Star. — London, England, 1820-12-16 00:00:00

berations of thachotly, whisk vs* be made known to Congress is too n as. . k ittWbbeed. The friendly sentiment which was 41presied OR the part of the United States, in. the Message of the 9th of May last, is still-entertained for Spain. Among the causes of regret, hou.eVer,.which ate inseparable from the delay attending this transaction, it it proper to state, that satisfactory information has been re ceived that measures hove been recently adopted by eeiigning persons to convert certain .parts of the province of East Florida intodepots for the reception cf foreign goods, fiont wh'ence to smuggle them into linii.ed States. By opening a port within the Y.rnits of Florida, immediately on , our boundary, where these was no settlement. the object could not. be misunderstood.. An. early accommodation of dif-. fetences will, it is hoped, prevent all such frattdolent and pernicious practices, and place the relations of the two countries on a very amicable and. permanent basis. The commercial -relations. between the United States and the . British colonies in the West Indies, Lind on this Continent, have undergone no change ; the British Government still 'referring to leave that commerce under the restrktioulteterofore imposed an k, on each side.. It is satisfactory to 'recollect, that the restraints resorted to by the United States were defensive only,. intended to prevent;o mono poly under the British regulations, in faveurof Great Britain; IC it likewise is, •to knif"' thaethe• expert. meat is advancing ein a spirit of amity between the parties. The question depending between the United Sates and Great Britain, respecting the construction of the first Ankle of the Treaty of Ghent, has been referred, by both Governmeots, to the decision of the Emperor of Russia,.who . hax aceepted theumpirage. An attempt has been made witliihe Government of France, to tignlate, by treats, the commerce be tween the two countries, on the Principle of recipro city and equality. By the list communication from the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at Paris, to *horn full power hid been given, we learn that the.iiriutiaiion had been commenced there, Silt, serious difficulties having occurred, the French Go *eminent' haA esolved to minder it, to the United Etates,for which purpose the MiniNter Pleuipotels tiSzy of "France had been erderedto repair to this. City, and whose arrival might soon be expected.- 'k is hoped that thishriporta4interest may he Arranges( on just conditions; and in d manner equally satisfac tory to both 'parties. "It is stibMitted to Congress to decide. until such arrangement is made, how far it may be picorer...6n the principle of the Act of the . last Session, which augmented toe Tonnage Duty on French vessels, to adopt other measures for carry ing more completely into effect the policy of that Act. 4 ' The' Act referred to, which imposed new ton rage on French vessels, having been in force from and after the Ist day of July, it has happened that several vessels cf that nation which had been dis patched from Fi ance before its existence was known, have enter ed the ports of the United States, and been subject to its operation, without the previous sluice which the general spirit of our laws gives to individuals in similar cases. The object of that law been merely to countervail the inequalities !I:cli existed to the disadvantage of the United States in their commercial intercourse with France, it is submitted also to the consideration of Congress, A\ nether, in the spirit of amity and conciliation •ohich it is no less the inclination than the policy of the United States to preserve in their intercourse with other Powers, it may not be proper to extend relief to the iitdividuals interested in those cases, by exempting from the operation of the law all those vessels which have entered our ports without having had means of previously knowing the existence of t;.e a-iditional duty. " Tlie contest between Spain and the Colonies, ac cording to the most authentic information, is main tatted by the latter with improved success. The un fortunate divisions which were known to exist some rime since at Buenos Ayres, it is understood, still pre vail. In no part of . South America has Spain made any impression on the Colonies; while, in many puts, and partictilarly in Venezuela and New the Colonies have gained strength and acquired reputa tion, .both for the management of the war, in which they have been successful, and for the order of the internal administration. The late change in the Go vernment of Spain, by the re-establishment of the Constitution•of 11312,,i5an event which promises to be favourable to the Revolution. Under the autho rity of .the Cortes, the Congress of Angostura was invited to open a negotiation -for the settlement of ;:ifferenies between the parties, to which it was re j,ied, that they would willingly open' the negotia tion, provided the acknowledgment of their inde :ocndence wes•madeits basis, but not otherwise. Of fthllser proceedings between them we are uninformed. " No facts are known to this Government, to war ?..:lnr the belief, that any of the Powers of Europe will fake part in the contest ; whence it may be inferred, r.onsidei:itig ail circumstances which must have weight ill producing the result, that an adjustment will 'snally take place, on the basis proposed by the Co. Conies. To promote that result, by friendly counsels, , .o:id' other Powers, including Spain herself, has .. ..leen the uniform policy of this Government. In looking to the interior concerns of our country, you will, I am persuaded, derive much satisfaction from a view of the several objects to which, in the dis tha:ge of your official duties, your attention swill be drawn. Among these, none holds a more important, : place than the Public Revenue,from the direct opera .war of the power by which it is ,raised on tile re 02161 and by its infltiedetoUVAnf afoot to *very power of tl6l2loternthent.' .The Revenue dekhas on the resources . cif the eetilitry, and by' • th e fa• which iiie amount *lnked is raiied, is a strong prod of the extent of. the reseurces, and of -the effiCiencf; of the Government. A few prominent-facts. will place this great interest in a just light before 'Ott. •'. Oa the 30th of September, 1815, the funded and floating Debt of the United States was estimated at 119,635,558 dollars. If to this sum be added the 'ainoiffit of five per cent. Stock Subscribed to the Bank of the United States, the amount °IX ssissippi stock, and of the stock which was isSued subsequently to that trate, the balances ascertained to be due to cer tain States, for military services, and to individuals, for. supplies furnished and servicei rendered, during the late war, the Public Debt may be estimated as amounting, at that date, and as afterwards liquidated, to 158,713,049 dollars. On the 30th of September, 1820, it amounted to 91,993,883 dollars, having been reduced in that interval, by. payments, 66,879,165- dollars. Miring this term, the expenses of the Go vernment of the United States were likewise defrayed, in ever:y branch of the Civil, Military, and Naval Establishments ; the public edifices in this city have been rebuilt, with conside able additions; extensive fortifications have been commenced, and are in a train' of execution; permanent arsenals and magazines have been erected in various parts of the Union ; our Navy has been considerably augmented, and the ordnance, rfitrnitioos of war, and stores, of the Army and Navy, whichwete much exhausted during the war, have been replenished. by the discharge . of so large a proportion of the Public Debt. and the execution of such extensive and impilitant operations, in so short a time, a just eaimate may be formed of the great extent of out national resources. The demonstration is the more complete and gratifying, when it is recol lected' that the direct tax and excise were repealed soon after the termination of the late war, and that the revenue applied to these purposes has been de rived almost wholly from other sources. The receipts into the Treasury from every source, to the 30th of September last, have amounted to 16,791.,107 dollars and. 66 cents ; whilst the public expenditure, to the same period, amounted to 16,871,534 dollars and 72 cents ; leaving- in the Treasury, on that day, a sum estimated at 1,950,000 dollars. For the probable re ceipts of the following year, I refer you to the state ment which will be transmitted from the Treasury. " The sum of three millions of dollars, authorised to be raised by loan, by an Act of the last Session of Congress, has been obtained upon terms advantageous to the Government, indicating not only an increased confidence in the faith of the Nation, but the existence of a large amount of Capital seeking' that mode of investment, at a rate of interest not exceeding five per centum per annum. It is proper to add, that there is now due to the Treasury, for the sale of Public Lands, 22,996,545 dollars. In bringing this subject to view, I consider it my duty to submit to Congress, whether it may not be advi.,able to extend to the purchasers of these lands, in consideration of the untaiourable change which has occurred since the sales, a reasonable indulgence. It is known that the purchases were made when the price of every article had risen to its greatest-height, and that the instalments are becoming due at a pei iod of great depression. It is presumed that some plan may be devised, by the wisdom of Congress, compatible with the public interest, which would afford great I relief to these purchasers. 66 Considerable progress has been made, during the present season, in examining the coast and its various bays, awl other inlets; in the collection of materials, and in the constructioo...of fortifications for the defence of the Union, at several of the positions at which it has been decided to erect such works. At Mobile Point and Dauphin Island, and at the Rigo lots, leading to Lake Ponchartrain, materials, to a considerable amount, have been collected, and all the nes.essary preparations made for the commence ment of the works. At Old Point Comfort, at the mouth of James River, and at the Rip-rap, on the opposite shore, in the Chesapeake Bay, materials to a vast amount have been collected ; and at the Old Point some progress has been made in the construc tion of the fortification, which is on a very extensive scale. The work at Fort Washington, on this river, will be completed early in the next spring; and that on-the Pea Patch, in the Delaware, in the Course.of :he next season. Fort Diamond, at the Narrows, in the harbour of New York, will be finished this year. —The works at Boston, New York, Baltimore, Nor folk, Charleston, and Niagara, have been in part re paired ; and the coast of North Carolina, exteading south to Cape Fear, has been examined, as have like wise other parts of the coast eastward of Boston. Great exertions have been made to push forward these works with the utmost dispatch possible; but when their extent is considered, with the important purposes for which they are intended, the defence of the whole coast, and, - in consequence, of the s hole interior, and that they are to last for ages, it will be `.manifest that a well-digested plan, founded on mili tary principles, connecting the whole together, com bining security with economy, could not be pre pared without repeated examinations of the most exposed and difficult parts, and that it would also take considerable time to collect the materials at the several points where they would be required.— From ell she light that has been shed on this subject, 1. -am satisfied that -every favourable anticipation which has.been formed of this great undertaking will be verified, and that, when completed, it will-afford very great, if not complete, protection to our Atlan tic frontier, in the event of another war; a protec- . tion sufficient to counterbalance, in a single cam ' paign with an enemy powerful at sea, the expense of allthese works, without taking into the estimate the saving of the lives vivo many of our citizens, the A 'protection ot t Our intent and other .property, or L. ittadenctotseth-werha to preveist-tran !=•• • • & „Pp pOtlons hoe intaihed at I , Arkansas, at Council Nat on the ,154 Alex's. on •the Mississippi, and at amen 'my; oil the' UloperiLakes. Commodious bar. 'tins hate already 'lsedn erected at most of these, posts, with such Svoiics as were necessary for their de : , fence. Progress has also been made in opening cum= munications between them, and in raking supplies at each for the Support of the troops s igattheir own la• bout, particularly those moat remote. "'With the Indians peace has been preierired, and a progress made in carrying into effect the. Act of ,Congress, making an appropriation for their*civiliza tion, with the prospect of favourable results. As connected equally with both,these objects, 'our trade with those tribes is thought to - merit-the attention- Congress. In their original state, garnet is their suit-, tenance, and war their occupation; and; if they fin no employment from civilized Powers, they destroy each other. Left to themselves, their extirpation is inevitable. By a judicious regulation of . our trade! with them, we supply their wants, administer to their, comforts, and gradually, as the game retires, draw , them to us. By maintaining posts far in the interior,' 'We acquire' a more thorough and direct contioul. over them ; without 'which, it is confidently Elie*ed 'that a Complete change in their manners can never be accomplished. By such posts, aided by a proper 'regulation of our trade with them, and a judicious civil administration over them, to be provided for by law, we shall, it is preiumed, be enabled not only to' protect our own Settlements from their savage incur-, sins, and preserve peace among the several tribes, but accomplish also the great purposebf their civilization.* " Considerable progress has also been made in the, construction of ships of war, some of which have been launched in the course of the present year. Our peace with the Powers on the coast of Barbary has been preserved, but we owe it altogether to the pre sence of ouracittadron in the Mediterranean. It has been found equally necessary to employ some of our qessels, for the protection of our commerce inthe In dian Sea, the Pacific, and along the Atlantic Coast. " The interests which we have depending in those quarters, which have been much improved of late, are of great extent, and of high importance to the nation, as well as to the parties concerned, and would uidoubtedly suffer, if such protection was not ei tended to them. In execution of the law of the last Session, fcr the suppression of the Slave Trade, some , of our public ships have also been employed on the Coast of Africa, where several captures have already been made, of vessels engaged in that disgraceful traffic. "Washington,. Nov. 14, 1820. " JAMES MONROE." Since inscrting„the.above, we have received the New York Columbian, of the 18th November, which contains the result of the extraordinary contest for the Chair of the House of Representatives. On the second ballot, on the third day, the choice fell on JouN W. TAYLOR, Esq. by a majority of four votes, By the American Papers, received this ,morning, , we have some further accounts from St. Domingo. BAYER, on the 16th of October, issued a Proclaim don from St. Mark's, calling on the subjects of the ex-King, CRRISTOPHE, to place themselves under the flag of the Republic ; but we are sorry to find it added, that " a bloody civil war was, still raging in various parts of the Island when the Juno (last ar rival) sailed." The Tkrec:Daughters, which was the latest arrival at Baltimore, on the 14th of November, fr o Laguira, had brought accounts of the etomplete defeat of the Patriots, in an attack on Carthagena, with the loss of 700.nien. T The Paris Papers of Tuesday and Wednesday ar- . rived this forenoon. The large space pre.occupieci by our American intelligence, leaves us no 'room for extracts. We do not observe anything in them de manding immediate notice.—French Five per Cents. Tuesday s f. 15 c. To adopt the language of a Morning contempo rary, , g Slavery ploughs but Freedom reaps." At Gloucester, at Hereford, at Glasgow, at Hanky, the soi-disont loyal gentry have been defeated at Meetings of their own convening, in their servile attempts to prop up a disgraced and broken down Administration. —At Tewkesbury another instance of the same kind has occurred. The Bailiffs called a Meeting of the Inhabitants to address -the KING. The assemblage corresponded more with the words of the notice than with the spirit of the movers, The Meeting was name rous,.indiscrimiaate, and respectable; it was indeed a Publie Meeting. The consequence was—as we again repeat it will. always be, where the real public opi nion is appealed to---the rejection of the Ministerial Address by an immense rnajority,and the substitution ,afan Amendment, is which the evil Counsellors of his MAJESTY aie handled as they deserve. • • It is impossible, in truth, for Ministers now to item the current of public opinion• which has set in so strongly against them. The Nation is no longicr divided—t! dr conduct is universally execrated. — Alarm has taken a nesidiredion ; and the only fear , ao w entertained by ally.he sound *pd truly loyal part of the community is,' that itlinisiers,. if laft•tis their. wn wilfulness, may ere long itivolraihe coopt4in' i irretrievable rttitt. Almtis4. all our Ari taa visaed to their conduct; the itippoo iloNerchatii - I , . . , -"*.• • WHl•artflAtidilie Irt‘ti system and Htdd to . thete'evila;')/dg'ive'ein otilf hope for relief, therefore, from theii rethoial from power. •• • - We lament to,hear, that his MAJESTY has, within 'these few days, experienced a severe attack of:lilness. Our informAtion states that he has been twice bled, • and that no less titan thirty.ounces of blood were taken from him at each operation. • , . • Weitre extremely happy . to say, that the reports of the state of the Duchess of CLARENCE continue to announce, that her Royal Highness goes on fitvourably towards recovery ; and that the. Infant Princess im proves daily. The following Bulletin was issued, • . . .. .. „ . yesterday : . " King's Peat*, Dee. 15...—Twe1“ &Clock. " Ifir Royal flighnfto the. Duchess of CLatinact and chola. tent Princess Emzosays are both doing well. . (Sagged) " HENRY HALPORD .4. WILLIAII xxtott+otg. " ANDREW HALLIDIY." ::.- _ - • • • 'The stitsititr tci enquiries this morning ai Si. James's 'Palate,' anis, , 4 That her Royal Highness and Child .. . wet betii . going da very wetl:' The buchess Of ,licswr. came to town from Clare• mont on Thursday; to visit the Duchess Of OA nEsqe. Her Royal Highness returned to Claremon t ; an!Thurs day evening. Prince LEOPOLD sent from Claremont yesterday to make his affectionate inquiri . His Royal Highness has sent daily,. by Coionet. Doss. skincs, to make his inquiries.- The Mite': GLOVA tESTER sent from the country, on Thur s day ixnd yes - terday, to make his affectionate inquiries: The Duke -of Susxsx sent his servant from his residence at the King's Palice, at. Kensington, by two o'clock,. to make inquiries respecting the Duchess and the lufaut Princess. The Princess So' rtirA AIArILDA came to town yesterday morning, from Blackheath, and at. companied the Princess Sornia, from her residence in George-street, Hanover-square, on a visit .to the Duchess of,CLAszscs. The Physicians make a re. port twice- a-day to the KING, on the state of the Duchess and the Infant Princess. . , — ' - The following Addresies will be ptesented to her MAJESTY on Monday next: Caulkers of Landau—Deputation. St. Anne, WestnsfusterL-Do. Curriers--Do. St. Mary, Whieeehapel—Da. St. Mary Magdalen—Do. St. Anne, Liinehouse—aw Letter-press Printers—Do. St. Mary, Istingttn—Da Bricklayers—Do. Middlesex—Ha Highland Society In Londoia—Do. Winchester—Do. Id. Ward of Farritigdon Without—Do. . Gospel Church of Portsea—Do. Reading—J. B. Monck, Esq. M.P. and C. Palmer, Esq. M.P. Rochester—Mayor, Recorder, Town Clerk, two and seven other Gentlemen: Chatteris, Isle of Ely—Sahluel Wells, Esq. Bristol-- Bright, 344. M.P. Perth—Joseph Hume, Esq. St. Mary's Cha pel, _ Edinburghi—Do. Leeds—ElOti. K. Craven. {~~L ~. • ; Richmond,, Yorkshire—Lord Daneasmon, ILP. ss Ifinchilsea.-Henry Brougham, Esq. ALP. FrandinghaM—Mderman - Wood. Crahbrdok, Devises, erection (Devon), St. SeittAph (Al& ate)—De. St.lossesismil Pale is tite-ComAtt g l evine. o " - Do. CorPorate4 $4 4 " lef itb 7v ° • •;.l 0.1 Ltu.ti lieeetur&-aeref M .( 1. 11 -P; 0 • - 4 i• V as lirtrtAV INTALLIG EAretr • _, ---- Ratner!,le, D. 'S.—Wind N.E—Salledthelitikiiral Cock. bunt, Bantus, and Dolphin, Topwitau, for Rio-Saweiro ; Lady Halewood, Yawn. and Arundel, Winne, far (halide; Eagle, Sewers. for Bilboa ; and the 'following Packet, with Mails—. Nocton, for Jamaica ; Blucher ' • for the Mediterranean; Lady Wellington, for America ; andEltartiner, for Lisbon. Drat, Dec. 'S.—Wind E.N.E.—An anchor and cable has been sent to the Huddart. Aerixtite. - Two large Dutch ships have pawed by. the hack of the .Goodwin Sands this afterneepai, and proceeded down Chaqnel.- • • DIMS, Dec. 15.—An anchor marked °l6 cwt. 0 qr. Sib. Brinntotiond Co: Patent,' with about twelve fathoms of chain _ table, has been - picirtd tip lathe Ness Roads and lauded here. Suzzannis, Dee. ?S.—Arrived the James. Huacsincsos, front London for St.Vincettes, with loss of windlass. anchor , and cable. • Haaseicif Die.. T3 .-- Arrived the Prince of Orange packet, from 11elbin i d i-.Prifferis Charlotte and Lord Duncan packets, from Culhaten,-eaCk with a-mau. - . - - Batourox, Dec. IS.—The vessel which was on shore at Rot. tingdeaa, and Waskip — Fail to be the Eugenie, is the Augusta, Loom., from"Bcpsrlleaux fhr - Botelogne. • • .Dmarases, D*. 12.—Tbe Thomson's Packet, Capt. Lamer, arrived here . onetime sth Irbtant, from Iticheimeto, after a passage riaPsa daii. "the Elizabeth, 0110.114:11 T Master, of this - potc;arrieea at the Borran point, on t he Ith instant, from St, Johns New Brunswick . after a fassage 21, days— all well. Friday evening, the brig Martha, Clititsdis MASTEN, from Ifirarnichi for Gialgow , dining the coninnatie of a thick fog, mistook the Itglito of dm. ,iele al Shia 'fo, tbe Copland lights r and consequently entered the Sqlwakttithinplace a the Frith of Clydt• Owing to this unf °inmate ndstate . „'the vessel, while fewlessly pursuing her eouriet;'iiiiiik on the vilest end of the sand bank, knosin by . the unmet( Deidstrit,sait was bilged. The crew: e ther making many ineffeccaalattesprtt to tow helm, land, were obliged by the storminess of tbe wea4bcr a do abandon her, and got safely on shore at the Carte. Ih ilk M.-4Ati me the brig drifted, and about two o'clock oh Sartirday, OinsAtranded about a mile from high water-mark on the *Oen shale iltaiihie Priestside, on the coast of Annanda,k. netters of ch e adia s ek spread like-wildfire, and at day-break on Sundt Morn iPlisifilt respectable inhabitants of that neighbourhood - wiA aatop,igle, and beyond measure shocked to observe het stlitowl e deirST. crowd of depredators. These consisted of the vary sciant'eli . refuse of the people collected from the whole adjoining rattan- 1i whose numbers and.clesperate characters rendered it dangerous to interfere with their unprincipled operations. The well-die. posed spectators of this scene of robber, were therefore r.c7n%..,.. polled to keep quiet, and suffer the skip tr bevillaged before theirk.; eyes of everything valuable that conld be carried 4. I, Czstwa-Houss, Dec. Is.•--Ships. Entered Inwards :—The Commerce, Mary, and Vigilant, from Lisbon ; Prince of ()range. from Rotterdam; Good Intent, from Malaga; Arno, from Chu. rente;' Caledonia, from Bach:oi; Moidanoreney, and Prime, from - Quebec; nulled, horn lk• Jaiiir: Charlotte. from Havre; Pereeverance, from Virginia;. . Heroes, from Wlai.s ;- Cadmus, from the Isle of France,; Arethusa, from Jatkanica • Onyx, from liaise ; Lark, from St . Übe's : I ..kameed. from the South Seas.—Entered Outwards: Nice 4 5 1: , DAN**, for 113. ; Dispatch,- for Rotterdam; John Ighunpbell, far St. Vin cent's; Ulysses, for Rio Janeiro; Essex, fur Nantes; Arab. for the Ise of France.—Cleared Outwards: Ebenezer. (nt. Hamburgb • Lord Wellington, for Jamaica ; Active, for Cairn. sty; Amitia, for Havre; Eliza, for Naplea; Treasurer, fox Madeira. . . . Yesterday the Duke of Ct.astexce visited the Kira, at his Palace in Pall-Mall. Lord Anson's atiz.hounds will meet on Monday at•Clielmsley Wood ; Tuesday at Shughoroush I Thursday, at . 7- cc id es i cy ; Baiiirdaci a dantlon ; and Tuesday sennistit at Drakelow. • Mr. • nell'i fox.houndi will meet on Tuesday at Anon ; mace P y., at Aston. .: x ,- ' - The Hass shire Hunt meet oa.lioadaq at lieftiard House ; •'llleinsesday iii.Bcoeinnond_l'ark s on Thutaday at Slcdsc c d - s; lid on ssuiraarst Ihileigh Park, ct ten, sk.els dab,. . • ~~ -~ .... } 11 n P