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el.') ;4 READING SCHOOL MEETING. THE ANNIVZRSAILY MEETING of the GENTLEMEN educated at READING SCHOOL will be held at the FRUMASONS' TATZIN, Great Quemetreet,Lin• soles bin-fields, on WZINIIIDAT, the 111111 instant. Disuse on Table at Si: o'Clock precisely. STEWARDS. Rev. S. T. WTLDIC. I J. H. Nests, bit W. ➢OLLAND, DOI. W. H.QUATLC, Esq. H. Jinni LL. D. S. HOMIROT, As the Steward' see desirous of ascertaining the number of Gentlemen who mean to attend, it is requested that MIMI. price 255. may be applied for at the Ear of the Freemasons' Tavern, on or before Monday the 16th instant. REPUBLIC OF HATTI. LIBERTY-mbEQUALITY. DEcue, REDUCING TO S PER CENT. THE IMPORT DUTY ON MER- CRANDIZS OF EXGLISH MANUFACTURE. Alexander ?vim, President of Hayti, Considering that the trade with Great Britain has been very advantageous to the Republic, and has even aided it in the most critical circumstances in which it has been placed, and wishing to encourage the same more and more, has decreed and does decree as follows : Art.l. Reckoning from the Ist of January, 1813, merchan dise manufactured in countries under the dominion of his Britan nic Majesty, shall he subjected to a duty of only 5 per Stilt. ac cording to the tariff of the 22d May, 1810, upon their import into the country. 2. An merchandize, other than the above described, shall con tinue, as before, to pay an import duty of 10 per cent. according to the same tariff. The present Decree 'halite printed, published,and transmitted to the Admiiiiitrators and Directors ado (mos, registered wherever necessary, and put bs execution by, the Administrator- General of Fume& FiTIOn. By the Presidettt, B. inntNAC, Chief of Squadron and Secretary. Given at Port an Prince, October 15, 1514. 11th year of Independence. WEST INDIEtt , ST. JAGO DE LA VEGA, NOV. S. A Petition was on Thursday presented from the subscribers to the Presbyterian chapel in Kingston. to the Honourable House of Assembly, praying that a law might be enacted to legalize their proceedings, and for such other assistance as to the House might seem meet. The petition was received with unani mous approbaticn, and immediately referred to a Committee, composed of Mr. Shand. the three King ston Members, and Mr. Stewart, of St. Andrew, who have since nude a favourable report, and been ap pointed to bring in a Bill according to its prayer. The same day Mr. Shand, in a speech of some length, pointed out the fall-icy of two Acts of Parlia ment, which professed to oblige patentees of offices in in this island to becenie residenters, but only tended to place them more in the power of Ministers, by the discretion they exercised in directing the governors of colonies to grant them leave of absence. He pointed oat, from reports on the journals, the growing abuses in some of the public offices, and in the Chancery office particularly, that the fees were ten times' more than allowed by law. The legal ices were Bd. per page ; then rose by degrees to 2s. and •is. 6d. and are now 7s. 6d. The Honourable Gentleman justly observed, that while the Parliament of Great Britain itself saw the necessity of at least a seeming reform in these abuses, the Assembly of Jamaica had shamefully remained supine, and allowed them to arrive at the present height. He had no reason whatever, he said, to pass any censure on the gentlemen who at present held those offices, for passing their time in England, and executing their duty by deputies, for most gen tlemen would do so who were similarly situated.— His principal object was reform, and he had no doubt that, in enquiring into the present abuses, the house would take into us consideration the difference of the times of Queen Ann, when the fees were fixed, and the present; but he hoped they would never think it necessary to make such provision as would give lux urious support to both a principal and a deputy. He ended by moving—A , That it be an instruction to the Commiuee appointed to inspect into the state and condition of the public offices, to proceed immediately to inquire into the situation of the office of the Regi ster in Chancery and Clerk of the Patents, and whe ther the duties imposed by law have been per formed by the persons who have held the said office. To ascertain the fees which have been taken in the said office since Wm. Ramsay, Esq. first took upon himself the name ; by what law or au thority such fees have been taken, and to whose use. And if it shall appear the duties prescribed have not been performed, or that other fees have been exacted than those allowed by law, to repors their opinion as to the best mode of enforcing the discharge of the said duties ) and of correcting the existing abuses, whe ther in exacting illegal fees or otherwise." The Committee sat two hours yesterday, and cir cular letters have been issued to the different public officers, directing them to furnish an account of their fees as established by law, of those at present demand ed, and their authority for so doing. Several geode men have also been summoned to attend. the Com mittee on Tuesday next, to •be examined concerning the, Chancery office. In the House of Assembly yes terday, most of the annual bills were read the first time, and the Commissioners of Accounts and the Board of Worlis Bills, the second time. A resolution was come to, that no road grants would be made on individual petitions but in a simi lar manner as last year. KINGSTON, NOVEMBER T. The remains of the Officers of the squadron who v,ere killed in the boats attacking the American pri vateer General Armstrong, some months since, were interred in the English burial ground at Fayal, at tended by the Commanders and Officers of his Ma. jesty's vessels, the British Consul, and all the respecta. ble inhabitants of the place, and every mark of re spect was evinced by the Governor, who had the gar. risen paraded on the melancholy occasion. Far dif ferent was the conduct of the Americans, who evinced their degeneracy, in assembling at a public-house op. pablat'where the procession was to move from, and indicated every low mark of exultation, by repeatedly shquting and hissing, which they continued until the T o‘alass of the brave sufferers Were committed to the :Their . conduct. was so highly repieliended, t hOido..Goeernor had the principals arrested,- and plieeekin idungeon, where they remained when' the ,quadtgt► sailed. An order was also issued by the Governor forbidding any foreigners being allowed to' atsemble in the public-houses. without his permission, Istich was repeatedly denied to Americans, in coast quanta of the outrageous conduct above described. • His Majesty's ships Plantagenet, 74 guns, Captain Lloyd ; rota, 86, Captain Somerville; and Carna tion brig, 18 guns, Captain Bentham, from a cruize off Fayal ; and the Emulous brig, Captain Gore, from Negril, noticed in our last to have anchored in the offing, arrived at Port Royal on Saturday forenoon. His Majesty's brigantine Edward, Capt. Williams, proceeded to sea on Saturday evening, on a cruize. His Majesty's ship Ister, of 38 guns, Capt. Cramer, for the Windward Islands, and Meteor bomb, of 8, Captain Robert, to join Admiral Malcolm at Negril, sailed from Port Royal yesterday morning. Tuesday last, about 10 o'clock, A. st. the Maria was boarded close to Cow Bay, by a Carthagenian privateer, which detained her a short time, and in tended sending her for Carthagena, but seeing the Plantagenet to windward, and the Emulous to fee ward, and a breeze coming down, she liberatc,l the Maria and stood out to the southwaid. She h.id Lei fore-top-mast down, and was about GO tons burtlien. Messrs. Paterson and Rogers came passengers in the Elizabeth. JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE JULY FLEET, FROM THE TIME OF THEIR LEAVING THE HAVANNA, UP TO THE 25T11 AUGUST : August 7.—Sailed from the Havanna with 35 merchant sh!.w in company, and the Plantagenet, Rota, Rhin, Sapphire, and Carnation men of war, ender command of the Warrior, 74 lett two American sch ooners, and some brigs, lying at the Ha vanna, and a privateer schoo ner, under one of the forts. August B.—Saw a strange sail, which was ebaced by the Car nation and Rhin, but from a calm coming on, the Chace was given up, as she got away by her sweeps, and the men of war could not pursue her without parting from the fleet ; she was an American schooner, and supposed to be a privateer. August 10.-1 M current has been in our favour about two knots an hour. The Spanish ship Anna Louipa, for St. Andero, and Spanish brig Deaminto, for Cadiz, parted Company. Calms have constantly prevailed, and continued to do so until the ntb, but the current carried us through the Gulf. August 13.—We cleared the Gulf last evening—a Spanish ship without in.tructions, parted company, supposed to be soma . to Amelia Island. _ _ August 14 —Died Mr.W.Way, let Lieutenant of the Sapphire, of the yellow fever; the ships have been very sickly, and many have died during the voyage. Lord Torrington has appointed Lieut. G. Green, of the Warrior, to the Sapphire; and Mr. Rich ardson, Midshipman, to be a Lieutenant of the Warrior. 'Mr. Rogers, Midshipman of the Warrior, appointed Lieutenant of the Plantagenet, vacant by the death of Mr.l-lawkins. Mr. Acott, Master at the Plantagenet, has been invalided, and Mr. Claimer, of the Sapphire, appointed to the vacancy. August 1 S.—Mr. Pasden, Purser of the Rota, invalided to day, and Mr. Dridgenian, Clerk of the Warrior, appointed to 'the vacancy. August 17.—Fine , freds breezes from south, steering E.N.E. it2.o miles a day; parted company In lat. 32, N. ship Five Sistcrs, Beading, for Bermuda, and schooner Endymion, Shepherd, tur Gibraltar. August 18.—Parted company by permission, Macre Antonio Rozo, Don Antonio Degul, fur Spain ; brigs Dromana, Don Ma - tra, and Ernies Lenegal, M. de la Tarsa, the former for Gritz, and the latter for Vigo.—Sent the Rota in elms of strange sa:l which proved to be a frigate and five merchant ships under con steering S.W. but she did not communicate with them. Au;. 10.—Died, Mr. A. Lowry, Surgeon of the Sappinre— Mr. d, ;:eniur Assistant of the Warrior, was appoult;ol to the vacancy : also died, Mr. Nicholls, passenger in the Sapphire, forme: ly Acting Lieutenant of the North Star. The Rhin, Sap !Aire, aid Plantagenet, continue sickly, but the fever is no; re: y fatal to those affected With it. Fine fresh breezes from S. and S.S.R. which impel us on our course E.N.E. about 140 mile, a day, lat. 34. 40. N. long. 68. 30. W.—Parted company, brig Dasher, Nixon, for Quebec. Aug. 20:—Parted company by permission, brig Hawk, Scot, for Gibraltar. Aug. '2l.—P4rted, brig Surprize, Roes, for Gibraltar. Aug. 42.—Lieutenant Carrington of the Marines, was inva lided from the Rota, and ordered a passage to Britain in the Rhin. the fever in the Rhin is checked in its progress, but a man was buried to-day. The Surgeon and First and Second Lieutenants, have been affected as well as the Marine Officers, some Midshipmen, ik.c.; the Sapphire continues sickly. Aug. 23.—The Plantagenet, Rota, and Carnation, are pre paring to part company to-morrow. The Warrior has been heal thy, and wehave not lost a man. Today we are hi the latitude of sh. N. and long. 57. W. Aug. 25.—The wind has been foul, and the ships have not parted company, but part in a tew days. GERMAN PAPERS. NUREMBERG, DECEMBER 40. The Journal of the Lower and Middle Rhine con tains the following, as it seems official, remarks upon the declaration of the King of Saxony :—!4 We have read this declaration in the French Mositeur, of De cember 1. It seems strange to us, that the present French Government has admitted it in its official paper. If all the European Monarchs had acted in 1815 like the King of Saxony, Louis XVIII. would at this moment be most likely titular King of France. But then France will protect all the oppressed. Whe ther they are oppressed justly or not is no matter, provided only that Prussia (which has so crossed the French in their plans, and is the more formidable to them in proportion as it is great and powerful) be not aggrandised. If France is resolved to take the part o t all the oppressed, we are able to point out a few ; as, for instance, Napoleon, Joseph, and Jerome Bona parte! The King of Saxony says in iris declaration, that, after the battle ot Leipsic, he had the intention to join the grand confederacy. After the battle of Leipsic, inched ! who would not have joined then ? But before that, he, persuaded by his French-minded . counsellors, obstinately declined to accede, as his duty required, notwithstanding die voice of his people, of his army, and of all Europe, so loudly called upon When lie left Dresden on February 23, 1813, hesolemnly proclaimed that he remained faithful to' the political system (that of Napoleon) which he had followed for six years. He fled from the Allies to Plapen and Ratisbon.. The greatest part of Saxony was evacuated by the French, and occupied by the Allies at the end of April. Frederick Augustus did not return. Every private person guessed even then what Austria would do, and bow things would turn out • but the King of Saxony remained faithful to the desolator of Europe, Napoleon. A letter Irons the I Emperor Alexander and the King of Prussia it:viied him to return : he staid away: but as soon as Napo leon sent for him to Dresden, he was there immedi ately." (12th May, 1813.) 6 , The declaration says farther : s The great object, of the war was the security of thrones, not the thirst of conquest or aggrandisement.' Certainly. But . probably it was also designed to make the obstinate. adversaries of the good cause harmless for the future... What a turn would the a ff air's of Europe and Ca-, many have taken in-April, 1813, if Frederick Augus tus had then left Napoleon, and intimately united himself with the deliverers.? wmo calk talailate bow many thoosails wcruhil then hate survived, TN; thin?, now fallen by buds, Wary, and pestilence ? Fre., • . . &rick Augustus was. for 45 years, a good Prince, and justly loved by his people; but in latter years he suffered himself to be misled by evil-minded persons, and engaged in a conflict with that all-powerful fate which had resolved to regenerate the world. In this conflict he fell. This, history will say of him ; and against this sentence no declaration can avail, whe ther printed in the Mot:liar, or elsewhere." GHENT, DECEMBER su. The day before yesterday the Constituted Audio- . ritics of this city paid a visit, in a body, to the Eng lish and American Legations, to congratulate them on the cessation of the differences between the two nations, by the conclusion of an advantageous peace. The American Ministers gave, yesterday, a diploma tic supper in their hotel ; the greatest cordiality pre vailed at it between them and the English Ministers, who in a few days will give, in their turn, an enter tainment to the Ameri:an Legation. The departure of tlle Ministers of the two nations will take place shOrtly.• FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, DECEMBER SI. The King, in Council, had a report made to him upon the affair of General Excelmans, and has or dered that he be tried in the 16th military division. In const•quence, the documents have been sent to his Excellency the Duke of Treviso, in order that in his quality of Glvernor, be may send the Officer before one of the permanent Councils of War of his diviiion., PROROGATION OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. In the sitting of the Chamber of yesterday, aft slme routine business had been disposed of, the Pre% sident addressed them as follows: " Gentlemen—Before his Majesty's Minister ar rives to announce our separation, permit me, who have been happily in a situation to collect your deli bnations, to present to you an abstract of their lead. ing results. 64 If, confiding in the royal impartiality, you have laid some restraints on the liberty of the Press, your object was to enjoy in a short time more surely its invaluable benefits, when those laws shall have been prepared which are destined to give security to the government, to morals, and the peace of families. ss Like his Majesty, you would have wished that the public burthens had been less heavy : but it was necessary, on the one hand, to provib for the wants of the army, for an immense public debt ; and, on the other, to revive that public credit which gives the means of tiischarging ir, and facility for new re sources. If A just confidence has this year led you to vote various general appropriations, all Frenchmen expect with you, that in the next Session, detailed accounts, supported by documents for every receipt and d:uhursetnent, will enable you to examine whe ther it is not possible to hasten the fulfilment of the wishes cl our King for the relief of his people. " You were deeply concerned at the necessity of re-eitair!ishing Certain taxes against which a portion of France protested ; but when those who pay them reroct that i.ldirect imposts are the surest resource of modern States, that it is under their shelter that agri. culture, our first of manufactures, can best prosper ; when they reflect that the law is only temporary, 'and that you are about to deliberate with your fellow citizens for the purpose of discovering a system of imposts appropriate to our territory, our productions, our habits, and the beneficent wishes of his Majesty, some will resign themselves to necessity, and others to hope. . ss if you have not yet been able to repair great calamities, your justice has at least reserved the power of seconding the noble voice which was beard in the Chamber of Peers. You probably also regret, Gentlemen, that you have not been occupied about the fate of those men by whorl* the religious founda tions of society are strengthened ; you regret it now that true philosophy and religion appear inclined to unix in order to fortify morals, and give the public mind a surer light. " National spirit, in which we have been charged with being deficient, animated all your deliberations. It was conspicuous in the laws relative to industry ; and we will reply to those who may be inclined to accuse us of too much partiality, that error itself is honoorable when it is patristic. ss The national spirit has displayed itself on the subject of the laws relative to commerce. Though you enlarged, so to speak, the circle of representa tion, by summoning around you the intelligence of the Chambers of Commerce, you have still only been able to make some preparations for a better system. I In a country to which the tides of the ocean had been rendered almost useless, it was impossible to do more for the present; but public opinion appreciating the prudence of youfattempts, foresees that when the state of Europe and that of your colonies shall have been regulated, you will then be called upon to as sist in the enactment of laws truly national. • " A national spirit, eminently French, manifested itself among you in those laws which regard the per son of the Monarch : you were the true organs of all whom you represent, when you voted that same civil ',list with which grief reminds us that Louis XVL en.' dowed the Crown : and above all when you unani mously resolved that France was responsible for the debts of her King. " It is thus, Gentlemen, that you have reconciled to a representative Government its greatest adversa ries. On again finding warriors equal to their an cestors, they perceive that that fine feeling, the soul of monarchies, while diffused:l:rough the whole na tion, thereby acquires still more energy, and places in the hinds of a King of France a more powerful en gine. The honour tithe country, to borrow the expres sions of a man of whom France feels proud, [M. Ch ate:l662nd] —the know of the country, by uniting ail Frenchmen, will continue the miracles which 1 - Issven caused to break forth on the appearance of a son of St. Louis. “ Let us depart, then, in peace to our homes, tol meditate on that law of re-election, about which se veral of us are already occupied, and which should satisfy the noble emulation of all Frenchmen to contribute with the Sovereign to the common pro pirity. Let ns return to our provinces with security. .We leave in his capital, surrounded with the loge of his people, and the devotedness of the army, a King ilium we consider u the first guardian of the public liberty.” The Chamber ordrred the President's speech to be printed. Us Abbe Niontssquioo l Baron Looi.ond Dandre, were then introduced in the accustomed form. The Abbe Montesquitm approached the table, and delivered to one of the Secretaries a proclamation. of his Majesty. On being handed to the President., he read it as follows : " Louis, by the grace of Gon, King of France and Navarre, to all.to whom these presents come, greeting : " The Session of the Chamber of Peers, and that of the Charl her of Deputies of Departntects, are prorogued, and their Sit • tings adjourned to the lit of May, ISIS. " Tr.e present Proclamation s h all be carried to the Chamber of Deputies by onr Miulater Secretary of State fur the li.tertor, our Minister of Finance, andottr Direceor•General of Polite. " Given at Vali. this 311th of Derember, 1114, and of our reign the Cfith. (iigneA) 46 Loth!. By the Kin', (Slnetl) "'nat. Abbe IVloKreso i 4 )S. • The President then added—lt only remains 101 rr.P to read the formula contained in the lat article an regulation of the King : The Chamber immediately separates, if a pro el.mtation d;rect the closing of the Session, ate ad. journment or dissolution of the Clamber." 'Vile Deputies itumediately rust, and the Chamhir separated. The arz.eite cle Frew.: cf the 30th, ;fter noticir.g the signature of the Treaty of Ghent, adds, awe are still ignorant of the precise conditions, but vari ous cireumgtanees lead us to believe that they are equally satisfactory On both sides, and that the Ame ricans have reason to fulisitate ed,:ms , Aves on the re sults of their patriotism and perseverance. Mr. Hughes arrived with a copy of the Treaty at Paris on the 213th; andistimediately procecsded . to the house of Craisfard6 the AntOtitan Moister. Mr: Hogbei lam since:set .po' for Bowdeaux, w! ere he will em bark 011 board ao American vessel there waiting It,- MOO PARlsiAx Fasilioxs. --•••PA It is, D co. '3o.—Turban of cassimin are worn, either with an aigrette or a Lind of paradisl ; the latter is more fashionable. Whi!e feathers are worn in preference to black ones in bor • nets of black velvet. Bonnets of violet colour and green velvet are very fashionable; narrow ham's if gold or silver, with leathers, form the ornaments to most of thew bonnets. Two 1; inds of roses are equally fashionable, viz. the common_rose and the moss rose. Caps and bonnets u( black velvet are always trimmed with white tulle. The furs htely worn were all pale grey; at present sabl: . VIENNA, DECI 17. It seems decided t!lat the K:ng of Wutternhzrx will quit this capital on the '24 .1 , , and the King ( 13avaria on the (..P.'th. Nevertl.cless, persons who pos sess the best information affirm, that it is impo•,,ibie the Congress can be over before the 15th of February. It is now certain that the King of Saxony will . nct come hither ; and Prussia seems not to relax in th: least in her pretensions to Saxony. ' Dec. 19.—The orders of the Emperor of Russia are, that his carriages shall be ready to set out at six hours' notice. This Monarch will go to Stutgard, Munich, and Carlsrulte, where he will make a short stay. He will then proceed to Berlin, on his way to Warsaw. His Majesty has given the Petersbur,gh regiment of cuirassirrs to the King of Prussia, and the Kexholm regiment of foot to the Emperor of Austria. The King of Prussia is much better. Doc. 20.—The committee entrusted with the affairs of Germany has not yet resumed its Sittings. It is supposed that Prince Metternich's new plan is de. pendent on the fate of Saxony ; and whatever may be said in public, nothing is yet decided with respect to Saxony. The political barometer is not at settled fair, but it is to be hoped that the clouds will disperse; at least, to all appearance, perfect confidence and inti macy prevail in the social relations of the Sovel-eigns- VITTORIA, DECEMBER If. We have received the sentence upon the state pri toners published at Madrid. Twenty-one individuals are sent to the gallies for two, six, and eight years, or to strong castles for longer or shorter periods.— Priests, military men, civil - administrators, literary persons, and, above all, the journalists who figured under the Cortes, and supported their system, are included in this sentence. The two Editors of the "Boa are adjudged to be hanged, and their property confiscated; but if they appear (for they are absent) their defence will be heard. Every copy of their journal that can be lcund is to be burned by the com mon hangman. The two journalists, Villamarino and Regato, the Editors of the Redactor General, M. Man rique, Professor of Rhetoric, and Garcia, Professor of Mathematics, go to the gallies for ten years, under pain of death if they move beyond the precincts of Canhagena, to the galley establishment of which they are ordered. Copies of their journal will also be burned by the hands of the common hangman. Fernandez de los Senderos, and J. J. Yriate, the con stitutional Akaldes of Cadiz, are likewise to be sent to the gallies for eight years, and to be fined, the for mer in 5000, and the latter in 50,000 francs, besides expenses of process, Sec. Moscow, General of Brigade, and Chief Secre tary of the General Staff; Luis de Landabur, a Lieu tenant-Colonel; Juan and Joachim Escario, officers of the same rank, are condemned to two, four, six, and eight years imprisonment, perpettial banishment from court, &c. • The King has just issued a decree. granting an hor norary decoration to those whose zeal and attlichment to his person during . his arrest at the Escurial, “ ex posed them to imprisonment and exile, at the'instiga.' Lion, and by the influence and despotism of Den Ma nuel Godoy." The decoration is to consist of a golden cross, suspended from the button hole by a red ribband ; in the middle of the cross is to be the rreepp sentation of a gridiron. in allusion to the m om, of St. Lawrence, the patron saint of the Escurial. BOLOGNA, DECEMBER 17. Our city is in the greatest fermentation. Tlie transfer of the command of the Neapolitan troops his Excellency General Bellegarde, excited an easiness that' it would be difficult to express. Pro bably the object of that measure was to prevent the alarming . desertion among the Italian troops, who. ,the Austrians perhaps fear, may enter the service of the King of Naples. The people here, however, dream only of liberty and independence. Having beard it reported that the domain of the city of Bologna was to be transferred away, they assembled in front of the hotel of the Governor, and from thence proceeded to the prisons, where they let out all the Italians detained for desertion, and committed a good deal of disorder. There was, however, no blood shed, and the judicious measures of the Go. verpor restored tranquillity. . 1