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I ‘ Several article* htfo recently been pub*
I lfehod relative to a cruiaer tomewhere on
! the coiet of North Carolina, aupposei) to bp
a pirate. Now this, if truo, would bo an
alarming circumstance, considering the
groat trade carried on and the number of
passengers who are transported, especially
at the present season along our coast. The
following extract from the log-book of Capt .
Vernum,'ofthe ship Georgia, recently ar
rived here, is handed to us to show that the
. _ . . , supposed pirate is a merchants vessel, and
IT For tho information of Captains of rr r
, ... ... ,L. ,, of courso that alarm will bo groundless,
vessels, wo think proper to state that they • t ..„ ,. u Ul * A A „
are required to report to the Clcrlt of the
City Council, the names of ell passengers,
arriving, after the first of July, in the port
of Savannah.
SATURDAV MORNING, JULY l*.
Extract “ June 7th, lat. 34,42, long 67,
spoke the sehnr. Trimmer, Capt. Everly,
9 days from New York, bound to Cartha
igetia—had experienced heavy galea ofwintl
from tho N E. which had driven her out of
We are indebted to a friend for a copy of her course—requested to be reported.”
the Documents, in a pamphlet of 128 pages,
transmitted by the Governor to the Legis
lature at the opening of the late extra ses
sion. «
Some recently omitted articles are on
our first page.
William C. Wayne, Jobefii S. Pelot,
and William A. Moore, were on Wednes-
Capt. Varnum describes the above men'
tioned vessel, as being about Bixty tons bur
then, sharp built, with a gafftnpsail and top.
mast stay-sail, sweeps, top-cloths and net
tings, and a numerous crew—having alto
gether a Cruizor like appearance, nnd which
it is not doubted is tho same vessel that has
recently been seen in tho vicinity of Cape
Ilatteras, and mistaken for a pirate. The
day elected by the Justices of the Inferior ! late gales satisfactorily account for her bo-
Court, Receivers of the names of persons in
Chatham County, entitled to draws in the
contemplated Land Lottery,
Latest trom Cuba.—We learn by a
passenger in the pilot-boat schooner Savan
nah, arrived yesterday ill eighty hours from
Matanzas, that a serious insurrection a-
mong the negroes took place in the neigh
borhood of that place, about the 17th ult.
The number of the revolters was about five
hundred, who divided themselves into -par
ties of from forty to fifty. These parties
proceeded to several plantations, in every
instance murdering the head of the tamily.
In one instance, a party of fifty entered a
bouse of public entertainment, took posses
sion and lulled every one of its inmates.
They then intoxicated themselves with tho
liquors, in which state they were surprized
and taken. Much alarm had existed in Ma
tanzas ; and the volunteers had been ordered
out, and were doing duty in the city when
our informant was there , but the insurrec
tion was soon pul down and tranquility
restored. There were under arras in Ma
tanzas about 1000 men. The whole num
ber of whites who had lost their lives was
sixteen. The loss of the rebels was about
one hundred killed, end seventy-five pri
soners, who would be tried and punished.
The remainder had escaped to the moun
tains.
It was very healthy at Matanzas, but one
ST two cases of fever having occurred.
The American herm. brig Hope and Pol
ly, Usher, and the Baltimore schooner Cad
mus, were seized at Matanzas for attempt
ing to smuggle Flour.
The U. S. trigate Constellation, arrived
at Matanzas on tho 2d inst. from Key-West
and a cruize. The U. B. galliot Sea-Gull
and schr. Terrier, were also in port. The
C. S. corvette John Adams sailed on the
Od on a cruise; she was towed out of tho
harbor by the Sea-Gull. The U. S. schr.
Fox was at Key West, the only U. S. ves
sel there The crows of tho U. S. vessels
at Matanzas enjoyed good health—the
number on the sick list of each was bul six
or eight, mostly convalescents.
No recent piracies had been committed.
We have received the Mstanzns Gazette
of the 25th June and 2d inst.; but they
contain no intelligence.
Since the above was in type, we have re
ceived the following from our Correspond
ent, the New-York Gazette, which, howe-
over, is not so late by two weeks as tho
account above
From Matanzas.—Captain Brothers, of
the schooner Eagle, from Matanzas, informs
that intelligence was received there on the
afternoon of the 16th inst. that tho negroes
on several of the principal plantations in the
Partido of St. Jose,about twenty miles from
Matanzas, had revolted and murdered the
proprietors thereof in the most shocking
and cruel manner. Immediately on the re
ceipt of this melancholy intelligence, the
Governor dispatched a largo body of troops
to quell them. Captain B. says that the
latest advices from them, juat prior to his
sailing, stated that they were pretty well
subdued, after killing about sixty or seventy
of them. The whole number collected was
•aid to be about 300. They killed about
fifteen or twenty whites including one fe
male, principally foreigners. Whole fa
milies were flocking into the city foTBnfcty.
The land which has been fixed upon by
General Lafavotte in Florida, is in township
No. 1 north, in range No. V East; which
adjoins Tallahassee. This township is con
sidered to be one of ilia boat 'in the terri
tory, and its worth is estimated at from
ing so near tho coast.
It i# stated in tho Cahawba Press, that
the notes of Georgia and South Carolina
are not received in payment for public lands
by the Treasurer of Alabama.—Is this of a
piece with the late orders not to receive
the notes of Georgia and South Carolina,
at the Land Sales of Tallahassee ? It is a
serious question why this exclusion is made,
when the Ranks in those two states, with
the exception of one, pay specio for their
bills, and are considered as good as any in
the Union. Wc have waited for some time
in expectation of an explanation of the
cause of the first act of favoritism and in
justice, but in vain. An explanation is due
to the character of the government as well
as to those who have been injured.
Indian Treaties.—Full deputations of
Osages, Kansas, Delawares, and Weas, we
learn, met Gen. Clarke at St. Louis, on
the 1st. inst. and agreed upon a treaty,
which was to have been signed the next
day, in which the Osages and Kansas relin
quish all their lands to the United States.
Their future possessions, it is said, will
jie along and over the western boundary of
Missouri. Some difficulty, we learn, exis
ted at the time between the Osages, Dela
wares, and Shawanese, which, however,
wai in the way of a speedy adjustment.
Had the agoi t, in this instance, inter
fered to defeat th*e treaty from political
motives, the result would, no doubt, have
been different—it would be well for the
U. States government and the interests of
the people, if all their agents were equally
faithful and equally removed from interfer
ence in the local politics of the state go.
vermnentg.
Govomor tulnley, of Bermuda, whose
presence, since his first recall, and subse
quent return has kept the island in a fer
ment, has been again recalled by the Bri
tish government, and sailed on the 8th ult.
for Halifax.
Cotton,—By a statement recently made,
says the N. Y. Daily Advorlisor, by papons
who have the means of aaertaining, the
stock ot Cotton in the New-York market
exclusive of what is on shipboard, is about
20,000 bales -, but a few weeks since the
stack exceeded 50,000.
The National Journal of the 30th June
contains the items of the claims which have
been allowed by the Colombian Govern
ment in the cases of tho following vessels,
belonging to citizens of tho United States,
viz: The Tyger, Liberty, Josephine, Ame
rica, and Minerva. Bills for the amount
have been drawn by the Columbian Go
vernment upon its Consul General in this
country, and its Special Agent in England.
The Secretary at War has returned to
Washington.
New-Oricans papers state that the wea
ther was favorable in that city. The Mis
sissippi, above and below Fort Plaquemine,
suddenly rose several feet on the first of
June, producing.a considerable agitation,
setting large trees adrift, and leaving on
the levee, at its fall, a number of fish
thrown up by the agitation.
Prince Murat, (son of the King of Na
ples, who was executed by the restored king
about the close of the continental war) has
arrived in New-York, and after spending a
few days with his uncle Joseph Bonaparte
at Bordentown, N. J. intends to proceed to
Florida, to join his elder brother Col. Acii-
ille Murat, who is cultivating a large
tract of land there.
A Mr. JonniXE, who was one of the em
igrants from Baltimore to Liberia, it is sta
ted, after his arrival at that place turned
pirato, and joined a party who kidnapped
and sold their fellow beings into slavery.—
The agent at Mesurado writes to his cor
respondent at that place, that Jordine was
taken, and was on his was to Freetown,
to be hanged.
Between three and four hundred gentle
men were expected to visit New-York from
Philadelphia, on the occasion of the late
celebration of the anniversary of Indepen
dence, which in the former, would be unu
sually splendid, General Lafayette intend
ing to be present. It was said that from the
opposition between the different steam-boat
lines, passage would be obtained at the sum
of$l 50,and probably at $1, and through, in
Several murders of great atrocity have
been committed within a short period in the
city of New-York. Captain Wm. West
A Giant.—A writer in the Philadelphia
’• U. S. Gazette, says that Mr. Magee, 8 feet
9 inches high, from the county of Tyrone,
Ireland, has arrived in the ship Conestoga
at Pliladelphia.
Chief Justice Marshall is said to be en
gaged in writing, and indeed is far advanc-
was murdered in a shocking manner in j e d, towards completing a history of the A-
tbat city, on the night of tho 25th ult.! merican government, from the adoption of
and wrapped up in a blanket, aqd thrown; the constitution to the termination ofWAstr-
street to the Bay, as an experiment, to as
certain the practicability of thus draining
the city of superabundant water—which
was laid over for consideration gt the next
meeting.
A communication was also received from
the Board of Health,recommending the ap
pointment of one or more persona to go
through the wards of tho city, and see that
each family be provided with a mixture of
lime and wood ashes, to be used in the pu
rification of privies, and recommending that
they be furnisliod at a moderate price, or
gratis to those unablo to procure them.
The monthly report of the Inspector of
Dry Culture, was received and read.
WtLi.tAM H. Green was elected a
member oftho Fire Company.
The following report and resolution from
the Fire Company, were received and read:
“ The committee of tho Fir<\ Company,
which had under consideration a report
made to the City Council, upon the sub
ject of a communication made to Council by
the Chief Fireman, having reported favora-
by of the plan suggested by the Comuiittco
of Council, of procuring new fire apparatus :
" Retained, That the Committee pursue
their labora by forming a junction with the
Committee of Council, And endeavor to im
press upon that body the necessity ofprompt
measures being taken to purchase new en
gines on the New-York construction, will)
a sufficient quantity of hose and other ap
paratus complete.”
On motion of Alderman Morrison,Chair
man of the Engine Committee, it was then
resolved, That the Mayor be, and lie is
hereby authorised, as soon as practicable,
to procure upon the best terms, four new
Engines, upon the principles adopted in
New-York,combining the auction and pro
pelling properties, together with two hun
dred and tea feet of hose for each engine,
and four hundred feet of extra hose. It
was also resolved, that a committee be ap
pointed to draft an ordinance to levy a tax
on Firs Places of to meet the above
expenditure, and to dispense witli the future
requisition upon houses for buckets.*
On motion of Alderman Minis, resolved,
That in cases of lire, the refreshments ne
cessary for the support of the Fire Compa
nies whilst on duty, shall he furnished by
the order of the Chief Fireman, and that
order alone shall be the sufficient voucher.
On motion of Alderman Gumming, Re
solved, That persons subject to Poll Tax,
who hove been double taxed in conse
quence of not making returns, bo ailowod
now to make them, and pay the single tax
[* The object contemplated by this reso.
lution, is to entirely supercede the purchase
of buckets by the citizens, in the room of
which, they will pay on every fire-place, a
sum, which on an average it is believed will
be the same as is now required for the pur-
chase of buckets. In the room of the buc
ket-system, which in evory city in the Uni
on, is now becoming obsolete, on account of
its trouble and inefficiency, the citizens will
find tliemelves by this arrangement, with
little additional cost, in possession of an ef
ficient and well arranged fire apparatus,
whose benefits will be felt not only in
the safety of their lives and property, but
in the reduction of insurance—and the in
creased confidence ofthe merchants of other
cities who have goods deposited here. It
is believed that the four old engines, which
will be superceded by the new ones, may al
so be disposed of, by which the cost will be
be considerably reduced. The resolution
was passed without a dissenting voice.]
Latest from England.—By the Silas
Richards, at New-York, London papers to
the evening of the 23d and Liverpool of the
25th of May are received.
The most interesting item of intelligence
is the rejection of the Catholic Bill, by a
majority of forty-eight. Thus, again, are
the hopes of the Catholics in the justice of
the government destroyed, and the prospect
of peace and happiness at one time during
the the discussion justly entertained by this
unhappy people, we may say,destroyed for
through the tegiefohir* ofthe empire,through
the doors of the constitution, they can no-
pf the kingdom, an army, ted hy offish jr
his own appointing? The pope,
claimed tho right of absolving from
ance. The bill would bo a scaling
againat the church. *
The Earl of Limerick thought him j
vor hope for sccosb to its benefits; and
therefore, that legal possession being with
held from them, they must seek it by moans
which the conititution does not recognize.
Taking forcible possession of a right refn- erent, and reflected on the non-mlyj? 1 '
sed, is far from being a practice unknown of the English biahops. tnc<:
to Irish claimants." i The Marquis of Landsdown AUlfitedoi,
The editor then goes on to compare the' examples ofthe U.States, Hollalyi'
willing to M
oppressions exercised
those which drove''
into Gouverneur’s slip. The report of the
inquest is, that he came to his death by six
wounds inflicted upon his head and neck by
an axe or hatchet. One black and three
white men have been taken up on suspicion
of being enneerned in the murder, and some
others are also suspected. Captain West
had received four or five hundred dollars in
the afternoon-
Cape Coast.—By an arrival at Newport
from Cape Coast, (Africa,) information iB
received, that Capt. Pitts, of the schooner
Speedwell, and most of the crow, had died
at Bulam, and that the schr. and hor cargo
had been seized by the black king. This
information was obtained from one of the
crew, who had taken passage in a French
vessel- Several transports with troops and
provisions had arrived at Cape Coast from
England. The Ashantees had not been
seen since their last defeat by the British,
and the nations between them and the sea
coast had revolted, and joined the British.
By an official notification from the Con
sul of the U. S. at Alvarado, it appears that
the Mexican government have prohibited
trade with Key-West, for the alleged rea
son that it has boen attempted, through that
channel, to introduce the produce and man
ufactures of Spain into Mexico.
The whole number of soldiers who served
in the Revolutionary war, and who were
present in the procession to the Bunker
Hill Monument exceeded 200. Ofthe sur
viving officers of the battle, no field or stnlf
officer is now living. Tliero were present
on that day seven captains,three lieutenants
in&ton’s presidency.
Shipwreck—The brig Dick, of New-
York, from Cadiz, bound round Cape Horn,
was wrecked April .14, on tint coast ofBra-
zil, about 45 miles south of Rio Grande, and
Mr. John O'Sullivan, the owner, was drown
ed. All the rest on board were saved. The
master, capt. Hudson, has arrived at New-
York in the brig Adams from Rio Grande.
He informs, that the wreck ofthe Dick was
sold for $132, and the cargo was totally lost.
The brig and cargo were insured in New-
York for $125,000, and in Heston $53,000
more—making a total of 17R.OOO dollars.
A singular disease is said to Billet the
Dogs of Smithfield, in Rhode Island. They
appeared to have suddenly assumed the
habits and appetites of Beasts of Prey, and
attack such other animals they have met,
with the ferocity of famished wolves.
160,000 to 200,000 dollars. It is said, that; and one ensign.—Of the Captains, were
the General will dispose of one half, say
every other section.
By an arrival at New-York in six days
from Key West, it is stated that the sick
ness at that place had abated, the number
now being reduced to about eighty.
Co). Clark, agrd 95, Capt. Mann, aged 85,
Capt. S. R. Trovell, of Artillery, aged 74,
and Gen. Henry Dearborn, 74.
The Court-Martial which lately eat up
an Com. Porter’s Foxardo affair is said to
have cost the government $20,000.
City Council.—At a regular meeting,
Thursday, 7th July, 1825—Present The
Mayor, Aldermen Harris, Habersham,
Bulloch, Wayne, Minis, Shick, Gaudry,
Densler and Cumming.
The committee appointed for the purpose,
reported a bill to be entitled an ordinance
to exempt from engine duty certain persons
composing the Band of the Savannah Vo
lunteer Guards, which was read the first
time. The bill exempts tile persons here
named from this duty on all occasions, ex'
cent on alarms of tiro.
The committee of Finance reported a-
gainst the petition of Isaac Norton, fora
remission of certain taxes on goods des
troyed by tho fire of 1826.
The committee to whom was referred the
petition of Mr. Waver to obtain a diminu
tion of rent on Lots No. 2 and 1* at Spring
Hill, recommended that he have leave to
give up his lease, and that the said lots be
re-sold for the balance of his lease at the
following valuation.- Lot No. 2 at 50 dol-
ars, and Lot No. 12 at 40 dollars, when the
purchaser may have a fair opportunity of
purchasing the same.
A communication was received and read
from the Board of Health, recommending
the construction of an acoueduct of wood,
I through Whitaker-strcct, from South-Broad
sed upon Ireland with and Denmark in favor of this
these United'States to The Earl of Liverpool was willjn
resistance, and thus reasons upon the pa- it on the ground of expediency Ti.„ ,71
rallel:— l was admirably framed. In a free stats »n
“ For what were the causes of the Ame- ’ subjects are entitled to equal rigbton ™ j
ican war ? In one word—injustice. T*lie conditions—lint here tliocondiiiuns arc ri*
people complained that they were taxed and i equal. The Catlioiio offers only u ilivi I Jl
ruled over without being represented—that' allegiance. He had never heard an ansvr
is to say, that the principles of the constitu-, to this. The Pope nominated t 0 any y '
tion were violated in their persons—for that. cant diocese in Ireland, and the clergy *
they had none of those securities for life or 1 bound to obey. Are Catholics then ini' 5
purse, which it iB the essence of represents- tied to the same rights as the Protestant-r
tinn to afford the constituent body. Is there, *i—
ai t • . a
The debate was the. most animated and
protracted that has occurred for years. As
soon as the question was decided in the
House of Lords, the Duke of Sussex imme
diitel v proceeded to tho “Dissentient” book
arid entered iris name as dissentient against
the decision on the Bill. His cxnmple was
followed by Lord Jersey, Lord Ellonbo.
rough, &c.; but such “Dissentients” were
iinaccompanipdby any reasons for the same.
Lord Ellenborougli had reasons to assign,
but he was too late to enter them The
majority offorty-eight would have been fif
ty-three, but for the absence ofthe Duke of
Northumberland and Lord Prudhuc—they
declined leaving proxies—ami the deaths of
the Bishop of Salisbury, Lord Whitworth,
and anotiier Lord. Five votes against the
Bill was thus calculated as having been lost.
Several expresses, containing accounts of
the division in the House of Lords, wore
immediately sent off to Dublin via Liver
pool, without even waiting for the reports in
the morning papers. The speech of the
Duke of York, which he made on tho Co
lic question, “has been printed in lettert of
gold," and is offered for sale at $2 75 by the
London Booksellers.
The only Bishops who voted for the bill
were the Bishop of Norwich, present, and
the Bishop of Rochester by proxy.
The Times comments with great force
upon the impolicy and injustice of rejection
and particularly upon the manner of it.
“ It was,” says the Times, “ not alone an
unfavorable, it had the appearance of an
angry vote. We say nothing of tho Hus
sar officers, (alluding to the Marquis of An-
glesea) who talkpain characteristic lan
guage about fighting their countrymen, de
fending positions, and so forth ; but we la
ment to have heard a Bishop so intolerant
as the Right Reverend Father who was
loudest in his denunciation of the Catho
lics ; and still more do we lament the tone
of the Prime Minister, .who forgot his argu
ment, and even did apparent violence to
the constitution of a temperate or phlegma
tic mind,for the sake of pronouncing against
six millions of Catholics eternal exclusion
from the rights of British subjects. Lord
Liverpool's speech was not an objection to
time or circumstances merely—it was an
objection to the principle of the measure of
emancipation ; and if good for any thing,
would be of equal force an hundred years
hence as at this moment. It was full be
sides, of exasperating sentiments. What
inference, then, is it probable the Catholioa
will draw from an opposition to their claims
thus constructed ! We fear this (tho* God
grant our feui may be unfounded) that
then, in the wliolo range of history a paral
lei, to far at itgoei, more striking than this
of o,ur former North American fellow-sub
jects to the case of the Irish Catholics /
“ The Irish arc taxed without being re
presented, for tlioy cannot choose for tlieir
representatives those who have a common
interest with them.
“ The Irish are prosecuted and sentenced
before tribunals, the officers of which are of
a sect who nvow themselves of a separate
feeling from the Catholics,and who founded
the exclusion of the latter from the bench
of justice, on the consciousnoBB that the
distinction is real. Irish Catholics arc per
secuted more than were the Americans, for
another reason—their faitli is made a tax
upon them, which that ol'tlio Colouisls was
not.
“ What then, let us ask once more, is to
prevent the same causes from producing si
milar effects in Ireland as elsewhere ?
“Lord Liverpool,indeed,says that Ireland
will still be quiet—that tier disturbances
have no connexion with Catholic grievan
ces—and that it is only front evil-minded
incendiaries we have to tear an excitement
of the multitude. The same language was
employed towards the Americans—tlieir
leaders were nicknamed—their grievances
were denied—their resistance was luuglied
at. Still they triumphed, still they put to
shame the Ministers who had oppressed,
provoked, and made war upon them. Lord
Liverpool knows all this. He ought, bett er
than most mon, to have been apprized of it
—better than most men, to have gathered
wisdom from that disastrous history. Lord
Liverpool ought to remember* who was Se
cretary at War during the contest with our
American cohnios, and in spite of whose
obstinacy, and (political) bigotry, and sub
servience to Royal prejudices; (we mean no
personal disrespect to the aoblc Iford's
feelings while thus speaking of a public cha
racter) it was, that the war, so wickedly
excited, had an ending so disgraceful and
deplorable.”
* Alluding to Mr. Jcnhison, the father of
Lord Liverpool, [Ed. Am.)
The Catholic Relief Bill was taken up in
the House of Lords on the 17th of May.—
Among the petitions presented in favour of
i:, was one by Lord Grey, which, he said,
contained the signatures of more than 30,-
000 persons, among whom were tho Duke
Norfolk, and all the Roman Catholic Peers.
Prelates and Clergy, ofthe ancient Roman
Catholic gentry of the kingdom. He re
ferred the House to the time when their
Catholic ancestors made the most powerful
and successful ap enl against papal usurpa
tion. Ho said tho House had refused to do.
to Ireland wlint they had dime to America
and he hoped it might not bring about a si
milar separation
The Earl of Dononglunorc moved the se
cond reading ofthe bill.
Lord Colchester said, the kind of eman
cipation lie wished to provide for Ireland was
from bigotry and ignorance, and from that
foreign power whose influence over the
minds of her population had so materially
contributed to her debasement. He also
wished to see her emancipated from the
extreme subdivisions and under-letting of
lauds, which kept her in poverty end ail its
consequent evils. He hud found that the
distresses and disturbances of Ireland did
not arise from any difference ot religious
feelings.
The Marquis of Anglesea said that eve
ry concession had only rendered the Catlie-
lies more restless. They would be content
with nothing short of ascendancy. If it
must be a trial of strength against the Pro
testants, he could not yield to them the
right of having their Bishops appointed by
any other power but the King of the coun
try.
The Marquis of Camden supported the
bill.
Earl Darnley said that such petitions
might be drawn up and signed in England,
even for the removal ofthe Noble Lord on
the Woolsack.
The Earl of Longford, said it was urged
that the adoption oftho bill will add to the
prosperity of the country—lie was content
with the station they had already reached.
“The necessity 1 ” of the measure reminded
him of tlieold Irish chieftains : “ You owe
me tribute; nnd if you don’t”—" I owe you
no tribute ; and if I did—" There coutd be
noProtestaut security without Protestant
ascendancy.
The Bishop of Norwich implored that the
system of injury might be nmdc to cease,
whicli had been heaped on five millions of
loyal subjects and conscientious Christians.
There was no country in Europe more dis
graced by penal laws than Ireland. If the
church of England could not be maintain
ed without persecution, ho would say ict
it fall. If worldly advantages could be se
cured to him by the sufferings of so many
fellow beings, they would have no charms
for him.
The Earl of Carberry was satisfied the
measure had better be carried soon or late.
The Bishop of Chester said the bill recog.
nized the right of excluding Catholics from
stations in the state, according to a rule of
expediency ; as by it. they would not be per
mitted to bo Lord Chancellors, and he tiiot
it expedient to carry the exclusion further.
A revision of the revenue laws was wanted
—a purer administration of justice, educa
tion, and the residence of proprietors on
their estates. This would be emancipation
and would produce the desired effect.
The Catholic priests denounced the Pro.
the Priests arc absolute masters ofthe minfe
and actions of their flocks. The Catholics
do not, like the dissenters, lay the bihle m
tho corner slor.c of union with the Church
of England. What could be done with e,
lections if the priests could excommunicate ■
candidate? Jle held that the protean*
succession was the foundation of the t0 ‘.
vernment. It the bill passed, Great Britain
would no longer be a Protestant slate.
effect would be slow but sure. To destroy
the protestant church was their oath, their
everything. Religion hail nothing tody
With the distresses in Ireland. The bid.
Catholics had more privileges thin j.,,
people on the continent. The world tfc
told by certain publications, 'hat nothin
bps been gained by the Reformation; bit
lie would make no desperate experiments
on a constitution under which Great Dri-
lain hod engaged so much.
The Lord Chancellor said it was the do.
claration of Mr. Pitt, that the Catholic
claims could not be agreed to without coin.'
pinto securities to tho Protestant establish.,
ment. These he hud not yet discovered in
the hill, the preamble indeed said, that, it
was to knit together the licsrta of men, but
it had already set the persons to he benefit,
ted by the ears. By it, three Catholics
wero to regulate the intercourse with Romo,
without giving anv pledge for the security
of the crown ; but he had sworn not to m .
knowledge any foreign potentate. The
house was divided, and the votes stood
For the bill—
Votes present, 84, proxies,46—13#
Against it—present, 113, proxies, 85—lii
Majority against it, 48.
Ministers had communicated three state
papers to parliament, of considerable ini.'
portance, from the foreign department.—
The first was a treaty with Russia. F -i.tliog
the disputed claim-, which existed, with re.
gard to curtain rights of trade and Naviga
tion in the Pacific. The second was a trea
ty between England and Sweden, (pcpvi-
ding (by the establishment of the mutual
right of search) for the more effectual sup
pression ofthe slave trade. Tho third, the
official document of tlie treaty of amity and
commerce between England aud the Uni
ted Statee of La Plata. When Mr. Can
ning laid the last of theso papers before the
house, tlitre were long and loud cheere
from all sides ofthe house.
The health of tho Ling of England wai
considered to be in a very precarious state.
The British government had gived ordeti
for a considerable relaxation in ike quira,,-
tine system, preparatory, it was undtretomj
to an almost total repeal ofthe laws on lint
subject. In consequence of this, thoboiii
of health at Genoa ordered a rigid quaran
tine upon all vessels trom England;and thia
example, it was said, was likely to be fol
lowed at all the Italian ports.
An 8 4 gun ship, culled the Powerful, wn
launched, at Chatham, May 18. Building
at the same place, one of 120 guns, one of
84, and two anralliuqvcssels.
A meeting was held in London, on the
21st at which the Duke of Norfolk presided,
ofthe British Catholic Association. Th<
Irish deputation attended.
A resolution of thanks to those mctnlieti
of Parliament, who had maintained their
cause, was passed. Mr. O'Oomicl address,
cd tlie meeting—and while deprecating an
ger, at the result in the lords, prom.-cd un
tiring effort* in favor of the cause.
The bill now pending before Parliament
for altering the rates of certain duties, tv-
pealoalsmit less than four hundred and tir-
tyfiee existing acts !!
Spain,—Accounts had reached Landfill
from Madrid, ofthe 01 h May, that the sol-
diors at Sevillehud revolted, in consequent
of not having received their pay, and pill-
ged the houses ofthe cannons and dignita
ries ofthe church, crying, "Down with Ik
clergy !" “ Dotcn with ahenlute gat,crntiviit\ n
Thoro was a report in London, on authnrti;
of advices from Oporto, that there hail beoa
an insurrectional Madrid, which continued
for three days ; but it was believed that the
affair ntSeville was tire one intended. Tlie
diiturbancios at that place bad net subsi
ded when tho last accounts came away. It
is stated in a Paris paper, that FerdinanS
was willing to recognize the independence"'
Mexico, on condition that his brother tie
Infant Don Francisco de Paulo should »Y
placed on tho throne, under the • protection
ofSpain;and that M- Vellejo had been
despatched to Milan, on a mission to tne
Emperor of Austria with this project. G' c “
exertions were making at Corrtinna, to M
nut the second expedition intended for «*■
vans; from which it was inferred that some
attempt was feared ofthe Mexicans again*
Cuba.
Greece.—'The news from Greece cotwj
ued to bo of the most gratifying
The intelligence of tlie defeat ofthe Ejffr
tians noar Navarino, had received sdd 1 ^
al confirmation from various quarters.
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loss of the Turks is stated at 2,080 kul i
and 500 prisoners, among which were •
eral Europeau officers. Patras w»s el J
blockaded by land and sea. The «
fleets decidedly had the ascendency. ”
tourie, with 35 vessels, was pursuing 1 ,
him Pacha on his return to Candiat.
Miaulis, with 45 vessels, was gone u> e« A
of the Turkish fleet at Constantinople- f
letter from Constantinople, dated the-* {
April, says « Alarming, news has " ,
from the Morca. Ibrahim Pach * .J b;
„ . desperato situation t he ts aurro .
the Greeks, who are hastemng to tne
i. from all quarters. The landing of t
testont church as a pest. A book, not in-! gyptian in Greece haa been a sig
deed folly owned by them, but carried in levy en matte. The e *°£* rl ° “ p 0 f t^
triumph to Rome and placed in cedar and a more steady effect^ Tihejcai? ( ..oiut“ f '
gold, declared that “ tho day of her dcstruc -
tion ia at hand,” and every Catholic must
assist. Tho ecclesiastical authority ia tera-
lioral power. The pope nominates all the - - ,
titular bishops of Ireland; and they appoint. barrasment. VVe hear nothing
the inferior clergy, Wat it nothing that a! of Redseed Pacha, which was to y 5
foreign potentate should poasssa,ip the heart ^uito the Morea by lanfo
a more steaay eneci. * —r-.
Christian vessels arriving from in rlJ |a.
tho Morea consider Ibrahim as nea ’ c | v ei
cd, but the Turks .till ***ffft*
that he will extricate himself fr ®J“ hetrD ,j
kxnaomnnl. Wft hpftT nothimr .1^46