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From a London Paper.
Mnssits. BROUGHAM AND CANNING.
Ask any one who lounges and listens in the
gallery of St. Stephen’s who are the proniin-
cut men in the two great parties which con-
tend for the honor and advantage of their
country, and the answer is sure to be‘ Brough-
am and Canning.’ _
But though they resemble each other in
standing foremost and alone, each in_his par-
ty and species of eloquence, they are in every
other respect, the aiiiipodes of each other;
and pet'liaps no two men could be chosen,
who, in tlieirappearance,the structure oftlieir
minds, the style and management of their el-
”oquence, or in the expression and manner by
which they set it forth, form so perfect a con-
trast. Caiiniug’s appearance is sort and pre-
pcssessing : Brougham’s is hard and stern, if
not absolutely repulsive. The air of Can-
ning’.-’ head is elegant: that of Brougham is
exactly the reverse; but still, view it on what
side you will, it: indicates terrible power.-_—
C:inning’s features are handsome; and his
eye, though well set, and sheltered under his
eye-brows, is lively and sparkling, and his
complexion is fine; Brougliam’s features are
harsh in the extreme; his forehead is im-
mense, his chin square, and his nose, iiiotitli,
and eyes, huddled together in the centreof
his face, and his eyes absolutely retire amid
folds and corrugations : and while he sits list-
ening, they seem veiled bya filmy curtain,
which not only conceals their appalling glare,
but renders the mind of their possessor in-
scrutable to the keeiiest observer. Caiining’s
passions sit u,.= Jil his face in ready array, and
their hues come and go with every point of
his own speech, and every return by his an-
tagonist: Broughaiifs mantle Within; and
while every car is tingling at what he says,
and the iuiinediate object ofhis invective wri
thing in helpless and indescribable agony, his
visage retains a cold brassy hue, and herri-
uiiiplis over the passions of other men, by ap-
pearing to be wholly without passion liimself.
The one seems as if he were to strive merely
for the eclat of the sisters ; the glory of the
other appears to be wholly in the fight. The
one seems as if he had always lived among
men, entering into their sports and festivities,
and fed upon their praise ; the other looks
like a son of the desert, and seems to come
among men only to make them tremble at
his strength.

Their appearance does not differ more than
the structure and furnisliing oftbeir niinds.—
Canning is a scholar, an elegant and exqui-
site scholar we allow; but still merely a sc|iol-
ar: Brougham, on the other hand, is a philo-
sopher, in the most comprehensive meaning
of the term. Canniiig’s illustrations are, ac-
cordingly, all classical ;.wliile Brougham pres-
ses all the elements iiito his service. The
one comes upon his audience displaying all
the flowry volumes of literature: the other
hurls at them the whole mass ofthe Encyclo-
dtedia. Their first starting into notice is a
perfect key to their minds. Caiining shone
in the pages of the -."_f?lfi-JlI(‘Ob'1:I1. : Brougham
registered his juvenile powers in the Traiisac-
tioiis of the Royal Society iti Edinburgh.--
Canning's political squibs were excellent in
their kind; but they were personal in their
application, and ephemeral in value: Brough-
am’s paper on poorism will be read with in-
terest while geometry is a science. Canning
goes forth as a Lapidary, picking up gems of
a great value, giving them an exquisite polish,
and fitting them for the diadeins of Kings:
Brougliain goes forth like a giant, with an
iron mace, dashing the rocks in pieces, and
preparing a pathway for the ‘people, over the
stubborn and untoward parts of the. eaitli.You
are delighted with the sparkle of the one:
you admire the power of the other ; but, at
the saute time, you tremble at it.

The style of their eloquence, and the struc-
ture oftheir speeches are just as different.
Canning selects words, on account of the
smoothness of their flow, and the music of
their sountl; with Brougliani, the longer, the
more crooked, and the more uiiinoutliable,
the better. Cziniiing forms his scnteiices like
a master oflatiguage and of sound : Brough-
am, like a master of concatenation. Those
of the one are ofa moderate length, and al-
ways qiiadruble by the clasical formula: : those
ofthe other can be squared only by the high-
er analysis of the mind; and they rise and
swell, on and on, till each is often a whole 0-
ration within itself; but still, the heater can
see that it carries the weight of all that went
before, and prepares the way for what is to
come after. The style of Canning is likea
convex Mirror, it scatters every ray that frills
upon it, and sparkles in whatever positioti it
is viewed; the style of Brougliam is like a
concave mirror, it sheds no general brilliance,
but its light is concentrated into one focus,
and the heart which that focus cannot soften
must be pure clay. Canning marches straight
on, in :1 clear and bold track ; every individ-
-ual paragraph is perfect in itself; and every
coruscation of wit and ofgeiiius, neithe needs
not receives '-in_v aid froiutlie others; the
antithesis is sure to be pointed; the quotation
most happy, or the joke exquisite ; you feel
it at once: Brougli-.ini, on the other hand,
twines round and ron.-id in a spiral, sweeping
all the contents of a lat‘,-ze circumference be-
fore lliin, and poiiring ilierzi towards the niaiu
point of his att.u-2-1. ‘-Vhen he coniniences,
you wonder at the width and obliquity Ofhis
course, and you can hardly Ct)tnpl'(’.lleI]ClullO\v
he is to dispose ofsuch a mass ot”heterogen-
ous matter as he fishes up in his way; but,
as the curve lessens, and the pole is in view,
you find out that the whole is to be efficient
the.-re. Brougliain’s diatribe against the cou-
tincntal despots, delivered on the first night
of the present session, was a fine specimen of
this power. The bosom of each despot was
literally torn open: and you could imagine
that you saw the evil spirit there laying plots
for brutality, tyranny, and parricide. Had the
magnaiiiiiious Autocrat of bears and barbari-
ausibeen upon the treasury benches, it is pro-
bable that, when tbe ‘blood and the murder
in a palace’ were put in so direct, so concen-
trated. and so overpoweriiig amanner, that
Autocrat would, if hp had happened to pos-
sess so mncli inanliiiess and pride as Mr.Can-
ning, have fallen into a similar breach of or-
der. The effect upon the House was most
spirit-stirring; and perhaps Brougham was
never more powerful, or tnore free from that
withering superiority which makes-soine of
the hearers feel their own littleness.

Delightful, however, as is this group, and
long as we could luxuriate iii the contempla-
tion of it, we iuust draw to a close; and so

iug, look’ ripon those great masters, whose
forms haunt the eye, and whose words vibrate
upon the ear, long after the oration has ceas-
-ed and the orator has withdrawn. The fine,
frank, candid, and gentleiiiaii-like form and
expression of Canning,’ as he stands poising
and balancing his glittered and pinioned arms,
flits before the eye ofthe mind. He comes to
us a thing of light, and sheds radiance and
sun-beams wherever he passes. But the
brightness and beauty are soon gone ; and we
dwell with a darker tone of feeling upon
Brougham. He stands dark and sallow ;and,
as he plays the accusing angel to courtiers and
kings, his. lip curls and starts with a derision
that is matchless, his voice sinks to awliisper,
which, however, is more distinctly audible
than the roaring of any other man in the
House, and his words’ fall heavy and sluw.—
One cannot avoid thinking of that gloom’
which, according to the great hard of freedom,
overshadowed creation when the first sin of
man brought death into the world;

“ Slry lowered and muttered thunder ; some sad
rim 8 ,

We]?! at the completing ofthe mortal sin.”
And when, in the depth of his awful glean-

ing he has drained the gall of an hundred e-

normities—wheii he has coiidenscd and con-

cocted it to a poison more deadly than that

of the Upas, his voice peals the harsh thun-

der ; his form and features dart forth the dark

fires of the place of retribution ; the storm is

on the wing ; and

“ Iron sleet, in arrowy shower,

Hurtles through the darkened air.”

‘-7--

FOREIGN NEWS.—By the arrival at
New-York on the Md of the Br. Packet La-
dy Louisa, intelligence is rec’d from London
3 days, from Paris 4days, and from the Head
Quarters of Duke d’Angoulenie 7 days later
than before. By this intelligence we learn
that Portgal hasjriiiied France in her war a-
gainst Spain, and sent a naval fbrce to assist
in the siege of Cadiz.

A despatch froui Count Giiilleinoiit, dated
Aug. 526th, states that on the 20th, Qlst, " 2d,
93d, 94th, and 25th they deboticlied from the
Augouleiue battery to attack the Trocadero,
(one-of the outposts on the main land oppo-
site Cadiz, which had been strongly fortified
by the Spaniards, and against which the
French had raised six batteries.) Another
despatch dated the 31st, aiiiioiuices, that ‘ At
3-4 past 9. o’clock, the Trncadero was carried
with great vigor, in sight ofthe Duke d’An-
gouleuie. The enemy had about 150 killed
and 9250 wounded, and we made 900 prison-
ers aiid took more than 50 pieces of cannon
iii the batteries.’

The fall ofthis fort is no otherwise niateri-
al than as it diminishes, in soiiie degree, the
difliculty of penetrating with a fleet into the
inner liarliour of Cadiz. Sufficient defen-
ces are yet left, however, in the batteries of
the city, and at theibottom ofthe bay, to ren-
der any such atteinpt highly improbable.

It is apparent (says the Dai. Adv.) that the
situation ofthe French forces in Spain is not
ofthe most flattering description. There is,
it is true, a good deal of parade in the neigh-
borhood of Cadiz, preparatory to a final at-
tack upon that city. But it looks more like
show than reality. At all evcnts,iftlie French
are in earnest, they have laid otit their work
as ifthey expected a pretty serious task before
they got through. Exercising laudsinen in
sailing, embarking, dis-embarking, &cc. carry
with them the air of caution, of doubt, and
apprehension. In the mean time, it is stated,
that the Gov. of the city has greatly streiigtli-
ened the means of defence, and ifthe city is
well supplied with provisions, as is stated, the
Frencli have but little prospect of getting pos-
session nfCadiz. In addition to this, Rear
Admiral Hameliii has given up the command
of the fleet before Cadiz to Admiral Duperre.
The cause oftliis change is said to be sick-
ness—\Vhzitever it may be it shows thatdifi‘i-
ciilties increase, and we shall not be surprised
that more and Iiiore complaints and utieasi-
ness exist. So little that is calculated to put
an end to the coiitroversy. and to acconiplish
the objects which the French had in view
when they undertook the invasion has been
brought to pass, that we think the governuicnt
must experience by this tiuie a good deal of
discontent and dissatisfaction. We know of
no great acliievemeiit,thus far, by any French
officers, or body of troops under them. Very
little resistance has been made to their pro-
gress, except in fortified towns—they have
wandered about Spain in every direction, and
yet have not been able to do much more than
to bribe a few ofiicers,arid take peaceable pos-
session of sortie undefeiided places. The Cor-
tes and King are out of their reach ; and tho’
the season is pretty for advanced, there is lit-
tle appearance of the campaign being closed
with either honor or profit. The expenses of
the war must fall heavily on France, and it
would not be strange, ifhostilities last through
the winter, ifinucli disquiet should be foiiud
at home at their folly and extravagance.

A despatcli from Marshal Moncey, dated
Aug.28th,atTarredemdai'ra.states that on the
preceding day, he had an engagement at Al-
tafiilla, with a body of near 5000 Constitu-
tionalists, being the principle part of the,gar-
risou of 'I‘arragoiia, whom be defeated with
the loss of 60 killed, and a considerable mim-
ber wounded. ‘Our loss was 6 killed, and 80
wounded, 20 ofthem seriously.’

A report is published, that the Duke of An-
gouleme has decreed theCortes to be outla wed.
The cutter Active, has been taken in at-
tempiiig to run out of St. Scbastians. It. is
said she was bound to London to procure as-
sistance, and had on board despatches frotn
the Cortes to the Spanish minister at London.
There are intiniritions that Ba-illasteros since
his capitulation, has done nothing to answer
the views of the French, and that they are 0-
bliged to watch his conduct. It is added that
his defection was not known to the Cortes,
with whom he still kept up a correspondence.

LONDON, Sept. 8.—-We are still without
advice ofaiiy attack mi Cadiz. Private ac-
counts state that the Duke of Angoulenie is
represeutcd to have expressed great disap-
pointment .-it the inactivity of Boiirdesoult
who has suffered two months to expire in
which the preparations for attack ttiight have
been completed, while on the other hand,
Valdez has sirengilieuecl Cadiz by several
new defences and it seems the French oflicers
admit that the seige is not such it trifling eti-
terprize as it has liithertnbeeii found conven-
ient to represent. The Govenor, Valdez, has

orders are obeyed with the greatest precision

and alacrity. There cannot be _the reniotest
suspicion of his fidelity to the-cause, ashe is
known to be the devoted victim to the ven-
geance oftlie Royalists.
LONDON, Sept. 9.—So the legitimate Gov-
ernment of Portugal has,,we find, made com-
mon cause with the Bourbons, and is fortli-
with (according to the French papers) to join
in the blockade of Cadiz. Now supposing
the Portuguese Ultras should retain their
power long enough to realize this virtuous
project how must the English Cabinet feel?
It will be recollected that it was the Ministers
of England who prevented the Constitutional
Government of Portugal from formitig an al-
liance with the Spaniards. England throws
away the game: France lays hold ofthe cards
which her rival liad- abandoned. Mr. Cati-
ning tliwar‘s and disappoints the Spanish
Cortes: he indirectly helps to overturn those
of Portugal. The French Bourbons come
and seize the reins of Government in both
kingdoms, thus efl'ecting,witli the concurrence
of an English Cabinet, that entire overthrow
ofthe influence atid policy of Great Britain to
maintain which against Buonaparte they ex-
pended above 100,000 men and 9.00 millions
ofnioiiey !—Times.
llrlxnitiii Aug. 20.——A report has prevailed
since yesterday, that sortie change has taken
place of the Generals‘ coinnianrliiig before
(.‘a.":z, as well as by sea. It is also reported
that the difference between the Duke of An-
goulenie and the Regency, begin to disperse ;
and that the Constitutional troops are about
to pay us a visit.
PAitis,Sept. 6.—It is to the iiilormation
given by the Moniteiir respefciiiig the opera-
=ious in Catalonia and Andalusia. that the
fall in the funds is by some attributed; while
others ascribe it to the silence observed re-

specting the troops under the orders of the

Duke of Regio and Gen. Moliter. We be-
lieve that both causes have contributed to it.
It is no longer to be doubted that the siege of
Cadiz will be a protracted one ; and though
our troops have conquered before Tarragoiia,
it has been at a greater expense of lives than
out bulletins have hitherto acknowledged.

Lounoiv, Sept. 9.—The French have _cir-
culated reports throughout Galicia that every
thing was amicably adjusted at Cadiz, and
they even went so far as to make known the’
terms of the acconiinodatiou, which were de-
scribed only as some trifling alterations in the
constitution, of which the chief were, the giv-
ing an absolute veto-—the creation of a second
Chamber—and the making indispensable the
qualification of property in the members of
the Legislature. It is remarkable that simi

lar terms are said to have been introduced as
a secret article into the Capitulation signed
at Coriiniia, and tliatthey limited the induce-
ment under which Novella ceased to defend
the place. VVlieii the deceit shall have been
discovered in Galicia, the consequences to
the French may probably turn out not to be

‘ ofthe most agreeable nature.

Bi-:aLtN, Aug. 9.6.—In the course of the
last winter and spring, a great number of do-
mestic animals in east Prussia, perished for
watit of food, viz. 1134:';liorscs, 1969 oxen,
5234 cows, and 6397 small cattle.

ALGIERS, June .*’.’2.—The Government has
returned to its despotic proceedings. A ship
l.iden with various bales of goods and botind
to this city, was obliged, in consequence of a
storm, to be at the expense of 10,000 francs,
for repairs at iVIzirseilles and Niece. On its
arrival the Captain would not unload till he
was indemnified for the expenses, which he
proved by proper documents. Those to whom
ilie cargo was addressed complained to the
Dey, who ordered it to be delivered to them,
adding that it was not the custom at Algiers
to make any allowance for average. All the
European agents protested against this decis-
ion, which is contrary to the law of nations,
but the Dey persisted and the Captain was
compelled to give up the cargo without receiv-
ing any indemnity.

The hostilities between Spain and Algiers
have bzid no result. The Dcy’s fleet is still
in the Levant. The plague has not yet ap-
peared here.

The Greeks.--Advices from Zante and
Corfu, contained in letters froui Trieste, of
the 21st ult. mention that the Turkish fleet in
iliat neigliborliood, was in a state of great iii-
sunordination, and that the plague prevailed
on board many of the ships. That of the
Greeks maintained a position favorable for an
attack, but their naval comiiiauder had deter-
mined to delay it until disease and the mutin-
t)llS spirit of the sailors had weakened the
Turkish fleet in a still greater degree.
Experiments are making at Cowes with a
large boat, which is moved through the water
at the rate often miles an hour, by means of
six paddle wheels, worked by a lirnid wiucli,
for the purpose ofproving how far this use or
mechanical power is applicable to use injails;
in order to do away the tread-mill, which is
injurious to health, particularly offeuiales.
Farm GiBit.u.'r.ut.—-Tlie brig Cyprus,
Capt. Cliaddock, which arrived at Boston on
Friday last, from the Mediterranean, pas sed
Gibraltar on the 10th tilt. and spoke brig Etu-
eline, which left that port the preceding eve-
ning for Boston, and was informed that the
French had taken Tariffs. It is probable if
Cadiz had surrendered the coninizinder ofthe
E. would have mentioned it.--Boston Pal.

Lord B}/ran.-—A gentleman who has just
arrived at Boston from Leghorn, and who ltad
a personal interview with his lordship, states
that he has cast his fortune on a single point,
to sink or swim with the Greeks. He is said
to have purchased a brig entire, and embark-
ed his whole fortune for the purpose ofproce-
diug to Constantinople to endeavour to release
a number of Greeks held in captivity there,
mostly belonging to Scio. Iflie is frustrated,
it is his intention to buckle on his armour and
breast the storm of war.

From the National Gazette.
Mt-:xi‘co.——-We have a file of the ‘ Gazette
ofthe Supreme Government of Mexico,’ as
late as the 30th August inclusive. The num-
ber for the 29tli,contains a decree of the Coti-
gress authorizing ‘the Supreme Executive
Power,’ to contract for a loati of twenty mil-
lions of dollars with foreign houses or persons
commissioned by them, ‘that house to be
preferred which offers the most advantageous
terms for the nation, and particularly, such
as would undertake to make the most consid-
rxrable advances at once.’ The decree pledges

we shall only castone other ‘longing, linger-

aicquired an ascendancy so paramount that his

for the payment of the loan, the revenues of

the-state, and either the whole or part as may
suit the lenders. It would seem that the Sn-
preme Government had been severely pinch-
ed: for funds. There is a. report of the minis-
ter of Finance to the Congress, on the sub-
_]8C[ ofthe loan, in wliicli it isjstated, that the
receipts had been daily growing less inconse-
qiience of the alarming -proceedings ofSan
Louis Potosi andihe attitude ofotlier provin-
c_es ; that it had been impossible, at the same
time to pay the troops and the public fitne-
ttonaries and peiisioiiers, and that under this
pressure, propositions for a loan of twenty
millions ofdollars had been made by Barthol-
omew Vigors Richards, acting for the firm of
Barclay, Herring &. Co. of London, which
propositions had been accepted. The loan
was negociated at seventy for :1 hundred, and
10 per cent. preinittni for guarantee and citat-
ges, &c.

The minister says-‘ Much will be gained
towards the consolidation oftlielndepcndence
of Mexico, from the moment that this loan
shall be completed, because in each of the
share-liolders, we shall have an advocate and
active coadjutor in London, whose influence
will be exerted efiicaciously upon the British
government, for the acceleration ofthe much
dr-sired acknowledgment ofour independence.
The monthly receipt of halfa million of,'dol-
lars will give us the ease and energy which
we require to place ourselves on an imposing
and respectable footing, and to amend otir de-
fective adniiiiistratioii. As soon as this loan
shall become public in Europe, there will be
an increase ofthe credit and consideration of
this country, because we shall appear to have
the means of displaying our power and the
aid ofthe English nation. It will be proper
to raise_the loan to iliirty millions, because in
proportion as it is augmented, will our moral
and physical force be enhanced.’

The contract with Richards is dated the
18th August, and specifies, with other condi-
tions, that for the payment of capital and in-
terest, one-half of the proceeds of the cits-
toms is pledged ; and that the representative
or agents ofthe lenders shall be authorised to
vvatcli over the entries at the ports, and ap-
prise the government of whatever malversa-
iron or embezzlement they may notice in the
custom houses, injurious to their interest in
the pledge. The Supreme Government at
Mexico appears to have had no slight trouble.
with some of tl_ie provinces. These have pro-
ceeded to put themselves in an independent
posture, and asserted the right offorniing sep-
arate governments for themselves, before they
sent delegates to a general congress for the
purpose of establishing a federal system. The
written comniunicatious which passed between
them and the Supreme Governmeiit, are prin-
ted in the government gazette, atid furnish ev-
idence of much talent in discussion. On the
80th July, the Executive power at Mexico,
addressed 8. note to the Political Chief at
Guadalajara, informing him that the provin-
ces of Senora and Sinaloa were threatened
with invasion by various nations of Indian
warriors who had been seduced by the ene-
mies oforder, and requesting that he would
send to those provinces succors in troops, am-
munition, and money. The Political Chief
replied, that sbeing in treaty with the Coin-
missioners of General Bravo about political
matters he could not attend to the affairs of
Senora and Sinziloa. He was reproved, in
a replication, by the Mexican Executive, who
argued—‘ If the central government he nom-
inally acknowledged, but not obeyed ; if sub-
ordinate authorities deem themselves author-

_ized to suspend or delay the execution ofits

orders; if each province is to maintain ar-
mies independent on the Supreme Power of
the nation, what will be the result in refer-
ence to the foreign enemies who threaten us ?
These will make themselves niasters of the
government, and rule as General Morillo did
at Santa Fe, kc.’

The domestic authorities of the provinces
of Guadalajara and Zacatecas addressed a
circular to the other ‘ provincial deputatioiis,’
the object of which was to invalidate the su-
premacy of Mexico and procure a declaration
ofiiidependeiice in each province. The an-
swers ofthe ‘ deputations’ ofVera Cruz and
Valladolid are very able and patriotic pro-
ductious. They urge that, as all the inhabi
tants of.9nahuac(tlie Mexican empire) had
declared tliemselves for ‘ a represeiitativeFed-
eral system,’ and the National Congress, so
far from opposing this, had concurred in the
wishes of the nation, and prepared the basis
of the system, there ought to be no separate
formation of governments or partial confede-
rations, btit all ought to wait for and be ready
to submit to the general will, which was to be
regularly accomplished and expressed by the
new Congress appointed to meet at the end
of October. They add that events in Europe,
and the result of the war in Spain, might
place the political existence of Mexico in ex-
treme. peril, and therefore rendered union and
harmony, among all Mexicans, of the first
necessity. They cite General Washitigtonks
valedictory in support of their views of mutu-
al concession and good will. The example
of these U. States has been much studied, and
has proved highly efficacious in producing
just impressions ofright and expediency.
[Itis thoughtby the best informed tl/Iexicmi
politicians» that the great majority ofthe peo-
ple are at present too ignorant, and have been
too long inured to the old Spanish Colonial
systems, to hear :1 free gtivsirtinieiil, like that
of the United States; and it is considered best
to continue their present form of government
until the freedom of the press and of speech,
together with the numerous Lancasterian
schools, shall have had time to operate, and to
render the people fit to take into their own
hands the government oftlicir eountry.]

By an arrival from Vera Cruz we learn that
the Mexicans have erected a fort at Point
Mocambo, in order to reduce, the island ofSa-
crificios, in the hands of the Spaniards. The
governor of St. Juan de Ullao had sent in a
flag to state that if a gun was fired upon the
island, he would open the guns of tlie castle
upon the city, and lay it in ashes. But all

Gen. Victoriri, froui Jalapa, who, it was ex-
pected, would settle the alfair. ,

A letter from ‘St. Salvador, of Aug. 24th,
states that nearly balfof the Portuguese fleet,
consisting of 82 sail, have returned prizes to
Lord Cochrane.————Most of the old Portu-
guese who were partizansoftlic ln0IllCf‘C0ull-
try have fled to Lisbon. ' '- ‘

Gen. Lima wasin command of the army‘-—
Labatnt being under arrest, and charged with

having received bribes from the Portuguese.

hostilities were suspeiided until the arrival of

 

from the ..Vcw- Fork .fldverliser.:}j~-".‘
city for the ‘benefit of the Boston Medic_al~

worthy the attention of all wlijo have not ivit-v
iiessed this ancient uiode of fpreserving hu-.
man bodies» ' j ' ' '

Instead of preseiiting theforbidding appear-
ance ofthedried skeleton discovered in asalt-'
petre cave, and shewn for-a mummy in the
iiitiseuni, it is entirely covered with the band'-
ages originally employed in its preservation ;
the head alone is disengaged, ‘and "'sbows_tlie
features of the face transmuted asit were in-
to asphaltus, the principal agent in the"pre-
servation.

The ornaments on the sarcophagus ‘are in
pa feet preservation, although more tlianthree
thousan". years old ! Such an object—a being
of our on n species,wlio once walked the eartlr
—oiice trod the streets of the renowned city
ofThebes, dressed in the splendor ofthe east
—a female of distinction doubtless, perhaps
an inliabitaiit of a palace—after lying eni-
balmer_l iii.a dreary catacomb for more than 7
30 centuries, now_brought forth to light to vis- "
it another c‘outinent—caniiot fail to -excite a._ '
powerful interest in every refiecting mind.

‘ VVliat must have been the state ofinetital
degradation in tlipse. (lays. when men, ignor-
ant of the true God and eternal life, imagin-
ed that by preserving the body from decay,‘ '
they prevented the soul from taking up its H
residence in some animal 1 The numerous
liieroglypliics with which the sarcophagus is
ornamented present asubject of speculation
for the curious antiquary. So great wastbe
desire to see this wonderful production, that
when it was exhibited in Boston, upwards of.
three thousand ladies are said to have visited
it: indeed when we consider that it is the
only mummy ever brought to America, no
person should hesitate to gratify his curiosity,
and at the same time contribute to an institu-
tion of great public benevolence.

King Rz7ioriho.—Tlie niissionarie's at the
Sandwich Islands have been endeavoring to
instruct King Rihoriho in the first principles
of geography and astronomy. They found
some difiiculty in reconciling him to the glob-
ular foriii ofthe earth. He had conceived with
the ancients, that the earth was an extender}
plain, and that the sun, moon, and stars, mov-
ed round it every day. He, at first, supposed
that such a revolutionofthc earth as is repre-
sented in the Copernican system, must do-
range and scatter every moveable substance
oti the §urface ; but when he began to see the
evidence ofthe eai'tli’s globular figure, and of
its diurnal motion, he appeared to be gratified
but said pleasantly to his people, ‘Take can
ofyour calabaslies as the earth turns over.’

[J\{'. Y. Observer.

Philosophical.-—-It has been lately ascer-
tained, in the most satisfactory manner, that
the limiinoiis appearance,or light,which is seen
at night in the ocean and in salt water, is pro-
duced by animals of a gelatinous substance.
These animals are of various sizes, and so
nearly ofthe color ofthe water that the simil-
ler kind can scarcely be distinguished on a su-
perficial view froin drops of water.

It is stated in the French Annales de l’In-

twice as much ofthe tanning principle as that
of oak, and nearly twice as much coloring
in atter as logwood. \Vitli iron it forms an in-
teasly black and durable ink. Its colouring
matter has a stronger afiiuity than sumacli for

$» Xk
By last Evening’s Jliail.

FROM GlBRALTAR.——.N'ew- York, Oct.
i’7.—'I‘lie ship Seine, Capt. \Villiams, ar. at"
this port oti Saturday, froui Gibraltar, whence
she sailed on the 13th ult. We have rec’d
papers to the 12th. The communication be-
tween Gibraltar and Cadiz was kept open the
same as at fornier dates-~iiothing of impor-
tance had occurred since the French took the
Trocadero; yet it was the general opinion at
Gibraltar that the place would not long hold
out. A letter, dated on the 19th, says, ‘ our
dates from Cadiz to the 9th. give us to ex-
pect that thc affairs of Spain will soon be coin-
proniised, probably through the iiiediution of
Englaiid.’ There appears to have been no
interruption to our trade with Malaga in con-
sequence ofits capture by the French.

Letters from Gibraltar state that the French
lost 2000 men in taking the Trocadero.

It is now said Tariffa has not been taken.

GIBRALTAR, Sept. 5.—'I‘hc'I‘ribune frigate
hasjust arrived frotn Malaga. A French di-
vision entered and took possession of that
place yesterday morning, without the least
resistance, and were joyfullyreceived by the
inhaliitaiits. Gen. Riego fled the preceding
night about 1-‘; past It o’clock, at which

some soldiers of difi'ereut corps. Late on the
evening ofthe 3d, sortie cavalry and infantry
retired by the road to Velez Malaga ; and yes-
terday morning the French cavalry pursued
the rear guard, and took the whole ofthe re-
giment del Rey, prisoners. _It is known that
Riego embarked a large sum of money, and
church plate melted down.

Three French ships were at Port au Prince

Sept. 30th, waiting for news of peace with

Spain, or convoy to protect them against the

Spanish privateers. A brig iiiider‘ Spanish’
colors was committing dcpredations on the

Haytieii coasters sotitli side of the island.

, Ni-zvv-Yoitx, Oct. 27.
The U. S. sloop of war Hornet, Capt.Sinitli
arrived at. this port on Saturday, from Vera
Cruz and tsdays from Havana. Left the
former port Sept. 24th, at which time all the
vessels there were ordered to leave the liar-
bor, and the schr. Camilla, of l3altiniore, schr.
Tom, and brig George, of Pliiladelphia ; sev-
eral English merchant vessels, and tl:€=British
sloops of war Tyne and Bellette, which had
been taking on board specie and cochiiieal,
were getting under way the same evcniug.‘—-
Hostilities were moiiieiitly expected toiireak
out between the town and the Spanish garri-
son in the Castle of St. Juztu, the forts in the
city to coiiimeiice the fire, with a hope of re-
ducing the castle to subjcctioii. All the old
Spaniards ofthe city, had tied into the castle.
The Hornet touched at ‘Sisal Aug. 14th and
found the place, and all the coast was gover-
ed by the Patriots, and heard of no pirates in
llitit_qii:irtt‘.t‘.
The Grainpus, Capt. Grt=._gor_v, sailed from
Havana llth inst. on a cruize in the Gulfof
Mexico—-her crew all well. “

wool, and is not afi'ect_ed _by air or light. .. .2-,

College, is certainly aI_‘l'_ object of -curiosity,‘

diistrie, that the Cliesnuttrce bark contains .

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The Egyptian Mumiiiy exhibiting-,-in this ..

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time his flotilla sailed from the harbor with‘