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PRICES CURRENT,
DARIEN, NOV. 4, 1820.
IVTIOM to ‘
PER g C. § C. rmarhß ‘
Cotton, sea-island, —— 30 33 dull. ,
- , upland, l 15 16 none.
Rice, cwt. 250 300
Corn, bush 60 65
Flour, Philadelphia, bbl v 7 00
Sugar, Georgia, cwt. 10 50 11 00
Molasses, Georgia, gal. 33 35
—, Havana, 33 35
Rum, Darien, 4th pf. 1 00 1 12^
-—, New-England, 40 45
Brandy, Cognac, 2 00 2 50
Wine, Madeira, 4 00
, Sicily ditto, 1 75
—-, Malaga, 100 11$ none.
——, Claret,
Gin, Holland, gal. 1 00 I'IQ
Whiskey, 45. 50
Coffee, green, lb. 31 32
- 29 30
Tea, 1 00 1 40
Bacon, 12£ 14 none.
Pork, bl. 14 00 20 00
Beef, mess, 16 00
Tobacco, leaf, cwt. 5 00 7 00
Soap. lb. 10 12£ t
Candles, northern, 18 23
■ , spermaceti, 50 54
Iron, cwt. ‘
Steel, 19 T 5
Lead, bar, lb. 8 ■ 9
Powder, - keg 6 00 8 00
Shot, cwt. 9 00 11 00
Ranging Timber, 10001 810 10 00
Scantling, 14 00 IS 00
Boards, pitch pine, - 20 00
Staves, white oak, 19 00 20 00 none.
■-■■ I ■ ■
Shingles, 1000 300 350
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From the New-York Daily Advertiser, October 18.
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
Rv the arrival of the ship Cortes, captain De
Cost, in 35 days from Liverpool, we have re
ceived from our attentive correspondents, com
plete files of London papei4, and Lloyd’s list,
and the London shipping and commercial lists,
to September 9th, the Observer of the 10th, and
Liverpool papers and prices Current to Septem
ber 11th, all inclusive. In the Courier we have
a regular account from our last date, of the pro
ceedings of the queen’s trial to Saturday evening,
September 9th, the last accounts that could be
brought by this vessel.
The speech of the solicitor-general, in sum
ming up the evidence in support of the bill of
pjuns and penalties, occupies more than eight
closely printed columns in the Courier. On the
6th, the counsel for the’ crown gave notice that
they would move for the postponement of the
proceedings against the queen, for a few days,
until he could produce certain witnesses whom
he expected from the continent. The considera
tion of the matter was postponed until the next
day, and the’attorney-general might introduce his
affidavits in Support of the motion. On the morn
ing of the 7th, he gave notice, that he had receiv
ed dispatches from Italy, from which it appear
ed, that the witnesses could not arrive in London
within the and he therefore'with
drew his application. * *
On the 7th of September, the evidence in sup
port of the bill of pains and penalties having clos
ed, the solicitor-generarsummed up on the same
side, in a very long and elaborate argument.
The counsel on the part of the queen were in
formed, that on the following day they would be
called upon to state in what manner they pro
posed to proceed in the queen’s defence. The
rest of the day was taken up in discussing vari
ous subjects; and on the 9-th, the queen’s counsel
informed the house that a short time would be
necessary to prepare her defence. The house
ordered the trial to be postponed till the 3d of
October, at which time the hearing on the part
of the queen was to commence.
Our last intelligence brought the trial down to
-the reading of the letters of the witness Louisa
Demont—these letters are contained in the Cou
rier of the 4th. After the reading of the letters,
the witness underwent a further examination
by the solicitor-general, peers, See.
On Monday, September 4th, afresh witness
was examined by the name of Luigi Carcliji. He
was examined by Mr. Park.
Alessandre Pinelli was the next witness, He
is an ornamental painter. After him came An
tonio Bianchi Giovanni Lucini, Francisco Jossi
rio, Giuseppi Gourgianli, Juiseppi Sacchi, who
occupied the house of lords until the evening of
the 7th, when the attorney-general closed his case
by summing up in support of the bill.
Here the evidence on the part of the crow-n
closed. After the witnesses on the part of the
crown had been gone through, Theodore Majoc
ci underwent another cross-examination by Mr.
Brougham. After he had finished, the attorney
general said, “Am I to understand that the
queen’s attorney-general does not contemplate
any further cross-examination of any time?” To
which Mr. Brougham answered “at no time.”
The solicitor then commenced summing up.
At the conclusion, the trial was postponed to
the 3d of October,'to give the queen’s council
time to prepare for her majesty’s defence.
Tho London Courier of the Bth of September,
states, that at the latest dates the greatest tran
quility prevailed throughout France.—French
funds, September 4, five per cents, 77f. 35c-
The empero* of Russia on his return to Os
trochow, on the 1 6th of August, made a narrow
escape: just as he was getting out of a boat, a vio
lent thunderstorm arose, the lightning struck the
house in which he was to lodge, and deprived
the niece of the owner of the use of her hands
and feet.
We shall hereafter give our readers a regular
sketch of the trial of (lip queen beginning where
we closedat the last dates. ‘Our time would not
permit us to give any part of the testimony to-day.
Addresses continue to be sent from all parts of
England.
His majesty’s ship Sappho, captured on the
13th and 14th ult. near Broadhaven, on the west
coast of Ireland, two smuggling vessels, viz. the
Clinton schooner, of New-York, Hicks, master,
84 tons Burthen, laden with 557 bales of tobacco',
some crapes, silks, and. tea; and the Liberty sloop,
of New-York, Natvig, master, 72 tons'burthen,
laden with 450 bales of tobacco.-
Prices current at Liverpool, Sefit. 11.—Ashes,
pearls, Boston and New-York, 37 a 40; pots,
New-York and Boston, 39 a 40: cotton, upland,
ordinary to middling, 10£ tf> ditto fair to
good, llga ditto fine, 12§ a (£|; sea-island,
17$d n2s 3d; ditto stained, 13£&J||| l s 3d; New-
Orleans, ordinary to middling^qwgfc J If; ditto
fair to good, 12 a 13£; ditto fitfelrcfPry fine, 14£
a 16: bark, quercitron, N&w-YoVk* l*6s a 16s 6d;
ditto Philadelphia, l 5s 6d 6d: rice,ln bond,
155,6d a 19s 6d: tar, Carolina, 16 a 18s; turpen
tine, ordinary to middling, 9s 9d a 10s 6d; two
thirds and upwards soft, 10s 9da lls 6d: tobacco,
stemmed, 4$ a 7|d; Kentucky and Georgia, 2J
a s§d: flour,ip bond, 24s a 25s 6d;sour, 24s a 375.
Cotton.—We have again to notice an extreme
ly dull Week for the last week, and prices have
reqeded |d ‘for all descriptions. Private sales
for the week, 1300 bales bowed at 11 a 12£d,’
and 430 New-Orleans, a 13|d. The pub
lic sales went off yesterday with great flatness,
and the few lots sold went off at a decline of gd
to |d.
Ashes have been languid.
Flour and grain have been unusually dull, and
less business done than usual.
It will be seen by our prices current that cot
tons had mended full per lb. and that the
grain market had been extremely dull. *
London, September 10. %
The house of lords on Friday, refused Mr.
Brougham’s request that he might be permitted
to open his case for (die defence, and subsequent
ly postpone the hearing of evidence for some
time; and also his further request that he might
be allowed to comment upon the evidence pro
duced for the prosecution, without touching up
on that which he might hereafter find it necessa
ry to bring forward. The learned gentleman
yesterday apprised the house that he should he
ready to commence his case for the defence in
three weeks, and desired an adjournment of the
proceeding for that, length of time. This appli
cation was made in the hope of obviating, as
much as possible, the Cvil consequences to the
queen which might be expected to arise from
the case of the prosecution dwelling upon the
public mind for a considerable time without an
swer or comment; but it is impossible to believe
that her majesty can be fully prepared within
three weeks for undertaking her defence with
the same effect as she might hope for, had a
longer time been taken by the counsel; but she
is placed in the sad alternative of either prema
turely undertaking her defence without sufficient
means, or of submitting to-the dread evil of
suffering the public mind to receive an impres
sion injurious to her fame, which a future tri
umph in the house of lords'might not be able
effectually to remove. .
At the desire of Mr. Brougham, the house
adjourned until Tuesday the 3d of October.
The Parisj papers of Wednesday last, speak
of further arrests in the northern departments, in
consequence of discoveries made respecting the
late conspiracy against the government. The
persons arrested are all military men, some of
them bearing high commissions in the army.—
Several of the prisoners in Paris have undergone
interrogatories before the committee dt the house
of peers, sitting at the Luxemburg, and some
have been ordered into close imprisonment.
Rumors very generally prevail in Paris, that
the chamber of deputies will very shortly be dis
solved, so'that instead of a partial, it might un
dergo a total renovation.
The Algerine squadron, now cruizing in the
Mediterranean, is said to have the plague on
board. It has captured several Tunisian vessels
richly laden.
The French funds—Five percents 22d March,
1820, shut on the 4th September at 77f. 35c.
Five percents, 2gd September, 1820,74f. 70c.
Bank stock, 1,340f.
St. Petersburgh, August 6.
During the late fire at Zarakojeselo, (15th
May) which consumed one half of the imperial
palace, the emperor soon perceived that no hu
man power would be able to check the fury of
the conflagration, before the arrival of the fire
engines from St. Petersburgh. Not far from the’
spot where he stood, the pupils of the Lyceum
had assembled with their worthy director Engel
hardt, and looked sorrowfully at the volumes of
fire which consumed all their writings and effects.
The emperor, addressing them with kindness
and benignity, said, “I can learn from this, how
weak is all human power; I am.sovereign of a
great efnpire, but I can do nothing against the.
superior powerof the” element—l must humble
myself and submit. For you, my children, be
not uneasy. Your loss is mine! it shall be my
care to make it good. Nothing grieves the pi
ous monarch so much, as that, it was not possible
to save the chapel of the palace, in which this
fire broke out, through the neglect of a soldier.
“I would willingly,” exclaimed the emperor, for
many times “have seen the whole palace con
sumed, if only this church, in which my ances
tors paid their vows, had been preserved.”
From the; Norfolk Herald, October 13.
INTERESTING LETTER .
Affairs of Spain.—A friend has favored us
with the following extract of a letter from an ob
servant and intelligent correspondent in Cadiz,
in the correctness of whose information implicit
reliance may be placed. Gloomy indeed is the
picture which he draws of the fading hopes of
liberty in that country—and we must confess,
that the proceedings of the Cortes have not been
calculated to inspire us with more favorable im
pressions. The people in all countries as inev
itably derive their national character from the
nature pf the government under which they live,
as the character and principles of children are
established by the example of their parents, or
by the effect of education. Spain has-for ages
been curst with a government at once corrupt,
imbecile and despotic; the present generation
have been born, bred aild-educated under its pes
tilential influence, and are.-lfceply infected with
the contagion of its vice& *We have often found
in private life, a father- unprincipled enough to
cheat, his own son, and the son, on the other hand,
considering himself thereby absolved from all
ties of filial gratitude, making a merit of return
ing the compliment. So with the Spanish na
tion-unconscious of those moral obligations, and
uninfluenced by those sentiments of patriotism
which should bind a people to their government;
and moreover, their goyernment having forfeit
ed all title to their veneration and respects, they
have fallen into habits totally uncongenial to that
free and wholesome system contemplated by the
revolution: to defraud the revenue; to impose
upon, and betray the king and state, and make
their bigotry and superstition a cloak for every
species of deception and turpitude, is the prevail
ing creed of the kingdom, reduced to daily prac
tice as business, interest, ambition or necessity
requires. Does any one want a valuable contra
band trade carried on? a cargo smuggled?’ Let
him employ the highest officer in the excise de
partment,and the colonel commanding the guard,
(with the priest to give him absolution) and his
success is certain. They 1 are as accessible as
the veriest menials, and the bribe as consoling an
unction to their elastic consciences. If he has
accounts to adjust at the state departments—de
mands but of ample justice to make, a doceur,
is indispensible to obtain the attention of the pro
per officers. He must go to the incumber—to
the secretary himself, the bribe is accepted,and
the business done. If he has a suit at law, a
bribe alone will decide it; and he gets the judg
ment who pays the judge the most. If a. mur
der is committed, a bribe, at all proportioned to
the public feeling, settles the account with jus
tice, and the culprit escapes with impunity. In
short, no enormity, however flagrant, but fipds
atonement and expiation in the pope’s bull—if
paid for. This we are assured by those who
have long resided in Spain, is the common, daily
practice in that country. It is the civil rubric
which all are educated in, and it is no more deem
ed vice, than the very opposite would.be consid
ered virtue.
Alas! what can we hope from snch a state of
society without unparalleled energy and wisdom
in the Cortes? Is it reasonable to suppose that
the spirit of intrigue and faction will lay dormant
when there are so many materials for it to feed
upon; and so little precaution to restrin it? The
Cortes of 1812, is allowed to have been infinite
ly wiser than the present, and-yet the same sys
tem prevailed. It wa p the habits of the people ,
which simple legislation cannot alter. Better
laws may be made, and less temptation left to
abuse them; but the habit is td(*despise all law
that comes in the way of interest—and where the
enormity is so egregious that legislators and ju
rists cannot with any appearance of decency ex
cuse it, the account is transferred for settlement
in the other world, through the medium of the
priests ancl the pope, who rule, supreme—who
has committed greater frauds upon a nation than
the Spanish king? Who has committed greater
frauds upon a king than the Spanish nation?—
Who are the parties now to the new compact?
The same king and the same people!
We wish well to Spain—we would gladly see
her as great as she promised to become, when
the noble Quiroga and Riego, with their patriot
ic bands broke the sceptre of tyranny and cor
ruption, and burst asunder the chains of the In
quisition; but we fear the worst. We fear that
the enthusiasm which inspired the brave Spanish
soldiers, to achieve the independence of their
country, will not find a congenial warmth in the
hearts of their countrymen; or that like the evaq,-
escont.flash of an electric cloud, it will only illu
mine to leave them in greater darkness.
“Cadiz, August 26, 1820.
“I have never beheld greater inquietude and
more painful apprehensions for the fate of a rev
olution than is exhibited by the people of this
place. They have lost almost all confidence in
the measures of the Cortes, who they say have
yet done nothing—mean time the king and his
minis l .*rs issue orders that create the strongest
doubts of the integrity of their intentions. Riego
has been ordered to move his army from Isla ’ to
another station, and other troops have been or
dered to replace him. Twice he has refused to
obey the order, and the people here implore him
to persist in thfe resolution. The troops ordered
in his stead are known to be commanded by offi
cers inimical to the new system, and partizans of
Frey re, Campana and the other devils incarnate
of the fatal 10th of March, who have yet suffer
ed nothing for their hellish barbarity, and for
which the people cry aloud to justice and to ven
geance.’ Even the women of Cadiz swear they
will defend the gates against the entrance of tlie
troops destined to garrison it, and every day pla
cards appear in all the public places instigating
a corresponding feeling in all classes. Riego is
surrounded when he appears in public, ■ svhh the
filial cry of “don’t leave us for God’s Jake.” —
His own.feelings, and that of his compafriots and,
soldiers, are in unison with the pecple’s r nor (tojfer
he think patriotism fbrbids the course he‘took,
though it would appear to be in hostility to the
sovereignty of the government. But the assas
sins of the 10th of March yet live with im.
punity. Cadiz cries aloud for protection-,
the Cortes has yet fulfilled none of the ea,
gagements with thd liberating army—the order:
of the minister of war have a most suspicion:
feature of a counter revolutionary project, arj
the army of the Isla, conscious of their strengtl
in the affection of the people, have dared to rel
sist the official mandate. A painful interregmnl
is thhs created in the affairs of Spain, and wIJ
will yield, the Government or Riegods a quel
tion of difficult solution. 1 * I
“In Malaga a similar feeling exists in cons!
qnence of an order for a change of the garrisol
there, and the people threaten to interpose!
prevent its execution. In this dilemma the mil
ister of war has resigned.
“Although the monopoly of tobacco is still di
dared to exist, there is no article more public!
exposed, for sale in this place, and the authoritil
find it impossible to prevent it. It is one of til
many melancholy proofs evfery day visible 1
Spain since the adoption of the constitution, till
the interpretation give to it by nine-tenths of tl
nation is fierfect liberty; that is, the.liberty of evfl
ry man’s doing as he pleases. Out of this anal
chy, it is too much feared the horrors of,a revl
lution are yet to come. Be assured it is vel
far from being complete, and that Spain at tH
moment is as much in the enjoyment of the ofl
the new. Such is the deplorable stal
of parties in the country — r but at little time mi*
determine. * . ‘ tr
“The deputies for Venezuela have sailed*
the others are here.” - oi
STATE OF FRANCE. :
The French’ papers are.nearly taken up v!
English affairs. We can collect but little frl
them of the true character of the ailedged cl
spiracy at Paris. It is said to have had rajnifil
tions as far as Cambray, and ‘ new arrests dl
took place; yet the names and precise scheme!
the conspirators do not appear to have trans!
ed. The London Times of the 31st August, I
flies that Marshal Soult is afnong ]4ie persl
seized or suspected. He is not eve® hinted!
in the French journals. They speak v ol*turn!
at Brest of sufficient importance to attract I
notice of the government. Sorhe royal functf|
aries and ministerial members of the charnji
of deputies’ were grossly insulted in that ||
and the national guard, when summoned toa
press the disorder, rather countenanced t$F
checked the rioters. The affair grewv out olfi
famed disputes about the election-law, wijj
have produced another event worthy of bt|
mentioned: we mean the trial of the celebnl
Abbe de Pradt, archbishop of Malines, for ai
ditious pamphlet. It took place at Paris, it!
court of assizes on the 28th August. The al
bishop appeared at the bar, amid an unpifi
dented crowd of anxious spectators in his ccfl
siastical habit, with the episcopal cross and gfl
cross of the legion of honor, hanging onjl
breast. He took his seat in an armed*chair fl
pared for him, when the attorney-gen®
had concluded his opening speech as proseciffl
the Abbe rose and pronounced an energetic*
rangue in his own defence, seasoned with ■
trines as bold and liberal as those of his unlij
pamphlet. His lawyer, Mr. Dupin, an advo
eminent for eloquence followed, and in the co
of an able argument, paid a splendid tribu
the patriotic service and copious writings of
reverend client. The commencement'o
speech deserves to be quoted.
“If any thing could attest, more strongly
anothel , the progress of modem philosophy
constitutional ideas, it would assuredly be
presence of an archbishop in this place as h
prit. Formerly such an event would have w
ed and called up the whole church. Rome w
have launched her .thunderbolts: the acci
would have appealed to the privileges of his
cred character to escape from vulgar juris
tion, See.” s
The contrast is, indeed, curious and sign:|
After an hour’s deliberation, Bte jury retu|
with a verdict of acquittal. The archbishop
greeted with loud plaudits, and immediate!!
compassed by a multitude of exulting friend
whose congratulations he replied, “My chii
I have suffered much for a month; but that
not regret. This is the most glorious mo
of my life.” Whoever knows the characif
the writing prelate, will smile at the scene,
understand the folly of the government in i
ing him, at his age, 62, and with his tempef
object of a prosecution. He will avenge
self by emblazoning his triumph every ij
months in anew pamphlet.-— Nat. Gaz. Ocfi
STATE OF THE NATION. \
Congress will meet on the 13th of Novell
and, in addition to the state of our foreign
tions, as connected with Spain and France!
anticipated that our internal concerns will!
py qo inconsiderable portion of.time and I
tion. Questions relative to commerce and I
ufactures have been agitated without intej
sion the adjournment of congress; ai
much has been already said on these sul
that they can be disposed bF without muJ
bate or delay. The state ,of the treasuryl
ever, cannot fail to excite immediate attenl
It is supposed that a defiait will be exhibl
several millions of dollars, andjhree altei!
will be presented to congress to replenil
public goffers, viz: new leans, retrenchviem
direct taxes. Which of the three will bl
ferred by the secretary of the treasury, or 1
er he will recommend either, we are, of 4
unable to.say; on the one hand, congress ■
posed to be capable of adopting efficient I
urcs on the subiert, apd, on the othur, i 1
thf, “ iflfc'.l
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