National Register: FOREIGN. REMARKABLE AFRICAN SUPERSTITION. A Special Slave Court was held at the Alley, in Vere, in Jamaica, on the 6th of December, for the trial of the following slaves, viz.-Aberdeen, Adam, and Preston, belonging to Salt Savannah Estate, charged with the murder of another slave, named Thomas, the property of J. Holmes, Esq. by burying him alive. It appeared from the evidence, that the parties were all Congees, and had made a play, according to the custom of their country; when Thomas dug a grave in which he laid himself down, desiring his companions to cover him up for the space of one hour; but that if he did not rise again in another place in that time, they were to open the grave. Aberdeen and Preston were appointed to close up the grave, and Adam to play on the gombah (African music), all of which was punctually performed. Some other negroes belonging to the estate appeared, however, before the ceremony was completely finished, and had sense enough to open the grave; but it was too late, the unfortunate victim of his own credulity being dead. His Honor the Castos charged the Jury on the crime, when they found them guilty of Manslaughter; and the following sentence was passed, viz.each to receive 39 lashes on the spot where the catastrophe took place, in the presence of all the estate's negroes, then to be severally burnt in the hand, and to suffer one month's solitary confinement in the county gaol.-(Jamaica Paper.) AMERICA: BRITISH. Canadian papers of Jan. 9th notice the amazing increase of the trade of Canada, which is more than treble what it was. In Montreal, at the end of November, there were upwards of 70 vessels unloading their cargoes, which were composed chiefly of British manufactures. The port had all the activity of a crowded harbour in the midst of summer. To this ought to be added that much of the trade was carried on in Neutral Vessels; and that the SWEDISH FLAG! was allowed freely to navigate the American Lukes!!! AMERICA: UNITED STATES. Never was so deplorable a picture of the finances of any country drawn, as that which the Secretary of the American Trea sury has officially communicated to the SEPARATE CONGRESS FOR THE EASTERN STATES. The following resolutions were reported by a Committee to the Senate of Massachusets: "Resolved-That the calamities of war being now brought home to the territory of thorised to organise a force for the defence "Resolved-that persons be appointed and confer with Delegates from the States as Delegates from the Legislature, to meet of New England, or any of them, upon the subjects of their public grievances and concerns, and upon the best means of preserving our resources, and of defence against the enemy, and to devise and suggest, for adoption, by those respective States, such measures as they may deem expedient: and also to take measures, if they shall think proper, for procuring a Convention of Delegates from all the United States, in order to revise the Constitution thereof, and more Agreeably to these Resolutions, twentysix delegates of the New England States, met in Convention at Hartford, Dec. 15, and came to the following resolutions : 1. To recommend to the Legislatures represented in this Convention, to adopt all necessary measures to protect their Citizens from all acts passed or to be passed by the Congress, containing provisions subjecting the militiamen or other citizens to forcible draughts, conscriptions, or impressments, not authorised by the Consti tution. 2. Application to the government of the United States, for an arrangement whereby the said states may separately, or in concert, assume to themselves the defence of their territory, and the management of a reasonable portion of the taxes collected within the said states. 3. To form corps for the defence of such parts of the states of New England as may be invaded. 4. To recommend the following amendments in the Constitution: 1. Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this Union, according to their respective uumber of free persons. 2. No new state to be admitted into the Union without the concurrence of twothirds of both the Houses of Congress. 5. Congress not to declare war without the concurrence of two-thirds of both houses, except in case of defence against actual invasion. 6. No person hereafter naturalized to be eligible as a Member of the State or House of Representatives, nor capable of holding any civil office. 7. The same person not to be elected President of the United States a second time, nor to be elected for the same State two terms in succession. And that if these recommendations be unsuccessful, and peace be not concluded and the defence of these States be neglected, the representatives of the New England States do appoint Delegates to another Convention to be held at Boston on the 3d of June. TEMPER OF MARYLAND.-Immediately after receipt of information at Annapolis, that the conscription bill had passed the House of Representatives of the United States, the following spirited order was moved in the House of Delegates, of this state, read a second time by especial order, and passed by a large majority, only fifteen members voting against it. House of Delegates, Dec. 17.-Ordered, that the Committee appointed on so much of the communication of the executive of this State, as relates to the policy of the general government, and the existing state of public affairs, be instructed to consider and report what measure it may be competent and proper for this house to take, for maintaining the sovereign rights of the State, and protecting the liberties of its citizens against the operation of arbitrary and unconstitutional acts of the general government. Baltimore Federal Gazette, Dec. 21. AUSTRIA, Army, Vienna.-According to the Austrian army-list just published, the military establishment consists of 74 regiments of infantry of the line, 14 battalions of light infantry, among which are some free corps; 37 regiments of cavalry, and several regiments of artillery. The Staff comprehends 472 Generals, employed and unemployed, among whom are 16 Field Marshals. Commemoration: Louis XVI.-A service 3. Congress not to have the power to was celebrated in the Cathedral Church of lay an embargo upon the ships of the citi-Vienna, Jan. 21st. in commemoration of zens of the United States for more than 60 days. 4. Congress not to have the power, without the concurrence of two-thirds of both Houses, to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and foreign nations. the death of Louis XVI. The Church and exerted all his interest at Court, to obtain permission for chapels to be built, in which Divine Service might be performed. His exertions are stated to have FRANCE. Royalty: Succession.-It is worthy of remark, that none of the Kings of France has been succeeded in the throne by his own son for nearly two centuries: the present King Louis XVIII. succeeded his brother Louis XVI. who succeeded lus grandfather Louis XV. who likewise succeeded his grandfather Louis XIV. when about five years of age; nor has the present King any son to succeed him. terms:-"The Ambassadors of his Most Christian Majesty at Congress, beg you will be present at the service which will be celebrated in the Cathedral Church of St. Stephen, at eleven o'clock in the fore-been not unsuccessful. In the gratitude of noon." The catafalque and the decorations Kia King, he found a most powerful were arranged and executed under the auxiliary. That Monarch, while suffering direction of M. Moreau, architect, and M. acute pains from the stone, had experienced Isabey. At the four corners of the cata- relief from the prescriptions of one of the falque were placed four statues, represent- Missionaries; and his interest and incliing France plunged in grief; Europe shed-nation alike corresponded in granting the ding tears; Religion, holding the will of required favour. Louis XVI.; and Hope, with her eyes directed towards Heaven. The Emperor assisted at this ceremony dressed in mourning, as did also all his family and Court. His Royal Highness the Prince Leopold, followed by the Count La Tour du Pin, the French Minister, received in the imperial seat his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, the King of Denmark, the King of Bavaria, and the other Princes and Sovereigns now present at Vienna, all of whom were attended by their respective suites. The Archbishop of Vienna, notwithstanding his great age, celebrated the sacred mysteries. The whole of the Clergy belonging to the Cathedral were present. The Ambassadors, and the Knights of the Golden Fleece, were placed in the choir. Near them, and just at the extremity of the nave, were placed the civil and military authorities of the Austrian Monarchy, who had received orders to be present. The rest of the church was filled by the people. Strangers, and every person of distinction in the city, were anxious to be present. All the ladies of the Court wore large veils, as at the obsequies of the Emperors. The music, composed by M. Neukum, was performed by two hundred and fifty voices without any orchestra.) The funeral discourse was pronounced by the Abbe de Zaiguelius, Director of the French Church of St. Anne, at Vienna. The most solemn silence prevailed during the time that this discourse was delivered. The ceremony was concluded in an hour. CHINA. Christianity.-Letters from Italy state, on the authority of advices from China, that Christianity was spreading very rapidly in that extensive and populous Empire. The Missionaries, occasionally practising as physiciaus, had gained proselyte: among the higher class of Mandarins. Among their disciples, there is particular meution of Ho-Wan, the Viceroy of Pekin. So zealous was this Nobleman for the propagation of the faith he had embraced, that he had given large sums for the maintenance of the proselytes to Christianity; Army. It appears from the new French almanack, that the Military Establishment is very large. The list of officers comprehends 20 Marshals, 393 LieutenantGenerals, and 617 Marechaux de Camp. Bank.-The Governor of the Bank of France, M. Lafitte, in a statement made to the holders of stock of that establishment, gives an account of the flourishing state of their finances since the restoration of Louis XVIII. The deposits in the last six months of 1814, were as six to one to those in the first six months. The discounts were in the proportion of 53 to 34-the rates of discount four and five per cent. Manufactures.-Normandy is evidently making very great advances, particularly at Rouen. As good mule yarn as can be made, they spin from Brazil cotton, and sell it to the fabriquants or manufacturers at little more than the English price. They can weave it at considerably less, on account of wages being so much lower.-they paying only about 10s. or 10s. 6d. a week, to men who in Manchester must have 25s. or 26s. There are in Rouen, 30,000 persons employed in the cotton trade; and in Normandy, altogether 400,000. Commemoration-Marshal the Duke of Dalmatia, Governor of a military division, agreeably to the 13th direction of his Majesty, has formed a Committee to superintend the erection, by voluntary subscription, of a religious monument to the memory of the unfortunate victims at Quiberon, on the spot where they were sacrificed. Another monument will be erected at the Carthusian Convent near Auray, to which the remains of those warriors were removed. Restoration of Property. - The French Papers contain the following article extracted from the Journal du Nord, printed at Lille. Madame the Duchess de Duras, accompanied by her youngest daughter, arrived on the 4th of October, at Henin Lietard, where the Duc de Duras, first Gentleman of the Chamber to Louis XVIII. possessed, before the Revolution, a chateau and a . large property. The Duchess lodged at the house of M. Platel the Notary of the town, where an apartment had been prepared for her. Her graces and the gentleness of her character soon conciliated the love of all the inhabitants; and during the three days which she remained among them, a great number of the purchasers of the Dukes' estate waited on her to deliver up their title deeds, which she would not accept until they consented to receive the value in return. The crowd was so great that she could not settle with them all, and she therefore requested them to wait until the arrival of the Duke, who is soon to pay a visit to that place. Such a transaction does equal honour to those, with whom it originated, and those who were its objects. To give it the publicity it merits, is to invite to its imi | State of Crime.-A list of the criminal causes brought before the Court of Assize in Paris during this year, makes their number amount to 358, of which 314 were thefts, 16 forgeries, 6 assassinations, 21 fraudulent bankruptcies, and 2 rapes. Police. It would seem that Paris is at present as much annoyed by juvenile depredators as London The Gazette de France reports, that the Paris Court of GERMANY. Frau and Fraulein versus Madame and Mademoiselle-In consequence of the general diffusion of the French language in Germany, and the imitation of French manners which has much prevailed in that country, it has long been the practice of many Germans to introduce Gallic phrases and forms of address into their conversation. In speaking to ladies, it has accordingly been usual to address them with Madame and Mademoiselle, but the Antigallican reaction which recent events have produced, has naturally rendered this custom, which ought always to have been disgusting from its affectation, odious on patriotic grounds. Its prevalence, howWe are very glad to record this act of ever, must have been very extensive, since it has been found necessary, in order to restoration, whether it proceeded from counteract it, for families to pledge themfear or love, or, as is more probable, selves to use the German instead of the from mixed motives of duty and policy. Re-French forms of address. This, as appears storation it may be called, since the money expected from the Duke, must have been considerably less than the present value of the land, or he would have been unable to pay it: probably nothing more than the slender price at which the stolen property was sold at the Revolution. tation A serious riot had nearly taken place in Paris, on the 17th ult. through the zeal of a priest, who, adhering to the rigorous ordinances of the Romish Church, which considers actors and actresses as excommunicated, and forbids their being buried in holy ground, refused to perform the funeral rites over a Mademoiselle Raucour, an actress of the Theatre Francoise. The enraged multitude on finding the church gates shut against the corpse, indignantly burst them open, and were proceeding to commit the greatest excesses, when the King, hearing of the matter, prudently sent his almoner, under an escort, with orders to perform the required service. This appeased the people, and prevented probably the most fatal consequences. from the German papers, has lately been done at Erfurt, and the compact publickly notified through the medium of the Newspapers. From the advertisement we find that the parties bind themselves : "No longer to address unmarried Ladies, either in speech or writing, as has hitherto been usual with the French title Mademoiselle, but to employ for that purpose, that fine word which belongs to the German Language, viz. FRAULEIN. In using this word the following modifications are to be observed: "In addressing unmarried Ladies of noble family, FRAULFIN VOY." "In addressing unmarried Ladies not noble, simply FRAULTIN. "In addressing unmarried females of the lower ranks, JUNGFER. † "Exceptions are allowed in some cases, | April, 1st, to the late frost, without countbut not honourable ones, in which Made-ing the vessels from Friesland and North moiselle may be used.-With regard to Holland, and those which remained in the the married part of the female sex, it is Nieu Diep, 1575 ships should have sailed resolved to resume the ancient respectable from this city to the sea, and 1426 arrived appellation of FRAU *, it being expected from different parts ? that no honourable married woman will henceforth call herself Madame." This agrees with what we have ready reported on the decline of the French language in Germany. Since the restoration of the independence of Holland, the commerce of Rotteral-dam has wonderfully revived. From November, 1815, to December, 1814, there entered the Maese, besides coasters, 1284 large ships, and sailed 1308. In 1789 there entered the same river, 1612 ships; in 1793, 1963 ships; and in 1808 only 65: after that period, a vessel only entered now and then under licence. Superstition. An enthusiast is mentioned by the Hamburgh Correspondent, whose name is Anne Catherine Emmerich, chorister of the suppressed convent of Agnestenberg, at Dulm, near Munster. She has a bloody crown of thorns upon her head, five wounds in her hands, feet and side, and Corn Trade.-The following article from two or three crosses upon the breast. Dantzic, dated Jan. 2, is of some interest These wounds frequently bleed. The ob-in regard to the corn trade of Poland :— ject of her highest ambition is to resemble her crucified Saviour !!! Hamburgh, January, 8.-The cold has been extremely severe for some days past, and the Elbe on its frozen surface exhibits a picture of foot passengers, waggons, and sledges, in constant motion. It is said, that during the stay of the Russian troops at Hamburgh, 240 Russian officers married women of that town, most of whom belonged to the richest families in the place. Commerce Since the restoration of our commerce in May, 1814, up to the 21st of December last, when the Elbe was blockaded by ice, 873 large ships, and 1,046 small coasters have entered our port. Among the former were 2 from the Brazils, 2 from the Havannah, 1 from Porto Rico, 1 from St. Domingo, 1 from Buenos Ayres, 4 from the Canary Islands, 14 from the Mediterranean, 27 from Spain, 18 from Portugal, 578 from England, 58 from France, 1 from Naples, 44 from Sweden and Norway, 12 from Archangel, and 108 from the Baltic, During the same period, 850 large and 1,124 small vessels cleared out. The trade of Lubeck, which, after the events of 1806, was totally staguant, bas also fast recovered. In the last year 1043 ships entered that port, and 943 left it. POLAND. "As at the close of the year 1815, there lowing is an account of the supply which was no grain in our warehouses: the folwe received in the course of 1814," It is given in lasts and bushels.-N. B. The lust is two tons. 8475 Lasts 4 Bushels 5933 53* 54 920 24 341 $1 47 56 -16,600 47 Total Of the above, 11,967 lasts were either exported or consumed. The chief part of the exports were wheat and rye." PRUSSIA. Berlin, Jan. 12.—Our financial situation is greatly improved. Two years ago assiguments on the revenue to the amount of 4,500,000 rix-dollars were issued; and only about 1,184,725 are now in circulation, which the Prussian Government will forthwith call in. SAXONY. The following may be considered as a correct though brief statistical view of this country: Saxony, in a superficial extent of 756 German square miles has rather more than the most populous provinces of Germany : 1,900,000 inhabitants, so that it is one of that it is also one of the most industrious, and most favoured in respect of its commercial position and soil, cannot be doubted. Its standing army, exclusive of militia, amounts to 30,000 regular troops, and its average revenue may be estimated at eight millions of dollars. The system of credit of its Government is founded on good principles, and has been excellently maintained: |