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Sep' ember 19.
It wu again imported in the City,
esterdajr, tint a treaty ot Coin nerce
has been ronnlud d between France
■n i >l»< Uni-t' —l -St-wt —s -if \rncrica, tnd
t ut a copy of it had b-eri received by
G ivernm-nt. The refusal of our minis
ters to r»tifv Mr. F.rakine's arrangc
nr ot gives in air of orobahilitv to this
ru r\ or. hut we continue* to think to-,it it
is are n ltur*. Although this new mis
un I -rst mding sh u!d, however, termi-
Ihir fivor.tbly. Ministers have done
cn-.in Hi to convert th**i> hrd of roar* in
to a !> "| of thorns for th -ir successors.
Tt will require years to retrirv • their [
errors, and replace the treasure wasted
by their extravagance and folly.
TII K. SCHELDT EXPEDITION.
Extract of a letter from no Officer in the
F e/tedition to th; Heir hit.
StK_l I mr’ed here on Friday evrn
n . from Fhjshing, w ich I 1 ft yester- '
t j, y . Sir Fvre Coot- remains in com
mand of YVnlcheren, with 16 000 men, 1
T iariose von the nones ot the regi
m-nts. as well as their slate, that you
m-v tee how sickly they all are ; in- i
d d. they continue to btifry eigot or <
liin • m nowaday. 't’!v- Hon. Lieut, i
(;, I. t' <p-l it arrive i in thq. Downs, (
iviih dispatches from Lord Chath alff; i
li Ins been on hoard 'he Valiant three i
d ivs waiting for a wind, and confirms i
the dreadful state of si. kne.ss ofthe nr
mv. F.very arrangement is making n>
yen iir th - I nuifirations round Flushing; .
but from the d- hiffty of the Iroons, the
w ,,rk goes on slow ;i all the guns and
stores <>f every description, were bro’t ,
(i"i n ‘s'uth B V-land, uihl there is no
thinking mm tint does not approve of
thy resolution, (however reluctantly n
dopt dl by the comm mder in chief, of
rdmquishi >g all further op-.-nfious a
.r ,i mt the Scheldt, liven sir lb Strac.h
iVi in ’v.v hearing, at Lord Chatham’s
t ,M , at Middlehurgh. repeatedly af
fjroi d that he Was emmn ed, r.nd had
ass Wted it. tint no further operations
con'd h/ nod-rtaken against Antwerp;
Mid. how ver his public letter nt tv and
does insinuate oth rwi.se, you may be
assured that Sir K Sfrachan was against
undertaking anv further operations a
g iust Antwerp, nv! tri -d s much as
possible to do t\vav toe impr ssi-m
m le by that most extraordinary state
pap r.
I h ive been an actor in tb.is exp-di- 1
*i >n. tnd shall on nti >n Lets. and ficts
o .,'v —for I bat" to hear in n slandered 1
W h > leset’Ve com n -'idation and I ne
ver will see pmularitv courted, at the
ex none of an individual who In* too j
nvHi honor and too much integrity, 1
t . V en to susp-ft th tt such unjustifiable
means are made use of.
The gun ho ts ire. with bombs, post- '
ed ill r mud the island, by Rannni kms
an 1 Ver ; mil the enemy list night j
sv re so mm !) on the beach at South
F v dan I, as to count* a consider diK fir-;
I i - it night. Vere is quite within range
of shells, from Bevel md ; of course
ships with merchandise, irrb ed, all ve»- |
s s oust soon quit it. the instant the
eivinv c*t lilish mortar hatteri -s, j
which they will soon. Sir Home Fop- |
ha n stays: so do s Admiral tXway, '
AV h heron will never be ahlr to sup
ple itself with provision*, much I ss
•ni ,d 1 tion i! tin Ollier of souls, consist
ing f 16-000. The Imspifi 's are full, :
and the sickly season hut just begun.
September 21.,
The King came to town yesterday, !
«n 1 held a levee, hut the expected pro
£ • sw is not made in the meditated i
c > uige of ministry. One of the imme
cl ,t causes of the change— the r sig
n * ion of the duke of Portland, h >s been
th.- cause ofthe delay, flis ’.race w,s
the k -v-stone i>f the nrch, and that h ■-
Jo taken aw»v, the remainder has td-
I into confusion. Mr Perceval i., un
derstood to have set up a cl im to suc-
C-.. Ito his place -,s oremi r. These
- pc sumptions jttstlv offended Mr. (bin
ning, who thought that if either Was to
b • prefered, he had at least an equal
c urn ; but he conceived, that in the
pr sent perilous situation of tlu- coun
try, neither of them could farm an ad
ministration capable of conducting his
majes’v’s afftit’s with advantage. Feel
ing, haw-ver. that Mr. F -rctv il had
utif »rt*i t itcly superior influence, he ab
stain d from attending the cabinet coun
cil, ! ' ket hims.df in his office, to bring
up all toe arrears ot business, and par
ti .ularlv t > p 'is the accounts of Pis
fri n 1 ' tr. Ft’eiv : and having tone tLis.
he tendered hie rcxis>t;rion. On Tues
day Mr. !’ rceval \v>s closeted \yi'h the
king r.t M t'ldso:'. With respect to lord
Castlereagt.’s resignation, an attempt
has been made to let him down ei-ey,
by having it believed, th tt he retires
merely to make way t" or Marquis \A el
l«sLy, in co.tfurmity > ilh all old agree- j
ment to that effect—but if that were the
precise c is , why i\ sign ut this pu tit -
ul»r moment, wlien the M rquis \Y cl
I sbs is it Seville, with the Spiriibh
.Font • ? ind why not wait his Lordship’s
r-turn instead of unu cess o ily embar
rassing t!ie a fifties of his ofli e. In con
s qtnnre »f tnis change and rivalshi;
in tlie cabinet, there were three minis
tuts virtu dlv, Ith nigh n>t tctu dly, but
vesferd iv. wle-n his M 'jasty came to
tj>wn ; I’hc fluke of Port I md, lord C* v
ti r- agli. and Mr. Canning: and it was
understood that lord L-v. son Gower
Mr. Long and Mr. Mubhinson, would
riot retain their places, in tin event of
tfheir friends going out. All the minis
ters however, attended the levreyestf r
<]l <y with the cxc.epti n of lord Castle
tte igh ; hut no final arr ingement was
inarle. The difficulty s Wert so great,
he duke »-f Portland, notwithstanding
is mist Table state fit health, was re
uested to retain the Seals for a day or
wo longer, and no person kissed hands
n a new appointment.
MINISTERIAL DUEL.
The disputes and jealousies by which
the Cabin.t has Inen for some time
distracted- have had i serious anc! nearly
dial termination- It will he seen from
f>ur preceding columns, that his road- ;
utors proposed to sacrifice Lord Cas
llereagh, to Sive Lord dhatharn, and
i hat instead of looking abroad for a n w
lead, in the room of the Duke of Port
end, Mr. Perceval conceived that the
lisasters of our .nns which had driven
uirne of his co tdjul'irs from office, vest
d him with right and title ton. w bon
us, although every member of tlu Ca
mlet is undoubtedly answerable for the
arts of the whole. Much irritation also
prevailed mConsvqu uce* between Lord
Lustier*agh and Mr. Canning, and
irnke out into open rupture. A dial
etige was the consequence*, arid tl is
morning the parties met at five o’clock.
: m Putney-heath. They fought ;it ten
yards (list nice. Mr. Canning reo.e ved
his advi. t’Mt v’s hall in the fleshy part of
Ins right thigh, '.\hieli put an end to the
cunt st. He iv is put into a coach, and
conv. yrd to ( louceater Lodge, his re-w- ■
ly purchased scat at Brompton. Mis
wound is not considered dangerous by
theficulty. It was generally reported,
that Lord Castlercagh was shut through
t!ie heart, and expired immediately :
but this we find is not the fact. His
Lordship did not receive any injury.
From Putney his Lordship returned
home to his house in St. J mies’s-square
where lie was \ isiterl at twelve o’clock
by the Earl of Liv< rpool.
Notice of the duel and of the result,
ins communicated about ten o’clock,
t > all the other cabinet ministers, and |
the particular friends of the parties
The west end of the town is all in a
ferment, with various reports upon the
subject, the above we are confident,
will lie found tlit. real state of the case.
Lord Castlerengh was attended on
the ground by Lord Yarmouth as his
second, and Mr. Canning, by Charles
Rose I .His, Esq. Lord Castlel’eagh gave
the challenge.
September 30.
The’ Duke of Brunswick received,
yesterday, intellig nee, by an officer,
just arrived, that the armistice had ;
been put an end t>» by the Austrians ; ;
that the Prussian army, under General
Blucher, had marched to co-operate
with the Austrian forces, anil that the
Ring of Prussia had himself*set off for
Petersburg, to confer with the Einpe
[’or Alexander. The news was consi
lered as authentic through the even
ng.
I'he medical report from Walcheren
Is—Died last we* k 375 men, and five
officers—Remain in the hospitals 3,600.
The Karl of Liverpool has transacted
i he business of t he Three* Secretaries of
State, since the duel between Lord
Uasllereagii and Mr. Canning.
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BALTIMORE, Noveinber 3.
Letters received in Baltimore, dated I.’Ori
( ent 28th Sept state that no prospect exists of
j settling with France, hut hv joining <n the war
against England. The privateers out of France
continue to supply them with colonial produce.
New-York., Nov. 1
This morning the United States’ sloop of
war Wasp Lieut Lawrence arrved here in
33 days from L’Orient, from which place she
sa led the 28th September.
Lieutenant Has well, the hearer of dispatches
from Mr. Armstrong, left Paris the 20th Sep
tember.
Contrary to the general expectation, there Is
nothing received bv the Wasp, that will tend
to lesson the evils resulting from an unemipted
state of commerce, as will appear from the fol
lowing facts, which have been communicated
t<> us by passengers in the Wasp, and gathered
from letters to houses of the first respectability
received by her.
In the first place we learn that nothing had
been d-me by Mr Armstrong, nor did iie ex
pect to bring the French government to any
j kind ot terms with the United States, unless
t the latter went to war with Great Britain, «r
would guarantee to France that America would
resist the search of American vessels by the
cruisers of England
We further learn that the despatches which
went out in »he Wasp, had not as lure as the
20th September, been sent to Bonaparte, at
Viem a as (i: was observed by Mr. Arm
nrron. ) it was useless to trouble him on the
subject while he was engaged on the continent.
Mr. Arnrnro. g intended some time since to
have left France for rhe United States; Hu was
prevented by repeated r* quests from the French
minister to remain, as something decisive from
ee emperor might b? expected but as nothing
had been received, and Mr Armstrong des
paired of any success, lie intended, as so ias
possible, to sail for America—he would have
detained the Wasp for this purpose, we are ,
inform- d, if his family could ’nave been accom- ]
modated in her
At the time of the sailing of the Wasp, no I
hews of peace between France and Austria
hail been received Indeed it was rumored ’list
a re-commencement of hostili’igs had taken
place, and that Russia was on the point of
joining Aus'ria, in consequence of the enor
mou'. demands made by Bonaparte of the F.m- j
peror Francis.
It is irue, the prize c iirts in France, have I
suspended the Condemnation of American pro
petty, but this is supposul to he done to an
swersome particular purpose. None of the'im
mence p-operty under sequestration had, aswe
can learn, been restored
General Arrnstrong told one of die passen
gers in the Wasp, on the 19;li of Sept, that
he had at last pr cured u e release of the A
i merican seamen who had been so long impri
soned at Art as, and 'ha 1 they would sail about
th • lUdi of Oct. from Dieppe in an American
brig which he iiad purchased to bring them
home.
! Since the above was prepared for press a
gentleman of this cit- has favored the editors
of the New-Y"rk Gazet’e v-’idi a let'er, writ- !
ten on the cover of other letters, as late as the !
25 h of Sep'ember. Extract:
Ale er from one of Bonapari’s aids-de
camp to bis brothei in L'Orient, states thajt the
Emperor is d lirimts, probably oecasioned by
farigiic an<l vexation, which have thr wnhirn
into a fever. His phKicianS apply ice to vne
top of h : s head.
It is worthv of remark, that the Wasp has
b* en gone from this port ml) 73 days. She
• sailed from the Hook on the IGtlt of August, ;
and reached I.'Orient in 19 days—'he des
patches by her v ere in t lie hands of Mr Arm-!
strong, at Paris in 24 days af*er her sailing J
from this par ; and he ans vered the ciimniu- ;
nication hy the Wasp the second day artr j
receiving bent; and we presume to sa\, that ’
what lie has said to our government in reply, |
is v. ry Comixr and unsatisfactory .
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GERMANY.
CRKMSHIRE. JULY 2r . |
Extract of a letter — 1 • 11 1 a Maj.-sty J
the Emperor hud quitted the army the'
4th of July, to go to Hungary, where |
his intention, was to place himself at the
head of the instirt* ction, nssemhh cl j
near Comorn, to put in activity hy nisi
presence the immense resntir.es this!
kingdom, and the [good disposition of;
tiie natives-afford ; -md in the mean i
I titne to net offinsiv ly on the right of;
| the Danube, while the Archduke Wasj
to attract the attend- n.of t e iir rny on |
the opposite side. It Was only on the I
15th, that the Emperor had been .ap
prised of an armistice as incredible in
itself as in its form, and that the Arch
duke, according to the pow i s he vv a !
entrusted with, without waiting the va- •
tification of his imperial brother, had ,
already given the orders for its imme
diate execution. In the mean time Na
poleon caused it to be understood, that
lie desired to come to an amicable con
i ftrence. The Emperor who had only ,
j taken the field to procure to Ids subjects ,
a solid and durable peace, thong' t Le
could not refuse to listen t * the over- ;
turcj and resolved in cousicjik-iu e to i
avail himself of this urtu xpect d armix-;
tier, to know the real intent! uv»s of tile'
enemy. His majesty ordered in the j
j j •
mean time that all the means lor the
continuation of the war should be con-,
tinned with an increased vigor and nc-i
tivity ; and above all, ihost- tnat related
to the formation of a now army in i Lm- j
gary, whose command iiis uk ; sly is i
determined to take himseif. tic is fin-:
ally resolved not to agree to any condi- i
lions whatever, which could endanger!
the future security of his monarchy. }
He depends with givu: confidence up
on the support of his f.iithiul subjects,
whose Zeal and boundless dev- tum to
their sovereign, and spirit manifested
on every occasion form a ivnw: kubic
epoch in tile history of nations.”
STRAYED or STOLE AS
ABOUT the 30th es la.-.t month, a
sorrel gelding aged, has a great j
j deal of white in his face, with several |
: large sttridle spots on Ids hack ; one :
hind foot white, and a knot on his right i
kind leg. Any person who will deliver i
. tile said horse to the subscribe r will be •
J handsomely rewarded and aii reason »-1
‘ Lie expences p.dd—if stolen a rev. ,ul I
I of FIFTY DOLL AILS on cmW.ctiun ■
of the ofiende: , by
W. G. SMITH. |
.: Camf.br!lton y (S. C.J
1 ' Jidge/uld Itixrictf /•«.*. li. 3; 13— :
• COLUMBIAN CENTINEL
SATURDAY, JYOVEM&ER ]*.
to the great influx of Foreign
j lutiJiigence, and the length of Gover
( Irwin’s Communication, v.c
cotr.pdLd to omit several interesting
Domestic articles.
•A c understand that Co!. Millf.dgx,
has r; signed his seat in the innate of
j liit? L. S. of course the I egislature
j Wid have to elect „ Senator to succeed
( him.
At an e;ection held at on’icdgeville
hy the Legislature, on the 14-rh inst. for
a iVlajoi General of the first division of
j toe militia, to fill the vacancy occasion
j ■r! by the resignation of M ,jor Gen.
jLLuio I}. mitciiel, elected Governor/*
John Mln tosh Was elected.
to. Solicitor of the LasM u District,
JJm M. flerrien, Lso.
for Health i hhcer of the* Port of Sa
vannah, to rid the vacancy occasioned
by the death of Dr. William Cocke,
Dr = Charles II illiamson,
Larbor Master of tin: P . ft of Savan
na!., SilaJ, Drown.
We understandfrom MUkdr-villr, that
j the Lt g is la' ure have appointed J o tor Fon
} srra As?. « Trustee of the Richmond A
| cudemu, in the place cf Doctor .Smelt re- f
| siif'ied.
LFIiISLAI URE of GEORGIA*
Millodgcidlie. A r ov. 7.
Gn motion—Mr. Taibot was nomi
nated to the chair.
The Senate proceeded to 'he choice
of their President, and ■ n counting the
j ballots it appeared that the honorable
iH my Mitel*ell was duly elected—The
j President was accordingly conducted to
tile < hair.
1 h:y then proceeded to she choice of
j a Secret ary, ano <ui count mg the votes
, n appeared that W iiiia n liobertson
i ryes (inly elected.
Alexander Grtene was elected Door
j • ! tr and Henry Williams, Messdn
! g« r -
His LxceHcncy’a Comtnunicatioij
was read Kfore the Seriate, and is in
| the words lollowing:
■i'tltOii' t iiizens of the Senate, and oj
the Douse of Representatives,
j 1 had flattered myself from the ar
• fr-ngemt nts which were end red into in
A pill last, hy toe general government
j and the minister of Great- 1 ,, itain, resi
dent in our country, that at Use meeting
| oi this Legislature, our fellow.citizens
• would have been found in the free and j
i unrestrained exercise find enjoyment of
j that trade and commerce, the want of
| which at this time so materially affects
; us both in a national and individual
point of view ; but a line of conduct, on
j the part of the British minister, asper
| fidious ns unexampled, has blasted eve
ry hope for the present of a friendly ac
commodation of the differences existing
I etweco tlie uvogovernments, and left
ns. as to our individual transactions, i*i i
u V:tu.iti*»n worse than that which urged
the propriety of the law for the relief
of debtors.
Acquainted as you are with the ope
■ tv.uon of this law in tlie different secti
i ons of t!>e state, you can best determine
whether it has been productive of those
benefits to our citizens whir h it was ex
pee'ed would be derived from it, and
, whether it will be necessary that it
j should undergo any alterations and be
continued for a longer period, or suffer
' cd altogether to cease at the txpiraiion
. oi t'ne time for winch it was enacted.
: - ins subject ought, and will no doubt,
| occun your early attention. If I am
comedy informed, the people have not,
i. tv.n they get money.to discharges
; ib.eir debts; and unless such measures
j are adopted cs will in some degree re
j store the value of property, and cause
i it to p .S 3 in the payment of debts, the
| inconveniences aiui sufferings, which
j our involved citizens have heretofore
s exp: bitnced, will be trivial when com-
I p • -d with those which must inevitably
! en«me.
I
1 i-w iv.w v/Hirh passed at the last ses-
I . . t lllf. fa, to appropriate
‘ tbe Jon Is her. to fore set apart for the
j redemption of the public debt, will re
j u«> ! 'v your consideration It was con
j ceiv'.d by oi *iy of our citizens, and I
; believe by ome of the members of that
j i-gislatufe, that the state papers were
;’ ’ received in payment of the bonds
| civen for the h r lions in the first, as
■ well as the last, acquired territory; but
j or, «r» examination < f the law it was
; found that the bonds for the last des
cj'ipi-iou oi fractions were only appropri-