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sos 3 ail &:r.a _ AMERICAN NOVELIST. The author of 1 Precaution,’ the ’ Spy,’ and ‘ the Pioneers,’ has al ready gained a celebrity in his <!e partment of literature, both in Eu rope and in his own country; lar more imposing than has been con ceded to any of his countrymen lie fore him. His first work was read with interest in England, and is mentioned with high commenda tions in some of her re\ iews. His second has been universally ap plauded, and is already perused in different languages. 11 Ihe Pio neers,” which is the last published, (for another is already announced) was expected with so much anxiety in New-York, that three thousand five hundred copies were sold on the morning of its publication.— He seems to be running the career of the author of Waverley, and per haps will fall into the same error, viz : that oferowding his works up on the public till they begin to pall upon the appetite by their frequen cy—and till they seem to betray to kens of haste and negligence, which shows the author too se wu:c ct pi-.’ approbation The ant’ *f 1 these w. us > J* sj (o . . ’ t athej, v\ V am C , / nt ~g<.. v..J *> ■ • vs. -vp ‘ _ ;'wn —. trp*• *| ■ tied. i: fhj ■■ c edit* ~of N. a . i York 1 Minerva,’ J r-c • • mp;iably tr.e 1 best weekly literary journal n * America, has laboured through several essays, to prove that Dr. Greenfield is the author of the Wa- * verly Novels. It appears that he ; is personally acquainted with both | him and Walter Scott. Dr. G. ( was a Professor in the University, l and preached from the pulpit of the 1 High Church of Edinburgh, while , colleague of the celebrated Dr. , Blair. The editor of the Minerva frequently attended his lectures, was well acquainted with his do mestic affairs, and with all the cir cumstances which led to his dis place and exclusion from society. He was universally considered a man of consumate ability, of splen did literary talent, and is known to possess a boundless knowledge of eastern languages, and of oriental customs and manners. At the breaking out of the French devolu tion, he was entrusted by his pa tron, Ilenry Dundas, (afterwards Ford Melville) with the political management of the corporation of Edinburgh. While in this exalted rank; while basking in the sun shine of royalty, Dr. Greenfield committed the crime which snip ped him of all power and influence, and forced him to become a wan derer, throughout Europe, under a feigned name. The high estima tion in which he was held, induced the executive authority to wink at )us escape, and he was permitted to fly from Scotland. lie changed his name to Williamson, and after some years residence on the conti nent returned to I.ondon, where he taught school, and where the editor of the Minerva frequently saw him. H e employed his leisure in writing for the magazines. Here he resol ved on embodying some of the re markable events in the history of the country, in the form of a series of Novels. He offered the IMS. of VVaverly to a bookseller in Eon don; it was shewn to Mr. Houston, (editor of the Minerva) and the hand writing indentified by him with that of Dr. Cl. Ibis disclo sure intimidated the bookseller, who declined the publication ; bin tbe Novels were shortly after pub lished by a Constable, in Edin burgh. Lest Dr. G’s name should prove fatal to the success of the works, disgraced as he was, an ai rangement was made, by which Scott, in consideration of receiving a certain share of the profits, should countenance the idea that he was the author With the knowledge of these facts, which depend upon the credibility ct the editor of the Minerva, (and that is far above suspicion,) and the unequivocal declaration, in the introduction of Quentin Durward, that W. Scott is not the author, he must he perti natious indeed who could longer encourage doubts who the real au thor is.— N. y. Eagle. Philadelphia, July 31. Capt. Tatem of the sclir. Tom, arri ved at the Lazaretto, from Cadiz, re- t: di r v' r i the oppirtt 1 O’’ h< ir- •- ‘Co cal’- j (it ij Ly t'r! :.i .. 1 nit Se- die to , • I . it, , A* .v. * *’ f-o tra * 1 t r> ■> t*i, * v* a i in- - .i'S-.'V- ■• ‘--m. -.'uiiy va- ri ju-. bloc*-by a < rensh n 1 four fngafes. Capt. fa'c-r. was .claimed ev-ral <1 - , b>. block a a -wicor- h* brig* Cadi/ p rs to t e 21st of June. The I ing of Spain and suite arri t and an diz at half past 6 in the af ,i t ; if jf the 16th of June. The |> i the garrison, and the national !; i. ccupied the public square, i .* ; n inmense crowd filled the v. ndows and balconies. The r.■. ■ ual authorities received the to , e entrance, where the gov mo- e fortress delivered to him Ik > o the city with the usual for- K.Mn ~ nd he was congratulated t. pis r val in the name of the inha i tints “ i’hi . nthusiasm,” says the Cadiz iazette ‘ which was manifested on hi? mei orable occasion, confirmed ho opinion which we entertained of (ie patriotism and sensibility of the !e—vpion and harmony were ji* try side—not the least dis rdo i r oxces9 was committed—the ounds repeated in innumerable accla nation ■ vere tliose most dear to every roi and Spaniard—to independence and M ij* l'i v- Koval Family were lodged in ,riva e dwellings, until the palace at . * C ustom House could be got ready eir accommodation. The Cortes eniblcd at Cadiz on the 15th June. Eighty-eight members answered to the call o’ their names, and most ol t! estw re announced to be near to the city. The his >ry of their previous pro ceedings Seville is this in abridge ment. On the 11th June, on the open ing of the sitting, Senor Galiano, one of the leading members, rose and sta ted, that it was no longer the period to talk, but to act, and to draw the veil that had hid their real situation— that the country was in imminent danger, but that the constitution might be saved as before, and for this purpose it was requisite to put the King and Cortes at once in a place of security. * He proposed that the ministers should be forthwith summoned to give an account of the real condition of! things, and decide upon snatching the i King from the precipice over which ! perfidious advisers were impelling him. Arguellcs then moved that the sitting should be declared permanent till the object of the Cortes was achie ved. ‘Tlie ministers soon entered, and one of them related, that as soon as it was seen that the French might invade Andalusia, a council of generals and other confidential patriots was conve ned, who unanimously decided that the means of preventing the march of tiie French, were wanting, and that Ihe Island of Cadiz w'as the only point to which the government and ( ortes could be removed. The result was communicated to the King, who re ferred it to the council of slate, who preferred Algeziras as the place of re moval. The minister concluded by mentioning that when he left the King his Majesty had not come to a defini tive resolution. It was then voted by the Cortes that the removal should take place the next, day, to Cadiz, and that a committee should be immedi ately formed to wait upon the King, and apprize him of their determina tion. The committee appointed, went on their errand and returned in a short ‘ time—when the president reported the following dialogue between him • sell and the monarch. “Sir, the Cor tes being in permanent silting and ha vii.g received information of the ap proach of the enemy, entreat vour Ma jesty to remove with the Cortes to the Island of Cadiz fur the secuiity of your sacred person and the national representatives.” His Majesty re .plied, that neither his conscience nor the love of eleven million of his sub jects allowed him to leave Seville, ‘/lie president of the committee re joined, that the political conscience of his .Majestv was not responsible be cause his public conduct was subject to tint of his advisers, and that the members of the committee could make convincing observations to him, i! what was then remarked, did not suf tice. The King only added —“ I have spok en,” and retired. This report be ing heard by the Cortes, they resolved that the cause of the moral incotnpe tenev of the Kin?, provided for in the 187th article of the Constitution, had occurred, anil that a provisional lle genc.y should be created for the pur pose of exercising the executive au thority only as regarded the removal of the King and Cortes. A Regency of three members, Veldes, Ciscnr, and Vigndet was accordingly created, and took the oath of office at once, in the midst of the most lively acclamations of joy from the iloor anu from the gal leries. The Regency proceeded to make every necessary arrangement for age . .a; arture ; the Cortes remained ‘.on during the day and night ol i ‘ 1 J ne acting in concurrence; — t ministers made considerable ih< . about accepting their offices • > i the regency, and did not yield until five in the morning of the j ivNv ‘ is circumstance occasioned great alarm among the constitutional ists. At 11 the same morning, one of the Regency waited on the king, and announced to him what had been done. He received the message with compla cency, and answered that he was rea dy to set.out. At 1 the regular troops am! militia were under arms to pro ceed, and the river covered with boats laden with effects of every kind. Rut the king was again seized with scru ples, ami did not, with the royal fami ly enter the carriages till near 7 P. M. —they were followed by a military es cort. * The exit was then reported to tiie Cortes, who had not separated a moment, and did not adjourn until 9 o’clock. On the 11th, an Irish general (Downie) in the service of Spain, and thirteen others,were committed to prison, as parties to a conspiracy for the destruction of the constitu tional government. On the 18th at Cadiz the minister of war fd interim, Don Sanches Sal vador, was found dead, with his throat cut with a razor. The riots at Seville, the sudden invasion ot Andalusia by the French, and other circumstances which affected his mind as minister of war are cited as the causes of his sui cide. Withina few hours after the de parture of the authorities and troops the populace, instigated and led, as it is affirmed, by a number of friars, and a few other traitors before con cealed, rose, and during the three subsequent days, committed the most horrid excesses. “ In the edifice called the hall of the Inquisition, there was a consi derable number of boxes of powder guarded by an officer and some soldiers of the Queen’s regiment. The populace being told that the boxes contained money, rushed to the hall in order to plunder them and murder the guard, but the officer, with unexampled courage, set fire to the powder and blew up the Canaille who had entered.— Eighty persons, among them some friars, have been taken out of the ruin. At the first meeting of the Cortes in Cadiz the Rpgency was dissolved ami the King rehabilitated. The London Morning Chronicle gives an in teresting article entitled, the Secret Treaty of Veto an, which throws much light on the caus es of the war between France ami Spain. We will not pretend to say win ther the principles laid down in it originated in Ihe fears of the Holy Alliance , or in their ideas of Iho Divine right of Kings. Be that as it may, as republi cans, we cannot but consider their objects here set forth, as the vilest usurpation of the dear est rights which Goil has placed in the hands of tnun —and the combination of the European Monarchs as the most Un-lioly association that ever existed in the political woild. The following extracts comprise the sub stance of the 4 Secret Treaty.’ Aut. 1. The high contracting parties well convinced (hat the system of rep resentative government is as incompa tible with the monarchical principle as the maxim of the sovereignty of the people is opposed to the principle of di vine right, engage in the most solemn manner to employ all their means and unite all their efforts to put an end to the system of representative govern ment, wherever it is known to exist in the states of Europe, and to prevent it from being introduced inti) those states I where it is not known. Alt. 2. As it cannot be disputed that the freedom of the press is the most efficacious means employed by the pretended defenders of the rights of nations, to injure those of Princes, the high contracting parties recipro cally promise to adopt every possible I measure thr its suppression, not only j in their own states, but in all others in , Europe. j Aur.3. Being t)f opinion that religious principles are tliose which may pow erfully contribute to maintain nations in that passive obedience which they owe to their Princes, the high con tracting parties declare it to be their intention to support each in their own states, the measures which the clergy, with a view to their own interests, are enabled to carry into effect lor the purpose of maintaining the authority of Princes, and they in common offer acknowledgements to the Rope tor the part lie has already taken in this re spect, soliciting his constant co-ope ration with a view to the subjection ol nations. Ary. 4. The situation of Spain and Portugal uniting unfortunately all the circumstances to which this treaty re fers, the high contracting parties, in confiding to France the task of putting an end to them, assure her of assist ance, which may least compromise them with their people and with the French people, bv means of a subsida dary on the part of the two emperors, of 20,000,000 francs each per annum, reckoning from the day of the ratifica tion of this treaty, and during the whole term of the war. Articles 5, 6 and 7, declare their in tion to adhere to the above agreement until its objects are accomplished— and provide for its modification when the war shall be ended. Given at Verona, 23d Nov. 1822. (Signed) For Austria, METTERNICH, France, CHATEAUBRIAND, Prussia, BURNSTORFF, Russia, NESSELRODE. A conspiracy against the life of the Emperor Alexander is said to have lately been discover ed. It was firs! communicated to the Em presses mother by an ecclesiastic. Several of the first families in Russia are said to be invol ved in it. the affair is of so much moment that the Northern Despot has abandoned his intended summer tour through Italy, there to consummate the plans of the Holy Alliance against the freedom of that fine and oppres sed country and Spain, and conspiring iurther against the happiness of Europe. Strong dis content has prevailed throughout Russia since the deep designs against the Turkish provinces were abandoned. Extract of a letter dated Cadiz June IS. “ The French in a short time, have advanced as far as Cordova, we may say without tiring a shot ; anil with the same facility they will probably present themselves before Cadiz, as they have not conquered the country. On the contrary, they will find greater resistance, in proportion as the people get aware that their actions do not cor sespond with their promises of happi ness and prosperity, which cannot go hand in hand with the system of 1819, nor with the inquisition both of which they and their allies the factions re-es tablish wherever their dominion ex tends. The King, Cortes and Gov ernment were obliged to leave Seville quite precipitately, on hearing that 2000 French horse were coining down fuil speed, with the design of carrying off the King and his family, through a coup de main and aided by a great number of traitors, among whom was the famous Gen. D. who is now impris oned—but the enemy was disappoin ted for although the King declared that he could notin conscience move any further, the Cortes pronounced him unfit, and created a regency, compelling his Majesty to come to Cadiz as a private individual. lie entered the city on Sunday the 14th inst. with the whole of his family, ac companied by upwards of 6,000 foot and horse—but the moment of his arrival here, lie was reinstated in the royal dignity,and excercisesthe exec utive power tiie same as before. MEXICO. Extract of a letter from Mexico to a ucntlc initn in Philadelphia dated June 4. “ A conspiracy against the present government has just, been discovered, and several of the leaders have been a rested among them several officers. Their object was to banish all foreign ers,and particularly the old Spaniards including several members of Con gress. It is fortunate, that the head of the Police is a man of strong mind and great energy. It isowing to his exertions that the attempt lor this time was defeated, ‘/'lie present govern ment being only provisional, many of the provinces wish to preserve their local independence, and only to sur render cnonugh ol it to form a Union, similar to that of the United States. The present government is not a solid one ; though the executive officers, the chiefs of the army, and the congress in general, seem well disposed. But money, that all powerful engine, is very scarce. It is yet uncertain how things will settle down. Thinking men on the spot can make no calcula tion. Extract cJ ci utter j ro/n July 12.—“ Since the corrcsp 0 J oence between the French o.T and the Governor appeared in papers, the Cabildo has been ; session. At 8 o’clock last evefi n ,!’ the Governor Rad a large maj o| jj” with him, for suppoiting a tl 'j ad hering to the constitution, lUlt ;j official information shall be receh ed of its destruction ; others sp O V warmly, advocating the of a declaration of independence in as much as the government 0 < Spain was no more, fee. foe. ‘phi* morning the guards were doubled and the streets appear full of diery—-many arc talking of what, is soon to take place, of which I cannot hazard an opinion. “ h is getj'ng very sickly, many are taken oil at a few day’s notice Loth in that harbor, and city. * Bolt. Chronicle A gentleman from Havanna states that, from the continuance of extreme dry weather for many months, in Cuba, sc immense ;t number of the cattle and horse kind have fallen a sacrifice to it, that the loss in value is estimated at a mill ion of dollars. From Port au Prince —Letter l ? from Port au Prince of 10th July state that the schr. Mary Josepine, Capt. IMer tic, of this port, which was carried in there some time since on suspicion of piracy has been tried and condemned, and her car go, consisting of tobaco, foe. sold. The only evidence adduced against her was, her carrying one gun, for which she had a permit from the collector of this port. By this let ter it appears that she was from Barracos bound to St. Thomas,but having got ashore on the north side of the Island of St. Domingo, and received considerable damage, she put into Port Dauphin in distress, and was there seized and sentta Por au Prince lor trial. Five other vessels all Spanish drogers, bound from Cuba to Porta Hico and St. Thomas, who had been compelled by stress of weath er to put into various ports in that Island, have been seized sentta Port au Prince for trial, and con demned, under the late proclama tion of President Boyer. Carious Facts —Some of the tram mountain papers, probably for the purpose of encouraging emigration, are publishing as a matter of fact, that the small pox, although it has been carried thither frequently,has never been communicated on the west side of the Ohio. It is also said, on the same authority, that a solitary instance of Eiydrophobu is recorded as having occurred in the state of Ohio. As to the first of the above assertions, we cannot contradict it; nor have we any per sonal knowledge that people can die in Ohio ; lout as to the last, whether they have the hydrophobia or not, we have known almost the whole state to run mad at a time.— Witness the proceedings relative to the United States Bank and mors recently respecting mail robers. Roman Catholicks. — Since the overthrow of Napoleon, the order of the Jesuits has been revived by the Pope, and Missionaries have been sent from Rome to different parts of Europe and America, where they have been unwearied in their exertions to disseminate the prin ciples of their church. T hey ha'£ a College at Georgetown, D. C. an other at Baltimore, and a house o. education at Emmitsburg, P enn> They have a convent in Kentucky, with a school and church, fbc have a nunnery of 26 nuns ne.> Port Tobacco, Maryland, and ano ther of 36 nuns at Georgetown - Preparations are making to estn L * lislr more religious houses in i western states. Cel- *5W* The following is from the St. Genii* I'’ 1 '’ (Missouri,) correspondent of Julie 17th • “ The Big Field of this town, containing upwards of 7000 acrc-i was entirely under water, and 11 some parts from four to eight k‘* deep. Very little of the grain vhij • bad been planted remains ; and v poor population of thi town, “ 1 entirely live by their cultivation 1 ’ the Big Field, will be driven totl> greatest distress, or forced to a subsistence in the interior. Mississippi was higher than ( ( it was known to he before ; in ’.he year 1811.’’