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n r i Or .-rn'erging from the ocean, and gradual moving on towards the meridian, but bounding at once, like a globe of fire from the southern horizon, he quickly reached the summit, where moving for some time astonished the nations, and drew within his circle the governments around. For a time he was almost stationary, but it was only to poise himself, and gather new strength ; when suddenly rushing down upon the frozen regions of the north, he exploded with a violence that shook the nations of the world Such was the char acter who rose to take advantage of such events : but such events arc no more to be looked for than another battle between an .other legion of Angels and another army of Saints: nor such a character expected, than another Satan destroying another Paradise. II. ANXIETY RELIEVED; Dr. Olbers, the celebrated astrono mer, has calculated, that once only in a period of eighty eight thousand years, a comet will come as near to the earth as the moon is. Once only in a mil lion of years, a comet will approch the earth within seven thousand seven hun dred geographical miles ; and if it be equal in size to the earth, will raise the Wuter to the height of 13,000 feet. And the Doctor has further calculated that only in two hundred and twenty millions of years will such a body come -iif contact with the earth. Thus our world is quite safe, for a while, at least ; but let us tremble, nevertheless, for poor posterity ! A7. 2 Ev. Post. NOTES OF HAND. The practice of many of our Mer chants is to destroy their notes, as soon as they have paid them ; without pre. serving the least evidence of the pay ment they make of such notes. Such practice is contrary to law and dange jous to them in the extreme. The fact is that if a man purchases goods, giving his Note is no discharge of the obligation to pay for the goods. If sued upon the purchase, for the amount of the goods, and if the person suing him shows that by a fire or any accident, he has lost his pocket book; and the purchaser cannot show the note he gave for the goods, with a receipt on the back of it, or some other good evidence of the payment of the Note, the pre sumption of law will be that the Note has not been paid ; and the suit, upon the original contract, for the amount of the goods, will hold good. The Su preme Court of the United States has decided, at its present term, that the Courts of the United States have juris diction tinon a suit bv the holder of a note of hand, living in a different state ; although the promissor and promissee of the note, both live in the same state. DegrancTs Report. JVezv Shetland. Port Williams named, we believe, after one of the Stonington captains who recently discovered this land lies in 62 30' S. lat. 63 5' W. long. Land has been found as far south as lat. 66. It is said to be nearly covered with ice and snow in mid-summer. We know not why it should be any colder in 66 S. when the sun is on that side of the equa tor, than it is in 66 N. when it is on this side. Capt. Smith gave the situation of the land seen by him as in lat. 64 43' S. long. 57 10' W. A vessel from Ston ington reached New Shetland in 85 days. lished in Connecticut, from adventurers at " New South Iceland," " New Shetland," by which and other names the newly re-discovered land cfFCape Horn has been called. They say " the country is full of vessels from most quarters of the globe ; and one half of them will not obtain half a voyage." " We have been much mistaken about sealing in this country, as there is but lit tle ground that the seals come upon ; and a greater number of vessels after them than we supposed there would be. The country is a wild, cold, disagreeable mass of snow and ice, and its shores arc ex tremely dangerous." Comment. Sixty-five thousand seal skins, lately arrived at Stonington from this desolate land, are advertised for sale on the 2?d inst. Boat. Cent, rr.or the SALrn gazette. Extractof c, letter from a gentleman on board the .ancy, of this port, on a sealing voyage to i the new discovered land round Cape Horn. Yankee. ITarbnur, J'exo South Shetland Islands March 2d, 1821. " We have reconnoitred the coast to but very little extent ; we have informa tion however, from boats passing to and from the different Islands. The country is mountainous and rocky, (resembling Gibraltar rock,) and generally covered with snow and ice with volcanoes. The coast is desolate and dangerous, being bar- ricadoed with breakers and sunken rocks, which render it impossible to sail with in 10 or 12 miles of the shore. The har- bours are bad, being so near the sea this 7i .. I . I ;a vuc uwi we uave accu. TKnucnnrli! nf jiealjntinually cover the beaebjand pen - guins are numberless. It being impossi ble to winter herg, we sh.p repair to the Faulklahd Islands, and return here in the spring." INTELLIGENCE. He comes, the herald of a noisy world, News from all nations lumb'ring' at his back. LATE, FROM EXGLAXD. new-york, may 21 On Saturday last the ship Manhattan, capt. Tarr, arrived from Liverpool after a passage of 30 days. On the same evening the ship Importer, Capt. Lee, arrived in 29 days from the same port. By these arrivals the editors of the Commercial Advertiser have re ceived regular files of London papers and Lloyd's Lists to the 17th of 'April, and Liverpool papers to the 19th, all in clusive. The papers by this arrival are not crowded, as heretofore, with important news. A few weeks ago, 44 the horizon glowed with the streaks of light, and the morning of liberty apparently dawned with unwelcome splendour upon the be nighted visage of kings. . The lightnings flashed on the deep recesses of the forest, and the thunder, as wc supposed, had broken on the silence of ages." But the feeble and shameful conduct of the Nea politans has changed the prospect, and Italy is again sinking to slumber in the iron arms of Despotism. The intelli gence from Rome is to the 27th March ; and all our former accounts, relative to the affairs of Naples, are confirmed, The king of Naples 44 had entered his capital amidst the general acclamations of his subjects." Letters dated at Home, in the eveving of 26th ult. all agree in the singular fact, that the Austrians were re ceived with a considerable degree of en thusiasm by the populace. Out of 1 50,000 men who had been embodied to resist the Austrian invasion, they iiad all, with the exception of about 12.000, deserted, disbanded or returned to their own homes, without having made any other show of warfare than the affair of Rieti. The 12, 000 remaining in arms, were composed of the king's guards, who were attached to the royal cause, and the garrisons of some places that had not seen the face of the enemy. Of the Austrian troops, 10,000 were to remain in Naples, and the remain der to be stationed in the different for tresses. These letters do not assign any period for the occupation of the city and country. A decree was issued by the Prince Regent on the 19th, raising the embargo on the'Austrian vessels, and the restitution of the merchandize which had been seized. The day before that on which the Austrians entered Naples, the grenadiers of the royal guard were insult ed by a throng of the Carbonari, who call ed them traitors, Sec. The grenadiers at length fired on them ; the result was, that some of them were killed upon the spot, others were wounded, and the remainder dispersed. During the last three days of the revolutionary authority, two thousand passports were delivered to persons of I the Carbonari sect, who appear to have i in view to take refuse in Spain. The Deputies Galdi, Borclli, Poerip, Dragan etti, and some others, are amongst the number of those already embarked. The reader can judge of the conduct of the Neapolitan troops, and the encourage ment their ofTcers had to continue the con test, by the following. Gen. Carrascosa says, in a letter giving an account of the defection of the troops : i Gen. Filangi cri informed me that his brigade was in a state of complete disunion, that the sol diers fired on their officers, and more par ticularly on himself. At the same time I received a report from Gen. Costa, who had experienced a similar occurrence at Sessa. While I was lamenting these events, I heard at a short distance, a brisk fire of musketry, and learned that it pro ceeded from five battalions of the first di vision, who were firing on their ofiicers. Immediately after, my head quarters, and those of Gen. Ambrosio, were attacked by these rutlians. Gen. Ambrosio, was saved by a company of faithful sappers. I was protected by 20 gendarmes ; they fired on the soldiers who, as cowardly as perfidious, immediately dispersed through the country." The conduct of the Neapolitan Parlia ment, before the defeat of Gen. Pepe, and subsequently, forms a ludicrous contrast. In the first instance the cry was nothing but War I War I War I and the mem bers declared they would themselves fly to the field, and conquer or perish. When the troops were straggling in, the parlia ment met in secret committee, and voted an address to the king, and another to the prince regent. They said, 44 that in every thing which has yet been done, the parlia ment thought it was acting according to the express wish of the king. If they had been mistaken on that point, they were not inclined to make any resistance, and were ready to obey his orders. The prince was entreated to become a media tor between the king and the nation. The deputies on leaving the sitting, were as usual, saluted with the acclamation of 4 lib erty or death. They answered to the ! nprenne ll rm t in rr . f hnf It wntilrl K littr for them nstead of prescribing laws to parliament, to use ijll thVr cndeaVors to drive away the enemy. Gen. Pepe has embarked for Malta, be cause the Spanish minister would not give him a passport for Spain. Twenty-four members of the late Neapolitan parlia ment, it is also said, have embarked for Malta with him. The allies are still pouring troops into Italy, and seem determined that no fur ther commotions shall take place, while physical force can prevent it. An article from Vienna announces that in the be ginning of April 22 Austrian regiments, under the command of generals Witgen stein and KlabersburgV will arrive in Lom bardy. It consists of 80,000 infantry, 10, 000 cavalry, 3,000 Cossacks, and 300 can non The commanders are generals Sa ken and JemclofT. Two schools at Milan, on the Bell and Lancaster plan, with 1000 scholars, have been abolished by a decree of the Austrian Govt, dated Feb. 9, 1821. It is said the only, public school now there is one with 30 or 40 pupils and an Austrian teacher. 1 he news from Constantinople is to the 26th ot reb. Lvery preparation is ma king for a new campaign against Ali Pa cha, and the Sultan has given the com mand of the expedition to Chorschid Hehmct Pacha. An insurrection has without doubt taken place among the Greeks, against the government of the Turks ; but how formidable it will prove it is impossible to say. We have given a proclamation from Prince Alexander Ypsilanti late of the Russian service, who appears to take the lead in this business. He has applied to the Russian emperor for assistance ; but Alexander has declar ed himself neutral, and is evidently dis pleased with the movement. Ypsilanii has advanced on the Morca and Epirus. The Turks, it is said, are every where massacred, and Ali Pacha and Ypsilanii will support each other. There is too much of gasconade inthis Greek Procla mation. It looks so much like the Nea politan rhodomontades, that we have little faith in it. There arc accounts, however, from Constantinople, which say that the news of this insurrection has caused great alarm at the government of the Porte. The Grand Vizer has received from the sultan the strictest orders to take imme diately the most efficacious measures to quell the insurgents in both provinces, and bring them back to their duty. The Di van seem to be assured that the sovereign ty which the Porte possessed over those countries will be lost. In addition to this, it is said, that an alarming spirit '.gins to manifest itself at Bulgaria, wh; f is one of the most important provinces of the Ottoman empire. Servia too, says an ar ticle from Frankfort, causes some dis quietude, notwithstanding the great con cession made to the Servians by the Por te, through the mediation of the Rus sian minister at Constantinople. A se cret discontent stili prevails in that prov ince. It is feared that the Servians will not let slip the opportunity to follow the example of Wallachia and Moldavia. The Porte will have need of large armies to keep in subjection that portion of its sub jects who are disposed to shake off its des potic yoke. It is not impossible that the Turkish power may be seriously shaken, if not de stroyed by these insurrections. Ali Pacha has made a long and vigorous resistance and his example may not be lost upon his neighbors. It is reported that the emperor of Aus tria lias offered the king of Sardinia a corps of 50,000 men, provided with every ne cessary, and entirely at his disposal, though commanded by Austrian generals. The Swiss Cantons, to protect their ter ritory from violation, propose increasing their army to 68,000 men. The discovery ships, under the com mand of capt. Parry, were to sail from Deptford, about the 27th of April. The JVevj Crowi. This splendid attri bute of royalty, has been deposited in the jewel-house, tower. It is much larger, loftier, and more magnificent, than the former crown. Trafifi'mgs of Royalty. The bill for his majesty's coronation robes exceeds, it is said, 20,000. of which 1 1,000. falls to the furrier's share. For the black spots on the inside of the robes no less than 26, 000 Astracan lamb's feet have been re quired. Brussels, april 12. A thick Veil still conceals the causes which have facilitated the entrance of the Austrians into Naples. This event appears to have been foreseen several days before it happened. It was at first stated to have taken place on the 20th, then on the 23d, and finally it was discovered that it was not until the 24th that gen. Frimont's army took possession of the capital. The commanders of Ga cta and Pescara resisted every opposition and repelled all attacks, until, after the conventions concluded with other gener als, they were summoned to surrender on pain of being treated as rebels. Indeed, the dullest cannot help remarking that the troops which were under the command of chiefs devoted to the constitutional and national cause, such as gen. Wm. Pepe, Bergani, the commander of Gaeta, and Rosso, the commander of Pescara, have displayed equal courage and fidelity ; while generals rilangien,- Carascosa, and An brosio, Y?ho negotiated with the Austiians, t - complain of the treachery of their sol diers, who, they state, even fired on them after they had signed the conventions. We shall, by and by, learn who have been the real traitors. Tlllt EE DATS EATER. new-york, may 24. The ship Cin cinnatus, capt. Champlin, arrived at this port yestcQay afternoon in 30 days from London. We are indebted to captain C. for London papers to the evening of the 20th ult. 3 days later than before receiv ed The most important articles follow : The bill for Catholic emancipation has been rejected by a majority of 39 in the house of lords, after It had passed the commons. Mr. Lambton's motion for parliamenta ry reform was discussed in the house of commons on the 1 8th, when there appear ed for the motion 4 3, against it 55 only 102 members were present. The house of commons adjourned on the 19th to the 30th ult. No particular business had been attended to. A vessel has arrived in the Downs from Madagascar, having on board prince Ra tafe, and ten other Madagascar youth. Ratafe is a native prince, and has been sent to England by Radama, king of the Island, on the occasion of a ratification of a treaty with his majesty, by which the slave trade has been finally abolished in t he greatest market in the eastern hemis phere. A letter from Paris of the 1 4th, states, that advices had been received there from the Ionian Islands, by which it is ascer tained, that the Morea and the Southern Provinces of Greece are manifestng the same spirit of insurrection against the Turkish power as those in the north. Some Greek ofiicers, who acquired their experience in military tactics in the Brit ish service, aie at the head of the insur gents, who were collecting in large bodies. Canova has just finished a noble statue of a horse, which he prides himself upon as one of the best works he has produced. The Courier of the 20th, contains sev eral extracts from a document said to have been addressed bv gen. Pepe, to the Nea politan nation, anterior to his departure from the Neapolitan territory- He first refers to the ingratitude with which his patriotic exertions had been rewarded ; expresses his detestation of the conduct of those who guided their councils, and the baseness of their corduct on every occa sion when the enemy made his appear ance. He says, ' you fled, you deserred, you submitted ; and submitted upon the terms of the conqueror; and this, too, in the face of all your protestations, of all your pretended enthusiasm for liberty and independence.' Of himself he observes, 44 that I am an exile is nothing. I am content to suffer, and would gladly suffer much more, could I benefit the land in which I was born. I have done my duty, and that is alone the consolation that is left me." A royal edict (signed by the marquis de Circello, president of the provisional go vernment) has been issued at Naples, sub jecting to extraordinary measures, all se cret societies, or individuals who shall fa vor th.'rn directly or indirectly. An Austrian corps is marching for Ge noa, and will take possession of it in the name of the king Victor-Emanuel. A private letter inserted in the Milan Gazette, states that the total loss of the Austrians, in the campaign against Na- pies, was seven killed and fifty wounded ! ; iot an Austrian was taken nrisoner. natles, march 30 By a decision of the general board of police, the printing or publishing of journals, pamphlets, Sec. will only be henceforwad allowed under virtue of special authority. Vienna, April 6 The submission of Naples, and the no less certain reduction of the Piedmontese rebels, will not lead to any change in the advance of the Rus sian troops. Every arrangement was pre viously so well made, that they commen ced their route on the first notice Each day's march is traced out. It is calcula ted that this imperial army will have ef fected its junction with the Austrian for ces in Lombardy in the course of one month at the utmost. Augsburg, april 6. The revolution which has just broke out in Moldavia and Wallachia, has assumed so very serious a character, that Russia and Austria have determined to take such precautionary measures as circumstances require. It seems that those powers will content themselves with assembling troops to ob serve what will be the issue of an insur rection which seems to have been long in preparation. The Divan is in consterna tion at these events, for it will find great difficulty in collecting a sufficient force to act against-the rebels, since the Turkish army, acting against Ali Pacha, has not yet succeeded in subduing the rebels." DOMESTIC. CHARLESTON, MAY 28. lrom JVeiv-Orieans and Havana. The steam-ship Robert Fultori Captain Mqtt, arrived here on Saturday morning, in a remarkably short passage from the above places, bringing accounts from the former nlace to to the I 8th, and from the latter to We hear of nothing of paf - ' J ticular importance from either iace. The I wf Captain tor V U. S..sloo ofwav was on the eve of c the necessary, arran made for the transfer u mat nrKt t American auinoraicb.- p Havana, Don Alexandra V IIR2jdied i , "udntoti on the 20th inst. A letter of the 16th fro mx-0 deans I states, that there had been a considerable sale on that day of prime Cott for the 5 French market at 19 cents per lh. M0. 1 lasses was very scarce; andvhat lime there was in the market, was held u 19 cents. The Robert Fulton has made her pa. sage from New-Orleans to this port, run ning a distance of about 1200 miles, in less than nine days, including SS hours detention at the Balize and Havana . Among the passengers from New-Orleans for New-York, is the French Gen eral Lallemaxd, formerly of Bonaparte's army. Courier. THE STEAM-SHIP ROBERT FUI7T0X. The surprising rapidity of this elegant vessel, reminds us forcibly of Virgil's de scription of Camilla, and as the latter was borrowed verbatim from Homer's descrip tion of the steeds of Kricthonius, we give the translation of the latter by Pope " These lightly skimming- when they swept th plain, Nor ply'd the grass, nor bent the tender grain, And tv hen along the level sea thev J?ervt Sca7xe on the surface curVd the briny dezi" The ingenious inventions and costly en terprise of our citizens form a beautiful part of our national history, and give ce lebrity to the times in which we live. That the simple application of heat to water should afford such a prodigious power as to propel a mighty vessel in op position to the winds and waves of the ocean, was a phenomenon reserved for our country. How beautifully simple are the operations of nature ! That the same process that is used in boiling an egg? should be made the mean of imparting unconquerable velocity to mighty masses of matter i ib. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE. Died, in the county of Washington, about 12 or 15 days ago, Mr. Samuel Skinner. We learn, from a credible' source, that the death of Mr. Skinner is supposed to have been occasioned by poi son, administered by his brother, a Mr John Skinner ; who, upon examination, before the magistrates of the county, at Lee's Mills, last week, was committed for trial. Two negroes, a woman and a man, living in the family of the deceased, were committed at the same time who, it seems, from their own confessions, were concerned in the perpetration of this hor-y rid deed. Edenton Gazette, BOSTOX, MAY 18. Capt. Hall, of schr. Little Sarah, ar rived at this port yesterday, in 43 days from Cadiz, states that a plot had been discovered in' Madrid, which was to have been put in execution on the 24th of July next, at the head of which was the broth er of the King. The object of which was to rexourio?iize the country and abolish the constitution. The plot was revealed by a friar, to the government, and the princi pal actors in it were immediately arrested. The King's brother was in close confine ment, and it was understood when Capt. H. sailed, that he would shortly be brought to trial. Ten or 12 persons were arrested in Cadiz, said to be concerned in the af- fair. Patriot. The new Army List engrosses our col umns to-day almost as entirely as the sub ject has occupied public attention for some weeks past. This document is, indeed, of no little importance to many individ uals and their friends in a personal sense not to speak of the interest which, in a general view, the community has in the composition of the army. We feel for the situation of those gentlemen among the dismissed officers who had considered themselves embarked for life in the mili tary profession, and now find themselves stranded, at the mercy of the world, with whose tempestuous waves their education has not taught them to buffet. This fluc tuating policy in regard to the army, Jix ing it at one' Session of Congress, redu cing and re-organizing fand almost disor ganizing) it at another, is calculated to render the army less useful, and is se riously prejudicial intone sense, by leav ing the whole body of officers uncertain of the term of their service, and indispos ing them, by a natural consequence, to the serious pursuit of the studies neces sary to make them accomplished soldiers. We hope, however, that the establishment will be suffered to remain on its present footing long enough at 'east to afford an opportunity of realizing its existence, and deriving some advantages from it which time has been hitherto denied for. Many meritorious officers have doubtless been unavoidably discharged. They cannot feel mortification at what was the effect of an act of Congress directing this de cimation ; and we hope they will find the walks of civil life more quiet, if fW, more grateful, than .those they have If rVirod- uen. 1 IVe are atfihfc?r2 gress in the 4 J A L 1 US tit Mai. 1 A ' y