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Wrt* of the African Society, tor the years 1819 __13 —11, by which it appear? that British capital was still employed in tLit acinous traffic* But instead of ad¬ miring the candour and integrity of this association, incessantly employed in de¬ tecting breaches of Che law* and not coil* eealin^ the guilty, whatever be thei; country or nation, you are only eager to fasten upon Britain the whole enormity of the trade. The vigilance of the Go¬ vernment to enforce the law, the great anxiety of a most respectable portion of the community, which to this case might be said to represent the unanimous fecl- iog and desireof the whole nation, to dis¬ cover new guards and enactments by which every possible fraud should be met, instead of calling forth your praise, excites redoubled cennire. You by no means admit but the facts which you have detailed prove a wonderful agreement between the Government and all classes ef men to put down the slave trade for¬ ever, and to detect every method for e- luding its enactments as SOot*as discover¬ ed-—and the promptitude with which the first law has been followed up with new "previsions Vo guard against every possible infringement, demonstrates the sincerity of Great Britain to every honest man. D^t-did it not occur to you while cen¬ suring with so much malignity the great exertions of Great Britain in the holy cause of abolition, and while you were distorting plain facts with a disgraceful ingenuity, because they proved her good faith, to ask what America had done i — what efforts she had made even to en¬ force hcrown law.—In truth your tedious remarks on this subject evince as great a deficiency of judgment as bareness of heart, for in no part of her hi>(ory does Great Britain stand higher when put in contrast with the United Slates. When was a Committee of Cougress appointed t;> inquire iota the methods of evading the abolition law of 1SUS, and to pro¬ vide for them by supplementary acts. *Nor de we find a society of respectable citizens collecting facts and petitioning Congress to guard against every breach of their own law. Solitary murmurs are indeed heard, breathes of the law are common, the trade proceeds as if it had never been prohibited- but it Is not till all the na¬ tions of Europe have agreed to the abo¬ lition that a law is made to enable the President to enforce that of 1S0S. Fear of disgrace, and not principle, was the mother of this enforcing law. Your ingenuity is next employed in distorting the motives of Great Britain when she desired from the Continental Powers a general and speedy abolition, and no man can read your observations on this part of the subject without the most poignant regret. To behold a man of unquestionable talents exerting all his ingenuity to discover low mofircs for good actions when the true motives lie before him, exhibits a melancholy pic¬ ture of human nature. I cannot follow you through the dis¬ gusting detail which you gire of the ne- gociations with France, Spain and Por¬ tugal, to induce them to abolish theslavc trade—it is sufficient to remark, that on the part of Great Britain they were con- ! ducted with the greatest moderation and £ood faith, and what she might have de¬ manded, she rather chose to purchase by new sacrifices. Yob sny that *dic look¬ ed forward to a free trade to make up her Tosses. If so it was a noble motive, for fi/ £r<M«ty ww«>tffcA a KvUciou:> commer¬ cial intercourse that civilization can gain a footing in Africa. Such a trade, how¬ ever, could not be expected for many many years—Africans still in itsinfancy, and must, from the internal state of the country, long continue so. You quote, with seeming triumph, a secret and confidential letter from Lord Castlereagh to the Duke of Wellington at Paris, dated August, 181-1, than which uoihingcouldbc morecandid. J lis Lord¬ ship suggests the propriety of using oth- ■ er arguments Lhftn those of reason, since A sense of duty does not prevail, by a- doptittg pome commercial prohibitions capable of effecting the purpose. These | prohibitions were found too complicated and involving too many interests, and were not agreed to. Afterwards pecu¬ niary advantages induced Spain and Portugal to acquiesce. Hut what greater interest, unless & deep sense of moral obligation, had G reat Uritain in the abolition of the Slave trade than other nations, and yet what nation iuterested itself so much. Did your Govemment ever take a single step —write one line—contribute a shilling— and yet because Great Britain did not prevail at once with Foreign powers in abolishing the trade in slave* you cry out against her, and when she aid prevail you say it was for her interest, and gave us a huudred pages of dull malignity to prove her the aggressor. Your hi>tory of Lord Castlereagh^ negociation respecting the mutual right of search, which you say was marked with hypocrisy and imposture, requires only to be mentioned to be despised.— You do not bring the smallest proof of your accusation, and it recoils therefore upon your own head. This right of mutual search on the African coa«t is the only basis upon which a complete aboli¬ tion can beciTccted. As to the plan sug¬ gested by the Emperor of Russia it is not only impracticable, from the multiplicity of persons, &r. hut must beattended with a prodigious expenee. -Vol expecting a general assent to your remark;, ynu close this Mellon by reverting again to the poor i.i Eu^laod, and describing their ud«ery in all the gtowing colours of . ecches and r ?|*>r(6. Since I commenced these remarks up¬ on your appeal, 1 have seen a few Num¬ bers of the National Gazette, of which you have condescended to become the Editor, and am no longer at a loss to dis¬ cover the cauce ofthe melancholy change that has taken place in your views and sentiments. Who could have then an¬ ticipated that the manly and eloquent Author of the Letter on the Genius and Character of the French Government would sink to a level « It'fa Brother Niles, and conduct a paper full of every sort of abuse against Great Britain; which Uris- ted says your Government and the great majority of )'our people hate with an implacable hatred, and wish sunk in the Ocean. I had noted a Jew specimens from your Gazette, which will soon equal Niles' Register, but it is not necessarj to add any further proof of your devotion (o the Enemies of England. Poor Den- nie, with what grief would he read your appeal) and lament genius misapplied — lie would have told you that the literary sarcasms of the Periodical writers of Great Britain could produce, like John¬ son's remarks on Scotland, the most be¬ neficial effects, were they not, by the folly of such authors as you, conjured op into crimes, and made; the basis of vio¬ lent and uatiorul hostility. But Deunie scorned to lend himself to a faction-—Us had no interest in view, looked forward to no place or appointment) lucrative or honorary—he sold himself to no Piesi- dent, nor ever praised what his conscience told him was base and unworthy. Even in his resentments Joseph was a Gentle¬ man. SCRUTATOR. count may be termed four p,»r cent, at present, though it seems to be finding its level with the rate on the continent, it having become of late an extensive branch of commerce Vr* remit capita] to England from those parts of Europe where the rate of interest is low, in order to obtain the superior advantages still held out by theynoney market of this country, a prac¬ tice which mu^t tend to approximate the price all over Europe to ore standard. FOREIGN NtiUS. The following account of a riot at Greenock, is copied from a London pa¬ per of May L3 : — Fatal Disturbance ot Greenock*------- No newspapers were received from Glas¬ gow yesterday, none beiog published there on Sunday ; but the following in- IcWigt'Ofct tefi?S» 'fe>eei» c.u:nmim'u:iA»rb CttVd the medium of private Utters from that part of Scotland :— The Port Glasgow Volunteers had been at Paisley for some days, assisting the Civil Power in keeping the peace : but as tranquility seemed to be perfectly restored on Saturday, and no furtherap- prehenstens entertained from the delu¬ ded Radicals, they were ordered to re¬ turn home on that day. On leaving Paisley five prisoners were given in charge to them to be conveyed to Gr enock— the gaol of the former place being very much crowded. When the Volunteers arrived near Greenock, they were hoot¬ ed and hissed by the people, but this did not prevent them from lodging the pri¬ soners iu safe custody. On their return, however, they were again attacked and pelted in the most shameful manner. At first, in order to intimidate the mob, they fired twice over their heads: but this only proved a source of exasperation, and in consequence, the rear files were ordered to fire directly at the infatuated people. But even this failed to produce the desired effect, and the Volunteers were obliged to commence regular street firing, which was done with the greatest coolness ; intervals being afforded for the mob to escape, if disposed to do so. The latter, notwishsiandiug, still perse¬ vered, and did not disperse until, ac¬ cording to <*omr»acrotmts which hadh^nn received, eleven oi them were killed and 15 or 20 wounded. Jn other letters, the number killed is said not to have been more than five or sis. They then returned to Greetiock, and finding no military whatever there, broke open the "aol and set at liberty all the prisoners of every description (hat had been con¬ fined. On this, a number of the most res¬ pectable inhabitants turned out and used all possible endeavours, at the risk of their lives, to make the people desist. After breaking the prison they threaten¬ ed to attack Port Glasgow, but provi¬ dentially it was not attempted, as in that case dreadful slaughter must have ensu¬ ed. Peace, however, was restored be¬ fore Saturday night, and on Sunday a large military force was Stationed in Greenock. The following is an extract from a let¬ ter, dated Glasgow, Sunday, three o'clock: " 1 have just time to mention accounts of a very seriov? riot in Greenock, which took place last night. A party of the Port Glasgow Volunteers were escorting some Prisoners from Paisley to the gaol at Greenock ; when they entered the town they were attacked with stones, and pelted severely ; they succeeded, however, in lodging their prisoners safe in gaol, when, on returning to Port Glasgow, they were attacked by the mob (partly Greenock, and partly from the neighbourhood,) and were obliged to fire in their own delence. They effected their rctrect. There are already nine of the nob dead, and nine more danger¬ ously wounded ; there are two of the Volunteers also wounded. *k In the mean time, after the military had retired, they broke open the gaol, and liberated the Radicals who had been lodged there from Pauley. Troops have been sent from this place, end cv^ry thing uotv is again quiet." From the New-Tork Evening Pofl% ofthe I 2th July. Latejl from England.—We have been fa¬ voured with St. John, N. B. papers to the 27th ult. The ship Ifabella, Patton has arrived at that port, in 27 days from Greenock, bringing papers to the 26th May, containing London dates to the 23d. At that tirae all was quiet in the manufac¬ turing diftricts. The arrival of the queen was anxioufly looked for, and the prepa¬ rations for the coronation of (Jeorge 4th, engaged the public attention. The grand jury of London have found a bill of indictment of high treafon against Edwards, the *>py, and inftigator of the Catoftreet conipiracy. Mrs. Thiftlewood, Mrs. Brunt, Julian Thiftlewood, the son, and other witnefles were examined in fup- port of the charge- Edwards had ab¬ sconded ; it v?a* said Mr. Planner, the fo- licitor, was authorised by fome individual to offer £l ©o reward for his appieh-nfion. Evidence was produced that all the pikes which were found in the premifes ofthe confpirators, w«re manufactured by Ed¬ wards' order, and that for every one of them the manufacturer was paid by Ed¬ wards. The manufacturer himfclf came forward to prove this fact- Some changes in the Britiih Miniflry are talked of. The Earl of Liverpool, it was faid, was about to iclign, and to be fucceeded by Lord Grenvile; it was alfo reported that Mr. Vaufiitart was to give place to Mr. H^kiflbn. The queen's binh day was obferved at the different public "flice-, and other places under controul of the exmitivc, with'tnc »eiptct out nev Ration. The re¬ port of the queens arrival at Paris was in- correct. It wa$ tin .larchioness of Bete who arrived there ; ihe found it difficult to affuve the popular that waited on her with complimcntai y garlands, that (he was not the queen of Kiigland. There w?re no accounts ofthe quen having left Geneva. The Nautilus and Chapman, the two firft veflels defpatcted by the Britifli go¬ vernment with emigtants to the (.'ape of Good Hope, have fafely arrived there. Meflrs. Rundc.ll and Bridges have con¬ tracted to make tk<? alterations in the Britifti Crown, for £60,000 1 The coro¬ nation robe will colt ^36,000. Mer. Adv. Ol\*ggw, .May G- The 8th Royal Veteran Battalion 370 strong, (so famous or their having no fewer than 760 wives anil IflOO children, and from their be;, 4 2u0 children ra¬ pidly advancing to join the main body,) are now passing through Ayr, b) detach¬ ments daily,on theit march from Ireland, to Stirling, £:c. The London Observer^ a Sunday pa¬ per, during the three months of Spring, printed 107.120 copies, making an ave¬ rage sale of 15,108papers each Sunday. Two huudred andsetCfl pupils are ^a- ted to be iu the Lornlou A-ylum for the ed, and lately pardoned, but decidedly denied the charge recently brought against him in the Philadelphia papers, again at¬ tempted, by entering a public sewer, to rob that or any other bank.iudsthig that what was then told him was the lirst he knew or heard on the .subject. Learuard is shrewd and capable of correct observation. On the Magistrate remarking, how it were possible that a man of his understanding, and who had so recently been released from prison, should again and so soon place himself in a situation to be remitted, and in all pro¬ bability as long as he lived, to the same prison, (for now certainly he could not entertain any hope of pardon)—He re¬ plied. « that somehow or other when a man is once in prison, he readily gets there again." How do you account for that ? " He becomes naturalized to the society of the other convicts—does not think them so bad as the rest of man¬ kind believe them to be ; he is general¬ ly, when discharged from prison, with¬ out a cent,as was my case ; had I, when discharged, a little money, I should not have thought of (he horse and chair.1'— Then you think that the state of prison system, as it now is, is not well calcula¬ ted to reform i « I do—I am certain it \* not. If instead of sentencing a num¬ ber of men for several years ao<l Suffer¬ ing them to associate together, and final¬ ly pardoning them at the expiration ef two or three years, they were sentenced for a year or two to solitary confinement in ceth and then discharged without be¬ ing suffered to associate together, lam convinced the effect would be much more salutary—that very few of them would ever again place themselves in a similar situation."—Have you not known con- victi confint-d in solitary cfelljt, without the good effect you speak of being pro¬ duced ? " X have—but instead of being discharged when released from the cells, they have been turned Ioo^p j(, the pri¬ son with the other convicts, toscnr their times out, which association destroys the effect produced on frV-ir mhuh \qt\ff lr- .ofii tm-y are iiiially uncharged ; they again become hardened and insensible to shame." Those opinion?, the result; cf experi¬ ence, may be deserving the notice of Legislators and Jodges- It will be re¬ collected that the Governor of this state, and other Chief Magistrate?, have re¬ commended to the Legislatures of their respective sttitcs, the adoption of this system of solitary imprisonment, so well spoken of by this intelligent criminal. That some reform in our system of crimi¬ nal punishment must shortly take place, is certain—for if continued as it is, iu less than liffv years it w ill require an immense tivalion lor its support : cover the land with criminals, and constantly employ a great proportion ofthe active population as jurors, in trying offenders who will be incessantly returning on their hands, an¬ noying and plundering Society* nrihmentfor ftrarigiinP,& lWothercntr.es Peking Gazette, March. 29, 1819.__ It has been dated to His Majesty, that a foreign tribe of fhepherds, in the north weft corner of China, in the province of Kan suh, have fufTcrcd feverely from a fall of fuovv ; eighty families have periled by it, and the whole of their cattle. Nine¬ ty two families yet remain, and thefe the emperor has exempted Trom ail dut;*C3 for tiirce years to come. Three hundred of thofe united religion- ids, whom the Chinefecall Hwuysc, were a few years ago baniflitd to Esle, when. S-------was their captain-general • and WCre, on their arrival under his government, ail beheaded in one night. Ke has himfclf been much in disgrace since ; his eldeft fen lately died, and his only surviving fon has no iflue, fo that his family is 1'kely to be¬ come extind. This \i by feme In China regarded as a judgment from lieaven, for the needleG daughter of fo many perfoM. Money is aburdaut, says the London Englishman, in the principal commercial cities ol Europe- In Hamburgh, foHlt* stance, the rale of interest in fiom one to one and a half per cent ; in Frankfort it is two per ecu'., exactly ; and in l'ari& u From the Cape Far Recorder, of July 1. The following ctfuimonication, we re- ceived from the Pull -Mailer at Elizabeth tov/n, in this tlate, bows, that in human fpecics we can vie vith any of our fifter flates, however far ve foil behind them in the animal creation. A remaricabh large Child. Mr. Abel Deal, living about ten miles from Elizabethtowa, Blanden county, (N C) has a fon naocd Haywood, will be nine years old in Aoguft next; is five feet fix and half inches ti^h: was weighed by Shipman Efq. in January laft, and his weight was one hurdred and fixty-feven and fl half pounds. He has all the actions and difpofition of children generally of his 3ge. He is rather corpulent ; has an open, good countenance ; good Jifpofition; very fenfiblc and communicative, for a child raifed in the country. Hi* e;e8 arc weak, particularly «4en in the tun. His father is an indullr^us labouring man, common fize ; his mother is quite a fmall woman. They have * daughter older than Haywood, remarkably large ; /he loft her eye fight when very young. From the Netc i a*k Evening post. Nathaniel Leama'd, of whom notice has been taken in tie Philadelphia pa¬ pers, and of thecircum-tanee of his par¬ don by the Govern!* of Pennsylvania, is at present iu prison i» 'his ci'y, on charge of having feloniousN taken from Mr. Ed¬ ward Free, of Philadelphia, a horse and gig of the value of three hundred dollars. When brought up hr admitted the charge to be true, and dectftttd himself willing to go on to Philadelphia^ a»d take hi*. trial for the offence * be»oc?or required- He was committed o»i the 2iih of last month, and the civil authorities of Phila¬ delphia were informed of the felony and detention ; and this morning one of th" high constables of Philadelphia arrived and presented the executive with docu¬ ments requiring him '** be taken to that In a foe conversation witl1 or;e of the Police Magistrates ol thurify. Larnaid slated minutely the i*ttlier in which he effected the robbery ef the j auk of 1 hi- We are indebted to Mr. Tnpliff, for Gibraltar papers to May 20th. They furnish us with some articles of intelli¬ gence from Spin later than we had be¬ fore received. The wife of the Infant Francisco de Paulo, the King's second brother, was on the 61 h of May deliver¬ ed of a *ou, who was christened by the name of Assiptura Lewis Ferdinand, She is the daughter ofthe King of Sicily, and sister ofthe Duchess of Berri. was mar- •r?^i jmi frptfVJ &4&itf , u».6'i> uiu yet a-xteen years of age. The title of Puke of Ca¬ diz, was conferred on the young Prince. A decree of April 28, directs that such lands belonging to the royal country seats, a^j are not wanted for his majesty's diversion, shall be appropriated to the payment ofthe national debt. A royal decree of May 1, reviews a decree of the General and Extraordinary Cortes, lim¬ iting the highest salary of persons in pub¬ lic enq.loy to 2000 dollars, except to Secretaries of State, Foreign Ministers, Military and Naval Commanders in ac¬ tual service, Capt. Generals of Provin¬ ces, and Governors of Fortresses. De¬ crees were issued granting an amnesty to deserters from the fleet, and putting the laud and sea services on the same footing as to pay, &c. Oflicial articles had been published containing commu¬ nications from the sovereigns of Eng¬ land. France and Bavaria, relative to the acceptance of the constitution by the King, expressing their entire satisfaction at that event. A supplement to the Ma¬ drid Royal Gazette of May 13, announ¬ ces that the Government have refused to increase, under existing circumstances, the number of 30 substitutes to represent (lie Transatlantic possessions iu the first sittings of the next Cortes, and that the representativesof those possessions iu the former Cortes will not be permitted to sit by virtue of their former powers, but must be elected in the manner before pointed out.— Bost. Daily Adv. Afne Haul.—We learn from Granville, Washington County, that en Wednesday lad# a perfon was arretted in that town, having in hi* poflVfiion counterfeit bills to the amount of c'ght hundred thdofand dollars, principally on the city hank* ot this date. He had jttft arrived frrrii Canada, and was way laid at the instiga¬ tion of a man by the name of Eli Noble, who had been arrested a few days previous, as a counterfeiter, ar»d who, to fcrcer: himfelf Jrom punishment, volunteered his fervices as a witnefa, on the part of ilk: State, against his brother in crime. We are told that Noble has formally been a tenant of our State prifon. Halifax, June g. Colonic! Difficulties—At L>arbadoe8, _ . Lord Combermere has found ft neccfTary to diiTJvc the General Aficmbly of tfm I (land. At Naflau, N. W the Colony - has been left delliture of a Revenue for nearly three years p3fl, and the Provincial m < Officers, are of courfe, fuffcring under great privations. At Bermuda, Sir W. latl sefiion, with ftrong maiks of dilplea* . furc:—nor did Sir V. Maiiland, on pro¬ roguing the AlTembly at York, U. C-apn pear to have been pleafed with their con- dud. The Parliament of Lower-Canada, after having declared itfelf incompetent lo. act, refused to receive a meflage from the Adminrftrator in Council , and the door of the iJoufe is faid to have been rtiut by order of the Speaker. Gov. Smyth, ot N. Brunfwict, on clofing the ^feflion at Fredericton, expreffes a hope, that the time is not far dillant, when that honora¬ ble body will not require so large a remu- , neration for its ferviee*. At Prince Ed¬ ward's Ifland, it may be fcen that Gov. ' Smyth convened the AfTembly lately, and ■ alter informing it officially of the recent- melancholy events, and the happy accefli- on of Hid Majesty George 4th- to the throne of his anccftors, diffolved the lloufe, without even receiving an addresa in anfwer to his fpcech. la-------—but it is unpleafant to go further :■—Let us hope that unanimity and good underftanding between the Governors and the Governed may henceforth characterize Uh Majesty 3 Dominions in all parts of the world, ____________________ • On Sunday the 2d inft. fome of the peo¬ ple of die village of Three-River6 perceiv¬ ed in the river op.pofite that place, fome-- thing of an enormous fize; accordingly fome men embarked.fnAQfUW^nr^SflRHrfu the unufuul appeaiance, and foon after brought to fhorc a lifli of cetaceous kind, meafuring fifteen feet in length and thick in proportion.—This (Iranger having wan¬ dered from its proper element, the deep, i; is thought, died from a change of water and alimem. Mm. Gaz. a From the East Indian Papers. The Kea-Teen, or JubileeinChina,on the 60th anniverfaryof the Emperors birth day, being the completion ofthe Chinefe cycle of years, and a national rejoicing, occurs on the 6th day ofthe 10th moon, the 241b yearof hid Majefty's, reign, ( A. D.) The year preceding [fa & event was marked by opportunity afforded the literati t! rei per cent iu Loudon the tiis- ladclphia, for which he had been convict- thraughaut the Empire to diftinguifh themfelves, and to receive impartial boun ty in the attainment of degrees; and by a vifit paid hy the Emperor to the tomb4* of his fathers, in Manchovv Tartary. Th< prefent year is to be diflingurihed by a re- miflion of all arrears of land tax , and by a general pardon, either entire or confiit *ng iu mitigated puni/hment; fuch as ba- pad, which he concluded uiu.'l bare cb Distressing occurrence. Qui.bec, July 11th- On the 27th June laft, Amable Lavoi<?« Pilot, with his apprentice, and William Ross, another Pilot, whom he had taker, out of the (hip Camillus, was running down the river in his (Lavoie's) boat, ofl" Barnaby Jslar.d, when, by a fudden fhfft of wind, the fails were taken aback and the boat overlct. They all fucceeded i;* getting on the boat, but on its turning round with the mall head to windward, the wind caught in the top-fail and threw* her over again on the other fide, and all the three unfortunate men were again thrown off her. They fucceeded in gain¬ ing her again; happily the axe remained where they generally put it in a fmall lock¬ er, with which Lavoie cut away the maftfi* and the boat righted and came on her bot¬ tom, and continued to fwim about IS fe- ches below the surface ; and, except wlvet the fca came heavy, fee never went deeper. Ross appearing much fatigued, Lavoie ad- vifed him to keep up his spiiits. ll< an-t fwercd that he had fwallowed a great deal of water. Ross continued to fink under his fatigues, and died about 4 o'clock, when he was waflicd from the boat. The boy,St.Lament, was muchexhauftcd ; and to prevent him from being wafhed away, Lavoie lafhed him to the boat, but he sur¬ vived Ross only about an hour and a* half. This was about 6 o'clock, P. M. Lavoie then fuppofed himfelf to be about it mile and a half from the land, and he was lufficiently (trong to keep fad in the boat, though with much difficulty, the fea fie* a quei.t!y breaking- over hi" head. At feven the fea fell very fa/r, and the wind abated : at ten it was quite calm. On the ap¬ proach of day, he wan near enough to hear a cock ciow at Father I oint, and Jaw three men, apparently forking at him; however they walkc! awiy to their work, probably having fofcvn him to be a piece of drift wood He aifo law a boat fail