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its of meditation, and enlarged his v'etfS wit*' a more copious rendition, lie mig!.' taliiyhavc attained a ftation in the wo* of intellect, far. wry far above what thi utmnll perfection of ingenious ant] eltgai t fej hiiincs ever can confer He migh1 have taken his place among thegreat think er* of England, the Bacons, the Hobbr es, the I ockrs, and the Humes. 01 amn g her ma Iters of enduring and magnificcn' eloquence, the rich ar.d various Barrow, tin lublime and energetic Chatham, and the cUflic Burke A man of geniw like Mr. Jeffray. who choofes to devote himfeH to p'lcafc the multitude can very cafily ac- compiilhthis ignoble purpofe. He can very cafily perfuade them that nothing is WOfth knowing but what they can com prehend ; that true philosophy is quite attainable without the labour of years; and (hat whenever wc meet with any thing r.ew. and at fir ft fight unintelligible, the belt role is to take for gi anted that it is forr;thing myftical and abfurd. But .Mr- Jeffray mull be well aware, that it is nne thing to be the favourite of an age and na tioi.and another to be reverenced bypos terity and the world. So acute a man a* be is, camot conceal from himfelf the fac"i» that however paramount may be hi* author¬ ity among the generation of indolent and laughing teaders to whom he dictates ratufeanet of rfta people of England, that Fcreec!, snd they would punt A too fevcrc-Ty '»• pinion he has as yet done nothing which will ever induce a man of refearch, in the next century, to turn over the volumes of his Riview. When the foolifh works which he ha* fo happily ridiculed are entirely for¬ gotten, the wit which he has expended up¬ on tl cm will lofe its point. When the great men whom he has itifultcd by his mirth mail have received their due rccom- penf.* in the admiration of our children, it will appear but an unprofitable talk to read his (hallow and ineffectual pleafant- fIt-. The topics which he has handled are fo ephemeral .that already the firft volumes of his journal have foil a very great rait ^f their intercil ; and the many writers who have already attained to the firft eminence, in fpiteof all hit cavil*, have furnflhcd to the world, and to himfelf. a fufficient proof of the fallibility and pervcrfenefs of his judgment. He treated Madame de Stai I. when l/clphinc was puh!ifhed, a* a pcrfun whofe wiring* would be extremely dan- g;n us, were not her ftupidity ftill mire remarkable than her depravity- The world gave 'entence in her favour ; and he has finer refafied his Opinion, both of he* rro-a' and her nttllcclual qualiiieB, with a fa frame fuhnvffion, almoft as contemptible a* the <n'ei"al offence for which it was lis— iLnCVi'i i Kf ' — r*--* R|w«nSliP yMHhruI genius of Byron, but has fince had full time to repent b» audaciou- mock¬ eries of a bring, compared with whom, To the eyes of the world, he is as nothing, Hehasfpoken of Wordfwotth, that firfl poet f Nature, that mild and lofty fpirit, the worthy olT.piing of Milton, in terms of the fame trivial and felf complacent a- bufe with which a licentious, poet once da¬ red to koff at the mo^t godlike of all the japes of Greece. Walter Scott is the on- ')* great por[ whom he h,<s uniformly prais¬ ed ; but how poor, and injudicious-, and unworthy, has been his commendati n ! The flow of hi> verfe, the rapidity of hi narrative, the strength and vivacity rf his imagination—thefe were qualities which could not efcape the obfervation of the most tuDcrficial critic - and ..■—l n.oernciai critic ; and upon thcie Mr, JefTiay has abundantly ce • „'ed. B;:t in no instance has he aopeared to feel that majestic depth and exparfion of thwight and reelinjf, which form the true and His tinpuishing excellence of this Inst andgren- te*t of all the poets of romance and chival- ry- But I need only recall to your reeol- led ion an instance yet nearer to omfclvcs When 'he good and venetable Goethe told the stories of hi< vonth to a people who all '^ok nhnn him with the artViVonate ad¬ miration of children, this foreigner, who can-nt read our language, amufed hi« coun¬ trymen, equally ignorant as himfelf, with an ar/urd and heartlefi caricature of the only poet, in modern times, who is enti¬ tled to stand in the fame clafs with Dante, Calderon. and Shaispeare. Thefe arc cettamly the most illustrious write" araonr tne contcmporarie< of Jeffray ; and vet he ha» (hewn himself 10 be incapable of ap- pr-ciatinc the genius of any one amor- their number. In -e,.ard to poetry (and 1 helicve his p-encnl cntictsjIS are commonly fuppofee! to re among the mo-t brillia i of his p-o- dticlinns). it fs quite clear, that if he has any p-opcr feelings of its true purpofe and cxcfUeno- n>-w, be had them n.tt when he began hff Review, and has since acquired them, not from ht's own reflection and taste, hut from the irreriptiblc impulfe of example, and the good fbnfe of a public more wife than its instructors Foi the fhtt right or ten years of the Edinburgh Review, the febool of Pope was uniformly ralked .'fas the true one, and the Englift poets <-f the prefentday were difapproved of, heenust thev had departed torn :t^ pre- %cen'\- A true poet has, however, a wca- Jpot i hi> hands, far mere powerful ih3n thai wi.V'-i. wielded by any critic ; and Mr. Jeffiav. when he perceived the dncc- fion whirh the public taste was takfnff, at hi\ found it r.:cefTary to become a violent cannot he!** fpeaktng of Mr Jcffi ly with !m ist as murh warmth a- I fh ulj have deemed proper, in cafe he had been a coun- :ryman of our own. I admire hi' talents, 1 lament their mifapplication, and I proph- rfv that they will [ooa lie forgotten In •II hi> volumes I know of no original fprCOlation in philofophy, no new rule of criticifm, likely to make him ever be ap¬ pealed to os authority hereafter In truth, I fufpeO, that but for the*political differ- tations with which it is often almod en tirelv filled, the reputation of the Edin burgh Review, iu fpite of all the clevcrnefs of Mr. Jtffray, would before this time have been very much on the decline. Kven here, I think it i«« by no means entitled to the patronage cf enlightened Britons, ftiil lefs to the favour of patriotic Germans- During the greater part of the years in which thi* journal has been publiiTud, Great Britain has been engaged in a ftrug- g!e, not for extended empi"e nor fiattercd ■mhitinn, hut for her existence as the country of a free and christian prnple. Throughout the whole cf this eventful pe¬ riod unawed by the majesty .if th:* facred caufe, a fet of Engliftmer., di-tinguimed by fplendid talents, and poffeffing, to an altonilhing degree, the public ear, have de¬ voted their exertion* to the ui«wort'iy pur pofe ofderfJingthe zeal an.i paraly-ing the efforts of their generous nation. \ great country, in the hour of her conflict, fhou'd not hear the voice o*f dtfpondency from her children. The v.-hifper of defpajr is treafon, when the vciTel is in danger ; and they who have efcaped the toipwrccfc with out having afiiflcd at the pump, fli -uhl hlulh for the fa fet y Which thev do not dc- ferve- This journal was uniformly the apo'ogist of Napoleon* What would Grrece has- thought tif the \thenian wit wh fRouW bavr eatoUed Xc*xea while he wa^ on his way from Sirrdis, or called Le onidas a madman, bcrauf* he was willing to be the guardian of Thermopytx ? H--w ungir.erous must thofc fpirirs be. which, that they mi^ht g'atify the vulgar fp'een of petty politicians, could deride the young ardour of renovated Spain, or pour con¬ tempt at that foul ftirring moment, upon the magnanimous devotion of indefatiga¬ ble EngWd - "Such is the blindnefs of party rape, that thefe mi-nflrou* offences are. even at thii moment, looked upon as patriotic fervic-s by many well meaning countrymen of Flizabcth. Hampden, and Pitt The delnfmn cannot lonjr furvivc ; for Europe is of one mind, and the right caufe ha* triumphed. n» *t#fe orchnftamtj vs Tiv'A Wo% tarred than tliat of our country ; arrd I think that it too has been attacked, \( not with the fame open violence, at jcalt with the fame ra-cour of hofWty. The malevolence does not appear lefs odious hecautc it i* combined with cowardice This Journal has never ventnred to declare itself boldly the champion of infidelity ; but there i no artifice, no petty fubtcr. f'ge no infidiou* treachery, by which it fca« not endeavoure-1 U> weaken the influ ence which the Bible poffeffes over the mmd- of a ti vout and mrdititive people Mr. Jeffray doe« not choofe to fyeak out, and trl! ihe world that he i< B difciple of Hume : we ftftllU then know with whom we Inve to contend, aid provide for the co'iffict theiameweapons which have fo often been victot ions ov.r fuch an enemy. But he has iccourfe to a thoufand little unworthy tricks which could only he tole raMc fnr a moment were rhe conrl'v n which he write" a- remaikahlc f»r fiavcry as it is far freedom. I>cf a^y auth <r wn're a paragraph of foolift hhlphemy ? Mr. Jeffray f- fure t« quote it in hia (6- view an a piece of " in- oc?nt pJcafantry.*1 ' Dcesanv man dare t» fpeak with the fec"mr a-d thr fear>efihffi of a Chrifiian, concer-i,.g G,d a-d the deftiny of man ? Mr. Jeffray is fore to ridicule hi* piety as 'eth'idifm. and flooos to court the filly fneer of (tripling* againft a tilth, which, as he well knows, neither he n^r ihry have ever taken the trnnhl. to iinrlcrlrancl. Is if worthy of on- who afnirt*« to the name of an KagVfa Pftilofpher as:d patriot, to talis perpeiiriHv off«*ndinfl a weary world Wltn rhe cramle recoct,-. «'f revohj tionary Deism ? It ii true, th it the fault more frequently confiftsin what he omits to fay, than in what ru fay? What trea¬ chery i\ th:* to the conf-denee of the pub- l'cear? (foes any one imagine, that he who undertake- to he the icgu'ar i"ilrnc- tor of his countrymen in fcience ir-ethic*, :n politics, m poetry, can asnid being ei¬ ther the friend or th- foe of th- ir religion ? the crime .,f differi:^ from themfelre*. But this Journal is the €nen.y ,>r ^J our faith ; it befriends Catholicism only, be caufe it defpifes ChriHianity. It is not upon the ftrcngth of fiit^ a;d as th;Sf tnal I wilh to fee the civil uond|-t;on 0f fy\ixfa Catholics amended. He that would re¬ concile the Catholic ^n(j th? Proteftant ^nuft not tell us that v..c arc fa||;ng om about the fmall items Qfa fiction, but that the points upon which we are at variance are trifling, both in number and impor¬ tance, when comparcq wjtn fafe uoun which we are agreed. \\c mu(( wjn tis lo unanimity or mutual *irhearanee, u<>\ by breathing upon us the ^\\ a;r 0f indiffer¬ ence, but by fanning U1C pUrc f>amc 0f v hriftian charity and h)ve. I have fpoken of M- Jeffray as if he were the fole conduq.,r and animating fpifjl of this Review. Of late he has a* I under (land, become rr.0ic exciufively fo thdil b-fore, in confeqr..r,ce Qf lhe jCal>, 0f fnmeofhis original coridjutors—particii la-ly the member of pnhament, Homer. But 1 fef:-c&. that altl01lg-n ,nc fau). cf the conceptions h genei ,i|y his. the detail* of execution are not u'.rre<jUcllliy ;-,trufted by him into the hand1. 0f thofe, who, if they Ihould write without being anouy. mous. couM nor fnr a n,,IinrnC ^c liftt-ncj to without contempt. It fh 'uld convince Jeffray that he has f'dly mifdircfted a ge- nius fo powerful a*his when he perceives thit thefe affiflmts, wlt,im hr ■Jefpifes, can lieverthrlefs imithte lle ilylc of writing which he has brought thto v.-gue with fo much fuccefs—th.it t^epubHq are often much at a lofs to dilC-n-er which papers are his, and which thrit*. There is a re aflion in the cafe mc-c i* fortunate for him than for them, for cj th^y bave approached to him in one way, he ha* found himfelf obliged to approach to them in another ; and as they have bnrrovjped much of In"-* ap parent clevernefs, To he has t.■•» ■ ftci fatis- fied himfilfwi* not a little of their real dnlnef". It i* a thou nn<\ nitfes that fuch a mind as his mould have confented to w-ar an impress which can fo cafily he Counterfeited, When high genius is well app'ied, it* productions can never fail to be inimitable 1'he writers nf the Edinburgh and Qjirtefty Review*, could they be per- fuadrd to nuh'ilh only ^nc Jm-nal, and to unite rheir talent-, might eafi'y produce a work vCry far firperi-u lo cilh.-r of thofe which n-w ex'ft. Mr niff»rl could r>rin<» with Ivm an abun lance of informa¬ tion, and ryeu erttditidn, in whi h vtr Jtf. 4* ut fey fthrt III* fnci tivr 'l ipr ilelec- . ...I. and r^/r. Jeff*,-, on ,'„, other hand, poffeffo that kn wlti^e rfchew rid,thai ready and iuflinaive percepti u of sshat is pleafinz to the public, ind all tbofe graces of elcp-ant compofi,," „r ,ne Want Mr wJ,ich not unf.equcntiy renders the tfatnahleknow ledge of his prefeat opponents lefs scccpta hle.than >r rlefcrvestn h" t- the great ma jorftyof Fn^liih readeft. After all. what permanently uood rficl would thi' produce? I am far from bin., of the rpini nofihofewh hate critfeifm becaufe they canfi Irr it =»* the t »ke^ of a declining 'iterature. I know that Greece had no great poets after the limi > f \rl*- »»le; but i think :hat this def.ft ^'a= produced hy caufefl very diffm-nt fio.n the puMicatron of the Rhetorick and t'ie Po¬ etic*. Our own literature produced the ffreateitof all modern critic, before wc hid * single great poet Spirits of the highest *rder can never be inured by knowledge. Ui° true, that Honer and Sh-kf^ea^e mad- no critical prefaces; but is i' p -mble to believe-* hat rhefe m*"' were rea'ly ig n-vrant of ar.y thing wonh knowia rcf- r*c>fn^ their ^wn art» which a Giff»rd, a J- ffny. or even, to t?ke much higher men, which a l.cfiing ra 'erdc could have taught them > My dear friend, jour -als fuch a« the modern En 'ifh Critic^ can produce, have in furl* '"' "fluence at all over 'he minds of mer* capable of atiaininT the firft eminence in literature. Thefr g* on in their ricfiined way, rejoicing i.i rhb confeioufnefs of thei- nVn fl'ength, and having their eye^ fixt-l "Pr,n rbe fure prof peer of immortality—far above the reign, either of calumniating wit or igr. rant ap¬ probation But the w°fM produces many gentle and* e'egant r'nds which mighl contrihtitc both to the delight and infiruc- tion "f thtir fpeoe—'f^inds on which the firfl of men would loo' Wlln benevolent ptii&Jon, but which anr.ot endure the cold jeers and taunts e-en .0," tn'>fc w^am thev feel to he their infeiort. To thefe men the dun-coloured r°VCr °' &* ^uar- mk TOunn.r uccewary to iiecome a violent | ".no I accufed Mr Giff-.d and t admo. t cf thr olc1 drarnatifts, and a defpi : Quarterly Review of bigotry- it i, tr Jirrftncpnt'rynf ?npe H. ha, in :ha> in that j-urr.al the high church lafl, given ,ip au The rn;*ra- ormciplet up. E.J.ndi. reprefented as too ezclufiec The intellect of man is one mighty whole ; terty, or the bnghi hlu- and yellow of the and hip energies cannot he di* cited aright, unlefs they be din died in unifon. the would be philofophers of the Fn-ich fchool attempted, indeed to reduce every thing to their own hvel and were faloii ed with the wifdom of the fenfes becaufe ihey felt thcmftl'-c* ti# be UIIWorthy ,f a :cv,Iat:on from heaven. Hut Ondtllac haa not been able to osainiain hi* place among the great ar.d gutdtng intellects fnr lefs need fuch a triumph be hoped for by th« fc who inherit thow degrading d«»a rr.rs which they have neither the genius t'» inrcnt. nor thee Mirage penly to de- <no I accufed Mr Giff<-rd and the on which his ioi^nal -A-a « first conduct¬ ed amihas Ihewn himfcl* equally devoid of cor.Kt-ie.iLy in l:i« general rr.^ry, a- in fti.j^ment if mdiv^uals. i>nre!y the I • ii !:Ih iVinM not rcproarh the French ■vv>t:i tlici rnflion for frivility, whi;e they themfrlvc fuf mit to be fchoole.t Ky rne am' tVcafmsarcrrngrafted upon iai e. and difgraccd y fn %h a lover, both of the l.'tc- » 'r: ffli l 1 i.'O 40 ] true of the Church of Thrift. A Catholic Chi¬ lian cannot eafify forgive the many c Id bIor«Jed and ig-orant differtatioiu with irl u I- it ha* Pwdravnurcd to blacken th reputaiion otusaod our much micr prrfen Ux1 Faith. Bui although the Edinbuijih Reviewers have hlway advocated the c»uf y.Jht' catholics i c Mtvr-1hat r ai»o. *< ftllVkfaortU-li fi- 'fh. ilu (do /th. hoftiSi •- ft' jr 0yi„,n,,,, t |(c 0| ( arc indeed the cncmici of fofflt paruoionr Edinburgh Review, i> « horrible as the gornon'-' h-ad upon iiV buckler of Palla ft i- fufijeiently ung^anaM that thefr butrbear^ exiih—why fil".uId 3n>' °"e f!c sire to fee all their lerrifc '^flnence; united? 1 f r the eff i^s whiVn lJlc Iwbltual pern fal »f f'ich work-as tRtffc jnttrnaU has up on the mat.ner^ and mt"d ,of t,le English that {<• a fobjecl which w,;| require a let »"r foi it-rlf' I confe!S tnat my noPc^ 0< their recovery from the ^*ic °* content*-d ignorance urd conceifj ,nr* which they have been brought by f* miuillrations •'( tSctr Reviewers, are ttjH entire, I doubt not, that ere long, as ghafcspearc has did of rlnee Henry, ■■-----Mkr '»,-;„ niNnina »-""'" s'*"nn\ T'-ii TfhrrnuMiiii,|;||f|oriDrow OielrftiuJf, S';all «heu sureertftdt> »««*!> >" " • <- Than thai whiebJinrb u f,,,, '■* Fomios ^r-H -** ■ i FROM EKPX-AND, The expencc forth- 'a** tlir'-eyears, f the tranlpoU'tim of con-iUs t.» N<. ou-h Wales and it* J -pendencies, and ih e»i ibtiflunents thrrc, w.= t£. ii**S*5 9 6i 1818,......•«•• 178.93^ rf ,, The whole expence for the lall y-ar, n yet known. The Liverpool Mercury fays, that the Duke of Wellington refused to ptefent to the lioufe of Loids the Anti-Catholic pftti- tion of the corporation of Dublin. In a late publication by Capt Rof», commander->f the Difcovery ^hips, it i- (lated, that when the fliip» were in lat 76. 12. in certain Hates of the sun, object at the diftance of 150 miles were dilKultly vifiblc. The flirt part of an expedition, under Col Eyre, and dcftiVd to join Sir Gre gor .il'Gregor, failed from Dublin on the 10th of April. Veflelfl were ex needed hourly at Gal way to receive another por¬ tion of Col Eyre's corps, which were rea¬ dy 10 tmbark at that place. The Ruffian government is fitting out two expeditions for fcictitiric refearches in remote feas. Each is 10 cunfiu of two Alios; one of them is defigned to make difcoverics toward- the North Pole. Prince Leopold is about to refidc at Vienna. U Munich, the hamber of Deputies has taken into confutation the proposi¬ tion for ertablifhii'g a Tribunal of Honor, for the prevention of duel'. The Star, of April 12, fays, "the health of onr aoed kint» has undergone a change for the worfe, within thefe few days." Admiral Griffith failed from Portfmouth on the 91b April, for the Halifax ftation. Jerone onapaite has obtained leave to telide at Vienna. Lieutenant Thomas Haficer and Enfign Edward King, of the ccth Regiment, have been erafed from the \rmy lift, for feuding a challenge to Lieutenant Colonel Frederick, commander of that regiment. The Archbimnp of Jeiufalem. was to leave "ng'and on the 19th .if \ pril. He had collected for the obje& of his million 43c/. Kerling Several Swifs families. Anahapti'fts, a- moui'tinv to about fixty perf »ns, arc tt embark immediately ■»* liavre for America. The German paper- Bate that the as- sassin of M. de Koi^bue. is ftill living. The bell recently caft at Mofcow to replace that which wa* formerly in the tower of Juan W,liki. in that city, weighs 7000 p .od«, or 252.000 lbs Engliih The clapper weighs 120 uoods. Two Budhiln, or v ingalefe Pricfts, na¬ med Dherma Rama, and >lunhi Rat Ha.ia, who werj brought t > England by Sir ■Mexa- (lei (ohnlton have been placed by the vVcslcyan NHlIionary Commi:iee, un¬ der tlic care and tuition uf the H.ev. Uoft. Ada* Clatfc. ft is a curious fad- lays a London pa per, that the ccun Vlmanack, pablifhed at Berlin, by »1. de Buch, defignates Bo I na:.ane a^ a Kcight of the grand order of the lilack £agie. The Sheernefa bank has flopped pay¬ ment. A London paper lays, many per- fons will fuffcr It being the only bank in ihat part of the country. There is a profpil* of an abundant har- vefi in England, the wheat in particular Wat never known 'o be ft luxuriant It is calculated .hat tht population of Germany increafes at the rate of 450,000 yeaily. The prefent population of the Uanifh ftate* H eftimatei at 1 802.000 ; namely Denmark, 1.100,000, Duchies of Schiowig and Ho'ftein 68o,cco, Du¬ chy of Laucburg, 50,000, Fame Isles, 5tc 52.ceo. Liverpool. April 23. Cash Payments. - The Liverpool Ccu- riei coiiiaius the following cheering intel¬ ligence, which we tianfcrihe to gladden the heart* of thofe whofe faith may be a little more lively tha our own upon the fu'jecX ,l A fait of great public importance was flated on Wednefday by Lord Harrowby. It is tins that die Bank is at prcfent in poflefliou of tiealiue ftilly equal to the dif- charge of its engagements." It i* with much regret that we commu¬ nicate the following extract of a letter from the agenu to L'oyd'* at the Cape of Good Hope, dated 23d January :^- 1 Arrived the Frances I'harlt.tte, Field, f> -m Brngat ind Madras. She brings Recount* that a mod violent hurricane was experienced at Madias on ihe 24th of October, during which tht Quern Char I tic was totally loft» with ail on board , that the Lady vnftlenagh and Cornwall, both loaded for England had been dif- maft'-d, and fu much daniagcd as to he •"ondemned, that the Georgiana and Har- i : had put into the Roads after the hur- lieane, completely difabled at fea, and had no: been heaid of. Lcusanne. Switzerland^ March IG. Conflagration. On the 11th inst. a dreadful conflagra¬ tion nearly destroyed the large village 01 A/moos, district of Sarafans, Canton of St. Gall, Nearly the "hole population of this village, and of the neighboring c immuncs, were at work at the dykes on the bank of th« Rhine, and before ttuy :;-lp arrived, 113 flOUlBS were consumed My the Haines,and 3l3io(lividualsforming G8 familirs were reduced to the mo>t afflicting misery by the loss of their live stock, furniture and provisions. The • 'lurch and V5 habitations escaped thi .isaster, Which ha** been alleviated in •Otnc measure by prompt relief fr.ui tilt ovttrnmcnt of St. Gall. In 1716, thi- > illa^e experienced a similar fate. Th» ••iofortUltaa-which the inhabitants of St. • all have endured, during several year 11 t, fiom the staguatiou of trade, tire, id iiiuudatioin., cannot be too much la- enled.------------- '•'rout the fiiiltimi'fe American, MttU 'i I- diptun oj Porto Belli and defeat u; M{s/c£Or.-~Czut*m Fieclwood, of the crhooner 9am, nrrivct! herr TrttrrrTrtv in -i5 day- fiom Pnrio Ih Ho, rpmi [|(at ' ', neral M'(tii'ffor matlu hi* ann 1 nr0 if the harbor »f Porto IVIlo cw n.. 7*b »pril. On the 8th he landed liU foTeus. ItOOUntlUg to upwards of o»p thoucard .i--ii. and on the day following ent- reel •iid took possession of the plare. jje r mained in possession twenty one A^n .lithout succeeding in gaining any of the inhabitants over to his standard. The depredations and robberies of his party on the pii7atc property, compelled r|,e inhabitants to abandon their fmu'-e* nnrj \\y to the mountains for refuge. At the asf of April General Hore (royalivi) on. tercd Porto Belloat six in the morn i|»f and surprised M'Gre^or and his folljw- ers, who were asleep. M'Grrjror and liveorsix men -scaped with diiticulty by leaping frnra a wind r. twerty feet high, and swimming on board of one of his ves¬ sels. Five hundre ;1 prtsocsrs have been sen* to Panama. There were sixty men kil¬ led and forty wounded, the greatest part of whom were officers. Stragglea .i.-re daily b-ought in from the rjblgbbi.....jr motmtaios. The Royalists lest t^'o men killed and four wounded. The Philadelphia Aurcr.z of yelter^sy eonfon^ lome intcreftin^ intelligence from V nczu la. A? we have not rc>m to pub im it entire, wc have made the fol- 'owing fummary : — The Congrefs of Venezuela was in f«- sfon, and various important t<«pic3 were laid before them The projeft of a Conflitution, prefented by Gen. I olivar, had been under confider- ation and after a flioit debate poinmied. Mr Zea, " a man of profouod k"cwl- edge, and nlarged political v! wa i& the Vice refident of the Executive Govern- mnit, aud pre fides h\ the ahfence -f Roii- var ; h'n Speech at the opening --f ihe Ses¬ sion is -aid to be worthy tl»c days of Greece.'* Don J. G Rj«ico, is the president of Coffgrets. ** It fcems ihe \mclii Iflanil fuhje3 had been brought 1111 ■ view id the C•••igrrfr of Venezuelan and fume rcf'lutionv pi out led or adopted (which we ate not ceitai ) if- tor fume animated debate, a^ I o'chbert- tioOl :—three diflinft propofrtton were embraced in thefe refolueioru, t.f wtiich wc cannot give the fuuftsmv, asthry were haftily and orally iclatcd 1 1 ns. rt The firft wa* a declaration of the right of every people .»p,.r.;ftrd bv their ruterj oi C'*nqij«rr,»«, •.. -, tyrantl and aflumc the common npht of mankind toinflitutr a government ul law« fra.ned and accepted by the people or their reprefcIltativcs.,' The others relate to fome affjir- of Flo¬ rida. 8cc." '• It Terms, however, that their plan* partake ie fome thing* of the federative character ; a* they conttmplatc three v,"cat nations,to be conceded by a drleuated body of reprefeniatjveo f«om the tnree great nnti»n« nholiketoc \mph>e>yoni, are to easreife no function- but thofe dele¬ gated to them, nor t - inllitutc any law Vat fuch as (hall be previ- ally fnbmittcd to tlw conerefs of the three nations." fi The central nation to confift ^f *:ew Grenada, Peru, and Venezuela. 1 he Southern tocoif.it of La Plata, Chili and . araguay ftc "he Northern nation- Mexico. Gu-'a^a'a. and the Lth nu». 1 hi great execu've council of the three nations jo aiTemb e annually it the I*thmuj, and ti> have a permanent cftsblifhrnent at the common expencc and for commna benefit. We are promif ed fome more am¬ ple ci-mmumca»ion- on this fubjeA. C, )} From the Rath, Iftoglaniy Herat J* May 20. Hydrophobia —The following cafe of a cure of the Hydrophobia, is communica¬ ted from a moft re pectablc and authentic fource. Mr. Wcfeott, 3 refpeftable furgcon, of Ring wood, and hia fon} were, about eight years fince* bitten by a favorite bitch, which died mad about three weeks after. wards. S number of dn& were bitten nf her and confined, all of which died mad, excepting ihiCL tbai •**.■<. J,..*.l*..l tv.'tli the recipe which appears underneath, and immcrfed in the fea The fame treatment was purfurd* by Mr. Wefcoit htmfclf, and his fon, with complete fuccefs. M-.ny perfons in the neighbourhood and at Dam- crham were treated in a like maimer, with the lame benefit ; and a few wreks fince, the medicine was tried on a genii man near Lymmgton, with fuccefs. For thi bite of a mad Dog.—Tike the leaves of rue, picked from the tla'k and bruifed, 6 ounces ; garlick pick-il frora the ftalks and bruifcJ, Venice treae'e or mithiidatc, and the fcrapings of pewter, of each 4 oz • b il all theie ovei a flint fue, in two quarts of ftro**g ale, till -mc pint it confumed ; then keep it in b -t lea clufe flopped, and give of it nine fpo-uifnlli to a man or woman, warm, feven nom'nga together, and six to a dog. This* the au« thot believes will not fail, if it be f'ven in nine Jays after the biting of the dog.— >.ppiy fome of the ingiediencs (ran which the liquor was drained to the bitten place. This receipt was taken out .>f Cathrop Church, in Lincolnlhire ; many of the io« habitants of which town wete bitten by a mad dog. and all that took this medicine did well, and the reft died mad. N. B. R. printed in April, 1765, after manv y;ani experience of its proving an effectual cure to man and beaft ROME (Ita'y) March $1. A fecond catthqutCc >n- felt i th ■. "p- ital the .-6th of thi- monih. The Ih Jr. which wj- from S. E to N E »a» '"O't ferfible at Fr^ifcatc and Albano. ^ (Ml tiowcrer> no haim.