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Chief of the ,British Embassy sent out several years' since to the Court of Morocco. Why so interesting a narrative should have been so long withheld from the public we are not informed, but it seems there were secret and !along reasons for delay. The An thor, in his way to the African Continent, as well as on his retorts, passes through France and Spain, of which he F ives many interesting particulars respect ing the pnncipal features of the Country , the s t ate of Literature,.and the Manners of the Inhabitants. On his arrival in Africa, he sought in all directions for objects on which to exercisehis kpirit of inqairy. tural History in general, and Geology in particular, molted much of his attention; but his strong natural bias for these. pleasing pursuits did not make him indifferent to moral and political observations. He bas described the Moors and Arabs with a masterly pencil. and while cont emplating the existing tribes spread over that part of the Continent of Africa, his mind is carried back to ancient times and other races of men, and many curious disquisitions are in conse• quenee die result of his reflections. To those. there fore. who de%ght - in tales of other lands, and scenes 'neath other skies—in treeing with eagle ken the re motest gradations of man—in transporung themselves into countries little known or visited, and revelling in - all that Poets or Historians hays sung or said of the romantic East, this Volume will prove an inex haustible mine, and one on which the fancy clay pause and linger with infinite delight. COLONIAL INTALLICENCE• Papers from Barbadoes to the 20th October, we regret to state, communicate the death of Sir JAStits LEITH, Governor of that Island. He was attacked on the 10th of October with a fever which proved fetal to him on the 16th. His character as a Gene ral, during the late war, is well known. The many wounds he had received rendered him, perhaps, less able to resist the attack of the fever that terminated his valuable life. Antigua and Guadaloupg bore strong testimony to the wisdom, the justice, and the policy with which he administered their respective Governments. Sir JANiss was buried with military honours, on the 17th of October; the troops, inhabi tants, and every human creature being anxious to pay him this last sad tribute of respect. By the death of Sir JAMS! LEITH the command of the forces on the Barbadoes station has devolved on Major-General RAMSAY, Governor of Antigua. In the General Assembly, on the 29th August, several Messages from the tiroTeroor 'rem 'Wawa-mit containing copies of the Addresses of the Houses of Lords and Commons to the PRINCE REGENT, on the late InsurreCtion ; and a Dispatch from Lord BA- Tuvarr, with a recommendation to the Legislative Council and General Assembly to meet the views of the Sovereign and Parent State, by passing such Acts as may be beneficial to the true interests of Barbadoes. Mr. MAvEns congratulated the House in having, in a Bill under consideration, anticipated the views of the British Government, by the adoption of mea sures to ascertain more particularly the Slave ;Sopula. lion.— It was agreed that an answer should be returned to the Governor's Message on the following day. The House then went into a Committee otsthe Bill alluded to. The gramma, in addressing the Committee, ob served, that to the present Bill, which was free from the obnoxious clauses Mr. Wilberforce had intro-, doted into his in the Bosse of Commons, and parti cularly of that indecent clause which seems to have been unnecessarily inserted, merely for the purpose of insulting their feelings, he bad no objection. Though no Africans had been illicitly imported, and though it was impossible to smuggle any into the Island, yet that was not so well known in England. The pass ing of the Act would, therefore, remove all suspicion. After commenting strongly on the conduct of the African Institution, he concluded by giving his sup port to the Bill. Mr. JORDAN agreed in opinion with the Speaker. couceiving that there could be no fair objection to the adoption of this Bill, since it was divested of the heavy espenses andthe noxious clauses of Mr. Wilberforce's measure.—The clauses were then read and agreed to unanimously. Oa the With, the Assembly ordered an Answer to t he Governor's Messages to be presented, in which they informed his Excellency that the earliest atten tion would be paid to the recommendations contained therein ; and that they had the satisfaction of inform- Jog him, that a Bill had been already, introduced em bracing the objects recommended, which Bill had passed through its first stages, and was in further progress.--llw House then proceeded to the hitcher consideration of the Slave Population Bill. , I Mr. Mavens thought that the appointment of toe eerspos to receive and transmit lists of Slaves should Le left to the Commander in Chief, instead of to the Represettatives, and moved to amend the Bill ascot dor—This Amendment was carried. . Josoast (seconded by Mr. Mayers) d oved that the blank in the fifth clause should be up s with t he sum of seloo penalty for each Slave omited to be given in. Agreed to, and the clause passed unanimously. The remaining clauses were arced to now Ma A shock of an earthquake Was felt on the morass; of the 10th October, about half-past font o'clock, at Bridgetown. Barbadoes; but it does not appear to have been generally experienced by the inhabitants of that town. The Desiree Reach frigate, of Se guns, and a brig of war, arrived at Port-au-Prince on the dth of October with two Preach Commissioners and They Gentlemen, formerly Fiancees of the Island. landed under a flag of truce; and it was stated that THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1816. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAT AT TWELVE O'CLOCK: Rebated 6211 --Case. Ina 116116.•443011. for opi. 4 per Cent. 7141-5 per Cr*. Navy *but Embalmer adb, 76.10 e. pr.—lndia Baas 17v. IR& Psit, FRENCH PAYERS. We have received the Paris Papers of Sunday, They contain the long-promised Laws for securing the Liberty of the Subject and the Liberty of the Press. These are the titles which they bear, it is true, but they are direct 113i1111011/eft 1 They ought to be called Laws for secur i ng the peace andosn quillity of France. They are to last only for a year, and hopes are encouraged by the Plitiiiver that they will be then abrOgated. to snake room for the prin ciples oftivil and Religious Liberty upon witicktbe British Constitution is founded, and which seems stilt to be regarded is a Model. CHAMBER Of DEPUTIES, DECEMBER 7. Da Con, the Minister of Police, brough am t for ward the nevi LaFs respect in g the Liberty the Subject and the Liberty of the Press, which he pre faced by a long speech, musarkable for that verbosity with which French statesmen often deliver them selves. The substance .of kis speech was, that the law of 29th October, 11315, by which the Govern ment was empowered to arrest and detain suspected persons, and to seize inflammatory publications, was intended to be only temporary. It was then called for by the turbulence and restlessness of men brought up in scenes of revolution, but its powers had been exercised with every possible clemency, and every ac t of indiscreet zeal on the part at subordinate audio_ rides bad been repressed as soon as known. The greatest number et persons in custody at any one' timie throughout all France. had never exceeded 419, and that was only for a few weeks during the troubles at Grenoble. Since that time they had been gra dually reduced till, in the beginning of November the number was 52. and these had been reduced to Si by the beginning of the present month. of whom 17 were confined in Paris. It was still found necessary for the public security to continue some restraints on the acoons of lIITDU brat men, but not to the extent of the law of October, 1815. That was therefore to be abolished, and a new one substituted, which however would, like the former, be only temporary. He appealed to the Chamber to say if Government had not exercised the powers with which it had been entrusted with great moderation, and only for the public welfare i and re minded them, that in England, where they had only the fear of such enormities as had actually afflicted France, the Haw Corpus Act had been suspended no less than nine times in the short space of half a century. The law respecting periodical works, he observed, could not yet be dispensed with. It was by means of these that the factious disseminated their infiam nsatury sentiments, and therefore it was necessary that this law should accompany the other—but also• to be only temporary, and somewhat more mild than the present law. With respect to the case of the Ronimrs, (father and son), imprisoned for publishing libels on the Government, M. de Carts remarks, that from the magnitude of their offences, the most charitable course be can adopt is to be perfectly silent. “ Loos, lite r 44 We have ordained as follows Gs I. Every one accused of plots or machinations against the' person of the King, the security of the State, or the persons of the Royal Family, may, until the expirtelse of the present law, sad without there being any necessity to carry them before the Tribunals, be arrested and detained hi virtue of an or d er signed by the President el our Coined of Ministers, and of our W eida Secretary of State for the Departmest of General Police. so 14 All jailors and keepers of houses of attest shall deliver, within 14 hours ban the committal of the person arrested, a copy of the maim of arrest to , the Zing's Advocate, who shall innasetteir swabs the primmer if the latter requires it, draw up Ms commodes, neeive from-hkra all papers in justilleation, and transmit the whole to the IVllsastss of Judea, who shall mike his Report demon to the Counctof the King, which shall Sealy decide. * UI. The Law of Ma October, 11115, is hereby abrogated, mid shall cease to have els* tae Wadi after the promenades of the preen* law% 44 IV. The preempt Lew shall empire on the Ist of January, PiPsd. age.) " Louis." LIBERTY OF THE PRESS• 4 , It is ordained, itge a. I. No leered or Periodical Publicist= shalt appear wittiest tbe Noses of tbe Mot • Tbis Law obeli aspire as the tat et lassery; tilts' SUPPIAIMEDITARY OIit . DONNANCE. 84 Loan, ate. es I. Wises soy Publication sties time bees seised is virtue el the Law of UK °amber, ISM die pew. aball, osier yids Si soNity,biasetilied widda lie bests to** pales whose property has bees weed, was, within three dem my saki op.] positions is ease at eyeaddas. the Procurator of tbai =isE shall au all Maw= to obtain a decision wkido $ week e this week, being **bad, eke slime, if set =Owed by theTitbooli, be void, and the progeny steal be isetastly irate:eV'. AMEItICAN PAPILItS. • .‘ migmonm... ie ben to the nth, Baltimore sled Phi. to the 15th, and New York to the 17th arrived. arrived ht Norfolk from Barbadoes, lid what we hope will prove unfounded - , the" is that Island had again shewn strong of iniubordinatkin, and that several con spiracies had been detected among them, one of which had in view to surprise and take possession of the fort at Bridgetown. A large number of the in- , stergeots had bees apptahended, and the Civil Au thorities were coostantly occupied with trials and executions. One account, via St. Vincent's, states that Sir Gamma MeGazooa bad beaten the Royalists in a great battle, in the provioce of Valentia—anotber that Sir Gamma had bees defeated! Such accounts cannot be reconciled. The Beverley, which left Macao, on the 19th of June, reports, that Lord Ammer, the British Am bantam, was momentarily cyanid. It was Said Sir GIONON STAUNTON would join the Embassy, and that its object was to obtain permission to visit the Manufactories in the interior of China* but which it was the opinion of the most respectable Hong mer- . 1 chant in Canton, would not be allowed. The Beverley arrived in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, o aht sth inst. and left there the 18th Septem ber:* On the 29th July the British frigate RtvoLu ' TlMlAlary of SB guns, and a sloop of war, went on shore in a heavy gale, in Simon's Bay, and received much drmsge. The former, when heaving out.' patted her careening tackles, by which all the people who were at work on her bottom were killed. The British sloop of war SPIT was supposed to be bound to Tristan de Cauca, as the English were about settling the Island, and it is said was intended for the future residence of NAPOLION. Great reduc tions of the army had been made at the Cape, the 83d regiment had been ordered to Ceylon, and others to Europe. Sailed in company with the British frigate Thais, having on board the former Commander is Chief. The Racoon was.to sail immediately for As cension, to look out and stop St. Helena, should 80. NAPARTI run off with it. Letters from New York of the 17th ultimo state, that the ship Harlequin bad arrived there, in twenty-eight days from Liverpool—an unprece dented quick passage. Sbe was the first to commu nicate the failure of the harvest in this country.- -The consequence was, an immediate advance upon flour, from 10 to 13 dollars per barrel ; and every other kind of wheat had a proportionate rise. The letters continue to repeat the distressed state of trade, which far esceeds what is experienced in this country. The affair of the Firebrand still occupits the swo of every one in America j and so irritated is the public feeling upon she occasion, that a war with Spain seems inevitable; AFFAIRS OF SOUTH AMERICA. By the Leeward Islaad Packet we have received accounts from St. Thomas, dated the 20th October, of which an extract will be found subjoined. They fully confirm our late surmises respecting the affairs of Venezuela, and furnish us with the result of the general and decisive battle to which we alluded on Monday last. We had not then received sufficient details to establish the fact that the Spaniards, before they evacuated Barcelona, put to death, in cold blood, all those they judged favourable to the Pa triotic cause, but this horrid deed now seeins beyond doubt. The mind recoils with horror at these scenes, and if the infuriated agents of reams/sup only reflected a little, they would find they were not furthering the interests of their Master, but only bringing down vengeance on their own heads, and disgrace on the Spanish name. " ST. THOMAS, OCT. 20. o The political and military affairs of the Spanish Main have at length reached an important crisis, that seems to portend the total downfal of Spanish power in_ this quarter. Unaware In what shape these occuersoces are wafted over to you, we shall endeavour to give an outfits* of what has happened since our last respects which will enable you to form your ewe conclusions. 64 After Boilver's defeat at Ocuniare, a Scotchnisn, of the name of Sir Gregor M'Grsgor, who had early entered WO the Independent service, and married a Caracas Lady, cut his way into the interior of the country, accompanied by a corps of cavalry commanded by him, and passing in the rear of the capital, he went towards Barcelona, collecting all the men and hones he could en the road. There he formed a junction with the other 'Chiefs who bad been auesublingst Macula, and 911 the 10th of Septentber,dises ticked forces oompletely dieted the Royalists osier Lopes, and Barak= fell into their power. 'The King's party having Medved timely advises of this disaster, had time to evacuate ; but this they did let do till after they 'bad put to death ail those inhabitants whom they viewed In she light of partisans to their enemies. . 6 SUMS days afterwards, practidng their old tricks of decep tion, the Royalists caused a report to be circulated, that Barce lona tad been retaken by them; and Indeed such lairmation was studiously eonveyesl over here, but yesterday a veuel came la diem from Barcelona, which, on the contrary, brings positive Ez ost to, that Generals MoGreger„ Pier, Bermudez. and M. with in army of abottt 3000 men, subsequently attacked 'tiny, composed of a sim ilar number of forces, and letomactled by Morales ; when, after a most obstinate a nd ingspoisnt, the latter was routed, with the loss of all his bag- 1 gage, angler/A and even his musicians. He was driven front the field of battle, Which was coverod with the deed, and with the ' greatest difficulty retreated with only Ito men. Bermudez, wile pm a bold momple to biefellemees, was wounded. Comm hitherto bad am base bus, hit mit coo receive se soomen, and the goyim ma mks ois.hieset smog in this hasher, it is , i sms evicted to give op. Ills tooperese are mow is fall taireb in Cantu% sad Qtr tile rad Ival be Wm& by Sarum, ao loM. CChief, oil* a helli body of um, whom the Royalists e lelit oever boon alis to rellises. , The Spit& . Iwo noir ao. alba din at AMP liteltpogrees. _ ,' • '• , '• , , r Some days op sog an left Pam& Ski Ii omit she , . . . . 02010:;g—mongsz—s========g, PICTIOW hid been isioorreanol*lllee with the Trenilb r . . ' , J r- THE BARBART STiffil. Govetimant for sum dam. * .....---.. boas from Dansuanirrecnived Inanday, inform Chadian) The extreme interne arising from went events on so, that Meetings of the Planters of the extensive kadelphia to the snores ~ t. N.Prthern Africa, and the paucity of Colosy of Demerara and Berbice took place for the o h. hove arr authentic details relative to this little known and purrs" of virgins what they ache Methodist Mis- A I s highly interesting country, induced us lately to point %onuses. Tt.ey have not gone so far as to say that out to the particular attention of our ders the religious instruction will be / hurtful to the slaves and "Ported wh • eiy curious Narrative of a Ratostscx i onTRIPOLI, other inhabitants s but these ignorant salaries, they the Negroes a production which, in richness of description and SAT. would spread misery and desolation among the bru ptcons G I variety of anecdote. has not been equalled since the British West India possessions, and they suggest the , iniroc i es ha publication of the Correspondence of Lady . Wortley prop ri ety .of dividing the West Indies into Parishes, "r" which had ii lintague. 'Another Volume. no less curious, now' to...Ast served bt learned teachers. claims attention, relative to hemOM important Ter- •'' - - to -----------==• the fort at I ritories of the Emperor of Monaco°. Tile Author THE .14VENING STALL mutants hat of this New Work is Colette) KILATIItee• of the elite 1. &Or m e , we . . of the late Giouue PAYNE, _ Esq. Consul-General and • LONDON. ~ executions. _ . . . ... . ---...........21 wears . One seer • s • • ItsysVete, lot they would entre° We. N'tzem ILI is Oohs erstald be in the hands Moe IndtPenden'i. T. „ 7:7 frigate dam Spaniards had is tim e as was at sh • h accident. Beton was lately vere , ;( l "a the er Feinpats is stUl to poesmices oft IndePendeltP) with tam of the Castle of Pampas, ' . ther st a etihn (smashed with Imager.' 111 • AKOTHIII 4. 1.14 '• - loavarg Brown. In sk •, tu . t e .1 the Bt an.: ; s1 . 1 r,. w u lately .. ent ,te Antigua by a Briti.h trig att .4 l t h , a ttiff '& trie ...?:= s vat on lgto busen.:seit +. said, is C011selpt: IRO u f soa* kw ili f ~ . k BftligwON, DECEMBER i I. The Patna NIGINT was in the Riding Sa x ' yesteidayrbut no beyond tl:e Palace Go.wids. klis Huntszsthas not left the Pavili. n t This day at soon, her MAJESTY. acc . .nipati:ed the Duchess of GLoucarrza, the Duke of el,*.k r ‘ l . 4 and the Dowager Lady MELVILLE. in one C4l l 4,r. and the Princess ELIZABETH, and I.inlies J. iiN luuLLA THfuNit, in another, left the Palace LI: an airing, taking the route westward. The Prince LIIOPOLD and the Princess Ci!Aßl.;t:s visited several parts of the town doting % ei JBEreS excursion ; bat being recopize nea r l i e 'market, the populace continued to they increased to a prodigious crov;,t, c0g ,,:, 1;4 'dsiefiy, however, of boys and with. The l'iiitcr* CIBARLOTTE, unfortunately, could not avoid fetfi l 'alarm at the multitude that were gathered... of ToWNEEND, at last, clear: 144 tor the Roya l to return t.. the I TOWNSEND, in his anxiety and hurry, s rack forward boys with his cane, which ft.duced LEOPOLD, who read aright Wilittwaf passing in evert heart, to desire him to desist entirely Iron fir/ of treatment; and the pf pular ex. " GOD bless yon both!"—" Long live the Ciant.orrn and the Prince of Comic:no!" inui.l.N4 The Royal Pair having ruched the Roilio Grounds by the south entrance, soon atter at the north gate, took a walk beyond Richn:. place, and returned by the Stevie to the nacr,k -n absence of nearly two hours. THE ARmr. The 95th Regiment have marched into N)1:.r; ham—one division is quartered in the town, and other in the Barracks. By the death of Sir Lutes LEITH. the Comm of the forces on the Barbadoes station has devnlv:3 on Major General R AWAY. G“vernor of &tip. GENERAL ORDERS alr sits EXCILLIIIICT TIM NIGHT NOV. Tin CPWIRNOI. GINZIAL IN COUNCIL. " Fort William, luxe 2R. 1Sto". " His Ezattlency the Right Hon. the Coverour-Genera, Council, is pleated to appoint klalor-Genet al sir liihn lirt.c..r, K.C.B. of the Regiment of Artillery, to be an extra Cienerd ma the Staff of the Bengal Army. (Signed) " W. Nissan, Auletant-Steretary to Governor, hi Wary Deprrrre.”: "Fort William, Italy I, tit:J. . , " The Right Honourable the Guvernor-everal, in Ovtadl,a I pleased to appoint Brevet Colonel Hardwieke, of Artireri, as Commandant of Artillery, wilt the esta , ..h.hed the situation, from the date of Major-Gencral Sir ford's nomination to the Staff, and during the ;ulna Officer shall continue to be employed ou the Geuird Suit si Army.* At a General MooOng of East-India yesterday. the thanks of the Court were vrqed To L..rd MOIRA, (now the Marquis of 1-lAsTiNol : Sir ".~•:t. OCHTERLONY, and the Officers and non.ommistiim , -; Officers and men, who served in the Lite war agAmi! the Nepaulesv. It was also announced to be :he in. tention of the Directors to reward the Officos #ll. had distinguished themselves with appropriate mthlt, on which the services in which they had been tigagt•l should be commemorated. Yesterday a Court of Diseetnrs was held at tht F. India House, when the following Commanders ea leave of the Court previous to departing for their spective destinations, viz. Captain A. Hamilton, Bombay; G. Wartead, Central ll H. Scott, Clanks Cram ; T. Larkins, Marquis Camden ; it. Dalrympk, Vansittart ; and W. Hay, login—for Bombay China. The following Captains were sworn into the co nand of their respective ships, viz. Captain A. Name, Getters! Kyd—Bengal and Chin ;—: G. Richardson, Minerva—Madras and Bengal. A French Journalist gravely describes Spa RI u the fields of one Mr. Spa—(ler Champ:de Spa). The Parisian Journalists are amusing their Tess ix with the following Christmas tale, which will Jon) less be dramatized in due time: " Three weeks ago, during a violent night sire• in the Categat, a Russian and a Dutch vessel do• against each other with a tremendous crash-I' ol fled by the shock, the wife of the Dutch Car 't rushed upon deck in her shift, and thinking laklu band's vessel was sinking, sprung into the s hroud. the Rossian ship. In an instant a hurricane sepAr ted the two vessels. The Dutchman continued le voyage to Copenhagen, and the Russian, wnh prize,.steered towards the Mediterranean. P' Dutch Captain is inconsolable for Isis 1.4% waits with anxious solicitude for the return et g Russian ship with his Mier 14 I" WFSTIMNATER PLAY.. r Yesterday even'ty, the Kin; Scholars performed a second time the ./Car. e TINENCIE. The Scholars have much improved tin the representation or rehearsal the week before; ani! . . ease and spirit with which they went through the th racterswere noless creditableto their abilities thin rh punctual adhirence to the. text was to their diliEen The Prologue, which was delivered by Mr. contained an eulogium on the late Dean of It from, and compliments to the present De 41.14 Dr. CA (MY. lately head Master. The Epilogue. a . recited by Gnarho (Mr. Boutore), and 'Arai° (N' Sitonv) : The soldier laments that the war 4 end, but the parasite advises him to offer hinice:t Master ..f the Ceremonies at Bath I Among company were, Mr. Baron RICHARDS. PARKE, Mr. M. A. TAYLOR, Dr. CARRY, the llext Westminsterattd.others. EX:COM/M.—This morning inram ifriderro executed-in tint Old Bailey, for the murder of Levi,: pursuant to his sentence., Tl:e body lA, t. to unfortunate culprit, after having been suseenly usual period, was cut down and delivered to surgeons nadest BaOQ rtholomew Ot l r or ed eri a ' n s d H c o o s a p v ir i : te i, d io c r 3 c is t , ' ::: day last • . lost Intim ition. left f the :am ligathtr 4111 geon to thi and had fi MILIMA is Wu Lock. ha tunic) the Lactic' CRIMSON, 'rhe chi ever, one had all as leaving, 1 part for l praise is Master the sold u tNoti l: of the in' tiro 'hi' 'wrecked Inept B ilia chic slips gd , Attie the is In Wet at Arcil Imo, II Newton *eel We Blu &tiro Cart, far Gre Vincan Lark, set, fn ItWilf An folittdl gage, iwerbc gr 1101111 crew b a s . wrecked c 1, on the e also brie , the total' &tech:tient o Attalla at, atad th s er on their preCi so short s o p tffber, ism hour wj:hed e i puld gel ; d ie Mat to endi it* • shed to Pi' to .the s r. cet th .1 • to sena cc fuel w it. al s mall rl gai blehtl . - ftr thi t the surf the saik , a i r feet sui 'the point ai d, mad as hauled *gge.l a sli t; , e l those i e 110 wb rt. Her NAi ME' PS ga homy h tot Ti tOt;lj