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Newspaper Page TextSOUTHERN RECORDER. VOL. I. MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1820. No. 15. PUBLISHED WEEKLY, (on Tuesdays) BY S. QRAXTLAJYD tf R. M. ORME, AT THREE DOLLARS, IN ADVANCE, OR rOUR DOLLARS AT THE EXPIRATION OF THE YEAR. JJ5» Advertisements conspicuously inser t'd at the customary rates. 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

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