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Kingston Chronicle (Kingston, ON1819), November 26, 1819, p. 2

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he greafft wea which was ever derived frorra mine a single vein which the rrarquis of fsgoaga poitiflv in the dis trict of snmtedaili left in five or fix months all charge dcdued a nett profit of four minions of dollars tnc european reader will be dill more aftonilhcd when i inform him of the ex traordinary fact that tliis family lent abmtt the year 1s00 a fum of more than three millions and a half of francs 700000 dollars without interest to a friend whofe fortune they believed would be made by it in a lolid manner to complete the view of the immenfe wealth centered in the hands of a few in dividuals in mexico it is only neceiiary to add that amongfl inllances of individual opulence nine clergymen only poflefs an anneal income collectively of 539coo dollars a sum alrnolt equal to the whole expence3 of the civil government of the united states jtw i foreign news miifmimmm london sept 20 died in england the right hon la dy collingwood rdift of the late admi ral collingwood the latell intelligence from st hele na reprefents bonaparte to be in good health compiling memoirs in which he is affilled by bcrtrand 3nd count montha ion the expedition of sir thomas hardy is faid to proteft britiih trading veflels in the ports of south america and to prevent the blockade of poitg by spanifh or independent flags henry goulburn in reply to a letter addreited tu him from individuals in glas gow dates that his ftfajeys government no longer gives encouragement to perfong proceeding as fet tiers to the britiih colo nics in north america sandt the murderer of kotzsbue was dill living lodo sept 25 a good deal i still said in f he foreign papers about the jew we lake the se cret of their ill treatment to be this rothschild a jew had a great if not the greatest hand in furnishing the allied powers at congress frith money other jewish houses were perhaps concerned also in helping to purchase the intended new chains for europe at any rate the former one was prominent on the occa sion and the jewish moneygetting may consequently have revived much oi the old odium against it and more reasona bly somebody begins to taunt the jews on this account the jealousy of trade falls in and increases he taunts at last the remaining religious prejudices fall in too and when these begin persecution ii complete there are luckily howev er not enough of these prejudices remain ing to keep up such revoltingabsuidities of themselves mr rothschild we see liy the papers has refused to accept bills drawn upon the towns where his brethren have been ill treated the christians will of course cry out against this re venge and then go and revenue them selves of their respective enemies paths sept 21 the roads of the grand duchy of 15a- den arc througed with jews who with their families are emigrating to avoid the persecutions of w hich they arc every where the object pviits sept 22 yestcidaj morning at alx oclock tier royal highness the dutchess de berri was happily dt livered of a daughter the kins and princes and princesses of the blood were summoned on the first symptoms of an approaching delivery and immediately repaired to the palate elysee bourbon they were succeeded by the grand dignitaries whom his ma jesty had appointed to be present on the the baron will have the chare of the maritime affairs between the united state of america and italy his excellent took tho oaths yesterday of fidelity previous to his embarkation which will immediately take place with his family and suite at trieste for philadelphia london oflober 2 yefterday baron bulow charge d if aires of his majefty the king of pruflia jointly with mr n m rothfchild and accompanied by mr bonnet notary pub lic cancelled and depefhed in the bank of england the amount of seventyseven tho a fend five hundred pounds ster ling in special bonds of the piufiian loan negotiated by mr n m roths child in london being the other half of the fum fixed for the redemption of bonds in the firft year and alio the laving of the intereft on the 75000 redeemed on the ill of april laft the conllitutiooncl gives the following article dated from genoa the icth ult- a gieek veflcl has brought hither the important intelligence that the ottoman porte convinced of the perfidious defigns of ah pacha of janiua and indignant at finding icfelf compmmifed with ruftia who had guaranteed by the treaty of the 2 l it march tsoo the political exigence of panra under the jurisdiction of a wai- wode chief of the four cantons of the ttr- raiirma has adopted a meafure worthy of its policy aod its good faith by a ka- tischenf emanating from the grand sein- cr hisfablime highnefs has comtnifli ued pacha be- a wealthy exile from jjnina and frvera of the principal pachas of rq- tnelfa to attack the rebel all the vas sals of all are invited to abandon him the mofqnes and churches are placed un der an interdict and a reward is offered for his head the porte at the fame time guarantees the lafety of alls three ions mauctar veil and stlik pacha provided they feparate themfelves from the caufe of lays think o t0 the j at men of tie now a da mmu n t0 he judges and great thompfon the fp took the place of orator au i0r cac vote for wood and thorp rqd out thank you br the caufe o liberty 5 to which the mob rejoined c and bitters for ever i occasi 1 ff1 the certificate of birth signed by the king the members of the royal fami ly and the great officers ol state who were present is officially published in the moniteur at eight a bulletin was issued signed by the physicians announcing the event sad staling that the infant princess was well formed and the royal mother in as auspicious a tate es could be expected at noon couriers were despatched to all the courts of europe to proclaim the happy event aytnitznuita sept 1 our town continues in a state of agita tion four attempts hate been made to lire 3 village about half a league distant which is exclusively inhabited by jews and every morning threatening letters and proclamations arc found u riiteu in terms to excite the popnlace to a general massacre of them awrw sept 13 we have receired accounts from lon don stating that the celebrated banker mr rothschild indignant at the perse cution of irie jewish brethren in several cities in germany has refused to take bills upon any of the cities in v hich the jews have experienced ill treatment that this refusal h as thrown great imped- intents in the way of the commercial transactions between england and ger many and that several english merchants who trade with germany have been ob liged to stop payment vienna aug 13 his majesty the emperor of austria has appointed tfce baron i von weiss a ambassador in north america and hasgrsmted law i0000ducats to defray the expeoces cf his journey and li 000 for his salary his excellency has faithfully t i filled the places of cnnunisbury of the treasury and contractor general for the nny duiing the fcpaee of eighteen years by the atlantic ciytain matlack from liverpool a friend ha received and fur- nifhed us with tie intelligence that inlard businefs is improving ii england and that the revolutionary piit lately evinced in the manufacturing cill its has in a great degree fublidtd tie cloth and stuff weavers have now prett regular employ ment bombazettes kivebeen particular ly in great demand am the wool of which the article is manufactured has rifen in price from 3c to 50 flitting pr pack or equal to an advance of abcut co pr cent on the raw materials com rfdvt circular war ojjrc 3d jijg is id from the commercial lvertjvr aw s latest foreign news in addition to the preceding letter our bolton correfpondent has obligingly for warded to us the london morning chron icle of the 2d of october by this paper we learn that the elec tion for lord mayor of london had been warmly carried on for three days bud was not yet clofed on the 3d day the pel ling it is laid continued with great activi ty and at 3 clock the grofs numbers were declared as follows for alderman fridges i474 alderman thorpe 1276 alderman wood 1270 loud disapprobation and applaufc con tinued for fome time rear admiral the hon ii blackwood bart has been appointed commander in chief in the ball indies in the room of rear admiral sir 1 1 chard king bart coming home lieutenant trice black wood to be his flag lieutenant and commodore sir thomas haidy dart to be commander in chief on the coafl of south america in the room of commodore bowleg returning to england from ill health lieutenant t bourchicr to be his flag lieutenant the paris monitcur of the 28th of sep tember contains an ordinance repealing oneof the 3d of auguft 185 which fufpended the exportation of grain germ3n papas of trie 24h f septem ber rate that the plan of a conlhiution for the kingdom of wtirtenrburg as di- gefled by the royal commiffioners and thofe of the states has been adopted by the affembly with fome trivial modiiica tions the german papers alfb mention that the queen of sweden under her incognito title of countefs of gothland and her fis- ter the e queen of spain under the ti tle of countefs de survilliers have arrived at bruftels the latter h to embark at antwerp in the spring to join he hus- rl in the united band jofeph bonap stares of america r emperor of roffia it 23 faid was to be crowned king of poland in the month of october the ceremony was to take place in the cny of vvarfaw latest from london the henrico capt luce arrived at bolton on satnrdav from london brin iflg dates to os 2 they give numerous accounts of the djily proceedings as far ns our laft date in the eledion of a lord mayor at guildhall ourgformcr dates feew that it commenced in riot and inde cency the latter that the fame fecnes were continued and would probably clofe the bufinefs the votes odt 2 tiic iait date were for alderman brydgcp 1798 alderman thorp 1294 aldeiman wood e56 it will be recollected that the former gentleman was the ministerial candidate tiie courier h noticing thedifgraceful tranfaflions which took place on the fecund da fays wc muft give the devi his due the orator hunt performed hffl part with charateriliic and appropriate audacity and hewed that rn the art of managing a mob mr waithman is a mere child to him he had at his back a dirtier rabble than the day before and he directed their manoeu vres with admirable preciftos if a de cent tradefman came up to vote for alder man brydgcs the orator pointed him out for three groans if a lean unwaihed ar tificer tendered his fuifrages for wood and thorp the orator recommended him to lua worthy friends the groundlings for three clucrs and tint monarch of the mobility had his commands obeyed with a fubmifiivc deference which few people sin it having bem jefirmined lhat offi cers entitled to kaf pay may in certain cases receive an auw equal thereto together with emoluments of places or employments of a tn nature i am di rected by the sscretny at war to ac- qualnl you for the information of half pay officers towhonyou arc agent that any such office bltling any place or employniut of profit tinder the crown the net annual rmob unts of which tlo not exceed thrrc limr h amount of the highest rate of flttlffjy attached by reg ulation to the rank i virtue of which lie is entitled to half i my upon ap plication to the sticury at war bo permitted to receive tl military allow ance equal to atid instead ofbls ilul 1 upon making an aftduvit in the follow ing form i f a i 1 ilv llmt 1 had not be tween the day of raid the day of any military place or any employment of pre in any military department under i- majesty beid- hove specify the mil ary commission or employment on thistiif or in he garri son or in the colonic nor any civil place or employment of profit under 1iu wajety except here pvcify the cifh place or employment and that the net annual emoluments of here repeat the civil place or employment do not ex ceed here state the annual amount of three times the higher rate of half jiy attached to the rank in virtue of which the officer receives jhilf pay you will further apprize them that if they hold any such civil place oremploy- ineut the net annual emolument of which exceed three times but fall short of four times the amount of ii ilf ray they may upon application to the secretary at war at the end of the year receive so much of their military allowance as together with those net annual emoluments may he equal to four times ihc amount of such half pay upon rodkitlg affidavit in the following form i a h do swear thai i had not be tween the dttypf and the day of any hlfhafy place or any employment of prdit or any military department under ills majesty besides here specify he ivilitarv commission or employment in tliestail or in lie gairi- sons or in the colours nor any civil piwcts w eawpfewjwwltt f phj tutlci i- majesty except irr gpccify fbe civil place or empioymen and that the net emoluments r ceivel u to be rec bv me in respect of iun repeat the civil place or cmploymeit from the day of to the ciy of together with the portion of mv military allow ance now claimed b ne do not exceed here state four tinns hc amount of the hihe t rate of ilallly attached to the rank in virtue of wluh the half pay is clnimed i am directed to alu that this arrange ment is not to have a r rospectire ope ration beyond the 2nh december 1818- signet v ml1uiv ments which it is said he has been prom ised from spain a st thomas paper of the 15th of october received at bofton gives fome curious particulars of the late hurricane in the ifland of st martins from five oclock on tuefday afternoon until the fame hour on wedncfday morning it blew with fuch a degree of violence that nothing could withftand it force men women and children bereft of belter wnh not a finglc fuit of linen to cover their nakednefs or where withal to fatisfy their hunger trees torn up by the roots houfes blown from their foundations fome of which were blown in the fca and pond one houfe in particular fituated over the pond was taken up wholly by the wind wherein was the manager and feveral negroes it was lifted from its bafis upwards of twenty feet high and for tunately on its defcent fell into a fpot which had been originally a cellar and contained three or four feet water in confequencc of which thofe in the houfe fuftained no injury an iron fix pounder with iron carriage was blown from fort amfterdam halt way to fort william the didance of about three quarters of a mile a cart with iron avletree was blown from gov ricks eftate to mr denckers about a quarter of a mile simpfoue bay was almoft entirely deflroycd there remaining in that town but fiv houfes one of the buildings wafted away by the pea contained nineteen perfons in the middle of the original fituatioa of the town there is a channel left of about thirty feet in breadth and feven feet deep during tfic gale there were three fhocks of an earthquoke which it is fuppofed did equally as much damage as the wind or fea sr thomis rih oct 1819 fi tortola there rw but ten houses standing in st bartall vessels ashore st martins has suffer tit dreadfully st croix felt but little t kitts and nevis suffered much the jjwernor of st kitts has opened tho islam for tlour bread stuifs and all kinds ofprovisinn and lum ber cattle worses for six months porto rico hassufferei m itll it is sup posed that the brig joteph s lewis of our port coming from st liarts to this place was loat during the storm having left st halts on the 21rt in the eveuiig from margaret fa there are dally brit- ish iiiecr- arriving iere who have lefj the independent erice in disgust the fiver rages amount he english at mar tfarefta most dreadfully genera eng lish is dead of it anda number more bolivar is positively at st fee new grenada htm furabhol him with 8000 men and about two millions of dollar samanos the viceroy ived himll with but few attendants and by way of mon- os reached carthacmi- we hear by way of porto cavellofllt he has been defeated by col aguawqpij and has es caped to maracalbo he is encamped at teribaco twelve miles distant from car- lhagena on an elevated pot hut it is confidently asserted thnt he has but 100 men with him the spanish general la- tone is with men ii that remains of the five regiments of navarre at cucu- ta hut general morillo mantk at st car los about 0 miles to the westward of caracas with about fl000 men and ap pears in have the intmtion to fortify a hul war valencia wi await r4afww- ext 1 act of a letter from a gentleman in jnjostnra to his friend in baltimore handed to the editor of he patriot datett jngoslura 20t sept 1 81 f vkc were yesterday gratified with bul letins from our army dated santa jv the capital of new grenada i enclose you the one issued immediately after the battle that led to this glorious resdlt you will see that our friend johnson was wounded the english corps is reduced to about 00 men these intrepid fellows have effected a great deal is acknowledged in the s0th bul letin our troops found between 5 and 600000 dollars in the mint and general bolivar writes to the vicepresident dr zca that he had on the lth of august more than a million of dollars in his possession 1 ail for new- york next week remark this intelligence is impor tant as it is direct and official the rumour of a change in the political circle at angostura which lately reached us whether true or false is of little con sequence the congress governs and the revolution will be complete oneof i he finest regions of all the earth will be opened to political and commercial rela tions wiih us the editor of the patriot has been favored with general bolivars official account of the capture of santa fe which l in the hands of a translator ivit me hatamoic amcr hov- 4 jl have oseri polircly favored zith the following extract of a letter dated buenos siyres aug 80 1819 t every thing goes on smoothly here the congress thus fargives pretty general satisfaction here i enclose you a state ment lately published giving a view of the iii be rent civil officers of government and the salaries attached to each and the number of representatives which has been fixed upon for each province they are n follows support anrjfbrrtc of those who assisted in circulating his writings now come in fer a share of his censures i fear that american civil agents will be very badly received here unless they are clothed with very ample pavers colonel lrfuchij at the head of a regiment and is again in favor this shews how cautious individuals in the united stat ought to be in espousiu the private quarrels of discontented indi vidual gnu ofthose banished o the united states from the boston ccntircl seizure of american property by lord cochrane accounts reached hereon monday that z coo dollar the proceeds of thecar- epa of the bri mamtoman captain e smith ofthhi port had been feicd and confiscated by lord cochrane in a port in lima and yeikrday we received in the baltimore ftilra republican a letter from chili giving more particulars of the event extracts from which follow santiago chili aog 12 1819 you will have htfard of the proceed ings of loid cocmranf in the chilian flett to irs leaving the blockade of callao to ad blanco with lour fell oi his return ins loidjlop got infor mation of money bring on the way from lima to guarmez and on the 5th april he landed a party of marines at supt a few leagued from which liey met capt smith of the htig macedonian of boftort and took him and ficm 60 to scooo dollars he had with him on board the ohiggins a paper figned by the phillippme compa ny was found on captain s deft rating the money to be paid for hiscoro amount ing to 1 2000 dollars was to be at the rifquc of the ptvr chafer 3 until it lliowld be on board the macedonian oipt smith afict being om board a while figned a dec- ument renouncing all claim to the money and was allowed to join his vtfle at guar- mez she wa feaiched but no money found on board her lord cochrane alfo buenos a vrcs formerly 1 now 3 cordova 5 d i t licit man do 6 do s gujo a 5 do 2 salia do 4 do 2 charcas do 2 do 3 gorbahamba do 2 do 3 poto de 1 31 do i 22 the repreenl natives are paid by the irious cone restiional districts in the different provinces excepting the three last which arc particularly under the influence of the spaniards l con sequence of which their representatives are paid at the rate of 125 dollars per mouth out of the national treasury but this sum to be hereafter refunded bl the provinces economy seems to be the order of the day the officers of the various departments clerks tc to the number of 121 have been diminished to 77 and the amount of their salaries 82a07 dollars has been reduced to 48550 dollars a saving of more than twentyjive thousand dollars kwvy preparation is making for defence in case of a formidable attack by the spaniards the british have evidently changed their conduct towards this country whether it proceeds from dislike to the appearance of settled order and stability u hich the government has assumed or to its republican form 1 know not their consul has been recalled but he is much liked here both by the natives and by the british merchants a national rank his been established but considering the prejudi ces of the people against paper money what success it will have i am at a loss to conjecture you will be surprised to hear that agrelo who was banished for a time to the united slates and filled the newspapers there with abuse against took from the french brig gazelle 62000 dollars which had been put on board by a clerk of the philippine company at guar mez the captain tefusiugto give a doc ument of renunciation was carried to pay ta where he figned it and was fet at liber lord cochrane has returned to vai- paraifo as has ad blanco the money takn from capt smith and from the french brig has been dillri- buted among the officers and crews the government taking half and thu before any condemnation by a prize court mr h hillij now here for the purpofe of eilablifliing a claim for all the property on board the fchr montezuma of balti more captain stephcnfon captured by lord cochrane oftcallaothe 24th march having a spanifh flag flying and having on board mu fleets fwordfcj floor cordage c lord ccchiane it is expected will foon put to fea with his fquadron and will carry a considerable number of con- greve rockets 41 the macedonian frigate captain dowses has touched near callao on her way to california u the brig ellenmaria of bo ion with provifions for the fquadron has bee cap- tuted bv the vcngaufa from callao i this k fvernmeiit is now vttin in 7 be above letter is frvm the houfc of uuv 1 the macedonian h infured at the vari ous offices in town to a large amount oltrageous rolfery the indignation which the above event has oecafioned and the incorrect manner in which it is narrated in the preceding letter have induced inquiries which have refulted in jhe following facls which we publilh on the bett authority capt smith in the macedonian trading at lima fold and delivered his cargo to the philippine cc before that port was de clared to be in a late of blockade and when the blockade was made by lord cochrane this veffel with the other tieutral veffels there went round to the little port of guarmez about 70 leagues n of lima being the port deiignatcd by lord c him- felf capt smith while on his way from lima to guarmez by land with 142000 dollars the proceeds of his crgo was in tercepted robbed of the money by lord cochrane and taken on board his hip where he was held a clofe prifoncr and where after having repeatedly declared that it was wholly american property he was compelled by lord c to iign a certi ficate that it was on spanfh account after which capt s was rclcafed and immediately protclled again ft thefe pirati cal proceedings and tranfmittcd his pro- teft with the neceflary documents proving that the property was bona fide american and the aftual proceeds of the cargo taken from bolton to mr hill the yice con- ful at valparaifo a flaterrient cf this daring traufadtion we learn has been feat on to washington and ii is not hazarding much to predict that the demand of this plundered proper ty will be mdc by a naval accompaniment which will iufure its immediate rcllitution or be followed by the capture of the free booter for what but freebooters would take property in this manner and divide it without adjudication who haa robbed our countrymen of it at the same timcaiiord- ing needed protection to our rich whale men in the south sea a late jamaica paper mentions that on- of the heavieft tains ever remembered fell in the town of falmouth jam on the loth of september it was afccrtaincd by a raingnage that the quantity which fell in ftfyfv minutes was 10 lcf than fw js incefj fivd thrftwffe

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