SWEDEN.

A Royal Decree at Stockholm prohibits the sale of coffee in inns, hotels, coffee-houses, taveros, &c. under severe penalties. — All use and sale of foreign wines, as well as all foreign liquors, spirits, brandy, cider, and beer, are also entirely prohibited, and to cease from the 1st of January next year, under the severest penalties!

RUSSIA.

The Paris papers record a noble act of the Emperor Alexander who, on hearing of a subscription going forward at Petersburgh for the distressed inhabitants of the Swiss Canton of Glaris, contributed 100,000 roubles (about 22,5002.)

TURKEY.

It appears, by intelligence from Constantinople, that the Porte has been at length induced to recognize the new Republic of the Ionian Isles, established under British influence and protection. The supposed consideration on our part is, that we shall surrender to Turkey possession of the Albanian fortress of Parga, which has hitherto been held by an English garrison.

It is stated, on the authority of letters from Smyrna, that a notorious pirate, named Catramatto, a native of the Ionian Isles, having been taken by the Turks and condemned to death, was claimed by the English Envoy; and much discussion took place upon the point with the Ottoman Government. The latter, however, refused to deliver up the pirate, and he was put to death.

Accounts have, it appears, been received from Lieut. Campbell, on whom devolved the command of the expedition for exploring the Joliba, or Niger river, on the death of Major Peddie; stating his arrival at the head of the river Nunez, from whence he intended proceeding across the mountains towards Bammakoo, the place at which Mr. Park embarked; on the surface of which Lieut. Campbell and his companions are in all probability at this time. Thus another gleam of hope is entertained of the termination of this mysterious river being discovered.

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By accounts from the Cape of Good Hope it would appear, that the leprosy had spread to such an alarming extent, that the Governor (Lord C. H. Somerset) had issued a proclamation, dated the 14th of February, ordering a certain district to be appropriated for the persons attacked with the dreadful malady. Land-marks had been erected; and severe penalties were to be exacted from persons found beyond the boundaries, as in cases of quarantine for contagious disorders.

AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES. The Senate and House of Representa. tives of America have passed resolutions, authorising the President to negociate with foreign governments for an entire and immediate abolition of the Slave Trade, and to enter into a convention with England for receiving at Sierra Leone such free people of colour of the United States as may wish to settle in that colony.

A case has occurred at New York which has induced its Senate to introduce "An Act concerning the Shakers." One James Chapman had married Unice Chapman, by whom he had three children; he then abandoned her, joining the Society of Shakers in Neskauna, county of Albany: the children he took from her, and concealed. He insisted that the marriage contract was annulled, and warned all persons against trusting her, as he would pay no debts of her contracting; this being upon the principle of that society, who hold that it is sinful for a member to hold any intercourse with those who are not members, without what they term a gift from their elders; and that all married persons who join them are therefore absolved from the marriage vows. To ar. rest the propagation of such principles, the bill enacts, that any married person who hereafter attaches him or herself to the Society of Shakers, shall be considered as civilly dead; and his or her property disposed of as if such person were really dead, &c.

By a letter from Washington, dated the 2d of May, we learn, that the American Government has lately sold 100,000 acres of land on the Tinibechy, in the Mississippi territory, to a French company, at two dollars per acre, payable in 14 years, without interest, upon condition of their planting the vine and olive. About 300 French emigrants have gone to reside on those newly-purchased lands; and they carry with them capital, skill, and industry. At the head of these people are Lakanal, Pennienes, Garnier de Saintes, the two L'Allemands, Desnouettes, Clausel, and others, with a crowd of arti

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zans and mechanics. The highest expectations are formed of their success.

Joseph Buonaparte is building a town near Baltimore, which none but French are permitted to inhabit: it is to be capable of containing, for the present, 12,000 inhabitants. The art of the most sublime architecture is employed to embellish the edifices.

A theatrical fracas took place lately at Charleston in America. Mr. Holman, the manager, dismissed a Mr. Caldwell before he had had his benefit; and in consequence the audience completely gutted the theatre. The chandeliers, ornaments, benches, and every assailable article but the scenes, were utterly destroyed.

From the Boston Advertiser of the 14th of May." William Cobbett has already commenced his labours in this country by a letter addressed To the People of America.' The leading object is, to deny the implication contained in some paragraphs that have been published from English papers, that he left England to escape debts which he was unable to pay; and to contradict a story of his having been horse-whipped by Mr. Lockhart. He announces his intention of publishing, in a day or two, a prospectus of his future literary labours. He also says in this letter, that he is able to prove that before he left England his income from his writings was more than 10,0001. a year clear money; and that he expects, at least, to receive 20,000%. out of the disposal of his landed and other property. He closes his letter, by offering the proprietors of the New York Evening Post a bet of an even thousand dollars, that the Government of England, that is to say, the Government of the Boroughmongers, does not last three years longer."

Accounts from Antigua, dated the 12th of April, state, that so great is the scarcity of provisions throughout the whole of the Islands, that a general famine is expected. The small quantity of provisions which are obtained are charged most exorbitantly. Several vessels have been dis patched to America to procure a supply.

Extract of a letter from Halifax, dated 20th April." We believe we are correct in saying, that for 20 years we have not had in this province so severe a winter; and never, in the recollection of the oldest settlers, has there been any serious distress, which we are sorry to say is the case now; and that very great apprehensions are entertained on this subject."

An article from Warsaw states the approaching abolition of villenage in Poland; and by a curious coincidence we learn, in relation to a very different part of the world, a fact of a similar complexion. Advices from Hayti state, that

the Esk sloop of war had been at Port-auPrince, with a strongly-couched demand from the Governor and Admiral of Jamaica for the pilot negroes, who had fled from Kingston to Hayti to be freed from slavery. To this message we are told that Petion replied by a declaration, that it was out of his power to give them up, because they had touched the land of liberty; but made the owner, who was on board the Esk, a compensation for his loss.

INSURRECTION IN THE BRAZILS.

His Majesty's ship Tigris, of 42 guns, Capt. Henderson, arrived lately from the Leeward Island station, bringing dispatches for Government from Rear-Adm, Harvey, announcing a revolution in the Brazils, which took its rise on the 7th of April, in the province of Pernambuco; but has since extended to the adjoining six provinces of Rio Grande, Para Siara, Marignan, and Paycaba, and Tamara. The cause of this commotion is ascribed to the universal discontent that had prevailed for some time both among the troops and militia, and among the people: the former from receiving no pay, nor even the means of existence; and the lat ter from the heavy contributions and excessive conscriptions which had been ri gorously levied for the meditated cou quests in Paraguay, and on the Rio de la Plata; with which they not only bad no concern, but esteemed inimical to their interests. The Court of Rio Janeiro had intelligence of conspiracies in different districts of the Northern provinces; and 150 leading individuals, civil and military, in those parts, were ordered to military exe cution. An accident precipitated the execution of the meditated revolution. A colonel of a regiment having accused one of his officers on parade of being a traitor, the latter, who was really implicated in the conspiracy, imagining he had been discovered, and that this was the sigual for the massacre, drew his sword, and laid the colonel dead at his feet. The bells were then rung; and the population of the place, as well as the troops, rose, and with one consent seized the shipping in the river, which they stripped of their guns and ammunition. A strict embargo was laid on the foreign ships in the har bour; which was evaded only by the ship Rowena, au English vessel, which effected her escape, and brought the news to the Leeward Islands. The Governor of Pet nambuco retired to the fort, where he was compelled next day to surrender, and af terwards allowed to depart for Rio Janeiro. The country people were pouring into the town of Pernambuco, enthusiastic in the cause, which had been previously of ganized with considerable address and ability. A Congress was called; but in

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the mean time a Committee of Government, headed by Signor Domingo Martines, took charge of affairs. The intended Constitution was already promul gated; the basis of which was, that these provinces should be governed like the North American States-liberty of conscience, and unbounded freedom of trade, being the leading principles. This great event was brought about without any effusion of blood, except that of nine or ten individuals, who fell in the first moment of the insurrection. Private letters brought by the Tigris add, that the insurrection was general throughout the whole of the Portuguese Brazilian territories; and that the Independents had taken possession of Bahia and St. Salvador, and were daily gaining strength. This popular commotion, it was understood, had been produced by the many restrictions which had been laid on trade. -the absence of the Portuguese troops at Monte Video — and the success that had attended the efforts of the Spanish Independents.

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A Boston paper of recent date says, that the Provisional Government of Pernambuco has resolved to maintain a regular army of 15,000 men; which will be supported, in case of necessity, by 40,000 militia. This is a far greater force thau is consistent with any thing we know of the statistics of the province; but, if half the number can be maintained, the Court of Rio Janeiro is little likely to regain it. We present our Readers with a few facts respecting the provinces of Brazil, which are now stated to be in open insurrection against the Portuguese Government. Pernambuco, or Fernambuco, is chiefly celebrated for the beauty of its principal town, called Olinda (signifying in Portuguese, "Oh! beautiful!") this having been the exclamation of the first settlers on their landing. It abounds in angar, cotton, and Brazil wood. Grande, which is to the North of Pernam. buco, and lies chiefly on the coast, is so called from a large river which runs through it and waters it. In the interior is a lake abounding with pearls. Siara, more to the Northwards, abounds in the staple commodities of the country: its chief town, of the same name, is very small, and the haven is so shallow as only to admit ships of inferior burden, Marignan, or Maranhao, the adjacent province, derives its name from an island in an estuary formed by various rivers, and on which the chief town is placed. This province yields two harvests of maize annually. Para, or Grand Para, is the most Northern of all: its metropolis, Para, stands on the great river Tocantin, and is a rich and handsome town, containing a citadel, fortress, two parish-churches, and a college. This province produces

abundance of cotton, sugar, chocolate, and coffee, enough to load an annual fleet to Lisbon. There are two provinces called Paraiba, one in the South, close to Rio Janeiro, which of course is not the one here alluded to, another between Rio Grande and Pernambuco: it has a large but dangerous harbour.-Tamara, or Tamaraca, is a small province adjoining, but very fertile, and coutains a commodious barbour.

A late Battle in Chili.-Gen. San Mar tin decided the battle at Chacabuco by trait of personal valour. In the warmth of the contest, finding his men greatly cut up in consequence of the advantages of the position held by the enemy, he placed himself at the head of his own corps of dragoons, and sword in hand made several charges which decided the day. So great was the fatigue he had undergone, that he fell exhausted from his horse, and his companions at first thought he was killed. Gen. San Martin is a native of Paraguay. He was first aide-de-camp to Gen. Solano, when Governor of Cadiz, and Captain-general of Andalusia, and served in the same capacity in the battle of Baylen, and with the Marquis de la Rotnana. He remained in the Peninsula till October 1811; when, anxious to aid in the independence of his native country, he came to London, and went out by the first opportunity to Buenos Ayres. certain were the Spaniards of defeating the Patriots, that they had made no preparation whatever to ship away any part of their property; whereby two millions of public money, besides a large amount of Spanish property, fell into their hands. He also took a complete park of artillery, and a quantity of muskets.

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From South America it appears, that the Spanish Insurgent Army is strong enough to attempt the conquest of another province; relying probably as much upon the credit of their late victory in Chili as upon their actual force; and more upon politics than upon either. They were advancing against Lima, and the Viceroy was calling out his troops to oppose them.

IRELAND.

Dublin Papers have brought accounts of riots of a serious character, which have arisen from the dreadful scarcity prevailing in many parts of that country. At Limerick, on the 7th and 8th June, mills were broken into and plundered. One man was accidentally wounded. The military and the magistrates at length succeeded in dispersing the rioters. The distress of the poor is said to be beyond description. The riots had recommenced on the 9th. At Cork, on the 7th June, the people seized some meal that was about to be embarked, and lodged it in

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the market; the owner was induced by the magistrates to land the rest, and no further acts of violence took place. Near the North Liberties of Limerick armed bodies of men are nightly traversing the country for potatoes. On the 6th several houses were broken into, and the owners ill used. The leader of one gang was taken, with 150 stone of potatoes, and lodged in gaol.

COUNTRY NEWS.

June 2. This night, an alarming fire broke out in Cowick-street, Exeter; and it was not got under until two houses, several cottages, a brewery, stables, celJars, and outhouses of every description, were burnt to the ground, extending from the brewery of Hardy and Co. to Bennett's factory, three quarters of an acre.

June 21. At Weymouth, the thermometer stood, at noon, in the shade at 86, and in the sun at 112; while at Gloucester, on the same day, it rose to 103 in the shade. This intense heat, as might be expected, has been productive of thunderstorms in many parts of the country. The vicinities of Gloucester and Tewksbury experienced some of their effects in the afternoon; and the inhabitants of the latter place have sustained considerable loss by the hail, which broke many windows. At Lyneham, near Chippenham, on the same day, a water-spout inundated a considerable quantity of land, and occasioned a rapid rise of the Avon, which very sensibly affected the river at a great distance. Salisbury, and its neighbour. bood, appear to have received the brunt "of the storm. It commenced there about two o'clock in the afternoon, with almost an instantaneous darkness, and a violent rushing of wind from North-east, accompanied by sheets of water and large pieces of ice. About three the wind from the North-east ceased, and suddenly commmenced blowing from the South-west, with such torrents of rain, for more than half an hour, that every street was flooded, and the water ran through many of the houses. The lightning was not very vivid, nor was the thunder extremely loud; but they continued during the whole of the storm, which lasted till six o'clock. Forty sheep, of a flock belonging to Mr. Swayne, of Langford, were struck down by the lightning, and six sheep and six lambs killed; several large trees were also blown down during the storm, at Durnford and West Harnham. The storm also visited Bath about two o'clock, and continued till five, but its effects were not marked by any extraordinary circumBut very considerable damage was sustained by the unexampled violence of a storm which occurred at Bath on

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Monday afternoon, June 23; the rain fell

in such torrents that the common sewers were soon choaked, and the lower apart ments of many houses were in conse quence flooded. Almost every hot and green-house, and skylight in the neighhourhood, suffered in its glass from bailstones; many of which were two inches in circumference.

June 23. This afternoon, the neigh bourhood of Southampton was visited by a tremendous storm of thunder, lightning, and rain, which continued for an hour and a half. The lightning set fire to a large barn and a rick, both containing a large quantity of bark, and to a carpenter's workshop, full of deals and timber. The whole took fire at the same time, and were entirely destroyed in less than an hour. The property belonged to Mr. Hobbs, shipbuilder, whose loss is computed at 2000. Had not the wind shifted, it is supposed the greater part of Redbridge would have been burnt.

About 1500 Saxon Coins have been ploughed up in a field on Winterfield's farm, in the parish of Dorking, most of them in a state of high preservation: they are of various monarchs and archbishops, most of them at the time of the Heptarchy.

A mouument is shortly to be erected on Blackdown Hill, Somerset, in honour of the Duke of Wellington. It will be of a triangular form, 140 feet high, with a cast-iron figure (20 feet) of the Duke on the top. The estimated expence is 20004,

A splendid Monument has been erected by Mr. Carline, sculptor, of Shrewsbury, in Salisbury Cathedral, to the memory of Edward Poore, esq. formerly of the Close, who died May 19, 1780, and Rachael bis wife, who died June 16, 1771. He was a descendant from the Bishop of the See, and Founder of the Cathedral in 1222.The Monument is, perhaps, one of the most perfect specimens of florid Gothic in the kingdom, and exhibits the style adopted in the period of Edward the IVth. It was designed by the Rev. Hugh Owen, of Shrewsbury, one of the Prebendaries of Salisbury Cathedral; and harmonizes admirably with the general appearance of the building.

Mr. Richie, of Liverpool, who was some time since severely wounded by the over turning of a Liverpool coach at Prescot, at the time when Mr. David Baucroft lost his life by the accident, has recovered da mages to the amount of 7501. from the proprietors of the coach; the Jury being of opinion that the overturning was owing to intemperate driving.

During the late period of pressing distress, the Marquis of Stafford has supplied his poor tenants, in Scotland, with meal and potatoes to the amount of nearly 70007. For the last 12 months the but dens of his Shropshire tenantry also have

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been essentially alleviated by the employment of 100 additional men, who, toge ther with the wives, and children of the greater part of them, must otherwise bave been supported by their parishes. At Trentham, in Staffordshire, with the same judicious and benevolent views, about 60 labourers have been added to the number usually employed, ever since the pressure on that parish rendered it expedient: and many industrious families have been substantially benefited by a gratuitous distribution of milk, to the amount of several hundred gallons per month. His Lordship has also subscribed upwards of 1500. to various funds established for the employment of the poor, in the counties of Stafford and Salop. All difficulties which have hitherto delayed the accomplishment of his Lordship's design, of supplying the inhabitants of the populous and important district of Lane End with water, are likely to be soon removed. The execution of this work, at an estimated expence of 20007, will be a highly seasonable resource of labour to the poor of that - neighbourhood.

The Members of that excellent institution, the Schoolmasters' Association in the North of England, lately held their anuual meeting at Newcastle, when it was announced that Dr. Charles Hutton, a native of Newcastle, but late Professor of Mathematicks at Woolwich, had vested 100% with the Corporation of Newcastle, in order that a perpetual annual subscription of 5. be paid in his name into the funds of the Association. Unanimous thanks were voted to the liberal donor. Dr. Hutton has also made a similar appropriation in aid of the Royal Jubilee School.

The foundation-stone of a new Church has been laid at Glasgow, with the solemnities usual on such occasions. It is to contain 1680 seats; the exterior to be of chaste Gothic, with a tower 136 feet high, so spacious as to receive a complete ring of bells.

The colossal Statue of Sir William Wallace erected by the Earl of Buchan at Dryburgh, is 21 feet in height. It was designed by Mr. John Smith, sculptor, exactly from the authentic portrait painted of bim in water colours, during his residence in France, which was purchased by the father of the late Sir Philip Ainslie of Pilton, knt. The hero is represented in the antient Scottish dress and armour, with a shield hanging from his left hand, and leaning lightly on his spear with his right. On the summit of the natural rock adjoining to the statue is a colossal urn, on which is inscribed the very appropriate speech made at the dedication of the statue, by the public-spirited nobleman who erected it.

PITT CLUBS.

From the many cumunications we have received respecting the late Triennial Meetings of the PITT CLUB, we select one specimen from the Meeting held at Birmingham, as it affords a neatly com pressed statement of the principal pulitis cal features of Mr. Pitt's life, in a less compass than we have hitherto seen them. The King's health was proposed and drank in solemn silence.

On giving the health of the Prince Regent, the President of the Club, Shirley Perkins, Esq. addressed the meeting to the following effect:

"Gentlemen, I am certain this toast will be drank with more than usual glee, when I remind you of the princely linerality with which his Royal Highness has lately given up a portion of his income, to assist in relieving the distress of the country a portion far greater than (I believe) he can with convenience spare, viz. 50,000. But, gentlemen (said the President with animation) it is not the sum, so much as the proper genuine British feeling displayed by his Royal Highness, which should excite our admiration and applause. A generous sympathy like this entitles his Royal Highness to a place in the hearts and affections of his subjects, and, I trust, he will never again meet with unmerited insult from any factions miscreants."

The President then said, "they were arrived at that toast which was the annual tribute of gratitude and respect to the memory of the illustrious patriot and distinguished statesman whose birth-day they were assembled to celebrate. On such an occasion it was impossible not to recall to their recollection the extraordinary endowments of his mind, his transcendant taleuts, his public and his private virtues. On such an occasion it was impossible not to call to our recollection the many and important services rendered by him to his country, during the period of his long and arduous administration."

Mr. Perkins bere enumerated his various services, from his first entrance into power; by an attention to the restoration of the nearly ruined fiuances of the State his establishment of the Sinking Fund his celebrated India Bill his constitutional conduct on the suspension of the Executive Power by the indisposition of his Majesty (an epoch in the political life of Mr. Pitt particularly illustra tive of the higher qualities of his mind) — his protection of the State from the contagion and delusion of French principleshis suppression of Sedition, Mutiny, Treason, and Rebellion-his Institution of the Volunteer and Yeomanry Corps- and his successful defence of his country against the threatened invasion by France

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