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4 , 10 ,, f ro m the degradation ra nts d of savage k .....:..rticiparion of the-unpGd rovem of which the hunian mind 5 , 4 10 er0 are su sceptible in a civilized state,. As far' and intentions such as the.:e can aid the fulfilment of my 1-, o r will be a resource which cannot fail me. It is i ry good fortune, moreover, to have the path in which I • to tread lighted by examples of . illustrious services, success u rtoderrd in the most trying d ifficulties, by those who h a v e ~.gMed before me. Of those of my immediate predecessor, it . .: • •••bt at least become me here to speak—l may, however, be par for not suppressing the sym pathy with which my heart i s rich r e ward he enjoys in the benedictions of a b e l ove d '40 . 0 " , tr y, gratefully bestowed for exalted talents, zealously devott d, roßb a long career , t o the advancement of its hi g hes t interest i i " td * • orme ss.—But the sourer to which I look for the aid, which r (ail supply my deficiencies, is in the well-tried intelligence s ko • vigue of my fellow-cinzensi and in the counsels of those re tentirg theist in the other departments associated in the care ' o f the national interest. In these my confidence will, under every e13:1:11Y, be best placed ; next to that which we have all been eii c,,oigrd to feel in the guardianship and guidance of that At ,cr,trr Bt.'s°, whose power regulates the destiny of nations— • bkisings have been so conspicuously dispensed to this rising }t , , ,, ; 711c, and to whom we are bound to address our devout gra int the past, as well as our fervent supplications and best for future. AN ACT. TA ol:erdict the commercial intercourse between she United y: , te g, and Great Britain and France, and their dependencies, sid for other purposes. B e it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre seMatives of the United States of America, in Con .",enibled, That from and after the passing of gas • • , t s Ac: the entrance of the harbours and waters of t s e u n i t ed States and of the territories thereof, be an d t h e ,ame is hereby interdicted to all public ships rd vessels belonging to Great Britain or France, opt i ng vessels only which may be forced in by4cLis ,.,.ss, or which are charged with dispatches or btisi• tt ss from the Government to which they belong, and :Iso packets having no cargo nor merchandize on board. And if any public ship or vessel as aforesaid, t being included in the exception abovementioned, shall enter any harbour or waters within the jurisdic tion or the United States, or of the territories thereof, shall be lawful for the President of the United States, or such other person as he shall have em powered for that purpose, to employ such part of the land and naval forces, or of the militia of the United States, or the territories thereof, as he shall deem necessary, to compel such s hi p orvessel to depart. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, that it shall not be lawful for any citizen or citizens of the United. States or the territories thereof, nor for any person or persons residing or being in the same, to have any intercourse with or to afford any aid or supplies to aly public ship or vessel as aforesaid, which shall, c ontrary to the provisions of this act, have entered ;sly harbour or waters within the jurisdiction of the eJ States or the territories thereof, and if any per,on shall, contrary to the provisions of this act, any intercourse with such ship or vessel, or shall atr,rd any aid to such ship or vessel, either in repair- L.; the said vessel or in furnishing her, her officers or ;raw, with supplies of amy kind, or in any manner whatever, or if any pilot or other person shall assist in navigating or piloting such ship or vessel, unless it be f,a the purpose of carrying her beyond the limits aad jurisdict;on of the United States, every person so cffending, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than one hundred dollars, nor exceeding ten thousand dol lars; and shall also be imprisoned for a term not less :Lin one month, nor more than one year. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and after the 20th day of May next, the entrance of the harbours and waters of the United States and terri tories thereof,- be and the same is hereby interdicted to all ships or vessels sailing under the flag of Great Britain or France, or owned in whole or in part by any citizen or subject of either ; vessels hired, char tered or employed by the government of either coup-' try for the sole purpose of carrying letters or dispatches, and also vessels forced in by distress or by the dangers of the sea, only excepted. And if ship or vessel sailing tinder the flag of Great :vain or France, or owned in whole or in part by f citizen or subject of either, and not excepted as roresaid, shall, after the said 20th day of May next, arrive, either with or without a cargo, within the limits of the United States, or of the territories thereof, such ship or vessel, together with the cargo, it any, which may be found on board, shall be for feited, and may be seized and condemned in any Coln of the United States or the territories thereof, having competent jurisdiction ; and all and every act and acts heretofore passed, which shall be within the purview of this act, shall be and the same arc hereby repealed. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That from and after the 20th day of May next, it shall not be lawful t() import into the United States or the territories thereof, any goods, wares, or merchandise whatever, J I from any port or place situated in Great Britain or 2reldnd, or in any of the colonies or dependencies of G:eatitain, nor from any port or place situated France, or in any of her colonies or dependencies,. r.,,r from any port or place in the actual possession of either Great Britain or France. Nor shall it be law fulto import into the United States, or the territories thereof, from any foreign port or place whateVer, any goods, wares, or merchandize whatever, being of the growth, produce, or manufacture of France, or of any of her colonies or dependencies, or being of the produce, or manufacture of Great Britain or .relancl, or of any of the colonies or dependencies of Great lkitain, or being of the growth, produce, or manufacture of any place or country in the actual possetsion of either France or Great Britain : Pro vided, That nothing heroin contained, shall be con :rued to affect the cargoes of ships or vessels wholly owned by a citizen or citizens of the United States,, which had cleared for any port beyond the Cape of Good Hope, prior to the 22d day of December, one !icasand eight hundred and seven, or which had de : :sled for such port by permission of the President, the acts supplementary to the act laying an urribar:, , o on all ships and vessels in the ports and har ,,,nirs of the United States. Sect. 5. And be it further enacted, That whenever ally article or articles, the importation of which is prohibited by this Act, shall, after the 4 20th of May, be imported into the United States, or the territories thereof, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this Act, or shall after the said 20th of May be put board of any ship or vessel, boat, raft, or carriage, with intention of importing the same into the United States, or the territories thereof, all such articles, as well as all other articles on board the same ship or vessel, boat, raft, or carriage, belonging to the owner cf such prohibited article,, ::tall be forfeited, and the owner thereof shall moitver forfeit and pa, treble tho value of such articles. See.‘6. And be it further enacted, That if any ar ticle or articles, the importation of which is prohibited by this Act, shall, after the loth of May, be put on board of any ship or vessel, boat, raft, or carriage, with iorentinn to import the same into the United States, or th,! territories thereof, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this Act, and with the know ledge of the owner or master of such ship or vessel, boat, raft, or carriage, such ship or vessel, boat, raft, f or carriage, sh a ll h e f or f e i te d, an d t h e owner an d mas ter thereof shall moreover each forfeit and pay treble the value of such articles. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That W any ar ticle or articles, the importation of which is prohibited by this Act, and which shall nevertheless be on board of any ship or vessel, boat, raft, or carriage, arriving after the said 20th of May next, in the United States, or the territories thereof, shall be omitted in the ma nifest, report or entry of the master, or the person having the charge or command of such ship or ves sel, boat, raft, or carriage, or shall be omitted in the entry of the goods owned by the owner, or consigned to the consignee of such articles, or shall be imported or landed, or attempted to be imported or landed, without a permit, the same penalties, fines, or for feitures, shall be incurred, and may be recovered, as in the case of similar omission or omissions, landing, importation, or attempt to land or import, in relation to articles liable to duties on their importation into the Uriited States. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That every col lector, naval officer, surveyor, or other officer of the customs, shall have the like power and au thority to seize goods, wares and merchandise, ported contrary to the intent and meaning of this act, to keep the same in custody until it shall have been ascertainei whether the same have been forfeited or not, and to enter any ship or vessel, dwelling house, store, building or other place, for the purpose of search ing for and seizing any such goods, wares and mer chandise, which he or they now have by law in rela tion to rods, wares and merchandise, subject to duty, and if any person or persons shall conceal cr buy any goods, wares or merchandise, knowing them to be liable to seizure by this act, such person or persons shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a sum double the amount or value of the goods, wares and merchandise so concealed or purchased. Sect. 9. And be it further enacted, That the fol lowitig additions shall be made to the oath or affirm ation taken by the masters or persons having the charge or command of any ship or vessel arriving at any port of the United States, or the territories thereof, after the 20th or May, viz. I further swear (or affirm) that there are not, to the best of my know ledge and belief, on board [insert the denomination and name of the vessel] any goods, wares or merchandize, the unportation of which into the United States, or the ten itories thereof, is prohibited by law : and I do further swear (or affirm) that if I shall hereafter dis cover or know of any such goods, wares, or merchan; dine, on board the said vessel, or which shall have been imported in the same, I will immediately and without delay, make due report thereof to the collec tor of the port of this district." Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the fol lowing addition be made after the 20th of May, to the oath or affirmation taken by importers, consig nees or agents, at the tithe of entering goods import. ed into the United States, or the territories thereof, viz. I also swear (or affirm) that there are not, to the best of my knowledge and belief, amongst the said goods, wares or merchandize, imported or con signed as aforesaid, any goods, wares or merchandise, the importation of which, into the United States, or the territories thereof, is prohibited by law : And I do further swear (or affirm) that if I shall hereafter discover or know of any such goods, wares or mer candise, amongst the said goods, wares and merchan dise, imported or consigned as aforesaid, I will, im mediately, and without delay, report the same to the collector of this district." Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the Pre sident of the United States be and he hereby is autho rised, in case either France or Great Britain shall so :evoke or modify her edicts, as that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States, to declare the same by proclamation , after which the trade of the United States suspended by this act, and by the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessel , in the ports and harbours of the United States, and the several acts supplementary thereto, may be re newed with the nation so doing : Provided, That all penalties and forfeitures which shall have been previ ously incurred by virtue of this, or of any other act, the operation of which shall so cease and determine, shall be recovered and distributed, in like manner as if the same had continued in full force and virtue : and vessels bound thereafter to any foreign port or place, Aith. which commercial intercourse shall, by virtue of this section, be again permitted, shall give bond to the United States, with approved security, in double the value of the vessel and cargo, that they shall not proceed to any foreign pott, nor trade with any country other than those with which commercial intercourse shall have been, or may b permitted by this act. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That so much of the Act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbours of the United States, and ot the several Acts supplementary thereto, as forbids the departure of vessels owned by citizens of the United States, and the exportation of domestic and foreign merchandize to any foreign port or place, be and the same is hereby repealed, atter the 15th of March, 1809, except so far as they relate to Great Britain or France, or their colonies or dependencies, or places in the actual possession of either : Provided, that all per nalties and forfeitures which shall have been previ ously incurred by virtue of so much of the said Acts, as is repealed by this Act, or which have been, or may hereafter be incurred by virtue of the said Acts, on account of arty infraction of so much of the said Acts as is not repealed by this Act, shall be recovered and distributed, in like manner as if the said Acts had continued in full force and virtue. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That during the continuance of so much of the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbours of the United States, and of the several acts supplementary thereto, as is not repealed by this act, no ship or vessel bound to a foreign port with which commercial intercourse shall, by virtue of this act, be again pernutted, shall be allowed to depart . for such port, unless the owner or owners, consignee or factor of such ship or vessel, shall, with the mister, have given -bond, with one or more. sureties, to the United states, in a sum double the value of the vessel and cargo, if the vessel is wholly owned by a citizen or citizens of the United States, and in a sum four times the value, if the vessel is owned in part or in whole by any foreigner or foreigners, that the vessel shall not . leave. the port without a clearance, nor shall, when leaving the port, proceed to any port or place in Great Britain or France, or in the colonies or depen dencies of either, or in the actual possession of either ; nor be directly or indirectly engaged during the voyage in any trade with such port ; nor shall put any article on board of any other vessel, nor unless every other re quisite and provision of the second section of the Act, entitled " An Act to enforce and make more effectual, an Act entitled " An Act laying an em bargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbours of the United States," and the several Acts sup plementary thereto," shall have been complied.with. —And the par y Or parties to the above-mentioned bond shall, within a reasonable time after the date of the same, to be expressed in the said bond, produce to the collector of the district from which the vessel shall have been cleared, a certificate of the landing of the same, in the same manner as is provided by law for the landing of goods exported with the pri. vilege of drawback ; on failure whereof, the bond shall be put in suit ; and in every such suit, judgment shall be given against the defendant or de fendants, unless proof shall be produced of such re landing or of loss at sea. Sec. 14.. And be it further enacted, That so much of the Act, laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbours of the United States, and of the several Acts. supplementary thereto, as com pels vessels owned by citizens of the United States, hound to another part of the said States, or vessels licensed for the coasting trade, or boats, either not mas.ed or not decked,.to give bond, and to load un der the inspection of a revenue officer, or renders them liable to detention, merely on account of the nature of their cargo (such provisions ez:epted as re 7 late to collection districts adjacent to the territories, colonies, or provinces of a foreign nation, or to ves sels belonging or bound to such districts) be, and the same is hereby repealed, from and after the fifteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred andnine: provided, however, That all penalties and forfeitures which shall have been previouslkincurred by any of the said Acts, or which may hereafter be incurred by virtue of the said Acts, on account of any infraction of so much of the said Acts, as is not repealed bj this Act, shall be recovered and distributed in like manner as if the same had continued in full force and virtue. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That during the continuance of so much of the act laying an em bargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and har bours of the United States and of the several acts sup plementary thereto, as is not repealed by this act, no vessel, owned by citizens of the United States, bound to another port of the said states or licensed for the coasting trade, shall be allowed to depart from any port of the United States, or shall receive a clearance, nor shall it be lawful to put on board any such vessel any specie or goods, wares or merchandise, unless a permit shall have been previously obtained from the proper collector, or from a revenneoflicer, authorised by the collector to grant such permits ; nor unless the owndr, consignee,.agent, or factor, shall, with the master, give bond with one or mire sureties, 'to the United States, in a sum double the value of the vessel and cargo, that the vessel shall not proceed to any foreign port or place, and that the cargo shall be relanded in some port of the United States. Pro vided, That it shall be lawful and sufficient in the case of any such vessel, whose employment has been uniformly confined to rivers, bays, and sounds within the jurisdiction of the United States, to give bond in an amount equal to one hundred and fifty dollars, for each ton of said vessel, with condition that such ves sel shall not, during the time limited in the condition of the bond, proceed to any foreign port or place, or put any article on hoard of any other vessel, or be em ployed in any foreign trade. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That if any ship or vessel shall, during the continuance of so much of the act, laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbours of the United States, and of the several acts supplementary thereto, as is not repealed by this act, depart from any port of the Uni ted States, without a clearance or permit, or having given bond in the manner provided by law, such ship or vessel, together with her cargo, shall be wholly forfeited ; and the owner or owners, agent, freighter or factors, master or commander of such ship or ves sel, shall, moreo ve r, severally, forfeit and pay a sum equal to the value of the ship or vessel, and of the cargo put on board the same. Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That the act to prohibit the importation of certain goods, wares and merzhanclize, passed the 18th April, Iso6, and the act supplementary thereto, be and the same is hereby repealed, from and after the said '2oth day of May next : Provided, That all penalties and forfei tures which shall have been previously incurred by virtue of the said acts shall be recovered ancedistri buted in like manner as if the said acts had continued in full force and virtue. Sec. IS. And be it further enacted, That all pe nalties and forfeitures arising under, or incurred by virtue of this Act may be sued for, prosecuted and recovered, with costs of suit, by action of debt, in the. name of the United States of America, or by holict ment or information, in any court having competent jurisdiction to try the same—and shall be distributed and accounted for, in the manner prescribed by. the . Act, entitled An Act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage' passed the 2d day of . March, 1799 ; and such penalties and forfeitures may be examined, mitigated or remitted, in like manner, and under like conditions, regulations and restrictions, as arc prescribed, authorised and directed by the Act, entitled 44 An Act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties, and disabilitie accruing in certain cases therein mentioned," passed the third day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-soven, and made perpetual by an act passed the eleventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred. Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, Tint this act shall continue and be in force until tile end of the next session of Congress, and no longer; and that the Act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbours of the United States, and the sevfiral . Acts supplement:try thereto, shill he, and the same l ire hereby repe.ded from ani.t.ifttr the next session vi Congress. J. B. Vaitgbm, Speaker of the House ut R e pr ese ntatives. JotiN Mita-gawk:, President of the Senate, pro tempore. Mar"h 1. I'49 kpprovedElts;os. 'ru EVFAING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, APRIL 17. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Congola, for money, tali—Ditto for May . '6Bl. Exchequer :Sill*. 10*. to 12i. preen.—Omnium 14 prem. We this day lay before the Public a Copy of the American NOn-intercourse Act—Also a Copy of Mr. NlADisoN's inaugural Oration delivered on the 4lPh March on his elevation to the office of President.— Tne length of the Gazette, and the press of other in telligence, does not permit us to offer any remarks. His ntjesty's ship SUktVEILLANTE, with Sir .; 6 '.itTiluit ` ZLLESLEY acd sevtral other General Oificers uii board, sailed loom Portsmouth on Saturday evening I'ne IN TELL;GENT gun-brig has arrived at Plymouth , from Lisbon ; she landed two Messengers with dis patches, which chiefly relate to the occupation of Oporto by the French. The British troops had only prOceedc 4 about eight miles from Lisbon, where they were encamped. Seven sail of the line, the remain ing part of Admiral DIJ,CKWORTII'S squadron, had ar- rived in the Tagus, and were left lying there when he INTELLIGENT sailed, which was on the 2.1 inst. By a vessel from Gijon accounts have been received from the Asturias, dated the 31st ult. ROMANA had made a judicious distribution of his force between Lugo, in Gallicia, and Oviedo in the Asturias. A part of his army has descended from the mountains, and occupied a position equi-distant from Villa Franca and Astorga, and it is expected that the latter place would be again occupied by the Patriots. _ _ 'We have more than once stated the disasters of the Spanish army under General REDING, in Catalonia. According to the official details to the Supreme Junta at Seville, the theatre of the conflict was confined to that district of Catalonia which is bounded by the Ebro, the Segre, and the Lobrigat Rivers. The most northern point was Vals, and the southern, at which the French appeared, was Lapoblar. Tarra gona, to which the Spaniards retreated, is on the coast, within 15 miles of that town. These engage ments were between the 16th and the 25th of Fe bruary. General READING, who was wounded, is better, -and no serious consequences are now appre hended. FERDINAND the Vkith had been proclaimed at Lima, and 16 millions of dollars remitted home to support his claims. Hispaniola is also under the coutroul of the adherents of FERDINAND. Accounts from Paris, of the 6th instant, confirm a rumour we before noticed to have been in circula tion in Holland, regarding an adjustment of the dif ferences between NAIVE sox and the Emperor FRAN. us. The conditions of this arrangement is stated to be the surrender of Trieste and Fiume, which will be the final extinction of Austria as a maritime power. Another humiliating stipulation is to be added, which perhaps has not any precedent in the history of mo dern diplomacy, " that no Austrian military corps should approach within twenty leagues of the fron tiers of Bavaria and Saxony," We this morning received four Gottenburgh Mails —their contents, which are of little importance, we shall give to-morrow. British subjects and their pro perty receive every possible protection in Sweden. The Gazette of Saturday contains the details of the surrender of Cayenne, and the capture of the French frigate the Niemen, of 41 guns, by the AMETHYSTy Captain SEYbIOUR. At the Somerset Assizes, on Friday, James Taylor was tried for the wilful murder of John Dyer, at Bath. The trial lasted eight hours. The prisoner having pleaded not guilty, the circumstance of his gambling dispute with Johnson, Guyon, and Dyer, and of his running up stairs for his pistols, with which he first shot Guyon in the face, and immediately after shot Dyer, who instantly fell dead, were - - -via, The prisoner, in his defence, put stated,. that when, on re.eritering heard his mother's screams, and t: in danger, he lost all government moment of frenzy committed the had..eversince most deeply deplore/ Jury considered that his going up manifested that deliberate purpose the crime of murder, of which hr and sentenced him to be hanged, dissected. The Ticket, No. 91`23, drawn 12th t)1 April, a Prize of 4 4 20,000. teen Sixteenths by Sir dANixs 11/ Proprietors of the Lucky Lotter Holborn, No. :37, Cornhill, Piccadilly, and No. 269, Straw. Drawn Prize above .115, No. 36. Grand Lut of 1000 Whole Ticket in Sixteen Sixteenths ; and No. 3004. them in the same number of S. No. 19,06 a Prize of £5OO, day of Drawing. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANA arrivals 01 Wheat this day, make prime samples fetch a small ad, older qualities at little variatiur and full '2s. per quarter again lower—hearts of both sc, Toere are likewise tolerable siippL t iereid are names.i at out rticipui 0 a :7 .,,„ nv r0 ~r o ts and int( • e ,„., they w' It is n'Y E to tread lit c rndert e l rched ham . ..:ght at least ; fet e, for not f4 :l,;n t 1 r ric ooantr y,irrate itl ough a Ion; done rail sup] s cd viltue of P en ting the o f the nations i ; 6;cIIY, be I (vo iced to •rIiTY , isini )tq c,%lL ' - , and inr the 0 ,,0s for tae in terdict sates, and and for oth Be it en: ser,tatives gress asset) ers Ac:, Cl the Lt r , itec a nd the sat .d vessels cor i n g ye o•rss, or Iv ] tt ss from I also packe board. A t being shall enter tion or the sh.ill bt States, or powered f the land r.nited St deem nece Sec. 2. be lawful States or t persons re intercom& public coiltrary t harisc Uri e.. 1 St per. on sh. any att,rd an: the sa crcw, whatever, in ray ig; it be t,:r and itiris, cffendinF one him, 1.415; an :Lan one Sec. 3. after t he harbours tones the to all shi Britain o any citiz teed or i n Friday, James Taylor of John Dyer, at Bath. The prisoner having 'stance of his gambling and Dyer, and of his :ols, with which he first immediately after shot Were given in evidence. ' put in a paper, which :ring the tap-room, he . 1 ad thought her lite was lent of himself, and in a he fatal deed, which he doredi The Court and up stairs for his pistols rpose which constitutes :h he waa 'found guilty, and his body to be Pin on Wednesday, the 0,000, was sold in Six- es BRANsCONIII and Ce'. Pottery Offices, No. 11, • No. Haymarket, :mad; ' where the First- o. 3618, entitled to the ' ickets, was likewise sold 10. ;3004, *as div ided by f Shares, together ith all drawn on the First- LANE, APRIL 17.—The • nake a tolerable supply ; I advance in price, but iation—Barley in ' st.), t rter dear( r—White Peal 11 sorts ra:l)er dearer aapplies of °ass, and 84,1 es 13 . 61.1.• • •