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LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
. , Boston, August 10.
Last evening arrived the ship Telegraph, captain Cbf-
fin, thirty-two days from Liverpool.
Mr. William Ward, a passenger, has politely favored
the editor with London papers to the evening of the 5th
■July, containing Paris dates to the 2d.
We have rdom only for the following summary.
Lord Wellington arrived in England July 1, which
produced considerable sensation. It was supposed by
some that this journey was on account of ill health, but'
as he travelled remarkably fast, it was generally believed
his visit was political.
It is stated that lord Exmouth is to proceed again im-
thediately to the Mediterranean to chastise the Algerine
and Tunisian pirates. He is to hoist his flag oh board
the Queen Charlotte. Lord Exmouth was in London.
Af» attempt was made at Paris June 23, to blow up or
set fire to the hotel of the duke of Wellington, during a
fete given by him, at which the Bourbon princes were
present. A smoke was perceived issuing from the cel
lar, which was found to proceed from a lighted rag be
smeared with gunpowder, near which were a number of
ball cartouches, several pounds of gunpowder, and two
barrels of oil. The fire was extinguished before it com
municated to the train, and no alarm was given to the
cbmpany.
The trials for treason continued in France; attempts
St imposition by the prisoners were made, but Without
producing any other effect than a temporary suspension
of their trials.
The Morning Chronicle of the 5th says, “We are stfrry
■'t'0' learn that the commercial difficulties of the country
are not likely soon to be relieved from America, where
trade is wholly at a stand. A letter from New-York
states, that the country is nearly bankrupt, that the pa
per circulating medium has depreciated in some instances
25 per cent, below its nominal value.
Letters from Spain allude to a continuation of failures,
ffirough the presence of commercial distress, which it
is expected will increase.
On the 2d of July, parliament was prorogued to Au
gust 24. The regent, in his speech from the throne on
the occasion, thanks them for the interest they have taken
in the marriage of his daughter, and the liberal provision
they have made for her—announces that he has given
the royal consent to the marriage of the princess Mary
«nd the duke of Gloucester—and declares that there is a
prospect of the continuance of the peace so essential to
the interest of all nations.
Paris, July 1.
The Russian troops at Nancy have received orders to
march to Maubeuge, where the Russians are concentrat
ling their forces. Marshal Sucnet and general Colbert
Vho appeared at court yesterday, are expected to have
immediate , commands. The want of money, however,
renders the French levies extremely slow.
By a private letter we learn, that a house has been ta
•ken at Toeplitz for the king of Prussia, and that there is
Yio other foundation for the meeting of thecro wned heads,
but tliis circumstance.
The lady of general sir Robert Wilson being danger
ously indisposed, we are assured that the general has ob
tained permission to go to the house in which she re
sides, on giving his parole of honor that he will not leave
Hhe house.
’ The emperor of Russia has abolished the vassalage of
s|he peasants of Esthonica. The process commences at
once, but it is to be gradual as to the complete enfran
chisement, so as to be perfected in fourteen years. An
instantaneous entire change of freedom might have had
bad effects among people in their condition. There are
about 400,000 of them.
The decimal divisions of money has been adopted in
Holland—it was proposed and much praised in England;
but there were impediments as to its introduction. The
mode originated under the federal administration in the
United States.
The Roman Catholics in the British dominions enter
tain confident expectations from recent declarations by
lord Castlereagh and Mr. Canning, that they are soon to
enjoy all political privileges in common with the protes-
tants.
It is said the court of Brazil propose to cede its Eu
ropean territories to Spain; in exchange for South-Ame
rican territory.
The Dee frigate is preparing to take sir Robert Hall
and suite to Quebec. He is appointed command on the
Jakes. Captain Lockyer is his captain, and lieutenant
Bruce, his flag lieutenant.
July 2.
General Marchand has been tried before the first coun
cil of war, and acquitted.
A considerable expedition is preparing at Canstantrmv-
pie. It is supposed to be destined against the dey of Al-j-
^iers, who has long disregarded the authority of the,
grand seignior.
Rome, June 15.
Our court is in a delicate position with respect toi
■Of England. The affairs of the Irish Catholics afe ea_. _ >
lated to excite a lively interest; and on'the other hand,
■we have a real advantage in not displeasing &£ English' -ance.
government.
Napees, June 16. ■• .:■ •fjojnjlL
Yesterday the minister of foreign affairs, itis said, read
dispatches from the prince regent of(England relative to
the prompt arming of the embodiedttbops, and the levy
ing of seamen to man the ships of war which are prepar
ing to put to Sea to cruise against'thq Barbary pirates.
London, July 5 .
A letter from Marseilles, states that the Mahometans at
Bona, (a post-town of Algiers) oa Ascension-day, mur
dered every Christian in the: place; the number supposed
to exceed three hundred, and believed to include the
British consul. Several Christian vessels cut their ca
bles and ran to sea.
Marshal Suchet has been put on active service by the
- %ing of France.
Marshal Davoust has received orders to retire to Fla-
iemalii forcotton^asxepitiptke pricep?that TSe immediate and earnest of goSfehtfnchtto
icle, notwithstanding that there have been numerous this Serb
article, notwithstanding
arrivals; this proves that our manufactories are actively
and usefully employed.”
Picadilly, from the commencement of the Green Pari
to Hyde Park gate, is about to be paved with cast iron
which is now preparing at a foundery in Wales, by direc
tion of the parish of .St. George’s.,Hanover square.
JVTr. Brougham, the British Anti-ministerialist.
The following is an extract from a Speech recently de-
livered by the celebrated Mr. Brougham in the Britis-
Parliament. The orator has Keen long conspicuous for
his inveterate opposition to the the present ministry, and
looked up to as the great trumpeter of the Fox party, in
the house of Commons.
“However much the attention of Europe be attracted
to the present exalted situation of this country, which ti
them might bean object of admiration, ofenvy and ai.JT..
—to whatever circumstances they might ascribe its pre s
ent power,1 hold the advantage we now enjoy to be more,
much more, owing to our land having been made the
rallying point of all good principles, to which all
good men, suffering under a good cause, were lc<‘
to fly for relief to its having been made a place
of refuge to which all who were oppressed might look
for assistance and not look in vain.—To these tilings 1
ascribe our present greatness, more than to any thing
else, which my imagination or memory could suggest.—
Though some might ascribe it to the diplomatic talents of
lord Castlereagh, and others trace it to the more unques
tionable merits of our army and navy, yet I, though not
denying, and God knows, not undervaluing their servi
ces, (having been the very first to propose that the thanks
of Parliament should acknowledge them,) am disposed
to trace to Still higher sources our present advantageous
situation—to our free constitution, to our free Parliament,
and to our free Press. It was from the possession of
these advantages that the truth could always be dissem
inated in tliis country. Our free press conveyed it to an
enquiring, and consequently to an enlightened people,
and our free parliament (free at least in its discussions)
co-operated in the same labor. It is from these great
advantag-es that I believe our high station to be derived.”
Liverpool, July 6.
The merchants trading to Quebec have complained to
ministers that the seamen who went out in the merchant
vessels had been induced to enter for service on Lakes
Ontario and Erie, by being offered 90s. per month, when
in the merchant service they had only 35s. and the ships
were thus stripped of their men. Lord Melville said he
could not account for 90s. being given, unless part was by
way of bounty, as government only allowed 45s. But he
would send out seamen from England. The merchants
asked to what extent government wanted hands there,
and for what purpose they were to be employed; but
lord M. declined answering.
Admiral Penrose, the British naval commander in
the Mediterranean, has received orders to afford protec
tion agu nst pirates reported to be cruizing in the Morea.
The following is a new trait of the insolence of the
Barbary states:—The French bomb vessel, the Alexan
der, which left Smyrna on the 17tli May, and entered? [
Marseilles on the 18th June, was met on the 8th, inear
Cape Argeute, by a xebec of Tripoli, which carried off
its guns and some of its provisions.
No vessel can be admit'ed at any Russian port .in the
Baltic, unless she fius a certificate of health, from Elsi-
neur, Hamburg. Frederica or Toningen; and none can be
admitted at the ports of the White Sea, unless they have
such certificates from Norway or England. Russia fur
nishes the forms. v
A Swedish frigate stationed off Got tenburg, has seized
two English merchantmen, under the plea of their having
failed lo perform quarantine. Mr. Foster, minister at
Copenhagen, has represented this matter to his cabinet,
and it is thought the event will lead to some explana
tions between Denmark and Sweden.
A Mr Barnet has been elected member of parliament
for Rochester, by a ma jority of two. He is an antimin
isterialist. Ilis opponent (Thompson) complained that
the poll was closed precipitately.
In a recent election for a Coronerin the county of Mid
dlesex, England, the candidates spent about 2000? each,
in electioneering. A proof that the office is lucrative.
In England, major general lord T. Berresford, has re
covered 10,000? of the earl of Bective, for criminal con
versation with his wife. The damages were laid at
30,000.
The memoirs of Fouche, in two volumes, are said to
be ready for publication.
We understand the Wantage Bank suspended its pay
ments on Thursday.
The British parliament have addressed the prince re
gent, requesting him to cause to be proclaimed in all the
West*Iaaia islands, his royal highness’s displeasure at
the daringm surrections, to undeceive the blacks where
they-have"erroneous impressions, and to enjoin on the
cdjDjiial authorities to carry into effect evert' measure to
the moral, civil and religious improvements, as
the comfort and happiness of the negroes; and to
every necessary provision against any violation of
__ ;ws against the slave-trade,
gjveden os stated to have acceded to the “holy alii-
Vigny.
Lieutenant-general Gilly has been tried and found
guilty.
A writer from Buenos Ayres despairs of the indepen
dence of that country, from the factions that distract the
revolutionists.
At Boughborough, at the lace manufactory of Mr.
Heathcoate, a mob has destroyed machinery and pro
perty to the amount of 65,000 dollars, and killed a man.
Lieutenant general Drouet d*Erlon, is on trial in France
fhr contumacy.
The Turkish fleet at Constantinople is fitting for sea
xyith gTeat activity, supposed to be destined against Al
giers. The British government has, it is said, stated to
the Neapolitan government the necessity of arming
against die Barbary powers.
A London paper, *? July 2, says—“As a proof of the
Stagnation of trade, we state, that one day last week there
was not a single entry for import or export at the custom
house in that city; a circumstance without a parallel in
the annals of that extensive establishment.
The Bann sloop of war captured in April last, on the
coast of Africa, the Portuguese brigs Tamandva, and St.
Antonio, having on board nine hundred slaves. The for
mer had eighteen guns and eighty men, and fought the
Bann more than an hour. The Colonial vessel of war
had also taken, after an action, the French slave ship
Bouis, of seven guns and thirty men—the former had 12
men lulled, and the latter 26 killed and wounded.
* serious drain of the most useful part of the popula
tion of the united kingdom! to the growing privation of
.ts best hands in arts and {Manufactures, atid to the al
most daily accumulating loss of the mechanical means of
the country's prosperity, is *» iperiously directed.
We have before us the Mew-York shipping list for one
week, from the 5th to the 12th of last month. From this
official document it appears that the following number
of passengers reached that port from Ireland in that very
short period:—
Dido, frotn Newry, - * a
Elizabeth, from Belfast, - .
Active, from Londonderry, -
North Star, from Dublin,
Hero, from Galway, ...
Nancy, from Newry, •
151
t$tepttirp<t8e ^strengthening the harmony and -a-i w .
defttandihg whfeh so happily subsisted be 8 a 1
Britain and the piratical princes. reit '
“All this is notorious, and shame has fallen on ,v,
nanie of England for truckling in this miserable wavt
these tnemies of the human race. No submission
purchase can secure their friendship, and there
even be ecoriomy as well as honor in at once burni-
4 “ “ " ‘ — *“ * J1 * * **“ O
The arrivals from England within the Same time, and
taken from the list, are proportionably alarming;—
Hero, Bristol, - - - - * 11
Electra, London, .... 40
Ocean, London, .... - 5
56
Among the passengers from England and Ireland we
may fairly venture to class carpenters, masons, leavers,
blacksmiths, shoemakers, hosiers, and even shipwrights.
Is it at length come to this, that man is to be the only
safe and productive commodity for the carrying trade?
If so, the article is unfortunate! \ in great abundance, and
the supply has been considerable. It is computed that
from Ireland alone the total number of emigrants has
amounted to 6000 within the last twelve months.
While this constant emigration must, in a national point
of view, be the subject of painful regret, we have, howev
er, to observe, that it is not confined to Great Britain
and Ireland only. We find, in the same shipping list,
that tiie Eugene, of Havre-de-Grace, brought over twenty
passengers from France, among whom were several of
ficers, and a member of the national institute.
From Ireland ..... 151
England ..... 56
France ..... 22
229
MARKETS.
Cotton.—The great depression that has taken place
in the prices of cotton has attracted the attention of - the
shipping houses, more especially as the late accounts
from the continent are rather favorable as to the markets;
speculators have also paid some attention to the article.
The sales of last week are estimated at 1400 bags; 180
boweds 18 3£<?. ; 70 sea-islands 2s. 2 2-3r?. to 2s. 3d.
The following commercial article is from one of the
Paris papers:
“Trade is very dull, and the same stagnation privails
in all the markets of Europe. Within the last fortnight
there have been considerable arrivals in our ports, chief
ly at Havre and Bordeaux; but these arrivals have pro
duced no reduction in the prices of the merchandise in
consumption, because on the one hand the prices of such
commodities, though already'very low, are not in pro
portion with those goods in the hands of wholesale deal-
ew; and that on the other hand, the prices of the goods
being lower than those of Belgium and even of London,
procure us orders from the Netherlands and Switzer
land. It even would not be very surprizing were our
warehouses, by the means of transport, hereafter to sup-
pjy countries beyond the Rhufc*
Liverpool, July 6.
Just before the Duke of Wellington left Faris for Eng
land he gave a great entertainment at his hotel, and it is
said two barrels of gunpowder were found in the cellar,
with a train, to blow the house and company to the
clouds. It has since been said there were only a few
pounds of powder—and that the object appeared to be
conflagration and confusion, in order for plunder or as
sassination; but even this story is not believed by some.
On proroguing Parliament, 2d July, to August 24, the
Prince Regent, in his speech, said “The assurances which
I have received of the pacific, and friendly disposition of
the powers engaged in the 'ate war, and of their resolu
tion to execute inviolably '.he terms of the treaties which
I announced to you at the opening of the session, pro
mise the continuance of the Peace so essential to the in
terests of all the nations of the world.”
It is stated that 1600 men, women and children, had
engaged passages in different vessels, at Newry, Derry,
Dublin and Belfast, to cross the Atlantic; and that emi
gration from Switzerland increased.
The rioters of Ely who had incurred the sentence of
capital punishment, had been executed. Under the pre
text of procuring the raising of their wages, they had
plundered the houses of their masters, &c. Stc.
General Bonnaire had been degraded from the Legion
of Honor; and his aid de camp, Mietton, executed on
the plain of Grenelle. General Gilly had been tried as
contumacious, and sentenced to death. The trial of the
Grenoble insurrection abettors was progressing at Pans.
M. Talleyrand had left Paris for the waters of Bourbon
l’Aichambuud, for the benefit of his health.
Montagne, June 18.
The plot discovered here includes a few inconsidera
ble persons! They had bulletins printed, in which they
stated that a?? France was in arms against the king. One
of the plotters raves continually about Athens and Rome.
From the London Gazette, June 22.
Foreign-Office, June 18.
His royal highness the prince regent, has been pleas
ed, in the name and on the behalf of his majesty’s lega
tion, to appoint Gibbs Crawford Antrobus, esq. to be se
cretary to his majesty’s legation to the United States of
America.
From a letter, dated Liverpool, July 6.
Pearl ashes are selling at 52s a 54s, Pots 65s a 70s, and
they will fall, no doubt, still lower. The times are such
that no man ought to stir a step in any thing. We now
go wrong at both ends. Prices—uplands 16 l-2a 18 l-2d;
Orleans 16 1-2 a 20; Island 2s 2 a 2s 6; tobacco 6 a lOd; rice
20s; tar 10s 6; turpentine 10s 6 a 11s 6; bark 15s a 17s.
Another, same date.
The Gazette of this morning notices an average of 77s 7
per quarter for wheat, which is considerably lower than
our for. tier average.
Among many recent Failures, the houses of O’Reilly,
Young & Co. and Gordon & Murphy, are the most con
siderable.
The imports of cotton into Liverpool, from the 1st of
January, to the 30th of June, 1816, amounted to 172,865
bags, of which 104,554 bags were from America. During
the same period in 1815, the total number of bags impor
ted was 98,476, of which 43,105 were from America.—Mew
York Gazette.
EMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES.
London, June 19.
The continued and increasing emigration from this
country to America becomes every day more alarming-.
From the Mew York Columbian, August 10.
Very late London papers are received at the Colum
bian office, by the Pacific from Liverpool.
In the house of commons, Lord Castlereagh, has been
unable to divert the general sentiment of vengeance from
the dey of Algiers. Mr. Brougham and others inveigh
ed against the shameful criminalty of suffering the Tus
can and Roman states to be ravaged by pirates, with
whom they had made treaties under the sanction of
England.
“Lord Castlereagh described it as “a large question,'’'
said that it “involved many important considerations,”
aJluded to “extensive features,” begged leave to re-
1 the house of “the material contrariety of interests
apd views mixed up with the subject,” and a good deal
more to the same purpose'. Those who know the na-
Uire- of official oratory, are well aware that all these long
phrases may be mote shortly expressed by the word
’“no.” However, it must be gratifying to the reader,
who regards the character of the country, to find his
lordship standing single, while the cause of justice, hu
manity and trup policy, was espoused by every other
member who spoke We need only mention Mr. Wil-
berforce, Mr* J. W. Ward, and sir Thomas Aucland.—
Lord Cochrane beside warmly concurring in these views
bore testimony to the abuse of our national character
committed by government; for it seems his lordship con
veyed on board his ship four years ago, “rich presents to
the dey,” to the infamous pirate, whose forbearance, it
seems, is purchased by the money of the British people.
And he added, that the strength of the works at Algiers,
the strong hold of those robbers, who thus lay us under
contribution, is so trifling, that two sail of the line could
destroy them in an hour.
“Upon hearing this statement as to the presents,” Mr.
Brougham took occasion to express his fears, that the re
port might prove too well founded, which represented
the government as h ving sent to the dey a letter written
by the highest authority. No answer whatever was made,
although if there be no foundation for this rumor, (which
had also reached us from a different quarter,) not a mo
ment should be lost in contradicting it. We call then
upon the ministers, who tell what suits them through
their official scribes, to say whether there was or was
not such a letter sent to the chief robber in North Afri
ca.”
It is reported that marshal Soult had embarked at
Bristol in England»for America, but we disbelieve it.—
Soult knows the treachery of England too well to trust
himself to “the most magnanimous of his enemies.”
DISTURBANCES IN ENGLAND.
“Things have come strangely round.”—Yes, they have.
England who supported a war of envious aggression on
the liberality and prosperity of every nation, is likely to
have the poisoned chalice returned to her own lips. If
it should allow the rest of the world a respite from Bri
tish intrigues, it is devoutly to be wished that, she mav
be obliged to quaff a dose of that poison she has so of
ten presented to others. If penalty does not fo.low
crime, the moral relations of the world might suffer re
volution; and success alone (no matter by what villany
obtained) be the proof of excellence. Let us hope that
the heavens have in store, that time has in embrvon, that
long desired blessing, the overthrow of the British oli
garchy—the destruction of that perfidious junta, who,
secure in their “sea girt isle,” have found pastime in the
misery of other nations, sending war, intrigue and fa
mine, and all the ministers of their wrath abroad, under
an impious confidence, that such evils never could be
retaliated upon them at home ! But, says the Dublin
Evening Post, “things have come strangely round.”—
One of the most prominent articles in the London prints
is the disturbed state of England. If we did not know
that Houston, and Littleport, and Yeovil, and Halstead,
were places to be found in the map of the most favored
part of Great Britain, we should, from the phraseology
of the news-writers conclude, that they were talking of
the disturbed districts in Limerick, Tipperary and Wa
terford. It is not so, however. When we read of “the
deep rooted sentiments of vindictive discontent” which
we are told animate so large a portion of the peasantry,
we must not infer that the writer is speaking of that in
domitable ferociousness which is ascribed to the Irish
poor. No; the writer is speaking of the best educated,
the most moral and the most thinking people in the
world. When we hear that houses are set on' fire and
machinery destroyed, it does not follow that Irishmen
committed the outrage. Even the paragraphists cannot
pretend that these are the deeds of wandering Irish
men. No such thing. Whole districts are disturbed—
maintain regular contests with the armed yeomanry and
the military—retreat regular!' fortify church yards and
old castles—keep up a ga’ o fire,'and at length re
tire in excellent order. It is ,t of Tipperary or Lime
rick that we read, but of Wiltshire, Devonshire, Suffolk,
Norfolk, Cambridge and Huntingdon.
A meeting had been called at Maidstone to vote an
address, &c. on the marriage of the princess Charlotte,
but when the resolutions and addresses were proposed
the people hissed and rejected them. “Give us work!”
“Give us bread!” was the cry. At length, when the re
solutions were separately put, “they were severally ne
gatived by a great majority.”
M. Geary made a speech; and Lord Camden held
forth: the resolutions were put a second time, and
“again decidedly rejected.”
The Chronicle of June 25 expresses a hope that par
liament would not be adjourned without taking some
measures to control the career of ministers and relieve
the country. (
“It is unquestionably true (says the same paper) that
the prince regent was advised by his ministers to write
a letter to the dey of Algiers; and which was transmit
ted to him by sir Edward Pellew, now lord Exmouth.—
The letter expressed sentiments of high regard for the
dey, and stated it to be the mutual advantage of each na
tion, that the harmony and good understanding which
had so long and so happily subsisted between should
not be disturbed; and concluded as the loving friend of
his highness. The letter was accompanied by presents
—pieces of velvet, of fine cloth, a pair of pistols, &c.
In return for which, a loving epistle was received from
the dey, together with an Arabian horse, and other
presents.
“Subsequent to this, his majesty’s ship Perseus, com
manded by captain A’Court, conveyed out an English
minister with a commission to all the B^cbary States for
their ships and demolishing their arsenals. There i s / 6
other safety for mankind. And wfe are especially call-a
upon, at this moment, as having concluded" treaties 1
baSely violated, to take this security for their future imcd
behaviour.”
Cobbet’s Register of June 22, contains his 17th lett er
to the people of America, on emigration from England
Speaking of the embarkation of farmers, &c. he say/
“The hive is all in commotion. The bees seem resolved
no longer to support the drones and the wasps." q i
London Courier, with his usual regard for truth, publish,
es the following antidote tct emigration:—
“Every thing is very dull in America. So great is the
Stagnation of trade, that but very few of the merchant
vessels are employed: Our countrymen who have t
grated, are in a most deplorable state; upwards of a thoy.
sand of them have applied to the British consul ath> v
York to be sent home with passports as distressed Bnti/
subjects!”
In Paris, (says the Morning Chronicle, June 25) ontl t
occasion of the duke of Bei-ri’s marriage, heralds w e>
sent before the processions, to teach the people what cries
they should utter, Vive le lioi! was, of course, pre-emi
nent; but the populace, in a perverse humor, aff ectinr
obey, shouted Vive I'oie! ('live the goose. )
The Journal de Frankfort, of the 14tir May, gives *h e
treaty of lord Exirfouth with the Barbaiy states
which is subjoined the following paragraph: - “Behold
then the hopes t oat Europe conceived at tht congress
reduced to acknowledging itself tributary to sony na’
serable pirates in the Mediterranean! England, bv a ri /'
could make all these thieves retire into their den’s; F n /
land, which possesses Malta and the seven Islam.., U j i
never wash away the disgrace of having ri’. • Vtn e
chains of Europe. Let this treaty be compared ^
that concluded by the Americans with Algiers, aud it
will be seen what there was reason to expect from so
powerful a mediator ”
A French house in the city stopped payment i cster
day, whose engagements are said to exceed ha t a
lion sterling. The cause of this failure is attrihet dto
tiie embarrassment of a banking house in Par.s. feeve- T
other houses of minor importance likewise suspended
their payments yesterday; and tiie greatest alarm i,d,
trust prevails throughout the city.
The private advices from Paris state, the utmos’d -
culty is experienced in raising the contributions, ,.r • .
Some extraordinary' explosion is expected from ,
Other causes. The foreign troops are said to bemaiy
dissatisfied state.—London paper, 25 ih June.
Mr. Eastlake, of Plymouth, has painted for exLibiv
a picture of Bonaparte, as he appeared on the goi,
of the Bellerophon, when at Plymouth; arid considj-
the opportunities afforded him, it niav he considered
very extraordinary performance, he not having been
lowed to approach the ship, but in a boat, at ne-n,
cable’s length distance, and therefore it must h^\ c ’'re
quired persevering attendance, and very acute obscr-.a.
tion. After the departure of Bonaparte, in addition to
the first sketch, Mr. Eastlake has introduced in tu i n.
sent picture, the portrait of count Pi nitowski, who u.,
left behind, and also general Bertrand, in profile. T»o
other figures of British sailors, characteristically
ployed, fill up the group.
Bernadotte, king of Sweden, hud offered an asylrm
to general Amiel, one of the proscribed p .trims, (t u
said he sent him a passport to Hanover, and had w; ■
a letter to niadanie Amiel, which was found on him
when arrested. This is one cause of tiie resentment of
Louis to Bernadotte.
The pufftr of a Dublin lottery:, after describing the
splendor and expences of the dresses and diamonds of the
princess Charlotte, reminds the public, that “another
lady who will make some noise in the woi .d, vul n,.. :e
her appearance in a day or two decked with thous. u
and thirties of thousands, which, with a liberal hand,s: e
will bestow, upon those who seek her favours. This i.r
is fortune. She has, upon many occasions, shoitri
wealth upon her votaries:—and a finer opporway
never offered for a display of her generosity than ».« tu
moment,”
The report (in part) of assessed taxes for Ireland nur-
ly fills three columns of aneswspaper in small type; a. .v..
ing the happy effects of the union wih England.—MuIm
paper.
In Cobbett’s American packet, No. 1, (Register No. U)
he addresses the English nation, and tells the.it he
wishes them and the Americans to be better acquainted
with each other; he then continues thus:
“You have, my dear John, been sadly cajoled fori
great many years; you have been made to believe, that
it was necessary for you to spend twenty five thousand
millions in order to save your property and to prevent yo n
religion from being taken out of your very heart. In "fact,
you now see yourself, after all your tod and sacrifices,
reduced to ruin by a war, the effect,»njd the onlv striking
effect, of which has been to restore the Bourbons, v hem
you always called despots; to restore the pope, ahom
you always called the scarlet whore of Babvlon; to re
store the inquisition, the very name of which used to
make your blood run cold; and to enable the Bourbons
to put to death, to imprison, or to banish the brafi
Frenchmen, who had fought, or written or spoken in de
cause of that liberty, the veiy sound of which was :
merly so delightful to an English ear.
Therefore, John, tliis is the season to call upon yoc'i
reflect, and to endeavor to turn your eyes tow-mi;
country' inhabited by men who are really free, who pr-
ceed, generally speaking, from the same stock *.i
yourself, who speak the same language, who hau
same common law, who, like you, poke their h '■
sprits into every port in the world, who stir abo::: &
you in all sorts of affairs, who like you have a score or
two of religions, who are pretty nearly as proud J
yourself, (and at present with much better reason) dio
talk like you, write like you,and fight like you; and«' 3
in short resemble you in almost every thing, oxce.rdut
they are not like you, to be gulled out of tl e.r :nc c ; >
and to be induced to forge chains wherewith to en h.s
crafty and base tyrants to bind them to the oar.
Pray, my dear John, do not suffer the corrupt knaves
of the press to make you believe any longer, that it > 5
France and the Continent of Europe to which your eye*
ought to be directed. Ybu have no business in France
or m Germany. You can learn nothing' there. Co iW
with me, John, and take a look at America. In one sense
I am glad, that the people there are at three tboc' j i
miles distance from you; but in another, I "osh
were near enough for you to see them and hear then*
talk. To bring-you as close to them as possible shall ce
my object; andiif you will but read me with attention. 1
will teach you more useful knowledge than you ever yet
possessed. It is the business of our writing knarts, -o
keep you in the dark with regard to this great and pi’ 05 '
perous country. It shall be my business to open > ctr
eyes.
ENGLAND’S TUTELAR SAINT!
From the Motional Intelligencer.
In the Intelligencer of July 25, I noticed, under t/ e
article entitled Geu/Gaws, an account of the prince re
gent’s investing Leopold with the Order of the Garter.
As St. George is the patron Saint of England, and
course must be supposed a great character, I P rtsuI ' ! _
you will gratify many by publishing the following -^'
count of this Saint, taken from Gibbon’s decline and tan
of the Roman Empire—voL 3, p. 163, 165. ^
“George from his parents or his education,
the Cappadocian, was born at Epiphania, in Cili c,8 »
a fuller’s shop. From this obscure and servile origin, ^
raised himself by the talents of a parasite: and die Pj?
rons whom he assiduously flattered, procured *° r * ^
worthless dependent, a lucrative commission, or c .
tract to supply the army with bacon. His employ®^
was mean,- he rendered it infamous. He accunwl 3
wealth by the basest arts of fraud and corrupti° n:
malversations were so notorious, that George was
from the pursuits of justice.^ ,
pelled to escape uwm mv pu,»uu w. ^
disgrace, in which he appears to have saved his a or , cl
at the expense of his honor, he embraced, with zea«
affected zeal, the profession of Arianism.” , o,' s hep
After describing his elevation to the seat °f the .. aye-
of Alexandria—his oppressions of the P e0 P; e T“; r jz«l
lence, and his violent death by the hands of an e *6
people, the concludes thus*—