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Gurope.
NEW YORK September 2.
LITE 81 FkOM SWEDEW

BY the ship Powhattan, Williams, from
Gottenbu"gh, which port she lett July 10Th.
we have received the following cominercIal
and political intelligence
There were out tew American yesselsi in
port. The ship Mercator, Ferry, of New
Bedford, and schooner Express. ct Rail-;
more, to sail tor their respective ports in
few days.-rhe ship Delaware. M'Phrrson
OF Phi adeIphia, was lying in the roads with
hei China cargo on board, and il was sun
posed she would return to The United States
with the same cargo The ship Ganees
OF Philadelphia, and Asia, Of Providence
had arrived with China cargoes, which
were TO be landed and stored az Gotten
ourgh China goods where wholly unsa able.
even at great sacrifice. The markers
were also completely giutted with almost
every description Of colonial produce, par
,lcuiarly coffee and sugar of the former
upwards OF 10000 900 pounds. and the
later, 9 000, 00U we're stored in Gottenburph
and neither would bring the original cost
In me United States. OF tobacco, Cotton, rice
and hides. the quantity in market was large.
ana sales could only be Effected at loss.
Upwards OF 40 sail of American vessels
had passed the Sound and Belt for Russia
since the navigation opened. the greater
part had touched Ut GOuenbuIgh. The
Russian ports were the only ones then ac-
cessibe, Sw den excepted. IL Consequence
o the large quantlies Of colonial Eooas, ar
rived at and on theirway to 81 Petersburgh
the markets had materially declined, while
Russian commodities had advanced NJ price
The ships Bingham, and Bengal, ana
schooner Belle, Of Phi!Gd, !pha. had arrived
al Cronstadt tbe ships Othelo, aud Co
lumbus, IRON New York tor Pettr,burgb.
hag passed the Belt into the Baltic
Admiral Saunarez. with Il feet OF 6 ships
OF the line, was lying in Wingo Roads ten
miles below Cote nbui gh.---At these Dor
tee's Of Merchantmen arrived from En-.
g'dnd "a usual and procs eded with convey
40 che Baltic The Blush slill conanued
TO Grsot licences, To- swedish, Danish aDG
PIussisn ships, Notwithstanding the q.
etaraticn Of War BY Sweden against En-
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PH1LADELPHIA, September D.
INFORM AND SURMISE,,

In our London adyices. via Boston. pub
Eshed this day, our readers will remark
that its stated that Admiral Yorke's tn
ture proceedings are ~ be regulated by the
dispatches he is to receive from Mr.. Eos
ter. We doubted the correctness Of this
Information until we received certain infor-
nation AS to arrivals and movements
on our coasts, and 10 our city and vicln
~.
from plymouth, arrived at Annapolis on
Sunday evening last Yesterday arrived ia
tnis ci,y Kings Messenger with deS-
patches, lie. immediately waited ON the
successor Phmoa Boud and thence went
to MIR. Fo.ter's where he now is what
ne nature OF the dispatches ate !---Who
tie Messenger is f--Whence or how he
came or Win. her be is bound I'VE pre-
te,d pot to know, but we Suggest to our
rsadeK the probability that he is the person
waO IS TO bear the dispatches which are
TO regulate the future proceedings of the
squaqron under AOmral XOrke.
IL Las been the editors tate mere tina
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[From London Prints ]

LONDON, July g.
A vessel arrived in the Humber fir. from
Heligoland, has brought letters to the SOlh
ult we learn from them, that the h4g of
truce which conveyed the dispatches to
Count Goitorp, did not return to the Eyder
till the 2sth Soon after its departui e.,
Gustavus Adolphus got on board another
vessel, and put to sea. steering the same
course On overtaking the Dane, the count
had long conference with the Captain.
whom he is represented to have urged We
ny earnestly to convey him to Denmark but
which the latter pePemptorily refused, as
being contrary to his instructions. The
Count subsequently returned to Heligoland,
where the prevailing belief that some kind
OF negotiation was on TOO, which would
shortly open the ports of Holstein End Tut
land to our commerce, h d so favorable an
influence, that colonial produce rose Is per
cent.
Tile following EXTRACT ofa letter from Mn
dras containe the latest iRfeiigence iron,
Maf quarter;
MADRAS, Feb 49,
On the 18th inst the Acbar irigate Oate
COrnwsllis,) Captain Fisher and ID, ris.
Capt. Lye, arrived with the Indiamen and
Transports from the Isle of France, having
the IAN. $50, SCH, 69th, and part of the
25ih Light Dragons on board, leaving there
me l2th, I'D aud 9Th regiments, with the
Madras native troops in garrison. These
troops with others, both from here and Ben
gal, are at this time on the point of sailing
TO the eastward, under Admiral Drury, to
reduce Batavia and every Ouch settlement
on lava, and every other place so that
single French or Dutchnan will not b.,
'elt ia India The expedition will consisi
OF 1000 Europeans, besides native troops
General Weatherall, it is said, will com
mand them The taking possession Of Ma
nllla IS said to be one q the objects Of the
expedition Admiral Drury will hoist his
lag on board the CORVALLIS, ~ Na,e Mn.
de") Captain Hoare, which is hourly eN
81 cted at Irlncomalee frOn Bombay. The
rces Will rendezvous at Penans ~ he
'n'Ps TIng here age, Caroline, bles9b DO.
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were not mo-

gland. the ships of me! were not mo-
Tested by the cruizers On latter /; and il
was generally believed, that a secret un
ders,aading existed between the TWO coun
tries.
The Danes still continued their depre-
dations on American commerce, and have
captured several American vessels since
the arrival of Mr. Erving at Copenha
gen.
There were great number of French
Privateers in the Baltic. The ship Hercr-
les, OF Philadelphia, after detention OF IL
months in Norway was liberated, and sail
ed tor Russia the last of April, but was
captured IN the Baltic by French priva.
teer and carried to Dantzic--rbe brig
Catharine, Of Boston, and ship Atlantic. of
N York, were captured in May last, by the
same privateer, & sent into the same place.
The crews were pressed by order of Gov
Rapp, and sent to Antwerp, to be put on
board the French men of war fitting out
at that place. Nine men were pressed
from the Atlantic. notwithstanding their
American projections, to which the Co
vernon paid 40 respect.
The Powbaitan was boarded on he pas
sage six times by Brush ships If war. On
the Banks Of New toundland, by the Miner
va irigate and treated poliiely-OffNan
tuckst shoals, was boarded by the sloop OF
war Indian, and strictly examined. The
boarding officer lntimased that the Pow.
haitian would certainly have been detained
and sent to Halifax had her cargo been
a sufficient object. He also stated, that the
Indian had lately captured brig from Bor
deaux, for New York; and further stated,
that several Anne, lcan vessels had been re-
Gently captured from Russia, and sent to
Halifax. for having stopped at Go;tenburgh,
and that all such would be detained if fallen
IN with, as Sweden was consdevcd an en-
envy and American vessels touching there
and proceeding thence to Russia, would be
regarded as going from one enemies purt
to another. He further remarked. that he
considered al American vessels liable to
detention, excepting those from British DO, to
and from Spain and Portugal.
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FROM FRENCH PAPERS.
PErERsRuRG- (Rrss1A \ Iuns 1.

. PETERSBURG. (RCssIA } June 1S,
6 Russian s.erchaut vessels have been ia
ken IN the Baltic by the British crui
The 9th inst. fire broke out at Cron.
stadt, aud burnt 60 houses
CoPENHAcEN, (DENmARs,) July g..
On The 22d ult. there passed before Spots.
berg, coming from the North, an English
Convoy, composed If II ships. 81 briggs, Is
galliptss and schrs. Another CONVOY. com
ing from inc Baltic, has passed the Is.e of
Iaars June % Il consisted OF one hun
dred and TWEEN sail.
BERLIN, (PRusEIA June 80
Mr.. de MasSuw Grand Marshal of the
Court has received his dismission Two
other persons of note have been confined a,
Spandau and Colberg. Two Counss,l7rs IS
S.aie have been deprived OF their Offices -
We are assured tina. these individuals had
made indiscreet declarations against the
measures of government.
PARIS, July IL.
Brigadier General Philipon. who defen-
ded BadaJ oG against the attacks of the Bri
tisn aud Portuguese is appointed General
OF Division.
5uIy IL
The rales and tariffs of the Rn.pire and
lue sCl III navigation are excluded to our
new Departments of The Mouths OF the Elbe,
Wiser, Ems. and Of the L,ppe.
There is To be teacher of the French
language in every school in the Hanseatic
Departments At present the pubic bust
NESS TO be done in French anu GERMAN
The Departments are declared 20 be for.
ever united to France.
The Chamber of Commerce of Genoa,
have advertised, that safe trade NAV be
carried on with Alglers; that the French
are on good T. rms with Tunis also, but th at
the Algt rines have declared that country in
a state of blockade.
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. CAARLEsroN, Sept. !
BANK ROpRERy

HI is with much salts action that we are
enabled to state the recovery OF the money
taken from the Vaults of the tate flee of
Discount and Deposit in this city, on the
! night o. he 24h ult.
IL appears, that strong suspicious had
oeen entertained by the Agents of the Bank
Tor some days, that MIR. Benjamin Graz,
Oh this c. y, man of great mechanical ia
| ieh1s mad oeens concerned IN the robbery
warrant was accordingly procured on
saturday morning and he was arrested &
underwent Il long examination at the Bank,
before John II ll1iEchek Esq Justice o. the
Quorum. IN the presence OF the Directors OF
the institution and sew raj other gentlemen.
we understandI that, although there was
huCh circumstancial evidence, tending to
criminate Mr.. Gray, produced un this ex-
animation, yet nothing appeared sufficiently
strong to have convicted him of the act =.
ne was, however, committed to prison in the
afternoon, preparatory to further exami
nation.
In the course of he evening, Negro fel-
/ " belonging 10 Mr.. Gray, and who was
suspected have aided his master in reno.
wing ne specie, was arrested by Nm.
6facklock, Esq at whose house his wife
resided, and on being informed hat his ma,
ter mad been committed to goal for robbing
the Bank, and that he wa Known to have
AIDED nm In the robbery. he was so ntim
uateu that he confessed lhc fact. and offer
ca, on condition OF don, &c 20 point out
where the money had been concealed. A
detachment OF the Cry G uard was immedi
ately procured, and SEM IF to secure The
money, which they found deposited in the
original boxes, i'll the enclosure of Mr.
Gray's residence, near the Race Course
concealed undera quantity of manure, straw.
oc, . ne money, with the exception of a
few hundred dollars which had been made
way WI n, was brought down early yesterday
morning, and again deposited in the vaults
from whence 1t had been taken exactly one
week before. We understand that the false
Keys, with which the bank is supposed TO
have been catered besides lantern. &c
| were found In leathern bag, secreted with
the money.
we Cannot refrain from congratulating
the community on the discovery OF the per-
perator OF this daring robbery THE Off
GERS OF the Bank whose feelings on the &C.
casion developed as the business was in
| mystery and da,kness) must have been
cute indeed. are Al once relieved froc, q
weight OF anxiety and responsibility, which.
10 feeling mind, is more Distressing than
even Conviction of guilt itself; and the CT
tizeDS al large, who have taken a EyeIy
interest IN The investigation of the business.
from conviction that the character OF our
city would suffer in the eyes of the world,
should the robbers escape with mpunity,
VII reflect with pleasure, that transact.
on rivalling in ingenuity Of design and il
secrecy OF execution the power of enchant
ment itself, has been brought to light and
That all those hateful suspicious which
would otherwise inevitably have fasteued
themselves upon the mind, have been thu.
happily dissipated-- Courier.
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NEw-YoRx. ssptembe, a.
LATEST FROM ENGI.ANn

- N t1oA FhOM ENGLAND
From MIR. Coates the EdI,-rs ., ~.
mercantile Advertiser. have received In
o9' papers to the 18th July. joclns,,s
MT I. VS. passenger on board tbs -.
JEFFERSON, Phillips, from London. for pI,,,aF
oelpnia and lett her ON SATURDAY. q, 10.
ahd got ON board the GoveInor-at,,,er
from Lisbon, Tor mis- port MIR CT
landed al Dungeness ON the 23d Jul, go
Sd" London papers of the 22d July .yhic,
contained nothing new, except lie 'rrr.ss
ed illness OF the King.
he JEFFERSON was boarded on H.. -.
.oi me f5rand Banks by the Miner, III 80.
On ST. George Bank. 5 f.. of Nan,,s e.
by me Gnelrier irigate. aud near RI 80
place, by the Indian sloop o. war , I'''o
GruIzers were looking out for vessels t ron
France. "'is
Anholt mails have letters IRON. D..
ou' gh the Esd. The exchange n, =, %
tersburgh has fallen to Is Sfh S.,ae
~ eight vessels had arrived in Re-.
ports nearly seventy OF which were -ao,lr;
can direct from the United S,a,es ,s'.-
coffee sugar coIton aud other or duce ,hs,
" ootainmg nigh Yrices, wa,i toe AZ.
aS'' were exc'adeo from thc Benefit.
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" Nc ESSENTIAL INJURY {"

The American ship Hiram has been con
demned at Gibraltar--The captain Lewis
Finney, of Plymouth, Mass.) has arrived a,
Boston in the Sealower
The Thomas Jefferson is detained at the
same port ~
GLOSSARY" Condemned" in England
Is equivalent to "confscated" in Franc, -
Detained has the force of "seiaed" or
" sequestered p Wing.
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Sugars are scarce and high.

Sugars are scarce and high
"Indigo Of fine qualities, PeltrN Buenos
Ayres Hides, Goldfish and Oil, are of cur
rent sale.
"Dye-woods, Mahogany. and Cocoa. are
not likely to answer for length of time.
The price of Coffee has lately auieliorated.
and there is little doubt but that next winter
the augmentation will be Considerable
l beg leave to repeat what recommended
in my last. that no goods ought to be ship
ped to the French market, but of the
choicest qualities" =,
he duties designated are those levied
on goods imported in foreign bottoms. An
augmentation of 10 per cent is added on
the above duties, as War Tax. Tobac-
bacco imported in French vessels pays one
fourth less. Duties are paid on the. gross
weight, excepting the following articles -
s9Acco, Tea, Sugar. Coffs Cocoa, Drugs
~ Spices.
!. Al LINE rchandize not pI ed enjoy ao
.cntrepet OF IL months. x tobaccn l8 months
this article can only be imported in the
Leaf, &d&in vessels above ore hundred
tons. ~
The most favourable time for efFectinp
sales in general, isin the months of Oct,
March and JUNE, In the two first months
our ANIMAL fairs era held, and in the latter,
vast quantities ofGoods are sent to the fair of
Beaucaire, which takes place in the middle
of Iuly Fed. Gaz.
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LATEST FROM PORTUGAL.

Yesterday arrived a, shis port the brig
Fanny, capt. Breath, from Oporto, having
sailed from that port oil he 1st of Angus.
Capt Breath inform ed US, that Official
intelligence had reached Oporto that King
Joseph had arrived in Madrid from France
at the head OF so 900 men and that the
last advices from the British army stated
that they were on their march to Lisbon. -
No recent battle had been fought.
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BALTIMORE, Sept. 9


ETtroct Of a letter. from Bordeauz 10 a gen
HeDidn IN this city, dafed mn July, 1911
"OD the 9th inst. announced 10 YOU that
the American vessels in this port we're libe-
rated amongst the number is included, the
brig New-Orleans Packet, from New Yo, K.
via Gibraltar, where one third ot her car.
go was sold.
The release of this vessel, toge her
with the admission of another lately from,
New Orleans, loadeu with sugar and midi
90, &c. the growth ot the United States.
and unacsoupaDied with lcence, evinces
favourable change in the disposition OF
this government towards America, and that
there is temporary suspension. at least.
OF the Berlin and Milan DEGREES The hIgh
duties and other municipal regulations 60
destructive TO maritime Commerce, it is pre-
Tuned would be immediately mod fed IN the
event OF a war between the United stat. :
snd England. The political changes thai
took place last year H., the north OF Eu,op.
together with the coniiscatiOn and burning
oi Eng ish manufactured goods to an immen ?
amount, affected the iOItune and cred
Of the commercial people OF the coniinen
~ an unexampled ucgree 1he cr
sis appears now, however, to have basseo, ,
confidence IS gradually returning and att,
begin 60 assume course. The supplies
of COttoB are limited, and as the m n,.lae
turers have bui small stocks on hanG,u :
expec ed that ere the long articles viii gain
Considerable Eavcur.
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ris. Acbar. Modesto. Leda Hscate aud Ia
Diomeds.
Every part OF India (-xcept some lew dis.
tricts IN the interior of Bengal is in pro-
found peace, anu increasing Ia wealth; of
this you may be assured, wn=n tell you.
that the interest OF money is reduced 10 81.
or o. per cent The seasons have been We
r, favorable, end grain OF every Kind Is III
great abundance.
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once 10 have seen the British Kings Mes
senge,s and they have ever been designa-
ted by Silver or Gold GREYHOUND, sus-
pended round the neck. but not so the Mes
senger. who yesterday delivered the des-
patches TO the British ambassador at the
corner of Eighth and SAMSON streets
This Messenger had suspended before him
sort OF God breasi plate ON which was
engraved +" HIS Brifarnic Majesfy's Mes
senser."-Dem Press.
WAsHIN0ToN September T.
We learn from Norfolk, tina, the British
sIoop of War Iartarus having entered
Hampton Roads. and not complied with
! the conditions OF our non-interc curse law.
the Collector at Norfolk on Friday the
30th uit required FROM Commodore PoR :
TER, commanding on the Norfolk station,
the aid OF the naval force subject to his or.
uer, to compel her TO leave our water
The Commodore accordingly forth with p,a,
ceeded to Hampton Roads, with an iutgn-
| ton'of driving her from that pace, with gun
boats No SO * SO, manned from the crew
OF the Essex the brig .Ndutiias. Lieut..
Conmandant Sinclair, and the boats OF
| the trigatea Esse1. armed and under the
cohhand OF Lieutenapts Dozvness, WI
| more, URsoa and Finch. On the arrival
OF these boats at the place of her ancho-
rage, Commodore Porter was informed by
| pilot <employed for the purpose of saving
her anchor9 that the zGrtarus had, in con
sequence of letter received BY her com
mander from Norfolk, eur her cable and
gone to sea in the night. There is no doubt
from the activity AID zeal displayed by the
ofhcers and seamen, that had she remain
ed she would have severely Suffered for
her haruihood and imprudence in setting
our laws at defiance. We need not remind
our readers that this is the vessel who che
other day captured the American ship Orr
on and schooner Betsey on our coast In W.
ter disregard and disgraceful violation OF
our neutrality & of national law.
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New YoRx, September .

Court Of InqUiry.--The gentlemen who
compose the Court OF Inquiry. appointed by
the Secretary ofthe Navy to investigate Com
Q, odore Rodgerss conduct, prior to and du
Eng his engagement with the sIoop Of war
Little Belt. assembled on Saturday morn
ing on board of the, u. S. frigate President,
now lying 10 the Port Of New York, land
entered upon the business, of their appo;h-
ment. : The Court is composed of, Commo.
dore Decatur, as President, Captain Chaun-
'cey and Stewart, Associate Members, and
Adjutant Gen, VIM Padding, Judge Advo-
cate, ia the place of Nathan Sandford,- Esq,
who declined serving in that capacity on
accouS OF jill health Its supposed that the
business will occupy the Court several
days.
+. The ship U. s. brig of war Argus, capt
Lawrence. sailed from this port Yesterday
(" orning, on cruize off the Delaware.
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Il Royal MESSENGER

Yesterday a kings messenger arrived in
this city With dispatches for Mr. Foster
with which he Immediately proceeded to
Philadelphia. He landed at Annapolis
from the sloop of war Cleaner, which left
England on the 10th July. This is the
flrsr, kings messenger that ever arrived in
the United States. --Banimerc Fed. Ren.
sen 2.
AT special session of the United States
court, lately held for Washington district
Mississippi Territory, Colonel REUBEN
kEMPER and Others, who had been he i'd
to bail for planning and setting on foot ar
expedition against the town Of Mobile in
November and December last, were re
leased by the Grand Jury--lhey finding
" No Bill"
Mobile cenhnsl. august ID.
The governor of Lower Canada on the
18th instant issued proclamation prohi-
biting the expectation from that pro.
vince, OF salt petre, gunpowdsr. ammu
milton, arms and warlike stores, and LAYING
an embargo on all ships. vessels, boats, ca.
noes. RATS and carriages of every kind con.
tanning the same, % inasmuch as such ex.
Portation will deprive his majesty's subject.
OF resource which IN the course of future
events may be required" to continue If
force till the 1st of Jan. next
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July 10 1911
BosToN, August 81
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.

r.. LONDON, Juiy 10.
i"e spanish Minister % Finance has,
proposed pi, 70 the Cores to raise loan ni /.
oOO.OO0 Oh dollars on the security M = 49,.
o. pr cent TO be laid IN he .xnor., ~,
OF Brush manufactures from Gadis 10 So.
America.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-06-03
April II, 1911.

Virginia.
In Halifax county court, in chancery, 25tb
February, 1911.
Thomas Watkins and Caleb Towns, Commit
tees Of the estate Of Henry Farley, luna
tic, Plaintiffs.
Against
John Farley, Thomas Brsndan, r. Fl. Thomas
Brandsn, w. c. VIM staafeld and WIN
Brsndao, Defendants.
TIE defendant John Farley. MT hsviug enter
ed his appearance, and givea security accor-
ding to the act Of Assembly, and the rules Of
is court, and it appearing to the satisfaction
fthe court, that he Is not an inhabitant Of this
common wealth. on motion Of the plaintiffs by
their counsel IL IS ordered, that the said de.
ierdsn' John Farley, dc appear here on the
fou'th Monday in juno next, and answer the
bal of the plaintiffs, and that 2 copy Of this
order be orthwi b inserted in one of the news.
papers pp6iished IN the city Of Richmond, for
ciCtt weeks succcsHvcly and passed a, tie
fr5ht door of the courthouse Of the said county
A Copy .Teste,
S. WILLIAMS, D. c. II. c.