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fluffing this prodigious windfall (as p, emus as the manna in the wilder n fj) into hags ad carrels. I nave haftened to inform you of this £‘ori om fource of fpccuiation, in order that you and all other friend* may either partake of, or fympathize in our good fortune.” THE YEAR ISII. In this vear fcvcral events occurred, >f no common character. A brief notice of them (fays the compiler) may not be u ‘acceptable. In the month of September, a Comet made its appearan c in the northern part of the Heavens, and patting acrofs our Hemsfphere, dil appeared *c the fourh about the end of the year. On the loih of December, the city of Charlcfton, S. C. w a, viHe ed by one of the nofl tremendom Hurricanes that ever devaluated any country. On \hr 17th of September, the Sun fuff'red an arinula and almoft a total cclipfe. The day was re markably fercnc, and the fley en tirely cl ar of clouds, fo that its appeal ance was the rn>ft fclcmn and impreffive mat we could conceive. On the 7 h November, the lives of many valuable Americans were loft in a bade vri-h rnt- lidans. On the 16:h and 37th DMember, the writer. and fourfeem quarters ef the U. S. were alarmed with federal (hocks of an l', ait thq.ua kb. On the 26th of D* > ember, the Theatre at Richmond was consum ed by Fire, and a great number of the two ft re/pe&ahle citizens A Vir ginia penihed in the flam* 5. In the iummer month*, the hears was, in many places, molt mtenfe. In the principal cities many lives were loft by the indil(erect ufe of cold water. The rops, in roanv parts of the U. S. heiToved by drought; and in rnanv places immenfe damage was done by overwhelming torrents of ram. We hive been obligingly favored with an extraft ot an Irtter from a perion in the adminYdraton of the government of England, dated Lon don, March 12, 1812, which has bee.; received here via Cad<z. We hive ratified ourfelvea as tothc au then'icity of the letter, and wc deem it of roo much conf quente to with hold it even for a day. “ A lecret treaty has juft concluded bmvrfn our [ hr Binfh] govf, ament a -d rhr A gi >-Sp*u fti rrgr ‘ v which ha*- juft been formed atCnfiz. This treaty places the ifiai ds of Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Spamfh parr of St. Domingo, under he protection of this [he Bri Hi] g vernment. To carry this trraty into effrft, the Cadiz re gency are to fend eut governors and agents known to be in #m [fhe Bnt fti] intereft. With refpeft to the ifLad of Cuba, admiral Apoda ca, late Spanifh minifter at our [the Brit fti] ourt, has been already ap pointed. No appointment more favorable to out [ he Brfi ft] uite reft could have been made. “ Thr government at Cadiz arc at this time engig and in feleftipg proper perfons for the other ftari ons. From a convocation I had with ma q*m WellefLv, I think it probable that M-unodez, the pre fent g ivernor of Porro Rico (>n whom we can fi ml depend) wll not be luperreded. As to St. Do mingo, ve know nocyetwhow.il be appointed. “ We are momently expefting to Fear from our pub Ic_ and fee ret cotnoidfioners in South America rcfptftmg the obNft of efieir m'f uon. I venture to fay that 4.12? nv rv.fters have corfi 7 , Rale doubt as to tht-ir fuccef*. As rh* news from the country in which v .u re fide be comes more inter? ft g to us, I re ly upon you to let no oppor unify or conv'oancc whatever rfrape wirhout kcepi g m well advjfcd of all that con< en s us ” I ?s refpeft fifty lubmitted whe ther the ab-ve ‘ formation does not coo fiifi cly toi fi m rl.e belief, that thr Fiordas hav been ceded 10 Grra- Britain. With fuch befirf we never would re fur ec.dtr Ame lia Ifiaid, or anv poft or clue wr are now poff fled of in the Fluidi* —- We are dear diar neither the roar ing >f the Be ft Li 0 n r the crowingof thr French O- k, ought to be luff rrii on th* American continent. —Democratic Pre/s Catholic Emancipation—We un derftand fr m nt < ft r pft able authority, tr.at a in flfigr was frnt by hi* ro\al h g 0,., is *h? Prince Regent to Mr. Punlfinby, hr ob jeft of which i ss, to d* clarr, chat neither his rc highnHs, norms g ivemmenr, fti >uid in any manner Interfere in thr approaching iffuf fion and dr fin of thr .;a ai3 of the Is fli Catb dies; or, in nth’ r words, the i flu uid not b- co ft dcred or imaguv-d as an ordif ary g ’vernmer.r qu ft;o ; bur left en nrelv i-nhe fuil, fair, impartial, a id unu fluericcd deliberation and den li nof parliament IVft. Sheridan was appointed to be the bearer of the m. ftagr, but with thai g-od fenlv, dil ernmcMt and knol age of ma kind, which uniformly guide his conduct in maticrs of !u h defi es y and imp >rtan e, he rtqu ftrd that a third perfon m gnr be prefent, when he was chargrd by hi* ro> al highnefs with tht m ft g-, and whiie he delivered it to M Ponlunby The rrcjut ft was fl ed in, and Mr Adam was the third prrion fe leftcd. Thus wus all m*Concep tion of thr term, and renur of the mrfi’ige guarded agamft—all pofl Ability or lutuie diipute ab >ui the accuracy of its deliv-ry obviaied.— W Iball *t prtfent, content our felvta with obfervmg, that a q-ief fion upon which (u:h vital initrcfts asd conf quences are known to hang will now be lefi to the unbiaf fec deliberations pariiament, and its ult mate deerfion to the collec tive wifdom of the united k: g dorn. There isnod. üb* otihe rc fult.—Sell's Weekly \dejjtnger. ExtraZi from (be Nat. Intelligencer. <{ From the inr < nation that has reached us from different quarters, there is the flrongeft reafon to be lieve that the LOAN to be opened on the fi ft day of the next month, (Ma.) vill be mftantly filled, in deed we ftall not be lurprized if double the am *un: wanted by the government is fubfcribed for on the firft: day. The advantages to the individuals who may make advan ces en this ©ccafion are too great and obvious coefcape the penetrati on of monied men. The gradual manner in which the fums lent are called for will enable moft monied men, without rifque or embarraff menr, liberally to embark a portion of their refources. The money thus loaned will not be Ihet up in the Treafury, or the vaults of banks; but will be emitted nearly as Toon as received, and will, in moft in ftances, return into the very chan nels from which it was drawn, It will principally go, firft: into the bauds of our merchants,, and after •ffordirg a profit for their a g-nev, ‘all ultimately to a great ex tvnr, inro the hands of thr growers ar.d mariuf tfturfrs of the produce and fibr < s required for the fupport of our iand and Tea fore* s. S > far, conf-qoentiv, fr m produ .Rg any ftagnanon of monev or bufi v l*, it w ! give new l fr to both, and in th ssva l , bv iuailv augmenting the ab litv of monied tne , mfpire them with cor.fide ire in rhe fub fcriptiop.s they ma maKe. Should indeed any unfix ked for accident arift towards 2 compliance with their engagements in paving their a crumg ir.ftaimtßts, rheir can be no doubt of tnei? abditv t© d.fpofe oi their fto- k lo far as paid up, at pa. Of all nrr;dei of invefti g pro perty, a loan to a government in fu'l cr.“d t, fubjefts the lender tothc few ft mconvrrrcrcea. The certt fi 4 rs ne receives partakes fo nrar l. of the ha rafter of a circulating raed oni, and are fo readily con vertible into fperjc, that no man, in whatever bufinefs He may be en gaged, or however r-freumfpeft he may bf, need to heficate. as he can inftantiv, whenever he wants mo nev, receive it for his ft-ck, and a In g experience (hews the pub fi/’ ft ? ks ore lefs expofed to de prttti . i than any other fpecies of property. It 3 certain, moreover, iha if to* v fii >uld be materially de pr ff <J bv aov g cat nationtl rpJa m'M, everv ‘*her lpecira of pro- wt>uld fink i.i as great, if not a grr a'er rat*o. In makmg thefe remarks we take it for poarued that u our g vernment is hone ft, and will in vie ffi ude of fortune be true to its engagements, No srsati, we believe, be his politics what they mav, has tnc leaft doubt on this head. A 1 ! parties and al! deferipti ons ef men agree in the inviolable facredneis of public eredit. From the irredeemable quality of the loan for twelve years, a period which muft greatly extend beyond the duration >f any war in which we mav lie involved, profp* ft that on r hc return of peace rfpecially if fi fh uld bt accornpa nied with ac Lump? an peace, this (lock will rife coofiderably above par; fix pt r cent, of the United Sta-.es aving alrcadv under tuch rir ; umfta ices uen at 25 per cent, a- par. There will be on? rr. ft: imper tant feature attending h*- flock err ated by this Ir an. VV Air almoil every other fpecies of dock m the country is taxci, this will be ex empr; for wc have moft re mote fufpicion, that our govern ment w.ii ever relorr to fuch a tax. Ir. is a fair fufij ft for felicitation tha: the loan, though o fiderable compared to the fums heretofore borrowed bv th** government, is in every fight in which tr can b*- view ed, calculated ro promote the in tends of individuals. We are not of the number of thofe who confi d r public deots as public bleftings. On the contrary, we bftieve ( hetn to be great evils. To incur them wantonly is, in cur opinion, in the hi’ghcft degree cr minal. Bur when the vital inrerefts of z populous and rifing communirv, us dearett attri butes of independence, its honor, call for mealures that indifpenDbiy require liberal pecuniary d'ib ele ments, it is a fource of real fatis faftionthat the inconveniences and evils of loans to the public will be attended with no inconfiderabie be nch s to large clafles of the com munity, if not generally to the mo nied man, the merchant, the far mer and manufacturer.** From the London Star > Fel. 22, isi 2 < IAW IN IEI LIGEN L. ‘ Court of K;ftg's Bench , Feb 21. FOIvGLK { 7be King vs. Col Browne. This wua a. inf rmation ft the defendant, Cal. Browne, fora forgerv, a: common law. Tie informs ion charged him with having forgid certain infttu men's purporting to be figned by Georg- Harnfl'n, E:q one of the ! law clerks to the Tieafury, and by the Hen. Cecil Jenkinfon, Efq one of th-’ under fecretarics of ftaie,with 1 a view to defraud g*ver ment by fiirreptitioLflv obiaimrg a grant of 6000 a res of land in the Aland c-f Sr. V ncent’s. Mr. Attorney-General flared the circ umflancea of the cafe as fol- ’ lows s In the year 1809, Col. Browne, rtprrfented to go eminent that he had a hrg** ga*g of Negroes, which he had nurtured with paricular care, and had fucce'-ded m reducing mem to fuch domeftic habits that cney multiplied as fsft as by the courfeof of nature they would die off—and he prayed for an allotment of the Crown l ands in the KLnd of St. Vin;eac*s. It was thought that he had claim* upon the government of this country, having fufFered as an American Loyaiift :ad as govern men* had at that time a part of the lands formerly allotted to the Ci ribbs, in confequence & grant was nii'd? to him of 6000 acres. It was difeovrred that a part of ‘hde lands h£u bc-ftii glinted to other oc cupants, who held at the will of the Crown, asd as they had expended their money to reduce the land to a ftace of cultivation it was thought inequitable to expel them, and they therefore were allowed to purrhafe, which was done to the amount of 60,00,0!. But in order to indemnify Col. Browne for hi* dilappointment government gave him half the mo ney, (30,000 b) which was confi de red a munificent recompence It happened, however, fh rrly aflerwards, in th* year 1810, :h*t fir C aries B fb o.e, the g v “ or of S( V irri’s received ad 4a ch und r the Official Seal of the Secre tary of Mate's Ojp.ee, directu g h m to frt: k? <fg?an i the fame quan tify or land v hirh hid bern ci‘ luc tt’d frv.a* ;.h- 6000 acres of la? do-, rig nalfi gia u.d to C l. Bi vvne, which direction purported to be by the order of L f the Trea fury, and was ft?tied by Mr J nkin- Jon 3 the Under secretary of btatc A f fl 1 ft] n however ti.luing with C- !. Brown’s Agent, thr G’ ec.or thought proper to fend hi ret for inft’uftion*, when it was difl e ered THAT THE WHOLE WAS A* FORGERY, no fuch orders having tvrr ‘filled from the Sccreta-y of Scare’s t Ifice in Ergland. How col. Br w,je got poff fil nof thv- feai of i ffl e he was unable to flare, he fhould be able ro prove that the pa pers were writrr.:, all bur h* fig natures, in the Off r of % Mr Ste ver.3 a hvv ftationer, m Chancery Lane, and that Col. Browne br'a’t the rcugh draft- and took them a v/ay when fum Iked. And the plan which accompanied them wa* drawn bv a clerk in the duke of Bedford’s ffi e, who was employed bv Col. Browne, fo that he traced him in giving dircftions for the forged in ltrcmenr; and it was proved no 0- ther perfon had any intereft in the fraud Under thefe circumftanees he thoug t no doubt could be ea ten amed of the guilt of the defen dant. The Lfti were proved b’ fi C. BiUbane, Mr, Harrifon, Mr. Jen-