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v " --- From the Rose Bud.
” For my Youngest Header.,
I will write a little story,
- About a little boy,
. • ' . He is liis father’s comfort,
He is his mother’s j »y.
SVhfen we give a little erraifli,
He thinks of what is said , •
Polls down his little waiscoat,
t * And holds up his little •[;*
; . He holds his little fork, ,
By the handle as he should,
And never spills his coffee,
■• r ■ .' tfiorstrops about bia to.
ills face is very pleasant
’ What he says is always true.
Now tell me, youngest reader,
If this -list.b bay is you-
From lhe St, Augustine Herald.
THE WB4XHEB.
Wo perceive frequent notices in the
Northern papers, of severe weather dur
ing the last month, particularly in the
early pvt elf it, in all the States north of
os, from Georgia to Maine. In our more
favored region however, we have been j
happily exempt fronythese inclemencies ; j
aod with the exception of a few short j
Spoils, which gendered fires' agreeable,
but which were unattended by frost; we
have enjoyed our usual share of spring
Weather, from iTte middle of February
to the present period. The Spring how
ever, has been more than commonly cool
and rainy, while the winter was remarka
bly open and mild. Though wo had sev
eral blaCk'frosTs, the Plantain, Banana,
and Lime, and other tender plants, rqg
main uninjured, while the Olive, and thtr
*• unfading Orange,” flourish through all
seasons, as in their native soil. The
Plantain and Lime w-ili bear fruit this
year, notwithstanding the fr ezingwea:h*
er which we had in January and the lat
ter part of December. It is indeed a pe*
culiarity of our climate, that certainly
presents a curious fact in Meteorology,
that we have occasionally, mild black
frosts, in a temperature attended by ice,
which yet produces none of its usual ef
fects upon vegetation, as is exemplified by
the singular facts above stated. While
the climate is characterized by this pre
vailing mildness, its geoeral salubrity is
no less remarkable; and is illustrated by
facts deserving the attention of Invalids,
as well as our neighbors, of the lower
parts of Georgia and South-Carolina,who
are compelled to resort during the sum
mer months, to the North, or to interior
situations and Pine-land settlements—
whore, though they may escape sickness,
they are put to much extra expenso, and
are exposedjo the same oppressive tem
perature that prevails in the unhealthy
locations from which they are thus com.
pelled to retreat. While St. Augustine
-presents equal advantages in point of
health, with any of the situations to which
they now periodically resort ; the ameni
ty of its climate, its refreshing sea-breez
es, and shady orange groves, would ren
der it a far more agreeable summer resi
dence, titan any other place within their
reach. The lowness of Rents here also,
and the general cheapness of living give
it a preference over those more fashiona
ble resorts, where the Soiflhcrn Planter
now spends so much both of his money
and time, when he might economize the
"one, and pass the other more agreeably
among his Florida neighbors.' The ex
traordinary degree of health enjoyed by
the inhabitants* and particularly children
.in the place, is certainty a circnmsrance
Weil calculated to engage the attention of
Parents, who would here find a security
ftit their offspring, and enjoy a compara
tive exemption from those anxieties and
bereavmeuts which in less favored cli>
mates, to often render these interest
ing objects, a source of unhappiness
rather than a biessiog.—An eminent
physician of South-Carolina wbo lesided
and practised for more than three years
in this place, has stated to the writer of
these remarks, that he met with but three
cases of Croup in that time, and none of
the putrid sore throat that car
ry off so many children in other parts of
our country ; and expressed his surprise
at the uniform degree of health enjoyed
by the junior part of the population, who
form so large an over.-propoi.Uoo of the
inhabitants of our city. Hence there is
no other place in the South so eligible
for a seat of learning, as our Southern
youth would here preserve 'hat peculiar
habit and constitution which affords a pro
tection against the diseases of warm lati
tude# ; a security they lose by being pla
ced at our northern colleges, from
whence they often return only to fail fic
tion to their naliye climates. The want
of those facilities for travelling which
exist io other paits of cur country* has
alone, wo believe, prevented opr Terri
tory from being resorted to in summer,
as it has hitherto been in winter ; and we
rejoice that this obstacle is now about to
bo removed by the establishment of
a steamboat to ran between this and
Charleston, and which is expected to
commmenco her trips by nest Novem
ber.—Through the exertions our
able Delegate, Col White, laFfo ap
propriations have been made, during the
late session of Congress, for the im
provement and embellishment of the
city, which will soon exhibit, wo trust, an
improved aspect, and unite the beauty
that belongs to health, to its other advan
tages. '
Most navigators have made mention of
the extraordinary size of the women in the
Sandwich Islands ; but the remark is by
uo means of universal application, and it
should be limited to the family of the Evis ,
including males and females. As it re
spects the Utter* their volume of body
does not arise, as may bo generally con
ceived, from mere fist as it is the case in
Peru, and particularly in the province of
Atequipa, or amongst us -Europeans, but
from the enormous size of their bones.—
With a portly's ature, varying from 6feet
two to six feet five inches, they are gifted
wit h a rotundity of’flesh of corresponding
proportions. In spite of their copper
colored complexions and super-masculine
make, 1 they pdfsess* in many instances,
very considerable persooa! charms; alas !
that their hands and feet should be as large
again as the largest I ever met with in
Europe. It is. not a little amusing to see
(hem on horseback cantering over the
ground ; they sit a stride like men, and
wear neither stocking or other coverings,
but scanty trowsers made of mulber y
strips interwoven. When afflicted with
corpulency, they grow to such a stupen
cous size, as to sink under the load ; and
in this s’.itp, have no alternative but to
drag out existence at‘full length.’ This
was particularly observable io ilio case of
ihe Governor’s lady who was, in this Re
spect a perfect monster.— -Athenanm.
From the Carolina Watchman.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
We once disliked Mr Adam 9 very much
as a politician, but when he was beaten
by the present incumbent, we were much
disposed tn venerate him as we had done
his predecessors after they bed quit their
office and retired to tho shades of private
life. These and their memories, the
country had beou disposed to hail as things
that had been purified by the ordeal
of party rage, and thereafter was to be
held sacred from use except on tho most
solemn occasions. When Mr Adams
broke through this sanctified observance,
by stepping|in]tnediately from his high offi
ce into tho polluted current of politics,
IWo were aggrieved at tho^ciicumstanco,
Hiut when we thought we perceived in him
a disposition to erect-himselfas a barrier
beteen the angry waves of party on the
agitation of the Tariff in 1832, we were
cheered at the prospect; we were willing
to regard the emergency ns one of those
"fin which only an ExPresident should ex
pose If s name aod character to nse: And
had Mr. Adams borne himself throughout
as the opening of his new career of poli
tics seemed to promise, the oation would
have pardoned the condescension. They
had already,begun to hail him as a-veteran
Staiesmaajabfrvo thestrifo of faction, ex
tending the influence of a nationalized
patriotism over the whole country ", but
the session in which he mado this fair
beginning, was not over be ore he chose
to dash these hopes with disappointment
He joined in with the unrelenting tariff
majority to vote down the |priuciples of
co’iipsomise, which he had himself pro
posed, A which had for a moment cheer
ed the hearts of the Southern people as
with a glmpse of sunshine. Since that, to
the preseniftitne, his course has marked
him for a little minded, narrow-hearted
contracted partisan—venting his unavail
ing spleen upon his former adversaries,
long after his party had dropped him and
they fain would forget him if he was npt
constantly thrusting his infirmities on-the
public gaze. -'
We have been induced to these remarks
from becoming satisfied that Mr Adams,
unread poem Uermot McMorragb, was
designed as a satire on General Jackson;
when t ome of the obscure passage of that
monument of dullness are cauvassed, we
must be excused for believing the charge
coming ns it does from Mr A’s friends;
though ail must confess that it is a "dim
distant” allusion. Ho should write Horse
under his picture when' be attemps to
print again.
We likewise advert to Mr. Adams Re
port on the subject of Manufactures,which
we think every friend of his in the world
must regret. Under the skreon of a Con
gressional Report; he throws out a tirade
of vast longitude, the main object of
which, is to Vent his spite agaiust the
man whom the people had preferred to
him as President, and to prevent him
from taking credit for measures which he
cannot help approving.
We pass by without particular notice,
the gross and frivolous personalities in
Mr Adams* Bank Repori, because we
highly approve es :he general scope aud
tenor of that production, and because we
wish not to uo or say any thing that might
affect the cause in behalf of which he is
writing. We care not either to notice
minutely his behaviour in the House of
Representatives, when he childishly and
obstinately refused either to vote on a
question after the House had refused to
excuse him, or leave his seat as he might
have done without inconvenience or cen*
sure. . \
But the perverse a “<l and rancorous
temper of Mr. A. is so manifest in an
article lately published in the Intelligen
cer, addressed to Mr. Livingston, that
we ask the indulgence of onr readers in
9 remark or We premisb that we*
are not of the Masonic order, and there
fore, what we sav will be at least, thought
candid. We regard the party in politics
based upon opposition to this Society, as
the most perfectly devoid of element of
any that we over hoard or read ©C We
have not been wilTiog to loin in the bad
opinion agaiost this Institution, because
of the madjexcesses of some of its mem
bers in unenligbteoed parts of the coun
try, or of the perversions of its ordin
ances. We have seen nothing practical
ly of its bad effects in the community,
where we have witnessed its existence ;
and judging from the life aud conversa
tion of those belonging to lodges, with;
whom we have btreu acqu oted, we are
far from surmising any thing io the na-s
ture of Masouary unfriendly to virtue or
morality. That they have done muclv
good wo are ready to believe, bat the very i
genius of their Institution forbids them
frotg blazoning forth their charities and
deeds of social virtue; indeed, we may
say, that these virtues when unmixed, are
alwavs enosteniatious. These areaof&t
ences which we think every fair mind
should draw; but granting that all that has
been charged is true—-how opposition to
it’should become the-Nucleus to a political
piy-ty, seems to us' most extraordinary;
such a fact seems more properly referable
to the days of Philip and Mary of Eng
land, when heretics were burnt for opin
ion’s sake; but for one who had been edu
cated a Gentlemtfn and a Christian, who
hadgone through the gradation of high
offices even to the Presidency, in the
most informed Nation, in the most pol
ished era of the world’s History, should
join in with this party, and force an- oc
casion to stigmatise and denounce an or
der of men scattered over the world,flt of
whose principles he could know nothing,
but from one who admits he is perjured
in the verv disclosure, is most sfrange.
Mr Livingston in 1830, on the occasion
of his being installed High Priest of the
Royal Arch Chapter of Masons in the
U. States, delivered an addross, in which
we can perceive nothing remarkable ei
ther way—Three year* afterwards Mr.
A. takes up this address, and in commen
ting on it, takes caro to lavish abuse on
the Masons in the most acrimonious terms.
He indulges in childish taunts—coarse
personal reflections and very hobbling
efforts at ridicule; the chief force of which
consists in repeating about one dozen times
in the space of two columns, Mr. Living
ston’s Masonic, tide of General, Grand
High Priest of the General Royal Arch,
Chapter of the United States.—The first
reflection of any dispassionate reader of
(his letter is, that Mr. Adams is verging
onhissoccnd childhood. It is a most
strange and unbecoming affair throughout,
and which wo are sure Mr. Livingston
will Dot think himself at all required to
notico’ Wo hope those remarks will not
be understood as reforing in any degree
to political or party manors. Mr. Adams
has no party, but of late, he has borne
himself with so much cherlishness and 11-
liberality in every thing he has done, that
we deem him the fair subject of newspa
per remark'
From the Philadelphia Sentinel.
Mr. COOPER'-It is to be hope ,1% at
the public will welcome and ratifiy the
laudable generosity of the Managers of
the Wdlout street Theatre in their plan
for solacing Mr. Cooper’s distress by an
exemplary benefit. We learn that bis own
illncft throughout a large part oi the last
twelve months, snperadded to the illness
aod deatu of his excellent wife, have
thrown the usual means of sub
sistence; and that a large, iutoi-esiing, and
helpless family (six daughters) accustom
ed to plenty, ate in piesent need. ’ For
five and thirty years, if we are not misin
formed, this veteran tragedian has figured
upon the topmost round of the American
stage; till, at last, that decline which
spaies none, has overtaken him, end his
athletic and handsome person is no longer
what it was once. To such an old ser
vant the community will not be unkind.
He has credentials in private life, besides
professional distinction, to recommend
him; singleness and manliness of charac
ter, scrupulous integrity, strong sense oi
honor, and a constant, sincere attachment
to the republican principles of this his ad
opted country. If he had been mose pru
dent and saving, he might now be above
want. But economy is hardly a histrionic
virtue: and circumstanced as an eminent
actor is, separated from the greater part
of-the better part of society, some allow
ance may be justly made for extravagance.
A free and expensive bospstality is per
haps the best channel through which to
keep open an equal intercourse with those
whose acquaintance is desirable, as their
,countenance is all important. At his pleas
ant Villa on the Delaware, Mr. Cooper
with his charming wife, for many years
contributed largely to the pleasures of the
numerous visiters of Bristol; and it is only
one more of the continually recurring mo
ments qf vicissitude and mortality which
surround Us all, that a numerous, innocent
and bereaved family are become the only
and the mournful inhabitants of a mansion
long given to joy and entertainmont. The
proposed benefit will be a relief to them
which they probably as little imagined till
very lately they ever should want, as it
will be a proof of the sympathetic feadi
ness of the play-going portion of this city
to bestow, in the least oppressive way,
their never failing beiteficence.
[lf we were to hdd to -the above, it
would bo to recommend to Mr. Coo*«b
to pass through the various cities of the
country from Portland to New-Orleans,
take "a farewell benefit” at each place
and then retire from the stage forever.—
fn this way, through the generous spirit
of his countrymen, he would acquire a
fund sufficient, it is to be hoped, to make
him comfortable for the remainder of his
life. This is a course, we believe, usual
ly adopted by verteran actors id Europe,
Ed. Balt. Patriot .]
From the North American Review. *
THE PROGRESS OF SOCIETY
The view we have taken of revolutions,
as connected with our own, furnishes mat
ter of useful, as well as pleasing reflec
tion. Jft o can invite the present genera
tion, whose countenances are lit up by the
fair light of freedom, to stand upon the
eminence which Providence has assigned
them, and to look back upou the history
of their race. They will find in all other
men fellow-laborers and brethren, part
ners in a common smuggle, pressing for
ward to a -common end. They will learn
from the scene, to repress the vain thought,
which would impure to their own Revolu
tion alow*, the liberty they enjoy. They
will learn their indebtedness to past gen-'
erattons* The fathers of our Resolution
■were indeed, noble meo,-generous, high
souied men* Never forgotten, ever hon
ored be iheir names. Bui they stand not
alone, the sole pillars of freedom. They
were but the associatceof the great lead
ers of other revolutions. They took up
the work,'where these had left it, and to
these, therefore, with them, is tho honor
due.
And they, too, who are apprehensive,
that man's cause may yet be lost, —that
he may yet fall from the height, which
ho has reached,—may gather ©herring
confidence from the scene which has been
displayed. Tney will discover that free
dom is not the mere bubble of a moment,
blown up to deceive, and then to burst
and disappear. They will learn, that ii
is the grand result of all things,—that as
it has been striving for ages, it shall en
dure for ages, permanent and everlasting.
We would bid those, then, who are trem
bling for the fate of liberty, to look upon
the history race and be encourag
ed. Shall W glorious sun. which has so
long been tfurmouming the clouds that ob
cured his rising, and which has Just bro-.
ken forth in brilliancy, above thorn,-shell
it go down again, > hence it rose,--—its
course unfinished, —the world in darkness?
Shall it not rather ride upward to its mer
idian, in a bright and unclouded path, il
lumine rho universe, and if it descend at
all, sink placidly in tho west, only when
time shall cease? We believe it will be
thus. It is the voice of history.
We have*left ourselves no room to
speak of the revolutions, that have suc
ceeded our own; and we need none. They
have been clearly the manifestations of
the same principles, which vve have trac
ed through history, too intimately connec
ted with our own Revolution, to require
extended comment. They tell the same
stcry, which we have learned front their
predecessors, that there is a power in man,
which will struggle on till it # completes its
work; a power, which, though sometime*
rash and misguided, is yet strong, in the
end, for good. They aro parts, therefore,
of the same series we have been consider
ing. In this view, they should be consid
ered, In this view, their temporary evils
can be overlooked. We can hail their
piinciples, as the same for which past gen
erations and even ourselves have labored,
and therein can argue for them eventual
success. We would, that these principles
might triumph without convulsions, that
reason might supersede the sword. But
this may not be at present. Other revo
lutions must be met and passed through.
We can but pray that the leaders of them
may be just, true, patriotic, and disinter
ested, —not, however, because vTe believe
that the result is in their hands* There
is a higher power, which has watched o
ver, aud will continue to watch offer that
result. But the leaders may do much to
shorten or prolong the struggle. We pray,
therefore, that they may be patriots in
deed, —and that the time may soon come,
when in the history of mankind shall be
read the perfect triumph of freedom, reli
gion and right.
mi. From'the Richmomi Enquirer, April 19.
THE CAUSE OF IRELAND.
Every generous American heart must
sympathize with O'Connell and Bulwer
in their exertions for staying that oppres
sive bill, which the British ministers are
urging on to put down even the right of
petition among -the unfortunate Irishmen.
God send that noble aod persecuted peo
ple a happy deliverance !—and give them
back their own parliament—subsisting
in place of the present odious Union,, a
Cunstituiiou which will confer upon them
the benefits of the Federal system.—Mr.
O’Connell, at the close ofhis late speech
in the House of Commons, thus charac
terises the abominable features wf the
proposed bill;
“If they wished the connection of this
country with Ireland to be beneficial to
the latter, let them conciliate the people.
They ha.l granted emancipation be know,
but not until 29 years after it was promi
sed, and 29 years after an Irish parlia
ment must necessarily have granted it.—
And after all the suffering and the wrongs
of the Irish people, that house was now
kind enough to give them that bill, by
which tho trial by jury was abolished,
courts-martial for the ordinary legal tri
bunals, individual liberty annihilated, the
Habeas Corpus Act suspended, and accu
sed persons put on the necessity of pro
ving their innocence. That was the act
they gave the Irish people, and at the
same time talked of putting down the-agi
tation of the repeal of the Union. That
never could be put down until justice was
done to Ireland. The present genera
tion might be destroyed; tbeir Robespi
errean measures might sweep away the
existing population ; but the indignant soul
of Ireland they eould not annihilate.—
There was a time when a ray of hope
dawned upon Ireland. It was when the
present reformed Parliament first assem
bled. The Irish people knew that every
man in that house haJ now his constitu
ents, and was influenced by the public
feeling. They hoped that their grievan
ces would be redressed, and he still trus
*ed that hope would not prove delusive.
(Cheers.)
Which is right?— Goverofr Hay no in
his address to Ex-Governor Hnroiliton,
on the occasion of presenting the colours
to the volunteers of Charleston, speaks
of tho “promptitude, unanimity and zeal,
which, if equalled, has sorely never been
surpassed (with which) the people of South
Carolina at the first trumpet call, flew to
her standard and voluntarily devoted their
lives and fortunes to her defence.”—Ex-
Governor Hamilton in reply to Governor
Hayoe compliments his “Excellency,”
“who in tho dark hour of a starless night,
when South Carolina seemed tube deser
ted by the whole world, rent in twain by
dissensions among her very children ,
whose only rivalry ought to have been
who could have loved and served her best ,
stood at your post of duty, cool, collected
and undismayed.” Gov. H. commends
the unanimity of S. Carolina.—Ex-Gov.
H.laments her dissentions.XVhich 4s right ?
FIRE IN CUMBERLAND.
A letter from Mr. S.'Chaftes, editor of
the Cumberland Civilian, received at the
Office of the Baltimore Patriot, furnishes
the following particulars of the late fire
in this once flourishing town. It is dated
April 15:—“I hasten to inform you of
the calamitous fire, which occurred to onr
town yesterday. The fire broke out a
bout 10 o’clock, P. M. and before many
minutes, not less than 15 or 20 houses
were iff a blaze. It commenced in a
cabinet maker’s shop in the north part of
tho centre of the town, and, the wind be
ing high, it soon communicated to other
buildings, and was not checked in its rav-
ages until about seventy-five houses,com
prising the very heart of our town, were
in complete ruins, and more than that
number of families are now without
homes, most of them not saving even more
than the cldthiug upon their backs. 1
have not time to give you a list even of
the principal sufferers. Our loss is great
—but one store remains in the town,
(Bruce & Beall's) aud their loss is con
siderable; (be three principal Hotels are
burnt, and both printing offices. Most of
the houses burnt were biick and 2 story
log buildings.”
Extract of another letter to a gentleman
in Baltimore, dated
Cumberland, April 15, 1833.
“ I arrived here jnst in time to wit
ness one of the most awful conflagra
tions, and perhaps the most destructive,
that has ever befallen any town in our
country. There are at least 140 houses
burnt to the ground. Every tavern and
store is consumed—many did not even
save their wearing apparel. I hope the
bonevojence of Baltimore will do muGb for
us ; I think if tha matter improperly re
presented to them, they will do some
thing for nur distressed inhabitants. The
loss is estimated at 271,000 dollars.
Extract of -a letter from General L&fatettz
to n gentleman of Philadelphia, dated 28ih Feb
ruary, 1833:
“ I thank you for your letters ; ihey
are more and more necessary to mo. The
anxiety that I expeiiencc on account of
our unfortunate American dissentient, is
beyond any thing that I can express.—
The last newsweems to point to un ami
cable settlement. It must not be believ
ed tiiat the glory of each party consists in
tho triumph of its opinions. It is quite
the contrary. The friends of America
will rejoice when they see both parties
animated by a spirit of conciliation.
is in this point of view that the patriots of
Europe consider this business. They
would wish to contrast the internal policy
of the Unitod States with the violent mea
sures, for instance, that the British Min
istry have lately proposed in Parliament
with regard to Ireland. They would
wish to be able to say—" See the differ
ence between the political system of the
Uuited States and that of the Europe
an Governments, even of those who
pretend to act on principles of liberal
ism !” This view of the subject is of
great importance, and ought to strike our
citizens of all parties arfll of all opinions.
It is right that there should be a diversity
of sentiment, respecting Stale Rights on
the one hand, and the powers of the Na
tional Government on tho other—this is
necessary for tho maintenance and pre
servation of the Constitution. But the
thing must not be carried too fer on either
side. My anxiety, I may say my anguish ,
will not be at an end until I shall.know
that all is amicably settled. The spirit
of mutual concession that will produce
such a result, will bo more honorable in
the eyes of all tho friends of Liberty in
Europe.”— Nat. Gazette.
The Sabbath.— lt is by the reiterated
instruction which, when duly observed, it
imparts to the popula'ion of a nation—by
the moral principle which it forms—bv
the conscience which it maintains and in
vigorates—by the habits of cleanliness
& industry whichit creates—by the rest &
renovated vigour which it bestows on ex
hausted animal nature—by the lengthened
life and higher health it gives—and by
that holiness it inspires, and the cheering
hopes of heaven that it awakens; and the
protection of heaven which its observance
ensures—that the Sabbath becomes the.
great moral conservative of nations.
1 mil—
A Yankee.—ln anew play, termed
‘The Green. Mountain Boys,’ in a dia
logue, the Yankee "is asked, tauntingly,
who his father was? He replies: 'Who
was my father) My father was the first
inventor of thrashing machines. lam j
the first of his make, and cao bo set in
operation at a very little^ expense, and at
the shortest notice l so look out.’ He
thus describes the ‘New England Sausage
and Scrubbing Brush Maebine.’ * Into
the centre of this machine,’ he says, ‘you
drive a hog; set the screws a going, and it
wHI produce ready made sausaees from
one end and natent tenbbZftrv'hZ
from the other/
From the N. Y. Joum. Com. April (7/ft, '
Seven Days later from Eutopc..
About half past 2 o’clock this nwneißg,
our news Schooner Journal of CummYco
came up from below, with London ajJ
Liverpool papers, both to March 25d
(Saturday) inclusive,brought by ibe pacV
el ship George Washington, Capt. Hold
redge.
The accounts from Creese arc favors*
ble. Most of tho chiefs hail summoned
their adherents to take the oath of allegi
ance to King Otho.
Letters from - Paris state that the Du
chess do Berri expects her confinement id
take place in about six weeks.
Naples, Feb. 22.~We learn that a com
mission consisting of three mercli tnlsand
several members of the Consutta.has been
appointed, which is to examine a plan
proposed by tho Uuited States of Nort?|
America, for a treaty of commerce be
tween those States aqd the kingdom of
the Two Sicilies.
Liverpool, March 23—Ministoi’ml
confidence has received a check. In tho
committee on the Irish Coercion Bill tho
minority has been neatly doubled, ami
among the deserters ara some members
whose votes must be considered a pointed
censure. The English peti.ions against
the measures are unusually uumcrons, and
it is creditable to Scotland that there was
not otto petition in its favor, although the
Scotch members nearly.all voted for it.—
The public, although sometimes slow to
doub\ are always certain of being ulti
mately arrayed in defence of principle;
and the Cabinet miscalculated when they
thought that they could act against all
their former professions with impunity.
London, March 21.—T0 the infinite
amusement of all who heard the proceed
ings in the House of Commons on Tues
day last, and not mnch to ths surprise of
any who have lead the reports in the news
papers, Mr O’Connel—Mr O Connell l
of all men on earth—has given notice of
a motion for a committee to inquire into
the expediency of adapting poor laws to
Ireland. Every one recollects that this
learned gentleman had hitherto declared
himself a determined enemy to the intro
duction of poor laws into that country.
FRANCE.
London, fclaicli 23, 1833.—Th0 liber
al Paris Papeis of Weduesda (20 h) con
tain articles recommending a national sub
scription for M. Lufitto, whose hotel is
advertised for sale. The subscription is
likely to be liberal, though probably not
so magnificieui as that for tho family of
of General Toy, which amounted to tip*,
wards of 40.000/. sterling. of the
Bout bon G over note fit produced the fotm.
er, armuch fts the great qualities of the
GeneraLamJ the present unpopularty of
Ltipsis Philippe with the revolutionary
party, may increase the latter. M. Agu*
ado, the Spanish loan contractor, has giv
en 4,000/.
PORTUGAL.
London, Match 22—We rejoice to best
able to sta:e that the news from Portugal
to the 2d inst. inclusive, which camo to
hand yesterday, is such as to remove for
the present at least, some of tho glooinv
apprehensions created by the former di
rect, though vague, intelligence from that
quarter. .... .
The Lisbon packet passed Oporto on
tho 4ih instant, but win not able to enter,
A did net remain off more than two hours,
consequently b. ings no information from
thence; but we find that a letter from
Captain Glasscock, of tho Orpstes, is in
town, stating that the affair of tho 4th, is
as follow;:
iOpoß’fe, 4.—‘This Morning, ai day
light, after bombarding the town through
the night, the troops of Don Miguel made
a grand attack in the direction of Corde!-
lo and St. John d* Foz. A diversion had
been made in the vicinity ofAgua Ardenle,
but it soon became perceptible that the
main object of attack was towards the
Cordeilo line*
The troops of Don Miguel were com
pletely repulsed, and it is supposed that
they have sustained a considerable loss ;
upwards of 600 are said to have been kill
ed, but credence cannot bo given to all
the reports current in the town.
000 Pedro's troops have compare.,
lively sustained little lots ; but the Scot
tish corps, under Major Shaw, have suf
fered most; one officer in that corps has
been killed, and almost every officer,
with the exception of its commander,
Shaw, has been wounded. A hundred
it is said, is the amount of killed and
wounded on tho constitutional side. Sup
plies of provisions, aiiiTiuuittnn, A troops,
gie daily expected.”
■a- * SPAIN.
Paius, M-rch 29—We learn from
good authority, that the convocation of
tho Cottes of Spain is to take place in the
fast forthnight of the month of April; but
it appears that the two subjects which are
to be first discussed, viz; tho acknowl
edgement ofthe right of the King’s daugh
ter to tho throne, and the recognition of
tho American Republics, will be discussed
with closed doors.
I p.vpotv, March 22.—A Paris letter
■states that an express had arrived them
from Madrid with ioteligence of the pro
mulgation of a decree by which Don
Carlos with his family are to quit Spain
within three days. The influence of the
Minister, M. Zea Bermudez, is stated in
be* on tho decline, and it was expected
that he would shottiy be compelled to re
pre from office. Every thing al Madrid
announced the ascendancy ofliberal prin
ciples
TURKEY AND EGYPT.
London, March 22—In Gallignani’s
Messenger it is denied that the Treaty
betweeen the Sultan and the Pacha of R.
gvpt bad been signed. It is admitted*,
however, that the bases were guaranteed
and settled by the Fnench Ambasvd&nr.