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iingbAY; MAY 19.
Voi-iisisiAt.—Holidayit the Meet.

iiie.tenimunicite with much Brief the '&110104
.eitiatt of a letter from SE. Pierre, Martinique :
a ST. 19, 1812.
✓ 44 A moat dreadful account wait received here
•Jeraay, by the way of Ctitacoa, that the city of Ca.
tit cras and! the town or Li Gorr.); were destroyed
by all earthquake on the Seth ult. Seventeen
thtireliet are said to hare fallen at taraccat in a
and, as it was Holy Thursday) they were
full of cohabitant=. Private btillittgi, no doubt,
also fell in great Anti/hers from such a shock. Four.
teen thousand Pereeni and said to have perished there.
II At La Guym few honses?re said td remain,
lad Acta 1400 persons to have perished:
The Congress and people who .are. employed in
the Fe,:letal Government, were at Valencia, 1 believe,
ind we ispeit have escaped this dreadful visitation.
u :Judge 'my feelings, who have a wife and Baugh.
. tir at cuteeas, independent of tither heir relations
And Iliends:ll

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.1h is now .catiectly akertained. thit BaiiAiAtirk
has actuaty. Jet dot far the North. Paiii Papers;
tonfirming this ebent, were receited in 'town this after.
boon: His departure is annoiinced in the following
article from the Moniker Of the 10th Initant :
MAY 9.
i 4 The Es:Potosi set out this day to inspect the
crud Army collected upon the Vistula."

the 14.0rt)1 erit iibeities has airiVod ht Liverpool
'from New-York. - She sailed ott the 17th fir. from
Bandy Hook, and by this vessel we hate received
'tapers trot 4 Washington to the 12th, and New-York
to the 19tH. Strange as it may appear, it is never-
*hss mar, that so far from going to war with this
marl, that the Bill, authorising the Importation
Of Goods bought in England, prior to Vebruari,
1811, his been again taken UP in Congress ; and a
iootion made by the democratic path for an indefi-
nite ittponenient for Its iontinuation, has been nega-
tited.

A motion was made that lit should be taken up on
the 20th of April, and the resolution was adopted
by a large majority : it stands therefore at one of the
,regular orders of the day. Mr. MAntsotv is said to
beve observed, that the povernnient were convinced
so*, that the Berlin and Milan Decrees wars not vir.
toslly itisak4 and that both, belligerents would now
be plated upon the matte footing. The manteuvres
of the American Administration in HENRY'S busi-
ness, had rettsiled upon themselves, and the Eastern
Mations having united out so contrary to their ex.
'citation% a difference in sentiment seems note to
prevail in every section, of the Union. Tn addition
to this, Jon Dcutow'= repretentations on his first ar-
Oral in Faris having bean of se sangnine a nature,
end not having lleta realized, the Veil of delusion iS
aow-so transpattint, that things on the °diet side :he
Atlantic are evidently *taring an aspect Contrary to
the ekpectations of even the most lukewartnFede-
talist. The opininir of an open intercourse with this
country succeeding the erobingO, is evidently gaining
ground, and the American vessels now in British.
toads, are waiting the results in the eapeittation of
taking hnnie frill carries:

A private letter from Gottentiutgh, anted the llth
inganticcmlains the following par:wrap:4 :
a Peace is expected with Russia, Sweden, and
England. The French have marched 200,000 men
into Colbert, in Prtissi Is"

We stated yesterday that Lord etiF.PLDRDADH had
tendered his resignation, and isse now learn that his
Letasistp has taken this step conditio, y, in order
that there may be no obstacle to the return to office
of Mr: Caxwmcs, or the Marquis WCLLICSLRY. No
aiceessor has been 'appOinsed as yet to Lord CASTLE•
RESOD in the mean time, his Lordship has not at-
tended any of the Cabinet or other Councils, since
Wednesday last. Negociations are certainly going
en to form a new and exiended Administration, -hut
we have reason to believe that none of the Members I
of Optposition are included, although a rumuur to
dill effect prevailed yesterday. Wniatever may be
the changes, the interests of the, country call loudly
for their instant completion. The Readers of the
STA% may rely upon receiving the earliest infot ma-
t'on on this subject.
Yestei-Jay the Loan CUANCELLOD, the Earl of
Lai:Lwow., and Lord CASTLEREAtII, had audiences
of the Pinecz Recrewv, atiCarlion-House.
Yesterday, about three o'cloa, the Sheriffs of
London and Middlesex. had an audience of the PRiNCE
louse r, at Carlton-House, to know his Royal
Highness's pleasure, when he would be pleased to
'item the Address of the Corporation of the City of
London upon the RSSASSIOaDOD of Mr. PDRCEVALp
I"„hen thePRINCIE. was pleased to appoint the next
Levee day, which is expected to be next Friday.
As the possession of rent wealth gives great plea-
sutc to most people, great numbers will no doubt be-
ccnie purchasers of Tickets and Shares in the little
Lottery,
in the hope of gaining some of the great
Prises, Those who apply early will have the greatest
chance, as a great many of the Tickets are already'
sold.P Although there are only Eight Thousand
Tickets, there are s great number of Capitals—the
chtnionsg any one of • which may make a very little
am I very great S
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BREAD.—There bt4rieno (3onrt of Aldermen this
'al, the LORD MAYOR, after inspecting the return s
evslered the present prices to continue.

BELLINGHAM Tits• ' ASSASSIN:
The last sicirds spbken b j Slit.theairest in thiiiiorld
were addressed 6 Dr. rodeo, a few seconds beforel4
was launched into eternity. When the buzeihg noise
of e Gore bless tote' ran &tough the -populace, Dr:
Poet, asked him, (the cap beitig alert beef his eyes,)
if he heard that? Bictieoistasi ariseiered, .4 No
what is it ?"—The noise hiving ceased, and A try of
Oence" having obtained, Dr: Ford:3 did not tePIY
to Bete/eon/Ws question, but proceeded to ask him
how he felt ? To this he answered, gi Oh ! I thank
Gon that he has enabled me to meet my fate with so
much fortitude and resigtiation!" He then ptdceeded
to speak about his misfortunes in Itugia; and his ill
usage at homes when lb. FORD inteirtipted him by
praying fervently, in which BELLINCHAM joined until
the fat al. drop fell.
The body remained suspended Midi nine o'clock,
when it was cut down, and stretched at length on the
bottom's of a cart. One of the exeCutionet's men then
got into the cart, and covered the body with a sack.
The cart then drove ok, down Newgate-street, up.
St. Martin's le Graocl, down 'Little Britain, and the
body was removed into the Hospital by the gate-
way in Bell-yard. The sack 'was occasionally re-
united from the body to afford a view of the visage, as
the cart moved through the streets.
The body was instantly conveyed into the Anato-
mical Theatre, at,St. Bartholomew's, which was al-
ready crowded with spectators, mostly we believe of
the Medical Profession. The clothes having been
removed by the executioner and his man, the body
was laid on the dissecting table in the centre of the
Theatre, and Sir Wan. Buzean and the demonstrators
of anatomy then came forward, and proceeded to the
work of dissection. The first incisions were made in
the direction at the abdominal viscera, which were
found to be sound and healthy to a degree seldom
witnessed, and ths was the case with the lungs also,
`which were afterwards inspected.
The contents of the skull exhibited the usual ap-
pearances of death by strangulation—the eyes had
nearly started from their sockets. The determina-
tion of the blood to the vessels of the brain, and the
stoppage of its return to the hiwer extrettities, by the
sudden jerk of the rope, was so great as to prevent a
minute inspection of the state of the brain, so early
as yesterday. The head has been severed from the
body, in order to afford an opportunity to an artist to
take a plaster cast of the countenance of this extra-
ordinary man. Great crowds hourly flock to view
the disgusting spectacle of his mutilated remains.
The Liverpool Mercury, of Friday last,contains the
following :
" We have seen a Gentleman, who was formerly acquainted
with Bellingham, at Archangel. At the time ceir Correspondent
knew him, (which wis the latter enft of the year 1804,) he had
just arrived at Archangel, in consequence of the failure of a mer-
cantile house in that place, of whose business he bad the manage-
ment, and in which he was.a Partner. Soon aft.r his arrival,
he was ordered to attend the CoMmissioners, to answer some
igeestions respecting the affairs of that house, which, however, be
fefused to do, unless they discharged some claims he sat up
against the estate. He was committed to prison till such time as
he should become more tractable, but notwithstanding the repre-
eentattorts of hid friends. who were sent to him to convince him
of the folly of his conduct, he still remained obstinate.
" it was afterwards thought proper to bring him before the
Commissioners. and then he behaved so disrespecTfully, shut the
Governor threatened to send him to Siberia, and probably he
would have so done, had it not beetrfur the interference of his
friends, who represented that he knew rot what he said.
" While he was in prison, Bellingham wrote a long petition,
stating his grievances, which he sent direct by post to the Empe-
for. the Postmaster, fearful of the cepsequences, at first re-
fused to reativesthe letter, but at length agreed, though unwil- t
lingly, to forward it, on condition that Bellingham signed a pa-
per, acknowledging himself to he the author of it. Of this petition,
however, ilreid not appear that any notice was taken. Freon* the
whole of his conduct in this business, it was the general opinion
of the people that he was partially deranged. After he bad heti) I
in prison about twelve months, the Commissioners in vain en-
deavouring to make h,m submit, he erected his escape from
Archangel, and it was generally believed through their conni-
vance. &Bingham was a pleasant and innocent companion ;
but when he haul disputed accounts in business, which was often
the case, ht then shewr d his obstinate and unyielding disposition."
The only persons that saw BELLINGIIAM, from the
time of the sentence to Monday morning, besides the ,
Ordinary and Keepers, were Mr. Alderman Wcon,'
Mr. Sheriff HBVGATIS, Mr. Sreenex, M. P. brother-
inla* to Mr. WILBERPORCE, Mr. JOSEPH BUTTER-
*wow, of Fleet-street,• and the key. Mr. WILSON,
of John-street Chapel. Mr. STEPIIIIN addressed him,
by saying, that he was a very intimate friend of Mr.
PERCEVAL ; that he did not come to see him out of ,
any curiosity, but with a sincere desire to know if he
were fitted for another world ; and that be was cer-
tain, it was of all things what Mrs. PERCEVAL wish-
ed, if he would declare this to be the case. BELLING•
lIAM replied, that he had no enmity towards Mr.
Pencevae, and that he would as. soon have killed
one el his own children.
On the fate of the assassin we shall only speak
now in general terms, using the words of* rn.-st be-
nevolent and enlightened Divine r...-ts Lawless ac-
tions aim i blow at the heart of society, and the
commission of them implies a mind unfit for the par-
ticipation of its advantages. Whenever, therefore,
a solemn sentence constgns..an offender to punish-
ment, the dispenser of the law will remember that
mercy to the individual must not infringe that justice,
which is mercy to the multitude. He will not suffer
the indulgence of present favour to encourage future
offence!, lest misguided clemency, in shielding the
guilty, should expose the innocent. Justice is, after
all, but the instrument of Metcy—of Mercy in her
subliniest attitude, when she dispenses the blessings
of security to mankind, and guards the general wa-
f are at the expence of the pangs that she feels for the
miseries, which offenders incur by their crimes:"—De.
R. Verity', Sermon,
It gives us great plealure to find that our brother ,
Journalists across St. George's Channel, speak with
the true fei your of Irishmen and men of honour on
the subject of the late dreadful murder.—The Talitor
of the Dublin Eyed*, Herald, in isseroducing the sub-
ject to his readers, observes that Horror and detes-
tation of the.atrocious act, supercede all comment :,
we give the dreadful fact as we have received it ; and
only lament, that any complication of parry. or any
violence of delirium, would have armed the band of,
an Englishman with a pistol, for the earcrable pur-
pose of assassination."

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