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' 7 sUIT Rises | 5 25 5 24 5 23 5 22 5 :2r 5 20 bets "a 3 s 6 36 6 3 T 6 58 r 3f 6 40 6 41 MOON Set* i 4 tr 5 4 J 54 _ 8 5 8 9 54 10 58 M>uin 10 43 11 99 A. 10 0 55 1 46 8 36 3 32 Phttc 15 37 ? li ? 17 30 * MEXICO And SOUTH-AMERICA. JP'OrtK the Louisiana Courier ? The article published in the news-pa pers of this city, extracted from a letter written by Mr. T* B. Robertson, did not excite my surprise. That I should be brought into public tie* by the Chevalier Qnfe, and selected as a conspicuous victim to the hatred and ^rengence of the Spaniah government, will not appear extraordinary to those acquaint ad with nut principles > ? rtiad tlwfoonor to be among themem* bers of the cortes at Gadix, that were animated with seal for the freedom and glory of our country9 and desirous of breaking the fetters and dissipating the pre judices which for ages had loaded and dis graced the Spanish character. It is for those exertions at a memorable epoch that myself and colleagues have become ob noxious to the deapot Ferdinand and his fanatic councilors* The same Fer dinand who owes his life and his throne to the patriot!*!? of a f?w members of the cortes, during the most stormy aeason of his revolution ; this saaae-Ff rdinand, since his return to the throne ; has aljeady im moiated on the altara of retenge and "^gratilude almost every indivftttml ot ttoe cortes that thought, 'spoke, or acted as I have done ; and had I not taken the re solution Oi departing from that land of despotism at the period I did* there is no doubt that my name long ere this* would Imve been added to the catalogue of a*-' crifices. I eame to America with a determina tion to use all my efforts to effect its te* p nation from a government that for three centuries had filled the new world with trains, with groans and p with tears* When I undertook this enterprise, 1 knew the fate that awaited me In case I did not succeed ; but to these Who are inspired with a love of country who feel that their actions are grounded on the freedom and Imppiness of their fellow citixens, it is not likely they arp to be deterred from pursuing those patriotic views, merely be cause they are exposed^ to death and per secution. If Washington and his asso ciates had trembled at the menaces of des potism* the United Stater wuuld never have become independent* ' H Assassins have been hired to murder me, as can be proved by authentic do cuments in my posessien. Attempts oh my life have been made more than once In the United/ States : FerdinandVlT.it appears, has demanded me of the Ame rican government* in order to increase the VHsf nitmhtir of victims nlrthdy ifH^~ molated UT Aonor *of his return to the Spa nish throne, and I suppose the next thing we shall hear is a bull from the pope, hurling the thunders of the Vatican agianst the republic of the United States* ft having granted me the rights of hospi* tality. j ? , Mt does not bedome me to anticipate ,the conduct of the American gayecmiiertt on this occasion, further than to remark, that I feel perfectly tranquil under the guardianship ih^ laws oltiations?4|e \tyell ah those of the United States ; and mnch tlo I wish that I had nothing eUc todis turb my serenity, but th* Quixotic men ace* of a fanalia monarch. During the campaign against1 the Bri tish in Louisiana, t had the honor to act as a soldier, and I Mtould be proud of any future occasion to manifest mytea! tft the service of the United States; and if. -during my residence in this country, I should be so fortunate as to inspire this government or , the people, with a -dis position to my fellow citizens of Mexic^ in 4heir struggle for liberty, 1 shall not, f hope on this occasion be considered criminal, either by this natron, or in the eyes of t lie universe. \v If 1 am not mistaken, we are fasta^-" proaching the epoch *jheiv tfii legitimate moivaichs of Europe will openly avoir1 their hostility to the American republic. Already are they maturing a future cru- ' aade against the liberties of the human race in the western hemisphere, and the firat step in this My tnter/iriip* has been taken by the pons and magnanimous Fer dinand.. The, progress of liberty hi'theJiewL world, is filling the potentates of Europe : with dismay. ? The vicinage of the Unit* ed States to the Mexican empire, excites not only the fears of Spain, but G*rat? Britain, if six millioft of Mexicans be come identified fo interest and feeling with the citixens of the Uriited States, we might theft bid defiance to the machina tions of the old world. The vast and glowing population of the western parts of the United States* would find the in ternal provinces of Mexico k vast and per manent vent for their surplus' Industry. The gold and silver of Mexico, in place of flowing direct to Great-Britain and Spain, and furnishing the sinews of am bitious wars, would find a channel to and through the United States ; a new and powerfill stimulus would be thus gifen to the industry and enterprise of this coun try* and the period ia perhaps not remote when the United States Could supply all that Mexico reouirea, as cheap ais can at present be done Irom Europe. To promote these object may be deem ed criminal by depots, and by those who afftel to think the Mexican population un worthy the btenffifrrf freedom? but to these who have been born and bred in the land of liberty, my views and motives 1^ hope will be appreciated and supported. It has been said by some politicians that the Mexicans are not yet sufficiently ad vanced in civilisation to be susceptible of rational freedom. Alaa 1 how little are. these pfcople known or understood. There i*ri*ot a people under the sun of more mental aptitude llfan the Mexicans? .T his homage has btfft paid to them by every liberal traveller that has visited them. But the presert state of the revolution speaks more decisively in their favor ; without foreign assistanoe, without scarce ly '* single mUsket, and in fac t with only stones ami clubs, they began the revolu tion against their c/uel oppitsvpfs.? -They,; have at last so far succeeded ai to make the cause of freedom felt and circulate from the Mexican gulf ?n the 'extremities of Celiafbrnia. Organisation has Suc ceeded tumult, and a constitution founded , on republican principles has been furme*l ; and notwithstanding a tram ot difficulties I more serious and numetous than eVerbe i fore a people had to encounter, they have attained a strenght that ensures their e mancipalion fr< m Spain. The ft;al ac complishment of their independence m?y ! be retarded weeks, months, or \eais, but i the issue is as certain a? the rising ot to morrow's sun. Spain may perhaps be able to keep pos session ^Mexico and some ftw strong : places for a liule while ltny;ej% because the republican lotces have noi as >et either trains of aitiiliery or the means of a^sanlt fortified places, but the omnipotence of Spain over the effections, and the fears of the Mexican people is forever lost. There ia not a Creole mother throughout 'this fast empire, that does not, while nourishing her offspring, secretly or optn ly chaur$ to its infant ear the song of li berty ; nor is there among six millions of people offll Classes and colors, one hun dred thousand persons sincerely opposed to Cke independence of Mexico. It may be ask* ed if thin is the factf why has not the repub lican party already fixed the destiny of their country ? the answer is plain? it is because Theyhave nefifr been .supplied with munitions of war etseiitianibr the operationsof a-c n side ruble army.-? Ah* most every musket and pound of powder in their possession have been taken frpjn armed mcu by an unarratd multitude Shut out frpm mil intercourse by sea with 1 any of tbeNiations of the world, and de prived of any trade (until very recently) either, by land or water* even with the United Spates, is it not surprising that the revolution has not long ere this been crushed; and if it has reached the point 1 have stated, is there not go6d ground to believe in its speedy and eventual tri umph I For the development of these facts and my opinions i am indebted to <he chevalier OnU .? fy most ,Brsly I should not have intruded myself on pub lic notice, if that Chevalier had not mark ed me out a* a victim to Spanish ven* gea nee. , ~ \TT^. /\mong me* inscrutable operations of Ihc Defcy, it appears he t could hot have: selected a more suitable instrument to promote the separation of America from Spain, th<tn permitting Ferdinand to re* ascend the Spanish throne. Every act of this imbecile mortal has tended to widen the breach ? between his jfmericbn eubjeef and jLtje Spanish Peninsula f UnA if among \\ his other follies he will op] y persist in hie Quixotic demanda on the U. States, it wirt be the happiest event that ever occurred to Mexico or South America These demands have excited in n>e no wonder for I recollect, that when I war in the cortes, the Spanish. government then intended to declare war ,a gainst the United Stales, and was only prevented from doing by an exhausted treasury, and by subserviency to the British cu binet, who did not think it fiolitic , at that place since that time among the nations o^ Europe, and conformably to the legitimate arrangements of Vienna, every brother mouarch it to support the pretensions of each other, more especially when lucH pretensions accord with the views ? of the British government* ' , ? The questions bt ought forward by Spain relating to West Florida, dipnoi 01 iginste in the cabinet of Ferdinand ; its source springs from a higher and deeper authority ; it may be traced to the conncils and polfry of Great- Britain. That Spain has Ceded her right 9 to the Floridas to Great* Britain, no 4oubt J*xists in my mind, and that the gre#t mar/ time fto*t 0/ havanna may likewise be required by and ceded to England, is highly probable* England in possession of the Floridas and the port of Havanna, would hold in her hand the keys of the commerce of the Mississippi and the Mexican gulph, . and *ould he ready ifl^&ie^Toecessity or policy to lake the empire of Mexi co into her eb/eJteefling. All this and more may be attempted in this age of politics! miracles. To check the daring progress of the republic of the United States, has been openly avowed by British statesmen, and is now openly inculcated by tint British writers 01 the present times. If the gir* die toat was proposed at Ghent .to en civile 'this country could not be accom plished, that is no reason why Great- llri tain will hesitate now to plant her seep-] tre iu the viefoage of the United States Americans be on your guard. Be a** isrtd that the eoalation qf legitimate* in Europe are disposed lor a crusade against \ whatever people o? country that have hois - ed the banners of liberty. Mexico free and Independent, allied to the Uhiied States by interest, and grati tude. as well as by the laws of nature, bf of more im|>ortance to the hu man race and to the civilized world thun ?ny event that has occurred since the 4ih day of July, 1 776. Jos* Alvariz 1)* Tolkdo. tOKfc.tfiN i\L'\vs. Lj.\dun, 1 ebruary Clasgow IcUei s \n ? t k it ui n>ed yester day, gi vts a ineictnchcly - accouut ol tneif Hade ami mattutacUircs, in that country T .So ic\wcr l hail eighteen it spectabte houses, clneily io the Linen imd Cotton tiucie, lias, within, ten days, flopped payment. A mong these* is, the hou*? of Messrs, S & Son, whose exicnsi\e manu lactones employ i*6t less than 400 per sons. Their collections, w?th "two or thi^e houses in London, will, it in expect ed, be aueiuiad w.th serious consequences. The amount which the house has failctv tor, is upwards of halt a million sterling* * F.cbruary 27. A Dutch Mail has arrived. It comu , nica'es Ute most mtjancholy details of the^j ravages of the plague in the province oT" Bosnua,Nvhich it has nearly depopulated. I Tills Turkish province, whicfr had hardly a million of inhabitants, has lately lost 500,0*0 persons by the plague. Three years ago, upon an exact enumeration of the ? atholircs, they were found to amount to 112,000 souls, of whom scarcely the Jud? are now remaining r and the disease has not yet ceastd to rage. Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, had ar rived in England, and the nuptials between him and the Princess Charlotte of Wales were son to be consummated. Paris, February 7* A lady, disguised in the uniform of ah officer of the &ing*S body gtlard, was ar rested yesterday at the Thuilleriett be tween 3 and .4 o'clock in the evening, at the moment she was entering the door lo Ihe satoottof the foreign minis Softie pontons sayr t hit disguise was to cover some hostile project against the life ot the King^? others pretend it was for the purpose .of presenting a pe tition to his Majetiy. Jbor mysett, I are unable to state what were the realinten tionsof the lady ; all i know is, that she was-immediately conveyed to the preftc ture de police, where she underwent a very long examination, and was tfter wards Xetifiri ed austere t\ that is, prevent ed from having communication with any person. [Translated for the Boiton Daily Advertiser.] In the name Me Holy and IndivUihle w ?- . IrjniTy, ~ J{Mr Majesties, the Emperor of Aus tria, the King of Prussia, and the Em peror of JtoWm, in coftseqfancfe of the great events which have distinguished, jn Europe, the course pf the three last years* and especially of the blessings which it has pleased Divine Providehce to % tfeif upon those states whose governments have placed their confidence and their hope it* it ~ alone* having acquired the thorough conviction, that it is necessary for en suring their continusnrr. that thu ?i.wnl powers* in their mutual reflation?, adopt the sublime truths which are pointed out tana by the eternal religion of the Saviour Ct$d? J I Declare solemnly, that tfce present act has no other dbject than to snow in the face of the universe their unwavt ring de termination to adopt for the only rule of their conduct, both in the administration of their respective states, and in their po litical relations with every other govern* ment, the precepts of their hoi y religlon?U the precepts of justice, of charity and of peace, which for from being solely appli cable to private life, ought, on the con trary, directly to influence the resolutions of princes, and to guide all their under takings, as being the only means of giving stability to hnman institutions, and of re* medying their imperfections. Their Majesties have therefore agreed to the following articles t A*t. h ir conformity with the words of ino Holy Scriptures, which command all men to regard one another as brefhern* the three tontracting monarchs will re main united by the bonds of a true and in dissoUuble fraternity, and consideringeach other ?s CtHQpa'.rioii, they Will lend one another on every occasion, and in every place, assistance* aid, and support ; and regarding their subjects and armies, as the fathers of their families th**y will goverp them in the spirit of fraternity with which they are animated, for the protection of religion, peace ami justice* Ait. it. Therefore the only governing* principle between the above mentioned governments and their subject*, shall be that of rendering reciprocal services s of testifying by an unalterably* beneficence the muual aff ction with which they ought to be animated ; of considerfng all as only the members of one christian na tion, the three allied princes looking upon themselves as delegated by Providence to govein tlnve branch** of tli? sart>e family ; to wit: Austria, Prussia, and * Unsaia ; confessing likewise*, that the christian na tion of which they ami their people form a' part* have r* ally no oth*-r so\erei^n thai* him to whom alone power belongs of