By Mr. Everell, N. C. The true idea of the Ame- servant's leaving him, to give notice to all his trades. rican scholar, as exemplified by the orator of the men not to let her have more goods on his account. day: A taste for art, a mind for science, and a heart If he does not do this, he is liable for any account she for liberty. may run up in his name, at shops she had been acBy Ur. Holcombe, M. C. The consolidation of the customed to fetch goods from for bis use, while she states-by roads and canals. was in his service." By a member. The war of science: The profitable contest of nations to do each other the most good. Law. In the caso of Mackie, Milne and Co. By professor Ruggles. The alliance of the friends against Wm. Cairns and others, decided on the 30th of civil freedom: Like the bow set in the cloud, by ult. in the court of errors of the state of New York, the hand of Omnipotence-a token that despotism it has been established as the law of that state, ibai has ceased from our hemisphere forever. an assignment made by an insolvent debtor, in trust By Dr. McWilliams. The congress of Panama: 'Tor the benefit of creditors, if it reserves for his own The most holy of holy alliances. use any portion of the property conveyed, is void The following was sent by T. Law, esq. founder of as to judgment-creditors not assenting to it; and that the institute, absent from indisposition: it is void, not merely with regard to the portion reBy Mr. Law. Whilst politicians cause devastation served, but wholly and entirely. This decision overto adjust the balance of power, and whilst statesmen turns former practice, which of course also was, un create mischief to regulate the balance of trade; til this decision, the general impression as to what be it our study to preserve the balance of science: was the law in such a case. Nay we import the treasures of knowledge from the old world, and export valuable discoveries of the new BANK OF THE UNITED States. At an election held world. by the stockholders of the bank of the United States, at the banking house, on the 22 and 3d iost. the fol · Fires. We never recollect to have read of so lowing gentlemen were chosen directors for the er many extensive tires as have lately occurred-Bos- suing year, víz: ton, New York, Pittsburg, Wheeling, Charleston Samuel Wetherill, | James C. Fisher, and Petersburg, have been singularly unfortunate. Lewis Clapier, Horace Binney, On Wednesday, last week, about fifty buildings were Paul Beck, jr. Daniel W. Coxe, consumed in the place last named, on Old street and John A. Brown, Joho Bohlen, John Polter, of South Carolina, We must needs think that there is a great deficien- Robert Gilmor, of Maryland, cy of water in the large cities, or some less excusable George Hoffman, of Maryland, want of organization and efficiency in the fire appa- Daniel Verplank, of New York, ralus and the fire-men. In Baltimore, under a kind Walter Brown, of New York, Providence, we have only had one destructive fire Benjamin W. Crownioshield, of Mass. for many years, and that was caused by its having David Sears, of Mass. originated among board-yards, and the heat of the And at a meeting of the board on the evening of the millions of feet of dry lumber burning, was too great 3d inst. Nicholas Biddle, esq. was unanimously reto be acted upon until it was chiefly consumed. It is elected president of the institution for the ensuing very common, in this city, to confine a fire to the year, particular building in which it commences, whether The bank has made a dividend of 25 per cent. for it happens in the day or night. Three remarkable the last six months. cases of this have occurred in succession, within a The directors on the part of the United States, few days-a chair-maker's shop, a turpentine distille-lately appointed by the president and senate, are ry and a cabinet-maker's shop, have all been in full Nicholas Biddle and Manuel Eyre, of Pennsylvania; blaze, because of their own combustible quality, and Joseph W. Patterson, of Maryland; Victor Duponi, yet but little injury was done to the immediately of Delaware; and Campbell P. White, of New York: adjacent building.* But our supply of water is good, our apparatus abundant and in excellent order, and The SPECULATION IN TEAS! The Boston Courier the members of every fre company, and others, gives the following account of the late strange trans. work as if the saving of the city specially depended action at Philadelpbia, and it is thought to be pretty on their own individual exertions. generally correct, as far as it goes: We have no practical acquaiotance with the mode Law Case. The following decision reaches our of doing business at the custom-houses; but, from purses and our homes—and we think it a just one, some statements that have lately appeared in the that would be sustained in our courts under similar Philadelphia papers, it appears that the practice, in circumstances that city, has been rather loose and informal. It is "A case of some importance to masters and mis- known to most of the mercantile community, that a tresses, was recently decided in London. A grocer Mr. Thompson, an extensive importer of teas, lately summoned Mr. Styles, a chemist, for the payment failed in Philadelphia for a very large amount. of eight shillings, for goods had by a woman repre- we understand the paragraph alluded to, the followsenting herself as being in Mr. Styles' service, which ing circumstances are admitted. Mr. Thompson he refused to pay on the ground that the woman bad imported an immense quantity of teas, which were left his service some time past, and consequently the landed in Philadelphia, but not being bonded ac Spods were not had for him. The court, however, cording to law, were stored by the collector; bul, is decided in favor of the grocer, qp the principle, thai the United States have no warehouses, they were p'! a person sending a servant to a shop for goods, from into the sture of the importer, he keeping one key anı time to time, and paying one bill,' is bound, on that the collector apother. Afterwards, bonding a cer tain number of chests with certain marks, he applier! "The three buildings referred to were excecdingly to the proper othcer for the certificates that he migli. well provided and located to have caused great fires take from the warebouse those chests. He received -but they were overflowed with water, by means of from this officer the certificates of the whole, in or. Our hose and enginer der to select those which were regularly bonded. Bee 357 67 ing in possession of the whole, he took the opportu-; The legislature of this state, at its present sitting, nity to remove, from the store, as many chests as he will have before it many important projects for inpleased, and actually sold, agreeabiy to certificates ternal improvement--the making of several canals is ihus obtained, a large quantity of these teas to a strongly spoken of. The governor's message is an house in this city, and a still larger quantity to a interesting state paper. house in New York. When the transaction was dis- Finances. The following is an abstract of the treicovered by the collector, the teas thus gold were surer's annual report, communicated to the legislaseized by the marshal and are held to pay the duties. ture. It is a question to be decided by a process of law, it is Receipts. supposed, whether the innocent purchaser, who has From state taxes of different years $94.447 76 in his possession the certiticales, which have been From the bank tax 1 11,735 53 uniformly taken to be evidence of the payment or se- Principal and interest on notes and bonds 10,371 72 curity of duties, shall suffer the loss. From county treasurers 24,301 30 PAY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. From the first con- From the attorney general, being fees regress in 1780, inclusive, until the 4th of March, 1795, ceived by him 102 50 senators and representatives received six dollars per Borrowed of banks 20,000 00 diem, and six dollars for every 20 miles travel. Miscellancous 597 33 From the 4th of March, 1793, to the 4th of March, 1796, senators received 7 dollars per diem and 7 dula $295,527,50 lars for every 20 miles travel, and representatives Cash in the treasury, Jan. Ist 1925 23,373 65 only six dollars. From the 4th March, 1796, until the 4th December, 1815, the per diem was six dol 325,107 43 tars, and the mileage six dollars to senators and re- The payments from the treasury dur. presentatives. From the 4th of December, 1815, ing the year amounted to 238,621,23 until 4th March, 1817, each senator and representative received 1500 dollars per annum, with a pro- Cash in treasury Jan. 1, 1926 86,450,25 portional deduction, for absence from any cause but! Among the payments were $20,725, to resund the sickness. The president of the senate pro tempore, principal and interest of money borrowed at 4 per and the speaker of the house, 3000 dollars per annum cent. to pay off the 5 per cent. debts, and $20,077,03 each, from the 4th of March 1817, the compensa- to refund with interest, the above sum of $20,000, tion to inembers of both branches of congress has borrowed ol binka, to pay current expenses. been 8 dollars per diem and 8 dollars for every 20 The treasurer remarks, that there are now no demiles travel. mands on the commonwealth, which bear interest, and those outstanding, not on interest, amount to only MANUFACTURE OF GLASS WARE. A friend has fur- about $15,000. nished us with the following statement of the amount DELAWARE. It appears that the town building, or in value of the glass ware, Bint and window, manu- :o be built, at the entrance of the canal into the river, factured weekly and yearly by the manufactories spe s to be called “Delaware City." A lot of ground cified. It may be interesting to some of our readers, thereon, containing upwards of an acre, was lately and certainly is not a valueless item to those interested sold at the rate of 4,336 dollars per acre. This shews in the manufactures of the country. The glass ma- great confidence in the success of the canal. nufactured in this state maintains, we believe, as The legislature of this state is in session. Charles good a character as most kinds of the imported; and Polk was elected speaker of the senate, and Arnold is generally in use, throughout the states. Naudain speaker of the house of representatives. The manufactories named are the largest in this part of the country at least, if not larger than most MARYLAND. In consequence of the death of Mr. others in the United States. In Pittsburgh, Penn. Roberts, a member elect of the executive council, it there are several glass houses, and if we recollect has been determined that Mr. J. N. Steele of Dorrightly, the n.ost extensive manufactures only about chester county, who had the next highest vote, was $160,000 worth annually-about equal to the estab. duly elected. Mr. R. was deceased at the time of lishment at South Boston, which is second in this bis election. quarter oply to that at Lechmere Point. This latter The affairs of our state begin to have an impror. it will be seen below, manufactures above $200,000 ing appearance. A spirit is abroad to favor the maks worth, and we presume is the most extensive in the ing of roads and canals; and the bill which passed co intry. the senate, almost unanimously, for the political libePer treck. ration of persons held in servitude for conscience-sake, N - Eigland Flint glass dulls. 2,500 dolls. 130.000 } 208,000 has been also passed by the house of delegates 45 to Glass Co. Crown do. 7,000 S South Boston Flint Gias 32 ;* 90 a late disgraceiul part of our constitution is Gus do. Crown do. 166,400 1,500 *The yeas and mays were as follows: Affirmative. Messrs. Semmes, (speaker), Kilgour, 8,700 Millard, Hawkins, Gough, Welch, Boon, Wickes, There are in this state several other gluss manusac- Mascy, Csiep, Beckett, Brooke, Dalrymple, Smith, tories of legs extent than the above. Those are all Chapman, Rogers in, Edelen, Worthington, McCulof them within about a mile of State street. Of those loch, Spencer, Millis, Teackle, Eccleston, Beall, Duin the interior we have but little information. The vall, Barrette, Stevens, Sudler, Cockey, Barnes, Sap. Flint Glass Company at Sandwich, makes annually pington, Farquhar, Williams, llall, Howard, Tyson, about $64,000 worth; the Phenix tint glass coinpany, Kennedy, Landsdale, Lee, Hughes, Wilson, Perry, $18,200; the Chelmsford crown glass, $31,200. Reid, Blair, Armstrong-45. (Bost. Slatesman. Negalive--Messrs. Harris, Gannt, Linthicum, Gar. MASSACIIVSETTS. Mr. John Tileston is living atner, Shower, Turner, Goldsborough, Banning, E. Boston, ayed 92. For the period of 72 years he had Jones, B. I. Jones, Enpalls, Brougham, Douglass, been a teacher in one of the public schools. Though Thomas, Grubb, Gilpin, Harlan, Ridout, Speed, for six years out of employment, because of his great Ridgaway, Horper, Hooper, Parker, Mitchel, J. age and itirmities, his salary is still paid by the city Montgomery, Polter, Keene, Saulsbury, Hughlet, as heretofore. Merrick, Kershacr, Jacques, jr.---32. Pot year 1,500 1,200 2000 02 000 104 000 452.100 RECEIPTS. 6 abolished, and Jerrs are freemen. It is probable, also, MARYLAND FINANCES. General statement of receipts that something efficient will be done for the promo- and expenditures during the year ending ist December, tion of education, which is exceedingly wanted. Be-1 1825. sides, we have a very excellent governor and executive council lately elected; and, what is really surprising, one of the last has been taken from the city Direct tascs or Baltimore-this great "republican” city, contain. Interest account $10,786 90 ing about one fourth 991 21 the whole free population of Money loaned to Charlotte Hall school the state, being the first, I believe, that ever was ap: Stock loaned to Potomac company 160 00 pointed by the "republican” party, long as it has had 1,800 00 Mopies refunded the ascendancy in Maryland, and mainly through the 266 97 exertions of the people of Baltimore! Surely, we seem Fines and forseitures Amerciaments 1,443 44 about to commence a new ara! And, indeed, it is Marriage licenses 2,640 87 time that we should, for our state has been “advanc- Ordinary and retailers' licenses 7,805 88 ing backward" for a long while-getting "one day Retailers' licenses 29,751 17 older and two days worse," as the saying is. 5,419 42 Licenses to retailers of spirituous liquors at horse races 84,91 to proceed to the legislatures of Pennsylvania, New Licenses to retailers of dry goods 621,86 Jersey and Delaware, to bring about some remedy for Licenses to vend merchandise by whole 6,516 93 the alleged protection which run-away slaves meet sale with in those stales. 94 00 Baltimore still goes op rapidly to improve, in every Taxes on proceedings in chancery Licenses to dealers in lottery tickets 3,200 00 respect. Capital and credii were never more firmly Taxes on billiard tables 1,050 94 established than they are now-very many valuable Taxes on certain officers 188 00 buildings were erected last year, and a large number Dividends on bank stock 1,136 45 will be put up in the present. Our population is in- Dividends on road stork 25,991 00 creasing, and there are not many vacant tenements. Dividends on United States stock 590 00 Among the new establishments is that of the Mary; Composition on escheats and vacant lands 1,317 67 12,058 84 land Institute for the promotion of the mechanic arts," 1,500 00 which already consists of more than three hundred Receipts from the medical university members, who, as individuals, are among the most State lotteries Ditto from the penitentiary 1,397 36 etilcient of our citizens; and ihat it will be pushed Duties on inspected tobaceo 29,753 27 on to the success which it is hoped for, there cannot be From the United States-reimbursement 28,653 39 a doubt. Great good to the rising generation is expected from it, and it will be devoted to the encou- From the Eastern shore treasury of exchanged 6 per cent stock of 1812 133 717 83 ragement of useful talents wherever found. 39,459 64 Balance in the Western shore treasury, Quarterly returns of inspections at Baltimore1,215 large casks, and 13,222 barrels, domestic distil. Over-payments on sundry accounts, viz: 1st December, 1824, 71,689 01 led liquors; 1,604 casks oil and molasses; 3,374 kegs For marriage licenses butter and 2,537 of lard; 1,714 bbls. beef; 2,469 do. $15 pork; 175,741 bbls. and 8.383 | bbls. wheat flour; 99 Ordinary licenses 4 25 Retailers licenses 5 69 rye do.557 casks corn meal; 7,273 bbls. and 758 bbls. mackerel; 5,117 herrings; 1,317 hhds flaxseed, &c. The real actual funded debt of the city of Balti $441,083 97 more, on the first inst was $399,432 38, deducting 59.487 92 in the hands of the commissioners of the EXPENDITURES. sinking fund; and there was on that day $19,079 95 Colleges, academies and schools $10,599 98 in the treasury subject, however, in part, to the pay- Land office department 30 90 ment of current expenses. It is unofficially ascer- Legislative department 642 00 tained that there are 1,524 one story, 7,183 two story, Miscellaneous 14,84! 49 1,608 three story, and' 101 four story houses in this Civil list 10,619 84 city-in all 10,416. Judiciary department 34,364 50 Quantity of flour inspected in Baltimore in the Half pay to officers and soldiers 15.436 36 years 1824 and 1825. The hospital 5,900 00 1924. 1825. Indian annuities 146,66 Wheat flour, bbls. 629,568 497,311 7,999 60 104 50 Rye flour, bbls. 5,770 2,929 Thomas Kennedy, agent 450 00 Corn meal casks, 6,616 7,019 Richard Harwood, or Thomas 375 00 Expense of state warehouses 9,850 00 562,618 532,767 The Washington monument 17,753 27 Amount of auction duties received, and of the ex. Interest on 5 per cent stock of 1822 2,166 67 pense of deepening and preserving the harbor, for Interest on University 5 per cent. stock the last five years, viz: of 1822 1,500 00 riz: 1,397 20 lor 1921, $16.514 99 For 1821, $20,202 60 Journal of accounts 42,617 82 1922, 18,572 04 1822, 31,040 63 Farmers' bank of Maryland, for so much 1923, 22,054 43 1823, 30,483 62 5 per cent. stock or 1822, cancelled 80,000 00 1824, 22,731 03 1824, 22,339 82 Bank of Baltimore, so much invested in 1825, 20,927 18 67,800 00 124,993 85 10,000 00 [The auction duties appear to have been allowed Balance in the Western shore treasury, to the city for the purpose of preserving the harbor-- 1st December, 1825, 106,459 07 which is a basin continually receiving deposites from the surrounding bills.) $441,083 97 VIRGINIA. “The Republican," of the thrifty town minority in the senate have publicly addressed the of Petersburg, Va is a very large sheel-yet that pa people, shewing the failure of their efforts to bring per, of the 9th uit. had twenty-six beavy columns, about the adoption of any measure which might have out of the 28 which it contained, Alled with adver- restored peace and prosperity to their constituents: tisements--presenting an appearance of prosperity things must remain as they are, and get along as weli equal to the industry of the editors to deserve it. as they can, for another year, and then, we do sin On the appointment of a public printer to the le- cerely hope, that this long continued wor in Kengi-latare of this state, the result was, that Mr. Ritchie lucky, of deblor against creditor, for such in reality it had 22 votes more than Mr. Pleasants, one of the edi- was, or is, will be terminated; and this state, one of tors of the "Whig." the finest portions of the earth, resume its march In the Virginia house of delegates, on Wednesday 1 of improvement and to power. Its mad politics, last week, a bill providing more effectually for the horever, may serve as an awful lesson for the peoestablishment of a public library, was passed, by a ple of other states, to profit by observing. The will vote of 99 to 70. A resolution was introduced, in- of the citizens of Kentucky has been completely destructing the committee for courts of justice to in- feated, by the executive and a small majority in the quire into the expediency of amending the act to senate. What has become of the mueh talked-of suppress duelling. so far as to remove all doubt as to "right of instruction?" never was a case more clearthe application of said act. ly made out by an election, than that the people of Kentucky desired to be relieved of their relier laws, GEORGIA. The legislature of this state has ad. and all things that grew out of them. journed. A law has passed for districting the state for the election of members of congress. Mr. Pol- ILLINOIS. The present population of this state, ashill's resolutions, offered as in opposition to those of certained by a census just taken, is 67,656—by the gen. Harden. shall have a place hereafter, that the United States cepsus in 1820, it was 53,788; increase tuo views of tho case may he presented--but neither in 5 years 13,863, or at the rate of twenty-five per set of resolutions was acted upon. At the close cent. This new state does not increase so rapidly as of the session, Mr. Lumpkin offered a resolution, was expected. which was not taken up, charging the president of the United States with aiming a deadly blow at the NICHIGAN. A quantity of oysters were lately re: very existence of our representative system,” be- ceived at Deiroit — in good condition." cause that he had accepted the invitation to meet ibe The white fish of the lakes promise to become, congress to be held at Panama; and recommending indeed now are, a valuable article for export from "general Andrew Jackson for the president of the Detroit. They are worth 6 or 7 dollars a barrel. Uited States, over the present incumbent." This last resolution, though neither was considered by the GREAT BRITAIN AND BRAZIL. A paper forwarded house, may be received as an intimation that Mr us by our correspondent at Rio Janeiro, publishes, Crawford will not again be brought forward for the though not officially, this treaty which is said to have presidency been signed at Rio on the 18th of Oct. last. Among the acts of the legislature was one for erect- The king of England acknowledges the indepening a board of public works, and providing for the dence of Brazil, and the imperial dignity in the percommencement of a system of internal improvement; son of the emperor Don Pedro Ist. and his legitimate the act authorising a canal from the Savannah river heirs and successors. The treaty promises perpetuto the Alatamaha; the act incorporating the Mexico al peace and amity; and provides for the appointAtlantic con.pang; the act to lay out a central canal ment of consuls; grants the most perfect liberty of or rail-way, through the state; the act extending the conscience to subjects of each state, and all priviletime to fortunate drawers in the land lotteries of ges granted to those of the most favored nations; pro1818, 1819 and 1821; the act incorporating the Ma-hibits the reception into either country of desertery con bank; the act granting banking privileges to the or trailors from the other; grants reciprocal liberty Fire and Marine Insurance Company of Savannah; of commerce and navigation between the subjects the art to regulate the licensing of physicians to prac- of both, either in Brazilian or British vessels, in all tice physic in the state. poris, cities and territories of each, except those Five new counties were made in the late session- which are positively prohibited to any foreign nation the whole number now is sixty-five. --and to establish stores, &c. &c. The treaty reFranklin college is very flouri-hing-the present quires that each British and Brazilian ressel shall have students are 27 seniors, 18 juniors, 33 sophomores, the captain and three-fourths of the crew natives of and 17 freshmen-in all 100; 21 of whom are from their respeotive countries; and forbids commerce other states. only in articles the property of enemies, contraband The Georgia Journal,"speaking of the treasırer's or reserved by the crown of Brazil. Provision is bond, gives the following estimates of values--ne- made for the establishment of packets between the groes $399 per head; sea island $10 per acre; swamp two countries, for warehousing goods not admitted, land $i; Ist quality oak and hi«kory land $10; 2nd for the equal allowance of established bounties and quality ditto »3; 3rd quality ditto $1 50; pine land drawbacks to ships of both nations, and for a free sale 26 ceuls. of English goods to customers of all descriptions in Brazil, without regard to particular companies, exOnio. It is stated that the Miami canal has been cept in cases where all commerce is placed under contracted for, to the distance of forty-eight miles, the same restrictions. .N. Y. D. Adv. for $358,984, including twelve locks. This is the most difficult part of the work--the remaining por- BritisI NAVY. By an oflicial list for October, the tion is now under contract for $82,518. The whole British navy consisted of 578 vessels—123 of the line, work will cost $27,252 less than the original esti- 172 frigates, the residue sloops, brige, cutlers, &c. Those in commission amounted to 179--of which il were stationed in Great Britain and Ireland. The KENTUCKT. The legislature of this state has ad- other distribution:-) Lisbon 5--Mediterranean 1.4 journed without doing any thing to still the "throes --West Indies 20-Halifax, &c. S--South-America and conviil-sons" of public opinion, which have so 18-coast of Africa S--cape of Good Hope 6-Eastlong agitate:l the people, and grievously retarded the Indics 13-on particular service 10.-builling-) sopivad of population and wealth in this state. Tholthree deckers, s two dockers, 31 large frigates, 6 mate. FOREIGN NEWS. small do. 9 large sloops, and 33 small do. The fol-1, Germany. The Bavarian army is about to be relowing are the admirals, &c. in commission: ad- duced from 40.000 men to 20,000, or perhaps 15,000. miral sir George Martin, admiral sir J. Saumarez, Nothing can more strongly prove the confidence of vice-admiral sir Richard Monson, vice-admiral Plam- the continental powers in the duration of peace. pin, vice-admiral lord A. Beauclerk, vice-adiniral sir Turkey. A great branch of the revenue of Turkey Harry Neale, vice-ad:niral sir L. W. Halstead. Rear- arose from the capitation act, or literally, the annual admiral W T. Lake, rear-admiral sir George Eyre, ransom which was paid by its Christian subjects for rear admiral Bingham, and commanders Bullus and the privilege of wearing iheir heads a year longer. Christian. So ample a source of wealth was this, that it has more than once been the only argument which has preventTO MR. JEFFERSON, who has, like Cincinnatus, laid ed a general massacre of the Christians in Turkey. aside the insignia of office only to engage in other The probability now is, that if the Greeks are sublabors of usefulness, the state of Virginia owes a dued, great numbers of them will be transferred to debt of gratitude which it will never be able to pay. Egypt, to serve there as slaves. Great and splendid as has been his political career Greece. The Turks were still before Missolonghi. proud as were his triumphs and useful as were his The Greeks occupied the defiles by which they might acts, even their remembrance may fail in the lapse retreat, and were harrassing them. Torahim was of years and in the progress of generations—But, yet waiting the reinforcement from Egypt. The ins in the university of Virginia he has erected a monu- surrection in Candia does not appear general, and, ment, whose never ceasing usefulness will perpetuate indeed, seems to have been nearly suppressed.' Brihis na'ne and memory, and embalo them in the hearts tish vessels of war, at the request of the senate of and affections of posterity, to the latest era of time. Hydra, had gone in pursuit ol two Greek piratical (Virginiun. vessels. The Greeks are very much confined within the walls of Napoli di Romania, and Ibrahim has threatened that he will carry it by storm, and put all From London papers of the 26th Nov. found therein to death, unless it is surrendered preGreat Britain and Irelanı. 'The Greek brig of war, vious to the arrival of the troops from Egypt. There eapt. Miaulis, which lately visited England, in the is a report, which does not at all appear probable, hope of obtaining the protection of that government, that the Greeks had met and defeated and dispersed was wrecked on the morning of the 11th of Novem- the squadron from Alexandria. It rather appears ber, at Alderney. She had a valuable cargo, which that they had collected their forces to defend themwas plundered by the inhabitants on the coast.-selves. Colocotroni had received some supplies or "Evet, a young man of great respectability, carried money for his troops, and appeared resolved yet to off a pocket full of spoons, a silver mounted sabre, win the independence of his country. &c. women took whole pieces of goods, &c! One Letters from Syra state, that the pacha of Exypt Greek exciaimed--Oh that I had been cast among had sent a letter to the Hydriolcs, stating that, in conthe Turks; I there should have expected death and sequence of their attempting to destroy his fleet bemet it; bui here, among Christians, I expected charity Sore bis eyes, he had sworn to destroy their island. and protection, and have met with plunder and In consequence of this menace, great preparations abuse.'' for defence were making at Hydra, where furty-five A mechanic's institute has been formed in Bristol; ships were equipped for service. the first lecture was delivered, before about two hun- 'The Greeks lately sunk a British merchant ressel of dred mechanics. It is mentioned that 100 mechanics Candia, because they were fired upon by some Turks have subser bed to it, paying 2s. 6d. per quarter. who were on board of her. A single Turk and three There has been a great pressure in the London of the sailors were only saved. She had 600,000 comoney market and the stocks had fluctuated trco per lonatis, (we do not know the value of this money), ocnt. on board, for Ibrahim pacha, and the Greeks did not Cottons were yet declining in price at Liverpool. know it till after she had gone down. The market was very dull. Orleans 7 to 10; Alaba The plague is said to be raging among the Egjpma 74 to 8 }; boweds 74 to 10, &c. tians in the Morea. France. The enormous sum of eighteen millions East hadres. It is stated that the Chinese have re. four hundred thousand francs is paid annually to the fused to assist the Siamese by arms, but have offered city of Paris for the privilege of keeping public gam- to mediate between diem and the English. The last ing houses, which, says a Paris paper, is a larger are losing great numbers of their troops by sickness. aniount than is received by all the collectors of ihe It is said that ope whole corps was in the hospital: -direct taxes in the capital. and that a fresh army will be required! Spain The following is a passage in a note deliver- On the 14th July last, there was a terrible irruped by the papal nuncio at Madrid, on the subject of tion of the volcano Goyton, in the island of Java; the inquisition: seven hundred thousand coffee trees were destroyed “The motive which had induced the holy see to and five hundred thousand damaged. consent to the re-establishment of the inquisition no Africa. A Portuguese schooner of ninety lons, has longer existing, this establishment becomes null and lately been captured by the British, that had troo liunwithout effect; and, besides, his holiness considering ured and eighty.four slaves on board! Their condi. it impolitic, ander present circumstances, because tion was horrible. When lying down, they must the effervescence of the passions, added to human have been slowed one over the other! This dampaweakness, might sometimes render the tribunal of ble trade prospers exceedingly. The day of reckonthe inquisition hurtful in the hands of parties, by ing will come. It is as certain as that "God is just;** turning it aside from the holy and primitive object of and, as Mr. Jefferson says, many should "trembles that inquisition, and thus rendering it more odious when they think that He is so. than profitable." Brazil. The people of the province of Ceara are It is added, that the pope has also declared, that, suffering dreadfully by famine--and yet other parts if Spain shall not specdily reduce or come to some of Brazil are abundantly supplied with provisions. understanding with her late colonies in America, that they are abandoning the province. the interests of religion will require him to recog- Chihuahua. Mr. de Escudero, deputy from the nize the bishops, &c. chosen in the new governments. provincial congress of Chihuahua, and now at WashSpain is in a state which warrauts a hope that "any ington, has been admitted into the halls of congress, change must be for the better? as other public functionaries are. ) ) |