Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, March 23, 1820, Image 2
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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