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. _ New-Yoax, Nov. 28.

, FRO-.\I EUROPE.-—Tlic packet ship
’Cortes, Capt.-De Cost, arrived yesterday from
Liverpool, having sailed on the 924th ult.
‘__are indebtedto capt. D. for papers of that date,
"and Loifdon papers to the 23d inclusive.

The King of Spain continued to treat the
constitutioiialists with severity. It is calcula-
ted tltat 15000 persons will be banished from
Madrid under his decrees, and a vast nutnber
ofpersons be obliged to leave Spain. Most
ofthe‘ banished take refuge in France. It is
said that the Duke d’Angouleme was endeav-
ming to persuade Ferdinaudto pass a general
'auinesty ; but such was his Majesty’s zeal in
reasstimiug the prerogatives of despotism,tliat
he would listen to nothing, but was bent on
going all lengths. -

Great disappoiiitnietit were experienced by
those who put confidence in the King’s prom-
ise of Atntiesty made at Cadiz; and tl spirit
of disaffectiou had again manifested itself.
The town of Cabra is said to have again de-
clared for. the Constitution, and Bulla.~;teros is
stated to be again at the head ofa respectable
force in the tiiouiitaiiis, crying otit for the
‘Constitution or death.’ Mina is stated to
have issued a proclamation, declaring that the
King has been guilty of perjury, and that he
is wholly unfit to govern the country.

A despatch from Marshal Lauriston, dated
at Saragossa Oct. tfilth, announces the defeat
of the ~'Con.stittitio_nalists in Catalonia, coin-
prising the garrison ofTarr;tgona, ntider Gen.
Miguel, between three and 4,000, after a se-
vere action on the night ofthe 7th. Gen. M.
was taken prisoner, severely wounded. _

Some changes have taken place in the
Fi'cncli Cabinet, and others are spokeii of.
’.l‘he Baron de Damas is appointed Minister
oflVar, vice the Duke of Belluiio, appointed
ambassador to Vienua—the private accounts
say he was removed. _

The Morning Chronicle says, it was Well
known in Paris on the 16th of October, that
France, Spain, and Portugal had concluded
:1 treaty, "for the restoration of the American
Colonies to‘the legtiliinatc sway of the two
latter powers. ’

And, ‘ advices from Lisbon,state that trans-
ports were preparing to carry troops to Bra-
zil, and Governors are appointed for Marau-
ham and Para.’

The British government, it is said, have re-
plied to ati application to know what was
meant by the appointment of consuls to the
‘ Spanish American Provinccs'—tliat ' until.
Spain acknowledged the independence of
her colonies, England would not adtnit that
the new Republics were free and indepeti-
dent states.’

‘London, Oct. Q1.-—Chilian and Coltiilllrlilll
bonds are from 1 to 1 1-21 per cent lower than
they were on Sattirtla_v; the depression aris-
es froiu a belief that those countries will be
re-annexed to the mother country.

Oct. 9‘.-2.—No further depression in South
American Boutls——'l‘here are yet hopes that
the severe measures of the King of_ Spain a-
gainst his subjects at home, may produce e-
vents which will render it impossible to exe-
cute the ambitiotts projects against the dis-
tant Provinces. -

Arrangements have been _ made for imme-
diately sending otit reinforcetiients oftroops
to the West Indies.

Paris, Oct. 9.l.—We, (the Etoille,) have re-
ceived the following intelligence, by express.

‘ .'lIadri't1, Oct. I0.—A decree ofthe 4th, da-
ted at Xeres, banishes all those from Madrid
who have exercised any civil or military em-
ployment during the revolution. In conse-
quence of this, the order has been given by
the Intcndant de la Vigilance, to all persons
included in this decree, to provide themselves
without‘ delay with the necessary passports.

‘ For one moment it was a question wlietli-
er the l\Ienibers of the Revolutionary Gov-
ernment who remained at Cadiz, should be
arrested or not.

‘A new Decree is spoken of, which will
send away a great number of great persons;
among them the Count of Onate, the Dukes
of Altamira, of Abrantes, and of MedinaCeli,
the Duchess of Benavente, the Marquesses of
Alcaniz, ofSanta Cruz, ofVilla Saterua, of
Villa Franca, and the Prince of Anglona are
mentioned. _

A contribution of 6,000,000 francs is to be
levied on the City of Madrid.

Colonel Amor has capitulated with 3.50 cav-
alry which be had remaining with him.

‘The Junta of Purification has received or-
ders from” the Regency to verify within ten
days the titles of the functionariesthreatened
with the loss of their employments, and of
those who are to recover their situations..

‘Everything is preparing at Aranjuez for
the reception of their Majesties. The King
will arrive at hladrid on the 90th November ;
and the town is quite drunk with joy. An-
other Decree ofthe King has ordered the dis-
solution ofthe army.

‘ Among the persons who are to be sent a-
way from Madrid, are the Nobles of Spain,
who served in the voluntaryMilitia ofthe Cor-
tes, and their nniiibcr is said to be eleven.

‘ It is said that the Duke del Parque, the
Prince of Anglona, the Marquis of Aleauien,
and the Duke of Abrantes, will be banished
from the kingdom.

‘ .S'es—ille, Oct. 9.———Tlieir Majesties, as well
‘as the Infantos, continue to enjoy the tnost
perfect health. This morning, at ten o’clock,
_tl.ey went ottt on foot, and repaired tothe
Patriarchal and Metropolitan Church, to at-
tend the Te Deum. The troops were drawn
up on their passage.

‘Their Majesties were conducted in pro-
cession up to the principal altar, where the
King was seated on a chair, under a canopy,
and the Infantes in places near his Majesty.
The Te_Deurn was sting with a full orchestra,
and the ceretnony was magnificent. 

‘ At noon, all the civil and military bodies
of the town were admitted to kiss the King’s
hand ; and his Majesty granted to the Eccle-
siastical body the precious favor ofbeing the
first presented» '

‘ Sem'llc,0cl. l0'.—-The Duke of Angouleme
passed through here going to Carmona. He
svas received with the‘ greatest enthusiasm.

,.Madr'id, Oct. l4.—Extract from it Report
made by the Military Commandant of Cabra
so the '.\/Iilitary Commandant‘ at Cordova : .

‘I received yesterday the important news
ofthe occupation ofCadiz by the braveFrench
troops, our allies. Immediately I caused the
official notice of this event to be publislicd,
which excited transports of joy among the
whole faithful ptipulatiou of this town ;A but,

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unforturiately, this to‘wii is the headquarters
ofthe troops under Gen. Ballasteros, and the
whole of his soldiers, from the first to the last,

principles with which they infected-our soil.
‘These incorrigible revolutionists had the
audacity to tear do.wn-theoflicial notice. They
show themselves on every point, uiifaithful to
the convention ofAugust 4. VVhat~has pre-
served these guilty propensities in them, have

Gen.Ballasteros, who spread auiong them the
proclamation which the king was forced to sign
at Cadiz under tlie daggers of his enemies.

‘ The Revolutionists profit by this piece to
dare and threaten the Royalists. This state
oftliings cannot be changed till the troops are
sent away who are so rnticli opposed to the
sovereignty of the King, our master.

Jlladrid, Oct. 15.—-—Tlie following is a De-
cree of his Majesty, dated Lelirija, the 6th,
and published on the 10th instant.

‘ On casting my eyes on the Most High
who had deigned to deliver me frotn so tnatiy
dangers, and to leatl rue back as it were by
the hatid among my faithful subjects, lex-
perieuce a feeling of horror when I recollect
all the sacrifices, alf the crimes which the im-
pious have dared to commitagainst the Sove-
reign Creator of the Universe.

‘ The Ministers of Religion have been per-
secuted and suerificed—tlie venerable succes-
sor of St. Peter has been insulted—-the tem-
ples ofthe Lord profancd and destroyed——tlie
Holy Gospel trodden undr-r foot-lastly, the
incstiniable iuliei'itaii(:e which Jesus Christ
left-us the right ofli_is Holy Supper, to assure
us of his love, -and of our eternal felicity, the
sacred Hosts, have been trampled underfoot.
My soul cannot be at rest till united to my
beloved subjects we shall offer to God pious
sacrifices that he may deign to purify by his
vrace the soil of Spain from so many stains.
in order that objects of such iniportauce
should be attained, I have resolved that in all
places in tiiy dominion, the tribtnials, the Juri-
fats,‘ and all public bodies, shall implore the
clemency ofthe Almighty in favor of the na-
tion, and that the Arclibisliops, bishops and
Capitnral Vicars of vacant Sees, the Priors of
Orders, and all those who exercise ecclesias-
tical jurisdiction, shall prepare missions,which
shall exert themselves to destroy erroneous,
pcruicir.-us, and heretical doctrines, and shut
up in the monasteries, of which the rules are
the uiost rigid, those ecclesiastics who have
been the agents of an impious faction.

‘ Settled by my Royal band.’

PARIS, Oct. 20.—Advices from London
statetliat an Under Secretary of State has
lrtreri promptly sent itito Spain to deliver to
King Ferdinand a positive demand oi) the
part of the English Governmenton the sub-
ject of the claims of England upon Spain. It
is affirmed that this demand leaves no other
alternative than the following—either that
Spain pay what she has promised, or England
will pay lierself.-—-—Anotlier letter froinEug-
land speaks of the sudden departure oftwelve
superior officers (four of them belonging to
the corps of Engineers, and eight to the Ar-
tillery) for Jauiaica. It is asserted that from
thence they will proceed to the New States
of South America. This evetit has excited a
sensation in London.

MADRID, Oct. 10.——The dawn ofpeace and

happiness did not lotig dawn upon tniliappy

Spain; the Decrees of the King, of the [st

and 4th of thismonth, have spread consterna-

tion amongst all classes in Madrid, not ex-

cepting even the monks and most decided

Royalists ; but the worst is to cotne. Already

the inqnisitions are preparing, and further de-

crees of a more rigorous nature are expected,

amongst others one for a forced contribution

of twenty ttiilliotis of reals, to be levied upon

Madrid, and the exile of tiunibcrs ofthe no-
bility of Spain, and the confiscation oftheir
property.

Among the names cited to he denounced

for banishment are, tlte Marquis d'Alcauizes,
the Marquis de Santa Cruz, the Marquis de
Villafranca, the Marquis de Villa Paterna,
tltc Count d’Altiniira, the Duke d’Abrantes,
the Prince d’Atia_:loiirr, and the Duchess dc

Benaventa. There is also a report of the
general dishanding of the army, which will

reduce thousands of officers to despair and
meudicity ; finally, there are no expressions
sufficiently suitable to pourtray to you the de-
plorable state itito which we are plunged by
the perfidious Councillors of otir Monarch,
who appear resolved to conduct liiin direct to
the precipice, and to plunge the country into
an abyss ofevils; and it is at a moment when
Lopes Banos has yet 6,000 in Estraniatdura,
when Morillo exercises great influence in Ga-
licia,aud when Mina firmly maintains his po-
sition in Catalonia, that such measures and
decrees are adopted ‘and promulgated. By
this systenrtliey drive to despair all the Con-
stitutionalists : for perish ifthey must, say the
tnost indifferent and. the least courageous of
them, it is better to perish arms in liatid than
to receive death oti the scaffold.

It is notorious that the King does not live
in harmony with the Prince Geucralissimo.
His Royal Highness desires that his Majesty
would accomplish his promises, and throw a
veil over the past ; but Ferdinand inexorably
persists in being ati absolute King, and in gov-
erning according to his own good pleasure.

',We have received, by express, the Journal
des Debut: ofSaturday. An English Courier
passed through Paris oti Friday, bearing or-
dcrs to Sir W'm. A’Court, our Ambassador to
Spain, to repair to the Court ofFerdinand.—
The intelligence brought by this express af-
fords abundatitevidetice ofthe obstacles which
are still opposed to the pacification of the
country. Not only does Catalonia continue
to be the scene of active operations, but Gal-
licia has been the theatre of disturbances, in
consequence of the resistance of the peasan-
try to the exaction of tithes‘ ; antl (more im-
potjfatit than all the rest) the army ofBallas-
teros is acknowledged to have revolted, on
learning the perfidious conduct of the King,
and to have thrown the whole of the province

. in which it is cantoned into a state of conster-

nation. Iti Catalonia the corps offloyalists,
commanded by d’Eroles, has been destroyed,
the whole of the men composing it having
been killed or taken, prisoners, aniongst whotii
is the Baron hitnself, whose head will answer
for that ofRie_r__:o, ifMina and his army do not
,makc their submission.
the indefatigable garrison of Barcelona had
made another sortie, on the night preceding
-tlie date ofthe last accounts. Marshal Mon-
icev, however, on_,tlie receipt of a despatcli
from the Duke of Angouleme, had opened

are deeply imbued with those mischievous -

been the perverse and malicious intentions of

.2 days oftnnitilt atid civil war.

It is admitted, that‘

tiegociations, audit is understood tl1.'It;l\rIlI’la.
was who offered the Viceroyalty, ofNavarre
under be absolute Kinv.—-London»-pap'_eir.
Capl. Par;-_i/.—-'l‘lie London Courier, ‘says:
we are sorry to learn that Capt. Parry, almost
iriirnetliately after his return, froni‘his arduous

Some unpleasant intelligence, of a private na-
ture, is said to have produced this effect.

Livi-*.ru=ooL, Oct. 24.

Dreadful Fire.—-About five o’clock onWed-
nesday"morning a dreadful fire broke outin
the warehouses, commonly known as Bootlt’s
Wareliottses, VVapping, the property of Thus.
Booth, Esq. which ended in their entire des-
truction. The loss 0fpt‘0pet‘l._V, upon this la-
mentable occasion, has been immense, but
the amount cannot yet be ascertained (the
very lowest estimate mentioned is £80,000 ;)
we understand, that 185,000 bushels ofgrain,
and upwards of 1000 bags ofcotton, have to-
getliet' with other valuables, fallen a prey to
this destructive element. About eight o’clock,
part of the wall at the south-east corner fell
upon the roofofa house in Barter street, and

the afternoon, the centre wall of the'ware-
houses fell with a. tremendous crash. We
are happy to say,that the fl(ljt)lll’l'ng warehouse
of Messrs. George Duncan and Sun has es-
caped without any iujtiry. Fortunately for
the neighborhood of Barter st. Hurst st. and
Campbell st. the wind was south-east, other-
wise the consequences would have been much
more calauiitous. These warehouses w"ere
the highest in town.

London, Oct. 23.—It is now computed that
\’Vlieat: is one third under an average crop;
the quality is, generally speaking, not good,
owning to the long contititiance of the wet,
and the early appearance of the frost. Ire-
land has suffered more, in respect to grain,
than England. Barley is, perhaps, an ave-
rage crop in Ireland ; in England, we are in-
formed, it is considerably beyond an average.

BaAztL.—Froni Peruatnbucan papers to
Oct. 1, which we have had an opportunity to
peruse, brought by the Adriana, Capt. Austin,
arrived here on Tuesday last, we find that an
attetiipt had been made at Parniba, capital of
a Province ofthat name, to the North ofPer-
narubuco, by the Governor at arms, Albu-
querqtic, and a part of the troops of the line
he had suborned, to re-establish the Absolute
Government. The Brazillian patriots, how-
ever, manfully opposed and defeated the cue-
mies of their independence, killed and woun-
ded 50 and took 70, the Governor at arms a-
mong the lattcr, who was embarked and sent
to Rio Jaueiro to be tried and punished : the
remainder ofthe faction were all tlisartiied or
disgraced, and tranquility re-established after

In Peruambuco the people suspected that
Altneida, their Governor at arms, had the de-
sign also to declare with his party in favor of
the Absolute Government, and they believed
that the 12th ofOct.was the day fixed for that
purpose; consequently all classes assembled
in a body and took the resolution to anticipate
such anefarious plot by arresting and ship-
ping him for Rio Jaueiro to answer for his
conduct which was effectedwithout bloodshed.
These are represented as the creatures of the
lately disgraced despotic Ministers ofthe Em-
peror the Andradas. All was again quiet
when the Adriana sailed.—Boston Patriot.

Bra::il.—We learn ofCapt. Fosdick, who
left Periiaiiibtico Oct. Slvltl. that political af-
fairs were in a very unsettled state. The
President and some ofthe head men, had re-
cently retired to the country, and a new elec-
tion for President was about to take place.—
The General at Arms had been arrested and
corumitterl to prison. A revolt had taken
place among the negroes in a small town a-
bout 6 leagues front Pernaiiibtico, in the inte-
rior, andsometroops had been sent to quell
them. The vessels captured and sent in by
Lord Cochrane, had been re-fitted and sailed
for Rio Janeiro.——-N’. Y. paper.

Extract ofa letter,dated ‘Mrirariliani, Aug.
20, ]tl£’.3.—-—Since my last, Lord Coelirane has
arrived here in a 7t gun ship from Bahia, and
the place immediately declared for indepen-
dence. The communication with the interi-
or is iinw free after having been cut off for
more than -4. months. Produce begins to ar-
rive, antl business is resuming its old cotirse.
Lord Cochraue has confiscated all property
belonging to the Portuguese residing in Por-
tugal ; all property belonging to the residents
has been respected. All vessels here have
been euibargoed for Q5 days, and this is the
first one that sails.’

New-Yoair, Nov. 29.

Capture qf Porto Caee.llo.—We learn of
Capt. Hlpkins, who arrived last evening iii a
short passage from Laguira,that the town of
Porto Cavello was taken by storm on the 7th
inst. by Gen. Paez, and that the port Capitula-
ted 954 hours afterwards." This intelligence
was brought to Laguira by Capt. Murray, of
the Colombian navy, who catne express.

Gen. Calzada and Col. Carrera, fell at the
commencement of the attack.

The day Capt. H. left Laguira, Capt. Fen-
ton, of the Harriet-Netwell, of Philadelphia,
arrived there in an open boat, with his crew,
his vessel having been captured fottr days pre-
vious off the Rocas’, and they sent adrift with
nothing btitthree gallons of water. They had
been otit three days and four nights, and but
for a little sustenance frotii some limesiti the
pocket ofone of the crew,iiiust have perished.
The Col. privateer Gen. Soublette, Capt.
Morgridge, sailed immediately in pursuit of
the pirate, with a number of Americans and
Europeanswvho volunteered their services.

CoLoMBi.-t.——We have received by the
brig U. States, a file of Caraccas papers to
the 4th inst. The government has officially
announced that the powers granted to Senor
Rafeal Revenga, as Minister to England ; to
Luis Lopez Mendez, as Minister to France,
&'.c. and Gen. Devereux, as Minister to Rus-
sia, Sweden, lSr.c. are revoked. , -

The Hon. M_an_uel Hurtado, late a member
of the Senate, is appointed minister pleiiipo-
tentiary to England; and Senor Moreno, is
named agent to Rome.

The papers contain a list ofthe Intendants
and Governors of the several departnietits.-—

' The Congress gave a formal approval to

thoexpedition of the President Bolivar to Pe-
rti. The excltisive privilege of manufactur-
ing sheet copper, fur_ 8 years, has been gratit-
ed to Charles Stuart Cochrane. .

expedition, was seized with a violent fever.”

ing years of his life, bereft of tlie"patrimoriy_

partially laid it in ruins. At two o’clock iti '

express has just arrived from Mexico, with.

Gratitude qfa .R€17‘1l.fIfi¢.—‘-'.I‘llc _Gongress of
the Colombian Republic, at their late session,
decreed a pension to Gen. Bolivar, of thirty
tliousand dollars annually, during his life.—-
Tlie preamble ofthe decree states, that

“ At the time when the Liberator, Simon
Bolivar, coniuieneetl the immortal work of
liberating his country.aud founding the Re-
.publi_e_. of Colombia, he 'w-asgyoung and rich,
and now; that he hastli'e'~glofy'ofhaving corn;
pleted‘this'heroic undertakipg,ghe (finds him-
self, after having consumed the most flourish-

.v/hich lie-in_he'rited from his ancestors, in cori-
sequence of -having consecrated his life and‘
fortune to the sacred cause‘ ofliberty and in-
dependetice ; that it is the duty of the Repub-
lic to provide a stii_table and decent mainten-

whotn' it rcasotiably expects to be exalted to
that height of greatness and perfection to
which its destinies call it :and that they do,
therefore, decree,” &.t:.

N EW-ORLEANS, Nov. 8.-—From .Me:rico.——
The‘ continued hostilities which have been
heretofore noticed between the Castle of St.
Juan de Ulloa and the town have eventuated
in the bombardment and destruction ofa great
portion of the city of Vera Cruz. This iti-
telligence is received by Capt. Paillett of the
sclir. Orleans, 15 days frotii Tampico, who
informs that the event occurred three or four
days previous to his sailing. The garrison,
we learn, had become exasperated in coiise-
quence of' the efforts made by the Mexicans
to cut off the supplies of provisions, as well as
the apparent preparations for attacking the
fort——and were thence incited to ‘this sudden
attack and-destructionofthecity of VeraCruz.
Extract of a letter from an American gen-
tleman, dated Pueblo Viego de Tampico,
tlth Oct. 1823. ‘Since you left, we have a
report that the Mexican Government has de-
clared war against Spain-—ho,w true it is a few
days will determine. However, one fact is,
that the captain of the gun schooner has or-
ders to capture all Spanish vessels. The
Spaniards here I assure you, look vrild——they
begin to talk about the safety of their necks ;
their trade, it may be said, is now entirely at
an end-—in future I think the Americans will
have it all. Last evening I was applied to
by several Spaniards to ship for them in some
American nian-of-war, from five to six liuti-
dred thousand dollars, and expressed some
anxiety to have it shipped soon. The Euro-
pean Spauiards, iti this place, have heretofore
manifested a great hatred towards the Amer-
icans, butat present, when they find they are
not altngetlier safe, they begin to apply to the
Auiericaiis for aid. ‘

Every day convinces me more that this
nitist be the largest place for business in the
whole Euipirc, as the tradefrom the Ititerior
is so rapidly increasing; we have now in town
3 men with 150,000 dollars, and they have
now already completed their purchases.

Oct. l9..—-P. S. Sitice writing the above,an

orders for every Spanish Creole of Havana,
to leave this country in 60 days, and all Eu-
ropean Spaniards to leave in four months;
and all Spanish property that may arrive af-
ter this will be seized. You can judge what
long faces present thcniselvcs in the streets.
Uulia.———A letter received at Baltimore
from Havana, dated in Septenibef last, states
that ‘ should the French succeed, and Spain
pass once tnore utider the yoke of absolute
monarchy, this Island must become free.’
The event here anticipated, having taken
place, it remains to be seen whether the in-
habitants of Cuba, after having adopted the
Constitutional system, will return to their for-
mer degraded state, and acknowledge the au-
thority of an absolute Sovereign, restore the
Inquisition, and the fortiier dominatioti ofthe
Monks and Friars. They possess means suf’fi-
eientto maititain their independence, and tie-
vcr could there be a tnore favorable moment
for declaring it than the present.——./9dv.
Rumours.—We hear, in a niatiner that in-
duces us to believe, that information reached
this city some days since, and has probably
been made known to our government, that al-
tnost the first act ofKing Ferdinand, after his
liberation, wa_s to sign a treaty ceding the Isl-
and of Cuba to France. Inforination is also
said to have reached this country, ofthe par-
ticular tertiis ofa treaty which has been exe-
cuted by the powers composing the Holy Al-
liance, for subjecting the States of South A-
merica to their former vassalage !—Mcrc..fldv.
Conscquencesof Slavery.-—Froni informa-
tion contained in New-Orleans papers, ofthe
Slst October, it appears that some alarm ex-
isted iii that city. It is conjectured that the
rumorrelated to some plot among the negroes
which hadjbeen comtnunicated to the Mayor.
A New-Orleans paper says»: '
“'W'e understand-that an anonymous letter
has been written to the Mayor, upon avery sc-
rious subject, and that he has communicated
the contents of that letter to those citizens on
whom we are to rely in case ofneed. We hope
and trust there is no foundation for the fears
contained in this communication. But be it,
however, as it may, it can do.no harm to be
on the alert ; and we hope that every citizen,
who may be called upon to do duty, in this
state of nticertaitity will not decline it, under
a belieftliat no cause exists for. the call.”
[Later accounts say that the city council
have proposed to establish an armed force of
9.00 men to guard the place.]

« From Dcmvzratra, intelligence is received to
the 18th of Oct. at which time martial law
was still in force, and the trial of Smith, the
missionary, for having instigated thelate in-
surrection of the ncgrocs, had not terminated.

A letter frotn Port Spain, -Trinidad, of
Oct, 30th, states, * the negroes have made
preparations to rise, bttt their plans were dis-
covered in time to defeat their schemes.
Thus the inhabitants ofthis colony have been
spared the consequence of, pobably,a dread-
ful calamity.

Riot at Borbadocs.-—A letter from Barba-
docs, dated Oct. 20th, says: ‘ We have had
sad doings here : an attempt ofa daring char-
acter was made to burn the town last Satur-
day uiglit ; and last evening an infuriated
mob of while people attacked and ‘literally
levelled to the ground the Methodist Chapel,
a large and beautiful brick building, and the

aucefor one who has given it being, and from" A

N o izronx, N ov. 24.—The'frigaté"Utiited
States, bearing the broad pendant of Commo-
dore Hllll_,’ has dropped‘dow'n from the Nayy
Yard‘ and__anchored between tlte.Forts. She
will probably sail in abouta fortnight. The
United States is among the oldest frigates in
our Navj'~—tho’ now she may be said to be

the newest. Onher arrival here fr'oni'tlie -
Medit'e‘rrane’an, 5 years ago, being found so
defective as to require a thorough .overha_ul-

ing, before she could be again employed, she _ ,

was dismantled and laid up until .a requisition
was made for fitting‘ her "out for a eruize in
the Pacific—-since when she has been com.-
pletely stripped, and almost entirely rebuilt;
so that Phoenix like, she has risen from her
ashes, in all her native strengtlijaud beauty.--,
Sheis indeed a noble ship. . .;, -

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_§~Count,u;fe'iler.9‘.—.-A letter fromjtugentleniarr
in Niagarzt, Upper Canada, d'a'ted‘4._3tli Nov. to I _
a gentleman in Albany, iiientiotis that 5 men-
had volunteered their services to goin pursuit-
of several.counterfeiters, taking with tlietii as
aguide, afgllow who had been convicted of
the same offerice. They were conducted to a

5“'3mPa‘ti_btitit'- 15 miles back of Kingston, «

where they‘ ‘found several huts; in one of
which, after arresting a man and his wife,thev
fotiud :1 set ofdies for coining dollars,-and oilf-
ers for doubloons, together with slieéts ofcop-
per, thin plates of silver, &z.c. In other huts
they secured four more persons, and numerous
pleC€_S_:l)l‘ unfinished metal for uianufacttiring
gold and‘ silver coin. The chief tyorkman, '
Flanders,-from the vicinity of. the Mohawk,
had escaped a few days before to an island
near Prescott, where he had located himself
and family, leaving the others to follow soon
as practicable, (they have since got him) and
bring with them all the implements left byhitn.

In additioii-to the above, several others had
been arrested.

The dollars coined are heavier and not.per-
fectly round--tliey are not easily detected e-.
ven by cutting in the sides oftlieui; the copper
is in the centre or couvex—they.cotitain two ' ‘
thirds copper and one third silver. They are
cut to fit the mould or die, and one blow or
strike ofthe sledge oti a wedge that is next to
the dies, completes. the dollar, except the tem-
pering them, which is done in a few minutes
by another. Tbey likewise have plates on a.
number ofthe Banks ofthe U. S.,,and banks
ofCatiada, 81.0. for counterfeiting their notes.

[.-’V'. Y. Daily Jldvertiser.

A writer in tl-ie~N.ew-l-Iampshire Statesman,
printed at Concord, gives the following view
ofthe distribution ofthe United States’ offices,
since the adoption ofthe Constitution. As it
shows in what proportioti officcs have been
distributed amongst the several States, it will
be read with sortieiuterest.—I’ortland flrgus.

Distribution of the offices of President of‘
the United States, Vice President, Secretary
of State,Secretary ofthe 'I‘reasury, Secretary
ofthe Navy, Secretary ofVVar, AttorncyGeu-
eral, and Judge ofthe Supreme Cottrt ofthe
U.S. since the adoption of the Constitution :

.Massachttscl£.:.-—Presideut of the U. S.Jolni
Adzfms.—Vice President, John Adams and
_Elbridgé_tGerry—-Secretary of State, Timothy
Pickering and John Quincy Adams—Set:re-
tary of the Treasury, Samuel Dexter—Sec-,
i-eta_ry ofVVar, Henry Knox, Timothy Picker-
ing,‘Sanitiel Dexter, Henry Dearborn, and
William Eustis—Secretary ofthe Navy, Ben- '
jarnin W. Crowningshield——Judge‘ ofthe Sti-
prenie Court, William Ctisliing and Joseph
Story—Attorncy General, Levi Lincoln.

Conneclicul.—Secretary of the Treasury,
Oliver 'Wolcott.—Judge Stiprcme Court U.
States Oliver Ellsworth, CliiefJust.ice.

.N'ew-York.——Vice President, Aaron Burr,
George Clinton and Daniel D. Tompkins-.--
Secretarv of the Treasury, Alexander Ham-
ilton—~Secrctary of W'ar, John Armstrong’-—
Secretary of the Navy, Smith Thotnpsou— ,,
Judge Supreme Court, John Jay. Chief Jus-
tice, Brockholdst Livingston, S. Thompson.

_ .N'etv-Jersey.-Secretary ofthe Navy, ‘Sam— ‘

tiel L. Southard--Judge SupretneCourt,VVrn.

Patterson. Deluwarc.—-Attorney General,
Caesar A. Rodney. '
Maryland. Secretary of State, 'Robert

Stuith—-Secretary of&\Var. James M.I-lenley,
——Secretary ofthe Navy, Benjamin Stoddard
and Robert Smith-—Judge Supreme Cotirt U.
S. Samuel Chase, George Duvall, Thomas
Johnson—Attorney Geiicral, Wm. Pinckney.
Pennsylvania.-—Seci'etary" of the Treasury,
Albert Gallatin and Alexander James Dal-
_.las-—Secretary of the Navy, VVilliam Jones—
Judge ofthe Supreme Court, James 'Wilson
AttorneyGen’l, XVui.Bradford, Richard Rush.
Kentuck_y.—-Attorney General,Jolm Breck-
enridge-—Judge Supretiie Court,Tli_omas Tod. ‘,
Georgia.—-Secretary of War and Secretary
ofthe Treasury, 'William H. Crawford. ~
Soutli- C'aroli1ia.'—-Secretary of the Navy,
Patil Haniilton—Judge Supreme Court,John
ltutledge, William Johtison, Alfred Moore-—

Sccretary ofWar,- John C. Calliotin. -I

J'V'orlh-Ca'rolina.—Judge of SupremeCourt,
James Iredell. _
Virginia.-—President,George lvashington,
Thonias Jefferson, James Madison, James
Monroe--Secretary of State, Thomas Jeffer-
sou,Edmutid Randolph,Johu Marslial,James
Madison, James Monroe—Judge Supreme
Court, John Marshall, from 1'80l, John Blair,
Bushrod \Vashingtou Attorney General,
Edmund Randolph, Charles Lee, Wm. Lee.
Tennes3ce.—Sccretar y of the Treasury,
Geo. VV. Campbell. -

 

F£re.—About 5 o’clock on Thursday morn}
lug last our citizens were alarmed by the cry
of fire-—which commenced in a stablejn
Crown-street, occupied by Mr. Morse, keeper
ofa hotel and stage-liuosc in this city. The
fire communicated to the adjoiniug- stable,
owned by Mr. Nathan Peck, proprietor in
the stage-lines from this city, and both were
destroyed,..together with 4 horses and I cow.
The carriages and most of the harnesses were
saved. Two of the liorses"o‘e‘louged to-stran-
gers who had arrived in the city the evening
previous. The fire comnienced iii the hay-

cated by a villain.-—-.’V'ew-Haven Register. '

_ruow,and is supposed to have been commun‘(.

The Easton,(Peun.)Centinel states, than
Mr. Peter [lay of Shoerock, Northampton
couiity, being with a party celebrating the e-
lection of Mr. Sliultze, he, lln_1hlnhltigly,\vas

passing across a short distance from the can- .

tioii’s month, which was‘jtist about to be-dis-
charged. Upon being shouted to, he turned
round and instantly receivetl the contents of
the cannon in his breast, wliich caused his

Parson was obliged to fly for his life.’

itistatit death. ~

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