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their homes, and prosecuted the witnesses, who London, above 400 miles. Hear his answer:-We were both transported, for perjury to Botany Bay. do not "pretend to have any charge against you; I now hoped to enjoy with my family that peace but we know your power, and suspect your inclinawhich innocence has always a right to expect. I tion; had my advice been taken, you should not was cruelly deceived. An unsigned, unsworn-to have been brought to trial in Cork. My opinion paper was sent up to the grand jury on the 17th was, that you should have been kept in confineday of the assizes, when two of the judges had leftment under the suspension of the habeas corpus the county; and a bill of indictment was found act; and it now appears I was right." Well, that against me for high treason. On this paper I was afternoon, about 2 o,clock, I was obliged to set off arrested and flung into prison, where, in a dungeon back again towards London, where we arrived on nine feet square, filthy beyond description, I lay rot- the fourth morning, having been forced to perform ting for seven months, never having felt the influ journies of nearly 1200 miles, and cross the Irish ence of the sun, nor been breathed on by the air, sea three times in thirteen days and nights: during during the whole time; at the end of which I was the whole of which time I never was permitted to conveyed from this dungeon to the court, to go take off my clothes, nor to lay down for more than through a "trial," upon charges of every species of seven hours! I was kept in custody at the house of treason and rebellion. Two witnesses were brought Mr. Sylvester, till my brother's acquittal at Maidup under a strong military guard. They were stone, when we were both taken to Dublin, where sworn. What did they depose? That they knew we were lodged in the same prison room, on the nothing of me; that one of these papers was writ- 2d of June, 1798. In July, a special commission ten without the knowledge of the witnesses; that was opened in Dublin for the trial of all those when it was read to him, he declared it to be false, against whom any charges had been exhibited; and refused to swear to it; that he was offered amongst whom, neither my brother nor I were. 3001. a year to swear to it, and threatened to be Three had been executed. Mr. Byrne, a relation instantly shot if he persisted in his refusal, and he of the marchioness of Buckingham, was condemned, did persist. The other witness swore, that what and was to be executed on the 24th of July. On was called his information was all written down Sunday, the 22d, some negociation was set on foot in without consulting him; that when he refused to a way never yet ascertained, between the governsign it, he was threatened to be hanged; and that, ment and some of the state prisoners in Dublin, of at length, he was prevailed on to put his name to it, which, it appears, that neither my brother nor I had on his receving an assurance that it never was to ap- any intimation till Tuesday, when Mr. Dobbs and pear, and that it was only a matter of form. I was the sheriff of Dublin entered our apartment, and acquitted instantly. All the people, all the military, showed us a paper, purporting to be an acquiesexpressed their joy; the judge trembled; he was cence, on the part of seventy three of the prisoners seen stretching out his imploring arms from the to give information of any arms, ammunition, and bench to me, in the dock, amongst robbers and plans of warfare; and to emigrate on condition of murderers; he was heard to cry to me for mercy a general amnesty: and of pardon for Mr. Byrne, to protect him; and I did protect him: not a hair who was to die that day; and for Mr. Oliver Bond, of his head was touched. who was at that moment on his trial, if he should be condemned. My brother and I declined entering into any agreement. Mr Byrne was ordered for instant execution, which instantly took place; Mr. Bond was to die on Friday. We heard no more of the paper till Thursday evening late; when the same Mr. Dobbs, accompanied by Mr. Samuel Ne!son, one of the prisoners from another of the pri sons, came to that where my brother and I lay. All the prisoners were called together; Mr. Dobbs produced a letter he had just received from Mr. Cooke, stating, "that if my brother and I would enter into a treaty with the government, by which we should engage to give every information in our power to all matters relating to the rebellion, and particularly our relations with foreign states there should be a general amnesty; Mr. Bond should be

On my being released, I did not return even to my house; I did not even take one day's repose. No, my beloved brother was a prisoner at Maidstone; he is one year younger than I am; we were reared and educated together; never one day or night apart for 18 years. The thought of him banished every other idea from my mind; I set off to him that very night, and arrived in London in four days, as quickly as I could travel. I wrote to the duke of Portland for permission to be admitted to my brother; I received his answer at five o'clock next morning, by four king's messengers, with a war rant to arrest me; and from my bed I was taken to the house of Mr. Sylvester, and that evening I was taken off for Ireland. We landed about ten miles from Dublin, at night; I saved Mr. Sylvester and the Bow-street constable, my companion, from a watery grave, and conducted them safe to Dublin, *I well remember, I never can forget, the meeting where we arrived at three o'clock in the morning. at Maidstone between Roger and Arthur 0, Connor. I now, for the first time since I left London, lay They had not seen each other for very many months down, and had not been in my bed more than three in the interval they had both been imprisoned and hours, when Mr. Sylvester awaked me, to tell me, their lives put in jeopardy. Under what circumthat another king's messenger had that moment ar-stances did they meet!! Roger was a state prisonrived from the duke of Portland, to take me back er in the custody of a king's messenger, Arthur was instantly to London. This was about 7 o'clock in in the dock about to be tried for high treason! I the morning; about 12, Mr. Sylvester informed me, stood in the dock on the right hand of Arthur that Mr. Cooke desired to see me at the castle. O'Connor, the court had not yet taken their seats. Mark the instability of fortune. Behold O'Connor I heard a noise on my right and saw a dignified brought by a constable, to have the liberty of being and commanding looking man enter the bar. "It admitted in the presence of Mr. Edward Cooke! I is my brother" said Arthur in a voice almost suffodid see him; the interview was not of long dura-cated by feeling. Roger andvanced to the dock, tion; the conversation was not of many words, but Arthur grasped him by the hand; they were not it is important. I asked him the meaning of these permitted to interchange a word; the big tears rol, proceedings; what post-haste treason I had commit-led down their manly checks, they pressed each ied in the four days that I travelled from Cork to others hands and parted. Dem. Press.

pardoned, and we should be permitted to emigratediately became my security. There I lived for one to any country, not at war with England; but that year, when the treaty of Amiens taking place, I was if we persisted in our refusal, military commissions desirous of ruturning to my own country, and apshould be issued in the north, for the trial of the plied to sir Richard Ford, the magistrate, before prisoners there, the courts should proceed in Dublin, whom I acknowledged the recognizance, to get it and the yeomanry should remain on active duty." up. In vain After many fruitless efforts he at We both refused. We said, if there are any charges length informed me, that it was determined never against us, proceed upon them. Why proceed to give it up, as long as I retained the power of livagai st others, because we will not enter into any ing in the South of Ireland. I judged it better to negociations? We went to our own rooms, whi part with Connorville than to be shut out from my ther Mr. Dobbs presently came. He represented to country. I got a passport to Ireland, and, on the us the dreadful scenes of slaughter and devastation 1st of May 1803, I let a lease forever, of the place of that would follow close upon our declaration. It my earliest days. Whereupon, I got up my recogappears that my brother was influenced by these nizance immediately. I purchased, for forty thouconsiderations; and, to save an unarmed people, he sand pounds, from lord Wellesley, the castle and esconsented to sacrifice himself: but I heard these tate of Dungan, within a few miles of Dublin, where proposals and thres with a very different ear. My I have resided with my family ever since, coming answer was that I set at defiance all their machiations over occasionally to visit sir Francis Burdett and a —that I was read, to meet any charge that could be few other friends in England, where, though I have brought against me; but that I never would enter estates, I have never been known, directly or indiinto any agreement with the castle of Dublin during rectly, to interfere with any concerns of the counm, life Nothing now was left unattempted to in try; I never attended a public meeting or a public duce me by every fair promise, or to intimi late me dinner; though I have many friends, I seldom ass0by the most alarming threats, to sign this agreeciate with any one but sir Francis Burdett and his ment. All were unavailing. At length Mr. Mars- family. My fortune is ample; and neither I, nor den came, as if secretly, and as a friend, to let me any one of my family ever ate one morsel that was know what, by chance, he had heard at the castle. not produced from our own estates. We never recei That i was determined to seize my estate, if I did ved any of the people's money in the shape of pen. not comply. My answer, was, that I was prepared sions and places: nor was any man's meal or comagainst every thing, that I was absolute never to forts ever diminished by one of us. Surely, then, comply. I must be a most disloyal traitor! In fine, many, ve◄ In consequence of which, orders were dispatch-ry many of the people of Ireland love me; the mili ed to the officer commanding at Bandon, to send tia was attached to me. I surrendered on the sodetachments of horse and foot to take possession of lemn faith of a proclamation, which faith, towards my house, which they did, to the amount of be- me, was broken; I protected captain Roche; I de tween 2 and 300 men; they expeiled four of my infant fended the judge; I saved Mr. Sylvester, and the children, and my servants; the officers broke open Bow- street constable. There is no kind of place my cellars, and drank all my wine; they ordered that has not been my prison; my own house, camps, the men to kill my sheep and oxen, on which the guard-houses, taverns and hotels, castles, wherries, whole party subsisted; they converted my iron gates packet-boats, messengers' houses, court-houses, into shoes for their horses: they made firing of win-bridewells, states prisons (as they are called) tendows, doors and frames of the house and offices; ders, garrisons, palaces; and as a prisoner, have I burned all my farming utensils, destroyed my gar- travelled about from my own house in the south, to dens and the wall trees, the hot-house, and all the Carrickfergus, in the north of Ireland; from the plants; turned all their horses out into young plan- western extremity of Wales, to Maidstone, nearly tations which were all ruined; stole every thing the western extremity of England; from Dublin to moveable; and committed every species of devas- Fort St. George in Scotland, within 40 miles of Jno. tation, for eight or nine weeks, that they remained O'Grot's house, to London.In mail- coches, hackthere, for which I never received one penny as re-ney-coaches, post carriages, and carts; on foot and muneration, from that day to this. After this visi- on horseback; and all because (for I know of no tation, it was again required of me to sign the paper. other cause) that, ten yeas before the French revoMy answer was always the same. Still I was kept a prisoner; and when those who had entered into the agreement were sent to Scotland, I was forced, by Justice Atkinson, and a company of Bucking hamshire militia, at the very point of the bayonet into a coach, conveyed on board a tender, and conducted to Fort George, in which military On the whole, then, let the people of England, garrison I was kept for a year and ten months, where now that they are in possession of their sober senses, by the lenient treatment I received, I lost the use of decide between my accusers and me, whether the my limbs, and was reduced to the very verge of laws were infringed by ME, who have gone through life; at the end of which time I was brought to Lon- every ordeal; who have always courted investigadon, and let go on the 24th of January 1801, upon tion and enquiry; who for years never ceased to dea dreadful recognizance to some immense amount, mand trial; or by them who sought the protection not to return to Ireland, and to reside in such part of a bill of indemnity, passed by an assembly of of England, as the king of England should from which they themselves made a part. time to time appoint, (and Middlesex was named) during the then war. I took a house at Southgate, in Middlesex, where I resided for half a year; but having no land there, I looked out for a place with lar, to occupy my time. I found one to suit me at E stree. As I was a stranger, and as the rent amnun ed to 5001. a year, I applied to my old friend and companion, sir Francis Burdett, who imme.

lution, I saw the absolute necessity of a refores in the commons of Ireland, which was acknowledged afterwards by the factions of England and Ireland; and because I would not consent to a legislative union, which I regarded as equally ruinous to both parts of the kingdom.

Foreign Articles.

ENGLAND, &c.

It was publicly known in England that lord Cochrane with large supplies of arms, &c. was about to leave that country for South America.

The "Wheal Sparnon" tin and copper mine, after

a suspension of two years, is again worked It is bulls. As the former has a stock to sell, they seek m ntioned as the only mine in Great Britain that by every species of bad news, to create a fall. The has pro luced any considerable quantity of cobalt-latter being obliged to accept stock, endeavour to one stone was taken from it that weighed 1333lbs. raise the price, that they may sell it immediately Persons at Liverpool interested in the importa- without loss, and even with advantage. There are tion of cotton from India, have sent different seeds frequently some stockjobbers who do not fulfil their there to improve the quality, The price of cotton engagements, and who are called by the singular in India, is about 8d. per lb-300 lbs. are compres name of Lame Ducks. These persons are only sed into a bale of 9 cubit feet for exportation. banished from the exchange; they still act as stockThe price of labor in India does not exceed two brokers. If they can subsequently settle with their cents per man a day. creditors, they may return to the stock exchange.

A letter from Liverpool, of Sept. 2, says-cotton twist is actually becoming an article of exportation from hence to India.

A committee of the house of commons has made a second report, of the most decisive character, upon the police of London. It recommends the abolition of the system of parliamentary rewards for the apprehension and conviction of felons, commonly called Blood Money, which has lately excited so much horror. The money, thus expended in 1815, amounted to 18,000 pounds!

An experiment was made on the 12th Sept. on board the ship Wellesley, of a newly invented sy phon, which is intended to water ships from a tank vessel, instead of pumping. The instrument is two feet and a half in diameter, and it discharges hourly 20 tons and half; which was considered a most satisfactory proof of its efficacious power.

Typhus fever is carying off many of the poor, at .Liverpool.

The new crop of wheat is pronounced excellent and American 3our in England had fallen to 42s. per. bbl.

Stocks, Sept. 16. 3 per cents 79 1-2. 2.159 persons embarked at Belfast for the United States, from the 17th of March to the 21st of August of the present year.

The prevailing fever has become very alarming at Armagh, and in Derry.

American flour at Dublin is in demand, at 58s. It is officially notified that the bank of England would pay specie for all its notes dated prior to the 1st of January 1817, on the 1st of October.

The prince regent has given to the duke of Wellington the colossal statue of Bonaparte.

Accounts from Bengal to the 21st May state that since the fall of Hattrass, the British troops had taken eleven other forts, which had left the ene my's country at the entire mercy of the British.

By an order from the British war office, it appears that pensions granted for wounds received subsequently to the 24th of June 1817, are not to increase with rank.

SCOTS AND IRISH-From a Dublin paper.-It ap pears from sir John Sinclair's report, that Scotland possesses only 1,804,864 souls, or about one third part of the supposed population of Ireland, and yet, in the year 1813, (the period at which the report was completed,) the people paid 4,204,0971, 78. 9d. of net revenue, exclusively of the expense of management and drawbacks. This comparatively immense sum amounts to within about half a mil lion of the net revenue of Ireland, and it exhibits, most clearly, this important fact, namely, that the people of Scotland are able to bear a rate of taxation exceeding that of Ireland in the proportion of three to one, or in plain language, a Scotsman pays three pounds to the state for every one paid by an Irishman: and, by the same rule, Ireland, instead of paying 4,822,264 13s. 11 1-2d. of net revenue, which was the amount in the year 1813, ought, on this account alone, to afford 14,466,7931. Is. 10 1-2d annually, without burthening the people more heavily than they are in Scotland. But Ireland enjoys local advantages superior to those of Caledonia, in as far as her soil and climate are more favorable to the productions of the earth. But, in comparing the circumstances of the two countries, there is another consideration of the utmost importance that bears upon the question. The total extent of Scotland includes nearly nineteen millions of English acres, of which only 5,033,050 are fully or partially culti vated. The total extent of Ireland may be estimated at more than twenty millions of English acres, of which 15,000,000 are, fully or partially cultivated. Here we find that the people of the latter country have the superiority over those of the former, in the proportion of nearly three to one, in all that relates to the products of the soil, which are, in fact, the primary source of national wealth.

PAROCHIAL CLERGY-From the London Monthly clergy of England and Wales have been stated at Magazine.-The annual revenues of the parochial 2,557,000. But it must be remembered, that these revenues arise as well from glebe and augmentaThe Americans (says a late London paper) have kind or by composition, which, on each parish, can tion lands, with surplice fees, as from tithes in reduced their naval force upon the lakes, to the same scarcely be estimated on the average under 40%. per scale as ours; but the exertions with which they are annum, which, according to the number of 10,649 pacutting roads in the directions of those waters, fel-rochial benefices, will amount to nearly 526,0004; ling timber, and preparing it as knees, bends, &c. for vessels of war, are circumstances which excite

Some attention.

which being deducted from the gross revenue of the parochial clergy, will leave 2,031,000! as the actual receipt from the tithes in their possession Stock exchange phrases.-The following is an ex. The impropriations are usually estimated at 3,845 in planation of the singular terins used in the stock number, and of these about one-third belong to the exchange of London:-A bull is a stock holder, who bishops, dignified clergy and two universities; and has contracted to take, at a certain time, a large the other two-thirds to the lay impropriators: and quantity of stock, which he has neither the intention the laity are also lessecs of the one-third belonging nor power of paying; and who finds himself in con- to the superior clergy and universities. The col. sequence, obliged to sell it at a profit or a loss, to lective income of which impropriations from tithes honor his engagements at that period. A bear is, alone, at this time may be taken at 1,538,0001. per on the contrary, a stockjobber who has promised to annum. It appears, then, that the total receipt deliver a large quantity of stocks, which he has not, from the tithes in the possession of the parochial and which he is obliged to purchase at a profit or clergy, and impropriators, whether paid in kind or loss, for the purpose of fulfilling his obligation. It accounted for by composition, amounts to 3,569,000%. may thus be seen that the bears are enemies to the per annum: which, in proportion to that part of

ITALY.

The present population of Rome is 131,356-in 1816, 127,997.

NETHERLANDS.

the agricultural lands in the kingdom, subject to the payment of tithes, namely, 28,000,000, and valued or rented at 15s. 20s. or 25s. per statute acre, will be under 3s. 5d. in the pound at 15s. per acre, a little above 2s. 6d. in the pound at 20s. per acre, We have very distressing accounts of the state and a little above 28. in the pound at 25s. per acre. of the German emigrants attempting to reach the Translated for the Columbian.—A German jour- United States through the ports of the Netherlands. nalist in the conclusion of his observations on the One ship with 500 on board, after being a considersuspension of the habeas corpus act in England--able time at sea, was forced back,-60 had died on says, "Tacitus remarks very correctly, that spies board of her while she was out. In another preand secret denunciations announce the fall of em-pared to sail, a destructive epedemic had broken pires. External splendor cannot impose on us; it out, and carried off many persons. There were is merely found where the people have ceased to be 700 at the Texel engaged to go to Philadelphia, but prevented by the want of means, and in great "The proud fleets of England may ride in tridistress, &c. Two vessels, crammed with these umph on every sea; their flag may wave on the unfortunate people, touched at St. Michael's, one of Ganges and on the high rocks of Malta and Gibral- the Azores, for supplies-one of them a Dutch brig tar-the spirit of the great Chatham dwells not in bad been out ninety-one days-during which she his successors, and it is spirit alone that constitutes had lost 40 passengers-the other had 400 on board, but they were tolerably healthy.

virtuous.

life.

"Before Augustus could establish his rule, the people had been accustomed to the sway of indivi duals. Let the Britons be once accustomed to the absence of their palladium, and it will not require a century to bury its memory in oblivion.”

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Messrs. Comte and Dunoger, joint authors of the work entitled La Censeur European, have been condemned to a year's imprisonment, and a fine of 3000 francs each, for publishing the "Manuscript transmitted from St. Helena!"

The picture of David representing Cupid and Psyche, has been purchased by the Count of Som. mariva, for 30,000 francs.

The person who pretends to the throne of France, as the son of Louis the 16th, at least performs his part well, and appears to have excited much sen sation in France. He is well supplied with money and lavishes it freely, demanding with great earnestness an interview with the duchess of Angoulome, or a public trial, to produce conviction that he is the true king of France His pretensions have been considerably encouraged-but he is arrested, and will no doubt be confined in some secret place for life, if there is the shadow of a prospect that he really is what he pretends to be-another "iron mask."

Stocks-Sept 14, 3 per cents 66f. 65c. Sept. 25, 65f. 85c.

In France, the duke of Feltre had resigned the office of minister of war, and marshal St. Cyr was appointed his successor; count Mole was appoint el secretary of state in the marine department. The widow of couat Penistowski has arrived at New-York.

BONAPARTE.

A London paper says that lord Amherst has duly delivered to the Prince Regent the letter from Bonaparte to his Royal Highness, of which his lordship was the bearer from St. Helena.

SWEDEN.

The interdiction of colonial produce, &c. in Sweden, has not prevented its use, but has raised the price-as it must be smuggled. The drinking of coffee being prohihited, it is now called soup, and eaten with a spoon.

RUSSIA.

The emperor, with more than 100 distinguished persons of his court, lately dined on the quarter deck of vice admiral Crown's ship at Cronstadt." Crown is a Scotchman-and second in command in the Russian navy.

British writers, in many ways, manifest great jealousy at the power of Russia.

The emperor of Russia has transferred the seat of government of Finland (a province wrested from Sweden some years ago) from Abo to Helsingfors which has a commodious harbor in the gulf of Finland.

GERMANY.

Young Napoleon, it is said, when arrived at a proper age, will be created archbishop primate of Ratisbon, and arch chancellor of the Germanic empire.

PRUSSIA.

A school for swimming has been established at Berlin. Each company of the body guards and grenadiers has a swimming master. It requires only 15 days practice to acquire the art, and alrea dy more than a thousand soldiers have learned it.

POLAND.

Prince Radzivil, of Poland, who sometimes unites the elegance of southern taste with the barbarous pomp of Sarmatia, once entered Warsaw in his carriage, drawn by six white bears, taken in his own Lithuanian forests, and completely broken and richly harnessed for the purpose.-London paper.

They write from Poland, that a forester, having heard that a reward of 500 crowns was offered to any person who would kill a wolf which was the terror of the neighborhood, resolved to obtain it. This furious animal, accustomed during the late campaigns, to live upon the dead bodies of soldiers, would not attack the flocks, but used to fly upon the shepherds and devour them. The forester took his child, only about two years old, and fastened it to a tree near his cottage, with a view to attract the animal, while he remained upon the watch with a musket. The wolf came, and was instantly killed;the itant sustained on injury, and the man claimed the reward.-ib.

FLORIDA.

There were eight, large prizes, fully ladened with sugar, coffee, &c. at Amelia. One of them had on

board 1000 boxes of segars that had been made ex- Russian troops, destined to this object, is talked pressly for the use of the "adored" Ferdinand, of, and this last calamity that can befa' those unfor The armed vessels there on the 11th inst. were-tunate regions is confidently anticipated. Aex. the brig American Libra, of 3 guns; and the San pedition of Spanish troops, to the amount of 15 r Joseph, of 6 guns, belonging to the government-20,000, is likewise preparing. [We venture the opiand the private armed vessels American Congress, nion, that unless England is a party in the affair, of 12 guns; the Morgiania, of 18; and the Republi-that she will not permit Russian troops to be sent can of 2;-two others were fitting out. McGregor to Spanish America.] and the infamous Woodbine have arrived at New Providence from Amelia.

[We have rarely seen a more spirited and feeling article than the following-and its glorious me rit is, that the expected attack was made upon Margarita and resisted as promised--to the com. plete discomfiture of the bloody Morillo, and his "adored" king.]

Our latest accounts from this island report, that the civil and military authorities are literally at "daggers points"-being actually in arms against each other. There is an "American party" and a "French party"-Hubbard, as the civil governor, is at the head of the former, and Aury, as command-FROM THE CURRACOA COURANT of 13th September. ing the military, of the other. Battle between Manifesto to an Impartial World.

them was expected-and report adds that Aury, Since God created the universe, or this huge with his fleet, was actually blockading the island. abode of mortals, from which period we reckon an A Com. Champlin was however expected with interval of more than six thousand years, there have four sail, and it was supposed would give the pre-been revolutions which have afflicted it with the ponderance to Hubbard's party. destruction of the human species.

These particulars are fully confirmed-but Venezuela occupies the last page in this dismal the affair at Amelia has lost its interest with us, history. On the 19th April, of the year 1810, she and seems to be nothing else than a semi-piratical tuned the sacred hymn of her emancipation, and business. We should be glad if the United States among remarkable periods, she struggles against force in that quarter was immediately strenghten- the strongest concussions to obtain it. ed.

"SPANISH AMERICA.

Glorious journies-Brilliant and distinguished, conflicts are the most irrefragable proofs of Venezuelian valor.

The London Courier proposes that Spain should acknowledge the independence of the South Ame The island of Margarita, one of the principal and ricans, on condition that they would accept a prince complete parts of the confederated states, reared from another branch of the house of Spain for their likewise the standard of honor, and walked upon Sovereign-England and the allied powers, general-the tracks of her fellow-citizens. ly, to guarantee the fulfilment of the terms thus granted.

On the 4th of May of that same year, he despos ed with the greatest moderation the Spanish comA Buenos Ayrean privateer said to be called the mander; the same who at the entrance of MontePorpoise, of 7 guns and 86 men, lately overhauled verde, in Caracas, had been commissioned to af a British vessel and plundered her of several arti-flict in the prisons of Puerto Cabello, among other cles. A person on board the latter remonstrating Americans, the natives of Margarita. against it as downright piracy, was retorted upon Carthagena supported the cause of Venezuela in by a reference to the plunderings of the Americans the year 1813-and a leader chosen by the suffra by the British under their orders in council-a cut-ges of the people, marched forward to break asun ting reproof and well earned. The Porpoise is own-der the chains of his oppressed brethren. ed in Buenos Ayres, and commanded by a native They all blessed the work of their liberator, but said to be called Tucuman-who had a few days in opening a new campaign, this same people was before plundered an English vessel and then sunk loomed again to suffer mournful vicissitudes;their unfortunate emigration, witnessed by the From Havana, under date of Sept. 21, we learn windward islands, presents one of the most melanthat in an official account printed in the city of Mex-choly pictures of honest families breathing by the ico, 12th August, it is stated that Mina, Borja and mercy of foreign nations, whose generosity is stamp. Moreno, are completely besieged in Comanja, and ed in the heart of every good American. that Navarre had already taken from them a small If Providence, casting an eye of compassion on fort that protected the only water they had to de- their sufferings, should one day grant them the pend upon. [We very well know what a "Spanish of-well-deserved chart of their liberty, that they may ficial account" is.]

her.

An article under the head of Ghent, 1st Sept. says; Many vessels of war and transports have sail ed from different ports of France for Spain, to be employed in expedition to America.

The Ghent papers adds-if the government does not send men, it is because it would be disagreeable to the nation, and it is feared they would join the insurgents.

No doubt the Spanish ambassadors at the different courts of Europe, are endeavouring to aid their country-and perhaps they make remarks unfavora ble to the U. States

have a government of their own to secure and protect the sacred rights of man, they shall by distin guished benefits requite the religious hospitality, which has been afforded to them by these friendly colonies.

The circle of their revolution is not yet closed. This furious volcano is still emitting dreadfui flames

The Independents are ambitious of their liberty -they demand to hold a seat among nations; death cannot discourage them-they look upon him as a relief from ignominy.

Notwithstanding these liberal ideas, there are degenerated Americans, who stooping servilely beThe "church" and a bull feast!—The government fore the false idols of Iberia, have caused innume of Havana have granted an extraordinary bull feast|rable evils to the soil which gave them birth. for the benefit of the convent of St. Juan de Dias. Liverpool Sept. 12.-The court of Spain entertains great hopes that Russia will assist in the subjuga tion of the American colonies. An inundation of

Against these only are directed the pointed steel of the frecm.en-their names are, by an unanimous voice, erased from the number of beings who beau tify nature.

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