hat both Arbuthnot and Ambrister en- sdeavored to procure munitions of war irom Governor Cameron of the Bahamas, making nse ol the name of his Britannic mi jesty’s goveinpient by way of induce ment 5 "Fhat Governor Cameron never at- tempted to suppress these applications ; oh [ii cobtrary, ue guccuraged them, by writing through a third persuly and show- ing adetier iron earl Baburst, thie Britishito the euemies cavalry, his own being auv- ‘Mark W. Batman, to be a Cadet, in theljicense, for on : A Sceretary for the colonial department. nihilated, and not a head of cattle 1n his service ol the Uniied States. fic si a1, OB SR Ie A second offenc 3 6. Tua: when My Bagot, the British : > Re Rf eto Bm of asimilar Kind, a fine of twenty eigh > 3h got Hiv camp : Pan ] ; ; ; do'lars, and to be forever incapable Y sinister at Washingion, was applied to by i The Congress was deliberating on var-} Ata mecting of a number of the inhab-line 4 public house keeper i Ape of by Arbudhnott, who it swems, sent ls letter by jious regulations, and on a fundemental law itants of Boggs township, to form a Mor- ul SP 2 EEpor in this State, yoail vir. Bagot did not decline the corres- or constitution, to be proposed to the peo-}3 Sociery for the suppression of vice andlyicted of it to a fi RP any parson con 3 pondence, nar reprove Aibuthinett for his ple for their approbation. This is the |immorality—the following constitution wWas| D,inkin od he ah sy yen Cents. 5 woaduct. He abjected only to the mode of substance of the latest DEWS. ti udopted. Sunda vee De Hehe Ee layerns of = TR the corespondgnce, upon the plea of the i er CONSTITUTION ling pat "oh pence. il a Bae of one shil: amount of postage; wurch, in efiect, may! Ballimore April 26. The U S sloop of of the Moral Socicty. A tavern kesper ount ; en : be regai ded as a hint 0 make the commu- war Ontario, Captain Biddle, arvived at. An-| Article 1. This Society shall be styled, line and iippling pe bis nant Avink nications by private, and cunsequentlynapolis last evening, after a long cruise on the Moral Society of Milesburgh and it8 forfeits nn § foreach Bt dan MOTT secret, CONVEyances. the South America station ; last from’ Rio- vicinity. : 3 : Doing any Eo except the kak 7. And that, in shunning ‘an open cor-iJaneiro. 2. The object of this Society shall be necessity and mere ) 3 i works of respondence with Arbuthnott and Ambris- : te } 7 fito prevent, and suppress vice and immor-|,sjawful game A sh Sl any & Singular Bax[iosion = We COPY the latest intelligence AROM VENEZUELA, Port- Spain, Marek 15, 1819. Late dispatehigs ruceived at Angosiura, fiom Gon. Paes, dated the 15th ult, an- pounced the retreat of the Spanish army over th. Avanca. Morvilio, after an nck focal aricnpt wo bring Pacz to a general action, was ranidiy retracing his steps 10 wards the Apune. lis object is to regain the Critivated conntry, finding it impossible 10 draw supplies from the plains, in which Fo was harpassad continually by 2500 cay gity. The detachments he had sent out in quest of subsistence had been uniformly cut off by Pasz's cavalry, and from the t aie of crossing the Aiacua tiil that of “his ¥o-crossine it, and marching as far as Con- copaion, Morillo lost 1400 men and a field Jie He had circulated (in writing) a yoastful proclamation to Vaneros, or inhab- jtunts of the plans dated the 5th, to which Pacz had replied by a'keenly satirical ad- dress (by way of comment) on the 15, Feb- ruary. The artillery and infantry, (2000) left op fhe Island before Urbana, in the Qronoco fvere proceeding by forced marches to re. ainite themseives with Pacz. They will be zecinlorced by 420 English a d Irish sold- crs, it having been Balivar’s intention to avait there the arrival of 2000 English dai ly ex pected, Bc. Grenecal Bolivar set oul from Angoesiura ob he 27h ult. on his re- turn to te army. Col 11 rsla “ss regiment and the remain dey of Cot. for daity. They will probally b associa ted withthe €00 linded at Margaretta whithze peneral Urdamdta and Valdez Col Nae divi: § iors, who will assiat ink boats or other vessels. Agsociated marning gut witl 500 Margaritapians, kc. they will make a Roper. descent upon the €oast ata—-——- and forn & junction with coninanded by general Marinos 3 Sarazas Monagas’ and perhaps Bermendez’ forces y. DMonagas was before Wm. Gell, Esq. one of the ¢oron- ers of the county ot Middlesex, on the bo- To the exetution of this stipulation] ¢y of | met his death in a very singular manner, Hedge 2 posed, that for many years elegant band bad been in iwhiskey to a great cxient; ‘knows not w hat afterwards took place. G8 led to attend the deceased, for a hurt Foc lights expedition are fookedfwazement they found on raising the fealhs Nic (the adjatant gem TE of that ‘That the eyes continued to open and shut ; sve pone with about 60 English and that the division collected in the [borhood, brought ina verdict of— Died by PIORINCes of Bareelons, and Comana, to be yimprudently blowing out a candle afier get- tacked for from day to day. Should these forces not complete the ouject ef independ ence, though the supposition is improuable the troops to arrive trom Eogland will on questionably expel the remnant of Moril lo’s corps facm Venezuela. Pacz writes that the Prisoners taken were more like skeletons than living men. Add to this he; Morillo, his above 400 miles of plains 10 traverse, exposed continually foliowing article from ano‘her paper. In wedical annals, and still more 10 common .radition, we have instances narrated of drunkards falling a prey to spontancous combustion, To ridicule the extravagance to which this opinion has been carried, is probably the foundation of this jeu d’espirit ; but there may also be a hit tended at medical evidence in the cases of Coroner’s inquests, and the returns of the jury, i On monday fortuight; a coronér’s in- guest was held in Broad-street, St Giles’s Patrick Roper, an 1rish Jabourer who « Molly Roper, wife 10 the deceased, de- back hen hus- the habit of drinking that at the end of every week, on receiving lis wages, he retired to a public house, and remained (here ull his money was exhausted. That, That this deponcnt was then in bed, an desired her husband to blow out the cand- le. That the deceased had raised the cand: le to his head for that purpose ; imm i- and the whole room seemed flied with! liqud fire. That th is deponent fainted abd, « Henry Thompson, surgeon, (cpose that about twelve months ago he was | ¥ ts x bad received in bis leg. That he fon the constant habit of drinkivg whiskey ha reduced the deceased toa deplorablohaby of body. That the would in conscgUenc sill continued open. That yesterds morning he called as usudl, to visit the de- sight presented itsell, That the two hind That nis ribs were scattered about Cuat one arm with the should” ie Wwalis’ the room. on the bed, and was lying behiad it. his head was not io théroom, but that there was a hole in the ceiling through which it appeared to have passed. further suid, tbat hetbad mo doubt what ever the deceased came by his cath in consequence of his system being so satura- ted with alcohol, or spits, as to! render mg to blow out the candle, he must bave taken fire and exploded. That during his attendance on the deceased; he observed the whiskey had so pervaded his frame, that flics on alighting en his haad, or even attempting to fly over him, fellintoxicaied at his eet. Mr. Thompson likewise stated that many instances of a similar death are mentioned in the medical books, but that the only case of the kind which had ever come within his personal knowledge, was durivg the Peninsular war, where an offi- cers wife exploded in conscquence of hav- ing drank a considerable) quantity of gun: powder in tea « Lawrence Meagher deposed that his wife and he occupied the roam immediate. iy over the deceased ; that lale on Satur- day night the bed in which they were sicep- ing was saised with such vipience as to hrow them out on the floor, one at each side. That to their great horror and a- er bed, a human head foreed through the Jpaillasse. That the neck where it was torn from the shoulders was sill bleeding. the tecth still chattered. That ifupon regarding it attentively, the recog \{nized thedeatures of their poor friend Pat y} « The Jury summoned from the neigh- ting comfortably drunk. PW A Londen peper states, that mot less y wv ill coustituie this arin at the point ol death from an attack of fe ver. News of dec ‘sive operations may be about to emigrate to the United States, -1580 persons, in the parish ol Portsca, are 7 ‘To'speak his thuughts, is every freeman’s right. ’ § MONDAY, Mar 17. a, TY Appointment by the Secretary of War. ron sleluleon J " | liable to be fined in the sum of five hundce pounds. Any tavern keeper who shall permit a allow of any kind of game of address ol bazard, playing, betting or gaming, fo money or other thing of value whatsoever either at cards, dice, billiards, bowls, Shot fle boards, in or about his house, or sha) furnish any kind of ardent spirits, is liable to a fine of fourteen dollars, and the loss o about twelve o'clock on the Saturday night |p he returned home as usual, very inebriated | ately a tremenduous explosion took place, ti dil lety, who shall’ find him or themselves ceased, and found the house in a state oflof this Commonwealth, shall (if need be) 2" great disorders A'bat on entering thé a velore the trial proceeds release any share A young merchant (whose ) partment of the.deceased, a most shot] ing {or part of the fine, which by thie law may nation had escaped the memory of our quarters of the deceased had beew "thrown in favor of the Commonwealth; the Over- with great yiolence against the oppesitejssers of the poor, or the Supervise fi er, was on thetop ola chest of diawers §iby law. the other seemed to have been projected] 1 hat {gressor, and receives a fine, he shall forth- sed, but the Merchant offering to defray ‘The deponent] rer to receive all monics presented to him bers seperated only by Lis breath inflamable 4 AE is breath ivflamable; and that, #tempt-{parithereof, on an order drawn by the apparently oceasion vi the bounds which its legal claims qonavs. for every offence may have access. ’ fience. EN 3 3 Any ae who shall subscribe his! . Any Pe a us di of ‘sixteen years n name, io tis constitution, shall be eT et probs 2 ber of this Society. = Ea bh 4. The offices of this Society shall be or ther) Holy Ghost 3 08 being, copvieted a President, Secretary, and Treasurer, Cve p Fe um of R\y-sEVSn. > 5. It shall be the duty of each. member : 0 wh shall ur Ki to watch over each others conduct, and if any = Name oe i necessary, to give and receive reproofs,yiced y pti ag HGR without offence. : reeked shall forfeic and pay forty-se 6. It shall be incumbent on each mem- “. CALA RN fe OLN : Be it enacted by the Sen - Hous ber, to fdayis i neighbor for all grossly'qf A of Toque on) Hs comoreeoadarh sich thoy sisi 7 of Funai, in General Anembitasyl rebuke thy neighbour and not suffer sin u Bs De Ee on him” —Lcv. , cha ) : NE Te mom |stulishigrenties, set up or expose tv be pliy- ea : A a da “led at {i : ; hen ber of this Society to watch over the COD= any Ey IE ny Oiler yolodhle things} duct of all persons, within the ‘bounds of game or device, aid ear on of ae YA 2 « x es bait 24 Cc yl . Thich the Tem! laws give en right, 2ny other game of address or hazard, in| tile alin a 9 atid (after ny way or manner whatever, every such : #1 aE ing) PrOSECUte any person or persons so offending, upon cone P \ hag Wg bids they may detect inlyiction thereof in the court of Quarter Aqolatine the s g = : i : 3 8. "It hol ae ad, oaach __ iSessions of the county wherein the offence} ér, 10 communicate % loth Te ds committed shall be sentenced to impris-1 ot Srtunity offc 0 each other, Whell gameng in the jail of said county, for any which yo ers, any Jerid (rans;ression term not excecding one year, and shall § He Tsien radi Aro hel Ne Tayg fe to the Commonwealth not excee BR Oh EE EOP E y and the (gine 500 dollars, at the dis ont we Br them, So Up yf 2 other of toe court : ereliot aber sces pr bears that same person’ A : 5 ea ra il 8 Re roved 18th March 1816. the evil, they will better| ; 2% a h Li | fests Vi ty is constituted for From the Montreal Herald. d ‘private morals, as’ Arrocious MURDER. its influence can cxtend, and not’ A gentleman of undoubted veracity, re h or mel cenary purposes ; ‘there: cently arrived in this city from Kingstony lo#¢: any member or members of this Soci. Upper Canada, has brought us the ao count of a murder, marked by circum. stances of peculiar atrocity, said to have been inserted in an Ogdensdurgh paper, d of which the particulars are bound itduty to prosecute any person or persons for any transgression of the laws name informant) who had been travelling in the countty for purchasing Hour, and had in his. possession a considerable sum of money t up for the night at an Inn. Some time afier an aged mendicant ene ‘tered and besought the landlord to graat The landlord ‘at first reise be given to'the prosccutor, in such case, ors of e other PY the highways, or whatever body part of the said fine may be appropriated 10. If any member prosecutes a trans- him lodging. with pay over his part to the treasurer of the expenses of the oid man’s supper and this Society. ‘bed, acquiesced—Bed time being come the 11. Itshallbe the duty ofthe Treasu- two travellers were conducted to chamn- Td | a thin partition, and avising from fiaes, or otherwise which he soon fell asleep. In the middie of the shail keep a fair account of, in a book for night the old man was awakened by a noise that purpose, and pay over the same or any proceeding from the adjoining room, and A ped by. a difficuliyeds - 3 P resident, for what purpose a majority of breathing and struggling. He rose softly the Society shall direct. land crept cautiously to a crack in the pars 12. As the members of this Society tition from which a stream of light issued = would rather endeavor to prevent vice and!and beheld with hortor the landlord cute immorality, than cance guilty persons to ing the young man’s throat, and his be punished, it shall be the duty of each deliberately receiving the blood in a member to recommend industry and mor- | Trembling for his own life, he retur ality, by example, as also Ly precepyy with bed, placed himself in a carcless and ail prudence. laxed attitude of sleep, and summoning 13. This Society shall meet annually his fortitude to maintain command of co on the second Monday of January; to cle ot) tenance, awaited the « visit which he officers, and’ do such business as may! > doubt would be made him. Fe ve appear peedful ‘not deceived—they entered bis room, 14. If an election shall not take Stace ding over his bed, carefully examined at the appointed tine, the officers in place Jeatures—~but the wife whispering in a shall continue to act. [tone, % he is certainly asleep he hast 15. The President shall have power to heard it,”—they withdrew, The 0 call a special meeting of the Society, if he morning the old man with an air of studi- shall deem it necessary, five of whom shall cd ignorance of the preceeding pight’s trane be a quorum, to do all business at the sta- saction, inquired of the landlord, whether wed meetings, the merchant had, according 10 promise la 16. Any member shall have a right to paid for his bed and supper, and express withdraw from the Society, on giving no- mg a wish to return him theuks for his id tice to the Secretary, one month previous erality, asked whether he Was ye! wir . any general meeting. The landlord rer iid that he bad somel iB _ 17. This constitution, or any part there- before departed and had satisfied um of of, may be altered or added unto, if bropos- every thing. The old WL ga ne ed by avy two members, and agreed to by a paired to a magistrate—-d sclose what 1e majority of the members present; at any had witnessed—accompanicd by the fice general meeting of the Society. returned to the Ton—seizcd the murderer : rd 2 is ac ice, and proceeded to €X- This constitution was signed by a large and his accomplice, and pro : : : gi FR 5 he deceased. It sropottion of the inhab fonte |amine the chamber of U ; Pop habitants. ‘OF Bellcions was locked but the landiord refusing the Offences frunishable by the laws of Penn-|key, the door was burst ope § and the un- sylvania. happy victim found with: his throat cut Any person who shall setup any lottery (from ear to.€ar. The offenders were im- play or device, or shall cause the same to|mediately commiited to prison to await be done, cither by dice, lots, cards, balls,ithat punishment which so diabolical a vio= uckets or any other numbers or figures, is'lation of law human and diving, and such 2