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Often have we been defined with the manly indepen
dence, dud pungent sarcasm!, of Cobbett in addrewing the
^Prince Regent on the miseries of the English poor, his
sketches, too; seem to breathe,- and to create a perfect
acquaintance between die readfer and the objects describ
ed The magic which thus enable* him to entertain and
guide the imagination is the frequency of Interlarding
Jus essays with detached occurrences, and a happy man--
nerof relating them. But never have we met, in any of
Jiis letters, with a statement so accurate and comprehen
sive, yet so confined in its limits, as the subsequent Peti
tion, 'addressed hy the people of Nottingham, to the
lb-lace liegenit. It is the language of sorrow, written
■with the pencil of truth, and irresistably engages our
pity but the desneration and firmness, the indignation
and candor, expressed almost in every line, are but the
counterpart of the feeling which first set in motion the
■wheels of the French revolutionary machine; and, con
sidering the condition of the kingdom at large, may lead
Xp consequences as bloody and tremendous.
Indeed, the excesses of an insurrection, now, could
present no horrors to intimidate, no grievances of great
er magnitude than the English populace are experiencing.
The gallows, the block, are Less terrifice than the slow,
excruciating lmgor of death occasioned by hunger.
besides personal suffering, the married man sees
his emaciated children waning away to skeletons, and
national prejt»ficei»i tljey exhaust-out resources, they
dangerous loour liberties, arid ought not to lie endured.
At a period of national distress, like“the present, when
we are called upon to sacrifice the comforts of our fa-
milies |o answer the demands of the government; whin
the iron hand of taxation is extorting from the rich man
Iris last guinea, and ransacking the poor man’s scrip for
his solitary penny; to see a voracious band of placemen,
watches their hist gasp with more solicitude and anguish
-than the dissolution of his own existence—in that, it is
but one pang, and oven neither the misfortunes offriends
iqpr the rancor of eneluies can disturb the repose ot the
dead. . ...
' The people of England have nature and justice on their
side. Self-preservation is paramount to a! I laws—it is the
Jaw of God. By what title, then, hold the rich the means of
depriving those less opulent than themselves of the neces
saries of life—articles which bountiful nature intended for
aUl? What,but by m artificial tenure, emanating for the
voluntary pact of* community, in which they resigned
some of'their inherent rights fbr the better security of
others—for the promotion of virtue, happiness and indus
try—but the moment it fails in producing the effect con
templated, that moment the covenant becomes void,
and society reverts to its original state—in which every
man lists a common right to the products of the earth,
and no superior save the Deity.
No longer is the industry of the British people reward
ed; instead of basking in the heams of plenty and hap
piness, they are impelled by starvation to acts criminal
and heinious; the government, not yielding them the se
curity for which it was instituted, not even .that of life, has,
upon the immutable principles of eternal justice, ceased
to be the organ of the nation, and exercises its authority
alone upon the basis of usurpation. Who then can deny
the British people’s right of abolishing the power of a
tyrannical ahd faithless usurper, and tne legality of pun
ishing him and his coadjutors in iniquity?
Let it be remembered, too, that British history furnish
es a precedent; anti, though the regicides underwent, on
the rest .-.ratidn of Charles II, all the persecution and ob-
jjqtty which a malignant and sycophantic train of cour
tiers could devise, yet the Englishman remembers them
■with pride and exultation—and the names of Ilampilen
•and Sidney are as much subjects of veneration in Eng
land as those of Cato and Brutus have ever been at Rome.
It-is not, then, past possibility, that the Guclphs may ex
perience the fate of the Stewarts, and Nottingham be
again the first theatre of a revolution that ends in the de-
-capitation of the sovereign.—Editor Sav. Republican,
NOTTINGHAM PETITION.
TO HIS ROYAL UtGH.NESS GEOHOF. PRIKCE OP WALES, RE
GENT OF THE UX1TE1I KINGDOM OF GREAT-BRITAIN AMD
IRELAND.
The Address, ** monstrance, and Petition Inhabit
antt of the Town arid County of the Town fj&otti ngham.
We, your royal highnfess’s dutiful and loyal subjects,
impressed with the .deepest concern for the distracted
ajid miserable state into which we see ourselves, in com-
mon with our fellow countrymen, reduced, by the mis
conduct and incompetcncv of your ministers, venture at
this awful crisis of our affairs, to claim the privilege,
.guaranteed to us by the constitution, of laying our griev
ances at the foot of the throne.
But, Sire, we feel ourselves not onjv called upon to
petition your royal highness, blit forcibly to remonstrate
against-the corruption, profligacy, and diss pation, which
Sp stfOngly characterize the confidential servants of the
•crown, in their administration of the affairs of these
-kingdoms.
Entertaining, therefore, as we do, the highest venera
tion for the monarchy, it is painful for us on this occa-
•sion to depart from tfiose rules, which in ordinary cir
cumstances we should feel binding upon us. But, con
sidering that at this time to withhold the truth from "your
royal highness, would subject 11s to the severest reproach
es «f our cotemporaries, and i he just indignation of pos
terity, we cannot conform ourselves to any other rules
than those imposed by our laws, our rights, and the du-
‘ty we owe our country; and we consider ourselves the
more necessitated fnuiklv to make known our sentiments
arid situation, because of the gross delusion which we
saw attempted by your royal highuess’s ministers, upon
every question during the late session of parliament, that
involved in it the, state of the nation, and particularly
when they committed your royal won! before the people,
by advising you, at the opening of the session, to con
gratulate the commons “on the prosperity of the coun
try, and the fiourisliiiig state of our commerce,” when
if was a fact; “notorious as the day,” that we were trem
bling on the bririk of national bankruptcy; that our com
merce Was neatiV annihilated, our trading interest ruined,
and our population in despair.
As inhabitant's of a populous, and once flourishing
district, we view with poignant sorrow, and fearful appre
hension, the overwhelming tirle of misery by which we are
surrounded—our manufacturers withdrawing their re
maining capitals from engagements-they find to be un
productive, or ruinous—our artisans and laborers desti
tute of employment—our work-houses crowded bevond
all precedent—ami our poor-rates swelled to an extent,
which, if not speedily alleviated, must have the effect of
involving U3 in total and irremediable nun; in proof of
which, we beg leave to inform your royal highness, that
the current expences of this year, incurred in maintaining
the poor (the principal of whom are persons in the vigor
of life, or their families, and who possess the capacity and
inclination to maintain themselves, without this galling
dependence on the bounty of others,) will exceed forty
thousand pounds; whereas, on the accession of your il
lustrious rather to the throne of these realms, the current
expenses for the same object did not exceed one thousand
pounds, on a population of about half our present ntnn-
merf and in order to meet this extraordinary and terrific
demand, it has been found necessary to assess the town
land* at forty-five shillings, and the houses at thirty shil
lings in the pound. That such a state of things cannot
long subsist,must be evident to the meanest capacity; be
cause in the exact ratio of our inability to medt the ex
pence, is the demand increased upon us. Whilst tints la
menting over our distresses, we cannot refrain from
again expreesingto your royal highness, the firm convic
tion of your minds,, that all the misery Which abounds
amongst the people at this time, a, to be traced to the usti-
ui-and natural cause of such calamities, at all times, and in
Jill countries, the misconduct of the government. In sup
port of this assertion, sire, we beg leave respectfully to
•direct youratteotion, to the system of policy now pur
suing by your royal tiighress’s ministers—an immense
standing art»y, in time of peace, consisting of One hun
dred and forty-nine thousand men, is an evil of which
■ore loudly and justly complain; in the year 1792, our mil
itary establishment consisted only of thirty-nine thousand
men; i*i W16» » year of peace, when the valor of our arms
has acli»ey*d_ whatever is necessary for our security, or
-our hOuotyilis fixed at one hundred and forty-nine
■thousand,.for purposes, we oannottbut suspect injurious
to theright* of freemen; and tints, sire, it is, that your
ministers abuse the confidence of a dutiful and loyal peo
ple! , But be assured, sire, that they* are the greatest ene
mies of you? tty’ll persoq and government, who advise
you to nfty on die bayonets of a hireling soldier}', rather
than cohftde in the affections of a jpenecous and warm-
hesrtedpeoplc; Bayonet*, may be necessary for the pro
tection of a throne founded’’on the jruhis of public opin
ion, and eatablishfed'in opposition fo national feeling; but
they must prove destructive to 01 ' * *
ton is. the expressed will of the
cnnel} of the revolution. Ul_
jjimesibe second, trusted nrore
tP »ho inny, the uric had not lost
atcbr¬ wi& out] Sffnittidhi
pensioners, and sinecurists, wallowing in the wealth thus
wrun^ from the hard earnings of honest industry, is a
violation of common decency, without a parraltel in the
aunals of corruption; nor can it surprise your royal
highness, that your subjects murmur With discontent, and
remonstrute with indignation! And, surely, it will not be
deemed necessary, by the future sovereign of England,
that, in order to maintain the dignity of his throne, it is
requisite to keen around him a phalanx of corrupt and
pampered minions; who serve but to intercept the rays
of his bounty from falling on his people, and whose in
terest it is to stop his ears against their complaints, and mis
lead his judgment by false representations of their condi
tion.
We do not, sire, wish to detract from the reward of
actual and meritorious service. He who lias deserved
well of liis country, is entitled to the gratitude of his
country; but we cannot view the enormous sums, which
are annually drawn from the taxes, to gratify the inordi
nate cupidity of sinecurists and placemen, without pro
testing against their coni inuanoe; norcun we behold the
disgusting tablet, on whiish stand recorded the names of
our pensioned peers, with their wives and mothers, and
reflect how much of the labor of our poor neighbors is
consumed to foster a vulture, which is tearing out their
bowels, without invoking your royal highness’s aid to as
sist in destroying the monster!
Whilst, therefore,as lo\ al anil dutiful subjects, we con
cede to your royal highness, with pleasure, the exercise
of your just prerogatives, in the reward of merit; we
claim for ourselves the exercise of our constitutional pri
vileges, and protection from the harpy tangs of an over
weening oligarchy.
And Farther, your royal highness’s faithful people can
not but view with the deepest regret, the yearly increas
ing and alarming extent of the expenditure under the
head civil list- to particularize the items, or dwell upon
the extraordinary disbuvsan.ents, which mark its columns,
: Whose title to domin-
declared at the
Charles the first, and
jthe people, and less
bis Head, nor the other
forfeited. h» crown. Standing armies, sire, are contrary
might appear in us invidious; our intention is not to
wound your feeling by prying into the secret recesses
of your privacy; b it to inform your, judgment by an ex
position of facts, and to excite your attention by a reci
tal of our distresses; hut, -.ire, we cannot conceal the
strong feelings of astonishment and regret with which
we witnessed the conduct of your ministers, in fixing
this branch of the expenditure for 1816, at one million,
three hundred and thirty-nine thousand, five hundred
pounds; when on an average of seven years, up to 1811,
the royal expenditure cost the country no more than
one million, one hundred and four thousand; and up to
1775, when your royal father was charged with the main
tenance of a numerous family, the civil list stood at eight
hundred thousand pounds—being an increase at the pre
sent period of half a million annually. This sire! is real
ly alarming, the state of the country requires that it
should be diminished, and your people presume that
they are not departing from their duty, nor requiring
from your royal highness, an unreasonable sacrifice, when
they urge the necessity of your causing the most rigid
economy and efficient retrenchment to be adopted in
every department of this expenditure.
Another great evil, sire, of which we would complain,
and which we cannot but consider as the origin and
source of our principal misfortunes, is the corrupted
state of the commons’ house of parliament, whose viola
tions of the principles of genuine representation are so
flagrant, that on a late occasion, they were admitted by
the speaker of that body to be “as notorious as the sun
at noon-day;” and it has been offered in evidence, at the
bar of that honorable house, “that seats in parliament are
bought and sold with the same facility as.stalls in Smith-
field;” in fact, several instances have latteVly come before
the public, which mark the corruption of that assembly
in the most incontrovertible characters; to mention only
one, it appears from an on refuted public document, that
ninety of its members are placemen or pensioners, and
share among themselves annually about 200,0001. of the
public money, from which it must be evident to your
royal bigness, that we have just cause to remonstrate
against the present constitution of that house, and that it
is not without serious apprehension, that we view a
branch of the legislature, which our education and our
habits Tiave taught us to consider as the depository of
our liberties, and the guardian of our properties, in dan
ger of losing this constitutional character, and being an
arena of political gladiators, assembled to combat for
court favor, and contend for' national plunder. Repre
sentation, sire, was not designed, by our ancestors, to be
a subtle fiction, which under a specious name shduld
cheat us of our liberties; but a substantial reality, which
should guarantee to us the disposal of our properties, the
security of our persons, and the preservation of our
rights; “and, sire, we should consider ourselves unwor
thy the name of Englishmen, if we were not determined
that the freedom of our forefathers earned by their virtue,
shall be maintained Jiy.the virtue of there descendants.”
As faithful subjects we feel it our bounden duty to
make known to-yottir royal highness (what there is rea
son to believe sovereigns and prpices too seldom know,)
the real condition of die people; and by timely monition,
to convey to your royal ear, the necessary, though un-
phasant truth, that your people are dissatisfied—that
they feel- themselves oppressed, insulted, and degraded-,
and that -u-ithout some prompt alleviation of their burdens,
there is too much reason to Jcar that men’s minds will be
come prepared to sock in a POLITICAL GUIs IS for
that relief which their situation renders so iudlspensibly
necessary.
Yes, sire, it is a strong sense of duty alone, which ren
ders us thus solicitous to discharge our obligations to
our prince and our country; with no predilection to in-
dugle, no wish to gratify, but wliat centres in our coun
try’s weal, we should blush in asserting our claim to the
character of Englishmen, could we entertain a sentiment
in our hearts that had not for its object the honor,
peace and prosperity, of our beloved country.
We do, therefore; most respectfully entreat that vour
royal highness whl be graciously pleased forthwith to
cause the parliament to be assembled, and to recom
mend to them, in the most urgent manner, the adop
tion of prompt and efficacious measures for the relief
of national burthens, to point out to them the necessity
there exists for reduping the army, abolishing all
s.necures, pensions, grants, and emoluments, not merit
ed by actual public service, of bringing the charges of
the civil list within such moderate bounds as the cir
cumstances of the country will enable it to meet, and
restoring the people their undoubted right—a full, fair,
anti equal representation in tne commons’ house of par
liament. —
FOREIGN SCRAPS
From English papers received, by the brigs -Vsw- Orleans
Packet anti Georgia, at this Office.
London* October 20,
The following reductions and retrenchments are spok
en of as about to take place; The senior department of
the military college to be done away; the 500/. per annum
table money made to the governor to be discontinued;
all second nv jors- of battabons to be reduced, excepting
those serving in India *rjd at the Cape of Good Hope;
all staff appointments <0 Ijo- mode from the half-pay; gen
eral officers, who are governors -of islands or colonies,
not to draw any staff aliowaneriij the allowance of 2L per
day hitherto made to the officer at the head of the quar-
ter-master-general’s department iu the West-Indies, in
name of Wastage in Fuel, to be discontinued.
We understand, that it is determined to stop the re
cruiting for the regular cavalry, except in those regi
ments whose actual numbers are below the reduced es
tablishment which has been recently fixed; and thaVit is
also intended to propose to parliament an additional al
lowance of 11. per man per a/inum to that valuable branch
of our domestic force the yeomanry cavalry; a proper and
well-timed measure, under the present circumstances of
the country,
- It is said to be stated in accounts from Gibraltar, that
in the case of the Lady Warren, the British ship captur
ed from Buenos Ayres, and carried into Cadiz, the deten
tion has been pronounced warranted, the ship given up
fjn paying expences, but the cargo totally condemned.—
The two Spanish merchants found on board remaifi in •
prison. Several other British vessels were also expected
soon after from Buenos Ayres at Gibraltar.
A mercantile hoi v*> in Liverpool has received informa
tion from Copenhagen that the towdt to Iceland is now
scribed By t he royal ordinance dated at
Hth of September las£-
; presents from the pope.
His majesty’s store-ship Abnndance, Mr. Josiah Oake,
commander, which conveyed the wbrks df art restored
by the allies to the pope, from Antwerp to Civita Vec-
chia, arrived from tfaebce at Portsmouth on Sunday week,
bringing some fine specimens of marble Statuary, presents
from the pope to his royal highness the.prince regent.
She has brought altogether 60 large cases.
Mails from Holland and Hamburgh arrived on Tues
day-. They have not brought any' news of importance.
LETTER FROM CONSTANTINOPLE, DATED AUGUST 28.
“General Lallemand had scarcely-left this city, in Com
pany with an officer of the name hEVintimelle, who for
merly served In Bonaparte’s army,- when Savaty received
peremptory orders-to depart immediately. He lias em
barked on board an American ship for Salem. It is re
markable that the sending away of those J wo Frenchmen
was effected by a firmian of the Sultan, in which . it is
further announced that his highness will not in future al
low any one of the adherents of the deposed emperor to
abide in the Turkish dominions.”
The marriage of the emperor of Austria will take place'
sooner than has been announced. His highness the
prince Joseph of Schwnrtaenburgh wilt proceed imme
diately in quality of ambassador extraordinary' to Munich,
in order to fulfil the honorable mission with which he is
charged. The princess will arrive at Vienna, it is ex
pected, on the 7th of November, and the Ceremony will
take place immediately after.
Iii the latest memoirs of the acadotney of Fetcrsbnrgh,
there appears an analysis of a statistical work, in which
are the following statements:—The revenues of the Rus
sian state amounted in 1811 to 215,CK)0,U00 of roubles,
and the expences to 274,000,000. The land forces in
1810 were 621,155 meu; the marine in 1813 was 289 sail,
with 4,348 pieces of cannon. The dominant Greek
church includes 4 metropolitan churches, 11 archbishop
rics, 10 bishoprics, 26,747 churches, and a great number
of convents. Tolerance being general, there were, in
1811, 3,500,000 Catholics, 1,400,000 Lutherans, 3,800 Re
formed, 9,000 Hemhutters, 60,000 Armenians, 3,000,000
Mahometans, 300,000 Followers of the Dalai-Lama, and
600,000 Adorers of Fetishes. There are in Petersburgh
14 printing-offices, 13 foreign bookshops, and 30 Hus
sian. In 18X5 the manufactories of the Russian empire
amounted to 3,253.
Wines are extremely dear in all Germany, and although
tiie consumption diminishes every day, the vintages are
this year almost null.
JExtract of a letter from St. Helena, dated the 30th of
August:—-“Bonaparte is sometimes very suiky, and sel
dom pleased. The furniture arrived from England gave
him great satisfaction, but lliat will soon wear off. Lat
terly an ice-machine has occupied much of his time. He
will soon cease to be interesting, except to the casual visa
tors, who make all possible exertions to get a sight of
him; and he as curiously endeavors to find out all lie can.
but the rigid orders on people visiting him prevent his
hearing much. The persons about him are the greatest
annoyance: if alone, he would be much better, and event
ually forget his former greatness in part, and associate
more with those who are sent to watch over him. Sir
Hudson Lowe and he are on very bad terms, and the
foreign commissioners have not yet seen him: he has no'
objection to receive them as individuals, but otherwise
lie refuses. They are certainly of no use whatever here.
The Russian is a most gentlemanly-like person; the Aus
trian and French not exactly the same kind. You must
look with much doubt on the many accounts you will
receive from this island.”
The extracts from the minutes of.evidence annexed to
the report of the select committee of the house of coin'
nions, relating to the British forts on the coast of Africa,
afford a great i. ass of interesting information on the
state of trade, policy and natural productions of that
country. The principal witness examined before the
committee was Mr. Swanzey, from whose evidence it
appears, that an individual may travel between 2 and 300
miles into the interior from the Gold Coast, in perfect
safety; and is also clearly of opinion, that to reach the
Niger, the point from which the exploring of the interior
of Africa should commence, is the Gold Coast. Mer
chants from Howsee, a lai-ge town on the Niger, beyond
where Mr. Park explored, he says, were in the habit of
coming down to the Golden Coast with trade; the jour
ney then occupied about three months “Slaves,” lie
adds, “have been brought down to the Gold Coast by
Asnantee traders from a country called Donco, before
the abolition of the slave trade, who must have come at
least 1000 miles from the interior, by the time it was said
they occupied in their jtmrney.” These Ashantee tra
ders represented their own country as exceedingly fine,
containing large quantities of gold and elephants, cattle
of all sorts, common to other tropical climates, and their
capital as a place of great extent.
It is said that the son of Mungo Park, the traveller,
who resides in the neighborhood of Edinburgh, a fine
youth of about 14 years of age, is preparing (a second
Telamachits/) to go abroad in search of his father, whom
he still believes to be aiive.
The one hundred and seventy-three Roman slaves, de
livered at Algiers, by lord Exmouth, went a few days af
ter their arrival at Rome, in procession to St. Peter’s.
The English disembarked them at Ciumencino, without
subjecting them to the' laws of quarantine.
An officer who was in the action at Algiers states, that
tiie enemy were not very nice iu their use of missiles.—
Broken glass, old nails, sp «- i, and other articles of a
similar nature, were fired in profusion, and did no little
mischief. The number of the enemy’s guns amounted to
lOUl, of different calibres, one of them with seven bores
on tiie mole gateway, while that of the attacking squad
ron, exclusive of six Dutch frigates, four bombs, ana five
gun-boats, were only 702. By inquiries as to the amount
of loss on the part of the of the Algerines, it appeared
that in killed only, 5,(XX) Janissaries, and from 5 to 6,000
Arabs, fed, besides women and cluldrcu. A shell thrown
from one of the bombs burst in a house where nine children
were assembled, and unhappily killed the whole; and there
was scarcely a house in the city but what had suffered more
or less injury from the bombardment. Only 24hours before
the dey returned for answer that he wouid comply with
any terms, and signed the treaty accordingly, he told his
principal officers that he would have us to white-wash
his .wall in less than half an hour after the commencement
of the action.
The lord mayor having ascertained that numbers of fo
reigners are about the streets in great distress, and that
their applications to the several consuls who represent fo
reign nations cannot meet with that facility of relief to
which the British poor are accustomed, has applied to
lord Sidmouth upon the subject. The most wretched ob
jects have appeared before his lordship at the mansion
house, and obtained a temporary relief, upon the repre
sentation that they had applied to the consuls in vain. Tfi e
encouragemeut which this humanity diffused, rendered
applications of the kind innumerable, and his lordship has
suggested a plan in consequence, which, we trust, will
meet with the approbation of the lords of the admiralty.—
It is, that a ship shall he fitted out for the exclusive pur
pose of convey ing foreigners of all dcscrijrtions t.i their
own countries. He has had an eye also to the advantage
ot some of our own countrymen in the arrangement pro
posed; for he has recommended, in his application to
the secretary of state, that British lieutenants, who
have distinguished themselves, should be appointed to the
command’.
We are happy to observe that the packets, which daily
arrive from France, return full of passengers. The cheap
ness of living, which was a motive to emigration has ceas
ed to operate with its original force, as the price of .pro
visions has been gradually advancing. To aggravate the
disappointment, the English visitors find that they have
not tair play, as the hotels aud trades people have two
prices—one for their countrymen, and another, upon a
higher scale, for their English visitors.
POLITICAL PROPHECY.
The following words of the late Horne Took*, deliv
ered by him during the short time he was m the house
of commons, have been recently quoted in a periodical
publication—“I know,” said he, “ that you will continue
the.war. 4 Your object is to preventkhe people from en
joying their right of chusing their representatives. You
intend, by this war, to destroy liberty forever. But you
will be deceived.' The cure will arise out of the excess
°fffi«,evil. Tiie debt which you will creatp by this war
will nun yourselves, and will produce, at last, such a
.mass ofmisery, Shat the people, unable any longer to
endure it, wifi snake it off, though many of them may be
dcstlbyedrio atfung the effort."—ifostfsrf Jtortury,
SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN^
Thursday Evening, November S8,
. . , ,, ^EUBGIA LEGISLATURE.
'DelieYed,’ this body will have closed its ses^nnk- \
the loth or 12th of the ensuing month. on ^7
SPECIE PAYMENTS.
The Banks in this city have, for some time
Paying specie for all sums under one dollar.
past, bee:,
The rev. Mr. Sruth and lady arrived here vested
in the Adonis, from New-Yok. We undemGn^'
wiU officiate in the Episcopal Church, until the m,, '’
of- tire rev. Mr. Cranston. "-turn
THE STEAM BOAT ENTEftPRizp,
After having undergone the necessary repairs ,
yesterday on an excursion. To guard against *" 1
dents, similar to the one which befell her last Vf . C
Charleston roads, we are told, she is to mount li^ , ■ ' n
rods ilurinir the ensuimr summer ’ fa'Gil.,,-
rods during the ensuing summer
It is stated, in the Washington
It is stated, in the Washington .National P ■
that, the secretary of state has informed the Fr-n
ister, that his application to have M r . stinn, r ' mm '
mnotan at TV. 1 ♦ i m ono romnt-ori fnr „ » * ^ p^St
master at Baltimore, removed for a toast
4th of last July, would not be placed on the ^ foe'of stat' 6
Report says, that Jokathas Russet, late envoy extra
ordinary to the court of Stockholm, has concluded atrea!
ty between Sweden and this country.
Johr M. Forbes, Anlerican consul for the North 0 f
Europe, sailed from Boston, on the 13th instant, hi the
ship Tek-grapli for Liver,pool.
James Turner, of North-Carolina, lias resigned his
seat in the senate of the United Statis—no person h.i
as late as the 22d instant, been nominated to fill the u.
cancy.
The legislature of North-Carolina commenced its ses-
sion on tiie 18tli instant.
Portuguese expedition.
Accounts respecting this armament are contradictory
English papers affirm, that, in consequence of their gov
ernment’s interposition, its operations against the 'lie-
publics of La Plata have been suspended or given u -, ;
but a letter, dated Buenos Ayres, September 7, rc-ceii
edat New-Yoi-k, says, the Portuguese troops had land
ed at St. Sebastians, and were marching upon Montevi
deo, which they would obtain without mucii trouble.
It was not, however, expected they would be able to pen
etrate farther up, nor attempt the opposite coast.
London papers mention the departure of Marshal S ult,
under a fictitious name, on the 1st ult from Amsterdam,
on board the ship Rolla, for Baltimore—his wifi and
son were to embark the first opportunity. The Kalla
has sutce arrived, but nothing is yet said of the marshal.
OUR RELATIONS WTTH RUSSIA.
Mr. WtEii, Consul ot the United States at Riga, ar
rived at the seat of government on Sunday hist, with
despatches from Mr. Harris, Charge des Affaires of the
United States at the Court of Russia.
Mr. W. we understand, left St. Petersburg about the
middle of September; at which time tiie emperor had left
St. Petersburg for Warsaw, on a journey to make some
arrangements respectinglhe internal affirrvs of his empire.
Of the contents of Mr. Harris’s despatches, we do
not pretend to any precise knowledge. It is understood,
generally, however, that the arrest and confinement of
Mr. Kosloff, the Russian consul general, at Philadelphia,
bv a warrant from a magistrate of that city, for an impu
ted criminal oftertce, had, under the influence of Mr.
Daschkolf’srepreMntations, created some dissatisfaction
in tiie imperial government; which manifested itself in
the temporary prohibition of Mr. Harris from attending
the Russian court, and in the orders which, it is already
understood, have terminated Mr. Dasclikoff’s mission
in this country. These steps were taken, we learn, with
evident reluctance on the part of the emperor, and under
an impression that it had been in the power of this gov
ernment to prevent the arrest—in omitting to do which,
there had been a want of that respect justly due to his
character and station. The measures which he adopted
were intended to evince his sensibility to an imagined
wrong, and to give an opportunity, in case of ascertain
ed neglect on our part, for due reparation to be made
for it; or for the explanations which die case admitted,
if it should appear, as the fact was, that there had been
none such. ,
It is understood that, as soon as our government ne-
came acquainted with the effect which had bem produc
ed at St. Petersburg bv the representations of Mr IJascli-
koff, Mr. Coles (the fate secretary of the president) was
sent in the Prometheus, a public ship, with despatches
to Mr. Harris, embracingsuch a view of the whole trans
action, as it actually occurred, and with such unequivo
cal assurances of the friendly disposition of our govern
ment towards Russia, as there was every reason to De.
lieve would be entirely satisfactory.
It is with pleasure we now state, that from the tempe
manifested, at the time Mr. Wierleft St. Petersburg, .
the imperial government towards the United States, tne-
is every reason to believe that this affair will be amica
bly adjusted, and that without'any Jong delay.—-A on
ai Intelligencer, 19th inst.
»R
the
General Bernard, late a lieutenant general
French army, is now in diis city, and we understand
accepted an appointment in the engineer deparun
cur army.—ib.
Fait.—Between the hours of twelve and one last nigbb
the town was alarmed with the cry of fire. It origins^ ^
the town was aiarmeuwiui uieeno, the
a house belonging to Mrs. Shephard, J ust . r WJ>
Lines, which stood alone, and no water bemgjie
burnt to the ground/ without further damage.
ton Southern Patriot^ 25th inst.
Cpt. JLSST’JSMlSf'fiS
of Naples.—vMn»- Far* Qatette, Xbth tmt.
The ship Jldonis, Champlin, five days from New-York
arrived in this port yesterday evening. To the polite
ness of a passenger, we arc indebted for files of tiie pa
pers of that city to the 22d inst. inclusive; they contain
nothing of importance. The ship Importer had arrived
from England bringing Liverpool journals to the 24th
ult. which we have already anticipated by the brigs JVew-
Orieans Packet and Georgia. As respects the crops in
England and Ireland, the advices received at Xtw-York,
are rather more explicit than any we have hitherto seen.
The following passages, cited from the Commercial Ad
vertiser, 18th inst. will gratify the philanthropist as well
as those who apprehend an excessive rise in tiie price of
provisions on this side of the Atlantic, from the expected
failure of English crops:
“The great alarm, on account of the shortness of crons
in England, which prevailed at Liverpool when tiie Har
lequin sailed, had in a great measure subsided. The
weather had become fine, and it was supposed the far
mers would yet generally realize from two thirds to three
fourths of the usual crops. The harvest in various pan*
of Europe has been universally productive, and measures
have been adopted in England to secure a sufficient sup
ple-. We have very little doubt, that the price of wheat
ai.“ flour will be lower in London and Liverpool, by the
middle of next month, than it now is, or w ill then be,
in this city.
“The crops in Ireland are better, than had’been sup
posed, arid less injured by rain. The Distillers in Dub
lin and Cork had been forbidden, by the government,
to distil grain; but on the 17th of October, (the appre
hension x>f great scarcity having subsideu) an official no.
tice was issued, permitting the distillers to proceed.
“We understand, that by this arrival, several of our
merchants have received orders to purchase flour; but,
that they are limited as to the price, to Ten Dollars,
which is two and a half dollars below the present market
price in this city.”