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London, England, 1818-01-14 00:00:00

MEXICAN GAZETFE.

Extracts from the lixtraordißery Genctie of the
Covenantlit of Mexico, of Saturday, Nov. 1. 1817,
inserted in a Journal Extraordinary of the Govern-
ment of Havaiiiiali, of Monday, Dec. 1, of the vame
year.
Official confirmation of the capture of the traitor
Mina. and the end of the intuits esernted I!V him
and his followers attainst the faithful than% ;; (((( of
• ner Loral King Fcrilisiaisil (whom 4:teil pre-rise
les Soeit, la Manna, WI the -24t10 of Ainil of 14
scot year.

Dll'Arell OF COLON I'l. OON FRANCISCO DE

MItAN I lA.

MO,T EICVIAKNT SIR —%% 111 P Xrialest salistactione I
e....:eatulate roar Exc. Heiser nos iny haring taken prisoner,
rot wera o'clock thi, day, the traitor 31loa, in patsy with
•25 "fliers, ie the pass of reutitoldo, lielsomoog to llw estate of
I:hrhiynera, se twee lie wa. sills 'ZOO on. n, wally the half ef
whom are . the i.5...t fist retort Pedro
W 1110114• held has bern lorosieLt In this town, whice I have jos.l
arrived ; soul es v. I 11311. 311 opportunity I will wool
the dispatch to the Mario-at sle Campo Don Poimpsal sly 1.1-
slaw I advise your Exestleney of Ilse surrrss. ou weroont of
the interest you must lake to it. Cud preserve your Earai-
Itney many yeas 4.
holm°, October 27. 11817. eight o'clock at night.
.ttldressr.ll to his Excellency the Viceroy Dun Juan Rut z
who .4pullai 3.

I►ISPATI II OF CAPTAIN D. AGUSTIN Ala/LIME 10
COLON D. RAFAEL BRACIIO► DOLITILA I. AND
MILITARY LOSIMANI►AKT OF QUICRLTARO.
I mail your Excellency the emoted ♦rry iuter►stiug

THE BRITI SCI PRESS.

LONDON,

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1818.

nambnrgh Papers to the 6th instant arrived last
night. The approaching nuptials of the Duke of
CAMBIUM/16 and the daughter of the Margrave of
fitime CASSEL are now mentioned without reserve
in the foreign Papers. Domilities have commenced
between Persia and Turkey, but they appear to be
an accidental quarrel. not likely to produce serious
results. A violent earthquake, accompanied by
an inundation of the sea, is said to have taken place
near Athens, in isitich 5,000 of the inhabitants of
Vostissa, near that city, perished.

The following are extracts from the Hamburg!'
Papers : ..

LETTER FROM C ViF.T., DEC. 25.

His Royal nighties. the Duke of Cambridge,
who arrived here yesterday, dined with his future
fstlier.iii-law, the laisagrave Frederick. His
Royal Highness intends to remain at Cassel till
the New Year. The object of his visit is no
longer a secret.

LITTER FRbM COMSTANTIROPLE. MtV. 45.

For some time past the public attention has
been occupied by the news of hostilities that have
taken place between Persia arid Turkey. They
seem. however. to be of so ►articular a kind, that
it is probable they will not he attended by any
important consequences. Prince Abbas Mirza
'(who had before hero at variance with his
hither, the Sovereign of Persia) proceeded at the
head of a body of troops, from the province of
Van. against the Turkish► fortress of Hajazid,
which he attacked; but the Pacha of that place,
with► the entire concurrence oh the Schoch of Per-
sia, victoriously repelled this arbitrary attack,
without any interruption of the good understanding
between the two Empires.
News lately arrived here of an attack made by a
body of 200 banditti from the Mores. an the island
of Teton, in which they set fire to the town of
St. Nicola, in order to plunder the 'houses of the
inhabitants while they were attempting, to extin-
guish the flames. It is not yet known whether the
latter afterwards succeeded in driving aft the rob-
bers; however, a galley and a brig are fitting out
here, to cruise for the protection of the Archipelago.
A Spanish boat in this port, while employed in
caulking the merchant semi to which it belonged,
lately took tire, upon which the Cap►ain Paella,
without any respect fur the flag of his Majesty the
King of Spain. proceeded with the utmost rigour to
have the whole crew of the ship seized, and thrown
into irons. Upon the remonstrance of the Spanish
Ambassador the Spanish sailors were, indeed, re-
stored to liberty, but this affair has nevertheless
made an unpleasant impression on all the European
merchant,. The Reis Effendi has requested the
Foreign Ministers to signify to the Captains of
►nerchant vessels of their nations, not to undertake
any repairs in the harbour itself, and when there
, not to lie too uear to each► other.

It is continued, that the town of Vostisus, near
Athens, was inundated by a sudden rising of the
s.a d ' g a violent earthquake, ■nd that about
5,000 of the inhabitants perished in the waves.

STOCKHOLM, DEC.
_23.

The Duke of Stidermania being recovered from
noli.position, the address of thanks voted by the
Diet will he prevented to-day, by • great deputa-
tion.

The atnendment proposed by Baron Stael, and
nt first approved by the Nobility, in which his
Majesty was rcquested to consider the distressed
state of the kingdom. and take measures to avert
the ruin of the people, was withdrawn, after a long
debate.

The Minister of State. Count Eagestrom,
tl uht this adrlit• a contradiction to the rest of
the Address. The King was not to blame for the
embarrassment of the Discount flanks, over which
he hail no control ; but he had done every thiug to
remove or to lessen the evils arising from it. On
every other occasion his Majesty and the Crown
Mince had been prompt in affording relief. No
corner of Sweden had been forgotten by thew,
was a prim( that 144 Majesty wrs well ae-
quailstral with the state of ti►e kingdom.

ETERe•OURGA. MT. 20.
euty-two will have liens received toward,
the stew boos, which will lw ►hut on intlo Decem-
ber, 0. S. The cold Ivan continued to ine►rant..
Yenterilay morning it wan at SB deg. of Itranintir,
:tool II gds the whale day •_li sing.—(iloomittiret
s go tith ✓armory.)

Barb:irk.% to the 141 December state,
that his Excellent,. Lord Cormur.umEst had re-
turneil r to the neighbouring islands.
Ir 31.1wors that • 00000 e tit the vesst Is which drove nut
ur Ica. during the last hurricane, from Martinique

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o•tr distrtsSed seamen is what chiefly solicits the
attention of our wealthy fellow-citizens. The
state of these unhappy men is • disgrace to
the Government of the coubtry. While our
army has been kept up to a most absurd awl
dangerous mag►utude, our navy, that has ac-
gulled us the dominion of the ocean, and rendered
our army available, has been almost dismantled.
Our soldiers are maintained for parade awl osten-
tation, but our sailors, who are emphatically the
British warritiras are consigned to !tracery Ind
starvation. Let us cast our eyes across the Atlas,-
tie, and judge whether such a deviation front the
long-established maxims of British policy is at
the present moment judicious, or whether our
sailors ►hould be taught a disgust toward* a service
where they experience such heart-rendiUg ingrati-
tude ? It is preposterous in the extreme to enter-
tain a thought of converting our maritime into a
military power. The character of the nation, our
geographical situation must first be changett. By
eshivating our marine we may still sway the
sceptre of the ocean, but if we divert our thoughts
to military parade, we may, indeed, ape in out-
ward chew our German prototypes, hut we shall
cease to wield the real weapon 'Of our national
strength.

We may fairly ask, why the three ships lately
granted to the poor seamen, by the Admiralty, had
not been assigned to them at an earlier period ? or
why some little relief had not been extended to
them, on the approach of inclement weather, from
old military stores ? We sce too how very small a
sum of money has enabled the Committee in the
City to save the lives of so many noble fellows, wins
had often risktd it in the service of their country.
As much might have been spared to them from the
mitioual prollision, and not an economist. however
severe, would have murmured at such an appro-
priation. We may also remark how fortunate it is
fur these poor fellows that the present LORD MAYOR
should never have voted or spoken on the side
of the Opposition—for, had lie done so, it is pro-
bable that the Admiralty might have acted towards
them in this year with the same coldness and in-
difference as it had manifested during the Mayor-
alty of Mr. Alderman Woon, who, it will be re-
membered, had suggested the very same means of
relief and protection for the poor seamen, as are
now so happily carrying into execution. Only one
ship was Oleo appropriated—and, if we rightly re-
member, Mr. Woon's humanity became the sub-
ject of some pleasant remarks, because it happened
to be extended towards sailors who were not tech-
nically able bodied seamen. The ship, we believe,
was soon withdrawn—and the Lord Mayor, un-
assisted by the Government, could only enjoy the
satisfaction of having esideavoured to rescue the
Government and the country from the danger and
reproach of neglecting its Lest and noblest de-
fenders.

In 1817, 7,888 children were born at St. Pe-
termliurgh, of whom 1,111. or one out of seven,
were illegitimate. According to the list published
by the Synod, in which, however, only the mem-
bers of the Greek Church were enumerated, the
number of births 01 1815 was 1,4298,461. and of
deaths 890,988—being an excess in the births of
407,47:1. Among the deaths were 613 persuns of
100 years of age, and one of the ate of 155 years.
There were iO9 above 105 years old. 123 Arose
110. 72 above 115, 31 above 120, 13 above 125,
6 above 130, and ate, as above said, of 155 years
of age.

Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's
nt the Cape of Good Elope, dated November 15,
1017:
Thc following most daring instance of piracy was com-
mitted in our port on the 1 till instant :—The Elizebelh,
Mite, laying at anchor off Rubin Island, with about 120 tons
of oil on board, was boarded about 1 a. a. by a party of arm-
ed deserters from his Majesty's lath Regitneut and convicts,
twelve is. number (i.e. live sullies s said seven cosmic-ta), who
after securing the hatclws, &c. °ldeated possession of the
ship, and in the sane instant cut the cables, loosened the
sails, and favoured be a strong south-east wind, succeeded
iu carrying her off. At six a. at. the C.aptain and crew hav-
ing refused to lilies' to their invitation to join them in their
piratical undertaking, with the exception of the mate, ware
permitted to leave the ship in the bust, which reached Robin
Island in safety about four o'clock the same day."
By a letter received to-day, we learn that the
Admiral Gambier, BRASII. laden wills Government
stoles for (7eylon, was totally lost on the morn-
ing of the 20th June last, having struck on the
Reef of Juau de Nuva, in the Muzamhique Chan-
nel. Crew saved.

A Sunday Paper stated that Ministers had agreed
to continue the restrict. on .•ash payments by
the Bank for two years, but the Treasury Journals
contradict the statement.

A letter from Sierra Leone mentions the return
to that place of the British scientific expedition for
exploring the interior of Africa. They were com-
pletely unsuccessful. having advanced only about
150 miles into the interior, from Rio Nunez. Their
progress was there stopped by a chief of the coun-
try. and after unavailing endeavours. fur the space
of four months, to obtain liberty to proceed, they
abandoned the enterpsise, and returned. Nearly
all the animals shed. Several officers died, and,
V hat is remarkable, but one pi ivutr, besides one
drowilesi. of about YOO. Capt. CAMPBELL died two
days after their 10141r11 to RIU Nsintx,asid was buried,
with another officer, in the panne spot where Major
l'EuusE, and one of his officers, were buried on their

(h the 30th of Dr rem her, between seven and
right o'clock in the ron►uiuyrr was found dead in
lii% eh:nigher. the Count de 11'itigetistein. Colonel
or the Legion or 1106111 w, in garrison at Valence.
This officer blew out Ids brain% with a pistol charged
with several ball•. A kw moments before he ea-
related his porpo.e. lie g;tve scone directions to his
~tic with his en., ;fry• ". The motive
of this desperate act is lout known

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