Huts are now erected for the miserable sufferers. The inhabitants cannot be too highly praised for the exertions they have made, taking in as many of the houseless poor as their houses would hold, aud cloathing them with their garments. AMERICA: UNITED STATES. Some notion of the extensive transactions carrying on between this country and America may be formed from the following article: Army reduced. Vienna, March 17.—It is difficult to imagine with what pleasure the reduction of the Austrian army is beheld. Independently of its financial advantages, it must have an influence on our daily subsis tence, and especially on the price of provisions, which are extremely high. The true cause of this dearth must be ascribed to a too numerous military establishment, which took from agriculture between two and three hundred thousand men in the vigour of their age. Mr. Walla, the Jew broker at Prague, has cut his throat, in consequence of com New York, March 8.-Five thousand two Regent, Bartlett, from Liverpool 4,014 Amphion, Jones, from Dublin ditto 680. 194 180 Julia and Mary, from Greenock 5,276 BELGIUM. Waterloo Observatory blown down. Brussels, March 29.-The violence of the late winds has thrown down the observatory, which commanded a view of all the hills and valleys of Waterloo. The proprietor of the ruins of the Chateau of Hougomont has on his side caused all the woods to be knocked down. The trees, pierced by thousands and thousands of bails, and that observatory (erected by the orders of the Duke of Wellington, a short time before the battle), the witnesses of so much glory and mourning, and of so distinguished a triumph, have vanished for ever. English Emigrants. General Washington's remains transferred. The widow of General Washington has consented to the removal of her husband's remains to a spot on which it is proposed to erect a national monument to his me mory. In her auswer to the President of the United States on the subject, she says -"Taught by the great example which I The Brussels Papers state, that three hunhave so long had before me, never to op- dred families have lately received passports pose my private wishes to the public will, in England for the Continent, with intent I must consent to the request made by to settle at Brussels. The dread of a perCongress, w. ich you have had the good-petual Income Tax may have been a strong ness to transmit to me; and in doing this, motive with many of those persons to emiI need not, I cannot say, what a sacrifice of grate. individual feeling I make to a sense of public duty." Charleston and Virginia papers bring information that an epidemical disease, very destructive in its effects, has again made its appearance in Virginia and North Carolina. The mortality among the inhabitants of the counties adjoining to Norfolk has exceeded the ravages of the fatal epidemic in the winter of 1814-15. AUSTRIA. Military memorial. DENMARK. Taxes abated. The King of Denmark has been pleased to order a great reduction of the land taxes in the kingdom of Denmark. The tax upon hearths in the country, imposed in 1812, is abolished; and the corn-tax, imposed in 1813, of 612,000 tons in kind, are reduced to 100,000 tons.-(Hamburgh papers.) FRANCE. FRENCH CONTRIBUTIONS. An account of all the sums of money Vienna, March 2.-The Hungarian gre- paid, or stipulated to be paid by France, nadiers of the battalion of Jarossi, when under whatever denomination, to the Brithe four Venetian horses were removed tish government, or to any of the departfrom Paris, resolved to have some fragmentments of the British army serving in as a memorial, and chose the eagle which was on the front of the car of victory. This eagle is arrived quite safe, and is placed, with the consent of the Archduke Palatine, in the Hungarian National Museum at Buda. of 24. L. 3. d. in 1815 10,000,000 416,666 13 21st of Decem 4 Mar. 1816 (a) 7,000,000 291,666 13 Francs 17,000,000 £708,533 6 Francs. 4 Leaving the to- expense of army in 1815 . . 10,000,000 1816 416,666 13 4 6,747,820 281,159 S 4 Francs 16,747,820 L697,825 16 % Births and deaths: Paris. The Gazette de France states the number of Births in Paris in the year 1815 at 22,612, of which 8,976 are natural children, or born out of wedlock, exceeding that of 1814 by nearly 1,200; Marriages 5,575; Divorces 32; exactly the same number as that of 1814; Deaths 19,992, of which 416 were in consequence of the small pox. In 1814, the deaths amounted to 33,160, among which were those of 3,000 women, who died of sudden fright or oppression of the heart (saisissement). There was, according to French, accounts, a remarkable discrepancy in the number of deaths among the Allied troops in Paris in 1815. The Russian army lost 23 men; the Austrian army, 15; the Prussian army, 154; and the English army, 1,027. Ancient Ceremony Revived. Paris, April. 12.-The ceremonies of the Last Supper being too painful for bis Majesty, who would have been obliged to remain long standing, it was Monsieur who filled the place of the King in this act of piety, practised by our monarchs from time immemorial, on Holy Thursday. Thirteen children of poor but honest parents were admitted to the honour of representing the Apostles. They were all in red tunics, and placed on benches sufficiently raised to enable the prince, without stooping, to wash their feet, wipe them and kiss them. Every child received from the hands of Monsieur a loaf, a small cruse of wine, thirteen plates, and thirteen fivefranc pieces. The Dukes D'Angouleme and Berri performed the functions of waiters, and brought the bread, the wine, and the meats. All these ceremonies were gone through with a piety and collectedness worthy the descendants of St. Louis. French Institute-An Ordonnance has been published for placing the National InFrancs 252,180 stitute upon a new foundation. It is to consist of four classes, in the titles of which the ancient names of the French Academies | thus will be only a duty on home consump will be revived-"The French Academy, tion. The tariff is still, however, too high; -The Royal Academy of luscriptions and and I would propose to replace it by duties Belles Lettres-The Royal Academy of on cotton stuffs imported, of which it will Sciences The Royal Academy of Fine be vain to attempt the prohibition. LandArts."-These are declared to be under the smuggling will still elude the vigilance of direct and special protection of the King. our custom-house officers; and the only The first Academy consists of forty Mem- means of putting a stop to it, is to impose bers, of whom thirty-eight are named in on the goods introduced, a duty which the Ordonnance; the second of forty, of may counterbalance the premium of the whom thirty-seven are named; the third insurance-writers." of fifty-seven; the fourth of forty. The French Academy have ordered a medal to be struck in honour of Ducis, their celebrated tragic poet. All nations ought to feel an interest in the homage paid to genius; but England especially may view with pleasure the distinction shown to a man devoted to English literature, and who, by his six translations from Shakespeare (King John, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Othello, Hamlet, Lear), manifested at least his foud admiration for the great bard, whom the mass of Frenchmen, not having capacity to comprehend, presume in their ignorant vanity to despise. The most important improvements have taken place in the situation of the manufactures of Avignon. The number of silk looms in activity during the last quarter of 1815 surpassed by more than 200 that of the preceding quarter; thus furnishing employment to 700 workmen who were previously destitute of it, and a manufac ture extraordinary of more than 458 webs of different kinds. Steam-Boat: Spectacle. The Eliza steam boat arrived at Paris from Rouen, in sixty hours. The distance is 100 leagues. Rouen has also presented in February last a very animated spectacle. Many foreigners have appeared there; our spun cottons have been much in demand. Superior sales to those in January have taken French Cotton Manufactures.-The fol- place: the same has been the case as to lowing observations by Count Beugnot, on linen yarn; in short, during the preceding this subject, in the French Chamber of De-month, there has been an increase in the puties, in their sitting of the 9th, are inter-sales to the amount of 2,100 pieces in velesting:-"The use of cotton stuffs has be- veteens, cord3, &c. come extremely common in Europe, and has extended even to the lowest classes of society. England first introduced this taste, and cultivated it to her great advantage. France in her turn became possessed of this new branch of industry: and is still, in presence of her formidable rival, competing with some advantage in the more common articles of manufacture, and consequently of chief cousumption. But Eng land has over France an immense superiority: her machines daily acquire increasing perfection; her capital is extremely abundant, and her supplies of the raw materials very easy. Hence results a lowuess of price against whieh our manufacturers cannot contend, even with the addition of 10 per cent. required by the Engligh un derwriters as the premium of insurance on smuggling. On the other hand, our cotton manufactures experienced a fatai shock in 1814, when it became necessary to pass immediately, and without gradual transition, from the Continental to the Europeau system. Under these circumstances, let us not tax the raw material (cotton wool, severely. The duty recommended by the Committee will not amount to more than from three to seven centimes on the ell of cotton cloth, which will be countervailed by the premium allowed on export, and At two o'clock at noon, the steam-boat entered Paris. The quays and barges were covered with people. It passed under one of the arches of the bridge of Louis XVI. without any obstacle, crossed the basin at the garden of the Thuilleries, and passed the Castle amid shouts of "Vive le Roi!" About half an hour after its arrival, the Duke of Angouleme went on board. The Parisians have not yet done wondering at the steam-boat, in praise of which but what is better, there is great reason to their journalists are absolutely wanton : hope that their admiration will not evaporate in a few warm panegyrics, for there is a partnership of highly respectable persons ing a communication between London and already formed for the purpose of establishParis by means of steam-boats. Supplies of Corn, imported. The numerous afflictions to which France has been subjected, is at present increased in various quarters by a scarcity of corn. An early knowledge of this fact occasioned several cargoes to be sent from Cork to the Garonne, &c. but though the want of the grain was admitted, there was not money to pay for it, and the persons who had it in charge had no other alternative than to take it back, or barter it for wine. Several cargoes of four have arrived at Havre from Liverpool. They have sold at the rate of from 34 to 36 francs the barrel, weighing in the rough 200lb. marc weight, and 180lb. neat, taken in actual deposit, on which there is a duty of 50 cents. per metrical quintal. Twenty more ships loaded with corn have entered the river. Six have already made their declarations at Rouen. About 600 acres of the forest of Chantilly have been consumed by accidental fire. M. de Sasselange, formerly a Captain in the regiment of Auvergne, who is now 102 years old, and has been a Knight of St. Louis since 1747, wishes to know whether there are any Knights living whose brevets are anterior in date to his. Mr. Martyn, who had the management of the School in Paris, established on the Lancasterian, or British System, has been dismissed from his important post by an order of the King: and Messrs. Billot and Frossard, who were employed in the same useful manner, have also been compelled to give in their resignation. French Oratory.-One of the Paris papers mentions a M. Maguier Granderez, who delivered a written speech in the Chamber of Deputies lately, that lasted five hours and a quarter. The Chamber began to thin soon after he had commenced, and when he had finished was nearly empty. Royal Marrriage. Paris, March 29-The Princess Marie Caroline, who is to be united to the Duke of Berri, is the issue of the first marriage of his Royal Highness the hereditary Prince of Naples with Marie Clementine, daughter of the Emperor Leopold. The following are the speculations of a French journalist on the matrimonial connections forming in various parts of Europe: After so many years in which Mars has triumphantly troubled the nations, it is but fair that Venus should have her turn. May happiness and prosperity attend these illustrious conjunctions! The number of them is, certainly, remarkable. Among other characteristic traits which the situation of Europe affords at preseut, we must remark the great number of mar riages about to take place between different Sovereign Houses. In uniting the Heiress of three Crowns to a Prince without territories, England seems to indicate that she does not desire continental alliances. Yet we recollect that the English Ministers had reckoned on a marriage with the Prince of Orange, as a compensation due to the efforts which England had made for the common cause. Spain and Portugal, united by nature in both hemispheres, form, by a double mar riage, ties which may one day reunite, under the same sceptre, that fine monarchy of Charles the Fifth, in which the sun never set. Russia, the Low Countries, Prussia, and Wirtemberg, are uniting themselves by the marriages of two Grand Duchesses and one Grand Duke. When one reflects upon the identity and political views that guide that unites the Sovereigns of Russia and those Courts, and the personal friendship Prussia, one cannot deny that this federation governs the whole North of Europe. Denmark is the most ancient branch of the House of Holstein Oldenburgh. There is but one country a stranger to this kind of family compact that embraces northern Europe. A double marriage will soon establish new ties between the House of Naples on one side, and the Houses of Austria and France on the other. These ties will probably have a happy influence over the political relations of the South and the centre of Europe. In this sphere Bavaria alone has as yet no family ties but with the North. The importance which politics seem to attach to these numerous marriages, is the best men for the tranquillity of Europe, It proves that we are hereafter to consider the principle of legitimate procession as the basis of political combinations, and as the guarantee of the future repose of nations. State of Agriculture. A native of Normandy, who has had much experience in English husbandry, and is now settled as a Cultivator in his native province, says, that a man must not and that his neighbours are very averse go out of England to learn husbandry ; from being instructed; those who are intelligent being more inclined to botany than farming. Their implements are many and clumsy, and fit only to make a bonfire of he has only seen one or two great clumsy drills, which no one can put to rights. He expresses great want of a small drill machine. He mentions with approbation, a little mill to grind or bruise, | made of steel, about the size of the brim of a hat, the faces stand perpendicularly and turn against each other, two of which have been lately sold to go to England. Nothing has been done to improve any sort of cattle, except horses, and all the good brood mares were taken away by the former Government. He says, that were it not for the foreign troops, whose consumption has kept up the price of corn, the French farmers would have been in as deplorable a state as the English, and that, after all, Wheat is now selling at the rate of six shillings for a Winchester Bushel. Fat meat is dear, but the country does not look for, or depend much on it. GERMANY. Mineralogical studies. of the representative of his Most Faithful Majesty of Portugal. The Court of Brazil has addressed an official note to the See of Rome, in which it expresses strong sentiments of abhorrence at the revival of an Order of Monks, which had been so mischievous, and had been abolished by the general consent of Europe. Hoffer's remains removed. A letter from Italy, dated 16th March, says "The Emperor has visited at Mantua, the grave of the brave Andreas Hofer, who was shot there: his bones are to be taken up and conveyed to the Tyrol, to be there solemnly interred. Precautions against Infection. In the kingdom of Naples, the sea cordon, on account of the plague at Noja, has an extent of near 500 miles, and requires The Academy of Mines, says a foreign daily 10,500 men to occupy the posts. paper, established at Freyberg, in the Erz- The town of Noja, about one and a-half geburg, under the direction of the cele- Italian miles in circumference, and conbrated Werner, and which had experi-taining about 6,000 souls, is closely surenced dilapidations for some years past, is again in a state of prosperity. A great number of pupils from foreign parts have arrived there, and some Englishmen were besides expected. Werner was about to publish a very important mineralogical work. He is at present engaged in making researches for several salt mines, which are expected to be discovered in the kingdom of Saxony, and particularly in the Vogt land, in the environs of Plauen. Steam Boat: Trade and Commerce! ITALY. Torture abolished. rounded by a double cordon. The first is formed by two ditches, 60 paces from the wall of the town, and 50 paces from each other, 10 paces broad, and 8 feet deep behind which a battalion with 2 cannon, forms a close chain. Over each of the ditches is a draw-bridge, confining the access to the town by a single gate, provided with a double grating; a board is attached to it, forbidding any person from approaching the ditches from the town under pain of death. To keep order in the town itself, there is a detachment of 24 men and one Officer, and a Commandant. A regiment of infantry and a corps of cavalry form the second Cordon, five miles from Noja, in an extent of 25 miles, in close connection with the Cordon on the Rome, March 31.- A decision of his Holiness, relative to the form of procedure habitants and the military of the several sea side. All intercourse between the inin Inquisitorial matters, forbids the appli-Cordons is most rigorously prohibited, so cation of torture to the accused. This decision has been addressed by his Eminence the Cardinal Secretary of State to the Ministers of Spain and Portugal. The Pope has made an extensive creation of Cardinals, comprehending eighteen of the order of Priests, and three Deacons. They are nearly all Italians, with the exception of two or three Spaniards. The Financial embarrassments of the Holy Father still continue; he has just been obliged to take up 800,000 scudi of the Jews. Jesuits: revival opposed. The attempt of the Pope to restore the Order of the Jesuits does not appear to meet with the concurrence of all the Roman Catholic Powers; not even with that that a priest from Noja, who had sold to a Neapolitan soldier a pack of cards, was shot as well as the soldier, the former after having been deprived of ecclesiastical dignity, the soldier on the spot. The same rigorous measures are taken at Corfu.-— Three English soldiers who went from one Cordon to another, to see their comrades," were shot. PORTUGAL. Remonstrance against the Jesuits. Rome, March 12-Copy of a dispatch addressed to the Portuguese Minister at the Court of Rome:-- Palace at Rio Janeiro, April 1, 1815. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, my master, having taken under his consi |