NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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Madrid. The whole population would spontane- 

 jlyjoin the freacli, and tlie news of its approach 

 •nld act with electric eflect in all our provinces. W e 

 I not refuse the aid of the English and Portuguese 

 linat Bonaparte ; how then can we reject the aid of 

 ; French, our natural allies, to annihilate tlie revo- 

 ion ?" 



The Austrian, Russian and Prussian ministers left 

 idrid on the 13th January, and orders have been 

 it to the French Minister to leave that capital. 

 An Austrian army of 40,000 men is ordered to asscm- 

 ; in the Italian Provinces ; and a Prussian army of 



equal number, on the upper Rhine, to march through 

 ance whenever his Majesty shall require it. Russia 



s an army in Poland of 100,000 strong-. 

 VEarlhquake in Soulh Amtrica. — On the 18th Nov. 

 terrible earthquake took place at V'alparaiso which 



two or three minutes laid almost the whole city in 

 ins, so that not a dozen dwellings remained hahitablc 

 ith safety and comfort. Three hundred persons per- 

 led by the falling of buildings, many are missing, and 

 any more wou-nded. The Governor's palace was de- 

 royed, and the Supreme Director had nearly lost his 

 e in attempting to escape from it. Several towns 

 id villages in the neighborhood were greatly injured. 



Latir Stitl. — Since the above was in type we have 

 anied that London papers have been received in New 

 ork as late as the 3Uth of January. They have a very 

 arlike aspect, and there appears to be no other hope 

 " war's being evaded but the powerful interference of 

 reat Britain. A speech of Louis XVTII, at the open- 

 ig of the session of 1823, contains the following par- 

 graphs : — 



I have ordered the recall of my Minister. A hun- 

 red thousand Frenchmen, commanded by a Prince of 

 y family, by him whom my heart recognizes as a son, 

 re ready to march, invoking the God of Saint Louis 



preserve the throne of Spain to a descendant of Hen- 



IV".; to preserve that beautiful kingdom from ruin, 

 nd to reconcile her to Europe." 



If war be inevitable, I shall omit no effort to nar- 

 )w its circle, and to limit its duration. It shall be 

 ndertaken for no other purpose but to conquer that 

 eace which the state of Spain would render impos- 

 ble. Let Ferdinand VII. be free to grant his people 

 le institutions which they can hold only from him, 

 nd which, by securing their repose, will dissipate the 

 1st apprehensions of France- From that moment hos- 

 lities shall cease. This solemn engagement, Gentle- 

 len, I enter into in your presence." 



Notwithstanding this appearance of determined co- 

 rcion, a London paper says — " Many parts of the 

 "rench King's speech seemed incomprehensible to the 

 mblic, and the fall of the various funds has not been 

 great as was expected on the receipt of such an im- 

 lortant document. An opinion now prevails that Eng- 

 and will yet be the means of preventing a war by her 

 nterference," &c. But other papers consider war as 

 nevitable. 



A letter from Verona mentions, that the Aich- 

 lutchess Maria Louisa, widow of Napoleon Bonaparte, 

 was seen at a musical party of the duke of Welling- 

 ,on's, familiarly leaning on the arm that guided the en- 

 emies of Europe so successfully against her husband's 

 power and dignity ! What would O'Mcara say to this ? 



■but " varium el mutabtle semper fce.mina .'" 



Godwin, who still lives and thrives, has in the Lon- 

 don press, a '" History of the Commonwealth of Eng- 

 land." 



DOMESTIC. — Much damage has been done in vari- 

 ous parts of the country by the late rise of waters. — 

 The bridge on the Providence and Pawtucket turnpike 

 load, the bridge on the old road commonly called Na- 

 tick bridge, and a bridge in Olneyville were all carried 

 away. A bridge at the Arkwright Factory, and one at 

 the ilope Factory were injured, but are passable. Eas- 

 ton's dam in Burrillville was carried away, which in 

 its descent carried away a bridge on the Douglas turn- 

 pike. A bridge at Anthony Factory, a grist and caw 

 mill at Coventry, R. 'I. a Methodist Meeting-house, a 

 new toll bridge valued at $10,000, and an Oil Mill at 

 Norwich, Con. and a bridge on the Cheshire turnpike 

 near New Haven, have all been swept away by the 

 deluge. One man was drowned at Norwich. 



Hon. Benj. \V. Crowninshield is elected member of 

 Congress in Essex South District — and Hon. Jonas Sib- 

 iey in Worcester South, la Worcester North no 

 «hoice. 



'I'he Health Commissioners of Boston have offered 

 400 dollars reward, for the discovery and conviction 

 of any person or persons guiKy of robbing the graves of 

 the bodies buried therein. 



A volume has been published in this city, entitled 

 '' Memoirs of the Life :'.nd Cliaracltrof the Rev. Jolm 

 Eliot, Apostle of the North American Indians. By 

 the Rev. M. Moore, pastor of the church in Natick." 



An order has passed both houses of the .Maryland 

 legislature for a survey of a route for a canal from the 

 city of Baltimore to the Potomac river. 



lion. Henry W. Dwight, member of Congress from 

 Berkshire, Francis C. Gray and Abraliam W. Fuller, 

 Esqrs. of Boston, and Benj. R. Nichols, Es<j. of Salem, 

 have been admitted at \\ ashington to practice in (he 

 Supreme Court of the U. States. 



Dreadful Calamity .' — The following is an extract of 

 a letter from a gentleman in Mecklinburg, N. C. to a 

 gentleman in Charleston, dated 11th February, 10'23 — 

 " One of the most aillicting scenes has occurred in 

 this neighborhood — perhaps scarcely to be recorded. 

 The house and property of Mr. Robert Walkup, was 

 consumed by fire about 12 o'clock on the night of the 

 7th inst. What is most lamentable, five persons, prin- 

 cipally young men, (four of them his own children) and 

 a son of Mr. Huey, were entirely consumed in the 

 flames as they lay up stairs ! ! The house caught fire 

 by accident. Mr. William Flinn, brother to the late 

 Rev. Dr. Flinn of Charleston, escaped by jumping out 

 of the end window, but unfortunately broke his thighs. 

 It was an awful scene to behold next morning." 



The National Intelligencer informs us, that not one 

 of the two hundred and five members of Congress has 

 been dangerously ill, during the session which has just 

 terminated. 



We understand, (says the Richmond Enquirer) that 

 Mr. Hugh Nelson accepts his appointment as minister 

 to Spain, and will probably sail about the 1st of April. 

 The expense, so far, of the great Erie Canal, is five 

 million, six hundred and three thousand, eight hun- 

 dred and sixty-three dollars, and eighty-five cents ; 

 wanting to complete the same about two millions more. 

 This estimate is given in a Report of the Canal Com- 

 missioners, published in the New York Advertiser, of 

 the 4th inst. When this Canal is completed, says 

 the Advertiser, the works at the Caboose, Little Falls, 

 the aqueduct at Genesee river, the embankment at the 

 Irondequoit, and the excavation of the rock through 

 the mountain ridge, will afford monuments of Uie pow- 

 ers of man, and the enterprise of the age, equal to the 

 proudest work of Rome, Greece or Carthage, and 

 scarcely inferior to the mighty emblems of Egyptian 

 grandeur. 



Fire. — The house and harness maker's shop of Mr. 

 Whiting, in Concord, Ms. was destroyed by fire on 

 Tuesday last. 



Invention. — Adolphus Allen, of Georgetown, D. C. 

 has received a patent for a Water Wheel, which he 

 says is propelled by both ebb and flood tide, — will 

 save the expense of a dam, — is not retarded by back 

 water, — may be applied to any kind of machinery, — 

 and is a very cheap wheel to erect. The Tide-mill, 

 combining these and several other advantages which 

 he enumerates, is certainly worthy of public attention. 

 Mr. Poinsett has transmitted to Charleston a valua- 

 ble collection of minerals, collected by him while in 

 Mexico. The Southern Patriot says that most of them 

 are beautiful, some magnificent, and many that would 

 add value to any collection. 



The deaths in London during the year 1822, were 

 18-855; in Philadelphia they were 3,591 ; in New- 

 York, 3,231, and in Baltimore, 2,319. 



By a late report of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 

 it appears, that the total number of Methodists, in G. 

 Britain and her dependencies is 252,570, and the num- 

 ber of travelling preachers there, 970. In the U. ?. 

 west of the Alleghany, there are more than one hun- 

 dred and five thousand members, about four hundred 

 travelling, and nearly one thousand local preachers. 



The Looking Glass Curtain at the N. York Theatre 

 "is 33 feet by 11 1-2, exclusive of the frame, contains 

 569 square feet of glass, and its whole weight is nearly 

 two tons. 



counts, and for the punishment of perjury has been 

 passed. A bill has passed both Houses, whit h pro- 

 vides for admitting revolutionary soldiers upon the pen- 

 sion list, who have become reduced in circumstances, 

 allhougli they may have formerly possessed property 

 sufficient to preclude (heir claim ; and the Senate btis 

 receded from a proposition to reduce the pensions 20 

 per cent. On motion of .Mr. Lloyd, of Mass, it has 

 been resolved that the Secretary of (he Treasury be di- 

 rected to cause to be laid bel<)re the Senate, at the 

 commencement of the next session of Congress the 

 amount received by every officer in the cust(.ms from 

 his per diem, and every other allowance to which he 

 is entitled, by his official employment, and wh(ther 

 any olfices may be abolished consistent with the public 

 interest. The Senate adjourned sine die, at a late 

 hour in the evening of the 3d inst. A resolution pass- 

 ed the House by a vote, nearly unanimous, (hat (he 

 President be requested to make arrangements with oth- 

 er powers to put a stop to the Slave Trade, and cause 

 it to be denounced as piracy, under the Law of Na- 

 tions, by consent of the civilized world. A resolution 

 passed, on motion of Mr. Fuller, requesting inibrma- 

 tion from the President, relative to the pretended bhick- 

 ade of the ports of (he Spanish Main, ard what mea- 

 sures had been taken to obtain restitution of .-essels of 

 the U. S. captured by privateers, fitted out at Porto 

 Rico, Sec. The thanks of the House were presented 

 to Mr. Barbour, the Speaker, and after the customary 

 interchange of civilities, the House adjourned sine die. 



CONGRESS hai finished its session, and, we be- 

 lieve, all is well. There has been but little vehement 

 debate, and very few attempts at displays of oratorical 

 powers. A biU for the prompt settlement of public ac- 



