Star. — London, England, 1818-09-02 00:00:00

FRO On the se' • half a of tin the IF: •• . and e: s gidera 'The c • ....in ' way, *overlie or toe highe, safe; water aroun whole child] their barns not inhab tion drow t4vcr, anu) whic; sure, his 11 sister • TI 18 fe strew than • trees throt place river cure • • cipal (sere] tout •PArri visor (-ate: been than • the e the amo the in& I • Ste C Box part Bro, over a vra ' Gile T stag plet tore the tl.e Fr,. Lo: V Err En . Se •ff 1 of rest • Ott age the of • ins 1 .led En Hi in At ha , the of of el to th , th , tit de o. cc 1 Cl fit 1. tit 1 ;i 3: ' ti • . 11011 THE QUEBEC GAZETTE, JULY 21. On the Gth instant, at about five o'clock in the morning, the inhabitants of the parish of St. Giles, the settlements of which extend two leagues and a half along the low grounds on the banks of a river of the same name, falling into the Chaudiere, above tie Falls, yerceived that the river was rising with ex trao.-dinary rapidity. It soon overflowed its banks, and extended over the low grounds, in a wave of con giderable htight moving faster than a man can walk. ;The cattle in the fields were either immediately swept :away, or retiring to eminences, soon surrounded and 'overflowed, were drowned. 'The inhabitants remained or took refuge in their houses, generally built on the highest grounds, in expectation that they would be sate; but these also soon surrounded. As the water rose in the houses, sweeping away every thing around them, they ascended into their gatrets. One whole family, the wife of Augustin Houle, and six children, were precipitated in the flood, along with their house, and drowned. Several other houses and barns were carried away, or damaged, but we have not heard of any other lives being lost. Many of the - , inhabitants have lost all their cattle, and a great por tion of the live stock of the whole settlement is drowned. All the hay, being generally along the ;ver, and almost all the grain, is destroyed. Sand ru heaps of drifted timber, now cover the fields, on :hich the unfortunate owner contemplated with plea ;are, only the evening before, an abundant reward of its labour, or at least a fair prospect . of future sub istence for himself - and family. The river rose seven feet in 12 minutes, and abciut . .8 feet above its usual level in a few hours.: from a stream of about SO 'feet it became a river of more than a mile in width ; it tore up by the roots elm trees of three feet in diameter, and has made gullies throughout the fields to the-depth of six feet. In many place, Its course is changed ; the main bed of the ver now runs where the house of one Antoine Cou ture stood the day before. It was five days before it' raj:el within its banks. Toe foulowing are the names of some of the prin ..i pal sufferers :—Augustin Houle, Augustin Philippe, Germain Monttnensil, Philippe Tierhatie, Antoine 'Couture, Etienne Philippe, Amable Delage, Pierre Paradis, Edward, Antoine Hamel, and Mr. Da vison. We have no doubt, however, that authenti cated statements will soon be made out. There had been no rain of any consequence at St. Giles for more. than a week before the above disaster. The cause of the sudden overflowing of the river is supposed to be the heayy thunder showers of the preceding day, among the mountains on the south shore, towards the sources of the St. Giles. People who were work ing on Craig's road, six leagues up the waters of the St. Giles, and also people who have come in from Broughton, report that the rain fell in torrents in those parts on Sunday afternoon, and during the night. In Broirehton, the course of a river was changed by its overflowing, the roads Bullied, and bridges carried away. It is needless to mention, that along the St. Giles hardly any roads or bridges remain. HAMBURGH MAIL. HANOVER, AUGUST so. • The Duke of Cambridge will only travel by short. stages, on account of the health of the Dichess,f which allows us to hope that we may see the meet pl4aiOg expectations fulfilled ; it is probable, there..l tore, that their Royal Highnesses will not arrive All, the ena of this month. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Clarence will go ft.r some time to Stutgardt, to visit tl.e Queen Dowager of Wurtemberg. His Excellency Count Munster will shortly go to Fr..r.kfort, and return in the middle of October to London. BERLIN, AUGUST 1722. According to authentic accounts, his Majesty the Emperor Alexander will arrive at Berlin in the mi& die of next month, and probably stay here five days. It is said that a new division of the whole Russian Empire is intended, viz. into thirteen great divisions. Several Governments will be formed into one divi sion,•and have a Governor orViceroy. The provinces of Vollhynia and Podolia are to be united with the rest of the kingdom of Poland. ST. i'ETERSBURGII, AUGUST 7. The brig the Iturik, commanded by Lieutenant Otto Vcn Kotzebue, which was lilted out for a voy age round the world, at the expense of the Chancel- In, Count Rornanzow, and sailed from Cronstadt on the 18th July, 1815, arrived there safe on the 19th of July (0. b.), 1818. We may expect very interest ing information respecting thi.. voyage. Daniel Wheeler, a Quaker, distinguished by his good character, religious way of thinking, and know ledge of agriculture, has lately arrived here from England.. in consequence of a previous invitation.— His principal employment will be to drain the bogs in the neighbourhood of the capital, to make them fit for tillage, and xo dig the turf (or peat), which has not hitherto been turned to any use. His Majesty' the Eassferor has not only signified his nppsobaticret of the undertaking, and assured the said I). Wheeler of his favour, but has also assigned him a salary of. 500'pounds sterling per annum, and the sum of 23,0*.10 ro'ibles for the first beginning, towards the expense of the work, and a detachment of pioneers to dig ditches, &c. His Majesty has confided it to the special care of M. Von kosodorsleff, Minister of the Interior, and Prince Golitzin, Minister of Na tional Instruction. It is to be expected that the un deitaking will be attended with complete success. Madame krudener lives undisturbed on her estates in Livonia, and continues her religious exercit , es with oat any impediments. STOCKHOLM, AUGUST 14. While the new organizition of the Land Farce is completed, the augmentation and improvement of the Swedish Marine gradually advance. Since the ship of the line, Charles 111. was launch ed last year, another is building at Carlscrona, to be called King Charles John. Six - large gun-boats were finished ; and in Gothland, Deland, and at Calmar, eighteen new vessels in all have been built for the bavy. It is calculated that the galley fleet alone has bvn increased by one-half since the last naval war. We have, to man these vessels, 20,000 able and cx porionctA scamen. limbleirgh Exchange on London, August (lith -3::. I.—J3. 7. EAST INDIES , —r" CALCUTTA, auneu • It is the public property captured it JavOod, Sas. been restored to Scindioh. The Treaty with Jypore Rajah is in progress, and expected to be concluded very shortly. The Marquis of Hastings was at Sheughun-bridgr on the 20th February, and intended to cross the Jamna the following day. It is said his Lordship intends today only two days at Cawnpore and a wiek at Lucknow, and then proceed direct to Goruckpore. . _ " Carty, Sumpter, Feb. Li, Ist S. " General Watson's detachment is proceeding to wards Busseah to take forts ! Yesterday the whole division of the army moved ground from Kunjowlie, where we were detained, it was said, to observe how Scindiah should feel under the punishment given to one of his Sirdars by General Browne. His Lord ship and the main body moved towards the bridge, (Shere Ghur) and will be speedily dispersed, and com fortably logged in cantonments. We marched to Tolgong, a distance of ten miles—very long ones, and today we reacted this . place, 11 more. On leaying camp, the force consisted of one battalion Ist, and one of the 26th Native Infantry, and a corps of cavalry--but to-morrow, we shall move with the ad ditiim of the battering train and a battalion of the ,13th Native Infantry, which have been here for some time. Omrah is the halting place—a distance of ten miles, and 13 or 14 more of such marches, will bring us before Kimlassa, which, they say, is the fort to be 'first attacked, and the strongest of the whole. I have seen our route laid down -as far as this place, but no fuither. But I know not when we shall fall in with General Marshall aad his division." COTTON'. rFROM THE ASIATIC 611811981 Mirtspore Bazar, Feb. 1, 18t8. Banda . - Ra. 113 0 per Durrah. Rotchoura - - 110 3 ditto. Furreala 1 9 6 ditto. Ilatrua - 1 9 0 ditto. 'Dan - 1 8' 9 ditto. In the market - 121,406 inaundi. It is with regret w notice the enormous prices of Cotton in the above market. In Calcutta we have ,not heard that sales have been effected. . We had flattered ourselves with a hope of the de imand for this very important article of India com- Meree, becoming from its cheapness permanently es tablished with our manufacturers in England, to the exclusion of a very considerable portion of that im ported from America, but we now fear the hope will prove fallacious. It would undoubtedly have taken place could we have continued to supply the home Markets, at a price not exceeding 9d. to 101. per lb. which•the present rate of freight ought to enable the , merchant to do, were the planter or speculator satis fied with a moderate compensation for his labour. At the above price it was forcing itself on the ge neral attention of the manufacturer, and would in the course of a few years have called for a supply of two or 300,000 bales per annum, but instead of our encouraging this and fostering the trade now in its infancy, such a check will be given this year by heedless speculation, as will for a tame retard its pro gress to- maturity. Notting short of moderate prices will ever accom plish what we so much desire i.e. to fee India in the full possessioa of the British market. •i- • • - This cannot lie expected unless a verreenaiderable 'difference- exists between the price of Bengal and American Cotton, as the quality of every description of the latter, both for length of staple and cleanness has ever been superior, which occasions a natural preference in its favour with the manufacturer, who will not be induced to alter hit machinery in order to adapt it to the use of Bengal short staple Cotton, which at the present price would cost him almost as much as the American can afford to supply him. The deficiency of the American crop, to which we attribute the high price of Bengal Cotton In Eng land, will for a time prove highly prejudicial to this country, by raising the prices in Calcutta and adja-J cent markets ; the consequence will be, that the •ma nufacturer, who may have partially altered his ma chinery, as well as him, who contemplated it, will revert to the old system, and give the American Cotton the, preference, as owing to the mixture of &it, seed, and leaf, arising from negligence in ga thering the produce of this country, the waste is tench greater, and will more than counterbalance a trifling difference of price. With regard to the China trade, we consider the rice of Kutchoura to be perfectly prohibitory, and unagine that during the present mania (which may probably terminate in the same manner as the free 'trading one) shipments to that quarter cannot with prudence be effected, as we find 18 rupees per maund an.tcrewed bales (which it would cost taking the ave tage price at Misapore of the Cottons usually sent to China) to pay a freight of 17 rupees per bale, would require 15 tale per pecul, a price never yet beard of in China : in fact we incline to think sales fit any price will be very heavy is Canton at the coin bueneement of the season. They were completely de tei'Ved the past year with regard to quantity, conse- Anently. till they actually see the importation.will be .'*try guarded. - Since writing the above, we have carefully exa-', !mined the export of Cotton from this port during the past year, as well as the deliveries from the ware houses, as late as we are furnished with them. The search has been attended with much gratification to ourselves, and the statement we now lay before our Readers, will we doubt not excite a similar feeling in that portion of them, who are desirous of the ul tilnate prosperity of a trade, which promises to be come so important not only to the interests of this but to the mother country ; we allude to the supplies of Cotton being drawn from British India, instead of Foreign America, and rejoice to find the quantity so very considerable exported to England from Cal cutta only, of the past year's crop, which the pro prietors will be enabled to dispose. of on reasonable terms, gaining a fair mercantile profit. • It would appear, by the latest Price Current from England, that the weight of the exportation had not been felt, in the home market, owing to the preva lence of easterly winds having prevented the ex pected arrivals, which cannot, we believe, to so large an extent be there anticipated—say an average supply of 13,100 balenper month during the last ten months, which is 4000 bales per month, more than the ex :nand of July last,...at which period it seems tc, have teached its acme. At high • paces, as the follay. tag LONDON. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1818. Lenox BuseT.—lleliday at the Bank, Lachequer, and South-fmta House. Private accounts from India contain several in teresting statements which have not appeared in the printed Journals or public dispatches. The accounts relating to the conduct of the Dutch since their pos sessions in the Last were so impoliticly restored to them, demand, and probably will obtain, the serious attention of our Government.. In .he Lndian Archi- pelago they have revived, unmitigated, those princi ples of exclusion by which their commercial policy has ever been distinguished. They have closed all the Eastern ports, obliged all the native vessels to carry Dutch flags and Dutch papers. They ate taking possession of all the ports, as Borneo, Sumatra, &c. &c. so as to form the same system of arbitrary exclusion they did before the last century, the bar barities of which, particularly those practised at Arn boyna, can never be forgotten. It was he4that, in 1621, they first tortured and then murdered the Eng lish, thereby engrossing the whole trade of the island and also that of 'Banda. The same hostility and de: termination to destroy all British trade in that quar ter is now open and avowed. They do all in their power to lower and degrade the British name, to ar rest British merchants residing at Batavia, and, in short, to harass and oppress them wherever they pre sent themselves. Acting ;n such a manner to the subjects of that Government to whose persevering labours, and, per haps, blameable liberality, they are indebted not merely for their restoration to a participation in the commerce of the East, but for their very existence, as an independent people—acting thus towards a country which possesses the means to vindicate its own rights and redress its own wrongs, what can be expected from tha Dutch in respect to the unhappy, natives who are cursed with the presence of their arms and their cupidity ? Such have already been their oppression and injustice, that the natives in the Moluccas, and in some parts of-Java, have risen in arms against them ; and the mercileis tyrants, as the speediest way to silence their complaints, are now butchering them by thousands ! We have not the arrogance to dictate what should be the conduct of England on an occalion like this, To our assignment of these natives to " the tender mercies of the wicked" are they indebted for their present misery ; and without some restraint upon this system of encroachment and aggression, the whole of the Eastern trade will be lost. The Dutch are gra dually monopolizing and raising the price of all ar ticles the produce of the Archipelago, and are send ing ships on their own account to Bengal to sell cop per and tin, from Japan and Banca, to the nuin of the British mining interest. The impolicy of giving up these places to them requires no farther illustration. Bat this is not all that we have to complain of: in order to debar us from all intercourse with the natives, they keep in commission three line-of-battle ships, five frigates, several sloops of war, and innumerable armed vessels ; in short, there is every thing but peace in that quarter. The prices of Coloni4 produce at Java, in conse quence of these rest:Affirm% arias follow :—Coffee, from 18 to 20 dollars; Pepper, 13 dollars; Sugar, from nine to ten; which is three times the price they were when that fine island was sunder the wise and paternal government of Sir THOMAS S. 11 IFYLES.— We are no advocates for war ; but we are not, there fore„ dispOsed to sacrifice the rights, interests, and honour crf Abe country to- a rival nation. We have been layiih to excess in our concessions to the Dutch ; but whatever cause the country may have to repent of its bounty, we do not propose to retract a particle Of it: 'tit them hive all they have a right to by virtue of their Treaty ; but do not let thenrinterfere with the independence of the native ports, or restrict our commerce at their pleasure. The following is an Eitract from a Private Letter, dated Ber.coolen, April 15, 1818: " Our new Lieut.-Governor, Sir THOMAS S. RA rrz Lady, and suite, arrived here on the 21st tilt. lie landed on the next day, and tt , ok char ;e nt the Government to the uv.itl forms. The great chatact , r which be acquired in JaVA had ex.7ited great expectation, and has made his presence very weleouv!. The manner in which this place has been r.eglected, calls for imrac diate change and revixion,;aud considerable reductions, I under stand, are in contemplation. " On the arrival of the intelligence of the melzischoly death of the Princess Cnautortra, the whole Settlement Went into amounting; and on the 27th March, the Lientenant-Governor samsnocell a general meeting of the Inhabitants , who fram ed and signed Addresses to their Royal Highnesses the Palaceße , uz..sr and Prime LLOPOLD of Sax.:, - Cow,usto,.deplorir.: this ea ianimus er.srt, whie-h have : .b.„*.n transmitted to E47 . ,:t4nd T'Y Captain gitcsixt.t., of the Itast Ipdia Cotr.pani's ship Nuethun.- month tali short of it by 1400 bales : this large sup ply, together with the arrival of the Ainerican crops (commencing in January) mast, we conceive, reduce the price to the old standard, especially if the qua lity of the American proves better than the former crop, and the quantity even equal t greater we ima gine it will be, as letters mention the cultivation to be considerably extended in the United States, the planter finding that land► not suitable to other pur poses / can be advantageouttly employed in the pro duction of inferior Cottons. We therefore hope to sue a speedy reduction in the prices, both at home and in this count' y, to enable us to cope with the Ame rican planter and merchant. THE EVENING STAR. &Amid. The lieetenattt-Covernot also took advantage a sorrow and feeling of the moment to establish The &m ar Ausillary Bible Society,' and the Rev. :Sir. Wu: ; our Ch ap. ' lain, preached an appropriate sernitot on the occssien. Kt*. 'can equal the melancholy with which we 841,1 OTtrWeitned consequence of this sad catastrophe. By none does it A ppr ar I have been more deeply felt than by our Litutenint-Gerert Ilia 114)1,21 Highness P.ince Laiwou. was particclarly hint at Claremont, where be was always a weicane during his late visit to England, prior to lais aitpoineannt fiettleariern. " The duty on the export of spices has berm then in a short time we shall export enough for the cotine.;• l England, and eventually of the Continent. The ciltiveters themselves well paid at a halfpenny per lb. for rut :;. t , we had a right to espees, from the liiierd and enliere:e of our new Lieutenant-Governor, I tate:tea:el 1:e pr immediately abolish slivery, and emancipate t• the forced deliveries, fcc. under which they tzv.: "ten. bottred. The gutting and cock-fighting farm, the endlers evils, are to be abolished irons the Ist cf 'country has suffered much from earthquakes. Titey on the 16th of :Starch, when the most violent sh , n.lti atm nearly all the public t difices are in ruins ; the Government i melees, and every building in the place rent and out—these earthquakes have continued at intervas list month, but hopes art entertained that they ar e no: ,There has been a South American pirate swet.ing me some time, and if the Patriot cause succeeds, the Inn: will be supreme at filat.illa." • n::~e~ The Asiatic -Aferivr peesents several incidents tive to the IndianrWer which we have not obse to be noticed in the Official Dispatches, and w indeed, from their nature, mufti not be expect / find a place there. It appears, that shortly the great battle 'of Maheidpoor, the BUYS (a Pr of HOLICAR'S family) was cruelly murdered. Si been previously - placed in confinement in ans.qu i of her having wished to prevent a war v.:111 the 7 lisp. A Council was then held by Roost;c:: ROOSHUN KHAN, and Giiurrox tx, by trfin was determined, that she should be put to dna'.l; she was accordingly taken down to the bed of the and publicly beheaded. Several quarrels after this place between the different Chiefs, but the infition ROOSHUN BEG prevailed, and the bark ras fo7 The consequence, however, was fatal to him. battalions which he commanded were cut up dispersed, himself wounded, and his influence hilated. On the South of the Nerbudda, the A of the PEISHWA hid taken great rains to seduce Sepoys in our service, and had induced 5ev , .7...: longing to the Bombay Presidency to de: t. pr.. by bribes and promises of reward, and p.: 11 threatening to inflict cruelties and oppreui.es ca their families and friends. In consequence, the and Military Authorities, at all the British stlt:ms, were particularly enjoined to extend protectior. to ail the families of Sepoys who sought refuge within oar territories. This measure, joined to the subsequent defeats - which the PLIsHWA erperienced, had con. pleiely put a stop to the desertion among the Sepoys In an another part of our Paper OUT Deaden will find two sets of documents under the beads cf Lower and Upper Canada, which arc deserving tf very serious -attention, for the singularly oppc-; character of their contents; In the one we are pre.:ented vith an Address ft the inhabitants of the city and vicinity of Quebec . General Sr lons 91tEgustoostr., on his TEtirern from the sitnatiOn of Governor in Chief of the P-c• wince of Lower Canada, in which they express in II: .strongest /mintier their gratitude, slant, under hii Es. eellency's auspices, the progress of trade and industrj s been faCilitated by improvements in the internal nopurtuninations thioughowt the province. agric9ltnrl has been patroniZed and encouraged, mail Nry.ble• some laws have been promoted, the pet;tiwu ( ! i tat ailject listened to and impartially decided, and to constitutional rights and liberties of the people nava. I .iiably respected. 1 1 Contracted with this, are two Addr - cses from -. 1 1 Legislature of the Province of Upper C.inada, to t.. PRINCE RECENT, which breathe nothing b . ,.... I language of remonstrance and complaint, and 7 . .•.. e picture of the state of affairs in thdt_ P..-,Vince -, di ferent as it is possible to conceive from t'. - : Canada. They state, that duri:v; the the United Stares, Vpper (':raga h.. nearly the whole pressure of the encm . attacks—that by the bravery of its ow tinguished in tawny brilliant acf.or.s, neral devotion itt its inhabitants to t!: Britain; the Profiling Was presorred ft don—that the injury the Province s the inroads o f the enemy, in 1c);: property, and general intarupticsa of pursuits, has been such as to reduce of high prosperity to one of great decay—that it was the Harty ?f Me R!: their Soreieign to hare kit/ /fief .-.-(: the a faithful account of their servi..ei . but that they are without the cov...);A:; that this has been done, or that greet of their obtaining the selicl they :o ir The dates of tl:cte A.idre< are, very recent ; but aee have ro.t , ua to Mutter of them is fic,h, anti cireumstaa,:c..s uf proptl paid to them th.t the Pravinee of 1.( now become a scene of so rtic% v under the eq . & vecal indifference o.ri:,,.oventinent on the si a loss to acN:ottnt thew for oa an! s.:li :lave destination, jt Ji!,erty to d.Y..:) menu ; and Utter at he S urtrjta V :a, our th w.ic,„, 164 :L ich rwe i h nvdtv , it Apral. he th• , kind v , of imu e WAWA I 5 'Au S 1:1k1 raker e. Tric itivirt.43, . 1 , I:e :ht f )h : , 7 . , '117111e• haze, 01 throat-L. OurEt rte are nos an% 'he‘k Ems fit the 10r....!pr 0 cidents tea. lot O.:serval , and ' , hick expected wtly Prier :o E (a Prn cr!: CC red. aeL v i ccns.xiaea t e :tier the r. 7- I] 051;C:: 8F. , , by err, m .1 dna% ; and .1 of tlx river diet this took ei e influence of ras rough% o him. 'ae cut up and fitter.ce ann . !, I, the Agen :e to secure fne U sevt7.l: e 7,17 t. )preuioes oa ace, the Oil itish stat:::ns, tectior. to all ge within oar ie subsequent !d, had coin- g the Sepoys our Deaden • the beads cf deserving of arty oppcite kddress fram Quebec so is retirement f of the P-o• l t mpress in 11: under hi: Ea- and industry th the internal aglicoltiarte v . many rt;tiuss (4 du, ided, and the r people lava- -csec from tl-e ...nada, to the .hind nr, and 7:•.•e t - .nt of 1.(7f. l.t:e -.tar to 5•.:6.a.a ,v's Mi.:••'• :he in:el .:•ti frrm i: if all it fr-..: t P. r• • = r - J 7.; ::cli it i, trsin :7": 'II wer C:ir • f .1. •.. • :: • j1:0- .cln ;