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Foreigpt^\ - '? ' > , CHARLESTON, MARCH 1 8. VERT LATE FHOM ENGLAND. By the remarkable fast-saSing ship Meteor, Captain Russell Gi/vvzr, arrived hews n Saturday, In ?8 days from Liverpool, we Were po MBr faTored with flies of London paj>ers to the ?tb. and Liverpool Jo the 1 ith of February, many extracts from which will be found in this norning's Courier. " King George the 8d died at *Wnidsor on the evening of the ?0tb of January.? -The Duke of Kent. died about a wqek before his venera ble father ? and tho late Prince Re Sent, now George the 4th, bail been angerously ill, but was considered letter at the last dates. ^ The Prince Regent liad been pub licly proclaimed King throughout, the United Kingdom. A proclamation for this purpose was read in the dif ferent Cities, Towns, &c. at periods previously notified, and [ Immense concourses of the people generally attended. Our ^commercial accounts, it will be observed, state a reduction in the Eiqs of one of our great staples ; but ice had improved a little?some just arrived, which had been laid in *t Aft 1-8 paid a fair profit Late letters from Havre, and" Other Continental ports represented the cotton market as much depressed l>y the death of (he late King, ami J th?1)al(e ofKent, and the ufnwsl of the newgJUng, George the 4th, ?11 remembrance of the Radicals ap pear* to be absorbed? Scarcely ? word is said about them "In any of our papers. Wi They, inter in England had been Tery severe. The Mails between England and Scotland were repeat edly retarded, In the month of Jan nary, by the snow. The English papers abound with ?extracts from the French journals. -Mm. , Mjnmi ?-The accounts are extremely con tradictory. At the If test data? it was nisei-ted that the gatea of Cadiz bad Men opened to. the Revolutionaiy Army. Ireland is in a disturbed state.? Beveral private individuals, of some standing, had been assassinated from tjfolitic^l causes.. ' Troops were embarking at Liver .pool, for Ireland? the" disturbances In thatc^try Tendering an addition intmtcrnn al military A re] the 8th Mr. G W, J, ** ass I thenpttt; bad perfectly recovered from the in 'dlspositioh which occasioned it; Ther* had been the most destruc tive and afflicting Inundations ip Holland. Many villages were un der water, and in $ome places entire houses, with all theif inhabitants, were swept nwsy. : il * " FEB. 10. ? r he being d* tained l?y contrary winds, we avail ourselves of the opportunity to in form you that OurfCotton Mwkrt still continue* very heavy-? H Is difficult to moVe the best quality Bowed* at 1* t-#d. and the common run of Charleston Cottons are offer ing freely at Is. and but little progress can lie -made ; inferior kinds tte'very difficult to sell at 11 8-4u. per lb.r A public sale of Sea Islands will take place to- omA row, and we should not be . surprised to see prices go 4own again considerably. We should recommend your ahstainiltjg from any purchase of Ibis descrip* tkm." i I DEATH Off THE KING, j [/Vorn the l.bndo'n Cotiriet <rf January 3 \ . | 1 On Monday last it was our jrte-4 lancholy duty to communicate the aad tidings of the l)til te of Kent's death. To-day, otie short week on ly elapsed, we announce the parting struggle of his vansriMa iia awchl lamented Sire. Father and the Monarch whom we have loved -*-and the Prince whom, as oar Monarchy we might bave had equal cause to love hereafter ? both are Ee! ? Death indeed, has had a btful'fcarvest in our palaces. ? icejy twa years have elapsed, and four generations Jiave descended to the tomb* T The nation's grief had but^ begun to soften down into resig nation, after untimely withering of of our lamented Princess and her first born, wbeu our gracious Queen b<wred before the inevitable destiuy of nun? and/now her husband and ^er ??fPr\l,g ?leep with her. These S visitations that make men think I tremble. They force the most unreflecting to bestow at least a transient thought . Uj>on what awaits themselves. ; The last liour must come to us all. When it shall come we qannot appoint : hut how it shall find us, and what consequence k shall bring with it; are things within our controul. 1 We cannot say that the death of ?or rfcvered' aiidTvenendite Ho vt reign bsa coinc upon us suddenly?- His age, his infirmities, and the common ru mour of the last two or threftweeks, must fcave prepared the whole nation for (he afflicting event. Yet, it seems to be the condition of our nature, that no ptopa ration can wholy arm ua against shock yvliichfollows the dissolution of those we love.? Their loss leaves the mind in a state of dreary desolution. Hope can no longer theat. us with her blandish ments ? self- delusion can no longer I flatter ? the object of our affocliun? lies dead before us ; ami alas ! die dead cannot be re-animated. A' thousand tender recollections of the past rush upon our memory, only i* aggrivate sorrow _for what cannot be restored, and to increase regret for what cannot he recalled. ^7 This, we are sure, will be the feel .fog of the country under its pwaent I loss. Never did a Sovereign of any people, sink into the grave, so loved. ;*?J0DOV*d aH thtty^rnciouaianuiui^ch now deplore. [^ge^HBor faohUcal auiinonstiv disappointed ambition-bor Jb intrigue ? no ? not even disaffection ] itself; was ever heard to tyeathe a' whisper that could sully the Jdame leas nurily of his life. Those who hated Kinw. were yet forced tocort fess, that he ws? incapal.lrf /eX jjro vokiog hatred. The virtues of the , man. disarmed the enemies of the] ilonmcl.; ?nd for yea* past, P of !"?> M in the affectionate 3fa6%ft~js IPs*"* oiu BJug, N * es and if his name |*fW go down to posterity With any epithet to mark his character- let him 1* called George the GoodL and our children's children to ibe latest generation, wjll learn from that one word* why wo loved him. .The virtues he delighted in were ?wt those by which the viilgar admir ers <|Ui are captivaM^fle did not ^ek* 'Maddened by the lost ^ ambition, to vauquisk .realms, 1 of (leaolatod oations. His wis composition of winch must all ways be found some portion of thoae grim qualMea that disfigure the ty . i*nt. I< wasin tWMearing inter course of private life thai were to be traced the virtues which adorned his cbinjpuv. Pious- ? tomporate be* nevolent-unoatentatioits-a kind bus ? an affectionate fathcr-^-a gei/ tie mastetN? a steady friend uoenrrupt power? undazBeled by the r of his rtatioo-? helived us, and he ruled over us, ( |?ve half a century, the bright mo iklil? 1 a^Ungpa ^hristiaiS and a it was in the bosom of hulfcmily, and 10 the discharge of aU those aa ejpe?lt iloties which now out of the relations of husband, father, brother, ^ and friend, that the primeval virtues J?,. I11, were to be traoed.? * I he s>m^M|M^ hia manners, when JW'S the sometimes neoesnsrvr pomp and dignity of his station, formed a striking and pleasing con trast. lie was gracefully familiar with those whose rank permitted, .tlieir approach to the Royal jiersou, aod benevolently condescending to wards others who had no such privi lege* A thousand amiable anecdotes are upon record or floating npou the breath of popular tradition, which, as long as they are remembered,' will portray the goodness of the hean. ? ? The | moos wish he expressed (only a short time* we believe,, before the alienation of his. mind) "that he hoped to see the day when every child iu his dominions would be able: to read the bible," ought, of itself, to carry down his name with rever ence to the latest posterity. We hardly wish to w ithdraw the veil which has so long shrouded his daily course of life from the gaze of curiosity. The circumstances, if dis closed, would be read with a deep and melancholy iuterest. Imagina tion, indeed, may half supply thf; realty. We can conceive * the aged Monarch, ih the solitude of his vis ual darkness, wanderiug forlorn and helpless through the apartments of tjiat .Palace where, in happier times, he bad passed so many hours of his blameless life. To have been per mitted to view him under such cir cumstances^ would have softened the most obdurate heart, v\ bile it mugt have inspired all Liudiid natures] with a profound .sense of tl>eir com-] mon infirmity. The virtuous Mon^ arch of a mighty Empire, ?o aorely stricken by the hand, of ju-ovicHuce* that had he beeu vouchsafed the fa vour to cho<fce, he would have ex changed conditions witb tlie meanest peasant in hi* realms, was a specta cle, whose sublime and touching morality miglitemploy the pen of a Posset or a Flechier. We dwe Hot approach the themes DECLARATION Of Bi$ Majesty George the Fourth, in CoundL I ? j < ' -v 7n ' ,v ' ? J ? I have directed that yon should be assembled here in order that I may discharge the painfbl duty rf; announeingtoyou the death <g f Kmc, ray beloved Father <? I lis impossible for roe adequate ly to express the state of my feelings upon this toelsncholy occasion ( hut I have the consolation of knowing, that the severe calamity with which his Majesty has heen afflicted for so many yean), has never effaced from (the minds of his sahjecte the impres sions created by his. many virtues; Mid his example will, I am persua ded, live foreve^ in the grafted re membrance of hw country. ** Called upon, in consequence of bis Majesty'* ;lndi*p<i&ition, to exer cise the prerogatives of the Crown on bis behalf, it was the first wish ["of slay heart to he allowed torestore ' into hie .hands the powers with winch I ffas entrusted, it has pleased Al mighty God to determine otherwise ; ano 1 have not heen insensible to the advantages which 1 have derived from administering, hi my dejar Fa name, the Government of this " The support which I have re ceived ftajMrParliament and the com try, Ml tirrief the most eventful and under the moat arduous circumstan ces, could alone inspire me with tliat confidence which my present sta tion demands, * I t "The experience of the past Hsfv all classes of my Wifl ever be my t ions' endeavor to promote their pros perity and happiness, snd to main tain un'unpaire^ the religion, laws, and liberties of the kingdom.** '; The oath of Allegiance to (he new King had been administered in Par liament. When the Royal Dukes were sworn in the Home of Peers, his Royal Highness the^Duke of York (Heir Apparent) was* dressed!: in deep mourning, j^and wore his blu4 ribbon and George, outside, the coat. The Duke of OiJLnmce wis habit ed in full uniform as Admiral of t Ue Fleet, and wore three Orders ]u! Knighthood, the Garter, Bath, a lid Thistle. The Duke of Sussex w4*re deep mourning with bis S'tas. and ?alter. ' " " : ' ? ^ ? VtW-YORK, MARCH*! I. Xtatest from Liverpool. The February packetship Courier, Captain Eldridge,' arrived below, mailed from Liverpool on tl?e 1st of that month. The editors of the Mercantile Advertiser have received papers to the date of her sailing.? They announce the death of George the Third,- and of his son the Duke of Kent. The Prince ^Regent was immediately to lie formally proclaim ed as the successor to the throne. The accounts from Spain are all through France, nothing having been receivedt direct in England. The latest accounts from Gibraltar receiv ed in London, are to the 7<h, of January; The Madrid dates re ceived in Paris tire to the lfltlt, hut it does not appear how late the advi ces-were from Cadi*. Jt appears however tobe believed botli in France and Eoglaud, that Cadiz is taken by tbe insurgents. I \ . -ii LIVERPOOL, JAN. 31. The Insurgents in Cadiz. - v In (lie Paris papers of VVednes day. which arrived, a correspondent ofL the Gazette de. France, in Ba vi hi n nc, communicates a copy of a letter from Madrid, of (lie 14th insk which states, that tlie insurgent troops, who now : designate them- ' sehes as the ** Natk-nal Army," have actually taken possession of Cadiz. The defection of the regi ment of infantry of Soria, and' of Mi squadrons of cavalry, two of whicli wejp lioyai carbineers, decid ed the success of Hie insurgents. ? The cnatajtutinn ofthe Cortes was immediately proclaimed at Cadi*, and the oath to defend itwas admin* istered at the Town-hall to all par ties, militury and civil. The Cora tafrct of the towo gave a graml ban quet to the civil and mititary author ities, to celebrate the triumph, of the Constitution. ?;?? It ia abided in the same letter, that the ? National Ar my" amounts to 84,000 men. This intelligence received implicit credit at Bayonne, at the time of the de? parture of the Courier for Paris. ?B. km* It is asserted in a letter from Ma drid, thattheittngefSpaiohM de manded of the King of France ait aid of ?9,000 men, to reduce the rebels to obedienoe* The Spanish Ambassador has ad dressed -a note fo-tm tt government, requesting it to omse the cohduwof MjpSEtM* Spanish laberaaux, re siding in Paris, to be observed, and to issue orders that no paasports be 'delivered them. > .?? :?Tlie lateat aoconnte from Madrid are to the lOtfi. A private letter of that date states ? that the commotion among the troops destined for South America, seed not excite any alarm as to the tranquility of S|gfo." ? Another letter says? ? No accounts from Cadiz ? the government pub lishes nothing? all is alarm." ' They write from Bayonne, under' ; date m the IStl^ tbat it was imbi*k sihle to obtain coirect accounts from Cadiz. . Among other rumours,?> it was said 4he count de Moniyo'was insurrection, and >of troops march" ils, went over to tin * ? ?baasador had an audience with the King of ffcanre on tlieSSd. , m , ' JtAWVARV, ?6. The, hews from "pain continues (o be alarming, as affecting the Spanish Kient. The insurgents are amount to #4,000 men, ex .... ff Mliy citizens ready to :e up arms. A private letter bays . Cadiz ia taken." It is affirmed hat general Freyre is authorised to ~ r to the insurgents in the njiu of . King, a formal constitution. It is said, at the requeet of the Spanish ambassador, two French ships of war left Kochefort, to cruize off Bayonne. ? j ?? " * '> v i* ^ i.v . ' * i ? UAI/TIMORE, MARCH 44. The fast sailing ahfji Htephnnm, ICtpt, Boftce, arrived at New*Ywk Ml Batnrdajr evening, in W$ <I?y? i'rom Havre, bringing letters to tbe