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| From tw LOWER ELBE?, No*, n. 7Vj« rc/>orf o/" ?jh excellency gener, d Bfucher, re.r; operations of tlu corf* VA " Pndcr.the'greatest de'pressi inof spirits, I am poropellea to inform your majesty of the gradual annihilation and capture of the corps I had the misf.itt-.ine to com under circumstances in which no alternative regained. " That a corps separated from the heart of the hingdom, and from all the other troops and fortresses, after it had expended Its ammunition in four engagements, should be annihilated by a force six times its num- ber; Mantis in no need of justification—but it will be a great consolation to me, should your i J tew my report step by step, and scrutinize all the measures I had adopt- ed. '•• Iri laVtn** a review of these measures, it may be previously to observe, that the Operations of my corps, till the viz. wnen the army of prince Hohen- Itlic i I, were directed to the gain- ing of the Oder—and that afterwards, the whole of nv exertions, and the movements ol r.iv troops were calculated to draw the h from the Oder, and out of the he a; t of the Prussian monarchy. It "'as also my object to supply the fortresses with provisi- ons, ;. in time for the approach of the P-cwssian troops and the Russian armies. " Thai 1 have not been altogether unsac- cesslul, the consequences will prove, since three of the principal of the French corps under Mmat, Bernadotte and Soult, sur- rounded me at the time when, deprived of all iny ammunition, I capitulated, with 9,400 men, at Ratkau, between Kiel and Lubeck. " On the 24th of October, the prince of Hohcuiohe entrusted me with the command cf the corps which, had been under the duke Eitgene ol Wirtetnberg. This corps v as much reduced in consequence of losing a battle near Halle—and besides one half of a battery of twelve pounders had a few 6 pounders, and only their riding artillery, and were without forage or bread. This artillery belonged for the most part to the corps that had been engaged in the battle of the 14th, and was much reduced in con- sequence of forced inarches. ;' With this corps I marched into the neighborhood of Ruppen on the 26th,— Prince Hohenlohe was then in the vicinity of Lychen. My view of proceeding to Zehdenick, the direcl road to Prentzlow, v as disappointed—the enemy had occupied that pi ice and Gransee. I there! ed on the'27th wish the first division to Furstehberg, and vent the second to Lychen. Towards evening my tear was attacked near Mentz—it repuleed the enemy. 1 afterwards drew my rear off to FurstenbBrg and placed the troops composing it, near the first divi- sion. " On the 2Eih, at day break, I joined 1 of my corves at Lychen, and di- re cud my march to Bortzenberg, Prince eiohe had passed through Schoner- mark to Prentzlow. Such a detour was morptha.11 1 dared tq make, and i therefore 1 d to drive the enemy out of Bortzen- buvg ; as other iveivup all hopes of joining prince Hohenlohe; During this mai c rear not far from Lychen, but were repuhed by my regiment, which made ahoui , and cut down, about 50 of the French, •' Upon my approach, the enemy left . my pstielos, however, fell in. with them in all the adjacent village--, lit I i^as compelled to take possession ol some of these vtiUagi prevent the men and horses from dj hunger, and to drive the enemy but oitlum. •- k.urly un the Solh, just setting tail tip- 011 the march to Prentzlow, I learned from some stragglers of prince Ho he nil he's corps, that the pirnce had capitulated there. My ceips was 10,500 strong ; the army of Mu- ral was within 2 leagues ahead of me ; on my flanks, and lh my rear, was the corps of Bernadolte ; each of them was my force, which had neither bread nor fo- rage, and was almost entirely exhausted by the forced marches it had been compelled to make. My resolution was soon, taken ; in- stead of marching directly for Prenlzlow, I 'iately took the left to Strehlz. I there hoped to joi.i the corps of Weime'r, and then t 1 approach Magdeburg ; or, ac- cording io circumstances, to pass the Elbe, in order to furnish Magdeburg and Hametn with provisions to hold out longer against tin': enemy and to operate in his rear. . In the mean while several officers and whom 1 sent oe.t were unable to pro- cure me any information of the Weimer ed on the 301 h by Strelitz, as Duiibeck; and three unexpectedly fed in with that corps. Here I learnt for the. first time that Soult's corps had antici- pated "my arrival upon the Elbe. In the aard, before fh- vecj there were! hirrassed by the enemy. " On tji? gist I sent two officers to the Elbe to provide the vessels necessary for passing thai ri*er; Hear Bortzburg and Lau- 1 c ini ihued mymarcii to Wahren,, r,nd on tiie following day to Old Schwerin, and Sieve. " Alter the arrival of Soult's corps, my iofl became more critical. I had join- e coins of Weimar : ,brit these troops during the night to distri- bute in severed villages, to prevent them fr«n 1 and hunger. In con: seueli ,' ion, my corps ran persed entirely by an attack from the enemy. ,, " On the 1st of November my rear- : the enemy near Wall* leu. The enemy pushed as far as So'hv,.- rirt where my Irfad-qurirters were fix- id. The whole of my corps were in quar- ters, between Kuppcntin and Seirahn ; and a 1 the efrieirty knew he could not penetrate by Old Schwerin, I looked upon his last move- ment as a feint, and expected his real attack n the lakes of Krakow and Schv. ¦„- rin. " A large corps of my troops had arriv- ed at their place'of rendezvous previously appointed. Tiie enemy proceeded further towards the Elbe, and I -set out some hours before day-break to reach the vicinity of Preston and Kaldrum. My corps was distributed over a space of flee leagues ; it was necessary to possess a number of villa- ges to pbtain provisions. Several soldiers dropped down and expired through hunger. " On the 3d, I marched into the neigh- borhood of Schwerin ; here I hoped that both my wings would have been covered 1 by the marshes of Lowits and the lake of Schwerin. and that 1 should be able to ob- tain some bread and brandy from that place for my people. On the following morning it was my intention to have » ched for Lauenbcrg, to avoid the corpo of Berna- dolte and Soult. <: During this march, my rear-guard was engaged in a very warm action, which terminated in thefevening near the villageof Fahre. The detachment under colonel Osten, at Wittenburg, had left that place without orders. Of this 1 was uninformed. Had the enemy attacked me at this moment, while I was between the villages of F.ihre and Plate, I should have been forced upon the lake of Schwerin. The enemy's attack upon Fahre, seemed to be on|y a demon- stration, in Older to draw my attention to nay left wing, while he surrounded my right. " The bio 'dy affair with the rear guard at Fahre did not terminate until au hour after dark. The head quarters of both arui'wts were not more than half a league ¦ ; mme were at Ostdorf. Marshal Bernadolte summoned me the second time to capitulate. 1 tlieu forbade him once for all to repeat this summons. " In pursuance of my plan for drawing the enemyVforce, in the first instance, as bar as possible hem the Oder, and to hazard an engagement only when I could advance no further, I marched immediately from Schwerin to Uadeshuch and Roggendorf.— During the night, the troops under general Sjtlitz, and also those of my right wing were annoyed by the enemy. It was still in my power to approach the Elbe near Lauen- burg, but 1 had no time for deliberation.— Tfaus there only remained open to me the road to Hamburg or Lubec ; or I must have received to give buttle on the following day. My troops, horses and men were so exhatost- ; lcould expect no favorable issue from engaging with an etWilly six or seven times my number. Tin-grand duke of Berg ujj.m my left Hank, marshal Bernadotte ifl my front, and m 1 n.b Soult on my right. In this critical ahoation I determined to march upon Lubec, keeping the Trave in front. my troops obtained any refreshment, they migtit have engaged any mi periority, even though there had been but little probability of a favorable result. " On tin- 5th Of November, our march was happily continued. Tie: elates of Lubeck & tile Trave, from Truveiimnu to that place, were all occupied, as far as the Danish fron- Thearmy in this position, would have heeit in a condition, hi the cour.-e oi a tew days,to have.resisted the enemy's prodigi- ous superiority] supposing that every one bad done his uuty ; out this, alas ! was not -. The enemy, outheb\h at noon, forcedtheirrway through tne Burg gate of Lubec, upon which sixteen pieces of cannon ¦..'.tilled, and which was also defended by 'i battalions. The enemy would hot have succeeded in Ibroing the gate, if the cannon iiad not been partly withdrawn, con- in .nv to ordersj andj'jrj t at the decisive mo- , .d to do any further execution a- mong the enemy's troops, on as 1 was apprized of this unex- t, I attacked the enemy in the -. with as many of the troopo as 1 still could, ceiiect. The contest lasted a Conside- rable time, and with much bloodshed. The city was at length tilled with the enemy's forces, and it vvw now no longer possible to Withstand their s ambers. The re- giments of Tscliaiiuncr Oistien, the great- 1 f the regiments of Ikiuiswick Oils, the Alagdtbufg brigade of fusileepi, and a p;n;;' oJ Ivernis's yagers and tusileers were almost cut to pieces, or made prisoners. " The remaining troops, which still con- sisted of nine thousand and between 3 and 300 men, had not rallied during the night ; and our principal want was ammunition,. 1 had now to resolve upon risking a doubtful attack, and rushing upon a toe at least eight times iny strength, or upon violating the Danish territory. The latter I deemed imprudent, as it was protected by a Danish corps, and the violation of its neutrality might be inconsistent with our political re- lations. The consequences °f XiAi former must have been that the whole corps would have been destroyed or taken, a circum- stance which would have been much more ;o be deplored than that of surrendering upon certain conditions. On the 7th ol'No- vemnvr, then fore, at the moment when 'rench armies were upon the point ol" attacking me, I resolved to capitulate. " The weakness of my corps proceeded partly liom the loss wliicti I suffered in tiie succession of petty engagements which I sustained, and especially' hi the battle of Lubeck, and partly horn the fatiguing marches, during which, from the want of provisions, each battalion was compelled to leave behind between 40 and 50 men daily. General Von Pelet also with four squadrons of Bayern dragoons, and general Von Use- d»m with ten squadrons of hussars, had se- el senile days before, ftom the army ; should be further observed that the troops belonging to the corps of the dutchy of Wittembuig had previously suffered very severely in tLlle. " At the moment of the capitulation, the senior officer of the staif committed the mistake of stating, in the genjaal abstract which lie gave in, the effective strength of tiie regiments as much greater than it really was, and also to include the troops which had previously been detached, or which had the clay before Uui killed or me.ue prison- ers in Lubeck. ThePrenah generals, ever in mi ¦ which have capitu n convinced that their h exceed that which I have above stat 1 " The troops in of constancy, fidelity and bravery, which has excet pectatx n ; ai d rent circumstances, would have immortalized them, Thonadi the regiment^ belonging to the corps lately under the ni.inii of the duke of VVirtemberg, had fought an unsuccessful battle at Hal which they suffered seven igh ray ¦ whole corps, during an incessant retreat of three weeks, performed forced marches of from five to seven (German) miles daily, and was destitute of all the necessai life—without suitable cloat'iing, and num- bers of them without slides ; and what, is more, having had no bread for the last three weeks, nor any pay for the preceding fort- night ; nevertheless there was not a single regiment, nor even a detachment, but was continually ready to perform whatever they were desired to execute. Their alacrity, their unbroken constancy, and their readi- ness to make every sacrifice, were evinced to the very last moment, even after the loss of Lubeck:. " I conclude this report with that heart- felt tranquility, which the conscious, having done my duty inspires;, and re &c. &c. VON BLUCHEE." BULLETIN, No. 18. . Pattsdam, Oct. 26. . " 1 he general of division, Victor, re ceived a musket shot in the battle of Jena, und was obliged to keep his bed some days. The general of brigade,. Gar; ¦¦;¦ lies, aid do camp to the emperor, had a horse killed, and is slightly wounded. Some officers of tank are wounded ; others have had horses killed under thera ; but ajl of them were anxious to distinguish themselves by valor and courage. " The emperor has been to view the tomb of Frederick the great. The re- mains of this great man are enclosed in a wooden coffin covered with copper. Lis placed in a vault, without any ornaments, or any trophies of victory ; without, any distinction to recal the memory of Ills great and heroic actions. " The emperor has presented to the ho- tel of the invalids at Paris, the sword of the great Frederick, the ribbon of his ord :r, the black eagle, and also the colors which he took in the seven years' war. " Lord fVlorpeth, the English envoy to the Prussian court, was poly six hours distance fro 11 the. field of battle on the 14th. He heard the firing. A courier informed him that the battle was lost, arid in a moment after he was surrounded by fugitives pouring in upon him on all sides. He runaway exclaiming, " ImuiCnot be t.ikn" He offered sixty guineas for a horse : he obtained :u e,:and fled. " Tne citadel of'Spandiu, three miles from Berlin, and hhur from Poizdain, stroughy its situation, in the midst of wa- ter, having a garrison of 1200 men, , great quantity of ammunition and provisi- ons, Was surroui 1 of the 2 lib General Bertrand, the emperor'fe aid decamp had previously recont.itercd the place. Tiie cannon whs ready to pyx it upon it, and the garrison began to be a- d, when n:ai':sh;d Laiuies proposed the capitulation subjoined, to be signed by the cuumiaiidui'.t. " Deputies of lh.; cd.y of Berlin, ha* this rooming delivered the keys t>t " place to his majesty'at Potsdam. They confessed the reports spread through the ci y of Berlin, we: c false ; that tne citi Kens, anil the mass of the people, had & the war with regret ; that a hand f:l a:'women and young officers were the only persons wdio hud promoted it; that he was a man of no peiu.ira.iion, who could not foresee what was to be expected from it. Like all the rest of the Prussi- ans, they censured the visit of Alexander as the cause of their misfortunes. The change whxh then took place in the mind ofthe cpieen, who, linai a timorous and modest female, engaged in her household affairs, became bewildered, wishing only for war ; this change (they said) had pro. duced a dreadful revolution. From that moment, she wished to have a regiment ; she introduced herself into the council, and look the lead in the monarchy so far, that inn few days, she brought it to'the brink ofdesii'tiction. '¦ 1 he head quarters are at Charlotten- btirg." A letter from llalmstndt, in the duchy of lirwwivick, containing particulars not in the. above bulletin, doted October IS, 1803. / " TO MY WK'K Ci CHILDREN, " Amidst the rumors of war which ap- proach our peaceful dwelling, and which is announced by the hands of Prussian fugi- tives that pass by, that which to me is tiie most lamentable is the loss of my twb eldest sor,:.--faicli is my anguish that 1 am scarce- ly capable pf writingor thinking with any degree of propriety. " Our good duke is mortally wounded— prince F.uuis of Prussia is killed—Mollvii- dbrfT has received several wounds, and is obliged to keep his bed. The king escaped with difficulty. Halberstadt is full ofthe wounded. " At lengttf I have dene as you required me, and ntiv behold the cottseqtiences ! This is What the good king William Frederick may justly say to his young officers, who did not scruple to express their disc, openly upon the parade, only because he ne- glected so long to attack the Fre " It is time that the Priissians, Russians, and '. u•n'tians should be convinced that the French are, and will remain invincible, so the rest ofthe powers of Europe will remain obstinately attached to their ancient tactics, instead of adopting the French sys- tem, and at h t' endeavoring to fight tbem with their ov\ n weapons. A Prussian offi- cer who passed thro' this place said, " The French are little fellows, dwarfs, ; and. if it were possibly to tie pitted against them man to man, I conld throw'hali a do?en out cf a window ; but in the ranks.- with a mus- ket on their shoulcKsathcy are devils- they march, they act with a celerity beyond ex- ample ; the ball In it beads : and at heavy Prussian is performing Cvill perforin half a do?.,ui. " What can. be added to the opinion of a very able officer ?—We may say for ex- ample, that these little fellows are not beat- en into mere military machines by the use ofthe cane. For the most part they are made beroc* from a principle of honor. It is true that when compelled, thev, as well as the Prussians, commence the military life with a good deal of reluctance ; but in the end they prefer it beyond every tiling not merely on account of the humanity with which they are treated, but with a view to the path of honor, which is open even to the common soldier in the French army. Ho knows he is fighting for an object far above a few stivers per day. Whenever I think of any poor devil of a soldier in this or that sovereign's pay ; when 1 think of the innumerable strokes of the cane which he receives ; when I see soldiers grown grey in this kind of service, and who, after a number of campaigns, can only hope for the rank of cornet e^r ensign ; I say, when I take a view of these circumstances toge- ther, I cannot be amazed for one moment that the Prussians should be beaten bv the French. On the other hand, I should be bed if the French should be beaten. This day, I have had one of general Blu- cher's officers at dinner with rue. He be- longed to one of the regiments which, dur- he night, passed right through the French army thus situated. A " It was through the interstice marked A. that his majesty and escort were obliged to ride, to avoid being made prisoners. All night long they could plainly hear the shoots of rejoicing in both the French corps, who were celebrating their victory. The Prus- sian officer says, that it will be impossible for the army to collect itself again under a month, so as to make head against the ene- my. It is still doubtfull, whether any Rus- sian army is in the neighborhood, or on the march, &c." NEW-YORK, February 4. Arrived, ship Acturus, Main, SO days- rom Bourbon. Left at the Isle of France, INov. 1, brig. Lion, of Baltimore, />¦• elm ; Spencer, Weeks, of do. for Bata'via ; Mountaineer, Gaylord, for New-York, rea- lly t',,r sea ; Naiad, for do. in a few days ; ship —:—» Cook, of Salem, from Sun nut ;u to repair. Sailed from the Isle of ¦, for Bourbon, Nov. 1, in co. with omona, for Newburypdrt ; and brig Dispatch, .for Boston. Nov. 2, was board- ed by the Sceptre, of 74 guns, having in co. the brig Dominiquej of Pll and the French brig Charles, of the Ise of France, both bound to Bcudxm, having been captured about 1.0 days before. Janu- ary 16, Int. 22, long. 60, 50, spoke the setlr. Solorne, Lee, 15 days from New- York, for St. Croix. January 29, lat. To, 33, long. 74, spoke the ship Planter, Si days from Rotterdam, for Norfolk. The sloop Seiimamis, Slocura, 10 days from Charleston. Informs tuat a deeply laden brig; vyas blown off liom the Hook on Monday night. ,w last night, the ship Isabella, from Trinidad, in Cuba—the schr. Sally and Prkcilla, from Fredericksburg1—another tchooner and a brig in the 1 iterday 26 sad of snips, brigs and schooners, went to sea With a fine wind. Among them were, the nia, Superior. Halcypn, Cades, 8 non, Vermont, iloiiesltis, Eunice. The brigs Achilles, Osprey, Olive, Indus- try, Governor TrumbtU, Pbeibe, Julia, Sussex, I'ockland and otht 1 1. Cleared,shigs Pamasso, Alien. Falmouth; Two-Marys, Riley, Newry ; brjjf Havana Packet, Ihgall, 'Havana ; sen's Delight, Seyms, St.Croix ; 'Prentice Boy, Bowman, Newbern ; Richmond, Richmond, Ply- mouth ; Weymouth, Weymouth, Peters- burg and Richmond ; sloop Lydiu, Burt, Shefleastle. The ship Medway, Potts, from Madeira for Buenos-Ayres, was spoke the 9th De- behber, in kit. 33, S. long. 33, W. No. 32,387, being the first drawn num- ber this morning in Literature Lottery No. 5, was entitled to 20,000 dollars. This ticket was purchased by Mr. Ward and Mr. Kussel, of this city. BY THIS DaTTmAILS. PHIIAiyELHilA, F : A letter, dated New Orleans, lane says—" This is to inform 71 u. mat ', penter is done with Tl\e brig, v. • it to take in—but there is so ion here, occasioned by Burr ii is un- possible tor mo to inform you when I shall saii j for I can get neither freight or ballast —so shall be forced to stay." Sirreveh at Jornct'icj. Dec. 3, ship Three Sisters, Driver, Nor- folk, 32 days. 23, brig Charity and Polly. Guthrie, Beaufort, N. C. 27, brig Ann, Lambert, Salem, 27 days, with lumber ; sclus. Five Si Brooks, Wiscasset. 28, brig William, Grant, and brjjjj, Fortune, Smith. New-York. Jan. 4, ship John and Avis, Bake-, folk; ship William and John, Woodiiouse, Alexandria, 18. Sailed from Kitigft&n, Jamaica, Dec. 16, brig Fox, Wamneht, for Nor- folk, Kingston. (Jam.-) December 28. The sph'r Wary Ann, .'' sailed a few daj 3 igp, for an American put back yesterday, owing to sickness pre- vailing iaturday . -euican schooner -" ,-.-.:<¦, bemud to Baltimore, Fee, hides and indigo, de- tained on Cape Til lu-qu, by Ins roajesty'S ship?;*- it. Wi ". Tehe Concord sailed from Ourracoa on the 28:h tilt. Three days previous to her sailing;, aftagoftmce arrived from I requiri the epver nor to surrender, which was refused, 111 nee of which the island is strictly blockaded ; flour which sold at 8 dollar.-, pet barrel ruse immediately to fifteen, and we a:>' i-' 'ormed, so great is- the misery and dis- '.!' the inhabitants, that, we have little doubt but they will soon surrender to uh.—The Concord saw three frigates , i.T Curracoa, which at. to he the Latona, Arethusa and Anson, which sailed day she saw six ships to vur..' , not barn whether ' or not. The Concord left the "Viedu.u Cape Tibttron, all we'd. The American ship Minerva, which was detained and brought into Port Royal on the 29th ult. by his ma':esty's brig G ,:us liberated- sailed oil the 1st curt, e sailing it was under- stood that she had either enemy's or contra- band goods onboard, in consequence of ¦ which the Gcelan was immediatels dispatch- ed in persuit, and brought her into port yes- terday. An American ship went into Port-Royal late yesterday evening, of which we could obtain no account. January 7.—The schooner Folly, Wil- liams, which sailed from Wilmington on the 1st of Dec. with a cargo of naval stores and lumber, bound to Charleston, experi- enced very tempestuous weather for several days after, in which she lost lu:r deck load, and was totally dismasted ; when on the 7th Dec. hit. gi, go, long. 76, ssbe was fallen in with a complete wreck, and full of water, by the brig Iris, Glenn, from Carnacrvon, the captain of which ran his vessel along side, (as the a was so high no boat could id throw ropes to the people oh'the wreck, when he succeeded in preserving dliams, and a boy ; the mate, Mr. Silas Hall, unfortunately let go his hold and was drowned ; the remainder of the crew were left on the wreck. SATURPAY, !<¦!¦:BRV A 8Y 7. NEW-YORK, February 5. Capt. Harris, who arrived last night from Port.dp- Paix, says,a bloody battle was fought between the troops under the command of gen. Christophe and Petition, about the 1st of January near Port-au-Prince. Christophe was victorious. Petion had armed several vessels, and had stormed a small place be- tween Gonaives and Port-de-Pai.x, and was daily expected at the latter place. Mr. Hichard Furm..n:, wai on Monday Inst appointed by the corporation, superin- tendent of the alms-house, in the room of Mr. Philip I, Arcularius removed—This is turn and turn about-—Mr. Ftirman was dis- placed to make room for Mr. Arcularius, & now Mr. Arcularius very civilly retires to restore Mr. Ftirman to his place. Arrived, the schooner Sally and Priscilla, Key, 17 days from Fredericksburg Y. The British schr. Trimmer, Harris, in 20 days from Port de Paix. Jan. 27, lat. 34, 30., long. 75, spoke the schr. Maria, a days from Wilmington, for Edenton. Below, the ship Citizen from 'Havana, with sugar j and the ship Isabella, from Trinadad. Wind northerly. Cleared, ship Bedford, Damrill, Dublin ; Heart of Oak, Drew, Charleston ; Ceres, Green, Bordeaux;, brig Exchange, Muzzy, Jamaica ; schr. Augusta, Wasson, West- ladies ; brig Thetis, M'Donald, New-Or- leans. The ship Joseph has arrived at New- Eedford, m 75 days from Liverpool. Extract com- mtfc'ial home at Liverpool, (England) dat- id, Liverpool, 6th December i3oo. The unfortunate progress of the cam- paign on the continent, occasions a consi- derable deg'.'rce cf gloom iu this count ry. Markets were partially affected in the first disasters of the Prussians, but the seizure of Hamburg by the French has produced an increased dullness, and app-ehensioii with respect to individual credit, which will probably continue, to be felt in some degree until our intercourse with the continent as- sumes an appearance of greater security. In articles not directly count cted with con- tinental demand, we look pretty confident- ly for our business doing after Christina, , when the caution of the moment will pro- bably in part have subsided. The import of ashes in November, was about 1400 barrels. The stock in the mar- ket remains somewhere we compute about 1C00 barrels. The import of this year now stands about 11800 barrels, and there being yet about 1200 barrels expected tins menth, the total import seems likely-to ex- ceed last year's about one half. la (fits view of the supplies, there is less ground foi confidence than was looked to some time back, but seeing that the market continues tolerably steady in the present general de- pression, we do not look for any material variation at this tune ; the remainder of the supplies is likely to be in few hands, which will favor the article. " Cottons are considerably effected by the political state of things- The sales ill last month amount to about 7000 bags, whilst the import exceeds 13000 bags. The reluctance of buyers at present to take, any quantity of consequence, thus occasions lite stuck to accumulate here ; but it is known that the stock is lulling in the hands ofthe dealers and spinners. supply is heavy of Demernras, Lisbon, Sea-Islands, and pretty ample iri : with some New-Orleans. .. This last v has been very dull, and juices have conti- nued going rather lower, but it is not erxp ed that there will be further in: line, and if this idea1 becomes" established^ briy- tis ,vill probably come lbiwa.t.1 avare freely. / |