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LITERARY NOTICE. The WORLD i MINIATURE; edited by Frtmvientc 110DEill.. The NETI:ERLANDS,containjng a descrip tion of the Character, Manners, Habits, and Costumes of the Inhabitants of the late Seven United Provinces, Flan ders, and Brabant. it is seldom that any works, published in suc cessive numbers, sustain their character, in due progress to completion. We Can however fairly say of the valuable collection which forms" The World in Ikiiniatore" that it does not appear to fall off, in any respect, either as to the letter-press or the em bellishments. The intelligent editor, Mr. Suo iERL, does not relax in his researches, but evi dently applies to every attainable source for ample - acid authentic information. The present volume gives• a very gratifying account of the inhabitants, who, as he justly observes, after the Seven United Provinces resolutely threw off the yoke of Spanish tyranny, " placed in a secluded corner of the European Continent, have retain ed more of originality in their character, man ners, and costumes than their southern neigh bcnrs in Flanders and Brabant." These qua lities are fully delineated in the volume before us, and the costumes are shown ►n eighteen well coloured engravings which represent the inhabi tants of both sexes and of various callings, with indications of their respective professions. As this is the period when parents and guardians are in the habit of making presents to those in whose welfare and happiness they are interested by affection and iinty, we know not any works that we can more safely recommend to them as pure sources of amusement and instruction than the whole series of volumes which constitute this elegant and beautiful treasury of geographical, historical, and picturesque information. AFFAIR OF HONOUR. -" The lion. Captain COCHRANE and Sir HOD -WORTH 'WILLIAMSON deem it their duty to make public the following statement : At a bleeting of the Commissioners of the River Wear ' on Wednesday, the 7th, some high words p assed between Mr. Lambton and Mr. Thomas Pemberton., in the course of which Mr. Lambton said, that if Mr. Pemberton was a Gentleman, which he (Mr. L.) dcubted, Mr. Lamb= would giie him satisfaction. After the meeting was over, Mr. Lambton received such in formation from various quarters, as left no doubt in his mind, that dir. Pemberton's character was such as did not place him on a level with Gentlemen. On Friday, the 9th, Mr. Burn called at eleven in the morning, at Lambton Hall, with the •Letters (No. 1 and 2.) Mr. Lambton being then alone, and net having any means of delivering his answer, through any friend, gave it to Mr. Burn in person, and verbally assigned to him his reasons for not considering Mr. Pemberton in the light of a G entleman.— With this answer, No. 3, Mr. Burn retired. in a short time afterwards, Sir Hedworth Williamson and Captain Cochrane arrived, when Mr. Lambton referred the whole business to them, requesting them to act for him, to make personal in quiries as to Mr, Pemberton's character, and if by any pos sibility Mr. Lambton could meet Mr. Pemberton without de gradation to his own character, to arrange the meeting without ' Sir Hedworth Williamson and Captain Cochrane immedi ately set otifor Sunderland,. and in the course of the same even ing had various interviews with Mr. Burn, the result of which they repc.rted to Mr. Lambton on Saturday morning the ieth. Lambton instantly and positively refused to withdraw any exmression respecting his opinion of Mr. Pemberton's charac ter, and required of Sir H. and Capt. C. to say whether, after th!ir inquiries, he could have their - sanction to meet Mr. Pcm beton ; their. reply (on their return) was in the a{rmative, tor reasons which will appear in Mr. Larnbton's letter. On the Same morning* at l l o'clock, they left Lambton flail for Sun derland, with'Mr. Lambton's answer ( No. 4.), which they de .ii vered. to Mr. Barr. at three o'clock ; at five, Mr. Burn re turned, with Mr. Pemberton's refusal to accept Mr. Lambton's utter of a meeting. (No. 5.) LETTER, NO. 1. " Sex—ln consequence of what passed at the Bridge Inn y;esterday, I did ere this expect to have heard from you ; not having dories°, my friend Captain Burn waits upon you to de mand that satisfaction which one Gentleman requires of an otiwej. Caotain Burn is in full possession of all the facts, and vi al make the necessary arrangements with your friend. " I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, (Signed) " THOMAS PEMBERTON. .4 Harries, Jan• 8, 1824. " To John George Lambton, Esq." LETTER, NO. 2. " —I am requested by Mr. Pemberton to deliver the in oioaad card to you. " Mr. Pemberton waits your answer at no great distance from hence. " I am, Sir, your most obedient. Servont, " li'aday morning." (Signed) "W. H. BURN." " To John George Larnbton, Esq." LETTER, No. 3. " Mr. Larnbton does not consider Mr. Thomas Peneberton's character to be such as to entitle him to receive that satisfac tion which one Gentleman would have a right to require of another." LETTER., NO. 4. " irlr. Larnbten will not retract a single syllable of what he har. said respecting the character of Mr. Tinning Pemberton ; of the nature of which, Mr. Lambton was only fully informed Silbscvently to the meeting of Wednesday last. " far. Lambton considered that a person under prosecution for defrauding the -Excise, and against whom s true bill had been found for an assault on a wom.an, waa nat of that charac ter which placed him on a level With Gentlemen. Under these impressions, Mr. Lambton replied to Mr. Thomas Pombarton's letter. Anxious, - however, that his own individual opinion might not alone. regulate Ilk conduct, Mr. Larabton referred the affair to Sir fied*orth Williamson and Captain Cochrane, wishing that if any doubt arose as to the nature of Mr. Thos. Penitx:rton'a character, he might have the benefit of it. " Those Gentlemen having made the necessary incinirita;, are of opinion, that whatever may be the' reports in general circu lation as to the character of Mr. Thomas; nothing RS yet has been proved against him, and consider, therefore, that under theate circumstances Mr. Lambton will net degrade himself - by meeting Mr. Thomas Pemberton. "'finder their sanction, then, Mr. Lambton aceedes eacer fully to Hr. Thomas r`ernberton's request, and leaves the time and place of meeting to be fixed by the tientlernen aating as Seconds. " Lanibton Hall; Jan. 10, 1824." LETTER, No. 5. " Mr. Lambton having refused Mr. Thomas Pemberton that aatiafaction which one Gentleman has a right to demand from another, can have no Farther communicanea with Mr. Lambton." " Sunderland, Jan. 10, 1824." , " Mr. LAURTON has been influenced, throughout,this af fair, solely by a sense of what was due to his own character arid station. He felt that he could not acknowledge his equa. lity with an individual, against whom auch imputations exist ed, without such a step being sanctioned by Gentlemen of ho nour and character. The moment that Mr. Larnbton received their assurance that he could do so without persoaal degrada tion, his only and instant request to those o.e.ntlernen was, to give every facility to the meeting. They acted up folly to their instructions, and cannot be answerable for the refuaal given by Mr. Thomas Pemberton." " Sunday Morning, Jan. 11, 1824." ** On Thursday last we gave the first ac count of this misunderstanding, under the title of " Fracas. in the North," omitting the names of the parties. The Correspondence which we in sert this day relative to the affair, our Corre spondent at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, assures us, is the only sta tementrespecting the circumstances of the case which has •yet appeared, and was laid upon the tallies of the Exchange Go/fee-rooms at that place. PARIS PAPERS• 'From the Monitemr of Wednesday ; Jan. in The official part contains only the notes of an audience given by his Majesty to the Chevalier Brito, Portuguese Ambassador Extraordinary to the Court of the Netherlands, who is appointed Charge d'Affaires of Portugal till the arrival of the Ambassador, whom the Court of Lisbon in tends to send to his .Majesty. [NON-01 , 11CIAL PART.] PAnts, JAN. I3.—We learn from Nismes that the Royal tribunal is going to bring to trial Boyle and twelve other persons who are accused of crimes against the internal security of the State, of rebellion against the .gendarmerie, and of attempts to rmirder the gendarmes who were engaged in the exercise of their functions. There is no news by express relative to the' health.of Pope Leo XII. Letters of the 20th of December, which have been received by the or dinary courier, say that hopes are still enter tained of the recovery of his Holiness. A letter from ROMP, of the 29th ult., an nounces that Cardinals Spinucci, Archbishop , of Benevento, and Fabrizzia Ruffo, are dan gerously ill. [The Bulletin of the Piedmontese Gazette of the 3d of January says, that King Victor Em manuel had not experienced any fresh inconve nience for some days. 3 (From the Etoile cf :i'tisrsdcy, Jan. 15.) TairsTE, DEC. 26.—Letters from Corfu of the ISth of December state, that all the English men-of-war that are cruising in the Levant have received orders to meet at Malta. The object of their meeting is an expedition against Tunis, the Dey persisting in his refusal to comply with the demands of the British. Government, which claims the release of the Greek slaves. On hear ing this news the Tunisian vessels have- quitted the Turkish squadron in the Gulf of Lepanto, to hasten to the assistance of their Sovereign. It is to be hoped thaLthis expedition will prove more decisive than that against Algiers. ( From the Constitutionne?. BASLE, Jax.B.—The Great Council of the canton of Berne is to continue its deliberations on the Civil Code with which that Assembly has been some years occupied. The principal editor of this Civil Code is Professor Sentd, a very cele brated jurist. It lippears that some other cantons are going to follow the same system, and to occupy themselves also with the reform of their Civil Laws. It is to be desired that the re form of the Penal Laws and of Criminal Procedure s►hould also be attended to, for in many of the cantons they need great changes. It would also have been desirable that an agreement could have been come to on the introduction of an uniform system of civil and criminal legislation throughout the whole extent of the Swiss Confederation. Many of the leading minds in Switzer land have shewn this desire, but there are too many obstacles to permit us to hope that the end will be attained. ( From the Courier Francais.) FRANKFonT, JAN. 9.--Much is said in our diplomatic cir cles of a memorial drawn up by the former Ambassador of a the Great Power, and sent to St. Petersburgh to be submitted to Emperor Alexander,in which the author endeavours to establish ' the necessity, in order to put a stop to the calamities of Greece, of erecting that country into a kingdom, the sorer eignty of which should be given to a Northern Prince. It is e ven added that this paper has been read at St. Petersburgh by th e commission which is at this moment occupied in that town with considering the affairs of the Greeks. What is most certain regarding this project is, (which has, however, been 'Token of several times within these few years,) that daily communications take place between the present Government of Greece and the Government of the lonian islands. Deputies from the Greeks have left Corfu to repair to London. PARIS, JAN. 14.—The Etoil► has made for two days past violent attacks on the manners of the English, relative to a boxing match which recently took place in the neighbourho od of London. The same Paper detailed the other day, with plea sure, a bull-fight, in which a dozen of these animals had been killed, seventeen horses ripped up, and - several men wounded. Each nation has its own customs, and it does not look well to blame those cf one nation, when those of another are approved. There is, moreover, this difference between England and Spain, that in the former country only the lower class of the people flock to a barbarous spectacle, but in the latter even the Court does not disdain to be present at such an exhibition. • FI:ENCII FUNDS. PARIS, JAN. 14.—Five per Cents. 94f. Stock, 1631 f. 23c. —Neapolitan Five per Cents. 80i.—Rentts d'Es pagne, opened at 26, closed at 264. xcHAN-or oar Loarnotr.—One month, 25f. 45c.—Three months, fisf. 35c.—(Coors 4uthentique, Jar. 14.) DUTCH PAPERS. HAGUk, JAN. 11. - -A plot has lately 13PPn dis covered in Bavaria, which threatens to have very unple a sant consequences for many families. Several young men of the respectable middle classes, all under 29 years of age, seemed to have formed a band of robbers, which had spread chiefly in the high schools of Ratisbon, Nurewburg, Amber g,' Salzback, Er langen, &c. These youths were aided in their criminal enter prises by subaltern officers. Their principal object was steal ing and plundering when fires broke out, for whiclnthe confu sion ineident on such occasions - gave them but too frequent op portunity, and it is supp4Sed that, for the attainment of their object, they not unfrequentlY became incendiaries. The fruit of their iniquity was spent in riot and debauchery. A solitary public-house in the treiniti of Amber; is spoken of as the place .where where they had their principal meetings. A subaltern. officer of the 10th regiment of infantry is said to be one of their leaders ; a corporal of the artillery is also named, who made fireworks for the young criminals, which were used for their incendiary purposes. The second fire at Saizback is placed to their account, and according to the confession of one of thepri soners, they stole a large quantity of silver on that occasion.— The first clue to the discovery of these misdeeds is said to have been found in the school of Liederkron, at Erlangen, on occa sion of the flight of a youth who belongs to one of the most respeeted noble families in Bavaria. This is the substance of the first accounts it is to be hoped that they will be found to be exaggerated. • SaiYR/;A, Nov. 20.-=•We have now a great many ships of war in cur roads : the Bellora, the Fide frigate, and several corvettes of the Austrian marine, commanded by Captain Ar men y - the A4Tierg frigate, and the H inds corvette, of the nav y of the 'Netherlands ; the English frigates Cambrian and. Eery alas. ; the Medea frigate, and part - of the French division, are • also at Smyrna ; the Salamander corvette is just come in. On the refusal of the Cassiotes to give an indemnification for de tainihg..a French ship, the Salamander took possession of a vessel fated out at Casso, which, in conformity with the orders of M. de Bigny, was not 'released., till deputies from Casio brought the required indemnification to Syra, to the Captain of the Salamander. it is affirmed that the.. Greek Government, being informed of the piracies of the Cassiotes, ordered them to make immediate reparation, but that they paid no attention to this order. Daksiorin, Usc. 24.-Isis Excellency Baron Von Just, our Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Great Britain, arrived in this city, and was'admitted immediately on his arrival to an audience of his Majesty .the King, who was pleased on this occasion to confer the Grand Cross ofthe Saxon Order of Civil Merit on this worthy states-- man, who has now been 50 years in the diplomatic service of his Majesty. A IKST ERDAX, JAN. 13.--Exchange on London, 39.9. IL G. MEXICO. (Gazette of the Government of Guadalajara, capital of the Free State of Xalireo;) • DISPATCII ADDRESSED FROM LA PUEBLA TO THE GOVERNOR OF THE FREE STATE OF XALISCO. Sul—The love I have always professed for the freedom of my country, impels me to commence a correspond ence with your Excellency in order to inform you of what has occurred in this Province, as far as may be deemed interesting to the preservation of all free States farming the Federative Re public of Mexico. You know that the Capt.-General Echavarri, Brigadier Minon, ,with his cavalry regiment No. 7, Colonel Bidelgo of the 2d infantry, and other vile persons in the pay of the Government of Mexico, have prevented the independence and federation of this Province, by persecuting the Provincial Municipality and Junta, who, deeply interested in the welfare of the inhabitants, had began to carry these plans into execu tution. The Government of Mexico ordered the three provin cial regiments to be dissolved, because their commanders, Col' ;Taro, of the Ist, and Col. Furlones, of the 2d infantry, toge ther with Col. Munnera, of the cavalry, were the chief sup port relied upon in order to realize the Federation, the oppo site party insulting these meritorious officers, and even taking from them their small arms they had in their houses. On the 12th of last June, the said commanders and the other officers of those corps being disposed of, the opposite party, headed by Echavarri, proceeded to attack the Provincial Munici pality and Junta, demanding of them 80,000 dollars, and -otherwise threatening to pillage the city. The eum of 15,800 dollars was paid 'down in order to prevent outrages ; but the Aldermen were insulted, and Col. Furlones, the Chair man, was ill-tested by Minion, who drew his sword at him, whilst opposing the pillage of the city. The illunicinalityhave complained to the Supreme Executive of Meeico, from whom they have received no reply tending to tranquillize the city; but rather they reproach the Provincial Junta and Municipality for not supplying the troops with every thing they demanded. To-day, Echavarri demands the plate of the Jesuits for his troops, and the Municipality are warding off the blow, by offering to give up to him 7,d00 dollars, rather than allow the Church and the sacred vessels to he profaned. The arms of the provincial corps were by Echavarri taken away from thei r quarters, and given up to the regulars ; he has disarmed th 3 national militia of the neighbouring towns, and those of Act jete are now entering this city. He has besides dissolved the national corps which joined the army against lturbide, such as those of Tecali, Santander., &c. This province is the most exposed to an invasion, as being nearest to Vera Cruz, where the garrison does not amount to three hundred men, whereas the Spaniards have 800 in San Juan de Ulna. With the latter occupying this fortress, Echavarri and Arano, hi s Secretary, are in communication, to whom he returned all the .prisoners taken in Jalapa, without orders of the Government. Echavarri, as well as the Government of Mexico, uniform in their proceedings, are no longer deserving of confidence; and great care must be taken not to let. their intrigues succeed. To prevent the federation of this province, to impoverish it by frequent pillages, to dissolve the. provincial corps, t o prevent t h e organization of the national militia, to trample upon meritorious Corporations and Civil authoritik* is their chief object ; Hidalgo having even gone so far as to threaten to hang the second Alderman of this city, for note sending I a noti ce as he was ord er ed to do. In a word, to opp ose the decided will of this Province is the result of one Pro vince governing another, and-of being delivered up to .al Spaniard like Echavarri, who, having been a traitor to-his own country, cannot be faithful to ours., more particularly as his adhesion to the Casa-Mata arrangement was not with any good intentions towards the People, but rather was the effect of cowardice, his intrigues, and a view to his own personal ag grandisement, for his acts are in complete opposition to his professions. As I was closing this letter an order has been re ceived from the Government of iklexico, directing Edla•farri to take possession of the church plate belonging to the Jesuits, and forward it to Mexico. This is the object of Mexico, to prevent our Federation, and tyrannize over the Provinces it commands. Deputy Anzorena-writes that Guadalajara would be subjected to Mexico as soon as the plans projected were realised ; that Negrete and Bravo were waiting the oppoitunity of a disagreement, and then that they would occupy it ; more over, that measures had been concerted to divide the inhabit ants. Do not trust to Mexico. Let the people of Guadalajara learn how to value their independence, and compare their state with ours. God and Liberty Peubla, July 26, 1823. A True Copy. (Signed) 'MIGUEL BADILLO. DISPATCH OF THE PROVINCIAL DEPUTATION OF PUEELA TO THE CIVIL GOVERNOR OF THE PROVINCE OF GUA DALAJARA. This Provincial Deputation has never doubted the address, knowledge, and proper conduct of the Authorities of your Province, and, on this account, they were persuaded, from the commencement, that, on agreeing to adopt the system of a Fe derated Republic, they had done it with a full knowledge of every thing required in so delicate an affair. At present, by the. liberal and frank measure they have resorted to of printing all the correspondence held with the towns of the Province, the malicious as well as hasty projectors are confounded, and the inhabitants will thus be made sensible that the Province of Guadalajara- is worthy of federating itself with the other Pro vinces of this nation, and that it will never abandon the liberal principles which have hithertO regulated its conduct. Puebla, July 2s, 1023, God and Liberty ! (Signed) A. SANTA CRUZ. TIIE PROVINCIAL DEPETTATION OF QUERETARO TO DON Luis QUINTANAP.r,GOVBP.NOR OF THE STATE OF XALISCO. This Deputation has received, together with your Eicel lency's circular; dated the .18th, ult., a copy of the Manifesto which the Deputation addresses to the State to which it belongs, and likewise the Answer of ihe Government of Mexico, ad dressed to that of your Capital. These documents, and the Circular inclosing the first -Act expresive of the general wishes of the inhabitants of your pro vince, at cnce prove the right and expediency of their adopting the system of federation in favour of which all the inhabitants of Anahuac are decided. This Deputation, admiring the patrizfic virtues of your corporations, and of your Excellency, cannot refrain from re turning the most sincere thanks for their good wishes, and re questing that they would continue, by their example and bro therly intercourse, to encourage this Corporation. which de sires to avail itself of the support of public opinion, in order safely to conduct the people intr;sted to its charge to the ob ject they have in view. God and Liberty. (Signed) J. FERNANDO) DOMINGUEZ. Qlleretaro, July 31,' lan. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN GENERAL NEGRETE ON THE PART OF THE GOVERNOR OF MEXICO AND THE GOVERNOR OF TEIE STATE OF EAtISCO. SIR-1n your Excellency's dispatch of the 15th instant, in dosing me one which, under the same date, you address to the Supreme Executive, I have seen with pleasure the sentiments you express in favour of the general welfare of the nation and that you uphold the Provincial Congresses in order, render public opinion uniform, and also dispel the apprehensions which might arise from -the report that Itutbide is in North America. I thank your Excellency for the honour you have done' rne, in believing that your proposals will be attended to through my influence; but I am now no longer a public man, that is, I have no further share in the political Govern ment, and shortly I hope to have none in any other matters. On this account, however, as well as the confidence you have placed in me on this occasion, and also the interest I have al wayi taken in the affairs of New Galicia, 1 take the liberty to offer some reflections on the contents of your Excellency's dis patch; and my love for justice, and the blood I have shed in defence of New Galicia, ought to shield me from criticism or reproach. All that relates to Iturbide is a mere fable, got up by those who wish disorders and civil war, in order thereby to advance their own interests, even by the ruin of their country and their own. Consequently, it is useless to add that your Ex- , cellency has no motives of apprehension on this head. The Provincial Congresses which your Excellency wishes, have already been upheld by the Supreme Executive Power, and they have been realized in a provisional manner, as greeter powers have already been decreed in favour of the Provincial Deputations than are possessed by the Assemblies in the United States. Look at the debates, and you and every one else will be convinced that the present Sovereign Congress . could not have been more condescending, and that it has thereby .given a sure guarantee of the declaration it made through the medium of the Government, of its being decided ly in favour of a federative Government. What more can the National Representatives do, after the powers of enacting a Constitution have been refused to them ? What reasonable pretext can any one allege for disobeying, or not respecting then ? To the new Sovereign and constituent Congress all the rest belongs ; but if, in the mean time, the proVinces wish any thing else, why don't they petition for it ? they not know that in the mere act of disobeying and criticis ing tneir own national representation, they are setting a ter- I rible example, which may operate to the detriment of all ? The new Congress alone, in my opinion, can save the nation from the anarchy and fatal evils by which it is threatened, and which it already begins to experience. But how is it to assemble, when it already announced that the decree for con vening it is not ebeyed ? A law that has already saved us from an impending rupture, and a law that is in a great measure due to Guadalajara herself. I cannot imagine that the good sense of the inhabitants of Guadalajara will allow them to disobey it, for as this is the rallying point of the nation, it is also the only anchor left to save the vessel of the State. It would seem as if the genius of discord dwelt among us ; but if we are • not mad, if we wish to save our country and ourselves, it is as ne cessary to redouble our prudence, in order that by all yielding a little we may be enabled to preserve the greatest share of our rights. All wish for a Federative Republic, and all reflecting persons substantially agree as to this essential basis; but in order to establish it practically, every one hangs back at trifling expressions, such as rouse the passions, offend many, and make which they are to attain theth em s f• c o r r e g d e o t b t jheec t t r t u h e e a y n i d i a o v n e 1 b y e m fo e r a e n t s h b e n y P oss ibl y i t may be becaus e I d on ' t un d erstan d i t, or because few of us un derstand what a f e d erative repu bli c is, yet I have seen and individiously observed one thirty years ago at the same time t:l in t evei7 where e l se I noticed the difficulties other na tions imitating it. At all events, lam of.opinlon that • our circumstances are very different from those of the United States. They were independent of each other—they always had independent legislatures and governments—they federated themselves as the Mexican nation might federate itself with Colombia, Peru, Chili, &c.; and, finally, they afterwards united by means of a federal Constitution, formed by a Central Congress, which prevented a civil war that was on the eve of breaking out. The Mexican nation is already united—why then have its provinces to federate themselves ? It is evident and ab solutely necessary that a Central Congress should divide them., and form a federal Constitution. Such a body alone would be able to combine the general and reenective interests of each Province ; for, if the latter at once wish to form their own pe culiar Governments, it will be very difficult, if not impossible,' to prevent their interests from clashins; with the rest. Let the Central Congress be devoted to this great work, and let this be the general assembly of opinions, as well as the centre of obe dience, in like manner as the law for convening it is to form the same. Let this also 'or done without preventing each pro vince from forming its own projects of a Constitution, for the due instruction of its own Deputies, and that of the whole nation. In the mean while it is not less evidently necessary that all the Provinces should acknowledge a centre of unity, and that this should be the present sovereign and national re presentation, as well as the Provisional Government that go verns us ; but internal matters have already arisen, and also external ones, which it is at present needless to detail, in or der to convince us of the expediency and necessity of this measure. Who does not know that ail federative Repub lics acknowledge . one centre that disposes of the perma nent and regular army, and that requires the aid of all the Provinces to sustain it ? Who can doubt the necessity of organizing both in more than a provisional manner ? And also that it will be necessary to negotiate - with foreign nations respecting the acknowledgment of our independence, which has hitherto not been acknowledged by any? If any Power attacks us, do we not require aid, its order to provide ourselves with arms and fortifications, on which our defence is to rest ? Who can obtain all this better than the present national repre sentation and its Provisional Executive Power ? From all this as well as the Proclamations which I have seen of your Eecel lency, it is deduced, that you have been deceived, and that - you have been made to act against your will contrary to the general welfare of the nation, and particularly that of Guadalajara. I apprehend that the author of this error is your Excellency'; Secretary, because I have seen letters and documents attributed to him, the purport and contents of which tend to nothing short of anarchy. Let your Excellency remember that we have been friends and companions in arms for ten years, and remember that in the whole of this time I have always spoken to yee with sincerity and 'friendship ; and now more than ever you ought to believe me, because I have no other object in view than the general welfare of the nasion, and particularly of Guadalajara ; because I have now no command, nor will I ever accept any ; and because I am now acting as a simple soldier ; ready only to fight to prevent anarchy, and to preserve the integrity sad in dependence of the Mexican nation. What a pity will it nut be if the sword should be unsheathed, as your Excellency very justly observes in your Proclamation of the 18th, without !:su ing any enemy to attack us ! Let your Excellency reflect that you have not justice on your side, and that he who fights with out it is always treading on a volcano. Wherefore, let small errors be forgotten—let the warmth of feelings subside, and let us alone consult the welfare of cur country. In order to attain this, I conceive your Excellency ought to discard flatterers and ambitious men, and among your army draw up a new act, in which, a cknowledesieg the com mon centre of the Government, you may proceed to cause the law for convening the new Congress to be obeyed. This mea sure I conceive so much the mare honourable to yot'r Excel lency and your Army; as it will be done before any official cora respondencq shall be opened with the Commander-in-Chief, su that all may embrace each other as the liberators of the same country. This it the same that has already been done by the military divisions in those Provinces—Justice and Liberty. (Signed.) PEDRO CELESTINO NEGRETE. Queretaro, July 25, 1823. THE POPE, &c. PARTS, JAN. 14.—We have received to-day the Diario di Roma of the 29th and 31st Decem— ber. It contains the following article on the health of the Pope : " His Holiness had suffered at the end of November one of' those hemorrhages to which he had been subject for many years. Notwithstanding the weakness it left behind, the Holy Father,. whose ardent zeal for the good of religion and the State is, above all praise, would still devote his attention to it without ceasing, even in his bed. In the night of the 23d the Pope had a violent suffocation. The physician found that he had a. fever, and an incipient swelling, and applied sinapisms to the, feet, and a blister to the neck. These remedies sufficed to re-. lieve the breast. Rome, which wits in consternation, was con-. soled this morning, by learning that its adored - Prince was ser sibly better. The fever had ceased, a.nd the swAling is. considerably reduced. On the 25th the Pope was able again to attend to business, and to give daily audiences to the Secre tary of State. His Holiness is only -very weak ; but it is. hoped that regular diet will strengthen him." Cardinal Spinneci died at Benevento on the 21st, in his 85th year. JAMAICA PAPERS. We have received Royal Jamaica Gazettes to. the 16th November, from which we extract the following SLAVE REGISTRY ACT.-Mr. Hamilton Brown brought in a Bill to repeal the above Act; for, he said, it was an Act, which, when passed. in lam, the whole Island, with one voice, exclaimed against. The House w as , ho wever , a t t h at t i me se duced into the measure by hypocritical promises from home, and they therefore passer; the Bill as a peace. offering. The pledge of Government had however not been kept, and the Assembly were therefore justified in repealing the Bill. The Honourable Member, in the course of his speech, adverted particularly to the hypocritical means resorted to by Mr. Wil berforce to get the measure carried in the Colonies, by making the Slave Tride the cloak to cover his real intentions; bat he had now shown his cloven foot, and it behoved the House to defeat his iniquitous designs. He hoped the House would re monstrate against the proceedings at home with spirit and firm ness ; and alth oug h t h e island' was a small body, he trusted • it would show on this occasion that it possessed a great soul. Several other Members spoke strongly in favour of the repeal of the Bill. CARTHAGENA, OCT. 15.—1 n the English sloop of war • Scout, which sailed from this port on Thursday morning, Ge neral D'Evreux and suite embarked for Europe, after a service of eight years in the cause of liberty and the Republic of Colom bill. Previous to his departure the General published an ad dress " to the people of Colombia," of which the following is the concluding paragraph : " Fellow Countrymen—l retire to the tranquillity of private life, because I consider that the Republic stands no longer in need of my service, and because having ceased to be useful, I wish not to become burthensome ; but the glory, the greatness, and the prosperity of Colombia will never cease to be dear to my heart, and neither time nor distance will diminish my de sire to promote her felicity. If by any chance she should again., be involved in disaster and misfortune, she will again find me in the ranks of her sons ready to die in her defence." RUSSIAN MI3SiON IN CHINA. (EXRACT OF A LETTER FROM ST. PETERS2URGH7 DATED DECEMBER 12.) None of the European Powers have more re gular or more uninterrupted relations with China than Russia. These relations have subsisted on the some footing since 1798, or since the conclu sion of the first commercial treaty between the two the Russian Governm en t with four eccle siastics, Pekin a hot e l, e thl m arso p itcrhehesu. churches, right of t o l a t ft i i s tai t l r ra e ci a ni trn y a jar: dn and as many young men destined to ac quire the Chinese and Mandchou languages, for the purpose of serving, on their return, as in terpreters on the frontier or in the offices of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. By the . stipula tions of the original treaty, all these persons should reside at Pekin only for ten years, but generally the ecclesiastical suite and the pupils of language remain for thirteen years. Till : lately little attention was paid to the• kind of persons selected for the Chinese mission. They were frequently individuals of mean talents and limited education. A few of the Russian terpreters brought up in China have hither to rendered real services to their Coun try and to literature, such as Leontiev and, Vladikine. Of the last mission, which has just returned, f must speak differently. The Archmandrite Hyacinthe, who was at the head of it, carried to Pekin more natural talents than any of his predecessors, and has gained higher claims to distinction by his indefatigable study of the Chinese, and his extensive know ledge of other languages of - the interior of Asia. Thirteen years spent in the capital of China, and employed in stubborn literary labours, have enabled him to accomplish works which will surprise those best acquainted with the Chinese language, literature, and history.— I shall merely enumerate a few of those works, which would appear from their number and importance to be rather the united transac tions of a learned society than the productions of a single individual. The chief of thern is a History of China from the year 2357 before Christ, to the year 1633 of our era, which is com prised in nine folio volumes. Another is a Geo graphical and Statistical Description of the Chinese Empire, accompanied with an exteesive.map in the five principal dialects. spoken in China. The next in importance is a translation 'of tl:e works of ConfuciuS into Russian, - with an ampie commentary and learned notes. .13esides . .these, he has 'composed a dictionary of the Chinese and Russian languages . , in two volumes ; four works on the Geography and History of and Little Bucharia ; a History of in, M ee , :o e Han tribes; and a translation of the Code of laws. given by the China Government to the Mongolian hordes under its dominion ; a detailed Description of the city of Pekin ; and an Account of the lly &an lie works executed on the banks of the Yellow River and the great Cauul of China.. In addition to these labours, the Archmandrite Hyacinthe has enriched the literature of his country with several treaties on the manners, the customs, the arts, and sciences of the Chinese. It 15 said by his friends, that this learned person pos' sesses extensive literary treasures, of which his' present position k little calculated to forward the publication. Whether from the freedom of his political opinions, or from the want of that legitimate superstition which is now so much ill demand in the Russian church, be has been of dered to leave the capital, and to reside in a coo' vent near Archangel. It is hoped that he Will be recalled by the Emperor, after expiating h' libersl sentiments or conduct by a proper pe' oaace. ~_ ~.,._ Bank 3 per 3 per , 81 pe 4 per per Bank PRII