Alo'w years ago, a similar pestilence cai i'icJ
off II he muscles inhabiting the sea coast of N.
YoikZi In "oneof tnv ftxrursions flmnnr trio
. . - -
eedge-hassocks and sand-islatids,iYhose stirv
rounding Waters nourish these hi valve jnolbs-
caa, fl-ad a fair oiortiinttyxsof knowing jhat
the 'destruction was ehormoBs.x
r 1. - 'if a ii ' --i. " l-l. 1-
disorder, that more recently drove thalieiuga
tvh'Jca aahnro of (Muilpnr liav in thfi Gulf of
St. Lawrence. As if jwssessed by some mis
! !i III f ..t 'A '..I .'-.'
KUiuing spirit, urcse ninuoiianis ui uic ucuhu
lushed in Ri.oa to lite lanu, ami onerea ineir
bodies as lair game w tne men 01 jnc ncign
borhood. It is r.n universal law of organic, nature
that life should be temporary-. TJie indivi-
We learn verbally; frpm Capt Kerr, that
Ibe intelligence received by tae Scamander, ra
iativ to" the ibqve affir.va Vsubstancd
I - - --- - - - r : - A u u
l r,.IL.vt TIit friornfA hail honrl;
1(1)8 Uritisb AUm. Co demand iromtlio ,PpP'"l 5f R CTnic.jii!L,TincLj?My tnmfUukl.ngMrh.cfa
Commandant at Guirar the release of twoTSn
glish vessels improperly -detained-by him. On
her arrival in vtlie Bay, Admiral Brion was
making his disposition for attacking the plalev
The Spanish Commandant refused to give up
the two English, vessels, and the gcamander
food out aud lay off the harbor to reconnoitre
tltnagement, which toon Cotnmeoeeii. -rre
viousfyihotvever, Adro. Brioo sent word to the
Cttpt. orHhfc" Scamander ( give 'himself no
Ci.ncern aboiit the vessels, as he would engage
to deliver tlicinNohim ih the course of the day,
which he did. IJurias the action, the Favorite
1 .1 : st -r.. .1: - : L.
.r..1o f...,m Hi.f.mt,Pri.ntiMohrn-Innii.o-Q. iHiiie " .rsu.iiK muuui,
.1 . -.1 . V y v ! . r ...... - , f can)e, jn a situation which left her at the
perform their round oi living functions, and ; leie (!i tosaI of ie enT . board(;d
sin to be seen no more. Some mies they dis- her ftmI ma)iSicred etrcry one 0f Wrew. Soon
njipoar one l)y one, at such remoteness of time jaflertjj4 lorr;,i act of harhirityNi breeze
and place, tliat their departure is scarcely per- gnruna tin. nml the Admiral in the Pretoria.-
reived, and excites neither a-strohtj- nor" dura. (not the. Favorite -as stated above was enabled
tleseiisatioii A tether times. thes-termina-totakcrirf.iv7ri he opened
tions of lifrt arc more frequent, and villages ; tre.nn.tluus fire on the. Spanish Ihitilla, and
Slid '.towns are alarmed by thn-visitations of 'iffri. lit a li'.tle time the fire ofihe Span
dcathr And then again, when from a $Uvm-i'di cunpletely. Hihneed. Those ot the
Ueratnr? of the elements or of the humors, hli.f batteries fl-d in h!I d.reetion, tyliile those in
wan beings are swept a;vay in multitudes by I f boat, were indUenminately pat to death
the besom ruction, terror and constc, Hj tj imprc
Kation ma, K the progirsH of the ep.deiaic. u Trini,Ui t!ult the I'atrio.x would
..Philosophers 'and -Phjsioans with chcmistsi v - - bfJ in ttadijl,;lfWj p.,J,esniaii f ve
to help them, huve.asyct no satislactory tlieo- j ry U)l.h wf. ,erriti.y iu Venezuela. He also
ry of these soicand wide Wasting distempers, j mntions a ruet, by no mean (.11iu.poria.it, that
facts are wanting, in relation to the human ; ;t, a:) . fxehango of cffttuMmfcation- l 'tween the
rare, as well as to other aniihals, and, 1 wi'K i( hhh Admiral and Al.i;irftl -Bioo 'he for
!!, to vegetables. As arntd tor of Jine f ; ir.cr ddrcsed the Utter'.' with his tifiicial title
the ioutnals of the limes, 1 bavccarefhllv sc-"i of Admiral and commander ioChit f, f the
-" o . ... -. . .
giskred a great proportion of those which
have bcruri-ed within the last 520 yeais. The
volumes'of the Medical depository contain the
iv.it hful history of our popular diseases. 1
More, however, is requited, l.ongerob
deuce of the oower under which he acit-d.
officers of his staff, fallowed by 6.000 of hU pistdg be.
ides the troop of Ae line in tbe neighboring grrion
ojiarriyed in tiMto-ave J.part' of the bnU
Thetpowder magMnesi Vhich, consin 3,000,000 lb.
.... t o
stood (jkbosetTinopen aiwithin the fort. hxv K
destroyed all else is Uninjured ;and the citadel re
mains in its former state of defence. .-.r:: - - -
' We have to deplor tlie loss of the governor, his roy.
al Irhness the duke of Portnleipaix, greatly rfffretted
by the kinbesTdei ' that 6f the brave soldiers to
whom thi defence of the bulwark was entrusted.
His majesty j8 now-occupied in superrntenrtinp the
removal pf the rubbish of the buildigs destroyed,
which he intends to bave rebdilt more solidly "and se!
ctlrelr. But littlo time will be necessary toffect this,
with the number- and activity employed about it."
-f raox oneoBBEseowntJfTS. " "
1jA.1K.31 HQM ENGLAND.
""By. Uic arriral yesterdsy momiri? the fine British
brigIward Byam, from Liverpool, .whence she sailed
on the 16U1 ot August, the eriitora of the - Mercantile
Advertiser have received L-ondon pape i-s to the 13th, and
a Loy rl'a List of the 1 1 'Ji of that month. We learn from
captain Leader that therfcJiadJicen rt arrivals at Liver
pool frdm the United Stat,s on the last four or five days
previous to his sailing. . . .
British Stock, A uff. 13.-3 per ct. Com. 77 1-2 1 4 77
'Omnium, 07$ I t-? dT.
.L9ooif, ug. 13. '" Rer Mxj-sty continues so ntnch
!etter, that on Tuesday evening she rode ott for Lulf an
h'ltir. It is generally understood that she has tindci '
jone an operation by which the water on her . chest has
been withdrawn.
Mr. Ke.m, the actor, and his fellow traveller have bee
nearly da&hcd to atoms on ih i
brenlcing down of their carriage.
!.;ipi. l-xaira, or woaung so
the loth Jane, in lat 8 . 1. he i
and was informed, that the hiehest latitude the'v lial
reached, ws 80, 22 ; that they could find .m.as-H-ige
farther to the northward on the west side of ?-piizbsr.
g?n. and that when l ist seen they were steering S W;
We have reeiv-rd tlio laris papers of Monday. Jt is
s'atl undor the head of Madrid Jiat jilngue has
li-oki- out at Scutari, Uurazzo, and Montcncgroroii the
co.ist ot Albania:
I'j.wc of the nationaf web A
hibitja feerfaip demonstration ofiiXK
f I hcustoms fotthe year endS&r
duties drt";, w '.7.522 i tk,
excise duties, during the vUZ Zl 7f j
ed 36,562,432: th? JS-c.
are Included in this amourK
toras for one vian ,;!! i. . . lcre Wecus.
toras for one year will he f ' !, .!
r,rchastdro.
of the reign orGeorge I, and the f
ing one year ot the present reiirn -7? r
to a sum equal to about fiveSs if
tal produce, during a . MoSTml
twelve years, in the above meat wTJ'4'
a .- .mu-vv u4 uic mamiw may not h tu 0 11
to furnish sa sure a tJSSi1 be.iho"glil
they are an index of a multifarious cj!"
dealings, betwixt man and man, they 1
serve to elucidate the amount of the ciLk?
mg wealth during any particular period
we comnarc the ammmt r k r' n
ucon
shall'
compare the amount of the stamp L I
orge irvy.lh that in the present reien
,11 be gl ibly struck w& 3
During JheIaU:.,part,,fGeorI, u,eS
f 32.fi65: wl.;u
avA Mh la..
they amounted to lS.96aAAx i.JV!.
produced the annual stim of hniMz . TP
hetwecn 5rli.Jnn ic ... .
" I 1 M O I
n I lions sterling. NotwithAtandinm f k. : ,UI,
r way to Geneva, bv the! inrrPH-ao Ih. t "v,,"mei)Se
ip, wr. es 7in uu. t.m on j - - T-u re,Sn, We
snoicc ine inscoverv 8jirs i iii it is vha mr-roooiH
in i
and . rtimniriT-lnl f0na,.n:
' l-?.iCtlons f ipnidptvpa
unvnl. fi.i(f it f lha I iiflfnendnt- Ciovrrrmpnt Ai a icicle fiom Stock.!tvlin. sutpt that three vessels! ;;nt i... .... "'r "i'uw''
of Ven,2i.ela thus rce, Uizinslhe indenca- ""ingbntfor U,e co.st f Atricaone of these. f ,p ,w,n ' ' ' iwj""ent otthC duty it.
o - n,i i..a . c. o. -j " "m
aiuiIa.. . .
meddeali,f,,ICC0Unfr;
er.able.1 ,t to boar this increase and hZ
at thme time bwctinitlcred Jhat thouXt
tuosc
ilestined for Algiers ; one fo-.Tiipoii with 3') 24 ,,rri-i , '" . , BYar P(iimeous, the increase nn
iers an. i vu'JUoalis on his,rd, and tlm otlu r torTun',-. ni'U iuiy Ue
! r 4 ... . a 'l aV.
trvaVion is necessary. The materials rnt st
be collected. In due lime some fortunate gc
lftus, sonic master builder will appear, aud ar
l angcthtm into a noble edifice.
CALCUTTA, (ISPIA) APRIL '9.
We take the following curio us account from
a lhjml:y paper : Captain Powell, of the
Queen Charlotte, informs us of the interesting
in Ihc mean circumstance f his having recovered .from a
OUIIIf til llnfl.irio. ),...!.,.
'with 24 jrunsof 'hesame calibn rmd oilier wai! Ktnrrs! nivmiin-it v nf i... ........ .. j.
-believe to be ,nt. n'.el as tributes from t.Swwl.s:,; S. 7' "" - 1 C Increase re-
government to the Barlrrpowcrr-r.---.- intio m me y)St olUce. furnishes "a signal
A Unissds papers slates that the rv'al of Soult, Ua-'1 l""0fd not only f tho increased civilization,
vid. and some other distuui-shed rrtians of Biinapa. te ; but of the itlC rased wealth nf tL
Lanisl,?d from. the fich'temtory. is again spok,-. of. .itMu iho l .st " CM? J the- country
have recited Nesv York racers to the 16th Jutv. 1 C., ' St !ntur.v- ' h)Ur last
London, vW 11 The formal renouncement of the Jca''s "eo,'.e I, tllO l)ost-0llice nrodlieed
while, you and 1 am "outers, must laooiya- "H,v'-1 ' . a.u"'lv,b.., t , iiCIM Termor preserved lormenaiot -;nec3.overei(nv-,aii H-i,i;f oi tiv-ij, in the year In the
dpti?furourmaxim,evcrtobcr tire A Jan. 187 IC 8amc
VrUdcing. - tary innabita.tt lor neatly three years. His: Ilas sormt-tm2 dcS'?nte(l B,1 t!;efir,t p,...l0!i! source of revenue yie.icd no less than ll, 46
You have done well, sir, to collect the facts. 1 account stated, that c ai'ly in IS I, he proceed-1 when it is to take eflect. in the week of that momh. it' COO. Hero we have mrh more than a decu-
I (liort vm. fm-. vailf - enndiirks ill scndinfficd tllitlu'l' IVolO NooahcCVall, With four Olliel-S ! .""food the allied -troops will concentrate and m ove phv .increase, and in ainPiWnf v.dnntc
ihi:m?t6 me. 'J here is great enct.iivagemeilt 1 of whom had h it an American ship there,
lor uic purple oi procurmg .iramcrs, mai
were iii high estimation among the natives of
KooaheevaTr; hut losing their boat on the rock,
to iab)r" wheie (he, hat vest jaabundant and
ferariiiy of -hands. - -
- SAML. L. MITCHELL.
ToJ. Motte Alstor, Ksq. tic cgetow n, S. V.,y ,
. Foreign.
KOUFOLK. SEI'T. 1 .
Late and' interesting I nt ell-genet from the
Spanish JIainc.
Captain Kerr, of the. 1'rilisii schr. Seator,
lr..s piditely favored us with a roof sheet slip
from the office cf the Trinidad Courant, dated
the 29'ih Aegnst, whhh contains the following
highlj inten sting extract. Capt. K. has also
handed us a file of the Courant to the 25th of
TRINIDAD, AVO. 29.
On Friday, the 21 st inst. anchored in
this portj about ten utiles to the Southward,
Adiu. Brion, from (iuajrna. with the follow
ing squadron under his ctunmahd .
Victoria, Caj tain Coivie, flag sbip.
Co'utKfua, Captain, Ililh,
Sjiartana, Captain Bavelo. .
i'Ai'onfe, Captain lieruaru.
the mcm nt that his jontingent marchts home. 1 be": Py ;11('- WUICII lurniShesn striking criterion .
emperor Alexander is lo he at Marbcuge by the latter
part ot next month, hii1 the Kussian corps will reach the
I'olixK frontier about the tirst of January.
WUhin these few days hay has been sold at Worces'.cr
at 17 per ten ij at lliriniiigham, -it hu.xtachcd IV.
' "Pari Aug. 8. The hjokseiler L'llu.llier, was arrest
ed yesterday and - coii:'u;ted tu the Conctcrgeric, to
which he has been snttuced on the first process of ihe
Grey .M.in.
The exercises of t'.ia A.uitrian artillery stationed at
Haugenau will commence the t jth of Aug. and termi
nate on the 19ih. 'The Harvest in. Germany is not very
abundant. The continuance of the great heats is deti t-
Inental to the pulse. f
Jrft, SjniinfJuto 21 Diirir.g tlie incertitude of the gov
ernment, relative to ;ha host. le disposition which the
three of his companions in a short time perish
ed, through famine, and principally from thirst
as there was nr water but what was supplied
by rains. His fourth companion continued
vti'h him but a few weeks, when he formed a
resolution of attempting to swim, with the aid
of a splintered, fragment which remained of
their boat to an island, in which clfort he
must have inevitably perished He had once,"
! I A . aI'a AliPl Aa'
liimseii, aUCmptCU TO quU IllS mriom SUUauon, united SUtii have unceasingly manifeatcd towards
by constructing a catamaran, but I ailed, aud Spain, it appears certain thattlie fine squadron which is
lost ail means'of anv future attcmnts. Tiiev ! fT."Pr"iff " Pt of Cadiz (composed of thekhips
, , . . ,. A , ... ,, '.. T , cty.cd to us by itiissia, ana Sficn of our own as have es-
hau originally takrn fire wi'h them from Nooa- j caped destruction) wjii not snl for South Americ until
hecvatl, WhtCll lie liatl taken-cafe tri Continue, the government can determine the ftwtuig ot out rela
tions with .North America, l his squadron consists ot o
sh ips of the line, several large frigates, and a propor
tionate number of corvettes the crews are comnlete.
ed. but by a careful preservation; of three or The force is almost wholly armed and equipped, and
comma'iueu oy ui oesi navy ouiccrs or-uic country.
H(jue, Au 5. There has just been publishtd at
Amsterdam, the plan of a society of Comnv.rce and Nav
igation, a licence lor which has been grautcd by his ma-
olafhucnce. A national (hbt mudt -.
dered as great or small iccording to the
wealth of the jwople bywhou.it has'lieen in-ciirred,-and
4Wt-fif which it is -to be paid. A
debt of one million to a poor coMntry may le
more than a debt of 1en millions t j a rich ; as
one individual may he much less distressed by'
a debt of a thousand, than another djia'y be by
a debt of onaJiuudrcd, or evenonly ten
pounds.' r ..
excepting on one occasion, when it became ex-
tingtitsljed, aud never could have been wstor-
four grains of gunpowder;, and Ihc lock of a
musket which lie had broke up for to con
struction of his catamaran. The fle-sli nod
blood nt' wild beasts' were his sdc aliment iJesj;y
FUIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1818.
. . JT
PENITENTI ARY SYSTEMIn Uie last number of
this paper, an article waa.ccpicd from the Halifax Conpi-
itr i which, among ot her topics for legislative discussion
at the approaching session, touched upon that of the pro
jected penitentiary. Perhaps the Editor was singular
in condemning, so unreservedly, this mode ot', punish
ment. Yet, it must be confessed there are many strong
j grounds of dissent to the policy of its introduction a.
With the latter be queried his thirst in se ManyphUan
of loii.' dromr its. and the skil ls ol his oVsiart- ! duced to miierv-. in the village of St. .Stilnlw. sluia'td s m"ll:,ry ftaaractt-r ot our code ot criminal law, Uave
- ! i . . ' 1 ) , ....
a f a .
Anu navit'C nno a son oi neuirai t ommuni- tri rninn itiions wcri hij miiv iliii'ikin0' vessels. 1,1 ne rup .i-iment oi uotc
patioii with Adut. liarVGV. niocefded tarlv ,i:,... .. ....! ..n. :,....'.... iuiv I Paris, August 4. Itis
,.,...: ! am- iiimwu-i v m.wv ui miif ll Kill t nv y n.w mut j n : i. .. , i, whirh
.......nr. ,ir In. lti ninliri, I . SpanlSU CSSLIS, W 11 ICn
mA "o,"" . was purely accidental; the rorJk- was ki.own juie hst, luve ail been
a rfjuaur iiiii oi Man. ey iu. ..e.r auuuej ... h(k ,ukiti:iU t,,rrr.K n,u, ,,,. ai,,,,-ance privateers, cruising in the
furcc, eomposed ol gun boats aril Uecheras,: ,. , , , .t ... further saul. that the crews,
tvith 700 men of dcbaikment on board, com'. 0 (,,e! 5,9 t rc vcssc t . tVCrVnS I on, f the captured vessels
d'Or. jl
renortcd.that a convov of 1
sail-etl from CJadir. the -llh vt
cs
j b.'en willing to ameliorate its leatures rdmost upunany
ci'ins. A t.cnile'i'.iJi'v tusU'm presented itself as the
mnstobvL us rjiar.t : and the eottomicil recomraenda-
. . ... . . . .
1 mauded by Com. Disz. and Gen. Bermudez,! ';1 " a,,;l Iorlticci an l .uiy.
r.ii hii .1. nfj-ndrd thn river with lh Admi-i which proved lortunare to the loiloin mhabi-
t J. nd debouched by the Cano de Maearoe,"! ta,it' ' pfocuring.his rcmiival to Nooahcevah,
and rendfzvoustd ol Point Deuces, were or-
wherc lie was left iiuderlhe care of Mr. Wil
son, an European, who had resided there many
years, and who had previously known him."
dered to join to the Veslvrd
- The result ci this expedition was received
here yesterday by a canoe, and has been, that
Guira, was attacked at 10 o'clock on AJonday : latv.st f:;omcaim: hexuy, (tiAYTi)
niqht, the'-4t!s inst. and esrriedTl.y assaull,;' 'T'licciiiis thdcbttd to the vtnf.on 'of Mr.
with very liMle loss to the assailants but va D;ur;f !-fi'f.!'n Gnki:,t, r'V' ' V:
... v j i . . oflur I nrrtiMvi! n II.vli rff.-ivi-l l.v tn-'i ill a latter
ycry '. constderubro' one to the fcpanurds, , )V()m j,;8 friend in Cape"llii7, dated tlic.srth of August,
who. fought with bravery until the Favor ite. ' . ' V T Gaz.
hav tng got close in t, lite redoubt, and opened i '&r:raet tf alette? Sntnr Sw .v-rarf, 26; 1818,":
her fire from a 24 pcaadrr oh -apivt loitdedl . .
.... ,. , a . ,u ' I have-:;!stsTec?'. ,td tivm ;.n -.incer of the garrison,
with grape; they i in mediately fled into the iu-' , . WM',U ..., ,',, r.t h,.-.h
tenor with the greatest precipilation, leaving htM ule(;uadtl ih-iuy last night. ;
behind their arms- nmmupition, and every thing. ; ' 4 About -i .o'clock; i. m. ot the 25-.U, '.b sky became
eVeu'lo their aegars. The force afloat has ulsoJ wy much overcast, and the scciiniu!v"ton of dense
beer, all taken; it consists of o gun boats, and ;Und ' ie snmniiisof i he high iakA. which surrnnnd
i ... . ,- . ... ' tuc Citadel Henry, portended a funoiw temp'st. . liie
sume vessels with private property, cbiclly, i.W8.bitiUre the v,oi.-nce and .impetuosity
-, cocoa, of which, it seems, there is a large quaa-jof the winds Thisoonilmu-d t:il.abit4'o,c:cU, when
lity in Ihe town, and on the coast. The block-; the rain began to fall acconpanied'tw irtcessiint lightning.
ade bcine now raised, we In ne In see very si.h i AW a quarter of au.fibur after, a flash of -lightning
thchappycBecU of a r.e navicat on, v lhi 14 ,i b V ' V. ,".7 "
IVi-i- ...! .,iu. r...J h-o:n the nearest lightning rod, thence passing in a di-
a uiiiitti uiiuli i:ai.JU i.a iiai ii i;m v uaj
au'a and Guarapicbe.
Uf the casualties in this affair, wa have nut
seen any detail; but the report states generally,
that they wero very trifling oh the part of the
assailants, bat oa that of (he assailed enortneus,
w hich however, we may be permitted to doubt.
P. S. S'mce the foregoing was prepared for
the press we have reeeivtd a circumstantial ac-
. . -i- ,i. ....'I:.. i ...
count ui uic iniiiiaij unu navai iransaiuons
which led la the surrender of CJuiro, by his ma
jesty's snip Scamander, Capt. EJliott, who
w.i sent there on professional duty by the Ad
sural, etu! had an opportunity of observing all
that paiaed. We shall present oar readers
with the detail in our next v iu the mean time,
we e .brace this moment -to correct an error in
nur lorpcnin? ill nt f-ment of the iandfnrpa iinilrr
. eeu.)13erijiedezw hich amounted only to 70. boys,
iusieud of 700 oten ; but these voung Republi-'
.ABM kAanAB tmntiail I lia.itnlVAfl J n . nln.it
1Q is iici tftEB uiui ru LiiEiiisiciica i ui i t i iiiti ii r an 2
tti porfona the wor-?' :
ject line in front of the gi'eat postern, it crossed ' the
guard-house of the garrison,' witbaut doing any mischief
and finally exploded in the laboratory s Mede artifice
which stands in the rear of tlx; buildings situated on the
side whence the wind blew. This building. contained a
great quantity of projectijes. which had been preparing
for.spnie days past, and which time had. not allowed to
be secured in tlid magazines. A terrible. explosion took
place, which setfire to the neighboring build tog. The
wind contitiucd to rare and the rain to fall; The Gov
ernor and the officers had taken shelter in their respec
tive aparTmcRts, and only discovered the impending dan
ger by the blaze of the extended cohfiagratian. '
The governor immediately sallied forth with such
of the garrison as he could collect about him, be saw the
damage dahe by the explosion and the impossibility of
extinguishing the widc-fprcading tlamea, which raged
with astonishing fury. Uvcry one, therefore, sought his
own safety, nd made for those piistcrns which led to
the faulted batteries ; manyliad the good fortune to
re-tch them, but others, 'through -terror.Tost". Uicir wuy
ana ciuier neriancu. or were wounded. '. -s
sntiin-d hv thn Inkiir.Ai'nt i
latitude of St. Vincent, it is-1,0,1 11 carried with it, went not a little way towards
which were put on board 1 gaining it friends am6ng -"the members of a legislature
linva landed near Vigo. rn...,r!.i.' in,tt,.m;v it. . .t.nv ne ,v.u,nVnr ti.- miblic
llambwr'h, Jubi '28 LAn lincrlish shin returned from 1 ...... . . , P
Greenland rcjwrta ita having met the I'olar expedition PUM i:'!Vl ol mf ESiPCtp, liwer, nan nuc
near Spitzbergen, in YU..79 34, all the crew in good! ? of thn com'aion Aversion from charge, and half ofs
health. Capt. Kotzbuc, who is doubtless at prc;.ent at J hc-eJitavv" antipathy 10 lorje-ihicves Las 'always held a
Cronstadt, could only reach to 60, on the si.leof the i' ,.."( . i .1 1. ,h. ti
Uehrmgs a trails, v here he was impeded in his "further J 4 J b " ' , e '
progress by an icy barrier. He could neither double; h:w conseqneatly waved the tempting expedient ot.
tape bz-latsoi, in Asia, nor the jcy cape in America, ding to its revenue by the labor of its culprits.
lii.e last itutsian cnaris inuicate, -that trom discove
rks made up.fii the spot, New Siberia is not a continent,
but a groupe t three la.ge islanJs, which extended as
far as ih.e 7rth degree, and oh the other side of which is
seen a tea o't' ice. '" ' - ' r
This pircymstance seems to confirm the hvpohesis,
that Greenland is only a large island, that the "bay call
ed Baffin is open on the North side and that there is
no continents under the Poles, v According lo the Kus
sian charts, it'also appearsthat the coasts of Siberia
had been placed a little too much to the northward.
Lonuin, lugust 8; The following notice has. been
stuck in Suick.Kxchange ; j. .
" Conversion nf Exchequer IhUi into Tiitee per cent.
Consolidated awl Reiluced.Mmti&vk
" Certificates in which the tnstahneni(fue!-M:.'iihe 1st
day of August has been paid, arc now ready- Ibr djrjivery.
" I he lutme instalments arc to be made either In
Bxcbequer-Bills, dated before the 1st of August, 1813,
on winch day the interest thcreonw ill' cease, or by x
payment". Tn moneyin which case KOI money must b'
paid ,in f eu of,cach 100 of Exchequer Bills, and inter
est must also pe paui on tne M pcrdiem upon each 10i
money,. to le computed from the 1st August to the day
of payment.
LONDON, JULY'Sl.
RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRY.
Proportion of the debt and resources of this
country nt the rtresent and former periods.
Upon tlie accession of George the First, in
171, the debt amounted to J5M5363 J the
same debt; as it stood on the 1st of February.
1817, had accumulated to78if,536,987, I he
reign of George I, embraced a period of 1
years 10 months, and IP days, darinc which
the whole-sum produced by the customs was
2i,632,985 ; and by the excise Z30,42i,45l.
iow 1110 arucies sunject to customs and excise,
But should tho dstrrmination against the penitentur?
as a means of softening the harshness of too bloodj'.pii.
Uhtnents, induce one to believe that the community, t'
citizens of the state, remain satisfied with these cruel
,(..l l J 1 1 - Tfw.ro Q
.wimva. JLiifJ ttit i ulll)o f U a -
aleaning among thi wise and good towards the plan that
has been rejected; and but that there must be something
. , . ' . . . t i!. ...a it vnuld
ueicciivc in trie aciaus 01 mai pian 1 oet .
receive the hearty assent of the people of Jiorth-Car.
lina. The cniKeptin is excellent yet in the opinio" 0
many the modifications arc erroneous.
AfewthoughtB bestowed on this interesting concern,
may not he amiss. --First tUnn : the object sought y
.-.' ..11 ;.the pffitec .
vjciaiy 1:1 awaruujij pini:inneiua ui ..t --
tion of its members from injury by crime- Sectnti-jii.
in the penalty assigned to deter criminals .ro. v
oy example
the news of tli'iti di-eadtal event, only two hours after it
took-pliice. About 6 o clock m the ' afternoon, an oflt
cr of the garrison gave him-th-mformation. :7 He im
mediately repaired tj the citadel, Jtocoinpiinicd by tbe
King Henry, who was then at Sans Sottci, receive SUCll OSjhO majority of a nation never
. .,, , . I lllCbiHUC IU l.iv. .V, " AM TW Uiv
purchase till they are provided With otheiM woeful evidence of the reverse and there
u - - ? . 1 I ' . ATvSi III W-
commodities of ppref indispensable necessity
The increase of the formef keeps pace wit h
and awful llireMeiiing, " the aim must be U
give that penalty sue h a portion of humanity as
awl
kit .Ah pilMltJ ai " j---- - - ,..
.. ... ... , . ..totl.-puiltv:
reconcile, witti puaiic -saieiy, mercy w "
Thirdly, ' must be a plain policy to render tfie J'
as litrhtlr taxable upon the community as possiow-
three words, penal inflictions should as.tar a I'0"'-" -concile
justice, meres and economy The :S''3torne:
can devise the best plan for doing this, wdl be .
factor of bis,kind and the admiration of postcri.v,
certainly has never yet been completely efftcte-
. . . . r..r sister i 'v.
we shall easily nr.u inai .ictt- , .t.
have given in the tlast particular a sat.siac-,
re contact ruivs oecn iai:jn . w ubor
the statcs have even drawn a surplus from uw
lie states. nave even ui.. . - - 4 j.nftlie
over and above. Yet, .'V'X iiesaftty
t t,io nnt l,pen rendered so clear taa
ir Anui. tt- Jadvanced : or the condition of b ,
;...' :,A-.weil !n the nrocess.
nan iia.uic iiiiui".-.- . -jmia
message to tne legisuumc - . v j
DeWiitClin'fnJ
a rjios-
n
abie to collect facts with care M defect
better. There i" om? '? :
mere
t on better, 'mere