Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1821-01-16
FOREIGN ARTICLES.
From the National Advocate.

in the Judgment of the Censorship, the
proceedings Of an assembly SO criminal 10
the eyes OF the French Court, may not
be entitled to more than MANNED rites"
or, 10 other words, to- garbled repre-
seutation in the newspapers, enough is left
TO satisfy the friends of Spain that the
Cortes have employed themselves OH mat
ters Of great national Importance, ueither
neglecting The details Of public business,
nor that first Of ali interests, the direction
Of the public spirit. The Committee on
National Instruction were to present,
about the 10th or goth, catalogue Of the
best elementary works for promoting the
purposes Of education. This accords with
and extends the grand principle OF the
Constitution, which, after the year 1880 /,
disquaiifies any Spaiiisrd !rem entering
on the rights Of citizenship, who shall not
have learned to read aud write. The
salaries of men 10 Office. civil and eccle-
siastical-the liberty of the press--the
claims Of Quiroga's army TO public re-
compense-th completion OF the Council
of State to 40 MEMBERSHIP security OF
foreign property in case Of war--the en-.
enlargement Of home manufactures-the
necessity Of intoxicating on all Spaniards
the connection between religious and civil
duties--the expediency Of dismaotling the
African fortresses, and equippins squad
ron in place Of them-and, last Of all, the
propriety Of entering upon formal inqui-
nv into the state OF the nation, in conse-
quence Of certain Bishops having refused
to obey the decree Of the Cortes, which
called upon them to enloin their clergy TO
explain from the pulpit the principles Of
the Constitution, have all been submitted
to discussion; and although some of the
propositions made on those subjects were
postponed. and the last in the series was
rejected, there is proof enough Of deep
reflection 10 the minds by which they could
be suggested, and Of free Inquiry in the
'frankness with which they were entertain
ed. Ia nation which enjoys the unim.
peded faculties OF thought and speech,
what is there Of political excellence that
may not be gradually accomplished !?
The German papers mention that The
village Of Strau, in Bohemia, situated on
a sand hill was lately swallowed up during
the night by the sinking of the hill, whose
base had been undermined by the passage
Of snbterraneous waters. The inhabitants
had the good fortune TO be awakened by
the shaking and cracking Of their houses,
announcing the progress Of the work Of
destruction, and escaped fron, the disaster.
Several head of cattle persisted, aud the
place is waste.
Floating.--A man named Schultze, un-
dertook to float on his back, without the
assistance OF hand or foot, 10 the river
Thames, from Westminster to Southwark
bridge, for wager. He performed it in
half an hour, TO the establishment Of a
multitude Of spectators.
Major General Beatson, on farm Of
three hundred acres, at Know!e, Tun-
bridge Wells, since the year 1918, says
he has proved, that by light or shallow
ploughing on stiff soil, With one horse,
without lime or dung, and without fallow,
he can raise crops of wheat and other
grain, at the expense of 81. an acre, equal
or superior TO those Of his neighbours, in
expense, 10 time, and labour of cattle, Of
16l. an acre.
The Queens cause is SO heartily es-
poused by the lace-trade at oushborougI',
that one Of the most splendid dresses ina.
gination can fancy is now preparing in
that town, at the joint expense OF masters
and men, as token Of respect to her
Majesty.
Como, 10 the vicinity of which her
Majesty resided at the Villa d'Este, is the
city in which the celebrated historian,
Pliny the younger, was born. He had
an elegant villa on the banks Of the Lari-
an Lake, now called the Lago di Como.
The Pensions, &c. 10 Louis XVIth's
red book, were beyond ours extravagant
and ubiquitous. During the short admin
istration Of nj. Calonne, the brothers of
the King Independent Of their immense
revenues) received out Of the public trea-i
sury 2.O0o,O00l.; upwards Of one million
pounds fell to the share OF the present
LOUIS n VIII CdiOuuc udu uIutttdhtil
also to liquidate his debts, amounting to
l,00O,00OL There were others equally
extravagant--viz. 6Oo,0ooI. to an indi-
vidual for important services; which were
that Of being Maitre d'Hotel 10 bis own
wife, Madame Polignac!
Scottish Character.-A few weeks ago.
a poor and, we believe, an infirm carter,
10 the siewartry Of Kirkcudbrisht, bad The
misfortune to lose bis only horse, which
took some complaint and died; a misior-
tune which was to him the greater, as he
had no means of replacing the animal
Being thus thrown OH, Of employment
the neighbours, after the lapse Of a week
or two, became apprehensive that he might
be In want, aud yentured to mention his
a