london april 9 t 2 pai is papers of monday 35i notice some disagreement between the porte and the seve ral ambassadors now resident in constantinople it has arisen in consequence of a right claimed by the marquis 6c riviere the french ambassador to hold ju risdiction in the case of some banditti who were seized in at- tempting co rob the palace of the embassy in this exercise of sovereign power the marquis was supported by the other ambassadors but the grand seignior commanded his reis- effendi to prohibit them from interfering with his exclusive prerogative the ambassadors however claim the right under the proviiions of treaties and in this state the contest rests for the present london april 21 a flanders mail arrived this morning bringing paper to the 20th tnst they contain an article from frankfort which explains but does not in our opinion jus tify the order of the king of pruflia re calling all the youth of bis dominions from the univerljiy of jena upon pain of being declared hereafter ineligible to any office under the pruffian government il ap pears that the grand duke of weimar within whofc territory the univcrfuy of jena is lituatcd has fignified to all the courts of germany that from lad eaftcr no foreigner fhould be allowed to tludy a the laid univerfity unlefs he produced a formal recommendation from his govern ment in confequence of this regulation which merely provides againft the admis- fion of dangerous in 3ividuals into what might be the peaceable rctrert of fcience the king of pruflia iflued a colnter decla ration prohibiting any pruffian youth ftndying at jena at all we cannot help fufpecling that there is more of petulencc than of pdicy in this mcafure with re flect to the order of the emperor of rus sia which foibids his fubjcs from fludy- iog in any german univeifity whatlocver a jwtcu wbrttii emanated from tht reports communicated to him though the inquiries of the late m de z tzebue the la i undeniable thit the moral difcipline of the german univerlities at the prefent moment is deplorably vicious academical ftudcnts who league them- fclves into iecret confederacies for pur- pofes cf the darkeft complexion the exploit of sandt feems to hac let loofc a thoufand fonguinary fpirits eager to emu late his atrocious crime we learn from the p3pen now before us that the proprie tor of the german obfervcr which is pab- limed at hamburgh twice a week has re ceived an anonymous letter threatening him with the fate of kotzebue if he dares to publifli any thing offcnfive to the in dents in general we wim we could fay that this defperate fyrtem was confined to germany but the conragion appears to be rapidly fpreading the defenders of religion of morals of legitimate authority and of the laws againft turbulent dema- gogus who would iubvert tbcrf all are becoming the objects of anonymous mena ces of afonination in every country it would feem as if the murder of kotzebue had been the concerted fignal for the per petration cf fimilar atrocities throughout europe our private concfpondencc from paris received thr morning dates that feveral of the principal authors of the drapcau blanc a royal id publication have received threatening letters which recall the memory of the fecret tribunal or of the revolutionary ones of 1793a the following is given as a copy of one of thefe daftardly eifufins infernal enemy of the eternal and holy ideas of phi lanthropy and of liberty vile champion of prejudice and of fhvery tremble the hour of vengeance is at hand it will be that of thy death true as kotzebue- we may add tint within the laft todays we have bti ivcouvd with a letter an nouncing our own approaching a ffafti na tion in language as fauguinary and coup led with fentcncci as diabolical as ever flifgraced the vilelt ruffim we will not affecl any alarm upon the fubjeft becaufe in truth we feel none but thefe funulta- ncous threats agauifl one particular de scription of public writers in paris in london at hamburgh and in feveval other cities of germany at lead betoken the prevalence of a feeling with refpeel to the mofi frightful of all crimes that can biftt fotiety which it is painful to con template couritr communicated for pvliieation in tht waft- ington city gnztttc south fmeriean intelligence the fol lowing alftra ox information very lately received verbally and by letter from pcr- fons of the higheft rcfpectahility in an- goftura and the wed india ifianda is enti tled to implicit credit it is turnifhed foely fur ihe gratification of citizens in- teredei in the caufc of south american in dependence more efpecially in that of vc- bceueu two brilliant affairs have lately taken place bet wren detachments from the re foefiiie armies ia the neighbourhood of the aranca river fn the province of uari nai both of which terminated in vot of the independents in the firft col pi- fcott a foreign officer pf merit greatly dillinguiihed himfelf having had two herfes killed under him suffice it to fay that the royalifts were driven from their pofition the latter entcrprife is one of the mod extraordinary recorded in the an nals f modern or ancient warfare general paez commander of the caval ry compnfed of the free people of colour and the blacks of the plains called llane- rost had repeatedly foliated pcrmiflion from gen bolivcr to attack the enemys camp with a feted band of volunteers but was as often refufed the attack ap peared too hazardous and partial to juftify approbation and that officer inlbuftcd by experience refolved not to hazard the reduction of his force by detachment the fabian or wamingtonian fydem in fhort was adopted and the piefident of the republic feemed inflexible in maintain ing it he would not risk a declfive hat- tic with half his army but await the co operation of the expedition from marga rita nevcrthclefs he yielded to the im portunities of paez am allowed him for once to indulge in his chivalrous projects thus licenfed that omcrr required 150 volunteers his own guard of honor includ ed it is unneceffary to date that the fummon was received with acclamations 4 lieutenant colonels and colonels and 70 captains immediately joined their leader using difencumhered of all unneccltary ac coutrements the detachment iuftantly eroded the river in frot of morillos main army who were doubtlcfe furpufed at te merity fo unexampled paez approached within fpcaking dttlance or as a failoi would fay within hail and challenged his antagonids to conic and take him with his utile party he hd brought no more led be mould iffrighl then hot hoped that morillo wjuld not he intimidated by a handful of lanccis who had left a river in their rear and now had an army before them provoked by this bantering defi ance morillo ordered larwr detachments to defile from right and left in order to furround the enemy and cut off his retreat this was the very movement which paez awaited on its execution he calculated his fueccf prompt at the moment there fore he gave laconic orders to his little co lumn who with laucc in uftrufliaddirealy on the spanifh line opening their pa- laffc to the rear they wheeled about and penetrated again to the front with prodi gious daughter the enemys ranks were thrown into confufion and difmay by fc- veral and terrible repetitions of thefe dar- a lg 1 am 500 of thut uutvwr were either killed or wojidcd paez bin- firlf is reported to have lanced nine with his own hand capt grant a scotch offi cer killed sw and other didinguiftied thcmfelves equally in the work of carnage with the lofn of 3 or 4 of his gallant corps the immortal paez recroffed the aranca and rejoined the army in triumph all mere elcctiiricd to admiration or pe trified to aftonidjncnt at this achievement the names of every individual appear in the bulletin and each was prefentcd with the badge of the order of lilertadtr ae venezuela an honor which many of them had attained already cok englifh has arrived at margarita as the public arc already informed col urfta has reached the fame dcdination when englilh anchored off fort spain he received a fpecial permiflion from gov woodford to land and remain afhore for 24 hours but this paflport was not penned in a very friendly mood as it reflected on mr englifh for proceeding towards the neighboring provinces in revolt contrary to his majeftyl proclamaion of nov tsl7 he landed but finding that gov woodford was arming and manning the teamboat to fend her alongside cf hrs fquadron in order to entice his foldim to defert he hurried back with an emphatic threat confirmed a la militairt by an oath or two that if ihe came alongside he would indantly fink her sir jtalph woodford then abandoned his expedition and mr englilh purfucd his voyage to margarita a pruffian colonel had touched attrin- tdad on his way to bolivars camp he is hidruifted to tender him the fervices of 4000 pruffian troops on condition thai he would allow the merchants of hamburg 3tc to export with them as great a quan tity of mcrchandife as they plcafed duly free the birih fiwipof war yly repuj that t5oo tyro cfe troops had arfo reach ed margarita from eorope and that the expedition which was nearly ready for fca would confid of 2 coo european and 3000 native troops thty are well equip ped and appeared in high fpirits cnmana was faid to be in a date of dar- vation we ought to have mentioned in its proper place that in the defeat of gen iatorrcs divifion by the patriots an in- tereding ccrrrefpondence with morillo was taken by the vicurs from this it appears that an expedition from lima me naced new grenada one account dates that an invading army had actually enter ed it and that the spaniards were flying in all directions more produce than ufual had arrived at augodura from the interior the cngrefs were engaged in adminis tering public affairs and if we can judge by appearances their deliberations will reftilt in the formation of a conftitution of civil government as free and as liberal as can be cdabluhed in that country under prefent circumflances it is probable that within a few months the royal forces will he expelled from ve nezuela but wt defid from fpeculation and leave time to unfold events p s the government of venezuela appears inclined to encourage the im- pvatterncnt of the foil by foduftrtottfl emi- gramts theifland of faxardo in the o- ronioco has been ceded to an errglilli gen- tlcivan on condition of cultivating it tine congrefs we underdand have alfoau- thoirifcd the introduction of a teamboat or lueamboats regardlefs of ihe monopoly proimifed or decreed to admiron brion deputies from a couple of englifll focie- tics had arrived at the feat of government in guayana to folicit the grant of an im- mctnfc tract of land or as fome fay the privilege of cultivating that whole pro vince entirely for the benefit of venezue la what fuccefs would attend an appli cation fo moded and difintereded we can not abfolutcly predict fnom the philadelphia democratic prcss tr the president of the united stutcs the subscribers with all duerefpect fubimit to your most serious consideration the following reasons on which they ven ture to suggest the propriety of convening an extra session of congress- our agricultural productions the great itsfdet of our country on which we relied to pay for our enormous importations and wheh even at their highest rates would ha been inadequate for that purpose arc cithcr excluded from foreign markets or reduced its price from 25 to 40 per cent wit out any probability of a favourable change jur markets are deluged with merchan- die from foreign nations whie thousand of our citizen able and w to work and capable of furnishing materials and ar ticles cannot procure employment our manufacturing enablishments are generally in languishing condition and many of the m w which immense sums hive been invested wholly abandoned whereby their pnpnetors who placed reliance on the protection of government arc mined ur commerce is aimed equally pros- lra- a capital of the country cq pjed in that ufeful branch reduced fincc ihe wf at lead one third probably one hal f- the balance of trade in confequence of exsjeve impoi tations bat been and con- linmes molt ruhioiifly bgjiind us wherel y aft- r having remit iij an immtnfc amount of tir government and bonk dock in pay- mc which fubjeils the ration to a lua- v annual permanent tar we have been 3r are alarmingly drained of cur circula ting medium in conitquencc of which 0u momed inttituiiona arc impoverilhed iiv crippled in their opraiions aricul- tuc mauufactuics trade and com rrcc paializcd and all datcs of our cl more or lefs injurioufly affected in purfutts real cdatc has depreciated throa the union from fifteen to tnryfiv pcr cent and in many cafes fiom fifty w t ly the fuhferihers ate impreffed with viftion that for all thefe alarming there is no adequate remedy but a i- tion of the amount of cmr imports v that of our exports it being under jd true that nations like individuals which buy more than they fell or in m words expend beyond their iticomc mull be rednccd to bankiuptcy jo depend on tttli falutary effect uing produced by the redoration of that ti of economy which refult from genua ii trefs or from the forbearance of our mer chants to import is to allow a vi lc fe ver to rage in the body politic andexiuil itfclf 611 the national itrength without the application of any remedy to arred it de- druclive earcer eves if our own merchnts were co re duce their importations withii the bound which our mans of payment would re quire they would continue to be a they have been inundated with goods coifigned by foreign merchants which wuld perne tuate the calamitous fit nation into which our country is plunged a radical remedy to tins evil can onfy be applied by the lrgifhuuic of ihe uniied states in fuch a revifion ant regulation of the tariff as fhall reduce oar importations and effectually protect national induflry in kneland fiance germany kuffia and pruflia and mod other countries in europe national induflry is adequately protected by prohibitions and heavy du ties whereas while many of our agricul tural productions and almod all our manu facture are excluded from nearly all the markets of the world our markers are epen to thofe of all other nations under duties affording by no means fufficient protec tion a cafe probably without e2mple in the annals of mankind we therefore earncflly pray that you will be pleafcd to convene congrefs as foon as circumdances will permit from the hull advertiser of april 17 to the eihlor thinking thttt an ac count of the following remarkable and providcntini occurrence would not only be interesting to many of your renders but serve the cause of universal peace as we often find that a reiital of facts has more eict on the mind than arguments i therefore send it for insertion iu your next paper during the rebellion in ireland iu 1793 the rebels hud long meditafd au attack oq the moiatian settlement at grace hill wexford county- at length they put thfcir threat in execution and n large body of them marched to the town wbefl they arrived there they saw no one iu the afreets nor in the houses the brethren had long expected this at tack but true to their christian profes sion they would not hare recourse to arm for their defence hut assembled in their chapel and in solemn prayer be sought hint in whom they trusted to be their shield in the grfiat hour of danger the rulvian band hitherto breathing no thing but destruction and slaughter were strut it with astonishment at this novel ight where they expected an armed band they saw it clasped in prayer- where they expected weapon to weapon and the body armed for the fight they saw the bended knee and humbled head before the altar of the prince of peace tiny heard the prayer for protection- they heard the foug of praise and the hymn of confidence in the u sure promise of the lord they beheld in silence the little bttntl of christians they felt unable to raise their hand against them and aftr lincrin tu the strects which ihej filled for a night and a day with one cutscnt they turned and marched away ttom the place without having in jured an iudmdiial or purloined a sin- gle loaf of bread in consequence of this signal mark of protection from hoa- vcn the inhabitants of the neighbouring tillages brought their goods and asked for shelter in the grace hill which they tailed the city of refuge yours fee pacificator cretan green marriage- in one of the appeal casts which came on at the easter session of carlisle the curious process of a gretna green marriage a detailed m the lovestruck swain met with the object of bis passion at carlisle fair and an immediate trip to springfield alius gretna green was agreed upon in order to be merry as well as wise thpy took a fiddler aloti with them and with a young man whom ihy accidentally met on carlislebridge arrived at the sacred spot they were ushered ith due cer emony into the presence of his revereuce the priest who commence the business by enquiring of the lovers if they had a ring and being answered in the neon- tivc he asked the bridegroom if he had any bnrco in this point he was more fortunate a bacco box was then pro duced iiul the priest sgitftbe witness tuuted a ring of the bacco and put it upon the womans ringer lie recollect ed this arry well fd the bacco ring fell off and the priest took it up and again putting it ms the brides finder said a few wordsand they were married the priest then gave the woman a pice of paper called rnairiage lines this was brought forward u evidence to prove the mar- ritige and corournmatiorj but it appear ed in rvidru e ihr man aflirwnrds ra denied ufhta bargain for he endeavoured to take the hit of paper from his bride b force in order tu destroy it james sandy we regret to learn fay the glafgow chronicle of april 17 that james sandy the celebrated alyth me chanic did at alyth on the 3d inst the originality of genius and eccentricity of charaflcr which distinguinscd this remark able perfon were perhaps never furpaded deprived at mi early period of life of the ufc of his lfs he contrived by dint of in- ccnuitv not only to pafs hi time agreea bly bil to render himfelf a ufeful member of foc he loon displayed a tafle for irc4hiiietd pnrdihs and contrived as a wrvfiw fflt hi- operations a fort of cir- r bd the fides of which being raited hmii ft inches above the clothes were c 4v a platform for turning lathes t tci and cafes of tools of all kinds i reriitu l practical mechanics was itnivftsi vie wa skilled in all kinds of urmic a d rontiroded feveral very cu- riiik uthe- a- well as clocks and mufical tnrunents of evcy defcriptwn no ufs adnrrrd for the fwectnefs of their tone than the eleencc of their execution he excelled t0 iu the contlruaion of op- tfcal iiiitrumcnts and made hme reflect ing tevfcopcs the fpecula of which were not inferior to thofe finifbed by the moft eminent london attitls he fuggefted fome impoi tant improvements in the ma- chineiy for fpinntng ftax and we believe he wa the firft who made the wooden- j mined fnnrtboxes generally called lau- icncc kirfe boxes fome of which fabrica ted by this filftaupht artrft were purcha- fed and fent as prefents to the royal fami ly to his other endowments he added an accurate knowledge of drawing and engraving and in both thefe aits produced fpecimcnsof the higheft excellence for upwards of 50 years he quitted his bed only three times and on thefe occaiioni his houfc ww cither inundated with water or thieatencd with danger from fire his curiofity which was unbounded prompt ed him to hatch different kinds of birds egga by the natural warmth of his body and he afterwards reared the motley broods with all the tendernefs of a parent fo that on vifiting him it was no unnatural thing to fee vauous forging birds to which he may be faid to have given birth perched on his head and warbling the artificial notes he had taught them naturally poffeffed of a good conftitution and an active cheerful turn of mind his houfc was the general coffee room of the village where the affairs both of church and hate were difccattd with the utmoft freedom in confequence of long confinement his coun tenance had rather a fitkly call but it was remarkably expreftivc and would have af forded a fincfubjca for the prncil of wilkie particularly when he was furround- ed by his country friends this fingular man had acquired by his ingenuity and induftry an honorable independence and died poltcffed of confiderable property in hurt his hiftory holds out this very inftruive icfton that no difficulties are too great to be overcome by induftry and perfevcrance and a genius though it mould fomctimet raift the diftinttiua it deferves will feldam fail unlefs by its owi fault to feenre competence and rcfpefu- bihty he was married only about t weeks before his death execution at vienna crimes as well as punishments are rare owing to the vigilance and severity of the police murder is scarce ever committed and robberies are by no means common a almost every hour of the day or night a stranger may walk the street or travel the public roads in safety of course executions happen very seldom but when they tako place they are conduct ed with admired propriety and effect i had the curiosity for the first time in my life to be prcseut at an esu cution only a few days ago which from the cir cumstances that attended it well merits a particular description many thou sand spectators of all conditions assetn bled to witness it and i never saw any public ceremony performed with o much solemnity and awful decorum four men convicted of robbery aggravated by circumstances of cruelty and inhumanity were sentenced to die not by the hal ter as with us but by the sword of the executioner they suffered on thi ks- planade without one of the gates upon a circular place or piece of ground w di ed in railed twelve or fourteen feet a- bote the level of the kspiiude in order to have a belter iew of it i rjot into a cart placed near the scaftbld where i could distinguish een the coun tenance and features of the criminals the first of the four malefactors having been seated in a chair screwed down into the ground his arms and body were next tied with cords in order to prevent him from moving and his neck was laid quite bare to the shoumers a bandage being draw n across his eyes four angus- tine monks with a crucifix approaehed and after prayer confessed him the ex ecutioners assistant then collecting his hair pulled up his head with a view to afford a fairer maik meanwhile the ex ecutioner who was a very decent man in his figure and flress arrived in a hack ney coach when all the reruiite pre parations were made he threw oil his cloak and being iu his white waistcoat he unsheathed the instrument of puiljuh- ment it was a straight twdeagcdswbrd of an equal breadth quite to the point prodigiously heavy broad and hnrpai a razor coming in hank of theciimin- al who was blindfolded and ignorant of the fhonient he took of tht head at one stroke with a dexterif nnd celciitv ex ceeding imaguintio1- w it up streaming with blood nnd then laid it down on the ground while the de capitated trunk was allowed to remain tor some seconds in the chair the blood spotftiog np at first to the height of three or four feet in the air two men next untied the corpse and taking it by the less and shoulders boe it to a lttic dis tance the head was carried with it aud the whole covered with a large mat previous to beheading the second cul prit the chair was wiped clean from tlo blood with which it had been stained the ropes were washed and sand scat tered over the place so that when he was ffrougw up to suffer no frace of he preceding execution was visible about half an hour elapsed between their res- peetize deaths the last three being be headed wttfc the snme dexterity as the iirst and the velocity with which the sword passed through the neck and dis severed he head was such that the blade scarcely appeared bloody after iuliicting each stroke the exe cutioner took out a while handkerchief and wiped away the globules of blood which stood upon the sword then shea thed and laid it down at some paces from the chair concealed by acloak the whole ceremony being ended ire advan ced forward aud holding up the instru ment of justice immediately after he had taken offthe head of the last criminal he addressed himself to tkn assembled multitude demanding whether he had well performed his duty they signifi ed their approbation and he then with drew while the penpl- before they dispersed joined the monks in prayer for the souls of the departed the four trunks and heads were exposed during some hours on wheels to the view of e- cry one and afterwards interred strange taveatiobs the prefent is the age of ft range inven tions some time fince nothing waa heard of but the kaleidofcope it wai fought after with much avidity by young and old children of both fcxes z it fpark- led in the clofet of the ftudcut on the counter of the merchant from the window of the beokfeller and latt not leaft on the toilette of female beauty the name of this brilliant little trifle has already pas sed from the circles of fafhion and haft been employed to denote other things moie important than the invention itfclf it haa fuppliedihe poet and the orator with ma ny beautiful figures and illuftrations the attorney general of the united states in an argument at the baltimore bar declar ed that his oppofing counfel faw every thing through the medium of a kalcido- fcope a compliment which from other lips none would better deftrve than him felf the editors of newfpaper partici pating in the general rage for inventions are compelled to fearch for old novelties when they can no longer fupply us with new novelties what we mean is this that the conductors of our journals anxious to gratify the prevailing talle for the marvel lous iraich out lome old and exploded in venlion and make it novel by republica tion finally the jialcidokopc wasabaa