Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-10-02

the orator. assirted, that he protected
with his arms, and at the risk OF his own
life, General luonaparte, On the 18th
Brumaire, yea s, IN the affair Of 81.
Cloud. l wal then member OF the
Council OF Fl ie Hundred, and was pre-
sent at what VI S called tie affair IF ST.
| CtOHd. / he transactions oil that day
passed under by eye; and | declare,
upon my honor, before all France, that
no attempt was made to assassinate Buo-
naparte, that he was struck neither with
poniard, nor any other weapon, and OF
course the Sieur Pouree had no occasion
to protect his person. For the truth OF
this, appeal to my colleagues, Damon,
Chabaud Laiour, and lard Panvilliers,
who, like myself, were members of the
Council of Five Hundred; and | call
upon them 70 say, whether the attempt
ed assassination of General Buonaparte
was not lie, invented for the purpose
of lustilying she violence committed by
force OF arms on the national rCpresen-
tation. Buonparte, who never low :,
liberty, and who on the 18th Brumare
meditated the sublugation of France,
knew well that 10 keep the nation IN
slavery, it was necessary for him 10 de-
pict its representative as assassins. 1t
was tor this purpose the eXecrable cpl
tibet OF foRiafd representatives was CIV
en- to the deputiesby Lucien Buonaparte,
when he harangled the soldiers at St.
Cloud, and urgd them to dissolve the
Council Of Five Hundred. The orator
concluded by mWing the previous ques-
ton, and the arttle was rejected almost
unanimously.
The eXiles, NGay, Vernon, and Fe-
lix Desportes, have been permitted to
return to France,
LONDON, JUNE %.
1t is serious TACT, that in the last year,
l8l7-lS, the trade from America to
China employed 100000 dollars, and
10000 tons of shipping; during the same
time the British trade to China occupied
6,5O0,oOo dollars, and 10000 tons ship
ping; consequently, allowing the Anne
rican merchant receives his return i'll
the course of one year, while the British
requires nearly two years, the American
trade 10 China is already more extensive
than our own.
We state this important fact on the au-
thority of Charles Assey, Esq. late secre-
tary to the government of Java, author
of an able pamphlet, " on the trade to
China, and the Indian Peninsula"
June 90.
Letters from Cadiz were received by
the post of yesterday, stating that seve-
raj of the British transports had been
discharged, not from their being no lon
ger wanted, but because the captains
would not submit to new conditions the
Spaniards wished to impose upon them.
1t appears that the experience acquired
by the purchase OF the rotten Russian
ships, las made the Cadiz committee
extremely cautious, and they now insist
on the British ships being stripped be-
fore they proceed to sea, though many
Of them were fresh coppered before
they left this country. With this the
captains refused to comply.
A Hamburger paper gives, as to the
total of the army and navy of the Rus
sian empire, $4,000 men, Of which
number $4,000 are seamen.
In the French chamber of deputies,
Mr.. Lame reported from the committee
on the project relative to corn trade, in
favor of its adoption, but Recommending,
among others, an amendment for impo-
sing triple duty on the importation Of
-four.
In the same body, the discussion of
ways and means was proceeded in. M.
Manuel recommended the entering into
commercial relations with the indepen-
dents of South America, and the nego-
tiation Of treaty with the government
of Hayti, with the view OF securing some
indemnify to the unfortunate ex-colonists
of that Island, and re-opening its ports
to French commerce. A motion was
carried to print M. Manuels speech
The ministers approved of the printing.
The directors of the Bank Of England
have adopted the invention of Messrs.
Applegarth and Cowper, for their new
note, which is in active preparation, and
which is calculated to defy successful
imitation.
The North Cornwall Bank in England
has stopped payment.
In the British House of Commons, the
28th June, Mr.. Wilberforce moved that
sum of not less than 6oook. be granted
TO his Majesty for the purpose Of remu-
nerating Gen. Boyd. EIr. Wilberforce
preGaced his motion by stating that Gen.