I
am‘ I
. . Nizw-YORK. March 25.
~ FROM,CANTON.—-'1 he ship London Trader-
Capt. Ansley, which arrived at this_p_ort last cre-
ning, sailed liom Catttoii on the lst of December.
It was ascertained that about 4500 houses were
destroyed by the great fire. The loss ofAtner-
gem ppppclly was about the same in the aggre-
crate as has been stated. .‘VVe.ai‘e—.favoi'ecl with
iifile of Canton papers printed in the Portuguese
language, and the f,ollo_wing account of proceed-
ings of the Chinese government, in relation to
the disaster.
l’itoci.Ai-ut'rioN by the FOGYUW N‘“’- mm’
1822 not comtituiiicated by the merchants; but
I
obtained pii\ately- _ _ P
C’/ring, a ntenrber of the military board at 6-
king, a Leiisor, belonging to the board Ol .t'_,'6Ftel"<l1
inspection, a Fe-tuck of Canton Province, and su-.
periiitet dent of the grain tax, 82c. hereby l-‘SW5
a general Pr-oclama'ion, with the utmost earnest-
nciss, on a most important subject.
On the 18th and l9th days oftlie 9ili moon of
this year, in consequence of a fire rrccasiriiictfbl’
3 st,o,,mgn. when a mad wind blow, and the lite
beCam,_. {wit-_,t,5, it was impossible for. Ih.'Ii}'§
sttengtn to produce any elfect tn arresting the
‘progress of the flamcs—-1 I10)’ SlN'L‘dd and C‘m5“m'
ed shops, and houses and liongs to a number‘
that exceeded 2400; and mairned and wounded
mg“ to-the amount of iseveial times ten and
'deS,,.0,.,d the property of merchants and foreign-
ers to ibe value of several hundreds of thousands
of tens of thousands. The flowery gaiety and
glory of Canton was all at once consumed like
the gaudy insect that t‘U5lit:S‘lnl0 the burning
flame--such an event has not taken place for sev-
eral liundred years.
You Gentlemen. merchants, poor natives and
foreigners, \‘l ho liave stitfered by this Heaven-
seiit calatnity, are not the only persons whose
hearts are grieved and wounded. I. the Fooyuen.
sittée my ears heard it, and my eyes saw have
notifoi‘ a moment ceased to feet bodily pain and
mental anguish on account ol it. ~ But the pro-
verb says ot ‘ every drink and every filled cup,-
there are none that are not pt'€\'10USI_) i1xt‘(I by
fate.’ This judgment of fire, was no doubt oc-
casional! by the influences of the numerical des-
tiny of the Pearl River, (which runs past the
(jitv and stil)lt:‘l)S )
But I desire that yoti all ge.'itlemen,iiiercliants,
poor natives and foreigners, will every one quiet-
ly submit to a righteous. destiny. Do not sor-
,-ow, grieve. lament and sigh. You must not re-
pine at Hcaven, nor crimioate man, and spin
vain add to your trouble and vexatioh. .Btl[‘ll is
imzumt,-,em on you to receive the training from
}.]c,;,,cn 31,0»,-, rt-pent of your sins. examine
yourselves, and always preserve imprcssrd on
your minds the four words * Titllvcliiy princi-
_ples, good heart.’ _ '
And, really, acting according to these, you
will not be ashamed before the disceiniitg Gods.
and no doubt the high Heaven will silently as-
sist you. And how do you know but that the
,.e,;(t,,e tgft by the fiery llamcs shall re-arise in
7
‘lies of gold, and heaps of gems, and riche:-_
and honors ?
You that has-e the power are her cby command-
cd to hasten and rebuild on the oiigitial bite and
foundation, which you must not overstcp to en-
croach on your neiglibors: for if yoti do so grcai
an ofli-:ttce you will be prosecuted and punished
without mercy.
As to the pool‘ who have been burnt out, and
have no dwelling, I have ditcc'cd the local nitr-
gisttates to liasteii 8: draw_otit a list olthe names,
and giie grain, and exercise compassirr-ii.
As to those criminals who availed themselves
of the fire to rob and plunder, many have been
mkcn and “in be severely‘ punished ;and a new
seat: ch has been commenced for those not seized-
so that not one ofthem may escape the net.
I have also appointed an additional number of
t;fIit:et's and troops to patrol the streets night and
day, that if hereafter any shotild act as incendia-
ties or robbers, it is allowed to country gentle-
men, to scholars, to merchants and poor tiatrves
and constables and watchmen; l0J0l11lh¢ ‘Willa’
ry officers and soldiers, to seize the Cttl[)I'I.l‘S, to
present them before tlie_Magistrates, and it the
charge be pt'0Vc(l they will on the spot be iuim .-
diately cudgellcd to death. _
As to the Foreigners who have in barks pass-
ed over seas several times, it) 000 miles in width,
to come to our celestial Empire to trade’; in one
morning their goods have been consumed by
fire ; and they have no settled place to roost not-
rest—a case indeed much to be piticd. I hereby
command all the Hong Merchants to act as is
safe for the Foreigners. and settle them in train-
quil situations, that nonc of them may be desti-
tute of a place to live in. _ ' : A
Let all military 0iI’lCel‘3, country g€nllCmCIi,.
niet'cliants, poor natives and foreigners whom
this flit!) concern yield obedience thereto. Do
not oppose a special proclamation. . E
Jaowkw-.iirg,' 2d year——lOth Moon, 2:] day.
ificmarks-; The writer of this document is a
‘man of official rank atid great popularity in the
.C'tvtincse Empire. lie esteemed a well edu-
caled,‘l‘t:llglCU$,Vll‘lZUOuS Pagan. The mixture
of truth and error, of wisdom and nonsense con-
tained in the proclamation, must be very appa-
rent to any well instructed Christian.
From the 1l{crca7rtz'.’c ./Id-uertiseir, of lllonday
T FORT MONltt)E--KEY VACl'tso
On the 29th ult. ‘a polacrc brig, sltewing
French colors, appeared ofifthat place, having on
board 21 men, and a quantity of small arms; and
on obtaining a pilot, was brouglit to an anchor in
Port Monroe, East Florida. She was represent-
edto be a psize to the Colombian armed vessel
called L’ dtrcvidrz, Captain Sedaille, of Marga-
. 'ritta—in want of water and repairs—liaving been
. I,
‘ captured off the coast of Cuba, and afterwards
brought to anchor at Key Verde, in the Bahama
Channel, with several other prizes. VV’hile here
a heavy gale set in from the North,in the course
of wliich _two'of the prizes were lost, and the
,t.rivateeti,‘pat‘ring" her cables, wasobliged to put.
tosea. The brig’ cut_ her cables, and went to
sea also; but liaviing iio'charts or instruments one
board, was obliged to mak_e for the first land,
which was the coast of Florida. At the time oi
lier\arrival at ' Port Monroe, 't_lie brig“ Brutus,
Capt. Lewis, of and fromNe_w-York, einployed
as a transport to cart-y stores to Key‘ ‘West for
Ag» .
-Capt. Lewis, considering the brig to be _a suspi-
cious vessel, boarded her, and demandeda sight
of her papers. The oflicers represented to‘Capt.
L. that leaving the privateer under tlterc_.ircum-
stances alreadystated, before they had comple-
ted the loading of the prizes, and driven to sea
in, the ui_iexpec,t,ed and unprepared state before
related, they were not itirnished ‘with a copy of
the pi'i\'_atrei*s commission, .or with any instruc-
tions from her COmfl)al](l€i'. Capt. L. not being
satisfied with this statement, determined "on tak-
ing lierto Key \-Vest for the inspectirii of Com.
Paterson, who was known to be at tbatplace, in
a small armed sloop, on a stirveying expedition.
Accordingl'y, the next morning both vessels got
under way, and arrived safe at Key \Vest the
same evening. . V -
This singular achievement, (says the Merc.
Adv. of Tuesday) is described in a letter from
Capt. Lewis, to his owner in this city, in the fol-
lowing extract. The Brutus was not armed, and
had a’ crew of only ten men, but had on board
some cannon for Com. Porter’s squadron, which
she made a successful use of, although she was
without /zatwder. -
‘ On the l9tli inst. I put into Key.Vacas, for
water, having been short for several days. A few
hours after [came to, a Spanish polacre brig
canto in with 20 men on board, armed with 15
muskeis, 17 cutlasscs, and other small arms. A
short. time after she anchored, I went on board
to inquire where she came from. The first mati
I saw, \\ as one of my former crew in the brig
Harriiony. This excited my suspicions; and I
returned on board the Brutus, mounted two I2
pounrlers, got a spring on the cable, and hailed
the Spanish brig, thpn about 75 yards from us,
to send her boat with the captain and papers on
board. Alter some delay, the captain, two oth-
er otliccrs, with four men, came on board. lin-
quircd for their commission, but they had none
I then asked for their other papers, of any kind,
but they had none except ajournal which had
brenfkcpt for S or 4 days. So I -detained the
officers and men on board the Brutus, and sent
to exatiiine their vessel. Every thing on board
appeared to have been stolen. I tliereforc de-
termined to bring her to Key \’Vest, for the iii-
spection of Com. Porter; she arrived here with
me this day. Com. Patlel'SOl), who is now here.
survey ing, approves of my conduct, and assures
me Com. Porter will do the same. The brig
has on board, flour, butter, lard, rice, Irish lit-ien,
wine, brandy, and some Spanish cider.
Your-’s respectfully, J. Lewis.
From !/ze Fran/cliri Gazelle.
Extract of a letter from an officer on board the
U. States’ Steam Calliot Sea Gull, dated at
St. Thomas, March 3, 1821.
t We have just arrived, after a safe and..pleas-
ar.t passage, the Gulfstream always excepted.
Art American brig bound for New-York, and to
be offiii half an hour, will take this, safely I hope.
VVe have but just coma: to, and have taken a
rouiitl through the harbor, to the utter astonish-
ment of the natives, who have never seen such an
article in these seas as our STEAM GULL. They
took her, on entering the harbor this morning,
for a vessel on fire. VVe came in for coal. The
first divisionof schooners is already beating ‘out
of the harbor. VVe shall be offagain to-morrow
with the remainder of the squadron ; all wide a-
wake, happy, full of spirits and expectation, and
only want an opportunity to showing our prow-
css. The Sea Gull answers admirably,-and weath-
ered a blow in the Gulf Stream in great slyle.—-
The only fault that can be f-.iurrd with tier is, that
owing to a fear that she would be rather crank,
she has not sail enough, and will not keep way
with tile fleet, without stcaiii, utr1»_-55 in t;-,t1_vns.
It is a gallant sight to see her in light weather,-A
playing round without a rag of sail. VVe have
been literally hemmed in with boats since our ar-
rival, as it is a rai'e sight to set a ‘ cralt" go, the
wind to the contrary riot-.viili:stanrliiig.’
From the Providence Patriot.
SOMETHING Ni~;w.—-\Ve have received by the
Agetiora, Capt. 'l'yIei', at this port, from flori-
tluras, a iii‘.iii'usci'ipt copy of some recent and
singular proceedings of the Congressional body
of the Province of St. Salvador dc Guatemala.
of which a‘ friend has enabled us to give the fol-
lovvitig, summary._
E "Tire Congress, in its session of the l‘7th NOV.
1822, after reciting that the province of Si. Sal-
vador, coiiiptizing all the territory - formerly
composing the Kingdom of Guatemala, declar-
c(l itsclfindependcnt of Spain on the 21st ofSept.
I821, proceeds to state the-object of the meet-
ing to be to deliberate whether it should erect it-
self into one it-ldependtlll nation or unite itself to
some other-—that after having maturely'consid-
cred the matter, it had come to the conclusion,
that from itsgeograpliical situation, the small-
ness of its populaiioii, and other peculiar_cir-
cumstatices, it could not exist as an independent
nation ; that in consequence ol this persuasion,
it had looked about for the purpose of determin-
ing to what iiaiion it might unite its political ex--
istence with most advantage : that the empire of
Mexico _liom its proximity, its indemnity ofrcli-
gion, similarity of language, habits, customs,
commercial relatiotis. Ste. was that which appear-
ed to offer the strongest inducements to an un-
ion; and that accordingly it proposed that the
prov ince should unite itselfwitb that-empire, un-
der certain conditions; but as the Congress had
reason to apprehend, that the Emperor of Mexi-
co would not agree to the conditions prescribed,
in consequence ofan unfounded claim ofdomin-_
ion over the province, it haddeliberated respect-
ingtlie policy and propriety ofpi;r~po_sing an un-
ion with someotlicr nation, and believing that
the government ofthe U. States was well calcu-
Iuted to secure the IibtZl".y and promote the pros-
perity and welfare of the province, it had come
to the resolution of proposing to unite itself with
that n_a‘.ion, upon the principles ofits free con-
stitution, ariduuder the condi,tion'.of being ad-
mitted into the Onion with-equal privileges, pro-
vided the governiiient of Mexico should not a-
gree to the terms proposed, or should threaten
them with invasion: and in its session of the 2d
of Decembc:',.rhe Congre'ss declare, that the of-
fer of union ‘Willi, Mexico is annulled, in conse-
quence of the invasion oftbe province by the
troops of that empire, and reiteiia c the proposal
of on union with the U. States ; and declare, that
p,rft_er’-s, squadron, lay at.,iliat ancliorage,.
they. ivill.t_l,ef_end the provinceiin tliename of that
....,.
-.
I
government, to which it considers itself as ap-
-pertaining. Signed by the deputies from St.Vin-
cent, Cojutepeque, St. Salvador, Chorlalenango,
Maiapan, and Zorcatecolrica. ‘ .
Fflie province of St. Salvador dc Guatemala ex-'
tends from the Gulf o‘f'Mexico to the Pacific O-
cean-. and is situated between Mexico proper and
-the Republic of Colombia. "It contains “about
170,000 inhabitants,”including one or two con-
siderable cities ; and produces in great abun-
dance, Indian corn,- cattle, cocoa, cochineal, cot-
ton, and the best indigo inithe world‘. ‘i ‘ ‘
Much excitement existed in the ports of Cu-
ba at the last dates. The people were under an
impression that England had drclared waragainst
Spain :‘ and nothing had tij_anspii'etl relative to the
real object ofsthe British squadron under Com.,,
Owen. The following is an extract of a letter
from Mantanzas. dated the 12!h inst. "
‘ You have probably heard that Eiigland has
g-ranted letters of marque and reprizul to take all
Spanish commerce until a certain snrn is acrpiir.
ed—it even amounts to more than this. A cour-
lier arrived at Havana two days since, wliostaies
that war is declared between England and Spain;
and it is also reported that two Spanish schoo-
ners have already been taken off Vera Cruz, by
a British armed vessel.
Capt. Ctishiog of the brig Cuba, states, it was
reported at Matanzas, on the 12:.h inst. that th«.-
Eriglisli sclir. Enterprise, which t,a't1.-d thcttcc 3
days pt'eVl0US for N.issau,N. P., was captured by
the pirates, and all on board ti_iurdered, except 2
women, who were landed on, shore to the wind.
ward. A. .Mr..Sampson,.ahd Mr. Donothon,were
among the passengers on board the Enterprize
Capt. Bat-ties, oftlie brig Philadelphia, arrived
at this port, states, that at the time he sailed from
the Havana, a considerable bustle had taken place
on account ofa /tress gang collecting the vagrants
of the city for the purpose ofmanning a sloop of
war that lay in the harbour--that .no preparations
were inaking on the 7th inst. to repel an attack
from the British-iior had any British force ap-
peared on the coast.’ On the subject of a cessioii
of Cttba, great indignation had been expressed
by the people, and adeierminatioii to resist such
a ineasure.-——-Pliz'l. Aurora.
A letter from I‘I2tV’¢illt4., dated l0tli inst. says-
‘ The Bririsli frigate I-Iyperion, arrived here yes-
tcrday—since her arrival, it has been given out
that Great Britain has no idea of interrupting the
Spanish commerce in this quarter. and that the-
i'einfot'cemeiit of frigates and.a 74. which isla-
mongst the \~Vin:lwat‘d Islands, is to give relief
to those which have been for sortie time oti this
station, &c.’
CHARLESTON, March 1Sth.—VVe understand
that the schooner Louisa, formerly of Philadel-
phia, which arrived here a few days since from
Havana, together with her cargo of \\/inc, Rai-
sins, German Platillzis, 8cc. have been seized by
the Collector of this port. The Captain, who
passed by the name ofJones, and was desiroris of
entering the vessel under that name, it appears
is named Mathews,and was the original comman-
der when the schooner left Philadelphia. She is
said to have been‘ sold at Havana. The person
calling himself the supercargo, is named Hunt.
but passed by some other name.- They have both
disappeared since the seizure of the vessel. It
has leaktd out, that the carp;o was taken on board
at the Rcglas, in a clandestine manner ; and that
extra compensation was paid for men who assis
ted in getting the vessel down the harbor. She
had a clearance for N. Orlcatis, and is reported,
we observe, in our Havatia papers to have sailed
for that port. It is said by the sailors, that the
cargo was put oti board by a particular friend of
-ours-at-t-lie-Rcglas, who supcrintendcd its ship-
nieiit; but of this-, probably,‘more liereafter.
- «state»
LATEST FROM FRANCE.
The arrival of the brig Oak, Captain VVeeks,
from llavre, \\ hence be sailed on the 2d Feb. fur-
nishes us with a few days later intelligence from
Europe. Capt. \V.-states verbally, that war was
cotisitlr.-red unuroid.ible, and at the time he sail-
ed, the troops were leaving Paris, to join the
main art-iiy, preparatory to their march for the
Spanish capital. Produce of all kinds had risen.
He also states that a late Paris paper contains
an address of Duke D’Angoulcmc, Commander
oftlie Freiicli Armies, setting forth the object of
their march to Spain, which was to reinstate
King Ferdinand on the throne.
The Spar-iisli Ambassador‘, the Duke of San
Lorenzo, It-ft Paris for London the day before
Capt. VVeeks sailed. He was present at a grand
party, given by the English Ambassador‘ at "Pa
iis. on the evening of the 28th Jan.
It was generally believed in Paris that no oth-
er declaiatioii of star would be made than that
already in existence.
Accounts from Perpignam, of 22d Jan. state,
that about 3500 of the factions entered Olet, and
after pillaging and levying contributions upon
the iiihabitaiits, were attacked by 1100 iii-.-n froin
the divisions of the Gcns. Lubera and Milaiis,
and defeated with the loss of 3.50 killed, a great
number wounded, and 800 stand ofarms.
- PARIS, Jan. 30.
The C‘/iamber of De/zuties —It was remarked
that the seats of the left centre were almost en-
~:irely empty. M. Manuel occupied the place of
the Ex-honorable B. Constant.
The Duke offiegioinlbrmed the meeting by
letter to the President, that the National Guard
of Honourmight be augmented to maintain the
orderofthe sittingsand to secure tl‘ieirindepen-
dence, which offer was accepted by the Ciiamber.
'1 he Gen. Pirton:-aux writes the Chan.bcr,iliat
'liuving been sick tor 14 days, he regrets not be-
ing able to attend the si,ting~‘~. ,
‘the President drew by lot the division ofthc
members into nine committeesfor the examina-
tion of their. pow-ci‘s. Alter toe drawiiig of it,
‘the President announced that the list ofr;ommit-
‘tees would be fixed up in the hall ofconfei-cncc
and requested the Deputies to proceed thither
for the purpose of reporting the next day.
A letter from Odessa, dated the 6th of Januai
ry, says, that the Monarch of Russia, will re-
main faithful to his Pacific systcm——evei-i though
the new propositions of Lord Stran,r,;ford sliould
not receive a favorable reception at Cunsta:;_‘iiio-
ple. A'll the Russian Consuls cnip_loy.g.d in Tor.-V
key, at tliecomri-ietictament of the instii'rec~tioii,
and who m,ig'lit l_tave eticouraged it from motives,
proceeding froin the common belief, have been
replaced. The emigrant Boyards-of \Vallacbia,
to rettirnjtito their country, have nothing to ex-
pect from Russia. ” 7
. As soon as tliefirst despatches arrived at"H._-,t~’.
7rnan:s,ta_cli, a Secretaryof the Russian Religion
will go to Constantinople to coinriicnceitlie Di.,
plomatic connexions between the two courts.‘ ’
_ _Ptzrz‘s, Jan. .29.--The EnglisliAnibassador has
dispatched .Cr)ul‘let‘S extraordinary for all the
principal towns in Eurore. ‘ 4 ‘"
' 5.‘ ‘]”t’-was reported t-hat~‘Sii-‘Charles S'tevv‘art”‘~had
been noticed in the crowd as a private inditidu-
al, at the meeting of Deputies, while the King's
speech was (leliveretl. ‘ ‘
None of the suite of the English Embassy had
appearediti the Tribuiie, the place destined for
those attached to Foreign embassies; ivhicit ob-
servation ‘I6 Called anogher cii’cn‘mst-Qmce that
the Minister‘ of Eiigland at~'l\'Iadi-id attended by
his suite were present at the rne=_-ting of the
Sp-ani‘sh Cortes on the 9th ofthrs month, in which
the Spanish goveriirneut coriiiittirricaed the an-
swers made to the notes ofthe Hui)‘ .\1lian¢,,_
Several Spaniarfds 0i;ilislillClIOtl, were about to
leave Paris for London, to embark for Spain,
It is-announced that the l"rc-uchf army is to be
divided into threepriiicip-.il bodies, the army of
the Easter ii l’yreiir'res. or of Cataloiiia, to be un.
der the orrle s of the M.rr';li:il Duke of Raqruga;
the army of ilic Centre, or of Arragon, to be
comm:riirlt:d by the Marsltzil Duke oi‘ Reggi-.i;
and the Army of the \Vestetn Pyieirnes or of
Navarre, uitder the command of the (ieneral
Marqiiis of Lauriston. '1 lie Duke de Aiignu.
1:; me holds the cliicfcomrnarrd ofslic 3 dit'i5iriiis.‘
About liltccn or sixteen tliousahd Frt-:nch
join the Army of the Pyrenees.
The papers are full of accounts of the move-'
ments of troops, and a thirst for military distinc.
tion, ditiicult to satisfy. iiiayrcvit-Q-_ It is said
the Duke of Aug-or.-lcme was to leate Pat-is on
the 14b of Feb. to head the army against Spain.
The Guard oftlie French Pa,rli-.rment has‘b'et:t{
iiicrcased, ‘ to srcure its independence.’ .'.l his I
may render it il‘i(lcpct'i(l':Iit of the people, but not
r.ftlie King. Austrian Troops have been sent
to Calabri-.2, to suppress the bandsof Brigands
that inlest that District. ' A meeting otDel.
egates from the States of Germany was to be
held, to consider of restraints upon the Press.
The G-ecks continue. with spirit, their war 3.
gainst the Turks. They have rcc<:nily captured
several valuable vessels bound to Constantinople.
- »Ac-counts from Smyrna are to Dec. 19. The
Turks were busy in adding to its fortifications
iOt' fear of an attack from the Greeks. . The
Aga oi the .lat-rissarics, has been exiled from-Con.
stantinople, because the Janissarics would nut
march against the Persians, saying they ‘tr-Quid
only march against the Russians —-—’l'hr: (lreelgs
hate sent an AfCllDlSl]Up‘lU Rome to negotiate a
union between the Grcck and Catholic cliurctres,
A Paris paper intimates tltal the Imndon C0“,-,
ier has lost its official character-—and seems to
consider it as transferred to the Sun. ,
All the Spaniards in Paris, have demanded’.
their passpoits—-some for Madrid--others" for
the Netlierlands-and itian_v for England,
Pr.u.s.via, Berlin, Jun. 20.——Tiic forces of the
Brussian army, comprising the royal guard,'cnn.
sists ofll8,C00 men, of which 80,000 are in-
far-itry, 21 7'00 cavalry, 14,000 artillery, and’2',S0O
engineers and poineers. In case ofwar-the state
could increase its forces to 298,000 infantry, pod
40,000 cavalry, -including the l.andweht- of the
tirst van, to which might be added in case ofne.
cessity, 180,000 Landwelir of the second van,in
the whole 5 i8 00.) men. ‘ .. f
It is saidthat one of Bona'pa'rte’s distinguished
generals, (Lalleiiiand,) was at Barcelona, occupi.
ediii raising a corps'of 10,000 men, composed of
Frenchmen dis-affected‘ to the present Govern-
ment, who were to be called Les Clier-alters (te
la Liberia; and in case of VVar breaking (jut be.
tween Spain‘ and France, were to march into the
latter country under the ir'i-'culoried b.inner, with
the object of exciting an insurrection, driving
out the Bnurbons, and scaring the young N-apt’).
icon on the throne of his father. ‘ ‘ ’
Front [/23 N. Y. S/ieciia/or of T/iur.s(la’_i/.
VVAR Ni-‘.ws.—'l‘lie American pujblished a let- '
ter last evening. from Havre, by which it appears
that a fresh spring had been given to the spirit of
speculation, by sortie circurnsiances favouring a
‘belief that hostilities between France and Eng-
land are not unlikely to take place. But we mt},,t
reports in times like these. . ,
The Mercantile Advertiser of this morning,
gives a letter front I’I1iVl'€, of the 2d l"eb., which
says-—‘ war is all the talk here at present ; and
is the general bclici thatlinglczizd will make com-
mon cause viii.’/i S/min. Cotton rose yerterday 3
cents per lb.’ The following is a postscript toa
letter from a very respectable French house at
Harrc, of the same date: ‘A house oftltis city,
received yesterday by express from Paris, orders
to purchase all cotton remaining in market, for
account of a house in Paris, which is very iririrn.
ate with out prime minister, M De Villcle. \Ve
are assured the miiiistcris interested in the spec.
ulatiori. If it be so, you may consider itcoriain,
that war will take place between France and Eng.
land.’ Another letter from HrlVl'e, 53,-5, t ,he',C
has been a great rise in every article oi‘ pt-uduce
in our market, tobacco excepted.’ This tvrizg-r
adds, ‘ the French cannot make war before tlic ls:
ofApril, and great caution .-izoulrl prevail on your
side not to give too high prices, corrtitzng on the
certainty of war; for 1 cannot yet think. as many
dor that it is inevitable.’ ‘ "
Letters from the first houses in France, (says
the Gazette ofibis morning) state, that the sud.
‘fell "i5¢ ‘r‘- lllch 100k place in the market,-tvasiii
°°“="3‘1‘“3nCe "fa report that Lord Stc‘wai't was a-
bout to quit P.1i'is; but the letters of the 2:] ult.
contradict the report in positive tcffng ;.,,,,d add,
that assunatices oftlie strong-.-st crimplexioti had
been received from England, that the King ttottttl
I“ “*5 3,l"e<3Cl1 on the 4 it, recummt-tid -.i continu-
ancc oi the amicable i'el.itions with Fr-arict.-. the
Settle Mitts. however, say that time is no doubt
of a wait vii-h Spain. -
The SCllO()l‘lt.‘l' Combine, Capt; Rider, an-it-ed
l‘‘3‘'°‘ 1351 etetting, from Cadiz. whence she sailed
011 Ute l3=h_ol_'Fcb!‘uar,y, and brings papers to the
1!th‘. C0Tfl'¢U'|l"§«l\’I3(lt_'l(l dates I.) llN.”‘3«fl of,.l"eb
ruary-. I;lic.(I3Olle$ had been occupied lg);-,/."'i
troops were about to quit the nothcrti froiitier to '
expect to be puzzled with a tliousancl-unlouiicled
./
I
*1
l .
L.
4
.»\-
Norwalk Chronicler