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FOUKK1N SUMMARY.
A volcano has appeared in the island of St
Lucia, uf which tliu explosion was so violent
that almost all the mountain of St. Philip was de
stroyed. The earth has sunk in, and there is
formed on the summit of the mountain, a basin,
Iti which there are fish. From the official re
turn of the nuoiher of English convicts, trans
ported since the first of January, 1812, it appears,
that the total number of male convicts is 3988,
and of females *671; ot male convicts under the
age of twenty-one, 980 5 aud of females under
the age of twenty, 136 Among the two latter
classes were 5 of eleven years of age. The
city of Petersburg nas been embellished at the
expense of five millions of rubles annually ; so
that three fourths of the houses are now palaces
of stone, and the city itself has became the most
magnificent in the world for its buildings, its
quays, its canals, and the ** pellucid waters” ol
tl.e majestic Neva. A man in England, by the
name of Howard, has lately walked 60U miles in
Hi days. It was reported in London 011 the 5th
of March, that the Spanish minister had ottered
to give up the Floridas to the United States, for
six millions of dollars, but the proposition was
rejected, aud only three millions were ottered,
s—;—One of the late Paris papers mentions, that
Mr. Pinkney, our late minister to Russia, ar
rived at Berlin, uu his return from St. Petersburg,
on the 19th of March A letter from Algiers
ol tiie 3d of rarcli, states that the Hey died of
the plague after an illness of 24 Ihiuis, and that
his successor was Ids former minister Uoja de Ca-
valli -It is stated under a jDuhlin date of
March loin, that a great disturbance existed in
cignt paris >es m Ireland. Tne king of Prus
sia lia purchased in Paris a superb house for
250,000 francs. Mr. Bruneau, who called
hunscif Louis xvii, was condemned on the 7tli of
March, to 7 years confinement, and refuses to
appeal. Constantinople lias lately witnessed
one ol' iliuse events which uie seldom recorded
in Turkis:. history, viz. toe deposition of the muf-
ty, which took place-in the beginning of Februa
ry. Tne grand seignior lias nominated in Ids
place one ot the principal Ulemas iVIecki-Sade-
liussun-EfTctrdi. the tiritish Parliament ad
journed on the i9th ol March, to the 2d of April.
Pile commander in chief of the squadron of
the United states of Ameiica in the Mediterra
nean, lias requited the Hey of Algiers to give or
der* to the cruizers nut to take the liberty 111 fu
ture of visiting the American vessels, under any
pretext wnatever, because, as the plague prevails
in the territoiy, of Algiers, it is much to be (ear
ed tout the contagion migut be spread by these
visits. Tne t mince lor of the Exchequer has
moved in tiie 'muse ot commons, tiiat a million of
p-.unds be vested in commissioners to aid in the
erection of cimrciies and chapels.
SPEECH,
Of the Marquis I7e CausUH, in me chamber of Depu-
tie.ou the lte.su.dug bill, oil tile 22u January, 1818.
The Marquis De Uausnns rose and began, by
slat..1 g, iiial belure he entered upon the merits of
the question, he w ould uttet some reflections which
might infiaence lhe determination of the House.
He commeiieeU as follows
*• Gentlemen—Witn vvnat astonishment, what
grief am 1 penetrated, when l liear tne same prin
ciples professed beloie tills tribunal, the same o-
piniolis deliveied, the same phrases employed
the s tine discourses as those which were employ-
eii before the Constituent Assembly, and which
were the ioreruliners ol tiie downfall ol the ! is deceived ; our fidelity requires us to say so.
yfiara ; during which time the army was fre
quently increased,and always by voluntary en
listments.—You have not had men because yon
did not wish them. Had you increased their ad
vance wages, encouraged enlistments, then the
constitution would have been obeyed, and the
levy would have weighed equally on all classes,
according to the opinion of our honorable friend,
M.deVillele.
“ France wishes peace ; she stands in need of
it ; the Ring desires it ; but, they say, we want
a corps d« leserve to be on an equality with other
nations, and to oppose any dangers which may
threaten. Re-establish your regiments, your mi
litia, vour royal grenadiers, provincial battue
ions, set up again the reign of our former Kings ;
resume our ancient customs, and you will experi
ence what you never did under a despotism.
Voluntary enlistments is a truly liberal mode ,n
because it respects individual liberty, because it
does arbitrarily submit the soldier to unnecessa
ry fatigue ; the Volunteer loves his Commander,
and I here take an opportunity of bearing pub
lic testimony in favor of my former companions
in arms. Do you w ish not to render tlve people ami
the soldier happy ? Reject the Conscription
Do you wish to render foreigners happy ? Re
ject tile Conscription. Do you wish not to raise up
for tyrants a means of laying waste the eartn, by
oppressing their country ? Reject the Conscrip
tion.
- Must I speak of those pretended veterans
from 25 to 30 years of age, who remain in tiieir
chimney corner till order’d out by the King P Must
l say that this institution is at onCe unconstitu
tional and unjust ? The title of the law is
criminal lyv against the royal prerogative
They say that emulation is a certain rule for pro
motion. Without doubt, emulation is necessary*
but discretion, prudence, ought to moderate tya
effects of it
“ Woe to an ambitious and conquering peo
ple ! Let us avoid aspiring to that elevation which
destroys the peace of empires, and which rava
ges the world. Let the farmer pursue his labors
with his children ; do riot force them to become
Heroes, (a universal laugh) and if nature has in
spired them with a love of glory, the volunteer
lists are open to leceive them. We have an am
ple provision of glory : let us enjoy it, nut for
getting what it has cost us.
Alter having opposed the letter of the law,
l am going to take notice of its spirit, ami
speak as frankly as our honorable colleague, M.
de Salabery.—(Laughing.)
“ For the last year L have beheld tiie ministry
irresolute, wavering in its conduct, at one time
bringing lorward the revolutionary laws, at an
other reviving those of the tyrant; to-day re-
waroing, to-morrow punishing the same actions.
They bring forward a revolutionary and despotic
law :
the law, despotic since it brings back to us the
infernal conscription, surrounded by all its sa
tellites.
“ This measure will terrify foreigners; it will
possibly expose the King himself.
*• How comes it about that the Ministry pro
pose such u law ? Those whose interests are con
nected with those of the King, is it not their in
terest to defend it ? Behold what produces these
passions, which corrupt, md the system wluco
blinds us. Thus the 11.roisters of the unfurtu-
pretences.'it only presented a fallacious and uan-
gerous ground of confidence. Indeed, it un„I t
as well be obliterated from the statute book, not
only because it proved useless in tiie only times
when it was intended to operate, but because under
tiie cover of tiie suspension ol this act, poweis
were conferred on ministers winch had been un
known before the reign ot Charles the 11, when
the habeas corpus passed. But, in numbers, sue .
as subscribed this petition, the people could al
ways meet, without affording a pretext lor the m-
famous measures which ministers always adopted
oteract the wishes and the interests ol the
people. Was it to be imagined that this was the
time when the people could be silent on the suo-
ject uf reform? VV as it when sedition was ex
cited for the purpose of resisting reform—W'as it
when spies and informers were hired to instigate
men to crimes, for which they were led to the
scatfold and executed as traitors—was it at such
a time that tiie people could remain silent on the
great subject of I'-.form in that house ? A repre
sentation of the eople in that house was the on
ly security for r'.ie enjoyment ol liberty and the
administration op justice. From tiie want ol that
representation proceeded all tiie inferior and nu-
DOMESTIC.
nor grievances
plailt througiiou
purtinity ol ma
whin presenting
vhich formed ^'1! j the Indian* were alarmed and teirTued. fL,
the country. He took the up- . . , .. x, Mlllll *5
MAMMOTHS.
-It I’rxir.e d-pi-
dated March 1, to l)r. Mitchell of Kcw-Vurk **
Believing that occurrences which liar,
this country, will not he u[iiutereatin» to y^°
fer me to describe to you the emigration 0 f ■
Buffalo and tiie recent appearance of a | tr .,.
mai, supposed to be the Mammoth. °
Do not be too much surprised at the menti 0
a quadruped so famed fur its size, and which l.
long siuce been considered extinct. T|nj U „i
present age is only acquaint! d with the ste|.u
of tiie Mammoth, there is stiong grounds-for 1
iieving the present existence ol tins once fori,
dable and gigantick animal. Various Indian n
counts have lately reached us of its having v-
seen on the Big Prairie, and not far from tne'
of Redwood river, which empties into river
Peters. The latest account ol it, is given !i, l
the Sioux of the laud, (as they are ter-
ed) a wandering band ol the Sioux nation, 'p
describe it as being far si pei ior 111 ,-ize to the jp
falo, or any known animal that abounds 0
Mi sissippi or its waters. Do seeing tntsjni
1 conceived it to be the Matclu MumtotHrei
Beside* the attention which the
appetr.
this animal has excited, the minds01%
lie petition he held in his lianU,' s l J, | ‘ t ‘.-
from 20 inhabitant*.* ot Bath, but lie would not{ dl “ uo „
1 . 1 1 ■ , , ,ii„ people have oeen awakened at toe sight of
be irecluded ! 101*1 brine mg the subject tully and 1 1 n>,, . ,
■ ■ V . * 0 merous animals,tnat aie collected to, and
disinctly betqsfe the house on a luture day. The; i... ’ u
portion \\iif then brought up, read, laid on the ta-1 10 1 ’ s I*
bleaiuL^Cnfered to Ue printed.—Hidclc liiuurj.
\V hat has given rise to u,
great commotion of the animal kingdom 10 ty
quarter ot our country, will appear Uithciiittt
! 23.—We have been obl.g-I ^plain—From some cause or other the aniawf,
. ..... 44, : have been very much distui bui: diul beinsfeiiU
he following ex rac of a fe - b tMe Uil ’ tl)l
1 on board the U. states lr> , r f
! few-York, April
ngly favoied with the ■/, . . .-■ , liopencu uy mgiu, ui me wain. Ill suosisteacf.
fer from a gentleman on board the L. states "- lu J e „ ttllt i e .cd iron, their aceuston.eu
gate Congress. I lie extract is interesting, a9 it, , ,THi
contaihs the first information from the li igate
since her arrival in South America :
“U.S. frigate Congress, H10 Janeiro, Feb. 7, 1818.
Hear sir,— We arrived liere on the 29th Jan
uary, altera passage of 57 days. Nothing wor
thy of remark-occurred during the passage. \V e
leave here to-morrow for the
will be as far south as the f
The harbor of Rio is good, spacious and very
easy uf access. I cannot say much in favor of
the city. The streets are narrow and irregular.
The population is said to be from 100 to 120,000.
Yesterday the kit
tugal, Algrave and Brazils. You may look for
the return of the frigate iri June.”
and sought a shelter in this heiguinnuuotl.—
deer, the panthers and the bears, <ue now 5^5^
round us, in greater plenty tnan lias ever jd
been known, iiie buffalo which has long *0,^
been driven utf tne Indian hunting grounds, i
sought security from the savage huntei, bj
mg the passage, y v treating w est, have lately ciosseu the iti-
e rivei La Plata, which | s jpp, lltiar t t Us place, to cousidernbie i.eiilsr
rigate will proceed.—| al .‘ e ‘ tnivelllll ,, t „ wardlj tiie luke , IuuUer .
From Caraccas.—We are informed by capt.
Dominick, that the affairs on the Maine were in
1 very unsettled state, the royalists being still
in alarm at the expected return of general Bo
livar reinforced. Bolivar is stated to be wound-
1 evolutional'jr since it submits tiie army toled, as is also general Murillo, at the sanguinary
To account satisfactorily tor this extraorJiqi
ry emigration ot animats, and the recent appe#.
a.ice of this supposed mammoth (which the iiuu)
, . , - . .. ’ tiadeio say, came Iruiti the unexntored resiuih’
was proclaimed king ol Por- tl)e ll0ltl / west) vvill be deemed difficult, hi,
think one pi obaute conjecture is, that eartiiquam
have been tne p. tncipal cause.— We have Itf
several slight shocks here; aud have rccemf
accounts of dreadful earthquakes to the west.
battle of Cabrara, near Caraccas. The royal
journal admit that a regiment of blacks, called
Murillo’s guides, supposed to be his best troops,
about 450 strong, were entirely destiny ed, fight
ing to tiie last man They state the loss of the
patriots to be from 6 to 700, hors de combat, and
500 horses. It is a fact that they brought into
Caraccas 14 female patriots, witn thecap uml
horses, who were taken fighting in the ranks.—
Bolivar is however still in possession of San
Ferdinaudo. the Key to the province of Caran
nate Louis xvi, let the throne and their master cas, and will no doubt annoy them much from
>k. The Uenevian returned to his country
the others paid dearly for their want of foresight.
If tin law ts adopted, the Throne, the Chamber
that situation. Gen. Murillo had retired in per
son to Vulencial, in consequence of a lance
wound in the breast, aud the command of the
throne, toe assassination of imuis xvi and of
the suoverstou oi my country !
“ Y\ till v> hat anguish do 1 behold iu the Minis
ters ol Ij. uis xviu. me same security, tue same
sang frotd, which i observed 111 those ol tlve un
fortunate Louis xvi ; when 1 see 111 these Min
ivers tue same love lor the pretended liberal i-
dt-as wince nave overturn! 11 France and threat
ened to subvert Europe; the same deference,
tiie same ca lion, tne same regard, and perhaps
the same fear fin those woo pUsii tne consequenc
es b.yoiiu the proper limits.
oil happy time ! vvnen this tribunal contin-
uullv resounded witii e..; ie>s’.ous, o fine, tidel-
itv add res.<ei;t lor oui Kr g! when every tiiug
•which could honor or pn-.se Inin 01 strengthen
his power was wntiugly Gone, this period lias
without doubt, pa sen away ; a long interval
sep.nates : s. Its,” gentlemen, •• two years
have pa-sett over oui heads. The Ordinance
of the btn of September, 1816, (niuriners) aud
the La.v o! Elictiol.s have suddenly brought us
back to 17o9 — V :.lurmers,to tile point! hear !)
Piesme..t—l have reminded the speaker of
the respect winch is due this body.”
•j lie speaker continues—•• Then, as at present,
not roval, but national armies were spoken of;
the Prince's prerogative was attacked.” Ad
dressing those on Ills left; ” ) on are well aware
that t am speaking to the point.”
•• Then, conscriptions were instituted under
t .e name of requisitions; armies were levied,
la, tmus principles were instilled into strangers,
until the tyranny of one man instituted tiie fright-
pal code of the conscription tit the place of re
quisitions.”
After other remarks upon tiie resemblance be
tween the conscription and the proposed law, lie
went oil ; *• The people ought no longer to be
led on bv tiie words, Equality, Liberty, Brother
hood, which are gvnonimuus with Slavery, Mis
ery a d Death ! Does the Minister pretend bv
such a law to nationalize royalty and makti roy
al subjects ol Die nation ? Doe» he pretend to
give us a guarantee for liberty and for the con
stitutiou ? Fallacious wor is ! when they pro
pone to us to alienate the power uf the King, and
i,ur dearest rights, our passions. For two years
past, they say, experience has proved the insuffi
ciency of voluntary enlistments; this experience
of two years is reduced to s.x months.
From 1762 to 1792. France has had to sus
tain wars against England, the lndias, aud against
other nations ; and during all this time her for
ces have been recruiting by voluntary enlist
ments. I co.nmauded a regiment for sixteen
of Peers, this House, will fall and tumble into, troops devolved on general Morales.—JV.Y.Gaz.
one common ruin. 1 fear nut to say it, toe King
j The dreadful Hurricane which has swept the
whole English Coast is repre ented as being the
most awful and destructive with which the m m-
ory of the oldest Navigators is familiar. The
damage sustained by tiie shipping is incalculable,
and the loss of lives lamentably great. A shin
loaded with coal went to bottom with the
whole of her crew, within sight of port—another
fotiudertd immediately under the stern of a ship
which was unable to relieve her, and every soul
onboard perished. A Liverpool paper of March
17, remarks, “tiie most distressing accounts have
been received from all parts of the coast, as to
the effects of tiie dreadful hurricane on Wed-
How will your constituents reproach you, if you
sacrifice what is most dear to them, your King
and their children.
*• l recollect tint the day after the 28th June,
1739, a final deputation was sent to Louts xvi,
vilteu a conspiracy was on foot against the throne,
i was of tnat deputation. Louis xvi. received us
wit • a tranquility whiclt inspired him with a con
fidence for the French Nation, aud a love for his
tpeople. F'atal security ! lie neglected our ad-
v ice, and continued to follow mistaken or deceit
ful councils. The sad ceremony at which we as
sisted yesterday, cannot bring too forcibly to our
recollection tiie fatal and ever to be lamented I nesday night. Tiie damage sustained by the
consequences. I still find inysell, after a ! ; a P® e j shipping is immense ; and what is still more la-
of 21/ years, a delegate of my county. I bis jmei, table, it has been iri several instances, accom-
situation, as formerly, imposes upon me the duty Ipanied with tiie loss of lives.—Upwards of 200
ol speaking the truth. It is to satisfy this duty, vessels, most of them more or less damaged,
to l>e faithful to my oath, that I speak thus ; not j took shelter in Ramsgate. A French vessel (Tom
to those who hear me 111 this tribunal; foreigners
or citizens, they know it as well as myself; not
to the French people who know it, but to the
ministers uf tiie King, who, without doubt, are
lgnoiaut of t or pretend to be. 1 will tell them ;
the conspiracy which threatened the throne of
the unfortunate Louis xvi, aud which has de
stroyed it, now threatens Louis xviu, our King
and yours.
'• Experience tells you (do not refuse these les
son.-) what are the counsels vou should listen to!
it tell- vou what responsibility rests upon your
heads ti yuu reject it! i vote against tiie Bill.”
Parliamentary reform.—Sir Francis Burdett
said, that tiie subject of parlimelitary reform,
whiclt occupied so much of the public attention
at thecommcncemenlbf tiie last session,itad been
attempted to be set aside by the coercive mea
sures resorted toby tiie ministers. The petitions
Havre was Inst on Portland beach and all on
board perished. The gale of wind was at Ports
mouth, more violent than ever was known ; the
tide rose si-x inches beyond its greatest height at
any former period,,and there was so enormous a
difference between tiie morning and evening
titles, as five perpendicular feet. A French
West Indiaman, drove on the rocks between the
Prawl and Start point, and went "to pieces ; none
of the crew were saved.”
JVew Bayonet Exercise.—In order to evince
tiie superiority of the new exercise, detachments
of the 90th and 64th regiments were lately or
dered to assemble on Mount Wise, Plymouth
Dock, and came to the charge in the presence of
major general Brown, capt. Eden (the inventor,)
a number of military officers, and of a numerous
assemblage of spectators. The utmost caution
was used to prevent accidents, and the points of
tor relurm had been subscribed by not less than a | the bayonets were enveloped in a bail or a foil,
million of persons. All the uncons'itutionul
steps taken by tiie iniui .lei'sy resulted from this
strong and explicit declaration of popular senti
ment. They must not however, imagine that tiie
people of England would be frightened cither in
to a belief ot the excellence, or into an acqui
escence in the integrity of tiiat house. The pe
tition beheld iu his hand was subscribed by 20
persons, the number allowed to assemble under
the severest legislative acts on the subject. The
-uspension ol ihe habeas corpus was indeed, to
be repeated, but that could neither afford much
exultation as to the present, nor great confidence
as to the future. The habeas corpus was intended
to prevent tyrannical exertion of arbitrary pow
er. But, being set aside on thp most frivolous
vyhicli sprinkled with a white powder would shew
the number of thrusts received by wither parts.
It soon, however, became necessary to separate
th* combatants ; as the lunges of the 90th, witn
practised the new exercise, enabled them to over
reach tiie 64th their supposed opponents ; and the
latter not being inclined to recede, they thrust
witii no complacency. After some deliberation
tiie men were marched to St. George’s square,
and tiie gates were closed to all but officers. Se
veral charges were given and received in bodies,
and in individual attacks ; but the superiority of
the new exercise was suclt as to render it evident,
that combatants on the old plan, receiving its at
tacks, would be destroyed on tiie first moment of
onset.—West Britain.
The following letter of Gen. Lallemand,
the Orleans Gazette of tiie 3d, is mtenued
reply to a letter from Notches which ua»
halted 111 oui iast. lhe French colonist, *'
Hate gone to settle on the river Trinity,nail
oiner object tnau tne choice of productive la ’
where tney might procure laborers and cattle
low prices, and hum which tney might derive
prompt and productive revenue.— ilicv luuliM
those advantages which are tube derived lioDjj
rich soil, n_, acti.o iabutiuu- uieu:—they lufl
no oti.er wish tnau to cultivate tneui a .ti to ca
joy tiie tranquility necessary to such au
bailment. 1 oey have no connection with
a.semblagc that has heretofore tuneri puce
those pai ls, and will never engage 111 eitnerpm
leering or smuggling, nor 111 auy otiiw
truii tiiat might render them a suoject ot disqa
to any people.”
Signed II. LALLEMAM),
Nett Orleans, April 1, 1818.
The above places beyond doubt the fact III
the colony ot Frenchmen, who couteuiplilti
settling on the banks ot the Alabama, have l«
some unknown cause, preferred a residcucei*
toe Iroutier of the Spanish dominions adjacent
to tne state of Louisiana, and that they have It-
tually removed thither.
Singular preservation.—On Friday last, in
lads, one a son of Mr. P. Van Lion,"and the is
ther a son of Mr. J. Hermance, about eight ot
ten years old, fell into the river, which was very
lugii and imfdtly, at the upper end of the stew
boat vvhart. The latter was extricated from tin
water without much delay ; but the former, al
though two or three boats put off" fur his relief,
was not di covered for sometime ; and it waste-
lieved he had gone to tiie bottom, until the men
iu one of the boats went to take up his hat which
was seen floating near tiie ferry, when behold,
tiie buy was found suspended from it, though in
an apparent lifeless state. The uuoyancy if
the hat and of the air in its crown, had kept
the body fiomj sinking to the bottom. »•
are happy to add, a resuscitation of life vvashap'
pily effected.—Jllbany paper, April 14.
From the Alabama.—The St. Stephens steam
boat is now ready to receive tiie engine, ami w®
deseend the river in a few days for that purpose.
She is fitted up in most superb style, and will te
able to accommodate a large number of passen
gers. Fifty-eight thousand dollars arc acta
ally subscribed to the Tombecbe Bank, and 1,0
doubt exists but the balance of the sum (70,000
dollars) will be made up. A letter from fad
Montgomery of the 28th ult. says, “ we are road
alarmed at this place, we are fortifying the ho*
pital loi safety—the families above have lied t*
the swamps, and a universal panic prevails, the
Indians are expected daily.” Proposals h» ( *
been issued by Mr. Win."B. Allen, for public
ing a newspaper, at Claiborne, to be entitled tte
Alabutna Register.
YYe understand that the U.S. frigate Guerriert
capt. M’Donough, now at Boston, is ordered W
be fitted for service without delay. The object
it is presumed is to convey Mr. Campbell (out
recently appointed minister) to St Petersburg!
to take the place of Mr. Pinkney, who it i9 un
derstood, will return immediately to the United
States. It is believed that the Guerriere w'H
proceed to the Mediterranean after landing Mr
Campbell at St. Petersburg.—.Vor/o/fc Beacon