.
LIST OF THE NEW MINISTRY
(From a city Correspondent!.)
>’ Treasury—Mr. Canning.
Lord Chancellor—Sir John Copeley,
with the title of Lord Lyndhurst;
Foreign Department—Lord Granville.
Homo do.—Lord Lansdown.
Lord President of the Council—Earl
Harrowby.
Privy Seal—Lord Dudley.
Colonies—Mr. Robinson.
Trade—Mr, Huskisson.
Control—Mr. Wynn.
Secretary at War—Lord Palmerston.
Master General of the Ordnance—
Marquis of Anglesea.
Chancellor of the Exchequer—Lord
Bexley.
Lord Chamberlain—Duke of Devon
shire.
Vke-Cliamberlain—Lord Morpeth.
Master of the Rolls—Mr. PluDkett,
Attorney General—Mr. Scarlett.
Solicitor General—Sir N. Tindal.
Sing’s Bench—Lord Chief Justice Ab
bott, (a Peerage, with the title of Lord
Tenterden.)
Yesterday morning about 10 o’clock,
the Duke of Devonshire went , to Mr.
Canning at his house in Downing-streef,
having returned from the Marquis of
Lansdown, at his seat at Richmond. His
Grace remained with Mr. Canning till
about half past one.
Soon after the departure of his Grace,
Mr* Canning went to^the l^ing, aQ d re *
raained with his Majesty an hour and a
half, and then returned to Downing-street,
when the Minister had another interview
with the Duke of Devonshire, accompa
nied by the Earl of Carlisle. His Grace
and his Lordship continued with Mr. Can
ning in deliberation foran hour and a half.
Mr. Canning afterwards received visits
from the Marquis of Anglesea, Viscount
Granville, Earl Morley, Lord Seaford,
Mr. Huskisson, &c.
Sir Johb Copely had an audience of
the King yesterday at his palace of St.
James’s.
Notwithstanding Lord Bexley’s tempo
rary return to the duties of the Duchy of
Lancaster, it is said that the office is des
tined not long hence to reward the servi
ces of a fprtunate son of Esculapius.
less than three Peerages are to be
created in the Legal ProfessionSir
Charles Abbott to be created Lord Ten
terden; Sir John XJopely, Lord Lynd
hurst; and Mr. Robinson, Lord Goodrich
of Goodrick Castle; being collaterally
descended from the Noble family, in which
that title was formerly vested.—Star.
Letters have been received in town from
Berlin, dated the 9th inst. at which period
the Duke af Cumberland had completely
recovered the faculty of sight in the right
eye. His Royal Highness was also in the
enjoyment of good health.
Mr. C?oker left town on Saturday night,
in orde--, as it is understood, to offer him
self as a candidate for the vacancy iu the
representation of Dublin University, oc
casioned by the appointment of Mr. Plun
kett, to be Master of the Rolls. It is ex
pected Mr. Saurin will oppose Mr. Croker.
COLOMBIA—IMPORTANT!
From the, “Curracoa Courant,' Apri\ 23.
We have received newspapers from
Bogota tothe 10th of March, and from
Caracas tothe 10th inst.
It results from their contents that the
project of the political constitution pre
sented by the Liberator Simon Bolivar to
the Republic of Bolivia, having been ex
amined in the city of Lima, capital of Pe
ru, bv the electoral colleges of the afore
said Republic, and by 52 deputies of the
Congress, it was approved on the 30th of
Nov. as the fundamental law of the said
state, and the Liberator Simon Bolivar
was nominated President of the same du
ring his life. In consequence thereof it
was solemnly proclaimed on the 8th of
December ensuing and sworn to in all
form, with .order to nnhlish the same, as it
was done, throughout the several depart
ments. But on the 26th of January of the
preseht year, the chiefs and officers of the
division of the army of Colombia, compo
sing the batallions Vencedor, Rifles, Car
acas, Araure, the escadron of Huzzars of
Ayacucho and other officers of the same
army, to the number of 75, elected as gen
eral commander, the first commander Jose
Bustamente, and discharged from the
command^ Generals Laras and Sandes,and
other colonels and officers, who have
been sent to Bogota, as prisoners, togeth
er with an act by which they declare to re
main submissive to the constitution and
laws of the Republic of Colombia, dis
owning the dictatorship. This commotion
had no relation whatever with the govern
ment of Peru, it was the Colombian aux
iliary corps which opposed itself against
each innovation as well against that in
troduced in Colombia as against the Fed
eration of General Paez as dictator of
some departments. At the same time al
most, a cabildo ad interim it is said had
been assembled by the principal citizens of
Lima, which declare to the council of gov
ernment that the constitution of Bolivia
had been adopted against the free will of
the people, by seduction and power of
arms ; and requested the aforesaid con
stitution to be declared null and void,' and
that a congress of legitimate representa
tives be convoked in order to adopt such
measures is would best suit the real inter
est of the nation. General Santa Cruz,
President of the council acceded immedi
ately to this solicitation, and issued a de
cree asserting that fiotn the extreme lim
its of the Republic cries were raised a-
gainst the constitution of Bolivia, and that
it was not admitted by the spontaneous
will of the people. Consequently a con
stituent Congstess was convoked to meet
on the first day of the next month of May,
which will deliberate on a form of Consti-
tutionmostcalculated to promote the in
terest of the country ; and will nominate a
President and Vice President for the Re
public.
Owing tothe general clamour the min
isters of the home and foreign departments
have been obliged to renounce their res
pective places.
Among the papers of Gen. Lara there
was found some correspondence which dis
covered the plan which has been prt.jcc"
ted.
This transformation lias caused exces
sive joy in Lima and Bogota, in which
place the acclamations have been incessant
ly to the Constitution, to the laws, to the
Congress, to the Vice President of the
Republic, to Peru and to the warriors,
who have manifested to the world that
they are worthy citizens of Colombia.
It seems that the federation is gaining
ground again on the main. According to
reports received here by an arrival from
Maracaybo, Carthagena, Santa, Martha,
and Bogota and its adjacents had declared
themselves for a federal form of govern
ment.
The arrival at Bogota of the generals
and officers, sent by Gen. Jose Bustameu-
te from Lima, is hereby confirmed*
Further accounts from the main state
that the eastern part of Venezuela has too
declared itself for the Federation.
Extract of a letter from Laguira, May 7.
“ Bolivar proceeds with orders to
take the arms from the creoles, ami to
place them in the public stores. This
measure it is expected will have a good
effect in restoring confidence, and when
the present difficulty experienced in the
Custom House is over, which is entirely
owing to the practice of persons here neg
lecting to honor their Custom House
Bonds for duties, some of which have
been lying over for a long time. Trade
must revive, as the present regulation in
the Custom House will prevent that abuse
iu future.—Good Coffee is now selling in
Carraccas at 7 a 7 1-2 cts. and plenty.—
Indigo is sCarce and high ; say 16 1-4 a
18 rials. FJour is going off at 12 a 12
1-2 ; Butter 16 a 18 cents ; Lard 16 a 18
dents.
We are gratified to learn that intelli
gence has been received here by the brig
Hyperion from Gibraltar, that Mr. Eve
rett, our Minister at the Court of Spain,
had obtained and forwarded to Mr. Hen
ry, U. S. Consul at Gibraltar, an Official 1
Order for the immediate release of the
American citizens confined in the Spanish
dungeons of Ceuta. They are about
thirty in number, and comprise the survi
vors of the crew of the Colombian priva
teer General Soublette, which vessel, our
readers may recollect, was driven ashore
on the coast of Spain some months ago, in
a violent gale.—[Balt. American.
Chi i—We have seen Valparaiso pa
pers to the 20th of February.
They indicate a good deal of agitation in
the public mind ; but what is likely to be
the result we have not the means of judg
ing. There are two parties in the country,
each of which has its newspapers ; and as
the government is to be re-organised, it
may be supposed, there is some warmth in
their style. Those who are in favor of a
federation of provinces or states appear
to be those, who were lately opposed
to Bolivar. One of tlie papers speaks a-
gainst him in undisguised terms: saying
he has totally changed since the battle of
Ayacucho. What Bolivar has lost in
South America, the cause of free consti
tutions appears to have gained.
COLOMBIA.
We learn from a friend who has receiv
ed the latest -information from Bogota,
that the republic of Colombia was in a
more prosperous stats in march last, than
at any period within the last 4 years.—»
The decided measures and harsh means
resorted to by Bolivar bid fair to re-estab
lish the entice prosperity of the country;
public and private^redits were advancing
with rapid strides, to their former footing.
the war. Afetv days before the Florida
sailed, to meet the exigences of the trea
surv, a large lot of the crown jewels were
offered at pifrtic sale at the bank, an
withdrawn, no purchasers coming forward.
Difficulties in Canada.—The follow
ing ominous article is from the Canadian
^Unpleasant Intelligence.-We are sor
ry to observe it announced in the Uftciai
Gazette of the 10th inst. that the agitators
have so abused the ignorance of the peo
ple as to produce a revolutionary move
ment, and that seditious meetings have
been hald, that ought to be dispersed by
public force. God help us ! we fear this
will be a bloody summer. .
The Tomb of the Queen of Prussia.
An interesting volume has lately been
published in England, entitled “ Notes
and Reflections during a Ramble in Ger
many,” by the Author of the “ Recol
lections of the Peninsula,” &c. The wri
ter’s visit to the tomb of the Queen of
Prussia, is interesting.
There is a woman’s grave near Berlin,
which all travellers do fondly & reverently
visit. None needs to be informed of the
life, the fortunes, and the fate ot the late
beloved Queen of Prussia—beloved, not
only by a devoted husband, but by an en
tire people, who respected her pure ex
ample, as a wife and a mother, and ador
ed her patriot spirit as their queen. The
subject of indignities, which never have
been, and uever will be, forgiven to the
iron Napoleon; and the witness of public
calamities, which, although they could not
subdue her generous and royal mind, cor
roded the inward principle of life, stole the
bloom from her youthful cheek, the light
from her fair eves, bowed down her beau
tiful form, broke her young heart, and laid
her in the tomb.
This tomb is in the garden of Charlot-
tenburerh.—Acquainted with it by no pre
vious descriptions, I left the palace of
Charlottenburgh, and walked down the
garden alone, the person in attendance
having pointed out the direction, and pro
mising to follow with the day. It was not
without surprise that I pm? suddenly
among trees, upon a fair wnite Doric tem-
plp. I might, and should have deemed it
a mere adornment of the grounds—a snot
sacred to silence, or the soft breathed
song ; but the cvnress and the willow de-
at last made a virtue of necessity, and
and consented to sacrifice his wishes and
his friendship for Mr. C. to the good ofthe
cause. The offensive parts of the ad
dress were expunged, and as none af this
will appear in the published proceedings
you might not have heard it in any other
way. On the whole, I did not think the
delegation so respectable as I bad feared
it would be. There were few members
of any note or distinction, and I was sur
prised to find the Balt, people so indiffer
ent about it; although it was the second
day of the meeting, when the speeches and
addresses were expected, there were not
twenty respectable Baltimoreans present,
and very few persons of any sort.”
Diplomatic Prodigality.—After all
that lias been said in the opposition papers
about the extravagance of the Administra
tion, in the salaries and outfits of our min
isters to foreign courts, it appears that the
case is exactly the reverse of what they
have represented it to be ; and that $63,
000, just one half, has been saved in one
year, of what was allowed by Mr. Monroe
for the salaries and outfits of seven minis
ters ; viz. to Stockholm, Denmark, Neth
erlands, LisboD, Brazil, Buenos Ayres,
and Colombia, The salaries of ministers
under the administrations of Mr. Monroe
and Mr. Madison were $9000 per yea*
and their outfits $9000 : Mr. Adams has
allowed only $4,500 for outfits, and $4,
500 per-year, salary. If we include the
two new missions to Peru and Guatemala,
the amount saved from the expense of the
nine missions ? that would have been in
curred under the policy of former admin
istrations, will be $81,000. What mon
strous extravagance ! The administration
must certainly be put down. If General
Jackson had been at the head of our affairs
those same missions probably would not
have cost us more than twice as much.—
And then to think of Mr. Adams’ sending
to England a minister who would permit
himseif to be taken sick ! O, it is too bad.
New Jersey Eagle.
Sufficient money would be had by the new
ly levied taxes to maintain the General-' ‘Extract of a letter received in Wash
Government and meet all exigencies, and
the attention of the Executive would be
immediately turned to “ ways and means”
to defray the debts incurred by the Goy-*
eminent for supplies to theii respective
States, and debts due the naval and mili
tary men, and known by the name of“ vale
debts."—A short time, it is believed',
will prove to the world the sincerity
and patriotism of the Liberator—notwith
standing the machinations of his enemies.
N. Y. Enquirer.
Buenos Ayres, Feb. 27.—The British
Admiral Otway, and the American Com
modore Biddle, have taken out of the
Brazilian squadron at Monte Video all the
British and American seamen, who mav
have been impressed, or whose time of
service has expired. This is a severe
blow to the blockaders. They have thus
lost 135 English sailors, and about 50
North Americans. It was upon applica
tion of the seamen, and after due inquiry,
that the above proceedings took place.
rlared it as a habitation of the dc-ad.—
There was an aged invalid busily occupi
ed about thejportal, in sweeping awav the
dead and yellow leaves which gathered
there, and which the November blast, in
mockery ofnis vain labour, drove back
ur*on it, in larger and louder eddies. He
shook his gray head at me, and not seeing
anv body with me, warned me petulantly
awav. Nav, when the guardian came, it
might be fancy, but he seemed ill pleased
that the sanctuary should be violated.
Upon a sarcophagus of white marble
lava sheet; and the outline of a human
form was plainly visible beneath its folds.
Tt seemed as though he removed a wind
ing sh£et, to show a beloved corpse, when
the person with me reverently turned it
back and displayed the statue of his queen
It is a portrait statue recumbent, said to
be a perfect resemblance ; not as in death,
but when she lived to bless and be bless
ed. Nothing can be more calm and kind
than the expression of her^features. The
hands are folded on the bosom ; the limbs
are sufficiently crossed to show the repose
oflife. She does but sleep—she scarce
sleeps; her mind and heart are on her
sweet lips. It is the work of Rauch, and
the sculptor may, indeed, be proud.—He
has given to the widowed king a solaceior
his life. Here Rie King often comes, and
passes long hours alone ; here he brings
her children annually, ta offer garlands
at her grave. These hang in withered
mournfulness above this living image of
their departed mother; and each year
sees them renewed. V *>
Even a stranger might sit soothed for
hours by the side of this marble form; it
breathes such purity, such peace. I wish
it was more the custom in these days to
place the portrait-statue, recumbent, on
the monument of the dead. It is the
finest kind of memorial; nor less so, I
think, even where, as in the middle ages,
it is allowed to approach to the appear
ance of the corpse, provided the features
be preserved, and the general execution,
nature s-the fillet round the temples, the
checks slighfly collapsed, and the limbs
stretched out in the stony rigidity of death,
have a most affecting and sublime charac
ter.
The finances of the Brazilian govern
ment were in a deplorable condition, the
revenue from the customs having greatly
diminished, and the bank paper (of which
it may be said there was upwards of 18
millions in circulation) having depreciated
55 per cent, since the commencement of
ington, dated Baltimore May 23,1827.
“I was present at the Convention of the
Jackson delegates in Baltimore yesterday,
and heard mucli speechifying. Maxcy snd
Winchester were the most conspicuous
members. The Address presented by
the committee appointed the day before,
was written by Maxcy, and by him read to
the Convention. It is very long, aod
part of it extremely well written, though
there was one measure recommended in it
strongly insisted on by some of the dele
gates which was near producing a schism
in the views of the party: for the majority
as strongly insisted on its rejection. It
was to identify the cause of M.. Calhoun
with that of Gen. Jackson, and to run
him with that party for Vice Presidency
again. When that part of the address
came to be read, it was moved to expunge
i’j Maxcy defended it, asserting that Mr.
Calhoun had undergone immolation in the
cause of the opposition, and that therefore
it would be unjust in the Jackson party to
desert him—with many arguments as to
the advantage of uniting his influence in
the South, See. But, it was finally deter
mined by the majority, that it would be of
no advantage to have him, and that if it
would, they could not be persuaded to ac
cept him on any terms. The argument
praand con became so warm, that I be
gan to expect a rupture. Maxcy seeing
tiie strong and decided aversion toMr.C.;
Great Southwestern Road.
Chillicothe, May 10.—We have the
pleasure of informing our readers that
Colonel Long and Lieutenant Trimble, of
the Corps of Engineers, in the service of
the United States, for exploring aud sur
veying the great Southwestern Rpad from
Zanesville, in Ohio, to New Orleans, ar
rived in town on Tuesday of this week,
and departed for the Southwest on the
succeeding morning. We understand
that they are passing over the contempla
ted route, with a view of making a genor
al reconnoisance of the countiy, and to
collect such facta, as to the practicability
of constructing this great national work,
as may present themselves from a topo
graphical survey of the same;—that when
they shall have examined the country as
far South as Florence, at the foot of th
Muscle Shoals, in the State of Alabama,
they will there be met by General Bern
ard, the Chief Engineer, vho will take op
the line thence, South, to the point where
it intersects the great Southern mail route
from Washington City to Orleans, From
Florence, Col. Long and his party will
commence a critical examination, and sur
vey Northward to Zanseville, the point of
divergency from the great National Road
now making from the right bank of the
Ohio river, opposite Wheeling, to Mis
souri. We also understand, that the prom
inent points indicated in their instructions
from.the War Department from Zanes
ville Southwest, are Lancaster, Chilli-
cotlie, Limestone, Lexington, Nashville,
and Florence,jn Alabama.
-so©—
Buonaparte's Small-Clothes.—Alex
ander’s admiration of Napoleon was, as is
well know^ unbounded, and he manifested
it in every way. A line in a play perfor
med before them, was, “Tbcfriendship of
a great man is a present from the Gods:”
Alexander bowed to Napoleon, and said
“that line was written for me.” He even
carried his respect fqr Napoleon so far, as
to rise when he entered the theatre.
Napoleon knew how to flatter his bro
ther Emperor, and xent Colonel Henry to
him one morning to give the sign and coun
tersign for the day. “My brother Napo
leon is too confident, too amiable ; it is im
possible to be mere gallant; but I atn not
at home; I am his gue*t, it is for him to
give the word; go, I pray you, and tell
him so.” “ Sire, I have orders not to re
turn without obtaining it from your ma
jesty.” “ Well, as he insists on it, I will,
give it,—Erfurth and Confidence."
One day Alexander expressed his ar
dent desire to have a pair of Napoleon’s
breeches. Duroc, the grand Marshall of
the palace, sounded his master on the sub
ject. Napoleon laughed heartily. “Oh,
by all means,” said he,“ give him them all
if he wishes it, only leave me a pair for a
change.” This may be vouched for as
authentic ; but it is not equally certain,
though strongly affirmed by many, that
Alexander, who was very superstitious,
made the campaigns of 1812 and 1813 in
Buonaparte’s breeches.-—[Anecdotes not
in the forthcoming History.]
“A girl, named Skinner, fourteen years
of age, residing in White-street, Carter-
gate, in this town, had this operation per
formed, od Wednesday, February 14th,
being the first time it has been successful
ly attempted. She was attacked with rheu
matism last Januaiy, at which time Mr.
Jowett, the surgeon to St. Mary’s parish,
discovered, by the use of hisstethroscope,
that the pericardium and lining membrane
of the heart, were inflamed likewise. By
very active’^ measures, the severity of the
complaint was subdued and she appeared
to be recovering; but the stethroscope
conjoined with'other signs, indicated that
considerable effusion, or dropsy, had taken
place in the pericardium. On the 13ti*
of February she became much worse, and
on the 14th was so bad, that it was evident
she could not survive the night,unless some
elief was afforded. The operation having
previously been proposed, was then con
sented to, and was performed by Mr. Jow
ett the same afternoon, in the presence of
Dr Mason,(the consulting physician,) an
assistant, and the patient’s'frends. It was
at first intended to have drawn the fluid out
by means of a syringe pump, fitted witii
proper apparatus ; but an accidental cir
cumstance occasioned, what has since
proved a m?..#r al improvement, viz. the
evacuation of (he fluid into the left cavity
of the chest, which being in a healthy state
absorbed it in a very shaft time. Within
twelve hours after the operation there was
a manifest improvement; and we are hap
py to sav, that although she still remains
in a weak and exhausted state, considera
ble hopes of recovery are entertained.
Nottingham Journal,
A hint to mothers.—All young SbimaL*
naturally delight to be in the open air, iu
perpetual motion ; but we signify our dis
approbation of this intention of nature by
confining our infants mostly in houses
and swathing them when born, as tightly
as possible. This natural instinct appears
very strong, when we see a child released
from its confinement in the short inteivai
betwixt pnilingofits day clothes, and swath
ing it again before it is put to sleep. The
evident tokens of delight which the little
creature shows in recovering the free use
of its limbs, and the strong reluctance it
discovefs to be again remitted to its boa-
dage, one should think would strike con
viction of the cruelty and absurdity of this
practice into the most stupid of mankind.
Broken Doses.—Underthis title,ifmed
itor of the Richmond Whig is administer
ing tothe Richmond Enquirer, one of the
warmest advocates of “the cause of Gen
eral Jackson, and most zealous enemies
of Mr, Adams, certain potions from his
own columns in the years 1818-19, See.
The Enquirer, be it remembered, con
siders Gen. J. a very patriarch in demo
cracy and moderation. The Whig con-
contrasts the following from the Enqui
rer of 1818, with its statements, and opin-
ons at the present dav.
“I will say before my God, that for the
acts, he lias done, on account of the pre
cedents lie has set, he (Gen Jackson)
ought to be called to answer. With all mv
respect for tho Administration, I must
think them wrong for the foibearancc-
they at present appear lo have manifested
towards hint.”
The Whig adds—“It is a cin ions fact
that we made up all our opinions of Gen..
Jackson, disadvantageous to his public
character, from the Enquirer, the only pa
per we read until the year 1821, For'
sticking to those opinions, some judicious
people call us federalist—while the En
quirer for eating its own offspring, is
thought by the same judicious persons, tho
very cream and quintessence of democra
cy. Such are the revolutions of time/—-
Let every politician profit by our hard
fate! Let him !<^rn to despise consis
tency, as an unprofitable commodity, ana
watch alone for ifife chance of public opin
ion, in “ the signs of the time.” The
people are never wrong, and a real politi
cian will keep with the majority, at ever);
sacrifice of opinion and consistency.”
Times.
Operation of Tapping the Pericardi
um, or Bag containing the Heart. We
feel great pleasure in being enabled to lay
before bur readers the following account
of a most difficult and dangerous operation
in surgery, successfully performed, for the
firrt time, by a townsman. Desault, an
eminent Frepch surgeon, we are told once
attempted the same thing, about twenty
years ago, bu* found, after the patient’s
death, that he had been mistaken in the
complaint. Mr. Laennec, and others; have
since proposed it; but no one till now has
ventured to perform the operation. The
result is of extreme importance, not only
as it regards the individual more immedi
ately concerned, but as proving the practi
cability of what has hitherto been consi 1-
ered impossible. It will be seen that the
case had assumed that decided character,
that no other alternative remained to save
life. /
In a London paper, is published an ex
tract from the will of a Mr. Elberlee, a
celebrated Surgeon, in which from a warm
spirit towards the science be professed, he
bequeathed his body to his anatomical
Iriends. for dissection. It 'concludes as
follows:
“ This I do as a last tribute to a sci
ence which I have delighted in, and to
which I now regret having contributed so
little ; but if this example which I have
set and design for my professional breth
ren, be only followed to the extent I wish,
I am satisfied that much good to science
will result from it; for if medical men*
instead of taking care of their own pre
cious carcasses, were to set the example,,
by giving their own bodies for dissection,
the prejudice which exists iir this country
against anatomical dissections, and which
is increasing to such an alarming degree,
would soon be done away with, and
science proportionably benefitted, as the
obstacles were removed. Nay, so far da
I think this a duty incumbent upon every,
one entering the profession, that I would
have it, if possible^framed into a law, that
on taking an examination Vat a public col- "
lege for licence to practice, whether phy
sic, surgery or pharmacy, it should be
madea sine qua non, that every one tak
ing such license, should enter into a spe
cific agreement that his body should after
his death, become the property of his sur
viving brethren, under regulations institu- 1 .
ted by authority.”
Angling.—11 may not be generally
known to -Anglers, that by Besmearing
their bait with ?fcsafoetida, or other aro
matic, fish from a considerable distance
around will seize it with delighi Such is
thefascinating influence of these aroma
tics, that if they be applied to the whole
hand, and ft-.be held under the water the
fish will flock to it, and may beeasilv laid
hold of. * *