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Giu-ma‘ BRITAIN at this moment'prese_n'ts ‘the
extraordinary spectacle of a nation,'in"the midst
. ‘ofha profound peacewitli all the wpr__ld,. maintain-
ing an army equal to.that which she .sup'port_ed
during the hottest part of her. recent strtiggle with
France.‘ Almost‘ every city, town,» village and
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.- hamlet, is filled with troops, or with" the rnaterioi
of desti~uct1vc..ivarf.ire.. In the year 1792, a peri-
?od of g‘reat.excitemeut, on account of .the French
_ _revolut_ion, the regular army voted -fol‘ the 1103116.
'.establishment, amounted to_44,00_0._. In,the lol-,
lowing~ year‘, in consequence of the commence-
ment of hostilities, 2000 additional troops were
adtlt-cl; making a total of 4_6,000. For the pres-
ent yi-ar, 1820, the parliament have voted 92a5l_35
regular troops, indepenrlent of those euiployetl in
foreign service ; and also. ‘independent of l00,000
‘yeoinanry cavalry.,,(a spe_cics_(if f0l‘C6 which had
no existence in 1792;) emb,Qd1Fd flllfl .““'f““"Y '4" P“
esmpyfi-.cd :9“ any ‘cvmergciicy. gives it reg-'
ular standing army to Great Britain, oii.liei-/rear:
establishment, of 192,586 sol(liers, being ino:'_e
tbaniriple the force employed in l7_S)?- ;_ ‘mil If
the yeomanry aredeductcd, nearly double t.~.c re g-
ulararmy in service at tliateventful petiotl.-—-_
The entire military ‘home establislimeut,’ acco_r-
ding-.to ollicial documents laid on the table of the
House of Commons, cost for the current year,
6,‘637,558l. I33. 4rl.’stcrling _;g 0|‘; ‘39>459:550 dQl'
lars and 46 cents. ._ t V ‘ ‘ ' , _
-This vast increase of military force, and thatiii
tlieshort periodcf 28 years, proves, beyond all
c0ntroi'ct‘sy, and without the aid of argiimetit, that
a spirit of disalfection to the government has rea-
ched to a mostalarming height, and that __it is the
fixeddeterniiuation of ministers not to yie_ld_any
~ thing to the wishes of the people. ‘The increase
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of the army appears to have kept pacewith the
increase of the national,deb_t', the taxes. andthe
encroachments upon public liberty. In 1792,
when the interest_of_the public debt, and expence
ofthe peace cstablislinient, togeilicridid not ex-
ceed‘ fifteen millions of pounds sterling, and when
in c,,,,fi,,,q,,,,,,c'c, the country‘ w’.-is in at flr)-i,i'isliin_g
COl’t(ll'.lOll, 44-.,0ti0 troops ive_Fs=,'d.ll U1“-l_‘.""-‘3'.“3. f“"lU“-
red for the home establisliment, and that at a mo-
ment when numerous associations, to \‘.'l.\lC.ll the
lirencli revolution had given birtli, were ope.-nly a-
vowiiig opinioiis hostile to the government. -Ni:
sooner _was the Qotinti'y plunged into a war, which
naturally increased the public burdens, and l_e_.~:s-
'cn'ed.,t'.ic means of discliarging "them,,than minis-
ters increased the army establishinziits at home,
for the purpose of overawing those who censured
their uupr_i_ncipleld measures, and aimetl at put-
ting a stop to tlicir hostility against ‘.ib_eral prin-
ciples. .. _
"1‘}“,,-,‘_, me (,1,_i¢¢i of we king of England and his
min’istci's, is ‘to reduce the mass of the peopleplo
the conditiunof paupers aud_slaves,is evident from
the fact, that notwi_thst_anding the most einineut
men have repeatedly protested 8.g3l':l5,t it,,_they.
have been gradually increasing for a number of
years, a species of_lorce subversive of all constitu-
tionahprinciples, until it has at last become so for-
midable as to render them perfectly safe, while
pursuing the rnostdespolic and I.l\}fIE.SS.m€3SllF€S.
In fact-the government ofGreat Britain is as much
.g.os,=«am »rlr.rtisu;sta-£tSc\l‘.- ...‘git>t."';i.:t!st"..°f...;‘.‘.
who form the great. mass bft-he subjects of the
‘ magnanimous.’ Alexander. - Thisis the natural
coiisequetice ofithe inroads which have been made
upon the eleictive fraucl".ise; for whenever men
are deprived ofthe right ofchoosiiig their repre-
sentatives,-or those representatives continue too
long in power, an opportunity is given to ambi-
tious tyrants, tousurp all sovereignty. The peo-
ple are no longer citizens—their politica. influ-
ence is lost ; and if at -any time they should raise
their voice against injustice and oppression, they
are silenced ; not by conceding to lllU!n‘lIlcIl‘
rights, but by the sword and the bayonet. ’
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France.-—Tlie King of France has issued a proc-
lamation, in which he recommends to the con-
stituent body throughout France, ‘ such a choice
of deputies at the coming election as shall pre-
serve the monarchy from the assaults of faction,
and to secure to France the continuance of that
freedom, peace and prosperity, which she oh-.
tained through the wisdom oftlie King, and which
she will best consolidate by an unshaltcn attach-
ment to the principles oflier constitutional char-
ter.’ A -person of the name of Gravier, and two
accomplices are on trial at Paris, for exploding a
machine, Ul1(lt:l‘_ the‘ ivintlows of the Dutchess of
B.e.r2{i- ' - , . .. -.
Poland.—-The Polish Diet seems to be rather
hostile in its views to the projects of the ‘ mag-
nanimous’ "Alexander—-which has called» forth a
severe reprimand _froiu.that monarch. He up-«
braids the P.cp_resentali_v.es of, Poland for having
declined the favors he had offered them, by re-
Jectiiig the laws which his ministers had dictated.
The Mztrslial of the Diet addressed the Emperor
in an exculpatory oration.
It is stated in a London paper of Oct. 26. that
‘ an Algerine squadron has been observed in the
Bay of fangiers, with a Spanish pplacca,-ninc
merchantmen, and several European c:-iptives_
Spain has in consequence sent out a 7,4,. and a
frigate towards the African coast.
Bonn/zarkls Sorz.-—-.'l'hc. public journals have.
stated.tha_t young Napoleon was ed-ucating for
_the_churcli: this is not the case, his lcltsllllalloll is
military. HCIS stiled Prince Reicbstadt, and has
the rank of a corporal in a regiment which for}.ns
part of the garrison of Vienna, into which be en.
tcred as a private soldier. He appears on parade
with his regiment in his uniform, goes through
his military exercise with gl'Cal_pl('(€l5_ltn'l, and-is
a very.‘ great favorite with the soldiers.
DREADFUL (_3Al;ES..
There was afsevere gale at Jacqiiemel on the
29th Sept. About -40 buildings, ..jnc]u,_g,ng the
cliurcli, were bloivirdown ;. and an American schr.
'-and two British bi-igs were totally lost on‘ Cape
Beata, and only two men saved. _ ,
. , ‘ . . -ll/IADRA99 May 26. .
TVe have been again visited by a dreadful her.
ricane, which lasted full 50 hours. It corntnen.
ced on the 8th inst.and it has extended muclifur-
thcr on the coast thanwas-ever k,nown—.e-vei-y day
brings intelligence of wrecks. It is stipposed up.
warp», 9_l_1000 lives have been lost. ‘ " ’
"oi 7-, some ‘AMERICAN-AFFAIRS._ v . ,
E . "mellt.i'i-_-Bfl,l_t.‘/1&‘fi‘c1‘.- ‘
.. , ., .CUn.tc'oA, Nov‘. 25.
, It seems t7liat'l,the propositions made by A-Bolivar‘
to Moi-illo,to enter into conferences in order to’
effect a reconciliation of .their- long existing-di_f-.
ferences-, turns,=out to have been nothing more
than a rusc'dc,’_i;-'ue1're played off -byhtbe former,
1for‘tlie purpose of drawing -tlie.forces’?of'Morillo
towards San Fernando de I-\pure', while Bolivar in’
his absence, it is supposed, was to ‘make a dash
upon Caraccas with the forces he had at Truxillo.
Paez in the mean time, had sent,-6000 cattle a-
cross the Apnre, for. the use of -his troops, who
~-.vere shortly to follow, and ‘thus’ keep Morillo in
check, whilst Bolivar possessed himself of the
capital. The project, however, miscarried, and
Morillo.instead.of proceeding to San Fernando,
directed his forces againsttlie Independents at
Truxillo, where he intended to attack them on the
,.12~rli~inst‘. ' - _ . ‘~ . ‘ ' ’
[The Mercantile _A<IVet’ti:ict' says--‘-Letters
are _iti town. from St. Thomas, ‘ which ..slate that.
by the last accounts received there. ‘the Patriot
troops werewithin eight miles of Caraccas, and
.that' overtures for-a capitulatidn of the place v.rei"e‘
.malting.’]i P ' ‘
‘ A letter from Maracabo.Oct. 10. says General
Calzada, with an army of 7080 men, had defeated
the insurgents at Popyan, and penetratled into the
capital, and took “possession of Santa Fe; and
that Bolivar‘, who, had started to assist the fugi-
tives at Santandar, made a precipitate. return, and
that his army is now reduced to 2000 men, who
are followed by about 6000 men and women, emi-
grating from the kingdom. ‘
. , , . KINGSTON. Nov. 6.
VVe-have received various particulars of the
relative situation ofthe contending parties in New
Greiiada,°&c. By sea, iitthe earliest date of our
letters, 28th Sept. the Spaniards were completely
master oftlie Independents. The Ceres corvette
sailed out of Carthagena in face of the blockading
.=qtiudron. The sortie made by the garrison,
which surprized Mtrmillo at 'l'ui'bacco, was a bad
business, several officers and men were killed
and wounded. and- the whole army thrown into
disigrziccfol confusion. Asmall lmtly of the Irish
Legion, about 40, however, rallied and 'a't icked
the .\‘.paniards, retook front them all the a'.'tillery
and pluruler, and drove them into the town.
()n the nth:-r side of the couiitrytowards Santa
lvlartlizi, an expedition is p_rcparing to attack that
place ; it will consist of 40 gun boats, under the
and an army of from 2 to 3000 men. command-
ed by Col. La:-ra, to attack the land side. The
place, however, is strong, has a garrison of nearly
2,000 troops, and we are of opinion the expedition
has little chance of success. .
I - Santa Fe de Bogota, Oct. 19.
A brig, one of Lord Coclir’ane’s squadron, has
arrived at the port of St. Beneventura, in the Pa-
cific, with 2000 musk:-ts for the republican ser-
vice. 'l‘wo deputies came in her for the purpose
-of ontering into a treaty, offensive and defensive-,
witli the government of Columbia. against the
fcommon enemy. Gen. Valde’s division occupies
all the territory between Popyan and Mercadenes.
There had been a skirmish between Gen; Calz:id.~.;
and the Independent forces, in which the foijnieii
. .,.a I.:\IIl-z-\r\I-vs. lo l't:lT€aKg lC's1\')uS u nu,u“.)CI’
horses, cattle, &c. on the field, which fell into the
hands ofthe conquerors. There is scarcely a day
passes that some of the Royalist ofiicers and_sol—_
diers do not march over to the Patriots, _ A
Letter from O’I~liggins, the Supreme Director
of Chili, to Bolivar. '
‘jllost Excellcrzt Sz'r—I can assure you, with the
greatest certainty, that on the 15th of this month
the expedition for the liberation of Pain will sail
from this"port; it .is itself strong, and carries
with it a supply of arms and atnmuiiitiun toiequip
a force equal to itself in Peru. lt sails under the
convoy of the whole squadron of the Republic tin-
der the coiiiinand of Admiral Lord Cochrane.._
The decision aiidcntliusiasni ofutlte troops. the
well merited credit of the generals, especially of
the commander in chief General Sun'Martin, and
the favorable disposition with which the Peruvi-
ans are expecting their libcrators, proguosticate
a fortunate issue to this ‘enterpi'ise. I have the
pleasure of announcing to you the day on which
the expedition will sail,well assured of the sails.
faction which it will give to the government and
every individual of your generous republic.
. BEn.\'.titno O'liiG‘GiNs.
Valparaiso, August 5, 18:20.’
It is likewise mentioned, that eiglit friars have
been shot at Santa’ Fe, forplotting against the re-
publican governincnt. »
A Curacoa paper states, that the unfortunate
British subjects taken at the re-capture of Pom)
llello, by the late Gen. I-lore, had received their
-liberty on tlie’20th Sept. by an order from the
Constitutional governmentof Old Spain. Out of
nearly 340 prisoners marched to Panama seven-
teen months ago, 113 only have survived the 13.
nor and misery of their‘ situation. About 40 offi-
cers were sent off to Cheman and Daiicn; fir“.
leagues along the coast ofthe Pacific, 14 of them
were shot by.ordet' of the government ; most of
them were Bflllsll half pay’oflic'et‘s’, captains. and
lieiiteiiaiits. Of the others, ‘eight only survived,
the rest having,-as is stated, died ofdiscase. They
were to be com eyed to Jamaica. .
‘ The King of‘Sp-ain has issued an odor, allowing
the’ importation of all books, without distinction,
into the Spani.-sh provinces. It is "also said me
Cortes have given to the colonies a free trade with
all the world; ~ , ~
'-jfid--2;:--D-—.
./1fr'ic‘an~C91or=y.—ilt cannot but afford the Iil“‘l1-
esst satisfaction to all good men, to find that Re
Colonization Society are still indefatigable in
promoting the great work in which they have em-
barked._ A vessel has been chartered at Norfolk,
and is now prepariug'- to sail for Africa, with a
large supply of provisions, clothing, implements
ol husbaridry, and tools for the supply ofthe in-
fant colony. This vessel will 'also- fake out
captured Africans now in this country, who have
been recently_ rescued from various slave ships.
a few free people of colour, astradesmeu, agricul.
ll"'1§i5a 8&6... \'Ve are promised -for publication,
the Journal of Daniel_C,oker, up to Junelasr, and
several very interesting letters from the Colonists,
which we are as_sur_ed will disclose some highly.
_nteresting iiiformation, relative to the situation
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commandof Brion, to attack it towards the sea, _
Arrangements havealso been made to take out‘
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Mn. Coisu~ioi>.'s Visi-r T0 _.lr.iiusiti.ni.i.
O_n‘ihe'2‘1’st- Oct.‘last;_tlio Rev. ‘.Ia'me‘s~Connera'-8
patronage of the ‘Church-
London, comm‘en’ce'd"a' journey of investigalion“to
the ancient city of_.lcrusalem. ‘ I-lis object was to
ascertain the moral and religioues-tate_tif that city
and of the country through which he should pass‘;
to distribute Bibles and_lleligi.ous 'l‘,i-acts, and to
a open channels for their -wide"rl circulation." "On
his journey, Mr. Conner touched at'Smyrna, and
at the islandsfofcandia, Rhodes and Cyprti_s;.pas-
sed tlirbtigh the villages of lfeirout, Saide, Arc,
&.c. audarrived at the Holy (‘ity Maticli 6th. He
was present at the celebration of the Passovcr,_and
afterwards accompanied the Pilgrims to t.he”Riv-
er Jordan. On his return from Jerusalem, he
crossed the plain of Sharon, the foot of Carmel, a
part of Lebaiion, and the valley of.Bekaa_V to Da-
-mascas» ; thence tl‘ll‘0tl_g.ll _Tripoli to Aleppo,_whe[e
his latest advices were written. ‘ ’l_‘lie excessive
heat now prevailing, (says M,:'.C.) l_iavecj.ui_sed me
to l€l)()l_:nCc the plauwliicli I had formed of pro-
ceeding across Asitt Minor to _Lonst:_in_tipopl_e. It
was onlya fortniglitago. that.“/17¢'07‘13 "w¢"’!lf
i‘zcrso7zs /:erz'.9.’icd from the heat, but u Caravan
bet-ween .}!lc'/zfzo and Cr?-S‘(l1'£(1 .’_’ ‘ . _ V V‘
In closing his journal, Mr._Conner says--‘.I"ro.in
this sketch of my pi'ocee(lings in ‘Syria. 3'0“ W1“
have seen llliltuillfi Channels are now opened for
the introduction of the Scriptures into H1656 Pa|'l§a
and for their generalcirculation. By means of
bur friends inuleriisalem, Jaffu, Aci'a,Saide,'Bei-
rout, Daniasctis, Tripoli, Latichea, Scanderoon,
and Aleppo, they will be offered for salein every
part of the country. So far well I The Clianhelsa
as I have said, are open ; but I- am afraid we shall
«be obliged to wait some time before the \’\7aters
begin to flow.’ '
‘ Fnoii Mn. ’Cor:'xi=:‘it’s .lo'L'-iinA_L.
'clcbration qfl/is Pzzs_s_o'ue:f at Jtrusalenz, by 1116'
I ‘Latins and Grrz.-.v’:.si. ' g ' '
' The Latin and the_Greek Eas'ers are now con-
‘~i‘lll(ICtl. Their ceremonies have been very nu-
'inerous. I shall tr.‘ansc‘rl'b'e froiii my .lournalwliat'
l have written on four ol‘tlj.em‘. ‘ I A I
Here‘ Iimust pause to give you, in a feiv_words,.
some idea c-fthe Church oftlie Holy Sepulcylire.
it is a larjge buil(lir.g;. In the niiddle, _underthe
great cupol=_s,'stands an edifice ofconsiderable size
containing -the Tomb, over whichare suspendetl_
144 lamps, always hurtling. Ofiliese 21 belong
’:-to the Gi‘c.:l;s, 13 to the Catholics, 6 to the Ar-
fiiiiiiians, and 4- to the Copts. Between the Sep-
ulchre and the sides of the tlliurcli is a large
‘space open apd free to all; the 'Chap_r:ls of the
‘dill’:-rent C?iiiimtiiii‘oiis being in the sides of-flit:
Church. Moutit Calvary is Xvitliin its walls—
You ascend it by a flight of steps. and on its top
are two small Chapels beloiigiiigto the Greeks.
On Palm Stiutluy (ll/laiicli 26th) I went to see
‘the ceremonv' of the Latins. After a considera-
ble time haul been spent in singing before the
door ofthe Sepulclire, the Deputy" Supcriorol
the Lhtin Convent entered the Scpulclire, with
some Priests. to blessthe Palm Branchessthat lay
-.;.‘.iere. VVhe'n this W_._tS done. he left the Sepul-
,cl‘i re, an(l,'si'.titig on an elevated chair, received
the palms which had been blessed,from the hands
of the Priests ‘These came lorward first, and
knelt. one after the other, before the Deputy Su-
-perior, receiving from his hand (which they kis-
Ised) a branch of the consccrated palm. \Vhen
'-this part of the ceremony was concluded, the
_crowd pressed for‘-'-*ar(l to receive their palms.-.
'l‘hc confusion and tumult were excessive. - The
Turks, ("\l)0 are eniployerl by the Convents to
keep order, guard and clear the way for the pro-
‘ce:-sions) with their sticks and whips. did all they
could to restrain the inipetuosity of the people ;
and had it llOI-l)ct:ll for thggir gjgrcat activity, the
Deputy Superior would certainly have been over-
whelmed by the crowd. V\7li»:n the palms had
been (ll.‘.Il'll')Ult‘(l, and the confusion had, in some
measure subsitlerl, - the priests and some others
walked three times in process'ion round the Sepal-
chre, with lighted candies, incense, elevated cru-
cifixes, and palms. They sang as tliev walked.
VVlicn the procession was ended. an altar, splen-
didly oinamented, was placed before the door of
the Sepulchre, and Mass was performed. .
On Good Friday, there was a grand procession
and ceremoiiycftlie Latins in the e\’Cl)lll"‘.. It
commenced with an Italian sermon, in the Cath-
olic chapel, on the flagellation of Christ". From
this place they proceeded to the Chapel where,
they say, Clirist’s.gai‘nie.nts were taken from him ;'
here was .anotlier’serm’on in ‘Italian. They then
ascended MountCalvary, and passed first into the
Chapel which marks the spot where Christ was
nailed to the Cross : the large crucifix and image
which they carricd__in the procession was herelaidf
on the ground, and a Spanish sermon" was pro-
nounced over it. 'VVlit.-n this was finished, the
crucifix was raised, and moved into the adjoining
Chapel of the elevation ofthc Cross : .herc- it was
fl.\2E.I_l upright beliuid the altar ; a Monk, standing
by, pl‘t"£l.Cl‘.C(l for‘ ‘20 -minutes, on the crucifixion,
When the sermon wasconcluded, two Moriks ap-
proached the Cross, and partially enveloping the‘
body ofthe image in linen, took oil‘ the crown of
thorns from the head, kissed it, and laid it on a.
plate; the nails were then drawirfrom the hands
and the feet, with the same ceremony. ~'l‘he arms
oftlie image were so contrived, that on the remo-
val of the nails they dropped upon the sides of
the body.g The iimige was then laid on lineu,.and
home down from Calvary to the stone of Unct-ion,
the spot where they say Cliris1’s body was anoint-'
ed ; ere the itnage was extended, and _peifumed
with spices, fragrant water, and clouds ofiiicense :
the Monks knelt round the stone with large light-
ed candles in their hands; a Monk ascended an
adjoining pulpit, and preached a sermon in Ara-
‘bic. 'l'he.procession then_went forward to the
Sepulchre, ttthere the image was deposited, and a
sermon preached in Spanish. This concluded
the ceremony. _ i . ' '
. On the Easter Day-ofthe Latins, which is the
Palm Sunday of the Greeks. Armenians, Ste. I
went to the Church early and found it excessively
crowded. . Most of the people had remained there
all night. The Catholic, Greek, and Armenian
processions were long and splendid. In all the
processions today, except that of ~the Catholics,
.Palm Branches were carried, and also Banners
with the various scenes of the Passion painted‘ on
them. The people were eager to sanctify their
Missionarystationed at Constantinople; unfit!‘ ll": m0nl8S- ,
Missiohary Society of particularly strong ;' and they admitted none who
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'a'nd._’t’o’ttire prospects‘ of~‘t-his interesting establisihi P:_il»ms,'l'ibyl~toutihing.§the;illanners with them, as_
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= iUn:.the‘.Creel: Goocl Fridayy.“ I we"nt'to the
' Cli'urch.:witli the. i_n‘t'e‘niion of spending the night
there.-with die’ Pilgrinis, and’ olifvietving 'the=cere;-
'l’he Torkisli guard at“the_ gate was
did not‘ 'choose'to"p'ay"~25 p'i'a's‘t'ers (8l)’O.1'l't"I“5ii'.i§d.'i
sterling) The F irman which I-obtained at Acre’:
from the Paeha,-~w ho is guardiaii "of tli'e"Holv'
Sl:pulchre,.savc’rl myself and s‘ervan't this expensé,
It is‘the"general b’eli'ef ‘among the Greeks and Ar?
menians,‘that on Easter Eve’,"a_fire dés”cetids'from
Heaven" sinrogthc Sepulchre.‘ _"l’li'e eage’rrie‘ss‘of
the Greeks." A_rnieiiians, and \Ol'I‘l€l"5‘, to light tlieii“
candles at this Holy Fire, carried an immense
crowd to the‘Church—,-'"n‘otwithsiancliug~the sum"
which they were obli_t§e'tl topay. »-A little’ before
midnight, I hastened to the-gallery of-the church
to witness the ‘Creek procession‘. .'l‘-he'sce'ne‘was
striking and brilliant.’ The Greek Chap'el~ -it-‘as
splendidly illuminated. '-Five rows of lamps were
suspendediiiihe dome; and almost" 'every'ihdi.
vidual of the immense multitutle‘ held a‘ ‘lighted
candle in his hand.
quent service around the bcpulclire was long and
splendid. Early in the followingfimorning the
crowd below became in a state of great confusion.
Some‘ were employed in carrying-.ot-hers on their
"backs round the Sepulchre;-“others” in dancing
anti clapping their hands,rexc-laiming-in’ Arabic--‘
‘ This is llle«'T-Oflll) of our Lord-1" ‘Sometimes a‘
inan.passed,- standing upright on‘ the‘ shoulders
of another; and ‘saw, more than once, /bzzr car-
ried along-.in.this -manner, little boy, seated,’
‘forming the fourth,»or1topmosti-otliérs--again
were busy in chasing one another round the tomb,
and shouting like inadmen.’ -*VVl'iene'ver they saw
in the cro.wd aman wliom they‘ thought ' could
pay tliem,‘they seized and forcibly carried him in
their arms,.two‘or three times ro'und‘th'e church.
The whole wasa lamentable profanation of the’
place 2. 'l'he«same. happens- every year.‘ The
noise and confusion increased, as the -inoinént ap-
pointed forthe a‘ppa'ri_tion of-the {ire approac-lied.
Abottt~noon,- the Co_vernor’of Jerusalem ei_itered
the gallery. The, eagerness and anxiety of the
people were nowexcessive. They all pressed_to-
ward the Sepulcbre, each person holding a bundle
of tapers in his hand. The Chief Agent of the
Greek Patriarch, and -an Ari‘niniaI;I Bi-..hop,'liarl
entered the Sepulchrc’ shortly before-. All eyes
were fixed on the gallery, watching for-the'Gov-
ernor’s signal. I-Ie iuadeit-, and the {lie appear-
ed through one'o'f the liolcsin’ the building that
covers the Tomb : a man lighted his taper at the
’hallowed flavme,'and then ptished iutothe thickest
of the crowd, and endeavored to fight his way
through. Thetumult and clamor were great ;i
and the man was nearly crushed to death by the
eagernessof the people to light their tapers at his
flame. . In about ‘:20 minutes, every one. both5in-
the galleiies and below, men, women and chil-
dren, had their candles lighted. Many of them
put their lighted candles to their faces, imagining
the flame would not scorch them ; I perceived,
hpwever, by their grimaces, that t;hey"specdily
discovered their "mistake. "l‘h<-."y did--not permit
these taimrs to burn long ;'r‘eserv»ing"tli'e'ni’ for
occasions ofueed. The power ’whic_h‘tliey,attri-
"lime to those candles that have -ljeentouched with
the fireifrom heaven‘, is almost unbounded ; they
suppose, for instance, if overtaken’ by a storm at
sea,tliey throw one ofthese candles into-the waves.
the tempest will immediately suliside. ' 5l'.licy are
chiefly .\‘allI€(l, however, in conseqiiciice of the
superstitious notion, that, if they are burned at
.,the funeral of the individual, they will most assu-
redly sare'his soul fromfutut'e punishment. To
obtain these candles, and to undergo a second bap-
tism in‘the~waters of the Jordan, are thechief ob-
jects of the visit of the Greek l’ilgrims to .Iertis‘a-
lem. " - .. .
W'hat I ll2ll’c~\:‘l'ltl-’.’l‘|_.WilI suffice lb show you
what takes place<aniiua'lly arountl the Tomb of
Chi‘i_st- May we notliope that the exertions of
.which th_e Pilgrims will be enabled, ‘in’ future, to
purchase at the very gates of the Sepulchre, and
carry- home to their'familie.s and friends", will‘
tend progressively toinspire a ipurer and more
exalted spit‘-it nfdevotion ? - ~ ~» ‘~ ' h s
" ' —.—+—.m‘:zs-:.':-¢fgum=——-— .
.. . 'Nnw-Onciartns, i c-.
Three flat. bozilsat-tlie Devee,'iinmer'lia'tely av
hove the. place occupied by the steam boats, were.
(lestroyed byfire yesterday, with all their’loading,'
consisting principally of Flour.- ‘By great exer-
to the steam -boats and-shipping in port. Tlie
cause we have heard assigned for the fire, would’
make it ‘an act of insanity on the part of a man
‘driven to despair by finding he could obtain noth-
ing for his floi1r.. . ' . ' I - . -
W’1LMiivc.'roN. Del. Dec. 19.
S'f1oclrz'ng'.-———A gentleman from Baltimore, by
the name of.GriHin, who owned a farm between
that city and Havrc rle Grace, was killed. and an-
olher,.pers,on severely. wounded, by'a runaway
slave, on 'l‘liurs-day last, about '.’~ miles‘ from this
the C358: asthey have be-‘en related to us. Mr.
Griffin, with .his'orerseer, came to this place in
search of-the runaway", and liaving received some
information respcctiiig him, proceeded wi- h some
and being directed to tlie=barn, where he was at
work. Mr. G. w.lien.-attempting -to st-izebim, was
shot dead upon the spot. by the slave, and the o-
verseer, who followed after him, received from
the furious blackca blow ll]‘..":n the head, with an
axe, which producetl such _a contu.si,un that his
life is despaired of. ‘Both of then» had families.
trial. _ .
.\loL°i~:~r-I’Li=..ts.\:~:ii', N. Y. Dec. 19.
The Mine,-—Tl:e company continue "their la-
bors witliunabated vi;;or—--they 'h;~.ve cleared it of
rubbish to the (lcplli of 60 feet-—-tliey have dis-
covered site different ca'.'erns, leading in difl'ercnt-
directinnsfrom the iiifaiii pit, which are from 4 to
8 rods in length, and about 20 feet-in height-—
~tlicy have also found several miner’sgtools., Vis-
from it. \'Vhether‘ the company are succ‘essfu_l
in obtaining‘ ore sufficiently-4 rich to. pay the ex-
pense of the labor, or not, they will be entitled to
great an artificial curiosity. '
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The procession and subse- -
the Bible Sociclyin the difl'u’§i'on oftheScripture§=, f
v. 29.
tions, the flames were prevented from’ ‘ei'tieii'ding -
place... The following"=:t'c the circumstances of-
-otbcr persons, up the Kennett road. to -a place at ’
which he had been told the man might be found, '
The negro has been sent to VVcstchester jail for
itors are_flocl;ing from all quarters : a small quan‘- '
tity of ore has been found, and silver ex'.racted I
the thanks of the comniunity for discoycring so ’
Norwalk Chronicler