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•' ^Christian states* and the abolition of in- ^v t-«i. and hid nearly tvaeJuel thebtfach onhis return on board ship, tlw* Turfewh i*m«**r) Guard, amon v. h«m hi* « s> l«): inccn>cd al the pros- »cri of not being pcyuitted to iiiduU*- an) lurth r hi their ac-twtomed and m- hum;in aftfeicities, conferred with each other, whether Ihej should not take summary vengeance on our gallant chief j our party decided on his being immediately-icimitered : another, more modmt". suggested, thai suchcondud xrould undoubtedly bring down the just vengeance of entire Kurupe on their devoted heads. I**»rd Eimouth was*. however, happily able to take leave of fhi> sanguinary council with his head •iii its right {dace. —0 ■ o— Notice to the Ladies. How happy was the age of fimplieity, Qrhcn the gaudy decoration of tinfel ornaments was unknown, and the fluttering robes of the modern fair lacy, pav: place to the more fubftantial and comfortable protection of woollen gar¬ ments ! Comf'Wt and convenience then fsorjhted the fafhion of the fex. How C^an^ei the times ! Hue tempora I Hue rrorcs! Mifguided fair ones ! how pity weeu- at the miftries of folly, vanity and prirfe ! Witkt ut a futficiency of cltfthnig to pr-.tcft them from the feverity of the winter's cold they thoughtlessly expofc thenirelves to the Keen ice-bolts of the northern blafts,— What ktheconfequence ?The tempera-1 ttfre of 'he body is dirr.imfhcd, and the en culntion languijhes from the defect of ftitrudus. What follows? Chilled and benumbed with cold, they as indiferretly ruili to die heated room and blazing five, to recover the loft temperature. Here Xte^ the mifchtcf; here the evil com¬ mence*. The diminuation of tempera- tuue has incrcafed the fenfiabflity and excitability of the fvftcrn to the reap- plication of heat. The veiTels of the lungs, on which this ftimulus more :m- tned lately operates, are fuddenly excited into febrile a&ion ; catarrh, or pneumo¬ nia in produced, debility enfues, con fumuuon fellows, and death doles the fcene* So the glittering butterfly, Cvhieh lately fluticred in the fummer breeze, ere winter is ended, re£« beneath the Culd fod of the valley. ShJ.l I mention the pernicious cuftom of vrwtring corfet ? the destroyers of hea'th, a^d rhc deformera or beauty. En: t*-e firplicitf of talle is corruped, And beauty and elegance mud be facri- ficed at the fhrinc of fafhion. A chert, perhaps by the hand of uatuie formed loo fmall for flu lungs, which it contains, muft l>e ITi"**• farther ftraiuncd and con fined \\i b"u the wooden palliLdes of Corfu*. The free cxpanfion of the hin^a is prevented, the blood i» impeded fri it* circulation through them, con. geliion takes place", rupture of the blond veflcls follows, hxmoptofis, or fpittiog of blood is prod oeedi and phthific pul- rrtorr.lij, if) he coufequenee. Fiom the combined influence of the foregoing caufes, the fatality fiom this difcafc may he readily accounted for. ' *' If a greater proportion of females fr.li vjclim* to it, fi, e. consumption) is it not hecauie, toting fight more than men of itn primary purpoie. they regulate their drefs folely by far.tallic ideas of elegance ? if happily our regret fhould recall the age of chivalryi to break the fpell of fnfhion, would he an achievement; w* rtlty tine moll gallant of our future knitjht*. Common fenfe ha3 always failed fn the adventure, and our ladies ! are (til! compelled, whenever the enchantrefa waves her wand, to expofe |he*mfel»ee half undrelTed, to the fogs Oiid froOs of ;-ur land." Little is to be expected from gra¬ tuitous admonition ; being indifferent to Cenfurc or applaufe, your admiier, ladies, give! you the advice, which prudence fhould teach you to receive. £>;!< ird your coriets : fling them into the lire, and Health will rejoice at the conflagration. Go warmly clothed ; protect your feet from wet ; and avoid a fudden transition from the cold air to a heated room, Tranfhtion of a letter from the China Captain at Tring-gana, addrefled in Chinefc to M*jor Farq-ihar, refident of Malacca, in confequenee of his hav¬ ing forwarded to the writer a book of Chinefc New Jtllaments and Tra£ts in theclofe of 1814. The ruler of the vile country (1) Tringgonat whofe surname is Chang* and his name Shing heen% prtlentu this letter . up to the throne (2) of the exalted king of the pearl nation. Refpe&fully com.. menctng—I was a fliort time ago gra- ciuufly favoured with the receipt of a bovk of faercd books, and a letter (3) valuable a^ the gems. I bow the head, w#rfhip, and read ; and according to or $$X have divided the book", and present¬ ed them to the multitude, to deliver to their children and friend*, that all may diligently read the claffie? of the virtu ^J9 fegcfc i\\ daya of old, the pinnace of Shungfrng (4) in the adored middle natif n (China) (5) produced the virt Or o Ll- O u^ and hf-iy fage, Confucious, who taught to read the ancient clafCca] bonks, ar.d delivered them down to ten thoufand generations During a former dynasty (viz.. that of Sung) appeared the great literary character called Choo-fuQ ti%c% who para r-hrafed the faid books. Put I knew not before that the nations without fide (5) had virtuous fages, who could make moral books to be handed down to myrids of age9, to exhort the people to reform their evils, and return to goodncf*—fuch merit and virtue arc inexauftible* The bird Hung (6) being at hand, I purpofely adorn this inch let¬ ter, and refpeftfuliy offer it up to the ru¬ ler of the nation to examine it. Hi- humble fuhject, captain Chang-Shing been bows and pays his reipr&s. NOTES. (1) It is the cull >m in Ch:nefe cor- refpr-n^ence, and in polite cotiverfa':ion to life fome ierm that denotes roeannefs, or rather expreffes a high degree of hu mili'v, when a man hzi oecafion to (peak or write of himlelf, his parents, hit children, his houfe and country, and on the cofitrarv, to beftow fome honors- ble epithet on all that belong* to anoth¬ er : even his dog- and poultry are honor- able, while thofe of the waiter or fpeak- er, are mean and vile (z) Literally the [ * the Drain's feat?] a term given to the throne of the Emperor. I (3) \ Chinefe later addrefled to him by a friend to the prcpogarion of the go I pel. j (4) In Chinefe books ii i* commonly called Loo Kvjoh, .hat is the kingdom' of Loa, the chief theatre m the actions , of the great Chinefe philoiopher. (5) The Chinefc, being generally ex¬ tremely ignorant of geography, call th^ir own fcunrry the * rmadtt nctivrtS and confid^ ull the world befidesaa its fub- Urbs only—bc;ice the term * out fide (/">) • ffung%* this phrafe rei^vs to a owned by Col. Abel Chapin c: this town—Having |;nce looked into ac- c -unta of Cattle reared in England, ♦ re perhaps aq much attention has been paid to melioration of the breed as in any other ; we find that the county of Durham in the North of England has been much famed for a breed of homed cattle, and many Qf them have been remarkable for fat and great weight.— The following is copied from an Englifh writer ; « The celebrated Durham Ok was bred by Mr. Charles Collins, of Kellon, in the vear 179^>. Hi* form was in every refpeft neatly Perfect ; and as he fhowed an e^rly difpolition to take on fat, great attention was paid to him.— ,\t five years old he wa9 deemed fo furprifino an anirta", that he was pur- chafed, (to be exhibited a? a fhew) for I40U fter'in; , an! foon a'tcr 20C0I. (tfrlinji, w?.- offered for him ;—he was killed in 1807 ; ami notwithstanding his being carried fo much about for exhihi- tion, yet he weighed upwards of 186 (lone, i-jJbs. to the itonc—equal to 2604 pounds." On Thurfday laft, Col. ChapirA 'aTgeil Ok, M:iximu8, and bin mate Magnus, were weighed lure on the foot, in the pteftnee of feveral hundred rpe&ator?. The weight of the foimer wa-; 2716 Iba. Of the latter ^ 2240^ Both were calved in the Iprrng cf 'he year iSti. — Moximua weighed 121 lbs. at his bivth—neither of tfma has been fed with n:e.d until February it-it6. fince which, four quart? only have b«» given to each per d:*y.—Should ths owner continue to keep the largcil Or under his r.wn care ar-ei managements he J has not y< r conte to bin full growth, h:! will probably *M»hin 2 years from ibiaj ti-ne, exced, in treightof hevf,hide and' tallow, thecelcbi tec Durham Ox. Col. Chaoin i a judicous former, and an expertetred feeder,—few if arrv m Mr. MrsrlL Mr. GVey, M». Sfi-vrns'^ml Mr. Colls, J?«n5«WW IL N.ai'd«fvi i;i!o:l.or(»irioM-* going so join their thips u[ntn !Ut- Luk<*», irere The Ki^'it Honorable the Bail of Dulhousie, \;ht» was Uxwiy ajip^ntcri fl»vcmor and ( Ofrt- maadertn Chief of the Province of Nova Seo* ii;i, pnea OUt with his suit (o lhiiifu\.in the Forth, 10. sir John Louis, Hart, whirls fhip i- nt Spirheaih waiting hiy Lordihiji* arrival man Sco'iaad.—The lorrh w ill go from Halifax to Llit: N"ewfouadluudaiaIiou« LONDON, Auguft 2o, The north of Scotland has been the fcene of one of ihofe awful and tremen- duoua vifitations, an earthquake. It wa^ felt a little before eleven at night lall Tuefday, in an angular direction, exten¬ ding as far as we have yet received ac¬ counts, from invernefs, through Foires to Aberdeen, and thence to Perth,flight- . f lv at Gia.gow, and more flight!, ,t Ed- g^ft « t^f^^l^ inburgh a^d L.eiih iprolperity which awaits you under hi* paternal government* Be aflured of the deepinrertft which 1 (hall ever take in the fate of Gtadaloupe, and of the good wifhes I entertain for it^ I profperity. '(Signed) JAMES LEITR Beffeierre, 24th July, 1816. Auguft 10. On Tuefday lad, it was propofed and agreed to in the houfe of atTembly, that 4J 3,000 fhould be the annual colonial falary of his excellency Sir James Lcirh, G. C. B. during liis adminiftotion of this government ; but, upon being ap* praifedofthi^ vote of theafiembly, the governor, with a liberality rarely to be met with handfomcly declined the ac4 (ceptance of more than £ 2,000 ; coq. t :m fuftained in this ifland, as well as the un. avoidable expenditure of public roonry which had taken plnce, w ould Uot admit fo ample a provifion for his excellency's mere were t*o fhock^ The accounts vary as to their j duration ; one from Aberdeen fays, itj laired fix fecon-Js, from Forres, 20 ie- eondftl at lawtneft, *he coocaffion laft- eftaWiftmcnt ** th,t which had been e;1 a minute. It was red* violent there, J granted for that purple The church (leeplc was much injured ;; cliitnncys prectpituted Into the (ItectB;) . ... bdls rung and the wires broken. A < ed'than our l*g«flator* U™Z «**?*. batte h faid to be drivea into the Moray l fetation thofc ?■ eat psr.onal cxertioaj Frith. We are convinced that thepnblic will feel much pleafure upon being acquaint- 1 lie Duke of Clarence, it is report¬ ed, recovers very (lowly from his late alaiming indffpulitiun A quarrel, attended with bloodfhed, has broken out between the Pruflkni and ^ulli ran.- at Me;:tz. By the pru- | dencc, howi ver, of the cornmandiug of" fiee«» on both lides, order was at length rcSored- LONDON, aug. 24. The accounts received this morning relative to bis RoyalHlghnefe the Prince Regent are as favourable a* pofiihle.— Two of hi* Royal Highnefi's Phyficiana iiave taken their le.ive. Caution —On Wednefday ft'nigbt, Mr. Graves, aged 21, landlord of the Lamp Tavc n, Buli-flrect, Birmingham, nni!e>took, for a wrrgei of Jj 20, to go at length he caught this bird, and tied his letters t« itg feet, by which m'*ans [hia objeft was accompli(hed. Hence. rwhen the Chincf:- fend a Utter thty s;cn eialiy fay, fc this comes by a convenient bird'—1. e. favorable opportunity. RxtraEl of a tetter from a Gentleman of the first refpeftahtiiiy in London, to his frit nd in Charleston. 49 I take this opportunity of Sen&ag you a few reports, which will give ynu fome i"ea of what i* going 011 here ; and I think yon will fay with us, that the nth report of the Britifll and Foreign "Bible fociety, is the mod important Re¬ port ever made by any Committee. u That Society flnurifhes more and more, and the cor.mitt'e (of which I am a member th»« yea* ) have lately re¬ ceived letters from Kdlia, which fpe;:k of a great icvivU . f rrligi >u in that vail fempirr, fincc the Bible Societies were formed there. M Religion fpread«i in th-- Church of j England, and 1 luppofe we have more than 2000 pfons Mmiflers in the Church. 44 Pious vounff men offer as Miflion- NO NKW8- The N01M1 Cafollna Observer says. :t:.- m 1th hard I'afw r that ni'^f.prp--.. in these tinves, cs" bemad* at a:i Lntu. r^sfios- Since Efonaparte ha^vanihhi d iVotu ihe p •liucatl ^ rid, there if no fiod for cttriou ^couiaicr*. Wc d. not mean to n-un.J his s!w< ncc. or t wish him back ^_„j„. 1\u burrsuspi- efaafatf Ibt IlK,.] takensuch a nhiu. in¬ to his head- a <0 r, v;<it Gljr n, ;u.( a;|it world, would !).;„,, ^tt ruo»..Ji to mills; and if In. pou!(i ;u r a;i(y pear amunn ts ;c ,|t.;;,.(| have no »c-j on 1 mghid talk, und within 35 minutci of ilic time allowed, he was unable to pro¬ ceed zv.y furtlier. He was imme¬ diately conveyed to the Handfworth Ta¬ vern, and medical aid w.ts obtuined, bnt to no effeft : he died on Thurfday tnor- The Journal La Drome puh'iinco th-. following ftatcrr.ent undir t..e head o! [Valence, dag- ♦ ; M They write from j Mar'.uillcs, that the Americana have bo«i- [barxled Algiers According 'o tlrde (accounts LorJExiuoulb willh&ve Jittle :o do. \ 'i rxi".'e\ llu Jciails *-f this e- which were ufed by Colonel Codd, dur¬ ing the late difturbunces. have v<'ted rhc fiimQf -i' !,OCO fterliug, for the pur- chafe of fuch articles of plate as may be acceptable to him ; and they have alfo directed that 200 Guineas each be given to Brigade Major Cruttenden and Capt Watt, t© be laid out as they think prop* per, as a token of the country's appreci¬ ation of their zealous ferviccs on rtiat oe¬ cafion. The thank? of the houfe were like* wife voted to Colonel Cndd, and the regular troops under his command, for rhofe unceafing duties which they fo wil¬ lingly performed ; and alfo t="» Cclond Meyers, and the royal regiment of mi¬ litia ; a» well as Colonel Belt, and the Chi iff church corps, for their prompt co-aperation with bisMajelly's forces.by which tranquility wap f© fpeedily rcllor- ci >> casion to eoinplninoniaTHig such bar- rcn columns. qmc.- ;, a whilp, to be sun-, mo eiTtf p"- k up if.iae rraps from F.ur pc. ,v«rt and »h. n a marriage, a cock fight, ROM, 01 fnwu.h grand affair ; but it »ji] u.w nncw-er, the peo¬ ple are too njfuivorou-.—Tiu> must have blood, foj nothing clsr will gir^a urw/papora in i\ aspect !—To hob) us out of the rrap^Afr. Uedheficr is about Petting a prrpctcal morion lo « ork again. 1! m uc hivr dissertati¬ on) and thcorli ^ about spots i:\ 'hft sun, Longevity. The cewrj day mercies, wf ought to be ;vatelul for. C ortainly a nenspaprr v. >ild n:t he wol-'h read¬ ing, .-orr notthc^e small triples sent to us as an otF-vt f;.r European battles, and such like .ratter as Bonaparte wus wont to make lor our politicians. ---------------■! .. II I '—V - — — —. . I 1 .J || * I FOREIGN. the BilhopS; knowing that they are in- Murder, or a r riiaikablc instance of tended togc out as Miflionaries, 44 The other charity focietfes which have lately an'fen are almoft without number, and the money rat e! is ira- menfe. "The amount ofthefubferiprions for the foldierft who fought, and the fami¬ lies of thofc who fell, in the battle of Waterloo, i» expected to reach half a million of money, or near that fum. " In confequence of our immenfe trade during the late war, land has rifen to very high rents ; and the peace ha* low¬ ered the piice of corn, &c. which ha* produced a great deal of uiftrefs among the Farmers, and perfons depending up¬ on them, for the prcfent ; but 1 fuppofc another year will bring matters to tneir accuilomed channel—and our imrnenfe foreign pofTefliions will furmfh trade for and enrich the mother country ; and while we can fpare fourteen millions (deling) annually, to be applied as an accumulating fund in buying up our na¬ tional debt, I fuppofc we have not much to fear. " God's interpofition :n favor of any nation was never more clearly manifeft- ed, or more generally acknowledged, than in His prefervation of Old Eng¬ land through aconteft, unequalled in the hiftoryof nations. It appears by the letters which come to the Bible and Mis¬ sionary Commutes, that the nations on the Continent of Europe, in general, as¬ cribe their deliverance, ( under God) to the exertion and foccefl of England. »> Springfield, (Mafs) Sept. 5. In a late paper, we made mention of an Os of uo*,ouimoa frzr, bred gad From Loudon Papers to IhelXth Jug. received at Tfoston* LONDON, V.-. 19. Extracl of a Mi»-r fron Pun St. MaryV in.'ar Cadiz,! dated J ulj 26 :—" The troops forming flic new expedition de.^tined toaci a- gafnsl the inMu;<,ni p'ovinecs of Amerira, are dots *11 rea.h- Nothing more i> wanting 'orihim 10-i;iil ;"n ntoiicy, aiuUhijw (0em¬ bark in. Til**} r*r<" to rV commaiideii by Om- eial CrDound", ^'"iiin Abisbai}, The ivhole armament conbiM^oftvij buttaiions of 800 or 1000 wen each^ v-Jzj one uattallion of li^l't troops; fouroftl11" line,,called expeditionary roop<; one belonging 10 the regiment of A*- uirias; anotHrr of the Kings regiment La PlifteeH?;another uFSoria, undone battalion of Ughl troop* bi*long'ng lo the Canaries. r>r- ••itlesCMi-M-, 6(M»r"»rll'*0 ">en are lo embark, with a corresponding number of sapper* ami pioneer?, ami friHfl wto 50pieces of cannon. Two thousand *li nwanied ca\atr> are also to go oat, and mine *krietoa regiments to be fill¬ ed up on arriving '" America, It i* evident Rnm tbeexertioM" lue. Spanish Oovcmmeui i< now making, tftal everj tbin^is(,i be risked 011 ihiOast foimidaMrattemptJuall probubilit} bound against Ml lR°i,i,a! i:» »fthe expedition nils. Saturday hr«lrfaJwty,sstorc-Jiip \bundanre, Vlr.<Tboma< siot t :ou-ie» 1 Coionooider, rail. eillioin Foi(Miol,:*' ft|r (jncbee, loaili-dwiib naval sdorvsi f«< li"' dork-yarH at Kington. Chain cables, ju?fl Ul a,'3 fnitj lltoiifand blocks were shipped om -oj.d hrrfrom I'otMMOioh (lock-yard. O*1" |,r'r,K> R- v.; CupL Joan Campbell, R. »•? M^ KuHin^hall, Naval Storekeeper u> ^%-Aoa f |»fl lobio, ft ft ccuatry, are to me futc guarintfes of the i vent imrned.'-iieiy. HJGUE, Jug. 20. A report having bc;n circulated by feveral OiSvfpapcrs, thai a great i*u nbei • of f« reiVn officers who had larr-|y cmi- i^rntfdto the United States of. arth s?- j me?lea, itad been placed in the militaiy Ifervice of that country, we have received from an authentic iource a rcqucii fcri- oufly to cont»a'iii5l this error, and to add, j for the be^t\i of all luch as may he iu- ' terelted in ii, that -.ot one of the above mentioned foreign officers has obtauied any kind of fituation in the American ; lervice, and all vacancies that may hap¬ pen will be filled by native* of the coun- j try, and probably by officers lately diu charged. WEST WDIA INTELLIGENCE. Brigetowh. (Bar.) Aug. 3. Upon refjgring the government of Guadaluupe, His Excellency *Sir James Lcith, C. C B. addreffcd the inlmhit- ants of that Ifland in the following proe* iamation : InhalUants of GuadJoupc ! An infamous treafon hail removed you from the government of yonr legit¬ imate fovereign—perfidious chiefs and their accomplices had prepared the ruin of your colony—a fecond time you were about to be reduced to the neecflity of fee kino; an aflyhim among ftrangcre, when that Providence, who watches over you, defeated their projefts, by grant- ino; luccefs to the army under my orders, which came to deliver you. During my admtniltratinn,every thing which could tend to your happinefs and tranquility lias conftantly been the ob- jer3 of my folwjitude- I have deemed it a duty to diftinguilh thofe among you who have given the greateft proof of tlu»ir attachment to his mod Chriftian Majefly ; and I experienced the greateft fatisfaftfon rn having been able to unite the duty which I owe to my own Give reigrn, with all thofe fentimmt* of ref- pcel which I have profc.fTed for hifl moil chriflfan Majefty, In quitting you, [ derive much pleaf- trre in leaving the government of the col¬ ony to his excellency count de Lnrde- noig. Hu noble chara&er—his unboun¬ ded attachment to the caufe of his fove rei^n—lu-* energetic COnduft during the Ian troubles which have agitated your I From the Ohio Trump of Fame* SIR—Youra»of the 29th nit- reqocs* lino; information refpffting the melan¬ choly event which took place hereon the 2 1 ft, came to hand rbis morning. I was not an eye witnefi fir the em" refling fcene ; bur have had a relation "f .t from r.-vera) who were pre lent Banding on the fhore, and from others who had jult efcaped a watery grave. On Wtdnefday the 21ft of A-ignft about 3 o'clock, P. M. a beautiful frhr, about 80 tons burth-n, was made ready Fur launching \ mmher ot £vnUc. men and iadiea were invited to take feutj on the decks ; to which a rd^rfiafde company acceeded The vefTei went < ff i" a very handfome ftyle, rode on her deitmed element, with a kind of grand- cur, pkafing to the friends of commerce, and highly gratifying to cur wiftca fqj improvement, After Ihe ran ^ut rhe ufud difiance, fhe was brought up to the wharf, and an additional numhei ofoen. t!crr:cn with ihtfr wives and children went on to her deck, making in the whole about 180 (bid? on board. >\ number of the young- mm went aloft, fome at mall-head, others i-.; the fltr*otds- ihe was then hauled off a little diftinoe from the fhore, znd there being" no dan. gerapprehended by the ge..t'cnien, they began running fmm one fide to the oth¬ er, to put her in a rockinp iro,;'ii, ?nd (here being no balldft in her hoH, and fo a any aloft, after chancing fides on her deck with a pretty mock nv tfnna few timea, fhe capfized, plunging from her decks about one hundred aid fifty men, women and children into the water. The fcreams of thofe who were notbu* ncd in the water were pfercitiq ; thofc on the fhore flew to thei- rrhVf: frveral good fwfmmers a6ted with the otmoft deliberation in faving number: who were almou drowned. Several women and fome men went down a fecond or third time, ami were fo far gone as to lofe all hopes of bring faved. Bnt wonderful to relate, all were extricated but Gxfonng tnen, and one boy, who were defbVd to rife no more, until death had clofed the term of their mortal exiflance. F<iur younjj men were carried down near her fide-chain* in her rigging : one leaped from her flirouds as fhe was tfoin^ over, flruck on the keeel, Aid into the water, and rofe no more. The other two were plunged fom the deck- Th* vMine men were all promifing, refperlable mfO —Their names are, Amos B*cheW't•, jr- Fli Hart, Harvey Cook, John Warn«-> William Pratt, Sylvanus W. Keener, Roliin Newel The day following, *he funeral was at¬ tended bv the largeft aiTemhla^eofpc0, pie ever before convened \r\ this place.—1 A fermon t«. 19 delivered fiom thi* P;f" fag^r <4 Be yea alfo ready." apprnp"' ate to the oecafion. After fermon lf* bodies were decently interred. AH *•* ferioua and feling attention was mM.0D the oecafion, t!mt could be drfinhle. jroart JOSEPH BADGES