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"SAVANNA-H 5iE PUBLIC AN. FIlEVKIllCfC ti. FELL, cjtx rtrnn. SxILT *»»::» gH-COr-VT.X g6— fjtTASlB 2H AXrAVCE. •aicfiu. SOTJO. r»p:iAist telU uj that love’s a m*re vision: But ’ti* more ilian * vision—'til liAv’n to love,. V.nd « woman worth Jcviof i» heav'n’s choisett blessing, . An emblem on csrtU of the beings above; "6Ii-.'» e..r:W* grtuievt tree.ore, Site's life’s sweetest pleasure, An eutblem o i ear:it of tfts being* absve. trier, old Oliver G^eer.wod, i» an i-r.r.ni. 2x mu't Impart trampert, much mote than mere dreejr.ing, On woman's soft bosom to f.fully recline; ^ujtoig txe upon eyes where affection is beaming. .There’s no purer Liu* save in reg oil* tiivtise, . ,. t 3:t j jj most, endearing, In jjrraw most.cheering, Tlivr-'s nopuier bliss save ir. regions divine. -•mm a I iTn to .toner tans. SSifnt of tie /’j oes, or i},: dtjjirejci: i nee the tnisc.TT d'tjt, and r. , ;V/e sfce a luin ired men Hanged whins they taw one. r JV'e see five l. mrirsi t.-anspoild where they stw one, .We see five thonundre tne work houses where We .u paper wlnre,they Jaw -grid. We See own in stays where they saw men in ar. moor • We see painted faces where they saw healthy practical, fanner in Orange, county—his noose is substantial, but old fashioned, sur rounded with a white paled fence and a neat flower garden in the rear—an oldoak, with its Illicit foliage arid combi ous branch es, casts a venerable shade over Ids peace ful mansion—the interior is furnished neatly and' with some 01 u,ament —the par lour is covered-with a carpet ingeniously made and wove by the wife and drfas;liters, a book-c<t3e -with a choice collection, a spinnet and a few pictures ofjreat nicr. and scripture subjects, constituting all that was lor exhibition or (or use. When I was *.»me years younger I was in the habit of taking my gun and paying a visit to old tircemvand fur a few days.- Many a hear ty meal have 1 taken in I'.is hospitable man sinn—Tall; of comfort in our splendid drawing rooms snd crowded partie*—it is nut known. After a morning’s ramble over tiie well cultivated fu-Ms, and brush ing nfflhe spangled dew from the nr!, «n 1 perfumed clover, we returns’! to the house, warned by the shrill echo <■: the beaklast li-irn—our sinews braced with exercise and •ior appetites rendered keen by the s’v. i ling brueze. No unmeaning ceremony or te dious compliments womed the Hungry stranger; the wife was neat &. cheerful—tin- girls plainly dressed, with rosy cheeks am: sparkling eyes-they had no papers in tin t: rich brown nair, with pins crossed in curls — i,n languid drawl nr vacant stare or slip-’ .IiikI shoes or greasy morning ^. ’.vo—diet w-rc brisk as bees, -lively as Euphrosyne," industrious as L'icretia. and their moruin.; ■ Ir sses mightvie with mountain snow lm whiteness. And then the breakfast— iu vs- j piil tea or cold toast and greasy butter and flipped in"at— a clear cup of coffee anil r. noi, butter, fresh and hard, from the coocluvTnn at a period when the outstand- ftVe ItecuilAren prti»h'.m> in manufactories, wfcrre ■ dairy, -inoked shod, boiled eggs, and sweet „ they-^w them H*"nmivn bread. This was nearly all the pr CVe '..Wc ose ibaieer. i in hurt, they -a iliey v... call'-, here th.y saw representatives, true men where wc see false The/ saw MILTON and we see Mr. S3c THEY. Bi-orr, Piinlson’s American Daily Arlr-rtiser, hSlja's r.dJ.tjj to Its coKnlrg-vomcu or. Jeovet Reading. Matrons, and maid-!. who o’er may chunefi to note those lines, rejil them, for the cause, nod ye who cannot read, be ai- _ir.it that you may hear. Believe me lor Ttiintf ago, f-ineu twenty years, have thrice pi.sud o’er my head} and have reaparit unto mine age, that you may believe:—* Ci iliciae hot n.y Words, but tvfisct upon Th di’import, ih.it y a may th b ttecj.idge, "if there be any among you. any fro ,d to in: eircufitii.u oi novels, who can peruse . Avitn pleasure the high wrought tale roman tic, t» ner I say, that R isa’s love to read dog iucJi as this wax unless than tier’s.— ”It then t .is fiiend drin.iml, why Rosa . atbouid object to works of this description, 'her answer is, not that she loved amuse ment less, but that 'he loved imp ov'ment -m ire. Had y.w iv.Uicr imv. Is n'.ould be fend to Mi.-.exc.lusionut more useful works, «ud die in ignngance, tiian that these , should be discarded as uuwort-ir to cm- J iloy the time of. intellectual beings, and ive us useful members of society? If the suppression of novels should prove injuri - tuts to th: livelihood of those who circu late them* I should regret it: if through this circulnt.uu a helpless family gain sup p :rj!f 1 rejoice at it; if they are in any wav conducive to morality I honor them; hut ns mtny have a contrary tendency and the ..generality of them are but the creatures nf an idle I, in which oft divert the mind ■ luce of the farm; consequently, comfort was united with economy. It was at this period that I I’rnye'nliordd seeing the young nan from whom I li.nl just parted in Broad way. U» was then dressed as a plain and rc .pectahle farmer, and was occupied i:i various duties about the premises, and bid ding fair to become a useful citizen—the folly and indulgence of the lather yielded to his caprice*, and he sent him to New- York to try Ins fortune, like Yorkshire boo bies wliogoup to Louden fur the same pur pose. There is nn error so pernicious in its ft' etsas that of sending young men.frch from the country, pure in principle-, j L" and inexperienced, to reside in a populou- j if Hi city, to b ’come familiar with its plra-j n jc /:u.u wliai,is truly ussful, I do not co demo thei-. There is regret for the inju ry their suppression nug.it o casicn; joy f ir the support tiny may aif*r.J u helples. family; honor for the morality tliev may diasciniiitle, eml olisappriibaiion of their pernicious qualities Who biimne vnu s" itue tUat would die in ignorance? II any, ■*prak; for her have [offended. Wiiuainmg jyou so negligent that would not lie a tlirif ty Uouscavife? Ifanv, ..peak; for net hav. is ulf udt d Who among yml so vale fiat •aveth n it her family? if any, ‘peak; for "her have. 1 offended. [ pause not lor a re ally, assured the answer would lie. none— then none luve .1 offend,d. I have said tin more’gainst novels than you would su> *poi» '.-flection. Tne question of tneir ■svorth, must be in every ressu:ii,.g mind.! <hu prui,e of those not extenuated •kvhich were worthy, nor the demerits of fhnse enforced which we condemn. T ic bo-jy uj mv Somances was removed from my library, their dupatturr nn.urtied by my ntice—who, though she had -ic hand f n their destiurtion. shall receive tiie bene fit of a judicious course of reading, aj uliidi of you shall not? With this I take nit •i-iivvj that as I useJ my pen in opposition ■<o an amusement once I'onuly indulged iu Toe that more useful, I have the saute in- Atrume rt for myself, if it should pleas,- piy coontry-vvoinc/i to lenn this scruff un- just. surs, its vices,and extravagancies. Yv h i: inducement can cn limest farmer iuve, in tons banishing his children from i'ldepen d- nee, industry, and comfort. There is certainly, no occupation more honorable, more useful, more valuable to a country than that of agriculture; tne funner is the defender of the soil which lie til's—lateral nerves his arm, and pafrioti-m warms h% heart, be is most to be depended upon, be cause his pursuits are more steady, and mure generally prosperous. Of all the char iclers of which our country can boast there ts none superior to a well inform'd ami sensible farmer; not alone a practical man, but one who has read, who knows the world, his country, and its laws.— What sight is more grat'fying, tnan that of ayoun; man of information ami good qualities, between the handles of a plough? Follow him to his well stock ed barn, and see him gracefully ami manfully ply the flail, culling the rich treasures-of Ceres—ami when exercise de mand* a transient rest, see him seated oil his sheaves o! straw, and hear hitn talk of Greece and Rome—narrate historic facts —dwell on the nistury of his country, its wars, government am! institutions. Why, s'lc b a man is ab «ve ail price—he is use ful tohimseifand beneficial to bis centre.. Pursue this tram of thought. mM trace him to the hall of the legislature, ami f. ie him j in another and moie elevated capacity,gn- i mg Iivv, to the state, redressing publir I grievances and healijjg private wrongs.— ! blow cm; a parent permit Ins sou to be cut j iff from usefuJIaers. ami ‘'crib” himseif in! notes of the bank of Kngland da not much exceed 25,000,000/. when toe price of guiil is about ff. Is. jieronnce, arid vyi>en there is a great distress from the stagna tion of commerce, and the fall of prices of imported artiefes. ■ It must be obvious to his majesty’s min isters, that a* long as such a state uf tilings shall last, or one in ary degree similar, ■ without either considerable improvement on one side, or growing worse on the other, the bank acting as it rix’es at preicnt, and keeping it* issues nearly a' file present level, could not venture to reruwi to cash pay ments with any probability of benefit to the public, or safety to the establishment. The two committees ol parliament, apparently actuated by this ooumiera- tinn, have advised that the bank shall not open payments in coin for -the pe riod of four years, but shail be obliged join the 1st ol May, 1 S3], to discharge- their notesrin standardgoitl bullion atMl • price, wliyn demanded in sumsmit amount ing to less t rio SO or,. And as it appeared wtbccjintniit.’es expedient that^tbn re turn to psyiiienta, ut Mint price, sli >uid be undo gradual:y, they propose that on the 1st day of Ee iruaiy mt, the bmk should p iv theirnotcs in bullion, il deman ded, jn sums not less than 60 oz. at th at«*i : 4/. Is per cz.; ami from the 1st ofOctobc. 1820, to the 1st of May follow ing at of. IP. Oil per oz If tiie d jiecic-rs ;•(' thosb.ink have a true lnpi olieiision of the views of the com mittees, in submittioz this scheme to par- iiauient, they ar old g -d t > infer, that the object of the" cuutmiUeea is to secure at every h.izird. and under every possible variation of circumstances, the return ut payment* in gold, at Mint pr;;e for bank iot-s. at the expiration of ttvo yeais; and that this measure is so to be managed, that the Mint price denominations shall ever afterward* be preserved, leaving the narket ut escltange price of gold to be con trolled ov the bank, solely by the amount of theirimues of notes- It further appears to the directors, with “gnd to the find execution of this p an, and the payment of bank notes in gold at Mint price, that discretionary power is to be taken away from the bunk, amt that it is inroly-1■* regulate its issues,and make pit: (liases i f gold, >« as to be enabled to a n a tv r all po-s: >!s demands- whenever its tre iscry s •.:!! bo again opened fur the p.iy- men: of it* notes ' ;i these impressions, the directors mis: think it I:-Ut to observe to r.is r'a ministers, tiiat being engaged te order of things of which fh^y tr.ight like advantage; and with a eimilaf view they have proposed that the government should repay the bank a considerable part of the soma that have been advanced upon Ex chequer bill*. These two measures would &Unw,'ime for a correct judgment to be formed upon the state of the bcllioix mar ket, and upon the real result of those changes which the late war may have pro duced in ad its consequences ol increased public debt, increased tax-s, ’ increased prices, and altered relationsd, I > inlcro-f, cap,taf,and commercial dealings v.itn the coniiinnit, aud how far tne alterations iim, produced areuteropur.ry or penranent, atnl to what extent, and in what degree they r-pei piy n:id“.i -t'ths Va Id »’j tar cl. Hin t ('rice o' • to hi- t to n notes in suitable coin, •i 17s iOJd per ounce, he ! st persons wh i V tr.ea*uie "calculated '.fr et that emit bat as it is their dut\ i so consider the • llVct of any measure to be adopt, d, as operating on tna generaf issue t.f their nv.-a, by v.litcb all the private hanks are i oguiated and of which tilewhole currtmcY (exclusive of the notes ol private ban-lc i >) is composed, they feel them solves obliged by the new situation in winch they have been piaced-by the rvatrr.titm act ol 1737 to bear in mind u-'t less their tlutie- to the establish nent over which they pre side, than t icir duties to the community it large. who 5 e interest in a pecuniary and commercial relttiou have in a great degree been confided te their discretion. The directing, b-ing thus obliged to ex tend t'«-ir views and embrace tlit interests if the whole community in their consider ation of this measure, cannot but feel a re pugnance, however involuntary, to yleilgi themselves in approbation of a system which, in their opinion, in all its great tendencies and operations, concerns the country in general more than the immedi ate'interests of the bank. It is not certainly a part of the regular duty of the bank, under its original insti tution, to tmiT into tne general views of policy by which this great empire is to be governed in all its commercial atid petunia* iy transaction,, which exclusively belong to the administration, to pajiiament, and to the community at Ipry; nor is it tin province ol the bank to expound the prin- city upon <a miseiahle stipend, dragging i ciples by which Hies a view., ought to be r n a life of indolent pleasure without'nope i .:uiate<l. Iis peculiar and appropriated >f profit or edvageement. idost of our J-lufyis the inauageiuentul the concerns of From the Tfcw-T -ik Vatfonsl Advocate. juomesuc aco.vtt.ur. T had occasion, the other day, to pur chase some tiifles in a store in Broadway, which wee** sliotvpi me by a clerk, a vouna TTtdn fashitinabty dressed witf. *i dandy cost atul neckcloth, in trie usual ridiculous manner—Looking stedfastly at him. I ithouglit 1 recosnised Ins countenance—1« ■j iur name Gieenwood? said I—Thntis my name, at your set vice, said (lie young man. Cicsriig the till with a fashionable *I»m and jawniog in a most langui-Vog raaniicr—of Orange county?—Yes, of old Orange, said f<-; 1 was tired uf rural felicity .and dairy maids and stone barns, and thought I'd try my furtuna, at tie rupitol, where genius And elegance aluaysare patrunuetl,—Well sir, is your charge of resilience profitable • nd useful?—Why, sir, ’tis pleasant—t’see n great deal of good company in the shop •—pave some leisure to dies*, promenade nnd learn French—I get a small salary ’tis t-oe, hut 1 may pick up a fortune iu the way ofanvrriagt—luck, you knoWpicomas •mail retail stores art- filled thus with toe •otis ol farmers, who eager toescapo salu tary labour, and partake o! the- delusivi pleasures of a city, are cro.wdetl to New York, abandoning a sure road to cliar.icti’i and independence, st d giving usapiKtiu ut population, which is neither u,i’fui to society not beneficial to th.’mselves. flows, hi-. xiqcxpccled, but it sometimes comes, and la.t’i cuou^b, I. left tyapuppy, Ilis fit- “ k‘ ' ' VJSXK OF EA'GL.IV P. A debate of some length tool: place in the house of lords, May 31, on the subject of bank restriction. Before coining to the order of file day, tiie earl „f Lauder dale moved fora paper which lie s:«d he understood hid been presented to the earl d Liverpool by the governor and deputy governor of the bank. After some remarks from the latter, the paper was produced ami read by the clerk, as fallows:— At a court of directors at the bar.!:, on Thursday,theiOih May, ISIS. Tiie directors tif th* bank of England, having taking into theii most serious con sideration the reports of the. secret enm- onttees-of the t«o houses of parliament, ap pointed to inquire iirtu the state :>f the bank of England, with reference to the ex-] pediency of the resumption of cash p la ments at the period now fixed, have thought it their duty to lay before his ma- jesiy’s miuHteis, as early as possible, their sentirncnls witu regard' to the measure, suggested by those committees ior the ap probation of prliamcnt- In the first place it appears, thr.t in the view of the committees, the measure ol the bank recommencing cash payments on the 5th July next, the time prescribed by ■he existing law. “is utteily impractica ble,” and “would be entirely inefficient, if nut ruinous.” Secondly, it appears, that thu two_ cumgyttpes bare come to their , ^ i banking establishment as conntctcil with the pri-ineiit of thainterest of the na- iiini.il debt. tl:« lodgement* consigned to it, care,iiod thwitirdinnry advances it has been 'tecu,tanned to make t*> goverBiuent. But when the director* are now to be cal- x’d upon, in the ite;v situation i:i which they are placed by the restriction act, to procure a lunil fc.i supporting the whole nu- i«u.,l currency,either iu bullion urine tin; and when it is proposed tout tliev should - tT ct tin* measate within a given period by reguli-ting tlic market price til guki, fc\ a limitation ui the amount of the issue ol hank notes, u itn v-h-.feverdistress such li mitation may li attended tv individual*, or the community at large, they Icel it tueir bounded and imperious duty,to state their seiitiujent* tlijs erplicitly, in tiie first in ,tjnee, to Ins majesty’s ministers oh ti.i, subject,that a tacit con sent and concurrence at this juncture, m.iy not at a future period be con,treed into a picviuus implied sanc tion, mi their part ofasisteui «!iicl> tiie, cannot but consider fraught iiit.h very great uncertainty and risk. It is impossible for them to decide be- forchand what siai! be the coarse of events fur the next two, niutlt less for the nexi foui years; they have no r g'-t to hazard a flatl<ringc . jecture for wliich tin y have no real gruiiud*, in which they may be dis appointed, and lor winch tin y may 1 be coo- -ideiT'd responsible, llicy cannot venture to advise the umefen'ic-g continusuce of pecumaiy pressures upon the comiucreial world, of wliicli it is impossible fur them either to foresee or estimate the ccnscquen- It was the design of <!ie directors, In pursuauen of the hcloie mentioned two measures, to take advantage of every cir- cumstai.ee which cou:d cm.in.-the bank to extend its purchases of bullion as tar as a legitimate consideration of the ordinary wants of the nation for a sufficient ■ urrc-H- ey could possibly warrant. Beyond this point Utey do not couLder thenisslve9 jus tified ingoing upon any opinion, conjee wire, or speculation, merely their own; and when a systeif. is recommended, it »eeiu, to take away from the bank any thing like n discretionary consideration of the neces sities anil the distresses of the commercial world. 11 ihe directors withhold then previous consent, it i* not from a want ol diff' rence to Ins majesty’* government, o' to the opinions of the committees of the two houses of parliament,but solely from a serious feeling that they have no right what ever to invest tlieuiselve., of their own «c- cmd, with the responsibility ot couute- nancinga measure in which the whole Com munity i, so deeply involved, and possibly to compromise the universal interest'd the empire, in nil the rdationt.of agriculture, manufactures, commerce andievenue, tty a sending acquaintance ordccl&rtd appro bation on tfie part of the directors ol the bank of.Knglaod. The consideration of those great ques tions, ami the tlegiecs in which all lliose ■ eacing and commanding interests may In affected by the measure proposed, rests with the legislature; and it is for them, after so lemn deliberation, and not for the bunk, lo ; determine and decide upon the course tube adopted. Whatever -reflections may have from time to time been cast upon toe bank; wh.it- j ever inviiiious representations of iis con duct may have been nivc’e, tiie cautious conduct it adopted in so ineasuiiiig the amount ol currency as tjin.irieit adequate to the wants’bath of the nation and of the government, at the same time Keeping il wilhi.i reasonable bounds, when compared with »iiut existed before the war, us it i- snown in the Ui ds’report, pagea 10, 11 Ii2 arid Id, the recent cftiirt tti return’to a- system of cu-h pa.yiMirts,avfiicfi rciriiiienc- ed with the fairest prospects, (butwhiJi was afterwan'sfrustrated by events that could not be forseen nor controlled by the bank) are of them .elves a sufficient refuta tion of all the obloquy which has been s- undeservedly heaped upon the establish ment. I he directors ol the bank of England, i submitting these considerations te hi* tin jesty’s minis: is, request that they lu be allowed to ns.'.ure them, that it is ai ways their anxious desire,us-far as depend 1 upon them, to aid, by every consistent means, the measores of the legislature for fur titering the prosperity of the empire. RoatBT Best, sec ry The order of the day oil the report of th secret committee ami earl Harrowby’s re solutions, w.is thou taken up, and, afte some remarks, the earl ol Lauderdale ed to amend them by sti iking out the-wliole after the two first words, and substituting seven other resolutions, which lie read. At ter a debate, in which the earls of Liter pool ami Lauderdale spoke at great length the proposed amendment was negatived without a division, and trie original resolu tioi.s were carried with only two or three dissenting voices. ribiXjtvhrre the remnlndn -.T the ^pzn'nffi army, under the cnminand of .Sifnchcx, amounting to : 800 men. hudjuslcnc&cipctl, after matching lioni Cor#e| tion. “April^fi—The armed schooner, for merly the Shelby, t.f N« w*Yerlt, arrived fi om Lima, with despa'chrs, arnl nioncy for the troop*. The ciptuiu states tlmt lord Cochrane had landefl Sljll men at Faoicho, a small village, to the levant of Lima. The vice king Intd disjtaic*.id troops to assist the inhabitant*. The army at Lima nre »c!| disciplined, cloth ed unit aimed, and amount to about oUttO.” C.'pt. Skio'tly h is a 1-11 favored us witk Lima gazettes to tie 33J March. Bo3tom, July 9. A letter finni an intelligent aod highly respectable getitleman of this tu’wu^ duLff at l.ondon, May 23, says:— ‘•The dvoute in parliament, last evening, lias lowered the fund* 2j pci cent this day which speaks a more intelligible language, than any I can use.uf the (lines;arid wlndt^”* exposes the situation of this country^ at present, occasioned by the immense vl- lxt due from government to the bank, width they cannot pay: hut must impose addition al burthen- to rsi-e the supplies of thetycar —the effect you plainly perceive, aud hear I lrom all quarter*; It it is to be regrt-tw d *;:• the worst i* not yet over, because the great -took td produceem hat.dcannot bvilivpose4 of here, or any market to be fount! abroad, therefore some heavy Uiluies must yet take place, “In conversation with one ofithe first and most intelligent men in this city, lie edits- \ cs me u* 'suggest to mv friends nut to touch cotton over 6d jicr lb. its lie is in pos session of account* Irion fodili, Bi*Zlls,ul 3 hiodtli America, ut.d in every place the, crops iveie-finenr.d nltundant. “Java Rice sold, ODth ir.st. for 11*. 6d an’! olil coffc art 84s, Jam .do first qa.d-.it 115. (last,Tim. was 170 a IT’S;) cotton 113, from which.you way judge cl the times.’' Fro'n the A. 7. Etc. Post, 13.',t j.,rT^ JjXTEfiESU.VG. Eetrr.ct of a letter from a respectable passenger on board the schr. Ccneral Bnnvo. \V. Taj tor, toaster, of and f.-om tilt* purl, for -Genua, to tic . friend in this city. The directors have already submitted to the house of lords the expediency of the banks' paying its notes in bullion pt the market.price ol the day, with the view of seeing how far favorable commercial ba lances n.ay operate to featuring trie former J*. iijfirfjti E# ' T\: f-'ro :c the N Y. Mercantile Advertiser, 13th inst FROM LIMA. The brig li.iser, Skitlily, one of the ves sels ordered off from Lima by lord Cocb raiiv, arrived here yesterday, la-t from Valdivia,in tiie short passage of 70 days. Capt. Rhiddy Ims furiiishud the following from his journal. “.Tati. 15. arrived at Lima, trie Sji&nisl: squadron of two frigates of 56 guns each, 5 sloops of war, 2 brig*. Tin! about 20 gun boats, which were moored m line, fur the protection uf ihe harbor, the patriot sq id* itin under tiie cuu.uim.d of lord Lochia lie, being daily expected. •T'eb. 2b.— The Ur. frigate Androma che -ailed with a convoy of merchant vet- seis lor Valparaiso; also the 3r. sloop nt war Blossdm, bound to Iliu Janeiro, with ireacri’. ‘•Feb. 96—Tliick foggy weatlie:-; at S P. M. saw two frigates standing in lur the harbor under trie U. State*’ colors, al*o one 64, and a sloop of war. Tia; loits caiiimenced filing, vvlii h was reiurotd. and the action became general. All lor- eign merchant vessels hiving been previ- ou*iy ordered outside Jie Ime < [ battle, which placed itiem between two fiiesj they however, made sail, sud were suun out ol reach ot the guns, without receiving much damage. At 6, the filing ou both bides ceasc.J, lord Cochrane zocriored about 4 miles fri-m the forts. The loss sustained l>V tLe Spaniards was,5 killed, and several wo’juiled; the loss of tiie Patriots c >u!d not be a-ceriained. The eapt of the Lau- taro, 44, and several utlie; offi ees w ere se verely wounded. The Patriot squadron have captured a schooner from Callltnore, about 3 miles fiom ti.e harbor, manned her and sent her en a cruize to leward. “March 25—At daylight the Spanish gun boats made an attack on the Putrint squadron; the action coritintfeel about, two and an halfffiouis, but no material ir.jurt on either si«Itr. “April 19.-—The Boxer arrived at Vaf "Gibraltar, 10th .May, 181S. ’ Dear——,It in miwalmost *ix iiu.mIs since 1 li-lt you, a;,d, however strange it way serin, have not yet readied my pmt ol lestin.ition. Lust you should not have already been apprized of the cause of tic* truly unfortunate and unexpected delay, -* shall now proceed Ini.iffy to recount to you the particulars. If you recollect, € left you on t!:u S0:h November, in fine spirit*, ui.d i.i lull expectation of reaching Liibritllur ill 20 or £5 liny - lrom that tirai. lint, ala-1 how win and futile are tire •-.•iIciilatioRS and p. cgnosticks *•/ ttioctitil .nan On the 7tn ofDucen.ber following, being then ir: Imiitude S9, SO, m.u ab.-al bmgitudc 64, west, it was Our late to 'en counter a must Ire men dial s gale of wind, by which, ("muii it* violence; and other sauses which I skull not notice here, our pour vessel vvtisso horribly mutilated at* Ut oblige *us, for the safety of our live*; anJ property, to run lor the first poitvv* could maker W e had been lying to for about 24 hours, (ike gale then appearing at its greatest height,) when we shipped a tremendous st a actussonr bows; jvhiA carried away the bowsprit by the stem,” with every thing attacked. This, in a ve ry short time after, was succeeded by another still more violent, which took wiUl it the foremast by the board, together with ail the upper masts, yards, sails, etc. lie- longing, (which till now had remained a~ loft) sprung the mainmast, snapl the till«r | off directly in the rudder head, broke tiro eamhouse, with house, etc. into a thousand fragments, and -washed away fill the heafl —*3 rails and waist boaids, fore and aft. One .. of the seamen was likewise knocked down and much injured; and • had not the gate abated at this truly avvlul and criticd juncture, ’tis more tirnn probable lhbf,W* little f'me morf, we shuuid ali have been ingulphed in its waves. The vessel new ying a helpless hulk, altogether unman ageable, and exposed, directly in die trough .1 the sea, to the enl'i e mercy of die efe- nieots. But by the providential' aid Wf r that same pie.ver who had thus furiously provoked them,-were they now, ol ills infi nite goodness and mercy, again assuaged, iu lime to save us from a watery grave, It was not until the Hlh of Decettihe? that the wreck was :»& repuited mill .icfi:- terl, with jury masts, sails, etc. as to be *ble to make sail again, when vve fell* ill with the schooner LiiZibctii 6c Mary, cgp- tatn Prior, out 81 days from Roftt'dlU'W lor Boston, or the lirst port lie could inake^ to.ulMiia vve gave a supply of svater auk irovisio:i3. L’aptain Prior had txp.TV- er.ccd u constant series ut S. VV. and NL, VV. winds, and,a* they still continued to prevail, advised us, by all means, to kcrip tin fui the Western lsUnds, or even Gib- aitar, .-giving it as his opinion, that we ould reach tlicin suoner than any othur port or place. Oar captain »,t, how ever, uf a different opinion, and. upon cajiiain P’s piiKiii-ing to keep company with lir,** as long as he could, they now stood on to gether fur some port of our continent — We remained,however, buta very shoitt time together, having parted, the lulh.wing nigi.t, in a gale, ftiien it was resolved th* next day (ISlh) to bear away for the is3- and of Bermuda. On the evening uf the lofli. we fill.i* wiifi a ship from Amsterdam, for I’lriluilei- phid. when I made every poss.ble extTlioat to get on hoard her; but, it being night, a id blowing very heavy, found it altogeth er impracticable. On the 2d of January following, we finally found onrstives ia the latitude of IT rinuda, a-d were-told b« our captain, that it then bore due w'est, distant abuut seventy or eighty utiles; but, iu consequence of the.wind being from tiie westward, c mill not then apptroach it After having hove to here, and remained beating off and on for more than 30 hours, waitings chon;:* of wind to run us into -the island! wc b.;.d the £0ud XcUuqe to/uii A - & isnElWr. tl
