The Quebec mercury, 28 octobre 1805, lundi 28 octobre 1805

[" THE QUEBEC MERCURY.Moris it stvdia it tofuloi rt tr.tlia ihcam.yirg.Gtorg.iv.j.VOI.I.] MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1805.CNo.43.FROM THE RUTLAND HERALD.Extraordinary Snake in Lake Ont art o% Extra# of a letter from a young gentleman residing near the Black Rivet* in the (late of Ncw-Yoik, to his correspondent in Castleton\u2014dated Watertown, June 30th 1805.\u201c SIR, \u2022* Four men of respe#ability, who belong to this place, were returning from Kingilon, lait week, in a boat across Lake Ontario, who when about half way home, espied a distant objc# lying off in the Lake ; which they supposed tube a boat with her bottom up, they immediately steered towards it, wi'r/i a de ign to m.tkc prize of her ; when, wi'h the swiftpess of an arrow, if dated towards them and they discovered i/ to be a monfter in the iwm of a snake.They were dreadfully frightened, and pulled with all their might for the shore, which they soon gained, t/being at n< great diitance.The nu n ster closely pursued /hem, till gaining shoal water, it played backward and tornaid before .htm for two hours.\u2014 This afforded them leisure to recover horn ihtir surprise, and approach and turvey it.It o ntrs&ed itself in a spi-l»I form, w hich they judged to be nearly eighteen feet in diameter* Frcm the center of the curl, the head projected «toss the fold*, lying even with a circumference at molt as latge ar a hogs-i the eyes nearly the bigness of a F*nt bason; the mouth frightfully ¦ug*.and the asped terrible.The \"nE'h, as it appeared, above the water,1 they judged to be 150 feet.The bo iy -ppcatcil to be about the size of a barret I cr playing around, as stated above, titcered his course for a vessel, which k*1 Kingilon at ihe same time with themselves, bound to Niagara, and was out of sight in a moment.\u201c 1 understand that the Indians hav< frequently seen the »amc.He once at* tempted to pick a man out of a schooner who saved himself by jumping info the cabin.A number of boats have been loft in the i.ake, which many have con-jeéhircd were deffroyed by this monfter.It is supposed to be of the same kind with that which infefted the seas of Norway, as it is not difficult for it, when young, to come up the river St.Lawrence.\u201d However incredible /he above account may appear, the frighted imaginations of these rpedators, have not represented this member of a serpent, to be of such an enormous size, as the Sea Snake which was shot by the maflcr of a ship, in the Norweigian seas, in 1756.The length of that, it will be recollected, was more than a hundred yards.The boat and ship-maflers in those seas, seem to dread being overset by this sea-monflcr ; and, on that account, provide themselves with quantities of caflor, as they arc know n to have a remarkable aversion to the smell of that drug.It is probable that many who cross the Ontario would be happy to obtain a substance, equally efficacious, for their own security.Extracts from late papers received at SaU m, Capt.Williams informs us, that the extension of Bonaparte\u2019s authority in Italy, which threatens toligh/ up a new war upon the continent of Furope, appeared to be very mortifying to the people of that country.It was with great reluctance Genoa changed her flag for that of France ; and though she wa> promised the enjoyment of her ancient laws, cufloms and usages, yet on the change of government, they found themselves under a set of new officers from France, and loaded with French duties, .t nd every regulation adopted to the benefit of the prote&ing country.Naples continued to be over-awed by the French, though they had not yet attempted to enter that kingdom ; but it was said that continual contributions were the price of their forbearance, and that they threatened to invade it, the moment a British or Russian soldier set foot upon its shores.A British 74 gun ship was still in waiting to take off the king and his family the moment such an event should take place.The British expedition under Gen.Craig had arrived a/ Malta, where they seemed to be waiting 10 a61 according to the course of events.The Russians had also 30 or 40,000 men in the Seven Isles, and a number of ships of war in the bay of Naples.It is these forces, probably, that check the French in their design on Naples, as their passage to that city would be short and easy, and they would no doubt proceed to oppose the French, should they make a movement towards it.The naval force of the British in the Mediterranean, since Lord Nelson left it to follow the tra6l of the Toulon squadron, was very inconsiderable, the ship of the line that was lying at Naples, was said to be the only one remaining in that sea, M.Coteault, professor of Physic at Poi61iers, has iuvcn/cd the model of a very ingenious machine, to be resorted to in cases of tire.This machine consists of six square ca>e$, entering into one another, and which, by means of ihe necessary cordage and levers, can unfold like the different pieces of a telescope, and tisc in less than 75 seconds from the 338 height of infect, to that of 69.The whole i# supported on tour wheels, that move »n every dire&ion, which gives the machine great facility for carriage, and a great degree of fixedness, when the wheels are moved »n opposite diregions.The who;e wo,king of it only takes up about two minutes i the summit of the mao ine cariies a horizontal moveable lever, and is susceptible of being lengthened or shortened, as occasion may re- Îiuire : it is provided with different steps, or the descent of persons and effed*, as by a crane.The model is large enough to enable any person to ascertain its efficacy* Inconsequence of incendiary attempts at Woolwich Arsenal.England, new regulations are adopted there, which are so sni&ly enforced, that one of the Princes has >ince been refused admission, on proceeding there with several noble friends- A Leyden paper says\u2014the Gallic government wish to introduce the French language into Holland to supercede the Dutch, in order the more securely to establish their influence* Th* Jews.Mr.Joseoh Samuel C.F.Frey, (the converted Jew) preaches a dated ieéhire, at Mr.Cell's chapel, in Jewry-street, London, every Saturday evening, at seven o'clock.It is in contemplation to colleâ together the converted Jews from differ ent pans of this kingdom, and from the Continent (of whom more than twenty have been heard of) and to furm them into a Christian church* This important measure, if praâicable, nruy be the means of exciting among the poftcrity of Abraham a spirit of inquiry into the truth of Chriftianity.It wtuld afford also a refuge to those who,on embracing the religion of Chrift, are usually obliged to leave father, mother, and subftance ; and we hope it would also tend to Air up the zeal of those who are called Chriflians.A prayer-meeting among a few convened Jews is already commenced, < n the Friday evening, at Mr.Frey's apait ments.No.1, Little-Prescott-Areci, Goodman's fields i where his brethren are invited to converse with him* As some of the British officers were >n?c conversing with Dr.Stearns, an Xmrrican aArnnnmer, on the hardms of the time?, whilft the late war continued in America, one of them, thinking to smoke the doâor, said to h:m, \u201c Pray, ir, as you are a mathematician, can you tell us how long it will take to surmount insurmountable diffi ulties ?\u201d \u2022« Yes, Sir* (answeied the doctor) juA as long as it will take yon to get at the botton.of the bottomless pit.O devil take you (said the officer) you are too deep for me.\u201d LONDON ,i:EPT.2.to ro.It is Aated, that 350,000 Anftrians, 250,000 Russians, and 40,000 Swedes, are ready to commence operation^.Ol these armies, it is said, that 100,000 AuArians, and an equal number of Rus-siam, are to be employed on /he Rhine ; 200,000 AuAriansand 60,000 kMS>iant, in Italy and Switzerland.The 40,000 Swedes, and an eqt al number of Russians, are said to be deAined to retake Hanover ; and according to the samo reports, a Bri ish army will at the same time make an attack c n Holland.It is added, that even the Toiks are to cooperate in the grand attempt to rescue Europe from the gripe of an ambitiot^ usurper, who seems desirous to monopolise the government of all states, and who has therefore made it a cointnot: cause with all Aates, to attempt his des truélion.A all Aate< part of the grand plan now in agitation is, it is undcrAood, to invade Spain in dif.ferent points, in order to induce the Spanish monarch to declare himsdi again A the Corsican yoke, which he i.^ ?aid to be very willing /o do.In /h midA cf these report?, it is natural to find some accounts of intended move-mints in favour of the unfortunate house of Bourbon ; and it is accordingly said, that a large body of Russian and othei troops, are to attempt some vulnerable part of France, headed by a Bourbon Prince, in the name of Louis XVIII, the rightful King of France, the Ally >f England, Russia, Au Aria, Sweden, »nd Turkey, againA the usurper of hi?throne and the oppi essor of hi» subjects.His moA ChriAian MajcAy, it is also confidently said is to be furnished with thi m-ans of raising a formidable army an I that he is to Usue a proclamation to inform his subjc&s tha/ their deliver! ance approaches, if they arc willjngu, be rescued from disgrace, misery, and despotism.The breaking up of the camp at B011.logne is fully confirmed by the crew of ne of the enemy's gun-buats captured j\u2019id sent into the Downs on Thursday.E rly in the morning of that day several columns of the army struck their kn:s, md were marched away ; and the day before, the whole of the force that was on board, of the Boulogne army, wore 'ilddcnly disembaikcd, with thJr artil-1 ry, Ac.and immediately begin their march into the interior of the country.The troops from Holland are m pro.cetd with all possible expedition to Mentz.Bonaparte was still at Boulogne on the 27ih, giving ihe necessary orders for the marihing ot th'.- troops iiom theace row r is Germany.The cotisaipis are immediately 10 be cJltd into adual crvice.Sir D.Baird and Staff gotoiheMedi.rerranean in the Diadem, which, basa large sum in specie on board, Bri^a-iicr-generai Bcresford goes in the N»r-.is us, and brigadier-general Eeiguson in the Leda ; the three brigades to be employed in this expedition comprise nearly 10,000 men* In the coutse of the week orders have been sent from the VVar-Ofhcc to the different military head quarters ot our troops, requiring particular regiments to prepare tor immediate cmbaikniuo for foreign service.The panuular en* terprize in contemplation ot itk British government wc- cannot be expected 10 uc know at proem, but whatever it mjy wc have no uoubt it is nieant to operate as a powerful diversion in tavuur »>t Hie allie», and theic are 11 any point» between the Tcxcl and the G ilph ot aoa, wheic an English ar .y may gamer tre.-h laurel»» and greatly contrio.ic towards the deliverance ot Europe.The following arc among th number of those «hat are 10 compose part ot the expedition, whatever may be it» now-nation; King\u2019s Dragoon Gnards.41b Dragoon Guards, yth, loth, 13'\u201c» 2nl, Light Dragoons, a detachment ot the 339 Royal Waggon Train, all the id bat.talions, twelve thousand men ; but the number mud be greatly exaggerated.The first battalion of the Col.lstrram, auri the ill battalion of the third Regt-mrnt of Guards, now lying at Deal, ireoidered tor embarkation.The ofti> cen belonging to the battallinns who were employed on the recruiting service, arc ordered to juin immediately.On ibe\ttrlt.the Rrest fleet, con.'isting of 18 two deckers, and three three deckers ramc out of BreM Harbour and anchored in Camoret Bay.The B/lush fleet then consisted of 17 sailot the line.Admiral Comwal'is in the Ville Je Paris, immediately stood in alone 10 within 2 miles of their an> chorage under the Hre of their batteries and mortars, to reccnnoitrc the enemy.He then returned to the fleet and gave orders for attacking the enemy at their anchorage mxt morning at dry light At 3 P M.tnthe 22d.the fleet stood in.in close order of battle; but on its appro* h the enemy immediately got tinder way and run into Brest harbor.The fLei Motxi after them close to the harboi\u2019s mouth, wnere it lay too tor some tirru, in hopes that the enemy stimulated by the consideration of the inferior number of rur squadron, and the presence nt thousands of their own people which crowded all the surrounding heights, would Come out and engage, but it w as all in vain.The fleet the Wood «ft, which as soon as it was pci-ceived, the enemy came out, standing »n along shore under their batteries.On perceiving this, the admiral again wore and stood after them; on which «he again tacked and made foi Brest harbour, 1 he Ville de Paris, Cxsar and Montague, however succeeded in Cuming up wuhin gun shot of their rnipt atid exchanged several broadsides, jwo id their thtp were nearly cut oft', «hey however succeeded in e-tiini» into port.\tb 6 September 9., *c extracts which we hive ijivcn in (mu paper ot this day from the French Journals, place ihe certainty of imme-^,e Wwa, kyimd all doubt.Slow a* «ney have been to admit that the tran-jn\u201ci'y of the Continent was likely to »e diituibcd by any probable contir-gency, the very Paris papers arc at last to be crowned, but its extent was not known.If report is to be depended on, which would be incredible if it related to any cl.aiaci .* but a man absolutely intoxicated by the pi:UP-itrects arc crowJ\u201cj naked bedouins, rendered ferocious by him.Wellesley appeared in unufual fpmts »t hi» levee before ihe failing of the belle, \u2018>«'d it way thence inferred by his fncn.1», that ie\t* eeived lome latislactoiy intoimation horn me fccne ot action.\t.\t.\t, f Of Holkar there is nota word faid in thc un.patches.We underfland it is h .rdiy known where he is.He is notin Bhurt| ore.He 1» fuppofed to be roaming about tome where, wuh very few followers.Extract of a Letter from an Officer belonging to the Meet under Admiral Cornwallis, oai.d off UQuut, Aug.14th, received m town yesiei.d*Sii Robert Calder ha* joined us with his squ.dron from off Frrrol, he hav.ng been obliged 10 quit that (la ion, in consequence ot his huvin{, buffered the Combined Fleet toget into Corunna.Government has received advice we under atand, of the capture of the Hannibal, wlu« h was severely handled in her action wMi [he Lively, struck to a frigate of 44 guns, the II!u .thoua being at the time in ughu 1 he Hauui, Died, Holies, the cqd Sept, aged a 1, Mr.Beniamin Hudson.He was pieparmg tor tram ing\u2014had washed out his gun, and immediately loaded it, and rammed a wet wad exce,lively hard, and fired.The wad never moved, but he lower end of the barrel split.A piece of he band went into Jus body little a above lm iieart; on whtih he ran about three rodi, aud dropped down dead without speaking.1 Aiiieiican bomb vessels\u20149 American gun boats.v bomb vessels, procured in the Méditer, ranean.3 gun boats, do.do.On board this squadron there are jioo men, mcludiiG officers, seamen, marines, Ac.}\u2019EL 1.0H' FETER.'I he following article respecting the Yel'ow Fever is copied from thc Ncw.M.ivcn paper of I ueuiay last.It is presumed to lie horn ihe pen of Noah Wt b ste r, K»q.Palladin «.The m.ilignant fever has .ippc.urd in the UniirU Sûtes so fiequcnily during t.ie list twelve yearn, that common diligente an l fide, luv i > coikciing7.rf/t 1 an leave no gieai doubt as to die real amount ol its d uigetU errors of a most pernicious tendency itill picvail as ;to thc origin, nature an '\u2022 coiuagon ot the hd* low FeVct , u must be .iwing togioss negligence or to prejudices «liitli spurn n invcMig t n, and resist the force of évidente which would produce conviction in every oth.\u2019i *.uc.\u201c From the fttet» which are ta*thfully col.lected, and published by h\\>iciaii' ndotlieri, a number of points aie proved b> ividcnce io be resisted.\u201c t>t.The malignant or yellow lever is the disease of extreme h at, aided in many taies hy morbid exhala?.on> hoin r Uuily mg unun 1 and vegetable sal \"tances, dut he.it alone wi.l nioduev it.J bus our s amen, when the) past into the tropical latitudes, areoften icix-dwnb it, without intection 01 ton! air.ni.1 he malignant or yellow feyer, «of-thet it proceeds horn iniponed intcciwn yr fiom mo 1 but causes among ourselves, is .> du-ea-.e pei uli.ir to thc suininer and uuumn.n our 1 ou.it 1 v, it his a, peared »n a fc« detached es ei in Juix and July ; but never makes much progress till laic in August.Fiom du unîor-mity of ihi* f.icr, we may jnsily conclude, tint no extensive mischief is ever to heap, the acd from it so cany a.July ; aid of on re, iaal the late alarm was umeasonably piemaiuie.Qd.The mahgna.n 01 yellow f-ver 'i'» tio .; like all othci feveis which up'db disorganize ihc animal frame.1 he pouo 1 oi thi* klucase is contained in the b < a'., the pei'p \u2022 non & the evacnaiiuns ot h diseased.1 a * hoc* 10 ihc eloatbes acd b.dJmn M© the ^ of rooms, and cspecial.y to the m 341 » ,,'Wh «e moiit and onventilated.1* Wt^ot th.i a,«fuc, a.of all others, u T b'e i bcma crr.cd from place tu place ; üTbi «pabl*alK>.of being destroyed by b\u201c water, w*?'»11** fumigations with nitre, room wlirre the sick li\"s, is large, and kept; clean and well aired, and ihe clothes and bedd- ! nr, T!,- nuligniint fever often appear» m .4\t.cates, without spreading so as to bc- ^ ai rous io ihe .nhal.ita.it.in general, or cuBtedingCtou^0 ofgeMefdl alarm, inter.aeaimgany nece *>*y ™ *\tmany ca- mptmg busine^.\tV withuut becoming f^ous \u2022PtilK.-Mr.r-The sam, LTikpUe in Philaddpb a in i795 aW highly marked ca,es appeared 1 v' u, York m i-o'» wiihout spreading.1 h.s mNcwAorki 9.\t^ |hc ,ownsmtlie in Albtinf in 179».\"\"h-\"1' T s tact is «ated on the authonty of Dr.Woodruff »nd 1).\u2022 M'CUHan.V Detached eaKs of the same disease appeared in Providence in two or three di.lcrent years, J^foretlie vear .797» when it excited alarm.In Newport, Di.Center had a cast, of car-bunculat and glandular plague in .79«.In the same year, Dr.Holyoke, nt Salent, ha I several caies of malignant yellow lever, wuh-or.texct ing alarm.In none ol these cases was there a pretence ot foreign ndeetton.nor any intetrupuon of business.vhalt jse be roll that these were not ca ei of the yellow tevn ?But the ablest Hhysicmns our tmintry a«ord.> da laic them to be Uear, uniquivoeal ca> \u2022» ol tint disease, and tlie wmer lias taken tl>c lacis from ifieir testimony.The inference tioin the facts is, that the ap-peaiance of yell»» lever in a few i as s, is not a ceitain ,iioof ihat it will sprea.i over a town .it may become extinct, without exhibiting any alaniiing contagion, and thcrcfoic a tew cases occurring in July hould not interrupt the business of a cotnmcicial town, Nleo w ho guide public opinion should be mote carctul t» obtain eorreci i.olions of the real danger of the diseur, before they take measure» which must deprive tbouiaivls ol their mcani ot sub»is-tance.There is one eriot on this suhicct wj evtcn-tivclyprejudicial, and sod stiuctivcol private h-ppmeis, tliat men ot profosional sk'H, ,ind o-thers as far as they have tiie power, ought to take great paui'io concct.This is, the opi-aion that die conugion of :his disease acis to a great distance, so as to communicate fiom the sick, to person, passing along ihe streets ibis error was adopted in 1793,b\\ .ible physicians, and ha.been propagated among our Citiarn.fro 11 car f\" observations, during ¦a » y years exp< rience, our physicians have found ih -to ; c a mistake.Dm mg an epu dtmic in a large city, in close streets, the an may perhaps be so contaminated, a> to be mice, fivus ; but a.a g netal rcina k, i( is now asserted with contislcncc by the mo^ exp nenecd phy icians, that no perso 1 takes disease Irom the uck.unless he enters the apartment, and very ran ty, unless he app.oiches so near as to Ukeihc breath and effluvia.And when the Salem, Sept.«7.clean ana wcuaireo, ana in\" ciorncs anu ucuw- Earthquakewilliams informs, mg are often changed, ihe muses and atten- that a few days before he lett Za'^orn, the mail ;d.mts do not olieu take the di-easc.Instead, tiom S'aplei brought the distressing tidings of therefore, of communicating to a distance of I a terrible carthrjuake which had destroyed a many rots, the poison ii harmless, as soon as j whole town 1 n th neighbom flood of that city, it mixes wnth common air ; and no person is in and by which two thousand persons were sup- danger Irom passing by the house where the ick is confined.1 here ire many errors of opinion which do no harm ; but on this subject, error does infinite mischief.It disturbs ihe peace of people who arc not in the smallest danger ; it create» needless fears, and interrupts business 'without any sullui nt necessity.Oct ole r 1.Atfterican Co>nmerce.\u2014Our country has scar-iccly conclude'! a peace with one toe, when a more torm.d.ble seems ready 10 take up arms (against her.the Tripolitans have scarcely learned that the American Hag will not t imely (submit toms lit and injury, .nd that Americans will no;, like some European liâtes, pay ~\tf'w.\t\u2014.-w\t\u201d- ¦ ^ - \u2014 r posed to have perished ; and that the signs of further shocks continued, so that the girate>t consternation and alarm prevailed in Naplei, and the inhabitants had crowded on boaid the shipping, fiom an apprehension that that city would be involved in the des ruction ; and the vc sel:., from the same apprehension, had thought it prudent to haul on from the mole, and drop down into the bay, to be more safe from its effects.\u2019* FROM A CREEKOCK PAPER, Au unpaiallclcd instance of the power of & cans win no , une ivr.i i.m 1 fr wi mart,\thoi se, u he .i>sisicd by art, was shewn near tribute where no tisbuic .s due i when the bpa-; Croydon 011 Wednesday la^t.The Surrey l-niant-, rcgaidle s as it would seem of individu- ion Railway being completed, and opened for al li-ht and national respect, treat us with the j the carnage of goovtsall the way from Wards-utmost a 1 romance, and appear determined to worth to\u2019Merttham, a bet was miidc between out both out patience and our prowess to the ; two Gentlemen, that a common ho.se could tc.t.I h time apparently is not t u distant draw tbirtytix tons tor six miles along the road, when tins country ihum eitlicr debase herself an l that lie should diaw this weight from a by submitting to indignities the most disgiace-l dead pull, a>wcil as turn it round tlie occjsioii-fY.l 01 me t (Ins insolent enemy in the figlu\u2014 al wm in^s of the 10.d.Wednesday last wa» wi,Kh i.thr more honorable alternative let fixed on for the trial; and a number of Gcn- such men as Bainbridgt and Eaton decide.tler.Tcn as cmb\u2019.ed neai Mcrsiham to see this ex_ iraordinaty tiiumph ot an.Twelve waggons lourd with stone.', each waggon weighing a- fn the Nonh of E urope affairs continued to wcai a \"lore an I \u2019nore interesting aspect ¦ -A n w l.¦ nttncntal Coalition hostile to Tia cc was daily asbumingcon istency and vigor.\u2014It \"as embracm , R ssia, Austria, Sweden, and, (un-natural as u may seem) the Ottoman Porte., U .i-a' a \\yx< tlif*\tI ne 11 tv «t $ to 14* motion f ~\t\\\t\\ r* » \u2014 Kl\u2018fia\tf Ml »\tWRC\tfix imlcs, inane hour ami fort v.one to the opera.oil*.All she w.i.^ed was money, _niit^ w,llfh itll,41iv al rif, ^ »\tora\t-\u2019O- O - bovc three ton,st were chain* d togctlier and a liorse taken previously fiom the timber cart of Mr.Hai w.hkI was yoked mro the team.He siarte I tioin near he l ux Pul lie home, and \u2022 - ~ - - - - - - - (\u2019.rcw ih.- immense chaui of waggons with ap-pa ent ease to near the turnpike at Croydon, a and this was a$ain to be turns bed by Grcai-Bm.un :\u2014with what facility the following cxti act of a letter from a gentleman of the first ie p< ctabihty in London, will shew ;\t\u201c A subsidy oj 3,500 00-L in spn it, ts n&iv ( August it), tSOjj packing u/, at tkt bank, destined pnn~ minutes, winch is n.-ally at the rate ot tour miles an hour.In (he course of this htm htî *.o!>pcd four times, to shew that it was not by the impetus of the descent that the power wa* aiqincd\u2014and utter ea»h stoppage he drew .1.» 1*1% .VS I t t »C I (T .Vf s C 4 \u2022 a S I \u2022 S \u2022 » .I \u2022 % 4 m m \\itpauy for the contr ent I The »mall pox is m .king ravages iaLondon, and several other jopulous «xjjis in England.It is sam 30 persons die w ckly, in London and its environs, of that disea e- At Norwich, i n-I gland, a general inoculation tor the Cow pox is tmuieiiatcly to take place.Latest from France.Mr.Allan Melville, whovame paasenger in the brig Acorn, Lupt.Folgici, whichai rived la t night, 111 3 s days from Nantz, has politely favoreu us vxith Pans papars to me 23d August, We do not perceive, on a glance over them, that they announce any tuiuigiot mo ment.1 he Emperor Napoleon 1**^ turned to [Paiis, from the camp ot the coast\u2014It was ic-pji ted, that the camp wa h caking up, and Die Ittoops tiling off toward» Germany.otl the chain ot waggons fiom a dead rest.VMI » \u2022\t- \u2014\u2014\u2014 \u2014-\tOO\t- ^ Having gained his wager, Mr.BanKs, the ci-ntlcman who U.d the bet, directed four more loaded waggons to be adoed to the cavalcade, with which the same hor»e again set off with undiminished power ; and jiili tnnher to ihew the effect of ihe Railway in tacditating motion, he directed the at lending workmen, to the number ot aboui fitly, to mount on the waggons, and the hoi se proceeded without ihe least distiess, and in truth, there appeared to be scarcely any limitauon to the power of his draught.After the trial the waggon» we.e taken to the weighing machine, and it appeared that the whole weight wa* a»follows:\u2014 tons dot, qr, ii Wagons, first linked together, weighed *\t-\t\"\t38\t4\t* 4 ditto at ter ward* attached -\t13 a a Supposed weight ot Labourers 400 Ton* 35.\t6\t» 342 Cuhiouj Raroaim.»A «ntleintn lait ¦week bought from a dealer in Manche .-ter «oo (quare yard* of »alt for aoo guineas.On being asked the price of it pet square yard, the owner answered, \u201c a guinea,\u201d ami made a contract accordingly.The money paid bears no proportion to the Taluc of the quantity »o.J.I.ast week David Price was committed to Hert-foid Gao), lor breaking t to the nousC of David Jones, of the parish ot MichueUchurch, Eskley, Ibc circutnsraoces attending the .prehension ot this man are rather curious : Mr.Jones returning home Irom Hereford, mused his «arch from the nijtitle*picce ant on findi ig hit *ife had not got it, they proceeded to inspect the house, when they dt^cov-re i a utn-dow of en, by which the depredator had gained admittance ; Jones then denreu b < wife to go up staits, and examine a large chest in their Halifax, Oâober 8, The Nemesis and Mercury frigates, Avenger and Ranger sloops of war, with ihe fleet under convoy for Ncw-f Hindland, Quebec, and Halifax, sailed f.o .t Falmouth the 30th August.Convoy of twelve Ships anchored under ,h, proiccttonot » Strong ifsttcry ,n the Bav oi Ore noon; wat warmly returned, till two in',hJ\"afte^h,Ch QUEBEC, 28, October.when, encouraged by a Ftlucca.of ta gun,, ,Bd two gun-l oafs, that came up, the «1^ re.commended with ircfh vieouron the partofih*-tneuiy.Brtore four, tTie Acbec, ond tw04 the gun-boats, sunk.1 hc Battery w.th th-I rcmal.nng gun-boats, a si, -d by three m jofhi:g, continued to annoy the Biigc, till «tou» j lull past six, when the hie of she whole ,|,ck! emd I be Kangaroo then cut hei cable, ind ^ c i \u2022 u\t'ïun ,CaT*r \u2019I\u2019e «°wcr, upon which tlie « ».Ou Su/urday morning, by .in oversight of i boat/ in the o«inb fled, amt ty seven the th' ^.tnner, a a^lb.rhor was tired from the ry was silenced.1 he boats were ctm i w à Pallas ft gate, it passi-d through the house ol till midnight in culling out sucl, vessel/.Mr.Forton, Biock-nukci\u2019 in the Cut dc iac, wereaflo.:t.Tliese wcieonlv three brins I d»* struck a sione out ol the dcH>r frame of the j with » me, rice and bread.\ta bed-chamber, to ascertain whether any cloaihs , huse ol Mr.VV.Hamilior in Chatii| lain 'I he icm were either stthk or driven on sh it contained\thad\tbeen\ttaken out\tj\tshe\treturned\tMrcer,and aftet rcboundmg.to the opposiieside, This galiam exploit w.t» accomplished v.i Ik' m a few\tminutes trembling,\tand informed\thim\tn tell to the gtoond.Happily no damage ; loss onlv of Mr T.Taylor tnuS.hiDman r a man was in the chest, on which, with ad- wa* done bat what may be icpaiied.\tthe Kangaroo, killed; Lieutenants foii|eI|0t mu-ible presence of mind, he instantly ran up stair', followed by his w ife, and getting on the lid of the chest, kept it down, whilst (m wife Vesterdsy, shortly utter 3 o\u2019clock P.M.the inhabitants rou'tc the Parade were and 1 hoinpson, with eight men, wounded.:P.M.the In the Month ot June the speed) (Briy' al nmed by : L< rd Cochrane, with hi> galum crew, « JJ placed upon it whatever things ot weight pre-J an unusual no se when, on looking out, they ; taken by a French Cuuadnm.aented themselves to her, and thus they kept ^.-«¦-«\u2022-\u2022\u2022-a\ts -» \u2014 -1 *\t\u2014 * '\t1 watch over their prisoner tilian oppouunity oc.oirred of appichcnd ng him.During the tune they were watching over their prisoner the friendly ticking of the watch informed them their property was safe, and tile whole was found upoa him.discovered the west end of me new Union cut-tce-house and .Sscmbly loom in ruins.A-i bout a fourth patt ol the building had suddenly (alien- Fortunately it was sumJay and tio workmen or other pc sols presenf.the walls were nearly hnnhtd.in additiunm thet, having been ran up 1,1 lia tc, i/ic weathet has been SINGULAR FACT, I A \\\\ngula*f*a.'I he writer of this paragraph having business, la>t monday evening, m m John Suburbs, it being d.uk, he ca.ric\u2019l a Ian thorr.wiih him.Jim without the gate, alon r th \u2022 outside of the loot-paili n;\u201es a f\u201e1(J|| ,j|e4 ® .\tof water.Wu»t his feet on the path anil his unfavorable to the drying ot the mortar.1 he face .n tlie water, I ,y a man speechless and nui-| wags attribute tlv- ult to Certain neighborly 1 uonless, Ihe writer «icppj.cil, look\t^1 ntduti'ifki.Some damage is none to the pre- bun, .uid endeavortd to tanc him.The .ha.A few aighu ago, a respectable inhabitaot m.scs ol O.Pcnauit, fc»q.\titiem Insiace w s o.t of the w.,nr, he r.q ,iT.,n\t.\t1 ed further belwith a liitlc assist.mcc he iaii* iica, on her cdhiuisclfouiiislc i.Ciiijjk.ng l;.m w|,\\ h that he ban di.n.k, but not cnouKh ,0 DVevei,.mg the direction from whence t ic caes pro- at ,hc tune of ber arrival.\this walking 10 ciably straight or soeakina du Ccedeo, ro ascertain ih: object maflli.non.At-\t- itimily.I lu.s without ,hc time I v ass.ua,« let u>n>c timef he arrived at a o.ich, tu*, ol; I he Jaiiuuca tiade u 10 be much inic%u r nacfCil him, it is highly niotxéhlc that a rc« watertcn the surface ot vvhich he perceived Nome-k*d by } nvutccr».Wow\ttltc\tciAltircnt ^oita ol\tnisat kable siout man, in (fie piunr ot Ittc fur thing wlrite ; on taking hold of,\tand removing\tuuba :\u2014-Ihe packet w,th tne June mail was\tsuch lie was, .md having ihe lo.,k of a seaman n lew ni guis\tm ii.spcvi.iuic °f L\u2019lonard, coun y of Meath, was alarmed bfc bed by the shucks of a person apparently The Brig Recovery, from Jamaic irt distress.With a vrw to save, if possible,! j,r,Va|, drifted 1 g round in th.Cui d< it to the bank of the ditch, he louud himself m Eossession of a young woman almo t liteless, er hands bound with a towel, and lici feet w uii \u2022 table cloth; he then took her to his house, where she expciienced the utmost humanity fiom l>is family, through whose unceasing exertions she rtcoveied in the course of ihe 1.ay to!-lowing; prayers, threats, or entreaties, were u .cu in vain lo procure an expLinanoti tioin her, as to the circumltancc which led to the siugu lar srtuation m which she was tounci, blie ic-maitis obltmatc, and except in tins paiticulai, conducts herself with great propr.ety.CURE FOR THE DYSENTERY.Take a pint of French brandy, rhubat o sld worth, and half a pound ot loaf sugar.'1 he rhubarb to be pounded and mixed wi-.h brandy, set the loaf sugar on skccveis over the brandy, .et Are to the brandy, which will dis.olve tin sugar.A wineglass full of uevety hour will certainly remove the dysentery.captuicd by one ol them, Jut/ so, atici an acnon of tw u hours.1801.\u2014 Flic Speedy, Bug, of 1 sguns a d 54 men, Capt Lord LocInane, h mg off Barcelona, fell in w ith and engaged, a Spanish xeb -c Fugate, bccuig the gicat disparity ol Fore -, land Cochunc u.olvcd io ucu .t the Contest by Boar .mg, n h cf),in a ino«t intrepid and Ga lant m.i'me., he si ccessfully penunned at the H ad ol lu» wn le crew.| In.- pruc prov d to be ih.(Vtnio ot 3 a guns, manu d w ih 3.9 Mill, co.imu.idv «1 by Don FiaiiM.i->co de l oui , \u2022\u2022 ho, witii tq of m> tueii, were killed, and 4 1 w ouncted.I tus may be nekoned among the nios; brilliant Actions d r 11, th \u2022 W ai.i he Speedy u.id th ee killed, vc eight w\\iiindeii tnvluuuig Lieut Parker.Jt a .d.-, and sonol George Btlnlcy, fc q Com-m ss.iry Gem ral to H.M.loue» m But-h .Not tti America. 343 .Jcfreum-niec W hi.reU.w».« i *\"\u2022! will be .\t« j^olv ifarcited by the many who «\u2022«Whi, ''\u201cu OT^ueme^'f ihe de.Ili of (îefierel Mv,.e Lieut.General Beckwith .« now rllmVndeT i- Chief in tho e Island.:-His SSy «-led from St.Vouent for Barba-doe»,in H.M.S.Norihumbei land.DltolUst night, at ten o\u2019clock P.M.af ter a lingering illnci*.Mis Am*lia Prk-ravjlt, daughter oï j.F.Pf a a au LT fcsq.Prolwnotary of «he Court ot Kang\u2019i bench for the Dmiiet of Quebec.Æt.17.Died, of a cancer in hi.throat, Mr.Charle* Bennet, upwards of forty ye ir^ Organist of Trui.'church.Tl>i' gentleman was re,t>ectab y defended but being in ihddhoo i dct'nved ot h r light, by the bunting ol a wooden gun, he wu put uiwer ihc tuition of the celebrated orginut Sun y, with wliom he cominued >even ytarv He was soon after appointed orga iist of Truro; a-d during the earlier part ot his life, laaght his prot'e>»ional sciC'ice thro.igh » great part of this hi> nitive loiiutry.ilia sprightly wit and convivial temper ma 'c linn a welcome visitor wherever lie \u2022vein, and often h.u he *' set the uhle in a roar.\u201d Although blind he delighted in amusements which w-.u-u appear to give plca»urc cltieHy to the sight.He was pailiai tu hort.cuhure ; a d >o exq nme wa-i his touch, that he cou d distingui h a id describe all hit Hower., and even th; different weeds which occ'i>onally mixed th.*m.Although he had r ason to lament the ctfeat ot Eun powder, yet he hav been known to walk a-1 O'\"* a mile to hear hie-wo ks let otf, perfectly distingi ising between good and ba t.He en oyed 1 game at whut a id played wish 'kill .and pi fusion having previously marked his | cards with a needle, so ingeniously, that the pu'ctures were imperceptible to ins ad vers ane-j nor was l)c long in thus preparing ttic card, tor his use.He \u2022'tended the Truro 1 Ik at re when honored by the performance ol Mrs Siddous.tic scarcely ever failed t .recollect any one whose ; voit he had once heard.Hr was the a ithot ot nuit; musical comiiosilions.Having a son aj Lie ruant in the Navy, who w as with Capt.l &11 Ldwatd P.lew and C\u2019.uthcw Kcynold*, in ic.'tral of their engagements he cm] loycd hit uc«l talentsmcelc.atiti;^ ihei1 .ichic.e icnta, s ir uory cmaineci i.m iipauci to the last ; ¦sa.mi tance of which, nr leiotlectrvt that a consutcr*ble sum of money w as due tiom l.im tc a prion v* In nau no secui.tc for it; on which accou'.t he nad it paid ort intn cm ately.He was ever ]>i tuil m his are dance .1 Church, and ties r .>lio»rd a sligii: loess, or >ay other considérai on, to interlcic with ms public duty ic Uut place.T^te Quebec Carpenters pre/ent thie» Compliments to the Editor of the Qgteber Mercury, and request that they may be rer sheriff*, sales.\u2014Di'trict of Quebec» A TunJ of 8 perches 13 feet by one league.A PRO £0X0 PUBLICO.THK Subscriber hereof, Senior Deputy Provincial Surveyor, will j,ive l.entires in Mathematics, at hit house in Buade Street, in the Upper down of (|uebec, during the u inter season ; \\\\ heie he will teach, either in En-lish or French, the following Mathematical brunches, namely, the elements of Geometry OI Euclid, Trigonometry, both plain and sphe-rical ; Conic sections and Algebra, w ith their J1 plication to the prathcul branches, viz.Mensuration, Gauging, Navigation in all its late improvements, Geography or the use and construction of the globes and maps, Gunnery, Fortification, Architecture, Astronomy and Surveying, both in theory and practice, and par.ticularly the new, concise, and most approved methods ot difference of latitude and departure, by which the area or supcifkiul contents o! any piece of land howsoever complicated may be t a-.rly and accurately found, by the pen fro n the held notes only, without the awistance ot a plan or plot ot the same, or even the assistance ot a scale or compus-rs.Also to plot a plan ot the same, without the help ol a piouactor or any other instrument lor mca sunng angles; which method', he ventures to *ay, aie the most accurate that have hitherto been invented.He will also tcaeh Book-keej ing, according to the latest and most appioved method, and that to the sutistaction ol the ablest ac- comptant *.All tne above branches of Mathematics will be taught geouscu ically, aruhmoicallv and by instruments, &c.Ladies or Gentlemen being desirous oi' ha.vmg private lectures in Geography or on the Globes and Maps, or in any ot the above men-tioned branches, viiail be attended at thru house* it required.The Lectures shall commence at soon si there arc a sufficient number of pupils to begin with, and rcg.iLuly attended to, throughout the writt*i' season.Lad ics and Gentlemen that may be pleased *0 encourage the undertaking, aie requeued to give in tueir nauics to the subscriber and they shall be punctua.ly attended to.Ji REMiAH MCCARTHY, Suir.Qutb.c, Oct.£0, ifcoj.A WAN 1 F.D to CHAIM LR.Good V csscl ot about 150 tons burthen J coasting vo,ap;e and :lic* W Barrel' bc»t J imaic» Sugar, a te'v Boxes teal Castile Soa; ; a few fashionable E g-ii'h made ilain »sc», «\tI nglish AmlioiS ot diH rent s zes, 4 Casks ot Ci la iv aifp 5 Ceils ot llordage aisortcd.\tJAMES GRA^.Quebec tiib Sept.iSoj, foi indies, apply to.ANGUS SHAW.Quebec, \\*$tb Se[timber, 1805, FOR SALE B\\ the Subs* riber at f\"t ttore, \\ctre Dune Street Lower Ttra n, PORT Wine, N| an fh Wme.Holland» Geneva, Mufcov.d > Su'^ar, by the t\u2019arrel of Hhd, Small fizM C .iblrs & Hawfex, A te;v ooils of Spunyarn, St anish Sugar in ho\\f' x Coffer.\tB.I REMAIN Quebec, Se/