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London, England, 1816-01-25 00:00:00

SOrTH AJCBRICS

CARTHAGEI'iA, NOVEMBER se. - •
On the V.sth of 'October the Carthageta States
schooner, Constitution; ca aired and brought into
port tte gpatish cutter, called the 'llitnder, itt sight
Of the enemy's squadron. A friendly vessel, laden
with provisiorti, having with some difiienky reached
the harbotiri the Spaniards out 4 spite began to
' hod-I'6lod the town, but were driien v..." 4 with great
loss.- On the ntli November, at nit ia;
fortes made a bold attach on the strong position of
Lit Pope:, tatnmanded by Soabkttei They had pre.
pitied ladders for am escalade, but .were repulsed
three reverat times with considerable foss. The Spa.
nigh Captain Martua de Sarhastro, eomnldnding the
escalade, std. the two Liestemmts, Cornejo and
Ferptuo# Otte killed close to tf:e ramparts. A great
retard L'ld been offered by 'Moral° to the sou men
eihployed os this service, if they succeeded. They
Were consmsaded by Maior.General
*est nintning the Carthagenians picked up 50
bred, 43 wounded, betides a quantity of ladders,
trirtsitetsi &c. brit the Spaniards had brought with
them cavalry, Which Was employed in early:Mg the
wounded away.
It appears that original plait *is tz starve
Mit the garri(on, but finding that the lowa received
ababdant'stippliesi. ire resorted to attempt parti3l
tit-
tacks on the out-Posts, In editsequenee of this, Mati-
lda% Comthissioner cif the Otnernl Government of
New Granada, addressed the fthlowing Proclamation
id the Inhabitants of Carthagena :
Viitaord People! Peopletitily eiort:ty a tieing free,
tee whet alt the ghttitnde-yonitacrifices deserve!. in more thaw
eighty day! in whith the Sprslards, our lrfeconcilabte encircle*
have beets beccilieling us, thiste beheld yoternimste6 by the Ms&
heroic hi:Pittance, claire bungee Ind the greatest RrivaticitS,
hor has a single explessbra escaped your 00 derogatory td taw
feimet hhtiourable settlittents. Yon Late exhibited Ole inee4
Willi" tlamples. elf constghey, unshaken at the. sight of your
aged parents, and :ender children. dyilig fog' hunger, before. yoU
I 4;efiefale et' hcraistrl; it will he venerated by ail. the,* who
know k must also etinfsrand your entmils, thiseevatb.bay4
judged tie An !sca2ithle of so rare aril riga,' I virtue..
But, fie consoled. Vie AZAILF:d•rr, Who remit& the stittuunsit
and hos already binourEd our tamer with signal protectiolt; has
ainpfp rapplied Ott with IN ire suppfiett for fete ,
swaths. Oss enemies, despairing dt lurking as yited
hunger; OM* pttpare to rata tit ui. Be ready, then; aril never
fee& the hind of stlfsfere they *24i gg &St uS, and the morally
to *ka, they liaie already trated the ccultertd ht!our Condi
sett Our light is 1.'3: ',berg a;:t! fof lite: The latter; must as.
our**, i3.1e.0 eipoSed hi the contest, detect by fallirg into their
bands; or, a: least, if We yiehl,*e Mese be ;-.1.0et. Ws Must net
tie* boil inc wait of our &fence, *Kith has vise hi so Mori:,
sr One the knit of so many had such beteg tuilerings. Valour
and coustatity have hitherto sustained. yol.; the sone will 'shortly
crests yob?. triutupl74. 'four Dante still then tie redietithered by
posterity with Iterobt, end the V±hole of New Oraltadii,
log is you her iliti'Ations liberates, will :mid you tip as a Music!
to the riar:e.iermed towns, and by what. we have now
knoith hue: to e:iti-Jra, our ciiildrez Will lest the price and va-
lue of liberty, and in tranTorts of gratitude will :pad you. With
benedictions, ler the gactl you have ifttzted to them.
is Ca:ausgcnsiNortnibrt 5, 1 1 5."

HANT RGIC 41414,

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WAkSAAIV, !ASOARY 4.
the Coiretnor of the kingdom et 1-iiland;tene-
sal Zajonezek, published on the Ist instant, a pro-
clamation to the Polish nation, in which he annuttn:
ces that the Sovereign has confided to him the *d a.
nistratiwi of the kingdom, and at the same tittle
paints the advantages of the net, liberal constitution,
with a representation of the former and present poli-
tical State of Europe. The Choice of the dovernor
gives micomtunn satisfaction, as he is Oracularly
eistalifiea for his high dighity, not only by his nailitall
merit, but also by hit lather excellent qualifications
and his patriotism. the new rtitish tonititutiod has
received in several places altetatial and additions
from oar #ugust Sovereign's own hand-,

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RMTOCICs I.ANYARY 6.
Un the 80th of December our Academy lied the
venerable Tiphten, in site SSW year of hit ages His
multifarintis knowledge, and partial:lEly lb Rabbi-
nical and Oriental nurnisrklatics, is *ell known. But
a few days before his death, which Wes caused by an
actuiMilialon of phkgm upon the chest, he was quite
cheerful and busy in, the library. 'this venerable and
distinguished orientalist had hien for above bar a
century the otengritint of the University of Rostock.
IltilismEN, JANUARY a.
His Majesty the King hal been pleased to confer
the Royal 6....t0u Family. Order at the Crown of
Rue tipdit th; Austrian Minister of State Prince
Metternich,
HANAti, JANI,IAkY to.
Aerortlihg to the last acciontts hunt Munich (says
a public prilft)Cadiolic artiste:Worn has lost its head,
and the world a Prince, who, as Prince and Priest,
*as a romplete model of.. pious lirmnessa piegeof
news, which, however,. wants cunfirmatkin..
cAssELI,4 bIrIVARY 9.
Si, Highness Prince Blucher, accornpanie4 by the
division of the military of the city sent to meet
passed through yesterday without stopping.
Dr'faitN, JANUARY t 2.
His tliglinefA 'i.e !Juice has mks of his Majesty
the King of 1-; aSS A the hand of the amiable Princess
Frederica, &tighter Of the htte Prince liouis, for
our Hereditary Prince, who. was at lies* last year
while the tmpeter of Russia was there. His Mg-
jester ennsent has already been received, finil the
uheis CliamberLiiii and Privy counsellor of Leg*
tion is gone to *din to nagOciate the panne
contract.
JIASOVER, JANUARY At. ,‘
The following appeare4 bete the day bake yes-
terday
a George, Prince Regent, Ic. ~As we have been
graciously pleased, op account of .the change of el:,
esmatances canted by the coclusion of a general
peace, to dissolve, at the end the present month.
of January, the Special Coninsissien erected by our
decree of 22d April last yeas., for the purpose of
su-
lniendittg every chips relating to the from* pull,
lie eeturity of the kingdom, lifelianY in tqlind
all suspicious persons, whether fareigners or mover
thus our resolution is hit; pub*/ annuuncciyi
JANVOT 4A.Th; VitOltameernalefli tbas fort
hidden the lonise, 014k:idea th• int Mawr.
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61-IAMBER (ni D'Enrrika,..lllentr.AßT 21. •
The Bureaux have finished the nomination of the
cononktee, which is fa examine the A/Vol of the
budget. The new Bateaux have each named three;
Commissionits, making a total of twentf•Sivert ;
whose names are as tallow Relyot, sett,
Brenet, Cornet d'lncomt, the Marquis de St. Goy,
Bonne, Goin-Moissant, Pottean d'Hancardrie, the
Marquis d'Archatnbault, Ilnotrienne, Fornier de St.
Vary, the Pridcc de DrOglie, Viltele‘ Pontes, the
Marquis de Blosseville, Richard Count de Scey,
Count BraYere, Chalabce, Cosbieres, 3osse Beauvoir,
'Garniet Doufougeray, Pardessus, de Lastours, Ma.
tandet; Count anelll Lavalette, Baron Morgan de
Dellay, de la Chapelle.
The Committee has already ttiet, and ptoteeded to
its otganication by naming fot its President Count
Planelli de Lasaleste, and for its &sectary M. Feud-
lant. It then divided itself into three sections, among
' which is to be disttibuted the important labour ut
examining the Bwiget, psepatatory to the definitive
report of the Chamber.
A new thethod has been ir.tetted, of rather Brought
to perfection, in England, for the instruction of chit.
dren in a ghost time, and at g small etpence. As
the number of schools in Paris is altogether insuffi-
cient for the pepulatiort of that city, and as the cause
of such insufficiency arises from the deafness of the
presmn Mode of insttuttiot, M. the Prefect of the
Seine, Oiler having conferred with his Excellency the
Minister of the interior, has adopted the new syssem
for the schools which ate plated ttndet his. inspection.
'Not only *ill the scholars be better instructed is
Writiott, and arithmetic, in Much less time,
and at g sin illet eapente, bet the number will be
mote than doubled. Thus Wilt cease that vagrancy
of children, which it is almost it possible to reptess
by ordinary Means. Religions and, more) instrustion
will form the basis of theit education, N. the Pre-
feet, In order to destroy all groundless apprehensions
on this subject, lids had recourse to the assistance of
three tespectable Ecclesiastics. fn establishing the
new schools, the only object is to introduce by de-
grees, to the e:;isting seminaries, a simple and Inge.
nians mechanism, which diminishes labour and ex-
pence, stud supplies the want of nrasfers. ►
/0 &Oder, to second the efforts of zeitiona persons
who seek to, propagate it in trance, and to give to
-these establishments a wire direction 4 Nyltielt will se-
core ti:eit success erAt permanency, M. the Prefect
has „aimed a sound) of primary instruction, cam.
posild of fourteen members, whotenatre-s have been
mistaken by the iontnals. The iollowing list is cor-
`met s M. M. the Viscount Mathie.o,de Montmorency,
,the Duke de la Rocliefoneault, the Doke of Don-
deauville, COlll3 Pastoret, the Abbe alums, first
Vitit General of the: Diocese of the Department ut
the Seine,, the Able de Quelen, Vicar 'General of the
Grand Aunoray of Fiance, Ramona de la Laude,
Rector of St. Thomas Aquinas, Baton Gerainlo,.
Count Delabortie, Count Steyr!e, Baron Delepeeto
Baum Limet de la Bunnardiery, the Chevalier Jot,
nand, and the Abbe Gualtier.
The Council General of the Department of the
Seine and Marne, in its permanent silting of the
month bi March, 1813. voted a rcothpence of
2,50(1 francs, in favour of the Brigedicr and gen-
dattnes of the brigade, a4d of Fette Milon, who so
courageously attested the brothels Lallemand,
neral Lefevre Desnonettes, and those who actor:spa.
nied them. Owing to eirvthstances, thircdtbt of
public gratitude has not been yet discharged ; but it
will nut 'be delayed.