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.401E1W:4 NEW-YORK, MARCH '2. In de State of Pennsylvania, tw:•nty.one banks have repnrted their condition to the Legislature.-.- Among other thin: 4 s it appears that their capitals amounted to 8,951.1 ttt enikirs, their loans to the State, and general grwprnment, 20.000,051 dollars, and that they had sr ecie in their vaults to the amount 0r1,541,206 rs. There were eighteen ntl,er ly.uks which did not re port what amount ut specie ti.ey had. Thse banks had in circulation notes to the amount of 10,122,712 dollars. Amonz the mnst important proceedings are those in the House of Represent tires on the 29th of Fe b:Airy, on the subject of the traffic in slaves. They are as ftsllows: Mr. RaNnocen moved the subjoined resolution, the necessity of which, and of providing for a practice so heinous and abornin:iht..„ i: e at s om e l engt h i mpresse d upon the House :-- 11 Res vhat a Committee be appointed to inquire into the existence of our inhuman and illegal traffic in Slaves, carried on, in, and through the district of Columbia, and to report any and what measures are necessary for putting a stop to the same." The resolution was agreed to. On Friday, March 1, the following resolution was also passed :•••e4 Resolved, that the Committee, ap. pointed to inquire into the State of the several Banks in the district of Columbia, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of prohibiting, within the said district, the circulation of notes issued by any pri vate banking association; whether existing Wlthill tie district or elsewhere, aad of restrairing the formation of such private banking associations in future." We have seen- private letters from Vera Cruz of the recent date . of SLI of February. On the .31st of January an order had been received by the Spanish author sties resident there, from the mother country, signed by Ferdinand VII. dec'aring his determine. bop th .t no specie whatever sh ,, old in future be bought np by any foreign power, but that the whole shook! be transmitted to Spain. In consequence of this in-, formation being made known, Charles Parke, Ls+ the British Commissioner, appointed fiir buying up bullion for this country, was preparing to leave the settlement. The Sabina, Spanish 41. gun ship, had sailed for the mother country with 4,000,0(.X) ut specie. HOUSE OF REPRESEN rAnvEs, MARCH 2. On the motion of Mr. Hott,--se Resolved, that the Committee on the National currency be instructed to inquire into the exped , ency of conipelling the Banks in the difietcnt States, atter theist of November next. to resume speck payments, by increasing the duty nn stamps, or in any other manner which may be bi.sg calculated to produce the desired effect." NEW-YORK, MARCH I. INIFORTANT. —We copy the following from the Actrra of Saturday lAst :—.6 Collector's Office, 110, North froot-stieet, Philadelphia.— Official informa: Lion having been received at this (Ace, that the laws of tlio !Mt of January and 27th of February. 1815, imposing duties OR manufactures, are repealeel, it is required by the Treasury department, that the ac counts be immediately made up to tits gist ut Fa binary inclusive, and :titled. II JOAN WHTIE, licctor Direct l ax and Internal Revenue, Brat Dir.rict Penuoylvartia." MARCH 6.—The United States S mate have con curred in the land tax of three millions, with an amendment, that it shall be a perpetual tax. A Republican Conventi►►n of Deltgates from the several towns in Rhode island, held at Providence, on Wednesday List, utiallmously Agreed that James Monroe ought to be pot in nomination and supported for the next President, and Daniel D. Tonykins for the next Vice Preside►:t of the United Sums. s'it(l.l Tll6 NEW YORK lIEItALD, MAnCil 9. raoll DOMINGO LATE. By brig Copernican, Captain Coffin, arrived this forenoon, we !lave sece.ved various Pamphlets, and the Royal Gaze's: cl that kingdom, to the 26th Fe. hi uary. Ws. give the following transaction;: A vessel has art avid at Cape Fleury from LOndrm, in her came as passenger, a black gentleman, named Mr-Ptince f,:tundets, late of Boston. His Majesty (Chrisrophe) on learning hit arrival, and that he was the bearer at recommendatory letters from illustrious persuoages in London, sent one of his carriages, and dispatched one of his Aides-de-Camp to accompany Mr. Prince• Saundeis from the Cape to the Palace of Sans Souci. It is believed that gentleman is the bearer of important news. CAPE HENRY, FEBRUARY 24. Mir Majesties the King and Queen and the Rnial Family, accompanied by a numerous and bril li nit Court, have been to the Castle of Bellevue le kni to celelorate the dad of the Kings. Their Ma. jesties roomed the ma 1.014111. IU tire 1 1 .113ce clam's • : they were received with The accialuations all the people and the discharge of the artillery. PI: ER TO, OROTAVO, (Tenerife) DEC. is, sass. %Vt. had a dreadful fire here a few days ago, which consumed a large convent for women; and lam sorry to relate, seven unhappy victims felt the fury of the unrOlent.ng flames. The scene for some hours - was dreadful. It was first discovered about ten o'clock at night—all the nuns were in bed, and it 'sac some time before they could be made acquainted with their danger—the few that escaped were obliged to leave the convent naked, as they never sleep in their clothes—those that wete burnt were seen at the windows, till the flames consumed them. There were no means of saving them, as the windows were strongly grated with iron, and only one door that they could get out of, which was entirely *enveloped Imes. The fire was occasioned by a nun making sweetmeats : she had pined ha tire on a table, in a small earthen stove, and left it unestinguished ; the hest of the stove made the rosin in the wood to fry' 0 .1 it it supposed a cinder had fallen, and the con vent being built of the same kind of wood as the table, it was soon in a blaze. The next night we f.ad a tremendous fall of rain—the water courses were hlivd, and tan a different way ; in consequence of which 14 iscrsous oat dtowsted huuscs. , It • • • • ,1 • • FR ENO/ PAPERS. PARIS, APRIL is. Amongst, other characteristic traits Aich the situ ation of Europe affords at present, wb must remark ' the great number of marriages about to take place between different sovereign houses. 'ln uniting the heiress of three crowns to a Prince without territories, England seems to indicate that she does not desiie continents) Alliances t yet we re collect that the English ministers had reckoned upon a marriage with the Prince of Orange, as a compen sation due to the efforts which England had made for the common cause. _ . ...... _ _..____ Spain and Portugal, united by nature in both hemispherei, form, by double marriage,' ties which may one day reunite, under the same sceptre, that fine monarchy of Charles the Fifth, in which the sun never set. Ruuia, the Low Countries, Prussia, and Wurtem. berg, are uniting themselves by the marriages of two grand duchesses and one grand duke. When one reflects upon the identity and political views that guide those courts, and the personal friendship that unites the Sovereigns of Russia and Prussia, one I cannot deny that this ..aderation govans the whole north of Europe. Denmark is the most ancient branch of tie house of Holstein Oldenburg!). There is but one country a stranger to this kind of family compact that embraces norther‘i EllfotC. • A double marriage will soon establish new ties be tween the house of Naples on one side, and the houses of Austria and France on the other. These ties aill probably have a happy ilflience over the political relations of the south and the centre of Europe. In this sphere, Bavaria alone has as yet no family ties but with the north. he importance which politicians seem to attach to these numerous marriages is the best omen for the tranquillity of Europe. It proves that we are here: , after to consider the principle of legitimate succession as the b.tti) of political combinations, and as the gua rantee of the future nixie of natintis. On Thursday, the King presided at the Council of Ministers. Yesterday, at eigit in the evening, the King re ceived a deputation it In the Chamber cf Deputies, which presented to him the fait Project on the Law of. Elections. The Duke of 'Wellington set off yesterday for his he.td•quarters at Cambray, scht•re the Generals•in- Clriel are to assemble to agree upon a dislocation cf the different contingents at the Allied Troops in France. It is said that, on his return, the epoch for which is not fixed, the Duke will occupy a hotel in the rue de Bourbon. The different corps of the right wing of the Army of Occupation have received orders to hold themselves ready for a general review, which is to take place im mediately atter the arrival of the Duke of Wellington. The inquietude which malevolence had excited re lative to. the circulation of grain gave the, on the Ist of April, to a slight commotion at Vare (tile et-Vi- Wile). A detachment of the Departmental Legion having been lit ut thither; two of the rioters were ap prehended, and tranquillity was restored. The Prince of Conde will pass the summer at Chan tilly, which has been prep.red for his reception, and will be there rejoined by his s , .n, the Duke de Unn r bon. The Prevotal Court of Versailles, en the (Sill ;no ; condemned to deportation an artisan of the name of Charles Minier, tor having hoisted the tricoloured flag on the tower of the communal church of Maisse. CHAMBER OF DE: L•TIE.S. SITTING Or Tlle. liF APRIL. The consideration of the duties on the customs being resumed, the Chamber, after a short deba►e, decided that the •prolsibittan should continue on the importation of all brandy, except trom wine, as well as oa rum, rack, and tataaa, from foreign colonies. NANCY, APR!L S. M. Getardin, a divorced priest, formerly mayor of Ligny, died on the 5d inatant. Ott the YJS of hlarcb, on ins thatli-bed, but %slide preservi.ig tine full vigour of his understanding, be made a solem recantation* of 1/11 past conduct in the following terms : " J, the undersigned, Joseph Claude Gerardin, heretofore cu rate of the parish of 3rand lslancois, and uow r. silent at Ligny, du declare—That I bait always preserved the faith In my heart, and tat all I have done contrary to the principles of religion, and the rules of cliristian morality, was only the effect of passions : " I hat I extremely regret having abandoned my profession, having taken several oaths condemned by the Sovereign Pounff, or the Bishops of the Church, and having taken • part in other known disorders which were coiNegnences thereof: ' 6 That I ask pardon of Gov and men for aU the scandal which I have or ca4iuned; 6 ' /tat I have, finally, the greatest desire that my deep regret should be known and every where published, particularly iu the Latish efirand Nancuis), in which I formerly performed the duty of curare, and in this town of Ligny, in which I exerciSed the functions of vicar, and afterwards filled administrative offices. (Certified a true copy) " DA WIDAM4 OILS, Mayor Of ROME., MARCH Si. A decision of his Holiness. relative to the form oVI procedure in inquisitorial matters, forbids the appli cation of torture to the accused. This decision 12. is been addressed by his eminence the Cardinal Secre tary of State to the Ministers of Spain and Portugal. The Government continues to take severe mea sures to prevent the introduction of foreign books treating of political matters. We are informed that the Royal Family of Spain has demanded, among others, the suppression of certain false accounts, trans lated from the German, of the events which brought about the abdication of Charles IV. They are tiere much occupied by the project against the Barbary Powers. We are assured that a great Power has engaged to guarantee the neutrality of Turkey. In fact, civilized Europe is interested to repress their piracies. The project will be sent to the Diet of Frankfort, and submitted to the great powers. FRANKFORT, APRIL 7. The success of the self styled prophet, Adam Mul ler, has produced a cloud of fresh prophets ; and a great number of peasants on the Rhine, the Maine, and the Necker, thinking to make dupes, declare themselves to be inspired from above teach pretends that the rest ate false prophets and cheats. The evil is spreadiug so rapidly, that the Governments in South C.:rtnatty 4114.: ilibetn, to take UM,* InedbUrCS to :co Gss it. BONA PA 11717. The following anecdotes respecting BONAPARTE} are not generally known, and are, we think, wo.tliy .of publication as beitig characteristic of the man s. General Becker% accounts of his mission, as he gave them ip the ministerial circles of Paris, afforded no clue to discover by what itteitihk Area he had led this terrible creature so quietly to an ignominious end ; but it was surmised that the personal par; of the Ex-Emperor (which we have already seen are more than becomingly strong) were operated upon. What the General told was, that he had never passed a period of more ansiety, and that there was no suc cess more difficult.than that which lie had attained. He said that Napoleon had treated him, from the first moment, not merely with civility, but even with familiarity. On the day before the journey began,l while walking together m tile garden of Malmaison, the General made some observation concerning Maria Louisa, and the conduct of the Court of , Austria towards trim. Napoleon laughed, gave him A little playful slap on the cheek, and said—" Alice, mon ami, to ne connais pas cos gens-la I" Before Bonaparte's departure, he sent for one of his early friends-he wished to take leave of him.— Bonaparte said, " I would not go witbout seeing you ; we shall never meet again." The other, un able to speak, burst into tears. 13 maparte put his hands on his friend's shoulders with an air of affec tion, and said—" Mon cher, ne,vous attendiissez pas ; dans les grandes crises comme celleci, c'est le courage, et non pas 14 sensibilite, eons taut." In a long conversation which ensued, this person represents Bonaparte as calm, somewhat melancholy, but not 66 abattu.'' Bonaparte allowed that he had committed, in the late transactions, two great faults : the first was, that be had left the army; the other WAS, the getting into a discussion with the Chambers, and, above all, with a deputation of the Chambers: the large body might have been divided or dissolved ; but the committee WAS armed with more power than the whole, was not li4hle to disunion, and not subject to be put off and delayed. Accordingly, said he, when I spoke to them of the wants of the country, area, cannon, and money, they answered me with the rigid: of man and the roczal courraci, and all was lost. On the road to Rochefort, where he was to embark, and while he reasained there, Bonaparte received se veral deputations from the army, urging him to pin himself at their head, and swearing to die in his cause. ‘i You see," said he to Becker, ‘, that the Provisional Government mistakes the wishes of the people with regard to me." On these occasions he would sometimes wake up, as it were, into life and spirit, and express a tesolution to return to the army, and conquer Spr die at its head ; but these gleams of. courage were very short. Indeed, tho:.e who ap proached him described him as much we, both in mind and body; weak, undecided, and pusillanimous, very attentive to his own little comforts, fond of the ' table, and, though in general somewhat lethargic and inclined to alsoftlectic seizure, exceedingly alive to all that concerned his personal safety. At Rochefort, where he arrived on the Ist of July, finding the British squadron on the alert, tie bought l a small vessel of the country, with the intention of escaping to sea in her, and making the-best of his way to America ; on his announcing this resolution, Ma. dabee Bertrand, in ad the agonies of tears, entreaties, and hysteric!, to which violent-tempered ladies ate subject, implored' him to forego this difficult and dangerous plan; and Bonaparte acquiesced—glad, as it is said, of an excuse to abandon an enterprise by no means suited to his present taste. At last, pressed upon by General Becker and his own fears, he endeavoured, on the Inth and the sub. sequent dar t. to nepociate a capitulation with the se. ni officer of the British squadron that blockaded him : this totally failed ; the officer refused to enter into any engagement whatsoever, but offered to re.' trice him on board, and reserve him for the ulterior disposil of his government. To those terms (if terms they may be called, which terms were none) Napo leon acceded ; and on the morning of the lstii of July, embarked with his sone on board his Britannic Majesty's ship Betaattorome. The folloning anecdotes refer to his conduct at Mr. Balcombe's, at St. Helena : When L isCasses put down four gold Napoleons for markers, the youngest of the ladies, who had never seen any of that coin before, took up one, and asked what it was. Boon:wane instantly, with more haste than was consistent with politeness, snatched it out of her hand, and exclaimed, with a tone half of vexation and halt of triumph, Ne voyez-vous pas que c'est moi r pointing to the impression with his finger. `then the cards were opened, the cover was, as usual, thrown away, and was picked up by a little boy, a son of Mr. Bakombe's, about six yens old. 'The print on the case was the Great illogsd; and the little fellow, in the pride of his heart, would display it to the Emperor, who, however. was in no humour to relish what he seemed to consider as a joke opon himself; he snatched the paper from the child with 4 great deal of enspatietice, tare the Great Aftel in pieces, and terrified the young wit to an ...WWI dis tance. • When the game had gone on a little, it cam: to Buonaparte's turn to deal. Ile happened to make some mistake, and as he expressed much impatience at losing the deal, the whole party requested lie would try again—he did so, and a second tint: mis sed, and then,' said eur reporter, 'it I had not seen it, 1 could not have conceived that so tiifnig an accident could have affected any human creature so seriously ; his whole countenance WolS li . glited up with fury, and he made a violent contortion of hi. features, and drew his mouth down oa one side, like one suffering an inward pang.' He, however, reco vered himself enough t ask to have the house searched for some old cards, and to send Lis Casses to sit at a table in the corner to play alone with the offending cards till he should make them run smoothly ; an,i at this solitary game of patience the count obsequi ously played the rest of the evening. Bonaparte asked the youngest of the ladies whether she had ever been in England ? she said, yes, she had been educated there. .01 course, then, she knew gee graphy ? A lit:le.—What is the capital of Russia ? Moscow was the ancient capital.—Who then, said he, (with a look of gay expectation and pride) who burned it ? The girl, to his utter disappointment, instead of s,i) ing, "fieu,"ox 66 the Russians, P.O escaje you," said quietly, ext did not know. countenince tell at once, and he relap%ed of theatrical attitude in which he had reply. Thus he seenwi inclined to ::14 his old games, with two little girls at TO THE SECOND tzE %D;NG fIF 801 Lk' EN 1 lON LILL. " Dennis, without reference lo the chlracter duct of the Person who is the ohject 01 the preeetn approve ut the nita•ure sent ions Ann c::• 4, To consign to tilinglt eLtie And ;ow:, •T! Captive Chief, who, after the abdication it his a u i ow British generosity, had surrendered himself to to his other enemies, is iniwanhy the magnani country ; and the Trea:ies by which, after his cap!,. bound ourselves to detain tam ut culiudy, at the will o r , 47 , reigns to whom he had never iurrendeted Jp;..ar,„; repugnant to the princ pies ot equity, and titteilitnicaikj i w b f expedience or necessity. (niirJ) " VA:FALL 1101L.198" And on the third reading, his Royal Htiiiirls U.e!J..s. Sussex entered his Protest for the Jame reatous. THE EVENING STALL LONDON. THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1816. PRICE OF S LOCKS THIS DAY A I,VELVLO'CLOCR: R e d uce d 5998.—C0n5. ma. GOi ii —fur ucc. 61.1 4 per Cent.73if-s•per Cott. 90,;;-1...44% par, Quu3. 15i---Du. pay. 17,1f—Lacti. till. 13. Si,. 2t. pt. To-day we received the French .217s1;tesr of Moo. day : none of the minor Paris J mica's wer e lisped on that day, because fors:sith it was Ewe: Monday, and a holiday. The official Joinn4l tains an Ordorinance for abolishing the Polytee l .: : School, on account of ihe spirit of insubordmati• which reigns in it. This was an est blishment Military, and one of those engines cf d-spotic: a which BosArAttra introduced : the pill: ls wine cii;.• cared as Engineils and Artillerists. Tte Sehoi4 will be restored so tar as its real usefulness a Christiaa State is concerned. THE ORDONNANCE. " Loom, &c. " We have long acknowledged the utility of the Polytechnic School, fer the promotion of Science and the Arts, and f )r the amelioration of the public service. We have ordered our Ministers Secretaries of Lute for the Interior and War, to submit to iha QM organization of this establishment, in order to extend its advantages, to give it a new lustre, and to bring it to the perfection of which it is susceptible. " But the recent and general disobedience of the pupils of this school to the orders of their chiefs, at the same time that it renders necessity a prompt re pression, and an example fur the future, has proved to us that these pupils, if they were introduced iut4 the public service, would carry into it the spirit of subordination with which they are animated. Fcr these reasons we h +vie ordained as ionows : " Arr. I. The Pupils of the Royal Polytechnic School We 41:1. missed. They must re:urn immediately v.) tlair la- r orders of the Minister of War, and an indemnity (c the sure, of the School. " Y. There sLall he /ahl before us an accoun• oF the coa•ct of the small number of Pupils wr.o have rot takeii part in de last act of insubordination; r(t , erving to cuticle:l the philtre of ordering some:Linz on tla stAl‘c , , wlacn the rats. tabllshed aad re-composed by our o; den. " 3. The Officers of the Staff, and all the military employel, will Mile from their functions at the School atter ice ti efkisg up, and will receive new orders from our Minister of Wa The Quarter -blaster is to remain until after the passing of Lis accounts. " 4. •i'he Teachers, Usher,, &e. shall receive hail pay nail otherwise provided fur. " 5. The Adminlstrwor, Librarian, Almoner, and Sulr.hern Employes, shall cut:idol/v. provi,ionally, at full pay, to weal. :n the school to t..ke care of the turtiiture, &e. of which an iev _u• tory shall be taken. "6. A iwnittee of five persons than he named by the Mi• nisters of %Var and for the Home Dept-mem, to make a reprt for the new organization, which small be presented for our a - prubMion. (6ir,.ted) " Louts." Some further extracs from the Papers receirei yesterday, will be found in a preceding column. I A Mail from 411;ved this morning. The Continental JoUrnals brought by it contain the fol. lowimg articles Ihbis aope BOtaravi On" :' ma k j a r/ w.lited OV:r mpk cAr • r so ..1 f Dry s ad. )IIAPARTE'3 Gs tt d or prnlota • S CC eftnt Bill, 141. atoll •,. tin•ses. :t a Pqrt.t. oiW in pre:e rtc4 dmity U Ut frt.; w e Gut hoes VIENNA, APRIL 3. The following Bulletin of the health of the Em- press, has just been published here : " VIENNA, van. 3.—A o.tirier di,patched from Vereno, the it9th of March, at nine in the evenin: , , brings s m.,re favourable account of the health of the Empress. A! sevea to Ilse evening the iollowing litilktiu Lad Leen puteisbed by her Majeoy's Phy,icians Her M:.jesty has passed to-day it •ss badly as therePtral reason to fear ; 4he fever fit ended to-day si a perspiration, and up to this moment uo new or IllOte symptom has al.peared." BASI.F., APRIL 4. _ _ Mr. Justice Gruner arrived on the 3lst March at Berne. His Excellency proceeded to Zurich, a!id on the 3d preheated, in a solemn audience, his cre dentials to the Bure,ermaster Reinhard, as President pf the Diet. The remains of the four Swiss reri ments gre going to put on the white cockade, :led march to Betancon. To facilitate the recruitifr, both for Fiance and Holland, srAeral Cantons have relar:ed in the strictness of the military regnlatier*, which forbids young men who make a part of the first Federal Continlent to enter into the service ct a foreign Goma:meat. AIX-I.A.CHAPELLF, APRIL 11. There arrive here successively a great many sol diers, taken prisoners in Russia, all hopes of where being still alive had been given up. Their names are published in the Newspapers. VALENCIENNES, APRIL 9. The Mayor of thii town, considering that the tern pray jut reabc of the pfulation b) the prc,.ence ; •