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m jyij'f Sir: * FltEDEIUCS: Ti. FELL, Mttf ttfa, »a«tiBiiai uiihiit, an. •t • PER ANNUM, « patahis. iat AH7JLYCB. . ^COMMEMORATION 4 4.MSR^A 4 M'OKrRAT>K.VCI5 * TVecomaiitte^appoioted by. tfee citizen ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ , fif8*Vanuah,to make arrangements for fJtA br obligedtog» into actionbutuatatmmterms, celebration of 4far approaching national ‘ “ *" festival , give notice, that an ORATION will be delivered on t!iat day, by Edward F TATMatfi, Mq- in the Prevtytcriaa church, ist ffcehour of 13 o’clock. Previous thereto, the Declaration of In dependence will be read by one of the com . irittce. The pracessionwillmove from the Ex change,-at 15 minutes before J2 o’clock * TJ>e Dinner Will be given at the Ei' change, end will be on table at half paat threeVdock. «t At Vie request of the committee, Geo Join*, esq. will preside as president, and Charles Harris, esq. vice-president. . \ Tickets Ifofce Had. of Mr. Hollis, at the &r of the Exchange. . . s. n. HE'D. ... T- BOURSE, xv.c Oamkl. j. s. nui.touu, 9 M BOND, W. STARR, sen ) J Committee Arrargemcr.t rtOM tie stnocacnc raxu. AMERICAN and BRITISH NAVIES. The late war between the United Staten and Grent Britain, in a more especial manner the Nara! war, has *o wounded •the feelings and mortified the pride of the ■enemy, that he has been guilty of much -arid-gross misrepresentation, in his official, as well at other, publications. '1 he ob ject «f these publications, is too.obvious to require * remark; but however little dis poned We may be to poison “the flattering unction” which the enemy has taken to hi l>osom, we surety are not bound nor di» ■posed to permit him to insult, abuse ami misrepresent our naval force. The arti cle which wo this day pul>K,li from the X mdon Coiirici, a paper devoted to the an I ministration of England, attracted our ■Attention some time since. We were sat •isfied it was full of misstatements as it ie»- .fleets the British Navy, and full of misre presentations as it regards the Navy ol •this country. Not being in jwistcssion «l •riliat precise and authentic information, avhicli would enable us to do justice to tin •nnhject, we enclosed the London paper to a Nnend, whose-talents and opportunities -eminently qualified him, and whose *.;al Nor tlic service, and love of country, we -trusted would induce him, to take the •trouble, and do the justice we requested We were not mistaken, and wo ask th‘. •undivided attention of our readers to the •“remarks” on the “Courier” article, with -which we have been obligingly furnished. They are fdl of knowledge, and abound •with matters of fact, which every Ameri can should treasure in his memory. 4MR1UC.1X .v-irr. . non the muons cornua. The American papers which we liare lately rr. ceired, continue to speak of the efforts making t increase die strength o» the navy of the Unite <; States, with a view, *• d»«4». to a mors detpenti competition with Great Britain, should any unfore. weco cireumrtsnee untappil v occasion another rup ture between the two countries. Such an event i- most earnestly to be deprecated; but as, in the vs. sod fluctuating relations of States, it w im- -lossible to say bow soon tranquility, apparently tho t*nst profound, may be violated, it may be -worth while again to call Oie public attention, •while it can be calmly directed toward* the sub jert, to the practice on the part of the Americana of andcr-rating their vessel*: all of which are in * raueh greater strength tluui the eta*, tr. iey belong. America ia at present the on- r that makes any distinction between th, actual strength of itsships of war. N«- sher France. Spain, nor Russia, do so, nor. we heCsve, did tity ever do so. The present Amen *:tn seventy-fours, can throw a broadside wi hm Wibs. as heavy as that of the Caledonia, a Bntisli whip rating 120 guns, and measuring 2617 tons.— \Vliat the difference ia m theTrigate class may be Attn ia the following comparison, from James* “Naval Occurrences of the late War," between the Endyraion. the largest and most formidable 44 gun frigate belonging to our Navy, and Ur Jate adversary the President. an American frigate of the'same rate; Emlymion (44) J} roadside Metal is > Long guns 312 pounds $ Carrunadea 364 % • 677 _ , ■ b Men 319 Complement iao n ay J 347 1277 Size in tons President (44) Broadside Metal in? Long guns 408 * JCarronade* 508 ? Men jBova 472 S tf7 pounds Complement Sire in tons % 1533 ft U far from improbable, however, that she A nericsn government, tinted Ay »Ae Bntith O - tkrin C weed, directing that all British m-n o' A shall henceforward be rated according to actual foMr'iuy, be contemplating the means of reducii* dierr rating wyrttm, aid bring lag it«litile nearer the sta<idard of truth. The srariation between the rate and the mounting f the ships of the British wavy, was of gradual row arms, attributable to accident ralfcrv than dea.gn ff rise Americana should prelent thst the wide difference which exUts b-twren'the rate and :1;< mounting of their ships. arose out of adventitious •gSresrsMtaneea,in no wwe connected with anv imen tion to deoe.ire. or to obtain in undeserved advait ■4are nr ejrwseter. the report of their own •e.-re txrf at fie, made so far back as in the year 1HW. still shew the fclasy of any such ssaertlnnsiand as chir subject may sit some Cme or other he oi aniMb national importanee, we subjoin, from the jbitwMthat we have alresdy qw Aed.apauagc, V .... .lit M M^orwct Jrtm a rrptn »f tU ttxuert u war, Jtfril 1, 1798. . - ' •It 'appears that the first estimate rendered <tn ebrgtsss, was for frigates < f thcco rJnon sire and, rtMnmfians, ratedjtTfihnw fifgnna and tlaLtlw first appro priguont fur thr armament srtrafouid- ed open dill estimate. Jt »l»o appears that, when •heir rice and distentions; 1 cansa^o be more ma turely dehbemted. doe refcnfindEein^ bid us the rbipa tluy might have to cotaKi with, it was deen.ei proper, ao to dfcr liar thanri ist, siii- tut ehnnjinf ikmr rates, as to exUnd their sphere ofouSlty se much as poapibW. *4l was expected, from (Ms alteration, lha* they smld possess,-in an eminent degree, sdvsntage of sailing: that sepantelr. they would be nfcr.tr to my twg'.e Ecrtpem frigate eftU vital Amen- tarn; that if assailed' by Mimbers, they wonfd be Uwsss able to lead a-bud; that Uiey could never be obliged logo into action but ms dt/lrnm terms, except in a calm, and that in heavy weather, they would be capable ef engaging devil* d.tk ernfe.- -Th-se are the ppocsple advaotsgta corn cm plated from the change made in their dimension' should they be rained they will more than com pensate for having materially swelled Use body expenditure*.'* — • Here is an offieial document, pointing out the advsi.trgs* of s< ndmg forth ships of greater size and farce, than their rate implies; evidently, to ope'ratr a a cheat of drhuion 'upoo the re-t ol the world. ••Thrre was no dSuropcsn frigate of the ustul * 'dimesaion*,' - but wis known to be a third smaller, an l a third-weaker, than >n American frigate of *44 guns.* But why to rate of 44 guns* Because the largest ‘European 'rigstes* t'.en n utted hat number; consequently, a frigate *nf 44 guns* eras ■ p: arently equal to a fr.gata ‘of 44 guns.’ The difference between 'he rate and mounting was sup posed to be a secret; the above ‘Repent/ the Sec retary at War' not bring suffered to err the light till of late >ears, when voinohf the •advantage v «f (he deception hadbecon« indeed, -realizecl’! “H.ppily it Was reserved for Britain to pluck rbe veil of diet ption from thenrim- system, tin grltant tars requirrd not the aid nf Fetior to v color to their dajms. 1 he Order in Councilex •irrssrs that all tl« vrvsets in tlie navy shall in ft tore be ilistingiush'd by the uumb-.r >f gun« and arronad* th*y actually mnutp and not according o the erroneous den ;min itions which had lung inee grown into u.e. America, surely, will nnt now have the face to continue In r rating sv*trm “Inp rriflc.ti- m nfthe old proverb, *hc will find t her interest to he Ijones': but it will not he for gotten—who set h;r the example ** REMARKS on the ABOVE It was not ontil after the War with Tripo It, that our fillips mounted idmo guns than they rated, and the cause of theirmounting more then Wat the adopting the use of cai otiadra in nor'service. The Constitution, the President, and the United States tver tiuill for 44’*,and until that period mounted inly the number at which they were rated Flic Chesapeake was also intended I or a 44, but finding she would only bear 58 long guns, she was rated a 58. The Phi ladt-lphia and Constellation were built to carry 56 guns, and carried no more—they' are rated S6’s, anti have always been se rated It ia well known, Chat hi the ae tion with the Insurgent, mounting 44, and with the Vengeance, mounting 50 gun* the Constellation mounted only 56. Tin first ship armed on the upper deck with arrnnatles, in our service, was the Chesa eake. When commodore Decatur tool, omm&nd of her, after tjie attack of th Leopard, lie adopted the British plan oi ■armnades on the forecastle and quarter deck, and .they being lighter than long guns, and of greater calibre, it was fount, t iat H eir number, and consequently the force of the ship, might be considerably ill creased, without increasing the weight ol netal. The practice was believed to be a sihhI one, and was adopted in our service enerally, whence arose the circumstance f their 'mounting more guns than thev rated. It was not dune in ourservice witli i view to deceive,‘whatever might have been the object in the British. The Ian authorises the building of ships to carry a certain number of guns,-and they -were built and mounted, with one exception (the Chesapeake) the. number specified The laws were made public, and there ould have been no disposition whatever at the time they were built, of practisinc leception on the world, in expectation o! a naval contest with U eat Britain. Tin tnree ships spoken of in the secretary’s report (admitting tlie report to be genu iue) were built under a-federal adminis tration, with views to a co operation with England against France, ami were so em ployed. The navy was strenuously op- jiosed by those of cliff" rent politics,' not from feelings of hostility to the navy it self, but from apprehensions as to the mo tives of those theu in power. The force authorised was a very limited one. and the .rdministration was no doubt desirous of making the mort of it; but take the report in its utmost latitude, it can only prove that the ships were built larger thr.n the first draft, on tlie most approved construc tion. possessing the advantages of great tleetness and buoyancy, not that they arried more guns than they rated—and it is not tlie dimensions of a ship, but the number cf guns she oic-unth, and her met al, that renders her formidable in war.— These advantages we have never denied, and never shall deny. Wo believe our hips to be better than those of the same class in the British navy—nay, we believe Ur officers belter, and we believe our sea men and our discipline better, but we do deny that we have practised any deception, the secretary of war** report to the con trary notwithstanding. Of this report I have only to say, that I have searched the records of the tear and the navy office, and can find none such in either, nor do I be lieve it ever existed, but in ‘-James’ Na val Orrnr.-f nces of the Late War.” I shall not enquire into the comparative force of th* Emlyuiion and the President. Had the President been taken by the En- ymion alone, it might then have been vorth while; but if the Endymion 44 ia not large as the President 44. by upward* nf two i.undrcd tons, 1 do assert, that the President, is exceeded as much by other 44*» in the British service, as she exceeds the Endymion.* The Java, the Leander, the Liverpool, the Now-Castle, and sever al other 44*s, treat least two hundred ton* Inrger tV-.n in* largest'American frigate- anil the Eg* plisn, fated oiily 40 guns. equally exceeds them insizt^ In the fall el IGI-j. jmc lay at Lisbon near the Con- stitutiou, then commanded by commodore RHgero-bsjh ships were measured ^ «adMro of i’S «*d h» IfilST for 4lie>r office^ and on a comparison, it wax ‘ ia * Riils-Myka epr»p»ncr; luiiml, s>ht cxctf«ltd .the Constitution m banishieg him to Mahon, whereMhh exited I a letter ia going the rounds A Mie pa- dey has for some time resided. This dey J nets, said to he from an American in con- baa dftdnniacd to come to Constantino-1 fine-r.ent at Havana, who rrprehonta hiifi- plc, to propose to the Porto to march against I *^|f ** having been taken fighting for the the Moorish chief, if they would grant him I patriot esuse in Mexico. We have got troops and munitions, to join himself with | a clue to discover the authenticity of this an army now encamped on the oMaataias j epistle, anil think it probable that we can in the vicinity of .Algiers, and which oi.lv [ „ rovc it a fabrication. Such publications, await* id* highness’* orders to acr. It is the Royal Spanish agents very well know, out yet known what part the Divan will j hare a prodigious effect in preventing afl- «muage SCO tot*. Tte Constitution at that time mounted Otif 44. guns. v The Egyptian, altbougtt iwthgoidy 40, mount ed 51. The*‘Cwnstit*tMMi‘ the United Stites, and iB* President are or ti.e same size, and by a compartgwuf the latter ship with the EzyptisirdO, every one mkyaudgr how correclis theasaeNfeh, that “Ifte. En- dymion is die likgesfzud most formidable 44 eon frigate l».teaeiftg to the Britisl, osvr,'* and that there was “ru» i-Eoropean frigate of the usual «H«en*iim*, but what The dey is clothed in a beautiful lace I More anon ib. was known'to be a third atoaller, and a. dress, like that of officers in the Turkish 1 tiiird weaker, tbsn an-American frigate of marine, but he keeps his legs naked, accor-[ £r>racf ef a letter/nm Operator, dated At 1«» a* •!!«(» fntlia onatnme nf tk* kIworino* ITi». I ins*. adopt; 44 Tlie practice in tlie British navy, has been to rate their frigate* by the number of cons mounted on their gun-deck, with out reference to the whole number mount td. A frigate mounting 26 gunw on the gun-deck wa* called a 52, 28 a S6, a:id if 30 a 44. The same rule answered equal ly well to our rates. Tlie Essex 32 moont ed S6 guns on her main-deck.' The Con Ktsllation 56, mounts 28, and_ the Consti- •ution, United States and President, 44"s. mounted each SO guns. The rale, wheth er good or tad, its British rule, mid wheth er the intrndactipn.of it into our service arose “from design or from accident,*? it is presumed.that if xt e approve of it, we sliaii nut discontinue it, because England by an order in council^has maiie to the world the degrading confession of the deception die has been so long practising! nor do I deem it necessary to enquire what is the practice of other ottions. Suffice it to say, that such is ours n*u>. * We construct, u p •v m and maun our ships, to please our selves, nut to gra'ify others, and we shall .ii tliii instance, teel ourselves no more “shamed” by the “example”of England, than we were by the “order in. council,” for bidding their frigate* to engage our* singly! We did not follow the one, nor ran I perceive the moral obligation for following tlie other; but if England has re •illy learnt the value of. honesty, ami in tends practising it, we do, in such case, in justice to ourselves; claim the merit ol iiaving taught her by our precept, whatever credit she may lie ehVufed'ta'by her exam pic, and one we think, will riot be “forgot ten” sooner than thirothcr. As regards our 74’», I shall merely re ■nark, that the Washington, the Indepen dence and the Franklin, are much smaller than many 74’s iq the’British service.— The latter ship has visited England—the others have been visited frequently by British officers in the Mediterranean, and although all have been loud in praise o. their equipment, discipline, etc. etc. there ha* been, the most perfectsiler.ee in regard to their size. Would this have been tils' case, let me ask, had tbeirdimeusions have exceeded the ordinary size of British 74’sf I.ordok, May 6. AFFAIR OF FUALliES. The trial of the persons accused of the murder of FuaUle* still continues. The' ■fitting of the 23d of April was -one’of the most interesting since the commnicnce- ueiit «f the examinations. Bax, who !>?• I'-re, had told only a part of tlie truth, is aid on that day to have made a full disclo sure. In consequence of these disclosures, other individuals have been inscribed on he list of the prosecution, against whom irocerdings will commence. We shall soon be able to mention the results. Bax, aid, on entering the house of Buncal on the night of March 19, 1817, he recogniz ed Bastide. Jausion, Rcssiercs, Vcynac, Vence d’Istnurnet, Louis Bastide, Rene; ollard and the wife of Bancal. He saw here Mr. Fnaldes, seated .on a chair sur rounded by these individuals. Jausioi had required M. Fualdes to sign some bills, which, when he had done,Jausion put ins riiirt-leuiile, which lie held. A*soon as this was done, Ba-tide dASired Fua'ldes to pre pare lor death; Fualdes then rose and said with emphasis, “who could have believed that my own relations and friends would lie among the number of my assassins!”— B.istide then seized Fualdes, to stretch him on the table where lie had signed the bills. Fuuldes resisted, and requested ime to make his peace with heaven. Ba> tide, “Go and reconcile yourself with 111? Devil.” At last, said the prisoner, Fualdes wa* stretched upon the table, and Jausion, who held a knife in his hand, struck the first blow. Fualdes made an effort; the table was overturned; he escaped from th- hand of the assassin; he ran towards tin door. 1 was placed there, but made no el- fort to prevent him. Bastide who saw this, gave mcablow; and, by the assistance of several other individuals, seized Fualdes, and stretched him again on the table Bas tide then plunged a kife into tlie tnroat of Fualdes, who uttered groans and stifled cries. The witness in' this manner went over tlie circumstances of the murder, fully implicating Jausion and Bastide, with some other individuals not yet appre hended. The celebrated chieftain, air Gregor MacGregor, whose exploits in South Ame rica have been the theme of so much con versation in England, had a narrow escape few days ago, by the accidental overturn ing* near Woaler, of a stage coach, in liich he was a passenger fur Edingburg.— A young lady in the coach had her collar bone broken, and was so much bruised that she was obliged to be left at Wooler. The celebrated Lavalette is said to have resided in Scotland fora considerable time past; and it is added tlpt he is now ia Lon don. i, V . -. CoNSTAspxoixE, March ^8. ; We have received some details here, res pecting the revolution which took place in Algiers. Thenewiley named by the army, having been taken by the Moors, the na tives of the counriy, was conducted to their chief, who have sectrtlonthe treasuries,'tta msgzine*, etc. and.carried off every thing t» A lort which commanded the town^end where be also ball retired. This chief, al though bqjf » ssrage, bad,, the generosity, not ooly to grant him his life* but,pvcp to give biui several million? inf piastres, 'with two slaves, and contented himself with. •» ’ v . venturers from joining the Patriot fttarid- ding tothe customs of the Algerines. Un-1 dcr the former dey ne held the title gencr- j al, commanding a corps in the army. from tie Baton faiUMua, June 16. FROM EUROPE. By foe ship Wubicpua, which arrived on Sun “The establishment at Galvezton in creases rapidly; detachments to join the main army are mxriffird openly through thecoontry. •••••• and others carry oa trade with the inhabitants openly, exchang ing goode of all kinds fur money and pro- day'from Liverpool, London paper, lo April 33,1 visions. They have several vessels on the (evening.) were received The Courier of tlie S7th. mentions that admiral rivers Cals* and Momenta- A few da vs 48 uwi a^uiuoi I • * • . a s • » Beauctmc U appoints governor of Newfound- ^Ro, a man in this country raised about 12 laud, and haa.efeeted V.C. tie Gtytfor In, -ecre-1 men.and went "Ut to one of thp trading tanr—but the Chronicle ofi ext day, aajr< alter he I p| #ws> and assuming the character of a had made all lib arrangements, admiral Hamilton | ca5tom | 10 use officer. Seized U Vessel Spl S«St *A pifolSriSwbraa^tntud to parliament fur I f ^ew^ r ■ - ■ •- —• • - * 1 «i>le nfthe over Calas; they brought.her to the east side and there dischuigM the car- foe repeal of the duty oa printed eahcocX. lit the new Uritbh cuMunut coim-l daiion bill mlcodrd to continue foe eaempuoa in favor I a „d whilst In the act of dividing 1 tho of cotton good* The llrifoh mini-er. have intimated an inten I blunder, tvere surprised by a party from tion of reducing tlie window t*x V5 percent; I Ualfczton tinner the command of ■■■ Mr. IViibcrfittce has n-aule motion.-, with a viewl who captured the sham custom house of- to further reforms respecting slave* in the West-1 fiorr ami some of his psrty; after flogging Indies. Mr I^m.lly. Ua, called^ paper, aa to , h( . m ,ovcrelv, s-nt them home and loaded two much zeal in this course muy cause the Wc-i I Jj!**" 0 ' * *^ a,n on boartl the schooner — India 1,land* tu revolt, or llirow tlicmsclres inte J Till* letter you mayuseasyou ples*ri,as the arm* of the United Sutra, which arc increas-1 everv American must feel mortified to sec ing their influence or coNUolcf tlie Wot Indus the laws nfthe country thus trampled by sci»ng the tort* ot Florida, and increasing upon Mw-Orteaus Gazette. ‘ Meir marine. | ■ « FROM StTaUGUSTIXK. ' A By the schooner Alice, arrived *)reste^ day from St. A'lgustihe; we learn that the iniiabitanis were in daily expectation ofa visit from general Jackson, and the troops were preparing to defend the place as arejt as they could. There are about 400 men in die fort, and they but badly supplyed with provisions. \Ve also learn from on A committee of the house of commun* have I officer of the army, that tlie American reported in fiv»r of government's purchasing llr. I tro >ps at Pensacola and Amelia-Island Uarr.t-)’* library', which b eswnauU a* worili I w jj| shortly embark fur the above point It has been voted, that Thomas Ferguson liar been guilty ofa corrupt interference with the free dom of election, and ofa high breach of the pri vileges of the hnuse of common-; and that ht should be committed to Newgate. And Mr. Wynn has given notice of a motion to nrmjv< him from the office of rurv-yur ot the taxes in Scotland. Count Ltdan, of the Ionian Inland* has prevail ed a memorial against the oppressive conduct of general Campbell, which wa* ordered to be print ed. 1 VU'J/but it iffered for 13,500. Tlie re go will, it 7v0 volume* of newspapers from 1693 and 700b portraits. A collection ol ancient Veniiixn manuscripts, iitve been purchased for foe Bodleian library for 50001. The duke of Richmond’s salary and allowzn ecs as governor general ot Canada, will amount to upwards of 40,000 dollars a year; besides hi.-' income from hi» private fortune. Sir Watkins Lewis, alter 40 years* litigation, and a confinement lor debt fur must of the timi has been put irto possession of very valuable fo lates in South Wales He b now between 60 and shortly embark fur the above point •y water, when it will undoubtedly fall.— Charleston City Gazette, 37th inst. Two Agents from the Spanish govern ment arrived at Amelia-Island on ue'IStk instant, for the purpose of taking posses sion of the lands in Florida, some time since granted by said government to the •lukc af Alancon.—ft. ' We yesterday published an account of 93 years nf age * - I the narrow escape of the celebrated chief- A ntw trial has been granted in the case of Dr *“»« «•*" Gregor MacGregor by the acciden- rnortie, vs governor Gore of Upper Canada, fur | tat overturning of a stage-coach, in _which a libel, dant. The first decision w»i against the defeii-1 he was a passenger, un hi* wav to Eding- .. „ .» I burgh. The subsequent article will cx- Simon Fra*er,e.;q. vs. W. Bntthbinkforcnm. I con. has recovered 6J0J ilobara. The parties-1 I* °J n nature of Ills visit to that place, were forllerbice. Judgment was suffered to go I and shew that ins ardor and zeal for tho by default mancipation of the Spanish Provinces and A lecturer in England on die ear, lias exhibited | the final extinction of bigotry and faoali- a variety of new acousuc instruments, and arUfi-1 c . ism? arc 8t ;„ ^diminished:' “A gentleman nf veracity, lately arriv- vanety cbl ears. At Frankfort in April, an artillerist loaded a cannon with grape shut, stood before its mouth, ed in Washington from Edingburg (Scot- and touched it with fire on the end of a stick, l-und) says that tlie agents of the i.i.»i.:....irs_ ..... I . * - J ... • . - . (Scot- South American patriots recruit in an open man- blew himself tn atoms. A new tariff un manufactured goods ha* been I oUbbshed at Genua. The duties are enhanced 1 , , , , • , , , , > on some article* 3, 4. 5, and cun 6 times their I “iey are mustered and marched through the former rates. 382 emigrants, mostly laborers, and many vl them having much money, have lately h-lt Dum fries fur America. It is only a year since foe ma nia ol emigration spread in that province. A severe hurricane commenced at 1 of France, I on foe night of February -8, wnich continued [ unfit next forenoon The British frigate Magi- r.k nne was driven on shore, and several vessel- lost—the former got off, without injurs, iftri tak-1 ing out her guns, water Ac and sendii.g ashorr her top masts and yards. The revenue of Martinique amounts to five mil-1 lion* ol' francs On the 2wh of April l ot, an attempt wa* made I in the British house of commons, to abolish lot-1 streets fnr embarkation at Leith; all this is done on the face nf day, and under the eye of the British authorities.”—Baltimore Fe deral Republican, 20th inst. HURRICA.YE at ISLE of FRANCE. [Translated for the Salem Register, from the Ga zette of Mauritius, printed at Port Louis.] ‘ Our distressed colony lias probably suf fered more in the late storm than in the fire if the 27th September. 1316. 1 The storm whirl; happened on the 28th of February» and 1st of March, has sparcd- notliing by tenet, in toto. In die course of Id; remarks oi; I land or water. All the Vessels in the port tlie subject, Mr. Lyttleton could not give his as-1 were lout or damaged in some degree, and -u.nl to one niRiruIlp it,-m in fh- rl.,(^-lln,v I ■ ■ J . .. . sent to one particular item in the ctiancrllor’s budget—the lotteries. It was. Said he, most ex- many lives hare been lost. Many houses uuu£ti.— me iwi'tnc*. n was. sum nr, mosi ex* I - *L„ - . • , A iL * . . inordinary. Unit, ». the time foe right hnn, nb r ,n the 1 to f n ., a, : e ru , ,ncd ' 0n the P'* nU * gentlepian was voting o-ie million -terling for foe I tions, the buildings have suffered as much building of churches, he wa* must ineonustenth netting up new lotteries, or rafiier es ablishing gaming houses all over foe country The riglr honorable gentleman bad dt-crib d himstll a* hardened finner—now, on the c-mtrart, he (Mr, Lyttleton) thought him a soft saint and one Un bent his comci.nce to suit the e ,ds of his poll cy—(laughter)—Differing, however, at he did. ii- liu notions of morality from the right honorable a* the field. Many planters haye lost theif all, and the distress is general. It is im possible, while every one is busy to see what is left to him, rather than to tell hia. losses, to obtain an exact account ol the losses the colony has sustained. We beg mr friends and the inhabitants in general ill* iiDiiuiit Ul ujUrariy TrOITI iflr rtlTItk noVtOrRulf I . • •■• . a ^ gentleman, he would still per 1st in his isteafior | us every aid in a general statement, >f pressing foe abolition of lotteries on foe alien-1 '"r which they shall have our thanks. The lion of the hoo-e.” | uarometer sunk lower than was ever THE KING OF ROME. By a gcnth-min lately from Vienna, we learn that the son of Napoleon Bonaparte is regarded, and universally spoken > f in the capital of Genua iy, a* lirir apparent to th-. crown of France, 'o | succeed to foe throne on tlie He* h nf Louis XVI'I, bis mother, the grand dflebes* of Parma, to h- regent until her '■--n shall be of age The honor paid td young Napoleon are greater than those I u4iumei.tr, tuns inner vunn was ever j known, and most -,f those who observed it,’ W were unable at first to account for the no- * ■ces it gave in sn extraordinary ra man ner. It appears that the most violent blasts were from the northeast, but with a 'bree very unequal j as wc could see small vessels stand it, while others of the great* •st strength were destroyed at a small dis- Many persons observed was salt on the day af* psiu lojvunt wc j-rej-rr uun IPUjr 1 . C al. paid to any individual in Vienna, the etn-evr I rance ‘Corn them, alone excepted Whenever he passes an Atirt-un | d'at the rain water postor guard, th* Genm-dc is beat and the troops | ter tlie storm, the water which flows "near afote-when be rule out. I " ravage has t ot | the town was found brackish. [Here follow* the names of 50 ships; 5 brig* and are attached ofoeem;.trbrof Aus'.ris and on tke 120 small craft, that were either driven only a military guard but is er.c mpassed by a I guard of honor from the guard of n- bit-men who I panels of the carriage are the imper-al French en gles.—Bemoc-atic l‘rett PATRIOT WAR cgnnt: SI' nO.VIXGO. We may soon expect to hear tlie result -unk, bilged, and otherwise damag'd ] On the C8th of February, at 7 in the morning the Uaronioter was at 28, at 6 in the _ r evening At 27, at 5 next morning at 26, 6. of the operations against the Spanish part I The I'hermumetcr, French 22. , At 6 the oi Sf. Domingo, by the combined Patriot j wind abated, and from N. E. passed Nbrth- squadron under Com. Aury. They want I crly,and at 7 was N. \Vi and began to apart of rendevous, and will stake a great I abate, had lessened much at 11, and at deal to procure one, especially one so con-1 6 ,n evening was a pleasant oreeze at' venient and contiguous as th'e City of St. I N. \V. the Barometer »ben ot 27, 9. Domingo is, to the b*at cruizing ground in j — ■ either the West-Indres or South America. | A letter from the nle of France, receivy * The sudleqsof tjiisenter|»rize would give I e»l this town, mentions that the loss br'- tiiem'the facility of entering tlie Mona I tiie hurricane, in the shipping alone wrai Passage, the greatest thoroughfare of all J found to exceed 850,000 dollars by an id - tlie Islands, in a few -.curs, chousing any I teal appraisement.—Bofc» Register. part of the coast of Cuba or a run over to I o —— the Maine, at will—t; short, it is the most I POLAR ICE in (tie ICEST-INUIES. judicious position thsv could have select-1 A gentleman recently arrived from New- ed,and would almn,t put a stqp to ^’ic J Orleans informs ns, tliat, on the ’ m ' Spanish commerce in those seas. Twen-J floating ice was* fallen in sgith in ffie ty.jKtrs agft the fortifications were said to I open ocean outside of the gulf stream, be formidable; but Aury’s spies now re-J in ti^S9tU d^tNir lattitude. Thisio port that they are n.-glected, and might! mufh further touth than We haVe ever be* be assailed with aifrgoU$c.*— tt’ask'n-ti City--fazette. I fitre beard of ice having been observed I tear—Philadelphia paper. "