The Sun.
London, England, 1818-01-02 00:00:00

THE NEW CABINET.

The judgment of the President has been, we
think, lemarkahlv displayed' in the selection of
his Cabinet OtEcers'. lie could not have nulled, a
greater mass of talent and infovatativu. The

Gentlemen who now compose the Cabinet Conn-
Cil of the natii:n gave been long before the public,
end are distinguished. alike by their literary taste
and pOlitical intelligence.
Mr. Adams, the present Secretary of State, has
distinguished himself in the literary and . politi-
cal world, Tas a writer and a statesman. In both
he has evinced ability and knowledge, and deserv-
ed well of his country. In addition to his mental
qualifications, be poisesses a habitude for business,
and discharges the laborious duties of his present
office with great regularity and dispatch.
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- Mr. Crawford isra
man of strong and discri-
minating mind, balancing with accuracy, and de-
ciding with promptitude. Like the present At-
tornev-General, he owes his elevation to his own
intellectual powers and individual exertions ; and
offtrs: another instance of the excellence of our
Government, in affording an unlimited field to the
operation of intellect, and .a free,goal to the at-
tainment of virtuous ambition. He was a good
Secretary of ‘Var, and is as.good a, Minister of
Finance. The same energies and powers are dis-
played in every thing he undertakes, and are in
all useful to his country.

Mr. Calhoun, now Secretary of ‘Var, is, a young
man of fine genius and singular talent. While a
leading member in the popular branch of our na-
tional legislature, he astonished all who• heard
him by the rapidity and fire of his eloquence, and
the quickness and accuracy of his mind. He
may, perhaps, from his.youth and the character of
his intellect, be too fond of novelties that are
only calculated to surprise and dazzle, but age
will mellow his mind, and render its efforts more
beneficial and 'salutary. We doubt not lie will
execute the duties of his present station with abi-
lity and satiSfaction, and be a very useful member
of the Cabinet.

Of Mr. Wirt, it is scarcely necessary to add
any thing to what we have already said of
Ile is so well known as a profound lawyer,
a fine speaker, and a classical and elegant writer,
that to say more in his pi iise, would be a work
of supererogation. It may only be observed that
he has risen to the situation ofAttorney-General
of the United States, from obscurity and indi-
gence, by the superiority of his mind, and by his
own unaided and individual exertions.

These gentlemen form a halo of, reputation
around the President, and hold ont.to the country
promises of utility and advantage, in which all
will participate, and with which all must be gra-
tified.—(Washington City Gazette)

BALTIMORE, Nov. 27.—Messrs. Rodney, Gra-
ham, and Bland, Commissioners. to South Ame-
rica, with Air. Brackenridge, Secretary to the
Mission, left this city this morning in the steam-
boat Virginia, for Not folk, where they will em-
bark, on board the Congress frigate,, Captain Sin-
clair, and proceed immediately to perform the
duties of their appointment.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 29 —The revenue cutter
Dallas, Captain Smith, arrived at Savannah On
the 22d instant, front a cruise, bringing into that
port the Spanish schooner Tantella, with 137
slaves, hound- for Havannalt, but captured by the
privateer Brutus, and ordered into Amelia. The
Tantella being discovered by the Saranac, sta-
tioned near the island, a boat was dispatched from

her, with an Officer, for the purpose of boarding ;
but Austin, the prize-master of the schooner,would
not suffer the Officer to go on board, and a volley of
musketry was fired into theboat,which,however,did

nodamage.. Capt. Elton perceiving this,the Saranac
immediately gave the schooner a broadside, which
cut away her briom, and disabled her much ; not-
withstanding which, she made her escape into
Amelia. Captain Elton demandea the Tantella,
but was refused ; on which he blockaded the port,
suffering nothing to pass, which induced Aury to
gibe her up ; not, however, until he had taken
out' seventeen slaves, and plundered her of many
valuable aricles. The 'lamella was ordered to
the port of Savannah for adjudication, under con-
voy of the cutter Dallas.

GENERAL PAEi.-It having been declared in the
Philadelphia Democratic Press, that the patriot
General Paez is a black man, a writer in the New
York Columbian contradicts, the• assertion, and
says, '' He is a white, born in Merida, the capi-
tal of the province to which it gave its name, It
was he that destroyed the greatest part of Moril-
10's forces, in his march from Santa Fe to the
p►ovioce of Venezuela. He now commands the
provinces that had been freed by the valour of his
arms, viz. Barinas, Merida,Truxillo, and Cucu-

Extract of a Letter from Natchitoches,. dated Oct: 17.
"The patriots in Mexico are forming reren-
dezvous, with a view to the organization of ano.
they auxiliary army on the river St. Marc, on the
frontier of Texas, which empties itself into the
hay of St. Joseph this rendezvoits is expected to
form a •ggneral depot for dis,eipline and supplies,
and thr Mexican pattiots mean to afford everyon,
c,oitragement to all who wish to join the standard
of liberty. There is no doubt that they will be
„able to concentrate a. large force there, and the
precautions taken to move with discipline, and
assure supplies, will render every movement they
make effective. The people of Mexico are no
doubt very ignorant generally, hut there is not
one, of them that does not know. the difference
between a government within themselves and the
oppressive system of Spain and its deputies. They
require only a small. army well organized, with a
-suitable Staff to conduct details. without weaken-
ing.the line, to become excellent soldiers. • They
arc wonderfully prompt at imitating and acquir-
ing habits that are novel and agreeable to them, •
and living no great way from the Tropic,
are hardy, and can bear privations as well as our
Indians. I think. many of our young men will
hid a fine field open here by the beginning of the
new year."---(Aurora,)

CURIOUS HORSE.—An extraordinary, fin, horse
colt is in the possession of Mr. May, of the Red
Lion Inn, Borough ; it is only six months old,
14 hand, high and is remarkable for the fineness
of his symmetry in every respect but orle,.and that
renders him an object of great curiosity, and un-
fortunately, of uselessness. He is made on the
back precisely like a camel, and the veterinary-
frirgeons cannot account for the singular fortis of
the annual..

THE ARMY.

The following is a copy of the Oath. to be taken
by half-pay Officers, to entitle them to receive
their allowance :

" A-. W. appeared personally before. me, and
made oath, that he had not, during any part of
the period,, from the 25th of to the 24th
of --, both days inclusive, any other place
or employment of profih • civil ar militaryyntnl4
his Britannic Majesty,. or. in the service of any
other Government, besides the Allowance granted
to him by his Britannic. Majesty,' as- a reduced
--- of the --- Regiment of
alteration, erasement, or interlining, admitted. •
The 2d battalion 12th regiment of foot,
tered in Athlone, were disembodied on the 24th
nit, and the following Officers placed on half-.
pay from the 24th of next month :
Lieutenant-Colonels Carnie and the Honour-
able H. C. Lowther ; Majors Sale and Filth ;
Captains Whannell, Read, Shee, Clnsbolm, J.
N. Read, Burrowes, Fitgerald, and Baxter; Lieu
tenants Dun, Barrett, Morgan, Chnnherlain,
Davey, Glascott, Myddleton, Hicks, Clarke,
Blackhall, and Prior ; Ensigns Thomson, Stirke,
Archer, Clarke, Newman, Gardiner, Tripp, and.
Leith ; Paymaster Fidel), Q*earter7master., Page,,
Surgeon Morrison, Assistant-Surgeons Ligert,.
wood and Hendrick. The 'battaliou are now
doing duty as; a dept in the county of Roseom....
mon, until the arrival of' the Ist from Pnrts,f;
mouth.