The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-12-19 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN:

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of the Session, and the subject of the defence of the termination of the horrors of war, which these Minh-
Sta tr.. 1 tees-liars been boasting their wisdoinand foresight
WASHINGTON, OCT. 22.—Our readers have all had 6 d
1 r ugut. abeut,lhet are eipllcitly dtring and',
seen the account of the enterprise against the pirates', . •
of Barrataria ; but few; we believe, were informed giviegui Rule of th.,lr reaolfutilla to keep.. conntrO,i
of the situation, history, or nature of that establishtA ins elite of warfare, :tad ttraugmeot insttied•of dirois
ment. For the information of such as were um. Dish; its burth-ens. . What is the cpoutry.to think oft'
acquainted with it, we.have procured from a friend, this, and the wisdom of these measures Which render
the following interesting narrative of the main facts, such desperate resolutions necessary, at * peeled
of whioh he led personal knowledge,. end which coo- like the preieut ? There is not even eilimmeain:Of.
not fail to interest some of ettr: Metiers t--••• ~ • ' to .allorded that the cause of these burthens oottlee
Barratarials a bay, or narrow arm of the Gulf 0(4 Pe
nation shall cease at any definite period. 1,90.114
Mexico: it ruus through a rich but very fiat coins.
try, until it reaches within a mile of the Mississippi 66 a little longer, yet a little.longer,* ihrecer sin
river, fifteen miles beloW the city of 'New Orleani. Months more, and the Weight that has pressed so
The bey has branches almied ineemereblo 1 .111.1!,hich heavily on lb. exbsusted spirt* of. it -breve and pa.-
persons 'can lie coucefilial from the,seerest.r.ecte-
tient.people, shall he removed-1-a elute year, a pro-
tiny: It communicates with three Otte!, Which . .
spec t of, prolonged struggle and multiplied. afflictions
lie on the south.nest side, and . these, WWr. the
lake of the same name, and which lies contiguous to extending ad infinitum is held out ; and the petitioners
the sea, where there is an island formed by the tato I against the continuation of the most odious imposition.
arms of this lake and. the sea. The east and West , that.ever oppressed the country, io violation of the;
points of this island were fortified in the year 1811, f'
most solemn assurances to the contrary, and of the sit-
by a band of pirates, under the command of one i
! cred Constitution which has so long shielded the
Monsieur La Flue.' A large majoiityllf these out-
laws , property of Englishmen from invasion. are inseam'
laws are Of that claws of the population of the
of Louliiana who ded from the islind of St. Do- ; by a Proclamation, intimating that bounties to sof-
. mime during the troubles there, and took refuge in.' diers and seamen will be continued. tilJ•Deemober
the island of Cuba : and when the last war between next ; and the CUANCELLOR et the tednieurnewill
France and Spain commenced, they were compelled add that' whatever people may *lt ' thi ti ni T"'lllha'
to leave that island *Rh the. short notice of a...few - ..; -..,
united; necessity continuing these eallsieseats, they
days. Without ceretnoity„ ' they entered tbe
them. Brave little man! he will ellot
States, tho most of them the State of Louisittnit,! MI . for,
with all the negroes they had possessed in Cuba.! flinch—he will-speak out when others are ashelied
They were notified by the Governor of that State 'of to hold up their beads.. Can it be really intuit 1.
the clause in the Constitution which forbad the (mi. thus to throw a damp upon the inclination to poi-
portation of slaves; but, at the same tim h
e, received • .
on) sogenerally expressed against the re.estactrnottfol
the assurance of the Governor that he would obtain, r ,
the Tax on Income ?—And will the nation abandon
if possible, the approbation of the general Govern-
ment tor their retaining this property. . its constitutional privilege, end silently, hopelemly
The Island of Barrataria is situated about lit. 29. toil on under the burthen of this most ob.
,leg. 13. min. lung. 92. 30. and li its remarkable for r norieus impost, merely becattse Ministers darkly
its health as for the superior stale*nd shell fish with hint the melancholy necessity of keeping up . oar
which its waters abound. The chief of this horde,
'forces to the war establishment, after that war
like Charles de Moot, had mixed with his many vices'
which birt
• some virtues: In the year 1813, this party hid, from gave hto this chief of grievances has ceased,
its turpitude and boldness, claimed the attention of We presume the British people will perceive its tide]
the Governor of Loollianiri ; and to break up' the Proclimation, which*PONISIO pledge Government ti
establishment, he thontlif proper to strike at• the
.a further wastenf the public money, the *rester rm.
t.. cad. Ile- therefore offered a reward of 500 dollars for insisting
son
for the head of- alttnsieue La .Fitte,• who'. wei -well
1 nom j —sect; as shall- proterve the Constitution and
4nown to the inhabitalsteof 'die city of New: Or:
lents, from his immediate-connection. and his' once I the Priliirlielsof the People from farther violation, anti
having been a fencing master in that city of great re- . support the, honour .and interests of the country
putation, which 04 he learnt in Bonaparte's army, ' at, home and sinned.
where he was a Captain. The reward which Kos ,
. It appears that whatever may be the bravery eli
offered by the Governor for the head of La Fitt. i .
; some 'ow NE insiters in corrying on the preempt
was anwered by this offer .Of a reward from the 'otter
I war, !nett seems more directed against the pockeht
of 13,000 for the head of the Governor. The Go.
Subjects than our enemies abroad, audits
venter ordered out a eilitsVanY Oi march from ofthe British-
,
city to La rate, Wiled) trail ;to learn and destroy . vastly more hurtful in the former than to the latter.
•
all the property, sod $ bring to the city of New they are net' all equally -courageous, or agreed I.
Orleuns'ell his benditti. This company, under the ' opinion as to the policy and justice of contitosing .1
command of a man who had been the intimate asso-
howtilities. A derhied schism irsaid to prevail 1u the
elate of this bold Captain, approached very- near to :
or beards Cabinet respecting this American (British) contisti
the fortified islands berate he saw a man,
sound, until he beard a whistle, not onlike'a boat. sand a change of Ministers is confidently talked 0f....
swain's call. Thee itwas be found himself Surround. ' What a char...re ! - •
- .
ed by armed man '
who hid esmosed from lllPAHretfit ' The Amoriounteigieggobtaing "tote rupegusanotis
avenues which led Into Birth liere it pas that the the ik,f ;
rat can Cana. Wets*e an account of an elm
modern tharles do Moor
.developed his few noble
1 podition, with which We were before slightly ao•
traits; for to this man who had come to destroy his
, guainted. from New Orleans agsinst the island of
life and all that was dear to him, he not only spared
his life, bitt offered hint that which would have made Barratnria, on the Gulph of Mexice,where they have
the•honest'soldier easy fof,the refnainder of his days, expelled the former settlers. They have also been
which a asindignantly /*Nies/. Ito then, with the successful in making some very valuable prizes front,
approbation of thecepter, returned to the city. This
, us, the lose of which will be considerably felt. We
circumstance, 44 &eine concomitant events, proved
allude to the capture of some ordnance transports,
that this band of pirates
was not to be taken by land. ,
Our naval force having always been small in that conveying stores to Quebec. There was a report
quarter, exertions for the destruction of this illicit i yesterday that New London had been taken by Sir
establishment could not be expected from them until ' ALEX. COCHRANE, but we have not received any ',-
augmented ; for an officer of the navy, with most of thentic account tending to give it 'confirmation. The
the gun-boats on that station, had to retreat from an
Government Journals in this country continue .to
overwhelming force of La Fine's. So soon as the'
assert, that there is a great probability of several of
augmentation of the navy authorised an attack, one
was made; the overthrow of this banditti has been the , the States separating from the Union, and dwell on
result ; and now this almost invulnerable point and ' the prooeediags of the people of Massachusetts end '
key to New Orleans is clear of an enemy, It is to be I Rhode Island for strength to this belief. We
hoped the Government will hold it by a strong mill. have already pointed out to oar leaders the.
tery force. rank absurdity of calling and considering the.
opinions of the federal leaders in some of the Statesr,
particularly in New England, as the declared sewer
of the people of the United States. Yet these who'
ful perverters of all common sense and reason will
Gut ornbagp. have it, that because the Rhode Islanders aad.sesmiti
• seireisill
more of the persons whose interests mast
s'
consequence of the cessation of their trade with our_
neighbouring possessions and this country, have all•
claimed against the imposition of taxes upon t
,
for the general safety ; although they have tat.,
heel
all possible precautions for their own defence,. th.
Union must needs fall to piecelt Among the tory,
lengthy speeches served up by the hireliugs here and
' in thequarter alluded to, to show the great probability
of ibis event and the very friendly feeling entertained
for us by the above Legislatures, is the Speech of the
Governor on the defence of the State, against the
invasion of foreign enemies. This is unfortunate
, for the Ministerial argument ; but still, the more the
„Americans are determined to resist as, and vilify the
[Government that has subjected them to our inva-
sions, 'the more the enemies of truth in oil country
1, represent them as disposed to invite as to invade
their country, and throw the yoke of thraldom trace
more around their necks.

Are. Mails fine
0 Hamburgh
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o • • France . 3
0 • Malta ... ........ ~. ...'1
0 0
Holland . ' 3
, . Clot 'cobweb • 2
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PRICK OF STOCKS Tliti
Omit
S per Coot Red. 65ii
3 per Cent. Com
4 per Cease. 94} •
5 per Cott. Navy

PAT AT ONR O'CLOCK
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tens. Ana. 16 3-16 •
India Boa& 14 19 p
Exchequer Hills 3 p
thuniusn
Commis for Ace. 6130

THE STATESIPI4N,

LONDON:

MONuAY, nunorat 19, 1814.

Nats will so-much evince the views and iota).
tione elf the Govereeisal of this country in regard,
to the tostinnance of tha war, and consequently
taxes inseparable front it, as the Proclamation in
Saturday's Goodie, continuing bounties to soldiers
and sailors for one year, from the present month till
December, 1515. Here then is a declaration speak.
ing volumes to the British nation. To talk of Peace
being on the eve of conclusion, or that Ministers
are sincerely desirous of Peace, when they are is-
suing such Proclamations, must have the appearance
of ignorance or absurdity ; sod for the nation to
expect its burthens telbe lightened when such an ex.
tended period of war and expenditure Is officially
proclaimed to be hi contemplation, must be equally.
unearrented. See then the wisdom of our swami
Ministry : whilst the people are calling out fens
one end of the country to the other forego.,
repeal of the Property Tax Act, and 'fall*

The usual regularity of columniation between
this coeutry and France being at present suspended,
we sampan on acantet of the weather, and no less
than la days Paris Papers now being due, we "re
unable to satisfy public curiosity on the subject', to
*hick oer attention has of late been se anxiously turn-
, ed—the besieges at Vienna, respecting which our to
formatiem bus hitherto been chiefly derived through'
the above ariseel. The rapture of the negotiations,
from 664010 departure of the Emperor of RUIIIIIA,
' as has &WWII book s h stilt casikeL.

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The departate of that Monarch from ilia Aastrhiir
qpitol reMains intootradicted: Previdis nciOnsts
hare given. ni bet little rotten to believe unit this
4vent basbiiin.pecelerated by the favontable termi;
loation of,-tb*Sittlega of courage that it theiefore
rtook,placts in a SOMA, spirit, if it has occurred at
alit may be inferred.

~"'~%ve

NT&LLIGENCg:
---.•.--

~ MestaßEM; Dec. U.—Arrived last evening, front es*.
the Kennesley Castle, Fanshort, sailed from the Bra* Th
on the 16th Nov. (five days after the Liffey frigate), la Pitt
with the Spring transport (from which ship she pariec4 lair:
1 River St. Lawrence on the 19th Nov. in a gale at S. iit ). 71.
I Ganges and Down transports sailed from the Brandy Psis li:
14th or 13th Nov. Nothing more from Utterance Isiah:lL:
nesley Castle left Quebec Port. The crew, wlnstog boni
on board the new ship the St. Lawrence, ..
boant44
day before she sailed. Coustundore
their services any looter, as Cbaoacey ,
. - .s. , Harbour. They speak of the St. Lawreace
Col. Km, of-the 32d foot, is mid to lre4p•
sail
. ing fast, and remarkably heay. '
pointed Governor of Heligoland.
;_, the Beason transport is the River
' Montague-house is espected to he shortly Stress up
bound to Qoebee.
4;r the residence of the Princess SOPRIA of GLoU.
CRATER. Posconsoovs; Dec. 18.—Ills Majesty'
vr• Lignt..Gen. DISNEY is to sit in the Court on Sir protection asfaeas Falmoothlo any -
Amer MURRAY, in .Sir DAVID BAIRD'S 'place, the Indies and bite Dutch colonies, that
latter being prevented from leaving his seat in Perth- join the Swiftsure.—Arrived yesterda)
shire by indisposition, the result of the severe wound. from the coast of America ; his Majest
received in the service of his country. Weymouth ; and Sceptre transport,
Sir G. ilduansir left town on Thursday evening to .
[ . Dam., Dec. 19.—Arrived. the Queen embark on board of the Nio6e, at Portsmouth, to
. caws, for Dover, forted into the '
proceed by the may of Ilalifaito Canada ; he is not
going out, as has been erroneously reprrointed,in 'fest Vileh, .where die lanTiNlher MI
the Papers, to sttpersede Sir G. Pncvorr, being only Dartmoor RiOnsioad trausport, and
rollillajor..General, and junior to mold Deititiffi. and cables during the pie ; they sow
. •
'Officers serving in the Canadas. safe.
All the port letters if Saturday mention the dread. _
16 ILI DLIMOTOV Dec. 16.--Thr Komatoo,
ful gales that had prevailed for some days. The ships '
for Lagdasi, isianisoptiast to pm-
of war and merchantmen cut their cables and put to
sea ; the loss in anchors and cables was very great ; 46re ;• Ir (aft. (611.0 4 falla•g•
and apprehensions were,entertained thatmany vessels FALKerryt. Dec.l6.-The bo
hail been lost. for Jamaica, haying drove from her

rt is tiered that the Braids Qum: packet, LAIIII•
ifalt, front Ostend to Margate, is loft on thp Good-
wi ll Sands, with all ihe people. The sternand some
4)the wreck have been towed into Kingsgate.

this morning went on More as the
bilged, nod cut away her lowee masts
port of her cargo eared.—The ship
from her Anchors daring the eight,
Rndtea, and carried away
he+ Rti an.l °literal
also materially ledured ber hest bow,
' eat on an end.—The Kingston hits
drove in. All the other ships rode
1.
PLYBIOUTN, Doc. 16„—The Stmt
ter, from Liverpool for HapAtirAh.
that has daring the lest 13 dws. been
W bittund Bay, thrummed, was last
Of the gale am shore t mad it tik feared
pari of the cargo will be inst, as the
Arrived the Nytti It frigate, from
Freak/arca, front Haaborgh, has bee.
tempt Wed tart the vessel of the
Tit 4 cargo sor 00 O. P. is laatied, bat
under water, the Onstage to it trill
1, but a few fragments etthe ladLof
saw* Ilre' cargo is WWl)* fell;

The Rev. Sir CHARLES Riot, Bdrt. who last week
received his Tents at Beenham and neighbouring pa.
riches in Berks, voluntarily deAncted 25 per cent. on,
account of the alteration in the price of corn.
BANKS.—The assignees of Messrs. &Wastes
bankers, at Stamford, have announced a first did•
dend of 10S. in the pound, to be fetid on the lithi
June.—Under the comniksinn against /unit SOW,
of Grantham, a third payment of es. 6d. Witte t
pound,tis. announced.
• Of four large Ordnance transports which sailed
from Portsmouth, with supplies of the most essential
importance to our army in Canada, not one arrived
sate: two were, taken by. American privateers:And
two were lost. , !.
The following communication from Halifax, dated
the 22d tilt. was received on Saturday at Lloyd's :--- ,
" The Bacchante arrived here, a re...allege,'
with a fine brig privateer, called the Ma &hough,
of 2.00 tons, and 71 men, out 24 hours from Ports-
mouth, N. 11. and .entirely new. There were 14
masters of merchantmen serving before the mast, for
want of better employment. The Bulwark has sent
in the Harlequin schooner, from the same port, on
her first cruize; sheds nearly 400 tons, and has 150
men. The Leander has brought in the Genel:al - ____
Putnam schooner 'privateer, of 130 _tens, and 80 We have received, from, loat
men.—The mania for privatterieg is encreasing in which makes such a greet •
the American ports. At Boston, and in the neigh- Memoirs. Secrets cur Napoleqa
bourhood, every slip is appropriated to building r.ten by `a maw who did not q,
them of very large dimensions. The America ship' years. It :contains ..1111. .14100110
privateer of 22 guns (long nine*, "and two 32-poulli 1 tenegeles—describes hip.:tei ~
carronades) and 150 men, .sailed from Portstoot4.4ffiflWWWl;l4
N. N. on the 31st ult. on a creize :.anditis strongly.o.aiwposiiietts.a. the. . lield'
reported, that the President and Consalutionleightet—elani, and is his chamber. It
are at sea ; which is more than Peoheble, '4l, brae es Wife, and if-genuine,
last accounts' they were only waiting 'for ''tin op- The Author denies the ptisonit
portonity to get. out. One of 'our frigates to just : soldiers at Jaffa, aridAtniths '
going to sea with Indy men short of her corn, de M. in his obserialion on
.plement; and most. of ' our ships on this station who have spoken of BONAP
are in the same shift'. HoW unthinking of the guinary impostures make its
Admiralty,, when so many. seamen are turned loose truth." Bowiaare was so
in England, that they do not send out, a sof- : stivations, that If tea men who
dent number (2.000 at least are wanted): to fill up I with him, each a month sums!
the deficiency in the squadron. The credit of the : his portrait, no two of them
Captains and Officers of our frigates are at stake, in-' semblance. " View him at ,
dependent of the honour of the country; for the ;him again at St. Cloud, it Is not
American frigates are not only superior in the num- I occasion to speak to him at'
hers, but in the quality of their seamen. If any another; pay your.coertiw hi
thing is intended to he done to the northward in the ! would not recognise him." '
spring, 20,000 men will bo:required ; for though : tracts from this curious petrol
'the Northern States are better disposed towards. En- ! Jamie* Papers have been
land than the Southern, that jealous feeling resulting (metier, which contain some
from the blockade of their ports, and the leentsion
... w:e ,
to the relative situation of
ofstheir shores will rouse them en mum. Thelier- i loeiets n the more northern
boors from Calle Cod to the entrance of 'the P 0... rice. The following are extra►
nobscot are made veryntrong, and, rhellne eiebeille i . ~ We learn by the Herald,
ships Independence and Washington, the fernier at shad arrived at Carthagena at'
Boston, and thelatter at Portsmonth, are lifted. with _ 1
interior to recruit, and it was
„• . ,
.gens,.*and intended as noa,tiii..; natter'''. There see - •
,In an attack meditated against ,
privateers off this hatbour, which. plunder ;no/
'4- " .It is reported that the Go,
vessel coming in or gniug out, tiotwithimutdieg..grip ,'had •
arrested Boxittan and Rr
have three line of battle ships, six frigates, end fo, or - irons„ offering to deliver them
Stoops now here."
.. , -.- 1 fertitheet but this statement
On Wednesday evening the Olympia cotter, at ioer4.doebtful. ' " s'afer, touched the ground on the edge of the Spi- 1 ,
i tionsbay tiouriers to the 1:
bank, and es a hefty sea was running, the vessel
Wlreck with such'force, that tt was apprehended she I received.. In the Paper of the
:h a commercial Notice some
would bilge. Minute guns were fired for assistauce,of
trade. It Mates, that infornise
bierhich she soon obtained from the ships that jay
by the Government from the
iar, and the boats' crews got heraleat, end topic
._ber out of further danger :.. but by the darkness :of that the duties of 15 per mint.-
* manufactures, ant
'the evening, the boats that went on the service*
were duce and
lia an
thrown into disorder, and one of diem was stove,
ports
in
red'ton Of shed China under
Commercial
when, unfortunately, two men belonging ,to tinrCon..
Aict were drowned. , , been- removed by a Decree
. Seen after the. Mae of Gr.oucesne entered the . BRAZILS, who had ordered that
Theatre of Govent-garden on Friday night, a pereon mined in future, on paying
__
rose is 'the pit,- and noticing 'his Royal Highness:at 'nee P cent. It is mentioned
being in the house, called for ccet
God sore the Kfrix.r,:i had sent orders to the Commissioners
proc
to ure a pieties. of
The midis:ace immediately cheered, and the tune being ' to
witb. milted Junserae plate,
s BOMAR'',
igurpd they greeted again his Royal Highness
repeated acclamations, for which his Royal Highness,at BoMbay, as an honorary ma.
made his acknowledgment by boWieg to all part, of . ticin fOr'sup!rintemdieg the.constr
the Theatre. Seth is still the value of high character . Iten for Majesty's Government
In this country. The house saw in the Royal Per-I The Countemof Rosenna'
sconage a Prince who honoured his station; -one whose Ship tavern, in 'Brighton' the
'
public career hat; been identified with every mesenve departure, with Sir B. .MILD)
tending to promote the interest and character of 114 Went. She came from Lrmdor
.geo,stry, mid mhose private life has been exemplary,' and daring her stay at the ii
in all the dorms and relations Which- engage the affec. J seclusion. She had two female
Likens and command respect. ' .. 1 her "my lady," but in other
p.... A Gentleman enquired of a Friend, a few days . feet)), incog. Sir H. MILDMA
whet was the mien of dressing up the houses i its a post-chaise and four,
;et s with kW 'cc Because Christmas con. I tavern only as
.Mr. ST. Jon
A* PriniPal /soft is the year," replied the 1 day.the part} set off for Nei
Massage on board the Weitingt(

1' Y.

d from the Brandy pass •
le crew, abatis/ beimiZ
re Sir Jpmes Yee r►ott
r. The xe
ta.Poirs 3,11101'
goer Teiaeh bassi ta pellet '
'flit they may imam. !
prday the Conger* '
Majesty's ship zeop in.
it,: him earls,
.4 7
Queen Charlotte peigio:)(4
a Downs by tbeesigisioi
Mails and poisaaj—
aild th: ip, :
now 4*,,,,m..,41.4,„
Nevski., csai-
: Now *hit,
tato thk•tatheiri wade,
C.
bag J• 011 Raherts
ter anchors abous foit.echik •
e Rocks mar gt..isamilio • •
roasts newest la he sew; ;
VP Kinston/ lime?. .54,4,
it, sad hil.l4fissata gi •
.4
sway ber. &mortas* •• .
erwise acerb itaiikei
baiter cable, aior's sios
is gat all her Twat sok*
le oat the yak.
•
Swedish initial, sock's',
ink. silk, mot art-A
%limp ridb. ht art Woriah'h • -
'M akin driven b% eiteal.4iat • •
raind the yeast attrtaitt
rate 51114-11 dortRS
Iritaast...-Tlieeaien4.l
6 beetosiela,,,
he racks. but
but baviog bets leverikao
will be very go ao-tatilig
Alf the linear Miele halm
. .
l'avitAktt ems pmplati
sensation there, smitki
P°lol* ."0"140,* It&
quit iitside for
tiftt;
issibi :limber of '
tsi Alkititisasysit,
hoseiktiVis 4tir kite*
end *the -cabinef—ia e.
'lt is considered is Pti.
, it is certainty
voisetiing of the yowled. - •
Se the. saying Of. the Aga
on the different whit
Ae.t.t.re Their MP
a doubt of his sin=
so different is
who had alternate!, MI
recessively,' were is ilk
?ca would agree bilious
tt the Thuilleriee, Mint
not the MOW mat; Isis
Schoenhrunn, it is
a him at Marrac, intim
We shall give sae .
romance. •
n received to the tittiii
me additional pert'
of the Spaniards slide*
1 districts of Smith
tracts:— • •
nid, that Gen. Bourse
and had proceeded to&
ras supposed would sun
Ist Santa Martha.
Governor of Margo,'
REIMS, and put thee it
ern up to the Spanish
eat appears to• be nil
let of August barbell
the 113th of July, AM
some importance te of
.niation had been recce
le British Envoy at Cr'
mt.-levied en British to
entering the Porto.
[oder an erroneoos inn'
nil Treaty of 1810,
ee of the Princre"
that goods shotildlro#,.
duties to the moist
used that the Adaltai
nvoissioners of the Nil
to be made and the
niEz, master skip.builk
mark of their 611,142
.construction of 66 Pr
lent. * • • .
Malt sojourned at tbe 01
!hree. days previous to 110
ILDIN A Ir, for the DO
lon.itt a carriage and f$ •
inn observed the
tie attendants, whaltir
her respects she w$ I't"
ft A Y arrived the third*
, and was known st:00
ona. On the follelthd
few haven. and took
sgton packet, for the