'try ; an J If ttiey TvaC r'cTurnec), thelreedem
f the . English trade would not have been
the greater; It may be said, that Prussia
has not only.shut the ports of the Elbe and
the Weser, asthey were by the French, but
that the occupation was made in the name
of the king, and in the same form as if he
was determined to annex this fine province
to his vast monarchy. However, there is no
thing to prove that this w& the intention of
Prussia; and it is very possible, that the
cession of Cleres, Anspach, and Neufchattl
may relate to some "other principles of ar
rangement, since the population of ail the
three does not equal a fifth of the' population
of Hanover. Some discussien, therefore,
might have taken place between Prussia and
England; and the wisest course would have
been, not to have began by declaring war.
Supposing occupation to be equal to final
incorporation. England, instead of avoid-,
in that consequence, makes it more certain,
for whatever losses the Prussian trade may
experience during two or three years war,
4 '
the wih be lndemniliea by the more constclev-
able loss which the trade of the enemy, wi
ill
sustain ; and England submits to these los
ses for an interest which the, English nation
has always disowned, (t has always consi
dered Hanover as a foreign property, solely
belonging to the house of Brunswick. How
happens it that it has so suddenly changed
its principles in this respect?
" It appeare that M. Schtmnelpenninck,
the grand pensionary of Titnwid, has en
tirely lost his sight. Who is to be his suc
cessor? What effect will be produced by
this change in the magistracy ? These ques;
tiens excite the attention and anxiety of the
Dutch, whb are sincerely attached to the
country. It is well known, that the emperor
never cave any positive sanction to the late
changes in the constitution of that country, t
and he said, on that occasion, that the pfos
perity&njj liberty of nations could only be
assured by two modes, of government ei
ther a tempered and constitutional monarchy,
of a republic, constituted according to the
theory of liberty, and which should be the
true organ of the public will. All nations
cannot, with safety, -leave to the people the
choice of their representatives and when a
nation has to apprehend the effects of assem
bling the people ; when the advantages which
it expects are less than the inconveniences
which it foresees ; such a nation, which can
not find a protection under a republican form
of government, has recourse to the' princi
ples of a good and prudent monarch. Un
der the present constitution of Holland, the
grand pensionary has more power than' the
kin? has in England he kas even more than
the Emperor has in France, or any other
sovereign has in any other country; and,
what is without example in a republic, their
high mightinesses, or the representative and
legislative bodies have been nominated by
the grand pensionary. The defect of this
constitution cannot escape the observation of
the sagacious. That cannot be called a re
public, where the representative and Icgisla
live bodies are not nominated by the electors!
and if there be any fear of the electors, it
will be best to renounce at once the repub
lican form of government. A government
which neither having the advantages of a re
public, nor of a monarchy, combines all the
inconveniences i both, should not be abso-
lutely prescribed. Such Icing the situation
of Holland, she must ,be a gainer by any
changes that she may make in her constitu
tion If the land holders, the merchants,
the enlightened men, are of opinion that
they can have a representation made by the
choice of the people without distinction of
daises or religion, they will create a system
micn more proper than the present one. '
If that be not their opinion," and they think
It necessary to luve recourse to a constitu
tional monarchy, they will do that which will
te more advantageous to their country than
the preservation of their existing const'itu
" lion can be; It is their duly to examine their.
ftitiinicn, to judge of the circumstances in
which they are placed, and' to choose be
tween the two systems that which is brtt
suited to thcm and the mott Uclr to ctta
Llish, on a sound foundation, the public pro,
perity and liberty.
Uavarie has taken possession of the mar
grav'utc of Anspach, and has tided to France
the duchy of Berg, which, uuiird with tint
of Clews, is settled upon prince Joachim, the
grand admiral of the empire Wesel is,, a
strong fortress on our frontiers. The duchy
of Ctcves, gives us tn advantageous point
of contract with Holland; and France, for
the future, will only find on the right bank of
the 'Rhine, princes who arc allied by blood
to the imperial family.
Cctcral Onc'innt has taken possession
of ths countries of Neufchatel and Valengin.
lie f Mind those countries loaded with English
merchandise, heaped th:rc by the merchants
of Switterland, and principally by those of
Basle, Of these the I rench army has taken
to the amount of many trillion a all the
banks of the Ukrs cf Ntufchattl were co
vered with French manufactures. This cir
cumstance justifies all the prohibitory wea.
urea which tnav hi taken with rensrd to
hwitiritand. That country U lUtle more at
this moment thai warehouse hr English
rvo-U. When It shall be cleared if thfe
uunu(ViiTs, we hiM prhp hae the
twins of vising new check to our tnemr.
last t-
.t the inJmmao was not
" ngr to wl,Uh hi espo'l
will protect Ul lrn
VsUlt
nnth armif IV-tt th
. tn sit t ra
f iiaulm carried on
tty hwt
tt Is not
his eyes, suppose thu
; If th 1 retch cwun
der these depots of prohibited goods so pub-
icly - made, and . to such great extent, a real
act of hostility if theFrench ' government,
multiplies prohibitory laws between Switzer
land, t rance, and Italy, will not the land am-
man be the course of it ? and will not all the
complaints that the Swiss may make be un
just and ill-founded. V "-
" Dalmatia is occupied ay the f rencn ar
my. It is separate a trom the moutn ox tne
Catlaro by the republic!-of Ragusa : the
country is mountainous, and the roads are
bad." The French troopi have arrived at
Ragusa, when the fort of Castle Nuovo was
delivered to 300 Russian's by general Brady,
who commandedOOO Austrian, lhis ge
neral, whese ancestors were English, has
been wanting in respect to France, and has
betrayed his master. Upon receiving this
information, marshal Berthier gave orders
that li-annau which defends the frontier of
the Inn, and which was to have been given
up on the 1st of April, should not be restor
ed, and that it should be again garrisoned.
The division of the grand army which was
on its way to France, has halted. The. pri
soners of war that were to have been sent
back to Germany have been detained until
further orders, in the place at which they
were.
f4 This outrage offered by Russia to the,
Austrian flag and arms, is' the more incon
ceivable, because the Russians at Corfu draw
their provisions from the ports of Trieste
and Fiume, a free communication with which
has not yet been prohibited. The court of
Vienna has ordered, that gen, Brady should
he arrested and tried I ! 1 It has expressed its
dissatisfaction to Russia. It will cause Cas
tle Nuovo, and the mouths of the Cattaro, .
to be delivered up to France, without having
occasion to reply, by arms, to this act of hos
tility. M The Russians have evacuated Hanover,
and returned home. The army .which the
emprror' Alexander commanded has also re
turned to Russia. After all'the losses which
it sustained it is very natural that it should1
repair them by recruiting. A part of the
troops which were at Corfu have returned to
'the Bosphorus with general Lacy. A consi
derable part of those that were tn Poland are
marching towards Choczim and the Crimea.
The illusion, with respect to the Russian
armies, is no more. The French army which,
in two months, dissipated the third coalition,
was then only on the peace establishment:
tt the end of the three months, which have
since elapsed, it finds itself on the war esta
blishment. It had nothing to fear from all
the force or Europe, but no person will be
able to form a fourth coalition England
knows full well that it would be money thrown
away. She reflects with tenor, that the first
Coalition, which lasted five years, made
France mistress cf Holland, Belgium, the
Rhine, and all the Cisalpine country that
the serui-oaliuon, which lasted two years,
gave to France Piedmont and Switteiland
that the third, which only lasted three months,
gave her Veuice, Naples, Genoa -that the
least she could expect from a fourth coali
tion would be Trieste and Fiume, and the
eternal exclusion of the English from all the 1
ports of Europe. .Russia, recovered from
the vain illusion by which she was deceived. '
well knows what thirty millions of people '
scattered over an immense territory, and un-
dcr the necessity of opposing the Prussians
luias, ana tartars, can do nothing against
40 millions ol I renchmeu united on the Mine .
platform, brave, active, and intelligent, and !
more capable of conquering Russia than the
uutiians arc oi conquering i ranee. ;
, ' English, Russ'un, and Sardinian csvoys,
and a knot of malcontents from all the coun
tries in the world, had fixed on Rome as the
centre of their machinations. The emperor
required that they should be driven from
thence and that a sovereign, ptacrd In his
empire, should do nothing contrary to the
safety cf the aimicsof Naples and Italy.
.The, first eaie if an army should alwav be,
iiot to allow itself to W surrounded cither
by sjn'cs, or those who encourage desertion,
l his demand gave rise to many consistories,
when the persons, who were the object ol it
li I justice to themselves, and all evacuated
Rome.
"The kingdom of Naples is entirely con
qjcred. The French troops are at Rcgi;io,
at Otranto, and at Tarcntum. Only a small
body of the Neapolitan troops could embark
and rrach Sicily. That island is defended
by 4ioo English. The pretence of such e-tu-mict,
is an additional inducement for the
French to go there. Gaels, an insignificant
fortress, with a garrison ol UO J men, is be
sieged. The victory of Austcrliti hat produced
ss much sensation at Constantinople as at
Paris. The exultation there was sincere and
universal. The gosernment f the Porte
Is ne'uhsr ignorant not sold. There may at
Constantinople, be some traitors, bit they
art not numerous; whilst, on the contrary.
me muiuiMiea measures oi Itussia, or sap-
ping the foundation of this vast emnirr. base
tvt escaped the notice of the real Ottomans.
They are rnit ignorant, that the protection of
i ram mn uii wc ayincicm vtr lit rone,
and that France is the only tK,tr interested
! ia protecting her. The vicinity of ihc French
lit Dalmatia has Inspirrd them with the livtli-
est jny. The emperor Nrlern has been'
acknosileded emperor. I he Porte knows
very well that its treaty wjih Russia was ex
totted, and that it Is r.tltar a treaty between
a despotic princi ind his vassal, than bf
Iwetn snertlt;ii and a"tftficn j that it Urt
the FrctKh lx) have ticitrd the (ireiVs and
Servians to iniurrtttlon ; whose ships of war
are anchored lefjrt CcnsUntlncjle j acd
It
who are "continually creating commotions mv
the Morea. This new attitude of, the Porte
has produced much uneasiness at St. Petera
burgh ; and if the Porte shall be roused to
acta of energy against Russia, there will not
be found between those two powers the great
ifferences that may be supposed, itie
fmissulrnan is brave, and were he but direct
ed and assisted, he would triumph over , the
Muscovite militia. It is not probable that
the Porte will wish to go to war ; but she has
a right to reserve her independence, and to
wish for protection from the insults of M.
Ilalinski, every proceeding of whom, when
he communicates with the divan, is calculated
to excite hatred and indignatien.-
. " We intend t collect in this way, every
mon tli, information of what is passing ; and
td throw same light into the labyrinth of
false reports, by which the lawful specula
tions of fair and honest merchants may b
injured.','
. NEW-YORK", June 9.
" 1 he following authentic information relating
to the expedition under Gen. Miranda, we have
received from a person of high respectability.-
The remarks respecting our povernment, are ra
ther severe, but ve give them at the request of
the vntery zstthout answering for their correct
ness. '
" MIRANDA The reports concerning Mi
randa hive been so various and contradictory,
that truth is scarcely perceptible in the midst of
viese confused accounts We Kill therefore en
ieavour to state sveh facts for the public inor
nation as may be consider edcorrtxt.
M is veil known, that Miranda proceeded
from yaq ttmcl, to the little island of Aruba, situ
ated a small distance to leeward of Curracoa.
He left it. about the I6fi April, with the Lean,
under and his two shdoners, and was attemfrting
a landing towards Xhe province of Coro, where
his little squadrmfell in with two Spanish priva-.
teers, one of 14, the other of2 guns, fitted out
at Laguira by the Government of' Carraccas.-
The Leander after .attempting to engage the
stoutest suddenly withdrew from the contest,
trouded sail and escaped. The schooners were
left to their oitn fate, and after a trifling rcsis.
tance, struck their colours to the smallest of the
Spanish privateers. Two younq Spaniards, who
were on board of one of the schooners, anticipa
ting their inevitable fate, threw themselves ovtr
board ud were drowned the remainder were
taken and carried into Porto Cavello, where th.ey
are lodged in jail. Some of the leading men,
young Smith .among themt were immediately or
dered up to Laraccas.
" The schooners were tntirely laden teitk am
munition of all kinds, and a considerable number
of Proclamations, in the Spanish Language from
Miranda's press, conceived iu terms well calcula
ted for tluir object, to inflame the minds cf the
Spanish Colonists,
" The fate oftfie adventurers taken must be la
mented indeed i their criminal rashntis will car
ry many of them to the Block, as the Spanish go
vernment considers it in no ether light than pi
racy .' The Bfood whiih very likely is already
spilt cannot but fall on the heads of the abetters
andpromotert cf this marauding Expedition in
this Country,
u It would have been much to be wished for,
that n3 suspicions shmild have appeared against
cur government in the scandalous ajfjir, but if
the circumstances stated in Mr, Ogden's memo
rial to Congrett, as fur as they relate both to the
President and Mr. Madison piove correct, the
consequence.' for the Country in general, and ma
ny families in particular, will be too serij-us to be
ove'Lnked. ai'.d they should answer mvt vr.ly for
all the mischief, tut also for the stain thrown on
our Government and National Character, No
greet sagacity is requisite to anticipate that
Spat and France will rati upon us for some mil
lions tif ditlars by war of compensation, and we
shall be indeblrd f this new tUtting to our rt'r.
tuo:is and phyLsoph'ua-etonomical Adminittra
t'nn," .
fiI.15S.1L Jit At c.trt MjxroJ.
We learn from. captain Dodge of the ch'r.
Mary-Ann, who arrived here yesterday, in
sixteen days from Cape Francois, that on the
Mth and lith cf May, a general massacre of
alt the remaining white inhabitants of Cape
-t-..i -i .
rrancoisioun pMcr, anu n was sain, general
ly, throughout that part ofthis ill-fated island
under the dominion of Dcssnlines. The par
ticulars of this tragical event are briefly
theset
Some time presioui to the 14th of May,
the greater part of the while French Inhabi
tants of Cape Francois, were ordered under
some pretence to a fort about 3 leagues from
the town, and there confined. On the night
of the Mill the residue of these unfortunate
people amounting to about ISO, were stran
gled in their beds, by order of tht Emperor j
the blood -thi i sty villains, not content with
this, they plunged their bayonets in their bo
diesmangling them in a horrid manr.er
They then plundered the houses of those un
fortunate people, who had thus fallen victims
to the avarice and cruelly of the black I'm.
It
H
pcror. On the Utu it was rr ported at the
Cape, that those of the inhabitants, who had
been scut to the foil, had been put to death in
the most cruel manner, and their dead bodies
treated with the greatest indignity.
'
i
I
SF.A RODDERS.
A few days since we stated, thstWhithy,
the murderer of Jon 1'iiaci, had a.in
'made his appearance olTSandy llook,and that
he had recommenced I is prratiea deprrda
limii en cur commerce by the seirurtcf two
valuable ships bttcmg'irig to this irt. Waj
hate sinf e beta inforn.fd tl at ht ship Hapc,
ivw U, win jin, wis acuta issi i nuriajy al
tenioon, by tbe same blood -thi rstv ntff.an.
wh handsale ytUUiatd wULtrv
Pierce & aarrt tjallalifax. Not a single TeweJ
'is permitted to pass without molestation evea
coasters are interrupted and treated with eve
ry speciesof indignity and violence ; .but his in
solence to capt. Wheeler, of the brig Canton,
from Savannah, is without a parallel ; not sa
tisfied with detaining capt. W. upwards of tw
hours and a half, Whitby had the audacity
to dkkano MONEY for the twenty-six ahot
he had fired to bring the Canton to. - This in '
solent demand of the authorised Pir at wa
however firmly resisted by capt. Wheeler,
who after undergoing many indignities, waj
at length permitted to proceed.
s" N.York D. Adv. .
1 he New-York Gatette of the 7th instant,
says, H the ship Hope, Dyer, of Baltimore,
from the city of St. Domingo, was captured
on Thursday evening last by the ship Leander
and sent to Halifax. . The Herkimer, bound
into New-York, from the coast of Peru, and
the Eliza Ann, from Boardeaux; was al
captured." ' . - .
Capt. Pratt, arrived at New-York on the
3d inst. from St Thomas, informs, that twa
days before he sailed, information was receiv
ed of four French frigate having taken pos
session of Porto Rico.
WILMINGTON,
TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1606.
COMMUNICATION.
At. a meeting of one of the Subscribers to
the State Bank of North-Carolina held at Rou
ly Poylyon the 20th inst. the said subscriber
in the chair, the following resolutions 'were
adopted:
Rosolved, nemine contra dicente, (that i
to say unanimously), That the Subscribers to
said Bank residents of the State of Virginia,
do meet at the State-House at the City of
Richmond in said State, on the 34th day of
July next, forthe purpose of electing a Presi- '
dent and Directors of said Bank for that State."
Resolved almost unanimously,' That the sub
scribers to said Bank residents of the State of
South-Carolina, do meet at the City of Co
lumbia, in said State, on the 33th day of Au
gust next, for the purpose of electing a Pre
sident and Directors of said Bank for tha
State of South-Carolina.
Resolved unanimously, That the Subscri
bers to said Bank residents of the State of
North-Carolina, do meet when, and where
they please and for any purposcthey may think
proper and beneficial to themselves.
Resolved by the Chairman, Thut it is ab
solutely necessary that the entire Stock of tha
Ranks of Cape-Fear and Newbern be bought
up for the use of said Bank of N. Carolina.
, Resolved, ten votes only dissentient, That
it would be proper and expedient to have on
llranch of said Bank established at or near
Tombigby and one other Branch ol said Bank
established at the City fo New-Oi knas.
RtsoKed unanimously, That it is a damn J
hard matter to procure the shares of said Bank
to be filled up.
By order of said Chairman,
1111 1), Sec j.
The following observation ara cc pied from
s London paper lhe llth of Apiil, and in
dicate the distress which the commercial
world is exposed to from '.he measures which,
have hlcly bem adopted in Europe.
CONTINENTAL TRADE
A large number of ships, loaded with Bri
tish property for Germany, Holland, and
the Bul'.ic, have for some time past been de
tained by contrary winds ; the tn.bargonow
puts a further stop to their sailing.
In goods shipped for British account, tha
loss and inconvenience arising from this de
tention, of course falls solely on the British, -mett
hsnt. Of that proportion shipped for
foreign account, we may reckon that not s-
bove one-fourth, or at most one third, is paid
lur.bythe merchants abroad ; the clifiercnce .
consequently again falls upon the British
merchants and tinder the present circum
stances no house abroad will naturally either
remit or accept one shilling more for goods
not arrived. It is even more than probable)
that s law may be passed by 'the Prussia
government to prevent the payment of tills
drawn from Great-Britain.
As we must look to France for the cause
of our differences with Prussia, it is to be
feared they will not be very speedily settled
and the immediate adoption of a plaip pre
serve the merchsnditc shipped, and Assist
the merchant whose property is tliusVuoden
lytaVen out of his rrach, claims the serious
attention of those who ire now at the helm of
affairs, to-prevent those dreadful calamities
which threaten the mercantile interest al
large, if no measure for relief is taken.
. It is suggested, ss the most adviwalle plan,
to warehouse underline king's lock, all the
cargoes detained here the custom-house to
allow the ssme drawbacks end bounties as if"
the goods were actually exported, and govern
ment to grant a loan in Exchequer Bills, el
one-hall to two-thirds of the value upon ill
surh goo4s ss can be proved to lie UaJi
British property, vit against which tha
shipper has received n value whatever.
The management end Invcttigaiioa ofthlt
concern it would be necessary to leave to a
committee cf respectable raercl ants; an
though the task (ascertaining the property;
i.ilcht le diftcult. it is of the first importance
fur the wtlfsrc of the country that seme plaa
shaul l t speedily sUpted to present stop
pages and failuers, which must otherwise be
the consequence of the detention of ErilUe
rtoptnt hcrt at wtU as tlrosd.
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