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VOL. III. MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1322. No. 12. PUBLISHED WEEKLY, JIYS. GRAYTLAJYI) tf It. M. OR ME, On 11 iiu cm.k Street,opposite I lie Auction Store, AT Tlllll K. miJ.LAIlS, IN AllVANCf, on FOUR DOLLARS AT TUB EXPIRATION OF THE ■TEAR. tlj’ Advertisements conspicuously inserteil at (lie customary rales. Letters on business, in all cases, must be port run. 11 lx MARKS Ob' Mil. POINSETT, (In tlic House of Representatives,) Ontl te rcaoliitiou declaring tile Justice and tile expediency of recognizing tile Inde pendence of tile Nations of tile Soulll. I shall oiler, said Mr. Poinsett, no npnlogy to llio committee, for addressing tlieui on this occ.a-ion. 1 have resided (i long in the countries ive are non cull- icil n[iiiii to place in the rank of nations —am so intimately acquainted with the Causes and character of the revolution Ahoy have undergone, that I feel it to he my duty to convey to the committee, as briefly as I can, the information I pos sess on this subject. Sir, if ever there ivas an occasion that justified a revolution, that called upon a people to recur to first principles, and to seek relief from the abuse of power, bv an appeal lo arms, this was one. The revolution of the Spanish colonies did ■tint arise from a mere question of ab stract right, but from actual suffering and grievous oppression—from causes radical and certain, though gradual in their operation—causes that would have inevitably produced the revolution with out the violent crisis to which the mother country was exposed, and ■which only accelerated that event.— Ti was felt in lliejr government, in the administration ofjusliee, in their agri culture, in their commerce, ic in their pur- guits of happiness. Governed by Vice roys responsible in name, but, in fact as arbitrary as the King of Spain himself, who commanded, not only the military governors and iutendants of provinces, hut presided over the tribunals of jus- tice, let any one imagine what govern ment the miserable colonist must have enjoyed under European Spaniards vest ed with such powers, and who had no thing to dread but an examination ol ♦ heir conduct before a tribunal, two thousand leagues distant from the thea tre of their injustice. The colonist could not even enjoy the natural advan tages by w hich be w as surrounded. The eves of a jealous and suspicious government constantly watched the pro gress of his industry. No sooner did a settlement betray symptoms of prosperi ty, than it became the subject of oppres sive legislation, and was overwhelmed by a swarm of officers, who, like locusts, destroyed the fair prospects of the har vest. The trade was not only confined to certain specified articles, hut to a few favored towns. Rich as these favored regions are, and capable of bringing forth the productions of every climate, pos sessing great facilities of internal and ol foreign commerce, they were reduced to indolence anil penury by absurd and oppressive restrictions on their industry, on their trade, mid on their private en joyments. Without a market for their produce, it lotted on the ground. 1 have seen the most fertile districts of lh.it fine country barren and desolate — I have seen the* inhabitants, surrounded hi all the bounties of nature, destitute of the ordinary comforts of civi!ize<l so ciety. To those who have followed the progress of this revolution, and compar ed it with our own, the difference must appear striking, and, from the civil dis sensions that have agitated those coun tries, it has been argued by some that the Spanish Creoles were incapable of en joying the blessings of liberty—wore In making li.nf not a few virtuous, well enlight ened priests espoused llie cause ofliber- ly, the colonies would still have been de pendent. The aristocracy formed ano ther and a powerful obstacle to the pro gress of tliis revolution—a class that ab hor every constitution founded on an e- i{ ii ill it y oi'i iglits—a class that would ra ther he deprived of those rights than see nil participate in them, that prefer li ny state of suffering rather Ilian see pow er exercised by their inferiors. I speak now of tile mass of titled men in the colonies. Some few were distinguished for their zeal in the cause of indepen dence. Another, and a very essential differ ence between the two countries, con sisted in the number of Europeans, who IiiiI distinct privileges form the Creoles, for oppression did not there fall equally on all. They were, to be sure, the smaller party, but the wealth and power they possessed, their union, their influ ence, the habitual respect in which they were held, their ideas of their own superiority, rendered them a very formidable body. They were aware that their proud pretensions had roused against them a feeling of indignation ; that llie oppressive measures they had promoted against the interests of the land, had produced hatred and an eager thirst for revenge ; Si common interest and common danger united them against the Creoles. They could not suppress the revolution, but they retarded tl« pro gress, and procrastinated the contest.— If, therefore, we regard the little ad vancement of these countries, their ig norance of the principles of government, thoir civil (lieeon u i<>ne 4 i»n«l llio |*roor\\M- tinated struggle for liberty alter all op- pnsitinn had ceased on (lie part of Spain, it impresses u* more strongly with the urgent necessity that existed, of shaking off the colonial government. It was the government III it placed obstructions in the way of agriculture and commerce.— It was the government, that, forgetful of its primary obligations, suffered, nay, encouraged the daily violation of tin- rights and properties of its subjects.— It was the government, in short, that sought lo keep (he people in the pro- fomidest ignorance, as the moans ol keeping them in subjection. A revolu tion proceeding Iroin such causes, was not to he prevented by empty declara tions, of abstract rights, such as were made bv the mother country v/hu» -true gltng lor her own existence. The de crees of the different governments estab lished in Spain during that period, were magnificent in promise. The colonic were told they had the same l ights as the mother country, but were treated as it they had none. They were deluded with hopes that were never realised, and were mocked with the semblance of a representation. Deputies assigned them, not elected by them. At no time was there more peculation, violence, and oppression, than during the interval be tween the invasion of Spain, and the in surrection of llie colonies. i liese caus es operated alike on all, and the revolu tion commenced without previous con cert, almost at the same moment in every part of this vast continen'. It has trintmiheii not onlv over the opposition of the mother country, hut over civil dissension”, anti the storms of party.— In Carraccas, where the revolution first commenced, its success was retarded by of the most awful events recorded in length established tranquility at home ; and not only dtiven out the invaders, but can icd the war successfully into their strong hold. The revolution in Spain is due to the efforts of this brave people. Mexico, where the revolution com menced at an early period, and where, alter n desperate struggle, it appeared to In* quelled, is now independent. I lie spirit of revolution continued to exist a- mong the people, Hidalgo, and the gal lant men who fell in the first revolution ary movement, did not perish in vain. To prove the. utter inability of Spain to recover possession of these countries, it is only nercssnry to take a view of their vast extent, of (heir population and resources, and to compare them with those of Spain, agitated as she now is, by intestine commotions, and, fur many years past, regarded as the country of Europe the most destitute of industry, of commerce, and of enterprize. The mere recital of 'he names which distin guish the Spanish colonies in America, extending over 7!) degrees of latitude, with a space of at least 1900 leagues, interposed between its most distant set tlements ; the vast extent of their moun tains. their magnificent rivers, the vari ed productions of the soil, the riches of their mines, impress us at once with the magnitude of ther resources. Buenos Aires, comprising the finest provinces of Bern, the rich mines of Poto s i, and the fertile province of Cochabamba, with a population of one million a'', 1 •• •*’** coining annually. 'n'"»rds of five mil lion« of doll irs, ’ exporting ten millions and importing about the same amount.— Chile, the garden of the wothl, possess ing the most fertile soil, productive of all tlm fruits of Europe, and of the tro pics, pqu illv rich in the precious and in tlm it- ful met i|s. with a imputation of more than one million, coining about them of two thousand leagues, and none \ mitten speak of “ the measures demaiid- less than one thousand ? The history of, cd by the crisis, as one indicative of a .Spain herself is an answer to this ques- j new and glorious resolution ; that it was lion. With a courage and energy that a demanded by Ameiira and by the true determination to he free alone could give, interests of the Peninsula ; that from it Spain repelled the hosts of Prance that invaded her territory ; weak in numbers and resources w hen compared to France, they successfully resisted the utmost ef forts of that power to subdue them.— One word, sir, on this subject. It is too much our custom to speak contemptu ously of this brave and highunnded peo ple ; they were long bowed down by an iron despotism. But other days have dawned on that fair country ; after re sisting with unexampled resolution, fi>- reign usurpation, they have resolved to he free. Their sufferings from the vices and defects of long servitude, ought to excite our sympathies, and their ef forts to establish free and liberal institu tions, entitle them to our respect. It has been supposed by some, that the independence of these colonies would injure the prosperity of the U. Suites ; possessing a morn fertile soil, and raising the same productions, they would drive us from llie markets ol Europe. It lias been said that colonies are safer neigh bors than free stales, and that so long as they were bound down by the oppressive restrictions of Spain, they would neither he dangerous rivals or formidable com petitors. It is unwise, therefore, in ns lo offur them any encouragement N-'-.i wiy n,„ me'iings ut the heart revolt at such a conclusion, hut it is manifestly lalse, it is onr interest that they should he tree. U ith an extensive line of coast, vviiIi numerous navigable rivers, l.ie.ilitating their internal trade, with a population of more than 15 millions, al most without manufactures, with u de ni ind fur 1U0 millions of dollars, and without the means of carrying on their three million of dollars innuillv, export- foreign commerce, these countries (ire- one it history. The city was almost entirely twenty-.*—„ millions destroyed by an earthquake, on the an-1 duet of the mnnei ing four millions, anil importing inure than three millions. Lima. I mean Ihe vice rovallv of Lima, including Cusco, the ancient capital of the Incas, w ith a population of 1 ‘200.000 souls, coining annually live millions nf dollars, import- ingte.n millions, St exporting thirteen mil lions. New Grenada, containing not loss than two millions of inhabitants, with a trade of more than six millions of imports, coining annually, three millions of del lir«. Carraccas. with a million nf in habitants, nml about the same resources (}ri*nwd:t. 'I’lippn tirr> *• have since been united under on" go vernment. the republic ol Colombia.— Oiiatamala. (lie country which compris es Co-ta Rica, & Nicaragua, and hounds on New Grenada, a fertile and well cul tivated country, containing one million .V a half uf souls. Ncv Spain, or Mexico, contained in 1808, a population of five millions nine hundred thousand, a papu lation not likely to have been diminished ujnee that period. Coining at that time Iwentv-three millions of dollars annually, importing twenty millions, and export ing between twenty and thirty millions. The detarheil governments, contained nearly a million of inhabitants, making an aggregate of 15 millions. I will nnt detain the committee hv go ing into an examination of the resources -,Cnaeh particular stale. It will he suffi- j cietit for mv purposes to particularize those o( Mexico. The whole annual agricultural product of Mexico vva* es timated at 29 millions of dollars. The annual product of the precious metals at the annual pro- efidit mil- sent a market lor the skill and industry of our merchants, which promises the greatest advantages. Let any one look hack and observe how the demand litis every where increased with the in creasing produce. f lic wars and revolutions which have lately allhcted Europe, are known now only by their benefit lul effects. Effects to he seen in the amelioration and ex tension of their agriculture, tu the in crease of their towns and villages; in the VGVUaULV. augmentation of manufactures’: in the ....... -.mention ; to ,„sire oi uce- dutti, and in the general welfare anil prosperity of the country. It is impos sible to pass through any part of Europe at present, without being struck with the unproved condition ol the people. An improvement which, as it advances, will augment Ihe demand for all the produc tuns of the west. The intercourse ol lilt! provinces of Spanish America with these countries, will augment their means of information, and will enlighten them on the subject ol government, on public welfare and private happiness.— IVitii the increase of knowledge, will arise free and well organized institu tions, tile refinements and various wants of civilization. Phis cannot fail to pro duce a demand for all the manufactures of this country, and lor all the objects ol trade. 1 had intended to have entered, fully, into the importance --..-hti, cal relations with these conntrie., f ar, however, that I should exhaust the patience of the cormndlc® V j C ^ J j l j t , x . tempt it ; ami i K el Uldl . hauitmy own strength. am cotnpel- Spain might reap advantages, which o- thenvise she could never expecl ; and that the ties of kindred and the uniformi ty of religion, w ith commercial relations and those emanating from I tee institu tions, would he tin: surest pledge ol mu tual harmony and close union.” I agree with llie Committee, “ that no measure short of a lull recognition of unconditional independence could have deserved the character nor been capable of producing the effects ascribed to it." But, sir, what say llie documents on your table ? *• The American deputies disappointed in their expectations, pre sented propositions, iu substance, Mr. Brent tells us, the same as those that at first met the approbation of ministers, and which would have been adopted, but for particular occurrences. These propositions contain no demand for an acknowledgement of Independence ; but merely for permission to establish an in ternal administration, dependent upon the mother country, freedom of com merce and equal rights with European .Spaniards. This was, in substance, the measure first proposed by the commit tee of the Cortes, and which was subse quently rejected by the king, “ as a violation ol the constitution ; that public opinion was not prepared fir it, that it was against the interests of Spain and of America.” Something less favorable must he intended by the king, when lie iysth.it “ his government, urged by the Cortes, lo propose Ihe measures they nay think most proper for their welfare, vr a consideration of the state of these countries, they will do so immediately, ami with the utmost generosity.” No, The recognition of the Indepen dence of the Spanish colonies would he opposed both by the interests and by Ihe prejudices of the Spanish nation. Inde pendently of the revenue denied by the crown from those countries—a revenue of more than 8 millions of dollars—the patronage they afforded was immense. Places in Spanish America were the re ward ol services and the means of cor ruption, The aristocracy, who profit ed by those places, and who regarded them as the means of maintaining their abandon, r/ith'r-i!?" 014 «'» of wealth Atneriaaprel'Fffted!' ‘ i tie Cler gy will exert their influence lo prevent it. America was to them a source ol ambition and of profit. The possession of America extended their spiritual do minion and augmented their temporal wealth. Phe merchants, who, by a code of laws framed in the spirit ol restric tion, and oppression, monopolized the trade of the colonies, will oppose their recognition ; and tne people generally will not consent to relinquish, without a desperate struggle, the dominion over the colonies, connected, as it is, will their most pleasing recollections of na tional honor and glory. It is in vain to say that they are really independent, 1 he Spaniards will not abandon all hope of recovering posses sion of them until they are recognized by that t1ief£ c 8fi‘'««»?• 11 is ' vel1 , km T" habitants of St. Domingo, now in f lance, w ho still cherish Ihe hope of being re stored to their estates in that Island, (hose motives will operate powerful- IJKtllSIl COMM BUCK AM) NAVIUAIIOX. FROM HELL s LONDON WEEKLY MESSENGER. Our expur s and imports are neatly hS high as oi*an average of any three years during the war ; that is to say, take he as verage of foreign demand during tail, tat-2, nd lairi, and the average amount of any one of those years will nut excel ii the ex portations of the present year. The average yearly tonnage of British ships during the war was 2 1-4 millions.-*- In It. IS!, one of the best years, it did not ex ceed two millions six hundred thouwu.it. Now, in Iiiii, when the accounts were Lad before put Ii uncut (at the beginning of the current year) the actual tonnage exceeded 2,l)&U,00U, mi increase of 60,000 tons upon tin- greatest year of the war. lo the other head, under our navigation, the number of British seamen—the number at present em ployed equally eorreapoods with the u- mounl in the greatest year in the war ; the average an.mint in war being I?0,o00 ; a d the estimated amount of the current year exceeding this amount by nearly one-tenth. The next general head is, of course, our commerce; by which we mean our foreign trade, tier exports arid impmls. Under this head, aspect of the condition of our national resources, hi the best year of the war, a- liout the year 1812, tlm average amount of the imports did not exceed 95,000,000, wberea-, in lltli), they exceeded . 7,0110,1)00, and for the present yea are esliin.it. u to exceed that sum by 4 or 5 millions. With, respect to our exports llie same lavoiablo stale of things will he found lo exist undeF every branch of them, iu the average u- muunt of a year of war, when we supplied the continent, and the whole trade of the | world almost centered in this country, the imports did not exceed 60,01)0,000 ; and in the current year it is estimated that they will not fill short of that amount hy more than one or two millions It appears that 500,000 bales of cotton, have boon grown in America during the last which upwards of 600,uoo have their revolutionary move- lions ; the export at -- ontn selves | .miiort« at twenty millions ; the reve- fnr customs and taxes. mversai. ment. The clergy availed them of this event, and assisted by the super- n .i<* of Mexico, -. lition of the people, re-established, for t amounted to not less than twenty n lx.rt time the roval authority. I he lions. . , brave and patriotic Bolivar kept up the If, says Baron H-tmhnl It, the pol.tical I lis active ex-j strength of it nation depended onlv utinn !'T l .r'r .fore "however reluctantly, to , „, IO n the Spanish nation, and, it is t» U ‘?, rC ! ’l ot tho subject. The b y e feared, will not only prevent thcr re question for the cons in 0 f the tion of the independence id these unfit for self government tliis comparison between the two coun-| spirit of the revolution. ..,»■• - . , . n c; n , to he forgotten that ci (ions renewed the struggle for liberty : | the extent of country, and number o in- onr civil and political institutions, onr I an( | his zeal and perseverance restored ’’"'’hants, new Spain mteh^rank habits, our customs, our laws, our rights! |,i, country to Ireednm. By his conduct United States. . n ,i 1P dis-utvan- «f property, scarcely suffered any alter- V alor, the most formidable armament those countries under all the > utiun by the transition from n colonial to ovor sen t across the Atlantic, has boon an independent stale. The principlesI destroyed. Ilis effort? have unite* ar- of free government, republican priori- ,.; U ;ciis fit New Grenada into one. repo >- pleti, had deep root in this country be- || c , un ,| he lias spread the ptinciples ol tore our revolution; and it they have j independence, and ol Iree government, grown with our growth, and strengthen- ( 0 the shores of the Pacific ml with onr strength, they were as well " ‘ understood then as now. I he Spanish Colonies had never been entrusted, ns we had, with any part of the internal administration, anil were ignorant and Unpractised in government. The mentis of education, 1 lightened educ the Creole ; printing (tresses were to he j j Mue 0 f which was uncertain a few of the larger cities Buenos Ayres has triumphed over the repented and formidable ctlorts ol the mother country to subdue them. 1 he\ have had, besides, lo contend against a powerful party of Royalists in the tnteri- >r provinces. J he wealthy creoles ol nf the colonial system, far I have purposely token the statement previous to the revolution. Thus ive «eo that the total population of the Spnni-h colonies exceeded fifteen millions ; the imports were never less than “ixty millions, and the exports seventy. The estimated population nf those countries is more likely to fall short ol ■ the truth, than to exceed it. The Cen sus was taken for Ihe purposes of taxn tion. which induced the inhabitants to governmem. i lie muon- or provinces. * or. - , . , i , , mean of a liberal and en- lh;lt country could not he easily rni.s. d conceal thcr real numbers^ Anal her ation, were withheld from Lo take an active part in a contest, the let me remark, tlm this P"P»>» ™ ‘ . ’ _ I. J „ .• , N« effective, and the proportion nl s greater than has been generally sed. The most favorable state-, | . ommende(1 , |y , he resolutions. It is a ever published of the population ot, )e , u . an( | convincing argument, highly , previous to the late wars, rn ’'‘‘? 11 l iOn0 r;ible to the committee, and as l eu- found only in where, under a rigid inspection, a ga zette and an almanac were permitted to be published. The policy nf Spain re pressed the advancement of knowledge in her colonies—ignorance and supei- stition were the powerful means employ ed to keep them in subjection. I be despot is aware that-those who pos-e-- knowledge will struggle lor freedom, and will achieve it—for knowledge is pow er. Dread of religion* toleration, ami of wlvit was worse, ol spoliation, excited the cl rgv to oppose the revolution.— The influence they exercised over the qtiiyJs of Hit) people vvus unbounded, ami No doubt they preferred a national government, and freedom of commerce, but that wish was not strong enough to vanquish their love of repose and indolent habits, to urge them in short to long and painful amount to 10,409,879. sacrifices. The royalists arc still in pos session of some of Ihe finest provinces ol La Plata. . , The interior provinces nf the vice royalty of Lima, are still in Ihe hands ol the royalists ; were, 1 should have said for il is reasonable to expect that tlm example by the provinces some tin e hv . ivil dissensions, and over-1 , ran committee is, whether ive shall now a dopt a measure called for by every motiv e of feeling and ol policy, at a moment when it may give us weight and influence in those countries, a measure by which we shall at once assume the station that becomes our character, among the great republics of this Hemisphere, or whe ther we shall w ait the slow and unwilling consent of Spain, or the uncertain poli cy of the other (lowers of Europe. The latter have refused to co-operate I with us. It dues not accord with then | avowed principles to countenance any resistance against the abuse of power, however flagrant & unjust. In ail ages, Spain has been slow to acknowledge the independence of those countries which have been driven to rebellion by her op pression. B is not probable that she will pursue a different policy with regard to her colonies in America. In this par ticular, and in this alone, I difler from llie report now under consideration. It proves incontestably the right nml the expediency of adopting tlip uioaaare i “ cognition ot the independ countries, but lead them to view Ibi* measure, on our part, as an untiicruilv, perhaps as a hostile, act. i hey coi- y* liffii exported to Lnglaml, principally Liverpool and Gla*»utv, It is not more than -20 years a^o that ue imported iron from Swiden and Kumiia f and sueh has been the astonishing increase and success of this trade, that we are now ihe largest exporters in the world. With respect to the silk trade, we pub* lished, some mouths since, the report of the House of Lords on iliis subject, fly this iC appears (hat there has been uianul.icturid in Great lb it.iin, duri •£ tiie last year, (wch e millions of pounds of silk — winch is an ex cess of two millions upon the ipianiily con sumed in France. New-York, April 8. Important from Spain—It) (tie hug Ac* • ive, Oapt. Noble, (lie editors of U^*,<iWrre itirrciil .'hlvei'h*: r Imp rrceivni-or 1<\ bina ry. It appears llial the Spanish Cories, | contrary to the recommendation of L e King, atlopu d, on the l 21 it ol February, Ihe opinion of their committee relative to send ing Commissioners to South America ; and, the day following, they further approved of I the following lure*? additional propositions, viz : That the Cortes should annul ; e Cor dova Convention belween Gen. O Donoju and the Mexican leader liurbide, as aho any other treaty, act, ui stipulation, relative- to Hie acknowledgment of the. independence of Mexico by the. sum** genet al; that the government he urged to il< clare to other governments, that Spain lias not given up her ii;;lit lo her provinces beyond the seas ; and that, tin ' fore, shr. will consider as <i violation ‘j the txisting Ire lus, the partial or absolute ilcknoicltd^nunt of their inde- pi ndact b Jure hie differences biUcun La in/ and the mother eountn/ shall have been ad justed; and laMiy. (hat government lie like wise urged to » wdeavo , by every pos-ihlo means, to preserve, and speedily to rciu- t inutm.v.'W'h ti nuts in tho-e countries, as still country, and refuse to make a omm.v cause with the malcontents. On the 1 1th, the King closed the session, and is said to have expressed himself highly satisfied with the legislative measures adapted by the As sembly, as he conceived them to have so ,r really promoted the work of tin* political regeneration of Spain, that a lew mote cl - forts of the same nature must bring it to the • cry acme of perfection. to detail The Gibraltar papers continue tainl v 'have no right to do 30, according u le riotous proeo. thugs of til.- brigands m ' - ■ ” it I tlntj iiitorior of Spain; but the gowrnmi nt s not serin to hr imdrr any apprehension much thinned hv war. and peMiloncp, 1 rt ,( 1)clance anil famine, within the b>“t ten years. ! , iel| | lir> The experts nf Spain amounted to about u ;r „„, r,.„,„ sixteen million" of dollars, and the im- pnr<s to between fourteen arid fifteen millions. Let me ask then, whether it probable that Spain, with not quite two f tj ie capital will he followed| thirds the population, with inferior^ re- Chih imitated fori sources at all times, and those much di- ....I .....’... " minished by thi- defection, ran recon- by the army ui'lhc royalists, has alt quer countiies at a distance, some el to the laws and usages ol nations the resentment of wounded pride is not always restrained 'by considerations ol national law. But, sir, this ri-k, even if it were less remote, ought not to deter us from a- 1 dopting the resolutions on your table, l! is a measure* cutie*i f*'» t\r uoliry. The conduct of the govern- ment, in relation to this contest, has giv en the best evidence of our respect lor the t ights of Spain. So long as that na tion made art effort to recover tier domi nion over her colonies, the U. State- abstained from recognizing their inde pendence. But now, when all opposi tion has ceased on the part of Spain : now that these countries are free Iroin the intestine commotions which dueled them into fictions, and rendered itdiffi- cult to distinguish which was the legiti mate government, it would be unjust to u ithhold it. I hope therefore, the Committee will adopt the resolutions now under con sideration. It is due to the rights ol the free and independent governments that expect it at our hands, and due to our own character and station. as to the consequences. Intelligence had buen received at tiibral- tar, that the furious veteran, A Ii Pacha, seemed nearly at his last gasp- He is said to have only 400 men lelt, and that they art* alllicted with the scurvy. The Turks continue In hold possession of P,liras, making rrequ nt sorites on ihe Greeks, from whom they carry off eonsi- ileralile liooty. Ill the mean time, the war eontimied tu lie one of exlerniinalinn, null llie most horrible exeesses arc said to hw practised by both of the contending parties* By the British Packet Manchester, ther Editors of tile Commercial Advertiser have leeeiv, d from Ihtir attentive runespondent- London papers to the 13th of F< bruary, and Shipping Lists to the 11th. On llie 1 lilt of February the royal a s Tit was given to the Pish Insumution Biii, and the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act* The insurrection hill, says a Loudon paper., .1 jyes to Magi- rates a right to enter into tho must retire.1 and delicate part nl any dwel ling Imn-e, an 1, il refused admittance, tu force the clia idlers even of females. By ■ Huooi me - this act, any man found out of his house bu- tertain great deference for their opinion, • I • , , 0 , he r j„| lU 0 f (lie tween sun si t and sun rise, any person found ditTer with lh**m . . ‘ rnM ,i a ,i in « drinkim: in a tMihlic hotm. in tho nunwpm- Tho-Committee think lrt '° l,nJ •'“ , ‘T cni <' n K ' 1 ' „,j whether a traveller or not—any owner it manifest, from the report nf the Com- expect .U o.tr hands and due to our l)r a buns-, absent from home ■ ‘ hp Cortes I. that Spain bad own character und station. within the same pcriod-any 1“ mmee 01 me. *- < ' , •——!• whose possession either arms or ammum- not only renounced the feelings We are gratified to hear that subscriptions i (0 n are found—all these are liable to trans- enemy towards the colonies, : but li .U „ re now makiiig, liy the officers iff the Na- p.atatiun forseven years—and this tuo witlt- h cn prepared, a year ago, to consent wi|)) ,, vjl , w lu j|„. t .n,etim, of a suitable j the interference .ff a Grand Jury by to the ir independence, but for particular ,„ omimenl to the memory of the justly la-, |{;||—without the Petty duty by tin ii ver- occurrevces. They are led to this con- mented Commodore Decatur. _ j diet, b without allowing the aguevtd partj i elusion from '.he terms in which the Com-1 [XM. Intelligence-.] I „„y sallffsctuiy appeal,