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lie oiilin- ;.rttume, Kompd t« stop tlii.n"cbuliilion of affected indifference. , , , I„ til** .ol,nm, David* w, "ho had «»* v,t com, out, I, .nnl with Ml.«K- ** •» 'dresser in Hi, Lodge, and continued w ith his headsclasped, praying in tin- "!°' 1 , , ' i ii, . ..h nul.T'iuMl Hurt* manner, u.id,"« in 11 «» tJ served Piety lor the intervention "I ill* deeuier. Brunt and E>--. howeter U(H 1 (lie nine hardiliomMh.it the) have mn- nierted till on, .hunt, and continued vcntiiifc their tlioojjliti in unreserved ejaculations. V humane individual "ho ftood by, ”*• sin, *»'' ■> “sic*jsft£- - atesssssrfcsis tells Til, stranger re, . . lmt if you have ever injured l J nnv thine which your conscience ' n is wrong ask pardon of Hod, penitently ■ incerelv and you will, 1 have no doubt, SK#- H™»1. r,,.li.,l ; " I Uiu »i.l, perfectly clear conscience. I have in.ule Uv peace with God, and I never injured no ” The stranger proceeded, Believe 'the Lord Jesus Christ I*’—Bru.itsurveyed S. humane adviser npm, and muttered, “My mind is made up. “ Well done, Brunt:” exclaimed lugs,and was again proceeding to sing- „ ,. Oh! give me death or liberty, when lie was summoned to the scaffold. lie turned to Brunt, and with a smite on In* countenance, shook h (lids with him, and prepared to go. While the hatch was open- ] ne . he exclaimed with a loud voice, “ Re- ineirdier me to King George the 1\ th, God bl»*ss hini> and way he h avt ‘ ? J on 8 ri ' , 6 n# l He now recolleeted that he lmd some clothes J.r, behind, which he requested might lie given to his wife. The wretched man had thrown off the clothes in which he had been tried and had put on an old butcher’s jack- «t, determining, as he said, “ that Jack Ketch should have no coat of his. ’ While lie stood at the edge of the steps', at tile door of die jail, he said to Davis. one r»f the turn keys, “1A ell, Mr. Davis, I am pniii" to llad oiit the great secret,” and then springing upon the scaffold exclaimed," Good hve ! gentlemen. Here goes the remains ol aii unfortunate man.” .... Brunt now stood by himsolt, (as Davidson stood away from him,) and muttered about the inju-sli: e of his fate. The persons a- ronnd him repeatedly entreated him to alter his religious creed, during the last few mo ments left, and to believe in the Saviour of the world. Still immovable—still hardened i:i iniquity, he listened not to the remonstran ces of his sincere friends, who beseeched him, for his wife’s sake, and for the sake of hi: son, to ask the protection of the Redeemer for them ; but he appeared tired of these fttrnrov importunities, and wished to ascend the scaffold next. Davidson, however, was summoned be fore Dim, and with a composed countenance, and a firm step, he passed by his former companion in guilt to his fate, without noti cing him. Brunt gon appeared considerably irrita ted. “\Vnat,” he exclaimed, “am I to be the last ? Why is this ! They can have my blood hut once, and why am I to be kept to the last ?—But I suppose they are afraid I should say something to the people, because I spoke my mind on the trial. However. ! don’t care.” Davidsons had by this time been tied up ; Brunt ascended the “caffold next, and was loudly cheered by the populace. The composure of this man, particularly yesterday, on taking leave of iiis wife, was of tiie most extraordinary description. In 'the interview she hud with him yestt i d a . he expressed himself in the most unmoved manner, as perfectly resigned to his fate; and declared then, as he has done repeated ly since, that this day would be the happiest of his life. The conduct of lugs, too, v iolent and hardened as it has been was interrupt ed but once by ajiv thing like a feeling of nature. On entering the Lodge, before he ascended the scaffold, .umt Person void him to he firm, when he ejaculated, “ firm ! 1 am firm, but we have children, Sir.” From London papers received at the office of the AVtr- York Commercial jidrcrtiier. HOUSE OP COMMONS, May 2. Treasonable Conspiracy and Mr. Edwards. Mr. Alderman Wood said, he rose to introduce to the attention of the House a subject of very considerable importance. He felt some difficulty, however, as to the manner in which he should bring it before them. He may be wrong as to the view he took of the particular course he ought to take ; if he were so, the Speaker and the opinion of the house yould set him right. It struck him that the subject was one affecting most essen tially the privileges of the house; That was the view which, on the best consi deration he was disposed to take of it. The facts were, that in his situation as a Magistrate, an application had been made to him to receive information of High Treason against a certain individu al. No less than seven persons tender ed their depositions, four of whom were persons of unimpeachable character.— He, in conjunction with a most respecta ble fellow Magistrate, Sir W m. Domville, felt it a duty to take the examination in private. These depositions went to va rious tacts, tending to show a conspiracy of a most treasonable and nefarious cha racter ; they went to prove the contem plated destruction of the highest and most illustrious personage in the king dom. But of these parts of the transac tion, he felt it unnecessary there, in the present stage of the enquiry, to say more; lie should immediately advert to that part only, which was applicable to that house. These individuals, in their de position, stated that they saw a man of the name of Edwards go from public- house to public-house, inviting persons to unite with him in various plots to o- verturn the government. One of the most important of these jflots w as foun ded on an assurance which he gave that he could easily take seven or eight per sons into the House of Commons, and that it was not necessary that they should go in “ clean,” which meant that they might go in with any tiling under their arms ; and he proposed, that they should go in with booksjjd^Rws, which might be tilled with gun-barrels, cut down to the length of three or four inches each and charged with gun-powder, phospho ms, fcc. to be .Isro'vn into the body of •the House,for the destruction of the ws fiemblcd Members. In the course ot ,-e- j veral conversations which toua pi,ice with respect to the plan, and to the means of executing it, Jal wards declared that “ Thistlcxvoad was the hoy tu do it.” It was very clear that two day s af ter Thistlcwood’s liberation from Hor sham jail-—— I id win ds was introduced to that person at Erosion's the colder. It was also clear that Edwards did get the cases made to which ho had alluded ; that lie prepared the books, gunharrels, ,kc, ami that lie seemed to be supplied with money for that purpose ; for al though he bad but very recently been compelled to lie on straw, mid was una ble to procure u pot of beet, be haJ .ill at once means sufficient to purchase those and other instruments and weap ons of destruction. '1 hose were the parts of the depo.- ion w hich mainly affected the House. To the other parts, w hich w ere of a very dreadful nature indeed, lie would not advert, unless required to do so by the appointment of a Committee of Secrecy, or in any other way in which the House might think lit to call for the disclosure. All the plots described in the deposition were originally laid down by Edwards ; and the house would bear it in mind that none of the persons by whom the deposition had been made were witnesses on the late trials, either for the crown or for the prisoners, lie had that morning received several other communications of a similar nature hear ing testimony to the character of Edwards and describing the various plots which he had suggested. What he (Mr. Aider- man \\ ond) now requested was, that the House would have the indulge!;, e to di rect him what course to pursue. Per haps* the circumstances, as far as he had described them might lie considered a breach of privilege, and it might bo ex pedient to order the immediate attend ance of the offender nt the Bar.—( A laugh.) If on the other hand, it should he thought advisable to appoint a Com mittee of Secrecy, the whole of the evi dence would then become lit matter of deliberation. He was ready to adopt either proceeding. He had done that which in his situation lie had conceived to be his duty. Not having thought it right to swear the parties to their account of transactions, which had taken place m the county of Middlesex, lie had onb. the alternative to' sending them to a Mi.f^ dlesex magistrate, or ol' taking them to Lord Sidmouth. I le had felt it to be his duty to adopt the latter branch of the a) tentative, and he accordingly went him self and ordered the witnesses to attend at the Office of the Secretary of State tor the Home Department. It so hap pened, however, that Lord Si Imouth had quitted the office a few moments before their arrival. He therefore left the de position with an lion. Gentleman then m his eye, to be placed in the hands of Lord Sidmouth, from whom he had re ceived an answer, which he would not read. \\ lieu such a man as the individu al whom he had named went about with so much boldness from public house to public house, and from private house to private house, inciting the people to en ter into plots and conspiracies, it surely became the House of Commons to inves tigate in some way or other at least that part of the charges against him which was connected with themselves. He pledged himself if the enquiry was gone i produce such evidence as, un less the man escaped out of the country, would most assuredly lead to his convic tion. He was perfectly satisfied that the evidence was amply sufficient for that purpose. Under afl these circum stances of the case, and feeling doubtful as to the exact course which it was most desirable to pursue, he would rather sit dow n without making any precise -mo tion. The Speaker, however, intimating the propriety on the part of the Worthy Alderman, of concluding his observations with some motion. Mr. Alderman Wood moved, “ That George Edwards do immediately attend attho Bar efthis House.” Mr. Bathurst observed, that the only question for the House to determine, was, whether that which had been stated by the Worthy Alderman, called upon them to take up the matter as a breach of privilege. This motion did not re quire any other reference to the circum stances which had been described by the Worthy Alderman, than this—could those circumstances be constructed into a breach of privilege ! Now rc n, !v he besought the House to consider vrliat ort of precedent they would establish, if they acquiesced in the Worthy Aider- man’s motion. Here was a man, who, according to the. Worthy Alderman, was tnd accomplice, or rather a principal, in the conspiracy for which several un fortunate persons had lately forfeited their lives. According to the Worthy Alderman, that man was deeply implica ted in the crime for which those persons had suffered ; and if the motion was a- greed to, he would be called to the Bar, to be examined on a charge of having commuted a breach of privilege ; when, if the allegations of the Worthy Aider- man were borne out by the fact, he would be found to have committed an overt act of treason. If any other course could he adopted in which the case might he fairly investigated, he would concur in it ; but if the Worthy Alderman really believed that thCTndividual in question had projected the attempt against that House which had been described, lie would really recommend the Worthy Alderman to withdraw a motion for cal ling that individual to the Bar, in the supposition that he would there charge himself with such an offence. Mr. Alderman Wood, reminded the Right Hon. Gentleman, that he had ex pressed the difficulty which lie felt on the question, The Right lion. Gentle man said that lie would concur inllic in- j most delicate, serious difficult task vestigation ol the case, if it were brought I to perform : it was their lusiness to in form, but not to instigate. He hoped, therefore that he hud sufficiently explain ed his sentiments on this subject, Unit it e. us understood lie did lad Idame the cinplovinent ol spies. It it should ap pear that this niMii Edwards had gone bc- yond his office, and not only instigated those he was commissioned to watch to the furtherance of their designs, but li ven formed a new one, lie considered he whs most highly amenable to the interfer ence of the laws.—(Hear.) Mr. Canning said, that whatever might he the ultimate decision ot the I louse ( the subject, whatever they would deter mine on entering into the investigation ol it or not, there was one point on which all must agree, namely, the inutility ol discussing it at a time, and oa a question, the decision of which could lead to no satisfactory result. 1 he Honorable and Learned Gentleman seemed to have col lected what lie (Mr. Chinning) " i,s sun the House had not—tint there was a dis position on the part ol some llonorabh Members to treat the wh 1 ’ affair with levity and ridicule. Really he had not seen any such disposition. lie was sure that no such disposition had been mani fested, either by himself ci hi- Honora ble Friends about him. >• hum could tie jdead guilty to the ether charge, ot a disposition to accuse the Ilonorabl in any shape in which it could, with more advantage, be discussed. Now lie (Mr. Ahlerinan Wood) had tried, in another quarter, to get Edwards prosocu- ed, but in that quarter ho had been (tis- ippomted- (hear, hear !)—He IfrI al ready stated ; that lie did not think pro per to read the an-wer which lie had received when lie had fell it Ids duty to carry the evidence winch had been sub mitted to him to the office of the Honie- Department. 11c was certainly not sat isfied with that determination. Several of the deponents were persons not at all implicated in llio lat-- transaction*; amt their evidence was in lus opinion, fully sufficient to convict the person in question. Still, however, he had been told in another quarter, that it wits not so, although the despositious contained matter, which of course, he had not communicated to the house, hut which would make them shudder if they heard it. The impression on his mind cer tainly was that the accused person should he taken up. He took it for granted, that the Gentlemen opposite knew where that person was to he found, and that lie could not escape. Having him in their possession—having it in their power to bring him forward, he (Mr. Alderman Wood) thought they ought immediately to do so. lie (Edwards) w.is charged with being the sole promoter of the trea sonable conspiracy " hich had been form ed. it was declared to he his practice to lay hold of all the desperate charac ters whom lie could find, and to bring them into Ids diabolic il practices. M (Mr. Alderman Wood) thought lie could -afely pledge himself to prove by hulls- putable evidence that Edwards was the sole plotter and founder of theCato street conspiracy, lie had discharged his du ty by bringing the subject underthe con sideration of the Uou-e. After what had fallen from the right honorable gen tleman, he should certainly be disposed to withdraw his motion, although lie was not prepared !o propose any other course of proceeding. .Mr. 11 ii me seconded the motion of his Mon. Friend. When Ministers refused to notice an application like that he de scribed, it was time, lie thought, to ap peal to that House, as the last resource. It appeared, not by one deposition, but by the depositions of many persons, that this man went from house to house, with hand grenades and other things, directly- inciting people to join in his diabolii ai pi ins ; and that one man by the name of Chambers, lie had directly urged to murder his Majesty’s Ministers. It also appeared that at one tune he had no money , and shortly afterwards he was so ll ish us to supply his associates. One thing would come out in an enquiry be fore that house, viz : Who had supplied him with that money. That could not be learnt inn Court of Law. By the in terference of the House, he would be prevented from leaving the country be fore some means li id been taken lor as- ertaining the truth.—(Several cries of 1 Question !”) Mr. Brougham said, lie should re commend the worthy Alderman to with draw- his motion. He was, however, by no means inclined to join the expres sion of levity which, to- Ins surprise, had been called forth by the grav e and se- liiios statements of the worthy Aider- man. He was not disposed to say, that the present was a lit matter to lie discus sed under the view of a breach of pri vilegc. But it he were asked if it were not a great and gross breach of privilege which had been committed by the indi vidual named, lie should say yes ; be cause he was as much convinced of it, as he was of his own life. And if lit were not disposed to treat it as such, it was because he thought it ten thousand limes worse. He was not at all ready to join in the attempt to throw ridicule on the worthy Alderman for the manner in which he had come forward with this intelligence. Because il was not right to view it as a breach of privilege, did it follow that it was nothing to come in and attack the whole House—at a time too when it was fullest ? Good God! where were they ? When hand gren ades, coupled with other arms. were to be carried to the houses of Ministers, it become a grave matter, for which men were to lose their lives. B.,t when such a catastrophe was represented to impend over that house, the utmost im patience. was manifested, and the ques tion was, how to get riil of the discussion as soon as possible. He had seen the letter from the Home Department, which stated that it was not thought pm- per to bring this man to trial, lie (Mr. Brougham) thought that be ought to he tried for High Treason, lie did not think that he was the sole promoter of the late plot—he thought many other were implicated in it. lie looked upon him as a spy who had gone beyond his instructions. He wished it to be parti cularly understood, that lie did not join in the outcry so foolishly raised in soiik quarters, against the employment of spies—he'did not blame the government for employing this man in that capacity— lie did not blame them for acting on hi information ; nor did lie blame them for not calling him as a witness, nor be cause they did not prosecute him.- Wben such men as Thistleivood existed in it state, it was necessary for those at the head of the affairs 'to employ such men as Edwards. The late minister ot justice—the hangman—though an ediou was yet a necessary appendage to the administration of the State ; mu! no one could consistently blame a Government for the employ of such characters as Edwards, who by parity of reasoning were not prepared to deny the necessity of that fast minister of justice. But those who had to employ them had T‘ - and Learned Gentleman < I joining the popular cry against infirm i’s—a subject on which the Honorable and Learned Gentleman had just in.ide the most just and manly observations. He could as sure the Honorable and Learned Gen tleman, that he never entertained such ii predisposition ; and if he had, it most have been entirely removed by the Hon orable and Learned Gentleman's candid statement of his opinion. On that state ment, without wishing to add a single word to it, he was perfectly content to rest the defence, not only ol the present r of any particular Government, but of 11 ^overuraeuts that had ever existed in tln» or in any other chdized country, for taking the means which circumstan ces rendered necessary to defeat, by the prostitution of wicked men, the plots ol men its wicked. All that he rose for, was to submit to the Worthy Alderman, is the motion in its present shape could not be usefully discussed, the expedien cy of not pressing itat the present time. U would be for the ’.Vortiiv Alderman to consider whether or not lie would bring the subject again before the. House in some other form. On the expediency inexpediency of surli a proceeding, (.Ur. Canning) would not venture to oiler any opinion. He only entreated - House not to enter into a discussion wholly unnecessary at the present mo ment, and from which no beuelicial result could by possibility ensue. .Ur. Alderman Wood expressed his willingness to withdraw the motion. He Legged however, to say, that he thought in the manner in which he introduced it, that he had avoided any thing justly ex ceptionable. He had abstained from rea ding the deposition, for he should Ire sorry that the dreadful allegation which it contained, should at present go forth to the world ; and lie haJ therefore con- linod himself to a description of that part of it, which most nearly touched the House. At the present moment he was not prepared to bring the motion forward in another shape, but he thought he should do so in^tlie co-iisc of a day or two, and that he should move for the ap pointment of a Secret Committee to in- v estimate the case. Mr. Canning disclaimed tiny intention of imputing the slightest blame to the Worthy Alderman, tic certainly dis.i greed with the worthy Alderman as to the expediency of his motion, but he saw nothing whatever to crit; use in the man ner in which it had been brought for ward. The motion was then withdrawn. ulied to the silting alderman nt Guildhall, lelearly to understand, Unit His Majesty, ■ > • * - > ■ having sworn to ohseive the 1 onstitution will consider ns highly culpable, any one who, by wolds or deeds, may prove himself hostile to the new system. A circular ol the Minister of Finances, dated the Gth, recom mends a subscription to he opened through out the kingdom, in favor or the families of the victims of the 1 Otli March, in Cadiz, in addition n> the produce of the tux and rents already applied by llis Majesty to their re lief, as stated last week. A despatch, of the 4th, from Gen. O’Donoju, to tne Secret ary of War, states, that having left Port St. Ma ry’s for Cadiz., on the same day, lie stopped a few hours at the Islu, mid was welcomed in the most frequent and respectful manner by tile gallant warriors in that strong hold of Spanish liberty ; that Iiis appointment of Hi •igudier O’Daly, one of their leaders, to the command ol' the district in the neighbor hood of Gibraltar, has convinced them of his regard for them, and of iiis confidence in their operation. While the sending of some of these meri torious troops to Cadiz., as a part of the gar rison, in compliance with his Majesty’s or ders, has dispelled whatever doubts might yet remain with respect to the sincerity of the late reconciliation with them ; and, lastly, that, on iiis entering Cadiz., the enthusiasm of tiie population, at the sight of their gover nor, ol Generals Quiioga and Kiegn, and of the writer of this dispatch, as the represen tative of his Majesty, all met together, broke out into such joyful demonstrations as wi re never witnessed before, ai d would take a great deal of time to describe. The King lurs been pleased to confirm Brigadier O’Dnlv’s appointment, and has fu it her promoted him to Camp Marshal, as well ns Lon Antonio Qi iroga, Don Felipe Areo Aguero, Don Ra- leel Itiego, and Don Miguel Lopez Banos. His Majesty has also appointed Lt.Gen. San- toeildes to be Captain General of Estrcmc- fftira ; Camp Marshal Oidova Commandant General of the Canary Islands, and Col. Pnla, M ilitary Commandant of Asturias. Besides these promotions and appointments nn nffi- (•'ml article of the loth makes it known that Iiis Majesty has ordered cruizing squadrons to he sent to Cape St. Vincent, St. Mary, and Gata, for the protection of the Spanish tiade. A decree of the Oth, enjoins the ex ecution on another decree issued by the Gon- i-:il and Extraordinary Cortes, on the nth Mine, It;Id, for the more effectual protection 11 fthe right of property, and the encourage ment of agriculture Sc'the rearing of cattle. And, lastly a despatch of the 4th, from tho New rapt. gen. of Valencia, Count Alnioda- var, to the See. at War, contains the Count’s oll' -r to relinquish, in favor of the state, the difference between his former pay and that to which he is now entitled, namely, 90,000 rs. vn. a year ; merely begging, that his Majes ty’s will he pleased to apply, out of that sum, 10.000 reals to one of the Charitable Institu tions in Valencia, (la Casa de BenifieenciaJ uni offering a similar relinquishment of what- ■ver additional pay be may he entitled to in, future ; which generous oiler has been ad mitted by his Majesty, with the condition annexed to it by the noble donor. CATO-STREET PLOT. The London Traveller furnishes us with the following useful and well-timed information :— We have received authentic infer motion, for which vve can pledge our selves, that unquestionable evidence is now obtained njTtldwants having been the most actij« instigator of the plot ; that, at leaflr lie attempted to seduce four men to*join it, who, suspecting him, refitted*; that he furnished the greuader ; that his plan went further to an attack on the house of commons, by means of ex plosive materials ii ll.it lioxivs, which may he carried under the arm by some of the conspirators going to the gallery, and having phosphorous phials in their pockets. We have received others de tails, which, vve believe, are also made known to the home department, but for the present vve‘forbear niuitioing them. Let iis, however, ask one question. How comes it that this man alone is not to be tried ? Why is he not examined ns a witness ? And, above all, how long lias he been in lord Sidinoutli's employment as a spy ? Probably ever -iuce Thistle- wood attacked his lordship and was tried for it. He was, vve suspect then set to watch that person ; and, as usually hap pens in such cases, he sat about carvinr out more work for himself than he found. At all events he was in lord S's employ, at the time he was so busy in seduring others, a case-of grievous responsibility is made out against that minister, for his want of penetration in suffering himself a second time to he made the dupe of his own instruments. We gave him a date to steer by : Has F.dtvrnds been connect ed above five months with the home de partment ? for our information reaches back to that period.” We add tiie next paremxvph from Sa turday’s Chronicle 1 c.-sdav last. make depositions against the man of the name of Edwards, su oft. n mentioned in the late trials, but who was not brought forward ns h wit ness. These persons were prepared to charge this Edwards with th.' crime of high treason, and that he had instigated others to join in the atrocious attack me ditated on his majesty’s ministers. In the proposed depositions they enumera ted various facts in corrobation of the charge, but all w hich had happened in the county of Middlesex, not within the limits of tiie city, and therefore alderman sir Win. Domville, and Mr. Alderman W ood, thought tit to convey the intended (('positions to Lord Sidmouth, and desir ed the persons to go to the office of the noble lord. The noble lord wrote tin insvver, saying that as Edwards was one if the witnesses named in the list, and was liable to he called as a witness for the crow n, it did not appear to him that ny sufficient ground was laid for institu ting proceedings against him.” It is said another special commission has been issued for the trial of the late insur- nts in Scott, ml, the commissioners to con sist of the heads of the four courts. The pe riod of sitting is expected to he in June. A reward of 300/. lias been offered for the apprehens.on of Robert Fulton and Hnteli- ingson, printers, apprentices in the office of ’Kcnzie, nt Glasgow, who urechnrgi d with high treason, and have absconded. They uspected of having used their masters type in printing the late treasonable placard. The are both mere lads—tho one 18, and the other 20 years of age. Translated from finustls papers, for the Boston Daily Mrcrtutr. Germ v.nv, (Frank.) April 10. All the military force of Russia has now an uniform organization. The army is divi- led into divisions and brigades. Each divi- ion of infantry is composed of six regiments of infantry and two of chasseurs, with on* 1 brigade of foot artillery. A division of ca valry is composed of four regiments, fcitwo companies of light artillery. Three divisi ons of infantry, one of cavalry and artillery men to make use of ltlt! pieces, besides a strong detachment of gens u’anns, poincers mil lighter men. (pontoneers) form a regular [■oips of tiie army. All the divisions hes des tlie regular and irregular Cossacks, are so lisposed as to he able to take the field at the first signal. The emperor is the supreme head of the army. He makes known his or ders, as it was tho Custom in I lie old French army, through an officer who exercises tin- duties of major-general. ’The troops which contain a mass of mere than six hundred thousand men, are successively colonized.— The soldier is employed in the labors of a- griculture ; from which it results that Iiis support i= less luirtheusome to the state. There is much said of a treaty of offensive and defensive alliance between two great po'.-ers which will not he published till after he proposed interview between the Empe rors of Austria and Russia, shall have taken place at l’estli, in Hungary. St. Petersburg. March 21. A new voyage of discovery in the north is to take place the approaching summer. The xpedition will leave the mouth of the Lena for the 'ey Ocean, for the purpose of exam ining tiie coast of Siberia and the, islands which were discovered north of that coast, some years since. As it is not yd decided whether those islands do not form a conti nent, and as they have only been visited du ring the winter, il will he vr y interesting to learn how nearly they may be approached during the summer, and to fix the extent ci thern. .FROM SPAIN. Herald Office, Norfolk, June 1C. Since our last we have n ce.ived late intel ligcnce from Spain. The report of the com mittee of Foreign Relations, authorising the President to take possession of Florida, had been received at Madrid, from the Spanish Charge des Affaires, at Washington; upon which a Council of Slate, was lil id, on tile 2gil of April, who recommended a solemn protest to be entered, but no hostilities to take place, as they confessed themselves not in a situation to do any thing. The President’s Message, which must have reached Madrid previous to the assembling of the Cortes, will change tiieir tone, and no doubt conciliate the angry feelings which the report, as might have been expected, has given rise to. Mr. Forsyth was not in Madrid when tin report of the committee of Foreign Relations ai rived, having left there four days before., (April lath,)for Pa.is, on a visit to Mr. Gai iatin. Of course, no official communication on tiie subject has been made by him to the government of Spain. Indeed, until instruc tions could he received from Washington, in could h ue held no further intercourse with that goverument One of our letters, of the date of May 1st says, “The revolution in Spain will bring your merchants to ruin, if they continue ship ping provisions in hopes of obtaining war prices for them.—In Cadiz there is r.o de mand, and in Gibraltar, of four cargoes ol dour that have arrived there, the sales have been from C 1-2 to 5 1-2, and the latter price cannot he obtained for a cargo from Alexan dria, nnw in tile bay—ovei live dollars will not be given. Beef and pork, butter and lard, no sale. A revolution in Spain cannot affect tiie price of provisions, with all Eu rope at peace, and a superabundance tu sup ply her with.” Two Patriot privateers have lately been in the M editerranean, doing some mischief ; one of tiiem, under the Artigas (lag, and commanded by Dun Ricardo Luna, which being translated into plain English, means, Dickey Moon, From a friend in Gibraltar, we have receiv ed a paper of the date of April 22, from h liieli we extract tiie following summary of Spanish affairs. It will lie seen that the King has conic.' red upon Don Antonio Quiroga ; (who may frilly he styled the restorer of liberty to Spain,) the. rank of Camp Marshal. Iiis merits entitled him to the highest office in the power of the government. Gibraltar, April 22,1820. The following is the substance of the offi cial intelligence in the Madrid Gazettes, re ceived this week : The Minister of Grace and Justice, Don Josef Garcia de la Torre, is succeeded by Don Manuel Garcia Hiu reros. An order of the 8th instant, transmitted by the secretary at War, to the inspectors of all arms, ex presses Iiis Majesty’s disapprobation of the language holden, the night before, by one of Iiis life guards, and which occasioned some slight ih-tin bailee in the capital. In order to prevent the recurrence of similar scenes DOaiE&TlC. ( ay s C1IJ0I.K.5 : in future,the military, and particularly Jhos< u understand that/me persons np- who do duty abouv’the King’s person, arc Frankfort,.June G. Important Decision.—On Saturday lust the United Stales Circuit Court sitting in this place, gave their opinion upon the constitutionality of the replevin law passed by the legislature of this state at their last session. From those whq heard the decision we are informed, that the judges affirmed the power of the. state to pass a replevin law, and also the constitutionality of that feature of the law which requires an indorsement that Kentucky Rank paper will he tak« j n, or in case of failure to do so gives a replev in of two years. But. they declared, that so much of the law as allows a sale of property taken under execution in cer tain cases, on a cretin is unconstitution al. The former part of this decision was founded on a distinction detween the. contract and the laio for enforcing its observance, and on the principle thaf the state may vary the latter at will without impairing the obligation of the former. The latter part of the decision was foun ded on the ground, that to compel the creditor to take one man’s obligation in discharge of another’s debt impairs tho contract by changing the terms and the parties, and in effect makes the bonds of individuals a lemil tender, contrary to the constitution.—Argus. FROM THE SALEM GAZETTE. OHIO TRADITION. As one of the ffm st ships in our navy hears the. name of Ohio, it may he gratifying to some of our gallant officers to know the definition of the word. During my travels through that state a few years since, I be came acquainted with some of its earliest settlers, men of good information, who gave me the following history or origin of the word Ohio; This noble river, from which the state derivi s its name, was formerly set tled on its hanks by several warlike, tribes of Indians, who were very numerous, and al most always at variance with each other— consequently, nearly all the battles were fought in canoes on the river; and owing to the immense slaughter so repeatedly made, they gave it the name of Ohio, which signi fies the H ar River; or as some of the chiefs explain it., the llloody Rivir; and others, the Stream of War. This is the tradition handed down by the chiefs to its first settlers, and is as given to me by thorn; and if cor rect, the Ohio hears the only warlike name of any state in the Union. If this explanati on is deemed of any consequence, by giving it publicity you will ohlge .'7 Friend to the Navy. Savannah,Jane 22. Pardon ami Reprieve.—Two of the prisoners, who were convicted of piracy at the last term of the District >''ourt qf the United Slates, in this city, and who were sentenced to die on the same day Furlong was executed, but respited by the President of the United. State?,, on the 2 Gill of the present month, we.rc yes terday discharged from confinement by tho Marshal of this district by order of the President.—Their mimes are David Bower and Henry Alattb.ews. They have received full pardon. Ralph Clintock who was also under sentence of death and who was to have been executed ou U odnesday next, has, by the President been respited for an indefinite period' He is to remain in close confinement. lH*pubir;an.)