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_ MR. JEFFERSON.
From the Riclimond Inquirer’.

Mr. Jefferson was born on the 2nd ofApril,
‘I748. in the county of Albemarlei 3 °°l”}“"Y
seal which now belongs to his flT3“d5°“~‘_‘”‘l_“
in a short distance of Montice_ll0a and ‘‘”‘l‘'"
half 9niile_ ofhis -Rivanna mills. He was pf
course in the 84th -year ofhis a€F- He_"_3° “
the highest honors at the College" of William
and Mary; and studied the law under the
celebrated George Wythe, late_Chanc.ellor ol
Virginia. Before he had attained his 25th
year’, he was a distinguished member. of the
Virginia’ Legislature, and cork an active part
in all the measures which they adopted in op-

‘position to the usurpations ofGreat Britain.

In 1775, he is said to have been the author of
the protest against the propositions of Lord
North. He was subsequetitly transferred to

. the General Congress at Philadelphia, ivliere

he distinguished himself by the fi_rtnue'ss Of
his se'ntirnents, and the energy of tits compo-
sitions. Of these qualifications no other evi-
deiice could be required than the iitipe"l_3l‘_“
ble Document which declared “ l‘-’-‘33a~‘5°Ve
reign, and independent States}. _ _ ,
From 1777 to ’79 (for certain p0fH0n5 “I
those years) he was occcupied with Wythe-
and Pendleton in revising the laws tifVirgi
nia. In 1779, he succeeded‘ Patrick Henry
as Governor of the Start. In 1781 he com-
posed ms st Notes ‘on Virginia ;” than whic:-
no work of equal tliniensioiis has ever dlialllzll
to greater reputation. In the sunitn8|‘0f17v9
he was in Congress at the monieni. when the
Virginia Lt-gislatiire were training a blate
Consntution. The draft of the instrument
which he transmitted on that occasion ‘was
not received till the day when the committee
were to report the resultoftheir labors. They
were so much pleased with his preamble, that
they adopted it as ti part of their report ; so,
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that as it is now well understood, our bill of
Rights and the Constitution were from the
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pert ul George Mason ; the .pl'e2llllI)le_‘WdS. I.
.]ell'erson’s. In 1784, he left the U. S. beitig
associated in a plenipotentiary C0lll|'lll.\Sl0ll
with Franklin and Adams, addressed to the

several powers of Europe, for the purpose of

concluding treaties of coiniiierce. In Octo

ber, 1739, he obtained leave to return home ;
and on his arrival was made the first Secretary
of State under Gen. Washiiigton. His 09!-
yespondence with the It tench and Englisli
1‘tIiiiisiers is a proud monument of his genius;
he alternately rebuked the cold cunning o.
Liston and the rash ardor ofGenet. His re

ports on money, and weiglits and measures ;
on the fisheries, and on the restrictions ol
coininerce, are ample attcsnitions of the en-
yarged vgews of the Philosopher and the Ft-
nanciet. _

In 1797, he was elected Vice I?i'esitleiit;
am} /1. years after, President of the U. States-
Fnr t-figlit years he conducted the goveriitiieiit
with astreiigili of talent, a purity of purposes.
a respect to Constitutional Principles, which
might serve as a model to his ~ucces.~.ors. His
acquisitioii of Louisiatia also now calls down
the loudest praises from every one. But what
is deficient in the preceding narrative‘ must
be made up‘ from a ctirious and authentic ine-
moir, now laying before us in the hand writ-
ing ofhlt. Jefferson. lie was called on by a
particular occasion to state sortie 0| t|ie_ctr
ciimstances and services of his lile——aiid from
this curious docutnent, for which we are I’!-
dcbted to the kindness ofa friend, we lay the
following— extract before our readers : It llur
nishes some inforiiiation, in that touching
style for which the author was so reiuarkablr.-,
which. now that the great man has descended
TO his tomb, it may not be improper to lay
before the public '.—-

“ I came ofage in 1764, and was soon put
into the nomination ofJustices of the county
in which I live, and at the first election fol
lowing. I became one ofits representatives iii
the Legislature.

‘*1 was thence sent to the old Congre~s.

“ Then employed two years with Mr. Pen-
dleton and Mr. \Vyt|ie, on the revisal and re-
ducliun to a single Code, ofthe whole body
of the British statutes, the acts of our Asseiii
Lily, and certain parts ofthe common law.

“ Then elected Governor.

“ Next to the Legislature, and to Congress
again.”

“ Sent to Europe as Minister Plenipoteri
tiary.”

“ Appointed Secretary of State to the new
Government.

“ Elected Vice President and President.

“ And lastly a Visitor and Rector of the
University.

“ In these different offices, with scarcely
any interval between them, Ihave been inthe
public service now 61 years; and during the
far greater part ofthe time, in foreign coun
tries,or in other States.’

“ Iflegislative services are worth mention
ing, and the stamp of liberality and t-quality.
which was necessary to be impressed on our
laws, in the first crisis of our birth as a nation,
was of any value, they will find that riiany ol
the leading and important laws of that day.
were prepared by tiiysell, and carried chiefly
fly my efforts ; supported indeed by able and
faithful coadjutors.

“ The proliibiiiori of the further importa-
tion ofslaves was the first of these measures

in time.

“ This was followed by the abolition of eti-
tails, which broke up the hereditary and high
handed aristocracy, which by accuiiiulaitn;
ilIlniP.l)§0 masses ofproperty in single lines of
fariiily, had divided our country into two dis
tinct orders of nobles and plebiaiis.

“ But, lurilier to cotiiplete the equality a
mung our citizens, so essential to the main-
tenance of republican governnierit, it was tie-
cessary to abolish the principle of pritnogetii-
tnrc ; I drew ttie law ofdesceiits, giving equal
inheritance to sons and daughters, which
,=,~,;,tlt= -.i pzirtnfthe. Revised Code.

" The alldck on the establishment of a
doniiiiant religion was first tirade by myself.

It could be carried at first, only by a sus
pension of salaries for one year, by battling ll
again at the nextsessioii for another year,antl
so, from year to year, until the public mind
was ripened for the bill for establishing reli
Ennis freedotn, which I had prepared for the
it--i-iseti Code also. This was at length es-
tablislietl permanently, and by the effbits
chit fly of Mr. Madison, being, tiiyselfin Eu
rupt‘ at the time, that work was bro’t forwaru

“ I think Imight add the establishtirent ol
our University. My residence in the viciiiiiy
throw ofcourse on me the cliiefbiirdeii ofriu:
ellll-‘ipllse, as well as ofthe buildings, as o:
the general organization 8:. care of the whole.

The efi'ect of this institution on the future

fame, fortune, and prosperity of our c0U““)’s

can as yet be seen but at a distaiice. But 8}“

hundred well educated youths. which it ‘."’_‘“

ttirn outanntially,ari’d erelong, will fill all its
offices with men ofsuperio r qualific-ation5a3_“d
raise it from its htiriibled state to an emin-
ence aniong its associates, which it has never
yet known, no. not in its brightest d3Y5;-
Those now oil the theatre ofaffairs, will GU30)’
the itieffahle happiness of seeing themselves
'~.llcCeedi‘(l by sons ofa grade of science. be-
yond their own ken. Our sister states will
also he repairing to the same fountains of in-
struction, will bring hither their genius to be
kindled at otir fire, and will carry back the
l'ratern'al affectirins, which nourished by the
saline Alma Mater, will knit us to thetn by the
indissnliible bonds of early personal friend

ships. The good Old Dominion, the blessed
tttotlléf of us all, will then raise her head with
pride among the nations, will present to tlietii
that splendour of genius which she has ever
possessed, but has too long suffered to rest un-
cultivated and tinkiiown, and will become a
centre ofralliance to the states, whose youths
she. has instructed. and, as it were, adopted.

" I claitn some share in the merit of this
great work of regeneration. My whole la-
bors, now for many years, have been devoted
to it, and I stand pledged to follow it up. thro’
the ren-nant of life remaining to me.’’*

* We have some reasons to hope. that Mr.
Jefferson liasleft behind liitii a pretty consid-
erable Memoir on his own Life and Titties.

The National Journal asks-—

“ Asthe lamented death of Jefferson has
left the coiitributors to the fiitid for his relief,
at liberty to give a new direction to their sub-
scriplions, would it not be well to apply them
to tlit: eret.-tion ofa iiionutnerit to his metiiory?”

To th -5 question. which has been put in a-
nother paper also, we should aHSW8l'-’Il0.--
"' Ifa son shall ask breadof any ofyoii that is
a father, will he give him -..i stone 5?” The ap-
plicaiioii of the subscriptions in the manner
rsiiegested tiould realize the case, which is
itiiplied in the Sermon on the Mount to be so
strange and itnprob:ible. Mr Jelfetson Walt
ted not pecuniary aidfor himself uloiie——ai
his age and with his character, it was not his
personal conilort about which he was aiixioiis.
He thought only of doing justice to his credi-
tors. aiid of securing some patrimony for
his descetidants—-a most exemplary and ac
cotiiplished daughter, and a numerous lainily
ofgrand children whom he tenderly loved.-—
Monuments are, doubtless, good things: to
the ereotiuii of which, under other circum-
stances, we should be uniting the last to ob-
ject. But if the procceeds ofthe subscriptions
he not |'8lllI‘llt.'(i to the subscribers, ought not
such disposition he made of tlierii, as the il-
lustrioiis individual, for wliotn they were in
tended wotiltl himsell have made, and most
valued ?—-."V'utio-nal Gazelle.

Mr. Adams died with his impressions IIVEIV
to the last hotir of life. About ten days pre-
vious to the Jiiliilee, the Couiiiiittee of Ar-
rangemcnts, in Quincy, addressed a note to
hint requesting his couipany on the occasion
An answer was sent in writing——und he repli-
ed, besides, to the Cominittee, “ Isliall not be
present in body, but in spirit I shall be with
you.” The signature to the answer is the
last he ever wrote, and is said to be clearei
from blemishes than any he has tnade for se
veral years. On the following Saturday he
rode in a coach for a short distance. On the
morning ofthe Jtibiletr, he awoke at the ring-
ing of the bills and the firing of the cannon ;
the servant who watched with him s.ii(l, do
you know, Sir, what day it is? " O vesl” he
replied, “ it is the glorious 4-tn of July—Gttd
bless it——God bless you all.”

In the lorenoon the orator ofthe day Mr.
Wlntiiev called to see him with a clergyman.
They found him seatv d in a large aim chair ;
and Mr. Whitney in the course ofthe inter
view asked him for a sentiment in be deliver-
ed at table in the aflI’I‘n(lt)ll He said I will
give you “ lndependenceforevei-”——after a few
tnninents had t-lapsed, a lady present asked
him if he wished to «Kill any thing to thetoasi.
and he said not a syllable. This was deliver-
ed within an hour of his dissolution in the
evening. '

Late in the afternoon he appeared to be a
little uneasy, and he requested to be ttirned in
his bed. which was done --after which time h e
gradually sunk away. and his spirittleparted
with the setting sun.—Boslon E. Gar.

We have been informed by a friend in
whose accuracy we can rely, that Mr. Adams
was born on the 30th October, I735, so tliai
at the time ofhis death, he was 90 years, 8
iuotitlis, and 4 days old. He was therefore
iti his 91st year. We have also been itiforni-
cd from the same soiiice of the following
facts, which indeed are singular, that John
Adams, was eight years older than Thomas
Jefferson; Thomas Jefferson. eight years old-
er than James Madison ; Jauies Madison,
eight years older than James Monroe; and
James Monroe eigltt years older than John
Quincy Adams.—Baltimore Chronicle.

It is said that both Mr. Adams and Mr. Jef-
ferson have left memoirs of their own titties,
well digested, and in a state of coniparalive
preparation for the press.

This sort of history, especially when the
living witnesses to what lliey relate and have
themselves performed, have for a series 0|"
ye-.irs been withdrawn from the public scene;
is of all others best calculated to accomplish
the great end of all history, the instruction ol
future, by the expeiieiice of past, times.

The upper surface of all great political
.'.IOVBlnel)l5 is very little significant of the
title and real tnotives which prompt to actioti
—still less does it exhibit the men, and the
means, whence life, antl vigor and endurance,
are imparted to the satiie movements. A few
leading minds, operating in concert, seizing
with discrimination the iticideiits and the spi
rit of the hour, and impressing with their own
genius events apparently foriuitous,but in fact
foreseen, ifnu:--prepared froui far aback,tliese
it is, which “ ride in the whirlwind and direct
the storm”uf political revolutions. .-

Such were Atlaiiis and Jefferson ; and the
notices they will leave, ofthe means by which
they operated, and of the results they aimed
at, will be of inestiinable value. This value
will be increased by the inti.-rval that has elap-
sed since they occupied the first places on the
$0116, and which, by sobering down irr..ta
tiotis, extinguishing prejiidices, and evuicin-
lli;-ll with whatever difference of opinions an~i
measures, the common good of their common

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country, was the clearest object of each, wilhl
it may be hoped, have led to the suppression
of all false glosses, and to a careful review bl:
revision of all sentiments connected with the
collision of our past politics.-—./V‘. Y. Amer.

The following sketch of the public life Of
Mr. ADAMS is from the Essex Register:

“ Mr. Adams was educated at Cambridge,
and to the professioti of the law. So ellliflenl
was his standing in that profession, that_at an
early age he was appointed CliiefJustice of
the state, but he declined this office. Amid
the force of excitement produced by the B05-
ton massacre, lie dared to undertake the de-
fence of the British troops. His success in
this trial was complete. It evinced his talents
and his strong sense ofjustice and official du-
ty. A less intrepid spirit would not have da-
red to stetri the current of popularindignatton
by engaging in such a cause. But it is not in
his prolessional life but his political, that Wt’-
are to trace his glorious career. He soon sac
rificed his profession and every thing to the
liberties of his fellow citizens and the inde-
pendence of his country. I-i 1770 he was e-
letzted a Representative from Boston, and in
1774 a member of the Council, but was neg
atived by Gov. Gage, from the part he took
in politics. From 1770 and previous, and till
1776, he was constantly engaged, and took it
leading part in all the measures which wele
adopted to defend the colonies from the uu
just attacks of the British Parlianient. He
was one ofthe earliest that contemplated the
independence ofthe country. No man in the
Ltiiigtess of 1776 did so much as he did to
procure the Declaration ofliidependence. It
is believed that the riiotioii was made by a
member ftorii Virginia at his suggestion, that
he seconded the motion, and sustained it by a
most poiveiftil and resisllcss argument. By
his ii.~fluencc also, Mr. Jefferson was placed
at the head of the coininittee who framed the
Declaration. I-Iis reason for procuring the
inotioii to come from Virginia, and of placing
one ol her delegation at the head ofthe coin
iiiittee, was to engagetlie hearty co operatitiii
ofthat great state in the work of indepen-
dence. By the coriiinitiee who were appoint-
I'll on the subject ofa separation frorii the
mother country, Mr. Jt-ffersou and Mr. Ad-
aiiis were appointed a sub-coiiiriiittee to frainc
a Declaration of Itidepeiidence. The draft
I't‘.p0t‘l.eLl was that of Mr.Jefferson, and he has
deservedly received great credit for it. Bin
those who consider how much easier it is to
dralt a report than to procure its passage and
adoption,aiid who reflect, that Mr. Jr-lfersori
never spoke in public, and that John Adams
was the bold and daring spirit ofthecongress
of ’76, and the eloquent advocate ofits bold
est measures, caniiut fail to award him the
highest honour which the adoption of that
declaration could confer. From the Dacia-
ration of Independence, until the peace, Mr.
Adams was employed in the satne glorious
cause.
our armies, was fighting the battles of Liber-
ty, and defending our country from the rav-
ages of the enemy, Adams was employed in
‘r! service less brilliant, but sciircelv less iin
porttnit. Tlirougli the whole war lie was ex
r:rlll’lg his talents at the various courts of Eu
rope, to obtain loans and alliances, and every

Lilieriy .itid our Independence. Nor did his
labors cease until he had acconiplislied every
ob_iect for which he was sent ahmad, no, u,,
til he had sealtd our Independence by atreaty
ofPi;acc, which he signed, with G. Britain.
Iininediately after the Treaty of‘Pi-act-, he
was appointed Ainbassatlor to Great Britain ;
on the adoption ofthe Constitution be was
elected first Vice President of the U. Slates

\V'<15lf|“;’,l0|l. Mr. Adams was Vice President.
He was as urnlorinly Colliufled .,y w,,5h,ng-
too as tliougli he had been il metiiber of his
cabinet, on all importaiit questions. On tli--
death of Washington, Mr. Adams was elected
HIS FUC-C(‘S3Ul'.

During the administration of Mr. Adams,
patty spirit raged without restraint. Too in

Lillie!‘ party, he was warmly supported by nei-
ilier. 'I‘oo open for concealiiicnr, and per
tectly void of guilc -.iiid intrigue, he practised
no arts to secure hiniselfin power. At the
expiration of the first term, Mi. Jefferson, the
candidate ofthe Republican party, and his
siiccesslul competitor, rec’d four more votes
than Mr. Adams .\/Ir. Adatns then retired to
private life at his seat in Quincy.

When the foreign aspect ofour countrv be-
came clouded, and difficulties overshadowed
it. he cairie forth the warmest advocate ofthe
rights ofthe country, and or those measures
of ilie administration calculated .to sustani
them. His letter in defence of our seamen
against foreign iinpresstiient, is one of the
ablest and most irresistible arguments in the
English language. So satisfied were those
\\llt) liatl been politically opposed to him, of
his merits and services, that he was selected
by the Republicans of Massachusetts, as their
candidate for Governor, on the death of Gov.
Sullivan——biit he declined entering again iiiio
public life. He was one ofthe Electors, and
President ofthe Electoral College, when Mr.
Moiiroe was elected President of the U. S.-
hlaviiig been the principal draftsrnan of the
constitution of this State, when the Conven-
tion was called to amend it in 189.0, his was
unauttnously elected their President. On his
declining this honour, ullrllllI'l)()lIS resolutions
were passed by this great assembly of five
litiiidred, selected from all parties, expressive
oftlieir exalted sense of his merits and public
services.

 

New YORK, JULY I3.

FUNERAL SOLEMNITIES —Yester-
day, in conformity to the recoininendation oi
the Common Council, the ClllZ-‘IN ol"N-York
offered a solemn testimonial of their respect
and veneration, for the public services, pri-
vate cliarat:ters, and imperishabie iiieuiory Of
the illustrious atlllllol‘, and the illustrious ad
voc-ate ol the Declaration of Independence,
THO-.\1AS JEFFERSON and JOHN AD
A.\iS. The procession moved from the City
Hall at 11 o’clock, with slow and solemn step,
corresponding with the inournftil tones ofthe
tnelancholy music, the low and measured beat
of the miifiled tlruin,and the death note ofall
the city bells. The procession moved in the
following order ’

I-Iigh( as-; ---Mayor and Recorder-
Members -ziinon Council, with their
at was of ‘ -.-....d with black crape—Tlie

Cit.-rgy—".‘.'= -' i
ivliisic, pl. ,
The Judg .-av.

inall Stit:'iety—-Band of
ge—-Officers of State-
‘:.-,.._, _ nitod ‘States, of the State

 

Whilst Washington, at the head of

succor to sustain our armies and the cause .,t‘

During the whole period ofthe Presidency of

depot.-«lent himself to wear the trammels of

Ezkoflhe City courts-—Meinbers of Congress ;’
‘tlembers of the State Legislature-—Foreign
Ministers and Consuls—Officers of the U. S.
Army and Navy——Oflicers attached to the dif-
lerent New York Brigades—-Students of Co-
lumbia College,-.in their black gowns—-Citi-
zens

The procession proceeded down Cltathflm
street to Pearl, thence to Broadway, Beaver-
lane and Broad street, to the Dutch Church,
which had already been prepared to receive
them. The galleries were filled with ladies,
aid the body ofthe church, with the proces-
sion and citizens generally. During the eti-
traiice of the procession an anthem was sung.
accompanied by the deep-toned notes of the
organ, and followed by Pleyel’s Hymn, pet'-
lormed by the band of the Procession. The
Rev. Mr. Schroeder then addressed the throne
offirace. The Rev. DI’. Rowan delivered a
sermon, and the services were closed, after
the singing of a hymn composed for the oc—'
casioii by Mr. S. Woodworth, with a solemn
heriediction from the reverend and venerable
M r. Sanford. A regiment ofanillery, under
the command of Gen. Spicer, paraded before
the City Hall about 9 o’clock, with the ustial
badges ofinouriiiiig. The regiment niarclietl
oown Broadway to the Battery, where they
fired, at successive intervals, 176 minute guns,
corresponding with the united ages of the de-
ceased.

The bells in the city were tolled in the inor-
iiiiig, at noon, and in the evening—oiie hour
at each time ; and as the procession passed
through the streets, minute guns were fired
from the Revenue Cutter in the harbour, as
well as from the Battery. Business was al-
most universally suspended during the day ;
most ofthe stores, and public offices were clo-
sed, and the daily evening papers suspended
their publicaiiori. Such were the funeral ho-
iiors paid by the city of New York to these
great men and venerated patriarclis, who, in
the language ofthe Vlfaslimgton city resolu-
tion, “ lived to be cheered by the rising, and
to be warmed by the meridian sun of the fif-
tieth anniversary of the natal day ofAmerican
Indepeiidence, and then to expire, hailed to
their everlasting rest by the sublime and am-
mating strains ofa natioii’s Jubilee, and em
btilined in a nation's tears.”

The President of the United States is tiow
on a visit at the late residence of his father at
Quincy. Having heard, says the National
G‘-.zette,at Washington, ofthe increasing ill-
tress of his father, he immediately set out, in
order, ifpossible, to receive his last breath.-
Before he arrived at Baltimore, he met the
melancholy tidings of the day, and there saw
a newspaper containing the Boston account.
His journey was continued from impulses that
do honor to the filial piety which has always
shone in his cotiduct.

 

FROM MONTEVIDEO.

By the brig Rio, arrived at Boston, the fol-

lowing letter was re-c’d at that place.
MONTEVIDEO, May 17.

Early in April the U. 5. Ship tjyanc, J 1).
Elliott, Esq ct.-mmander, arrived at Buenos
Ayres, frotii Rio Jam-iro, where an intiination
was given before sailing. that she would tioi
be pertnitttcd to pass the blockauitig squad-
roti. Accordingly, upon approaching them
off the Ortz Batik, in the Bay of La Plata, 5
o« the sqtiatlron, consisting of the Maria de
GI.-iri.i of 32 guns; 8 corvettesand a brig, got
under way and took positions, the .tlari-i de
Gloria on the larboaid quarter, the other 8
corvettes in a zinc ahead, and the brig on the
stazboard how. The Cyane was tiieu pet-
einptorily hailed and orderedto send her boat
oti board, to which Captain Elliott replied he
never would send a boat, but he would:-ecet',ve
a boat. During all this time, all hands were
at quarters on board the Cyane, the tnatches
lit and the guns double shorted, and the Bra-
ziliatis were plainly seen at quarters also. A

which informed Capt:iin Elliot that Buenos
Ayres was blockaded and that permission
would not be given him to proceed furiher.—-
Captain Elliot gave tlietii tounderstiind that
he was dctertiiined to proceed to Btienos
.-tyres, and that he would alloiv their com-
mander thirty minutes to decide whether he
would use force or not ; but that he (Captain
Elliot) was determined to proceed. At the
expiration of thirty minutes they were hailed
by the Cyane to know their determination,
when they inquired iftliey could have a letter
that it as on board the Cyane for the Admiral.
They wereinfortned that they cotild have it
iftheir boat would come for it. A boat ac
cordingly put off, but seeing the Maria de
Gloria still kept on her way and appeared l0
be manouvering to obtain the weather gage;
the ivay was kept on the Cyane and the sauie
position retained as at first. The Brazilian
seeing that he could not obtain the advantage
backed his maintopsail, when the maiiitopsail
of the Cyane was also backed, the boat per
mitted to come up, and the Cyane continued
on her way without further molestation. All
this time the Admiral with the rest of the
fleet was anchored 7 or 8 iriiles to the leeward.
A portion ofthe fleet, after having abandon
ed the cruising station for more thn 2 weeks,
consisting ofthe frigate Vesterby, 3 corvettes,
5 brigs and a considerable number of schooti
ers and gun boats, sailed with the intention
ofeuforcing the blockade, and it is said ofat-
tacking Commodore Brown in the Roads of
Buenos Ayres. They received the addition
of the frigate --, and the —, with one or two
brigs previotis to their departure, in which
caitic Adniiral , who supersedes Lobo,
who, as he is quite old, has not been to sea for
ttiirty years ;he is a nobleman, and very rich;
it is supposed he will fight tnucli better than
Loho. The two frigales and the Maria de
Gloria retnriin to cruise between this and
Point Indiu. Dtiriiig the absence ofthe squad-
run from their cruising grotiiitl, the blockade
has been virtually raised, it has it it been pre-
tended that a single vessel is cruising in the
ll8lglil)Ol‘llOOd of the channel. Indeed, sever-
al vessels, among them the English Packet,
have passed tip to Buetios Ayres, while the
squadron were anchored off the Banks, With-
out seeing one ofthein. The wliole'af’fair is
.i complete farce, for it is utterly impossible
for twice their numbers to blockade the ports .
and coasts ofan immense Bay, such as this.
Oiir Governineut will certainly not look on
with indifference and see otir vessels rendered
liable to be captured under a paper blockade,
upon our own continent, after having done so
much upon other occasions in Europe in op-
position to these doctrines. The squadron rc-

 

 

boat was then sent to the Cyane, the officer of

turned to the outer roads of Montevideo a- roe"s Message ofthe Rd DH‘
bout the 30th April. I have yust heard tliatilassertetl that Mexico was cat

information has been received from Bueiibér‘
Ayres which I have been assured may be de-
pended on, that the squadron purchased in‘
Chiliby the Buenos Avreans, had actually
sailed for the La Plata, from Valparaiso, un-
der the comtiiand of Admiral Guise, consist-
ing of3 frigates, 8 corvettes and 4 brigs.

FROM -B-RAZIL.
The brig Sylph,Farvin, has arrived at Bal-

advices to the 30th of May. Intelligence of
the death ofthe king of Portugal had reach-
ed Rio, by a Portuguese frigate—-upon the‘
receipt of which the etnperor Don Pedro had"
issued a proclamation, setting forth his inten-
tion to remain in Brazil. He also declared
his daughter Maria de Gloria, queen of Portu-'
gal, and that he had given to that country as’
liberal constitution. This cotistitution,it was’
said, would be transmitted to Portugal in a‘
feiv days. It was reported that the etnperoir
had written to.his brother Doti Miguel, pro-
posing the unioii of the latter with his daugh-
let.

The U. S. ship Cyane sailed from Buenos
Ayres on the 20th April,and from Monte Vi‘-
deo on the first of May. Admiral Broivn of
the Buenos Ayrean squadron had made an
attack upon the Brazilian frigate Imperatriec
ol'60 guns and 500 men, lying in the harbor
of Monte Video. By taking an advantageous
position under her sterti, he succeeded in cut-
ting her to pieces, and came off‘ with but little‘
damage to his squadron. The commander
of the Brazilian ship and 100 oflier men,were
killed in the action. The Brazilian blocka-
ding squadron in the La Plata, consisted of
thirty-live sail of vessels, frigates, sloops of
war, gun-brigs, &r.c.

The Cyane was about returning to the U-
nited States, but having received new instruc-
tions by the brig Eliza Reilly,just arrived fr.
Norfolk, was about to proceed again to the
La Plata. Her officers and crew were allin
good health.

There was no prospect of the termination
of hostilities between Buenos Ayres and Bra-
zll. The English frigate Briton arrived
at Rio fro Callao, on the 23d May. having
oti bomd Gen. Rodil, and a large quantity of
specie.

 

BRAZIL AND PORTUGAL.

From the advices received at this port by"
the Sylpli, we know that the Emperor Don
Pedro has at length made his election ; two’
crowns, it will be remeinbered,were tendered
to his acceptance-—the Bi azilian crown,wliich
he at present wears, and the croivii til Porto’-
giil. Don Miguel, the brother of the Brazil-
ian nionarch, stands close in the litie ol suc-
cession ; and the Emperor’, to shew his love
for the place of his nativity, has agreed to
supply his lirotlier with a wife, and the court-
try with a coiistitutiou He has declared his
own daughter, now about ten years old, the
Queen of Portugal, rind it is said that he has
also written to his brother to assume the
crown and sceptre, the constitution and the
wife. Under this curious, if not oininoiisstate
of thitigs does the throne of Portugal reuiaiu.
It is highly probable that some of the great
powers ofEiirope will be intluced to inierpose
iu the settlement ofthe sovereignty. They
may conceivethat they have as much right to
derertiiine who shall be the qtieeii, and by
what constitution the people shall be govern-
ed,as the king who reriounces the sceptre.-—-
Nor is it atall improbable tliatthe Portuguese
tiiay themselves become restive under such a
ilisposition of the royal authority. The Eng-
lisli irifltience at the court ol Portugal has
been very strong, and the French influence
in the Spanish Peninsula is much stronger.
It would require but a coufederacy or union
of sentiment between those two powers to iri-
coiporate the two kingdoms into one, and to
place the sceptre into some other lianus than
those of Don Miguel or of Don Ferdtiiand.

Whether any ideas ofthe kind are entertain-
'ed, is more ttiaii we can answer for——thcy are
at least probable. France is evidently tired
of garrisoiiing the lottres.-es-oi Spain to pre-
serve Ferdinaiid from the loyalty of his own
subjects, and great Britain, which has acted
so protnitieiit a part in the ;.reservation of the
Portuguese sovereignty, iriusi be naturally
anxious tosee this question settled on a per-
tiianent foundation. The recognition of the
South Ameirca Republics by Spain, can nev-
er be anticipated while Ferdinand lioltls the
sceptre, and that qu--siion becomes hourly too
important to the repose and to the future pol-_
icy of Europe, to-be left thus at loose eiids.—-
Portugal has already recognized ttie inde-
pendence of Brazil, and this recognition by
the mother country, affords a precedent that
Spain will be sooner or late compelled-to fol-
low. France has been only awaiting .iie
Spanish recognition of South American iri-
dependence, to do the same act hersell.—-
'I‘hese are surely considerations of sufficieiit
magnitude to induce the couits both ofEng-
land and France to settle the sovereignty not
only of Portugal but ofthe Spanish petiiiisu-
la also.—Balt. .Hmerican.

We have been favored by .\Ii:. Mackay, su-
percargo ofthe Etnerald, with Calcutta pa-
pers to Feb. 20th, inclusive. It appears the
Burmese suffered the time in which the trea-
ty ofPezice was to be ratified to expire, Willi-'
out taking that step, that the British thought
the whole affair a trick, recointnenced hostil-
ities Jan. 19, took the city of Melloon, and
advanced 12‘-. miles beyond it. In the city tuey
found the original treaty, which had never
been sent to Ava. The British took abouz
30,000 rupees iii rnoucy, a large magazine of
grain, and a great quantity oftirilitary stores.
"Fhe detertninatioii is to make peace only at
the capital. One of the papers. states that’ tho
Britisli obtained 30,000 lacs ofspecie -ainoiig,
their booty at Bhurtpore.-Boston Pal.

We received yesterday the Vera Cruz Mer-
ctirio doivii totlie 4th ult. and toe Sol. of the‘
Mexicali Capital to the 31st May, inclusive.--
These papers relate no event ofp-articular tin-
portfltlce. The Supreme Congiessliad ap-
propriated fifteen hundred‘ tliousanti dollars
towards repairing the Castle of San Juan do
Uloa, and the fortifications of Vera tjrtiz,
Campeacliy, 8:. Tampico. President Victo-
ria, iti his message, delivered at the clo-e of

the session ofCongress, repeated the determi-

nation ofthe government to It . i. . » A pro-
position of peci‘iniary or 0lll‘“~ -Ifllse
with Spain; stated thattlie pr’ . . em mis-
tralion oftliis country did not idea
ufapledge havingbeen COIIVBI A - =2 gon-

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