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From the Petersburgh Intelligencer. IQDW&ETT’S LETTEk TO THE MEN OF KENT. Tttt reader will recollect a short paragraph published in the American papers some time since, giving briefly thp result ftf a meeting held at Maidstone, county of JSLeift, England., called by the high sheriff at the instance tjf the tiyo members of parliament, and several noblemen, {gentlemen, &c. for the purpose of obtaining an address of congratulation from the people of this county to the family, on the happy event of the manage of the fsrinfcess Charlotte of Wales. Chbbelt’s New-York Register, No. 24, is entirely tak Cn up with a Letter to the men of Kent upon the subject, of their rejection of these addresses, which we ere or Opinion is one ot the best productions which has ever fallen from the pen of this admirable writer. Tiie high price of Cobbett’s work is generally-complained of; but TTe assert, without fear of being contradicted by any pi r- Wbn who jus read, or who may hereafter read this num ber, that the pleasure to be derived from a bare perusa. Of this truly eloquent and argumentative defence of the jCcntish people, is worth the price of half a dozen num bers. . We wish sincerely we were at liberty to publish this letter, that the distant reader who has it not in his power to ’obtain the work, might enjoy in its pe- iVi-al the satisfaction which no oue of taste can fail to experience. - Although we cannot publish this letter, in the shape in vSffiifch it appears in the Register, a brief sketch of its rtbifients may be interesting. A sketch, truly, must it DC; for the letter entire would occupy at least twelve rfilurnos of this paper. It appears, that according to the usual custom in Eng land, a requisition had been presented to the sheriff to call ^’meeting of the county of Kent, and that, in compliance Smith this requisition, the 17th of June, at t^e town of Maidstone, was appointed.' The meeting was opened 9y the sheriff in ihe usual form about one o’clock on that day. Among the noblemen and gentlemen present f rethe marquis of Camden, lords Darniey, Clifton, lijey and Thanet, sir Edward Knal chhult and sir Wil- m Geary, the two last members of parliament. After the first address had been read, lord Clifton rose and ad dressed the meeting. He began by observing, that he ^Iteemed it particularly fortunate to be his iot to present himself to the meeting on so propitious an occasion, and tvn a subject which authorised n.im to look forward to •their unanimous approbation.^ The resolution he had to •Support was one whereon lie anticipated the vote of every man—it was to carry in the first instance, an ad dress of congratulation to his rovsl highness the prince j-egent on the auspicious nuptials of his only child, with a prince whotfi she herself has esteemed worthy of her choice, and yvhose great and-amiable qualities gave the surest pledgejf beholding conjugal happiness ag-iin seat ed on the.throne. He wished indeed that the motion ?»ttd fallen, to’ tetter'll a nds than liu, since it related to that event which woutd prove a bu ssing to the inhabitant of Yhe palace and the cottage. Respecting the character 4Jfthe prince so selected by her, it was happily the iot of jyrii^je Leopold to be spoken of by all with universal ad miration. rCries of not all here\—the British-nation, might indeed to thank Providence for so fine a prospect of domestic happiness and national security—[laughing and /Siring-/]■—I iia lordship concluded by moving the ad dresses; the first offering to the prince regent tlieir sin- -^>-re congratulations on the marriage of his d lighter, and assuring his raval highness of their being sensible of those blessings which Britain had enjoyed under the sway of bis iliusirious family; the second to her majesty the q teen; and the third to princess Charlotte and prince Leopold, witS in expression of hope, that tHeir union would be beneficial to the nation at huge, while-productive of tlieir "domestic peace. Upon the motion being seconded, and the question, on the address to the prince regent put,' the majority of hands proving to be adverse to it, no de claretion was made by the sheriff, the populace called out, “Where*'* the majority?” That proposed tq the queen, and those also t« the princess Charlotte and prince Leopold, experienced the same fide, with muttcr- mgs of “send up a petition for Employment for tiie poor,” and we “can’t afford to keep foreigners,” from till quarters. Sir William Geary, one of tiie members of parliament, endeavored to reclaim the populace to “something like sense,*’ as he observed; he ca. led upon ’them to support-the addresses by one unanimous vote. The question was then proposed upon ah three addresses tydgetfer, n nd again deci led in tiie negative. Sir Wil liam, however, was not yet satisfied—h-C woutd appeal, b"e said, from iitk nndelibeming noise of.Hat meeting to ’the good sense of the county—he proposed to strike out the word*meeting at Maidstone, then to ict the address es be circulated in the county, and signed bv those who -approved of the object of them. 1 his declr.r_.tion pro duced the greatest uproar and-confusion, the populace ■ervin^but—“then it would be a secret address,” &.C.— tdne man exclaimed, “I iiaae nine children, and every rnorielof bread that goes into their mouths is taxed to ^pny the marquis of Caftid-*u’s salary”—(the marnu.s was present)—another said, “if the noble marquis is anxious for the roval family, let him give his salary to support them.” In the midst of this clamor, the sheriff having _ consulted the noblemen, &c. around him, declared ’the meeting tcTbe dissolved. “The nobility'(says a letter to -Mr. Cobbett,) sneaked away like dogs with burnt tails.” Speaking of lord Clifton’s speech, the substance of •Which is given above, Mr. Cobbett thus addresses the men of Kont:— % • ! ft. is said ..that vou laughed and hissed when lord ■Clifton told you. that “we ought indeed “to thank Pro vidence for so fine a prospect of domestic happiness, and national ieajrity.”. But y ou do not appear to have laugh- "ed - when lie told "you that you iiad only “to regret that amidst such scenes of mirth and pastime, it was the fate , of an .afflicted sovereign to be unable to participate in the joy “which was poured on hie subjects.” You did not laugh at this, men of Kert; tins, foolish as it w .s, was not an observation to laugh at. Wliat scenes of mirth -awl pastime did.his lordship allude tp? The scenes ex *fcibited in almost every parish in England, where the ‘farmers are removing off to gtfol, and frheir laborers to the poor house? The scenes exhibited in Ireland, where the taxes are, in many instance, collected under the .guardianship of the bayonet, inti where, throughout whole districts, the people are shut in their houses from sunset to sun rise? Or, was it to the scenes of mirth and exhibited at this moment in the counties of Suf- Norfolk, Huntingdonshire, and Cambridgeshire, and particularly at the town of Ely; fi as it to these scenes of mirth and daytime that his lordship alluded; were these the scenes of joy in which lie wished the king to be able to participate? You appear to have received these observations of his lordship with the lusdain which they merited, jog, indeed! What jov, I should be glad to know, has been “poured forth'’ upon you, or any part ef.the people ofTEnglrnd? Joy! who amongst us can ./eel any thing like joy, while we behold millions of our countrymen in such misery as never w as experienced before* in this country - , in any age, or under any sove reign; for when was. it before known gf England, that lief people, rich as well as poor, were seeking to See from her soil in ail ditysetiona, m order to find out a Spot of earth where they might he less miserable?—lord 4ihfton, perhaps, and lord Cjimden, and lord Sidney, and .the rest of those persons who were forward in eiylea- voring to inveigle you into an approbation of their ad dresses; these persons, periiaps, may have had joy pour ed oat upon them, in-the shape of places and pensions; *ut, as to tiie people in general; as to those who v. ork to raise the means of paying Hie taxes no joy have they had poured nut "upon them.” * * * * * The subsequent paragraph applies to the observation of lord Clifton, that England ought to be thankful to Providence for the fine prospect of “NATIONAL SE CURITY” which this marriage had given her; “And pray, my worthy friends of Kent, what could lord CiiFtou mean by telling ydu that in this marriage we were so blessed, that evert the cottages were to be bless ed by it, and that we ought to thank Providence for the fine "prospect of NaXioxml Securitg that it gave us?— YVhat could his lordship mean by these w4tds? Is there common sense in supposing that our securityr at a nation can, in the smallest degree, depend upon this marriage? If so, we were id a state of insecurity •before the mar riage took phtce; and should, of course, be replunged into that state, if the mawiage were to be put an end to by *lie death of the husband, or that of the wife, or by any event which might produce a separation' Now, real ly, though I am by no means disposed to undertake the character of the huab-nd of the princess Charlotte, I must Tie permitted to observe, that John Bull, that fa- ~ » John BtfU, that swaggering John Bull, thatj£fhting JtfKh ffiSj tfti? iguttdltci%ig ,f jfin Bull, wftoMas ba3 afl Germany in his pay, ten times over, is come to a pretty pass, or, as we Hampshire people should say, has brought his hogs to a fine market at last, if it be really true, that his National Security depends upon the life, or the dis position of a-German prince, and of a German prince, too, to whom John is to pay a pension for life! Ayniabst- as you please, sir. William Geary; beloved as much as you please, sir William Geary; afimifed as much yoti please, my lord Clifton. Say, gentlemen, all that yon please in praise of the prince of fiaye Cobourg, and 1 will never contradict you. Down upon'your knees and kiss his hand, and I will never interrupt you. But, -i hom er you take it into your wise heads to assert, tliat tne security of England depends upon the will or upon the life of-this prince, or upon that of any other prince, I will always say, that you are very low minded or very weak minded men. When this expression was made use of at Maidstone, the people laughed in your faces, and well they might; they hissed, too, at the same time; and the assertion was a subject for hissing, as well as for laughter. It was at once ridiculous and in sulting.” We can trespass-no farther. The reader is advisee! to procure the letter if possible, and examine it himself. An hour or two could not be better employed. BRITISH OPINIONS. The following very interesting article is from the London Observer of June 24, 1816, received at this office.— It concedes much more than the British have hereto fore been in the habit of conceding. The writer ad mits, that “'it lies within the grwsp of the United States ta change the face of all the civilized rclutiuns of mankind.” He further allows, that if our present prosperity con tinues, “the despotisms oj' Kueope -anil soon become hur.- - . few.” Commercial men are not without apprehensions of danger to all our West Indian possessions. The rising power of America, and the intriguing facilities which her situation gives her, with an immense population of slaves, lorded over by a handful of feeble Europeans, presents a prolific theatre of turbulent changes. Let ns suppose, that in the event of another war with America, the latter were to proceed upon the principle which Bo naparte meditated (but did not put in execution) in Rus sia, of proclaiming freedom and national independence to ail who would espouse the cause of his arms against an- cie-.il authorities. Our immense colonial system would be shaken to its base, by such a plan; and America, “with her ihtftU ’dace Europe in 7 the principal thriving and vigilant navy, soon Id s tier ail > an entire dependence on her for a share o^ existing channels of commerce. Such a tremendous futility of mine turf has she over the ficfrtnes of this once mighty em pire, tin' it lays -within her very grasp, to change th^jace of all the civilized relations of marJ.it. d. Europe vvomd break and destroy itself -against that re sting position of hostility which she may ere long assume .towards the re trograding empire of the old work. We have not any prince in Europe, who is aware of the rising advantages of the new continent: or who sees the Hushing corusca tions of glory teeming from the barbarous broils of legiti mized Europe—and forming over her head, a halo of the best skill, tiie valor, the intelligence, and independence of Europe. But which or what of our European princes is aware of this, in its true light? They are happy at getting rid of that tong and temper of iatc.iect which would arraign their sway: but they do not know tlie.se form the virtual strength of all nations. It is the spirit >f knowledge, and improved public mind. A debaseu and insolent soldiery, who had scarce any feeling incom mon with the community from vliichthey had been sepa rated, and a degraded spirit in tiie people, formed the ul terior and lowering elements of fallen Greece and Rome: and the spurious diadem that tottered on the last of the race of tyrants of other time, could flatter only the mean est order of minds—such as v. e may descry in the Ftrdi- putpj nands, the Bourbons, the Fredericks, &.c. of our own days. They preserve only the perishable and combusti ble scaffolding of thrones—the dead and marrowkss ske letons of royalty, which has lost all that purified and sus tained its ‘attributes, that sanctified its power, or gave purpose to its energy—the living and breathing sub stance which roundca and clothed the hideous nucleus—. the mind that irradiated, and the gallantry and magnani mity which shed such blandishments on its intercourse with the people, are seen no more nor will they be traced in the rec-ords of our days. Europe lias not a -sin gle prince who is capable of regenerating tiie etua .ctrr of royalty, or of arresting the policy Which :« Hurrying the thrones of our tiroes into oblivion and decay. But this will be a plain statement fifty years hence, if all die legitimates continue. America will then have trebled i-.cr population. The great moral condition cl EuiOpe will integrity puri.j then be naturalized in her community. What power the bankrupt fame! n may not South America vet develops, with suci*» neigh- j jioil snow of character! bqr? But the subject is full of the direst omen*. The j geadlv? Can there be despotism of Europe w-hi goon become harmless, if the scene continues of “seven hundred, people emigrating, in one party, to America.” In a very few years we may have “omitted Uie “Tide in the affairs of nations.” And where shall we trace the causes of these momen tous charges? Where, but in the ignorance and misrule of pruici*.* It was by standing armies that all the prin cipal nations in the world have fallen. The reason is obvious: emulatioirtimoRg citizens ceases. The arts w ill no longer be studied when wealth and distinction wait not on those who study them. k’rnefite 48 &£ so3 of CJtmhanl, uA rarely proitef* good’fruit. The poetic impertinence is said to have so shocked Francis the first, that he ordered the pi^sage to be ex punged. '('his legitimacy of the Capets is, to be sure, beyond any thing that Napoleon could produce. He was not the son of a butcher—had no animated calf in his coat of arms—nor had Ills ancestors, as far as we have understood, any thing to do with St. Patrick or his brother^-all Tiat he could boast, was, that he had been the soklicr of France—faithfully served her*— led her armies to victory, and covered her enemies with confusion andherseif with glory. He had no other legitimacy to boast, but that be had legitimately overthrown every illegitimate attempt upon the liberties of France, and chastised monarch, ifter monarch, turning all their combinations against themselves. . The orginof the royal house of the Capets which we have related, may, no doubt, account for the term and citie given them by the great, mass of the French people while speaking of the present race—les “bnchers iiihu- mair.s”—“La Boucheresse Sanglante d'Jlngovleme, He. 3c.” The inhuman butchers■—the bloody butcheress of JlKgovle,ne,3c. 3c. The word butchei',n<i doubt, relates to their origin; and thus we may say, “les Suckers legit- times”—the legitimate butchers. To those who are font! of legitimate monarchs and noble blood, it will, no doubt, be interesting to learn the origin of this noble family—and during the present dearth of news, we have thought proper to lay it before them, that th;y may be satisfied in dieir own mind3 that Louis holds his throne by divine authority, and that the tufbulentFreneli people have nothing to do or say in the business, ® VALUE eft’ REPUTATION. .The following eloquent effusion on the value of re putation is extracted from the speech of Charles Phil lips, esq. at the court house of Galway, Ireland, on the 1st of April las', in a case of libel on tne rev. C. o’Mul len, a catholic clergyman:— “ What damages then, can you, give? I am content to leave the defendant’s crimes altogether out of the ques tion but how can you recompense the sufferings of rnv client? Who shall estimate the cost of priceless reputa tion—that impress which gives tills human dross its cur rency, without v- o» h we stand despised, debased, de preciated? Who snail repair it when injured? Who can redeem it when lost? Oh! weli and truly does the great philosopher ofpqetry esteem the world’s health as “trash” in the comparison- -without it gold has no value—birth no distinction—station, no dignity—beauty* no charm— age, no reverence. Or, should I not rather sav, with out it, every treasure impoverishes, every grace de forms, every dignity' degrades, and all, the arts, and de corations, and accomplishments of life, .stand like the b acon blaze upon a rock, tirnrnin £»the world that its approach is danger—tliat its contact is death. The wretch without it is under an alternate quarantine—no friend to greet—no home to harbor him: tire voyage of “is life becomes a joyless peril, and in the midst of all ambition can achieve, or avarice aim*, cr rapacity plunder, he tosses on the surge a buoyant pestilence! But let me not degTade into the selfishness of individual safety or individual exposure, this iwiversalprinciple: it testifies an higher, a more ennobling origin: it is this, wh.ch, consecrating the humble circle of Ae earth, wiii at times extend itself to the circumference of the horizon —which nerves the arm of the p-driot to save his coun try—which fights the lamp of the philosopher to amend man—which, if it does not inspire wiii yc t invigorate, the martyr to merit immortality—-which, when one world’s agony is passed, and the glory of another is dawning, wiii prompt the prophet, even in his chariot of fire, and in his vision of heaven, to bequeath to man kind the mantle of his memory! O divine, O delightful legacy, our spotless reputation! rich is tiie inheritance it leaves—pious the example it testifies—pure precious, and imperishable, tiie , ope that it inspires. Can you con ceive a more atrocious injury, than io filch from hspos scssors this inestimable benefit—to rob society of its charm, and solitude of its so Lee: not onlv to outlaw -L re but to attaint death, converting frpf&ence.) had Wn taleh by the Mexican under commodore Aury, now cruizing in the fcihp It had been eagerly seized and circulated bv cerTain " sons of this city, who see with deep sorrow the c ** of freedom victorious all over Spanish America, s of our merchants, who no doubt had not taken n * trouble to reflect on the improbability of the did already feel alarmed; but a vessel, arrived here ^ Saturday, irom Providence, has quieted all fears** si’ 1 brings account of the safe arrival of the Swift, a t ) port of destination, without having even been bo;.-vi' 6 ! by a Mexican vessel. We sieze this opporturdYf forwarn the public against all the attempts whic h .not tail to be made, to throw discredit on the ca ty. the Mexican patriots. They make war fairly upon >u Spaniards, and upoi) them alone; and neither the Arr - cans nor any other neutral have any thin? to f e . r them. We have certain information which en bits i 1 judge of their intentions. No neutral has yet bad ? ** vexation to complain of, and we further know p,, s . d , R f !y that the Mexican cruisers have most precise in that repect, and that tlmy besides are express,! fa” bidden to violate, in any manner whatever, tLt’fj 3c j bidden laws of the United States.—Courier. From the New-Orleans Gazette of August 1J Notice.—It maw be of utility to some of my fyu_ . tizens whose affairs call them to the Spanish coloiu ts "T* learn the following circiuns«ances. As, by virtue ’of certain law of the Indies, tiie Spaniards have vrr<.r J . c j to themselves the right of refusing to admit my ford,™ common their American ports, whilst thtir’s arertceh! ed in th; # laces belonging to other nations, a Strang- r c„iu fuge of the sufferer, into the gate of infamy and of shame * A celebrated Roman Catholic tourest mentions as facts, in his publication on Italy, that tiie present king of Naples never knew that such a people as the ancient Romans ever existed, until accidentally told of it by cur late ambassador, air William Hamilton—but all sir Wil liam’s argument.; could not induce his majesty-for one. moment to give c.-edit to the story of the beheading of our Cliarlcs tiie first. He never believed it possible that common mtn -could cut off the heads of kings, 1 until the French cut’off tliat of Louis XVlth. From the Near-Cork National Advocate. LEGITIMAX’Y OF THE BOU.-.BUNJ. he considered a just and. natural source—the wiii of tlv na tion. .Not so with Louis the l£:th, who is styled the le gitimate sovereign, because he derives his authority tc reign over France on account of his name being- Capet, and who, whether the French peopie will believe it or not, was absolutely reigning over France during ait the time of Napoleon’s splendor. Suppose wc take a look at the tj'vine origin of his legitimacy. Henry Etienne, a French author, in his book, called an Apology for Hero- -ditus, gives the following note from the leg unde of St. Germain 1'du.renois. “Gkrwain, bishop of Auxeree, brother of St. Patrick, came from EngiauU to preach the faith in lintany in Uie year 429, to convert tiie Pclagiens. This prelate Was followed by a great number of disciples, and de manded hospitality from the king of the Britons, wIkj shut tiie door of Ills palace against him. A butcher by the name of GarKT, who happened Tomeethiffl as he was seeking an asylum, took him, with his companions, to ins cabin, (chaumiere) and in . rtkr to give them a good sup per, killed a Caff, which he cooked and served up to them. The next <iay, Germain, wmeditated ven geance against tiie king for his inhospi'tality, assembled all the people toget^-, spread the skin of the calf on the table, put tfteEiin bones left from their sup per, saul prayers over it, and made the sign of tiie cross. In an instant tiie calf became animated, and l-ose on his mgs, to tiie great astonishment of all present. This mi racle, said t^e prelate, proves to you that wx are the mi- iasters of God, and in his name I pronounce an excom munication against your king, as unworthy to govern you. He then excited the people to a revolt; they armed themselves, went to the palace and dethroned tiie king whom they forced to fly—when Germain, in the name of the Britons, offered the crown to the httcbxr Capxt, who accepted it without difficulty.” Tliis account is also related by Duchat -and by HA 1 , and whatever faith we may put "in the animated calf, we have every reason to place confidence in this origin of the Bourbon dynasty; and it is, without doubt, from gra titude towards' this bishop of Auxerre, that tiie kings of France always placed the parish of the Louvre under the protection, of 8t. GermainFAiueroia. * Dante, in his Hey, makes CapM thus express iiimseif m soliloquy:— “Je suie fils ’d unw bueber, et racine g’une mauvsise plinte, son ombre estnuisible au tertoir des Chretiens, et tres rafement el}» part de bop fruit I am the son of a butcher, wd the root ofabadjflanty whose sfcqtfc jf 4e- I can conceive very few crimes beyOhd it. He who plunders mv property, takes from' me that which can be repahaw by lime. -But whet period can re pair a ruined reputation? He who maims my per son, sffeots that which medicine may TuneilV:—But. what herb has sovereignty over the wounds of slander’ Me who ridicules my poverty, or reproaches iifjr profes sion, upbraids me with tliat which industry may retrieve, but what riches shall redeem the bankrupt fame! what power shall blanch the sui- Ca.i there be an injury more be a crime more cruel? It is without remedy—it is without antidme—it is without evasion. The reptile calumny is ever on the watch —from the fascination of It. eye no activity can es cape—from the venom of its fang.no sanity c-m recover; a Ires no enjoyment but crime—it has no prey ! ut virtue. It lias no interval from the restlessness of its malice, save, when bloated with its victims, it grovels toiilsgorge then* a* tli« withered shrine, where cr.ry idolizes her own in firmities. Under such a visitation, how dreadful would he tiie destiny of the virtuous and the good, if the provi- deuce of our constitution had not given you po.vev, as I trust i ou will have the principle, to bruise tiie head of the serpent, andjerush and cruu.ble the altar of it* idolatry.” tyrants of those countries. It is slill worse if vou l )SV g ' * ,u ght it necessary to obtain a passport fron iv Spanish consul at tiie place you s'srt. On mv rem-a from Porto Rico, having stopped at Barracoa, i w„ 3 |„ 8,1 red that the Spanish consul at New-Orlcans had -ar,- en to the government of the. Island of Cuba, thaiit might consider as pira*us &ii those who w%Mt frow siana to the Spatiiih dominions without being furi-ist ed with a passport from him. In f„ct, I had committed tS crime of having dispensed with that ceremonv. andcoi sequently of having deprived the consul of his custom'-' rv tee. I was not permitted to land when the vessel s-™" ped at Havana, a guard was nut cwr me on board - p vi that which relieved next day, did not fail to ask “L. is tiie pirate?” “ As I liaie never committed anv crime against <he Spanisli government, and chat nothing can benrr in. reign to me than any thing like piracy, 1 was srn- surprised to hear myself thus called; and I co- nc,: j\ those of my fellow ciuzens desirous of saving a t, v lars, this lucky passport, in order to be exen, t tVam calumnious denunciations and arbitr ry detention. FroXcis Sx. Axiiai. FROM BUENOS AYRF.S. We leam from articfes in tiie Burncs Ayres Caii- !** up to July 10, that some serious di -stations had prtvaih ed between the officers of tne militia and those cf the regulars there,"and had given rise to much aci-hr,dhtmij d ? ussion. Fortunately,-however, a reconciliation was et Jcled, and trmqniiitv and unanimity restored. Tiie proceedings of the sovereign congress, to ti\s 24th of June,are detailed in the papers of tiie 26th. iiity are not of an important nature, as they relate chitfii io the*tlection of representatives, tiie venfiertion of'tnrir powers, the formation of committees, regulations, &c. On the 10th July, the cabiltio, (occity conned) of Bue nos Ayres, addressed a proclamanou to the inhabitants in w.iich it is stated tliat the futy- and malice eta wicked party led been working the dissolution of the sl.:-, a,id wquld have effected its diabolical purpose, but for the t-i-iislanct it met with from the invtmierable force of rub- lie opinion—that the people bar! brave.’ the si-inn which inul been excited to destroy them, were sensible of ibt perfi i v'that had been practised, and were augmen'ing prodigiously the immlieref the good and vrorthv snm-vf the country—that tlioserwho bSd been .led ssiray fra the very grave, toe re- ent> 'deviated on:y from Wantir-f reflex'ion. a. d v anr /\ g i k/ne now dulv apj>recirf.t»d the luid 4 a fFlunn iL . ll. a L!' .T .. LA TEST FROM ALGIERS. to tSeir country—(hsctlie cabildo hrs- >> n every tlnng, and acted witli prudence and puiky—-iI t he people might dope! d Upon tl e vigilance aid do;.'airy cf heir ;.ia* g.slraits, who -.vou.dcontinue to w-*cii for the- ouhlic safety. If concludes by recomme-idin , *.-> the ibk.'j'nar.a constant and ardent patriotism and faithful obedience to the sovereign congress.—Ikd iofore Patriot. AMUSING. We have seen a most laughable caricature don* ia plaister of Paris representing John Bull, returninir from America. Poor John sj; nds cn a pair of erutchi - \\ nix a most melancholy pl.ysiognomv. His head enlircl- cfst:- tute of luir, has-a bandage on front, on which is n.gr .vcs the words-—New-Orleans—on tile back part of his head, ■John has another nan dig c on which is written, Plutislnrg —his nelly is swathed with another, where w ■ Lehold ibrt word Chipp wa—one of his bands holding- the ‘crutch, ia bound v iti> another hgrjaen*, on which is wni'- r, Bari-, ■r.o-e-—one too* is destitute of a shoe; where we nisei,vei* i he word Erie, ide. John is accommodated with ar emp ty* knapsack, although he bears on ti»breast, the words Jbeauty and booty.”—Baltimore Federal iiepucucan. T’fE AURORA. The editor of this disgraceful pap*, has at lengthc;;- We have been poute.v favored with the foMowinirex- thai^ there never dkLexist any cciJidcnct cr entertained too high an opinion of the judgment and per-etmtien of Mr. Madison, to suppose that he w oa i place much confidence in such a fallow as Duane. A proper respect for the republican party of Phiiadefpbi., ovgr which, formerly, D aiu- had in some manner Cb- tain-’d influence, caused the executive of the United St:c -s to bestow upon this man some marks of honor His idle conduct brs however, forfeited every claim he had upon the republican party of this countiy.—Peters, burgh Intelligencer. tract of a letter; to a gentleman in tbi* city, (receive*! via Boston) which shows how manfully the ‘ English have out into vacation their tlu-eat* of “annihilating Al- giers.” “Quarantine, .Malaga, July 29,1816.* “There has been a sad affair at Algiers, with the Eng lish. Lord Earn014th, with four line of battle ships, three fri _-.--.tes ami seven i’omb ships laying in tiie nar- bor of Algiers, himself frith some of his officers went on shore, and al ter some conversation with the dey, resjiect- ing a iiegociiition for a treaty' similar to tliat obUuiK’d lywo-he United States, an altercation took place. The dey ordered lord Ex mouth on board, and to quit his do minions Two of his nost-captaius after losing their fin gers, and one his hand (in a battle with some Turks, by the stroke cf sabres,) vrere tied with their hau ls behind them and seiit onboard. What is the most surprising part of rbis rencontre, is, that the English did not firs upoii' the tenv’. from their skips. We should have judged so, ev-. 11 had they by so doing exceeded their orders, and even tlieir force; which'certainly to ut appears suficient for the Alge; nes. I am. however, told by an officer of the Ontario, .vim was along side, that tiie’ fortifications of Algiers a c very capital, and are siiil improving. A large .expedition is fittin t out in England, destination said to be unknown.”—Charleston Southern Patriot, 3d iu*i. "Look upon this plctnre—and on this” The editor of the A bany Register,.-under this bead, publishes an extract "from lord Nelson’s official letter, fitted off Algiers, January 14,1804, and follo ws it up tty Wfeatur’s account of the memorable negotiation with the dey, dated bay of Algiers, July 24, 181.5. -The contrast is as gratify^ j to our national pride, as it is hoi. .able to our hero. Nelson went to Algiers to dem and that a Mr. Fabion should, again be received as consul there—to demand that the Maltese vessels capture^ by the dey’s cruisers, should be given up. Captain Keats wx s sent ashore for the purpose, and presented the lord’s letter and remon strances. The dey was •every violent and outrageous,” and positively refused to comply with - either of the de mands made. On the 17th of January, lord Nelson’s fleet of ten sail “if the line came in sight of Algiers—Keats was sent ashore again, bat the “dey refused to see him,” being employed at his batterifs, though he “waited two hours” for his highness’ leisure. Upon which he returned to the fleet and told what had passed—and his lordship left Algiers exactly as he oame before iL Decatur went to Algiers with jour frigates and one sloop of war, with a treaty made out according to his own mind. He said it must be signed—the dey wished time to con sider, for it gave up all claims to tribute, &c. “not a mo ment, was the reply, and the business' was settled as De catur directed; on the f tarter deck of the Ouerrterel ■ " Nsw OatBAirs, August 2ff. A report was spreading for about % week that the 4Shoon$F Swift, begutd tag} 1&9 f»»rt » ttqgu, (New There appears to be a possibility tliat the schism w'lich has,so long- and so unhappily distracted the repub'icuS party in Pennsylvania, may be closed. It is a circum stance devoutly to be wisned, and that, in the nnii-n of parties, a system of hhersUty may be adopted a! may for ever defy tlic touch of any pestiferous or majifi waud to again unharmonize.—National Advocate. CONNECTICUT. Timothy Bitkin, Jonathan O. Mosely, Lewis B. Stnta ges, Epaphroditus Champion, Lyman Law, Sylv»“'i» Backus an^samuel B.Snera ood, all federalists, os usual are elected representatives from the state of Ccir-fif i- cut to the fifteenth congress—the two Lgt new members in the place of Mr. Tallraudge and Mr. Davenport, who declined a re-election Nat)Ini. 28th nit. CONNECTICUT ELECTION. * It appears probable from the returns received, that thrren will, in tiie next assembly, be at least ninety republican! members. It is estimated tliat at the Late election about! twenty changes have taken place favorable to repubii-- cauisir.; and eight or nine against it. Whole number of representatives taro hundred and one. This increase of republican members is the more noticeable, since it is art increase over and above the greatest number ever before elected in Connecticut.—Ilarijord Mercury. The Barbary powers have united to oppose any at* tempt made by tne European powers to invade their ter ritory, or check their piratical depredation*. The em peror of Morocco has rec&Bfd all His Moorish Subject* from Europe, and prohibited emigration on pain ofdeitb- In order, however, that the movements of the Christi 1 ’ 1 powers may be made known to them, they have commi s ' sioned the most respectable of their Jewish subjects t-9 their ministers and consuls in the sevetal ports in the Mediterranean. Aaron Cardoza, esq. of Gibraltar is cam-* missioned Algerine consul; Nathan Bacri- at Marseilles, and Bushah, at Leghorn. The French government is us ing their efforts to render any attempt to take possession of the Barbary state* abortive.' It is said that they h» v ® sent several skilful engineers to Algiers.—New Sork A*- tinned Advocate. Niijfr CONGRESS. - Six republicans are elected in Vermont, ii» six federalists. New-Hatnpahirewili Substitute fire £»f j|y« BS»t v«ntb.