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Foreign. X F.W- YORK, SFJTEMBRR 3. L.JTE FROM EUROPE. Captain Webl>> of the ship A then, arrired last night in the. very short passage of 28 days from Cork, has obligingly favored the Editor of the New- York Gazette wkh Cork papers to the 2?d of August. ^Jiiots ut Manchester. On Monday the 16th of August, the Keforin meeting was held at Man chester. There were not less at this meeting than 100,000 people collected from the villages round for twenty miles. Orator Hunt was the leader. The approach of the differ enf bodies of the deluded populace, of which it was constituted, was made with all manner of ou * aril display, in order to impose forbear ance on the civil authorities. Ban ners and hands of music added their effect to the march of the different divisions of the reformers, which ?was conducted with something like! military precision. ? Among the for- 1 mer were several bearing the follow- i jng inscriptions and devices ? " Let ' u4 die like men, and not heimld as slaves !" ? No Corn Laws ? Annuul Parliaments, anil Universal Suf frage. ? Major Cartwright's Bill? j The Rose, supported on each side by the Shamrock and Thistle, with : two hands united, and the word Union among them. Three differ-; ent flags, hearing the cap of liberty, ' on the flag staff. " Equal Repre sentation or Death .'?Taxation, with false representations, is uiytist ami tyrannical." Women, in considerable numbers, were united to these processions, and ? advanced with them to the general place of meeting fa Peter's Square. When 'every thing of preliminary arrangement bad concluded, Hunt, I with his immediate party, mounted i a platform prepared for tlicir recep-i lion, from whence lie proceeded to Address the multitude. His haran gue was suffered to go on one hour,, until the riot act had been read in due ' form,* and then be was interrupted by a body of cavalry, acting under the orders of the civil magistrates. They made a Aill charge in full gal lop, amongst the crowd to the plat, form on which he was placed, cut it down with their swords, and took Hunt and all on the stage prisoners. ! They then made a second charge to disperse the people, io which hun dreds were thrown down and rode | over. Kive lost their ?lrves, and about too were severely wounded. All continues confusion till evening, when the mob broke some windows in the New Cross. The 88th foot then fired on tnem and killed four men; they were assailed by the molt with stones and brickbats; and one dragoon was knocked down by a blow, and has since died. On the i7?h, all was alarm, and the streets ?crowded with militia. Orders were Issued for all the shops to be closed, and it vms reported that sot.-.e thou sands were, coming to Manchester with pikes snd arms. Cannon was placed in the streets, but the molt seemed desperate, and determined to bovu revenge. Hunt, Johnston, Knight, Moorhouse,' Sexton, snd the other leaders of the Reformers,1 were imprisoned fa seperate cells. . Disturbances are said to have broken out in Sicily. * ' The Prince Regent \v as continu ing his excursion in the royal yacht, SEPTEMBER 24. LATEST FROM EUROPE. By the ship Dawn, from Bristol, we last evening received the London Courier of the 19th of August. A meeting of the riblion weavers took place at Coventry on the 10th, in consequence of the low prices paid for weaving; and as an agreement was in 1817* entered into l>et\\een masters and meu to pay a certain price, which has at various times *>een reduced, the body of weavers inflicted what they deemed a punish ment upon two individuals, w ho, the\ Considered, hsd heen the w.e&ns ol those reductions, placiug tfeeu* on f\A and parading the streets to -br a nusemeni som*% ami < lie gre t 'error of others, hot not offering any violence to their persons. On t lie next clay it was sup'Hvsed 1500 peo ple would parade the streets v*ith asses, in order to ride others. The Tnagistrates had very properly inter fered, to prevent fifrlher disturbance. Every thin?; was again quiet in Manchester. Troops hud been sent to Macclesfield. On the lGth of June there was a fire at St. Petersburgh which threat ened at one time to destroy the whole * of the tallow warehouses ; but it >\ as got nut with the loss of three barks, six lighters, and about 1000 casks of tallow. The accounts from the Continent are very ominious. The Govern ment of Prussia seems to be agitated in no common degree. A letter from YVishaden states, that arrests, domiciliary visits and sequestrations of papers continue there, and excite general surprise. These appear to l>e carried op at the instance of the Berlin police. Be vera 1 clergymen have been taken op. They are ac cused of entertaining republican prin ciples, and of mingling politics witfi their religious instructions. On Thursday the Prince Regent completed his 57th year. Lady Byron is no\v at the Grove House, at Tunbridge- wells,, living in entire seclu?ioii with her motlier and child. TheJVfarquis de la Fayette lately , gave a French merchant, who was going to St. Domingo, a letter of re commendation to the President of the Republic of Hay ti. He has receiv ed, in return, a letter full of the warmest .expressions of esteem. The Isle of W ight is in a complete bustle' at the present mommt, by the Presence of his Royal Highness the ^ince^^nt, w hose rendezvous is appointed in thatChaimel, ^ The in habitants are elated with joy at the event, no monarch having ever been upon the island since the imprison ment of the unfortunate Chat-let at Cariskvoofke Castle. .The Paris papers of Monday ar rivedttfj* afternoon. p At the King's levee, on Bunday, the Mini - er of Marine presented to Ills Majesty two young I'rinces from Aladagascar, who have been sent hy their parents to he educated at Paris. Another celebrated exile, tbeDuke of Bassano, (IV^aret,) is said to have obtained permission to ^ return to France. j *TheDuke of Wellington's desti nation is reported to he Carlsfuul, Where, as our readers are aware, a sort of Congress is about to l>e held. As yet nothing is said of an envoy on thepart of France. The ultra royalist paper the Quo-' tidienne, affirms that the Presidency of the Ministry ha* been offered trt ;the Duke of Rfchelf?i?> but refcrced % his Grace. \l. Gentfc, the celebrated political writer, has been invited to Carlsbad hy Pridce Metternich, in order to draw u\> a declaration, in name of the Sovereigns, to the people of Ger many. It has been recently rumoured in the political circles, that the British Government has entered into a very close alliance with tlie Court of Per sia, and has not only ensued to sup ply the munitions of war, but to per mit many British officers, peculiarly selected for abilities, knowledge, and experience, to engage in the Persian service. The chief ohiect of the re lated treaty m said lo be, to form a rlieck upon the ambition of Rumia, and to interpose Persia as a barrier against any designs which Russia may hereafter meditate upon India. Latest, from Livstjxol* We have been favored with a Liv erpool price cyrrent of the 21st of August a week later than our former, received by the Hihermn from Dub lin. Tb<* cotton market liad not been , so brisk the last, as the four ?r five weeks prev'naia. The total tale# of all (iHcriptiona amounted to aliout fl.000 bn$? ? prices, however, I*'! not dcclwcd. (ieorgia U upland, 49 3-4<l. a ia. Id.; New-Orleans. ? 18 1-2 a 17d. A pretty extensiv* 'xiKiness had been don? in tobacco during tbe week ; prices without al-j teration. No alteration in* Naval; Stores? -Tar *4s. Gil. a 4 0s. 6d. ; Turpentine lis. a Ids. 6d. ; Rio declined 2s. * Domestic . NORFOLK, SEPT. 22. From 1he Mediterranean . From a source that may l>e relied on wo have received the following statement of facta relative to the lute unhappy misunderstanding among the principal officers of our Medi terranean squadron : U By virtue cif a warrant issued by commodorc Stewart, Commaniler in chief, &c. Court Martial, com posed of the fallowing officers, viz : Capt. JM'DonougK President, Ballard j '? ft i >??? - tog** . _ J Benjamin JF. Bourne, Judge Advocate, convened on hoard the; frigate Gurriere on the day of ? , ! for the trial of ? , a marine, charg ed with having; stabbed a man be longing to the Franklin. " The Couit, pursuant to ol der, continued its proceedings on board the Guerriere, until the evidence was closed and sentence passed, w hen ii was adjourned to meet an shore af \ A'aples, the ue*t day, in conse quence of the Judge Advocate, m here I having revised *nd signed the record,, the Court then adjourned, " without !: " The proceedings and tentence being sent to the Commander in chief for his approbation, (as the law re quires) were by him declared illegal and of no effect?; first, because the Court had been held on shore, in disobedience of his order inquiring it to be held on bomd the Gurritre; and secondly , that it had been held where the United Htates had no ju risdiction? consequently^ having no jurisdiction there over the offence I charged against the prisoner, lie was | ordered to be discharged from aiv rest, and the proceedings against him annulled. " The Commander in chief revi ved the Court by signal to * receive this Communication, to which by way of remark he added, that " sat isfied these irregularities on " th* ? part of the Court had -proceeded 4< from inadvertence, he should not " further notice them at that time, ? but trusted that in any further pro " ceilings they would be more ob " servant of the la^vs and regulations " provided in such cases, that cul ? prits deserving punishment should "not escape to the pujudioe of the u service"? or words to tliat effect. "The Commodore considers the Court to have then dissolved, al though he made no order to that ef fect, as is customary. " TheJ^otwt were of opinion that this Communication of the Commo dore should form part of their record, and as he had not returned it to them they requested it of him for that pur pose, which wat| complied with; atid the Court wefe An ther of opin ion that the lauguage used by the Commodore in his communication wm a censure upon their proceedings ??an uryustifiable interference with the, noleir.ii deliberations of the Court, who, as a body , were perfectly inde pendent of liisconttol, and without ?vthe pale of his reproof. ? Not bav ing tieen dissolved by the Commo dore's order, the Court still consider ed itself in existeuce, and resolved to convene again to vyidicate its hon or and dignity against the imputa tions of the Commander in Chief. ? The Court did meet, and a resolu tion was unanimously passed to that effect, but the squadron being order ed to saH, nothing further waa done in it until its arrival at Gibraltar, when the Court was convened bv signal from the President f to aci upon the resolution, which was ac cordingly dune? when jt WM seat U tjie Commodore, 1 " He (the Comttodore) considers this act of the members of the Court ig declared in language highly ilis respectful to him their su|>erior offi cer ? insulting to his rank and author ity ami subversive of his power ? that t he Court was no longer in being, he having, as he had an undoubted right to do, antiuled its proceed ings, and discharged the prisoner. ? That a signal made (wltiltx he w as present) ordering the court to meet was a con tempt to I. is |K)wer, and the meeting of the o Ulcers for that object, an usurpation of authority to erect them selves into a tribunal contrary to law, and for no other purpose than tQ^ bring him iuto contempt and to vio- j late the fundamental rules enacted for the subordination and discipline of the service." " The Members of the. Court dis avow^' such an intention, and oiler their tribute of respeCt to the person and character of the Commander in Chief, but sustain the opinion of their corporate rights and the resolution founded thereon. The Commander in Chief declares the meeting to have been unlawful, the lauguage disres pectful and insnlting, suspends the officers from enmmaud, and prefers his charges, See." SEPTEMBER 25. The Hero of T.ckf Erie, thr gallant OJLI - VhR H. PEHRW ta no m ?re ! ! ! , The U. H. Corvette John Maims, arrived in Hampton Roads, yester day afternoon, about 2 o'clock, from Port Spain , (Trinidad) from which place she sailed (lie last clay of August. From Lieut. Commandant Claxton. who at present commands that ship ? we have received the fol lowing communication*, respecting the death of this distinguished offi cer. . COMMUNICATED. I) TED ? Ou the 28d August, on hoard U. S. Schooner Nonsuch, at the moment of Imr ai rival at Port Spain, in the Island of Trinidad, Commodore OLIVER H. PER. KY. He was taken with the yel low fever on his passage from the To*n of Augostura, and although he was attended by two able pbysi crans, lie w as reduced to t lie greatest extremity on the fourth day of his illness. Sensible of his approach ing dissolution, he called his officers together, and communicated his last wishes. He retained his faculties to the last ? was perfectly collected and resigned, and submittedjo his fate with great resolution and fortitude. His remains were interred at Port Spain, on the 24th August, with !Naval and Military honours. The troops of the Island, a great con course of citizens, together with the officers and crews of the John JlfamB and JVbitauch formed the procession. The funeral was splendid and im posing, and there appeared to he but one sentiment of mournful regret, among all who assembled to witness this melancholy spectacle.? Tht con duct of the governor, Sir Ralph Woodford, on this occasion, was marked wiih distinguished respect towards the deceased, and every American should feel great ful to him for the honours which lie paid to the remains of their gallant couutrymau. It was the wish of the officers of the squadron that the body should l>e immediately carried to the United States, but the Surgeons were of (opinion that it would have been ut terly impracticable. ,\Ve are happy to learn, by this i arrival, that the 'affairs of the Patri ots in Venezuela are in a moat pros perous and flourishing condition. ? (ilen. Bolivar had seized upon a pass communicating with New Gre nada, from w hich section of country lie expected great sup|>ort. liacelo na had fallen into their hands, and troops to reinforce them were con stantly arriving from England.? General Arismkndi, the distinguish ed <Uf*mt*r ?f M&rgaretta, had late ly been tried by a court-martial at Angostura ; The result had not tran spired. Two days before the JVoiwuch ailed from Angostura, for Trinidad, a sj4oi#!i4 public* dinner w as given to Com. Prm/ and his officer*, at which many of the most distinguish* fit civil and military officers were present. On the following day, tbe new c onstitution of the Republic was signed, amidst the roar of artillery and the acclamations of the people-. The U. 8. schr. Nonsuch, under command of Lt. Tukneu, (late of the John Adam*,) had gone to Kio de-la-IMata. to convey the melancho ly intelligence of the death of * oin. J erry, to the Frigate (\nistellc1iou, expected at that port, wbere the squadron whs to join l.er. AVe regret to add that the Non such lost whilst at Angostura, Mid* shipman Juliati llepester ;i?d 4 men, viz. David Ballenffi^, Jol.n llarri son, Leighton Wood and A i ? nio Flore?, of yellow fever, w ith ?n J ich a majority of her officers and crew suffered jpost severely. On the 14th inst. off Capo H:\t teras, the John Adams experienced a tremendous gale of wind, which lasted 8 days, during which the nhip sprang her raizeti mast and sustained other damage in her spars. The frigate C onstellation, Capt. Wadsworth, got under weigh yester day, from her anch rage in. the Rile of Craney Island, and came too in Hampton Roads, where, we sup 1K)se, she will w ait for further order* rem Washington, in consequence of ! the arrival of the John Adams. To the friendly attention of Lieut. I Omd't. ClajH-on, we are indebted I for a file of the Port of Spain Ga | xeite, from 6tl? to 28lli August ? From the last date we have exiract ed the following handsome tribute to the remains of our. late Naval Wor thy, the brave, the generous, the gallant OLIVER H. PERRY, Esq'r^ of whose premature death it wa8 our unwelcome duty to give the first sad tidings in the bvacqn of this morning. DIED? Cn Monday evening, the 28d inst. Commodore Outkh Haz ard Peury, of the United States* Navy, at the early age of 34. lie wan dispatched by his Go\ ernment with the Bhip of \\ ar John Adams, and Schooner JSonsuch , on a mis sion to Au^pstura, the seatef.tho lnsuraent Government, on the Main. 4 After staying there Home time, the John Adams nailed for this Port, leaving Commodore Perry, with the Hchr. J\)m*uch9 at the before mentioned place, until the object of his mission should be fulfilled. I When this was accomplished he hastened to join the John Mams , and in two days arrived at the Mouth of the Orinoco, from Augostura, and embarked on board the Schr, JSvnsuch. ? He had, before embark ing, a slight attack of fever, which rapidly increased after the vessel sailed ; aud, notwithstanding every exertion which was made to shorten the voyage, and. hasten his arrival at this place, w here every assistance and convenience could be procured,^ they were upwards of five days 01* the passage. As soon as the Non such had anchored in the Gulph, at whkh time bis fever had arrived to an alarming crisis, be was repoved to the John Mayns , and in a quarts of an hour breathed bis last, in his death, his country will have to la ment the loss of one of her bratest and most intelligent Naval officers ?private society, that of ope. of the most accomplished of its members. He has left a widow and four chil dren (who reside in Newport, Rhode Inland,) to deplore his untimely fate, by whom, and bis brother Officers, he will long be remembered with love and regret. On the following day his remains were attended to the grave with every mark of attention and respect on the part of the Civil and Military Authorities, and* the Inhabitants, of this Town in general. At 4 o'clock, P. M. the 3d West India Regiment was marched to the King's Vvharf, to receive the corpse, and about h o'clock, the boat, with the body, left the John Adams, that ship firing minute guns until its arrival at tho (Vharf, when Fort 8 1. Andrew commenced the same ceremony, which continued until the Procession