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DR. GRIFF‘IN’S SPEECH.
Oil the r-.i*eriing of the 13th inst. ihe Annu-
in Meeting of the I’r'esbyterian Ei5_UCA'1‘l0N
Society was held at Dr. Spr'nig’s,Cliurch.--
The Hon. Dewitt Clinton ,'pl't-sided, and de-
livered an interesting address. ‘In the New-_
York Statesman we‘-find the following elo-
quent speech delivered on the occasion, by the
Rev, Dr, Gmppm, President ‘of Williatn’s
College.
I have listened, lllr. Presideni_, with pecul-
iar delight to the eloquence which has been
brought to sup"port this sacred cause ; for at-
mong all the projects ofcharity aft'e't' you have
given tlle Bible to the world, none ranks so
high as that of educating piotts youth for the
Gospel tnirristry. It unites all that is benevo-
letit in missions with all that is irii'port.arit in
the word of God. Without this, you will have
few missionaries to send to the heathen ;-—-
without this, the records ofgrace will never be
carried to the world: aiitl without these two
means the world will never be enlightened, re-
claimed, and saved.
It is by the word and ministry and ordin-
ances oftlie Gospel, that these effects are to
beproducetl. These are the means which
God has app:iiuted,'and he will not bring a-
bout the eventiiv a way to discredit his own
institutions. Iiideeti, there are no other means
Jilted to raise and illurnine and regenerate the
world. This moral change must be protlticetl
by the Gospel breathing from the lips ofthe
living preacher, and insiiriiated by all the ex-
pressiveness of human looks, and tones and
gesttiies, anti by all the influence which one
hum.tn mind can have over another, through
the testimony or authority of it's opinions, or
the urgency ofits entreaty. What essential
reformation was ever tvrouglrt among inan-
kind without the ministers of religion? I
speak of the cnfigltteiitztf and sincere ministers
’0fClit‘lSl. Here airdtlrere a poor wanderer
has been arrested aritl brought home to Gotl
bv the word alone : but when has a country,
oi a district, or a neigliborlrood been perina-
ncritly enlightened and reclaimed witlrotit a
stated Gospel ministry? Let a candid anti
well informed infidel take the rriap of the
world, and point out the spot where truth anti
holiness, even according to his o\vr1‘stantlartl,
have prevailed without a C-liristiau ministry,
and I will abide by his decision.
Now look at a wretclretl world. Five htin-
dred and fifty millions of Pagans and Ma-
liouietatis; a hundred millions of Roman
Catholics; anti fifty millions more of iiotiiirr-
al christians scarcely transcending in knowl-
edge the ileathens themselves. Seven lum-
drcd millions, including seven eiglits ofthe
human family, literally perislriug for lackof
knowledge. Anti all tlrese immortals destin-
ed to rise and expand forever in the regions of
light aiitl life, or to sink under the anguish of
the never dying worm. The great riiass of
these, to say the least, plunged in the grossest
wicltetluess, anti dying thus to be eternaliy
miserable. *A constant succesion of them
passing into eternity, anti as we have reason
to think, into endless despair. Some this ino-
ment on their flight. W'bat air awful anti o-
ver-wlielming scene. Allowing a thousantl
souls to one prettclier, these seven huntlreti
jinillions want seven litirrtlred tlioiisaiitl tniuis-
ters this day; this day, rather than fifty years
hence, to save twice that number, [for twice
that nuuiber will die in fifty years,) from in-
tcruriuablc wo. And who are to raise up
these seven buirdred thousand ministers ?—
Past experience shows that they will not rise
up in the ordinary course of events. There
iiiustbe a special anti mighty effort. And on
whom titres this immense task ,ticvolve ?—
There are not reckoned beyond that needy
tnass, triore than a litiiidrctl 'tn_illions of souls
on earth. Ofthat lruiidred inillions,tiot more,
I think, than one fifth are now . to put their
hands to‘ the work. Twenty millions alone
to act, (only twice the populationofthe Unit-
ed Statcs,) anti 7 liuntirjetl thousand ministers
to be given to the world-_-more than one for ev-
cry thirty. And we yet asleep.
A large part ofthis work plainly belongs to
the people of the United States. It is mark-
edly assigned to them by the talents which
they have received. For a general diffusion
or‘krrowlc'dge, for purity of tloctriiie, forener-
gy of ei'iter'prize, for exemption from oppres-
sive taxes, for the facility with which a liveli-
hood may be acquired, and something for
cliaritzible distribution, for the clreapriess of
e(ll1Ct‘.'ll0t1, antl for the special call for such ex-
ertions growing out of local circurnstances,
there is no country on the face of the earth
like our own. “Hid from ages and from gen-
erations” trnder the shade of our own western
forests,it seems to have been reserved for some
great purpose, against the day‘ when Europe
should expand and burst her letters and begin
her tiiarcli towards the glorious summit ofthe
Reformation. The statue mental throe that
disentliralled one third of Europe, brought A-
merica to light. It was like a new world ris-
ing rip out of the sea, reserved perhaps to be
the peaceful abode ofthe church aiitl the as-
ylum ofthe oppressed, when God should arise
to dash in pieces the iiatious which had given
“ llltlf power and strength unto the beast.”
life need not extend our views beyond our
owir coiiritry to find enough to employ all the
energies wliicli we can at present coiirmand.
Tuegrowtlr ofour poprilation so far outstrips
the natural supply of well educated ministers,
that it will require the strenuous and continu-
ed cxertiotis ofall the American churches for
a great many -years to come, to prevent mill-
ions of our brethren in the new settlements
front growing up lreatheuor falling a prey to
tlicological q‘iutcker'y. The tlcstitution ofour
western states and territories, and of that
moveable rim ofpopulation which is pushed
still farther into the wilderness, and is extend-
ing every year, is truly appalling, and awak-
ens no small alarm for the tranquility of our
country and the stability ofour institutions.——
"When it is corrsitlcred that the inhabitants of
the new states will soon betlre iriajmity of
the American people, and will have in their
hands the govcrnnieut antl all our institutions,
every frientl of his country, every friend of a
fiec_govcru_iiierrt, if lie-has no pity for the irri-
moitalsoirl, ought to he roused totliis concern.
Could a sufficient nutnbcr ofholy anti sell'-de-
iiying men he found, who would be willing to
break tip new ground and to receive but little
from the people for it few years, there might
be at once hundreds of ministers employed in
our western country more thatt are likely to
‘-.be einployetl for liiilfa century to come _z- and
the coirsrqncnce would be hundreds more of
sirongaiidortferly and happy parishes rct:laiui~
ed Horn the wilds of licatlieiiisiii or sectarian
disorder. And what risurd be the effect-cn
our country and on the destinies of eternity
ndjiumbers can calculate; - .
But for this the system ofchariiable educa-
tion which seeirisyetto be setup, rnust_ be
pushed far lieyoiid any point in our imagina-
tion. A new era in respect to this. object has
‘indeed opened on the Rriiericaii Church with-
in a few years, but we have only begun our
course. Our plans must be greatly eiil-arged,
we shall meet the wan‘ts oftlie world or even
the necessities of our own country. Our
brethren on the other side of the water, mati-
age matters in these respects far better than
we do. They are in the habit ofsending out
ministers of respectable standing to preach
and take up collections through extensive cir-
cuits, and sometinrcs to labour in particular
districts with a view of preparing them for the
future formation of auxiliaries. One society,
under the pressure ofcircunistarices; has beerr
known to employ fifteen or twenty uiiiiisters
at once. Another has fifty or‘ sixty sermons
and tzollectioiis iieaii the time and place ofits
aniitial iiieetirig. A third has anniversaries
for its a'tt‘xiliar'ics and associations, and ap-
points several respectable clergymen, in cori-
nexion, geiierally, with one of the secretaries,
to attend the anniversary ofeacli auxiliar_v.~—
Tliese spend several tlays, including one sab-
bath, iir preaclring anti taking up collections
in a cir'cuitoftcii.oi' fifteen miles around the
place ofineeting, anti in attending the anni-
versaries oftlie associations ; aritl when they
have thus prepared the public mind for a great
meeting in the centre, it takes place with pro-
digious effect. Through these various and
continued exertions, made by the ministers of
Christ without, shrinking froui the labor or self
denial, the public spirit tioes not flag after the
first excitetnent is over, but is kept up and eti-
liglitened and reduced to a system and a hab-
it. By these means, in atidition to those, the
societies on the single Island of Great Br‘-iraiu,
annually raise and expeirtl a rriilliori and a
lialfofdollars. Surely we have not yet be-
gtiii, we have done nothing in coiiiparisou
with this, even in proportion to otir inc-ans.-—
We must own an itiferiority as mortifyiiig as
it is guilty. 0 my country, will you never a-
wake! Must we continue to see your minis-
ters fastened to their homes, your cliurches
unwilling tti spare them for a month; your
mercliants, farruers and riicclranicii, engrossetl
in their own coircerns ?, 0 for sotiie mind
from Heaven to dissolve this love ofease and
of pelf, and to make America feel that a Sav-
iour died for her.
Some exceptions there are, that shine like
splendid meteors atlrwart the gloom. There
is a Boudirrot and a Philips, and an Abbot
and a Norris, anti some living names which I
should love to rrientioti, would it not offend.-
'I‘lrerc are not a few who, with limited riieans,
act riobly inan liuiirbler sphere. Brit where
are the mass of my cotintryineii ? 'Will iiotli-
ing rouse tlrcui to those stiblitiie movements
ofthe preseiittlay which interest every angel
in heaven? Will nothing awake them to the
cericerri ofgiving the iirinislry of reconcilia-
tion to 700 millions ofperishing men ?
Let them consider the incalctilable good
which one faithful rriiuister of Christ may tlo.
By his labors aiitl prayers he is the means of
converting a hundred souls, who but for lrirri
would liaveperislietl. I say, would have per-
islieti ; for though soirie of these might have
fallen under the iirfluerice ofanotlrer rriiiiister
yet what would they have done had there
been no other minister? Anti a supposition
which diuiinislies the importance ofoue iriin-
ister merely because there is another, amounts
to nothing, unless there are now too many.—
I say, would have pcrishcd, for though the
decree of Goo had fixed the event, it had fix-
ed the means too, and had fixed an indissolu-
ble connexion between the ineans and the
end: anti ifone liatl failed the other would
have failed also. Tlizit minister then is the
means of saving a hundred souls from death.
One lialfof these rescued sinners will be pa-
rents, to act upon fifty fainilies of cliiltircii,
who in their turn will act iipou two hundred
fainilies irrore, and so on in the same ratio to
the day of_iudgment. You would be astonish-
ed at the calculation ofincrcase through 40
geirerations. Go back again. Five of that
hundred will be ministers of Christ, to begin
five more series like the former, each br:inclr-
iug out and increasing in the same proportion
to the end ofthe wtirld. And when the jtttlg-
ment shall be spread, that first minister will be
fotiud to have been the indirect uieans ofsav-
ing many millions, who but for him would have
stink in eternal perdition!
VVho then will grudge the money he gives
to form ministers ofClrrist? Man of vvealth,
should you bring forward one minister ofthe
Gospel, to lay lriiiiselfout tlitis to change the
destinies of men, aird to make so wide. anim-
pression on the assembly atthe last day, what
would the wealth ofa million of worlds weigh
by the side of such ati object? With what a
young mati can do for himself, six hundred
dollars will carry him from the plough to the
pulpit ; aritl which of you would not give six
liundretl dollars to people a whole province of
heaven ? Minister of Christ, what a work is
here for yoti to do. Should you bcthe means
of bringing forward one young man to make
a better minister than yourself, in that single
act,_vou would do more good than in all your
life. Dearbr'etlii'eri, I wish yoti could multi-
ply yourselves a thousand times. I wish you
could each give to the church a thousand such
as you‘. Ye churches ofoiir Lord-—_-ye bought
with bloo'd—'-what a field, what a call is here
for your exertion. Vlfitlr all these wants ofa
world before you, with all this value ofthe
soul pressing upon you, with the firttire cries
of ruinetl men in your cars, you ought stirely
to draw forth froiu obscurity, every discreet
and pious youth that can be found, and to
pray most earnestly for that; influence. which
will increase their iitirnber. He're is a great
. Lazaretto fittetl to engage the coinpassions of
. our niotlrcrs and sisters. Will not that sex,
who, like ministering angels, love to hover a-
bout tlie.cliainl)cr§ of sickness ; will not that
sex, who owe so much to Christianity, bring
to this work their wonted benignity antl pa-
tience ? Yes, the history of educati'o'n socie-
ties alt-eatly stands adorned with the deeds of
-"omllll. The records ofall clraritable insti-
tirtionsi of nrotleru times, attest the more than
clrivalrous deeds of woman. All ages teli of
the zeal, faithftiliiess, and foi'titude of woiuaii.
“ Not she with tra'it’rous kiss her Saviour
string ;-
i\i-ot she denied‘ him with unholy tongue‘;
She,when apostles shrunk could tlangers brave,
Last at the cross, and earliest at the grave."
and our exertions many times doubled before.
- safety valve of the boiler is loaded with a
dent,'in which my situation leads me to re-
gardthis system of charitable education. It
is a great benefit to our colleges‘, and ' to the
young men who are there growirigiip to curse
or to bless the world. The collecting ofthese
pious youth,autl drawing them ‘into-contact
with the other inmates of our seniiiiaries, is
biiugirig a mighty mass of i'no'ral influence to
bear upontliosewho-areto wield the future
destinies of our: country, -and to manage the
sacred ititerests of the church. It has abe-
nign influence too, upon the order of our col-
legcs. In short, these precious youth, are the
salt cast into our literary foiiutains. And who
has not noticed the increase of spiritual bless-
ings on our colleges since these peusioiiers of
charity have been received? There is also
another reason for this, founded on that divine
promise,-“ He that watereth, shall also be wa-
tered himself.” ,
A man who has sons to etiiicate, -can well
afford to contribtite liberally to education so-
cieties, ifonly for the sake of the pecuniary
benefit likely to result to himself. If, through
the influence of beneficiaries, his son is pre-
vented from wasting an hour every day, he
saves an eighth part ofliis time, and in the
course of twelve months, an eighth part ofthe
whole expense ofa year. If bener‘ic.iaries, by
clreckiug dissipation, prevent his son from
wasting twenty dollars a year, he can afford to
put twenty dollars a year into the etlucatiotr
fiiiitl, and will have all the moral benefits to
his son for both worlds as clearagain. '
There are men who will find fault with arty
thing that favours the I{edecmer"s kingdom ;
and in the present case there is moreover it
spirit-ofenvy that is chafed at seeing these
youth released from labor, and better clatl,and
uiore honored than the spectator liiuiself; and
every thing above a broken spirit and russet
plainness provokes remark. They are proud
anti extravagant. ’I‘litis the charge goes.-
There may be now and then an instance
which furnishes sotiie fotiudatiou for these re-
marks; but in general, they are by no means
waiitingin econouiy. Judge for yourselves.
The American Education Societies allow
their lieneficiaries but sixty dollars a ycar.—--
This will do but very little more tlr-.rii_.t:loihe
them. Most ofthe young men have no pa-
rents to aid them anti no funds oftheir own.-
There is then their boartl and washing, anti
fut=.l and hooks anti stationary, anti several
other itciris to be provided for by their own
exertions, even though all their college experi-
ses aie given in. And these exertions they
are not backward to make. Eight beneficia-
ries iu otir college last year received for school
keeping near 300 dollars. And besides these
efforts for themselves, they yearly cultivate a
piece ofgronntl for charitable purposes, anti
by this means annually tleposite a considera-
ble stint in the treasury of some riiissiorrary or
etltication society. Could you see all ofthe
straits to which these tlear youth are reducetl
in their striigglc to get forward to the service
ofClirist antl his Church ; could you see all
their tiiscourageirrents and shifts, I am sure it
would touch your heart. Their love to Christ
and the souls of men, will not suffer them to
gt) back ; and yet Iliave seen them go forwartl
with an eye lifted to heaven and encountering
difficulties which I am stire would make your
cornpassions bleed. Some of them, for the
sake of saving 30 or 40 cents a week, which
they know not how to provide, board tlrern-
selves in their own rooms, and dress their own
footl, which God knows is but scanty fare.-
Tliose roours which daily witness their pray-
crs for a dying world, witness also the dry
mm-scl which they coiisutne alone. I have
sometimes wished that the wealthy Cliristizin
would look in upon that devoted youth at such
a moment ; and I am sure he would think it a
luxury to do something to relieve aclriltl of
God sustaining all this for his love to Christ
and the souls of irieii. That devoted youth I
commit to you. I have plead his-cause, and
now leave him with you and with God.
ritozii TIIE NEW-YORK AMERICAN.
High and low pressure Steam Engines.
Many inqtiiries being made as to the differ-
ence between high and lmv pressure steam
engines, we have been furnished upon our re-
quest, by ascientific fricnd,with the following
concise and popular explanation thereof.
The engines employed in steam boats are
oftwo kinds ; the one tiroved by steam oflow,
the other by that of high presstire. In low
presstire engines, the water is lieatctl to a
, Tlietr-é is atioiiier point of-‘view, ‘Mr’. I5'rc'si4“
sitle"s‘ of the piston co‘tiiiiiiinica‘te ‘altérriately
with the boiler and with the open-air. The
energy of the moving pow-ertis proportioned
to the difi'erence between the expansive force
of the steatn, and the pressure of the atmos-
phere, while in a low pressure engine, it is a
pressure little exceeding that of the atirios-
phere against a partial vacuum.
From this difference in the mode ofestirii-
ating the energy ofthe engines, it arises, that
a high pressure engine will not work as well
as one of low pressure, imtil the expansive
force of the steam contained in its boiler is at
least dotible the presstire ofthe atmosphere
upon its outer surface; and it is often niticlr
more. Hence the necessity of very strong
boilers, and oftheir figure being cylindrical,
in orderto ensure an equality ofpressure tli'ro’-
out. Copper ofsufficieut thickness to sustain
the prodigious force would be very expensive:
nor could itsjoints be rendered tight, if made
in the usual mantier of sheets; the material
generally employed is therefore pig irou,cast
into a hollow cylitider, to which two heatls
are firmly fastened by screws. Such engines
are inu_ch more liable to have their boilers
btirst than those of low pressure; and when
the enclosed steam does overcome the tena-
city of the material that confines it, a single
small aperature will not give it vent, nor re-
dtice itstemperature to that of water boiling
in an open vessel, but an explosion will take
place, equal, anti sometimes superior in force
to that produced by inflamed gunpowder.-
Fragrnents ofthe machine, and water intense-
ly heated, will therefore be propelled with
great violence in the direction of the explos-
ion. When vessels furnished with such en-
gines navigate the waters ofthe ocean or the
title, no dependence is to be placed on the
boiler, however carefully proved, for the met-
al is Colltlnuiilly undergoing corrosion, and
will become gradually wealter,wlrile the chance
ofits bursting is increased by this corrosion
taking place iirieqtially.
It is therefore to be lamenteti that the high-
pressurc engines have ever come into use in
the steain-boats; they have alreatly caused
the loss ofiiiainy valuable lives, and must, if
generally introtluced, destroy iirariy more.
There are three boats with lIl‘_{ll steam pres-
sure that comc into the New—York watci's——
llte.T:fTl(1, the new boat Henry Eclgford. anti
the Ecperiinmtt, connected with the I-lalrtford
and Norwiclr line.
CONS'l‘ANZl‘I.\i()I"l“.I-1.——A letter receivetl at
Boston from an American at Constantinople,
dated Dec. 8, 13933, says—-that the city con-
tains at least a million ofinliabitants,ofall tra-
tions anti various religions. Its public edifi-
ces are probably more numerous than those
ofany other city in the world——lt contains,be-
sides the palaces of the Sultan and grantlees,
14 Imperial Mosques, 2'. e. vast and kplendid
tetnples, all of them richly etrdowetl, their an-
nual reveniic amounting to niorcfthan a mil-
lion of dollars. As it is a principle of their
religion that piety should always be accompa-
nied with good works, these Mosqties have at-
tached to them ; lst, Colleges, called i\ledar-
scs, devoted to teaching Theology and Juris-
prudence ; Sld, Iriiarctlis, or Hotels, where the
students are nourished gratis. The Imareths
of Constantinople feed every day iriorc than
30,000 souls; airtl 3tlly, Hospitals for the sick
and insane, of which the most considerable
are those attached to the mosques of Sultan
Stilyman, Sultan Bajazet, anti Sultan Selim.
In addition to these praise-wortliy proofs of
Imperial liberality devoted to the public good,
there are at Constantinople over 200 other
mosques anti about 2050 schools, built and
entlowetl by the great men of the Ottoman
Empire. In these schools the children ofthe
poor are instructed gratis, in readizig, writing,
grammar. anti the principles oftheir religion;
and a certain iitiinbcr are fed tlaily. In addi-
tion to this, many ofthe mosques liave a_ttach-
ed to them Public Libraries. There exists
at present in Constantinople 86. The most
modern has been built by the reigning Empe-
ror; it is a beautiful edifice ofwhite marble,
and staritls opposite the Hippodrome. He has
also in the Palace of the Seraglio a choice
collection. amounting to 20,000 of the most
valuable Oriental MSS.
Constantinople also contains more than
300 baths, at many of which the poor are ser-
ved gratis. Ptrblic fountains, I know not how
many, probably several thousands, some of
them magnir'iceut edifices,adorucd with varie-
gated marbles anti a profnsioii ofgildintt.
tenipcrature that exceeds but little, if any,
that of water boiling in an open vessel; atitl
the steam expaiitls itself with a force btit lit-I
tle greater than that of the ordinary pressure
of the atmosphere. In order that steam of
such small elastic force shall be rendered effi-
cient to perform the part of a mechanical ti-
geut, it is made to act against a piston, on the
opposite side of which a partial vacuumis pro-
duced, by making the opposite sides of this
piston couimunicatc alternately with the boil-
er, aiid with a vessel styled a contlenscr, pliiii-
getl in a cistern of cold water, anti into which
a jet of the same liquid is constantly playing.
Steam engines of this description are the in-
vention of Watt, and are used in all the boats
that are constructed on Mr. Fultoii’s plan.-—-
In ordinary cases, the pressure on the out and
irisitle of the boiler being very nearly equal,
there is no risk ofitsigiving way: and should
even the steam be raised beyond the temper-
ature of boiling water, it is never, in tlreui,
treated to sticli a tlegree-that a dangerous ex-
plosion can take place: for, a very trifling ap-
ertttre will relieve the pressure, anti no greater
h'rrni can arise than the rush of boiling water
to the depth of a few iuclres over the floor of
the boat. Escape from this will be easy; aiitl
in some of the newer boats the boiler is so en-
closed, that the water which escapes cannot
reach the passengers. No accident has ever
occurred in vessels furnished with engines of
this description, except the drowning, (not
scalding) of a.- person whom intoxication pre-
vented from making his escape. iVhen these
engines are used in waters containing sea salt,
the boiler is‘ made of copper; as this metal is
not subject to corrosin, the boiler will always
retain its original strength.
High pressure engines were introduced in
consequence ofthe discovery that tlie-expan-
sive force of steam i-ncreases in a much higher
ratio than the increase of temperature. " The
heavy weight, aiitl the steam is not permitted-
to reach the valves ofthe engine, until it has
‘acquired an expansive force nirrcli greater
than the pressure of the atiriospliere. This
force is kept up by the fuel, during the whole
action of the machine. In high pressure en
isaries, capable ofaccoiumodatirig 60.000 sol-
lfyou add to this the Barracks ofthe Jani-
diers, some oftlictn adorned with a luxury of
arcliitecture not only superfluous btit mispla-
cetl—-also the spacious and niimerotis Khans
Caravanserais for the accorniiiotlatiori oftrav-
ellt:rs—-and the vast Bczestiens for the sale of
merchandise from all parts ofthe world, sotne
of which Bezcstiens I have no doubt cover as
much ground as the whole of Boston Com-
mon, aiiil you will, be satisfied that no city in
the world contains so’ many edifices erected
for the accommodation of the public as Coir-
stantiuople.
Constantinople is an immense market for
Rice, Sugar aiitl Coffee, (Grain they get here
from the Black Sea cheaper than we can fur-
nish it) the duties are only from ‘B 1-2 to 2 per
cent. ad valoreirr, consequently agreat deal of
money is made by Eriropeau merchants es-
tablislietl here.
FOREIGN NE\VS.—By an ar. at New-
York London papers to the 6th ult. are rec’tl.
The Greeks, with Lord Byron at the head
ofa division ofthe army, hatl gone, at the last
advices, to attack Lepanto, and little doubt
was entertained of their complete success. It
is said thatLordStratigford has nearly broken
terms with the Sultan, on account of the re-
proaches of the Grand Vizier, for the Loan
raised inEngland for the service ofthe Greeks.
It is said that no new Journal can be pub-
lished in France without the permission ofthe
Ministers. The Pilote, the only evening lib-
eral paper in Paris, lras-lately been sold to the
Governnient.————It is again ruiirored that :1
Congress of Sovereigns is to be held at Paris.
The Pacha of Egypt imported from Eng-
land, near two years ago, upwartls of 100,000
stand ofarnis, with large supplies of :tmtrru-
tiition. He has a fine caution foundry, and
powtler factories. It is said he has long cori-
templatetl inaking himselfindependent. The
Pacha pays great respect to the English, anti
encourages the commercial intercourse. Ves-
sels make their passages from Liverpool to
Egypt in from 925 to 40 days.
CHILI AND Przao.--By the arrival of ship
me to the Mt]: Jan. have bccii received, at
which time the Royalists had not entered the‘
city, but it was -said they could if they chose--'
the inerclrgints had principally retired to Cal.
lao. eport: says that there were misunder.'
staiitlings between the Colombian and Peru-
wotiltl return home, It was also reported that
there was very little coiifitleiice in the govern.
ineut-_-tliat every thing exhibited tlieuttiios;
coiiftistoti, aritl it was conjectured that the
I’f=t'lI\’ians would come to some'teruis with the
ROY“ "OOPS. There appears to be a great;
want of ponfitlence in the Chilian Govern-
ment; '1 be people appear much dissatisfied,
irnpoverislietl state. New Tariffs and regula-
tious are so frequent that no correct calcula-
rions can be made. They were expecting a
large force from Spaiti, anti it was r]mm7|,¢
U10)’ Wmilfl "1881 Willi very little resistance?
A pirate had appeared in the Pacific and
captured several American vessels, some of
wliiclr however had been re-captured. Com,
Stewart has sent a vessel in pursuit of lier.~
Tire Franklin has taken 7 of her men and
will probably bring them home. ’ ‘
The Endeavour called off P-ernambuco on
the 20th tilt. and fotiiid the port blockaded by
a Brazilian squadron.
FROM Mexico.-—By a passenger on board
the Mexicari, frotn Alvarado, the keeper of
the Merchant’s Cofl'ee House, Plrilzttlelphia,
has been furnished with the following articles
of news from Mexico.
Early in the month of April, the Mexican
Congress appointed a committee oftbeirown
body, consisting of8 members, who were di-
rected forthwith to report the best means of
preserving the public tranquility ofthe nation.
They brought in a unanimous report,in which,
after acknowledging the entire want ormora}
strength and energy on the part of govern-
ment, as at present organizctl; and tlieloss of
corrfitiencc on the part of the provincial au-
thorities and the public generally, they propo-
sed as a remedy from the existing evils, tlrat'
the supreme executive power consisting of 8,
should appoint one of their own body, who
should be styled “Sttprenic Director of the‘
Mesrictm Republic,” to whom should be given
the power to appoint a Vice Director, to act
in all cases of inability (ofthe Dictator) and
who shall also be commander in chiefof the
tnilitary forces of the country—-'I‘o trartsfer
the government and coiigrcss, from the Capi-
tal to any other part ofthe Country—'l‘o ap-
point military commanders in any ofthe Pro-
erally—-'l‘o obtain money on the credit of the
uatiou—-To resist at pleasure the acts of the
Provincial Logislat_iire——-'I‘o solicit foreign
aid if necessary—To expel foreigners who
have not been iiatiiralizetl, and finally to an-
iitrl any of the acts of Congress, whenever
they shall interfere with his measures, &c.—-
Which report, as is statetl by private letters,
was immediately discussed in secret session, 86
passetl by a riiajority o'.'that body.—- U.S.Gaz.
copy of a private commiinicatiori of the ex-
eniperor Iturbide, datedzld Nov. 189.3, to King
Ferdinand, and obtained tlirougli bribery, at
Ittirbide stated to the King ofSpaiii, that all
his movements in Mexico had been studiously
adapted to the purpose of retaining the throne
of that country for a Spanish Bourbon ; that
he had intentionally abstained from reducing
the Castle of St. Juan de Uloa, as he might
have done in the beginning, with a view to
leave a point t£’appiti for the royal cause; that
the natives oflilexico are incapable of gover-
ning tbeniselves, &*.c. —
The Matlritl correspondents ofthe Mexican‘
government are of opinion that lturbitle’s dc-
parturc from Italy for England was concerted
with the Holy Alliance and Ferdinautl, autl
that l.ie is acting as their instrument against
Mexican Independence.
CON'.'V‘ECTIC'UT LE GISL./ITURE.
May l5.—-—The Committee to whom was
referred the petition of Samuel Beers reported
—prayer granted—-Bill in form passed. Re-
port accepted. . _
A bill for a public act to repeal an act rela-
ting to briefs, was introduced and read.
The bill for a public act relating to deeds
came to its third reading.
this bill were to qtiiet titles to estates where
the conveyances lratl been made witlrotit seal,
and to render them tiiiriecessary in future con-
veyances; with a proviso that no suit now pen-s
ding should be thereby afiected. The bill‘
passed with such anientlments as leaves the
subject ofyseals and future deeds, where it"
stood upon the principles of coiiiuion law and‘
by Statute.
The petition of Wm. H. Jones and others
ofNew-Haven, praying for a charter to estab-
lish a. Military Academy, was read and refer-
red to a select committee ofthree.
The committee to whom was referred the
petition of Joseph Jocelyn anti others, t'cpor-
ted that they deemed it iuexpedieut to make
any alteration in the law respecting the sale of
Lottery Tickets—Report accepted—prayer
refused. --
./Play l5.—'I‘lie bill for repealing the actre-
lating to briefs, was riegatived.
Mr. McClellan introduced a resolution for
the appoiiituicnt of acommittee of one from
:1 county to take into consideration.the» laws of
this State relating to imprisonment for tlebt,8.'.
ifthey sliouldjudge expedient to report by bill.
./Play 17.——The Speaker announced the
committee to take iirto consideration the law
respecting imprisonment for debt. Messrs.
McClellan, Holcomb, Darling, E. Tracy, D.
Lockwood, Brewster, Arnold, Hyde.
JlIay18.--—Bills were introduced and passed
appointing Robert Faircliild CliiefJudge,aiiil
Zalitian \Viltlnian and Benjamin Isaacs as-V
sociate Judges ofthe County Cour‘: for Fair-
field county. . - j
The bill for apulrlic act varying The com-
peusation ofJurors came to at second reatliiig.
Mr. Todd explained the objects of the bill.
He stated that it was a subject of general
complaint thatjurors were not properly paid.
The amount which they received was not e-
’qiially distributetl. Sotiie days they would re-
ceive 75 cts. some days riiore and some less.
Soirie diti'erent plan ought to be adopted and
a per them allowance ough to be tnatlc. The
bill proposed to give each juror St 9.5 per day
and Talisman 75 cents acase. .
The cornmittec to whotn was referred so
much of the Governor’s message as relates to
tatives of Mississippi, on the measures of the
gincs there is no condenser ; but the opposite
Endeavor from Valparaiso, _advi_ces from Li-
Holy Alliance, reported. Report acceptedu
via'ntr'oo'ps; and it was thought BoLn._,,{..
virices,arid dispose of the military power gen-'
Mexican papers to the 19th tilt. contain at
i\'Iadrit*l,by a friend oflllexican indepentlence...
The objects of
the Resolutions from the House of Represeri- .
arid the coiiirtry is in a very unsettled and ,
it
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