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SOUTHERN
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VOL. I.
MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1820.
No. 15.
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SPEECH
Of Mr. Ervin, of S. C. in the House of
Representatives of the U. S. on intro
ducing the following resolutions:
Resolved, by Ote Senate and Home of Represen
tatives af the United States of America, That the
President of said States lie requested to take
measures to obtain, from the honorable Rushrod
Washington, the body of the late Gen’l George
Washington; nnd, if obtained, that he cause to
he erected over it, in the Capitol Square, east of
the Capitol, a suitable mausoleum, with Inscrip
tions emblematical of the principal events of his
Military and political life.
Resolved, That (he President of (lie U. States
be authorized to give the sum of dollars for
Ahe best plan of a mausoleum ; which plan of a
mausoleum, nnd the inscriptions thereon, shall
lie approved by the President of the U. States,
the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, the Chief Justice, the
Secretaries of the different Departments, and
flip Attorney General, or a majority of them.
Re it farther resolved, That the President do
cause to be procured an equestrian statue of
bronze of Gen. G torge Washington, to be exe
cuted by some eminent artist, which shall he
placed on the top of the said mausoleum, In the
centre building of the Capitol, or in any other
place within the public square, which, by a ma
jority of the persons in the preceding resolution
referred to, shall be deemed most suitable.
And be it further resolved, That a committee
be appointed to bring In a bill to make the ne. , v jjj cover the amount necessary,
pessary appropriations of money to carry into J
execution the objects contemplated in the pre
ceding resolutions.
Mr. Speaker: I consider it among the
fortunate incidents of my life that I have
the honor of a seat in the great council
of my country ; and enjoy au opportuni
ty to vote for a statue and monument to
General George Washington, late Presi
dent of these United States : not, sir, in
the hope to confer honor, or to perpe
tuate the fame of this great man, but to
join in manifesting to the world and the
latest posterity our admiration and grati
tude for his eminent virtues and most dis
tinguished services.
It is not my intention—nay, it is un
necessary, to repeat any considerable
portion of his history to this enlightened
asaembly ; it lives in our memories—it
dwell* upon our tongues ; or his virtues;
for they are embalmed in the bosom of
our affections. To their narration I can
impart no new ornament; for, in their
praise, eloquence has poured forth all
her ettlogiums, and even panegyrick it
self has been exhausted.
Nor is it, sir, for the purpose of metre
idle declamation that 1 hope to claim the
attention of this honorable body to the
resolutions which 1 have done myself
Ihe honor to present. Considerations
more momentous have influenced me.*
The storm has not yet wholly subsided,
which lately threatened not only the
peace and tranquility, but the Union of
these states. To the motives of common
•eciirity &. common interest, which have
«o happily and gloriously united us, 1
wish, if possible, to add those of senti
ment & kindred sympathy ; and I know
of nothing more calculated to beget the
one, or awaken t.he other, than to entomb
the father of our country in a mausole
um, with inscriptions emblematical of
the great events of his political and mill
tary life, erected at the national expence.
Cold, indeed, will be that heart which
could ever approach it, without experi
encing mingled emotions of veneration
and respect. The wise, the good, and
oppressed, from every clinic, will come
and survey, with wonder &i delight, the
gratitude of the American people to him
“ who was first in war, first in peace, it
first in the hearts of his countrymen.”
At its pedestal the ambitious will learn
the vast difference between promoting
the glory and happiness of millions of
freemen, and that of mere personal ag
grandizement. Whilst statues, monu
ments, and the applause of unborn mil
lions, will be the soul-ennobling reward
of virtuous ambition, in the one case,
they will behold the other sitting upon
the ruins of Carthage, more emblemati
cal of fallen greatness than the very ru
ins which surrounded it. They will fol
low it in its flight from the bloody plains
of Pharsalia, and behold it naked, life
less, friendless, and inurned on Egypt’s
*ultry shore ; they will see it for a few
•plendid years awing the world—then
behold it stript of imperial power and
splendor, cut off from all the endearing
sympathies of our nature, our consolati
on in misfortune, and exiled to a rock 1 in
•he great Pacific Ocean.
Here, sir, when we who are now guid
es the destinies of our country, will be
!" en t in the dust, our children from the
*orth and the South, from the East and
^est, will meet in mournful silence
me great events of the Revolution will
Pi* 5s ln solemn review before them—the
disasters of defeat, and the triumphs of
'mtory. They will behold the man
0se cause I now advocate, guiding the
sho w and directing the energies of an in
J’D'ed people, determined to be free.—
T ke Missouri Question
i
They will remember the joint exertions,
the kindred blood, which flowed to pur
chase our freedom, &. will kneel around
it, and with full hearts swear to transmit
the rich inheritance unimpaired to their
latest posterity.
All the enlightened nations of antiqui
ty considered it a duty not only to com
memorate the virtuous deeds, but to per
petuate to their posterity the very form
and appearance of their illustrious dead.
To this end all their literature and ni ts
were equally subservient. On the oue
hand, whilst history recorded, poetry
sung, and eloquence rendered immortal,
their virtues and warlike achievements;
on the other hand, the marble, decorat
ed with the ornaments of drapery, seem
ed to breathe under the chisel of the ar
tist, and an artificial form oo canvass was
almost penciled into life—dividing em
pire with the grave, nnd handing down
to posterity the venerable image of the
benefactors of their country. Hcncc the
incentive to great actions ; hence that
undaunted courage which made them su
perior to the dangers of the field ; and
hence that noble emulation which stimu
lated them to aspire after generous fame
and everlasting renown, when they knew
and acted under the influence of that
knowledge, that they would survive the
decay of nature, and be seen and vene
rated in other times.
Do we fear the amount of the expen
diture ? Quadruple the sum expended
I whilst debating the Missouri question,
the amount necessary. Rut,
admitting it should be more, will my
country promise, and promise, and nev
er perform ? On the 17th of Aug. 1703,
in the moment of triumph, when the ser-
ices of Washington called forth univer
sal expressions of grateful feeling, the
Continental Congress unanimously voted
him an equestrian bronze statue ; but,
notwithstanding his virtues and great a-
chievements, he had the mortification to
outlive the gratitude of his country, for
it has never been procured.
In 1799, after having done us all the
good in his power, and he was summon
ed to join the general congress of virtue
above, remember the pledge that was gi
ven to this mighty people, who were
then in tears. Your chair, sir, was
shrouded in black; the then Congress
in a body, waited on the President of tin
United States, in condolence for the na
tional loss. They requested of his illus
trious, disconsolate consort, the body of
the father of our country, which was as
sented to ; and in May of the subsequent
year a bill was introduced into this house
to erect over it a Mausoleum. And what
let me ask, has been done ? Ollier re
volutionary claims have been adjusted
but this great national debt of gratitude
yet remains to be paid. The eyes of the
world are upon us. The affection of the
American people demands it ; and will
you not gratify them ? Will you justify
the imputation of the charge of ingrati
tude, which history informs us is the vice
of Republics ? Will you, in moments of
joy or sorrow, when the soul is atiima
ted or molted with the noble, gonerou
feelings of the heart, decree statues and
monuments, and, when those feelings
have subsided, suffer yourselves to be
governed by motives of a character less
meritorious ?
If you should be thus unfortunately in
flueuced, authorise a national subscrip
tion, proclaim to the patriotism of the
American people, that money is want
ing to procure a statue and erect a mo
nument to Washington : Riches would
pour forth her treasures, nnd the poor
Revolutionary soldier, whose heart has
been often cheered with his voice, whilst
fighting the battles of his country, will
perform his last pilgrimage, and give all
he has to give, his tears.
But, sir, 1 know I may be told, that
apprehensions are entertained for fear
of the danger of the precedent: that o-
thers less meritorious may wish the like
distinction. My regret is, sir, that the
annals of mankind have not as yet and I
much fear will never produce such ano
ther subject of commemoration. But if,
in the course of human events, our coun
try should be invaded, and liberty tlriv-
eu to her last entrenchments, some migh
ty genius should arise, whose victorious
arm should beat back the invading foe—
sweep them off with the besom of de
struction and redeem the sinking desti
nies of tny country, 1 would commemo
rate his exploits by every expression of
national gratitude, and erect to his me
mory a monument more durable than the
pyramids of the Nile. All these glori
ous exploits, and more, have been per
formed by this illustrious man ; and if
ever man deserved the distinguished e-
vidence of a nation’s love, it is Washing
ton. So eminent have been his servi
ces, that he has been, Si will lie, through
out every age, the theme of universal
panegyrick
The liberties of other countries have
been acquired by tiic united exertions of
numbers : but whilst I justly admire and
duly appreciate the talents, the firmness
and integrity of other illustrious patriots
of the Revolution, appeal to hisury to
say, whether the liberty of this country
1 ivas not acquired as much by his skill
his other great qualities, and, if possi
ble, to consecrate human greatness, he
was a Christian—not only the favorite of
the earth, but, we humbly hope, of Heu-
and prudence, as by the force of num-1 without a rival or competitor. Tocrown
bers. At the commencement and during "*’■-** * •*
the Revolutionary war, remember the
difficulties he had to encouter ; at the
head of militiamen, undisciplined, aud
without any motives for union but those
of common danger, he dared to oppose
a power whose veterans had recently
conquered in every clime, nnd whose
flag waved in proud triumph round the
world. Hannibal like, he soon convert
ed the licentiousness of freemen into
the orderly discipline of the soldier, and
by superior military skill, drove his ar
rogant confident foe from his encamp
ment in Boston. On the ICtli of Nov.
1776, two thousand seven hundred of
liis soldiers were captured at Fort IVash-
ngton. The 1st of December of the
same year, their term of service having
expired, 12,000 more claimed their dis
charge, and left him with less than 3,600
effective men ; with this remnant, in the
dead of winter, and in the face of a vastly
stipenor
force, he kept the field, and
convinced his foe that although lus phy
sical numbers were diminished, his mor
al force was the same, and that he might
destroy, but could never conquer free
men.
At this awful moment, the stoutest
hearts were appalled ; not only the poor
nnd humble, but the rich nnd influential,
gave up all as lost, and numbers claimed
the protection of a powerful enemy.—
Yes, sir, he was forsaken, and when
counselled to make his own peace, lie
declared he would carry the war into the
upper part of his native state, & if driven
from thence, he would raise the standard
of liberty beyond the mountains. Oh 1 tny
country, he was our father—he was our
friend. In the most gloomy moments
of our Revolution, when all our pros
pects were darkened—when hope her
self was sinking in despair, his great
mind never fmiltered. No matter what
disaster befel you, no matter what mis
fortune awaited you, lie was faithful ;
he rose superior to the one, and pre
pared with manly fortitude to encounter
the other ; and after enduring trials the
most afflicting, nnd encountering dangers
the most appalling, he succeeded in es
tablishing the liberties of his country, by
triumphing over the hero who was nurs
ed in arms on the plains where Wolf,
Montcalm, and Montgomery full.
At the close of the American Revo
lution, he exhibited to the world a spec'
tar.le to which history furnishes no par
nllcl. ilis country was exhausted ; with
out union, without money, and without
credit—flushed with victory, and a gal
lant army at command like other con
querors, he too might have taken advan
tage of the times, triumphed over the
rights of the people, and ascended to
empire. But, ambition slop thy mad ca
reer, and copy the glorious example.—
Instead of fomenting, he appeased and
suppressed the discontent of an enraged
soldiery, mid after having led them from
victory to victory, and dispelled the hor
rors of a bloody and protracted war, and
there was nothing else to conquer but
himsciforthe liberties of his country
he stripped victory of her chains, em
braced for the last time his officers, the
companions of his glory, and with tears
in his eves, bid his soldiers an everlast
ing fate well, then repaired to the Hall
of Congress, and resigned back to the
Reprcset tatives of the people that power
which he had used only to redeem them
and their countrymen fr om misery, from
la very and from death.
What American within the hearing o
my voice, whose heart does not melt
with gratitude, at the name of Washing
ton ? What language so barbarous as does
not speak his name ? What nation so dis
tant, as does not resound with his praise
Eminent without magnificence : superior
without vanity, and elevated without
pride, he was the admiration of an aston
ished world. Faithful to his friends, ge
ncrous to his companions, and a philuii
thropist to the very being of man, he liv
ed loved by the good, caressed by the
great, and feared and respected by his
very enemies. Firm and inflexible in
the pursuit of justice and truth, he scorn
ed equally simulation and detraction.
Greece may tell of her legislators
Rome may tell of her heroes, hut what
age or country can boast of a Washing
ton, a man so renowned both in peace
and war ? Leonidas was patriotic ; Aris
tides just; Hannibal w as patient; Fabiue
prudent ; Scipio was continent ; Cxm
merciful ; Marcollous courageous, and
Cato of inflexible integrity ; yet, these
virtues which separately distinguished
those mighty men of antiquity, were all
united in the character of this singular
great man, and raised him above the le
vel of mankind : he was so pre-eminent
that envy never dared to raise its malig
nant glance to the elevation of his virtue
Other heroes are renowned for suhjuga
ting—he for liberating his country
Kings and princes derive honor from
Crowns and from Sceptres—he, less from
the splendour of station than the dignity
of his own mind. Caesar and Pompoy
on the plains of Pharsalia, competed tor
the mastery of the world—he, amidst co
temporaries capable of saving and enno
Whilst the conduct of other great men,
public life, tend to ennoble the hero
mid render illustrious the statesman, in
private it is cursed with every vice which
degrade the man. ln public life, Wash
ington’s conduct was unrivalled ; nnd, in
private, there was not one circumstance
his whole life which virtue would
blush to own. As, in the meridian of
fe, religion gave dignity to every nc-
so, in the evening of his days,
hen the troubles and perils oflife were
past, it benmed resplendent, like the
rainbow on the skies of the storm that is
jone, the blessed harbinger of eternal
sunshine in the realms ol everlasting day.
But, Mr. Speaker, to estimate still
more correctly the character of this
sat man. let us pause for a moment and
e a cursory view of the present un-
ppy situation of other countries and
ople, compared with our own. Look
through the extensive continents of Afri-
and Asia, and there is not the least
estige of learning* or liberty to be
found, however industrious the research.
Egypt, the cradle of letters, is now the
iboile ofignorance and fanaticism. The
lescendant* of Ham arc sold into every
clime, and those that remain wither un
der the despotism of chieftais who con
sign them to destruction with as little re
morse as the rude storms of the desart
Itich ravage their native clinic.
Assyria, once the proud mistress of
Asia, has long since been blotted from
the face of empire. Babylon, w ith her
ill which proudly defied the Persian,
has mingled with the dust, and the lone-
traveller weeps over the ruins of Pal
myra, with scarcely a page to tell its
name.
Where arc now the sons of Abraham,
once the favorites of Heaven ? They
are banished from the land of promise,
and, as was prophesied, are “ sifted a-
mong the nations of the earth.”
Look into humbled Europe, and lo,
ere is not one azure spot to cheer the
gloom of the political horizon. The Ot
toman slave treads, insensible, the glori
ous field of Marathon, and Despotism
sways her iron sceptre at the very Strait
of Thermopylae. Persecuted liberty hai
fled from England, the country of Hamp
den and Sydney, and, although the work-
hop of the world, she is cursed with a
debt which no industry can redeem.
oland, martyred Poland ! with sixteen
millions of people, forms one of the out
posts to the empire of the descendant of
Magog! Italy, the home of the Caisars,
and the grave of the heroes of antiquity,
cringes under the dominion of timid Aus-
ria. Whilst France, generous, gallant
ranee, plundered aud exhausted, weep*
over the recollection of the splendour of
ays that arc past.
Then, turn your attention to this hap
py country, “ the land of Washington &
sky of Franklin the home of the home
less ; the last refuge of oppressed hu
manity. Here agriculture flourishes;
our commerce whitens the ocean ; and
every wind that blows, wafts into our
i iorts the riches of every clime. Here
re find tin empire of law s which guards
our rights, both civil and religious, and
which knows no distinction but such as
merit confers and virtue approves.—
Where the poor man, in the tattered
garb of plebeian humility, sits enthron
ed upon the altar of justice, and there is
no tilled, fictitious greatness to injure or
oppress him.
Contrast this happy situation with that
of Europe, Asia, and Africa; contrast it
with your own situation under colonial
servitude; read your declaration of in
dependence and realize if you can the
black catalogue of injury imd oppression
under which you then groaned : your
petitions rejected—your complaints de
rided and suppressed, not by a redress
of grievances, but by menaces ; a whole
people outlawed and given up to milita
ry despotism ; then ask yourselves who
headed your armies, who fought your
battles, who most contributed to raise
you from that state of misery and depen
dence, and gave you rank among the na
tions of the earth : And 0 my country,
I blush to think this our greatest earthly
friend, almost within sight of the very
walls in which we deliberate, reposes
under the humble clod of the hill, with
out one national stone to tell posterity
where he lies. I call upon the venera
ble patriots of the revolution, some of
whom I yet see mingling in the delibe
rations of my country : I call upon the
friends of Warren and Green, of Mercer
.Sumpter, Marion and Montgomery ; nay
I call upon the representatives of the
whole American people to redeem my
country from such deep ingratitude—
if any remnant of affection for Washing
ton still lingers about the heart, 1 know
1 will notcnll in vain. When did your
country ever call, and he did not obey ?
VV hen did it ever want his aid, and he
did not readily yield it his assistance ?—
What is your whole history ? It is but
little more than the record of his obedi
ence, his virtues, nnd his services : Rnd,
painful to think, this same history, whilst
it will record the unfeeling ingratitude
of his country, will inform posterity that
for that very country he slaked his life,
determined to redeem it from slavery or
perish in the attempt: And can you, will
you refuse to bury him? O no! Let us
rise up at once and with united acclaim
decrep him a statue. Let us outstrip the
march of ages and erect n monument
not merely equal to our present condi
tion, but commensurate with the splen
did destiny which awaits us. lie is the
father of our country ; let us demand his
hotly and erect over it a mausoleum at
which Time in his passage to eternity
will point and tell to every nge the glo
rious gratitude of the American people.
And when the nationul sympathy shall
be forgot and the memory of man faded
away, when tradition itselfshall have had
an cud and his history be regarded as the
splendid fiction of fancy, or tale of ro
mance, this monument shall stand thro’-
out every age the imperishable evidence
of his virtues and a nation's love.
FOREIGN’.
Boston, May 2.
Arrived, brig Edward Foster, Couthony,
95 days from Malaga. Sailed 27th March.
Passengers, D. S. Hackley, Esq. bearer of
despatches from Mr. Fosyth.our Minister at
Madrid, to the Secretary of the U. S. and
Messrs. S. Thompson and W. S. Dorr.
By this vessel we learn, that the Ministry
of Spoilt had been entirely changed, as well
as all the officers, civil and military, with
few exceptions, throughout the Kingdom ;
ami all the Ambassadors in foreign countries,
except Gen. Vives to thcIJ. S. and Consti
tutionalists appointed in their stead.
On the tltli nnd 10th, a massacre of a
large number of the inhabitants of Cadiz
took place.
On the Oth, Gen. Freyre arrived in Cadiz,
nnd the people called for the Constitution.
He promised it should be proclaimed the
following day. Accordingly the people as
sembled in a large square for the purpose,
when they were fired upon by the troops of
•he garrison,(who had been joined by a num
ber of deserters from the Is’la,) and shocking
to relate, between 700 and 800 were killed
on the spot, and between 1100 and 1200
wounded. It wai supposed Gen. Freyre
gave the order to fire, but he. bad denied it.
It was considered he had noted the part of a
double tailor, lie Imd been deprived of his
commission. In consequence of this unhap
py affair, the people throughout Spain were
highly exasperated against the government;
aud favored most decidedly the cause of the
Constitutional party.
The Constitution wns finally proclaimed
in Cadiz on the evening oflheSlstof March,
amidst, the acclamations of the people. Ca
diz w as about the last place in the kingdom
in which the. Constitution was proclaimed.
A plot to bring about a counter revolution
was discovered in Madrid the It tit March,
and several persons were arrested and im
prisoned. The Duke del Infantado, who
was suspected to have been concerned in it,
Imd resigned the offices he held.
The members of the Cortes in 1812 were
collecting in Spain, and expresses had been
sent to those at a distance, requiring their at
tendance at a General Assembly to be hol
der) in Madrid, as soon as possible.
All was quiet when the Edward Foster
sailed, and the people appeared to be ex
tremely happy under the new order of things
The following Americans, who have been
imprisoned in Spain for nearly three years
past, were liberated on the 24th March, viz:
Conkling, Thompson Weston, Cochran,
Faucke, and Smith ; and the follow ing were
liberated fr om the prison in Malaga on the
15 th March. Cushing, Lap ham, Wynans,
Milner, Pryne, and Plyer.
The most friendly sentiments for the U.
States are expressed by the Constitutional
ists, and it is thought no difficulty in the ne
gociation would he caused by this party.
In the contest between the Royal and
Revolutionary forces at Malaga, Feb. Iff—BO
or 70 were killed and wounded. A letter
says, “ the' jails and dungeons are already
lightened of their burthens, (prisoners of
church and state,) and thousands are rostored
to the bosoms of their families.”
It is reported that Ferdinand is unpopular
in Spain—and a change of the dynasty is
expected—or the establishment of u Re
public.
[Translations from Spanish papers.]
GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY
OFFICIAL ARTICLE.
Madrid, March 9.
The miniter of War lias communicted to
the captains general of the Provinces, the fol
lowing royal order. The Sect etary of Slate
and of Despatch, has communicated to me
the following: “His majesty has been pleased
to resolve that all those who have been im
prisoned or detained in any part of tile king
dom for political opinions, shall be immedi
ately set at liberty, and that they may return
to their homes as well as all those who for
the same causes may be out of the king
dom. It is the wish of the king that the
determination he circulated to all the aaptain
Generals, by express, which royal order I
transmit to you for your information and
government, and to be carred into execution
The greatest uncertainty »till prevails re
specting the occurrences in Andalusia. Let
ters from Seville announce that tranquility
was restored at Cadiz since, the 15th.
It seems that Colonel Riego, after vanoitf
counterraurchrs, had retired to Mouron.—
Three officer* of O’Donnel’s army, who on- \
tered hi* camp, exciled in hi* mind a falsa
security, by representing to him the arntv of
O’Domiel as ready to join him. Confiding
in their promises, he sent a part of his troops
upon an expedition which he meditat' d, and
teninined w ith only 150 men in a neighbour
ing Castle, where he expected that O’Don-
nel’s army nnd all Andalusia would dei larc
for him. " But he was soon surrounded h J
2,000 men of the regiment ofNumantm.
He was compelled to yield to number^
and it ivas by ntiraele that Riego escaped,
in the directoti of Cordova. Hi* friends were
taken anil conducted to Seville. But at the
moment they were about to be thrown into
prison, the multitude (locking through the
streets, proclaimed the Constitution, nnd they
were set at liberty. Both Riego and O’Don-
ncl learned at Cordova the events of tlie 8th
of March. Some say that O’Donnel. fearing
the fury of Ihe people, retired to Gibraltar ;
hut others assert that he found his brother*,
the Couut de 1’Abisbal and the Colonel, at
Ocnna.
Humours calculated to agitate the puhli*
tnind ure constantly circulated here. Thu*
it was reported that the Members of the In
quisition had united for the purpose of ef
fecting a counter-revolution, and that during
the preparation for the execution of this pro
ject, they circulated the rumour of the Duke
of Wellington’s arrival iu the capital to sound
the temper <*f the people. This was a ridi
culous invention, as it must he remembered
that tlio Noble Duke never wished to pro
tect the authority of the Inquisition against
the decree of the Cortes at Cadiz which sup-
pressed it.
Charleston, Mitylk
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
Tite fast sailing ship Kama, captain R*n
ry, arrived yesterday from Liverpool. Thrt
papers by her, are, from Liverpool to the 3d,
and London to 1st April, inclusive., Tho
Liverpool commercial accounts are to Ihe
3d. The following are. extracts from letter**
which have been politely furnished us.
COMMERCIAL.
Extract of a letter to a commercial house in th&
city dated Liverpool, March 30.
“ The arrivals of cottons have, wi hin the
Inst few days, been very heavy; nnd, in con
sequence thereof, very little business has
been done, buyer* keeping back under that
expectation of being able to purchase or
better terms, which they cannot yet do.—
We therefore do not reduce our former cun
rency.
Cotton, upland, 11 a 12 1-4; Ncw-Orleans,
11 a 15 ; Tennessee, 10 1-* ■ 11 1-3 j Sea-In
land 1 lid a 2s Id.
Extract from another letter, dated
Liverpool, April 3, 1820.
“The price of Cotton has not varied mudr
during the past month—Uplands are l-4d.
Orleans and Sea-Islands l-2d per lb. lower.
We now quote Uplands, 11 a 12 1-4; Orleans*
12 1 -2d a 15d; Sea-Islands, ordinary to good,
I ff a 23d ; fine to very fine, 2s a 2s 4d; stain
ed, 12d a 17d—at which prices, notwithr
standing the large imports, sales are few.
Imports from January 1, to March 51,
Orleans, - - bag* 11,275
Rest of the United States, 73,875
South-America, - - 38,99*
West-India, - - - 2,254
Eust-India, ... 3,77*
228,97*
Computed Stock, April 1.
Orleans, .... 1,600
Uplands, .... 50,000
Sea-Island, ... 4,450
South-America, - - 89,400
West-India, - - • 7,650
East-India, ... 57,900
* The writer is aware of the College of Fort
William, and the Bibliotheca Bibtica in Bengal,
The Simla Casa nr Holy Office ut Goa, and the
schools established at Sierra Leone, by the Bri
tish on the western coast of Atrica ; hat the be
nefit which has resulted from tboso cslabljih-
■ - . . | - , iit-ai which ii«s rnuucw uu
bling empires. ran lus splendid c a reel meats, if not yet perceptible.
God preserve you many years.
“ Madrid, March 8.”
Madrid, March 20,
It seems that the Minstry of the Interior
is given to Don Alvarez Guerra, who had
been Minister at Cadiz in the time of the
Cortes, and who in 4 814, was exiled to Ce
uta in Africa. If this he confirmed, none of
the old Ministry will remain, except Don
168,000
“ The sales are about 90,000 bags.
“The quantity coining from the Eoit-lo-
liies is expected to lie small.
'Die papers do not possess much interest,
We glean from them the following items:
The bill of indictment against the Cato-
street conspirators, was given out to the
grand jury on the 27th March, who proceed
ed to examine witnesses.
The interment of the Due de Bern took
place at St. Dennis <m the 14th March. —
Louis 18th, it is stated, when the coffin was
descending into the tomb, burst into tears,
fell on his knees, and was for a long time ab
sorbed in grief.
Louis XVIII. had been seriously ill of the
gout in the stomach, hot was on tnc recover
v, and able to transact the usual business of
he state. 4k
The law for suspending individual liberty
in France, had received the Royal Assent.~-
The law relating to tile public journals, was
still under discussion in the Chamber of De
puties.
The king of Spain had sworn to maintain
the new constitution before a provisional
junta, until in the presence of the Cortog he
could solemnly ratify his oath. Of this jun
ta, the Archbishop of Toledo was president*
general Ballasteros Vice-President, and the
members were many of them of the Cortes
of 1814. Orders had been given for the im
mediate release of all exiled for political of
fences.
Don Louis de Onis, late ambassador to
tliis country, had been appointed ambassa
dor to the court of Naples.
By a decree of the 14tb March, the king
of Spain has ordered the provisional re-es-
tnhlishment of all the constitutional tribunal*
exercising the judicial power conformably
with the constitution, and regulation of ths
10th Oct. 1812. He requires all the mem
bers of his tribunals to take the oath then
required by the general and extraordinary
Cortes.
By another Decree, of the 16th March,
the king of Spain ordained, that the oRth of
the constitution should be taken by the in
habitants of the kingdom in like manner as
in 1813.
Letters had been received in England from
4fftf>nio Gonzales Salmon, in the Finance, her majesty the queen, dated at Recas
