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' , A.VIERICA. r 'r.~ .. HOUSE 4F REPRESEATIVES, DECEMBER 5. Mr. BALE alui SMITH ' of Virginia, appeared and wok his seat. Sundry Petitions were received, and severally re ferred to various Committees; when Mr. ROBERTSON, of Louisiana, offered the folltaw• ing Resolution for consideration: t n Resolved, That the President of the United States be L quested to lay before the House of Repiamstatiees ens* Wee* matlon as he may possess and think proper to l,tive to the Independence and poliCual coustitlosalla=at of Spanish America." • ' .f.. , Mle Resolution baring been read, Mr. ROBERTSON said, that he supposedthere Weed be no objection to the adoption of the Resolution which he had just submitted to the consideration of the House. Ile found, from the late Message of the President, that the attention of the House, as well as of the nation, had been, in a general way, directed to the situation of the Provinces of Spanish America. The President had observed too, and very truly, that the citizens of the United States sympathized in the events which affected their neighbours. Mr. Robert-, son said, that as far back as the year 1811, this sub ject had excited considerable interest ; that a Com mittee had been raised ; the Declaratier: of Indepen dencei and the Constitution of Venezuela, • with er information, laid before it by the then President, and a Report on them submitted to the House.-- -The Report, among other things, expressed much good-will towards the Venezuelans, and an inten tion to acknowledge their independence, whenever that independence should be achieved. From that time till the present, silence had been observed in re gard to the affairs of that part of the Continent. — The reason was obvious; we were soon after engaged in war with England, and since the peace, our own pressing concerns had occupied our attention. The President has spoken, Sir, of the interest and the sympathy we feel in the affairs of our southern neigh bours. Perhaps it may be said with truth, that no subject excites, throughout the civilized world, a ' stronger interest, than the contest in which the Pro vinces of Spanish America are engaged. Every wind that blows wafts to our shores the schemes and spe culations of European Statesmen and Politicians ; fibril the frozen regions of the North, to the milder climes, of the Peninsula, it elicits remark, and corn- Mantis attention. Even Alexander, he who indices Epistles about Peace and Bible Societies, while he whets the sword of battle, and prepares the weapons' of destruction, he, it is said, is about to furnish his Cossacks, to add to the horrors of, as it is already called, the war of death. The thunders of the Pope, too, the head of the Christian Church, begin to be heard, and no doubt we shall soon see his anathemas giving up the people of South America, bodY and . soul, to the punishments due here and hereafter to the crimes of Rebellion and Republicanism. If then, to Governments across the AtlantiC the situa tion of this people be thus interesting, surely it is not a matter of surprise that the Citizens of the United States should with some solicitude turn their attention towards them. Seery republican in the United States must lament their disasters and exult in ebeir. tri urnths : they do but follow the example we have set thou; we owe our glory and our fame to resistance to whim:7 power, and the people of Spanish Ame rica, and all others groaning under oppression, must owe their elevation and worth of character to the same circumstance. They do but folloW in our footsteps ; it is in vain to deny or disguise the fact ; it is known throughout the world—whatever of injury, despotism or priestcraft have sustained, whe. ther from the Revolution of France, or that which now, I hope, figurishes in our hemisphere, is laid to the accounv . 9f our glorious Revolution, and the excellent ifitf.ciples of our Constitution. It is to be regretted, Mr. Speaker,, that our acquaint ance with the people of Spanish America is not more particular and intimate than it is : we entertain butl one sentiment about thlpei—our feelings are all in unison ; yet we differ ate} dispute on- a variety of psinti, which it is desirable should remain in doubt. Mexico, Chili, Bue nosno longer suf feredatirth to Ayres, Venezuela, New Gren are they inde pendent?. Are they struggling for independence, or have they yielded to their European tyrant? Have they made known their situation to the Executive De partment? Have they demanded to be recognized a.independent sovereignties? Do they govern them. selves ; elect their agents, legislature, executive and judiciary ; lay-and collect taxes, raise and support ar mies and navies? It is possible these facts are in the possession of the President ; it is very well known that there have been agents, men of high respectability, sent publicly from the Governments of Venezuela, New Grenada, Buenos Ayres, and Mexico, to this country, and, for what I know, from other provinces. • It is probable that they have not remained silent, but whatever they may have said has not been . made known to this House, or to this nation. As our Go veriunent is essentially popular, I wish information to be given to the people. I wish for information, that our judgments may sanction sentiments our hearts so warmly approve. I do not mean, Mr. Speaker, to commit myself in regard to my future course— it must, to a certain extent, depend upon circum stances. This House will act as circumstances may require, but for myself I have no hesitation to.say, that if it shall appear that the provinces of Spanish America, or any of them, are really independent, no earthly consideration shall prevent me, in my public character, from acknowledging them as Sovereign States. Mr. FORSYTH said he was too well acquainted with the temper of the people of the United States on this subject, to oppose any motion for inquiring into it—such was not his object ; but he knew from experience, that some inquiries were proper and some., dangerous. In this case, he thought that all which could be known ought to be known ;but he suggested to the mover of the resolution, whether it was not too broad in its call ad the Executive ' and whether it ought not to corm& the usual qualifieation of ex cepting such infortriation as the President might deem the commune aten of incompatible with the public inter? Mr.; Forsyth presumed the President had edinsounicated AI that he knew, or all that he wished C.ongress to Lwow on the subject ; and as it was usual, It in requestin Information of Executive, to a s k f or such linty public interest would, in his opinion, permit to tit ' lased, he proposed so to modify this motion, in which shape oul7 could he COPP* $0 vote for it. Mr. RONERTSON siguified his - beady Sessulttralk Portsrries: proposition. . The ites4i. tton passed near. co u modified, soll a Committee of two was appointed to wait open she President with it. . . i i, • . s . t . ...r , , , - motion, in AMERICA t vote for it. --.-___ Mr. ROM HOUSE 4F REPRESEATIVES, DECEMBER s. r°,„,_ _115rT5 .47 1 Mr. BALE SMITH, of Virginia, appeared and a Co mmute wok his seat. President ve Sundry Petitions were received, and severally re- ferred to 'rations Committees; when Mr. ROBERTSON, of Louisiana, offered the follow- . illßesolution for consideration: k Resolved, That the President of the United Stud> be rt. s?-Urti il t4 quested to lay before the House of Repiaetitatives suah tr.for., . **TORS, 11 notion as he may possess and think proper to essinaniukar..., rep .tint s t ep' l,tive to the Independence and poliCual coudition of the provinefee GArr . At je , . of Spanish America." Ete. &c. 'The Resolution having been read , • Mr. ROBERTSON said, that he supposecithere would '4" Is tilA byt l , be no objection to the adoption of the Resolution and l r ib m er e ate t which he had just submitted to the consideration of the House. He found, from the late Message of the ' , President, that the attention of the House, as we ll as bean more f‘ of the nation, had been, in a general way, directed to the situation of the Provinces of Spanish America. ..,, ' able T to nh th ab e it who i* ' The President had observed too, and very truly, that, for Oita ___', the citizens of the United States sympathized in the ic`i Venc e; events which affected their neighbours. Mr. Robert- have belnic son said, that as far back as the year 1811, this sub- Spanish :- , re i ject had excited considerable interest; that a corn- the Govern • mittee had been raised ; the Declaratierr of Indr- er mana prese dence and the Constitution of Venezuela, • with information, laid before it by the then President, your evils. tided to n and a Report on them submitted to the House.— answer the —The Report, among other things, expressed much be i disl odge good-will towards the Venezuelans , and an inten- w hich they 1 bon to acknowledge their independence , whene ver that independence should be achieved. From that „ He i S .q i f i time till the present, silence had been observed in re- gard to the affairs of that part of the Continent.— The reason was obvious; we were soon after engaged DECREE r it . in war with England, and since the peace peace, our own For the en - Chants, and il pressing concerns had occupied our attention. The der an d . 1 , President has spoken, Sir, of the interest and the qucoce of tb sympathy we feel in the affairs of our southern neigh- merchandize bours. Perhaps it may be said with truth, that no Chter re„ , c ult' ! P i subject excites, throughout the civilized world , a a st. Any ' stronger interest, than the contest in which the Pro - or use, Wit winces of Spanish America are engaged. Every wind diminution o that blows wafts to our shores the schemes and ape- the lame ye enlations of European Statesmen and Politicians ; ltd. Any a fromthe frozen regions of the North, to the milder Le e s„ Alan i clines, of the Peninsula, it elicits remark, and corn- above esprei Mantis attention. Even Alexander, he who indices , __i'i„ 4 . 11 ,,/ f . Epistles about Peace and Bible Societies, while he , i l t r n . Z o " y ` l i t,. t . whets the sword of battle, and prepares the weapons L ea d, Shan ; of destruction, he, it is said, is about to furnish his nth. awl Cossacks, to add to the horrors of, as it is already . 1 -each en all called, the war of death. The thunders of the Pope, ate. Aantz I too, the head of the Christian Church, begin to be . 7,1:. A ny heard, and no doubt we shall soon see his anathemas Lead, shall ! giving up the people of South America, body and R I i • exempt frog l i f' soul, to the punishments due here and hereafter to 'PT:" ° I the crimes of Rebellion and Republicanism. If .„4 Flints, , then, to Governments across the Atlantic the situa- above specit tion of dais people be thus interesting, surely it is not a matter of surprise that the Citizens of the United A:nun who carry atlenCt Of tb States should with some solicitude turn their attention t,„„„,.„,,,,,, i 11 towards them. Emery republican in the United States the sacrifice must lament their disasters and exult in sheir tri- die-it countr 4 urtrth es : they do but follow the example we hax set 4444 " nta a' India Island thou.; we wee our glory and our fame to resistance the Supreme to arbitrary power, and the people of Spanish Ame- imported it rice, and all callers groaning under oppression, must Bat and b< n ar owe their elevation and worth of character to the Per sha ce be ob , a , sane circumstance. They do but follow in our the G footsteps ; it is in vain to deny or disguise the fact ; to SO, they 1 it is known throughout the world—whatever of The swill injury, despotism or priestcraft have sustained, whe. t h t:ere 111 , o t Cher from the Revolution of France, or that which be condemn now, I hope, figurishes in our hemisphere, is laid afterwards r • to the account' . of our glorious Revolution, and for as such 1 the excellent ifdif.ciples of our Constitution. It is I , l _, Gila . to be regretted, Mr. Speaker, • that our acquaint - ... ance with the people of Spanish America is not more • 1 • i . - particular and intimate than it is : we entertain but one e sentiment about thlim—our feelings are all in . unison ; yet we differ ate} dispute on- a variety of peinti, which it is desirable should remain in doubt. Mexico, Chili, Rue- If no longer suf- feredatiwth to ej- we! nos Ayres, Venezuela, New Gren are they inde- o u of t • pendent ? Are they struggling for independence, or beam' , have they yielded to their European tyrant ? Have they made known their situation to the Executive De- 23d, ./f ~ , . partment ? Have they demanded to be recognized a.independent sovereignties? Do they govern them- Ti , selves ; elect their agents, legislature , executive and ' r judiciary ; lay and collect taxes, raise and support ar- n mies and navies? It is possible these facts are in the i 5 Reduce , possession of the President ; it is very well known that Cons. f t o , . there have been agents, men of high respectability, . sent publicly from the Governments of Venezuela, Navy 1 New Grenada, Buenos Ayres, and Mexico, to this Exchec ;,.., ,i country, and, for what I know, from other provinces. •It is probable that they have not remained silent, but Th. Ti ' whatever they may have said has not been . made , ' .it known to this House, or to this nation. As our Go- this morn veriunent is essentially popular, I wish information The on 1•••, t . t• to . be given to the people. I wish for information ) that, is a repo: our judgments may sanction sentiments our hearts of M. Sol so warmly approve. I do not mean, Mr. Speaker, .State of 1 ' • to commit myself in regard to my uture cou r se—was occu , . .' s t : it must, to a certain extent, depend upon circum- .. • I , stances. This House will act as circumstances may sate, M. require, but for myself I have no hesitation to.say, Some ter 4 that if it shall appear that the provinces of Spanish „ ja : 1 '', America, or any of them, are really independent, no earthly consideration shall prevent me, in my public primary character, from achlowlesiging them as Sqvereige struction States. of obser i Mr. FORSYTH said he was too well acquainted with spirit of the temper of the people of the United States on less prec , v this subject, to oppose any motion for inquiring into , 1 1 it—such was not his object ; but he knew from intentiox ii; ' experience, that some inquiries were proper and some to you, I . dangerous. In this case, he thought that all which to parti could be known ought to be known ;but he suggested meaning I . to the mover of the resolution, whether it was not too ; „, 4 ,„„:, broad in its call cret the Executive ' and whether it " l 7' . ought not to cont.& the usual qualifieation of ex- ustraiw n i 1 cepting such infortnation as the President might deem be afraic the communication of incompatible with the public to profs Waist ? Mr.; Forsyth presumed the President had ..1. - i 1 . C.w.r. y : i conuounicateitil that he knew, or all that he wished Congress to ifidow on the subject ; and as it was usual, vocation in requestin Information of the Executive, to ask for ever s et 4 I 1 1 such only public interest would, in his opinion, to extra permit to bd disclosed, he proposed so to modify thi s by a s e e 1 : . II , - I- • 0 - •, , . . -.. VENEZUEL,4. Mani fitANCIS SERNSODEZ, OF TILE ORDER OP LUSE .' *ATOILS, GENERAL OF DIVISION OF THE ARMIES OF .2111 t REPUBLIC OF VENELVELA, GOVERNOR AND CAPTAIN-GENERAL Of THE PROVINCE Or CUMANA; Etc. &c. &c. " INHABITANTS OF CUMANA as I have Isien, by the Supreme Chief to pacify the province and liberate the capital of Cumana from the enemy. suffer me to assure you that no charge could have been more grateful to my heart, or more conform able to the true interests of my fellow citizens. " Inhabitants ofCatecranai—l am one of your bee-; thrtri t who, animated with the just sentiments of lOW for odr country, have always fought for the Aeedom i of Veni-zitela in Cumana ; with the grossest grief I have I;6dd your beautiful province desolated by Spanish ferocity and disorder. With similar grief the Government has also belseld the sad picture Cu mana presented, and bits determined to remove all your evils. The forces the Supreme Chief has con fided to my -command, are more than sufficient to answer the purpose in view, and soon shall the enemy be dislodged from the precincts of the Capital to which they have been compelled to retire. (Signed) " JOSEPH FRANCIS BERMUHEZ. $` Head-quarters, Cnmanacoa, Nov. 2, 1817." DECREE TO ENCOURAGE THE IMPORT ON OF GUNPOWDER AND LEAD. '`e For the encouragement of Foreign as well as National Mer chants, and in order that they may be induced to consider Gun powder and Lead as articles of the best speculation, in conse quence of the diminution allowed in the duties of such other merchandise as the said articles may accompany, the Supreme Chief, under date of sth November, 1817, has been pleased to approve and order the following to be published Ist. Any person importing 18 quintals of Gunpowder and 80 of Lead, within six months after the date of this, shall receive a diminution of five per refit. in the duties on goods imported in the same vessel, but the value thereof shall not exceed that of the Gunpowder and Lead so imported. 84. Any one importing 15 quintals of Gunpowder and 50 of Leed,, stall receive a diminution of seven per cent. in the terms abets expressed. A. Any one importing 20 quintals of Gunpowder and 40 of Lead, shall have a diminution of TO per cent. as above. 4th. Any one importing 2.3 quintals of Gunpowder and 50 of Lead, shall have a diminution of 12 per cent. e sth. Anv one importing 30 quintals of Gunpowder and 60 of Lead, an allowance of 15 per cent. Bth. Any one importing 55 quintab of Gunpowder and 70 of feed, an allowance of 17 per cent. 7th. Any one importing 40 quintals of Gunpowder and 80 et Lead, shall have a similar amount in merchandise, entirely exempt from duties, an exemption equally extended to all larger quantities of the articles alluded to. The same regulation is to be observed with regard to Muskets and Flints, which shall enjoy the same advantages as the articles above specified, and in the same proportions. As it is ruined persons belonging to the provinces of Venezuela who carry on the coasting trade and of launches, and in conse quence of their misfortunes are entitled to the consideration of Government, as well because they are natives, as on account of the sacrifices they have made and are making for the liberty of their country, and because also they experience a consider** disadvantage in the prices of articles purchased in the West India Islands, compared with the Importations of forage*. the Supreme Chief has been pleased to decree, that the sends imported in launches and coasting yawls bearing the national nag and belonging to natives of the country, shall only pay I= per cent. and if they import Gunpowder, the same proportion' shall be observed as above stated, with this difference, that when the Gunpowder imported amounts to 20 quintals and the Lead to 40. bay shall impart a *tiller value in goods free of duties. The native who stay import merchandise belonging to Fo reigners in the vesicle above expressed, and cover the same with his name, with a view to defraud the National Treasury. elan be condemned to pay triple dudes • ant hi the trade he may afterwards carry on, be shall pay the soap duties as a foreigner, for as such he is to be considered in austosorts of Venezuela. (Signed) Rumen De PiataLYZl, as. Nov. 7.1817. Wad= at the Province: THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. ff duly of our Readers can supply vs •,ith any or all of the following Sri .s, we shall gladly pay the bearer of them Five Shillings each, viz. MAY Ist and 23d, Jugs 27th, and JULY 29th, for 1817. THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, ISIS. THE FUNDS. MICE OIS ATOM THIS *AT AT rwszvz ceccoact Reduced Slit —3 per Cent. Cons. Set Cons. for opg. 82-4 per Cent. 99; Navy 105W—Indii Bonds 106 pr. Exchequer Bills 19 30 pr. The Paris Papers of Saturday and Sunday arrived this morning. The only article of real interest which they contain is a report of the first day's proceedings on the trial of M. Scheer, for the publication of his work on the State of Liberty in France. The whole of the day was occupied with the speech of the Kum's Advo cate, M. MACMIGNY, in support of the accusation. Some remarkable passages of it we subjoin : " in sielicts of.the Press the accused find here a primary guarantee against vague and arbitrary con structions, in the rule which you are in the practice of observing of taking for your guide the text and spirit of the law ; they find a second guarantee, not less precious, in the habit of penetrating into the intention of such acts and writings as are submitted , to you, so as to interpret them less according to particular expressions than to their general meaning. It is a tutelary maxim, in short, in your jurisprudence, that it is necessary to consult the intention rah% than the terns. What writer can be afraid to appear before Judges, whose duty it is to profess this wise maxim—a maxim more parti cularly applicable to the appreciation of indirect pro vocations? With such a maxim, there is no fear of ever seeing you torturing an insignificant expression, to extract from it cries of sedition, or of deducing, by I series of forced inferences, the intention of an Syr; 'phi other words, fathering the delict your tabour of a base interptetation." • • • of the accused seems to us evidently with a seditious intention. And here, Gen *tn vwe would conjure those who have vindicated 41t warmly the exercise of the Liberty of the Press, to dishonour the use of it by turbulent publica tions, bit to offer with frankness and sincerity useful observations and new views. We leave it to them selves to say, whether a writer, whom the sight . every thing like legitimacy throws into a sort of frenzy, and who, totally regardless of the conserva tory principles of public happiness, invokes, upon the ruins of a disastrous epoch, the odious phantom of revolutions—whether this daring author has not in curred the penalties imposed by the laws ? " A bitter censor, an ironical contemner of all that merits our respect and our homage, M. Sciterrea in • ges in the most exstatic and prolonged admira tion of events the most ruinous, and causes which hare been the avowed spring of oar many misfor tunes. He calls for the contempt of posterity , upon the Chambers of Deputies convoked by Louts XVIII. be strives to defame, by monstrous imputations, the greater number of those who con'iposed them; while on the contrary, he invokes the public gratitude for revolutionary and illegal assemblies—acts of revolt, and hostile anniversaries, are ostentatiously paraded inthe eyes of a regenerated Monarchy, as if to brave iti power and insult the objects of our political faith. ".‘ The law considers as seditious such writings as tend indirectly to excite disobedience to the KING, and this law applies evidently to the passage of M. SCUEIIVt, in which, after making a pompous eulo gium on the Chamber of the Hundred Days con voked by the Usurper, he adds, " This Chamber of, Representatives was courageous to the last, and even on the Bth of July it gave a remarkable proof of it by its Pretest of that day."—* * * * * " The day when the KING returned to his Capital, amidst the acclamations of his people." 44 M. Scheffcr has, besides, indirectly excited dis obedience to the Chatter. That Charter has pro nounced that the King is the Supreme Head of the State—that he commands the forces by land and sea—declares war, and makes treaties of peace and alliance. Now observe what M. Scheffer has said— , I cannot,' he says, 4 adopt the idea that it belongs to the Government alone to defend the national in terests against the Allied Powers.' He enjoins the Deputies to assume an energetic language towards foreigners, and to devise, independently of the will of the King, the means of expelling them. If a Frenchman entertained such a sentiment, he would feel it incumbent on him to restrain the ex pression of it, less from an apprehension of any penal eonsequence than from a sentiment of honour more I imperious than the fear of punishment. As French men, we love our country—as good citizens, we de-' plore the grievous burdens under which it labours ; and while we find in immortal remembrances much to console us for the present moment, it is not the less painful for us to see foreign armies upon our borders, and our trophies, as it were, yielding place to theirs. At all times we know weft, that even misfortune may be one of the elements of gl;ary—we know well that a noble resignation attests a mysteriolu power, and a. sacred confidence.in the future—fertle.in tiniest „aim,- • • • • Mr. MARCIICIIIGNY concluded with demanding I against. M. Scheffer the application of the law which' inflicts a punishment of three months imprisonment,' and a fine of 50 francs ; and the cause was then post poned for eight days, in order to give .M. Scheffer time to prepare her defuse. A Decree of the KING of NAPLES appears in these Papers, dated the 2d of December last, by which his MAJESTY confers the title of Duke of DINo on Prince TALLEYRAND, With remainder to his nephew, Count EDMOND DR PERIGORD, and his descendants. Mr. BARING gave, on Thursday last; A brilliant ball, at which most of the French Ministers, the fo reign Ambassadors, and a great number of other persons of distinction, were present. Five per Cents, Friday, 65 f. 70 c. In a file of the Gibraltar Chronicle we find the fol owing particulars respecting the death of the late DaY of ALatztts :—When the Janissaries surroun).ed the Palace of the Day, he called to his assistance the Officers of his Artillery and Navy, but they declined interfering. The Day then demanded of the Janis saries ;what they wanted ? They replied, "An indi vidual' from within." Anxious to preserve his life by any sacrifice, he offered to double the pay of the whole corps; but this was rejected and his person loudly called for. His firmness now forsook him, and he had recourse to poison its operation, however, was not sufficiently quick, and the Janissaries entered, seized, and bound him, and conducted him to the spot appropriated for public ereeutinns, where they strangled him: they then quickly returned to their homes. All this passed in about an hour from their first assembling. The public opinihn was much in favour of the new DEY, ALI Coont. The Ministers of his predecessor have been banished into the interior, and their property confiscated. Yesterday, about half past two o'clock, the Duke Duatess of GLOUCESTER arrived at their house I . in Park',lane. from Bagshot. Their Royal High nesses had a select party to dinner. The Dowager Marchionem. of Holtskst. is anived at her haute is Davies -.freer, Lk - skiley-square, &cm a LOUT. NAVAL NTELUGENCE'. MAILS T 1 It DAY. AWL 1140. Detain 1 rim Waterford 0 I Malts Guernsey and Jersey 0 0 Prune Holland I Harnburgb Gouenburs• • 4 Ringers FALMOUTH, JANUARY u. Sailed the Hind, Providence, and Wulf Revenue cutters, on cruises. , FORTSMOUIII,,,LANUARY 14. It blew a gale last night, and the.early part of ti,6 Morning, from S.S.W. with thick weather. nit af ternoon the wind moderated, and shifted round to N.W. The following ships remain at this pe rt j a safety, vic—The Russian fleet ; Abeona, for D at , Tara ; Hooter, for St. Thomas's ; Harriet and Geer. &no, for the West Indies ; Integrity transport. for Cori ; ()racaheva, for London ; and Abeona port, waiting for orders. DEAL, JANUARY 14. Wind S.W. blows hard.--The Providence..`.!, ; . CIIELL, lost an anchor this morning in the D; en s , and has been supplied with another.--Seves.:l D es ) boats have been off to the Sand, but not a ve.tire ci the wreck is to be seen.—The following is a &scrip. tion of the sloop lost on the Goodwin, as. repor te d yesterday 5--About 100 tons, painted yellow skew, running bowsprit, topsail-yard across, she appeared loaded, Berwick or Bridport built.--Arrived ad sailed for the River the Harriett, COLLINS. fro-- Michael's ; Providence, lklircnnt.t., from Net' Act', deuce; and Vigilant, ALLEN, from Tenet iffc. RAMSGATE, JANUARY 14. Monday evening one of our Ostend packer cclr,:tt across from that Port, mistook the G-4. tor the Rands Head Light„ and very narrowly escape,l struction. We frequently hear of similar many of vihieli have proved fatal, and we earl; belt) here suggesting to the Trinity Board, tin: would. be attended with the most benefielil make the North Sands Head Light a rrookiat! qic ; for vesselt at the back of the Goodwin Sand are cc:, tinually exposed to wonderful difficulty in out the different lights, which might be ovia:e.i as above, and many valuable lives and mach prcpc4 be preserved. Our harbour :.bounds with front the Downs, come in for shelter, and many nic-o are expected to arrive this next tide. Sewn:, Lagid Spanish nuts, marked BT and casks marked Tini .114, supposed to be part of the cargo of the slo? lost on the Goodwins, hate been landed bee. have this instaat been informed that the Captain std crew of the sloop, stated in our's of yesterday. 3 have been lost on the Goodwin Sands, are safely landed at Broadstairs. alt. pi, to a 1 I Go 3 (.4 4, MARGATE, JANUARY 14. Wind West.—The brig Argo, HOLLAND, oftti from Yarmouth for Naples, with red herrings. Sic.. was lost on the Knock last night. Arrived Roads the Peace, of Yarmouth, Gaove, With .01 'of anchor and cables, from Spain to Londcr. KINSALE, JANUARY to. The brig Flora, CALDICKLL, from Quebec tolltu don, was stranded yesterday morning at Mums:4l, near Clonakilty-bay, but expected to be get oI WHITBY, JANUARY IS. Arrived iii these Roads the sloop York Mrchrl, LEE, of Wisbeach, having lost her mainsail, :err.:, and part of her bulwark, and must come in towit. GRAVESEND, JANUARY 14. Arrived the Minstrel, Bristow, from Bengal • Mary, Gelb. worthy, from Dublin ; Two Young Mows, Vaal de h*, fr.% Worcum. Sailed the Eclipse, Winter, for hie of Frank; tie Berwick, Compton, for flarbadoes; Enterprire, Wass:, fa' Nevis ; Larth, Anderson, for Gibraluitt Vktcria, Carat', z Vera Long; and Rodeur, Amman, for Antwerp. . CUSTOM-HOUSE, JANUARY 14. Sams maw I:moose—The Hawk, Nesbit, from In* Seeger, Burgin, from Jamaica; Ilinthrg, Bertram, free vile • Boyne, au gluon, from Calcutta k and the Catime, Ewell, from Bikkos_ Ayres. Outgrows—Tho :IWomfar i . Thimplareys, far Limerick ; Ceres, Watkina r for Lotadondakry ; and Prance Regent, Ihisks, for 'Waterford. The brig Margaret, with coals, from Liverpool to Limerick, was lost near Kil-- Polar crew saved. A yestel, consigned to the Marquis of Slit% freighted with the splendid furniture and other tr luable effects of the late Marchioness, to the arnet . : of £20,000, has arrived at Westpott, the p:::77:12.111- sidence of hi: Lordship in Irelanct A quantity of mahogapy has been east on shored the coast of France, and at Cape Clear, Irelsn. which, by the marks upon it, appears to be Fart .1 the cargo of the ship Bellona, WALLACE, o: Abe - - deen, not heard of since the 21st of November.7...v she was parted with near the Capes of her voyage from Honduras to London. The unit:. tunate vessel has, therefore, probably' een last .a the &illy Islands. The operations, we are happy to state, for :he !t• lief of distressed seamen, are most laudably tr.:!- rnt. About 60 sea -faring men were exarn:sd yesterday, and most of them sent to the rece - v.l ships at the Tower ' or to hospitals. The temp:-.1 aid also of a fturth part of a quartern loaf anJ pence each, for the night, was administered 340, at the Poultry Con apter, :awl at the lin:g's The following is a copy of a circular ler.er ire:" the Committee for the Suppression of the City, &c. . 44 My Lean --I diverted to apprise Tatar Lerlshie :f general nature of the L..:i:ation contemplated by the ter" , tee of the Society for the Suppression of 3lendicity, and to w licit the honour of your Lordship's sanctioa and support !.: of so de , irable an object. Subject to regulations o:' dote!, t's plan of the Society may be briefly stated is grounded on which originated with Mr. Matthew Martin in 17: 1 6. since, though on a limited scale, b...en successfully carried co 41 him, as more particularly described in the Report of a 1.-1 mittee of the House of Commons, to whom the state of dicky in the Metropolis was in the year 181 5 referred. " The immediate purpose of such plan is altogether le cr . ' Bede the bestowing of alms on common street beggars, by :be J' livery to them of tickets of reference tom lace tots': estaste'rt in a convenient part of the town, for the investigation of ttv cases, with a view to rscertaln their claim on such parish.' fund, as may appear to be properly chargeable with their me' , tenance, and for relief, if absolutely necessary, mails:eh shall be sadsfactorily.subst:intiated. " As the organizing of such an efficient system, Milgt, is d first instance, be necessarily attended with considerable es? , ' 4 although the ultimate efti-ct will be orte of economy to di. scribers, and to ,hr public in general, the Committis—erel. most tespectiagrisa suhinit such their plan fnt you consideration c istalk hope that your Lordship will not 40. pleased to contrihute to the funds of the sanity, but to hot' It with a commemicotion of such suggeitioess as your L t'e• may d' impnrtanc4: In the bsneflebill comittet of the-honour to b.: my Lori, your very hbodieNtasivvyt .err4lllllllities.rooto,, "W. H. Fro:icor !'nowt: and Azeuor , J....:_.