irUiClUiilUCC, main reason, \\!:y no was nt'Ctlpil, tli.'it tlie whole inatliT v.:is in a of nt\2;oliali(m, with a miiln;'! lis- Trf'tncinutus S’orm at Sea—’I'hc tollow- position, ns was believed, on both sides, siw.;ularly ititcrcs'in^ narruiive is ^0 it, and with the j)rospf'Ct • communicated to the LivtTpool Com- it would be sfttled bjfore another scs- ; ;, sion ol'ConKi'es'^. Yes, sir, tiiis is one of the proceedings to wliicli you refer, to prove that the .\nirican Legislature took a decision (as you (ixpress it,) a^aii'.k “acceilin^ to the conditions of the act of 1825), -vith the whole purport and bearing of ihat act full bci'ore their eyes.” The resolulioir, with which this re port concluded, was, that the commiltee nn commerce should be discharged from the further consideratiou of the subject. On the adoption of this resolution a debate arose. This debate is probably one of the things to which you refer, when you speak x)f “ the reports of the proceedings in Congress. ” I shall thcre- :bre ^^ivc an account of it in my next Intfer, Permit me here to say,that I extreme- sy regret to find myself driven to what ■ho P'ngllsh Editors will probably deem “piolixity.” It is good to be concise, butbettcrtobecorreot. Horaceobserves, that inaimingatcondensation, he become obscure. Your own despatches are il lustrious i.*xample.s of other dangers whicli beset a brilliant brevity; facts are niisstateti, arguments iiastily adventured, and ooiiclusions deduced, most remote from the truth. 1 must be allowed, un der peril of the pains and penalties of prolixity, to go through the business tho- roi'uhly, in our plain American way. JVIeantime, 1 have,the honor to be, &c. AN AMFKICAN C1TI*EN. n’lCTcial Cfuoniclc of May 1C : “Ship New Volk, Prince’s Dock, Liver|)00!, May 11, iK2r. “Sir—I trust that, although a stran- rs —-i; carrjln.k^ it to the wim'ows. “ Bfinr all in our Ijitths, enveloped in b«‘ds and beddintj of nor conductiiig mu- lerials, we reposed in coinparative safety, while the deadly bolt careered around iis with fif^rce and resi;>tless energy. Do'iI)t- If'ss, a feather bed is the most safe retreat in sucli cases. Had il beei\ laier in ilie day, and ilie passengers aI)oui the cabin, I the chances are, that it would have been "7 ... ' : "''^^"■jfi.taltomanyofus. shall hnd a suP.cient apolot^y, in The.oneraliun of the second shock tl.e very unconmion nature oi the occni-j dinVrcM from the former, and rences herein descnbed, tor j ,s more deservi.u; of attention, as fwniish- youwui. ihe detail ol the follonin},- par-j ^ i„ proof of thocITicacy oculars. 'IhissbiD has been twice Mriick! as a conductor on l;rtard : but it not l;eini; the season to expect much culars. Ihissbip has been twice siruck Mth Iiuhtnin;; on her present voyage Uv.. had a chain co •om New Wk. On the lytn day ul J, ^ April, our third day cut, about had past; ,j hvc in the moi ninr, bein- ir. our lm t .*s, ' suddenly, it was not up at we were roused by a sound lice port of heavy cannon close to oiir ears. | r^esl, all ihe day, and In a moment we were all out, and the .^jjout noon, heavy cbuds began to ^-ather in on every side, rolling their vohimns ap parently among the rigging. We had reason to expect more lightning ; the conductor nas prepared, and Captain Bennett ordered it to be raised to the main royal mast head. It consisted of an iron chain, having links, one fourth of an inch thick, and two ft et long, turned its hooks at each end, and connected by rings of the same thirkne>is, and of one inch annular diameter. This (,’hain was faslened to a rod of iron, half an inch thick and four feet in length, with a point well polished and tapered, in order to receive the fluid with facility j it was se cured to the main royal mast, the rod ex tending two feet above the mast head, and thence it was brought down over the quarter ; and repelled by an oar, protrud- 'i I..C m.i chants, for thc-means of carrying on the war. Ti V. as doubtful.wliat eiVect the in surrection would have on the coming tea crop. Lay ll'i'trk.—An immense amount in lacesofall kinds is imported into this coun try. Tnis is an article of dress which is dailv increasing—it lasts long vvitlj care, and it i.lwa>s givtii a rich and elegant r;iilt,h. 1 ormeriy a dress of liiussels point Wus extravagantly dear—it is now comparatively cheap. There is a lace school or manufactory established at New port, Rhode Island, which gives prohta- protection at sea" ! ble employment in this new branch to 500 TUESDAY, JLLY 10, \\i27. The anniversary of our indtpomlencT^ cflebriit#.d in this place, & at tlic house of m. P. Springs, in tills vicinity, Ly » iurjr,.. respectable number of citizcns; but an accoui ^ " the proceedings, and the toasts drank ut il,'. two placcs, are crowded out this'wcck. 'jj^ . shall be given in our next. cabin and all parts of the ship were fdl- ed with a dense smoke, having a strong smell of sulphur. I'Vom tlie deck the word was (piickly passed that the ship had been struck with liglitning and was on fire. 'I'hc consteination which for s(nne minutes prevailed may be more ea sily imagified ihan described. Everyone ran on dcck with a full impression that the sh.ip was in a blaze. It had been broad day, but so dark, so dense, and so close uj)on us were tlie clouds, as to pro duce almost the obscurity of night. There was ji’st snflicient light to give a bold relief to every object in the appalling scene. The rain poured down in torrenis, mingled with hail stones as large as fil berts, which lay upon the deck fully an inch thick. Overhead bhized the light ning on all sides, accoinfianied re-i gj,| ports almost simultaneously, thus evinr- , feet below the surface of the 1 water. young ladies, and the various articles ol their ingenious and tasty needle will bear k coming on comparison with any thing of the kind the tim**. i ever imported. We have been ai the continued,' depot, 19J Pearl-street, above the store of ‘ \\’. A. R. Luysters, near Maidenlane, and have seen a splendid assortment of lace dresses, veils, tippets, Vandykes, gothic cufis, caps of all kinds trimmed, and a variety of elegant articles from tue above school. A’. K £nrj. i'rom the Nationul Intclligenccr, “The “Council of Censors” of Ver mont, constitutes a feature peculiar to the constiiution and form of Government of that State. It is composed of thirteen persons, elected septennially, and con venes on the first \Vednesday of June, in every seventh year. The duty of this body, is, in the language of the constitu tion of 'he State, to “inciuire, whether the constitution has been preserved invi olate in every part during the last septe Tiary, including the year of their service, «nd whether the Lejjislative and Kxecu- Tive branches of Government have per formed their duty, as guardians of the People, or assumed to iheni ielves, orex- ^cised, other or gj-eatcr powers Uian they are entitled to by tlie (;onsiiiuii()n : \yhethcr the pulu'ic ta:;:rs have Ik-'MI justly Uid and collected in all parts of the (,'om- monwealth ; in what manner the public money has been difj)osed (>f; and whetli- er the laus have been duly excculed. Tor these purposes, they i;ha!l have pow er to send fci- person-r;, papers, and re cords ; they shall have authority to pass public censurCL', to order impeachments, and to rccommoiid to the Lpgislature the repealing such laws as shall appear to .iicni to have been passed contrary to the pnr.cijjles ol’ iht conhtitution. These poweis they sliail continue to have for and tiuring ihe space of one year from '.he dav of their election, and no longer. The> shall have power to call a cotiven- *ion. to meet within two years after their w'.ii’ig. if there appears to them an al)so- ■vflU' necessity of amending any article of the constitution which may be defective; explaining such as may be thought !iot clearly expressed ; and of adding such as are iccessaiy lor the preservation of the ri}.’- • and happiness of the People.” This being tlie year, in course, for this C'lViiiciJ to exercise its functions, it was eltcted, and agreeably to the Constitu- tiofi as’senibied on the 6th instant, and proceeded to the fulfilment of its high trust. Asa Aikin was chosen Vresulerit of ..'h* body.—To ascertain the views of thf Louncil, on the simple question of al- ‘.eiing the Constitution, a resolution it is inexpedient to alter or amend,” \f a\ discussed U) committee of the w iiole, ainl lejtcied. Subsiquenily, resolutions were submitted, proposing several a- mendments, viz: Piovidii.g for a Se nate, making it a co-ordinate luanch of ‘.he Legislature ; find providing that no ini i)ib( !■ of eithir branch of the Legisla- luif sliill, during the twm for which hr is the ted. be eligible to any judicial ap- rjointment under the authority of the SijIl. They ulso proceeded to inquire wbeiher the Constitution lias been pre- se! vfd inviola'e, in every pan, during the i.ist sej^tenary ; wlicther the iiiibhc T^xes have been justly laid, collected and r.ccoinicd for; wheiher j)et sons consti- '.'1''o::al!y ineligible, have been permitted to ii'>ld cxetuiive or judiciary ofhces un der tlie Stale. Tli'jse various subjects v'e.-c rt'ferre'l to Commitlces, and the ^.'cuncil adjourned to meet at Moiitjielii r, on .!’e iliiril Mc-ndav in October next. ing Its nearness. The sea ran mountains high, and the ship was tossed from one sea to another with inrrediljle rapidity. One appearance was peculiarly remarka ble. The tenifierature of the water was at 74 deg. of Fahrenheit, while that of the attnosphere was down to 48. This produced a copious evaporation, and caused immense clouds of vapour to rise, which ascending in columns all around us, exhibted the afjpearance of innumer able pillars supporting a massy canopy of clt»uds. Tliese phenomena are ex tremely unusual, no person on board ev er having witnessed any thing like it be fore. In all directions might be seen water spouts, which, rising fearfully to “ Dr. Franklin was of opinion that a rod of this size would sustain without injury the severest shock of lightning. I have been thus minute in stating the dimensions of the chain, for the double pupose of conveying some idea of the iorce of this siiock, and of impressing the necessity of providing larger conduc tors. The chain, however, in this in stance, performed itsoilicc, and it was up in happy time to avert a blow that, in the opinion of ail on tjoard, must have sent iliis staunch vessel in an instant to the bottom. “Soon after 1 P. M. we saw light ning ; a little before 2 observed a smart 11: clouds seemed aclually to pres.Tit to | „ the fye a combinaiion of all the elements | , countcd’f„ur, when the reuurt ,.r the destruction ol every thins on the, f„ii„„.eil ; 1 felt no alarm, hcvevir, hlv- lace of the deep. Al.oRe,her the scene j,,,, iVeqiiently known it to approach near- W.IS one ol avvlul suLtliniity which ball.es j jmy injury. ,\t 2 o’clocii we I them was given for the purpose of kecp- de^cription. tiud this scene ol impenrl-j usionishi'd by another shock like I in^ the two friends of the “military chief- tain” in good heart. Delaware Jour. Canal Tolls.—The Albany Argus has published a statement, by which it ap pears that the amount of tolls collected at the several oflices on the canals during the months of April and May, is 214,09 J 1Z ; and tiiis amount is gi cater than that of the last year during Uie same months, by 'JO. Taking these two months as the axerage, (and they are probably no more than that,) the total amount of tolls during the present year will not fall much short of nine hundred thousand dol lars. Philosopher's Stones—A friend has called to inform us, ihat having purchased at a lot of twenty-hve bales of cotton, in the first bale that he opened, he found a stone carefully packed in, weighing forty-one pounds, and in the second bale, another stone weighing 31 pounds. The genu ine philosopher’s stone, the touch of which was to transmute every thing into goltl, having never been found, we tee no good reason why these stones sent us by the Southrons, should not be entitled to that appellation, since they possess the |)ower of converting themselves i.ito gold, as often as ihey change »nvjiership undis covered. A'. J”. Co;,I. Jidc. There was an election, in Lewis, Sus sex County, for town officers early in this month, 'i'he voters, being freeholders^ gave a vote for Adams and Jackson. Of five and twenty voters, there were only three given for the General—and one of ing ruin, when all nature was in tiie nt- niost cotil’usiiyn—when nautical science and experience can avail nothing—while an irresistible element was playitir; about us, and the ship seemed on the vei y verge of fate; when, in short, dismay and des pair were reiletten from every other countenance—nothing could exceed the calm tranquility of Captain Bennett—no thing could excel the firmness with which every order was given, for examining the ship, in prospect of meeting *ire below deck, nothing can etpial the manner in which every one v.as encouraged with the hope of security, even beyond what in reason could be expected :—thus I but echo the sentiments of all on board. “ IJut I hasten to my narrative. Some parts of the ship and spars were for a mo ment on fire, but were quickly extinguish ed by the rain. The ship was then thor oughly examined to ascertain where the electric fluid had penetratetl among the combustible part of the cargo below the lower deck. This investigation disclos ed the following facts;—The lightning having struck the main royal mast-head, shattered t!ie mast head, and, descending thcnce, penetrated the deck into one of the store rooms, the bulk-heads and fit ting of which are completely demolished. Then separating, one part was conduct ed to the sides of the ship, through w hich it passed out through wind and water, starting the ends of three five inch planks. .\nother portion from the store room passing into the ladies cabin, shivered to atoms the plate of a large mirror, leav ing the frame uninjured. From the look- in;;-glass to the piano forte was an easy iransition ; it touched the instrument with no delicate impulse, dismounted it, and le ivitig it out of tune. Thence it pasbf.'u through tlie whole length t)f the { alter cabin and out at the stern windows, i Foritin.itely we were oil in our births at the moment. Upon these fa';ts i would veniure ()riet}y to ii-mark, that the mast- liead was bound by four iron hoops, say from two to thr»-e inches wide, and near ly half an inch thick. Tliese attracting the f.uid and being tliemsclves insulated 1)V other less powerful condtictors, would naturally at the instant accunuilate a tlial in the morning; the flash and sound simnltanecus. I happened to be in the cabin with another passenger; a ijrdl of tire seemed to dart down below us ; at the saiiie moment the glass in the round house came rattling down below. Those on deck agreed that the whole ship appear ed to be in a blaze, from the vividness of the principal flash, wliich they distinctly saw darting dov,;; the conductor, and agitating the water. All parts of the ship, as before, were filled with smoke, smelling of sulphur. “The ship was again thoron.glvly ex amined. The conductor had been rent to pieces by the discharge and scattered to the winds ; small fragments of it were found on deck ; in savinj; the ship it had literally yielded itself to the fury of the blast. The pointed rod was found to be fused and shortened several inches, and covered over with a dark coating, some of the links had been snapped off and others melted.—The whole opera tion was singularly striking, and afibrds another of those rare cases where the conductor yielded to the violence of the s'.mck, while it effectually averted the bolt from the object it was designed, to protect. “'Fhis was a property of the rod, of which Franklin was sati.sfied very early “ The Duke of Wellington commanded in Spain and Portugal where the British troops checkcd the pmgrcss of the conquering le gions of Nupolfon; and also at Watcrlco, where Napoleon himself, the fjreatcst general of the world, W.1S defeated. Yet we never could look npon the Duke of Wellington as \ great man, for it always sx’emed taus that he ow» d his suc cesses toor, to speak more correctly, j to ^:iic aliihiy of his subordinate generals. Ttic Duke of Wfllingtnii is now in the opposition, where his ability as a man will be tested, and I’it iv fj \vc shall be able to judge of the g'encr- al.” Fhiludelphia Uaziftc. [The above we copy from a respecta ble .Tackson editor, whose estimation of Wellington is based upon a correct stan dard ; and does not his remark apply with equal force to General Jackson? All the renown that either acquired has been gained in the field—in the cabinet, they arc both notoriously deficient. There is not a well informed man in England who believes the Duke of Wellington fit to be the Premier of the Emj)ire, for the same reason that General Jackson is known to be utdit for the Presidency of the United States.. Jackson and Wel lington are distinguished as ^'Military Chifj'lains,’’ and lor nothing eise. Since penning the above, we have met with the following, which further illus- afier the application of a theory that has trates the subject. We copy from the disarmed the lightning oflleaven. One Xew-York National Advocate ol the earliest cases which iell under his | I, rd ir'clUng'on.—Some persons do not hcs- notice, I believe occurred in one of ihe 'call “my Lord Duke” a gveitt dunce “ .‘7 f'rcat btrike. — A Captain of a trad- ’ng \t-ssrl p.issing tliroLrh John-street,' -•.‘.•it' st;is over,” poppetl his he.T^d ini(> a t jii tr’s workshop, exclaiming, “ VVhat’s o’c'ot k, my liearty The knight of the nh . r , who was a bit of a Wiig. iilting up .,i- .-.-ebuai'd, and giving the fellow a g ^^hackcnhl^ nob, bawled out. “Ii .'lus . I siiu^;k oiK 1’^—'I he son of Niqi- •i Ii. inking it lu ; ’, have been a rrneu- t^r, (^uif’.” vrall'ed r‘V Dutch churches in New York—a chain connected with the clock probably saved the diurch much damage, but tii'e chain itself was melted. “.''Ir. Moss, the second ofTicer, was prostrated and three ol the men struck, ljut none much injured, h af.ected the polarity of all the coiripasses,caiising t'.icm 10 vary from the true point and each oth er. They gradu.dly assumed a bearing, by which we ha. every v> here but at the iiead of an army. But l>y the following pavaj^rapli in liis speech in the House ()i’Lords, he shov s at least the posses sion of one iisd ul and in.portant attavninent to .V ))ublic man—n kiiowledj,'-e of his unfitnf’.ss for otiif'e. I.ord Wellliijjton justly esteemed hini- selt (nialified lor the station of commander of llie ai my, but totally unlit Id:- :i prime Uiiniiter. I ('icntral Jackson would d') well to take a les- ' >on here. j “ Lord Wellington sanl he had bee?i afcnse I f'f ingratitmle towards his maje.sly, and of ua- plring to the situation of prune minister ; anti CKAZILOTT3Q; we ha.e steered, tliough st , three points out, as we have just'discov- ' eonscci b-iicr of his disappointment, he ered. The captain’s chronometer was ^ tin- ommaiid »)t the army. ’I’hese hu ge rej>letlon of the fluid, which, by llie vi'jlet’.ce of its action, burst the hoops a sunder, and sliAttered the mast head and i • ,i . , , . . cap. into the cabin store room it seems very materially affected ; it usual crossed the Atlantic without varying three se conds ; it has now proved to oe out as many degrees. “Such is the effect,” observes a cor respondent, who has tarnsmitied us the above accou»t, “produced on the steel- to have l)een conduc ted by a leaden pipe near the main mast under the deck. Tlie quicksilver on the back of the mirror was sufficient lo attract it thither, wiien it would be dilfused over the whole sur face of the glass, which being the most j)erfect non-conductor known, was thus shattered into countless pieces. 'I'he at- mosiihcre being very moist, the damp- ncs.'-, of the caMn Ho;;:', fwi- n’jn* of a bc^ power of the mat^uet so fur as lo acl the same as the loadstone.” were absiinl charges. Lvrry o:;.> who knew iiiin w.\s aware thut his beiii^ prime minister V..IS out of the (jnestion; and no man ever spoke to him to whom be lid not :xpre.-is the same ofiiiiion. lie decland he had no wisli, nor tholI^;ht, of beiiiir prime niiiii,stt,r—-/w kncir i'bu- .si.lf for tlnit nfjicf, an.l knowir.j^ also !;is liliifSF-lor the one whicli he had the iiorior to till, he must have been worse than mad, eonld he have formed tlie in'-'apt^ prnjcct of|)lar.ing himself at the head of the l.o\eni- nieiit.” ') ; /;• ^"TT" T: When General Jackson was first spo- .eAr.Z/v/im C/a/1.7.—1 he surpercargo of , ken of for the Presidency, he expressed the New Jersey, arrived in Piiiladelphia I his ownNiufilness for the siaiion, and fell trom Canton, states that the rebellion i that it was doing him an iniurv to name which had been for some time raging in j him for such a station ; and"w!,'cn he \vas parts ol the Chinese dominions, had as-1 mentioned in connection with that sta- sumed a very serious a.spect, and .was j Mon, it w as then reg.uded in tfie same stTrradmg at Uie il.it ' ' riu‘ Lmperor has nnd' Ol Ihe Iasi advices, j ii^ht as it is now to name Wellinvrtun for A writer in the last Carolinian, uncle* the signature of “Q,” has discharged his pop-gun at us, because we staud wr wanted no belter evidence of the strengij, of the administration in Maryland, tha„ the acknoHledgment of the Jackson Con veniion held at liahimore, that the Prcst in that state is decidcd!y opposed to ih-. “combination.” This he s>nteringly calk “logical reasoning,” and asks Mr, Whiu how he “ will get over the force and;>t/;j~ gcna/" 01 it: but it would have been more creditable to “Q.” if he had grappled with the difuculty himself, instead of ap pealing to the superior skill and dexteri ty of another. For the correctness of our inference from the fact admitted, we appeal to any man of common sense and intf.lligence; but that “Q.” should not per.:v.‘ivc it, is a matter of no astonish^ mcnt to us. Mr. “Q.” in t';.' next pl.ace, gravely in forms the editor of tiie Carolinian, that there is a paper printed in the county of Mecklenburg”—(the deuce there is?) and that he guesses^ albeit he is no yankii, that tlie editor is a “ warm admirer ol’ tne xlousc of Braintree”—admirable !—• fie then goes on, in true parliamentary style, in manner and form as followeth:—■ “Now, sir,” (meaning Mr. White, our readers will note,) ‘‘ I know not wiiat it;- ference others may draw from //^wfaci; but for [myj own part ri"; w-ant no heiic'- evidence of the strength of the adniinis- tration in that wealthy and patriotic coun ty”—i. e. this good county of Mecklin- burg. Here “Q.” doubtless meant to b- very sarcastic, and perhaps he is ; but requires optics sharp-sighted as hisor, . , to perceive it. But his genius brighten- as he proceeds, and fairly dazzles one in the closing sentence of his f^.rst p.iiv graph, as v.-e sliall now demonstrate “Some, how’cver,” says he, “ are ii.V, enough to say, (notwithstanding the preh;. is against them) that Mr. Adjms has no*, two hundred friends in the county.*-” \Vr are not disposed to question the veraci; • of ‘‘Q.”—-ve are even prepared to admr, that he himself is silhj enough to say so; but w ith all our disposition to do full jur tice to his merits, we can hardly think lic is simple enough to bclievt it. But let him, or some of the “silly” ones wlic “say” so, bring this most ridiculous as sertion, as to the number of Mr. Adams* friends, to the test—let him commence the game which his fellow-laborers in the same cause attempted in Maryland, and in which they have been so signally dc feated—and it will then be shown, no’ what his “wise lucubration” is worth,- for that is already fully appreciated,—hu* what credit the ass«;riions of “Q-” ar- entitled to. The “/jncand pujiqenry" of *‘Q’s” - paragra[)h, no one can be so stupid as no to perceive. It recommends itself, aiul is an illustration so apt, so perfectly ap propriate, ihat we will not run tlie risl. of obscuring its beauty, even I)}' a of comment. The editor of ihe Salisbury paper, i' would seem, does not nspire to tiie cha: acter of a »;//. This is an acknowli'c’!' ment we did not anticipate ; and "c .-.m happy in being able, for once, to coinmttr- liis ii'tsdo^n. But siiould his “ humbie as- p.rations,” hereafter, prompt hini seek the reputation of a kvi,” what then- why, the editor of this j)ai)cr “ would the last he would tfiink of selecting a butt—Iwing an ohjf't vi'ry unlikely gain him much celebrity m tiiat lint’’ (Humph!) There is niore truth declaration, perhaps, thiiii th(' editort- the v.)aroIiuian wouKI he u illmg to admit, but be that a.i it may, it is p.Mlectly material to us whom or v/hat he rn^.^ “think” tomatietho “/>«//” >f his“uv/; whether i'. be the eiiitorol a ueij^hbeiH'^f^ pfint. 111 anotlirr dii’« r.iion, by miseu ^^’^ |)uuui;ii;^ on liis nann', or tl.e lion of Washington C ity tui pinscti •* h ^dtad fish —in either or in any is tun to one il will so turn o t ’f' . «illmis.h;, "^nsc'fU.

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