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'teen allowed to do in the box as a witness, and by bastardizing her own offspring, to strip it of that property to which it was entitled by the laws of the country ? There was no doubt that Mrs. Morris was a woman of very strong passions. She was a most ex traordinary woman, arid it was useless to deny that she did form a connexion with a man named William Austin, who at first occupied the situation of a servant, but who afterwards, through Mrs. Morris's influence, became an officer in a marching regiment. On the .sth of January, 1793, the plaintiff was born, and Mrs. Morris, from motives which could be per haps explained, immediately treated him as the son of this William Austin, conveyed him, through the means of Austin, to a place called Wem, where she left him with Austin's parents, and had him baptised as Evan Williams, a bastard; and a clergyman of the parish afterwards added to the register of that bap tism, su pposed to be the child of William Austin." The father of the plaintiff, Mr. Morris, died in 1810, and up to that time he was wholly ignorant of his relationship; but about 1811, such information was conveyed to him as left no doubt of his claim to be considered as the son of Wm. Morris, according to the established' law of England. He was at that time about seventeen years of age, and em ployed in the business of a land surveyor ; and in the course of the inquiries to which the information he had received gave rise, he discovered a woman named Mary Evans, who had acted as a midwife at his birth. The facts she disclosed he took down in a pocket-book, but he had no idea at the time that this Evans was a creature of the defendants'. A bill was immediately filed in Chancery and it was a matter worthy of remark, that although the defendants' contended how the plaintiff was illegitimate, they at that time, in their answer, denied that Mrs. Morris had ever given birth to a sou. When that bill was filed, the first step to prove the legitimacy was, of course, to prove that Mrs. Morris had ever given birth to a child, and for that purpose Mary Evans was called upon to appear, but although the most diligent search was made for her ;n England, in Wales, in Scotland, and Ireland, she remained concealed from every inquiry, and it was not until 1522, ten years after the filing of the bill, that she was detected at Liverpool, preparing to embark for the United States of America. It was not even until this Mary Evans had been a whole year in the Fleet Prison that she made any answer to the interrogatories put to her. After observing that this concealment of a witness was highly repre hensible on the part of the defendants, the Learned Counsel proceeded to say, that the plaintiff was, in the words of the issue, the true and legitimate son of William and Mary Morris. The Learned Counsel then called eight or ten witnesses, to prove the various parts of this state ment, with reference to the keeping Mary Evans concealed—the visits of Morris to his wife, and the -subsequent birth of the plaintiff. The Court rose at half-past seven o'clock, but we understand that only a third portion of the plaintiff's witnesses have been examined to-day. A letter from the 'neighbourhood of Leomin ster says, " the wheat is very generally housed here, aml in much better condition than was expected.— Worcester Journal. CORNWALL.—We learn that an extraordinary concussion of the earth has taken place at Dolcoath Mine, supposed to be occasioned by the decay of the props that supported part of the old workings. We understand that the earth has given way for several fathoms, wo as partially to stop up the engine-shaft, and cause the temporary sui pension of the operations of the engine. Great efforts are now making to remove the obstacles to the progress of the -working of the mine.—Plymouth Journal. We have had some very fine summer days this week, during which harvest was very brisk and la bourers actively engaged. In a large tract of country the corn wrs cut down and stacked in very good condition. Crowds of people were busily employed. —Dublin Free man's Journal. THE MOORS.--So far as the season has yet gone, the sportsmen have been successful on the Moors, in spite of wind and weather. The supply of grouse which has reached this city far exceeds that of last year—the de mand is considerably less, and the prices are consequently lower. _Scotsman. The visitors to Margate since the return of the fine weather are increasing daily, where the city atlu • tionists are purifying themselves, and laying in a stock of health against the return of winter, which our soothsayers predict will be severe and bitter. Tice late violent winds have done serious in. jury fo. the south of Devon. A great quantity of the stand ing corn, particularly wheat, is beaten out—in some fields, it is supposed, one third of the crop is thus lost; in many orchards half the apples are blown down ; and the potatoe stalks are so much blighted that a great deficiency in the crop is apprehended. The frequent showers have much retarded the harvest in that district. The prices of corn, potatoes, and cider are advancing.—Sherborne journal. _ _ LIMERICK, Aug.. 16.—Large assemblies of the peasantry are being held throughout this county, finr the purpose of reconciling their party feuds. Great bon fires are lighted on the occasion, and the leaders appear decorated with green ribbons and leaves.—Dublin Free man's Journal. A Seal or Phoca, last week stuck in the mild in Morecambe Bay, near Milnethorp, and was shortly after lidled and appropriated by the neighbourog inhabitants. It measured ten feet three inches in length " from snout end to tip o' tail."—Leeds Intelligencer. Died last week, aged 73 years, Mrs. FORRES. TAT.; she married about 40 years since; a few hours after the marriage ceremony was gone through, her husband left the town ; why he went away, or where he went, none of his friends or acquaintance have ever been able to discover, not the least tidings having been heard of him since.--Dor set Chronicle. Attorntes are to the Lawyers what Apotheca ries ate to the Physicians, only they do not deal in scruples. VIA ciumosY.—An Irish gentleman of some expectations, and considerable pretensions, would fain de vote his future affections to any lady who po s se s ses the qualifications requisite to render the married state COM, jlirtable. The advertiser is of a good family, has received an University education, and is accounted handsome at the western side of Athlone. He stands six feet two in his stocking-feet, shoulder square, and in proportion, manners very polite, and as little as possible of the brogue, h av i ng served several years in the Galway Militia. He is I „,t married at present to any other lady, and can prove to a dononstration that his first love is alive, settled, and the another of six children. His religion is yet to choose, and consequently will have no objection to a Jewess, a Roman Catholic, or a Quaker. Any lady in want of such a com panion, and possessed of a fortune of 10,0001. may have the half of that sum settled upon herself, and no questions asked. The advertiser will walk to-morrow, between two a nd three o'clock, from Hyde Park-corner to Bond street, and back again, drecAed in a blue frock coat, drab trousers, boots, a white hat, and will probably carry a silk umbrella in his right hand, N. B. Any gen tleman who can introduce the advertiser to an elini match, may have his sister, svho is a bouncing girl, and entitled to 5,000/., cliargeiae,Q.n Ad vertiser's 'Mountain Estates is the west of Ireland. offer would suit a sportsman, as the property abounds in grouse, hares, salmon, and white trout....-Aforning Herald. A female servant in the employ of Mr. GEe. SFEDDING, of Brampton Appleby, whilst hoeing 4, 1 1 1 4" a few days ago, perceived a number of strange animal* in the field near her. At a loss to know wi,at they were, and becoming in some degree alarmed, she beckmad to her mas ter on the road at the bottom of the field to cow to view these unknown creatures. Mr. Seat:antra iaarcediatply but great was surprise wl procee • ded to the place, leo hel rn saw nine or ten young pole-cata, with * cther at their head, meeting him boldly, and full in the face, apparently not at all intimidated by his presence. On corniag wain a few yards of them, Mr. S. made a full atop, as did also i the animals, and set up a loud yell. Mr. S,, having a hay-fork in his hand, aime d a blow at the group, and ki'iled one : his dog, which was in the, road adjoining th e 444 , hearing the yell, and scenting the a nmals, which at thiz time voided their foetid odour, made up to his master, and tucceeded in killing another ; the rest, on wing two o f their army killed on the spot, roads a rapid retreat, and got clear off, while Mr. S. and his Ong were too much busied in examining the dead , and congratulating each other on their lucky escape, to think of pursuing the retixing foe. Air. S. thinks that, if the dog had not .come to his assist ance, they would have actually given him battle....—.6:entiili Cazette A CHARACTER OF WASHINGTON, BY PRESIDENT JEFFERSON. His mind was great and powerful, without being of the very first order, his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke, and, as far as he saw, no judg ment was ever sounder. It was slow in opera- tion, being little aided by invention or imagina tion, but sure in conclusion. Hence the com mon remark of his officers, of the advantage he derived from councils of war, where, hearing all suggestions, he selected whatever was best ; and certainly no general ever planned his battles more judiciously. But if deranged during the course of the action, if any member of his plan was dis located by sudden circumstances, he was slow in re-adjustment. The consequence was, that he often failed in the field, and rarely against an enemy in station, as at Boston and York. He was incapable of fear, meeting personal danger with the calmest uncon cern. Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence, never acting until every circumstance, every consideration, was maturely weighed : refraining if he saw a doubt, but when once decided, going through with his purpose, whatever obstacle opposed. His integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known ; no motives of interest or consan guinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision. He was, indeed, in every sense of the word, a wise, a good, and a great man. His temper was naturally irritable and high-toned ; but reflection and resolution had obtained a firm and habitual ascendancy over it. If ever, how ever, it broke its bounds, he was most tremen dous in his wrath. In his expences he was honourable, but exact ; liberal in contributions to whatever promised utility ; but frowning and unyielding on all visionary projects, and all un worthy calls on his charity. His heart was not warm in its affections ; but he exactly cal culated every man's value, and gave him a solid esteem proportionate to it. His person, you know, was fine ; his stature exactly what one would wish ; his deportment easy, erect, and noble ; the best horseman of his age, and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horse- back. Although, in the circle of his friends, where he might he unreserved with safety, he took a free share in conversation, his colloquial talents were not above mediocrity, possessing neither copiousness of ideas, nor fluency of words. In - public, when called on for a sudden opinion, he was unready, short, and embarrassed. - Yet he wrote readily, rather diffusely, in a correct style. This he had acquired by conversation with the world; for bi - ; education was merely reading, writing, and common arithmetic, to which he added surveying at a later day. His time was employed in action chiefly, reading little, and that only in agriculture and English history. His correspondence became neces sarily extensive, and, with journalizing his agricultural proceedings, occupied most of his leisure hours within doors. On the whole, his character was, in its mass, perfect, in ►nothing bad, in few points indifferent ; and it may truly he said, that never did nature and fortune com- bine more perfectly to make a great man, and to place him in the same constellation with the worthies who have merited an everlasting remem brance. For his was the singular destiny and merit of leading the armies of his country suc cessfully through an arduous war, for the esta blishment of its independence—of conducting its councils through the birth of a government, new in its forms and principles, until it had settled down in a quiet and orderly train—and of scru puLowly obeying the laws through the whole of his carer civil and military, of which the history of the world furnishes no other example. How, then, can it be perilous for you to take such a man on your shoulders ? I am satisfied that the great body of republicans think of him as I do. We were, indeed, dissatisfied with him on his rati- fication of the British treaty ; but this was short lived. We knew his honesty, the wiles with which he wa.zencompassed, and that age had already be gan to relax the firmness of his purposes ; and I am convinced that he is more deeply seated in the love and gratitude of the republicans, than in the pharisaical homage of the federal monarch ists. For he was no monarchist from prefer ence of his judgment, The soundness of that gave him correct views of the rights of man, and his tevere justice devoted him to them. He has often declared to me, that he considered our new Constitution as an experiment on the practica bility of Republican Government, and with wr hat dose of liberty man can be trusted for his own good ; that he was determined the experiment should have a faie trial, and would lose the last drop of his blood in support of it. And these he repeated to me the oftener, and more point edly, haouse he knew my suspicions of Colonel Hamilton's views, and probably had heard the declarations which I had heard, to wit, " that the British Constitution, with its unequal representa tion, corruption, and other abus4s ; vyas the most perfect Goaernment that had ever been esta blished on earth,.3nd that a reformation of thosii abuses would make it an impracticable Govern ment." I do believe that General Washington had not a firm confidence in the durability of our Govern ment. He was naturally distrustful of men, and inclined to gloomy apprehensions ; and I was ever persuaded that a belief that we must at length end in something like a British Coostitu tioa had some weight in his adoption of the cere , monies (it: levees, birth-days, pompous meetings with Congress, and other forms of the same character, calculateki .to prepare us gradually for a change which he believed possible, and so let it come on w i t h as li tt l e s h oc k - as might be to the public mind, . These are my opinion; of General Washington, which I would vonah at the judgment scat of God, hying been formed on an acquainta nce o f t hi rty years ,from Mr. JePrson s unpublished Manuscripts, His Royal Highness the Duke of CLARENCE has e.k,n elected a freeman of Dartmouth, which is to be presented to in a silver box, by Governor HoLns %„wrify. —Plymouth .journal. It is confidently aSSet4 that the Duke of ',UDC iv to have his lease of the Seiil renewed Journal. took place yest er d ay, at the parish.. N o b us i ness of P ARISt i pF ST. PAUL . s, t..;OVF.NT-GAfti 13VEesNt.r—y Room, s i t a r y t e ;; C e h e r n c 7 h / 1, is ina7ant was transacted, but considerab;.e party feeling was manifotsd. In the Aibt , pl at the Bell Rock Light-h9 - (44 are the following lines i;y Sir WALTER SCOTT : ritArtos r,o‘rjTuß. Far in the bosom of the deep, O'er the - ,a wild shelves my Watch I keep A ruddy gem d changeful light, Bound on the dusky law of night : The seaman bids roy lustre Lail, Ant: zrprns to strike his timorous .sa.iL July 89, 184. WALTER SC,OTT. JACK 13ANNsTgg. visited the Haymarket Theatre on Wednesday, and made in the free-list book the following eat,), Fifty years ago, ,in ,the year 1778, 1 made my first appearance at this Theatre. klulf a century :7"; not bac). ginixoj jO)C.I BANNISTra'n FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France, dated August 21.) VIENNA, AUG. 10.—Commercial letters, dated 25th July, brought by the last mail from Constan tinople, announce that nothing important had happened in that capital. The preparations for de fence are prosecuted with activity, and greatly ex tended. Thus Adrianople, the second city in the kingdom, which does not seem at all calculated by its position to make a great resistance, was fortified, when it was inferred that the Government foresaw the possibility of the passage of the defiles of Mount Hemus by an enemy's army, and of an attack upon the capital by sea and land. The same letters say that the Sultan has issued a firman ordering all the Pachas to defend themselves to the utmost, and making them responsible for the consequences of their conduct. This firman espe cially enjoins Ibrahim not to listen to any conditions for the evacuation of the Morea. On the other hand, commercial letters from Corfu affirm that Ibrahim has represented to the Admiral of the Allies the impossibility, as he was placed, of voluntarily evacuating the Peninsula; adding, however, that a military demonstration might furnish him with a pretext to retire. The expedition which is prepa ring in France may, perhaps, be partly accounted for from this circumstance. The extraordinary expences which this war causes to the Ottoman empire have obliged the Sultan to have recourse to extraordinary measures to replenish the public treasury. That all the Christians settled in the empire, especially the Armenians and Greeks, are obliged to pay a poll-tax and other duties, which are tripled and quadrupled. Here the new levy of recruits is going on. Large pin of corn are being made in Hungary and in the Bannat, both on account of the Government and of individual,. MetalliqueB, 931—Bank Shares, 1066. (From the ilioniteur.) PARIS, AUG. 19.--The departure of the first ex pedition to the Morea, which was delayed one day by the high winds, took place on the 17th, as we announced. The convoy consisted of 48 transports, escorted by eight men of war. To-morrow 36 more transports will sail, and a convoy of three men of war. (From the Constitutiunnel.) PARIS, Aucr. 20.—Political affairs have become so complicated, that it is daily of more importance to France to examine the conduct of England, to study her internal situation, for on that depends her influence on the general affairs of Europe. Every day seems to add to the embarrassments of the Bri tish Cabinet, and progressively to diminish its credit in Europe. Among its internal affairs, the resig nation of the Lord High Admiral is not one of ti►e least important. The English Journals are anxious to find out the cause of his retirement, and not one of them has succeeded. We must trace hack events a little further than they have gone to discover this. In England every man supposes that the battle of Navarin was fought in consequence of a postscipt added by the Duke of Clarence himself to the Mi nisterial despatches sent to Admiral Codrington.— This circumstance, to which we now refer, explains the whole business. The Lord High Admiral possesses no political power; he has nothing to do with the administration of the naval force, properly speaking, except that he appoints and promotes the officers of the navy. When the Ministers, however, send out instructions or orders to the Commander of a squad ron, they are transmitted through him; and after he has examined them, he sends them to the person for whom they are intended. Before the battle of Na• varin, Admiral Codrington had demanded positive instructions of the Cabinet of St. James's ; and the English Ministry being then in a vague and unset tled state, replied in vague and general terms to Ad miral Codrington. He required precise orders, and they referred him to his own discretion. • The Mi nister's answer was, according to custom, communi cated to the I.ord High Admiral ; who, honouring Admiral Codrington with his personal friendship, added to the dispatches a few words in favour of the Greeks, advising the Admiral to make an end of the Egyptian fleet ; and these words in the postscript put an end to the irresolution of the English Admi ral, and induced him, in concert with the French and Russian Admirals, to fight the battle of Na varin. Shortly afterwards, the Duke of Welling ton became Prime Minister, who is not favourable to civil or religious liberty, and not at all disposed to assist the Greeks. He rejected the glory of the battle of Navarin, in the King's speech, at the open ing of the Session of Parliament, and it was of course immediately plain, that those who gamed that vic tory, and those who advised the battle, did not agree with the new head of the Cabinet. After Codrington was recalled, the Duke of Clarence accordingly gave in his resignation. The Admirals protected the Greeks, the General the Turks, and one or the other must resign. The Duke of Wel lington remains in office ; that he will be long is another question. The Duke of Clarence is the Heir Presumptive to the Crown, and it is difficult to conceive that the next heir to the Throne will be long opposed to a Prime Minister. We must encourage our Ministers to persevere in proceeding in the course they have adopted in oppo sition to the Congregation, by assuring them, that as long as they act with firmness against those who arm themselves with the name of God to refuse unto Cesar the things that are Cesar's, they may reel on on the strenuous support of public opinion. A great number of persons, accustomed even to submit to the Clergy in matters of conscience, are disgusted at their pretensions to political power. As Chris tians they are scandalised, and as citizens afflicted. Even the multitude who can be led to prayer cannot be conducted to rebellion. However ignorant the people have Leen kept in the most distant pro vinces, they now examine things for themselves, and inquire into the reasons of them—they are believing, but not credulous, snd they see the passions and self-interests of the man through the surplice of the (From the Journal des Debars.} PAitts, A.pG. 20,—The Moniteur expresses itself , in praiseworthy firmness concerning tne resistance offered by some Bishops to the execution of the Or dinance of April 21st. Though the article is not official, we recognise in it the expression of the will of the Administration and the voice of authority. (From the Courier Francais.) PARIS, Aco 20.—We have received some curious information from Lisbon, concerning the secret in tr;pes of which the affairs of Portugal are now the object. 7:11,.7. Pal Nuncio at Lisbon is the centre of all the intrigues to cause Don Mi g uel to he ac knowledged King. Money arrive in Portuggl from the same source whence it proceeded to bribe the eorli.-.;ts and Agraviados of Spain, and this money is 4exao . ROAto.q. in the country Saint Peter's pence. .• FRgNoi AUG. 18.—Five per Ceo,. 107 r. 25e. ; Three per Cents. Bank Actions, 1,870 f. FOREIGN FUNDS.—Neapolitan Rentes, Fale. Cer. 76f. 35c. ; Spanish Rentes, 74f. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 731 ; Spanish Perpetual Annuities, 48f. ; llaytian Loan, 50c. AliTfii.p i ti PAPERS. (From the Baltimore bazetie, ir r ly _ _ _ COLOMBIA: CARACCAS, JULY haie nothing very par ticular :0 say to you, yet I cannot let the present opportunity past without dropping you a few lines, as our countrymen (I mean (ig pgpple who reside in the United States) are much interested ip evpci .hng which passes here, more particularly as repyds ,the col,nrnerpial relations of the two countries. have considered it rni; duty to give, from time to time, such information as may lead to a correct con clusion of the actUal state of of tirs here—and flatter myself that my endeavours have not been in vain. As my stay here may be prolonged to five or six months, I will continue to drop you occasionally a few remarks, and peat you in possession of such information as may be of service to those who wish to carry on a trade to this part of the world. Bolivar having placed the whole of Colombia on the same footing, as regards the Custom-house re gulations—and having reformed and altered the Tariff, to suit the present state of the country—l have transcribed the leading features of his decrees, which I think you will find to contain information not hitherto known in the United States, and which may be of some use to your readers. The credits allowed on duties arising from impor tation are as follow : On all sums not exceeding 10 dollars, 3 days. 10 dollars, and not exceeding 500, 30 days. 500 dollars and not exceeding 1,000 60 days. 2,000 dollars and upwards, 3 and 6 months. Import Duties-15 per cent. on the prices fixed In the Tariff, on gin, all kinds of paper, medicines, precious stones, cordage, tar, and pitch. 173- per cent. ditto on all kinds of cotton, woollen, and linen goods. 20 per cent. ditto on beaver, cotton, wool, silk, and straw hats, spermaceti, oils, soap, earthenware (except porcelain), and all kinds of crystal and glass. 223- per cent. ditto on silk and silk goods, jewellery, skins, lace (silk and thread), thule handkerchiefs, plumes, and all kinds of fans. 25 per cent. ditto on all kinds of furniture, and utensils of gold, silver, bronze, copper, lead, and tin, dried and pickled fruits, and all kinds of pickles and provisions. SO per cent. do. on umbrellas, shoes, boots, and all manufactures of leather, all kinds of house furniture, ready wade clothing, artificial flowers, perfumes of all kinds, spy-glasses. Specific Duties—Brandy, made of claw, first proof, dollars per arroba. Do. do. in bottles, 3-4 dollars per dozen. Brandy, made of herbs, fruit, aniseed, or other mate rials, 25 dollars, per arroba. Do. in bottles, 3 dollars per dozen. Note.—All above first proof pay in proportion. Aniseed-6 dollars per 1001 h. Beef—Salted or smoked, 2 dollars per 1001 b. Pork—Do. 3 dollars per 1001 b. Porter and ale, in bottles, 15 dollars per dozen. Do. put up in any other way, 1 dollar per arroba. Copper—ln pigs, 4 dollars per I 001 b. Do. Sheet, 4 dollars per 1001 b. Iron—ln bars, 2 dollars per 1001 h. Do. manufactured, 5 dollars per 1001 b. Bread-3 dollars per I 0011). Flour—S dollars per barrel. Hams-5 dollars per 100 lb. Cards-61 cents per pack. Fish—Dry-salted, Or dollars per 1001 b. Powder—Of all kinds, 125 dollars per 1001 b. Porcelain-40 per cent. in the invoice. Snuff•-50 cents per bottle. Salt—l dollar per 1001 b. Tallow-2 dollars per 1001 b. Do. manufactured, 5 dollars per 100 lb. Saddles—l 0 dollars each. Vinegar—ln bottles, 1 dollar per dozen. Do. put up in any other way, 75 cents per arroba. Wine—All kinds of red Wine, in bottles, 1 dollar 125 cents per dozen. Ditto—put up in any other way, 75 cents per arroba. Madeira Wine—in bottles, and the best quality of white Wines, 2 dollars per dozen. Ditto—put in any other way, 15 dollars per arroba. Wine—dry, in bottles, 3 dollars per dozen. Ditto—put up in any other way, 2 dollars per arroba. For all other kinds of goods and merchandise, not com prehended in the foregoing 25 per cent. on the prices fixed in the Tariff, or on the valuation that shall be made at the Custom-houses, provided the articles are mentioned in the Tariff. (See note A.) When the importations are made from the West Indies, or the goods are of Asiatic origin, an addition of 5 per cent. is made to the duties. When goods are imported in foreign vessels, another 5 per cent. additional is made to the said duties, except where there exist treaties to tho contrary. Free of Duties—Surgical, Mathematical, Scientific and Agricultural Instruments ; ditto to benefit the navigation of the lake and rivers, or domestic manufactures of wool or cotton ; those necessary for the exercise of the profession of the foreign artist, who comes to establish himself in the country, plants and seeds, books, maps, and charts. Prohibited—Articles the growth, product, or manufac ture of Spain or her dominions ; also sugar and tobacco. Export Duties--. Cocoa, indigo, hides, wood, and all other articles exported, pay 10 per cent. on valuations made at the Custom-house, except manufactures of the country, coffee, bark, cotton, rice, corn, and ground provisions. Articles not permitted to be exported—Horses, mules, asses, cows. No credit allowed on export duties. Gold and silver money permitted to be exported, on pay ment of the followin g duty : Silver 6 per cent. duty, payable in the same description. Gold 3 per cent. of money, ditto ditto. Regulations.—On the arrival of a vessel, the Captain shall deliver to the boarding officer the re gister and manifest of that cargo; he must state what articles he intends to land, and what he intends to keep on board, provided the vessel is bound to another port. lie must give a list of all articles of merchandise that belong to himself and the crew, that are not included in the general manifest. Also, a list of provisions for the vessel's use ; and, finally, he must make a declaration, stating his nacre, that of the vessel and nation to which she belongs, her tonnage, list of the crew, and whence she comes. The boarding officer will inform the Captain that every article not mentioned in the manifest will be confiscated. Within 21 hours after the vessel has anchored, the Captain or supercargo, and consignees, will have to declare at the Custom-house whether it is intended to discharge the cargo ; if they do not intend to dis charge; the Captain will be notified to depart in 48 hours from the time he arrived, unless the vessel should be in distress. If the vessel is to be dis charged, permission may be.asked of the collect& within the first 21 hours of the arrival of the vessel; And, in doing so, or within the time mentioned, tl4e consignees will present to the Custom-house all the original invoices signed and sworn to by them. (From the Mercantile Advertiser of Aug. 1.) RIO JANEIRO.—The following are the particulars of the mutiny at Rio Janeiro in June last. They were furnished by Captain Wolse, of the ship Courier : " On Monday, June 9th, the German troops doing duty at the Palace of St. Christoph, in num ber from 7 to 800, refused to obey their officers, unless certain grievances, of which they complained; were redressed. These troops had often remon strated against the peculations of the Commissioners receiving their pay from the Government in copper, which bore a premium of 20 or 30 per cent., and paying them in bank-notes at par ; and against a violation of their contracts in other matters, such as removing German officers, and substituting Bra zilians in their places; and the bad and small quan tity of rations served out to them. These repre sentations were either disregarded, or those making them abused their trust. These grievances were for a long time patiently borne, but the dissatisfac tion increased. On Monday a soldier, who was re markable for orderly conduct, was called up to re ceive 30 lashes, to which he had been condemned for some trivial matter, and expressed a feeling of concern at the severity and injustice of the punish ment he was about to receive, haying merely refused to recognize one of his officers, who was in a citi zen's dress. The Major of the regiment to which hp belonged, angry at the soldier's indignation, or -4'4'o Ithp ? op his . owpi 4wherity, to receive '2OO in stead of 30 lashes. Thi s vins_ splitnitted to. He then ordered the serjeant who was inflicting the punishment to go on, and give him still more. The guard, which was drawn up to attend the execution of the sentence, became irritated at this, and com menced beating the ground with the butts of their musi:eti - ,. This d r e w th e tr oops from out of the barracks, who rushed on and released the Criminal; attempting, at the same time, to se cure the Major, who escaped, or he ' would have fallen a victim to their rage. All st bor dtnativn was now at an end, and most of the dicers left thetr quartep, fev r ring the fory of the men, — The General-at-Arms went to them, and assured them their complaints should be redressed in eight days. They distrusted his promises. Be then (Note A. )--Should the valuations in the Tariff, how ever, be sn excessive as to make it apparent that there is a Mistake, then 25 per cent. shall be charged in the valua tions that may he Made at the Custom-house, without rez - ard to the Tariff; offered his word of honour, which they well knew does not belong to a Brazilian. They spurned it, having been deceived too often by honourable pro mises. They, however, committed nu disorder.— Those on guard were regularly relieved. At night they broke into the Major's quarters, and those of some other officers, and burned their effects. The next day (June 10th) the Major appeared in town on horseback, and was met by six or seven Irish men, who had been seduced to that country by fair promises ; they would have killed him had he not made his escape. On 'Wednesday a regiment of Germans, recently arrived from Pernambuco, quar tered at Pria Venzilla (at the other end of the bar , hour), catching the spirit of insubordination from their Commanders at St. - Christoph, attacked their Major, who was a worthless fellow, and of whom complaints without number had been made to the Government without effect, and murdered hiss with savage fury and hatred, cutting his body to pieces, and carrying the pieces to his wife.-- The Major was a few years ago a marker to a bil liard-table, and a cook (an Italian by birth). — The officer succeeding, however, preserved or der, and the men were appeased, insisting, at the same time, that their grievances shonld be re dressed, Such was the state of things on the morning of tha 12th.—The Germans, both at St. Christoph and at the other end of the town, were quiet, but without commissioned officers, many of them strolling about the roads without arms, and without interference; when about 700 raw Irish, part of 2,500, imported a few months ago,.stationed at Campo St. Anna, a square at the head of the city, on the road to the palace of St. Christoph, re ceived their month's pay, and were allowed to go out of their quarters without restraint.. Some of the men got drunk, and were amusing themselves before their quarters. This attracted some vagabond negroes (between whom and the Irishmen there had been ever since they were landed), who pre sently began to throw stones at the Irish--this was returned. The Blacks became more numerous, and their number continued to augment, and the battle of stones became more furious ; the Irish were three times driven within their quarters, when they be came extremely irritated, seized the few fire-arms they could get at, say from 40 to 100 muskets, and attempted to confine their Colonel and General at arms, who were quartered among them. They then broke into a police guard-house near, and took a few rounds of ammunition. Thus provided, they com menced firing on the negro rabble, who soon re treated into the streets, and, finally, fired at any person who happened to be passing the square. All this while there was no interference from the police, nor any proper measures taken to keep the peace of the town. Evening was at hand, troops were now called out, and dispositions made to compel the Irish to surrender, who during the day had been joined by a few Germans without arms, and from whose quarters about 200 men had the day before gone to St. Christoph to join the Germans. At this time there was a great deal of excitement in the city, and the Germans from St. Christoph were moving through the neighbourhood, stopping people on the road, but doing no harm. The Emperor had ordered all vendes (grog-shops) to be closed the day before. These they now broke open to get supplies of pro visions and liquor, which otherwise they could not obtain, and some of them became intoxicated. To wards the evening, the General-at-Arms called on the Brazilians to arm in defence of their country, and to go to the arm y arsenal, and provide them selves with arms. The blacks arid mullattoes NI ere also allowed and encouraged to arm, and were told to kill the todas (strangers) all foreigners; every un armed German arid foreign soldier, and in many instances persons who were near the Campo St. Ana, from curiosity, were brutally murdered by the blacks and vagabonds, who were running about with a pistol in one hand, and a knife in the other, to gorge themselves with the blood of defenceless men, women, and children. " The Irish were attacked in their quarters, and occasionally returned a few random shots from their ill-provided supply of arms and ammunition, having previously received a discharge of artillery and mus ketry outside of their quarters, when they appeared unarmed. This state of things lasted all night, as did the massacre of the poor Germans strolling about, and no protection was offered them by the police, soldiers, or citizens. The Emperor, then at the Palace of St. Christoph, fearing the Germans might attack the Palace, at ten o'clock at night put on one of his servants' livery jackets, came into town, and sent on board the English and French vessels of war to ask the protection of their marines, which were promptly affiarded. The French went to the Palace of St. Christoph, the English doing duty at the arsenal and Palace-square, until day light, when they joined with the French at the Palace of St. Christoph. The murdered foreigners were all stripped of their clothes, and left naked in the streets arid places where they fell, until after sun rise, when their bodies were taken away. On the 12th the Irish surrendered, and were put on board of an old hulk in the harbour, to the amount of seven hundred. The Germans at St. Christoph still insisted on having their grievances granted,which was done on Friday morning, through the means of the English and French Ministers, who had to guarantee that they should have what they were promised, as the Germans would not trust to any Brazilian's word of honour. The English and French marines then returned to their vessels. All the time they were doing their duty on shore nothing was offered them to eat or drink, but, on embarking for their vessels, the Emperor made many bows to the officers and men . Thus the Emperor humbled himself to the foreign vessels of war; arid such was the bravery of the Brazilian troops, amounting to about 3,000, be sides the militia, who could not contend against 14 or 1.500 unarmed men. Those at Pria Venzilla were also included in the treaty made between the Foreign Ministers and the Governor at St. Chris toph; and the Irish were to be sent home to their own country at the expence of the Brazilians. Thus ended a scene of barbarity, encouraged by the autho rity, and occasioned by the bad administration, of the Government. (From the New York Journal of Commerce, July 31.) EARTHQUAKE AT LlMA.—Several reports and scraps of letters have been published within a few days, but we have not before had a full account of the catastrophe. The following is an extract of a letter from S. W. Pomeroy, jun., dated Lima, April 21, and published in the Boston Dail, Adver tiser. LIMA, APRIL 21.—1 wrote you last by the Bran dywine to Panama, to go across the Isthmus, under date of 20th ultimo. Since that time this city has been visited by one of those dreadful earthquakes which are looked for about once in a century, and had it continued a few seconds longer, the whole of Lima must inevitably have been laid in ruins. The calamity occurred on the morning of the 20th March, at about half -past seven o'clock, and although only of thirty or forty seconds duration, was of such pro digious violence as to prostrate many buildings, and injure all, including the stupendous churches, some of which are so much shattered that it is contem plated to take them down, their massive walla, of from six to nine feet thick, being literally rent from the top to the bottom. A great umber of houses have besn pulled down by order of the a uthorities, and several have since the shock fallen of their own t be sum accord, in one instance burying two or th ree p erson s in their ruins. The amount of injury in the city is esti ma t e d, by an official survey, at fix: 7nil;Pi quite within bounds, when it is recollect e d t h at from the nature of the buildings re paired in many instances, bu t must be rebui lt , The fof they dollars , cacannot n 0 a house occupied by Alsop;Westmore, anti C ompany, is considered one of the strongest in Li ma, an d i s said to have cost Vri ,ooo dollar s. Some of the rooms are cracked p e rpendicularly in many places, and in others the upper part of the house (which is composed of bamboo sticks and also mud, of about two feet in thickness,) separated itself from the " adobes" or sun dried briaks, of which the walls, to the height of three feet above the floor of the seeondk story are composed, and had the shock' continti , three seconds long er , th e w h o l e top , w i t h i ts bill roof, would have fallen in. About thirty persons perished ; that is the nun) ber of bodies . which have been dug out of the rub Kish, but others are supposed to be still undiscovered Had it been in the night, the loss of lives would, 3‘ doubt, have been greater. I was awakened from sound sleep by the most terrific noise, and jumped up, saw the walls of my room vibrating very Yr°' lently. I concluded that no time was to be lost, and made the best of my way into the street, a midst falling plaster, and stumbling along over the goo( like a drunken man. In the street all was dismay . ; the heart-appalling noise which us h ere d i n tlui frightful phenomena, and the sound of the cracking walls, were still ringing is our ears. The poei• na' fives were upon their kness, many of them just 3 5 they had risen from their beds, beating their breasts, and calling upon God, the Virgin, and all the Saint/ to save them ; and expecting every instant another and an overwhelming shock. Indeed, when I re' fleet that this was a danger against which no place afforded security (as the earth was expected to Opel' as it had done during the great earthquake in 17491 I was very well disposed to-join the cry of rn ivrt. cordia," and seek protection from Him " who but looked upon the earth and it trembleth.". The great shock was followed by five or six slight tremblings in as many days, which excited grea t terror, and I must confess I have been more alarmed by these harmless shocks than by the great convul sion ; and it is remarked generally, that a person who has never experienced an earthquake 'cannot) when the alarm of " Tremblor" is given, enter at all into the feelings of him who has witnessed One; the first has merely a vague idea of danger—the last the full possession of ext.teme terror and dismal' The excitement has a great measure abated; but for a week or tett days after the shock, you would see every night hundreds stretched upon mats in the squares, alameda, and wherever an open space could he found, almost afraid to close their e y e s, oil starting upon their knees at the least alarm to repeat their aves.' Even now many are seen sleeping at the open doors, and when the subject is mentioned , cross themselves, adding, perhaps, their common er clamation, " Jesus, Marta!" At Callao the shock was felt after the dust w 0 seen to rise from Lima, so that it would seem that it proceeded from the, mountains to the sea. Thos' persons who were on board vessels in the harbout described the sensation to be the same as when a ship thumps violently against the bottom, and the noise like that produced by " twenty chain cable, running through the hawser holeS." The water wog very turbid, and for a considerable time afterward s large air bubbles came up in every direction. Severs' villages on the coast to the northward have been de' stroyed. It was not experienced at the southwar d but a few miles. I have a letter of the 12th April, from Africa, where it was not felt at all. I have almost filled my sheet with this engressi l subject. There has hitherto been a stated perio for the occurrence of these heavy shocks, a nd peo' ple here feel very confident that in their live: .30 11 another will not happen. EXPEDITION TO THE MOREA. TOULON, AUG. 13.—Since yesterday the prep rations for the sailing of the expedition have bee, carried on with double activity. Already five rer ments of infantry are embarked, and the orders fool Paris having become more pressing, General Mai s ° l3 , has expressed the intention of sailing on the morni* of the 16th, without waiting for the 3d Chasseors, which had only been directed to reach Toulon by th e 18th, but to which fresh orders had been sent to ar • rive here by forced marches. Sailors and soldiers all are in high glee and spiri ts ' They know very well they are going to a country where there is nothing to get, but all are please: with the object of the expedition. This city is filled with soldiers and visitors, that no lodgings tir to be found, and many families are yet expected ftc Marseilles to witness the departure of the expecii . tion. Mr. Feburier, the engineer from Samos, ia iled this morning, on board the brig of war Le Rose. General Maison is to embark on board the Ia Ville de Marseilles, with M r . V o ll an t, an d t h e Chle' and under Chief of his staff. General Sebastiani to go by the Amphitrite, with Colonels Cubierest Salferwick, Ison, and Fandoas, if he arrive in time' General Higonnet will embark in the Iphigeni f ' with Colonels Kulhiere and Laserre. This first division will consist of 9,000 Ill e ,"; During its departure General Schneider will orgao ll " his brigade, which will also promptly set sail. , r It is known, says the Courrier Fran c ais, 23) ! e giving this letter, by the telegraphi c d es p a t c h Whic h , we published yesterday, the fleet sailed o n the o'l. PROGRESS OF MR. LAWLESS.—Dn°°: nenA, AUG . 18.-011 this day Mr. L A W LESS v i s ited, t three followin g p ar i s h es , i n eac h o f w hi c h h e was tectiv_A -e 7 with the most un b oun d e d ent h us i am :— H e fi rst we nt "- the parish of D u l ee k, sou th- wes t o f D rog h e d a a b ou t ail s ' t four miles. He was received by all the respectable bitauts, whom he addressed. The result of the addreq was an immediate subscription of 251., which, with Abe t will be collected between this and Saturday, will he re ; mitted to the Secretary of the Catholic A s sociation. I t expected that 401. will be the consequence of this v isit.' He then drove to the parish of Blacklion, about four !Oi l° further on, and there he met a large and respectable 31: dience. His reception was equally warm, and the O'T; of his appeal equally prosperous. The meeti ng brong . ,"i up to the altar 221., and there is no d ou bt th ey w ill a°, considerably more. He then went to the pariabe s Rathfy and Screen, a n d was equally well received''' . Churchwardens w ere nom i na t e d in each parish, and the Rent organised in the most effectal manner. We foun d ix ; all the pari s h es we v i s i te d, i nc l u di ng D rog h e d a, t h a t ther e was no system—no organization--no Churchwardens ap pointed. In Drogheda there was one appointed by the Clergy, but on Sunday last the two were regularly al)** pointed. To-day Mr. LAwr,xss goes to Slane and lia'n t h il ' and there is little doubt his reception in both places will ' A as he could wish. The foundation-stone of an Indepen dent Club, for the county Meath, was laid in the parish °f Duleek. Mr. LAWLESS has, I believe, succeeded in extir; pating that baneful confederacy, called Ribbonmen, had crept into those parishes. His admonitions respecting the established authorities, and appeal to the laws far re dress, were powerfully and eloquently enforced at mination of each tneeting. The mission of Mr. Lsawl'" a s was enthusiastically cheered. In my last to you I om itte to mention that Mr. LAWLESS pledged himself he would prosecute Sir GEORGE HILL, for defamati o n of his c hg. : racter, as it appeared in the Evening M a il. Why shOu ld the old man subject himself to such chastisement ?----D ab. lira Morning Register. the ter,- PRIVATE CORRESPoNDENcE.--DUBL IN 4 Attn. 20.—The reconciliation between the " factions Las been complete, sled it promises to become pernaanent- A few instances, in addition to those stated it) a former letter, I shall mention. At Crown, in the county of Cork, on the 15th, there was held what they call p a ttern," —a corruption for the word patron,--a rustle festival, in honour of the Saint of the day, at a spot 0 30 ' serrated in the traditions of the people by some holy' well, or by the ruins of some ancient church or a bbot'' erected in honour of the patron. At these places the pol' santry assemble in great numbers from all the surroun dil l country, sou se f or devotional purposes, but generally a view to recreation and pleasure,—something, I sbo t 37. suppose, lik e an E ng li s h wa k e , but on a sca l e afar gvea s magnitude. Th ere h as always been at these assemblies 1, abundance of singing, dancing, and drinking; and scares' did any of them ever terminate without that almost cc''' stant concomitant, and part and parcel, as it would se a:: f Irish pleasure—fighting. These were the arena:cal which the " Moll Doyles and Padeen Gars," the tbt, ravats and Shanavests," the " Dungans and Hackets, Three-years Old and the Four-years Old" decided, or die ther continued, their interminable quarrels. It vis 9 ..t . object of Mr. O'CoNNELL and the Association to p aw l, period to these hereditary feuds in every part of Ir The effect in the county of Cork has been as success' in the county of Clare or the county of Limerick..Zity though the " pattern" of Croons never terminated bloodshed ors former occasions, generating the mee d eadly , feelings of revenge, y e t, on F r id a y, all was peace ant , ,tt, therly affection, th e grou p s em b rac ing each other, w_ l 0 .. r, cheer for the lo ve an d un i on o f th e Three-years and r years Old. In Kilkenny', on Sunday last , at the "17 rerri" if Kilmany, a similar scene took place.-- im" h PRICE f' l , stock ;I , er Cwt. ;,,Per Cent, ( 'Nit* Cent Ditto Redd. ft ut ... tro, 18115 Znk L An Stock a te. ?kicks or A ltatrian Br 114 r"kos Ayr ~.,ABian Bon 7 4 °U11114 1 1 ▪ Ito. 1824 h 3 tl e,,ftk a -to, 1A25 - I , 43 urnala -4 exican Bc bo. .. Oiled. " Bra " I Hui „ DU firs Got Utz Iwo . . - - - - - ' ' •- - - - _ . .- 4 iATU Th e Possesg Expedi the 17t by eigh Al onda convoy importa return ( It is ceived listen tc Vforea l tleterM that a with a with t 1 Stipulai There . - en 1) saic kh utti very f of doi Pani c While