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CHARACTER OF AI PACHA: thing, nothing
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under die dtle of " the Amin blonds,' ranee- rarmY
ties tme *the most extraordinary am of his age, whose bina find cnnefork
feats end elevation have already furnished subject to Bong and entieriences the en,
ilmebat wham real life, character, sad meat :,12;wnt activity from
were never Woes known from asa
ep-ves him, and
" The, bads of the character of Ali Pacha is false. ttemely strict, that .
hood and ambition: His. dissimulation is impose., seemly appear credible. Hisconsfant cuiiont is to
arable to one who knows him not by his actions, or ordain what is impossible, in order to obtain all thaO
who does not judge_him in conformity.to the only human nature is capable of performing. As it ip
basis of hie• interest and ambition. It is not only well known that he never pardons a. non-compliance
blended in his words and protestations, but is also to with his orders, and that he never admits of an ex-
be founstin his demeanour and habits. He is an ex. cube, dread males his servants perform miracles,
%remelt handsome man, and possessed of a physior• His ordinary menace when he issues these superna•
mousy which he knows 1:cow to render engaging when tural orders leet my ovdet be eteented,•or may
he conceives it nooessarT, but which is isivertheless the black serpent devour thine eyes !" An oath of
habitually loft atm/ Eitremely attentive die Sultan, by the beard of Mahornet, would

in
his beklavirjur,lis address .and manners are -elegant.
He is choice in his dress,. and his prrnents are even
aninptutius. He affects a dazstlineluxury in the or-
naments and furniture of his palaces, and an Asia-
tic softness in his habits. Reis continually occupied
about buildings, furniture, and decorations ; yet all
-this is. only afeetation ;. and the occupation which he
thereby •gIVIII to those who surround him withdraws'
them from 'a serious abentioti to his actions and
designs. : . •
" His address is prepoisessmg, and even endear-
ing : his.connonance wears the impression of frank!
news and .honesty, and particularly of a profnuoil
wheedler, who .cenad not be suspected if his Amu .
had not something of a stuttied sameness.. Indeed 41
his countenance the expression of any one of the pas
skins which agitate him within is never io be read ;
kalousa, fear, hatred, and vengeance, arc there con-
founded under .she form' of a cloadless satisfaction,
and cinder thesoftexpression of an irreproachable con-
science: • oderate, and even obliging in his expres-
sious 6:levet-pus in the manlier olrepresenting ob.!
je to ; clear and methodical ih the classification of
I.:s ideas ; gifted by nature with a sure logic and per.
sasive eloquence, ;a which he knows-how to
e his sopliii.ms ; it is difficult not to be convinced
or borne away by him when he enttfrs into a conver-
s .tines f err the ). urpose of furthering some object or
To resist him, it is necessary to be possessed
cf a perfect knowledge of his character, and always
to hold the ekture before one's eyis ; and still his
Ll:ssimulatian is so disguised and profound, that one
almost feels a reproach for being on one's guard,
mod acting with a salutary distrust.
" This dissimnlation, uniform, and so constantly
r.;,tained, and which has been of such great assistance
is all his political operations, carr nevertheless he up.
held only with the greate.t precaution, and by an
unceasing attention to hide the springs he employs in
order to arrive at the accomplishment of his designs.
nese precautions, which.loe kas never laid aside,
furnish however a fresh proof of the egotism and
cruelty of his character. When 'he has been unable to
succeed by the ordinary means, which are to excite
dissentions, to render discords implarable, to cause
crimes to he committed by those vcr y persons he has
singled out for his victim; ; in a word, to excite all
the passions vs Lich can give rise to disorders, in order
to avail himself of,them either as a mediator or aven-
ger, he then resolves to proceed towards his object
by the most direct road. The violence of his passions,
and his impatience to enjoy, do not allow him to
wait when he believes he is possessed of the means of
striking hi; blow. It is in his character never to de-
lay to the next day what at the present moment he
thinks he can effect, unless unsurmountable obstacles
compel him to display as much patience as he natu-
rally evinces impetuosity. 11'hen, therefore, he is
ander the necessity of employing an agent for one of
those operations which he neither can nor wishes to
avow, the care of exteriorly keeping up appearances
dictates to him the barbarous precaution of. after-
wards ridding hirMelf of his instrument. Thus does
a bloody and impenetrable 'veil cover to the eyes of
the generality of his subjects the plots and crimes of
their master.
• " At the side of these capital vices in the charac-
ter of Ali Pacha are found some of the qualities
which constitute great sovereigns. A profound
knowledge of the human heart, which makes his
choice good of those who are to be employed near
him, enables him correctly to decypher their respec-
tive talents, and to assign to them the offices most
suited to their abilities. In affairs he possesses a per-
spicacity which exhibits to him their tendency-even
at first sight, and prevents him from being deceived
in the means he ought to employ to cause them to
redound to his advantage. Ile knows how to wait
for or produce opportunities favourable to his poli-
tical views, and he improves them with astonishing
rapidity. He is courageous. and his valour, by
which he distinguished himself in the first years of his
political career, is far fi um being extinguished. He
possesses that calm courage which knowi how to
measure danger, and discover the means of escaping
or resisting it in a deliberate manner. This courage
has served to sustain himself with so much tranquil-
lity, as well as to ward off the dangers by winch
another would have been overcome. In order to be
secure in the midst of ins subjects, all of whom fear,
and nearly all hate him, he takes no visible precau-
tions of defence ; since by a feigned security he has
made to himself one that is real. He generally goes
out accompanied by only one or two page:, one of
his confidants, and a couple of soldiers ; and such is
the dread inspired by his personal courage, and the
1
permasion that a conspiracy could never succeed,
that very few attempts have been made against his
life. A fortunate chance has uniformly saved him,
and even this same chance has contributed to his
flame security.
o Ali Pacha has a divan composed of the princi-
pal officers of his house, and of persons whom he
chooses among those he believes the most likely to be
useful to him. This council is, however, only or-
ganized for the sake of form, and not one of its
members dares to express an opinion contrary to his.
He therein proposes subjects for deliberation, dis-
cusses them, receives the approbation of the persons
rsssistritg, and then decides. He is himself his own
minister in all the branches of administration, and
his s,eretaries write
sdown the orders dictated by him,
which lie addresses to his various subordinate offi-
cers. Ills prodigious memory enables him to enter
the mast minute details; and though, according

produce the dread inspired by this terrible saying._
It has always been the precursor of a death warrant.
(To be,coadaus3l.)

THE EVENING STAR.

expense
francs (1

,We have received Halifax Papers to the 23d Oc.:
tober this morning, from which the following are
extracts :

ST. JOHN'S, ANTIGUA, SEPTSMBER 92.

. From an early hour last evening it has been blow-
ing a pretty smart gale : the wind, though changing
frequently, has been mostly N.N.W. and we 'have
had less rain than is usual on these occasions. Up
to the time of going to preis (three P. NT.) it continued
to blow very hard, and with increased violence. Two
brigs, and a few small sloops and schooners, have
been forced on short:, and those that remain at their
anchorage appear to be labouring much. The injury
Sustained in town has been, we believe, trif!ing, and
ste are without any accounts from the intetior of
the Island.

Sxrr. 29.—The gale which we noticed last Tues.-
day, cMitinued to blow with much violence all that
night; and although it abated in the course of tlic
next morning, it was not until a late hour io the
day it had completely subsided. The following ves-
sel, were driven on shore:
At Mr. Casamajor's wharf, sloop Mackay, of this port, laden
with corn meal and cm"; schooner S.pLu, of London, from
Halifax, ladm with 6th and corn.

At ?;r. Niackay's wharf, sloop 11'sttlinv King, of this port,
ballast.

Within a short e....tance of Ur. Nihb's wharf, leig St. Ccarge,
of and frorn Liverpool, partly lad, o with sugar.
On the south-east side of this harbour, brigs W..terloo and
Ne!ton, of New L:runswick, with rain ; schooners Neptune, of
Tortola, with fish; Two Brothers, of this port, part with in-
n ard eatgo; Matchless, Providence, Zephyr, Notsuch, trader,

ar..l i'LS4':fl: ditto, In hillast ; Srutish slurp alarii, %lib corn;
shut , l'e-,perance, and Mary, la ballast, seized by the castogn-
-1 icy r,-; Lucy-Ann, of St, Litt's, in ballast ; Maria, of tbh
pqrt, dry goods; Dragon, Thetis, and L7nigh, ditto, is ballast.
nat Island, irr:g Francis, of this rirt, in ballast.;
In; Cove, schooner Thistle, of this port, La11.t.4.
in Cade% llur, 1:.op Susan, 'of tills port, ballast.
Tl•c following rode. out the gale t - -

Brirl, Pope Jack, of•Lcm on ; Thomas of Berrr.r
and C ,-;sey, and Cvm ce, '6( this port. Scho.7rers, Neptune,
of Bvern•Ada ; and r g 1., and Viper, of port. Sloops,
Try-Prances, of Bcrmuds ; Martha Byam, L': cam, Earl Ba-
thurst, Emma, and Express, of this port.

..larna:ca Papers to the Gdi October arrived this
morning.
tHZ.JAM ANT, or

By thy Eon Lia, we learn that the schooner El Car-
men, which sailed from this post for Santa Martha
under convoy of the Sybille frigate, had boen seized
at a port ahaut tw.:lve miles to leeward of her desti-
nation, for landing rum, and sent to Santa Martha,
where she was condemned, and the Captain ordered
:o be shot.

' Several Independent cruizers appear continually
oil' Santa Martha. Previously to the sailing of the
Florida, one of them captured a Spanish brigantine,
from Carthagena to Santa Martha, and after taking
out whatever was valuable, destroyed her and sent
the arew on shore.

We learn that an Independent p:lvateer, about the
12th ult. made pr:7e of tw•o Spanish cLhooneEs from
Rio de la Hach, bound to Carthagena, and that they
were ordered to Old Providence,

The Esk and Primrose, men of war, on quitting
Port Royal yesterday morning, respectively saluted
the Admiral's flag. The compliment was returned
by the Lame pest sloop, of 20 gur.s, winch took the
flag on its being struck from the Esk.

A-Dutch Mail arrived this morning, from which
we shall subjoin some extracts.

One of the Journals contains a letter from a Mr.
DUPLANTIER, styling himself a late Captain in the
Young [lmperial] Guard, witten from Dusseldorf,
giving some particulars respecting the French Colony
at Texas, lately reported to have intended to invade
Mexico. The writer says:—
, -" I have lately arrived from Texas, whither I in-
tend to return as soon as I shall have executed the
commission with which General Laliemand has
charged me. With great surprise I read in an Ant-
werp Journal a letter, said to be from an Officer in
the Camp d'Asyle, in which it is asserted that the
Colonists are preparing to undertake an Expedition'
against Mexico, under the command of Generals
Lallemand and Rigaud. This is entirely devoid of
truth. The Colonists of Texas are WOO in number,
among whom there are .500 able to beat arms ; that
is to say, almost as many as are necessary to defend
the Colony against the attacks of the Savages or the
Spaniards. The Colony has no designs against
Mexico. General Laliemand is exclusively employed
in the organization of the rising Colony, and has
issued usi proclamation which can alarm his neigh-
boars; and the unhappy fugitives who have united
their fate with his, do but till the unoccupied land
on which they have settled. As for the riches'of tliis
land, they ate still buried in the earth ; they will
doubtless be brought to light, thank: to the courage
aad the perseverance of the Colonists, whose only

of the Turks, he keips record of no- by our political relations, by our interior situation,
nevertheless escapee, ••••antr and try-the well-known state of our finances.
At Rorn esdipance has been issued convoking the
34h:111111.eaCthteOril"s seders
dir syYstenll°Yenin:
ogombers'of Peers and of Deputies to meet on the
im in his schnipistrationt which very
6 His ladefat4abia aitivity makes 906 insueit.
he 'eery thing, and no affair whatever Four armed ships have been constructed at Bay-
e smallest delay. He requires this onne on account of the Merchants of Cadiz, for-the
from every one who serrodnds and of protecting the commerce of that City
1 in this particular he is even so ex- purpose
that he carries through things which against the audacity of the Insurgent Corsairs. The
• credible. His constant custont is to expense of their construction is estimated at 1,200,000
impossible, in order to obtain all that francs (£50,000.)