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-t— FOjAKIGflft * 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