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knuwlc lge our disjaisiUou to conciliate his most Chris
tam vlajesty, to whose government we have not altii
buled the suspicious conduct of the persons who arriv
ed here in the frigate during their stav in C o
lombia, the object of whose visit appears to have been,
to see the counity, and observe its condition.
The quiet state of the Republic lias atforded the Ex
ecutive an opportunity of carrying into opeiation the
new mode of primary instruction, of augmenting the
number of schools, establishing new professorships,
and of regulating some colleges that were still labour
ing under the evils of the colonial system, and the ef
fects of war. The advancement of public education
must be slow, whilst the college funds arc so small and
uncertain as at present; and we might cease to hope for
any advantage from the institutions that have be« u
commenced, did not the youth apply themselves to stu
dy, and the instructors labour in their vocation, with
the sole incitement of honourable feeling, and their
own ambition. 1 trust that at this session a general
system of instruction will be adopted, the want of which
u sensibly felt.
The projets of law for the government of the de
partments, and the administration of justice, which
were presented to the Executive on tlio. last day of the
preceding session, will he returned to you, with the
objections be has thought proper to make tt.erelo. I
do not promise myself that these exceptions alone will
perfect srrcli important laws; but your judgments and
the tune allowed for their full discussion, induced me to
hope, that the result of your labour will be complete
and beneficial to the Republic. The Executive be
lieves, that these laws will correct the defects in the
government of the departments, and iu the administra
tion of justice.
The people have justly complaiued of the extensive
jurisdiction belonging to the three courts of appeals,
and ot the liinittcd power of the municipalities. But
that this arrangement may be beneficial, a law is re
quired to fix and dispose of tho rent of the public lands.
The health and convenience of the towns, and the good
state of the roads required for easy communications,
make it necessary that certain funds be provided, with
out which the municipalities will ever be of iuferior
consideration.
in a general view, 1 am justified in snymg, mat (lie
order and regularity of (lie march of the constitutional
authority have not been disturbed. The functionaries
discover an increasing respect for our institutions, and
the citizens enjoy the uninterrupted privilege of claim
ing the execution of the laws. It would, indeed, he a
political phenomenon, for an infant society to advance
in prosperity, without some obstructions and with
out discovering some weakness. Colombia must still
bear the evils of inexperience, and the constant
suggestions of her enemies; but neither can have
any effect in retarding the career of the Republic to
wards that point at which she must soon arrive. The
disturbances of Pasto, which, from the nature of that
country,and the character of the people,it was thought,
might he ot some duration, have been quieted, and
government has been as indulgent on this occasion, as
the public safety would allow. The same vigilance
and activity that have destroyed this germ of disunion
will also crush any future designs of weak persons
against public order. The people desire to live peace
ably under the protection of the laws; and -as long as
they will care lo preserve order. and maintain our in
stitutions, the Republic will enjoy peace at home, and
the military will be released from this duty.
Our internal commerce requires some regulations
for the encouragement of navigation and the suppres
sion of the abuses attending it; and our foreign com
merce with coasts inhabited by wandering tribes, de
mands special laws to relieve the Executive from the
embarrassments he has suffered for some years past. I
propose to the Congress to pass a law prohibiting the
grant of letters of naturalization to fot gners ofnny
nalion, with which the Re uiblic may he at war. This
law belongs to the code of tint nation which tiny he
call d really free, and on the idvantnge of which regu
lation, it is not necessary that I should remark.
The exhausted state of the national Treasury will
continue to exist, ns long as the payment of the defer
red debts shall he charged upon the ordinary annual
revenue, and no system .idopted for fixing and proper
ly meeting the public expenditure. To these causes,
may be added our obligation to augment the standing
army for a vigorous resistance to the hostile d.- .igns .0
Spain. From the shortness of the time, 1 have not
been able to furnish a correct view of the progress made
hv the national Treasury, in accordance with the laws
enacted at t! e I ist ---scion. I'hu executive, with grea
economy, has organized the general suporiutcudmicv,
and the departmental treasures and accounting oliices.
It is desirable that, at tiii.- session, the legidatuic should
enact a unitorm tcgulation ot the tithe-rents, and
amend the law as to direct taxes, and also consider the
diffc-ent subjects that the Executive, by virtue of the
cous'iiutiou, will submit.
The many difficulties that have arisen in regard to
the loan of March, 1K22, have been settled satisfacto
rily to the parties interested, and with honour to the
republic. In this transaction, the Executive used the
power confei red on him by your act of the 1st of duly,
IH-2J. the result of which w’ill be communicated toyou
at an early day. Tiie Congress should be gratified,
that the course which we have pursued in this business,
has merited the unqualified approbation of the most
distinguished foreigners, who have understood us diffi
culties
I will also submit to you a circumstantial account of
the na mer and conditions, on which the loan decreed
on ilie .!Oth of .1 tine, of last y.-ar. has been raised.
’I h >s. iquumlcd with the history of t tie loans of oilier
na«i -. have thought the terms of lie- present one to
be ■ iv .l'i'ag’eo"v The executive ackn winders, that
hi-, agents confined themselves to their instructions
and then :•* gocialions ivere conducted under the di ec
tion and knowledge of the Minister of Colombia at
London vbose department lias merited the approbation
ol all pet <or;s. / o tlu! Executive it was g,ratilyii)fr,
that the business pending in regard to the former ‘loan
was a 1(us'ed before the new one had been ncgociated;
and he availed himself of circumstances, which, if neg
lected at ' o lime, would have reduced us to the nects
sity oi accepting unfavorable terms, y0u will ex
amine with attention the documents to be presented to
you, and the Secretary of the Treasury will cuirnnum
cate to you whatever information may he nailed for;
because in this examination the interests of our con
stituents and the good faith of the repuolic are involv
ed. I congratulate myself by anticipation, that the
Congress and the nation will be satisfied on this sub
ject.
It is very important to the public prosperity and
credit, th ■* von should direct your attention to the
funding of -e national debt. Every year accumulates
difficulties upon the succeeding. This debt embraces
different periods, various objects, and ci editors who arc
not properly classified. VVc should arrange it, and ap
propriate money for the punctual payment of the m
interest, and the gradual liquidation of the principal. I
You will agree that the act of the last session on this *
subject is irregular and Misufficient
Thc standing army continues to exhibit pvidencc of
its obedience to (be laws. There hnv • been no ene
mies to combat within (lie limits of the rci uhlic, bul the
army has been kept on the war establishment, as re
quired hv the polities of Europe. The Executive de
ferred the levy of 50.000 men decreed by law, till it :
should appear to him proper for reinforcing the auxilia i
ry army of Peru, to cover the departments bordering
on the ocean, and to organize torn* iIk rew-rve in the in
tcri >r. The national iniliua lias been ordered to be or
ganized, in the manner prescribed by a resolution of
the eons itnent congress, p-hicb will increase the bat
talions already formed, b\ numerous corps of citizens,
wbo-c first duty will he the defence of fle ir country. I
Von will eons lor the provi-ional decrees of the Exc- !
cutive in execution of flit laws upon this ■ tibjeof, and
wiM enact oer auent regul .lions, embracing even oh ! i
jeet. for the national militia. Hicse measures, and the j
abundant materials of wa. that we possess, lr v, placed j I
the f’’•public m die attitude of c nriplele preparation, i i
for the defence of her independence and her liberty ! ;
i) r nav v has been enlarged and irnptnv d. as cir- i I
cti-usiaueed have allowed. The flag f L'ulombia has ■ i
to ; .aicit d rvspect in ever sea, and wh«?revei it has
Co ..ha*tcd v illi that of S’-ain, has (her established its I
su; ;imily, and demonstr.i i •.! the hi: very of our rna
iine. Tlie Cxce.ulivc has taken measures to fix at r
once the total of the navy, both at 9ea and on tbe coasts 1
aud rivers. But little advantage, however, will result
if instruction be not applied to (Ins branch of our force,
and if laws organizing and governing it, of which l
have before spoken, be not enacted. Naval schools
have been commenced at Cartliageua aud Guayaquil,
with the inadequate resources at the disj»ositioii of the
Executive; but they canuot succeed well, unless the
Congress shall aid them. Having recommend d the
future condition of the army, in my former messages,
and suggested the laws that seemed to me proper and
necessary, 1 content myself with referring to them, and
hupe that objects of such impoituncc may command
your attention at the present session.
This is the state of the Republic, in the different de
partments of *ts administration: a friendly inleicourse
with the American and foreign governments; regulari
ty in its treaties and conventions; order and quiet at
home; a respect for, and-submission to the laws; the
freedom of the press, the diifusion and promotoiii of
public education; a just prospect of the increase of tin:
national revenue; an army crowned with laurels, and
sacred to the cause of Liberty and Independence; and
ample resorces to maintain in anv event, its dignity, its
government and its laws. It belongs to you to remove
the impediments to the successful career of the Re
public. and to remedy the evils denounced by public
opinion, and jour own sentiments. If we will recur
to the time when our cotie was first published, and n
eollect what t olnmbiu then was, we will acknowldge,
with agreeable surprise, the difficulties she has ur
inouuted and the advancement she h;i9 made. This
acknowledgment should encourage us to pursue the
exercises of our respective powers, with zeal, integri
ty aud patriotism. The Executive is as-ured of these
virtues in the representatives of the nation, and they
may exnect, on his part, to receive the aid which his ex •
perience in the administration may allow him to aiford,
and that their decisions shall he faithfully executed.
FRANCISCO OK PAtJLA SANTANDER.
Bogota, January -J, I —I
2Tfjr XaUn.
A long-report from tlic Secretary of the Navy in an
swer to sundry enquiries made l»y the Senate, has been
I published in the [National Intelligencer, the material
part «>l which relates to sundry recommendations from
that officer, as—
I. A regular and systematic: organization of the Navy,
which has never yet heen done, bv a law ->c:-in mg
the duties and annexing trie penalties for disobedience.
Congress have never yet systematically legislated on
this subject—it has only been done by bits and scraps of
legislation.
i 2. Supposing such a law* made, rules and regulations
! growing out of it would naturally arise, having a better
and more sure foundation than those hastily framed bv
the Naval Department.
J. A revision of the law for the better government of
the Navy, with a plainer designation ot crimes and
punishments. This is slurred over at present in an ur,
, legislative mode, staling offimees in such indefinite
terms, as well as punishments, that the officer scarcely
knows when he has oilcuded. or the Court what penalty
to affix. The punishments it t< proposed to graduate
thus—private reprimands—public reprimands in various
grades—suspension from duty, sometimes with pay,
sometimes with >ut—dismission from service, and last
of all. death; all or any of which n.u now bo indicted by
Naval Courts Martial, on < rimes so loosely defined bv
law.
•1. A permanent .fudge Advocate to be ap oi tiled bmh
for the artny and navy—to give a Naval L'oiiit power to
compel the attendance of witnesses.
5. That an academy be formed for the education of
young officers. Tliis is pressed with peculiar fmeo; the
maintenance ot the American character abroad-—the
: high and importance duties often entrusted to our naval
1 officers—tbe necessity that exists that thev should be
; well ncqnantcd with the science of naval architecture
in till its branches.
G The establishment of a Marine Corps, with duties
correspondent to those of the army.
The report itself is cxtremulv well written, and L an
honourable evidence of ihe talents of the gentleman
I who superintends the Naval Department: its leogi i.
connected as it is with an abundance of local matteiu
prevents its insertion entire.
[Baltimore American.
—0*3*©—
COMMODOitK PORTKR.
The National Intelligenccrof Wednesday last, con
tains the subsequent correspondence.
N-vvai. Depaivimk.nt’, Dec. ‘27. lfi-21.
Sin—Your letter of the loth November last, relat
ing to tbe extraordinary transactions at Faxardo, in the
Island of Porto Rico, on tbe — of that month, has been 1
received and considered.
It is not intended at Ibis time, to pronounce an
opinion on the propriety of those transactions on vour
part, but their importance demands tor them a full in
vobligation, and ton will proceed, without unnecessary
| delay, to this place, to furnish such explanations as
i may he required, of every tiling connected with their
cause, origin, progress, and termination. For that pur
, pose, you will bring with you those officers whose tea- ;
I (imony is necessary, particularly Lieut. Platt, and j
I such written ev iilence as you may suppose useful.
Yon will return in such convenient vessel as mm b(
best spared from the squadron, and on \our leaving
the station. you will deliver the command to (.'aptaii
Warrington, with all such papers, instinotions, and in
formation, as may be useful to enable him in the mu
| effectual manner to accomplish all the objects forwhicl
the vessels now under your command were placec
there
I am, very respectfully. fee.
sAMI,. h. SOrTII-ARD.
Com. Pivm Portv.r, roin'll*. lT. S..\’aml
Forces, H . Indies, Gulf of .Vcrico, A r.
ZJ. S. ship .John aidants. )
Thompson's Island, ./an. 20, 1825.
f<in.—T have tbc honor to acknowledge the receipt
of your orders of the 27th nit. informing me of four re
ception of mine of the 15th of November, relating to
what you have been pleased to term the extraordinary
transactions at Fnxardo, and recalling me from mv
command for a full investigation of my conduct in that
a flair.
Agreeably to your orders, 1 shall leave this phee for
Washington without unnecessary delay, and have taken
measures to obtain all the testimony necessary and
such written evidence as I suppose useful, and, on my
arrival in the Ignited States, shall hold myself ready to
justify mv conduct in every particular, not only bv
the laws of nations and of nature, and by highly ap
proved precedent, hut, if necessary, by the orders of
the Secretary of the Navy.
To iisq the emphatic language of Mr. Adams, “By
all the laws of neutrality and war, as well as of pru
dence and humanity,” 1 was warranted in chastising
and intimidating tire authorities of a place who had not
only become the allies and protectors of outlaws an i
pirates, hut our active enemies, by the imprisonment
art 1 forcible detention of an American odirer, while in
the performance of his duties. “There will need, (con
tinues Air. \o i vis.) noritntion from printed treaties on
internal law, to prove the correctness of this principle.
It is engraved in adamant on the common sen«e of man
kind. No writer upon the Inns of nations ever pre
tended to contradict it: none of any reputation or au
thority ever omitted to insert it.”
I am will eg. Sir. to submit my conduct in this aiiair
to'lie strictest investigation, and, il l catm t fullv pisiif
it, I shall cheerfully submit to the severest punishment
that can he inflicted. But. it it shall appear that the mo
tives which influenced me were founded m, patriotism
that the ncccs-itt for my conduct really existed, anil
ftmt “mi vindication is written in every page of the law
if na i rr-, s well as the first law ofn.Vnrc. ai-l'flefcnce ”
! shall thru hope that atonement will }p made for
hjs forcible withdrawal, for an alleged offence, from
ni c inunanrl. hv recforir.g me to mv funner station
in ’ allowing *« r(Aire from it in a manner more
i nonrable to myself and my coun’rv, and less injuri*
ms to mv fe- nngs and character.
This, Si>-, will he an act ofjustice that I hope will not
re deni, d to me.
I nave the honour to be with great respect, yourohe
lient servant, |>. POiiTEU.
lion. Sami,, h. Sovtiiaop.
I
Exheut of a It Her from Com. 1’outeii to the Hon. Seerrtary
of the .Yury, dated >t n.\hinglon, JHarch 16th. 1825.
Officers continue to make to me their reports aud re
quest of me orders. Not knowing whether the Depart
ment still consider me m command ot the West India
squadron, I have been at a loss how to act. Will you
be pleased to instruct me on the subject?
1 have the honour to be, with great respect, your
obedient servant,
D. POUTER.
Hon. Sam. L. Southard.
Extract of it letter from Hon. Sam. LSobtiiard<u C'om.I).
Portkk , d'ittd JYary Department, 19//t. lurch, 1825.
It was the intention ot the Department, in ordering
Captain Warrington to the West Indies, to relieve you
from the command of the squadron there.
1 ain, respectfully, &c.
SAME. L. SOUTHARD.
Com. David Porter. U. S. Navy—Present.
JJolar itrflfons.
Captain Franklin, of the British Navy, recently arri
ved at New York, bound on the third exploring expe
dition, will proceed through Canada to the mouth of
M’Kcnzic’s river, there resume the canoe-navigation,
and sail westward!}' towards Icy Cape.—Should they
not be so fortunate as to meet with Captain Parry, the
Blossom of 23 guns, (which lias lately sailed from Eng
land for the South seas) will be found, as Captain Frank
j lin has kindly informed us, waiting m Bhering’s Straits,
iu the event of the expedition teaching that point. It
is intended on reaching M’Keiizio’s river, that a parti
under Dr. Richaidson and l<t. Kendall, sh ill proceed
eastward and explore the line of coast between that and
Coppermine River. A detachment of the expedition
has gone by the way of Hudson’s Hay, but the officers
are now iu New York. They consist of Captain Frank
lin. the commander; l.l. Kendall, astronomer, (this offi
cer was on board the Criper during her late disastrous
attempt to reach Repulse Ray,) Dr. Richardson, who
rendered such ‘iiiincnt services on the former occasion.
Surgeon and Naturalist; Lt. Raid;, who also distinguish
ed himself so highly, will make the surveys, and conti
nue throughout tin; voyage with C aptain Franklin;
Mr. Drummond, Rotamst.
They will set out for York, Upper Canada, in a few
days, ami the win.le party will assemble t Rear Lake:
and in tbe spring of 11126, will descend APKeiMie’s li
ver, and again embark on the polar sea, in July of tl.e
j same year.
—
Expedition to the^VUrth i ole.—The Baron de Wran
■ g">l has i>. en cngag.d for several years with a large par
ly, m exploring-ami survey ing- the north coasts of
I Siberia, on the tcc, in ascertaining whether Asia and
: Vmerica are separated !>\ wat r, and in endeavouring
to reach the pole on tin* ice. The first two objects lit
is said to ha\ <■ completely accomplished. It is now con
i sidereo certain, that the continents are entirely separate.
His attempt to reac.i the North pole on sledges drawn
hy dogs, failed in consequence of their niecting ith an
, open sea In Mareli lb22. the party left ZN'iji Kolymsk,
and directed theii course N. E. upon the ice. After
i travelling twenty two days, a distance of two hundred
and uni ty-live miles, they met with the open sea in N\
1 lat. 72 dog. 3 min. and finding it impossible to proceed
further Northward, returned, after a journey on the ice
ot forty-six nays without any hind o! shelter, where the
thermometer never rose above io degrees below freez
ing. and tr queutly fell to 21 degrees (of lieautncr it is
supposed) below freezing. In an attempt to reach an
Island which was said to he IV. K. of the cape of C’lia
lagskoi, they encountered a tempest which lasted many
days, and broke up the ice, even to the southward ot
the party, so that they were several day s on a floating
mass, surrounded hy immense heaps of broken ice, in
total want of provisi ms, and exposed to the greatest
dangers be ore they were a ie to reach the land. The
return of the party , and the details ot their expedition,
are impatiently expected m Europe.
[ Bull. Uniw July.
itestrs <£auals.
f * O'" thr information turaished hv our correspondent at
the Seat of (tovcinmeut of ihe State of I’exssti.v.ixh.
if will hr seen the bill for giving the sanction of the Lcgisla
tmi; to the act <i \ irginia, for the incorporation of the
Chesapeake ;.nd Ohio Canal, has been rejected. This is
.hardly a subject ni < g -I. considering the shape the bill was
i", having been Ie led with < .mlitions and provisions not
to be found in the \ i.giuiu la w, an.I therefore iuconsist-nt
with it. 11 id the hill pa .1, it ■..•mild h vt: required tl<*
sanction of br-tli Virginia and .Maryland to the alteriiih rs
to make tin; law effective.—We have not the h a«r doubt,
that, at the next Session, the Charter will receive th- unin
cuitiheied sanriimi <d Pennsylvania, the more certainly be
cause the matter will be beitei understood, upon fu ther con
sideration, than it appeais now to he. The Legislators of
the United States, and of Virginia and Maryland, will he
astonished to learn that, among the provisions introduced hy
way of amendment to the Harrisburg Bill, w as one to p.e
vent the Canal Company from exercising Hanking pnralt
ges, and another reserving the light of the State'of Penn
sylvania, if it should choose, to tax part of the Canal which
should be within the limits of that Stale!
[JVY/f. Intelligencer.
i Chesapeake and Ohio Crnu/ —T\i0 late decision in
1 tl,e legislature of Pennsylvania, postponing the consi
deration of its invited sam tion to the act of Virginia
i for incorporating the company to rn .lrc this Canal, can
: iri no manner affect the progress of the undertaking.
I ^ *,e lateness of <lie session will account for its postpone
ment. Nothing required tin ir immediate passage of
the hill, as the act i-. conclusive. for the other sections
i of the canal, except (he extreme western part of it
wl.icd. will he in Pennsylvania. Nothing buljheaccep
i fttt'ccofthe old Potomac ( ompnny is now wanting to
i authorize the appointment of commissioners for noen
i mg books of subscription; and that companv, it will he
seen by an advertisement in the paper of this dav is t„
' be convened on the se-nnd of May, to act upon ihcsub
ject. A Meeting of the Central Committee of the ( a
I nal Convention will also be held before long, to take
; definitive measures on the subject. These suggestions
j v'/in serve for a reply, for the present, to those who have
anxiously inquired of us as to the present stale of that
groat concern—[Nal. Ini.
Southern National Rond—The Board of Engineers
consisting of General Bernard, Mr. Shriver, and the
other officers and gentlemen attached to that service,
s.tt out, on Tnesdav last, on a tour of reconn askance
through the Southern States, with the view of ascertain
ing the most eligible route fur the contemplated Nation
al Bead from the Scat of Government to New Orleans
_ itb. '
There appears fo hr a great deal of excitement in the
state of Ohio, on the subject of the proposed Canal from
the shore of Cake Erie through that State. Strong rc
SolutioifS against the measure have been passed in some
places, and meetings are called in others for the purpose
of following the example thus set. The Sandusky Cla
rion of the I vtliof March is completely filled with arti
cles in opposition to the Canal, in which much earnest
nrss is exhibited, and occasionally vehement language
passed, regarding the project, and the persons by whom
it is supported. A meeting was held on the 9th of March
at W arren, in the county of Trumbull, at which a num
ber of resolutions were passed, and among them was the
following—“Resolved, That the last Legislature neither
possessed (he au'hority to vest in a board of ( ommission
cr* by an irrevocable act, power to borrow from year
to year for a series of years, enormous sums of money
on the credit of the State; nor to lew by a like act, tax
es to pnv the annual interest thereon and to redeem the
principle; nor to pledge the faith of the Stale that no fu
tare Legislaturethoutrl interfere tcifh the proristons of
the same; but possessed of a firm belief that any suhse
rpa nt legislature irp} t,c as competent to abolish said
board of Commissioners as the last was to create it; fo
repeal, alter or amend the acts laying taxes as the last I
was to pass it; we protest against the provisions of said
acts as being deceptive in their construction and impo- J
tent in their operations.” ^
If sentiment-* like these prevail fo any considerable !
extent th’oi ghr/ut (hat State, we should <hink they would
find it difficult to borrow much money for the accomplish- !
mentof their great object: at least until it is ascertained 1
ovvliat lengths a future legislature may consider tlicin
■elves warranted in undoing, jvlml their predecessors
lave done. [.V*. Y. Daily Advertiser.
Piiii.aofi.pui A, March 26.
We learn from a gentleman who has just returned from
i tour of inspection, that the workmen ou the Delaware
and Chesapeake Canal are proceeding with great rapi
Jity. During the winter sir hundred meu were kept at
work. This number is now iucreascd to twelve hundred,
and employ incut will be given to several thousands as
soon as they can he obtained. The tide lock at the de
bouche into the Delaware stood like adamant. Excava
tions have been begun for the lock at the western ex
tremity of the Canal; and the work will tins summer be
carried on, as it was during the last, on the whole line of
the canal.—In 1827, the canal will be navigable; and
in four years from the date of the commencement of
the work, the stockholders will, in all probability, re
ceive a dividend on their investments. [Gazette.
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.—This magnificent
work is now rapidly progressing, and will in all pro
bability be entirely completed in the year 1327. It is 14
miles in length, GO feel wide, and 8 feet deep: it Iras
two tide and two lift locks, which are in lenglh be
tween the gates 100 feet by 22 feet wide; the walls are
140 feet long. It will at once be seen that this canal
will admit sloops and schooners of large class.
\t the summit level, where the cutting is about 70 i
feet deep, there will he a bridge with a single arch of 200
or 2:j0 lent span; thariindcr side of the arch to be 90 feet
above the bottom of the canal.—f Phil. F. Gazette.
Cincinnati, Ohio, March !G.
Wc congratulate the People of the West on the pros
pect of having at las' a Canal at the falls of the Ohio.
I he char ter granted bv the Ilegislature of Kentucky at
heir last session, has attracted the attention of capital
ists, and nearly 200,000 dollars worth of the slock has
already been taken in this city. The books arc still
open, and there now remains no doubt that in this and
other pi: - es, the whole ainouut will be taken.
rr»u. Gas.
FORSS&jST
From the (Philadelphia) National Gazette.
EU ROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
We have before us a series ol the London Morning Citron
irle to the 19lh ult. brought by the packet ship Globe, ai
riveil at this port from Liverpool. There is no intelligence
of interest from the Continent. The Chronicle of the 19th
is nemly engrossed by a debate in the House ol ('ominous,
the day before, on Mr. Brougham's motion that the Ro
man Catholic Association should be heard “by themselves,
counsel, agents ar.d witnesses,” at the Bar of the House.—
i he Association had presented a petition to that effect.
The motion was lost; ayes 89—nocslFP2. Messrs. O’Con
nell, Sltiel, and Brie, the delegates, were sealed on one of j
the bcnche.-. helmv the bar. The Chronicle of the same
date observes: ‘-It is said that the illness of King I-> rdiuand J
of Spain is more moral than physical; that he has been
unable to digest our King's speech.”
W e have aLo befure us Liverpool Commrrial papers of
Monday 21>t, which furnish, however,only commercial in
telligence from London.
The London quidnuncs were busy with the pretended
partition of Spain and Portugal by the Holy Alliance.—
Reports prevail that Russia, Austria and Prance had
agreed to recognise the independence of Greece, and that
Russia had marched an army upon Constantinople.— No
credit is to be given to these stories.
London, Feb. 18.—We received last night the Paris pa
pers of Monday, and the Ktoile of Tuesday. Front the
following extracts, it appears that things are advancing
rapidly to a crisis itt Spain. Ferdinand finding, like Ca
nute, that even Kings, though the Vicegerents of God orr
earth, have not the attribute of omnipotence delegated to
/hem, gave way, it seems, to such a fit of passion, that his
life is in the utmost danger. The French have disarmed
the Royalist Volunteers at Corunna, and driven the Span
nish troops of the line from the city!
Maduid, Feb. 3.— (Private Correspondence.—A notice
is published to-day, that on account of the state of tlio
King shealth, prayers will be performed to-day, and the
ILdy Sa'vam.Mit will he exposed during the service. His
Majesty is, in fact, vety ill, and general alarm is felt for
the consequences of this illness, said to have been produced
J by a violent fit of passion, into which his Majesty fell
during a Council of State on the affairs of Spain. It is rc
poited that his Majesty even deplored the sari fate which
had placed him at the head n! the Government. He com
plained hitteily ot having never been seconded'by bis Min
iste s though lie had selected them from the parsons lie
thought the most attached to him.
Lastly, acco.ding to the same reports, the King said that
lor now sa>" that every body deceived him, and that he was
not without uneasiness for his own safety, and that of his
l i mily. \\ hatever may be the causes ot his Majesty's in
d -position, it is certain that it lots caused great alami for
these three days past; the gout seemed disposed to fly to the
sto each, but the exertions of the physicians have arrested
the pi ogress of the disorder.
Letters from Corunna say, that the Royalist Volunteers
have been clisatined, and mat toe Spanish troops ol tin* line
hive been obliged to leave the city for fear they should have
come to quarrels with the French garrison. This operation
has been effected, it is said, to the great sati faction of the
inhabitants ol the town, and without the slightest opposi
lion from the Spaniards, though their discontent was visi
ble, and their hated concentrated.—Courier Frimcoise.
Maduid, 1* cb. «>. i roubles ol millet a serious nature
have taken place at Grenada. The populace wanted to
break up by force n constitutional meeting », dob. The
soldiers, instead of obeying the authorities, joined the pop
ulace. General Quc-ada lias sent a courier liithci to in
iwmi me v( i iiDitriii oi wnai wits passing.
A luttci l.om Lisbon, of Jail. 25. says* “\\ c do not yet
observe any thin,, to indirote that an English division will
come to keep garrison here, though it is generally reported."’
This capital is vny tranquil, as well ns the rest of the
kingdom, hut comineicial nllairs are completely at a stand.
(■^twl alien ne.
A German Mail arrived vestevday, bringing accounts
from St. Petersburg!! of the 22d r: January, from Berlin of
the 1st of February, and from Frankfort ol the fftlt. They
state, that the Emperor of Russia has reduced the duties
upon various productions of the country necessary for ma
nufactures, and imposed a moderate export duty upon them.
The Frankfort papers mention that the promotions in the
Russian and Austrian armies continue
It is stated in the Etoile, that Messrs. Ouvrard, Rollae,
and others, weie arrested on Saturday. All the papers of
M. Ouvrard had been sealed.
'I he Etoile of Tuesday informs us. that the Viceroy of
Pern had addressed to his Most Catholic Majesty his res
pectful congratulations upon the entire restoration of his
legitimate power.
From the Philadelphia Gazelle.
The markets, as will he seen by the extracts under our
commercial head,continue to rise.
t 1 he House of Commons was occupied on the night of the
1 Btli of h ebruary, with a renewed debate upon the Catholic
Association, founded on Mr. Brougham's motion that that
body should he heard against the Bill, “by themselves, their
counsel, or agents,” Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Shield, and Mr.
Brice, being below the bar for that purpose. The motion
was lost by a considerable majority, the numbers being for
hearing tlm counsel 89, against it 222. The debate, as might
ha\r been expected,comprehended ail the arguments which
had been so ably used by the principal speaker on both sides,
during the former nights of protracted discussion on the
s.imc subject. In favour of the claim of the petitioners to
hi' heard against the Bill, pnrtir ula r precedents were urged,
as well as the general injustice of condemning parties un
hear , who were ready ami anxious to refute by evidence
the general assertions made against them. Against their
claim it was stated that the Rill did not apply to Catholics
hut to all Associations generally in Ireland, ami therefore
that the petitioners did not romc within any of the special
cases which previous precedents involved. To this it was
answered, that if precedents did not apply, there was here a
great prima facie case, and an opportunity, by conceding the
law of mere form to the apparent claim of justice, of recon
ciling conflicting opinions, of giving the Catholics a steady
confidence in Parliament,and thereby seeming the tranquil
ity of Ireland. This appeal to the feelings of the House
was of as little avail as the argument which preceded :t;for
the answer was, that the Bill itself would have a pacific op
eration, ami that the Catholics had already avowed their
readiness to obey its enactment s.
The speakers on the question were Messrs. Brougham.
Wynn, V ork, Hobhouse, the Solicitor General, Spring, Rice,
Peel, C. Hutchinson, Scarlett, and the Attorney General.—
The ft lobe says, “Mr. Secretary Peel answered Mr.
Brougham in one of the ablest speeches he ever mnde; but
the reply of the Han. and learned Mover was, by the con- i
fession of all who heard it, the most triumphant—and both |
in matter and manner the most eloquent recently delivered 1
t» Parliament. In Hit* language nr those who heard it, Mi
Peel was completely prostrated.”
I lie sum ol JL820,0<HJ is lequired tn pay the interest ou
the exchequer bills for 1825.
1*1 "birl, who was so deeply implicated with Thurtell, in
the Inini 1>1 r* allaii of Gill's Cottage, (thu murder of Mr.
\* eare,j h_j been attested for horsestealing.
From Bril’s Life in l.nndntu Frb. 20.
LKTTEK FROM FA Ul«j, KKUHVAKV 13, 18.15.
At length the Holy Alliance lias come to a definite reso
lution on the subject ol the independence of S. America.—
Being unable to find a field of battle on which to combat
England, it has determined on excluding liei from the Con
tinent, nml closing up to her every access to it. As the
tiuubles °f Spain become every day more serious, and it is
not known where the disorder may stop, the lluly Alliance
lias dcteimined on attacking the evil in its somce, and dis
meinberiiig Spain, leaving to King Ferdinand a petty ap
pearauceof a kingdom, in the midst ol his ancien; monarchy.
In consequence, it has tiecn notified to England, that not
having been able to pievent her from confiscating to her
own advantage the rich Spanish possessions beyond sea,
winch form the fairest portion, the Holy Alliance, on its
part, ayails-itsell ot its continental force, to take possession
ol Spain and Portugal. Iiicxecutinn of this design, Fiance
acquires all that part of Spain which is situated mi this
side of the Ebro; and Russia takes Majorca, Minorca, and
Ivica, of which she has been desirous si tree 1814, to have a
footing ity the Mediterranean. Three hundred thousand
French, Germans and Russians will put the last hand to
this plan in the spring which approaches, and the doctrines
ol the Holy Alliance will reign without mixture front one
end of the continent of Europe to the other.
All our l/’topiau politicians, who are ignorant of the state
of things, do not fail to exclaim every where, that Englaiu,
will not suffer this dismemberment; that she will revolu
tionize Portugal, Spain, France and Italy, to put herself aC.
the head of the grand struggle of civilization against barba
rism, and that she will command in Europe, as she already
commands in America. Undoubtedly, this conduct would
be analogous to the great and vast interests of England,,
well comprehended. Undoubtedly the-Opposition has not
failed lor ten years to surround this question with all the
light which now shines around it. Undoubtedly this same
Opposition has forced the Government to bestir itself in the
", ,r OI u'e recognition of South America, though Mr. C.tli
ning alone reaps all the glory, which is, no doubt, not a
little, from the stupid hatred home to him bv all the Cabi
nets of the Continent, lint it is equally well known at Pe
tersburg, Vienna and Paris, that the English Oligarchy is
Mill moie afraid of Democratic doctrines than the Holy Al
liance itsell. It is on this intimate knowledge that the Ca
binets found their security, and they do not neglect, in th. i'
tarn, creating difficulties for England in her own interior.
It is known here, beyond a doubt, that the Jesuits keep
up a veiy active corrcspondeuce with Ireland. The ieno
• twice and fanaticism of the Clergy of that country are u
powerful lever, in the handling of which our politicalslbbti
promise themselves great things. They desire, with all
tiieir heart, that England should adopt measures of ri»or
with respect to Ireland, in order to have a pietext for push
ing to it, helium this superstitious and bruve people, who
have always been, at all periods in their history, ready to
( elend with arms in their hands, their religion and its min—
istcis. It i, to be hoped that the British Cabinet will defeat
all these infernal projects, by adopting, with respect to Ire
land, a policy more liberal and more conformable to the
ideas of the age. The instruction of mankind is much more
advanced by causing the torch of knowledge, philosophy
and toleration to enlighten them, Ulan by precipitating
them in dungeons, and giving them up to the ... of the
inquisition.
It may be concluded from all this, that the convulsion ol
tins year liasonly brought the establishment of a new tran
sitory state ol things. This moral revolution has operated,
through the force of circumstances, the separation of Eng
land Iron the Holy Alliance, by interdicting to her all coin
minii.ration in future with the Continent. How long will
this State of things Inst? It is not difficult to see that itcau
not be long. Each power fortifies itself and takes positions.
\ Inch w ill lie the one which is forced to commence hostili
ties. 1 he future alone cun reveal this.
M. M illici t who has been seven years in the United Stater.,
has sent to Paris an immense number ofsubjecrs for the Mu
se uni of .Natural History, collected on our continent: Among
them are are 200 muinmilera, of which 45 are alive, 400
species of birds, 100 ol which were wanting in the Museum
.550 species ol reptiles, 2f»0 of fish, 500 shells, of which CO
are new specie3, and about 570 new insects, Sec. besides bo
tanical and ntineralogical subjects.
The Oriental Spectator ot tire 17th Dec. says, that the Vico
Roy of Egypt had set sail from Mamarissa for .Morea—that
he intended, however, on his passage to leave all his tuins
poris in C.india. taking his troops on board the ships of war.
These papers contain details respecting the civil dissen
tious hi the Morea, which there i< reason to hope have bv
this time been assuaged. Ronm r.-v.t, the heroine, who for
a tune, commanded a ve. «el against tiie Turks, took part
with the insurgents, and was taken prisoner by the govern
ment troops at the time. Voting CoLocoTnoNt was killed
in cons' quence, it is said, of excesses lie bad committed; the
most fatal (Ti which, to himself, was, that he had pistolled a
pri-st—an outrage which roused the people against him.
PHETUO Bex, the chief of the Mninotcs, had not openly
declared against the government, hut the Oritnliul Specta
tor represents him as watching his opportunity.
(-ORHJ, Jan 22.—Letters from M issolonghi of the 10th
mst. st .tc, that many of the Chiefs who were the authni
of the troubles which have taken place in the Pelopnnuesm.
had taken refuge in that city, and supplicated the lVinc.
Mavrocoidato to afford them protection and obtain then
pardon, bat in no case to give them up to the Hellenist Go
vernment of .Napoli de Romania. Amongst the factious
vrre London de Vostissa, Siasitns.de Gastoinii, Zalami ,.
de Calavrita, &e. They were informed, that from huma
nity alone three hours would he given them to retire from
the city, and that those who did not profit by this grace
would tie iiiimcdiuteld seized. They accordingly left the
city forthwith.
I>y other sources wo learn that the Turks in Patras had
oft'ered to capitulate. Notwithstanding all that has been
published to the contrary, the place has been constantly
blockaded by land and sea, and the gartisou arc reduced
tn the last extremity; but they have nevertheless demanded
tube allowed to inarch out of the place with their arm
and baggage, a portion of them to be conveyed to Prevesa.
anil tlie remainder to Asia Minor. It appears that bavin"
authority to treat for the conditions of capitulation, the
Turks have solicited an armistice, and have given as hosta
ges two nephews of Mustapha Ccy late Governor of Achaia.
and two other Agas.
A grand expedition is preparing at Missolonghi; it is com
posed of between 6 and 7,000 Greeks, Epirotes, Felponnc
sinns, and waniors of the Isles of the Archipelago.—The
expedition will be commanded by Gowns; its destination
is not known, but it is supposed that its object is either tr
attack Lepatito ot the Isle of Euboia.
The Oriental Spectator confesses, that the soldiers of
Colcotroni have abandoned him, to join the standards o{
the Executive Power.
The famous Ipsariot, Vavaky, lias proposed to the Greeks-,
for their Sovereign, a very well known personage, horn in
the Ionian islands. This proposal has not been well re
ceived.
BAncKt.oiVA. Feb.2.—One of the most celebrated law
yers of Barcelona lias just been thrown into prison; the
cause of bis arrest is said to be his refusal mart as the at
torney of the Bishop of \ ich, when that prelate was im
prisoned under the (constitutional Government. The pro
cess of accusation is against those who are accused of bcit>&
concerned in shooting that Prelate.—Yesterday an order
was posted up,requiring Generals Mina, Rotten, Milan?,
and Btitrons, and a number of other military and civil offi
cers, r<> give themselves up to the prisons of the city.
It is confidently stated, that Gen”! Reiset lias addressed a
letter to the Captain-General Caro, nnnotinrtng to him
that he is informed that efforts are making to iuflamc the
minds of the people against the French troops, and express
ing a hope that the Captain-General would take the ne
cessary means for putting attend to such plots; - * utig, that
if his F.xrelletiey did not do so, he sboul .self be
under the necessity of adopting vigorous nica-ui
Hamtiitrc., Feb- 8.— The Senate has appointed a Com
mittee of three Members (Senators Jemisc h, Abrndroth and
Bcnicke) to rereive and distribute the contributions'for the
relief of the sufferers bv the late inundations on the 11th
Feb. The accounts in the Hamburg papers from all the
neighboring country are of the most afflicting natu c, and
the damage sustained is a counterpart to that rawed in
North Holland. Not only arc the dykes broken through j*
a great many places, but the waves in numerous instances
rose over them, having reached a height never before
known. In the Duchy of Bremen many houses were en
tirely washed away, and a great many persons perished.—
The dykes of the Stor, which runs by Glukstadt, are broken
in above fifty places. At Glukstadt a Greenland whaler
and two barges were furred through the dyke, and carried
away two houses on the harbor; thirty persons are said to
have perished there. The accounts from the Hanoverian
side of the Elbe are equally melancholy. Besides the ac
tual immense damage, the flood has deposited in many dis
tricts such vast quantities of sand, that it is feared the fields
will not recover their former fertility for many years.