raised on pillars; the walls are opened for music. The inhabitants, particularly the about two feet; there is a piazza all round, | rich Jews have been obliged to pay a conof mud, nicely plastered, and formed into tribution of 100,000 piastres, and 12 of the seats, couches, sofas, &c, all done by the most beautiful girls of the latter; some women, and as level as the best artist in have, however, ransomed themselves for stucco in London could make it. different sums, from 4,000 to 8,000 piastres. New Dey. "These buildings are like so many berhives, their thatched roofs rising from the The Florence Gazette of the 24th March. circle of pillars, with a sheaf towering like announces officially, by a letter from the a cupola in the centre-there is much Sardinian Consul at Leghorn, that the more neatness than would seem consistent Dey of Algiers died of the plague on the with such materials The beds generally 1st of March. His successor, Coggiaconsist of a mud couch matted, with cover Cavalli, formerly his Minister, was proand hangings of mat according to fancy. | claimed the same day amidst salvoes of Every man has hanging by his bed side a artillery. He bas assumed the name of short whip with a stout thong, to discipline Ibrahim Pacba. The next day, all the his wife or wives; of these the Chief has at Foreign Consuls were presented to the present ten; the others have more or less new Dey, to tender him the customary according to their circumstances. This presents Ibrahim Pacha commenced his Chief and his people are Mahometans; I government by an act of justice; be went to their mosque at prayer time. The ordered the young Christian women and form consisted in certain prostations, with Jewesses, whom his predecessor had conprayers and telling of beads, very simple. fined in the Seraglio, to be set at liberty. and apparently zealous and sincere. The Priest had come from near Mecca, two months' journey on foot; a very dignified personage, wearing a large green mantle. After prayers the people talked palaver with the Chief. They are suspicious of the white men, and suppose that we come among them only to take their country from them, as we took Sierra Leone."' AFRICA: NORTH. manner. Plague: Excesses. Algiers, Feb. 25.-The state of things here becomes more dreadful every day. The plague continues to rage in a terrible This distemper, of which above 50 persons die daily in the city, lasts in general only 24 hours, without any previous indisposition, without having felt any symptoms of the disease; other persons frequently fall victims of death from the infected air, and the use of unwholesome food. The plague rages also in the neighbourhood of Algiers, and farther in the interior of the country. To this may be added, a mortality among the cattle. Besides these dreadful scourges, we have other sufferings. AMERICA: UNITED STATES. Emigrants arrived in 1817. The following is a statement of the number of emigrants arrived at Philadelpbia and New York, from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1817 Philadelphia. N. York. .............. .... 3,553 4,834 ....... From England, Ireland, and The West Indies generally Mr. Birkbeck observes, that the time is fast approaching when the grand intercourse with Europe will not be as at present through Eastern America, but through the great rivers that communicate by the Mississippi with the ocean. The upward navigation of these rivers is already coming under the control of the steam-boat, an The Dey causes daily, and without re- invention which promises to be of incalspect to persons, people to be arrested, culable advantages to this new world. executed, or banished, and graciously The average progress of the steam-boats, seizes on their property. The Dey in-heavily laden, against the stream, is about creases the number of his body guard by blacks, and has planted before his castle a strong line of 24-pounders, which command the city. Several magnificent buildings are erecting for the Dey and his family. In the midst of the general misery, his Highness frequently amuses himself with balls and 60 miles per day. Their fading upwards consists of dry goods, pottery, cotton, sugar, wines, liquors, salted fish, &c.; and downwards, of grain, flour, tobacco, bacon, &c. At present, about twenty-five of these vessels, from fifty to four hundred tons burthen, are navigating these rivers; they are built at Pittsburg, and the machinery is prepared at the iron-works there. From Value of the Floridas. time, he met with a tribe of savages, who, DENMARK. Anecdote of the King. When he was Prince Royal, an officer, mortally wounded at the battle of Quistram, desired to speak with him, and with his dying breath earnestly recommended to his care a young woman of Christiana, When the to whom he was engaged. Prince returned there, a grand ball was given by the principal inhabitants. He enquired whether this unfortunate girl was invited, and requested that she might, though but of the second class. The girl came; she was pretty; and finding herself amongst her superiors, bashfully sat down as near the door as possible, nobody deigning to take the least notice of her. Shortly after, the Prince entering, inquired for her, and asked her to dance with him, to the great mortification of the young ladies of high rank. After the dance was over, he handed her to the top of the room, and placing himself by her, spoke of the loss she had sustained with tenderness, promising to provide handsomely for any one she should marry. She afterwards married, and the Prince strictly kept his promise. If the United States obtain possession of the Floridas, they wil! acquire a regular supply of naval stores, such as pitch, tar, turpentine, masts, and ship plank; with live oak of the greatest magnitude, for ship building, with which the provinces a s abound. Live oak is a wood of such extraordinary durability, that after the trees have been exposed to the changes and inclemency of the season for upwards of a century, it acquires a stony hardness, and will resist the edge of the best tempered steel. The government of the United States are ac- A chemist of Copenhagen has discoverquainted with its value; their first frigates ed a brilliant yellow matter for dyeing, in were built of this wood from trees collect- potatoe tops. The mode of obtaining it is, ed in south Carolina and Georgia. There by cutting the top when in flower, and are only a few scattered trees in Carolina bruising and pressing it to extract the and Georgia; sufficient to build a frigate.juice. Linen or woollen soaked in this In the peninsula of East Florida there is one of the best and most secure harbours in America, which will receive from fifty to one hundred sail of the liue. Dye from Potatoe tops. liquor, during 48 hours, takes a fine, solid and permanent yellow. If the cloth be afterwards plunged in a blue dye, it then acquires a beautiful permanent green co lour. FRANCE. Paris-Odeon Burnt. March 24.—At half past three o'clock a fire broke out in the hall of the TheatreRoyal of the Odeon. In a few minutes it burnt with great fury, and the theatre be came the prey to the flames. The most prompt assistance was afforded. The firemen, aided by detatchments of the national guard, the royal guard, the royal gendarmerie, &c. and a great number of citizens, were upon the spot, for the protection of the theatre, and to prevent the flames from spreading to the Rues de Racine and de Corneille, only separated from it by two arches. At half-past four the timber-work of the building fell with a great crash, and the flames ceased to have any food but the ruins on the bottom of the hall. But by the activity of the assistants, the lives of all those resident on the premises have been preserved. The Chancellor of France and the Grand Referendary of the Chambers of Peers repaired to the spot upon the first report of the event, and remained during the whole time of the fire. His R. H. the Duke of Berry was present, and very active upon the occasion. His Excellency the Minister of General Police also afforded his best exertions. Two women, one of whom resided on the third story owe their lives to the courage and activity of a young man named Jos. Arnold. Eight years ago, in the same month, the Odeon was destroyed by a similar event: but then, as now, the cause was not discovered. Steeping hemp. The serious inconveniences attached to the present mode of steeping hemp, has long been a subject of complaint throughout Europe. M. Christian, Director of the Royal Conservatory of Arts and Manufactures at Paris, bas recently invented a machine, which has been worked in all the principal manufactories of Flanders and Picardy. It has been submitted to every requisite experiment, and appears to fulfil all that can be wished. In addition to the Bumerous economical advantages which are expected to arise from the use of this machine, it produces a very considerable saving in the bleaching; for the operation of steeping, the chief object of which is to dissolve the resinous substances contained in the stalks, injures the colour of the flax, whilst the new machine, by operating without moisture, preserves it in its natural colour. New machine. A new machine for removing the earth dug up in making canals, has recently been invented in France. The Inventor asserts, that by the aid of this machine, a cubic toise of earth, weighing twenty-six milliers, may be removed in the space of an hour to a distance of twenty toises, at the moderate expence of two francs; whilst by the ordinary mode, the same operation costs upwards of three francs. The measures taken against the brigands, who still exist in considerable numbers in the States of the Church, are now executed with the greatest energy: a band of more than 50 have been taken; 35 have been tried and executed. Monument to Cardinal York. It will be recollected, that by the munificence of the Prince Regent, in the year 1815, the sum of 250,000 francs, were placed by Lord Castlereagh at the disposal of Canova, who was then at Paris, to be applied to defray the expenses of carrying to Rome the works of art restored by France, of which sum 50,000 francs were directed to be appropriated towards the monument of the Cardinal York. It is now erected in St. Peter's, where the mo. nument of his father is placed, under the title of King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. It is said, that the Cardinal by his will, directed that his name should be recorded on his tomb as Henry the Ninth. Canova has undertaken to execute a marble group to adorn and illustrate the monument, which, when completed, will form a distinguished ornament of the magnificent Cathedral of Rome. It is expected to be finished in the course of the present year. Naples: Italo-Greek College. 鼻 In the Kingdom of Naples, in the very centre of Græcia-Magna, there is an ItaloGreek College, in which upwards of one hundred young men of Epirus and Albania | lation have remained in the streets, with are instructed, chiefly gratis, in the Greek temporary sheds, and casks with the heads language and philosophy. There is in out. Giarre is like an Indian town." Naples a vast number of establishments for promoting Latin and Greek literature. RUSSIA. Monument to Howard. As a testimony of esteem and gratitude to our countryman, Howard, so celebrated for his philanthropy, who visited so many prisons in Europe to make himself acquainted with situation, and to ameliorate the fate of the prisoners, and who, in the year 1790, ended his humane career at Cherson, a monument is now erecting at Odessa to his memory. Important to Literature! During the year 1817, there were exported from Petersburgh 2,047,300 quills. SICILY. SPAIN. Education: Lancasterian. It is generally believed that the lower classes of people in Spain are more ignorant than any in Europe. There is, however, reason to hope that the subjects of that country will shortly enjoy the benefits of the mode of instruction so successfully adopted in England and France. A letter from a Spanish officer of distinguished rank contains the following:-"I have the pleasure to inform you that I have just completed a Spanish translation of the interesting Manual of the Bell and Lancaster System, which I intend to lay before the King, in order to obtain permission to print it. The Marquess de P..., is so enthusiastic in his admiration of the work, that he has offered to defray the expenses of printing, in order to distribute the copies gratis." SWEDEN. State Paper. Extract of a letter dated Mascali, near Mount Etna, Feb. 22, 1818:-" You will no doubt be anxious to hear from me on this distressing occasion. This place and and Giarre have not sustained the least Speech of the President of the Storthing, injury, but all around is one scene of dison the death of the King:-"It is with the tress. We here understand that Nola and Syracuse have sustained considerable da- deepest affliction that the Storthing receivmage in lives and buildings; as for Cata-ed the sad news of the death of his Majesty nai, most of the houses are more or less damaged, but no lives lost; the Elephant hotel is partly destroyed. Aci Catena is one third destroyed, and a number of lives lost. St. Antonio, lives lost, and a great part of the town destroyed, Nicolisi, Lapadara, Trecastagne, and Viagrande, partially damaged; Pas de Pomo, and all that part, are considerably damaged in stores and houses. Saffarana, part of the church fell in, and killed every one in it, say about 60 persons, and the three Priests attending the service. Saffarana is about four miles from this. From thence to St. Alpo is one scene of desolation, and from thence to Piedmont and Randazzo. It is further said, that Luctina, Broute, and all that part, are considerable sufferers. In fact, we know not yet the extent done; but what we know is more extensive thau the earthquake that destroyed Messina. The devastation is general, and I fear not yet finished. I look on this to be a forerunner of an eruption. The first shark was on Friday, at half past seven P. M. most violent; its motion was perpendicular; at midnight a second; about five in the morning a third. This morning, about four, another; at half past five a second; and at noon a third, but slight. For these two nights here and at Giarre, the popu Charles XIII. The loss of a Monarch, whose reign displays the most incontestible proofs of his paternal solicitude for the welfare of the kingdom, is indeed a subject of grief for the Norwegians, and it would render them inconsolable if they were not assured of finding in the present Constitutender Father, and a powerful Protector; tional King, his Majesty Charles John, a and in his Son, the Prince Royal, a zealous Advocate near the Throne." The President then read the oath of his Majesty, and continued as follows:-"My Honourable Colleagues, Members of the General Storthing of Norway! Let us solemnly swear obedience and fidelity to the Constitution and to the King Charles John." All the Assembly rose up and took the following oath:-"We promise and swear in our minds and consciences to be obedieut and faithful to the King Charles John." The President then said:--"The oath is taken; we implore, with sincerity of heart, the blessing of Heaven upon our most gracious King. " "God preserve the King and his Kingdoms. (Signed) “Christie. RAMBECH. Quakers prohibited. On the 28th of Feb. his Majesty had a law proposed to the Storthing, prohibiting SWITZERLAND. Visit of Egyptians. the sect of the Friends, or Quakers, from, Dukes of Clarence and Kent. The Duke residing, without special permission from of York appeared to give her away. The the King, in any place in Norway, except Prince Regent was absent, partly in conin the towns of Christiana, Drontheim, sequence of not being quite recovered from Bergen, Christiansand, Draamin, aud the his attack of the gout, and partly because towns in the province of Fiumark. At the a similar scene was fresh in his recollection, same time, their privileges and liberties, as in the marriage of his daughter. The Biwell as the restrictions and obligations to shop of London as Dean of the Chapel which they shall be subject, are particu- Royal, attended to take the register of the larly defined. marriage, as also the clerk of St. George's, Hanover Square, in which parish the Saloon is situate. As soon as the ceremony had concluded, a signal was given, and a double royal salute was fired from the Park, and Tower guns. The bride and bridegroom retired, and having taken off their splendid dresses, his Serene Highness appeared in full dress, and her Royal Highness in a white satin pelisse, and a nun's veil over her bead: they left the Palace soon after 9 o'clock in her Royal Highness's laundaulet and four, for the Prince Regent's cottage at Windsor. The Duke of York handed his Royal Sister to her carriage. The Prince Regent's consent in counsel to the marriage was produced to the Archbishop to enable him to proceed. In the evening several of the Royal tradesmen illuminated. We learn from Switzerland, that Osman Oga left St. Gall the 20th March, to proceed to Berne. Although he travels without any ostensible mission, yet important interests appear to be confided to his charge. All the cargoes of the Pacha's vessels which arrived in the ports of Europe are under his superintendence. He has brought into Italy 15 young Egyptians for their edu cation. National Register: BRITISH. THE KING. Windsor Castle, April 4.-His Majesty has been uniformly tranquil throughout the last month, and continues to enjoy good bodily health; but his Majesty's disorder is uudiminished. Marriage of the Princess Elizabeth. Tuesday, 7th April, at eight o'clock, Her Majesty, with the different branches of the Royal Family who had arrived in the Palace, except the intended bride and bridegroom, began to move from her private apartments, and on entering the Saloon, the Queen took her station in a chair of state, to the left of the altar. The different branches of the Royal Family took their stations according to their rank. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London appeared at the altar, the latter attending as Bishop of the Diocese and Dean of the Chapel Royal. Every thing being properly arranged for the ceremony, the Lord Chamberlain retired, and introduced his Serene Highness the Prince of Hesse Homberg, between the Dukes of Clarence and Kent. His Serene Highness was attended to the altar by Baron O'Naghten, Baron de Gerning, and Baron Kranc. His Serene Highness was dressed in his General's uniform, and The Wedding Dress.-A very elegant and rich silver tissue, with two broad flounces of the most beautiful Brussels point lace, each flounce headed with rich silver netted shells; body and sleeves superbly trimmed with Brussels point, the sleeves tastefully looped up with silver tassels; the robe of rich silver tissue lined with white satin, trimmed with Brussels lace, bordered with silver netted shells to correspond with the dress, and fastened in the waist with a very brilliant diamond clasp. Head dress, superb plume of ostrich feathers, with a most beautiful bandeau of diamonds. Revenue. Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, in the quarter's ending the 5th of April, 1817 and 1818. 254,100 Bank Tokens. wore several of his Orders, Grand Crosses, Arrears of Property Tax1,023,718 The following circular has been addressed to all Postmasters. |