The Sun. — London, England, 1823-08-21 00:00:00

1 1:111 4 ' , LONDON JO ~~~' DAI Ktfracts front the 2liornitig . Papers,'Attgust 1. [sew Trees.] s. We dp- not. find in any of our French letters ur papers the slightest confirmation of tiro authenti eitypf this Decree (vit. that of the Duke d'Ati floviKNE /all fir: S yesterdall),. nor indeed , any mention of it whatever and from this cireum artr.nre, as %veil as frarrrits style and purport, we - shob,l4 be inclined to deem it Spurious. The'for ,rattr ‘ 4 important articles" of The Courier are gre4tty ridiculed by the Elude, which says, " It is generally believed that the Editor of The Courier has been the dupe of his. Correspondent . 'aC Madrid,. who, in order to have the appearance 'of doittg something for his salary, • sends all the nonsensical fables that ere to be picked up in the, vtineehouses of.that capital." On •the other hand, ,the - sfournai des Debuts entertains its readers with un account of the principal 'English newspapers', from , that impartial Critic, • the 'Edinburgh Re. ;viewer. The Journal des Debuts, however, la bours to soften the sarcasarns of the Reviewers on The Old Times, which it, represents as' far less disposed ,to radical , opinions than The ilforn ing Chronicle. This is not true.— The ,Chronicle is a more open and more gene rous enemy to monarchical principles than The Old Times but the latter is the more malignant. flas the journal des Debuts forgotten• the in famous Private Correspondence of 1811 g, in which The Old Times charged Monsieur, the -King's brother, .smith taking a part in a conspiracy to Idepose and murder. his Majesty, and involved M. - Chateaubtiand in the same detestable, false, and wicked accusation: Or does it know that The Old Times bus invented and applied to his Royal 'flightless th.ei Nike d'Ang,ouleme the nicknames of Prince .11ilt and Prince Posterior ? It is sin gular, that the Journal der Debuts, a professedly fioyalist l'aperoltould spew 5'..4 much attachment ,to The Old,'Pimes,.the most base and profligate of all the enemies of Royalty'. [mon NrNo n N cLE.I We have at length the, pleasure of laying he• fore our readers the,Spanish account of the daring sortie made by the reserve from La Isla, on se. viol points of the French line of investment, on the 16th ultimo, of which the French had given so garbled a version. (See another part q[ Tim SuN). it. will,be read with the utmost de light, and proves the ardour and firmness with "Mt hich the Constitutionalists are resolved to de fend their invaded liberties. The moral effect of so brilliant an action as the official report de. scribes, makes up, in a ten-fold degree,,for the defection.. of the traitor Ballasteros, who will never get any number of Spaniards to be partici pators in his infamy.—We have often laughed at the idea of the French bombarding or attempting to► ' assault Cadiz, which the Paris Journalists ,Have, 110 frequently threatened—We think they will slow .be ashamed of their threats. ,The fact is this sortiq %post have, been, a severe lesson to the Duke d'Angouletne, and .olost contribute greatly to undeceive him, if ho is not already undeceiv'ed t t r (mess on the part of the Constitutionalist garrison, and the follies of tho Madrid Regency, roust have given lise to the sudden change of ),olicy,by VP hich,lie has resolved to strip the latter or all 'their power and attributes. it was indeed Itigh time, for he would soon have found himself answerable for a series of the blackest and most revolting crimes that ever disgraced the annals of any-country. We should not wonder to see him, le a very few days, giving a enrage to all the iViembers, before that time, El Empecinatto and Lopez Banos do not drive them oat of the spanish capital. 'lbis-Spa:4h report showa the gross falsehoods thel French . insert in their bal. ietins, and, consequently, the caution with which all they tell us ought. toile received. [uutrisu IntEss-.1 The right which , the Allied , Sovereigns claim to themselves of ,interfering , the internal go. vernime,vit, of othercountries, goes to on extent, and. leads to= practicarresults, which they do not appear to . perceive. "If they, as foreigners, have this tight, how, ti fortiori, must the natives be justified. in taking security against not only the a : cool but, the poisible encroachment, on 'the parr of their respective governments, upon that moral freedom and independence which it so much be. heves them to preserve. If these Potentates claim ,a right to Intern - toddle in the con (erns of any other nation, they cannot deny to the subjects of.„that', nation, of Spain for; instance,: the • privilege of regulating their own Constitution, in whatever .manner . heat accordi NAIL their ; ow n happinestystul ,best contributes to their own securicy. Iheir own doctrines force them iolhis concession. Their own subjects, it t?l4ovits-,of course, ate fully , justified in , taking precautions against,and resisting misgovernment, Since this prrnciple is not puly virtually recap. *h e& hy, their, italors,, but it .enforced wherever they , find it to , be matter of interest or expediency to act 1 1 11)(11) ita It. is no, answer to, say, that , the majority of, their own subjects are satisfied with the established order of.things, and therefore the remainder litti-14QUIULta-subutit,. and are punish.; elide „as „should ,they . conspire : ; against it. /11te.reply to this is unauswerable,-; it is, that, Om very. act or their interference pith military, littl,impliefr, that the party to be supported is the -weakest, and consequently th e N utt ,buyonets,ttre hi meat to eno,),le them to lub4Re.A4e . Ta.ioritY. The progress of knowledge is ; extending , ra,pid ly pv . er Europe, ,and its Mill 114r Os,are beginning to feel that reason is . not to refutod by the .11,vvor,d. The time is dram lug rtj . 4W hen they -,voilJ),,e , ,R*P o o Ao .0e r.e1 41 ,c40n or oekti}ympriiiicipigs: "I l eipcompiracy against cite, fref4om of their l itukiects ;will end In the 4u ty,o4.lliot their, power. ,They, will fajl ,victiths trt tho Netaljagott they lave Provok-eti. • 3:be rtlilss of i t ticleyple in every country,,ha,ve 4COine too weft scquAluted with, the i vq,ual. b4uefitu of 11,berty, and less . Nreht44,44nce.--,4t,wPit ittnne,nse estponditure of blood and treasure b4s4rfat,i)ri-, fain iteetedLouis XVIII, on the throne of his an: cestori ; and for what ?.. To act over again the same tyitettr ;despotism rwhich shook every throne on-the Coutineni, and , which 'makes his own not worth twelvo,months purchase. What the sorceress in Mac,beth saYs:to hers Ministers of evil may be applied id our Ministers with equal truth— all you have done litith been but for a wayward eon •pztefuLaud wrathful; who, as others do; Loves for his own ends, not for you. THE TIMES. ] Yesterday letters from Illadrid. to'•the • 14th instant were' received through France. Though the tone exaltation in which the Spanish bels and their friends, the'Frencb`Ultras, lately spoke'le'Considertibly - damped, the Writers still anticipate the speedy ,occurrence of what they call favourable events •at Cadiz. The reports which are referred to inaupport of this expecta tion do not, however, carry with them the stamp of authority. For instance, we are told that cc an extraordinary courier from the head-quarters,who •Was 'the, bearer Of geed news, passed through Madrid on the 12th ;" but, unfotkunately,• this messenger of gladiidings did not think proper to gratify the rabble of the Faith with a single fact from his budget. It is also said that on the 6th a person from Cadiz—the Madrid letters call him an • emissary, a softer title :than a traitor !—ap peered at Puerto de Santa Maria, and had a con ference with Beurdesoult. Ills propositions were not accepted, and he 'returned ; but on the fol lowing day the ringleaders of the plot at Cadiz, if one realty. did exist, sent, it seems, another en voy to ,the French General. Of the result of this' last overture,. nothing is said; Among the rumours it 'is stated, that on 'the Stl, General Alava was removed from his command, tried, and condemned. No hint is given of the na ture of the charge against this distinguished ollicer y who, as a member of the Cortex, has al ways manifested patriotic sentiments, and if we rightly recollect, recently spoken very warmly against making any concessions to the invaders, or any modification of the Constitution which might appear to he dictated by a foreign Power. It is , said that the Regency has ordered all the Consti tutionalists who have been'thrown . into • prison without any legal authority or judicial' sentence to be set at liberty. Tbiameasure is perhaps the first act of submission to the - orders of the French Commander. 'lt is probable, however, that the Duke d'Angouleme will find it difficult to rid himself altogether of the influence of the ItegenCy daring his negociation. He is at least to .be watched, , for the Duke del Infantado, the. Presi dent of the Rebel Junta, and Suez, who assumes the title lof Minister for Foreign Affairs, were about to. leave Madrid and repair to the French .ead-quarters. [MORNING 'JERALD.] A remark worthy of attention recently fell from the barrister, sent down to administer the Insurrection' Act in one of the most disturbed parts of the South of Ireland. The number of offenders was so small, that the country seemed almost restored to a state of, peace and order.— Ife obseried, that he trusted this severe Act would soon be substantially repealed, by the conduct or, the people themselves, upon which its enforpentent, or non-enforcement, depended. Of course it could not have been intended that the poople should ~ k eep, strictly within doors, from • sun-set to sunrise,—but that the ob vious return to peaceable habits would cause a relaxation of the law on the , part ,of ,the Magistrates. Dreadfully arbitrary and oppressive as this law is in its letter, we should not, now that it has once passed, desire to see it , too speedily repealed by the Legislature. `Nothing i is worse than a quick alteration of opposite systems —a a, playing fast and loose," with a population like that of Ireland, at present. 'Let it ' impend until tranquillity becomes secure. Some few recent , examples of liberal and just daenages by 3 nries,on der the sanction of the 3udges,will prevent Ma gis trates and others, from taking advantage of its pro" visions vexatiously or vengefully. 'Another ativan tage has beetEgained—at least some progress made towards it, in, the course of administering.this Act. The I rish , peasant had the idea that he might do what he pleased if he was supported • or counte nanced by a gentleman of consideration in his neighbourhood. This was a mischievous delusion. It wade men confide in the favour they possessed, not in the• innocence of their conduct told the justice of their cause. , Even upon the gentry or magistracy it bad a bad effect. The p a t ron made it .•ft point •of honour—or of vanity—e to protect his clientalage, and the come , quence was, .either mutual understandings, or misunderstandings, between the leading geotryi the Grand Jurors, and Magistrates, to the utter defeat of justice, and injury of the public peace. The peasantry' have recently had precept • and. practice for the, removal of the delusion. A nu _ merous- bench of 'Magistrates is a salutary check upon this destructive, though not ungenerous, system of subordinate fealty and protection. EM6II.I4IING ro'sf.] French Papers to the t Oth inst. reached us by Express yesterday. Their contents will be found' in a preceding column. They are not without interest, though they sink in importance before another communication also received from France, but not through the median of the public Press. This is,nothing; less than a , Decree issued by the Duke of Angoulerne at Andujar, the . effect of which is to deprive the It gentry which he so iropolitic4lly eSttl. Wished at Madrid, of the little ~power which his former flivisinn of Spain into 'Governments under the command of French Generals, had left them. This Decree confirms all that had been asserttA of ' the ill-conduct of that bcdy, and of the tiitierences to which it had given its It is now ,virtually avowed that their Indiscreet and ‘iolent'Jneaaures had endangered a the tranquil lity of the Aingdom and, ti n security of the !French troops, l ' and the whole authority is placed in the hands of the Commanders In'Cltier of French corps, Although the name of' a' ;Regency is still,. allowed to s t uhslbt.- 7 Neither are the powers thus conferrol solely or IS prospective nature. They extend to the past as well as to the futufej rind whilst it is Made unlawful for the "Spanish Authorities " to con fine any one in prison a without , the intetvention of the French Commanders," the letter are au thorised " to direct the release" of all indivi duals who "shall have been arbitrarily imprison ed for political reasons." - They / ate even em powered to " apprehend all those who shall con travene that order," a threat which can possibly be aimed at no other body than the. Regency ; for by it alone has • a disposition been shown to persist in its headlong course, and to sanction, if not to excite, a spirit of wanton outrage and ferocity amongst the people. The mighty engine of the Press, of which those spurious Regents made so vile a use, is also removed out of their hands,and all periodical publications and conduc tors of eewspapers are placed under the surveillance of the French Commanders. That this is a pre paratory step for the extinction of the Regency altogether, little doubt can 13e entertained. They are gradually disarmed of all their powers, in order that they should be able to oppose no resistance to the blow by which their political existence is to be destroyed. The Royal Duke has now ascertained •by his own, experience the real nature, the objects, and the dangers, of ultra principles and ultra vio lence. He is aware how far the latter can be carried against every authority by which it is op posed, and he feels that the outcry lately raised against the Cortes, will be raised against him by the very traitors whom he unguardedly invested with political power on his approach to Madrid, when they find that he is willing to treat with the Consti tutionalists and to preserve a modified Constitu tion. To leave the Press at their disposal would be, under such circumstances, to give them the means of maintaining themselves against his will, or at least of creating considerable agitation, and per-, haps exciting a Royalist insurrection against him. He has therefore wisely acted in depriving them before it was too late of their chief offensive weapon ; and it, is certainly but just that those who, like the Madrid Regency, struggle so hard to establish pure and unmiugled Despotism, should be the first to feel and to lament the ap plication of a despotic measure. Sy. Jitst.k.sis,.P4llK.—The excavators having failed in their, attempt in opening a sewer from the Thames to carry oft' the water in the Canal, the Board of Works directed an open sewer to be cut across the Parade to Whitehall Stairs, to effect the original intention of clearing the Canal. This' work commenced a few days ago, and al ready the old sewer has been opened as far as the Mortar; and from thence across, to the iron grate or flood-gate ; all the old wooden trunks are taken ups they we r e found very defective, , and some parts were completely choked up : the men were. instructed to cut. the new sewer in a tiemicit cular form from the end of the.COUlli,so as to c u t off the angle which extended u p to the mortar. The work is proceeding very rap idl y . Deal and planks ire already brought into the. Park to be u se d i n clearing the Canal, which i s f ill e d up with m u d to the banks. When it is cleared, brick -work is to be erected a ll round the banks, like the basin In the Green Park, by which means, and the cur rent expected to be kept up between it and the Thames, its waters will be, kept as clear and fresh as those, of the Basin. : Some say that an iron bridge for the accommodation of Westminster is to be thrown across the Canal when the other repairs are completed. But,Locx Persons ICilled). —Last evening, between five and six o'clock, a most daring and flagitious outrage was 'perpe trated at the cilia end of theMettopelis, of which the following-are the particulars :—lt seems that about the lime stated, a servant of Mr. Browne, a . respectable master butcher iti'Whitechapel mar.. ket, was removing a bullock from thence to a slaughter-hpuse in Goulstone-street, not far dis tant, when the animal was rescued from him by a gang..of ruffians who, as they were wont to do on all such occasions, commenced heating it in a most brutal manlier. Such treatment of course tending to drive the animal wild, he proceeded in an infuriated state along . .the road, towards. the London Hospital, chased by a motley group of desperadoes, amounting' to several hundreds ; he foamed at the mouth, and bellowed in.,a terrific manner, and upset every person and thing that he came in contact with. On arriving .opposites the gate of the hospital, he attacked a boy about five years of age, who unfortunately had not time to get out of the way, and having lifted him on his. hotns, - hulled him into the air ; and, on the boy's alighting on the earth, the animal made' towards hi nt aga i n , and tossed hint into the air in a similar tanner; and, on his being picked up, he .was discovered to be lifeless ; the, roof of his mouth was nearly• torn out, in consequence of one of the horns getting,in there. The mob did not seem . sntisfied, even after , this Melancliolysircumstance: • haPpmed t and, evidently ,bent on- further mis chief, drove the bullock into the fields behind the hospital, and here an old lady also lost her life in a similar manner to the former. The Lambeth street ofil.c:rs, .accompanied by , a party of the Bow-street.patrol, by this time .came np, and . after having secured the bullock, captured some of the ()Wendel", and lodged them in Wbitechapel watch-liouse. • ' SHOCKING A cciDrNT.—Samuel .Charman, the .driver -theMarminster. waggon, ...was on Tuesday ,afternoon brought to listton,gartien Office. by Charles . Read, - one of the liow.street p a t ro l, under the following circumstances :—ltap. peared .tiuq , _about three o'clock on that, day Outman was proceeding with his waggcm along Holborn, on him way out of town, ;ld had reached t h a t part of Holborn which is just "oPn“ 14441 r Tu r nstile, . where :there is ,a , listekney.coach. ' stand,' when ngeotleidan'a carriage attempted to pms him; to afford rooni, lie iminetliately drew hislraggon close up by the .citrb-stone.. The. cipsFinuan, , howet i er, in avoiding the wag o n , brought his. hi'M , w1;01 in. CdOdet with the hind v/4te of, one of the coaches on the stand, when the shock co bt rr i i 9 e i ge was 'overturned and the coaclimaw th rown from, the box under the waggon , the wheel` of wilich."4"'QYer 418 titir . state , but with titllfil'ieWSlOlifelith-lit.'lielirOrVaeirlYy,egemluiendio7.: Intunate 'matt . was conveyed to the . ht flospitid. persons inside the roach ,fortunately, escaped with-but slight prui-555. The carriage in its fallhappeping to strikettgainsttlie I.taggorcaulted it to swerve so m uch as to *force ticle load of they 'waggon against one of the new 17011' lamp: posts, which i n , t9. l toetin i ence w jt e,b r o t onin oych key* 01 1 4 0 , 01 1 044 1 W stand. , • in g• 4e Above anil.temout ~C-0,0401 . by A4ATTARetsons. Who witn esse d t h e acc ide nt . The magistrate, after he a r ing the' idatimtnti , observed;-that fro blame whatever appeared- fa at.; .tech to the waggoner i wto,.efter igO4litit,his'OttrOts its per. , ' tO depart. THE 11ITOtti'OF LEONORA; • OR, 'TiIE FATAL Al Agaimn. Vsirat a Traveller's Jontm L] As I rambled one summer's morning with my gun and my dog; over the vast mountains which surrounded me at Orton Lodges [came, as the sun was rising,'to a valley about four miles from my house, which I had. not seen before, as the way to it over the Fells. was allangerous road. It was !green and flowery, had clumps olotiks in several spots, and from the hovering top of a pre- . cipiece at the end of the glen a river falls in-: gulped in rifted rocks. *lt is a fine rural scene. Here I sat' down to rest myielf, and was ailinir ing the natural beauties of the place, when I saw three females turn into the vale and walk to wards the waterfall. One of them appeared to be the mistress, . had an extravagance of beauty in her face, and a form such as I bad not often seen. The others were pretty women dressed like Quakers, and. very clean. They came very: near the water where I was, but did not see me, as I was behind two racks which • alinost joined ; and, after they had looked • awhile at the headlong . river,• they went back, and - entering a narrow way between two hills, disappeared. I was greatly surprised at what I had• seen, not ima gining I had such a neighbour in Richmondshire, and resolved to know who this beauty was. The wonders of her face, her figure, and her mein, were striking to the last degree. Arising then as soon as they were out of sight, I walked on to the turning I saw them enter ; and in half an hour's time came to a plain, through. which seve ral.brooks wandered, and on the margin of one of them - was a grove and a mansion. It was a sweet habitation, at the entrance ofa little wood; and before the door, on banks of flowers, sat the illustrious owner of this retreat and 'her two maids. In such a place, in such a manner, so un expectedly to find so charming a woman, seemed to me as pleasing an incident as could be met With in travelling over the world. At my coming . near this lady she appeared to be astonished, and to wonder much at seeing such an inhabitant in that part of the world ; but on pulling of my hit, and telling her I came to visit her as her neigh. hour, to pay my humble respects to her, and beg the honour of her acquaintance, she asked me from what vale or mountain I came, and how long I had been resident in that wild part of the world ? This produced a compendium of • some part of my story, and when Thad done, she de sired me to walk in. i did so, and after break fast, when I was about to take leave of her, I I. said, if it was agreeable, I would wait upon her again. This beauty replied, that it would give her pleasure to see me when had a few hours to spare. Three times more I went Aery.sooni and after dinner, one day, she . gave me the fok lowing relation :—My name was Leonora Sara field before I married an Irishman, one Burk, whom I met at Avignon, in France ; he was one of the handsothest men Of the age, though his hopes were all his fortune, but lie proved a villain as great as ever disgraced mankind. His 'breed— ing and his eloquence, added 4,116 fine figure, induced me to fancy him an angel of a man, and to imagine. I had well bestowed.a hundred iousand pounds to make him great, and as happy as the day is long ; fore three months he played the gad, and I fondly thought there was not such another happy woman as myself in all the world. I was mistaken ; Burk found out by some means or other that I , had concealed five thousand pounds of , my fortune from his knowledge, and that I was in my heart so good a Pre(estant, thit it was impossible to bring me over to .Popery, or ever get me to - be an idolater•at, the massy be - fore the tiny,.God of Dough; .that never' be brought to look upon the invented superstitions and horrible corruptions of the . Church of Rome as the true religion, nor be ever persuaded .to: assist at' the Latin - service in that communion, as, it must be an abomination to Christ and to the rale of faith. When Burk perceived these things, lie threw oft' the disguise, and appeared a monster instead of a man, us he was a bigot of the first order, a furious papist, ,(which I did not know when we married) ; and as 'he was by nature as' cruel as lie was avaricous by principle, he began to use me in the vilest manner, and by words and deeds did all he could to make my life a burthen to me. lie was ever abuiing me in the worst language ; cursing me for a heretic, ler ever' damned ; and by blows compelling me to inform, him where my money was; He has left me all' over blood very often, and when he found 1 still' held out, and would not discover to him ' what re.; mined, of my fortune, nor, which I valued much more than my money, violatemy religion, by re. nouncing the .customs and practice of the reformed church, and joining in the sinful worship of the mass, he Caine to me one night with a small , oak sapling, and beat me in such a' manner,as left me almost dead. lie then went out of the house, and . told me he would return by twelve, and make me comply, or he would break every bone in my `body. This happengd at a country-seat of mine in this shire ' all the serVants . being - obliged to ;lie every night in an out-home, ,that he might' have the more power over me. His excessive. avarice was but one cause of 'his inhuman beha-. .viour : it was the zed of this raging bigot for `his ever.cursed.Popery, that made him act the unre lenting Inquisitor. - I, asked you, Sir, before' I ,began my story, if you were a Catholic, and ,as' : yon assured me you were the very reverse, I may' Indulge myself a little 'in 'expressing my resent.: mesas against , that religion' of Satan,' which the Doctors drew out of the bottoroless,pit. .--4 t is p religion formed in Hell .by 'Devils, And from them'brought by those arch . poliriciaas, _the' mass-priests, to Make the world their slaves,' nor rack the human race to death by torments that ,wonld pethaps even melt devils themselves, .0, , blOody and infernal ScheMe of worship !, Surely there some chosen curse,. ,some - hidden thun der, in the, stores of _Hea ven, red with unicorn mon wrath, to blast the men who owe their' g fen t iiess to their a postac.y from . ,the religion of Christ Jesus, and to the woes and pains Mies , ' lay on mankind. 13y the religion of Modern acme ? Jou .see in ,me wife almost tortured to iestinctitni p l . l a,l, , Roman Catholic husband nor urn ' . 1 the onl y married Protestant woman, 'who has felt the stripes and bruises of a merciless I Popis I companion, Being thusleft by. park, and still in dread of worse usage on his return, I escaped bra private way out of the ttottse,' to the cottage of an old woman, mynurse. Under her care I got well, and removed to this lone house, which my father had built in this spot for occasional retirement. Hbre I have been for two years past, and am as happy as I desire to be : nay, vastly so, as I am now free, and delivered from a wretch whose avarice and cruelty made me a spectacle to angels arid men ; because, Sir, I would not reduce myself to the , state of a beggar to satisfy his insatiable love of money, nor worship his dead-woman, and bit of bread ; his rabble of Saints, images, relics, and that Sore reign cheat the Pope; because Lwould net give up all I' had, and become an idolater, as far more despicable and sinful than the ancient Pagans; as the Ili:Knish ritual and devotions are more stupid and abominable than the heathen religion • for disobedience in these respects, pains and pen:tilim without ceasing were my appointment, and I was , for some months almost as miserable as the damned. Such, Sir, was my fatal marriage. GREAT AMERICAN CANAL. , Thii great work, which was begat and will be completed next year, is the longest canal ! irk exist.- ence, and though upon a small scale as to breadth and depth, is, we believe, in point of pecuniary outlay, the greatest work of the kind ever executed. It is 363 miles in length, 40 feet wide at the surface of the water, 28 at the bottom, and four feet deep - and • will- cost about . five millions of dollars (1,100,0001.) or 3,0001. per mile on an average. The canal, which extends from Black Rock, at the east end.. of Lake Erie, to Albany on the Hudson, will render this river, the chief—al most the sole outlet; and New York; the great ern. .porium of a fertile country extending along the lakes, much larger than the British isles, and fast filling up with inhabi. tants, Proceeding eastward from the Lake Erie, the -canal rises 41 feet, and from the summit's level falls 001 feet to the ' Hudson, making an aggregate rise and fail of 649 feet, which; is erected by 77 locks. Two levels or reaches extend over 95 and 70 miles without lockage, a circumstance perhaps without a parallel,: except' In China. There were 238 miles • finished last autumn, and much of the rest was in a very advanced state. The stfinulus it gives to improvement is already seen in the villages and towns which are springing up with asto• nishing rapidity along its whole course. Passage.boats and Bateaux already' ply on. the part* completed. The for• mer, which are generally of a size to carry ninety passen., = gers, Aravel at • the rate of 100 miles in twenty-four hours: and the charge is about lid. or 2d. per mile. When the work is completed, it is thought the price of carriage from Lake Erie to- the Hudson will be reduced at least four.iftha —an alteration that will confer a new value on many heavy articles of agricUltural .prod Pee, .which, will not at present' bear the expence of transportation to market. it is not diffi cult. to see that • this- canal, • with the other connecting Lake; Champlain and the Hudson, will even have a certain political, effect on our American possessions. • These two canals ailbrd ai much readier channel than the St. Lawrence for the exportal tlon of wood, flour, and other articles, from the Canadian as well. as the American side of the lakes, with this farther advantage,. that they are shut by ice only three months and a half, whereas the St. Lawrence is shut nearly six months in the year. They' will therefore connect the Canadians more closely with the Americans by the ties of n u ttual Intercourse and interest, and they will even render the former in some measure dependent on the latter for a market for their produce. National works are called great or little by comparison ; ma and to give a just idea of the enterprise displayed by the ittato of New York in this instance, we shall state the dimensions and cost of some other great works of the same kind. The celebrated canal of Languedoc is 162 miles :long. and sir feet decp,has 190 locks ; it has its summit 1eve1.639 feet above the sea, cost 13,000,008 'lyres • (equal to' 650,00014, and war finished in 15 years. TherForth and Clyde Canal is 30 miles long, was originally ' seven feet deep, has 39 locks, -rises to the height of 156 feet ,above the sea, cost 300,000/., and was finished in 22 years. The Caledonian canal is 214 -miles long. ( exclustre of the locks), is to be 20 feet deep, has 22 locks, rises 93 feet above the sea, will cost 960,000 1 ., - and -will be 'finished in 20 years from the time it commenced (1804.) W understand that.a Deputation of the Could, mittee for promoti ng th e b u ildi ng o f a New ChurCh in this :parish, Waited on the Archbishop ; of CANTERBURY on Saturday, the 9th inst., and :are led to, hope, from .what, passed on that occa isiOn, that the Commissioners will be able to assist :them, and that their object will, at no distant pe riod,. be accomplished. ills Grace hal - been' pleased .to increase his subscription .from. 001. to 1001.—(Maidstone Journal). . . AN AMAZON.—On Saturday evening an officer :of Excise receiving an information against two' females, .carriers of illicit spitits,he stopped one, of them, named Eliza Keegan, who was carrying under her Cloak a bladder of whiskey through Parliament-street; he inquired for the permit ; the infutious fairone, clapping het hands °tiller hips, indignantly frowned, and said, " aye, I'll permit . you," and with a sudden exertion this gentle, dame dispatched - the bladder at .his head, which instantly bursting,,re-distilled its tipsifying row , tents. on the rueful visage of the " all amazed' ' .offteer, which, depriving him of vision for some, moments, she took French leave, and got clear off, not'forgetting before she went to.give him a parting thump or two. S lin Paper.) he has escaped.—(Dub. COAL-MARKET, AUG. N. Ships at Market. Ships sold 48.3 Newcastle - - 47 26 Sunderland - 1 Scoth Coal 1 Welsh Coal 2 Cinders 1 Cuhn Price. 35s Ott to 44* Ott 36s 41 to 44s Oa —s Od to 39, Ott —s Od to 391 la ".5s Od to —lt Oa —s Od to —4 04 BIRTHS. At _Edinburgh, on the 16th instant, Lady Isabella SlrernySiv of a son. On Wednesday, the 20th inst., the wife of IVnt. Brodrlckf Esq. of Clower.street, of it son. MARRIED. On the 19th inst., at the Parish Church of St. John Hack"' ney, in the County. of bliddiesex, .Itun.ei Barnes, Esq.. of TA' vistock-square, London, to Miss Walton, of Sanford-place , Stoke-Newington ; and Jackson Walton, Esq. of Sanford place aforesaid, to Miss Dempster, of Mitchani, in the Count" of Surrey. Yesterday , morning, :Thomas Holmes Bosworth, E s q, of Westerhatn, Kent, to Sophia, daughter of Francis de . Bercletils , Finahury-place. London. . , n. the :nth quit., at Alttentosm Chunk, litury Pu rn ell Hicks, Cs+ second, son of Henry Hicks, lisq. of: the' Leask , Oloucetitershim to 'Marianne Earne, youngest dinghter of 'Wm. Phillimore. Esq., of Kendall's-hall, Hertfordshire. DIED. On Tuesday night, at hie house, Charles-street, Berkeley. ,square, George Nassau, Esq. aged -67. thaa-Ith.inst., at his house , Teviot-ruw , Ed inburgh, 31r. James [Addle late carver and gilder. On Wednesday sermight, Robert alawdsley, Esq. of Lord hill, rittar•Litierpoal, aged 88 years. ()" Thuxday last, at Selby, Elizabeth, , the nlfe of 111-r. rtiel~4tut~ s , aged,26. S. has ~h aul the ottsfotlit9e 4o f ee three wives/44 five children, in thenswe Yrim,„„ pn M'etinesciey week, ow fuliy, sudden lu'"" who, after going to bed, .almost instan t J 7 Pxpaw ; the deceased was washing a t nine O'cloek, and hi less than twa hoars.watt s t 444 Prirttt L A Pa4lll4m#l f9r,t,he P4O4PIVIrPi i 4 , OFFICE. 112, Strand, by J. B: CARSTAIIS. 1