The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-10-27 00:00:00

COVE 41. T-GARDEN THEATRE.

Last night a gentleman named Fitzharris made his first,
and, we apprehend, last appearance on the boards of this
theatre, in the character of Othello. The fiery and noble
Moore of Shakspeare is, as our readers know, one of those
parts that will not bear to be trifled with. Little people
should not creep into it. It were as practicable to set
about getting up a mock Vesuvius with squibs and crack-
ers in an ant-hill, as for any body who has not within him
the fit elements of feeling and passion, to attempt to repre-
sent the workings and explosions of what is neither more
nor less than a moral volcano. Mr. Fitzharris bas proved
himself a bold man, not a fortunate or successful one.
With qualifications, mental and physical, that may fit him
fee nineteenth-rate characters, he has attempted a part the
Inuit difficult in the whole range of the English drama. This
was neither well done in the debutant nor the management,
who it is to be supposed must have a discretion in these mat-
te)* What the latter can mean by getting up, at the cost of
considerable care and expense in the new dresses and de-
corations, a play in which everything, except the principal
character, is as it should he, we are at a loss to determine.
With the exception already madesthe tragedy is s:rongly
cast, and " Cesar Vecchio," " Coryat, and " How-
ell"—the best authorities extant—have been consulted on
the subject of costume. Now all this appears to be a
wasteful and gratuitous expenditure, without first seeuring
an Othello different from, and superior to, that afforded
last night in the person of Mr. Fitzharris. Does Mr.
Kemble mean, in emulation of the distressed country ma-
nager,
_to give the town Othello, with the part of Othello
omitted by particular desire?
It was said of Garrick or Kean (which ?) that in the.
part of Othello he appeared like Desdemonds little black
boy that handed her tea-kettle. Mr. Fitzbarris's person is
not open to the same objection. As far as we could judge
of it in his yellow night gown, lie put us more in mind of
the man who beats the big drum in the Foot Guards—as
tall, hut not quite so black. Kean taught half the aspi-
rant Roscii of the day to speak through their nose—wit-
ness Mr. Booth. The new Othello resolved to be original—
talks down his throat. We dare say this species of ven-
triloquism is perfectly satisfactory to himself—pity, it is
not quite so istelligible to the audience. Mr. -Fitzharris
appears to have availed himself of the expedient of De-
mosthenes, and articulates fOr all the world as if he had a
• • of young paving stones in his cheeks. His delivery
,*as alternately in a roar or a whisper ; we arc puzsled to
say which was the less disagreeable or the more intelli-
gible. Of the manlier in which he gave the famous
apology we would gladly speak bad we heard its—but al-
though listening attentively, we could only now and then
pick up a stray syllable which escaped the macadamisation
its less fortunate companions appeared to sustain from
the teeth of the operator. We suppose the
" Mont potent, grave, and reverend Siginnrs,"
to whom the oration was mere immediately addressed,
heard and profited by it : perhaps that was sufficient.
However, in this and other parts of the play, we think the
orator, like other orators, must have been " inaudib!e in
the gallery." The tenants of that part of the house ap-
peared occasionally dissatisfied at this way of doing things
solta twee. Repeated cries of " Speak tip" (in contradis-
tinction to speaking down into the pit of the stomach),
were heard, and finally one of their Godships (a Triton,
we suppose), resolved that his -brother celestials should
hear something for their money, blew a trumpet ! lii the
impaisioned scenes the performer roared " like any night-
ingale," but he spoke so loud we could not hear him. Pa-
radoxical as it may appear, this is the simple fact. Rote
it happened that the louder the less intelligible, we leave
to more scientific persons to determine. But enough--
To carry these observations farther would be only second
in folly to the attempt of Mr. Fitzharris.
Mr. Cooper played Cassio respectably, particularly the
drunken scene ; and, in the absence of Young, Mr. Warde
may be considered the best Ingo on the stage. Parts of
Roderigo, by Farley, were well enough, but it should have
been given so Jones. Mrs. Faucit played Emilia cleverly,
and Mrs. Sloman Desclemono tolerably.
It should have been before observed, that there wawa good
deal of disapprobation occasionally.manifested by the au-
dience during the speeches of Othello: there was also no
want of applause proceeding from those-persons whom one
never sees in a theatre except on the first night of a new
piece or performer. On the whole, however, the audience
were patient and merciful in the extreme ; and their sense
of the absurdity of the exhibition was rather marked by
cool and silent indifference, than by more active and post-
tive demonstrations of dissatisfaction.

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, OCT. 25.

The weather, during the past week, hat been very tem-
pestuous. On Tuesday•and iVednesday it rained almost
incessantly, accompanied with strong gales of wind. The
sloop Jessie, from Scotland, with kelp, was lost in the
storm of Tuesday, on tho North Bank, but the crew was
fortunately saved ; and on Wednesday the Elizabeth,.
Owens, which sailed on Tuesday for Drogheda, was driven
on shore near Mockbeggar; the crew was also saved.—
Several smaller vessels were driven on shore in the river,
but we are happy to state no lives were lost. On Thurs-
day night the thermometer, which ranged at the beginning
of the week at from 56 to 60 deg. suddenly fell to 33 ; and
in the morning the range of hills between Lancashire and
Yorkshire were covered with snow, generally to the depth
of four to five inches. The weather, since Friday, has
been more settled; and on Sunday a considerable number
of vessels sailed, which have been detained some time by
contrary winds.

LIVERPOOL CORN-EXCHANGE, TUESDAY, OCT. 25.
We had a good attendance of dealers from the country u well
as town to-day, and prices improved. The business whi:h wa
done was not heavy, but Wheat advanced 2d. a 3d. per bushel foi l',
new. Old remained without alteration. Oats are about Id,
dearer. Other articles remain the same. Wheat and Flour, in
bond, are without alteration.___

GRAIN.
Wheat pet Bushel 7011.).—Ftglish (old) _
Diuo (new)
Scotch
Irish (old) -
Ditto New .
Foreign, free -
Ditto (in bond)

s. d. s. d.
9 6 a 16 3
-90 a 9 9
83a 8 6
73a 8 9
-89 a 9 6
83a 9 0
40a • 6

Canadian free - 6 9 a 8 9
Oats per Bushel of 431 L—Irish Potato (old) 3 2 a 3 A
Ditto (New) 3 3 a 3 7
English,Seutehril% elsla 3 5 a 3 7
Connuon 2d.a 3d. lower.
A6a 6 0
60 a 7
.S 0 a 5 3
50a 6 0
Malt per 9 galls. . .A d a 10 3
Oatmeal per MlL—English - 30 0 a 32 r
Irish - 0 a 27 0
Ditto (new) 29 0 a 32 0
Flour per MlL—English - 50 0 a 54 0
Irish - . 50 0 a b 3
American per 191 b. - 24 0 a 26 I
Beau per Quarter—English - - 0 a 32 I
Insh . 44 0 a 50
Peas per Quarter— English, White - 0 0 a 0 0
Ditto Grey - - 0 0 a 0 0
IMPORTED THOM TB; lIITit TO TME ZITS OCTOBER
11:CLCSIVE.
Peas
Oatmeal :
Ireland
Coast w ise

Barley pa 601b.—English
Ditto (New)
Irish

Ditto (new).

iVissat : .--
Foreign - 993 qrs.
Ireland . 3,516 '
Coastwise . 371

Total - 4,802 qra.
Oats:
Foreign . - 1109
Ireland - 8.848 Qrs.
Coastwise - 118

4 qrs.

- .;71 Ids.
- 6

Total . 6,50
Barley :
Ireland . 1,131
Coaitwiae 849 73.

Total - .;77 las.
Flour:
• Irelind - - 2,101 ,ks.
Coastwise - 71

Total - 2.l7iißks.
Europe - 110 brsl.

Total . 1,680 v.
Beans :
Ireland . .
Coast wtle . . 5
Total . 163 qrs.

lIPOITED.
Osta . . 484 qrs.
Maur - 187 brlr.
Bran, . . 44 qrs.
Pease - - - 67

During Thursda♦ and Friday la.t the wind WIIS So very
high that the packet heats were.unable to make a passage
from. Grimsby to Hull, but our correspondent had not
heard of any accidents by shipping in that ncighbou:hood.
—Blston (i./ate,,

LITERARY GLEANINGS.
_

No. LI.

ON THE CHOICE OF HOOKS FOR CHILDREN,
CHILDREN'S FRIEND.—In 6CtiOlt it is 114.
cult to avoid giving children false hires of virtue, and still
more difficult to keep the different virtues in their due pro_
portions. This should be attended to with all care in all
books for young people ; nor should we sacrifice the weirs-
, standing to the enthusiasm of eloquence, or the affectation
of sensibility. Without the habil of reasoning., the best
dispositions can give us no solid security for happiness,
therefore we should early cultivate the reasoning feeske,
instead of always appealing to the imagination, gy anti.
mental persuasives a child may be successfully governed
for a time, hut no power can continue the delwinn long.
Tnhoewerreatsohantinngevien Be r
fadcrse,7„iarri': rieds,tpA(a;oomf
p‘ Joseph,"e‘tenceis best,
ap-
pear to be of the sentimental kind. Musty gets amongst
a rabble of boys in a village to tease a poor man of the
name of JOSE rtr, who has the misfortune to be out of his
senses. Henry's father, in a sentimental conversation, et.
tempts to convince him of the folly and wickedness of his
conduct ; it is so managed that the bon's conscience is
alarmed, and his understanding has no attire in his peni.
tence. He asks pardon of' heaven, but presently he joins
the rabble rout again, and exasperates the poor madman,
who throws astone at his tormentors, which wounds Henry's
cheek. and nearly cuts off his cur. In this condition he is
carried home to his father, who tells him that this is u
judgment for his crime. " How comes it," slys the bleed..
Ming boy, " that the stone hit my head alone, when all the
rest of my companions are more in fault than I?" "Br•
cause," answers his father, " you know better than they (fit
that you w! re doing. wrong." 'lids method of reasoninun
will not make children conscientious, because whenverr
they escape judgments, they will imagine that they do not
merit punishment ; and the stone does not always hit the
guilty bead. The father's answer to his son should hare
been, " cannot tell why the stone hit your heed, but I
am sure that you deserved it more than your companions,
because you knew better than they did that you were doing
wrong. In " The flower that never fades," a weeping
governess talks to her pupil in such a strain abnut a fault
so horrid that she cannot bring herself to name it, that the
child becomes dumb, trembles, sighs, and at last " faihr
half swooning, uit were, beside a verdant hillock." Thie
" deed without a name proves to be a little childish 'CU
nity, which had made the young fatly talk in too decisive a
tone of voice at breakfast upon seine historical point,
show her writing with an air of triumph in her ens,
'and pat Miss Elizabeth out by keeping bad time on the
piano-forte Mademoiselle's eloquence appears too pa.
thetic for the occasion, and though it " pierced the heart
of the'tendcr Emily," it night not have the same effect on
persons of a more phlegmatietemperament. An appeal
to the affections of a child should be made °pry on great
emergencies.
In the dialogue upon this maxim, that "A competence
is beq," the reasoning of the father is not a match for that
of the son ; by using less eloquence the father might have
made out his case much better. The boy sees that may
people are richer than his father, and perceiving that their
riches procure s great number of conveniences and com-
forts for them, he asks why his father, who is as good as
these opulent people, should not also be as rich. His
father tells him that he is rich, that he has a large. garden,
and a fine estate ; the boy asks to see it, and his father
takes him to the top of a high hill, and showing him an ex-
tensive prospect, says to him, " All this is my estate."
The boy cross questions his father, and finds out that
it is not his estate, but that he may enjoy the plea-
sure of looking at it, and that he can buy wood when
he wants it for firing ; v.nison, without hunting the
deer himself ; fish, without fishing ; and butter with-
out possessing all the cows that. graze in the valley,
therefore he calls himself master of the weeds,
the deer, the herds, the huntsmen, and the labourers that
he beholda. This is poetic philosophy, but it is not suffi-
ciently accurate for a child ; it would coryburid his ideas of
property, and it would be immediately contradicted by his
experience. The father's reasoning is perfectly good, and
well adapted to his pupil's capacity, when he asks " whe-
ther he should not require a suerfluous appetite to enjoy
superfluous dishes at his meals.' In returning from his
walk, the boy sees a mill that is out of repair, a meadow
that is flooded, and a quantity of hay spoiled, he observes
that the owners of these things must be sadly vexed by
such -accidents, and his father congratulates himself upon
their not being his property. Here is-a direct contradiction ;
for a few minutes before be had asserted that they beloegrd
to him. Property is often the cause of much anxiety to its
possessor, but the question is, whether the pains or the
pleasures of posseserng it predominate; if this question
could not be fully discussed, it should not he partially stated.
To silence a child in argument is easy, to convince biro is
difficult ; sophistry or wit should never be used to confound
the understanding. Reason has equal force from the lips
of the giant and of the dwarf.
• ....

These" minute criticisms may appear invidious, but it is
hoped that they will be considered only as illustrations of
general principles; illustrations necessary to our subject.
We hare chosen M. Bercprin's work becauterif its universal
popularity ; probably all the examples which have been
selected are in the recollection of most readers, or at least
it is easy to refer to them, because " The Children's
Friend" is to be found in every house where there are any
cliildren. The principles by which we have examined
Berquin may be applied to all books of the same elan.
The superior merit of Sandford and M.:rton hat lee;
been well known to the public; Madame de Sil-
lcri's Theatre of Education, and her Talcs of the
Castle, Madame de la Fite 's Tales and Conversations,
Mrs. Smith's Rural Walks, with many other popuLr
books for children, would deserve a separate SM.
lysiv, if literary criticism were our object. A critic once,
with indefatigable ill-nature, picked out all the faults of a
beautiful poem, and presentul them to Apollo. The gori
ordertel a bushel of his best Partinvsian wheat to be care-
fully winnowed, and he presented the critic with the chair.
Our wish is to separate the small portion of what is useless
from the excellent nutriment contained in the books we
have mentioned.—Proelical Education, by MARIA sad R.
L. EDO WORT

ADDRESS OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTLAND. ON
THE ANNUNCIATION OF HER FATAL SEN•
TENCE.
Thanks for your news, Illustrious Lords, she cried ;
I greet the doom that must my griefs decide :
Sad though it be, though sense must shrink from pain,
Yet the immortal soul the trial shall sustain.
But had the fatal sentence reacia'd my ears
In France, In Scotland, with my husband crown%
Not age itself could have allayed my fears,
And my poor heart had shudder'd at the sound.
But now Unmated for twenty tedious years,
IYhere nought my listening e.rs can catch around
But fretful poise pf danger and alarms,
The frequent threat of death, and constant din of arms.
Alt ! what have I In dying to bemoan ?
What punishment in death can they devise
For her who living only lives to groan,
And are continual death before her eyes ?
Comfort's in death, where 't is in life,unknown ;
Who death expects feels more than lie who dies :
Though too much valour may our fortune rev,
To live in fear of death is many times to die.
Where have I e'er rcpos'd in silent night,
But death's stern image stalk'd around my bed ?
What morning e'er arose on me with light,
But on my health snme sad disaster bred ?
Dial Fortune ever ail my wax or flight,
Or grsnt a refuge for my hapless heal ?
Still at my life some fearful phantom aim %I.
My draughts with poison drugg'd, my towers ty.tk
treachery flamed.
And now with fetal certainty I know
Is come the hour tbat my mad being ends,
Where life must perish with a thigh blow ;
Then mark her death whom steadfast faith winds .
My cheeks unchaned my inward calm shall show.
While free from foes, serene, my generous friends,
I meet my death—or rather I should say,
Meet my eternal life, nry everlasting day.
ITrausieted b; Lold nollenal frtm tope De l'arg'e Pwl 0-.
this utfintanate Princess.]

BIOGRAPHICAL MEMO!
The following account of the early
Liberator of South America is t
saber of the American Monitor, ,
peculiarly devoted to the affairs
wield :
pie Simon Robyn was born In the ,
l Use Juan Vicente Bolivar, and ,
ib, "ma origin of the femily of Bolivar,—an
WM ears "II afford to disregard,—iseeter.•'
Ned° and -Banos, as one of the -
sad be the eircunutance of ane of t
ewe, in the year 1588, to represent
scer,d, at the court of eladrid. Bolivar
• deprived him of his father and mode
his elemental unite, was Inhumed
sou, and with the ckninistratioa
Abel& parents had bequeathed to
si mac, the young Bolivar neeived
boteloration which America could,
rove, Tice ben yeses of his life were
ex tostbeinartral sciences, to hi.tory, gee
esi.' Hi eye, amens were not marked by
wept In bigot?, which appealed to absorb
so, however, neither from want of --
„sionents of his age, that young
re and the :hut arts. On the co,
',thee sports and pleasures of childhood, and. neatindy
m legrction, he ethibittd a maturity, r' e granted noulleasholl
ar 'sick Was singularly contented %
" flans sot *hat is the teases,"
green s ipboin we are indebted for
dillh rat happy, it seems as if the •
pa pwrf fin bin, and oppressed ,
Mach revealed that loftiness of spirit, and that innate lore of
beery, which already agitated the childhood of Bolivar, and pro-
mised the weld one of the most illustrious defenders of the lode.
pendsoce of nations !
nseolniston ebtained from the Spanish Government the per
newer, votively granted, to proceed to Europe for the completion
of hes stadia. Several of his biographers hen given currency to
the wanton report that, after having visited the various states of
, he rimmed to Madrid, where he married a young Spanish
lads, who was snatched from hinaby a premature death, after which
he rearred to his country. and began his political career. This
mistatannt Inverts the true cider of events. Bolivar, on leaving
Cancan for the first time, 'visited Mexico and the Havannah,
at which elan he embarked for Spain. On his arrival at Madrid
Is. &relied Maned: with considerable ardour to the completion of
his eduction. The study of the useful sciences, and, above all,
tot minute examination of the details of that remorseless govern-
clot, which, at so great a distance, ...erased an iron sway over
ho enhappy country, occupied his whole time and attention, when
a dew passion suddenly took possession of every faculty of hie
oel. A yeast Spriusu lady, of noble birth and extraordinary
besity,teades deep impression upon that hearneibich had hitherto
bit rep glory and libt rty stone; she was the daughter of the,
Marcelo d'Ustaris, a ccuntryman of raver and a brother of the
Marquis del Tore. Bohm' loved her to idolatry ; he obtained her
Land, sod hastened to enjoy his happiness in his native land
But sea! a blow as sudden as terrible swatted him ; a fever of a
tee dap swept off the friend and companion to whom he
Loped to continue his whole future life. To a young man of
twenty.tee, soder the influence of Jett most pure and ardent
panne, such a loss is overwhelming, incalculable. Bolivar was
stennete.hearebtoken, but his courage did not forsake him. No
rice *could replace those tablets fate had broken ; the love of his
many took mire possession of a bent cloned against all other at-
netnews, and that passion foe liberty which he seemed to inherit
from enure, acqtmed new force and activity from his private cala.
orry. lie set nut a second time for Earope, and visited succnaively
epee, France, Italy, England, and a great pert of Germany. Due-
el his residence at Paris, he was particularly assiduous in his
cinemas to acqtere ail the knowledge requisite for the warrior
and tipstatesmen ; he formed connexions useful to him in tee pro-
fit' It is inquiries; he became the friend of II umboll t and of
hem whom he imbibed prufuitad sad enlightened views
teeteed wdennalatagnistratioa. kl•nso acquittal I
adadill Mete for the study of languages and history, in both of
• be is said to have made vcry rapid progress. Ills agreeable
annexe, the alight tinge of melancholy which characterized his
whale app•nnce, and the advantage of a cultivated mind, rendered
Boise is object of general interest in society ; but hi the midst of
tits itemises and pleasures by which boom surrounded, his ardent
megiretios was intsosely fixed on his long-cherished project—the
talerieg ha country to independence. Active, temperate, frugal,
analog the night to labour whenever a pint of the day had bent
petted to ?erasure, the saviour of America silently formed himself
for the awful work of the destruction of Spanish power in Ameriee.
The comeation of Napoleon Bonaparte as Empuor of Franc*
at which Wirer was present, appeared to him to threaten ele
apprteddng revolution its the political affairs of Europe, the eon.
sewing of which must necessarily extend to America. Under
tie eileern of this vague presentiment. he set out for Spain,
*ben, bevies lam& at Bordeaux, that General Miranda was in
tbtUthed States, turneng an expedition fur the deliverance of his
many been the Spanish yoke. he hastened to share the perils of
nagbeenaenterprin, and to place himself under the banners of
trdepeedsat chief. 'He arrrived too line ; the expedition had
1...1.f when he reached the United State, and, in a few days. he
leant that nil* failed in he attempt. As, however, the reel
of hie voyage to the United States, had escaped the in-
eice.ll rye of the Spanish police, he was at liberty to return
et Sauk America. This he accordingly did, just at the
rewire when the successes of Madrid anti of Baynone, the abdica-
te% of Ferdinand and of Charles, and the occupation of the
entiesula by French troame occasioned the first interruption of
•• cestornsry relations between the metropolis of Spain and ha
e. ar.d caned the general insurrection of the new world.
Then follows a statement of the political causes anal'
events that led to the declaration of independence by the
south American Provinces. The district of La Paz, in
suiliencia of Charms, in the viceroyalty of Peru, first
vv.. the example to the oil's!. Spanath settlements. The
:nsurrect;on, however, was instantly quelled, and the in.
iurg cats pot to death in the meat ignominious and horrible
mannOr. The Memoir proceeds with a narrative of the
solitary career of the celebrated but unfortunate General
under whom Bolivar made his first campaign.
The great earthquake of' the 2fith March, ltil2, by which,
in one ininute and Eileen seconds, twenty thousand persons,
in d frOsent parts of Venezuela, Sr re destroyed, overthrew
the nelly.sotat4shltd independence of that Province, and
natal &wag the credulous populace such a degree of an-
perititioas appreht vision, that in a few months Miranda was
obliged to cap tulate and disband his forms. lie was after-
;arm treaclierotisly 'tient and died in the prisons of Cadiz.
From that period Bolivar became the chief warrior of his
'aAtntry, to the service of which he gave the whole of MS
Innerlw wealth. We have not apace to follow him through
all his military exploits, but must conclude with the fol-
;ntriug account of one of the most brilliant and interesting
Pl'aagis of his life.—

•uccerses had, on all sides, revived the hopes of the
betrayed by fortune, had
Tar was already filled with
than that of arms, and he
tisdo:n u a statesman and
enemies by his skill and
vebrusey, 1819, he opened
resigned into its hands
invested, and laid be.
lution. The speech which
sibed that spirit of frank
icterixed all his actions.
Government, be thus ex-
humanity are the preservers
gratitude, and the most
have contra/led with
latore, is a deposit in.
and the gratitude of Vt-
.- contains, not only the
national honour : let us
engage nents which
children :he benefits of

he also

aye. _ sol•
.s, from marching over rocky ground without shoes, were at-
tacked by ulcers is the feet and legs. Some perished from inani-
tion on the road, or were swept off by dysentery. An English
battalion, upon which Bolivar had founded great hopes, perished
ahuost entirely from these causes, and a still more dreadful end
awaited the unfortunate anivivms who had escaped these compli-
atedsufferings. At the summit of the Andes the air " so rarified,
' and respiration consequently so difficult, that they were almost all
benumbed ; they frothed RC the mouth, lost their senses, tore theft
hair, and, bereft of every sense of feeling, by degrees ultimately
died. Of five thousand kitties sand mules used in the expedition,
alamost all perished, and the general was reduced to employ the
Wiens who inhabit the sides of the Eararnoe, to carry on their
backs the ammunition for the army. The roads, if we may give
that name to ravines and the drained beds of mountain streams and
torrents, were filled with the dead bodies of men, horses and mules,
and with baggage of every description. In the midst of these die-
estrous scenes, Bolivar's firmness did not forsake him fora moment.
Sharing to the utmost all the sufferings of his soldiers, he set them
an ciao:rile of every kind of courage. Inflexible, enduring, lode-
fatigable, he shrunk from no privation, from no peril to which his
men were exposed. An English Colonel (Rocke) complained to
him that he had lost his baggage. Bolivar opened his pnrtmanteau
and divided his wardrobe with him: it consisted of four shirts and
four pair of pantaloons. Colonel Mackintosh, an officer in the CO.
lombian service, relates what follows--" On the expedition to New
Granada in 1019, we had a number of rapid mountain-torrents to
pass: in order to cross those which were not fordable, we dragged
along two small canoes fastened to the tails of horses, by means of
which we were sometimes enabled to make a bridge ; at other times
they were used to carry over troops, arms, he. whilst those,
soldiers who had learnt the art of swimming swam through the
' water. Upon all these occasions Bolivar was very active himself,
setting the example of labour, and frequently working harder than
any commou soldier. On passing rapid rivers where there were
fords, he was constantly to be seen assisting the men over, to
prevent their being carried away by the force of the torrent; and
carrying on "his own horse ammunition, arms, and pouches.
Whenever, in short, there was any obstacle to be overcome, he
was constantly on the spot, directing others, or affording the ex-
ample of his personal exertions, which always had the desired
[ effect."

At length, after 43 days' march, almost be:-and human strength
and endutarce, doling which he lost his artillery and all his bag-
gage, Bolivar descended the side of the Cordillera, and suddenly
appeared near Tunja, in the valley of Sagami's°. At the first news
of this sudden and miraculous appearance, the advanced guard of
the Viceroy's army, three thousand fire hundred strong, marched
against Bolivar.—The ground and a great superiority in point of
numbers, were in favour of the Spaniards, who occupied impreg-
nable heights. Bolivar saw that the success of the enterprise could
only be decided by a rapid march upon the capital. The slightest
hesitation, even accompanied by some clniingent advantage, might
peetaps have caused Its failure. By one of those expedients which
characterize gnat corona iders, he concealed his march from the
me ny, by Grp he caused to be lighted, and, leaving him in
his tar, prxetded by forced marches upon Santa Fi. The Sirs.
niarls followed him with the utmost expedition but Bolivar, hay.
lug been able to chaise his ground, waited for theta at Fkiyaca,
near Tunja, gave them battle, and put them to the rout. Berreyro,
gencrsl.in-ebief of the Royalist army, and thirty-eight of his of-
ficers, were taken prisoners. This victory liberated New Granada,
and opened the gates of Santa Fe to the republican army.

A success en unforeseen and so vast, astonished all classes of
society. By escaping so many dangers, seizing upon the capital of
the empire, and driving fram it the representatives of the King of
Spain ; by defeating, with a handful of undisciplined men, eight
thousand regular troops, commanded by Murillo, the conqueror of
goyaca lied raised a fortniziable reputation. Be was received in
the capital as a liberator. Ile found there a million of piastres,
and resources of every kind ; and numerous recruits soon repaired
the losses he had sustained in et cbsing the Cordilleras, and in the
late battles he had fought. lle was chosen, by acclamation, Pre.
sident of New Granada, and, in conformity with the general wish,
on the Bth of September, he proclaimed the union of that province
with Venezuela; thus attaching the corcuests be had made to the
interests of the liberty of his country.

oy,
and proceeded to Mr. Rankine, 1, for the purpose of assisting
in the investigating.
Nearly nine eart-loads of luggage had been thrown
ashore, and the duty also of examining it devolved on the
Sheriff-Substitute. The greater part of it, however, seems
to have belonged to Sir Joseph Radcliffe, the bodiesof six
of whose servants have been found. The whole has been
lodged in a place of security in Greenock.
The following is a correct and authentic list of the bodies
that have been found, with the names, so far as known,
and the best description of those unknown we could pro-
cure, up to yesterday at mid-day :

-
FOUND OX FRIDAY.
Two women servants of Sir Joseph Radcliffe, one named Hannah
the other having the Initials d. R. marked un her shift.
Mrs. Wright, of Glasgow.
Two women, unknown; one with 1 blue, and the other with a
brown stufrgown.
Two children, one of them belonging to the female passenger
saved ; the other, a female child, unknown, well dressed, with lace
cap.
AR. John Bell, botcher, of Dumbarton. .
Angus Cameron. am near Fort William.
.Mr. Archibald Graham, of Corpse)), near Fort William.
James Grierson. steward of the Comet.
In ail eleven bodiea foimd on Friday.

• 'FOUND ON SATURDAY.
William Allan, servant to :11r. Dcanistoun, claimed and taken
to Canibusvkin.
James Miller, of Edinburgh. •
John Reid, of Edinburgh.
A girl about 17, unknown, poorly dreuei.
Duncan Mackenzie. a highland trader.
An old man from (AMP, name unknown.
A woman unknown, supposed the motner of four children who
were on board.
James Dingwall, his }eft hand injured by a mill.
George Al urray. a lligidand trader.
James 111anderson, engineer of the Comet, taken away by his
widonv
A young wpmnn named Rose, claimed by her brother, and carried
to Greenock.
A sailor belonging to Limekilns or Kincardine. name unknown.
Ronald Mackenzie, piper to Sir Joreyli Radcliffe.
A young gentleman, name unknown, green coat, aiher watch,
linen malted C.B S. Surgical instruments found on him.
Angus A. Kennedy, a young gentleman about 14 or 15.
A young man about 15, name unknown'.
.An Irish pedlar, name unknown.
Euphau Nivea servant to blrs. Wright.
In all eighteen bodies feassitavn Saturday.
FOUND ON SUNDAY.
A seaman, name unknown.
John M 'Lachlan, one of the Comet's crew.
Mrs. Winclitfe, supposed to be the housekeeper of Sir J. Rad-
cliffe.

A young man—linen marked J.U.P.
The body of a woman, name unknown ; initials on linen 1.31.;
red Morocco baby shoes found in her pocket; supposed to be the
nursery maid who had the charge of one of the children found on
Friday.—Fire bodies found yesterday.

From the foregoing melancholy list it will be seen that
St bodies have already been found, which, with the 11
persons saved, makes the number accounted for amount to
.1.5. No traces had bees" found of Captain Sutherland or
his lady, or of Mr. M'Ali ter or his nephew. We lament
to say, that there is too much reason to fear that Mr. Hugh
Rollo, writer to the signet, has also perished ; though
there are some circumstances that afford a feeble ray of
hr-c, which a slay or two at farthest must confirm or
destroy. It is certain that a part of his luggage—a port-
manteau— has been found ; but the under-steward of the
vessel reports, as far as we can understand, that a boy
brought to the boat, at Locbgilphead, Mr. Rollo's luggage,
consisting of a portmanteau and a travelling hag, for the
latter of which he soon after returned, and carried away.
A gentleman, however, came on board at that place, though
the man can give no description of his appearance. Some
other persons belonging to this city have been mentioned ;
but we abstain from repeating their names, as we are per-
fectly satisfied they were not in the Comet.
Such of the bodies as have not been claimed and carried
way by their relatives, have been laid out in the church
of doureck, and decent coffins provided. There were yes-
terday about thirty corpse's in the sanctuary, and a most
heart-rending and agonising scene was there exhibited.
Every hour arrivals, were taking place—the parent looking
for his child—the friend for his friend—the wife for her
husband. The uncertainty as to who were passengers,
rendered only the suspense of those who expected friends
or relatives by the vessel snore dreadful.
The picture given by the survivors of the scene it is im-
possible for us to describle. It appears that up to the ac-
cident, the voyage had been most prosperous, and now,
within so short a distance from their destination, every heart
was full of happiness—dancing, pleasant stories, and con-
versation, were wearing sway the bight, when the awful
mandate went forth, and SO human beings, in the very
midst of innocent gayety and fond anticipation, were in an
instant hurried, imwarned and unprepared, into the pre-
sence of the Almighty.
We have said that description of this scene, by us, was
impossible ; but our immortal bard has furnished us with
one, which we hope our readers will not consider idnpro-
perly introduced or misapplied—
Then rote from sea to sky the wild farewell,
Then shrieled the timid arid stood still the brave ;
Thep some leap'd overboard with dreadful yell,
As eager to anticipate their grave;
And the ma yawn'd around her like a hell.
And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave,
Like one who grapples with his enemy.
And strives to strangle bim before he die !
And first one universal shriek there rosl.'d,
Louder then the loud ocean, likes crash
Of echoing thunder ; and then all was hush'd,
Save the wild shriek, and the remorseless dash
Of billows ; but at intervals there gushed,
Accompanied with a convulsive splash,
A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry
Of some strong swimmer in his agony .!

With regard to the cause of this tireatlful affair—though,
beyond all doubt, the principal blame lies with the Master
of the Comet, he not only having no light out, but his jib
sail set—still the feeting is universal in Greenock, that the
Master of the Ayr is in the highest degree culpable, in de-
serting, as he did, the scene where be had made such havoc.
It is not true, as asserted in the authorised statement pub-
lished in a Glasgow paper of Saturday, that the Ayr did not
leave the spot till all traces of the Comet and her ill-fated
company were lost. The Ayr fled from the spot, while yet
the shrieks of the drowning bungs were thrilling lit the,
ears of her crew.—She fled—and all but lost the only brave
and humane individuals she had on board, the sailors of
the Harmony, who made an attempt to get out the Ayr's
boat to the rescue, but which was pulled under water by
her precipitate flight, and these generous seamen were only
able to save themselves with difficulty. She fled—while
one of the crew of the Cutlet was swimming to her, and
whose cries for succour did resell her in her flight—hut in
rain. The futile pretence that Ate was in a sinking state,

Li Miff Alit/roved 14 her haiing sailed in safety to Gree-
nock--a distance of about three miles—while the master
mutt gave known, that, had she been in that state, his
greater chance of safety was,- aftet rendering the assistance
he was Patina to render to the snfterets periShillg under his
eye, to run his vessel on shore, from which he was hot 300
yards distant, and which he &MAI have done in Compara-
tive safety, and almost -without damage. We can Make
allowances for the agitatiOn sad confusion such a scene
would occasion ; but we can find not a shadow of exce'se
for the selfish and dastardly conduct of the Master of the
Ayr. In the judicial investigation that is prweeding, if be
is not so deeply to blame as we apprehend, he will have a
fair opportunity of exculpating himself, though we confess,
in the face of tiro facts we have stated, we do not tee how
this can be done.
We intended to make sometemarks on the almoit fiendish
levity with which a Glaigow Journal has alluded to a
Noble Lord and a highly respectable Member of Parlia-
ment, who were reported to have been on board the Comet ;
but the general feeling of loathing and disgust which these
allusions have created wherever they have been seen, are
sufficient, without our assistance, to mar?: them with ptlblic.
scorn and indignation.
[From the Second Edition of the Glasgow Free Press of Saturday.]
SATIIRD•Y NIGHT, 7 o'ct.oca.
Since the first edition of our paper went to press, we
have ascertained that the English gentlemen referred to in
the express from our reporter of last night, are safe. They
were landed at Rothesay. We have seen three of therh—
Messrs. A. Morrison, and George Martineau, of London,
and Mr. Henry Martineau, of Norwich. The other gen-
tleman who went on shore at llnthesay was Mt. Glover, the
celebrated landscape painter. They mentioned that Mr.
M'Allister, W. S., bud intended- to land at Rothcsay, but
having met with some obstacles in getting on shore his
luggage, he was unfortunately detained. They think there
were about twenty cabin passengers, and they were mostly
young men. There were only two ladies in the cabin,—
Mrs. Captain Sutherland, and Mrs. Wright, of this city.
The gentlemen estimate the number of people on hoard
from fifty to sixty, exclusive of the crew. They think
there were not more than seven female passengers in the
steerage. Four of thetn were servants of Sir Joseph Rad-
cliffe, of , near Doncastet. Sir Joseph's Highland
piper was also oil board, and we are afraid is one of the
sufferers. The gentlemen speak highly of the conduct of
Captain Whines and his crew, while they were on board
of the Comet.

We have also seen one of the passengers who was saved,
Mr. Ewen Macdonald,--of Fort Augustus, who gives the
following account of what fell under his own observation :
—He thinks there might be about 60 passengers in all.
He was a steerage passenger, and shortly before the cata-
strophe was upon deck. Ire saw a light a-brad, and a
fellow-passenger observed that it was a light-house; but
one of the crew, who was on the look-out forward, re-
marked, "It is a steam-boat," and instantly called aft,
" A steam-boat—helm a starboard." He supposes the
helm was ported; as the vessels almost immediately struck.
Captain M•lnnes was on the cabin-deck, and called. on the
rassengers to come aft, thinking the packet might right.
Greet confusion • isued, the passengers forcing their way
into the Comet's yawl, which was hung a-stern. In the
hurry the tackling could not he loosed: one of the ropes
was cut shortly before the other. There were from, Yo to
30 people in the small boat.at the time; Mr. M`Donald
was one of them, and nearly the whole were precipitated
into the water. The other rope was cut almost at the mo-
ment the Comet sunk. M'Doi,dd was thrown into the
water, and upon gating to the surface he found no trace of
the CoMet. He observed the small boat floating bottom
upwards, and he and some others caught by it, and in con-
sequence of their struggling it righted, but was full of
water. He and two others got into the yawl, and in about
fifteen minutes they were hailed, and towed to land by a
boat which had pushed off from the shore. Mr. Graham
was found in the Corset's boat. M'Donaldi and the two
who were saved with him, were so weak at the time they
were taken in tow, that they could not move into, the other
boat.

Considerable apprehensions were experienced• vis-ta the
fate of Alexander ftl'Neil, Eqq. advocate, who had written
to his friends in Glasgow, that he ekpected to be here
frcm Inverness yesterday ; but we have every reason to
believe that this gentleman was not a passenger in the
Coiner.

The following statement has been handed to us in vindi-
cation of the captain and crew of the Ayr:—
The Ayr left Greenock about one iu the morning, car-
rying a light a-head, which the regulations of the river de-
manded. All hands were on deck, two or three of whom
were looking ont at the bow. The master had been on the
paddle-lox, frequently calling to the men to look well out,
until they concluded themselves abreast of Gourock (for it
was now dark), when he went aft to adjust the binnacle
light.
On returning to resume his station on the paddle-box,
and before he had reached the rail on the quarter-deck, a
cry of " boat a-head," and " starboard your helm," was
heard from the men stationed at the bow. The vessel im-
mediately answered the helm, (now starboard), but the
Comet's helm appeared to lie to port, and the two in con-
sequence came in contact. When the Ayr got away from
the Comet, the master of the former ordered the small boat
to be lowered down, in order to render the Comet assist-
ance. In the hurry, however, the boat tilled with water,
and about this time the Comet disappeared. Every exer-
tion was made by the master to bring the Ayr round to the
place where lie presumed the Comet was, but it was some
time before the vessel answered the helm, and when ut
length she did so, no trace could be found of the Comet.
At this time, the passengers of the Ayr (who before the
crash had been below), apprehensive of their own danger,
for the vessel was then leaking much, grew clamorous that
the master should run the vessel ashore, and implored him,
with hands around him, or rather upon him, to do so, and
to save their lives. Ile, therefore, seeing all attempts to
rescue any of the Comet's people ineffectual, put about,
and returned to Greenock.

The Comet had no light, nor did Capt. M<Clelland hear
any voice from her till the vessels met.

[Prom the Cakdonian Mercury of Satariay.l
Tile heart rending accident of the loss co the Comet
steam-packet with its numerous passengers has excited the
deepest agitation in ttis place (Edinburgh). Those who
have friends in the west country, or at Inverness, are in
the greatest distress, being quite uncertain as to their fate.
On Sunday night the Post-office was beset by an anxious
crond, eagerly inquiring if there was any farther intelli-
gence as to the sufferers. We have endeavoured to collect
from individuals connected with Glasgow or Greenock
such farther information as may have arrived. Many
rumours are in circulation, and names are mentioned which
we forbear to notice, for fear of giving unnecessary pain
to these concerned. We regret, however, most deeply to
state, that great fears are entertained for H. J. Rollo, Esq.
W.S. a portmanteau having been found on the beach with
his name on it. Lord M'Honald and family were to have
embarked in the Cornet, but were, as we hear, fortunately
prevented. We understand that the Lord Advocate and
Mr. Dunlop, Sheriff of Renfrew, set off on Saturday
afternoon, to commence ass investigation into the cause of
the accident. On Saturday '27 toadies had been found. We
have heard of other persons both in Leith and Edinburgh :
but we cannot, in such a case, run the risk of wounding
the feelings of relatives, unless we have positive inforn-a-
tion. One well knoWn and respected individual and his
lady, for whom apprehensions were entertained, were, we
understand, to have been in Appin on Thursday last, and
it is not supposed, therefore, that they could have been on
board the Comet. One letter received here states, that the
lady mentioned in the Glasgow papers, with seven children,
is Mrs. M'Lcod of Kintail. The same letter also mentions
a Mr. Miller, son of Mr. Miller, fish-curer in Leith,
of the sufferers. Mre. Captain Sutherland, one of the un-
fortunate sufforers, was slaughter of H. R. Duff, Esq. of
Muirtown, near Inverness, and niece of Mr. ForLec of Cul-
loden. She is represented to hare been 'Uglily beautiful
and accomplished. She had been five weeks married, and
not five days, as stated in some accounts.

The foundation-stone of the intended Church in Great
Oxford-street, Liverpool, will he hid to-morrow, by the
Bishop of Ch:-oter. Ills I.:mils:hip will be accompanied by
the Mayor, and the other Members of the Corporation, the
Clergy, Churchwardens, tke. ; the procession will proceed
from the Town-hall, at two o'clock.

-.

Inen':l7ll3e tiepn,tedwhoiut.tholititeghmisond
o offten
Ib,eattrawyeads
alreadyb fortfiulniei
d with
.Jneeptions of a higher sort of glory than that of arms, and he
astonished the Americans by his wisdo:n u a statesman and
tie stem, after baring conquered their enemies by his skill and
•%needity as a warrior. On the IGtb of February, 1819, ha oPenell
Ina Venezuelan congress at Angustura resigned into its hands
Ine supreme pawer with which lie had bun in rested, and laid be-
fore it $ preijett for a republican constitution. The speech which
he Pronounced on this solemn occasion, breathed that spirit of frank
4'14 upright roller which has since characterised all his actions.
:sPvaking t.f the English eredeorsof the Government, be thus ex.
Mrs These friends of humanity ore the preservers
.Imee,ran !Mee y : we owe than eternal gratitude, and the 1710P1
PU'et':li fulilment of the engagements we have contrarted with
Thc rational debt, citizens legislators, is a deposit in.
ttisted to the good faith, the honour, and the gratitude of Ve.
nentela • tiara it u the sacred ark which contains, not only the
loaf benefactors, bet also our national honour : let us
Penal than fail in the slightest degree in engage rents which
hi,e tared ear country, and insured to our childien :he benefits of
• II:" , d.d not merely propose fundamental laws; he also re.
• e-f, tl the overtly all those institutions which an; within
• • rce eta rer7h:izac government, sad, without which, said

THE; • Miffligh rillitgg.
-._. , \ I iiimr, Asir* :wit- - -z-q
•
0111 OF 80/./PAR. he, "a repsblie Is but an empty sound." In short, his noble and' LOSS OP 7W tYPIW4II. StrAlf-PACKE T.
e-- upright conduct recalled those Ilhertfkad adorns whosepatriotisma, .;; .- i.'
early life of the Hero and valour, and genies, bane earned for that the highest of all titles, • 'Prom tint/Atte trade Cotwsm of Nonall-1
t extracted from the last
that of fathers of their country. Thee* however, implored It firths te erue'lls isy to'beintudniesie to our readers
or, a well eontluetcd maga- blot
ofpublic •' d' • I t one of the most klaifut iota calsibitous events that perhaps
,In the name pu_c safety, to retain the masons poise
: Fairs of that part of thbhas ever. taken pltlgtbAlitotOtty. On Friday morning
ascii snore tranquil drum, to which he consented.
last the QuMet treetystOtet front Inverness, via Fort
he city of CaffeCWS, in the wear
After having regolated every thing connected with admit:dank
William, to klilwrin, '‘iben.o the iestern point of the
ma Deen
—aee.etee rel;e4e. floes Betivar eadisvoured to attach the liberty of New Granada to
village of Gouroekt &obi the miles below Greenock, was
ou,m.,
13;;;Tes; which Ganz tbse el Vesestualsi These pedsavours, as we shall eft/WWII/ see run on board by the Ayr Ste luggage packet, outward
istatwatieetwA to thallium et Imp seeweed with seem.* the two republics have grown and fins:
no sml in the Trace of is vo minutes afterwards the
Abed together ander hielhstering case. On the 24th of February.
most Wanda,. la Veneesela.Comet went to the bottom ! There were; as nearly as can
tic
a:legman
at Bomar was beset out fee New Granada, to attack Galena ftlorillo, who had be ascertained, abOtit sixty persona on board, out of which
o that province, as preeeradoe-
mine choice of the islantrof Achsgos„ Amuse by two arms of the number eleven only have been saved. The variety of re-
Bolivar wets bay Finale when
Apia., es an hnpregnekle position. The royalists of this province ports which reached this city daring the course of Satur-
i mow. bee retartano pa. had . been beaten by General Santander. Bolivar felt that the fate day induced us to proceed, ore the evoning of that day, to
raced
with
the
paiediattatitnr of of the campaign depended on the junction of his troops with those Gouruck, for the purpose of eeabling us to lay before our
'twice of an isesanwe fortune of that brave Ginter, which he efreved on ,the 3d of June, after re2ders, in this publication,
the latest and mat authentic e
him. feudally beloved by .
having routed General Torre, who endeavoured to oppose his pas- intelligebet that could possibly be procured.
ed from his paternal care, the
Bolivar now received the deputies of the principal towns of We accordingly reached that place yesterday forenoon,
SSP'
d, then, afford to a child of his New Granada, and resolved to cross the Cordilleras, and to attack and found numerous boats engaged in dragging for the
bodies cround the place whete the steam-boat had sunk,
the Spaniards in the kingdom of New Granada. Nothing could
were devoted to the elements ofwhich was, as nearly as we can guess, about 300 yards from
r,
geography,
and the heemel. equal the fatigues and deagers which attended this daring entehre.
the shore, in sixteen fathoms water. The Sheriff. Substitute
prize. It was over the summits of the loftiest mountains, In t
eked by may stains progress,
and of Ronfrewshire, Claud Marnhall, Esq. assisted by Mr.
midst of the most precipitous rocks, across eternal snows.
> absorb all his attention. Itßankine, of Oourock, and Mt, Leitch, one of the Magis-
through paths eat up by torrents, and where the toot of man had
energy, nor from a love of the trans of Greenock, had been Cortpleyeawithout intermis-
Bolivar
neglected the study of *sodden, that this bold rival of Hannibal and CW‘tlf marched, sion since Friday taming in the painful duty of examluing
of a little army, unprovided Sven with toecesssi ice. to at. contrary, be was indifferent to at the dead bodies as they were brought ashore, taking exact
bola,
and,
coaatabily absorbed tack she veteran soldiers of 11l friths, and to take possession of the descriptions of their dresses anti appearance, and inventories
, the
grammoma
aseheaands east eapkal of the empire. The lofty character of Bolivia gave to thi of the property found on their maims. On our arrival we
with his ye
p...en* e ' . expedition a hervie east, which it -rill ever retain In history. All th., found these gentlemen superirftending the inspection and
++ said his node, one day, to a
f naturoseeracel to conspire foe the ruin of the cause of in- removal of the bo*rof five pdeplits which had just been
or this inforouttion, "but dhat
54=c. Allee-army, which, it is dinned, did rot exceed IMO shagged . up, tterteltureb 011Weenrock, where the other
'
: air of his native country was men, was daily thinned by the most unforeseen accidents. The bodies that had been found on Friday and Saturday were
his soul." Prophetic words, passage of one little torrent alone deprived him of a hundred men, laid. The Lord Advocate. acconspanied by Mr. Dunlop,
irit, and that innate lore of
disabled by the bite of a Bah called the cant or rays. The sol. Principal ...Sheriff of Henfrewshire, at-rived about mid-day,
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