door or window which reaches to the floor of the centre room they danced in the dining room adjoining the conservatory the- prince invited a numerous evening party at t oclock in addition to the ju venile party their parents and relatives hamburgh june 1 our correfpondent in london has com municated to us the following interefling and authentic intelligence the sove reigns united at the congrefa of atx la- cbaptlle had refolvcd feroufly to call up on the bavbary states to renounce the fys- tem of piracy which they had hitherto fol- lowed and to adopt the principles receiv ed in europe it was at the fame time agreed that england and france in the name of the allied powers fhould take upon themfelves the coficlufion of the af- faii we learn with pleafure that over tures on this fubjeft have already been made from which a favourable vcfult is expeded we hope to be fhortly enahled to give more extenfive details on this fub- jt stockholm jutoe 4 the negotiations carried on in london under the direction of the great european powers for the liquidation of the public debt of norway according to the 5th ar ticle of the treaty of kiel are happily terminated and the inflniment diawn up to this end by the plenipotentiaries of thofe powers arrived here lali sunday and was immediately laid before his ma- jefty for his approbation it is laid that it ia conformable both to the interefts of the high contracting powers and to the promifes made by the mediating powers and that it has been already acceded to by hta irlajefty according to this arrange ment denmark will indeed receive a fmall- tr fum than it had calculated upon ob taining but on the other hand will have the advantage of a guaranteed payment by iufialments at hotter intervals where fore nobody doubts but that it will he im mediately ratified by the court of copen hagen the country fuffers feverely by the con tinued drought and the farmer looks with apprehenfion to the confequences which ma ft enfue unlefs we foon have a refrefh- ing rain c extracts from london and paris paper to the 18th june received by the ship niarod- center 49 days from havre london june 16 yesterday the hon c bagouuas in troduced to the regent upon his arrival from america the third reading of the frreign enlist ment bill is further postponed to mon day next the kieg of the netherlands has in terdicted all the popish processions ex cept two the one to take place on ihe sunday after corpus christ day and the other to he lelt to ihe choice of the bishops he lias also interdicted all fantastical dresses c on those occa sions as productive of scandal to reli gion and disorder to the public peace a very highly respectable house in the dutch trade stopped payment yesterday morning from the high credit the iioase holds and the surprise it lias evi dently caus d it is impossible to antici pate the result the let tern from ham burgh also notice the failure of messrs ellieott and co whose accounts were said to be rather reusid iable avcouuis worevoi 1 ivedyemcrdtn u it the carlisle wearers on thursday lat returned lo their employment after hav ing diminished their demands 1 a cuf they have certainly conducted themselves ith great modern tica considering their t nmber which arrouuted on some occa sions to uct less than two thousand london june 17 the persian ambassador opened his residence in cherlesstrect on tuesday evening with a grand assembly the interior wa brilliantly illuminated par ticularly in those parts where the whole length portraits of the royal family of persia appeared the sovereign in his robes of office occupies the principal sit uation in z jrectrjg crrtnig room encir cled by a canopy of lichcashmire shawls in the banquet ling room was a similar picture of the heir apparent the apart ments displaced all the costly luxury of eastern splendour ihe kind of throne was feotithed with tie oioit precious pems in diamonds and pearls the fair circassian retired to rest at 10 oclock before the aniral of the company the ambassador received the guests with the most polished demeanor and accommo dated them with sherbet and liquors pe culiar to the persian court from the london observer duels in gibraltar it wa lately mentioned that feveral du els had taken place between the officers of the 641ft regiment and the officers of the unied states fquadron which had touched at gibraltar the following details of thefe affairs are copied from the dublin journal on monday evening the 22d of march mr taylor the captain of an american merchant veffd was returning to his lodg ings from the theatre at about half pafl ii oclock and when within four doors of his houfe he waj lopped by a entry ir not having a hght it is the crdcr of the governor that no perfun diall wolk vithout carrying a light after 10 oclock captain tayloi being detained above half an hour became impatient and ran to wards the door of his lodgings which was rut more than ten yards dirlant the do r was fart and the fenlry feizcd him 5 he i7 brought to the main gtlard when capt johnfto of the 641b after hearing the fctittyi lory which was fomewhat emhclliihed at the expenfe of the ameri can ordered captain taylor to be com mitted to the crib after remaining fome time the american afked for pen ink and paper which were refufed several re fpeftable merchants interfered 3nd capt taylor being at lad releafed demanded capt johnflons addrefs which he declin ed giving on the ground that he did not confider the amciican of fufficicnt rank to entitle him to a meeting capt tay lor waited two days endeavouring lo ob tain a meeting when being under a bond for 5000 dollars to fail by a fpecifk day he was obliged to leave gibraltar a few days afterwards a frigate a floop and a brig of war belonging to the u states cate down the mediterranean when the oflicersoftlie fquadron hadheard of the man ner in which capt taylor had been treated they drew lots which of them hvndd fight captain j of the 64th and it fell to the lot of mr bourne who had a meeting and was wounded but not dangcroifiy in the groin the matter as far as i apt taylor was concerned would have retted here 5 but a new caufe of offence occurred which led to other duels mr humphrys fird lieutenant of the american frigate was goirg off from the ragged staff aboutten oclockonthe night of the 30th of march lie required the feneant of the guard to lower the bridge who faid he would alk the officers permis- fion kftfign nutt mr humphrys in the mean time remained at the ouifide of the dcor and overheard mr nutt fay fend the yankee in and let us have a look at him of this mr kumphrys took no notice as it was not addreffed to him when he entered the guard room he found mr nutt lying liretched on the couch and he faid to the amciican officer 11 o you want to go down mr hum phrys replied when a gentleman peaks to me 1 wifh him to addrefs me on his legs mr nutt hereupon immediately jumped up and faid by heavens fir you are drunk which rf cotvrfc offend ed mr humphry and he sliced for his name which air nutt refufed to give mr humphrys then faid that can be caiily found but as 1 am obliged to fail tomorrow morning for america you hall hear from a friend of mine the frigate united states accordingly failed the fol lowing morning and mr montgomery surgeon of the krie floop of war with the lieutenant of that veffel went to mr nutts quarters to demand an explanation which hr would not give he was then challenged by the lurgeon but he refufed to meet him the ameiicans then went to the mefsroom of the 64th to poll kn- fign nutt t hey were received by a num ber of the officers who laughed at them which fo irritated the americans that they offered to fight any officer of the 64th regiment a dead jilence enfued the americans receiving no reply called the whole regiment a fet of poltroons on which captain frith ftepped forward for the honour of the regitrent and faid he would meet cither of the americans to morrow morning on the neutral ground at five oclock which accordingly took place and captain frith received dofloi montgomerys ball in the hip the go vernor of the fort now ordered that no officer fhould go outlidc the barrier gate and captain ballard of the krie ordered that no officer fhould wave the flnp but mv stockton fiili lieutenant who was mr bournea lecond challenged captain jwhnflon of the 64th fur ufing force op probrious language after the duel to mr bourne they met on the rock at st michaels cave and after exchanging one fhot without efld thry were interrupted by a party of foldiera fun to feize them the eiic failed over to algezirv- where flic remained for fome days and thus end ed thefe difputes from the new york mercantile adver tiser the bllowjfigariitlv i extracted from the lav number of tlc quarter sevlcir imsi repi b fished in this city b mesr- kirk i merceiu file ivcrjmol courier iu extractii the nrire recommend it a a siibjecl of transcendent nn- portance and admirably chiculatej u alla iliv exfrovagaui fears wiirii many well meaning bin iicunirlcrue iinli imien entertain uiti respect o the provable marriirne gnpreraacyor lite uuiied soto and the comequenl declen sion of the naval superiority winch tireat bn- uiim at present enjoys comparison between the british and a- merican kajf the fucccfsiul manner in which ame rica fitted out a few fnips of war during the late contelr may have induced fome per tons to give credit to her extravagant boafts and to fappofe that fhe will at no remote period become a great naval pow er and perhaps difpute with us our fupe riority on the ocean this tcpic meiits fome attention the formation of a navy mull oepend on the quantity of commer cial fhipping in which failois can be pre viously trained in the knowledge and prac tice of theii profefiion america at pre fent has an abundant fnpply of tailors but that abundance is unnatural arid principally owing to caufes which have now ceafed to exiil and they have become burthenfome rather ihan beneficial to the community the extenfive war which for more than twenty years raged in europe and in which all the naval powers were in turn involved railed the mercantile navy of a- meiica to a height which it would never have other wife attained and which it will never reach again at a very early peri od of that war the colonies of the ene mies of england could neither tranfmit their productions to the mother country nor receive the neceflary fuppliesbut thro neutrals and america in that chaiadcr enjoyed zilmoft the whole carrying trade of continental europe the fiiherics were in theii hands and in out iflands they were allowed to trade to a greater extent than perhaps was politic even at that period all this gave a wonderful impulfe to the american fhipping and in- created its tonnage from 700000 tns the amount in 1 792 to 1350000 the amount when the war with england commenced the alteration of cireumflances has already diminifhed and will yet more di- minifh the mercantile navy of america the rate of pay iu american fhips in time of peace mult be regulated not by the wages of labour wrh the hates but by the wages which oher nations pay to their failors if it were olherwiie the freight of goods by american fhips would be much higher tlm by thofc of other countries in a period of peace the americans hav- no advantages in nc carrying trade fince they ciu neither build vidtna nor navi- gate hips cheaper than the nations of eu rope 4 or northern philofophers have re- ccntlv difcivered imong other rapid ad vance which the ihiitcd states have made that their foieign commerce has increalcd nid that already their mercantile navy is within a few tlmuind tons of our own and have grounded upon this notable dis covery the prophcy that in two or three years they luft overtake and out- flrip us we bwfi dated the tonnage of the merchant ftps of america at 1350000 tros but mr pitkin an acute larillical writer and a mem ber of coogref observes that of this amount only i 250 ceo were atiauy na- vigated which employed about 62000 men this was th higheft point to which the mercantile navy ever role since the return of europe o a ftate of peace it has rapidly declined the foreign ton nage h3s tetn reduced lialh and the do- rrellie which inelu cs the fitberies fenfi- biy dinrnicdy whilfl the men anttk navy of ameii- ca has been lhn dwindling down to that natural late which its limited capital and fmall furnltis of ptodufftiuna will fappoft that of great britain lias increalcd with with unexampled rapidity in the year 1811 it amounted 10 2474774 tons and employed 162547 men and hoys to navi gate it within the leveu years v inch have fince cbpfed a great aceelaon has taken place and the tonnage now amounts to 2783940 navigated by 170820 men whilft america in the moll flouriflling hate of her commerce could only draw applied for a fighting nivy fiom 62000 men we have 17000 fiom which to ob tain the requifite recruits without taking into our calculation the numerous mari time inhabitants who are employed in the fmaller tiafl which are uurffghiered i the fifhing boats wliich furround every part of our coall and in the boats barges and lighters which conduct the commer cial lading from the fea to the interior l a a the deficiency of fea mm 2nd of the power to obtain the fervice of luch as they have for the nivy is an obfiacle to any formidable inert tfe of the maritime power of america financial reafons will alio be found equally to lfltuct a great or rapid pg efs the aunuil average expenfc of in inuiiilig the naval frcc of great bfitatft during a war may be taken at 8 or ro ooocco fterlingi to create fuch a force to accumulate roies of ail kinds fufficictt o keep it up to its high tandard to conftruc arieral- dockv and machinery and fontficatinna for ftp de fence mutt fr exeed an fin winch any government in the united siae9 would venture to fubmit to the corijidcration ot congrtfs our navy i already created end national feeling- as well as the con viction of its boundleffl fei vices to ourfewes and the vhoie eivtlized woid during twenty years of tiemcndcu ard fearful confliit will fupport the britifh nation in the nectlfary xpenfe of maintaining its foperioiity but the cifiance between creating and pfoding fuch an implement of attack and dcfciee is lrwnenfe u bt further if the mat i time popula tion and the finances of america hnuld improve fo as to enable them to form a navy local circurnftance of a very im portant nature would prevent it the liores of the united state are nearly e quii to the whole extent of coall which great britain prefents to the fea oo the mbfl extended pait of that line viz from the capes of virginia to the fouthcrnrnolt boundary there is no pnrt in which a hip of the line or even one of the larger clafs of frigates can be received in fad the whole foutherncoafl of america is deftitutc of har bours for the uvers on which charleston and savannah are built have bars which except at fpring tides preclude the en trance of ever the fmallest frigates the great rivers chcfaptrke and delaware though capable of admitting large fhips afford no fecurity against a fupenor naval force newyork newport in rhode ifland and boston though tolerable har bours may be enfiiy blockaded and the fhips that rendezvous there be rendered ufelcfs whilst a fmall naval force might fcour every haibour and river to the fonth- ward of them a country fo extended as america would find difficulties in forming a naval force which 3re not experienced in great britain in a cafe of great emer gency the whole of our naval population might be concentrated at any ne point fo 3s in fix or eight days if it were neces sary to man a larger fleet than was ever yet equipped but if america had an equal fleet in the only ports which will admit it fo jong a period must elapfc before her ma ritime population could be collected even if the power of imprtfimeiii w xercifed that the whole might be very leifurcly de- btrojed before the hands could be bi ought together to man them kin member tot massacmwetiff tlut in jant- ary 1817 more than fuf the shipping which had prosecuted foreign commerce wa di maeilpd at lie wharves and literally cnrnpeue to seek employ in foreign countries their snip carpenters destitute of employ are obliged far a living to go into the british province of new- brunswick and nova scotia there t cut timber for the sftetorarry liian mi ifn ient to encourage s to hope that ip ihe nevt edition of the journal just mentioned fur nithin a few thoosand tons of our own we thall uc directed to read within a fewmillion royal navy of england and o buili ves- errrv it lo great- britain this i more hmi u ediwhtirph wvinni liv p ii7 41 r it appear from the declaration of mr from the london c inner june 1 1 letters from gustavuslhc fourth exking of sweden we have had the honor of receiving the following communication from tua majefly the late king of sweden and we fubmit it to the public according to his requert it is written in engliih and exactly in the form we now prefent it the private and family circuruance to which it relates we think it becoming in us to leave without cotrmert it 1 well known that the fori of guftavus iv bus refufed to make a formal abdication of all his future claims to the hereditary throne of ins family from what fpecific motiees he has afted wc know not but we think an impoitat light is thrown upon them in the following document from the pen of the king we refer particularly to the third condition inpofed upon the deceafed queen of sweden when confiding to her caie the education of her children we hall only further ohferve that hi mrjirty has reliquifhcd his former title of count gottorp and now ftyles himlclf colonel guftafsson which lignature h annexed to the following latcmcot w mart journals having infcrted arltcws concerning prince guflavus fon ot gus- tavue adolphus the fourth guilafsson former ktrrg of sweden it is neceffary to explain what has been laid refpefling this vooug prince and the public ought no longer to be ignorant of all the unlawful and utijufiifiable tranfaevtions of the lali three years it is time to make known that fecret intrigues were employed to feparate the prince from his father to whom he owes not only the attachment and refpeft that nature infpire us with for our parents who had made over to him a great part of the confiderable property devolved on him from his mother of blelted memory the defunft queen of sweden and the remain der of which be divided among his other children 4i prince guftavuss father who in the year 1s12 was fepaiated from the qieen his confort gave her as the mother of his children the moll unequivocal proof cf his confidence by truting to her majefty not only the education of the princefs but that cf prince gufhtvus alfo how ever under thiee conditions viz 1st tiat their education itould be confor- mable to the religion in which they were born 2d to the rank they hold in the world rod 3d to the dotted they may one day be called upon to fulfil 44 the queen afterward received a new mark f confidence from her former con- fort by hlfl giving up to her the admin- ifi ration of the above mentioned inheri tance reiuquifhed in favour of hid children which was paid by the swcdifh govern menr and placed at the difpofal of hcr majelly but 1 turn that moment fu ue ntd refolvedto aabfdlutcly contrary to the tenor of lhe conditions prefer ibem to her exactly rn the fame manner as her fon who agreeable to fuch was on his coming of gi i e at feveutecn to prefent hiut- fclfto his father and concert wtir him a to his future delliiy but abfolutely rcfttfed fo doing at the time declaring bimfef in a- pabc and rejected the importunities of his father hta friend and bcncfaoi infliga- ted by his royal mother he pet tided in dls- ubeying the repeated orders of his trie alleging as a teafon that he had promifed his mother upon his honor not to leave her until he had attained his 21ft year a lingular example of a young prince i who refuting his majority afls with the i difobedfence that a ion might the more readily do il he were of age it would be revolting and contrary to nature to charge this once fo virtuous and fo obedi ent a fon entirely with fuch an offence it would be even unjuft to fay before it could be evidently proved that the queen mother of this prince had nflcd only from herfelf yet it mull be known that flu- bellowed her confidence and ftill more committed ihe charge and education of her fon with which he alone was entrufled into the hands of a calvinid of a repub lican and tranger 1 who moreover pos- fifles no acknowledged title that could diilinguifh or iccommeud him in any way for the fituaticn of prince guflavuss governor 41 let nobody allege the name of the famous laharpe on the fide of that of the emperor alexander to prove a paradox for laharpe was but alexanders teacher and not his governor let no one abufe any more the name of the emperor alex ander by reprefenlfng it in the family diffentious as it cannot appear confonant wich the dignity that characterizes a great fovcreign it has been faid in the gazettes lately that the emperor of ruflia had appointed prince gullavus governor of one of his provinces at another time that he was going to england with the emperors permiffimto finifh his ludie to be allowed by him 2000 fterling for the expenfes of his removal which would indicate that the prince had not a fufficien- cy to provide for it himfelf let us therefore put a top to fo many weakly grounded novelties and tndeavour at lead todcvelopc the truth and not believe it poffible that the emper or alexander would carry dilfirnulationfo far as not to give any advice at all to prince guftavuss father of his good intentions towards his fon while he is ir painful anxiety fot the termination of the fame fons difobedienee the above article is fent to the editor of the courier with the requeft that he will infert it in his journal signed g a gustafsson bade june 11819 from fhe boston bctty adoirliscr of august io we have rcecivi d from par eorres- poiujout 1 lali lax papers to the 801- fa ult on the evening oi the 811 william uomte ivq merchant of halifax died of r wound rewired in a duo fought that morning with itii hard john uniaek lq a htiriter at irw arid son of the attorney general of the province on the follow iugrnvins vtctwmtfa inquest was had on the body of the deceased when the facts of he cvre vere proved the supreme court crdeild the grand jury to be rrmiuoucd on the follouiug monday and a izrie pointing to the case was delirord in tin court the remains of mr bawie were interred on friday nnd a v y prcflt concourseof people followed him to the iave the riai of the parirs eonerncd in the duel being somewhat remarkable we publish it at length with the exception of some pare of the evidence as reported in the llaufaa papers iiamfax tune 30 on tuesday bills of indictment were presented by lhe grand jury of the coun ty hf 0 pti 4f k l john cjuiacke esq- u y ttngr a bar rister at law and im ward mswiney iq a merchant both of this omn char ging them with the murder of win bow ie fsq a merchant a ho of thutoun a bill was at he same time preferred against stephen v dcblois esq char ging him with a misdemeanor the court assembled on fhe following day the hon ilichaidjohn uniaeke his majestys attorney general soon after entered the court with his son who was accompanied by mr mcsw iney and sur rendered him up to the laws of his coun try and ftle prisoners immediately took their stations at the bur the prisoners being arraigned and pleading not guilty the jurors wore call ed and twelve iiiipamicilid after several had been challenged who wrre on the trial which led to the inelancholy event that had occurred mr j i chipman and mr w hill theu rose and requested fhe permissioa of the court to he allowed to act as coun sel for the prisoners on their trial which request the court acquiesced in sg w archibald esq lungs coun sel then opened the case to the jury and in a clear liberal perspicuous and very able mtfnner detailed the circumj stances which related to it explained the laws which pressed upon it and drew a distinction between the taking of a life under the influence 01 itice ind depra vity of mind and the taking of a life in a duel where the conduct of th parties is proved to have been fairnnd hcniorable in the latter iutance he asserted verdict of murd r hail never been found- ix tih 1 v lac pa sites wa nairtmlb mr ma v us iy on the moniiisg tf l l i n month to attctd a p 1 r north farm wo i ded in a luel u he ucnnd dii 1 u r 1 tid ihe rigit sdrabv cq through l intevtines und tj j readied the 0rpoitp suhue if soon joined by dr almoo and they re lieved each other durtu ili- day in their attendance 0 on mr bowie ttirb h un derstood had expired about ten minute before 8 oclock lie ua confident hat mr bowies death resulted from the wound dr almon was summoned to attewl the deceased on his way to the northr farm he met mr mswiney who ear ried him out in his gi and detailed the particulars of the meeting u hich bad ta ken place between mr bowie and mr uniacle lie saw mr mswiney take leave of mr bowie by shaking fits hand heard no expression of blame nr satis- faction at his conduct fall from mr b the deceased continued sensible until the agonies of death became excessive un john pietzer a soldier in his majesty colh rrgl deposed that ho was employ ed at the north lirm between 4 and 5 oclock on the morning cf t lie 21st insf he distinctly her id four reports of pistols and soon after errant of orrv- persmi iu pain hat dr debnh came with a hur ried pace towards him and desired his assignee he followed him saw a gen tleman lying on the ground apparently suffering severely from a wound and as- ststed in conveying him to the houe he saw mr mswiney set oft iu a gig and return with dr mrckey mr uui- aekc greatly agitated walked away to wards town a part of thetestiraooy is here omit ted mr archibald then rose and stated to fhe court that the evidence on the part of the crown had been gone through with the court then informed the prison ers they were at liberty to entrr upon hir defence and to offer evidence in their behalf mr uniacke then addressed fhe court hid jury and in ft stylo at one honora ble to bis feelingsand abilities lamented most sincerely the sad occurrence which