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loaff o nature shall iky sooty bow be doomd o bleed beneath a rod of steel to shrink before a monster loirvmg eye how long my ifcin his bloody scourges feel how ion rcr i my native proves shall greet freed ftiwn uiia thrall where first m infant eye peepm on the light and saw the fervid sun lliat sheds eternal sttruncr on their sky syhv did the demon seek my native soil and tear me from m parent- friend away yrs nv he sever d from the uliole i lovj to groan in bondage curad ffota day today till then west frcedam how sweet 0 wasmln 1 rovd a pit asurc on the flowery bill if tiid recliod raencaih the palmtrees shaik tf thirsty drank pure water from the rill if btroperpresfcd i reachd my hand and pluckd the luscloiis frutl that smild in every grove for there the segro god his food prepare who loves his children with a fathers lo- no killing vt inter sends his angry storms to spread destruction round the fruitful plain kb pinching frost the face ot earth deforms noi leave uyuiubrageous grove a leaflet trair- the glowing son forbids his withering blast to howl at all on afrits happy siiores but harvest gives throughout the blissful year nor eer famine shuts his bounteous store the breeze of ocean cools his fervid ray the thunder cloud oft veils his burning face and while he bathes him in the briny sea the midnight dews revive the floury race o lovely country where my falicr dwelt how rccollectioii paints to me thv charms where all miai happiness could give i felt v here oft i clasp d my zilla in ni anus o cruel tyrants i as a christian love i hdm zilla with affections trong like ou i glowd when nature warmm my heart or pleaad ilisteud to her artlessong- towii the malls of the english church were of flic best workmanship and two feet thick yet the building is levelled to its foundation- mr bartow was crushed in the ruins of her house about two hun dred lives lost on the island in the country every estate has suffer ed heavily- and some of the finest com plctcly destroyed particularly at cul de sac and little bay the grow lug crop entirely destroyed and but three boiling houses left standing on the lslaud i too had babe i as a father felt when prattling round they bung neon rn knee should 1 not love them with a father love o cruel christian 1 appeal to thee strong a the day i enter d zilla bower tor ziia dear my faithful love remains though now like me my zilla and her babes may toil in bondage or mu groan in chains oft as i wboess those whom love has west 111 sweet enjrnment by each others side my lonurd inart shrink in my dying breast llemerubi aucc calls to mi od toy on u lovd bride my bride iflj babes ihrsedearcst but not there the lies of nature or atteciion end an apd mother and a hoary sire were mine with brothers sisters and a friend 0 sad remembrance thee o oft has stung i meed tng heart with joys that once were mine why kill me not and snatch me from my woes why leave me still in misery 0 pine ihe christians say their god the cod of all regards his creatures with an eipal eye they tell mebefcreveatd to them his will and taught them mere justice from the sky if gva of all the negro too is bis then why permit him thus to be enlavd whv sleeps his vengeance on our bloody foes where sleep hit mercy that he doth not save rebellious christians thus to disregard what you yourselves confess your ood com mands let mercy plead let justice judge our cause no more iu africa blood imbrue jour bauds o had i plungd amidst the hungry waves when that tall ship me from mycouuiry bore then had i scapd my wretched wretched fate my soul had wugdhcr back to its dear shore but no the clankiug chains secttrd me faf my fated bondmale saw me long to die like me they gua vd their teeth in mad despair andgurd around the wild distorted eye great coj of justice rie avenge our cause remember afriis injur wretched tare let those unholy rebels to thy laws rcdiessour ftiottsfrarid wineottour dicace lrills talbtroad souuisou may 21 i h 1 9 j foreign mms a a a invernefs september 2 prince leopold on tuefday morning his royal high- nefs l ft kinrnra accompanied by the marquis pf huntly and the gentlemen who form his fuite he loped to par take- fa refreftunent at moy hall the refidence of sr eneas mackintofh and at iix oclock in the evening made his en try into invernefs amid the joyful acclama tions of a great conccurfe of fpeefcators of all ranks and ages who notwith landing the unfavourable ftate of the weather came out to witnefs his approach several ot w e uighbouring gentry went fome diftweeto mett his royal highnefs and tfeovted him into town west indies effects of the hurricane of 1st septem ber last at tortola of forty sets of sugar works net more than six arc standing and fonr- fiffhs of the town laid in ruins the ilon andrew andersen and the hon a c letll members uf the council are among the killed also mrs hether- ington the lady of the president of the lland the president himself was ta ken out of the ruins of his house on the mottling of the 2 in such a mutilated state that his lifeisdespairedof twelve other white inhabitants were killed and total number of lives lost 148 at st martins the town of simpsons cay was inundated by the swell of the sea the houses carried away and many lires lost the town at marmot suffer ed partially the same fate and the houses atfcar the sea waihed away the town of phillipsburg oil the great bay sideof the island was torn to pieces by the sea and vind very few buiklinis left standing and tin 7 very nuch shattered the two cliurehesijspitugovernorcantzlaars house general dniauds mr cuth- berfs mr alfturetvft mr j s richard- sons and other equally strong buildings havana 02 ad a spanifh veffel had been out from thin port feveral years on a negro voyage arrived net long ft nee reported they had fell in vviih the notorious seaserpent off the pan of iotanzas vomiting fmoak and apparently iu great agony having two large hand fpikes drove into his tail and going at the rate of ten knots raifing mountainous waves and fields cf foam upon invefttgation it was proved to be the sieaw boat jiavana oct 31 on the 2sth inst the auguft and sep tember packets arrived from cadiz vi por torico the former i vcngador in 8c the latter el voluntario in 49 days the lady of governor caigal on board theyconfitm the accounts of his catho lic majeftys refntal to ratify the treaty afligniog asa reafon that yrnjo had indrncl- ed don onis to cede the floridas without the kings fanetion it is faid that this miniller is in confluence a prifoncr at ceti- ta and that don onis had fled to london it is not here believed that a rupture will refult between the united states and spain but fears 2re indulged that the intimate poftefilon of the floridas by the ameri cans will induce great britain to fcize the ifiand of cuba to preclude an undivided controul of the gulf by the united states the new troopb luffer feverely from the climate the rains have been uncommon ly ik i r u tii j- au 1 tit s very fickly m confequence of the 3600 folditrs recently arrived i have alcertain- ed 316 privates and 7 officers have hten buried and that ic45 are now in the hos pital for their fupport and relief how ever the new governor has ycfteiday order ed the following additional duties on floor wine vinegar brandy 38th of a dollar per barrel and in cafes of liquoi c in the fame propoition to form a diittift duty for the garrifon from the albany daily advertiser ncv 15 in the following letter which is a tranb- iation from the original put into our pof feffion by drtorrey of ballllon to whom it is addrefled it will be feen that the views of the american colonization society have excited the attention of prefident boyer of hayti the reafons which he offers for a change in the dellination of the unfortunate blacks in this country arc plauliblc and befpeak a fee tag and a gene rous mind but whether they are defcrv ing the attention of the american people can beft be determined by that benevolent body of men who have fct forward and or- ganizm the colonization society lidsrty ann of ffayti- eluality republic of hayti jsan pjerre bovea prefident of hayti to mr jsss2 torlv new- york sir i have received along with the let ter which you have written to me the work on sinvery in the united states of which you are the author the principles which you develope in it are thofe cf a true phi latitiuopiu and i am pkaied to difcover the humane views which have prompted you to publifh this work ic breathes the foundelt morality the dtfintereftf dnefs with which phtlan thropilts afl induces me to believe that the fyfkm of colonizing the african race is in tended folely for their happinefs in this cafe would it not be preferable to dfreft thcr courfe towards this republic molt certainly thefe unfortunate beings would here find a fafe afylum a fertile foil and a country which offers as many advantages as africa which being little known would expote them to new difficulties as much by the aridity of the climate as the great labor it would require to render that coun try a comfortable relidence i pray you to believe sir that love of my brethren of the fame race together with hofpitable motives induces me to ub mit to you my ideas on this lubjefk they arenot guided by any private confideration nor by a defire of dilating any change in refolutions which may have been already adopted i have the honor to falute you boyer port auptince 30th of ihe month of seprembtr 18 19 year 1 6 of the independ ence been feparated l f anc3 caft mto one of the moft d dungeons of the holy office rm fcecaufe information againft her v by a wicked charader who declared that hie knew a great deal r jfpeing the imaginary revolution j himfelf went to the inquifition toiui an fhe was expoled to a fpcies of difgraceful torture cf which even i t country we have no example she was bound by the legs and arms with harfh ro on an uneven cradle of iron and finding f this painful attitude fhe did not give declarations conformably to the questions pr t0 fc falding water was poured o j m f this unfortunate heroine expired amidft the greatelt agoniei f vith the remem brance of her tv children onlv twenty- one days oid she was one of the heroines of valencia againft the attack of marlhal moncey thu fcene has been divulged by one ofihedepei dantson the inquilltion lefs inhuman thn the reft and the weeping relatives of this female martyr to freedom are now deploring her lof so great has been the horror and fury excited in the whole of valencia by this painful affair that it is vifibleon the countenance of every individual from the n- t national advocate census of the city we have received the official return of the cenfus taken by order of the coporation from which it appears t hat tlcre are one hundred and nineteen thoufand fix hundred and fifty seven inhabitants in the ten wards of this city giving an iucreaft witlun three years of icj 038 in thi cenfus there are 46783 males females 6c6o mac aliens 5204 female aliens 344 male coloured people 5829 females of colour 95 male slaves 155 female slaves and it ap pears that in three yrar there has been a decreafe of slaves to the number of 367 afcending the current if the fieamhoat does 170 alctnd the current fhe will ftill from her greater celerity have the majority of footpaflengers but in return the fuperior dimenfions of the teamboat will enfure her the conveyance of large droves ofcattle thus neither will prevent a reafonable profit on the capital employed in the other and the public will be ac commodated while the enterprifino pro prietors are enriched the holy inquijition a tale of horror extract of a letter dated valencia september 2 words are wanted to exprefs my feelings and to convey to you an idea ot the fcenes of horror and blood reprefented in this ill fated city my pen drops from my hand whtn i attempt to defcribe to you the horrid and excruciating torments which elio has impofed on 119 perfons of all clafte9 ages fexes and con ditions he himfelf being prefent at the greateft part of thefe abominable purifh- rrents in order that by his captions and defining quellions he might be able to rend from them the fecret of a revolution which he imagined would take place in valencia some have had their arms and legs diilocated with irons of a new inven- i xi 44 c unut lhat the french admial juvvv fou a 1 -c- 1 1 is to iiin admiral freemavttle juiy 2 j to proceed m w bary pram and declare to mult renounce titcir lyltem 01 t r 1 11 1 r iracy or be expofed to all the conlequencf r otanatmea eutopean leatjue 1 1118 f r rf meafure in confequence of the arrangemc t made la l- producing a good effeft year at aix la c haoelle cd mot fail cf phi lath in ja paper u novu from the canadian loura robberies at tevfyfe on the night of the 19th a belonging to mr j d i lymond was boxe- ot candles broken into and four carried off on the foifowtnt night the hop of mrs woods was h- h r pi fimilarly entered and a large quantity l n ri c mcrcnan- ta ftolen cmfiftinp of f m articles v ihr pjccej of 8 nel one piece of green fever q cambric shirting and p two pieces f the latter not f j piece of affbrted and peliffe f otha about womens one hundred pairs mens r shoes fifty pieces calico cut wuj thirty pieces of handkerchiefs an feveral pieces of while cot cut nd in lock fliort the moll valuable pm 6pp the fame night a canoe belong pierre forton was lolen b co hcen found near the bridge fin rnftttk with a fmall part of onods aboard it it thereto lhc m that it has been uled to t lpif booty to fome place wher e dilpofed of withon rifk or at icail concealed till the nou occailoucd by the depredation fliall hawfubfidtd it cannot be too ilrongly temmended to every member of the community to keep a ftrift watch on all fufpiciots charades and if from the quebec gttzette nov 25 troubles in england the popular agitation at present ex isting in england probably surpasses ev ery tiling of the kind which has occurred since the period of the revolution in 1g88 this agitation is chiefly connected wilh the question of a reform in the con stitution of the house of commons a question which has been ihe topic of po litical discussion for upwards of half a century and has been more or less strong ly contended for according to times and circumstances at the close of the american war the celebrated minister william pitt was one of its advocates but afterwards a- bandoncd it mr fox supported it warmly but when he also became a min ister thcie was nothing done by him or his colleagues during that short admin istration to effect reform among the mass of the people parlia mentary reform has always had warm partisans at the breaking out of the french revolutionary war it was moved in the house of commons by mr grey now earl grey but rejected by a large majority the popular agitations of the day were also connected with this ques tion but they were put a stop to by the war and by t he excesses of the french revolution uith which the overheated re formers in great britain were associated itn itkr puvhtr imisul bite ouutt ifta irew out of the war and the revolution and the thriving state of the country greatly reduced the number and the influ ence of the reformers and although re form has been occasionally moved in parliament and always thrown out by grc it majorities it produced very little sensation throughout the country till af ter the second downfall of bonaparte and the distresses which followed the es tablishment of general peace in e irop the opinions of ihe body of the peo ple in all countries are happily guided more by the manner in which they feel themfelves afrvftej by the laws and public authorities than by any political theories in great btitain and ireland the people are expofed to unwonted difficulties and hardfhips amidft thefe difficulties they are called upon foi heavy taxes and poors rates which they can ill afford to pay they are told of the extravagance of the public expenditure of the want of a fuffi- cient check on that expenditure on the part of the houfe of commons and hence the aliomfhing acceffion of force which the old partifuns of a reform in the confti- tut ion of that honfe have lately acquired it is admitted on all hands that the huufe of commons i3 very imperfcly confticuted as teprelentativc of the peo ple at large in england the population of the cnlinttgfl is extremely unequal and the number of members is nowife propor tioned to the population the county members arc indeed cholcnbythe freehol ders poflefling lands to the annual value of 40s flirlinc but many of the lands in xtuijuud ov nut iiccutus roe towns and boroughs in the interior which fend reprelcntatives to the houfe of commons have dwindled away to comparative noth- ingnefs from the increafe of foreign trade which has brought the population to the feapotts and manufacturing towns many any articles anfweiufr the defcriptton of which are not reprefented in scotland given are offered for fale under cjreum- llances not ordinary to give private fnti- matron to the perfinsobbed and to mcftrs mcvey woods cfihu city since writing th above we have learned that a flore belonging to louis barbeau efq notary public has been alfo broken into and fomr bufiiclsof oats and peas delta tion others have been prefled down wit 11 uornc of which were ofbtone ate denul- heavy weighs placed on the breads and isiud and th- sea forced a passage thro belly others have had their tuis dueled out h fbwif 0 tbttt it now coiiimunkatgs one by one in orehr to proon their fufferings ub the bait pond which was back of the even a hdy lately drliv w uf twins ban tjie fiwwcr and more expenfive procels of longveah traverse the teamboat viich plies between longueuil and theoypofite fhore is we underftand very locative clearing after a deduction of all expences about per clay on an average so certain is this that the fum expended iu her conftruftion has been lately offercd to her proprietor by a perfon noted for acutenefs and foie- fight in dealing but has been refufed by the latter who demands an additional q to reimburfe him for thecoli of an apart ment ereftcd on the deck devoted to the purpofes of a canteen he is probably difpofed to the fale from an apprchtnfion that his profits will incur a diminution too confiderable by the competition of the fleam boat recently launched at boucher villc but to thofe who bave obferved the number of batteaux formerly employed in the paflage and the more confiderable number of perfons vehicles and cattle whom the prefent facility of conveyance induces it will readily appear that a handfome revenue may be derived from both if the lleambwat afcends the current to the new matket fire will probably be preferred by the market people from longueuil and its vicinity who bringing no vehicles and having baefcs to carry have at prefent a fatiguing walk from the landing place to the city but thofe who coming to longueuil from the interior bring with them vehicles and who can therefore reach the market in a fhoit time after their diftmbarkatio will prefer a paflage in the team bot t the number of perfons entitled to vote in each county does not average above 100 in the towns the elections are altogether in the hands of corporations appointing their fucceflbrs or a few incorpotated trades generally throughout great bri tain the right of voting has alfo been di minished by the immenfc accumulation of wealth in a few hands which has enabled them to acquire a great many of the fmall freeholds which formerly exifted it has been aftertedand never contradicted that the maj rity of the houfe of commons is elected by lefs than fifteen thonfand per fons while the number of houfeholders paying taxes is little lefs than a million it is however maintained by thofe who are oppofe to reform that the ends of government have been better attained in england with the prefent ftate of the rep- refent3tion than in any other country that there exifts in that country greater li berty and fecurity of property than any vhereelfe that under thefe circumftances a charge fo materially affecting one of the three branches of the legislature might de- ftroy the balance of the conftitution ha zard all the exifting advantages and even tually produce revolution and general con fusion such feems to be the ftate of the qnes- tion refpefting parliamentary reform be tween thofe who are fincere on both sides there are however evidently among thofe who fide with one party or the oth er fo- e that ire not fincere they con- fift of perfons who profit by any abufes which may exift under the prefent order ot things and of thole who have nothing to lofe and a chance of confidtrable private gain by revolution and confusion it is only from the effortsof the two laft description of perfons that the prefeit agi- tationb in england are accompanied with any danger men who have difintcrefted views for the public good are never violent or wifh for violence it ih onjy thofe who have views pf private interdtj tit become violent themfelves or approve it in others what may be the number of the twe defcriptiors of perfons that we have men- t toned is very uncertain as far ay our own obfervation goes we fhould think fha they are but a fmall proportion of the peo ple who wifn for nothing but what in their opinion rray tend to the futnrc quiet and welfare of the nation aorj we truft that the prefent agitations will have the ef fect of making them more afiive in promo- ting it it is evidently impcifible that the prefent ftate of things can continue much longer without violence or a dangerous abridge ment of that public liberty which i the vivifying principle of the britifn conftitu- tion the enemies of england no doubt re joice in her prefent difficulties- but they know very little of that country whofup pofe it is about to become lefs powerful than formerly on tuesday htt fhc3d inst he first snow of any consequence this season fell in this city but it is not et sufficient 0 admit of good travelling vith winter carriages and the weather h again set in mild quebec gazette from uaketcelcs geology earthquakes and volcanoes may be con- fidered as dilferent efies produced by the agenc of fubterranean fire they fre quently accompany each other and in all inftances that have been obferved the firfl eruption of a volcanoe is preceded by an earthquake of greater or lefs extent vol canoes do not make their appearance in ev ery country where the hock of an earth quake is f but earthquakes are more frequent in volcanic diftris than in any other earthquakes are almoft always preceded by an uncommon agitation of the waters ofintf ovuu j oi-iux- pnngr fend forth torrents of mud accompaniet with a difagrceahle tench the air is generally calm but thecattle difcover much alarm and feemto be inftinftively aware of approaching calamity a deep rum bling noife like that of carriages over a rough pavement a rufhing found like wind or a tremendous cxplofion like the difchare of artillery immediately precede the ihock which fuddenly heaves the ground upwards or tofles it fiom fide to fide with violent and fucceffive vibrations the fliock feldom lads longer than a min ute but is frequently fucceeded by oth ers of greater or lefs violence which con tinue to agitate the furface of the earth for a confiderable time during thefe hocks large chafm3 and openings arc made in the ground through which fmoke and flames are feen to iftue thefe fome times break out where no chafms can be perceived more frequently ftones or torrents of water are cjefted from thefe openings n violent earthquakes the chafms are fo extenfive that large cities have in a moment funk down and forever difappeared leaving a lake of water in the place such was the fate of euphemia in calabria in 163 as defcribed by kir- cher who was approaching the place when the agitation of the ocean obliged him to land at lopistcura here fays he fcenes of ruin every where appeared around me but my attention was quickly turned from more remote to contiguous danger by a deep rumbling found which every moment grew louder th place where we good dv t t n rnmldlv rafter iome time the wolent paroxylm ceahng i flood up and turning my eyes to look for euphemia few only a frightful black cloud we waited till it hud pafled a way when nothing but a difmal nd put rid lake was to be feen where the city once flood the etent to which earthquakes pro duce fenfible effefts on the waters of fpnng6 and lakes in diliant parts of the world is truly remarkable during the earthquake of lisbon in 1755 almoft all the fprings and lakes in britain and every part of europe were violently agitated many of them throwing up mud and faod and emitting a foetid odour the morn ing of the earthquake the hct fpring9 at toplitz in bohemia fuddenly ceafed to flow for a minute and then but ft forth with prodigious violence throwing up tur bid water the temperature of which was higher than before it is faid to have con tinued fo ever fmce the hot wells at briftol were coloured red and rendered unfit for ufe for fome months afterwards even the durant waters of lake ontario in north america were violently 3gita- ted at the time thefe phenomena offer proofs of fubterranean communications un der a large portion of the globe they al fo indicate tbut a great quantity of pas or elaftic vapour was fuddenly generated and endeavouring to efcape from the foetid odour perceived in fome firuations it may be inferred that this gas is hydrogen or fulphuretted hydrogen in other inftan ces it may be fleam which condenfing a gain would produce 2 vacuum and occa- fion the external air to prefs downwards which has been obferved in mines immedi ately after the hock of an earthquake the fpace over which thv vibration ot the dry ground is felt is very great but generally wider in one direction than an other and where a fucceflion of earth quakes has taken place in the famedillrift it is obferved that the noifc and fnock ap proach from the lame quarter it has been before mentioned that earthquake t it is theopiniori 6f some ti vrlur llial l lakes of north america were mire ibt iuimeusr craters ofantieot volcanor it ha ien olr-rrv- during mairp earthquakes in ihe i arrr stae thru the miiitrrrauran noif nd moupn p apffearcd to cormnrnrr frvu ilao t aici rtv end towarjn ri in 1 direction froqiuh no iw1