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—xs 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*
