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FOREIGN. FRENCH COLONIAL HEGUG.V I ION. Official royal ordinance.—Louis, bv tbe grace of God, king of Frunce and Navarre : taking into consideration the state of the harvest in the southern departments of our kingdom, the inter ests of our ninratinic commerce, and the wants of our colonies—We have ordered, and do here by order as follows : Jlaticle 1. French vessels are authorized to bring into our colonics, until the end of Octobc 1818, the flour which they shall have loaded in foreign ports Article 2. Our minister, secretary of state, for the department id" the marine and colonies, is charged with the execution of the present ordin ance. ' Given at Paris, palace of Tuilleries, the tenth of September, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, and of our re : gn the'twcuty-thml. —- Louis. jWu'-Iur/r, Alay 5.—Accounts from Gibral- ter, say, *» our squadron are at present at Mes sina, hut arc expected here about the IOth to the 15th April ; and I suppose commodore Chimn ey will leave this for home about the 23th April. The plague still rages at Algiers, and other parts in Barbary. No communication is permitted be tween this and the Barbary shore. “ In Spain the greatest misery and distress prevails. The government have resorted to ev ery expedient to raise money, but all to no pur pose. A meeting of merchants was called in Cadi/, a short time since, under a penalty of fif ty dollars for every absentee, and a 'demand made ol 120,000 dollars. No sum was granted but the Governor has undertaken to collect what each individual may be willing to give. It is not m >re than two months since the merchants of that city were squeezed nut of fifteen thousand dollars.—It appears that Cadiz, U3 well as many other ports in Spain, have been made ports of deposit, and not free ports, as cull- Y-d by some. The object is to relieve the mer chants, and put thorn in good humor, so that they may squeeze a little more money out of them, neither of which objects will lie attained. “ About three weeks since, the office * 1 who went to the proper department for the pay of his corps, found an empty chest, and, it is said, be gan to damn his magesty, and all who were con nected with him.—Another went to the “ Ter- rienti Key,” and told him lie would not be re sponsible for those under his command, if funds possession of the surrounding country, keeps them cooped up w ithin their lines, (extending tt- bout three miles from the city.) Without these, they dare not venture unless in considerable bo dies. The Portuguese and Buenos Ayrean gov ernments are in good terms; Artigas is at war with both. The Buenos Avivans sent lately sev eral hundred men against him ; these, it is said he defeated. lie carries on a sort of partizau warfare ; his soldiers arc little better than sava ges, generally mounted men, admirable riders, Inured to hardship and danger. It is impossible fir an army to operate successfully agains't them They make an attack or an incursion, and are olV in a moment. Bv the schooner Greyhound*'Hoadley, arrived at New Haven on the 28th ult. in 26 days from LaGuira,accounts have been received from thence to the 30th nit. They state that the Spanish for ces under genera! Lu Torre, and the partiots un der Bolivar, had been engaged in buttle, in which the latter, it is said, were victorious and compell ed the royalists to retreat towards Caraccas. No official account of the action had been given, in consequence of the government suppressing all reports unfavorable to the Spanish cause. In tbe severe battles fought at Calabozo, Sam- bra'/.o, &c. both armies sustained considerable loss; the patriots still possess Calabozo and San Fer nando, tlie latter is a very important post, situated on the river Apura, falling into the Oronoke, and giving them the command of the whole province of Vareuas, <lj- the country in the rear of Caraccas, which enables them to intercept all supplies for the enemy from the interior. It is further stated that the pati :i**s had been reinforced from tbe Oronoke by English troops a- mutinting to about 1100 men, with four pieces of artillery :if<uch an acquisition to their force prov ed true, it was exported that the contest would soon terminate in their favor, and leave them in entire possession of the province. The royalits were preparing to station themselves al Porto Cuvallo, which, from its local situation, is well calculated for defence both by sea and land.— Their navy is said to be numerous; and in tbe event of La Goira falling into the possession of the patriots, they can, on occasion, blockade the port. Baltimore, Alay, 2.—Advices have been re ceived from Port-au-Psincc to the I Oth ult. by the arrival last evening of the brig Homer, capt. Thomas. On the 27th March,Alexander Petiun, late president of Havti, died, after an illness of 8 days, generally regretted by the natives and American built, of 28 guns, and a crew of all nations, was cruizing among the ‘ thousand Islauds,’ and plundering every vessel she fell in with ; some American vessel bad been robbed by her. The ships Horatio, Bailey, and Ocean ol New York, and the Natchez and Margaret of Philadelphia, passed through the Straits of Sun- da, 4th January. The crews of the above ves sels, were very sickly—part ol them had died. It was very sickly at Batavia. Statue of William Fitt.—A statue of the late Right lion. Wm. Pitt, will shortly be placed in the bank of England. The figure is-cut by an eminent sculptor, in a sitting posture, and the likeness and character arc singularly striking.— This mark of respect to the memory of the dis tinguished statesman has been paid lor by private subscription. FOREIGN SUMMARY. The London Courier of the 13th of March af ter untieing our preparations for boilding ships ol tbe line, observes—‘- We cannot refrain from suspecting that the period is not far distant, when hostilities will break out between Spain and the Uuitcil States.” Tbe London papers speak of the general success of the manufacturers, par ticularly in cotton and silk goods, which could not be purchased as fast as wanted, even at an advance of fifteen per cent in price. The Se- neka and Oneida Indians from the United Slates, or tliis paper, that the bases of Zinc, soabundu in (bis territory, was very little known hi? w ould, at no distant period, become one of u staples of our country. ** IVIaleableZincin sheets, calculateilfor cov ing bouses, gutter leaders, lining cisterns, 0 , ther vessels, is much used in the eastern stau'I it is not subject to corrision by the wcatlier r J cracked by the sun, as has been experienced h! copper and other metals. We hone to ste (U Zinc of Missouri, prepared not only for domes tic purposes, but for exportation—St.Louis Go- A letter received from Havana, mentions tl«( the new Spanish corvette ship, formerly theGer,- eralScott,of about 32 guns, which recently Sl j| ( j from that port, manned with a Spanish crew,t 0 convoy some merchant vessels to Porto Ri e „ aud thence proceed to Port Cabello, has bet? taken with the whole of her convoy bv a patriot privateer. The letter states that at the first fire from the privateer, the crew of the corvette all deserted their quarters, and she was taken br boarding.—Orleans paper Cautioii to millers.—A grist mill belongin'- Messrs. Wilder and Peabody, in the villin of Antica, Genesee county, New York, «u burnt, together with a large quantity of grain,ot the evening of the first instant. The millet filled the hopper with grain, put the mill in ope. i j ration, and fell asleep. It is supposed to hu, alter performing lor a short time at Liverpool,! fnLpn fil .„ hv tU frirtmn „ffi«. „r,„. " , - , . - , . . i r ; taken fire by the friction of the stones, after tk» ad proceeded o London, and were engaged for■ in had ' out . L(ws estimated at 4000d exhibition at tbe Drury-lane theatre.—-LordjJ^ Cochrane is fitting out a steam-boat in which lie intends to attempt a voyage to the north Pole. Accounts from Havana to the 20tli ult. say that It appears certain that the total revenue of I sugars will shortly experience a material decline England and Ireland, for the year 1817, was ZG1,1 in price, as latterly the export has been bv no 675,327 and for the year 1818, will T / >1, 629, J means equal to tbe expectations formed, toffee 609. A Loudon paper gives a report that 250 persons are engaged to found a new settlement in the woods ol Kentucky. An aged qoaker is at their head. It is announced, as official, in the. political circles of Paris, that the emperors ot Austria and Russia, with the king of Prussia, the continues without variation. were not provided for them very soon. Another foreign merchants. On the 1st of April*he was meeting of merchants has in consequence been interred with great rcat pomp and splendor, under the called. If all this can happen alter Garay’s system j Liberty Tree, opposite the state house. The of May last, & the monies have been promptly puid ' ... into the Treasury under that system, and after receiving the 400,000 pounds sterling from Eng land for abolishing the slave trade , what may be expected in a lew months more ? Nothing short of rebellion, notwithstanding the patience inherent in these people. “ The fleet the Spaniards received from the Russians, are hid up in dry dock, and will there rot. They have neither money to fit them out, nor seamen,and no provisions for the seamen [ was still detained there, inconsequence of the day previous Jean P. Boyer was elected presi dent by an unanimous vote of the senate, and ap parently to the satisfaction of all in that part of (lie island. Every thing remained tranquil, and business going on in its usual course. Markets dull for all kinds of American produce. Coffee, was scarce and high—30 a 40 sous. A letter from Frankfort, on the Main, dated the 17th ult. states, that the (’mint de las Casas and of course no means to procure any FROM SOUTH-AMERICA. Baltimore, April 30.—The schooner Platts- burg, captain Parthow, from Buenos Avres, emne up from below last evening—captain P. informs that on the 12th of February tbe Chilian govern ment made a solemn declaration of independence, which tbe inhabitants of Buenos Ayres were pre tate of bis health. The letter gees on to state, [“ It is said, that on the report of bis arrival at | Frankfort a cidivant king wrote to him that all that I was in bis power was at the disposal of Las Cas as, and that there was no other limit to his oilers j Ilian what were impossible to be cairied into of- j feet.” Las Casas replied by praying that he | might he allowed to refuse the oiler. “ If my ... - . [devotion,” suid he, does me any honour, I a.n paring to celebrate by illuminations, &c. at the! r ; c i, e , um ,rh. I wish to resemble him who was a! 1.1.. n.. si... «.,* ..f m. 1. si... « i . ... ..... time of his sailing. On the 1st of .March the A- vnerican commissioners had their first audience with the supreme director, aud were cordially re ceived—tiic inhabitants were generally much ela ted by their arrival. Mr. I)e Forest came pas senger in the Plattsburg, aud proceeded on to Washington with despatches from the commis sioners—tliis gentleman lias come to tliis coun try as consul general of the United Provinces of Smth America. The political and military state of South America has varied but little for many months past, with the exception that the army of tiic royalists in Chili has been augmented by reinforcements from Europe, and were again making offensive operations, but nothing was feared from the result. Artigas still remained at his capital of Purification, and seems to bid de fiance to all tbe world. From the Buenos .lyres Gazette, of Fjbrnary 28. attached to the fate of the persecuted Belisariu and who employed for him the public benevo lence.” “ The members of tbe family of Napoleon have been prodigal towards him of marks of the most lively interest, and valuable testimony in fa vour of a conduct which commands tbe respect and admiration of all who are not slaves to po- j licical prejudices, “ It will be recollected that in the year when j the Count de Las Casas quitted St. Helena, some [ of the journals stated that lie had been constrain- ! ed to give up to Napoleon the sum of from 500 j to 6001. sterling, and that it was difficult to over come his resistance to the measure, it being, as | asserted, tbe whole of bis fortune. The same ‘journals announced that thc"e was in tliis Irans- j action a mystery which time would unravel. The operation of time is nut necessary ; con IMPORTANT INVENTION. r S’MIE undersigned having obtained a Patent JL for tlie invention of an horizontal tiniptr, pendicutarly moving wafer Wheel,ami beingsei. duke de Richelieu, and lord Castlereagh, are to j s »Gle that conclusions drawn from theory 3 tw meet at Dueseldorf in the course of next autumn,- an . R0 t always confirmed by experiment, and lor wliat object is unknown. Coined at tire tlioutgli supported in bis opinion of its operative French mint, during tlie year ending on the 1st powu- and general utility,by tlie most cogeutthe- of {September, in gold and silver, 65,617,. 66, oreticul reasons ; yet, rather than obtrude tit* francs (about 14 millions dollars.) it appears I the public notice, supported by theory only, la that the veto pronounced by the king on the re- determined to make a full and satisfactory ear*, cruiting •» ,v,,js, by many ol the best friends ofirimeutol its operative power and general" utilitv, tbe Bourbons, considered as the death-warrant I on a scale that would test the principle bevwl of their dynasty. All the marshals of France! the possibility of doubt. He accordingly I* were under strong impression of indignation a-|builtand elected in the edge of Elk River,'(near gainst the king for this extra -rdinary application ■ Rlkton, Giles countv, West Tennessee) a water ol the power with which be is entrusted under wheel on tlie above plan, 32 feet diameter, wifi the new constitution The semi-savage Pla- 12 units, to which the floats, toft’, who offered the prostitution of his daughte to any one that would murder Bonaparte, is dead. A large vessel, carrying 28 guns and 400 men, under the Patriot flag, is reported as com mitting indiscriminate robberies in the Indian o- cean. A vessel from Gaudaloupe, laden with sugar and coffee, for Havre, lias been met with at sea without any living creature on board, ex cept two monkies. The London papers men tion that Bernadette, now aing of Sweden, does not live with his wife. His lady is si-ter to Jos. Bonaparte’s wife. She lives at Paris. The remains of a Roman Vase containing coins of the Emperor Valerian and Posthumus have been late ly discovered in a field in Cheshire, England DOMESTIC. iVutablc occurrence.— lhe North Atneiican tctnptiblc dissimulation uiav be spared, and tbe sloop of war Ontario, James Biddle, commander, | stated such as it was, and such as it is known sailed from New--York the beginning of Septcm- ta, a || f| ie persons on the continent with whom ber, aud touched at Brazils—whence a Russian I the Count de Las Casks has communicated. At frigate was to s.iil, bearing passports from all the j (|, e t'n;,e Las Casas was ehiicit to leive St. llele- the maritime nations—her voyage was to be ulj a a, Napoleon was destitute of tlie most neccssa- tlircc years duration. She may be expected from! ,.y articles, ami was compelled to break up a part day to day. l'be American corvette, spoke tbe ,,‘p |,j g |,| u ; e every month to provide them. Las frigate Veuganza on the 24th, when it was pro- Casas took the liberty of offering him, through Land Titles.—The information contained in the following letter from Mr. Claiborne (says tbe Nashville Clarion of the 14th ult.) w ill require a call of the general assembly immediately, and we presume (lie governor will lose no time in con vening it at Murfrecsborougb. It is all impor tant that a regulation should be made as soon us can be, respecting claims to land west of the congressional reservation. When in session the general assembly will no doubt rescind tbe tax on banks,unit remedy tbe defect of tlie laws not signed at the last session. Washington City, March 27, 1818. Dear sir,—1 take the earliest occasion to in form you that a law lias been this day passed au thorising the state of Tennessee to perfect titles to the vacant and unappropriated lands lying in what is commonly called tlie congressional reser vation, including all the lands north of the Ten nessee river; with a further provision that, as [ soon as the Indian title south and west of said iver can be extinguished, it shall also be nppro- 8 feet by 4 in sur face, are suspended by two hinges, and support ed by rods connected to the lower edge and tin arms that follow, in a way not to prevciitthe na tion of the float until fully unfolded, ’lhe flint begins to fold up on the eddy or that side iif the wheel returning against the current, and is cat* ried easily over an inclined plain, by means of a small wheel or roller, fixed in the lower edged the float, and pass oil'the float so soon as it can be acted on by the current. The inclined plain cm he dispensed within tide water; the ebb and flood acting alternately on the different sides uf the wheel, and without changing or altering ill motion. The wheel is suspended by two swords, indented on one side and passing through blocks on the arms of the cog-wheel ami retained ty catches and is raised or lowered by levers to sail the different stages of the water, or to increase or diminish its operative power. The inclined plain rises and falls w ith the w ater. Tire current in the part of the rivei on which the above wheel is erected, is far from being brisk ; yet the wheel performs one and a half revolutions' in a minute, driving u stone of four feet diameter with great power and with a velocily of one hundred aud twenty revolutions ill the minute. The proprietor will have in'full operation tie ensuing summer, two pair of stones ami a saw,ill attached to aud driven by the same waterwheel, The great and important advantage arising Irens ibis invention, is tlie substituting tlie common current of rivers, for the usual quantity of water acting under a bead, or falling under an height, and without a dam or any other obstruction to tlie current in rivers than a small triangular whirl extending frmn the bank above, to half the diam eter of the wheel, to nrotect it against drift-wood, ice. &c. There arc few rivers that do not afford a sta tion every mile or two for the ejection of a wheel pnated in the same manner until all the claims ol „ ,i 77 , «• ,i;„, t- • ~ ■■ ■— • ■■ u. ft. ii.. on the above construction, and thereby afrurding tie lulls satis t... i: • t. . posed to let her pass either to Lima or Talca huana, to receive wood and water ; but they re fused to let ber go into Valparaiso, saying tbe royal oulers forbid bis permitting the blockade to be broken. The American commander replied, that lie would enter—that if the royal command er had orders to prevent him, lie had orders to enter the port of Valparaiso. It so happened, that the next day the Ontario anchored in the harbor. The American captain represents the Ven-anza and the Vcluz to be in the worst con dition,and that it was not until their negotiations commenced that they began to charge their guns. the intervention of the Governor, the money which he was possessed of in the bank ot Eng land. The oiler was accepted, hut the Governor in transmitting to the Count the acknowledg ments of the Ex-Emperor, tliouglvt proper to add a very unsuitable cmnmentaiy. Piqued at this, the Count de Las Casas said to him, “ M. le Governor, report this act, which, containing no fixed assignment upon your government is to me nothing ; it is indeed useless. On my arrival ia Europe, there is no member of tbe family of Na poleon, who, on nty mere word, will not dispute the honor of reimbursing me this sum; and if I had so that he could easily have possessed liimselt ol i „ 0 t this resource, I should still not be disquieted both uf them. The American corvette carries 22 cai ronades of 32-pounds, and 2 longlt8-pound- ers, with a fine crew and officers. The commander of the English frigate Amphi- on has told me, that he should put to see io two or three days if the Spanish men of war should make their appearance, to make them understand that the blockade cannot be continued, since they lad permitted tlie American corvette to enter. The above is from the governor at Valparaiso to the acting director at St. Jago. Buenos Ayres, March 4.—“ Tbe Portuguese arc still in possession of Monte Video. They have there 4 or 5060 men. Artigas, who is in as the first Fienchmati I meet with will open an account with me.” This was the whole of tlm mystery, and it may be conceived why the Eng lish ministry are in no hurry to explain it.” JVew-Yorlc, April 28.—We learn by the ship William and John, arrived yesterday from Can ton, that the Malays has attacke 1 * the Dutch set tlement at Minto, in Banca and Ga«par Straits, but bad been repulsed. A number oT boats, filled with piiates, had attacked a brig belonging to the Dutch company ; tbe brig, after having met with a severe loss, made ber escape. These pi rates had become exceedingly troublesome to merchant vessels. A piratical ship, said to be North Carolina and Tennessee shall fied. This is a most important event for our state, and 1 beg you to give it immediate publici ty. Your ob*t serv’t, TH: CLAIBORNE. St. Louis, CAI. T.) A/arch 20.—On the loth inst. the Mississippi commenced rising, and con tinued so rapidly to mount the the first bank, that on Saturday morning a vast quantity of pro perty, consisting of flour, pork, lumber, firewood and boats in a state uf repair, was carried off— It appears that tlie present rise is occasional! bv the late breaking up of the Missouri ice. Tbe Mississippi above Salt river continues closed. Increase of Population.—A gentleman just from the county of Arkansas, informs that the sheriff took a list of 10,000 males in his last assessment rounds in that county. This increase of popula tion, is perhaps unprecedented in any quarter. A gentleman herefrom Howard county (Boon’s Lick/) assures us that 8000 males can be enumer ated within that county. St Charles county has bad such an overflow, during the last tide of emi gration, that it is thought that two additional coun ties will be formed from it at tbe next sitting of the legixluture. It is the opinion of many gentlemen who have travelled over a considerable portion of tbe terri tory, that our present population amounts to 60,000 souls. When Mr. Bradbury, the celebrated botanist and mineral ist explored this territory, [in 1811] he discovered at the mines, in Washington coun ty, an immense body of Zinc ores, mixed with the lead mipcrat—Mr. IL remarked to the editor to farmers living on such w ater courses a facility ol manufacturing their own grain, saw ing up iwl rendering profitable, timber that otherwise would prove an unprofitable incumbrance on thnt ground ; and in short is well calculated to pro pel all the various kinds of machinery, whether on a large or small scale,lyy increasing ordinal- ishing the size of the w heel. The premium for using the above slcscribed wheel, if obtained of the proprietor, wilt be two hundred dollars ; but iT an agent, some slot higher. To a pi iviledged right will be attache* a schedule, containing a full aud accurate descrip tion of all the parts, sizes, &c. composing the whtel, so as to render it intelligible and easty comprehended by the most ordinary capacity, |[ being extremely simple, when seen or under stood. WILLIAM FCRNELL- Elkton, 22d March, 1818. Editors of the Repsrter, Lexington, K. The Western Spy, Cincinnati, Ohio ; The Herald; Corydon, Indiana; The Emigrant. St. Louis, Mo. ter. The Herald, Kaskaskia, I.T. Mississip pi, State Gazette, Natches; Orleans (lazetioi Halcyon, St. Stephens, A. Ter, Star, Raleigh, N C. Southern Patriot, Charleston, S. C. En<)ui' Richmond, Va. National Intlligencer, Washing ton City ; Patriot, Baltimore, Md. Patriot. Ho,- ton, Mass. Aurora, for the Country, Pliili<l«lphi*i P. Columbian, New -York ; lie Sector, Milled# - villc, Georgia, will insert the above every od*' r week for six months, forward their accounts to the proprietor for pavmcnt, which shall be prompt ly remitted. ’