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cevH.ii>, the President seeks to act pure it bv the
dev otiun of his heart to Ins country, and the un
ceasing application of all Ins faculties to her ser
vice. Adhering to the principles he lias profess
ed, we believe he will not he mi .taken in his re
liance on the candid and liberal support of the
People.
fn the first acts of his administration, the Pie- j
sident has certainly added to his precepts the j
force of his evainpe. I le has himself made the
ellbrt of magnanimity—the sacrifice of prejudi
ces, which he has recommended to ins fellow ci
tizens. W ith adue regard to iheirtitnuss for their
respective stations. Ins principal officeis have
been selected, it is evident, ratherwith reference I
to the conciliation of popular sentiment, than to |
his personal predilections. In forming his Ca- I
hinet, he has made an experiment upon national ’
principles, without reference to pat ty or perso
nal considerations. Whatever other ground of
oppositiou may he taken totlie present administra- '
tiou, it cannot be said that the President has, in !
hisearh appointments to office, either proscribed |
his opponents, or rewarded his partisans.— I
Amongst all the persons whom lie has appointed j
to office, wediscover the name of but one of Ids !
personal friends, and that appointment is one 1
which is fully justified by the character, ipialifi- I
cations, and experience, of the individual select-1
ed. There have been one or two appointments 1
to office, uot universally acceptable; but that
would have been the case with whomsoever else
the President might have selected—the dissa
tisfaction having arisen out of a preference for
other applicants, rather than from objections to
the persons appointed.
rhe appointment of Air. C lay to the Depart
ment of State, we have seen—nav, we may say
we have felt—is exceedingly obnoxious to some
of the friend, of the unsuccessful Candidates for
the Presidency, because iu the final resort. ATr.
C. voted for Air. Adams. hv^cTolviog on the
Representatives the duty of making the final!
choice of President, the Constitution supposes I
that the Members will act conscientiously, and I
with a due regard to the solemn sanctions under
which Ik-y discharge that trust. We have seen
no evidence of Mr. Clay’s having done other
wise. in that election, than (lie < 'onstitution au-!
thorizbd himtodo. We certainly see no proof
of his Having acted upon different motives in the
fact of his appointment to, and acceptance of. the
office of Se r tary of State. On the cumrarr,
we see, in t ie openness of the procedure, on
both sides, whatever may be thought of (lie po
licy of this course, evidence of conscious hones
ty of purpose. TVe have discovered nothing to
contradict this in the hearsay statements of in
consequential or jocular conversations, which
have been adduced to sustain a charge (for
tvhic i we believe tlieu- is not (he slightest foun
dation.) that Mr Adams had successfully tain
pored with the political integrity ol Mr. Clay.
We are not (he confidants of Mr. Clay, n r ;.os
s ssed of his private opinion-; hut we did not for
am m mt douot. pending the canvass, that,if the i
oentest should, in his mind, lie between Mr.
Adams and Mr. Jacks m. his vole would be gi
ven to Ih° fo. flier. Thi i.noresaion wav derived
solely from our observations of his couise in
Congress, and his public declarations.
We see in the vote of the Senate, upon the
nomination of Mr. (’lay, which has been refer
red to as indicating a doubt ofhis political inte
grity, no evidence of the deliberate opinion of!
any portion of that body on this point. The Sen- !
ate is, always has been and always will be I
from it3 organization, a very independent bod v. '
A portion of that body disliked Mr. Clay, and !
they voted against him. They may not have ap- |
proved of Ills general politics, or of hi, pat turn-,
lar preference of VI r. Adams. These objec
tions furnish, however, no impeachment of his ■
honesty. We recollect, that when Mr. Madi
son presented to the Senate hit first nomination j
of a .Secretary of St:U?—a ci'izcn of elevated '
j chaiacter and distinguished talents—so strong I
was the opposition to him, that be was advised 1
to, and did actually, withdraw the nomination, ,
the citizen thus nominated himself joining in (lie
reque-,(, and another citizen was nominated and
appointed in lieu ul him. f ii-> nomination of Mi
nisters abroad were more than once rejected,
and often closely contested. Was it because
th integrity of that great man, or of the per
sons whom he nominated, was suspected2 Un
quesiion ihle n >t; hut for very difierciil reasons.
Nor lias >Ir. A’s having called Mr. f lay, his.
late oppon nt, to the Department of Slate, any '
thing marvellous in il. Generous rivals respect !
one another. Mr. Madison called Mr. Monroe I
to die same station, not long after the election '
in which the latter was opposed to him, but no- I
bo iy saw, in that act, upon either side,anv thing I
but a frank and noble magnanimity.
• v e snail nnre ror me present rest our obser
vation'. on this point. We do nol know that we
should have touched upon (he matter at all, had
wo not perceived that one or more of those prints
for whose conductors we have a habitual res- 1
pect have taken up impressions on tins head *o!
different from ours, that it would have been-,
disingenuous to remain longer silent. It is quite
possible, that what we have said on the subject !
will please n.> party. Not professing, ourselves,
to belong to either of the new parties which ap- 1
pear to be collecting round different centres,: 1
preferring to shape our course by our own eon- 1
victi ms, vc shall be perfectly content if we oh- 1
tain the'approbation of our readers generally, to
whom our remarks are addressed.
We perceive no reason, in the conduct of the j |
new Administration thus far, to place this paper
in opposition to it; and we are n*>l disposed to !
judge it by am* other criterion than be w ■
TO iTssSsffT"
VERY LAi E i HO vl Ivv .,\NU.
New York, March 15. (
The Packet Ship Columbia, Captain Lee, was
announced below yesterday afternoon, and this 1
inoriiinsr she carne up. By this arrival the EJ- 1
itors of the Commercial Advertiser have receiv 1
ed their regular files of London papers to the I
evening of the 14th of February, and a letter 1
from their attentive correspondent, written at
half past 7 o’clock on the evening of the 14th, 1
containing the proc - iingsof Parliament on the '
Catholic ‘iuesli >u. to which day the question 1
had been postponed. I
State of Ireland. I
The attention of both bouses of Parliament :
was occupied at the last dates upon the state ol *
fr land. In the House of Lords on the 10th of I •
February, the F.arl of Liverpool moved “a re-j 1
vival of the committer to inquire into the state1 1
of Ireland, more especiady as to the circumstan- '
ccs m that part of the United Kingdom.” Here- *
Wore the inquiries have been limited: hut the 1
ministry seem now disposed to make it general, 1
excluding. Ixird Tdeclared, the Catholic Ques- 1
tion. The Earl «f Unruly congratulated their !
Lordship, upon this change in their views. Rut '
he still thought the task woil'd he performed ve- ! ’
ry imperfectly, if the tri< ,.t question of Catholic , 1
etnan ipation was to he excluded To exclude !
8 quo P ion of such vital importance, was to take' 1
away from the inquiry tin main point to which
it should be directed. T .etc was a story of the 1
play o' Htmlrl. being an oune.ed on a cer'ain 1
nie-ht but with the qualification that the part of
IT-m was for that night to be omitted! Lord
? : nd contendc I that these inquiries had be. n
anti y instituted, but bad availed nothing,
committees had done their duly, but their
imcndaim is had been uniformly rejec d.
« . askc f ..or! Holland, had tfieir Lord- .ps
i' . during this session? Wli , that there cx
. :• in Ireland no disturbed districts to which | <
•'] *iry could be limited, and therefore the t
I’m.bJeEa l and his friends found that narrow j c
ground out from under their lecet. But then
there was one particular subject which had late- ;
ly made so much noise, and to which it might he .
supposed that the Noble Karl proposed that the
inquiry should extend. Bui it appeared lie had
no such intention. “No! uo!” said the Noble .
Karl, “you must not touch that subject. I have
mv remedy ready prcpuicd i<»r that, and will |
give von iio information whatever upon it.”—
This was the aiguiiiciil of the Noble Karl with
respect to the subject to w hich lie alluded. The
Noble Karl wa» no less opposed to inquiry on the
great question of Catholic Emancipation, lie
would not allow that question to be approached |
under any pretext whatever; lie treated it with ,
the same jealous tenacity that Mark Anthony did ,
his lover—“I allow vour tongue free licence in ,
all my other faults; hut for your life, nu word of
Cleopatra.”—The Earl of Ilarrowby defended
the motiou, and it was carried without adivis
ion.
Catholic Association.
On Ihe same day in the House of Commons,
Mr. Goulbourn moved l*>e introduction of a l>il!
to suppress by the uulhoi ity of Parliament, the
Catholic Association. As this was known, to
he the business of the evening, the house was
filled, and the Home Secretary, amid indisposi
tion. was summoned to the Treasury Bench.—
'Phe debate was opened by Mr. Goulburu, and
extended to so great a length, that nearly 20 co
lumns of the Morning Herald and Courier, were
occupied with it.
“Mr. Goulhiirn’.s speech, which was of great
length, was laboured and embarrassed. He ter
med ttie proposed measure one to suppress tin
lawful Societies in Ireland. At a period, the
Right Hon. Gentleman said, when that couutrv
was marching in that course of peace ami pros
perity which every honest man must have at
heart, when the employment of the poor was
general, and commercial establishments extend
ed where they never existed before—in despite
of .,1] these indications of prosperity, a Soeietv
had arisen whose proceedings warred with all
tranquility, as its existence was inconsistent with
all regular Government. I ins Association, the
Right lion. Secietary went on to say, was form
ed in I!JJ3: it was immaterial to consider wheth
er its object he Catholic Emancipation, Reform
in Parliament, nr separation from llii- couutrv;
in • very view it was equally unennstitutiouni.—
To this hotly there is no limit — it is of mdefmite
duration; they have no responsibility; for where
then* is no elec ion. lucre can he no check. t\o
conflict of opinion was permitted. Aliy individ
ual raising his voice in opposition met such a re
ception as, for the future, to silence him com
pletel\. The Association was composed, the
Right lion. Secietarv added, of the Catholic
hierarchy of Ireland; the next class were per
sons of disappointed ambition, who, in inflaming
the passions of Ihe people, had risen to a had
eminence. It included also the remnant of the
Committee of 1793, who re-enlisted themselves
into this body. VV illi these were mixed up ji». ]
tlividnals notorious in the annals of Ireland— men
familiar with 'dots and treason, conn**' ted with
traitors-with Emmett. Tine, ynl others._
Many of these had utlere ’ »r.e penalties of the
law; aiul so. .nation iron* !.viand was Ihcir only
object. The Association (the Ruyt Hon. Gen
tleman adiniit^.ij contained a con idcrable por
tion ot i**ie Catholic .Nobility and Gentry, but
they were not voluntarily included, and, fm.i
want of authority, or firmness to resi t, they
swelled the triumphs of the demagogues—in
short any power of direction. Alter alluding
warmly, to (lie interference of this Association
in the administration of justice in In land, toil
sending down feed Advocates to browbeat and
overawe the Magistrates in Petty Sessions, and
instituting felonious prosecutions against individ
uals, who wen* subsequently discharged bv the
verdicts of Juries and the address of the Judge
as wholly innocent, the Right Honorable Secre
tary dwelt strongly on the memorable address is
sued by (he Association to the peasantry of Ire
la d. He read that sentence which called on •
them “by the hatred they owed to Orangemen, I
who are their natural enemies—in tiie name oG
Relitrion and off lie living GOD, to abstain from i
all illegal acts.” This Address, lie added, wa i
ii awn up bv Mr. O’Connell on a Sunday—he i
so stated bio,self;—and on that ila\ he placed the I
love of GOD and the hatred of Ins neighbour
in flagrant <u>|*o«ition. The Right f Ion. Gentle- j
man concluded a long, and. at its close, rati • r I
,m animated speech, bv stating that the measure :
lie then proposed, was founded on two previous
Acts—one, the Convention Act of 1793, passed
in the Irish Parliament—the second the Act pas
sed the y’ear before last to suppress Secret |
Societies. On both these Acts amendments were j
founded, anil l lie bill lie introduced would rcndei j
illegal all Associations sitting permanently, or
levying funds, corresponding with each other, or i
rroin which individuals of any religious belief
i-e excluded; exceptions were of course intro- {
faced for other classes. The Right lion. Gen J
J'-inan then, laid the bill on the table of tin
House, and sat down ainiiJ the cheers of the
Preasnry Benches. The proposed measuri w |
•trough- opposed by Mr. John Smith, and Mr.
Abercrornbv. who said lie had before that night
•chained from giv ing anv opinion on the Gov
ernment it* Ireland of the Marquis Wellesley;
nit he had no hesitation in say ing it had allege
her failed. He widied it to receive a fair trial;
nit no proof of its failure was require i hevoru! !
he bill (hen introduced. It showed mat discon [
ent and faction were both prominent in Ireland, j
Phe bill is likely tube most strongly opposed on
* second and third reading; but will iiitima<ch
pass and extinguish the association.
The foregoing summary compi isesa bird’s eye
new of only the first evening’* debate. It was
renewed on Fri lay, and again on .Monday night,
ip to 7o’clock,of which evening, our corn spon
lant lias, by letter, furnished a sketch of thcrle
which was not t lien completed. On glan
cing over the reports of these debates, th<*\
strike us a- bei g more interesting andinstrne
ive than anv other matter contained in these
sapors. and we propose giving an abstract oflhc
vbole hereafter.
In the mean tune. Hie t atomic Association i»
>v no means idle, although ilieir leaders cam of
nil perceive that tlie end ol their eornhioeii la
»ors is rapidly approaching. A ineeiing was
icid on the fith and another on the 10th ol Fc
iruarv. The former, especially, is lepii seni- cl
is having been a very crowded one Mr.H’
'■onnell effected an entrance bv walking over I
be table. He made a speech, however, which I
vas far from s” litmus, and recommended a sub 1
nissinn to Parliament, andhumble obedience to;
he law. Mr. Shir I presented the draft of a pr
ition to Parliament, praying that the t onslitu j
ion of the Society may h»« inquired into be
"ore the oasr-age of the hdl. Air. O’t'onncir
Tioved that the F.ni I of»tunuughinore should prr-1
lent tlie petition Mr. Shod wished Lord Hutch
eson to p esent d. '■'nme altercation ensued,
ind the Mibj-> » was ultimately referred to a com
nittee—to tvhii h Mr. O’ onncli gave an Irish
«<senl, agreeing that it should be done, but de
claring, that if they decided against (he Karl of
Dononghmore, “he would never attend another j
Catholic Committee.” The rent of (he week !
eported at this- meeting, amounted to jC'1 »•*».
At the meering on tlie I0fh.it yvas resolved'
hat a deputation, to consist of peer', prolate*, I
ons of peers, and of country, mercantile, and j
irofessioiial g ■tillrmen. he requested to rroeerd
vitli tlie ad lr ss --fit.c \ssociafion folds Majes
v, against (he • issjng nffhe bill. Thedewita
ion is to be beaded by Lmd Fine d, l! yvasde-:
ennined that each member of the deputation ! <
A oiild *..f of immediately' for f<o.idon, and meet ;
Imre. An aggregate meeting of the Catholics '
if Dublin was also to be held. ! I
Mr. \l’l >onncll, in behalf of the Association,
has uddressd a letter to Lord Liverpool, request
ing that they may be heart) by themselves, or by
counsel, at the bar of the llou-e of Cominonr
Lord L. returned a pitliv reply, in which lie
uieiely said that “lie could enter into no cum
muniealion with the Catholic Association of
11 eland.”
Greece.
The friends of Grecian emancipation, have
lately been pained by the accounts of divisions,
and even a civil war among the Greeks, lint
it alfords us peculiar satisfaction to state that
these ir m utiuns have been completely suppress
ed, and the hlucknde of Patras resumed. That
tlier* have been difficulties, there is no doubt;
hot as our inloriinuou upon this subject, was
principally derived through Turkish sources at
Smyrna, it is fairlopresumc the statements were
generally exaggerated. Upon this subject the
tollowing letter from /.ante, dated January a,
contains some interesting, and. as the London
papers assure u-, authentic particulars:
“Xante, January 5 —I have the pleasure to
inform you, that at last the Government has
triumphed over its internal enemies, as glorious
ly asovei its external enemies. Wq inav say
that this new ut ■nipt of those who are cout arv
to the Government, has had a providential ef
lect, both in freeing out country from the ty
rannical yoke of the Primates, and as it serves
to show to Hu rope that there is really a Govt rn
n.ent m Greece, and not a merely nominal one,
as ha- been tutheito believed. After the death
ot oloc.otroni’s s >n, nc Gov -m nent sent or
ders speedily to all the troops of Moineiia to
m.'ieli into me Pelopoueiisus, >l the same lime
tiiat tlie inlands sent different other troops to
Xapoli dt Homunia. Goura, v'aratalso, Stur
uari, Caraisc.ikt, and several other Generals,
proceeded speedily also t*< the Peninsula, and
some by the » ay of C .rinlh. These drove bc
•ore them the lnaii'_o'if n In nc i •*vd that for
tr ss, whilst others, landing at Voslizza, and
proceeding to Calavrila, i*i tiiat pmc.. awaited
tiic seditious Chiefe. 'I licac, after a short re
sistance, see* ig themsd. uuutidoited bv their
ow n troops, and being hated by the people, be
took themselves to (light; -and there have ;>1
n-ady arm oil here as tugitiv* the famous Geo.
Sissmi, with Ins lantily, t; ru; whom 1 have
*e,i. lied tiiat r.oudon an*] sc.vr;>: Olliers have
sougtit retuge at t al.utos. We - hould really, i
on tins occasion, begvaic’ul to the President,
George t onduriottis. who undertook tlie direc
tion oi the Government with considerable (rou
ble, and was ready to sacriiice ever v i*■,i *g, and
in en lus liii*, rather than slider himself to be
ov etcoine. I hey say that < o^icotroni, having
lost also his second son, by.i fall from his horse,
has suDinit u d to the Government, by the mi tli
ation of( ogltopeJo, and tiiat he has nmv been !
destined (or Eubea. They say, also, that Papa
I less1*. i> destined for Candia, and that now Pa
is will, undoubtedly, he slricllv blockaded.
In Gnstnuni then* are oOOO nu n fioni Iwimctia, *
and it Ij thought that tiiese will proceed to Pa
lias. I he arrival ol the fourtii instalinent of
the Loan Irom London, was of consi lerablc- j
ose in repiessmg the Insurgents. Hven before !
its arrival, the President had disbursed 60,000 1
.Spaimsh dollars, of his own inouev.
“ J lie fc-gyptiiiii fleet is no longer heart] of.
Aiici !iis last disaster, so glorious to the Admir
al Miaul is, Ibrahim Pacha thinks no longer of
I'rom citing to ( anilia; he is now at Rhodes.
k* I lie .-'iiltau, by sending a ne w Paclra to
Romc-oa. has caused a Revolution there, which
i- |iromoted by Oilier Vriunc. Ail these things
co-operate to our Independence.”
I tie foregoing gives rather a fivourable view
01 the actual stale ot a/Fairs in Greece. In ad- |
diliou to liiis, some further int< lligtnce is fur- i
nislicd In llu- British Press, derived :hrotigli the
laics: German journals. It is hem stated*, tlu.i i
••Omer \ Iione. t..o * uikisii t ommander in .
Albania, apprehensive ol the treachery ot the 1
l.)ivau, who, under the pretext of promoting j
him, are endeavouring to get him into then i
power, has opened ncgotiatious with Prince!
>lav rocordato; au ainas.ice hail been agreed !
to, and it was expected tuat the Pacha would '
declare himself independent. The instant he ’
•hies so, a signal will be given for the dismem- 1;
bemienl ot ttie Ottoman Empire. Every Pa- j
ch:i remote from Constantinople, will, at once, |
raise himself from subjection to sovereigntv.
The wily Vicerory of Egypt will be among the
loieinost to seize tiie golden opportunity for
winch he has so long hecu watching and dis
sembling. The Auslr an Observer, tiie con
sistent and persevering iriend of the Mahome
tans, asserts, that they arc resolved upon mak
ing then next campaign with more vigor than
ever. Their resolution may be very good, but '
w.: -uspect their power w ill hegi . not a little to
lail them. Every elFort, it seems however, will
l*e made to call into the field a great levy of the
Turkish lorces. The Sultan, with his own
ban writing, has summoned the Pachas of
Wnldeu and Belgrade. Alai in has penetrated
the Divan, and not without reason, for never
was the empire of Constantinople in a more
critical state. Ii is lighting now, not for viclo
ry, hut for life.”
A h tier from a French officer returning fiom
I •recce, an . wi itten w hile performing quaran
tine a* Toulon, to his friend in Marseilles, con
firm- the loregoing, o.ar as it respects the hap
i<\ t< immalioo oi the disscutions in Greece,
lie left on the 10th of January, and his intelli
,s I he latest we have seen. In regard to
ihcse i.t-mentions, lie says “it was a necessary !
ljviI. The tire w as smothering under the ashes, j
ind hurst out at a fortunate moment. It was I
“veil very fortunate that the civil war assumed
>o decided an aspect, as to force the govern
rn,-tit. notwithstanding its clemency to pul down
ome turbulent i hiefs. It is most tme that
P.mos i clocotioni has been killed—Theodore
Negris died ol the typhus.” Hydra and Mapola
It Rumania are encumbered with prisoners and
"irses. The disciplined troops of Mahomet
Ml, who have been captured, are employed in 1
. leaning the streets and gutters. The French j
iflicer continues: 1
“ fherc is as much difference between an
Bgypiaui and a Greek Palikar. as between a
Neapolitan and one of the ancient guard of ,
[•’ranee. At the time that the newspapers said
.1 much aboultlie renowned expedition of the .
V iccroy of Egfpt, onr men only spoke about <
lie Egvplain sabiesand the Aral.horses, which <
were on the point of falling into (hear t :,ds. I
Ibrahim Pacha having suffered immense losses, I 1
s now at .Stida; he spoke of an attack on the 1
More..; I wish it may take place, though I be !
icvc nothing of it; he is, doubtless, waiting for '
he spring, if the Greeks do not in the mean :
ime drive him from there; they were preparing
or that stroke, and did not doulff ofstjeess.M j '
The important post of Patras, which has
neon so long blockaded by sea, and invested bv
land, is represented, in advices from Alissolon- i
rlu, ot January 10, as being reduced to such an '
axtiermty that the Turkish garrison had pro- «
p.-cd terms of capitulation, in corisc<|uencc of
which, hostages had been excbar.ged on both <
n.lr s, ro await the issuse of ncgociations for !
MirreTiilering the fortress. The hostages sent 1
by the Turks, after soliciting the armistice ‘
were two nephews of IVIustapha Uey, formerly
Vaivode of Aehaia, and two Suliote Agas. A *
cousin of Marc IJotzaris, the son of Catches j
Pi.'-tomari Stilioles, and two indiv,duals be
longing to families, in the Greek government,
>. ve been given in exchange. Tee Turks .
Icro in I the privilege of marching out with their i
inn* and baggage, and to be transported, some i \
oflie Husprafi,others to Prevcsa, and part m
o Asia Minor, at the expense of the Greeks. |r
Spain.—The following ia our latest intorina
tinn from Spain, and is not destitute ol interest:
Mauriii, Jan. ‘J7.—Our Government, af
ter •,'ieat lahoi, have perfected a plan of Repre- 1
sentati'*' Government, suited, it is said, to the
stale of knowledge in the Peninsula, and to the
extensive Aristooratical elements which exist
there- 1 eau tell you nothing ofmy own know
I *d ■ e of the contents of this project, but once
more I assure you ot its existence: and 1 can
e<pi IIv a-sme you copies of it have been given
to the Trench, Russian, Austrian, ami Prussian
Ministers, that they inay transmit them to their
respective Courts, to be examined, lean add
to what I have just told you, that persons who
aie intimate with our Ministers, and who arc in
tiie habit of reading their thoughts, pretend that
the new plan is nothing more than the renewal
of a project of the Anlic 'dinned which was
agitated six months ago, with, however, a few
iusigiiiiicaiit modifications.
Portugal.
Advices from Lisbon, to the 2 tth of January,
announce a most important change in the Por
tuguese Administration, and that a new Consti
tution d code was daily expected to he issued,
more favorable to the liberty of tbe subject and
freedom of political opinion, and wliicli, if bou
e*tl\ per-isled in and carried intoelfect, it is ex
pected will go a gieat way (owaids uniting the
contending parties ot that mis-govei tied country.
The same well-informed writers also state the
important fact, that the Portuguese possessions
in the Brazil*, are separated forever l'toni the mo
ther country, upon the broad principle of the in
dependence ot tho.->e Stales, with the piivilego
to the King of Portugal to make a favorable trea
ty oetween the two countries. The new Portn
g'-tes Govermiit n ha-l expressed a wish that the
late Lintish Ambassador at Paris (Sir ('. Stuart]
8 >.mid accompany other commissioners to the
Brazils, to a*sist them in effecting this desirable
oh d. The Poi tuguese had no ships of war in
a t Mate for the voyage; i: was, therefore, ex
rei led tlint the British government would pro
vide the nccessaiy suitable conveyance.
Madame de Genlis is about to publish her Me
moir*, for which, it is said, she is to receive 40,000
t :itics; ttie largest sum *lic has received for any
of her works.
I omit Montholon has recovered, as the exe
cutor of Napoleon, by a verdict, 3,2-18.500f.
ft' »in I .a Title, the celebrated hanker, which
that gentleman had acknowledged to be in his
hand*, hut u liicli the Trench government liatl
restricted him from paving over before.
A company lias been lomied at .Manchester,
'or making a navigable ship canal fiom the Irish
•-mo. it the month of the Dee, direct to Man
chester.
r\ paragraph Irom brussols. Jan. 31, confirms
a previous statement that Prussia is one of the j
ii'* of the ( eminent which endeavors to es- !
i d‘lidi an intercourse with the South Ainmicuti
elates, mid has appointed M. John Ksclmnbeig
;■» tiicolliceof Prussian Consul at ihienos Avres.
D 'Oinark is sai l also to be manifesting a like
disposition, an I the Danish merchants are en
gaging in the com i.-reo of South Amotion.
>'* o observe sum e speculation** in the Kuglish
papers as to the cans ■ why the King did not open
On- srssj.>n ol pailiament in person, since he was
in i heai'n. 1 lie iJuhiin Frocman’a Journal, ]
ho»vever, aiiords sn.m' due to the question.—
I hat paper '-tales the I. Mowing as being men
tioned in private circles as the reason. It is
said that when the diaught of (he speech was'
laid belure hi, Majesty. lie did not anprove of the
passage respecting Ireland, and that although >
jVIini.sisrs made several attemp s 'o modify it, j
sliil tiiey conn! not triune it to hi, satisfaction, !
v* *he m.-ulij -*e! pleasure in delivering it in 1
p.-r m On the sains subject the Leicester*
Journal says, the King hud no alternative hut
the adoption :d the speech or a dissolution ofthe j
Mini* try. Vo: latter was impracticable, lie,
there! ire. as a matter of necessity, sulFbred the
»pe eh to be delivered bv a Commission, but he ;
kV“ ;!,i n '< the countenance of royal reci- J
liition- f.'V’. Y. Com. Ado.
. lldtrman Cur, u .ctinsi h'can.
'I bos* who have scanned die entire of ihe open- I
■ P -perch in this cause must have rciua.ked a sin- i
ml.c hUidis in it, viz.* the mode in which Mr. R. Al- ■
ooti Cox came to the know ledge of his wife’s inlid.-- i
itv. From the tenor of Kean s latter epistles, it is I
ii. tty evident that the warmth of Mrs- Cox's pas- i
i,°1' had begun to wax cold; and the fact is, that
his lady had admitted a new rival, Mr, Wadinoic, j
vim had for some time been glued to her husband's i
le^k. but wlm had left the drudgery of tbe counting j
mo,.! for the much mnie facinating delights of a la- |
.y s boudoir. Tbe youthful figure of Mr. Wad
"»re so ciiaimed Mis. Cox, that she felt no longer
he same pleasure in the company of Mr. Kean;and
h - conquest of the formet gentleman did not, like
iiat ol tiie other,depend on stolen interviews, hut
va - si nned hy Ids being admitted to the house as
li<- favoured lover of Miss Wirkstead. Under this
.o ik In* threw Ins darts with peifect safety; an 1 it
s understood that l^og ere Kean was apprised of
in- ticklene.s ol hi, mistress, a very endearing cor
respondence had subsisted between Mr. Wndmore
nut Mis. Cox. When the truth, however, t.ainc t<»
tis ears rage and jealousy stung him to madness;
nid in order to revenge hinisellnn the faithless Char
otte, liepicvailed on two gi.lsol the town previous*
y intoxicated, to r.haunt a bacclianalion melody
m l. , the windows of i\lr. Cox's house. The awk
ward allusions in these lyrics were extremely an*
Kniiig to Mrs. Cox; ami she was, i' possible more
tl armed when they were apprehended bytheDng
•errics ofthe night, for disturbing the public peace.
In tlie morning, they were by the vigilance of the
a ly released, in Older to prevent them from blah
ting. Kean resolved to repeat the experiment a
■croud time. Mr. Cox was from home on the first
tecasion; but on the second evening he arrived at
tis residence just as the two drunken choiiisters had
loured out their first notes. They were again dis- <
latched o the watch house, and on enqufriiig the
•nose of these unusual sounds, Cox .was told that
hey had been despatched thither by Mr. Kean
mil that they bad been well rewarded for thcii tmu
>le.
The explanation naturally surprised the Aider
nan. Kean b.'ing ranked among his most confi’en
in\ fri lids at the time. It had the effect, however, i
>f fiWiikening his suspicions, which were augment
'd ,hy observing messenger or servant issuing out
if his house cai ly the succeeding morning, with a let
oi in her hand.—Curiosity prompted him to track i
tie steps of tiie liea-et, who arrived at the abode of i
Ur. Wadmore He immediately possessed himself
i! the reply, and the contents too soon convinced him ■
it his ruin and di,honor. Horror-struckoat the dis- I
ovny, he rushed to his wife, and taxed het with i
|l:f -S,le an open confession of herer
ms.„ *1 liave cruelly, ino3t cruelly, aoused your
«'(’• said she; “hut Wadmore is not to blame. I I
educed him; and he who first struck at the root of I
•our peace and my own, wa■ your old friend Mr. i
van. the shocking perfidy of the man, who had I
dmsed his confidence and broken the lawsofhospi ■
•tiny, had a withering effect on Mr. Cox. As any '
njured husband would act under similar cireum- i
tam es, he obtained from his wife the letters of Mr. <
sean, and the unhappy woman having done this <
itecc of justice, or rathe, of revenge, departed fro,,, j
in: house, and sought solace from her griefs in the
irins of Wadmore.
While Kean was at Dorchester, one of his eliil
Iren died; and so great was his poveity, that a.sub- i
cription was raised in the neighborhood t,, bury the ,
,ody. Mr. Cox was the most liberal peisot, on the i
iicasinn.
Kean gave Mrs. Cnx the name “Little Breeches,”
>v reason of his having presented her with a sailor's
mi form, in which she often arrayed herself when
he accompanied her paramour in an excursion.
I.o.vnes, January 2,».—On Friday night Mr.
<ean made hi» second appearance, in his highly
imslud character of O/M/o. Expectation was
onsequently on tiptoe, as before, though rather
hated. The floors of the Theatre did not present
lie same crushing appearance as on Monday, nor
id the rush when they were opened possess any
thing like the same terrors; indeed, until the end ol
the Play and Pantomime, we saw many places va
cant. There were, however, enough in the house
to keep up the spirits of discord without intermission;
whatever their numbers, their resolution was pretty
strong in this particular. The war of wonts was
opened by the display of a placard from the Two
Shilling Gallery, bearing the words “Ke.in for
Ever!” This was assailed by the Pit with groans
and hisses, and immediately the strife of voices
commenced. Another plnra.d was to tire follow
ing < fleet; “Elliston explain.” In answer to this,
one was unfolded in the Pit, the leading words of
which were, “No Cant.” Others were also exhibi
ted at different parts of the House, in support of
either faction, such as “Down with The Turns.''
‘‘Call Elliston,* with others conceived in the same
spirit. Several small slip- of paper at different
tin.es were thrown from the Gallery, on which were
written, “Who seduced Kean? Little Bleeches’.”
1 lie-e served to rouse the clamour of party, if at
.toy portion ol the evening it showed a disposition
to slumber.
Aftei a considerable time had elapsed, in which
tlie patience ol tlie house broke forth more than
once in nut miirs, Mr. Kean appeared, led on the
stage by Mr. Elliston. lie had changed his tragic
habiliments for a plain suit of b|.,ck. Altei waiting
for silence Mi. Kean was enabled to gain a hearing
for llie (allowing address:—
“II you expect from me a vindication of my pii
vatc life, I fear 1 shall he unable to furnish one to
your satisfaction. I stand before you as the repie
scutative of Shakespeare’s heroes. (“No doubt,’
“hear hint,” and expressions of disappiobntiuu.)
I’lie errors which I have committed have been
scanned by a public tribunal. (Considerable inter
ruption.) In that investigation feeling-of deli, acy
p.evented the disclosure of circumstances which j
might have changed tlie complexion of tlie cas“
(Renewed inten option.) 1'his pioceeded from feel
•»g' for others, not for myself. (Bravo!) It appears
that 1 stand before you. Ladies and Gentlemen, at
this moment, a professional victim. If it is clone by
a ho-iile press, I shall endeavour to with, taud it; if
it is your verdict, I shall bow to your decision; te
meoilier with gratitude former luvours, and leave
you.”
Mr. Kean here finished his address. An uproar
ous cry ol *l,Vn, no!” bu. st from many voices, a great
pait ol the Pit rising and mingling their voices otic
way or tlie other with tlie rest of tlie house. Mr.
Elliston returned to the stage, and ied oil' his too
ther actor, alter making formal and repeated bows.
I he audience appeared pacified by the speeches
which itad been made to them; the clamorous con
test became less loud, and gradually sunk away.
MISS F iOTK amd AIK. I JAYNE.
“If'hull Hilling,
V minus um urs are afloat respecting lire re
conciliation between these parties, and the pro
bability ol their uititnateiv coming together.—
We have all along- stated that Mr. Havoc li:uJ
no personal or unmanly lie y towards Miss
Foote, and the b<st proof o! this is tin.- ia t ol
his attending tin- theatre lust Sntiiidov week,
for the express purpose of giving her his sup
port. The interviews which have taken place
since the trial we have good anthorty for stat
ing were not sought for by Mr. Ilavne. Tbe
fact is, that at) occult ut<il meeting took place in
Hyde Park—Miss Foote ami Iter mother being
in a carriage, and Mr. I la ne in his cab. The
f >t met nodded and smiled—Air. 1 lav ne, in mere
gallantry, con Id not do less than bow. Tlie next
day there was another meeting, and anotlu r
smile, another nod, and, in adoition, a plavfui
beckon, drew tlie gay Lothario after Ins former
flame—hands were shaken, and Aliss Foote in
formed Mr. II. that she I ad left certain paint ings
tor him al Uobins’s. The stipulation was mutu
ally cordial, and on the third day. Air. II. hud
anote from Airs. Foote, requesting an interview.
This took place; but for what passed we must
refer to those most interested. [Lon. Paper.
I.oxnox, fob. 14—2 o’clock.—Consols opened
this morning at 944i, and remained at that price
without a great deal doing. It being settling day
in tlie Foreign Market, tlie business is principally
confined to adjusting accounts. Mexican Bonds are
l*Hv; Columbian, 61 j; Mexican Scrip 3k prem.;
Brazilian, 4\ i, Sp mish Bonds are 23-4. An ad
vance has taken place in most of the Mine Shares.
Anglo Mexican are 12 ) tr> 125 pm share; Foiled,
1)15 to 110; Pasco, 25 prem.; Colombian, 37 do.
Brazil, 13 do. Chile, 134 do.
Livkrfooi. Makkkts, Feb. 15
Colton—During tlie past week the demand for
zntton hits been paitic.iihnly 'n.i-.k from the hade as
well as from sprculuhos, the latter ol whom, direct- i
mg their attention to tiie comp,natively low price
of Pernains, have bought extensively in that d< sci ip
tinn,causing an advance oi full i<i ner lb. on nor
last weeks price*; other kinds have likewise parti- i
cipated in the advance, \ to id lb. being readily j
paid on our quotations of this day wet k, Sea Is-j,
land Georgia, Is54da2s3d; Stained do. 9i a 12: j
I p'and do. 84 a Is; Alabama and 1’e.nnessee, <1 j
114; New Orleans. lO.ij a 114«L
FROM OUR t OR RESPONDENT.
•A no En gland Coffee House,
f.o.NDo.v, Feb. 14il<, half past 7 o’clock.
House of Common*.—Tba gallery was opened
soon alter 2 o'clock, and immediately crowded to
excess. I bore was more snuggling to obtain ad
mission than v/e have seen lor along time. After
the gallery was Ailed the don.s we e locked until the
speaker's arrival. The gie.it struggle to get in was
to hear the debate on tin* Catholic question. At 4
/clock the Speaker took the chair. After a good
leal of minor business was disposed of, the t han
:elkir ol the Exchequer, in reply to a question from
Mr. Hume, said,‘ the whole subject of the taxes
would be brought forward on the 25th instant."
On the motion for the House to go into < ninmittre
if supply, Mi. Hume said, they ought first to know,
what numbers were to be required for tiie army and
lavy. I he l hanccllor of the Exchequer said, that
he army estimates would l>e presented in the course
if the evening. Mr. Huinw trusted, that one shilling
would not be voted until the flousa had information
m the subject. The Chancellor said, he did not
hink the question much connected with the navy
tstahlishment, but he had no objection to satisfy the
ion. member scuriosity—the number would be about
F'OOiank and file, exclusive of officers, and of what
night he required for the East Indies. The House 1
hen went into committee tm the navy estimates.— 1
Die number of men to be the same as last year.— ;
\tter considerable debate, the following grants were
nade; for the pay of 29,000 seamen, jE92.Ui5;>;
'tores, jGb(>3,2<>0; wear and tear of ships, &:c. £.iz 0,- i
150; sea ordnance. £94,250— total, j£l.941.550. i
The Catholic Question.—The order of the day on
:he Catholic question was called up. Mr. Lantb
'aid he pretended not to know what was meant by .
he spirit of the constitution—he wished hon. mem- ,
iers would attend more to the practice of the con
ititutioii. Liberty to assemble to adopt petitions
or redress of grievances, was secured by that in,ti u- '
neat, and he was not aware that the Catholic Asso- 1
■nations had infringed on that liberty.
The bill now offered, he believed to be of a pro
liaale character, rather to meet what might appear 1
ban what actually existed. The Attorney Gene- '
al for Ireland it was true, had appealed to the laws, '
>ut lie had done so too soon; he had prosecuted what 1
vas not prosecutable,&c. Mr. Dawson was in fa- i
nr of the motion now before the house. He thought
io man who knew Ireland for the last thirty years ]
otild he friendly to the Catholic Association. He \
ousidered all Associations there to he injutious.—— J
Left speaking at 4 past ? o'clock.]
r rom me jicw fork slmertcan, Jnarcft 1C.
POSTSCRIPT—Two o'clock.
Ry tlir Queen Mali we have received our files of
aris papers to the 14th Feb. inclusive, from which
ve select the following items of European news.-—
braliam Pacha is stated by the Austrian Observer
>f the 10th January, to have first disembarked his
roops on the Isle ofCandia, where he dismissed his
ransport vessels, and determined to effect a descent
nr the Morea, from his ships of war.
Having received try a French frigate a supply of
!,00t»,000 of dollars, lie subsequently effected a lami
ng at Modon of 3000 men, and immediately sent
• ark his squadron of 16 ships to bring a lurther re
nfoicemcnt. From the suspicious source whence
he above proceeds, and from all previous accounts,
here is little credit to be attached to it. Indeed, in
i note of the same Observer, it is allowed that the
an, V;,i Greece ol the last mstalmr „t of the I-,
Rl.sl, loan, hud established the super inrity of the pu
A loan of from ten to fifteen million of francs had
be, M, neRotiHted ... Pa, is, for .he Greek govern,..,..
lhc latest Madrid a, counts Mate that Mr.
tin- brother of the Spanish Prime Minister, had i ,
ce ded on an impo.lant seciet mission t„St. Peters
burg!,, the object of which was asserted to be the
ratification ,,t a Meaty brtWti Sp;,i„ „nd Russia,
by which die- latte, engaged to oppose, even by arms
the recognition o| the South American States, and
was a> an equivalent, t« receive a grant of full
vercignty over California. This, like the preced
mg, is hut one of the tales of the limes. Cadiz let
tev* of Jan. OUIi. stale that a Prince Murat had
i •»*«'' «r,esled, and was clos. ly confined there. One
ol this name ..snow in this country: wlirthe, he nmv
, *,,e '"'“R'naiy captive or not, we know not. A
cluh oi young politicians, the eldest of whom was
not W years ot age, has been discovered in the ca
pTlal, and from the dangers incident to the political
discussions ol these young statesmen, those who hart
been discovered were ariested and kept m .,lc. ,i,lr
a tire.
We perceive in one of the French papers (the
Ktode) Hie following definition of the Holy Alliance
a„'‘ its objects. It is (says the Editor) it compact
entcrcTl into, under the auspices »f the Creator him
sell, lo protect tile human sp« des limn the Genius
o! Evil. We also learn, from the same source, the
novel iHimmalion, that when Mr. Canning in coun
cil proposed, the recognition of the independence ol
South America, he was so unanimously opposed by
the other members, that lie tendered Ins resignation
• to the Kitifj, which would have been accepted but
j 'hat the health of l.onl Lit -r/tooi tea.* ton dt/trait to
j dispense with tin- services of his coadjutor. This is
tiie amount of what lietrsU given by the French pa
pers, none of which lias the semblance of authenti
city.
From th' Baltimore . I utrican of March 15.
BUENOS AY BBS.
W c* are indebted (o our correspondent of the
YViliniiig;oiiiaii for a Buenos Acres Argosextra
ol the lfitli December last containing the mes
sncfe of the Executive of Provinces of Hio de la
P.atn to the representatives assembled at Buenos
Ayres on the 15th of that monlb. From this
document a friend has Iriudly translated such
parts as possess a general interest.
After congratulating the representatives of
the nation, ou their being assembled lo promote
its happiness, Hie address takes a rapid view ol
the misfortune and embarrassments which the
government has encountered and overcome. It
advises them to pass such laws as will promote
individual security; liberty of expressing opin
ions inviolability of property, and particularly
such resolutions as will encouiagc the einigra
liunof foreigners, by opening to all the road to
industry.
i nc* government of uucnos Ay res (i ontinuet
the message) lias a right to expect that you wifi
approve of the political sy stem adopted'to unite
die different provinces.—The laws that have
he n enacted for this purpose; the consolidation
f the national debt; the creation of public
credit; the different regulations concerning in
dustry, all have already produced salutary ef
fects, and there is great hopes that they will
consolidate the national opinion, and that trau
pulit) .so long sought for, will be at last iimilv
established.”
‘•by the docu tents herewith presented to
> on, you will perceive that the government of
Buenos A) res has endeavored to cultivate
a good unde;.st Hiding and sincere friend
ship with the continental nations who are en
gaged in '.lie common cause. A minister pleni
potentiary has been sent to the Jiepublic of ( o
lombia. The situation of Peru, since her last
misfortunes, rendered the appointment of ano
ther minister, near that government, indispen
sable. At present it will be necessary, that
these ministers be confirmed by the general
power of the United Provinces.
“We have performed great national duty to
the republic of the United States of North
America. This republic has solemnly recog
nised our independence. She has at the same
time made an appeal to our national honor, sup
po3i g capable of singly, resisting the Span
ish power—and she has < onstituted herself the
guardian of the field of battle, by declaring
tli.it she would not permit any foreign power to
assi t our foes. The neighboring empire of
b :/i! offers a contrast w ith this noble republic
nd is a deplorable exception to the geueial
policy of the American nations. The province
of Montevideo, separated from the rest by mean
an I low artifices, and retained in subjection by
•t *e force of arms, is a scandal, the more odious,
as (lie usurpation exercised under the appear
ance ot legi.imaoy. The government of the
Piovince oi Buenos Ayres lias used every
means with the Court ot Kiu Janeiro to remove
these evils, that moderation could dictate; and
although site has \ct been unsuccessful, she
doe* not despair. Perhaps the advice of pow
erful fiiends will induce her to listen to reason,
and toward off from the coasts of America the
terrible necessity of war.
[ Ik* instability ul some of the European
powers, and the malevolence of others, seem to
threaten the new republics in tliis part of the
wo-Id; hut this pr iceeds from the violent condi
tion in which they arc placed by a policy in
consistent with the true slate of things._
Kings can have no strength or power but that
given hv the perfection of social order. They
well know its extent and advantages. But
frightened at the commotion that surrounds their
thrones, they wish to place things in their former
stale, and paralyze the activity of the human
reason. They wish that truth and error should
unite themselves to strengthen their authority.
I torn these principles have sprung (he explica
ble doctrines which now torment the people of
Europe, and for the prop igat inn of which the
Hol> Alliance was foime l. It is therefore diffi
cult for them to recognize as legitimate, govern
m-nls whose origin is not obscure, and whose
authority does not rest on miracles, but on the
simple and natural rights of the people. Ne
vertheless we have little to fear that the soldiers
of the Holy Alliance will advance to this side
of the seas to establish the odious legitimacy of
the Catholic King.
‘‘Urea! Britain, not bound by any ties to the
allies, has adopted, towards the American states,
| a noble conduct, worthy of a people the most
| civilized, the most free, and therefore the most
powerful of Europe. The recognition of the
independence of the republics, will he the con
sequence of the principles she has proclaimed,
if on may be assured, gentlemen, that this un
( portant event as far as relates to the provinces
of Rio de la Plata, will principally depend on
our shewing ourselves as n nation capable ot
maintaining the good institutions which we al
ready possess.”
The address then alludes to the act of the
King of .Spain, by which be annals the con
v uhon made with the commissioners of Buenos
Ayres, and concludes by say ing—
“The absolute authority of Ferdinand is a
curse to Spain, and his name is only made use
of on this side of the ocean to serve the interests
of a few military chiefs who carry on the war on
their own account in the interior provinces of
Peru, as did the first adventurers who conquered
that country.”
The address then goes on to express a hope
that'the Liberator at the head of the ("olumbiau
warriors will soon drive the enemy out of that
country and restore peace and tranquility_if
closes by saying— 7
“This is the situation of our affairs in general
at this moment. Gentlemen, our hopes are well
founded, and if they be accomplished, next year
will see the close of the war and the national
existence of the provinces of Rio de la Plat?
firmly established.’1