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—- -*s- rmm «> buck. »*i»- ro THE MEMORY OF KQSCltfSKQ. Tbou*rt (one! (a the gioo* «ff the grave l "be tone* of i tie Hero reclAiej TlioaVl gone! and the *oul of the brave Pine* uo aore o’er hi* counry’a decline. Thoii’rt gone* but inshtined tl thy glory— A Btwnl win were to th»«l .. por'in ages to come dull thy Mory Ciaim • tear frum the patriot and free! on a uisT.ijrrisi~i.Yi). Bright We if ihe Ocean! a* mildly it roae 0.1 the 9-rge Of the evening akyi It seem'd like a sp'rit just sank to repose. On 'he breast of a zeraph on high. ft* bright arches ihine in the evening sUr, As it gleam* o’er the breast or the Wave; Like some rutle-sculpMrrd turret that rises afar. O'er the homeward bound mariner’* grave. The ivy etill twines round its mouldering steep. The night suU sighs in the grove: There the maid loves at even to wander and weep, O’er tbe dreams of her earliest lore. Old long shall the light of that vision remain, When the wild bits* of childhood is fled; And tong shell it beam on our pathway of pain, Like the smile on the cheek of the dead! No fate shall therr bid thee to love and to part, Put peace to thy day-dreams be given; Yet faint glows the flime of hope in the heart, Till fanned by the breezes of heaven. * Yet the soul on the pinions of mercy shall rise. From the woes which encircle it here; And soar like the herald of day through the skies, Till it rest in a holier sphere. t eXP-css FORKING V NEWS—Continued. London, April 27. While there were About thirty or forts of the most daring demagogues in safe custody, and while the mspension act re- ineiiisd In force, no direct attempts were made to disturb the tranquility of the king dom, by infiamatnry appeals to assemblies of the lower classes. No sooner, however, were the former re leased, and the latter repealed, than w, again heard the voice of sedition; and now, as the following notice will prove, we an threatened with another Spa Fields tu mults;— “THE RIGHTS OF fiRITONS. “A meeting of the disfranchised inhab itants of Middlesex, agreeable to public advertisement, will take place on Monday. May 4, 181(3, in Spa Fields, at 13 o’clock At noon, to petition the prince regent to take into his consideration the sufferings ol the laboring people, the approximating state o! it'll industrious persons (not having en titled property) towards the same condi tion, and the necessity of some speedy re lief founded on the rights of man$ the ad vantages w.iich would result frofu bis jiro- motiog a parliamentary reform, annual parliaments', universal suffrage, and vote by ballot; for supporting the social and ci vilized rights of labourers throughout the three kingdoms; from whom proceeds the splendor, luxury, and good, enjoyed b) kings-, priests and nobles, tor using his in flucnci- to redress prevailing witmgfr, and thereby add to the security of the crown and its glory. «Henry Hunt, esq. “Mr. Whitman, sec’ry LATEST FSOti FRANCE. We have been favored by a friend with Paris papers to April 27, and those of I*on- don to the 23, received by the Roxana, from Havre. The following paragraphs contain the principal articles of intelligence which they present. Madame Krodener has arrived at Riga and there received an order not to proceed to SL Persburgh, but to take up her resi dence for the present at Revel,. The oumbemf deaths in Paris, which 1816 amounted to hut 19,801, in 1817 has increased to 21,381 a difference of more than 1581. Admiting but one half drowned wh have b.-en taken up, to have caused their own death, the number of suicides in 1817 is 335. Nine person* nnlyhavedied between the ages ot 95 and 100 years, of these eight ol them were women. Hut what ought in an especial manner to excite the attention ol government, is the proof that is given us by this statement of the disr* pute into vacciu lion has fallen into the capital; 150 per sous died of sm,II pox ill the year 18)6: the. number amounted to 486 in 181* increase ol 336. The ship Son of Prance, 825 tons, th largest merchant ship which lias been built it -ante for thirty years, was launched the 20th of this moiitn—it is destined fsr China. A letter from Frankfort announces that the marriage ot her royal highness the prill cess of Linage (Maria Louisa Vicloire princess of Saxe Coburg Saafiehl, Ins royal highness with the duke of Kent, brother ol the prince regent (if England, is now detri mined on. The counsellor baron Schmitz set out on the arrangement of this affa with the English minister, who resides at that city, A Havre letter of April 29, remarks— “pot ashes, there is very little inquiry, ami a good stuck on hand; pearls on the run trary, are scare, and wdl sell—coffee i brisk demand, and will sell readily at uu •luutali. ns; Havana and St. Domingo are worth 27sols, in entrepot; cottons continue to sell pretiy cOirently at the pn ces q„ ,ed (Georgia, sea island 1-2 killo. 4f. 50 a 73; do. upiaud 3 73 a 2 85; North Care >ina, do do; Luui-ana 2 80 a 2 85.) Noi so n.ucli doing in hides. Of indigo ther .s rather a scarcity, and it would meet; ready sale— ar,keens in good request.— Little doing in pepper pultries of heavv ale; rice rather declining. Sugars are aii very briric, at the moment in any part •* Europe; fcugals have been si lling current y here, at 23J sols for white, and 21J lo yellow; teas are rather fiat tobaccos liavi advauced at tile last sale of the 10th dye wood generally dull.—Palladium,. Lord Castlereagh's indisposition is-a Vio lent cold add hoarseness-. April 29: The Paris papers ol the 26th instant, which arrived this morning, are of great $ a portative. They cuntain-an official an iiounce ment of the approaching eVacua tion oP the French territory by the'allied army, of the financial means provided fo carrying it into effect, and-ot the speed) meeting of the allied sovereigns,- for tin purpose of fixing the precise time, an., ether preparatory circumstances. The sain required for the final liquidation o the clai.as nf foreign- powers is redacci! from sixteen hundred*niHlions of francs. Louis, hr the grace of God, king ol Prance and Navarre.. To all present greeting.' We have ordained and do ordliin, that (he projector die' law, the tenor of which follows, shall be presented tb the chamber of deputies by our ministers secretaries'of state in the iiepartmc its-of foreign affairs and finance >ind by the sieursr count Sime on and Haron Mounier,counsellors «fstate whom we charge to explain its motives, and support it iq debate:— Article 1. For the purpose of providing fhr the full and entire execution of the dis positions of the treaty of- the 30th May. 1814,, and* the conventions of the treat) of the 20th November, 1815, so faras'con- cerns the payment of the debts contracted by F -ance anterior to that epoch, beyond the own actual territory, - there shall* be created and inscribed upon the grand book of die public debt, with interest from the 22d March, 1818, a perpetual rente of 16,040,008' francs, to meet ' a capital ot 320,800,000 francs. Art. 11. Tnere is opened in* the minis try of finance and credit of tweuty-luui millions of rents. Ib consequence the government is authorised to create and in- arritie on the grand bonk*of the public debt, in concurrence with this sum, rentes which Clay be employed only tu complete the payment of the saws due to the allied pow ers conformably with the 4tb article of the treaty of the 20fh November, 1815. Art. HI. An account shall be given in* flp session of what shall have been itpac in vittar of the above second article. Give* at our castle of the Thuilleries, the 25th of April, of the year of our mot, 4810) and 23d of oar reign. . ' Louts. .. i ’ - lUuiiLULtf. Boston, June 13. Letters from Paris, per the Roxana arrived yesterday, dated April 8tli, men lion that our minister to Holland still re ■tabled in that city, and wa. to leave the text day for the Hague. Th** letters als. mention that he would remain at th Hague but a short time, and then take pas- -age by the first vessel for the United .■States. Mr. Appleton will remain a charge des affairs.—-Patriot. From the Kentucky Reporter. S U U TU-AME IlICA. Extract of a letter from »n intelligent American at Buenos Ayres, to* gentleman in Lexington dated March 3. 1818. “We are here at Iasi after a voyage of three months, having stopped ten days at die de Janeiro, and four at Monte Video !l wish 1 Could give you a faithful trans script of the impressions made no my min in the cobrse of this interesting period of my life, but I regret that the limits of a letter will not allow me. The short tim* 1 have been here will not allow me to spe a k my opinion With perfect confidence on variety ol important topics; there are soon mwever, on which I Cannot be mistaken, although I must reserve for some opportu oityv-when I can have the pleasure of con vernation with you, the account of the modi in which my opinions are formed. “Oh our arrival here, the English and Americans who crowded around us, (f. 'they appeared at our consul’s ve<y much nixed with each nlher) seemed to vie wit* •ach other in giving the most unfavorable accounts' of th'e people and government *ol the country, but in the midst of their accounts,-they let out some things which to me spoke in their favor. On a mort particular examination of the characters ot the individuals who thus spoke. I found, in every instancr, that circumstances ex isted which rendered their testimony sus picious. Iu casting my eye around, I could very readily see the cause of their being despised by the British, for nothing is to be seen throughout the city, but the plainness and simplicity of republicanism. In the streets none but plain citizens, or republican soldiers ai e to be seen; the lat ter Having somewhat a militia appearance; but 1 did nut like them the less on that ac- ount. I assure you, sir, notwithstanding the numerous acts ot government, which may be justly condemned, I feel myself here in a land of freedom, and where an American will find mure to re mind him of his country, than in any go- vei nmetit in the world. This is faying much, but ifis no Irss true. “Our'st.iy a- Rio lias been of infinite service to us, by tarnishing our mi ids with a picture of dcS|Hiti*m to contrast with the state of things at t!:fe place. Yesterday a personage gave me, as tie thought, a most appalling description of the state of parties here, and-with great confidence told me, tnat a portion uf the people was in favor oi this system, and another of a different one, etc. I put this * simple question to him: “How is the public sentimen, ascertaineur'’ For thi» he was not prepared. - I then told • him that aiRio de Janeiro there was do parties; that the people neither spoke nor 'bought or politics. An Englishman, ex pecting to ra*e contempt in my mind for a strapping fellow who passed by with a couple of ejraulcttea—that fellow, said he, i little *hilq ago kept a gtoc-shop-^he U ibw a militia cdionel! I told him, that in our country, it was not uncommon to see generals feeding hogS. . “The propei mode of jddgiog of these people, is bT looking at flic past and the future; to see die advancement they hare made, and what they Will probably make. It is enough for.thfe present; that the spi rit of liberty, ihc ddsire of independence rhe desire for improvement, is deeply root ed, although perhaps Iradlydirfccted. Even if they possessed the previous advantages that we hiatii it would be uufair to compare them with wliat We are now. It is admit ted on all hands that their progress has been very considerable, and I see no rea son why ii will not continue. You once suggested to the the advantages they would derive from national songs; I find they have a nu.nber, which are sung on all oc casions; their sentiments are purely repub lican. Ibis; together with the number of persons who are called forth from th* most humble and obscure s:tuations, to act considerable parts, surely must tend to elevate and enlighten. The number ot persons, more or less connected with the civil and military, is necessarily great.— Amongst the reproaches heaped on these people by strangers, what appeared to me vfery' curious, I heard them reproached with national vanity! One cf these patri ots, I was told, declared that North Ame rica had produced but one Washington, while the South had produced a hundred' There is one thing universally admitted and that is, the great equality existing throughout the socuty, an equallity which lias n >t been forced, but exists in the same manner as in the United States. Here is •ertaiuly the basis on which to build a re- • ublican government. As 1 did not come hereto look for miracles, I am not disap pointed. With respect to the administra tion of the government, the state of finance, the irregularities of those in office, from the want of powers being properly defined, the d- fficieocy in general knowledge, etc. thesd are topics upon wlucii may be justly said against the country. T ere is one thing certain, that all l have heard alledg- •-d against it, w. uld have excited no par ticular attention at Rio, as being of course; “The shortness of the time which ban elapsed since my arrival, will not enable me to say anv thing worth writing down on the subject of the government. Its ene mies call it a mi/iiarjwepublic, but I as sure you it is nothing but a republic, and I believe can be nothing else. The story of their wishing a king you may rely upon it, is absolutely ridiculous. In the vessel which brought us up from Monte Video, there were several persons in the lower walks uf life who talked politics and suog tlreir national song, something like oui Hail Columbia. These people who can lardly be presumed to spek any other than the sentiments of the hundreds, which compose tiie class of society in which they .novel had quite as rational and as entliu -h.i.tical notions on the subjei t of a govern ment, as people ot the same occupations ■ ml education in our oivn country. One if them told me that he thought Ro-seau’s social compact a visionary thing, but that Paine’s common »ense and rights of mai were sober and rational productions. The priests are all natives and republicans.— I’tieir influence in much diminished; the younger part ol the community are bee. in- ing, perhaps, too careless on the subject ol their religion. There is religion. There is no religious intolerance, every one is free to worship in his own way. “Our arrival, lam informed, has excited the most extravagant joy; to be noticed in any manner by a respectable government, and more particularly by us, whom they ad mire more than any people in the world is highly gratifying. In the present stab ot the world, the feeling of one republican nation towards another republican nation, is not to he described, and cannot be known to kings and their servants. We lave it in our power, to direct and fix the lestinesof a great people. Good Heaven! it possible that our enlightened states men cannot lift up their minds to the mag nitude of the subject? With respect to the capacity of thes people for defence against any force that can be sent against them, it is admitted bv ill. To any one who has been an hour on the spot, the attempt of Spain, with the assistance of any nation in Europe, to sub jugate them, must appear almost ridicu lous, when we see that at Monte Video the whole Portuguese force is shut up by on ly two hundred men. Thirty thousand men can be brought to the defence of this capital, every house of which is a complete fortress.. The diffiulties in the navigation are also of such a nature as to render it difficulty for any large body of troops to be transported with safety. The Poi to- gues are wasting their men and money in the most childish manner. Any one on the spot will see in five minutes that it is utterly impossible for them to make the slightest progress. The dispute between. Artigasand this government, I will endea vor to explain wheu I shall become better acquainted with them. “The people here are under the impres- sion, that England is only waiting for the United States to acknowledge Buenos Ayres, in order to tallow toe example.— The simple acknowledgement of these people will be productive ot consequences of which you can scarcely from an idea.— The importance attached to it by them, is sucbfthat there is hardly a man who would not give almost half ol what he is worth that i^Xaould take place. 1 do out hesi tate to say, that tbe moment we acknowl edge them they will adopt every feature of ouf'goverhment and constitution, and such is the idea which they have of the jus tice, wisdom, and disinterediiess ol our country; that they will be guided by our- advite in every things I have nut tbe least doubt, that‘the commissioners will be applied to for the - purpose of healing the civil dissentions which have’ existed between Artigas and this people. I assure you lam enthusiastic. I have good au- I hority for what 1 state.*’ Prom the PUtaietpkim Pemomtic Proie. IMPORTANT DECISION. W. B. Finch, et. *1. ) es. L Chumfirtahagt. Tbe Maria Josep*. and chigo. J "Questions of salvage are always ques tions of the most disagreeable kind: In vain the mitid looks for relief in its anxie ty to dd justice; by seeking the aid of fix ed rules or principles. Such questions arc addressed exclusively to discretion and that discretion must more in a range to which there are ilo defined limits. This case is attended with another embarrass ing circumstance. It is impossible to se perate the question of salvage from that which must finally dispose of the residue of this vessel and cargo. The same rule cannot be applied indifferently to both par ties claimants. If the residue ought to be restored 10 the Spanish claimant, then no salvage can be demanded, if tbe treaty ap plies to the case, or if it does not apply, then a much higher salvage ought to be paid, than i(lt be adjudged to the captor The principal question in the case, then is forced upon ine before 1 can dispose of that salvage, and here I cannot hesitate on the decision that must be made. The law of nations requires of the United (States the observation of strict neutrality be tween the belligerents. Flagrante bello no neutral nation is bouriHAMfepgFBUg. „ course of conduct, that may ultimately embroil it with the victor. We found the property in possession of one of the belli gerents and we are bound to leave it there It i* enough tar us that we see a state ol open war existing between two powers who are able to maintain it. Tiie question ol right is with the God of armies. This is no recognition of the independence ol Buenos-Ayres, it is the recognition of a fact known to all the world, am! admitted by the claimant himself, that of a state of open war between Spain and one of her colonies—this is the most solemn and no torious act by which nations can exhibit theirindependence to the restof the world and whilst the struggle continues, otliei nations arc not at liberty to distinguish between fact and right. Under these im pressions 1 award one-fifth of the nett pro ceeds to f ie libellant; convinced that liad he captors been consulted at the time tiie vessel was taken charge of they would have freely given that proportion to secure the rest—and that the libellants ought tb he satisfied with eight thousand dollars for the services rendered. There is one other point on which I feel myself called on to make a remark, that is the effect of the treaty between Spain and me United States. The sixth article has ,iO bearing on this case. The object ol that article is the protection of the vessels or eff'cts of Spanish subjects from seizure at the time of t icir being within our juris lirtion. Nor does the case come uudci the 9th article, since in whatever light pain may think pr iper to consider the ruisers ol her enemy, they are not pirates in tiie view of other nations; and as to the second sectiofl of the 14tli article, it make no provision for the restitution of property captured by citizens who have accepted commissioners to cruize against Spain.— The provisions are that no citizen shall ac rept such a commission, and that he whoac cepts such a commission shall be puuisheu asa pirate. In a government oflaws,every thing has been done which good faith re quired to be done. Laws have been' pas sed and our courts of justice are open for the punishment of such as accept of com .missions under the enemy of Spain. But information must be lodged, and evidence produced, before it can be required of the courts of justice to punish those or any other offenders. For any thing farther, Spain must depend upon the vigilance, ac tivityand intelligence of her own agents and'in no case is it or can it be made an id- ditmn to the punishment of such offenders that the property shall be restored unlesi the United States may be made lible for indemnity, for when the capture is made, the propdMy is vested in the government that grants the commission. It is the seiz ore of the state and not uf the iudividua In the case before us, there is no evi dence that the San Martin privateer wa- litted out in t e United Statrs. She ha- i .deed very in properly recruited her crew within ourlimits; and every individual con cerned in H at transaction, will be punish ed, if presecuted. But all the world know; that tbe arbitrary exertion of power is un known to the genius of our constitution tod all that any state can expret of toe United States is, that adequate laws slioulii oe passed, to punish and prevent the com mi-sion of such acts. When acts are done m evasion of those laws, unless the govern- rn-nt can be charged with winking at these evasions, it is not liable to indemnify Spain for such captures—and our courts of jus tice cannot on that ground violate the ob ligation of neutrality by seizing and rts toeing prizes that have been made by either party. William Johnst. MASSACBUSE ITS LEG IS LA TV RE IN SENATE, June 8. The secretary caine in with the follow ing message from his excellency the go vernor, viz Gentlemen, &c.—This morning I re ceived a letter from the honorable John Quincy Adams, secretary of state, stating his Britannic majesty’s government had given orders for the delivery to the United States, of Moose, Dudley, and Frederica islands, and that brigadier general Miller had been, by order of the president of the United States, authorised tu receive pos session of the same in their name, sug gesting at the same time, that it would be -atisfactory to the president, should an of ficer of the state be appointed to attend the surrender of the territory. A copy of the tter of the secretary of state wjll here with be laid before you. John Brooks- '■ Council Chamber, Junebih." The message was read and committed to Messrs. Quincy and King. The house joined Messrs Balch of Lubec, Treat of 'Bangor, aud Jarvis, of Ellsworth. Thp committee 6b the subject of the delivery of Moose Island, etc. reported a resolve, authorising his excellency the go* vernor to appoint such ait officeifof the mi litia ofthis commonwealth, ai he inaydeem suitable; ahd take such other measures in relatiob thereto, (sin. bis judgment thd interest and dgnity of the cotnuiuhwealth majr require. The steam boat Virginia, from Norfolk, arrived this morning about 10 o’clock.— Among the passengers we observed the secretary of the navy and general Scott.— On Friday last a splendid public dinner was given to the president at Norfolk, and lie was treated with the greatest attention and respect by all classes of hi* fellow- citizens. He was officially addressed by the mayor of the city and the Mechanic Society, to which he returned very cordial answers. At 10 o’clock on Saturday morning, says the Beacon, the president and suite> with several naval and military officers^ embarked on board the Nonsuch and sail ed for Hampton. A salute was fired frotq each of the garrisons as she passed. . The United States’ schooners Hornet ann Des,' patch, having* on board generals Bernard « d Swift, colonel M'Ree, and captains Arrington and Elliott, accompanied the Aiensuch as Isr as Hampton bar, whence llie president and the officers proceeded up to the town in one of the Ferry boats, hav ing been invited to partake of a dinner, •irepared by a number of citizens. As ,-oon as the boat came in sight of the town,' a handsome salute was fired from some pieces of artillery, posted for the purpose; and when the boat reached the landing, % great number of respectable citizens croud- ed down to the water'* edge, to testify the exalted estimation in which they litAd the great and good man who presides ovJr the destinies of the republic. After partaking of a handsome dinner, the presideut and his attendants took their leave,and rejoin ing the Nonsuch and Despatch, which awaited them off' the bar, they returned to Old Point Comfort. About 8 o'clock in the evening, the Nonsuch, with the presi dent and suite on board, got under way and proceeded direct for Washington Ci ty, with a fair wind, having received des patches requiring his early return to the capital.—Baltimore Patriot, June 16. SEED8 OF RESOLUTION. The Upper Canada papers announce, officially, that a provincial convention as sembled at St. Catharine, in that province on the 4th of May, and was immediately or ganized by the choice of John Clark, ^ esq. president, Wm. J. Kerr, ceccretary, '** and George Adams, esq. treasurer. ■ The towns of Niagara, Grantham, Lowth, Clin ton, Grimsby, Conburv, Gainsborough, Pelham, Thurold, Stamford, Willoughby* Bertie, Crowland, Iluinberstone and Wainfleet, were represented. [These from, but an inconsiderable part of the towns of Upper Canada} and no delegates appear to have been sent from York, Kin gston, Newark and Chippewa, the prin cipal towns of the province.} Of the de- legates, were Robert Hamilton, esq. Wm. H. Merritt, esq. John Clark, esq. George Keeper, esq. James Cummings, esq (theae three justices of the peace) Dr. Cyrus Sumner, and Dr. John J. Lefteity, and Messrs. Hixon, Robertson, Kennedy, Henderson, Baxter, Current, Horton and Thompson The measures were adopted with unanimity. They recommended the election of Representatives to form a pro vincial convention, to meet at York, on the 6th July next, to appoint a commission to proceed to England with petitions to the Prince Regent, on the state of the provin ce; and to hold conferences, generally; on ill mattery then requiring attention- Mr., (iouriay, the autliorof the public addresses * which put in motion the meeting, was fin- vited to a seat in the convention, and to issiat in its bu-iness. The principal op- iosers of these measures, are Col. Clark, nd major Leanard. Much is expected from general (govern- ir) Maitland, on his arrival frpm England. Ine party anticipate from him a prompt alleviation of grievances, and the other at prompt su'ijirpssiiui of s<*If-created asso ciations.—Boston Centinal, June ip. From the Boiton Ccntir.tlof June 13, MORE SEA-SERPENTS. We can vouch for the intelligence and veracity of the medium through which* 1 we have received the following information, 1 so interesting to the naturalists ot our' country:— Passengers just arrived from Eastport report, that a captain Ilaggens, of French man's bay, arrived there a day or two be- i lore they left, who informs, that about ten leagues south southwest of Muuhegan he saw an object at the distance, as he sup posed, of about a league, which had the ap pearance of a whale. As he drew nearer this animal suddenly -ose with his head about five feet out ot water, and came to wards the vessel with astonishingvelority; he came immediately along side the ves- < sel, so near that he could have reached him with an o ir, and extended bevond the essel considerably—the vessel is eigthty feet in length. IJis head appeared about the size of his long boat, with a white spot on his breast, without fins and covered with a kind of shell, of quite a dark color. I He had several bunches on his bead, and nis motion was of an uudulatory kind; hi* tail shaped like that of a whale; his body about the size of a grampus, say four feet diameter. He soon disappeared and ve- soon he saw two others of the same des cription, but considerably smaller. Thcv came immediately b*fore the vessel, and wheu within sixteen feet he fired upon ooe ‘ them, when he immediately disappear- , with a motion so quick as to throw the water on board the vessel. 'This animat pouted the water downwards. His men weie so much alaimed with the appearance ol tnese animats that they ran up the* shrouds. 1