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! ASFEC£ of 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&not 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.”