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• London, July 17
French paper* r^ce ,• • « •. c* wir last,
certain •e'M'f irom ( h< mpagny, duke
of ('adore, the French mmis'er of mreign
affairs upon ti;e abdication of the Crown
of Holland by Lou s B naparte. “iSucb an
act, sire.”, ®ays M. Champagny, “ought
not to have appeared without a previous
concert with yeurtnjqeMy. It can have
no force without your approbation.—
Ought your majestv to confirm thisd spo
aition taken by the king of Holland l”
This question Is made the introduction to
a detailed statement, impressing the ad.
vantages and necessity of the incorporati. :
on of Holland with France. The l)u*ch
not'bn was, .it Is skid, tfurthened with a
debt and taxes beyond all due proporti.
onewthe incorporation is to cure all this.
At the ertl of the present year the French
abtl Dutch taxes are to be put upon the
name foc^jng; but in the mean time the
interest »>l a great fiart of the Dutch debt
i* reduced to one third of it* present rate.
This is, in fact, a seizure of two thirds
of the property of the public creditors af
fected by it, and in a country whire the
public debt constitutes a great part ot the
property of the/neople., will of course be a
relief, by means of absolute ruin. Again,
it is said that the freedom cf commerce
is chrcked tar the separation cf the sove.
^"he-.in'v ot the mouths of the great rivers
of the French empire, from that of the ir
course, pnd by the barriers and the lines
of cut totin' houses and cus’om duties on the
frontiers, ect. All these evils are to be
remr dic'd ; the Dutch people are to be en
riched'in point of capital-; relieved in
point df taxes=regenerated in point of in.
dustry and trade^restored to their pris
tine naval power and glory by being
Jnerged in the French empirts^and^ by
being enslaved themselves, their ports and
arsenals, ships, seamec ^ and naval stations^ ,
site to minister to th> deliverance of E«I
repe Sc ihtf res, fie 6f the seas from the
•'tyr?.Jtnv «f B'itain 1 The Dutch people
Understand this language well. The event i
that has happened has b^en for seme time
looked forward o as the climax of their
roj>.eryemtt>e u>tnost limits of ibeir powers
t>f endurance. It appe rs as if another
Alva was c- me among them to rouse in
vincible resistance., oy oppressions intol
vmuic iu ifuiif * ■ \j m • a ut; ir w imrr
we have extracted are the miy atlu-inm
this report nr ke? to Lou s Bonaparte.
The child. Nup^leor Lull is in whose name
the kingdom abdicated, is treated
with cs little ce retr. ny —he is already
. suffirh nt!y pri’V-d^d or by being named
grand duke o‘ Berg’en'It must be avow
ed. t&at it Nnpoteon has evinced unexamp
led munificence and paternal affection, in
giving k nMkims to hts brothers, he also
shews a most extraordinary fac lity in ta„
king them away The Decree enacting
the incur pur ation follows the report.
July 18 - Fivehouits in the Manchester
trade, stopped payment on Monday in the
city to the amt. it is said, 01 more than a
mi Lien.
London, July 28.
SPAIN.
Government have received the fol
lowing in.eliige ce Captain Maurice
of the Arethus.t. having on the 25th
ult. h;*d a comirun cation with the jun
ta of Gallicia and Asturias, took on
board his ship and other vessels 500
Spaniards, under a Spanish General,
and scoured the whole coast of Spain
from Bayonne to Cap< Orteg 1. He
de< troyed 2f 0 Frm< hire* ; spike d 100
pieces of can-ior, and took Santar.o,
biit was unable to make bim«« If mas
ter of Cas:ras. All this wa^ rff* cted
without the loss o a •> *n. f he Spa
nish force we tock or. board was in
creased by 300 Spat.’aMs who were
re«c:ed frnrr. the enemy du n.g this
(lashing expedition
Boston, Sep*, l.
LATE FROM ENGLAND.
Yesterday morning arriv'd slip
Lothair, captain Glov* r, in 34 day s
from Liverpool* C?pt«in Clever fa
vored os with L’verpool papt s *o J< .
ly 26. and London to July 28, inclu
sive.
About July 20 another riot of A
merican se.um-n took, p'ace at Liv*r
pool. Jan es Wheel* r ano R ch«,rd
iiill.wer* taken into custody.
Deputies from the Garraas, had
failed in their missi* n to Euglai d.but
were treated well. Thrv were to sail
for Philadelphia. One of them is a
relation ot Miranda.
The following are among the I.on„
<Jon mercantile houses under embar
rassments: Messrs. Grave, Sharp,
Fif-hrr & Fisher, Itowladson ft B-t 9,
Rowland Isaac ano Co. Hard), Ottley
and Co. They ha^c a much greater a
irount ol property than the sum they
owe.
Messrs Cries & Co. and Messrs
Bri ckwoods, Haimier and Co. are a* |
suotig the failures in London.
London . Julv 15.
The pecuniary embarrassments of|
the commercial world at the present I
Juncture are beyond precedent, and a1- |
most beyond hopes of alleviation. The i
devastation is extending far and widely 1
throughout the country, where ever)
degree of business 19 stopped } even in
th* public markets# The following L
a li* t of the stoppage of Country Bank
ing houses communicated to us (Mor- t
ning Advertiser) yesterday :
Exeter, Salisbury (2) Totuess, Ches
ter, PI) mouth, Shaftsbury7, Shrewbu
*7
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS.
The King of Holland to the Legislative
body*
“Gentlemen,
'*• I charge the Ministers to present
to your assembly, the resolution which
I find myself comp* lied to take in on
sequence of the military occupation of
my capitol. The brave French Sol
diers have no other enemies than such
as are •enemies to the common cause
of Holland and myself.— They arc and
ought to be'received with all the re
*n,mct, with all the regard and civility
possible ; hut it is not less true, tha:
in the actual situation of Holland, when
an entire army, a crowd of Custom
house Officers, and when even the Na
tional army is taken from under the
power of Government; when every
place, with the exception of the Capi
tal, was under the order : of a Fortign
Officer, I thought it right to declare to
Marshal the Duke of Reggio, and the
Charge d’Affaires from the Emperor,
that if they occupied the Capital and
its vicinity, I should consider that o
peration as a manifest violation of the
rights of the people, and the most
sacred rights among men.
“ It was this which made me refuse
Cuxtom-hcuse Officers entrance into
Meudon, Naardcn and Daman. I was
right in doing so } because the treaty
did not authorize ih« presence of Cus
tom-house Officers, but upon the banks
of the sea and at the mouths of the ri
vers.
“ On fne 16th of June I received,
through the Charge d’ A flair? s of his
Majesty the Emperor and King, an as
surance that it was not his intention to
'irrnpv Amit' rtlam ; that I ’d me to
hope that he Would abide strictly by a
treaty, the conditions of which Were
drawn Up by his Majesty the Ertipe
ror himself. Unfortunately mv error
wa-J not ol long duntaion, a* I receiv
ed a communication that twenty thou
sand French troops had unit cl in the
-rvirons of Utrech*, I continued, no‘
withf fanding the extreme scarti’y, and
embarrassments of o«r finances, to fur
* ish them ith suhsistance and other
necessary things, although the treaty
precisely expressed that there should
be 6000 men only maintained at the
expence of the kingdom ; but I fear*-d
that this collecting of troops was done
with other views unfavorable to our
Government; and late in the night o(
the 29th, I received official informati
on that his Majesty the Emperor in
sisted upon the occupation of Amster
dam, and the establishment of the
French head quarters in that capital.
“ Under those circumstances, Gen
tlemen, you cannot doubt that I was
willing to suffer for my people any hu
miliations, if I could baye preserved
the hope of being ab’e to support such
a state, and above all to’pfevenr n- we
vils,but I could not deceive myself any
longer. 1 have signed a treaty dic‘a.
***d by France, under the conviction
that measures the most disagreeable
lor the nation, and for mvself would
ro* be followed up ; and that satisfied
with mv voluntary abdication, which
ifc the consequence of the said treaty
e\erv thing would go on smoothly be
tween France and Holland. The trea
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pretences and of new grievances and
accusations * hut ca^ pretences be ever
waiting? I ought then to have confi.
ded in the explanations and commnni
cations which have been made to me
besides this treaty; and in the formal,
nd circumstantial df'da’-adors which'
l hnvc not failed to do—such as that
?h- Custom-house Others w uld onlv
interfere in the measures relating to
the Mr tirade ; that the F*-emh troops
phould only remain On the coast ; *hat
the domains of the st>to, and those of
»be crown, should be respected ; that
the debts of the countries which had
Men ceded would be charged to France
—*»n a word, that from the number of
t oops which were to be furnished
there should he deducted those which,
this moment are at the disposal o»
France in Spain ; and even that for the
marntime str rgth neres a:y firm
should he allowed. I have always flat
tered m)sell hat the treaty would he
fulfilled ; I have been mistaken; and
if the entire devotion which I hnv<
manifested for my duty on the 1st of
Ap* 1, has only tended to drag on and
pn o g the existence ol the country
for three months, I have the cruelly
grievous satisfaction, yet the only one
which n< w I *tan hav>>, that I have (if
I am so permitted to speak) sacrificed
to the existence and to the welfare of
thr country all that was possible ; but
r*r»er the submission and the resignati
[ n of he Is April, 1810, ( should bt
much to blame if 1 ccmrn’ed to retain
hr title of King, being to longer but
in instrument, no lung, r '•ftmmnndirtl;
aotoniy m the country, but evtu in
otrn capitol; an <3 perhaps soon, not e
▼en in my Palace.
44 I should be, nevcrthele?*, a wit
ness of every thing that might be going
on, without b>iag able to do anything
i for my people, responsible for all oc
'currencrs, without the power to pre*
vent th«-m or their influence. t l should
have exposed myself to the compla nts
of both sides and perhaps have occasi
oned great misfortunes; by doing
which, I should have betrayed my
conscience, mv people, and my duty.
I have for a long time foreseen the ex
tremity to which 1 am now reduced,
but I could not have prevented it wi h
out sacrificing my most sacred duties,
without ceasing o have at heart the
interest of my people, and without
ceasing to connect my fate with that
of the country. Now that Ho land
is reduced to that cbndition, I hav , as
a King of Holland, but one course to
take, and that is, to abdicate the throne
in favor of my children. Any other
course would have only augmented the
misfortunes of my reign. I should
have perhaps seen often, the peacea
ble inhabitants victims to contentions
of government destroyed at once.
How then could an idea of resistance
ever enter my mind ? My children,
born Frenchmen like myself, tvould
have seen in a just cause, but which
they would not have believed solely
mine, the blood of their countrymen
flow. -I had then but one course to
take.
14 lily Brother, so violently irritated
against me, is not so against my chil
dren ; and doubtless he will not destroy
what he has done, and deprive them
of their inheritance, since he has not,
nor can have any subject of complaint,
who will not, for a long time to come
reign himself. -His Mother, to whom
the regency appertains by the consti
tuMoh Will do every thing that shall
be agreeable to the Emperor tnv Bro
. u i :n _i i .l __
^ Huv <* »•* quvjv.vv.u uwi man ui^ •
self, who have had the misfottune ne
ver to be successful in my endeavors
of that kind ; and at the conclusion of
the maratime peace, perhaps before,
mv brother, knowing the state of things
in this country, the esteem its iuhabi*
tants merit, how much their welfare
accords with the interest well under
stood of his empire, will do for this
country all it has aright to expect, as
the reward of its numerous sacrifices
to France, of its fidelity, and the inte
est with which it cannot fail to inspire
those who judge of it without preju
dice. Perhaps I am the only obs*a
cle to the reconciliation of this coun
try with France; and should that be
so, I might find some kind of congela
tion in dragging out the rem under of
a wandering and languishing life at a
distance from the first objects of my
vvhole affection, this good people, and
ny son. These are my principal mo
tives ; there are others equally power
ful, with respect to which I must be si
lent, hut they will easily be divined.
The Emperor, my brother, though
strongly prejudiced against me, must
feel that f could not act otherwise.
I He is great, and he ought to be just.
** As to you, gentlemen, I should be
much more unhappy even than I am,
it possible, could I imagine that you
would not do justice to my intentions.
May t'ie end of my career prove to the
nation and to you, that I have never de
ceived you; that I have had but one
•»im, ine xrue interest ot the country ;
that the faults 1 may have committed,
are solely to be attributed to my zeal,
wh' H caused me to emoloy not always
the best, but the most practicable means
of overcoming the difficulty of circum.
stan'es. I had never proposed to my
self 'o govern a Nation so interesting,
ye so difficdlt as yours. Be, Gentle
men my advocates for the Nation ; in
spire it with an attachment to the
Prince Koval, who deserves it, if I may
judge f^om his happy natural disposi
tion. The Queen has the same inter
est as mcself. I cannot, Gentlemen,
conclude withoottecommendingto you
in the most earnest manner, and in the
name of the interest and of the exit
ranee of so many families, whose lives
and property would be infalli'lv com
promised, to receive the French with
the attention, with the kindn-ss, and
the cordiality which is due to the brave
People of the first Nation in the Uni.
verse—to your friends, to your allies,
who consider obedience as the first of
duties, but which they cannot fail to
esteem the more in proportion as they
be ome acquainted with a Nation brave,
industrious & worthy of esteem under
every consideration. In whatever place
I may happen to terminate my days,
the name ot Holland, and the most
lively prayers for its happiness, willi
be mv last words, will be my last
thoughts.
“ LOUIS NAPOLEON.”
July 1, 1810.
END OF THE DUTCH NATION.
The English papers contain the De
~r©3 of Napoleon annexing Holland to
the Frer.cp Empire, tt it dated Julr
9. It provides, that Amsterdam shall
he the third city.of the Empire. Hol
land to have 6 Senators, 6 Deputies to
the Council of State, 25 Deputies to
the Legislative Body, and 2 Judges in
the Court of Cassation. All officers
to continue. The Duke of Placentia
to be Lt. General; The Colonial pro
duce now in Holland to remain in the
hands of the owners, upon paying a
duty of 50 per cent. Said merchant
dize upon payment of the duties may
be imported into France.
Tire Minister of Foreign affairs savs,
the Emperor did not know of King
| Louis’s intended resignation; that he
was not consulted, and ought not to con
; fir n his arrangements ; that the Young
Prince Louis Napoleon having had be
stowed on him the Dutchy of Berg,has
»o occasion for any new establishment.
Amsterdam. Tu’.v 14-.
“Charged with the provisional go
vernment of the kingdom of Holland,
we have this day received the order of
his majesty the emperor of the French,
King of Italy, Protector of the Confe
deration of the Hhine, and Mediator f
the Swiss Confederation, to notify to
you\hat his Imperial Majesty, having
taken into consideration the state of af
fairs in Europe, the geographical posi
tion of Holland, and the pretentions of
the common enemy, has, by a decree,
issued from the palace of Rambouillet,
the gthof July, 1810, resolved, that the
kingdom of Holland should be united
with the French empire*
In commirnica’ing to yOu the decree,
we are also charged by his majesty
the: Emperor to inform you, that his
majesty finding himself compelled to
put an end to the intermediate govern
ments which for sixteen years have ha
rassed this part of the lemp’te, the in
habits ts of Holland shall be the ob
jects of his care, and his imperial ma**
jes'y will rejoice as much in their pros
perity as in that of his good city of Pa
ds ; whilst the spacious field, from
Rome to Amster dam, which is laid o
pemtothe industry of inhabitants, may
enc%,raEe r° look to the period of the
extekion of their mutual commercial
rdatWns in those regions, which their
ancestors rendered so renowned, and
which have carried to so high a pitch
the glory of the Batavian and Dutch
name.
“ We finally notify to you, that the
general government will continue on
the present footing, until the arrival of
his illustrious highness the prince arch
treasurer of the empire, the duke of
Placentia, [Le Brun.J
(Signed)
“VAN DER HEIM.
“ A. J J. H. VERHEUEN.”
“ Amsterdam, July 12, 1810.
London, July 13,
Louis Bonaparte, we suppose, will
immediately quit Holland. This may
surprise some, who observe, that he has
nominated his wife regent, and his son
his successor, as they must necessarily
be in Holland, it would appear natu
ral that he should remain with them.
But those argue in th;» way, do it un
der the belief that he and his wife have
lived together and that he considers
her children as his own. The fact is,
that they never have lived together_
that the marriage was forced upon him
by his brother—that from that time
they have never resided together._
Lately when both were at Paris, on the
occasion of Bonaparte’s marriage, Lou
is li«.d at his mother’s hotel, and his
wife at another. Her children have al
ways been considered as the children
of Bonaparte, and not of Louis.—
Hence Louis, in resigning the crown,
said-—‘ J give it to you, Napoleon
Bonap*i^e, and to yourV-.to your son
who pass'eg for mine, and to my wife,
by whom you had this son.”
Lon ®ojf, July 28.
There are not yet any official advices
from lord Wellington *. and, though a be.
lief continues of a battle having been
fought, no certain intelligence has been re
ceived to that effect.
Yes'erday the following letter was re.
ceived from Heligoland : —
“ Heligoland, July 31.
** I learn from some gentlemen just ar.
rived from the Comment, that tne West
phalian troops refuse to march to Spain
and are deserting as fast as they can get
to the coast, in order to get on board tne
English brigs, 8tc. stationed in the rivers,
they likewise bring news of the queen of
Holland having died suddenly at the baths
of Piombiers ”
l'he Danes will not suffer any American
ships to go to the island of Syit, nor to a.
ny port on the west coast of Holstein,
Schleswidge, and Jutland, to unload A
total exclusion of Americans is daily ap„
p re bended.
Liverpool, July 26.
On Wednesday night se’nmght, a
bout 200 American sa lors assembled
at the Queen’s Dock and having arm
ed themselves with stages proceeded to
the rend*7Vh«shousra »n Car>per*sRW ■
ScStrand street, andbrokethe windows
and furniture, and liberated some »e«u
men. Mr. Miller, the superintendant
of the police, hearing of the riot, went
with three constables of Strand street)
accompanied by a Picquet of the
Hereford Militia, and succeeded in se
curing two of the ring leaders, of the
names of James Wheeler and Richard
Hill, who had staves in their hands
and were calling to the others to come
on. They have been examined before
P. W. Bruncker, Esqr. and commit- I
ted to Lancaster for trial at next Assiz
es. On Monday evening, another at
tempt having been made by a body of
American seam-n, three were appre
hended and committed to Lancaster.
F.jctrsct of a letter datrd Georgetown,
Aug. 23, 1810.—“ We had a duel the o„
ther at Bladensburghj between Hixon
Stoito^erq. of Frederick, and Mr. Gwyn,
an officer in the navy. The occasion ot‘
it origin -ted at Frederick, Mr. Stone,
while at d oner, snid that the federalists
weri a parcel of cowards, that were
; there occss mi to fi<ht, they would be the
lair to lam u*., and that there was not one
of them in the navy fit to wear a button,
Mr. Gwyn-rose from the table, went to
the btr, and wrote o note to Stone. The
latter came immediately and was told by
Gwyn, that he had behaved very much
■unbecoming the charac'erofa gentleman*
The reply of S one was that he had not
observed Gwyn pre ent—That if he had,
he should no: have said what he did, as
he did not mean any ^ rsonality. Gwyn
|*ai«Vthat the evasion was no: satisfactory,
I Gwfyn came to Georgetown, and S.one was
toitfnhat he ovght to challenge and fight
hiifiv This he accordingly did, and a duel
ensued. Stone w»3 wounded in me abdo
men, and died yesterd iy.’* Phil. Reg. '
Baltim-iXe, September 7
NO SUBMISSION !
L. _- •
■»wvn4iuiuJ mac among
the seamen on board the B.itisu govern
ment brig Netly, now lying in oar river,
there was a native of Maryland involuntal
rily detained, the people ot Fell’s point
prepaid themselves to release him. Ail
tlnngSjbeing in readiness, two gentlemen
waitalTupon Lieut. Jackson last evening,
and d^Duaudiil the man. ine lieuteaa.it
made some uc>u<uiwii as to complying
with the requisition, but was given to a<>.
demand that ouiy one hour wjs allowed
him to deliberate, 1 oe sa iur was sent ot>
shore wuhia tne limited t.nie, and the
' br.g has s.iice moved lurmer down the ,ri—
' Vl‘r* Abe released American reports he
was or.gmaily impresses, nml nas bem
detained ior 16 year, in the British ser
vice, curing which time lie inane seven
attempts to escape, and was as often un
successful, and severely flagged, fct . txC
has for 12 years past oten aecountcu as
dead by his friends, who r« si.i.. on ihfe
lias tern Shure. it is oeiievou lucre are
several otaer A uenca.is on board tne
Nctly, but tueir *• pioiecioribeing t! -
stroyed and their persons unknown, ..»e
trutn cannot be as&e. minea; i he puolic
irritation has been uncommonly great from
a beliet that l.eut. Jaca_on is ;,e man Who
batbkiously and want my abased c aptain
Kider of this port, i..mi tune niue^om
Lapt, K. being absent, and no poitive
proof of the fact being submiucO, .no
people havs very prudeutly auu proper,/
treated lieut. Jackson and his cicw' WnA
thak accastomed hospitality. Sa^h is t ie
cJftnt account ot an aHur which uas
a®Wled much cuiivcrsatiou mis morn
ing. *
. _ I
Baltimore, September 3;
The following letter from an intelli - ne
o.mc i lean gentleman in Cmgiaim, to his
friend in N. York, and published in the
Columbia, strongly poin s out the abjurcl
conduct of our government in raising tne
non.lntercourse act and adopring iVI,cd.i’s
submission bill. Our rulers should reflxt
Hat the government of Great Britain nas
become remai kable for her observance of
the punica fides, and that necessity and
interest alone, divested of honor or streng th
is the governing principle of her cabinet.
Under such circumstances there c*n be ho
doubt but that measures could have been
adopted and enforced which would hivo
compelled Great Britain to accede to -n
honourable arrangement wtth us, by giv^
mg mi ndemnity lor the past and security
for iiki future' good conduct, so long as we
hatA it in our power to compel her tore*
spec* It.
“Cheltenham, [Eng.] Jnne 13.
* Your letter prepared me to expect the
repeal or su-pension of the non intercourse
and others of later date, confirm vour ideas
to be correct; 1 tegret sincerely that it
should have been repealed at this time.
If instead of suspension, our government
had laid on such very severe restrictions
as wouid have effectually prevented a:l in*
ter course, this government would have
b«. en obliged 10 retrace her steps, and my
country would in three months more, have
obtained all that she has been contending
for the last two years. Great Britain h .s
been, and still is 'dependent on France,
for a v4ery considerable supply of the ritfi.
ciencv of their own stock or home con*
sumption of wheat, and the present crop
is vdRy/unproni smg, In in my part* ot’ihe
country, the soil and whe.it has been
ploughed up, and from every anps trance
there will be little mnrettim h-df the orl
diu try crop It wouid be absurd to nip.
pose the French wou'd not prevent any
export*, when it was known they could
distress their enemy by it. H<>w-.ver on*
satisfactory my reasoning may ne to you
1 have no doubt but that our government
has lost, a most favorable opportunity of A
adjusting satisfactorily and honorably a»l ^
differences wi,h (he degraded and corrupt
ministers of Great Britain, eVeu on our
own termSj by abandoning our i .Uncttve
sysiem or rather by oot enforcing it e£*
teCtually. *