Character of the Clouds. Number of days on which each) Cirrus. Cirro-stratus. Cirro-cumulus. Cumulus, Cumulo-stratus. Nimbus description has occurred. 20 11 9 11 The weather of the period being naturally considered with respect to its influence on the harvest, becomes a subject of unusual interest, stretching very far beyond the general consideration of a meteorological register. The first half of the period, which includes the last week of August, and the first ten days of September, comes under the denomination of fair, rain fell on six of those days, but in smal THE 8 19 drizzling showers, except on one occasion. The latter part of the period, i.e. from the 11th of September to the close, rain has fallen in heavier showers, and more frequently—viz. on ten days, and thunder storms of heavy, and in some instances, of destructive character, have occurred. Meteoric, or shooting stars, have been of frequeht occurrence, as have heavy winds from the westward. POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN SEPTEMBER. GREAT BRITAIN. THE chief domestic topics of the month, have been the King's visit to Ireland, attended by no circumstances but festivity in that land of hospitality—and his subsequent departure for Hanover and other parts of the Continent. without them. A limited hereditary monarchy is the best of all governments, but if kings will not be limited, they must not blame men for becoming republicans. If the King of Spain can overcome the prejudices of his order and education, he may be the first of sovereigns, because at the head of the freest people in Europe. The only public act of government during his short stay in London, was It seems the King has left Madrid, the dismissal of General Sir Robert and that this circumstance has given Wilson from the army, without an as-rise to great inquietude. RIEGO, a pasigned reason; but ascribed to his having attended the Queen's Funeral, and remonstrated with the military for barbarously firing on the people after the affray at Cumberland-gate had terminated. No circumstance for many years has created more general dissatisfaction than this exercise of power, and a subscription to indemnify Sir Robert has been set on foot. The Coroner's Jury on Honey, have satisfied the friends of the constitution by a verdict of Manslaughter against the Life Guards concerned; and in regard to Francis, we have recorded that another jury found a verdict of Wilful Murder. No means have, however, been adopted to satisfy the laws of God and Man in regard to these enormous crimes! The continued wet weather led one class of the community to hope that agricultural produce would rise in price; and another class, the consumers, to fear that such might be the case. There has been some advance, but it has not been maintained. SPAIN. In this country, the equivocal policy of the King and Court, with signs of treachery to the noble document called the Constitution, have driven many of the patriots into principles of republicanism and really if kings will not respect the people's rights, the people seem to have no alternative but to do triotic general, has been superseded on a charge of republicanism, and the renowned people of Saragossa have espoused his interest. It appears also that plans are organizing in Spain by French republicans, to assail the tottering power of the Bourbons in France, where the dread of Napoleon's military ascendancy no longer checks the hopes of patriotism. The French demand their Charter and the Spaniards their Constitution, with which their sovereigns hope to dispense with impunity. NORTH AMERICA. The Union has been further augmented in extent and capability by the formal annexation of Florida, of which possession was lately taken by the Republican General Jackson, in conformity to the treaty with Spain. TURKEY. This empire, so disgraceful to human nature, in its misery and despotism, seems likely, as Napoleon told Lord Whitworth, to be about to fall to pieces under its own weight. Nothing but the contemptible principle of legitimacy, cherished by the members of the Holy Alliance, permits it to be suffered that the fairest portions of the earth should be so abused. Whether Russia will or will not move is not at present certain, but the following documents have appeared in the German journals: VIENNA, Sept. 6.-The following is the substance of the note which the Ottoman Ottoman Government has dispatched to St. Petersburgh, in reply to the ul timatum. The Porte has always respected treaties with other Powers, and especially with Russia. The energetic and extraordinary measures taken against the Greeks were only directed against rebellious subjects. Every Government has the right, and even contracts the obligation, to punish traitors, and all who disturb public order. The Ottoman Government has disapproved of the excesses committed by the populace; but the people had taken up arms en masse to defend their religion and the legitimate throne. Wallachia and Moldavia could not beevacuated until the insurrection, of which they were the theatre, should be entirely suppressed, and peace and order re-established there. The detention of some ships laden with corn, in the Bosphorus, or in the port of Constantinople, was a measure commenced by the necessity of storing the capital with provisions; besides, it was the local authorities who adopted this measure, without waiting for orders from the Government: finally, the Christians provoked this step, because their privateers kept the Dardanelles in a state of blockade; the Porte, however, is willing to grant a reasonable indemnity to such Russian subjects as shall prove that they have sustained a loss by the measure. The free navigation of the Strait shall be re-established. The Porte never entertained any other views than the punishment of the guilty: all faithful and pacific subjects will continue to enjoy the protection of the laws, and will not be molested in the exercise of their religious worship. The Austrian Observer of the 7th of September, contains the following important Manifesto of the Grand Seignor. To the illustrious Vizirs, the honourable Mirimiranes, the estimable Mollas, Judges, Sub-judges, Mutesselim, Wayvodes, and Ayans, to the other Magistrates and Nobles of the country, as well as to all the other men in authority throughout all Anatolia, is addressed the following order : It is evident that all the rules and political dispositions which from ancient times have been observed in my Sublime Empire, are founded upon the noble commandment of that pure law, whose solidity and dura⚫tion are guaranteed by God, even until the day of the resurrection; it is therefore that it has never been permitted at any time, either to the Ministers of the Empire, nor to the functionaries of my Sublime Porte, nor to any individual professing the Mahometan religion, to act in contravention of their authority, It is in no wise less evident that all the Rayas (the subjects who are not Mahometans) who from time immemorial have, under the dominion and the safety of my Sublime Empire, fulfilled the conditions of their vassalage, have had their properties and their lives respected, and have themselves been objects of the favour and protection of my Sublime Porte; but when they have transgressed the bounds of vassalage and the limits of obe→ dience, recourse must be bad to the punishment which has become necessary, and which is further confirmed by law. The Greek people have been at all times tributary subjects of my Sublime Porte: mercy and clemency have been exercised towards them in every particular: their honour, their properties, and their lives have been defended, protected, and secured; they have never experienced any other treatment than favour and every sort of kindness, even beyond that which had been promised in the treaties with the Rayas : nevertheless, they have had the audacity to trample under foot the divine mercies of which they have been the objects, to pursue the paths of ingratitude, and with their characteristic perfidy, to maintain a perverse and traitorous conduct, opposed at once to their allegiance and to good faith. If in some places the Greeks have succeeded in rising against my Sublime Government, to which they are subjects, and which treats them with so much lenity, my great Empire continues (thanks be given to the Almighty!) to be the Empire of Mahomet, and my people, the people of Ahmed. By the grace and with the assistance of God, the defender of our faith and of our people, as well as by the blessings of the spiritual help of our legislator and Sublime Prophet, my Sublime Porte has been informed of the insurrection at the very moIt has therefore, ment of its breaking out. without delay, adopted proper measures, and caused at various times paternal exhortations and instructions to be addressed to the individuals of every rank of the said Greek nation, as well by the proper authorities appointed for that special purpose, as also through the Patriarch. It has exhorted them to continue in the way of fidelity and loyalty, and within the limits of submission and obedience, and it has also fully acquitted itself of all the duties of mercy and clemency; on the other hand, it has inquired into the conduct of those who, taking a share in the revolt, have rejected every sentiment of repentance, and after a previous conviction it has inflicted upon them the necessary punishment. But they have not appreciated the clemency and mercy which have been evinced towards them, and they have not listened to the counsels and exhortations which have been addressed to them. Their pride and their revolt, making, on the contrary, every day further progress, my Sublime Porte considered only of the means of maintain ing ing the order and the security of the State, and of restoring the tranquillity of its inhabitants. Superior orders have in consequence been transmitted into my well-defended provinces, bearing the power, in virtue of a Sublime Fetwa, which proceeds from the brilliant law, of punishing those Rayas in full revolt who dare to combat against the Islamites, of seizing their properties, and making their families captive. My sublime will being pronounced for the observance of the principle, that those subjects who conduct themselves in a peaceable and tranquil manner, occupying themselves with their own affairs only, or those who having been once guilty of sedition or revolt, shall have returned since into the paths of submission and a sincere repentance, shall be placed as before under the beneficent protection and shield of my Sublime Porte; and although I do not suffer any action opposed to this will manifested upon my part, I have learned in a positive manner that in some places this principle has not been observed. Violence has been employed against peaceable and defenceless subjects who have taken no part in the revolt, and some persons have had the temerity to seize upon their property, their families, and their churches. It requires no further declaration to make it known that such a conduct is conformable neither to law nor to reason, that it is diametrically opposed to the principles uniformly pursued in my great empire, and that it is, in every particular, in contradiction to the Divine will, as well as to my Imperial order. It is consequently manifest that such conduct is dictated only by men who are incapable of distinguishing circumstances and relations. Therefore it is that I am now about to send my particular commands, with reference to this matter, to the three divisions of Anatolia and of Romelia. My will is, then, that you Vizirs, Mirimiranes, Mollas, Judges, Sub-Judges, and other authorities, should make known this manner of viewing affairs in all places within your districts and jurisdictions, and that you should hasten to intimate to every person who may have the audacity to attack peaceable and innocent subjects, who manifest no seditious intentions, and carry about no signs of revolt, that he shall be responsible to me for his conduct in that respect. You must exert all your cares to relieve peaceable subjects from all vexation, and take all necessary measures that they may perfectly enjoy my high imperial protection, and that they who may be guilty of such excesses shall be severely punished on the spot. Let all my subjects be immediately apprised of these commands, and when you shall be informed that it is my supreme will that you shall take the utmost care not to suffer, in contravention of the sublime law and of my commands, peaceable and innocent subjects to be exposed to injuries and vexations, public or private, and that the slightest neglect or omission with respect to this particular will expose yourselves to responsibility; you must act in conformity with it, you must execute my commands and my sublime will, evince a knowledge in necessary matters, and sedulously avoid permitting it in any instance to be violated. Given in the days of the middle of the month of Siskide, 1236: that is to say, in the middle of August, 1821. The conditions demanded by Russia of the Porte, since the departure of Baron de Strogonoff, are said to be 1. The re-establishment of the churches, and the repair of the Patriarchal Basilica, where the remains of the Patriarch Gregory should be deposited in a magnificent tomb. 2. The restitution of the confiscated property of the Greek families whose most distinguished individuals have perished in the revolution. 3. The indefinite liberty of the orthodox worship, under the protection of the ambassadors and consuls of the Emperor of Russia, who will, for this purpose, establish agents wherever he shall judge it proper for the support of the worship of the members of the clergy and of the Christians of the orthodox church. 4. By way of security, the occupation of the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, and of the Turkish fortresses on the right bank of the Danube, by Russian troops. 5. In order the better to ensure the execution of the stipulations, the Emperor of Russia demands, that one of the ports in the Archipelago which he may judge convenient shall be delivered up to him, where he will station a squadron, the expence of which, as well as that of the army of occupation in the ultra Danubian provinces, shall be defrayed by the Turkish govern ment. SOUTH AMERICA. The following are the official details of the victory alluded to in our last : BATTLE OF CARABOBO. The paper of Angostura, entitled Correo Extraordinario del Orinoco, dated July 25, contains Bolivar's despatch on the victory of Carabobo. MOST EXCELLENT SIR,-Yesterday, the political birth of the republic of Columbia was confirmed by a splendid victory. The divisions of the liberating army having joined in the plains of Tinaquillo on the 23d, we marched yesterday morning on the headquarters of the enemy in Carabobo. The first division composed of the brave British battalion, the bravo of the Apure, and 1,500 cavalry, under the orders of General Paez. The second composed of the second brigade of Guards, the battalions of Tirailleurs, Boyaca and Vargas, and the sacred squadron commanded by the undaunted Colonel Aramendi, under the orders of General Sedeno. The third composed of the first brigade of Guards, the battalions of Rifles, Grenadiers, vanquisher of Boyaca, Anzoategui, and the intrepid Colonel Rondon's regiment of cavalry, under the orders of Colonel Plaza. › Our march across the mountains and through the defiles, which separated us from the enemy's camp, was rapid and orderly. At 11 in the morning we defiled by our left in front of the enemy, and under his fire; we crossed a rivulet, where only one man could pass at once, in presence of an army placed on an inaccessible level height, commanding us in every direction. The gallant General Paez, at the head of the two battalions of his division, and the brave Colonel Munoz's regiment of cavalry, attacked the enemy's right with such fury, that in half an hour he was thrown into confusion and completely routed. It is impossible to do sufficient honour to the valour of our troops. The British battalion, commanded by the meritorious Colonel Farriar, distinguished itself amongst so many other brave men, and suffered a heavy loss of officers. The conduct of General Paez in this last and most glorious victory of Columbia, renders him deserving of the high military rank; and I therefore, in the name of the Congress, offered on the field of battle to appoint him General in Chief of the army. None of the second division partook in the action, except a part of the Tirailleurs of the Guard, commanded by the worthy commandant Heras. But its General, enraged that all his division could not from the obstacles of the ground, join in the battle, charged singly a mass of infantry, and fell in its centre in the manner that ought to close the glorious career of the bravest of Columbia's brave. In General Sedeno the Republic has lost a staunch supporter both in peace and war; none more valiant than be, none more obedient to his government. I recommended the ashes of the gallunt hero to the Sovereign Congress, that the honours of a solemn triumph may be paid to his memory. Like grief does the Republic suffer in the fall of the dauntless Colonel Plaza, who filled with an unparelleled enthusiasm, threw himself on a battalion of the enemy, desiring it to surrender. Colonel Plaza is deserving of Columbia's tears, and that Congress confer on bim the honours due to such distin, guished heroism. The enemy being dispersed, the ardour of our chiefs and officers was so great in the pursuit, that we sustained considerable loss in that high class of the army. The bulletin will communicate their illustrious names. The Spanish army exceeded 6,000 men, composed of all the best of the pacificatory expeditions. That army has ceased to exist: only 400 men will have this day taken refuge in Puerto Cabello. The Liberating Army had an equal force to that of the enemy, but not more than a fifth part of it decided the fortune of the day. Our loss is not great-hardly 200 in killed and wounded. Colonel Rangell, who did, as he always does, prodigies, marched this day to take up a line against Puerto Cabello. May it please the Sovereign Congress to accept in the name of the heroes whom I have the honour to command, the homage of a conquered army, the most numerous and the finest that ever in Columbia carried arms in a field of battle. Valencia, June, 25, 1821. BOLIVAR. Puerto Cabello has since been abandoned by the Royalists, and Columbia is free. If accounts just received are to be relied on, General San Martin has been repulsed before Lima, with heavy loss; and Peru continues under the yoke of foreign government. INCIDENTS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS IN AND NEAR LONDON, With Biographical Memoirs of distinguished Characters recently deceased. of the military in that affair, but no satisfactory answer has yet been received. Sept. 9. A fire broke out on the premises of Messrs. Southall and Fossick, umbrella manufacturers, Gracechurch-street, which soon destroyed the three adjoining houses, a meeting-house, and materially injured several others. Four individuals perished under the ruins while attempting to rescue the property. 10. A fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Myers, Prince's-street, Soho, which consumed the three adjoining houses, and four individuals, the son of Mr. M., a father and two children perished in the flames. 2 M 11. At -11. At a Court of Common Council held this day, thanks were voted to Mr. Sheriff Waithman, "for the presence of mind, temper, firmness and courage dis played by him at the affray with the sol, diery at Knightsbridge, on the 26th Aug." 12. After fourteen days laborious and public-spirited attendance, the Coroner's jury on Richard Honey returned a verdict of "Manslaughter against the officers and men of the 1st regt. of Life Guards, who were on duty between Tyburn-turupike and Park-lane, on the day R. Honey was shot, Aug. 14, 1821." 15. Two bills of indictment, preferred by the Bridge-street Association, against Mr. Hone, for his "Non mi ricordo" and "Matrimonial Ladder;" and one by its secretary against the News, for publishing Mr. Waithman's speech at the last Common Hall, were thrown out by the Grand Juries of London and Middlesex. Same day the King arrived in town from Ireland, and on the 24th he left London for the Continent. 20. In the Gazette of this day, a memorandum from the War Office announces that "the King has been pleased to remove Major-General Sir Robert Thomas Wilson from the British army." A public 'subscription has since been set on foot, to indemnify him, by a gentleman who has subscribed £500. MARRIED. Francis Cresswell, esq. jun. of Blackheath, to Rachel, 2d daughter of J. Fry, esq. banker, London. At Mary-le-bone Church, William Cahusac, esq. to Emily Sarah, 2d daughter of H. Borche, esq. At Ashtead, E. Lomax, esq. of Lincoln's Ian, to Hester, eldest daughter of E. Smith, esq. W. J. Ching, esq. Barrister at Law, to Mary-Ann, eldest daughter of Samuel Comyn, esq. Mr. H. L. Robins, of Covent Garden, to Miss Howis, of South Lambeth. The Rev. W. Brant, of Putney Heath, to Isabella Anne, daughter of the late Rev. G. Wright. The Rev. John Primate Maud, of Hillingdon, to Miss Matilda Elizabeth Hains, of Swainswick. Lieut. W. H. Nicholls, R.N. to Jemima Jane, youngest daughter of Thomas Medlycott, esq. Herne Hill, Surrey. T. S. Carter, esq. Barrister at Law, to Eliza Sophia, only daughter of the late R. Powis, esq. of Sedcoft, Kent. Alexander James Scott, esq. of Euston Square, to Julia, second daughter of James Deacon, esq. At Stepney, W. Fergus, esq. to Miss Cairus, daughter of Mr. James C., R.N. At Mary-le-bone, Sir R. D. Haugan, to Marianne Wolff James, only daughter of the late Col. James Innes, of Madras. David Howell, esq. to Frances, young. est daughter of Thomas Russell, esq. At St. George's, Hanover Square, the Rev. Richard Boyse, of Little Hadham, Herts, to Winifred Berners, 4th daughter of the late Sir T. B. At St. Ann's, Soho, P. J. Macdonald, esq. to Eliza, youngest daughter of William Overton, esq. At Islington, Mr. M. Joseph, of Birchinlane, Cornhill, to Miss Sarah, Georgiana Brown. At St. George's, Hanover Square, James Scott, esq. of Greenock, to Susan, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Daniel M'Kellar, of that place. At Abinger, Surrey, John Campbell, esq. of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister at Law, to Mary Elizabeth, eldest daughter of James Scarlett, esq. M.P. At St. Mary's, Whitechapel, Henry Augustus Hope, to Bennet, youngest daughter of the late Edward Blaxland, esq. Ospringe, Kent. At Hampstead, Edward Toller, jun. esq. of Doctors' Commons, to Margaret, youngest daughter of the late John Edington, esq. At St. John's, Hackney, Mr. Thomas Kingsbury, of Leadenhall-street, to Martha, daughter of the late Joseph Luck, esq. of Clapton. Mr. J. R. Pizey, of Laurence PountneyJane, to Caroline, eldest daughter of Edward Cherrill, esq. of Clerkenwell. At Mortlake, Surrey, the Rev. E, James, M.A., to Sarah, eldest daughter of Frederick Reeves, esq. of East Sheen. At St. Martin's in the Fields, Mr. Peter Adams, of Throgmorton-street, solicitor, to Eliza, only daughter of the late John Roake, esq. Henry Mann, esq. of Brixton Common, to Anna, youngest daughter of the late John Chester, esq. At Mary-la-bonne Church, Capt. George Digby, R.N. to Elizabeth, only daughter of Sir John Walsh, bart. of Warfield, Berks. At St. Giles's in the Fields, John Daubney Harvey, esq. to Fauny, 2d daughter of the late W. Dyne, esq. of Lincoln's Inn Fields. At Tottenham, Capt. James Hodgson, of the 17th Madras Infantry, to Miss Pratt. At St. George's, Hanover Square, Lieut. Col. Fearon, 31st, to Miss Palmer. DIED. At Hampstead, 83, Mrs. Chipcase. Amelia Maria, wife of Mr. Lannoy H. Forbes. At Bromley, Mr. John Blucke, of the Secretary's Office, Chelsea College. At Hammersmith, Ann, the wife of T. Smith, esq. of New Bridge-street. At Elsted, Surrey, John Foulkes, esq. formerly an eminent solicitor in London. W J. Waldie, esq. of Queen-street, Cheapside. Mrs. 1 |