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V Uv\ ,YiV. ‘ ■ V).\%;\hU. |i \ etatiwti is marc buikw.u c (his Sj i in” tit:.n we have over known i'. In 1820 it wav as Jar advanced al th • last ol’ Fohruilrv as it is now. Many of flic (roes show no signs ol getting forth; win* reus three years n-;o, at this season of (he year, the whole wo.al was enshrouded in a green n-be. This circumstance we think, authorises (lie anticipation of a plentiful trap anti much fruit. Cnnvcnlion of the .bulges. —We are authorised to state,.(says the Georgia Journal,) that the Judg s ol the Supe rior ( (Mil ts of the s. veia! Circuits iti this state, will cenvct; : :tt tlu* scat ot government on the snuud .Monday in Slay next, for the purpos** ot establish ing uniform rules of practice. An arrival at Boston from Gibraltar brings dates of that place to the Ist of January.—They add nothing to our accounts previously received of the internal state of Spain.—The northern parts of the kingdom appear to be still the scene of insurrection, although the, Constitutional troops are represented as generally successful. ‘I lie following information is derived from Port Ma hon ; the Rear Admiral of the Dutch squad ion at anchor in that harbour stated, that through the Consul of his nation at Algiers, the Dey had been called upon to state whether he had declared Mar against Spain, and whether it was intended to commit hostilities upon its Bag; to which the Minister of Marine replied, that a rup ture with Spain had certainly taken place when the Spanish consul went on board Sept, last) and that if the Dey*s corsairs should go to sea, they would capture whatever Spanish vessels they should chance to fall in with, just as he supposed the Span iards would do with the Algerines. Anew ministry had been appointed iri Portugal for the Brazils, but as they are not like to he troubled with the active exercise of many functions, their names need not be enumerated. A committee of the Portuguese Cortes, to whom the question was referred, have confirmed the obligatory force of tiie Ring's order for the Queen’s ban ishment. — Courier. I). feat of a Pirate. —The brig bow doiu, Captain Carr, which arrived at Newport 22d ilist, sailed from Matan-I y.as on the 3d, in company with brigs Abeona, for Providence, and Neptune, of Bristol, for Trieste—After being out about 4 hours from Matanzas, saw a piratical schooner coming out from (lie land, full of men, and rowing with 14 sweeps. On her coming up with the Bowdoin, she hoisted the red Hag, and commenced filing with round and grape shot, and ordered Capt. Carr to “ strike or die.” As soon as ihe pi rate got within sufficient range, the Un.vdoin returned the lire from her carriage guns, and musketry, which completely raked the deck of the Bi rate, killing several of them, and oblig ing them instantly to haul ulf, having only 7 men tube seen on her deck, and rowing with only 3 sweeps—she then stood in again tor tlu* land. Had it not been calm,( apt. C. supposes that he should have been enabled 10 have sunk the pirate. Jhe Abeona and Neptune, being in company with the Bowiloin, al the time, and being both aimed, assisted in repulsing the pirate. J The Bowdoia mounts 4 carriage guns, > , © © with muskets.— >Sav. Geo. On the lCth October, a tremendous! Volcano poured forth stones and lava! from a mountain situated in the Bean jean Regencies, about COO miles from Batavia, a si a port on the north coast of Java. Five thousand natives were buried by s'ones and ashes. 1 liree bundled have been found most dread fully burnt, and but faint hojuvs are entertained el the recovery ot most ot them. Thispdace was one ot the most b<aniTul and highly cultivated sec toms ot llo* interior of this rich island. Coffee and rice grew luxuriantly and plentifully there. TIIEFLORIDAS. The East Florida Herald estimates the number of acres in Mast, h lorida at 40 millions, ami in W est Florida at pt? millions. Mast liuiila i-* 8.0 miles in length, and varies in breadth from 50 miles at the Cape, to Hide*on the Georgia frontier, \\ est Florida is 150 miles long, and has an a\ erage breadth of 40 ini.es. A great part of the soil of W est Florida is said to be barren, w hile that of Fast Flori da i s adapted to the culture of sugar, rice, corn, oranges, t*c. Cattle and sv me are easily raised —the latter fat ten on a root that grow s spontaneous ly. The river St. John’s runs through the centre of the country for morfe than £OO miles, and is abundantly stored with fish. 1 The prospect of a war in Europe nri"hl<’n B . A late arrival at Charles ton, b bigs an expression of the o|.n ion of the best mfonne 1 men in Ku n pe that war between Spain and tin \llirsi., inevitable. The reply ol the Spanish Government to the demand’ of her neighbors, is worthy oi a free people. France must now either pro ceed to extiemities, or abandon tiff; ground she has taken in regard t S*iaiu. Georgia Journal. Circular to the Spanish Ambassadors. “ It would In* unworthy ot the Span ish government to reply to the notes of Russia, Austria ain'l Bruss.a, lie* cause they are only a tissue ol false hoods and calumnies, it confines it self to make known to you its inten tions : “ 1. The Spanish nation Governs itself by a constitution which was sol emnly recognized by the Emperor of Russia in 1812. ,{ 3. The Spaniards, friends to their country, proclaimed from the begin ning of 1812 that Constitution, which was abolished by violence alone in 1814. “3. ‘l'he Constitutional King oi Spain exercises freely the powers de legated to him by the fundamental code. “ 4. The Spanish Nation interferes in no manner with the institutions and internal regime of other nations. “5. Ihe remedy tor all the evils which may afflict the Spanish nation interests herself alone. “ G. The evils which it feels are not the effect of the Constitution, but of the efforts of the enemies who aim to destroy it. “7. The Spanish nation will never recognise in any Bower the right to meddle with its aff’aii s. “8. The Government will never deviate trom the line marked out bv ( its duties, by the national honor, and: by its unalterable attachment to the Constitution, sworn to in 1842. “ 1 authorize you to communicate verbally this note to the Minister lor Foreign Affairs of the Bower where yon | reside, and to. send him a copy, if lie j should require it. | “ His Majesty hopes that the pru dence, the zeal, and the patriotism) which distinguished you, will suggest; a conduct firm atul worthy of the • v *pa-; rush name in the present circuinstair j ces. Such i.s wliat 1 have (tie honor toj communicate to your Excellency by . his Majesty’s order.—l renew to you my assurances, ike. (Signed! “ EVARISTE S\N MIGUEL.'’ “ Madrid, Jan. 9, 1822.” Applause followed the reading of, this document, and from the gaUenes were heard shouts ol—“Free Spain, for ever; —ihe Sovereignty ol the j People for ever I—Death to the t y rants 1” PORTO RICO EXPEDITION. Our readers will recollect the ac-j count of an expedition fitted out by a few adventurers in New York and Philadelphia, for the purpose of revolutionizing Porto Rico.— Mr. Baptist Irvine, who was said to be one of the prime movers in this affair, has written a letter, da ted Curracoa, Jan. 12ih, to the edi tor of the Washington Gazette, giving his reasons for joining the expedition. Among other things he says, that Decoudray, (who we believe was to have been governor) had received several letters sent by agents from the friends ot indepen dence in Porto Pico, which invited him, in pressing terms, to aid them vvith arms, See.—lie thought the in habitants were favorably disposed to a change of. government, and therefore readily volunteered his services to assist them. As re gards the famous proclamation w hich has already appeared in this paper, he says that Decoudray re quested him to sign it as a mere matter of form—that he regarded it as a private paper, and not a govern mental document —at the same time promising to sink it in case they should he overhauled by a Spa nish cruizer. lie complied, but Decoudray disregarded his prom ise, and thus the affair exploded. Halt. Citron. St. Petersburg, Nov. 27. The ship of the Russian Ameri can Company, Ivutusmv, which left Cronstadt in 1820, returned there the 2d inst. It brings back from New Archangel, in exchange for the cargo that it has sold there, precious furs ol the value i about two millions. Our American colo nies prosper: the best understand ing exists there with the neighbor ing savage tribes. But our estab lishments and our commerce, which every day take a great increase, begin to inspire some jealousy to the English, and even to the Ame ricans of the U. States. FAT.rratrfTT, Feb. 13. It affords us infinite satisfaction to Mate, that the disturbance, ori giluting in some trifling quarrel, whuh took place at Port Antonia on the evening ol the 27th ult. be tw cep part of the inhabitants of unit town and some ot the privates of the garrison there, had entirely sub sided, find the most perfect tran quility restored, without any thing of a serious kind having ensued.— A full examination into the affair took place before the Magistrates, the officers of the garrison giving every lacility to the investigation, and the former have distinctly sta ted, that the conduct ol the latter on the occasion was such as to have met their decided approbation. The verv prompt measures which his excellency the Commander in Chief adopted for investigating the circumstances of this misunder standing, and for immediately re moving the garrison, have called forth the deserved applause of that community. Execution of the Pirates. T.arly on Friday morning Juan GiiVeie/, Juan llernandie, 1 lau riscc dc Sayas, Francisco Miguel, Mamel Lima, Manuel Jose, Betti Guilbmillet, Augustus Hernandez, Pedro Nondve (whites,) and Do mingo Ivicalio (black,) who were convicted ol piracy and murder at the last Assizes, were escorted by a detachment of the 50th Regiment from the Gaol of Kingston to the When v Wharf, whence they pro ceeded in wherries, under charge of the City Guard, to the place of execution at (billow's-Point, near Port-Koval, where a p/rrtv of the two flank companies -4 the 91st Regimen*, and boats with Marines, from rhe Flag-ship, were stationed, for the’ purpose ol preserving or der. The culprits were very peni tent. and after having spent consid erable time in prayer, they ascend ed the scaffold, when they again of ; ft*red up their prayers, at the con-J elusion cfwhich a signal was given, j and thov were turned oh at a little J after eifght o’clock. The rope by; which Pedro Nondrc was suspend-j ed unfortunately broke, and he fell j to the ground, but was shortly alter J replaced on the platform : and a second time turned oh. Manuel Jose, an old man, upwards of sev enty years ol age, declared he was innocent,shaving beer: forcibly kept on bo: iff the vessel in which he was taktn, and that he had com mitted no ct ime for which lie would have toanswer. l'.ncollo also pro tested that he was about to suffer in noccntly. lie. frequently exhorted his fellow-suffercis to pray for for giveness, and to behave with firm ness. Ihe whole of the unfortu nate men appeared very sensible ot the humane treatment they had ex perienced from Mr. Davis, the I Marshall, and Ins assistant, Mr. j Silva. A great concourse of per sons froip Kingston and Port Royal were present on the occasion. It is said that many of the unfor tunate men had acknowledged their guilt, and Augustus Hernandez deck.fed to a gentleman who was near his cell, that seven of his com panions have been engaged in arts of piraev for some considerable time past; that an English brig from London had been hoarded and plundered of sundry articles; a French brig of 15,000 dollars, and dry goods and clothing to a consi derable amount, which were taken to a port near the 11 wanna and sold. From an English schooner, several barrels of beef, &c. were ta ken—an American cruizer hud re captured the schr. The next ves sel plundered was a Providence sloop, and her Capt. was wounded in the arm. Most of the vessels were sent adrift after they were nearly dismantled. Juan Hernan dez acted as Capt. on board one of the pirates. He took two brigs at Salt Key, after taking out every thing port-able, they were burnt.— There Acre three piratical vessels, having.on hoard 99 men, engaged, and during the fust cruize they shared 040 dollars each man. Lord Enron —The Grand jury of Middleton have found a true bill against the publisher , ot Byron’s “ Vision of Judgment,” for what they call a “ blasphemous libel con tained in that infamous work and it is .stated that it his lordship were to return to England, the laws would he enforced against him, notwithstanding his rank as a nobiemaii, and his celebrity as a poet. Missionary. The balance of specie and bunion ex put ted from the niU'A States, during die year ending on the 3f!th Sept, last, according to t.ie tie- Gim-hotisc* entries, amounts to ST.’ r34 t l 4i . • About one third of all the specie in the country left it in the conise ol the last year! Newborn, March I. \\V arc informed by a gentleman who left Si. bans, about the goth Jan uary, that Mr. Harrison, the American Consul at that Island, has since his residence there,been the swbjectof re peated insults, wantonly practised through the instrumentality of the SvrnUsh authorities. These indigni ties had become so aggravated that for several niglits the dwelling of Mr. 11. I was assailed with missiles, and that too while Mrs. 11. was seriously indis posed. Protection from these insults lias been requested from the Governor, but he declined affording it. Mr. Harrison, it is stated, is deserv edly esteemed for his gentlemanly and correct deportment; his treatment, therefore, is nut occasioned by any impropriety on his part. It is under stood that it proceeds from a desire in i the authorities of the Island to compel him to leave the place, the Swedish go vernment, as our informant states, be- 1 iug averse to the location of Uoa*uls in anv o! their Islands. Ihe appoint ment of Mr. Harrison, as Consul, we are further informed, lias not been of- i finally acknowledged at St. Barts— and although lu* went out as such, and lias resided there for the last two years, 1 being unwilling to return, until or dered bv his governiii ’iit, nothing lias been done to meliorate his situation. Sent. Cn vrlf.stox, March 8. Tiie steam boat Commerce, Lubbock, was to have started at 12 o’clock, for Hamburg, but, after her cargo was all on board, ami preparations were ma king for g-ttiu. under way, it was as certained that a sugar hog-head (which had been taken in, supposing it con tained sugar) was filled with r.rx powoeti ! if had been placed within a few feet of the furnace ; and had not its contents been providentially dis covered, the consequences would, in | all probability, have been dreadful. It i was necessary to take out a cotisider ! able portion of the cargo, in order to i <>et at it; which caused a delay of one day in the time of the boat's departure. Courier. We learn (says the Nation 1 In telligencer) from Vatulaliu, the scat of gov ernment of the Mtate at’ Illi nois, that the new brick building, erected for a Stale Rank, was con sumed by file on the last I'uesday in Jan. togefi er with all me books and records of the Auditor’s office, which was kept in the same build ing ; also all the books arul records of the Land Office at lino place. — This accident mus be productive of consequences greatly” to be dep recated. New York, Feb. 2G. The 1 ill to establish a Treading Mill in the prison at Philadelphia, has passed to a second reading in the Senate of Pennsylvania, and Mr. liinn says, is expected to be come a law. The sleighing was very fine yes terday, and it is safe to say, that all the horses and sleighs in the town were in motion ; and we are infor med that the innson the island were literally crammed by parties from the city. February 28. l'he elegant ship CANADA, destined for the Messrs Wrights’ line of Liverpool, Packets was safe ly launched yesterday morning at 11 o’clock, in handsome sty le. Remarkable Expedition .- Ihe pac ket ship Amity, capt Maxwell, has been discharged and loaded in an uncommonly short period. She made fast to the wharf on Friday the 21st inst. about noon, and yes terday afternoon, the 27th, she was again quite ready for sea—having in five working days unloaded, and taken on board two full cargoes ol goods. Boston, Feb. 25. A severe N. E. Snow Storm com menced on Sunday night, and con tinued last night. The house of Mr. Calvin Colton, in the town of Manson, Maine, was destroyed bv fire on the 31st ult. Mr. C. has lost every article the house contained, with all his books and papers, he and his family* be* ing absent at the time, and when he returned found his dwelling in ashes. In the Lrig America, at Sa’.rr.,, from Malta, came passengers Lieu tenant (.Utley, of tiie British army and family, on their way to Cana da—and Fazo Cavaz’dlo and Anas tasias Carvilla, two Greek youths, sent to this country to be educated at the Foreign Mission School at, Cornwall in Connecticut. The plan of the Exchange which has been agreed on in NVw-Yr'rk, is grand and superb. It is pro posed to erect this building srt the junction of four streets, with a wing extending on each. From the centre <he dome is to swell, suppor ted by sixteen pillars. The whole amount of the expense is estimated at six hundred thousand dollars. Sav. Repub. Sporting * n India. —Extract of a letter from India, received by a gen tleinan of Reading, dated New Can tonments, June 29. 1822 I mention ed to you in my la-t that l intended to have a month’s shooting. We'had IM,( un ni itiror* laye wlir-n an or—* dcr reached us to return ; we had niostr. j famous sport the short time we yverc out, killing 7 tigers, 97 spotted deer, a large lot of hogs, and small game of alp j kinds. 1 enclose an extract from the Calcutta Journal of March 21, relating to the success of another party of i sportsmen :—A party ol Gentlemen, a 1 few days back, took the field, in pur ! suit of tigers, bufFal ms, Samat and hog j deer, chokoor, and black patridge, &c. | besides hog-hunting, on the confines of j tiie districts of Rajeshahye and Din agepore, near the banks ot Mohamedy. W ith the exception of the tiger only, several of the above game were daily killed in a sportsman like style. Ihe parly had not been long out before they” trevived the joyful tiding of a l rhinoceros from the terrified inhabit • ants of several villages, whose appre | hensioushud been excited in an unusu lal degree by the* fierceness of tiie ani | mai, evinced by his killing four or five ponies, ami committing other acts of ; depredation. It being determined to i pursue him, every cxeition which keen sportsmen could* practice was soon employed to discover him : after many I friitMess attempts, (lie exertions of the party were rewarded, and their !a ----i hours recompensed, by the sight ot this ’ iioinom-c animal on the i th instant.'— His bold and determined aspect, and . fatilv figure, as lie retreated slowly before the elephants, appealing to dis dain that rapid flight which could in dicate fear, and charging with fierce ness when closely pressed combined to afford excellent sport. Intimation, nflu's discovery being immediately gi ven, every member ot the party joined in the pursuit, arid quickly closing round, his fate was soon sealed. Ihe dimensions of this male rhinoceros yverc as follows : length from the nose ’ to the extremity ot the tail. 15 feet 10 inches, (tail measuring only 15 inch es ; ) iircumferenre ot the body, 15 feet 8 inches, weight of the heart, 26!b. thirty teeth, two tusks; length of the horn on his nose 20 inches ; presumed weight of the head, four maunds, or 3 cwt. and 56 lb. This animal is sup ’ posed to have strayed from the Morung Hills. It is proposed to send his head to England.”— Lou. Paper. An important Improvement in Surgery. The formidable operation of Lithot omy (or the extraction of Urinary Ual i cull) is now reduced to a degree of simplicity, almost incredible, by an invention of \Y r . W. Sleighs, Esq. M. R. C. S. L. and Lecturer iu this city on Anatbmy, Physiology and Surgery. We omit mentioning particulars, ex cept the following prominent feature :in it, viz: that the skin is not touched : with a knife ; that the actual operation does not occupy the eighth of a. min ute, and that it is attended with little, if anv more pain than bleeding in the arm. ’J Ims, ati operation considered by the most celebrated men of the day 1 asone fraught with the most imminent ’ peril and excruciating suffering, will be rendered as simple as venesection. We further learn, that the operation as originally conceived by him, was lia ble to many difficulties, all which have been effectually obviated by certain measures devised by him during the last twelve months’ consideration of tiie subject, and without which it can not be undo taken with safety. Jha Doctor, as might he anticipated, has as yet communicated these means to no one : bat a treatise will shortly be publish'd in London, to which city, we mull i itand, he purposes in the course of iu xt summer, proceeding. We havtj seen a stone the Doctor extracted on the 18th in-t. it weighs (independently of numerous frag* inents) smii hundred and ninety-eight grains; aid its circumfemice, measu ring in two opposite directions, cicli way, five Riches. Ihe patient, was w*eil oii the third dnv. ‘loutreel Herald,