( *<*V.*iTV- - -•^iSK^X'l-.WSf^Jf u<^fift»r;*fc*^^ <n*WJLSf VOL. 1 ] FRIDAY, (iFTzaxoox) APRIL 9, 1819 [No. 15. tr*: »« u »t**. o* '■.-.;-: •&&+ D Kxt.cuttvt: Council Office,, York v::h Febru<**£9 181S. VRtW v. • .iion< haviiii: been .urdti t< H iCxcellencv the [*'*»«- tcua.il C^Vertior iit Gohriul, for Clia^t ©r Lease of rertaiu Lands s'tuaie -n the pjjitrirf of Jle-wea ite, a"4 i** the Mub land Di-tricf, with a vi»v. t •• e tablish Iron Works th.r <.:i ; it is thought pro- ppr to allot d an opnn competition for liCftSe t and it i-: therefore this day or¬ dered by His Kxce!ie'«"c'y the Lb'utcuisnf Governor til Council ; That Proposals will be received until the iir^t Day of May next, b> 'he Clerk of the Cow <«:!, from any iiicV :-'»al, for L*$*€ of cm tain Tracts on or ■■ir 'heCrowRiver., which ■ onvjtics it-elf' i ." *hf» River Trent, and TOBACCO k SNUFr Manufactory. fW\HK subscribers be.: l^-iv 'to acquaint .3. 'holr customer iti Coo rand Low- ■y>\fi \)iU . p '■•: -^tabiishod i of thi * lor ijH i « » » 11 nee to t'u Lion O 6Y&, q/ fia?. Ccdr.cil. To Gf eei;s i Ca i - x Half-Pay in }.* I en 5 I;""s defired i hat Officers receiving Halt- Pay or 'Military Penf: -os, through the Goniii ifTnat, in Canada, wiP tranfinit to th !»• •' veral /" geu's, at C> :*e*,j their / ffi **** in triplicate imme iat, ••• .^fter th<- 4 h of the period when the' r uif- P-«V ' comes due ; fo th i the i\ffid?vits of t ifficers rtfidiag in • ower C naia ih'rll arrive i't Quebec ■ '.fore the -Oih, ati-J thole of Offi'.-ir: r fiji < if r.h* U »ocr province bef re the 2 th vt the follow! g Month, at which peti'd t; •• etur'js w- b\ «wsde up. As more th?!' f^fSdWt tlr- ■"* oivrn f ,;• C^ "t'trutc-ilii-•**" ,( eh Q^. _c trom the rool -itraoi Polls, tru.fe HUtc r^' Affida¬ vit" I'-'hio'- d'» noi irriv - in t*■ i ;o be incor- pc»r^ ed >'» thefe Jtur .>, Jift remai.j over till th'tnfu! a period of Payment Corre, (T ry Geperal' OfHce, Qi^icKcc, March i, 1819. Aux Qrlicier* a Deaii-Paie en ^"inacia. "IT E^ Officiers qui r?§i'ivent la De- Jl A mi-Paie mi Pension Mi lit at re, par le ^nal dr. Commissariat en Canada, soni »jnisde tran' mettle a. fours A gens Te-.i'-ctifs, X O, ehec, leurs affidavits en tri|»liea(a, imn/ediatemt ttt aprds le terme du paiement de four DeiVii -pafo, de man- xere queb'S athd.ivit- de» Ulhcters <|m ie- sitlrut dans le Ba*-Cai ada, pourruut ar- livi r 1 Quebec avant le I0:m\ etde ct 1 \ qui • evident dans la Haute Province, a# flt'ii le ilOrrte. du mois suivant, auxquels peiiudes les ret >urs se fef«»nt. Com me Pen domic plus de tern* qu'il i»c faut pour transmettre les conVmnairations X Que- li< e,de» Postes les plus eloign OS, les alh- djvits des Oificiers qui u'amvent pas X terns puur etre incorpoie-; dans ce-re* tour^, resterontjusqu'aupcriodeuu paje- Well •• t er Canaria, the.' i h* Lptiguril (&r rivi r facing th * Old Mark G'itt) an ix' •. iv,. TOftACCQSf SNUFFM.t- Kin* iJl'ORl. and ire now enth^i 1 tv» *■ t\\ t::eni v- if].i hip foMo^ing arfi- e' 'id of which 1 ivou*£snt s-pp^y wil! bi . -t rt'.i ha..d. viz. — I uitailTtfi aec in rc!U - f 10 t^> VI "•• ])iito d- . in k^ • J h. m'N, F^it.a do in c of • id • ■' hal pniind felts, L^dtesT^ut *n do. 12 ro»1- to fhe lb Plug Tobacco in d.-. 6 a ii! S plugs * the pound. Superfine and Common Cu' fobacco, in lar »e a';d small pa;>'r-i, r ainiiappeejMacabH f*: ^otcbSnvff Th-* same, is warranted of a -• *j qual'fy\ if foil d •■ ih^twiS" may b t- "ued a*- fhc pub c &b«r&' expence- ? ' the rroney reoa-d Orders Tor ar- ■ DC above article1, to be sen* ie t f 1 * * 1 r.. at theirStore No.-!2.St. Paul Strei t. Mou- tiea1. wh re every attention (a • ua ) \ci!] be paid to "pp'v them, on ?h-. r'% re;v.onable tfrn s and forwarded bo ■ '- part of trit- two Pr vintes. Orders for North West T'-vbt, and Carrot Tobacco, must be given in from J to 4 nvm'hs previous to its being W"*»n- tf d, as t.iosf art teles require more time to be got in readiness, than other k.uds of Tobacco. Their friends, Caldwell & Sofamons, •>» AI ban v, jontiiMie as usual, to .\lan»- factnr ■ all kinds if Toba»-co, Snuttaiid Chocolate. Anv orders inteuded f. r th .n, and forwarcfod to the subscribers, wi'. meet with due attet- tlon.—-They hav •*?l on baud from their AIae.jfo<'o ry.viz;r 150 kegs sweet scented Plug Tchar- co, 6 and 8 plugs per lb 50 boxes Fresh Chocolate, "200 do. ^sugars with an assnrimertt or London Snuffs, imported last fa! IjOvv & Reni.S Salomon $ o. M'wtreal Otn March. 1819. 1 iS Anchors $f Cables. WILLI ., XM T^j/'ILL 'tccivc by '-'". t-a Uctl fpr"r?g ▼ V v-fTels, and V.-c ? cunlta-ty hand at Qiiebcc, an bff i ue •: of Patent proved v1 :j Caoies . all ^-^.'s. »>n wort ANCHf VA :hv th do. e .. -'juoa 01 thofi me, 1 suivant l Bureau du Conlmissairy-^Y'iioial,) 1 ()■ ebec, le. Mars, !>-,;;;. ( 6m Tm POUNDS RJWARD, LA^D FOR S..LE. LOT** No. 3, ha.I No. I. ;p d "To, S •4th concession, co , •> n*ng J5'HJ ac:ts; North part Nos. O* 25, .J, * S8, l29 30, in the 5:.\ cot taitvin^ 700 acres ; nnc] S •'. 1 ! ■ in the 8th r*nivsvfou ,,:i i-. • j^cj j«ed in the Lake Quebec, if '..i e en ja- »d l>iv r mvic ^tio.t. '-• ' 5,3 '4' f T tip. NOTICE. c -r/h'o tie '■ofore e*i^tmg od 1 aciviS ; all in i e 'p ■••- , ::!n of .Z . »>ardj>- TL T ■ l r Ar 1 1 •. 1 % :». separate. Amplication {.. I»e mnd ' f<» j,lr. Aiph". »J .• *«••'.,}> ci-.tt h\ whom the ah v it^WAHE »r» bojpalfMo aii> o;v wi wtiljfi'te^noh i; f ■ ;n'ior. a^ sh- I f-*i to the c-'.-vvVo rsi» s ■ uttincr i'im- b"r of .« ^ d■•scrip»t:ou on the;))wvc .imi- iioned la ,4s 'IB :i.t>., :s thi dav diflolved uv 1 ". V • ■< fni ■ - ' . ' hied !• / -■ vr .:: r.anoo a^ai* -t u z icque L w> * " fctii the faia wi h the (ubfetibcr. wh < i fully anthoiifed to ?,4jn t thf fame. George Harpham. Kiaji-'lon. ^ar.b 25, 1819. ^ rhe bnfineb; in feture will he i t crr'ied . hythe Mihfcriber, wh.> r<-<nfna hi- (in t re zck® wl-. dgmt-nt5- fu paft fa vo . and foa'cits a continuance fthelafte. 'AW3 o HARPH.AM • NOTIC -■ • TO Li/I, ITSOjdjt "oe -r more years, on ;'i»a>*>*Hi- b.' • m', and po> p.- K.» $<\ 1. :> t. r,. » j ol 1 v next, rha* lai .• itn . CO.- n df-M < iioiise, two stories h'u ., k- uate in K *Sjf»*eef. Gorncrin^ the mai- It ' pla: , iik" pp .-itc to 0. Wihbur.i, E>4*s. O.-ic '. I ■• h- use contains i>ur lar^e roo s; w • rtii'iied, and an eb -: gatit ^itcv". -inp.-te,—Kirhen i» the rear, tw r ires,—good Store H <-He for the repesitorv of Merchandize a».*i 1 re¬ duce ; also a Stable,—Th' »r •*-' e^aie suitable (or th» u'c-pt,,.. rmy e ■« lit family and for mercantile busin* ;e.'i; one of the iirst stands i< r that line in Kingston. For further particulars appl\ •to the proprietor. T>'" S'lbfrfihef has Loft three Notes ^iVncd by Freeman S. viz 5J by Freeman S. Clir.chv . '>rf - r2c Dollars n demand, one of D '. •> fix M'inth afterdate, one of doli A. x \ CDO.N T. Kingston^ March .! 181». 11// V f 1^ A FARM FOR SALE ; ADJOINING J-ay P. . in the own. fhip of Frede'i'ck^buigh, th l ift kalf of Lot No. 2. in wt fecon "oincih-.n. •containing roo acres, and havi'-^ .<!>•• . ^q acres under cultivation, wvh a !«»g ; u e and barn upon it. For'he 'gnfo aj y to Daniel Wafhburn, Efqt.i- . Kingil' ' P. VAN KOUGHNE i\ ^Cornwall, Dec. 7, 1818 30 ~~ NOTICE. '^•S Beard for A/ilitia Pen¬ sions, «a/t// nuK/ on the uifi Monday $t Fc ruary, and continu* fi to do the >ume day in each Month, until the hnfimfi of Jhis D'jiriQt as regards th' J\w-> F f.',jl.cd. JOLN F 1 bUiON. Kin^Jlon% jffk ijt ib'ic, 6 T i»ayab1e in J "'e.e"' or v abinet wak.;tl;r en.' Hefnefit accciding lo trie belt of y kn Wl^e^re is as follows, viz. 4 0} 5 r*< • -.ds on th fuil Note, th- above n..tes V-..-K given the 26th ofMirch 1818. d wHl reymalds Fel-rj'arv r I^.b, f 819 8 FTlh't ^ulfcrilcr in^rmr hb friends and -* the pvh'-c tha. h Jlnl heps a i U3U tlOU-E. in the Totvnflj"' nf 'J (< . .k H '., formerly called GnnnwiN 3 vorsu, ivhere Gen¬ tlemen and Ladies may End pood Enter- Uthmehi ^'Ifc- 'Travellers fiall not be difappointed %f Jmdutg good quartern for themiehei and their Hirfcs. racrs D SANFORD. Cramahe. 24//S Jan 1819. 6 THE ^Libfcfcribers refpec^fully inform their friends and the Public that they have now received a'ld jut! opened in Mar- ket Street, jud 'Vow Airs. Patrick's Inn, a very F.xtcnfive -filR-rtrrent cf DRY GOODS, GROCERIES and S TATIONARY. Like wife—a great quantity* of ClafTical Bo. k , the whole of which will be fold very low lor • afh and appoved Credit. Mcdonald & aykroyd. Dec. 1, 18 > 8. 27 liLAMi DEEDS and MEMORIALS Fur gale at this Office. FOREIGN VEf'VS. altars, the benches, and the walla of the expedient to have a daily view of the per v - - - • • • .*,,-.. From a Fate Englj/iJ Paper. - 'a$ti Our readers will obferve or. the $rft page of ourpap^r, the advertifement of a leit*-t by thebir'n ■■*■■ Valiey. toptaining obrervations on th black- and whiles, &c. The author la a btnek «c iuhabit.K.i of the be»* kingdom of Havti It l*a.. aft >i .led much amufementi a d i>hi^' 'y interfiling, a- heing *• perhaps the firll l>y a Jicrro, on wh'ch the ner'ien of the mi d have been I'O- L-erfill y excited, pro e and have found a w* ere L ntiments L»>ropt.a ^ «*re 1 •• le pe for action, iit\■ .raKle 10 ^leedom c .u,.J be avowi d with .it imm?Jnte terror f the fcour^e, the ax. or the gibket, and whcie in fh'c^, 1 hi^ ' ?n r opt reffed race have not been fuf- ^>-rr(i r fay 3 word in defence." We have been .-rau'ried and luipriled to find the author not qnlv we'd acquainted witk the wo'k of B"'ff» u, St. Purre, and M-ontes- qui «., hut alfo in f«me 'egrcc vvi.h ihofe o *.M't'. "aciinp, /ill ton &c'. and po«- f( ffi. g o dc^re -.f 'arning and c afhcal k wVdtre, whieh we c uld not by any m- a have el cc'ted in a conntry which the i..| it of confidtii % '-\- n a \ :y uncivil z<- ft--e The 1 aron [how-a fpi i nd < oq<reiu-- truly aomi- table, tf run h hi» *an_ u^._e i- iharaCtei\tt;c of 1 1 tff/'ts .ri a nation buifling from o' 'curfty. Wis piinciea' object lq, 10 rebut the ar- gumttits of ibok who hfTe4*t that the Abi- Ci?n- area infer for degraded race of cca cures, and ve thmk "U rca era will be jjratifieM with a few cxt:^ f,om hi* work. To (how thai the i i«vj niur iulciLtfU ty, he tic tl e c ^amp*^ f.| ,ri<f t r^er barbarit\ « i t-• - LuVOpe?n. tjirrf-ielve^ 14 F%, y ic'y know (« y , ur rfhoi) that th. €*r..xi&n lo 1 IHviatcd f v ijit Bchfli •" thcii tile, we b \n a <taic of he pwffi« ignorance aid ha-bar.ty. ivii>K lil e 'h- '•.< .it . up n b-b, alHi ac.,hs. till ci ize< y co:oin'es f. m Fgytt*while ttu retl o' !• nto e vn as yct un^ owll ancj it- itd'abifanu- wen ce.^v.iy a> barbarous a?, ige , ...t and a3 brut j ,, lhofe Qf geft- in, Z -bar, aiu ♦ t \ton( motapa can poffib y be at the preh . (1 v. a later pcrio. rh; Qa&fc like other Europeans, wer*e tt,Jl ido'atcru. piue^ed in 1 he dcepeil byf-1 of igi oraucc, fol?oW;ng baibarc-usand fu^eiftitious cui- torr.- ; yet the v^orld vvaR «»ovv nearly 4OCO years old. and rhe pe.pleof Europe li-j not been able to aed,,nc^ fiugl* ff» fc of knowledge ; in v,-111 ^J'd a narrow bonier "f eivi';z;ition hvnt it. l<-uthern (liu.es the light was ttfrf&fe to p netraJe the davk fo^ihs of Gaul, an^ the Qypidtty of the boor.fh loii*.bit*1'ts The Ethi- opianp, Eeyptiatifft » artfo^eniaaa, decks and ;?« man.-, hdtd the world with the fame of their wih'om, their laws and their go¬ vernment : wl lie the G*"!* ^a>' yet ^orkd j'i pristine ignoT nee. Immenfe forests, lofty mountain*, the interruption of lakes and river-, the rigor of «'oM climates, and the barbarity of thep*b>p^e, impeded iv ' :ririfrliiClion c.f lear-iing '"t" the north f Et.-rope, while cifTv«nt' caiaes yet <; a Omilar nature,, prevented the civiJization of Southern .\fri.a. *' .' m.m.r ;ht Gauls=y the roofl folemxi of all the "Diuidical ce.err.onicf, was the pathev; it>; ih^ rtiifl-toe o^"the o.ik. 1 will rji-w rrUt-e fome of th<. p'incipal maxims • ft he druids *h ?hi^ I" bje.V, a, r>ri '.-v d by tradition never hav tg been com on t, ed to writing.—- ' Thr* mifletoe (hcu'd be gathered with prea* f'>lrm- !ry, and always if p fiiuie o»j 'he tertr- 'ay :6f the n oou : a golden fickle ihouibc kept for cutting 'i. * On extraordinary nccfior,. it is proper to faci'fiee a man. Future event* may be prvdicled from the falling of the body, the Rowing "1 the blood, or the Opening of the wound j • Pr: nne^f of war are either to be fac- lificed upon the altars, or inclofed in wick¬ er baftcets, to be bum: in honor of the god* ' All father «-f families are kings in their own houfes, p- 'ff< fling power of life and death over their wives, children and flc'ves.' *' Such wete the Horrible maxims of the Gallic ptnuS ; they ottered human facrifices to EftW and Tcftates : they flew and burned their prifoner* of war in wicker bafkets —Fathers of famine1- poffefled the dreadtul power of life and dearh over their (laves. This degradation ii.: > which the Gauls were funk,is attefted by Tacitus, and by L>ucan. It wag under the reigti of Claudius, in the eoth year of Chrift, ihat the'fe horrible cultoms were firlr abolifhed; nor was it till Chriflianity hud completely triomphed over Ganli{h fuperftitition, that the order of Druids became extinct. M When a n an was to be facrificed, he was laid upon a large ftone. where he was either I mothered or crnftied to death f fometim^g they were bled, and the impet- uofityof the 11 ream was one of the ■oft important omens. The body was next opened Id confult the entrails, and to read in tfai ffi the will of the gods, 8c the good or evil fortune impending. The fad remains were the,, cither burned, or bung upon the iacre-J wood ;. and the ceremony ckfed with wathmg the images of the &ods5 the temple within and without. Let the ex-coloniib, Mazeres and Pa- fon of Bonaparte by a perlon appr,; ed for that particular duty :—his medical at^ Wot de leanvois, ftudy the biltory of tendant, however, now canted it to b • . .. ' . «... 1 . ■ • .4 m .» i no- their anreftors whence, the forer/oing facls have been gleaned, and they will no longer b tve reafon to wonder at the fn- pCrftitiona and barbarous ignorance of the Afitcahs 5 they will Cetiie to wonder at Jaliau captai • of thr king of Benin's guards, facrificmg three men at a fealb As then Europe which was once lo bar- bar, us has now attaii ed to fohigh a ftate of civilizHtion, our author infers that Afri¬ ca in its turn will life to a dirringuifned Tank amorg the nations « f the earth We behold, (fays he) the day ofknowle ge progrrilively extending over the face of the earth, riling noon fome and fitting to other nations. We fee the moll power fnl empiics riling t-> notice, agair Finking in oblivion ; nations tubdued by nations, and furniihtrig the mofl flriking example of the inlta'iiity of human affairs. Ac¬ cording to the Se^tuaginr, Europe was iiill u.iknown i6c6 years after part of Afia an 1 hica hatl been peopled—nor was it till aftc the deluge that, from the three r* chi e r n of Koah proceeded 'he feveral na¬ tions who peopled the earth ; Shem and his p. fterity, ,'Vfia JJ Ham, Africa \ arid Japhet, Europe ; accc-rding to the annals and tradition^ of ali nations, Egypt .was the country firft. civilized ; and ierved as tKe cradle of foieOee and art h their infan¬ cy.' * This w;.s the primitive focus.' fays M ->n«. Le Jaeef ' whence und- ubtedly lifted that the precarious t\afr of the Em¬ peror's health was fuch as to render it n»- cfjary that he (hould remain per'i&Iy quiet at home, Dnannoyed by any perfonal infpe6tion In this feigned ftaU f indif- pofition. the wi'y Napoleon lecretly quit¬ ted his bed room about midnight ; by ineans the w t\ artful, he actually paffed .'he guard, and eluding the variance of no lefs than fcen fentinels, fucceedtd in leach¬ ing the beach. This was a ran ft tire of high interefl indeed ! The means cf ef cape which the Ex-Emperor wa- led fo confidently to expeft, were, however, not yet perfect It bad been concerted t;.at a certain fign^l fhouid be given by him on his airival at the b<-ach. The fignal was duly given, by hbilting a Ian en at the cr.d of a walking ftick ; but 'he * >ae which wa; to receive him n>t havi 1 yec fufficiently approat%hed the (bore & iir -lie fctinel (of whofe ftatio;- o- ' ch. Bonaparte had n. t bee ap. i ) n perceiving the light, c-^nic up. a witli 3 fidelity equa to his rcio'ution e.z . the once Grrat Captain, wh Tc ver> .at.« had bee> the terror of milli" ns i-e inflj»f»tiy f iced him to the Guard ' ou e, tram Whence he was conveyed b ck t«> Long- wood, where, it is fcarcely bectRary to add, he has ever fince be.u i' tched with increafed vigilance, though net treated per- fona'ly with any. the fli^hteft degree of < r;vour g proceeded that origii a .park which, kin- 0 .,. y , dlrng in.the iapfe of ages, has ultimately At the late,F=ift Ruling Seffiops, held rodticed the blaze of lij»ht which in the at Beverly, in Yoikfhire, an ui-ufual num¬ ber of atr ici< u criminals were biought up P prefent day il'uroines Europe. l<etbe»i alludes to the progrefs already made by 'he black* of 'iayti, in an elo¬ quent appeal* «,. . 1 Hail ; to .hee, happy land ! land of rry rhoici ! Hail t;. tlue, f'1 lyti. my coun- rrv ! fi.lc afvlnm of 'Ibettv, wh re the black roan can li't hi- head t«- behold wnd t a'ticiiiate ih the bounties dilpenfed by the TJriver al Father of man, . r . . « VVe appeal to the teftimony of ftian- gefs who frequent our ports, an,' viGt the interior, to decide, whether we aic not or- 1 for. trial, and fctence of tranfportaiion paffed upon the greatclr part of them ,\ moni'ft the r. wa^ the mother of Snowderi DuiihiU, who e gang was /or many years tne terror of the Ealt Riding, and who owed the great eft part of their cri.nes to her inllruftion—her firfl hufband having been hanged, and her fecond tranfported. At the bar, (he prefenttJ Ibmething of the grotefquc and dreadful figure of u Meg ivlcirilics ;" and after fentthcewas -a/fed a n her by the Chairman, (lie threw lip her eanized rjpon the model of the meticivil- nands towards Heaven, and hoped *« the .zed nations ol Lu.c.k. Have we n« a Almighty would fink \M tf%$ §c^fe to fi.m monarchical government, conllitution- perdition !" In this profligate (late (he al charter, law, a id regulations ? Is not was taken hack to the uj.iol to undergo her i (lice impartially adnu'nilLred ? /\rein t Our tri'Ooa numerous and orderly ? Are they not in point of difcipliue equal to the firli in the world ? Have wc not huilt im- pregnahlc citadels conditnted according to the ill ic\eft rules of art. in irM cefliblc pla ccs, where the greateft obftacles were to be furmounted, in completing woik" wor¬ thy of the Romans ? Have we not erected palaces and public edifices, which are at once the glory of our country and the ad miration of Grangers ? Have we not man¬ ufactures of fait petre and gun-powdt r \ Is not themafsof our population devoted to •'gricultorc and commerce ? Are net our futuie Munifhment, fliouid her a Ivanced age allow a continuance in life to undergo it.—London paper', "fan. ii. . • .. . LONDON, JAN. II. General Excclmans haa obtained pel* million to return to France The mcr. afe of the indirect taz-.- for the year i$i8 is eight millions above ne amount of thc/e tax.9 for 1817. . The Laricatterfan fyltem of educi;;^a has been trauflated into Spanifa, undci patronage <»f the Kinc of >pa;n. The Britilh g ve nment has reftore Spain, a Spanifh Ich-'O'ier which had * e ie to failors able to crofs ihe vail extent of o- cap-urcd by the Union, a Vcwu&ueieaqAjri- cean. and do they net navigate with eafe the lareelt Ovps along our coali ? •• We write, we print, while yet in in¬ fancy our nation can already h-.art h< r wri ters, and her poecs, who have defended her canfe. and celebrated her glory There will not indeed be found amongit them the pen of a Vo'taire, a H--ulTeau, or a L)e 1 ill? 5 but then we have not like their na-. tion, bee<» civi'izd upwards of thoi and years. —«Havr. we not, then every 'Ctfon! not to defpair ? We h vc alfo made c(fays' in the fine a*ts, and are convinced that proper m-fters are alone wanting to ena¬ ble it« fhortly to produce our Lignarus, out R meaux and our G»etrys0 in & wor', ..xoe.iene ha^ demonllraied to the woi'd bv ihe ado'u'fhing progrefs we have rnadf in learning »"d in civilization* thiit ■ • * the capacitv cf blacks and whiter for acquiring the arts and fciences is equal Read the hi'tory of nun ; never was a fim- ilar prodigy teen in this world Let the enemies of the blacks (h »w a fingleitfflance of a peop.e fituated as we found ourfelves^ who have achieved greater things, and this in lefs than the quarter of a century. Not only have the liaytians acquired, a- long with their immortal tights thr admi¬ ration of the univeife and of pollerity ; but th- y have acqn-red dill ftronger claims t- floiv, by raifmg themfelves from ignor¬ ance and (lavtiy to the height of fp'cndor and profpeiity, which they have already attained." • vateer, and after ward* canted into Fal¬ mouth by a Revenue Cutter. RUSblA.—Army ; 18 icj) 880,000 — 300.000 being infantry { 68,000 regular cava'ry ; 86 coo CofTdck-. ; 49,600 artil¬ lery ; 300-000 marine , vetera-.s, &c.—. Si. Peterjburgh, Dec 31. Bufinef"- flat i natural produce generally high.__itiflj rrjerch-ndize or the advance. From the Baltimore Federal Republican. Emf<md. -Inco ;e of the c • .Jo 1 . <ted fund ior thi.- year £iz 130 000 *r**afo of thi- lall quarter ab<>ui ha'f mi.lioa. Net ptoduce of the revenue »f G "iraain. OFFICIAL STATE [£NfT. Abftraft of the net produce , f the rev¬ enue of Great-Britain for the quarters end* ing cth Jan. 1818 and 1819 refpeftively. mclufive of ttrtm of warddtia. IHI8. 1819. X1,017.621 2,463,fi81 5,499,672 1,6(56,532 319.000 2,260.017 353,604 255.348 Customs Excise Stamps Post-Office A^eyseH Taxes Land Tuxes Miscellaneous 6,238,' 4(> 1,536,532 319.00O 2.303.778 408.866 133,381 From the London Morning Post of Jan. 5. Attempt to efficl the eJ cape ef BO NA¬ PA kTE— A gentleman jiilt arrived from St. Helena gives the following par¬ ticulars of the late attempt to rfletl the tfcape of Bonaparte from thai Iflc.nd — Our information is derived from a molt £13 271.764 13,3-6,761 The above is a cheering fratcment, up¬ on which we take leave to congratulate the public' The ciowr. jewels, fo long miffing, were found at Buckingham Houfe, Jan. 7th ; no comments are made ; the difcovety was made by the Prince Regent. They were fuppoied to have been concealed by th* King. * The total amount of the Qaeen's per* foial property is found to be but 140,000 pounds.— I his is an anfvyer to all calum¬ ny. Of this £50,000 are in jewels, pre- fented to her, at her mirriage. Lord EU lenborough's will is proved ; his perfenal property fa worth £200,000 The Cou¬ rier under tke 1 ith Jan. after a long neu refpe£table lource, and we therefore, with¬ out any htfitaiion, lay it before oni read- trality on the great queiiioxi, has come era juli as we have received it: ♦•An American veffel, apparently dif- mafled and otheiwife injured, but purpofc- ly damaged to avoid iufpicion, made her out with the (jrongeA teftirn- ny of horror and indignation agai,nl\ General Jackfon, for the execution, or rather murder of \r- buthnot and Ambriftcr. It \\ harj to appearance off St. Helena. The neceffary condemn him—(the Courier) he feels not repairs were entered on with the greatett activity whilft other fchemes were profe- CUting with induftry in the interior. \\ had for feme time previously b.eca d^eioed only as an Englishman, but as a citixen of the. world* Thefe are threatening fymp* toatf-, vynen our friends fpe k loudly and indignantly againft us. Others ba?* hi;V