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Dee* defeated by Juanita, who previously de nounce great activity oh the part of tbe
feaied Valdez, and hud returned iuto France
with about two hundred followers: nor does
there appear any spread 01 disaffection into the
interior of the country.
Antwerp .You. 8.—The Commissioners em
ployed iu the examination of the damages, an
nounce that thirteen millions (florin*) of mer
chandize hare been destroyed in the eoterpot;
but that the wines, oils, and other goods in the
cellars have been partially injured. Tbe
number of habitations positively destroyed is
6?; of those more or less damaged there are
about 280, of which the greater part were but
mere cabins, or buildings of the meanest de
scription.
Paris Nov. 13 —It is said this morning that
Marshal Gerard retires and General Clansel is
generally spoken of as his successor. Some
persons, however, think he will be succeeded
by Geu. Lumarque, who had a private audi
ence of bis Majesty. The retirement of the
Marshal was not from any political cause, it is
well known that Marshal Gerard has suffered
from a wound in his right eye, and that in con
sequence of that wound the Marshal was dan
gerously ill last year It seems that the labo
rious duties which he has to perform have
caused a return of the disorder, and it is to
-remedy it that he has resolved to quit the
post in which the King’s confidence had placed
him —La Nouvelle France
Toulon Nov. 13—The Bey of Tunis has sent
an Ambassador to France, who has arrived
at Marseilles.
Frontiers oj Spain Nov. 12.—The royal
troops strengthen themselves in the northern
provinces of Spain. Every day they rtceive
reinforcements. We would think that a war
bet»veen the two nations was imminent. Mi*
na, Valdez, aod all other refugees, are ordered
by the French Government to he sent to Bour-
ges. Mma had resigned all command. The
refugee Junta had resigned their places.
From the London Courier, 15.
The accounts from St. Petersburgh are to
the 30th ult. According to an official statement
of the progress of the cholera, 2 004 had been
attacked at Moscow, up to the 24th October,
of whom 976 had died. At Tiflis, from the
8th August to the 30th September, there were
2.222 sick, ofivhom 1,575 died and 647 had
recovered. According to accounts from Tif
lis, the hopes of the inhabitants that the cho
lera would soon cease, were conlirmed as no
new cases had occurred for some days.
ginrp. thn ntinuo wa h>v«, Part* papers of
20lb inclusive; and from London, by the Hud
•on. papers to the 23.1. Changes of Ministry
in both capitals have occurred. In Paris Mar
shal Maison, tbe Minister of Foreign Affairs
has retired, and given place to Gen. Sebasti-
ani, who is succeeded in the marine depart-
tn.Mit by the Count d’Agout. Soult. Duke of
Dalmatia, succeeds Marshal Gerard in the war
department.
In Belgium, the provisional government had
given in their resignations, which were prompt
ly accepted M. de Potter delayed his some
days after that of his colleagues was sent in.—
The other members of the provisional govern
meat were immediately, and by acclamation,
re-appointed b*t M de Potter, who it ap
pears had differed from his colleagues as to
the propriety of resigning, was not re-appoint
ed We translate from the Journal des De
bats of 17lb November, the official protocols
of file mediating powers at London, on the
subject of the affairs of Belgium as acknowl
edged by the five Courts. M. Van de IVcyer
a member of the National Congress, bad been
deputed to London and on his return, repor
ted to the National Government at Brussels
the result of his mission to England. Lord
Aberdeen declared to him, on his honor, that
there would he no interference m Belgian af
fairs, unless the stability of Europe should be
compromised. At an interview lequested by
Lord Wellington, five days after, he was ex
plicitly assured by him that England would
never interfere with any government they
might establish, if it did not endanger peace
and tranquility. He found there were many
warm friends of Belgium in England. Mr. Van
d**r VV had also an interview with the Prince
of Orange as a private man, who wished to
know if there was any chance of his getting
the crown of Belgium. The reply of Mr. V.
was in the negative. Thanks were voted to
Mr. V by acclamation.
Mj. Surrurier, formerly minister to this
country under Napoleon, has beeu re appoint
ed. and with his family was to sail from Havre
on the 10th December in the Louis Philip, for
Philadelphia. M. Lasteyrie, a grandson ot
La'avette is attached to his Legation
By au ordinance of 8th Oct. the King grant
ed an anual pension ot 20,000 fr. ($4,000) to
Mad ame Ney.
The Kmg of Naples died on the 8th No
vember, and was succeeded by his son Ferdi
nand, aged 21 years
L<iter and more important —Events gather
on iur hands. The L ne ship President, Hal*
sky, from New*York, at this port yesterday
in anticipation ot the Mail of this- day, brings
us yet later advices from Europe. We a-
briilge sundry detail from the New. York Ga
zette, of the 29ih ultimo.
The ship Columbia, Capt. Delano, ami the
pack t ship Hibernia, Maxwell both arrived
on the 28th ult. the latter bringing London
papers of the 1st and Liverpool of the 2d De.
comber. A passenger in the former vessel
declare? himself to have seen a strip from the
office of the London Courier of tbe former date
containing a declaration of war against France
on the part of Russia. This intelligence is
supported by the context of circumstances: all
indicating tbe approach, if not actual existence,
of war between these gigantic powers
Tiie German papets state.that a Russian
army to the number of 200,000 men, divided
into sevpn corps, with 400 pieces of cannon,
is assembling on the frontier. The French
are not .idle; a large army will soon be ready
for the field, and the. first hostile demonstra
lion aga ust Belgium will be the signal for
p uring masses of enthusiastic Frenchmen in
to Italy ami over-running Austria. The com
mand of the Russian army is entrusted to
Count Diebitscb, an officer who displayed
gr-?*t judgement in the war with the Turk?,
but w; o would he overmatched by any one oi
buttd’ eds of the old French army.
Private letters of tho£Slb from Farit an-,
It does not in the least appear to ds impossible
that commercial treaties might be Qijple be-
tweeti tbe two countries, and favorable to
both. When once France shall have renoun
ced the too violent democratical tendency of
her first revolution, and shall have abandoned
all idea of the unlimited and mad conquest ot
her imperial eagles, then the course ot events
would point out such an alliance as the most
natural and the most politic proceeding. In
the meantime our Government is displaying
the most laudable ac'ivity to be in complete
readiness for any movement from the Cossack
quarter. Marshal Soutt labors day and night.
We expect in January. 1831, independently
of thq great force of National Guards, every
where armed and equipped, to have a regular
army of300,000 men on our frontiers. But ij
is impossible to torste what numbers ao ap
peal from the Crown would muster in an in
stant. Our internal state is pretty quiet now
The trial of Ministers is almost forgotten in
preparation for national defence.
The Hirberma bring:- papers, containing the
following passages from the French Journal,-,
of latest date They support the favor of the
intelligence already given above.
The Soit/fleur steamboat is gone suddenly
to Algiers, it is said to carry important des
patches to General ClauseL Madame Clause!
is • xpected here, going to join the General a
Algiers.
Yesterday there was a loog discussion in the
Council on the subject winch engages all mind
'd present—war If our information be cor
reel, Marshal Souh ilem. ruled with much earn-
estn»*ss, that the means should t»e given loin
of putting the army and all fortified places on
a respectable footing; and toe tnswer which
he Constantly received was, that money »*
wanting—that the treasury is exhausted- and
cannot undertake extraordinary expenses. I
is -aid that one Minister, who is a general, ui -
jderipok to prove, with the map in his hand,
and all the Northern frontier of France, ap-[by political and military reasons, that Europe
has neither the power nor the wdi to make
war, and his assertions obtained general ap
probation.
In fact, when there i?> no will to
French Government in preparations lor war.—
How far tbe apprehension of such a step on
the part of Russia and her Allies is justified by
authentic information is not stated. In tbe de
partment of war, particularly the greatest ac
tivity prevailed. Marshal Soult was at his of
fice as early as 4 o’clock every morning.
Tbe Paris Times of the 27th states, as a re
port, that Marshal Gerard was about to setooi
on a tour of the Northern frontiers, to inspect
the fortresses; and that Gen. Harispe is chart
ged with a similar mill'ary inspection along the
Southern frontiers.
Iu addition to these facts, going to support
the inferences already drawn of a great rupture
at hand, we find that large levies have been
made in Russia for extra purposes. Marshal
Count Diebitsch, so distinguished in the late
war with Turkey, is about to review the troops
on the frontiers of Russia, and to regulate
their destination in the interior. He will then
return to Berlin, where he has been appointed
to an extraordinary mission The number of
troops to be collected on the frontiers will a
mount to 200 000, with 400 pieces of cannon.
There will be seven divisions of the army, in
eluding the Polonaise. The organization of
«o large a force is a circumstance of a serious
description. The entire of the Russian army
is in motion in the interior, and occupies the
cantonments and garrisons which have been
evacuated by the troops sent to the frontiers.
It this army should enter into a campaign, if
will be placed under his command The opi
nion entertained is, that (he movement on the
part of Russia, taken m connection, with the
active attitude of both nations, is the conse
quence of a concerted arrangement between
the Cabinets of St. Potersburgh and Berlin.
We make extracts on this sut ject to the ex
tent of the intcdligence afforded us by these
papers.
Parts, Nov. 27 —The news from Belgium
f I
pear to have at length roused the French Go-
vernment. The most extraordinary exertions
have been ordered to be made to provision and
garrison the fortresses, to manufacture arms j find the money necessary for war the shortest
and other material, and to reorganize the army, way to assert is that there will be no war. At
It is said today, on ’Change, that Government j least, jf France be taken unawares, the \Tnis
ters may say, “We have been entirely doceiv
within j ed—it was proved to us that no w ar could
take place, otherwise we should have been
prspared! *
Besides the camp of 150 OOO iro n, there is a
talk ot forming 3 camps <>1 100 000 m*.n each,
taken from the National Guard. They wv.uld
he assembled at Lille, IVIeiz, and Strasburg —
it is believed that amongst tbe comtnunica
tionsto he made on Monday to tbe Chamber
will be a report of Marshal Soult on the state
of the army, and the demand of a credit of
120,000,000.
Field Marshal De Wrede, so well knoivn in
the war of 1814, is gone to pass a week at
Munich, at the desire ol the King, where bis
presence lias excited great astonishment, as
he 'ived until now without taking any part in
public affairs.
Extraordinary levy of Troops.—In addition
to the 148 000 men called but by recent ordi
nances and who are to march on the 1st and
the 15tl» December, the Government has de
termmed upon making an extraordinary levy of
80.000 men These facts have been made
known by the Ministers themselves.
- Thus far extend our selectious on the ab
sorbing question now agitating anil probably
-.nil further to agitate the repose of Europe--
ihe question ot Peace or War? E gland -is
looked to, and sire ulonu can settle the difficui
ty. The balance of power i9 in her hands, and
from the influence of ibe new and more liberal
Cabinet now engaged m the management o.
her affairs, as well as the cordial disposition
which has been already manifested on her pari,
towards the Government ol France, it is by no
means improbable. That she will exert her great
energies in securing the peace, so essentia,
not only to the pro-p»nty of the immediat.
belligerents, but to tiers'If The influence ot
the new ministry will no doubt be given wit!
out an.except ion to Ibis-object.
Mailers of less imj*ortance in France, We
have scarcely room to noiiee. The H ,u-e ol
B<ne and Duinar ami of Guerin, in Paris, have
tailed in large amounts These failures with
others, had contributed greatly towards tfo
depress on of the lunds. In Paris it is said.
Don Miguel will nut be recognized by tin
French Government. Adrian Dupre, Consul
General at Smyrna, died at that place in Goto
b* r. The English and Americans, in Paris,
were to have given an entertainment on the
1st ult in that city, in honor of the recent tri
umphs there .-of civil liberty. General Lafay
ette had accepted an invitation to attend
ll is reported that an Envoy frouK Belgium
at Parts, had come to 1 ff r i he throne oi Belgi
utn to the son of the Kmg of th. French; three
German Princes having already declined the
perilous distinction.
The ordnance upon the pension of the Cler
gy, indicates the acquisition of a largo lession
from the volume of retrenchment. The sala
ries of Cardinals are cut down troui 100 to
50.000 francs per annum, and ihetr expenses o;
installation iopt iff entirely
Nothing had beeu done id the trial of tbe
Ex-Ministers
London, Aov 26.—The Flanders mail, juV.
receiver!, brings Brussels papers to the 20ih
mst. They contain the continuation of the
important discussions in the National Con
gress. Murmurs were expressed on M. Ro
banlt declaring that he voted for a Republic,
and propo-nog as an amendment an appeal to
-the people. Great indignatioi was 'manifest
ed by some members at the language he ha*l
used. In t he course of the debate, a message
was received from the Provisional Govern
ment, stating that they had consented to the
proposal ot a cessation of arms made by th<
Protocol pf the fiire great powers;" and had
communicated this decision to Messrs. Cart
wright and Bresson. The debate was then re
sumed.—Several members delivered tbetr sen
timents, generally in favor of a monarchy. It
was decided that the amendment of “an appeal
to the people.” should be received as an addi
tional proposal, and the principal proposal be-
mg put to the vote, there were for a manure!)}
174, for a republic 13—majority 161.
The Provisional Government has published
ten days, until tbe terms of an arrasfice can be
settled. The troops to retain their respective
posrtions~each to have the power ot commu
nicating freely by sea or land~so that the
blockade ofthe fiVer and ports is to cease, and
free navigation is to be provisionally re-estab-
tised
Algiers, Nov. 8—'the General in Chief was
to sei out m two days, with a force offiom 7,
000 to 9,000 men—merely to pay a visit to
tne Bey of Titeri.
The National Congress of Brussels have de-
cid d by a majority pi 161 to 28, that the tarn-
ily of Nassau shall be excluded from the
throne. Their determination is thus express
ed, “The National Congress in the name of
tbe Belgian people, d- clares ail the memb. rs
oftitie family ol Orange Nassau forever exclu
ded from all power in Belgium "
Too Dutch Consul in London bad made an
official communication to Loyd’s, staling that
the blockade of the Belgian ports was raised.
Several proclamations, in German language,
have hdeii published in S«i .zerUmd. The ob-
jcci of those documents is to excite the inhab
itants to demand u reform in their Con.-ditu-
f ion.
A traveller who has lat -fy gone through
Rhenish Prussia, slates that they are continu
ing to lortny Content ze and Cotogiur
Paris, jYov 29—The superior authorities
01 Catatoma have interdicted all communica
tion between the French and the Spaniards.
The head of the bridge of Pent de Madame,
and the whole line ofthe frontier, ate closely
guarded, * This measure has thrown the in
naoitaiits of Cerdange iuto coustemai nai.—
Tne prelect has remonstrated with tne & t an
isii authorities against these proceedings. Qr
ders have been given by this «dficer ~ to send
ail the Spanish relugees without exception iuto
the interior! - _
Puycerda, Nov. 15.—‘‘.The Count d’Espagna
arrived lucre last night With six luidiory ami
red
5*,004 recruits. The fttet; after demanding
explanations as to the necessity ot such a rein*
for cement, did not wish to grant in the first in
stance, more than a part ot it—The rest was
to be furnished next spring. The nobility re
collect tbe oaths ofthe House of Austria, by
which they were bound to unite to Hungary
the ancient province? which bad been separa
ted from it; and energetic demands are made
in the Diet for the re incorporation of Dalma
tia. Galicia, and Buckowina, which formerly
belonged to Hungary. In the critical situa
tion in which she stands, Austria bas not dared
to reject demands so poiverfnlly supported.—
She has eluded the question, and the Diet is
about to bo closed—she has thus escaped the
embarra smeut. It is said that in order not
to irritate a people whose services are now so
necessary. M do Meternich will unite Dalma
tia to Hungary, inserting, however, in the act,
some plause which will enable the Government
to reverse that decision-when the wants o£.
Austria are less imperious. As to the other
provinces Austria will feed the hop* s of the
Hungarian as with yague promises, as has been
the case, since the time of Maria Thcrese.
Letters from Bayonne, of the 23<1 inst. stale,
that for three days tlnd town bad been a con
stant passage for officers of the Ex Royal
Guard, who were emigrating to Spain to serve
in a foreign legion, which is, it ts said, to be
form d there. On the 22d, two gens d’armes
went to Cabo to force the brave Mina to quit
that place for the interior The General wa^
conducted, notwithstanding his sickness to
Bayonne, between two gens d’armes. like »
criminal Jauregui arrived also, on tbe 23J
at Bayonne The sub-Prefect lias given both
these patri t chiefs notice, that if they do not
quit voluntarily, he should be m.der the fieces-
sity of employing an armed force once more.
J .uregui, replied, that he would not depart
unless he were bound, and escorted by gens
d’armes. It is said that the wife of General
Mina has quitted Paris, and is proceeding to
Bordeaux. She is going to join her husband,
contemplates the formation of an army of 150
000 men in the Northern department
(hree months
Bourse Nov. 27 —Hof past 4—This has
been a very busy, but a very despairing day.
hero. YVur—war—inevitable war. is the cry
of the principal portion of tbe speculators —
You will perceive by tbe sto^k lists, which I
enclose, the results of these impressions. In
addition to other reports, propagated to de
press the Funds, is one, that the Prussian Ar
my is under orders to cross the frontier, and
march on to Paris; and that there are not in
the intermediate departments a sufficient num
ber of troops to impede them. The idea of
such a coup de main is however, too absurd to
deserve a moment’s consideration.
Nimeguf.n, Nov 17.—Prussian troops are
collecting along the whole line ofthe Belgian
territory. The 17th regiment is distributed in
tbe towns and villages of Wankum, near Guel-
dres, and as far as Emmerich, upon the Banks
of the Rniue. A regiment of Hulands and a
regiment of Hns»ars, have al.-e arrived in that
department. Each battalbon has artillery and
amumtion for half a hattery. Ge* Weyzach
has settled his head quarters at Gueldres.—
The first battallion of the 17th regiment, and
his staff are at Cleves. The word* qui vive
are heard ail night, and travellers are examin
ed with the greatest strictness.i
The entire of those troops have a military
and very imposing appearance, and ihe severe
discipline .which they are obliged to observe, i-
beyond example. The roll was beaten at 12
0 clock last night, and in less than five minutes,
the whole army Irom Wankum to the Rhine,
was drawn out in order of battle.—Le Temps
Paris. Nov. 27.—It is announced that Ge
neral Schmeder, who is now in the Lazaretto
at Toulon is to be appointed Chief of the nr
my which is going to be assembled in the de
part ment ot the Moselle, u dor the command
of General Gerard. Besides the^e forces, n
is said that three camps of ICO 000 men each,
are going to be formed at Ldie, Metz and
Slrasburgh; the moveable National Guard
are to form part-of them.
What seems to have decided the choice of
General Schmeder is, that this officer, who was
formerly Aide-de Camp to Rapp, is perfectly
well acquainted with the banks of tbe Rhine,
aod the military geography of those countries
Paris, Nov. 28.—The whole attention of
this country is now turned to the momentous
question ofthe possibility and even probabili
ty of war The Government, after making
every effort in its power consistent with
French honor, to avoid a struggle, the conse-
qu » nee of which no human eye can foresee,
will certainly set to work, in ttie event of una
voidable hostilities, with the greatest energy
Nor do we doubt that in case of a defensive
war, an appeal, frank and firm, of Philip I. to
the French Nation, would be instantly follow
ed by an enormous devclopemcni of forces
ready and eager to enter the field Indeed a
war of that nature would he extremely popu
lar. However in several of our best informed
political circles there is still a doubt that a ge
neral war will take place; those who frequent
them humbly conceive that even in the deli
cate affair of Belgium, there does not appeal
the slightest ground for a foreign interference.
Russia has from the first manifested very little
spmpathy, to say the least, for the new order
01 things in France.
The Autocrat, in his letter to our Kfng, has
had the insolence to say that he will not.exam
ine the motives that have I d Philip to accept
che Crown. This evidently announces little
good will and Iorhodes eviL Njw, neither
France nor England can allow the Autocrat,
whose immense and apparently powerful em
pire reaches from tbe Pole to near Constanti
nople. to oppose the constitutional progress of
the Southern States of Europe.
Austria, moving- in the same circle, directs
and occupies by her armies the whole Indian
Peninsula, excluding from it French and Eng
hsh trade. Such a system as this would be as
hostile to the two nations, a» the Continential
blockade of Napoleon. We anticipate then
by the natural course of things, that intimate
CDLTGRSSIOUAI,.
fitly cavalry. He immediately ordered .all
F enchmen to q m ihe Spanish territory, aud
Jorbid5 us, up .u pain ol death, to pass upon , who is in great want of her care,
the French territory. According to reports n
Circulation here the Captain General ol Cata
lonia has addressed to the Prefect oi the East
ern renees very senons.remoosiranees, ileas-
serlsthat the Spanish termory has been viola
ted by tiie Spanish relugees; that several!
Frenchmen were incorporated with these reb-
i-j that theFrcrich Government had tolerated
in organizing and equipping them-.eivesm
Us torri-tory. and that the Prelect ol the East
ern Pyrenees hod protected a >d assisted them
w ith his counsel.
The -Hague,Nov. 25th—“In consequence of
a conlerence held at London on the 17th of
.his month,
England, France, the
HOUriE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Monday, January 3.
DENM ARK A ND TIIE U. STATES.
Tim Speaker mid before the House the fol
lowing Message lrom the President of the U-
nited -States;
To the ilouse of Representatives of-lhe United StcteS.
I iransmil herewith to Congress the copy of
a correspondence which lately passed between
iVlaj.»»- G. neral Von Spholtcut. his Danish Ma
jesty’s Governor General of his West India
between the Plenipotentiaries of I possession*, and special Minist r to the Tfoiled
Netherlands, Austria, j Slates and Mr Van Buren, Secretary of State,
Russia and Prussia, and of the representations f concerning the regulation of the commercial
made in consequence to the King, his Majesty
has thought tit to have given orders to tbe
commandets of his forces by sea and land to
suspend all offensive operations.*’ We un.
derstand this second conference led to a se
cond Protocol ofthe Ambassadors of tbe five
Great Powers assembled at London, by which
it is determined that ao amistice for the time,
it is said, of tjiroe months, shali t ike [dace be
tween H‘dined and Belgium, to commence on
SiiQilay the 21-t.
Brussels Nov 25.—We learn that'Prince
Frtderick and the I) ike of Saxe Weimar have
intercourse between those possessions and (he
United Stale?*; which comprehends the pro-
posihons that General -Von Scholl on made to
this Government, in behalf of his sovereign,
upon that subject, and the answers ofthe Sec
retary of State to fire same—die last show nig
the grounds upon which this Government de
clined acceding to the ovcriuros of the Dd-
nish Envoy.
Tnis correspondence is now submitted to
the two Houses of C mg-ress, in comjdiance
with the wish-and ■ request of General Von
Scholton himself, and under (lie full pur-ua-
(■.nt* red Ha set with 6 000 men, on whose ap-,‘ s * on i my part, that it will receive ail the at
proach all the civil officers fled to-Lrege.
It is supposed there has been a battle be
tween the Dutch and the citizen army. It is
teution and consideration to which the very
friendly relations that have so Jong subsisted
between the United States and the K;ng ot
said (hat the Dutch resolved to tako Venloo, i Denmark, e-pecially entitle it, in the Councils
and then go to Luxemburg. j of-this Union ANDREW JACKSON*
Washington, 31 st December, 183U.
Tbe lMes-age was read, and together wrfh
the documents accompanying if, referred to the
committee of Commerce, and ordered to be
printed
The Speaker also laid before'the II msc the
following Message from the President ofthe
U nited St ates.
BRITISH COLONIAL TRADE.
To the House oj Representatives of ths United Hlates.
.1 communicate to Congress-ibe papers rela
ting to the recent arrangement with Great
Britain, with respect to the trade between her
collonial possessions and the Undid States, to
which reference was made in my message at
the opening of ihe present session.
It will appear from those documents, that,
owing to the omission, in the act of the 29th
of May hist, of a clause expressly restricting-
importations into the British colonies in Amer-
can vessels to tiie productions of.the United
States; to the amendment engrafted upon that
act in the House of Representatives, provi
ding that when the West India colonies should
be opened, the commercial intercourse of the
go to .Luxemburg
Brussels, Nov 23—Nothing has transpired
as to tbe person lik' ly to succeed to the Sov
ereignty Many are spok-.n of, amongst oth-
er> Felix le Merode,' who will be supported by
ihe priests He is a heavy coar-e looking
man, witlmu! tab-fit, or any one requisite tioces-
ary for a'situation which would requne all.tiie
vigor and energy of » powerful mind: How
nv r, a willing tool, a mere hijack, is what both
Priests and Liberals m *y require, and it would
not perhaps smt their views to select a man
-if superior intellect and d cisive Character — -
The Prince Satin Salm, (ober Salm,) one of
i he hundred of that prolific name, is also men
tiomd. What his pretentions are no one can
tell, save that he dues pos«ess much more tal-
< nt than M de M rode. Others speak of the
King of Saxony; but would his Majesties re
nounce ihe certainties of his peaceful posses
sions, and all t he tranquility of Dresden, for a
throne off r s—a throne which must be
the least enviable in Europe, and whose tenure
must depend on the will oi France? The Arch
Duke Charles of Austria has been named, hut
ihe reni' mhrance ofthe Revolution of 1768 is
Austrian Prince a^ favorite with the nation.
There are a dozen other caodulates on the list;
but opinions appear as much divided on the
alliance befvyeon .France and Great Britain.—- -a bulletin proclaiming a suspension ol' arms for
too recent in the minds of many to render an . United States ivith all other parts oithe B r jt
i«h Dominions or possessions should be left on-
a footing not less favorable than u now is; and
for tho^tci not specifying the terms upon which
subject as they are unanimous in anticipating British vessels, coming from the northern colo
nies, slionld be admitted to entry into the porta
of the United Slates; an apprehension was en
tertained by the Government of Great Britain,
that under the contemplated arrangement,
claims might be set op on our part, inconsist
ent with the propositions submitted by our
Minister, and with the terms to which she was
willing to agree; and that this-circumstance
led to explanations between JHr. JV! Lane and
tho E-irl of Aberdeen, respect mg'-1 ne intention
of Congress and the tru*» construction to be
given to the act referred to.
To the interpretation given by them to that
act, I did no? hesitate to agree.* It wa« quite
clear that, in adopting the amendment refer
red to Congress c<»uld not have intended to
preclude future alterations in the existing in
tercourse between tire Untied States and oth>
er parts of the British dominion^; and the
supposition that the omission to restrict, in
terms, the importations to the productions of
the country to which Ibe vessels belong, was
intentional, was precluded by the propositions
previously made by this Government to that of
Great Britain, and which were before Con
gress at the time of the passage of the act; by
the principles which govern the maratgme le
gislation of the two countries, and by the pro
visions of tbe existing commercial treaty be
tween them.
Actuated by this view of the subject,/and
convinced that it wa3 in accordance with the
an ir'npiion uf Prussians
Liege Nov 23 —-A tetter from Mastricht
say?*, Yesterday morning the columa ol 4,000
un n, under the Duke of Saxe Weimar, left
ttns place and took the road fo Venloo, which
rt is said,they prop »se to retake. This is the
way in winch the Dutch observe the arm-
Stic* ?”—Politique
Antwerp, Nov. 22—It is affirmed that
Antwerp is to he declared a free port. Symp
toms of effervescence had appeared among
the working classes, but they were calmed by
receiving payments in money. No ships were
yet allowed to come up Irom Flushing. A
post.office notice has announced that all com*
iiiUmc.it ions with Holland are open
November 24.— Yeste/day at least seven
lighters arrived with wood for fascines, &c.—
There are 12 vessels unloading, ail with simi
lar fire wood, hay, straw, fascines, frr. What
do they want with this wood in the Citadal?—
Is it to erect batteries along the river at L’Es-
ioket and the Kiel? Oui merchantmen are
"till at Flushing, and winter is still at hand -—
Yet tlte armistice was known here on Sunday
at 10 o’clock. To what shall we ascribe this
fatal day?
November 30.—Hungary has not displayed
"o much promptness in submitting to the wish
es of the Emp ror of Austria as (he Northern
Journals are pleaded to state. Violent debates
had taken place befoie they consented to grant I ™al intentions of Congress, l fell it my doty