A '_—.,,-- .. - z.,~
, FOREIGN’ ARTICI.IiS.~
_ By arrivals at Boston and New-York, accounts
from Liverpool are received tothe 2d of July,
and from Gibraltar to the 9th. I
A letter from Gibraltar‘, dated July 9, mentions
as a report, ‘that the troops at Cadiz, collected for
the famous and long talked of expedition, had ab-
solutely refused to embark.--. The Treaty Willi
Spain had not been signed. _
The King of Spain is to marry a Princes of
Saxony,aged only 16 years—-she was on her way
to Spain. The courtship may have retarded the
ratificzition of the treaty. Sir Hudlbras says,
‘ W/zen a lad;/’s in the case,
4 _,-111 or/gcr (lungs, you know, gives /1/ace.’
Attempts are making in England to divert
the current of emigation from‘ North America to’
the Cape of Good Hope. .
The advarrtages both as to emigration and col-
onization, in favor _of the territory belonging to
the Cape of Good Hope, before the U. States of
America, (says a London paper) are imr‘oen:e.——
Persons emigrating to the Cape are landed close
to the spot where they are to receive their gran‘.
of lands, and the lands uill be ‘granted rent free
for the space of 10 years; and at the end of that
period, are to be retained for evt-r, upon the pay-
ment ofa small quit rent to Government.
It was believed Parliament would adjourn a-
.bout the loth July. Sir Francis lltlrdett was a-
bout to br-ing forward the question of Parliamen-
tary reform.
Ou the 28th of June, a resolution passed the
House of Commons. granting 60001. to remuner-
ate Gen. Boyd of Boston, for losses sustained by
him, in the confiscation of salt petre at the Cape
of Good Hope many years since. In debating on
the‘suhject, Mr. \Vilberforce stated that ‘Gen.
Boyd was a nativecf the United States: ll‘-Kl in
ife rendered great service to the cause of
G i‘ Britain, in the East-Indies, at a very critical
statér?ol' affairs there.’ He was at that time com-
mander of a corps in the service of the N-izam.
A Berlin paper‘ states, that or; the 27th of May,
two /zundred and t/zirty-five /iouscs were destroyed
by fire at Gucsen, in the dc artmcnt of Poscn;
and a Preshurg paper of .one 4th, says—‘A
dreadful fire broke out on the 22d ult. at the ril-
lage ofiliuchel, which destroyed H6 houses, 52
barns, a number of head of cattle, and property
l)esidcs to a considerable amount. Several indi-
viduals lost their lives, and others are dangerous-
ly hurt.’
Accounts from Naples of the 4th of June,
state that a dreazlful eruption of Mount Etna had
broken out, which threatened total destruction to
the city of Catania. From Mount Vesuvius a ve-
ry great eruption of lava had taken place in the
direction of Pompci. Some violent shocks ofan
earthquake had been felt near Viterbo. ‘
There prevails at St. Vallery, an epidemic
which carries off more than 100 persons a week.
In the French chambers it has been pruposttl
to establish commercial relations with the inde-
pendents of South America, and to form a treaty
with the government of Ilayti.
Another large {lock of Goats from Cashmire,
is expected soon to arrive in France.
Lt vi-:ttt>ooL, June 25.—-VI/ithin a few days sev-
eral vessels have arrived at this port from Ireland,
with volunteers for South America. Vessels are
fitting outhere to convey them to tlre_ theatre of
action. They await the orders of Gen. Devereux
for embarkation. He is daily expected here. ,
The disturbances in this town on Monday eve»
ning,ascribed to the Irish volunteers for South A-
merica, originated in an attempt of some labor-
ers to rescue two women from the custody of the
dock men. The mob increased and proceeded
from .one violence to another, until at last the
door of Ilridewell was broken in. A great num-
ber of men were apprehended, several of whom
were Irishmen of Gen. Devereux's corps, but of
eight committed, only one is' ofthat description.
' The hay harvest has commenced in this rreiglr-
borhood, and we are happy to add, there seems
to be a most abundant crop.
Among the arrivals at this p0l‘l,pl1ll_i‘e,2 lvst, we
were particularly gratified and astotrished by the
novel sight of a fine steam ship, which came
round at half after seven, 1». M. without the as-
sistance of a single sheet, in a style which dis-
played the power and advantage of the applica-
tion of steam to vessels of the largest size, be-
ing 350 tons burthen. She is called the Savan-
nah,Capt. Rogers, and sailed from Savannah 26th
May, and arrived in the Channel five days since.
During her passage, she worked the engine‘ 18
days. Her model is beautiful, and the accom-
modation for passengers elegant and complete.
This is the first ship on ‘this construction that has
undertaken a voyage across the Atlantic.
I.oNDo1~:, June 26 8: 29'.—-It is a serious fact
that the last year 1817-18, the trade from Amer-
ica to China employed $37,000,000, and 16,000
tons of shipping: during the same time the Brit-
ish trade to Clriua occupied S6,500,000,aud 20,000
tons shipping; consequently, allowing that the
A‘n1erican merchant receives his return in the
course of one year, while the British requires
ncarlytwo years-0-the American trade to China‘
is already more extensive than our own. VVe
state this important fact on the authority of
early I
Charles Assey, Esq. late Secretary to the govcrn- _
ment of Java, author of an able pamphlet,‘ On
the trade to China, and the Indian Peninsula.’
Letters from Cadiz state that several ofthe
British transports had been discharged, not from
their being no longer; wanted, but because the
Captains would not submit to new conditions the
Spaniards wished to impose on them. It appears
that the experience acquired by the purchase of
the rotten Russian ships has made the Cadiz com-
mittee extremely cautious, and they now insist
on the British ships being stripped before they
proceed to sea, though many ofthe-m were fresh
coppered before they left this country. With
this the captains refused to comply.
It is now quite certain that the Spanish expe-
tion, which has been so many months under prep-
arationtat Cadiz, will not sail until the beginning
of September. .
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The -Em/.c_r0.z:. ..fl[é.:t*a72dei'.-—Tlie report, that
the Emperfiir Alexander is assembling an im-5 :
mense body of troops in the vicinity of St. Pe-
tersburgh, gains ground, andgives rise to seri-
ous alarm. It is -said -to be, for the mere pur-
pose of a Grand Review, and that he has invited
the Duke of \Vellington to be preseirt at it--but
it cannot be believcdytlrat for the mere-object of
a holiday parade, he would, in-the present state of
his finances, incur the expence ‘of marching his
numerous armies from their distant quarters-'-
and therefore it breeds a suspicion that the ru-
mors respecting his designs on Sweden, are n91
unfounded. ‘ '
A I-Iamburgh paper gives, as'to the total of the
army and navy of the Russian Empire, 863,090
men, of which number 75,000 arc,scamcn,.
It was rumored in Berlin that a rupture be-
tween Russia and the'Porte was expected.
Accounts from Madrid of the 8th of June an-
nouncé the capture of the Spanish brigantiue the
Nereide, of l8 guns, with despatches for Rio Ja-
neiro, by an Insurgent Corvette.
A large meeting of manufacturers, traders, and
laborers at Cork, has taken place on the subject
of their distresses ; about 15000 persons assem-
l)lc(l, who agreed upon a petition to parlia‘mcnt,
praying for a reduction of taxes, a tax upon ab-
sent land proprietors, and for a repeal -of the on-
ion. *
Meetings have also been held at Man‘chestor,
and Dewsbury, in Yorkslrirc. '
Glasgow, June 17.--Yesterday ameeting of
the weavers took place on the Green. The 40th
regiment, some troops of cavalry, and the police,
were in readiness to act. The croud was very
large, and supposed to amount to 35,000. Sev-
eral speakers addressed them, and among other
means of relief, proposed a petition to the -Re-
gent, to grant such as wished it, the means of
reaching the colonies of N. .America, with the
means of support for one year after their arrival,
uhich sums they propose to repay by re___mittan-
ces of produce. -
A private letter from Madrid, dated the 25th
ult. announces, that the Spanish Government has
completely failed in its negotiations with the Re-
public of Buenos Ayres. All hopes of an ar'r-ange-
ment being defeated, recourse must be had to
arms.
./l1'aclr2'rl, June 23-—The Brazillian Government
persists in occupying Monte I/ideo, _arrd will not
listen to any arrangement that has not for its ba-
sis the restit-ution to Portugal of Olivenza and its
territory. The negotiations-with that govern-
ment have thus ended in nothing; and the Por-
tuguese garrisons on the frontiers, from Elvas to
Almcida, have been reinforced. Our govern-
ment lras in consequncc augmented the garrisons
in Estramadura and Leon.
Hamburg, June 2.—A report is in circulation
here that the negotiation set on foot for the pur-
pose of reconciling two northern powers has
been broken off. -
The Galway advertiser states that,,a whale, of
the spermaceti species, measuring 72 feet in
length, and 48 in girth, round the body; and sup-
posed _to be worth 600]. has been taken in Colt-"
nemere Bay, Ireland. , t I
./Int-zuer/2, June 17.-—In this port has recently-"1
been witne§sed a most dreadful‘-’oulrage to _ho-
manity ; from 350 to .100 persons have been,
squeezed on board ‘a small vessel of from 900 to
300 tons, commanded by a Prussian Captain,
which has set sail for the colonies ;'they are _lit-
erally packed like herrings in a cask; they each
of them paid in advance 150 florins ; there will
probably be a pestilence on board the ship before
it reaches Fluslring.
The cxtetrsive Printing establishment of Mess.
Bensley 8-: Son, in London, has been consumed
by fire. \Vhole loss-estimated a°t l30,000.’.--On-
ly 30,0001. insured.
Circulatiozz of the London Observer,--Tlre ed-
itor of this Journal, which is issued only once a
week, has published a detailed statement of the
sale of his publication, during the year ending on
the 2d of May. By this statement, it appears, that
the smallest number of papers issued on one day
was 10,400 5 the largestnuntber, 13,925 ; and the
total number in the year, 602,224. VVc presume
there is not another weekly paper, published in
any part of the world, which has so great a circu-
lation. The Editor closes his statement with'thc
following remark :—‘ It may not be wholly unin-
teresting for the reader to know, that the amount
paid to the Revenue for six hundred and two rhod-
sand two hundred and twenty-four stamps, was
no less a sum than eight thousand and twenty-
nine pounds, independent of the Excise upon
twelve hundred and four reams of paper_', at three
pence each pound wéight, and the dut-‘y of three
shillings and°six pence upon every advertisement,
making a total sum contributed to_ the Revenue
by Z‘/re Obser-or-r Journal, in one year, ofgabout
Tcfz "T/iousand Pomzds, and that for only fifty-two’
publications.’--N. Y. Sfzcctalar.
, KINGSTON, Jam. June 28.
Accounts have reached "us from Porto Belle,
that all the Spaniards taken when Mc’G're'gor
was surprised had been shot ; and that 70 or 80
of the others, who left Jamaica,'and arrived at
Porto Bello without knowing of tVl’Gregor’s fate,
had been made prisoner”s-by the Spaniards, and
sentenced to work in irons in filling up a ditch in’.
the rear. of the town, Several were killed, ‘and .
others drowned in attempting to escape.
N1-xv-ORLEANS, July 19.
VVetrndcrstand that one of the boats sent by
Com. Patterson in pursuit of the pirates, over-
took and captured several of them—-that the of-.
ficer put them in irons and sent a gunner and 4
mento conduct them to town, while he went in
pursuitof the others. Two. of the men rose.up-
‘orrtlre gunner, beat him down and threw the oth-
er two into the banyou, after which they released
the pirates, one of whom drew a knife and wound-
ed the gunner in a most shocking manner, threw
him into the woods, where he was picked up and
bro’t to town. The villains went off with the boat.
Lthe sun rise from its mouth.
1'-‘rorirt/u‘ fllbfdny‘ Daily .’i'..’vcrIz'.ee:'.
.The following extract of a letter is from Dr. Jur-
cmia/z_ Van Rmsselacr, of (lrecnbush, in this
state—_-a young gentlemen now» in Europe, and
[where he has been for several years, to com-
plete his studies in the medical art. _
' ‘ aim.’ :0, 1319.
"I begin my" letter to you on the crater.of
Mount Vesuvius.-—The extreme heat of the riv-
erof lava, by thelight of which I wrote» the a--
liove, prevented To.-y‘con'ti»ntring. VVe have de-
scended about l50 .feet—our guides would go no
farther. II. and mysclfhave determined to pass
‘ this night here, and are now writing by the light
of a torch on warm lava, that fiowed 7 days ago.
An eruption of some consequence took place last»
night, and the lava is running in a stream of a-
bout 7 feet wide,‘ at the rate of 3 miles an hour.
Nothing can possibly be imagined more sublime
—-the smoke issuing from the glowing torrent is
like a cloud of fire——part of the mount seems Bn
fire, while below it appears the very centre of
desolation and gloom. At break of day we mount
again to descend further into the crater, and see
I may perhaps
try more experiments. -I have written your
name in the burning lava, and it has cooled. I
also put in a five franc - -—the impression is
good and you shallone ee it. Our torch is
about going out, and I m stop to finish to-mor-
row at Naples. Two distinct eruptions have just
taken place, and cast out heated stones to the
heightof 100 feet. ‘
.N'ojzlcs, 22d.--I scarcely know what you will
think when you open this letter. If it was not
for the sake of the place where I began it, you
should never see it. \Ve:pa'ssetl the night very-
the large stones, and leftcs none bigger than
eggs---we spread our great mats in this little lrol-
low, and _\_ve1'c very comfortable. ‘Ne required
no covering--at our feet issued a colunrri of heat-
ed air--beneath us too_, warm air oozed up; but
the great coats kept us from being steamed. H.
.~fuund that he was too warm, and got up to walk
about. I laid quiet to enjoy the superbisight be-
fore me. . Some prcvisilms were sent to us by
the party-—it arrived about eleven o’clock. Fa-
tigue was a good opiate, and our sleep was sweet.
Our guides slept on the bare stones beside tls.-—
-At 3 we took some bread and wine, and began a-
gain the ascent. '_Our routenow lay in another
direction. It was not so difiicult as what we as-
cended the evening before. Before 5 we were
at the top, and waited only a few minutes to see
the purple tinge ofthe horizon gradually change
into brightened gold. A sea of clouds float _d
far beneath us--it resembled an undulated plluir
of cotton, whose edges were tinged and burnish-
ed by the first rays of the morning. The scene-
summit on which we stood, and the tops of lofty
rrnountains around that rose above the clouds that
settled on their sides..
\‘Ve continuedcur labor, and got near the
mouth of the crater-the wind drove the smoke
_to,wards us,- and we were obliged to descend and
ftry the other ‘ side. We rose. to the highest
the‘ mouth of the largest crater. Its shape con-
‘stantly varied-—at present there are two foun-
tains, whence issue the smoke and stones. \Ve
could hotobservethebottom very plain-to descend
was impossible. The smaller crater has three of
‘these nostrils or breathing holes, smaller than
the first. but more active. The wind drove the
smoke in such a manner, that we saw the bot-
tom on the other side. ()ur guides were urging
as to descend—-a shower of hot stones and cin-
der had moreinfiuence than entrcaties. The la-
r?a_ is seen in neither crater, but flows through a
subterranean canal, almost horizontal; and does
not appear until it forces through the crust about
1.50 yards from the crater-. It forms at once a
liver about 7 feet wide ; its depth cannot be as-
certained. The present stream issued in this
'spot seven days ago, and continues still running--
it resembles flowing liquid iron, running in a gut-
ter, which it seems to havelormed, having on
either side a perpendicular wall -of lava, about 3
inches thick, serving as a kind of raceway. A-
bout a mile from the orifice, it spreads into a bed
or lake, and there cools, gradually becoming
black on the‘ surface, but glowing beneath. Oc-
-tgasionally the river changes its coursc——-this gave
tin opportunity of breaking several times the
crust that covers the stream, to see the hot lava
below. In some places where all was cold, we
broke it and found it quite hollow beneath, by
the extrication of the gas. Usually a heavy wind
breaks the crusts, and then they fall in every di-
rection, giving the whole mountain a terrific ap-
pearance. At a distance it looks like new plough-
ed land, and of the same colour ; as we approach,
it is much more rough and hideous, Having
taken some more impressions in the lava, we
U.-)l‘ll8(l to survey the scene around us. The clouds"
litrrrg on the foot of the mountain and only per-
mitted us to set: the gloomy cone on which we
stood. ',l'he genius of desolation may be said to
reign over this dreary realm :—-not a sign of ve-
getation is presented to the eye :——How melan-
choly are the feelings excited in such a situation !'
How much more so. are the recollections it re-
calls I I felt as if we alone stood on the ruins of
the universe—as if chaos was again come ; nor
can I think of it, without emotion. A long and
‘distressing walk on the broken lava brought us
to the place where we had slept. Our last de-
scent began here, andwhen once at the foot of
the upper partof the. mountain, we went in seven
minutes, the same distance that we were an hour
in ascending the day before. The fathers re-
ceived us kindly at the lret'nritagc, where we
breakfasted on bread and wine.
- ( To be continued.)
A Gold Ilfcdal, commemorative of the Naval
Victory on Lake Erie, has been presented to Capt.
ELLIOT, in Philadelphia, in the name of the Le-
gislature of Pennsylvania A similar Medal is
prepared for Com. Perry. His absence in the
public service alone delays its presentation.
well on the mot1ntain.'i""§’=Qiijr’ guides cleared away.
' 3-y below was lost——notrght appeared but the fiery
point, and thence a gradual descent took us to‘
‘ .
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NORWALK. GAZETTE.
WED.N'ESD./11’, JIUGUST 25, 1319. ' '
Our Mediterranean aS'quadron..:._An m,p1<ea3.:m,‘
circumstance haslately occurred among some of
the principal ollicers in the Mediterranean. Four‘
Captains and one Lieutenant have been suspend.
ed by Commodore Stuart, our naval Comm-.-.nder
in Chief upon that station.
According to the best information, the foiir
Captains and the Lieutenant above-mcmicned
were members of a Court-martial, and u,,.0mmn_
ced a sentence which was disapproved by Com-
modorc Stuart, who also (by wvhatiauthoritv we
know not) reprimanded them. The officcrs.con'-
ceivmg that he had no right to rcprinrand.them,- I
replied to him—-he took offence at tl:ei:"r3(-pi}. 0
and suspended them. - ’_
This affair will, probably, be soon in-.--.,,;g,,,‘,,, .,
by some proper tribunal. Until that inquiry
takes place it is better that public opinion should
not be prcmature_ly formed or expressetl. From
a long acquaintance, however, with Capt. l\'Iacdo-
nongh,_who is one of the officers suspended, we
cannot believe, unless we have strong e~.j’de;-,‘ce'
to prove it, that his conduct on this occasion has
been either precipitate orimproper. V__
flllidcllcscx G,azct[g_
It is mentioned in the Franklin Gazette,’ that."
‘orders have been issued by the Navy Depa,-t-
ment, to double the number of workmen engaged
in the various ports in builtlingmsihips of the line,
for the purpose of hastening the ‘completion *
these vessels.’ The delay on the part of Spaitrph
ratifying the late treaty, doubtless caused the
orders. _ ' ‘V
IT1'8.u1'rcctz'c1z in Cuba.-—A letter fram.Ha’ 3-:
of the 28th ult. received in Charleston, states ha}
a serious disturbance had taken place wifibithe
blacks at St. Jago de Cuba ; that about tlrge
dred and twenty in a body pre ted th’”"
to the Governor, demanded :;..t,- ' I’
the grant of a certain tr‘at‘._-,._t.‘r‘;f.
Governor yielded to theiiriiile
of fear. This event caused-iigrigaiuf excitement--‘at
Havana, and they were P,-epa'isi”fi§""{f‘, ‘Semi troops
to that place. = ‘
One /zumlrgd and 12in: /muses have been destroy; I
ed by fire‘ in the town of St. John’s, (Cuba).
J72 flir SIN’/1, is preparing at Camden, (N._J.)
to ascend with a mz-.nrn1t. ' In speaking of which,
a Philadelphia paper observes that ‘it is a skele-
ton of wood in the form of a ship,-encompasg.-ed if
with silk, which is to be inflated with infianfma. .
ble air. To the ship is to be attached a boat with
a rudder, oars, Stc. Sic. The ingenious inventor
is so confident that he will be able to ‘steer the
Air Ship, that he has gone to considerable ex.
pence in his arrangement.’ ,‘ ‘
-472 rflm:/tor, weighing nearly 4000 weight, ,,-as’
found in Charleston hat-bot on the 4th inst.. ‘Iris
supposed to have belonged to the British,-fzi-rate.
Acttfmfhvhich was blown up on the nxemorgble,
attack'5f‘!l1é‘Palmetto Fort by Sir Peter Pzrrkér
on the 28111 June, 1776. It was thickly incrustedi
with 8h 115, SIC. but it is remarka ~- ’
deep for more than forty years,
_ -4 solid 1"laor.——-A stoue,weighing c’ig/2!c',c’7’:’!i;i;~;.s~',’ '
and drawn by seventy osccn, lately passed through
Concord, I-Iampshire. It was wrorrgm t,.,. the
state convicts, and is design;-cl for zr floor of alum-.
tico in Boston. ' i
‘A travc'.’.’z'7zg House, two .~.‘t0t'ies lrigh, and con-
taming 29 persons, was lately draun through
Tennessee by six horses. The travellers ~,\_v.e,c
bound from Maine to Allcgany, and the house
was designed as a permanent building.
It is stated in a Boston paper, that tlslngfl'o'rrc
hundred families have returned this season to
their old homes in Massachusetts and l"1§;'.i1)r:,.
from the Westward. Most ofthem were in indi-
gent circumstances. _
A Springfield (Mass) paper srltys-—‘ An l;‘.ai;,,o’f
Corn was taken on-the tenth inst-.i.-rt, from the field
of David Amos, Esq. containing tlemvz lmndred
distinct and proper kernels" of corn, and .344 in
distinct shape, not fully grmvn. This wmrcierful
ear of corn has been vieucd with astonislunient
by numbers.’
It is stated in an Amherst, (N. H ) paper, ‘ tlra:
the grasshoppers and other insects are making .,
ravages in the pastures and fields beyond all pre-
cedent, and that they devour nrc-re of the products
of the earth from day to day, than is consumed
by man or beast; yet there will undoul)tedl_v be
enough for all.’ A Buffalo paper also mentions,
(that spring grain and gardens, in many instances,
have been injured by grass-hoppers. .
./1 Jllineral Sjzring has been found in Trenton,
N. J. and has proved beneficial in many cases of
disordered stomachs,loss of appetite, debihty,&c.
Several commercial irousesof the ti:-st stunti-
ing in Richmond have stopped payrnent. i\_lt'-_.
Jefferson is endorscr $20,000 on the notes cfc-nu
‘of -the failures.
Wondcrjul 1:‘.9ra[1r’.-4-011 the 26th (‘f_.Itlly, the
house of Mr. John’ Hunt, at Sl10l'cll2ll'll, \-'t. vva-;
injured by lightning.‘ The electrical fluid struck
a young lady who was in the upper part of the
house-—melted a string of gold beads which she:
had around herneck,‘and running down her bod_v_
If-,on:_t_ ,t'1.1o_,ti\'e$.. .,
"-ii-
. . . _. - .".{-.3‘-nil
(perfect, eonsrderrngthat itlras been cited ignite _ .
t
burnt her stocking and shoe, and set the linen of _ '
her shoe on fire. In consequence of tlii _-slrocli ,
she remained perfectly senseless for tcti.-lrotrrs, -.
when it is stated she recovcred.——I)ai[y /Idv.
.The late Boston papers are full,_of accounts
from the many persons. who have seer» the Sea --
Serpcnt or Serpents, this season. The cldser-
pent continues to be 100 or more feet long--has
bunches on his back to the size of a ten. gallon
keg, to the number of 15 or 20-—-sometimes car-_
ries his head a considerable distance, and at oth-
er times but 2 or 3 feet above the surface of the
water——movcs in the water with great velocity or
very slowly, as best suits his niaj:sty.—1t’rg.
A man named C/tar/as M'a.’lory, was bat'l)aro"t‘:_:§;.-
ly murdered in Kentucky last July, while asleep,
by a man named Perrzl Doven[z_ort,in consequence
of the refusal of Mallory to lend him a bridle.-.-
Davenport‘ had made his escape.
Norwalk Chronicler