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STOCKHOLM MAY 11.
Sitting oj the National Assembly—Gusta
van and issue deprived oj the Throne —
New Constitution framing.
ON Wednesday the 10th, all the
Members of the States met at an ear
ly hour in one assembly, which will
ever be remarkable in the annals of
Sweden. His Royal Highness the Re
gent, (Duke of Sudcrmania,) having
ordered the Loid Chancellor to read
aloud the Act of Abdication, voluntarily
made by the King on the 29th day of
March, B iron Mannenhtim rose and
addressed the Assembly. The Baron,
in a speech o r considerable lengthdrew
a picture of the situation to which Swe
• den was reduced by the King’s passion
for war, renounced all allegiance and
obediance to the person and authority
of Gustavus IV. and declared him and
his issue, now and forever deprived of
the Crown and Government of Sweden.
The baron then asked whether this Act,
this solemn resolution of his, in which
his heart and tongue concurred, met
with the approbation of the Members
composing that august Assembly ?
Long and reiterated exclamations of
IV,v ! Yes! — All lulll resounded from
all parts, and Baron Mynnknheim’s
declaration was adopted by a consti
tutional Representatives of the Swe
dish nation, without a single dissent
ing voice.
His Royal U gliness was then conduc
ted to the chair, from which lie addres
sed the Assembly. He proceeded to
remark upon the state of the nation, no
ticed the abuses which had crept into
every department ofthe state and lamen
ted the inadequacy of the laws to res
train or suppress those abuses It there
fore became in his opinion, indispensi
bly necessary to new model the Consti
tution, and enact such laws as should
secure the country from a recurrence
of the evils which had brought it to the !
brink of ruin. The execution of this
object, so important to the vital interest ■
of Swjden. he confided to the united i
wisdom and counsels ofthe States, and '
hoped they would discharge their duty i
with credit to themselves and advantage
to their country. j
In the mean time he would take up
on himself, and execute to the best of j
I £ ability, the management of public
affairs in the capacity of regent, and
wished that nothing should he resolved
upon respecting himself and the ne\y
Constitution should he drawn up and
presented for adoption.
To-morrow, a Committee fer draw
ing up the new Constitution will be
chosen, and when they shall have ter
minated their labours, it is supposed
that the States, will declare themselves
in favour of his Royal highness, the Re
gent Duke of Stuncle to Gustuvus.
• HAGUE, MAY 22.
RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA
The following important intelligence is con
tained in letters of the loth inst. from the Low
er Rhine •
O': the 25th of April, the Emperor of Rus
sia declared war against Austria, and ordered
his armies to enter Gallicia, and Hungary.
The Russians have ah ead) entered Gallicia and j
beaten the Austrians.
Since the 9th inst. the French flag has been
unfurled on the top of St Stephen’s church
at Vienna. On the 10th or 11th, the Empe
ror Napoleon was to leave the capital. The
Emperor Francis 11. has solicited peace.
A private letter from the French Head
quarters, of the 6th, announces that on that
day an Austrian officer of the staff had arrived
with a messenger bearing a letter written by
the Emperor Francis to the Emperor Napoleon
in which the Emperor of Austria implored
an armistice and peace of his Majesty in the
most humble expressions. The short time of
the stay of the parlementaries in the head
quarters of his Majesty induced an opinion
that the answer was unfavorable—the more
so, as the army continues advancing.
PARIS, MAY 6.
Schill's bole! enterprize continues to
give the greatest alarm to the enemy
in the North of Germany. He has tak
en Bremen, and his band, rapidly in
creasing to an army, is spreading itself
through Brunswick and llanover, the
inhabitants of which are to a man in
his favor. Jerome Bonaparte has no
army capable of opposing him, and con
fines himself to Proclamations offering
rewards for his apprehension- One
article states that the King of Prussia,
so far from approving of his conduct,
has sent an army of 30000 men against ;
him. The necessity which is herd|
confessed of sending so large a force |
against him proves the formidable nu- J
ture of the insurrection which he has
brought about.—But we do not believe
the Kmg of Prussia has sent any force
against him, and wc remember having
read in the Leyden Gazette the other
d iv some reflections against his Prus
sian Majesty upon the subject oi Schill's
enterprise.
BOSTON, July 18.
LATEST NEWS.
By the sch. Ann , Capt. Kelley, from
Halifax we have received papers to the
llthinst. containing London dates to
the 25th of May. They furnish disa
greeable intelligence as to American
affairs. The British Minister has de
clared, not that he will not fulfil any
engagements he has directed Mr. Ers
kine to make, but that Mr. E. was not
authorised by his instructions to make
the arrangements he has. The in
structions must be published—when it
will be known, whether we are to im
pute our disappointment to the bad faith
of Mr. Canning, or the blunders of Mr.
Erskine. The British Government
have, however, agreed to respect the set
tlement which has been made, till its
explanations reach Amenta ; and we
hope the adjustment will be finally rati
fied, notwithstanding present appear
ances.
Bonaparte is stated to have advanced
to Vienna , without an additional battle,
leaving the large Austrian Army under
the Archduke Charles in Bohemia , and
an Austrian force in the Tyrol. They
might cut off his rttreat, if their force
was sufficient to promise success.
The insurrection in Westphalia grows
more formidable.
Extract of a letter from H'ALLIFAx,
July 9.
“ Yesterday arrived a king’s schoon
er, in 42 days from Portsmouth , Eng.
with dispatches for the Admiral. By
her, we have procured three London
papers (21st) 23d Sc 25th, May ; the
('Courier.) The Van guard of the
French had reached Vienna, and enter
ed that city, as appears, without much
insistence. This event, however, does
not seem to he considered as putting
an end to the Austrian war. Their
armies are yet unbeaten—and the
j French may have yet much to do.
Another potent enemy (Russia,) is
' also said to have issued a declaration
i against the emperor of Austria —which
; if true, may, probably, extinguish the
lust spark of resistance to Bonapartean
j tyrany in this part of Europe.
I “As to American affairs, I fear our
: sanguine hopes of complete reconcili
! ation will be disappointed. How Mr.
; Erskine will account for his conduct
to either country, I know not—hut I
cannot help thinking, that he has done
inconceivable injury to both ; and I cer
tainly, cannot find, in any of Mr Can
ning’s previous speeches, or official
letters to Mr. Pinckney, any thing
to justify an opinion that a complete re
peal (or annihilation) of the Orders in
council was ever contemplated by the
present Ministry.”
We learn from Halifax that on the
26th ult. there were there 3000 troops
and 18 pendants flying in the harbour;
and that admiral Cochrane’s squad
ron is expected from the West-Indias to
pass tne hurricane season.
Extract ot a letter from JS'ewberryport, !
July 17.
BRITISH MESSENGER ARKIVED
HOME.
Capt. Rutherford, who arrived
here on Saturday from Bonavista,
j spoke on the 29th June, lat. 24, 27,
! long. 54, the English ship Diana, 31
days from Liverpool for Barbadoes, the
commander of which informed that
great rejoicing took place at Liverpool
just before he sailed, in consequence of
the agreeable intelligence of the resto
ration of commercial intercourse be
tween Great-Britain Sc the United States.
The town was illuminated, (two nights)
guns fired, and every demonstration of
joy exhibited on the occasion.
LEXINGTON, (K.) JUNE 27.
Eire.' —We are informed, by a gen
tleman from Frankfort, that the Bag
ging Factory in that place, belonging
j to Messrs Sprowle Sc Hanna, was on
Sunday night last entirely ciistroyed by
fire ; together with all the spinning
apparatus, looms, See. There was a
large quantity of bagging (say from 6
to 8000 yards) consumed and about 8
ior 10 tons of hemp. As the house was
j shut up the whole day, and there being
no fire in it, there is no doubt of its
haying been burnt by some villainous
I incendiary.
ft
1 In an action of Cr'tm. Con.
brought by Sir Arthur Welles
ley, commander of the British
forces in Portugal, against Lord
i Paget, who tied to Austria-—he
obtained a verdict of 20,000/.
Died lately in England , Lord Dun
more, formerly Governor of Virginia.
COLUMBIAN CENTINEL.
SATURDAY , AUGUST 5.
For the public gratification we re
joice that »/ie editors of the Mirror have,
by their contest with us, acquired a
style not quite so pitiful as has lately
disgraced that paper. We who pro
tend to know something ol the Mirror
and its editors, can rationally account
for it by relating to the public that the
orator has returned from his western
expedition, and altho’ his tidcnts are
humble , they are of an order far superior
to those of his philosophical associates
of the Junta club. But while the man
ner has improved, the matter is un
fortunately of the same quality—round
assertions unsupported bv proof—-char
ges of criminality and malignity with
out the shadow of foundation, and point
less personal abuse are the distinguish
ing characteristics of the “ origin and
progress of a paper war-" Could we
without violence to our own feel
ings consider Starnes as the editor
of the paper he prints, we would ad
dress our observations to him ; but the
assertion is too ridiculous—every one
knows that this is not the fact. Who
then conducts the paper? We answer
the Junta. Proofs of this charge are
required. How we know the fact it is
unnecessary to state to the public. It
is sufficient that we satisfy yiat public
that this charge is true. How happens
it then that the Junta have chosen to
enter upon a contest on this subject
without any attempt to stop the editor
ot the Centinel. This was not diffi
cult : had the Junta declared to the
Editor of this paper that they had no
thing to do with the Mirror ; that their
meetings were tor private amusement,
or private instruction, and had nothing
to do with politics or the Miiror, we
would not have uttered a syllable against
them, without accompanying the
charge with the proof. But these wise
gentry have quietly heard the charge,
and byway of reply, call for proofs
which they believe could not be produc
ed, or at least such evidence as would be
admissible in a court of Justice. They
have made common cause with the
Mirror. Ihe different euitorial para
graphs are written by different persons
of the society ; tiiis the style clearly
evinces, and they leave to the editorial
part of the paper thtir defence, con
tented with writing a few petty squibbs,
disgraceful for their falsehoods, and
contemptible for their feeble attempts
at wit. Incredulity itself must be satis
fied that these things admit the charge,
the proot of which they demand so fre
quently. We are willing at least that
the public should judge from these cir
cumstances of the truth of our accusa
tion. But as to the essay written by the
Centinel editor, the Mirror gentry ad
mit that an essay was furnished, but
forgot to say that it was at the re]ties of
Starnes; and as the memory of Mr.
Starnes is not very accurate, we must
refresh it with a few other immaterial
circumstances which he has doubtless
unwittingly omitted. After the Mirror
appeared in which this unfortunate es
say was to have been ushered into life, |
the editor of this paper, who like all j
other fathers, had some regard for his j
bantling, called to receive it, but was '
informed it was mislaid. Know gentle !
reader, it was in the hands of the Junta, j
Geese will cackle altho’ enveloped in !
the darkness of.midnight. One of the !
society who happened to be a leaky ves-1
sel, let out the secret to a gentleman of
integrity, who mentioned it to the editor
of this paper, perhaps before he became
so. This, says a member of the Junta
is false ; it may be so, but your fellow
member must lie if it is not true. We
will give you more of this in a separate
paragraph.
The Junta Supreme and Central have an in
fluence over the Mirror ; and to what purpose
is it used, or intended to be used ? Is the
Junta a society literary, moral, religious or po
litical ?Is it formed for amusement; for in
struction, or the acquisition of undue influence ?
Its name bespeaks its origin, and the object it
has in view ; and the character of its members
will answer all these questions. This society
gave a public dinner on the 4th of March.—lt
is a political society. Who are the mem
bers ? Is there not amongst them a Jac
obin-mountain-Robespierreati, whose theme
is the generosity and invincibility of the
great nation ; an affectedly mysterious, hy
pocritical quaker; a deistical, if not atheist
ical apothecary ; a 4th of July orator, with all
the modesty of his country and his profession,
who delivers an oration in public, and publish
es it with corrections, not of style, but of fact;
an inimitable Zarga, who cuts the pigeon-wing
in tragedy'; Bull-Calf, cum multis aleis worthy
of being associated. What can such a motlv
association have in view ? Why are their
meetings concealed, if they are praise-worthy ?
why are they held at mid-night, if their intenti
ons are not as dark as the gloom around them
Gentlemen, mistake us not; altho’ we believe
your designs are dark, we do not fear you wifi
succeed, or think you dangerous—ygu have ail
the disposition in the world to be mischievous,
but Providence has fortunately made your stu
pidity an insurmountable barrier to your suc
cess. But as a member of the Junta.proposes
to give an exposition of the.r views, we will
wait the issue of his promie. “Time and fact
have settled the contest between us.” Indeed
has time & fact proved the editor of the Centind
a federalist, for your declaration to the contrary
notwithstanding, this was the dispute. Our re
joicing at the prospect of accommodation, with
Britain gave occasion to this charge, which is
false as it is contemptible, a proof of the malice
and folly of the Editorial Junta. .You wish to
avoid further contest—permit me gentlemen,
to remind you of a promise made in a for
mer paper, that you would •• continue it un
til the sport displeased us ” Be assured this
contest is still sport to us, altho’ it may have
ceased to become so with you The 4rh of Ju
ly orator was selected by the Junta before any
nomination by the citizens. The sub'-cription
for the citizen’s dinner was first in’the hands
of the Junta, and every thing wouid have been
conducted by them, had not a spirit- of resent
ment been excited (see a notice published call
ing a general meeting at the church) by reason
of which they found it necessary to intrigue
with the citizens, to solicit the orator to do
tha he had previously resolved to do, bv the
appointment of his associates. But one of
the Junta says, this is a dark unblushing lie.
Most puny of the puny race, be it know n
unto thee, that your assertions do not make
truth fal diood. We write to satisfy the pub
lic, and when the facts upon which we re
mark are known to the public, we throw away
no labor to produce proof The sun shines
upon all, and ‘’e would be a mad-nian who
would attempt to prove to a fool the existence
ol a fact.
To one of the Junta.
SIR,
OU deny that an essay of the Cemi
ne! editors’ intended for the Minor, passed in
review before your Club. Now it is impose l le
the Centind editor can know how many mem
bers of the Junta it requires to-form a quorum;
because like the inquisition, they sit in secret
chambers or foribus clausis. But if Capt. *****
who is a member, will come out and deny that
it was sent him from the Mirror office to ex
amine, and pronounce m, then we will tell
something more about it.
You also deny that the orator of the las’ 4th
of July was appointed by the Junta We re
assert that the appointment was made bv the
Junta. It is true, you afterwards deputed one
of your body, the intendant, to wait on the vo
lunteer companies, state to them the appoint
ment made, and solicit perhaps their concur
rence ; and as we do not believe either the m
tendaut or council authorised by the ci f y
charter to regula e narional festivals, we have
concluded that Mr H. carried on the i egocia
tion in the character of minister plenipotentia
ry from your c'ub, and not in the charac’er of
intendant; and if such be the fact, we hope
you will not. like the Biitish, deny having
authorised him so to do, and sacr.fice a res
pectable minister, who it would seem, at least
from a late occurrence, is remarkably ten
acious of your honor and interests
If your secrets find their way out of doors,
none but a member can have disclosed them.
He therefore is the guilty person, qt.i dictaJo ts
eliminat. Not the Centind.—You are there
fore most noble Squire* , humbly implored not to
take offence. Yet should you do so it might
be as well not to be very sanguine , for perhaps
the Confine! may not be in such danger of
sinking as you expect, You are therefore ad
vised to remember the fable of the man who
sold the lion’s skin, and was afterwards kil£d
. in hunting him.
We now take leave of yon sir, and your
sneaking, snivelling, despicable article.
Trouble in the Wigwam.
There is a report in circulation that Dr. 01-
lapod ai d the orator, prepared an editorial ai
* tic.e each, for the Jiiirror, the week before
; last, and that they had (as only one could ap
pear at a time) a stout quarrel who should
have the precedence Finally it was left to
the decision of Mr. , poet laureat to^he
club, who decided in favor of the Doct. The
orator then made some additions to his, per
haps had a nose added, and at length ushered
forth his puny brat on Monday last to the err.
i bt ace of the public, who wmie tney despise the
father, pity the offspring of his disturbed im
agination, and continue thro’charity to feed
the nurse.
The editor of the Centinel congratulates
the Mirror upon having received a new
cruit in *• Caustic.’ Ihe pubhc were for
some time at a loss to know who he could be,
or where be kept his shop, until a gentleman
observed :
“ I do remember an apothecarv,
And hereabouts he dwells—whom late I noted
——, with overwhelming, brows,
nulling of simples; meagre were bis looks,
Sharp misery bad worn him to the bones;
1 ; And about h:s shelves
A beggarly account of empty boxes,
Green earthen pots, bladders and musty seeds,
Remnants of packthread, and old cakts of
roses,
Were thinly scatter’d ro make up a show.
Noting this penury, to myself 1 said—
And if a man did need a poison now,
Whose rale is present death,
Here lives a catiff wretch would sell it him.”
COLD COMFORT.
A certain member of the Junta being
in the country a few days since, happened at
the bouse of a respectable old farmer, who he
discovered was a subscriber ro the Centinel,
and being desirous he should withdraw his
subscription, said—“ 1 see, sir, vou are a sub
scriber to Hammond’s Gazette—Do you not
know that lie is an enemy of the country—he
is a federalist.”—Theoid gentleman replied in
an audible voice, “ Call him what vou will
1 hc ls no ene ™> of this country—l have know*