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7 • This day was publithed, it. two vela. svo. erridNA MUM, sire SYMBOLA CRITICA ; illeptra ctecielt Syntactical Rohe and Critical Observations, miss". intended to facilitate the Intaientent of prose uyie. tlit Rev. ALEXANDER CROMBIE, L L. IX Vublielied by Mears. Johnson and G. Sr. Pairs tbesclelard. Qf whcen sass he bad, by the Woe Author, AA E. s y att Philnsophiug trieseet.Ly, in am price 75. and ATreadse on the Eiyanoicty and Syrian of the briglish Lan vase, in sve. price NI. Just published; printed at Mr. A. J. Vet sy's Press, 'l'oathe's. Court, Ohencery4ane, London, A POETICAL INTRODUCTION to the Ai- I'UDY of BOTANY, with Preliminary Lessons, and erreitCepperplatce. By FRANCES A.RABELLA BOWDEN. Second Edit. price 101.8 d. for Schools. Some copies of the first ataxy in royal lien. with plates, price XI. is. By the same. Th. PLZASURES of FRIENDSHIP; a Poem, in two Cantos. Embellished with an elegant Frontiipwce and Vignette. Second edit. price Bs. Said by Longman, Hurst, Rees. 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Comprehending an Essay on tee Law of Libel, and some Remarks upon Mr. Finnerty's Case; to which is annexed, an Abstract of the Case of Colonel Draper, upon which precedent Mr. Finnerty professed to act. London: Published by Mr. Jones, No. S, Neorgate-street. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. BUSINESS FOR THE WEEK. • TO-110Rftow. Norica..--Sir John Newport's Motion for Documents respect. lag Persons emmeeted with Maynooth, making Converts to the Roman Catholic Religion. Ortissas.—Committee en Legal Quays Bill-t-Glass Duties' Bill third dine—Parkhurst Forest Bill, second reading—Report tatfiiitherpere BIM WIDN ESDAY. 'SKIM.— Committee on Bill respecting Members becoming Bankrupes—Committee of Supply—Comminees o Ways and Ala* THITIISDAY. • Neriers.—Sir Thomas Turton's Motion respetting the Pr 0.... .... .. petty Tea—Sir John Newport's Motion respecting Martinique eugars—MP. O'Hara's Motion for an Initructicm to the Irish •.* 11 6 13 an ee Committee, to inquire into the Joint Debt of the United . Kingdom, and the Interest thereon—Mr. William Wynne's Mo ;, ties) for Colonel M‘Malson's Appointment as Private Secretary *lathe Pranes Regent. • ORDll,lll.—lA'uttork-Basset Election, at three o'clock—Sea Water Bath 1W), second time. FRIDAY. _ OaDras.—Clandestine Man sage 88, second time--Further Consideration of ltrport on Fmbezzlen.• ntll—Committet on GokliniXs Liquidation of Dtbt Bill—Adjourned Debate on Mo. don rompretlng Captain King—Committee on Gold Cain bill. alottec—Mr. I .rdetoe's Dill to Amend the Act 22d George /1. chap. g 3. so far as relates to the punishment of Tyranny, Cruelty, and Opptasiek. b4ons/11', APRIL IS. Oar:ans.—Devon County sate Biii, #econd reading—Com ene•tee on Irish Population Bel --House to be called over. FROM SAIURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. CROWN OFFICE, APRIL 4, IRIS. Member returned to serve In this present Parliament. City of Edinburgh--Tise Right lion. William Duodas, in the Asom of Sir Patrick Alnrray, Baronet l tv2 c liatls accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. WHITEHALL, APRIL 4. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent Las been pleased, in the name and on the behalf c; his Majesty, to constitute and ap point the Right Hotiqu.ahh: Robert Earl of Buckinghamshire; the Rig , t Honourable Robert Banks Earl of Liverpool, the Right lioneuratile Rob. rt Stewart, munnionly called Viscount Castle reagh, and the Right Honourable Richard Ry'er, his Majesty's three Principal Secretaries of State; the Right Honourable Spen cer Perceval, Chancellor and Under Treasurer of his Majesty's Exchequer; George Percy, Esq, commonly culled Lord Lovaine; the light Honourable John P:ron Teignmouth ; the Right Ho- nourable Thomas Wallace; William Lowther, Esq. commonly called Viscount Lowther; and the Right Honourable John Sul livan, to be his Majesty's Commissioners for the Management of the Affairs in India. His Royal Hipbuess the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to constitute and ap point the Right Hooourable Francis Lord Napier to be his Me jesty's Hgh Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has also been Owed, In the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to grant the Office of Stewart' of the Forest of Sherwood and hut of Fo'mood, in the County of Nottingham. to his Grace Henry PeHain Clinton Duke of Newcastle. CARLTON-HOUSE, APRIL 4. His Royallighms. the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to appoint the Ho ormrahleitlajor-Gencral Lumley to be one of the Utooms of his 144jehtes Bedchamber. WAR DEPARTMENT. DOWNING a MEET, APRIL 2. Viwatthee, of ;which the following are extracts, have been re cce.vcd from the Earl of W ELLIN otos:, addressed to the Earl cf Ltesa root.: Dna, March Is, Ult. I moved the head-quarters from Mena& on the Ith, and arrived here on the 11th instant. hereare none of the enemy's troops in the field an Estrernadura, excepting that part of the sth corps gm se the.garrison of Badajoz, the brad-quarters of tithich are at Villa Franca, and a detachment, con sisting of about a division, under General Darken, whose head-quarters are at La Serena. The enemy have made no movement, and I have burdttfao operation of importance slate I,addressed your Lordship last. According m the last accounts,. blarsital boult was in the lines Delete Cadiz. Curap bathe Badajoz, Marsh !S. I , According to the intention which I announced th your Lordshir, I broke up the canymments of the army on the IStls and 16th invent, and invested Ba clajoz on the left of the river Guadiana, on the 16th. vn .h tint 3,i, 4th. aid light divisions of infantry, and with a brigade of Lieutenant-Genetal Hamilton's division on the right. These troops are wider the command of Mai sisal Sir Wm. Bneiford and Lieu -4,o6ant-Geneval Pietun. We broke ground on the fdlowieg day, and have established a parallel within yatds ci: the outwork called the Picurina, 'which sesisreces the whole Ad the south east angle of the fort. 'The we' k has contiaued ever since with gnat celerity, nowidtstiutcling the Tog bad weather which 1V244.9 since ti)e 17th. Ise enemy made a sortie yesterday fora theism called 1,,a Trinidad, ca the right of out attack, with about 2000 men. They were almost immediately driven in without effecting any objec t, with coma derable loss, by Major-General whb com manded the guard in the trenches. We lost upon this occasion a very promising officer, Captain Cuthbert, Aid-de-Camp to Lieutenant-General Piston, killed; and Lieut.-Colonel Fletcher was sliglidy wounded, but I hope that be will soon be able to resume his duties. 1 have not yet got the returns, but I believe that our loss since the commencement of these opera tions, amounts to 120 men killed and wounded. On the same day that Badajoz was invested, tenant-General Sir Thomas Graham crossed the Guadiana with the Ist, 6th, and 7th divisions of in fantry, and General Slade's and General Le Mar chant's brigades of cavalry, and directed his march ' upon Valverde and Santa Martha, and thence to. wards Llerena ; while Lieutenant-General Sir Row. land Hill, with the 2d and Lieutenant-General Ha milton's divisions, and Major-General Long's cavalry, marched • from his cantonments near Albuquerque upon Merida, and thence upon Almendralejo. Tkese movements induced General Drouet to retire from Villa Franca upon Hornachos, in order, I conclude, to be in communication with General Darican's di vision, which was about La Serena. I have heard from Sir Thomas Graham and Sir. Rowland Hill to the 19th inst. The former was at Los Santos and Zafra, with General Slade's cavalry at Villa Franca • and the latter at Almendralejo.—. Lieutenant - Gen eral Sir Rowland Hill took three offi cers and a few hussars prisoners in Merida. I have reports from the neighbourhood of Ciudad I Rodrigo t f the 17th inst. The enemy had sent.a small detachment to Bejar, principally with a view to plunder ; but there was no appearance of any im mediate movement. The 6th division had moved from Talavera, through the Puerto del Pico, on the Bth and 9th instant ; and the 4th division, on the same days, from 1 oledo through the Guadarrama ; and the first division only remained on the Tagus, near Talavera. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Salop. Wrekin Regiment of Shropshire local Ensign John bider to be Lieutenant, vice Yates, deceased; CAif. Lib Francis Dorset Evans, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Rider.— Dated Feb. 11, isie. West Regiment of Shropshire Lees! Militia. Richard Peete, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Allen, promoted.-- Dated February 14, 1812. Pirrilull Troop of Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry. Cornet Thomas Evans to be Lieutenant, vice Edwards, pro moted. Dated February 18, 1612. John Edwards, Gent. to be Cornet. Dated as abeve. Oswestry Yeomanry Cavalry. William Owen. Esq. to be Maine, vice Warrington, resigned.-- Dated March It; 181 e. John Mytton, F.aq. to be Captain. Dated as above. John Hunt, Lag. to be Lieutenant. Dated as above. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Nottingham. sa, or RetfortLitegiment of Local Militia. Martin Bower, Esq. to be Captain, vice Pegge, resigned. Dated February 22, lal 2. Jeremiah it ayr es, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Bower, promoted. Dated as above. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. May 16. William Dean, of Salisbury, Wilts, llnendraper, dealer and chapman, at ten, at Guildhall. April 19. John Sexton, of Staamore, Middlesex, baker, at eleven, at Guildhall April 13. Charles Say, of Newington Butts, Surrey, haberdasher, dealer and chapntan, at ten, at Guildhall. BANKRUPTS. William Dickison, of Sunderland near the Sea, Durham, Inn keeper, to surrender April 21, 27, and May 16, at eleven, at the Bridge Inn, Bkhopwearmouth. Attornies, Mr. Blackiiton. Symo. d'+-inn, London ; or Mr. Thompson, Bishopwearmouth. Georgc Stokes, of Oldswinford,Worccatcrshire, nail ironmonger, dealer and Chapman, May 4, at five, May 5, and 16, at eleven, at the George Inn. Bewdley. Attornies, Messrs. Watts and Constable, Symond's-lun, Chancery-lane, London ; or Mr. Robins, Worcester. DIVIDENDS. April 11. Adolphus Nordblad ansi Hubbersty Middleton, of Kinvon-upon-Hull, merchant'—April 27. Jane Smithson and James Bowes Smithson, of Dishopwearmooth, coal-fitters—April 25. James Cope, of Ns wrestle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, suer err—April 25 Johan Gottlob Werninck, of Plymouth, merchant —April Is . Edward Harris, of the Precincts of St. atherinc's, Midersex ' provision-mere hant.—April 20. Richard Bath, of Anderton, Cornwall, rope-maker—April 27. William Lloyd, of Bristol, merchant—April 27. Shackfield Williams, of Oswestry, Saks% grocer—April 14. Henry Brewer, of Chesham 80101, Bucks, wire-worker—May 2. Wm. Birch and John Lucas, Fleet-street. paper-stainers—April 25. Joseph and William Edward King, of Covent-Garden, silk-mercers—May Z. Richard Davis, of Alder- tranbury, warehouseman—May e. John Janson, of Blackburn, Lancashire, cotton-manufacturer—May 5. Jesse Coles, Hatiway street, Oxford -street, Jeweller—May 2. Frederick Willatts , of Brewer -street, Golden-square, cheescmonger—April 29. John Yalden, of Winchester. Hants, miller—April 2s. John Scott, of the Strand, bookseller—May IL Henry Foster and Wm. °nitwit' Sharp, of Basinghall-street, warehousemen—April 14. John Hub bard the younger, of Grubb-street, Cripplegate, upholsterer— April 14. Thomas Vine the younger, of Brighthelmstone, Sussex, grocer—April 25. James Norman, of Stroud, Kent, ironmorger. April 25. John Frodsham, of Kingsgate- , treet ' Holborn, witch maker—April 18. James Blundell, of Lloyd's Coffee-house, and of Pentunvine, insurance-broker—April 2.5. James Rose the elder and James Row the younger, of Symon's Wharf, Tooley - street, provision merchants—April 25. Wm. Jackson, of Sint.- borne-lane, London, merchant—April 23. John sweeting, Old Bond-streer, tsylor—April 25. Stephen lltiiiihurst. of Hammer mil*. Middlesex, carpenter—April 25. Corp i Sims, Steyhtn. street, Tottenham -court-road, coal-merchant. CERTIFICATES, April 25. Wm. Rowthan, of Moulton, Lincolnshire, grocer and jobber. Wm. Ball, of .Newcastle-upon-Tyne, vianuer—Joseph '3 homes Orittun, of Boston, Lincolnshire, wine-merchant--James foste rer), of the Strand; hatter—Richard Southall, Samuel ziouchaU, and Benjamin Southall, of Du.iley, Worcestershire, neU-iron ineastei—Wm. Barnard, of Lloyd ' s Cogeehouse, Loudon, uns derwrites, dealer and Chapman. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. John Stubbs the alder and foimastalsbs the younger, of Long. Acre, platers and hardwaremen—lWartbems and Smith, of Field. gate-stteet,Whittchaper, seavat4MGers-1 onatban Badger and Jo nathan Gouldrhorpe,nfinseilleld, Torkddre earrenters--Wat. son, Blakeys, Martine, undigla, OroengetesMill, widths Itigh ley,Ynrkthire, cotton twist-aptnners—Allison and Son, or Limb, Lincolnshire, wine and liquor-merthauts—Pallister and Boos. kid, Margate, Rein, tooksellers—Rkhard WILMA and Mary Tare, of Worship-Street and Curtain-road, Shorediteh, stable. li e repers—Setts barge and Co, of Castle Cary. Somersetshire worsted-stocking-manufacturen--Mary Pride and John Fishes %floe s Paddington Boat Cunpany.v.Wm. Pearson and Thomas V.Johns, of Chelinatoni, breethes•makers and lath:bangers—Free. men and Milnustock Of Hanunsratuith, Iron-foundera and en gMeors..Hantrawonk and Brown , New Band -street, v Wm. and Samuel Woaiston, of WrWnsborougb, Northampton. *lmp s sboclnanufacrurert—Edward Barker and Co. of Cannock. Chou, Itogaley, Staffordshire merchants and iron-ntastei--Ro. Vbort Satan and - John Clood;idge, Cranbonse, DunadUrei t sir. gems an d arldsoearks---Flessaing, Edit, and London, fiour-factostdin Phillips and Thom a s Alltinsent, 'Corbet-cou et, Gracrelsureb-street, wholesale linen-drapers—Phillips, Atkinson V and Diawyn, bet-sour t , Oracelliurek-steesk wholesal e mow pore—Roberts and Heap, of Padihank Lancashire, coating , 'spinners and sizers--Eligha 'fayisaind Joan Barigw,* licw•Crosa s *Tel, dealers and cliakivi. diMERIC.d. NEW YORK, FERRUARY Tlif two days eadings in Congress given in this day'sGaseits will be found interesting to some, while others will laugh, and may bite their lips. There will be no war, but there mast be new taxes. It is supposed Congress will adjourn for two or three months. The President of the United Stites has returned General Wilkinson his sword, from the conviction that he is an honest good kind of a man ! 1 General Dearborn, our m il itary Commander in Chief, has arrived at ashington, to receive insuuc tions as to the best mode of taking Canada ; but the red-Isse Colonel D. IL Williams had previously ob tained leave of absence for the remainder of the sea son, and was off like a shot. MARCH S. We understand the United States' sloop of war Wasp has been ordered here to wait for dispatches, which are to be sent out to France and England. It is understood that a long list of Officers, nomi nated for the Additional Army, has been transmit ted by the President of the United States to the Se nate for their concurrence. WASHINGTON-HOUSE OF RIPRESSNTATIVES, MOND" FIIIIWARI 17. Mr. Bacon, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made the following Report : The Committee of Ways and Means having taken into consideration the subject of the revenue and ex penditure of the United States for the present and two succeeding years, in particular reference to a state of contemplated war during a greater portion of that period, ask leave to report.... (Then follows the project for raising sulkiest to defray thew dinary expences of Governmeat, atul the interest epee the public debt, including the interest able on such new loans as may be an- 1 therised.) These loans it estimates at 17,560 6 000 dollars dur ing the year 1813, and 18420,000 during the year 1814.. The Report proceeds thus— And for this purpose the Committee recommend to the House the adoption of the following Resolu tions, viz. I. Resolved, That se edslidee et 100 per eel& be made to the several rates of permanent duties now invest' by law on aU pods, wares, an merchandize imported into me United Stat.:b. S. Resolved, That 2.5 per erratum tie retained on all the draw back allowed by law at the exportation ut pods,MarcS and mar chandize exported from the United States. 3: Resolved, That additional tonnage duties be laid, at the fol lowing rata, viz. lit. On all - vessels licensed for the coining trade or &belie', SO cents. per ton a-year. 2d. On aU other vessels owned by eitisens of the United States, 25 cents. per ton on the entry of ate vessel. 3d. On all foreign vessels, t dollar 25 tents. per ton on the en try of the vessel. 4. Resolved, That a duty of 20 tents. per bushel be laid upon all salt imponed into the U rotted States. 5. Resolved, That duties be Lid on limas to distill spirits, at the following rate, viz. 1. On stills employed in distilling spirits from foreign nra:<- eat., at the rate of 75 cents. per pilots on the capacity ut suer' stills. 2. On stills solely 'employed in distilling spirits from dimwit' materials, at any diNtillery at which thereareune or more stills of snore capacity together than 130 gallons, at the rate of cents. per gallon on the capacity of such yids. 9.0 n other stills solely employed :o distilling spirits from fruit at the rate of five dollars on each still a-year., 4. On ocher stills solely employed ai distilling spirits from any domestic materials, at the rate of l 5 dollars ou tra.:h still a-year. 6. Resolved, That duties be Ind on nceaces to retailers of wines, spirits, and toreltn merchandise. 7. Resolved, hat dunes be laid ou sales at auction of foreign merchandize, for every hundred dollars or the purchase-nioney, 2D. and on sales at auction of ships or vessels, fur every hundred dollars of the purchase-money, its eons. 8. Resolved, That a duty of 4 cents. per pound be laid on ail sugars refined in the United mates, allowing a drawback an elk• exportation of the same. 9. Resolved, That dudes be laid on carriages used for theme vcyance of persons, at the following rues, viz. lit. On every conch, cbanot, and post-cluuse, 25D. ttd. On every phaeton, and on every coulee, having patina work in the upper division thereof, 1 a donors. 241. On every other letit•wheil carriage bunging on steel springs, ten dollars. 4th. On every four-wheel carriage hanging upon iron or woot!ea springs, and on every two•whrel carnage wits a top, or hanging can steel or irou springs, AD. sth. On every other tour or two-wheel carriage. 3 dollars. 10. Resolved, I hat stainp-duties be l.ud ou the following In struments of vs ritiug, viz. I*, On all notes payable to bearer or order issued by any bank or banker., at rates on au average ot one dollar for every huu dred dollars, watt' an option to pot In Leu thereof, two 1-a per centum on their dividends. ed, On all :Kites oi hand above 50 dollars, payable to bearer or seder, having ole or more endorsers ; and on ail bills ut exchange above 50 dollars, having one or more endorsers, at rates on an average of 5 cents. for every hundred dollars. t. Resolved, that three millions of dollars be raised by a ditiet tax to be apportioned amptig the several States, agreeahly to the rule prescribed by the Constitution. it. Resolved, That each state be authorised to pay the amount of its quota to the United states, with a deduction of is per cent. if paid before the assesament is commenced, and et seven 1-2 per cent. if paid before the ax becomsi due. 13. Resolved, that all the dutiel abovrevuniented and the tax aforesaid, shall be laid and become payable only after the United States shall have become engaged in a war with a foreign kuro pean nation, or shag have authorised the issuing of letteis of marque and reprisal against the subjects ot such madam 14. Resolved, That the said duties arid tax shall continue until one year after the conclusion ul peace with such foreign nation, and nu longer. The report being read, WAS ordered to be printed, and made the order of the day for Monday next. Mr. BACON then introduced a lila to authorise a loan for a sum not exceeding 11.000,0(X) which was twice read and committed. Mr. PORTER gave notice that he would to-morrow bring in a Bill to raise a provisional military force of =WO men. The House resumed the consideration of the Bill for arming the Militia of the United States; when Mr. M. Clay's motion to re-consider the amendment which has been agreed to, putting it in the power of the respective States to dibtribute the arms u they thought proper, came under discussion. It was sup ported by Messrs. Macon, Smilie, Stow, Fisk, and ' Little; and opposed by Messrs. Roberts,Talmadge, Widgery, Rhea, and M'Coy. It was argued in favour of a reconsideration, that this amendment might defeat the object at the Bill, which was to put arms into the bands of every young man when he attained the age of 18 ; that this amead ment placed it in the power of the State Legislatures to lay up the arms in an armoury, or to put them into the hands of a favoured party ; instead of arming the nation, the anus might be locked up from the people—it would be arming the government against .the people, and not placing the people in a Amnion to defend themselves agasnst any oppression with rwhich they might be mowed frosts whatever quafter .k might come. Allusions west made a the period *ben PlTisrsoa's blues throultosei die rect of oho City of Philadelphia, and to the Embargo Times, la order to spew that the arms would be safer in the hands of the people, than laid up in armories by the States. Against the reconsideration, it was comended that the respective State Legislatures might safely be trusted with the power of distributing these arms, that they never could be supposed to become the opprenorsof the people, since they were annually elected by the people—that the probability was, they would di r er. bute the arms amongst the eitizens in such a manner as each State would deem best calculated to render the militia efficient. As to the instances of improp er conduct in a small number of individuals alluded ta, no danger could ever be apprehended from such me. meniary delusions..—The question for reconsideration was negatived 69. to 52. Mr. - Waxman moved to amend the Bill, by ad ding a proviso to the amendment above alluded to: Provided such directions shall not contravene the provisions contained in the lst Section of this Act."—.. [Which directs that every citizen arriving at the age of 18 shall be put in possession of a stand al arms.] This motion WAS negatived 55 to 54. Mr. HALL moved another amendment : w Provided that no regulation shall be adopted by any state which shall extend further than to cause the arms to be pre perly taken care of."—Before a question was taken in this amendment the House adjourned. TUESDAY ' via. 18. Mr. PosTla offered the following %mintiest t... a Resolved, That a Committee be &primed to re. port a Bill, authorising the Presides* of the United States to engage, commission, and organise twenty thousand men." Such was the substance of the Resolution. Mr. P, said it would be a long time before an army coda be raised by enlistments for five years; men "mid not engage to : enslave themselves for such a kirk of time. It was time something efective should be • done, Great BritAia was scarcely ever known to strike the second blow—s * will be preparing to give the first; and if we go on in this easy good-natured way to make war, there is no knowing how mention blow may come. He resided within the with of the guns of a British fort. On him and his constituents will probably light tbe first of British indignation... He had many social friends on the C ana d a side, e a ' did nut wish to quarrel with them : but hie duty to his country was above all other considerations. He was awaie of the evils of war ; tbis he bed hoped would be a vigorous one and soon decided. He calculated that there Isere 5 or OPOO regular troops at Quebec, and about 2taa) more sciuserea all over Canada; and about 20,000 ill-oiseipiitteci and ill-armed militia. The troops at Quetius coati% leave there, and thus expose Quebec. Take militia from the northern scams, and 5 or *MI lege. lar troops, and you may easily uver.rua Upper Cm nada ; starting in seasoo, a e. Whore, uu accouut the ice in . the St. Lawrence, the British can send any reinforcements. Then let our army be joitied by more, and lay siege to Quebec. After taking Que. bee, proceed to Nova Jcott4 and New 2lruuswtcl4 which will soon fall into our hands. New alone, if invited or suffered, could have taken ; ,d ue. bee while we have been talking about it. Mr. P. here went tau; a lung argumeet to slits that Congress has a right to march .iie °diaf . the Union. No reply was made to the arguments of Mr. Por. ter, and the yeas and nays were immediately tam on the passage of the Acsolutiou. Yeas 49, Nap 54 8o it died at its birth. The House proceeded to consider the Bill for arm. ing the whole body of the militia. Mr. aua firs moved to postpone the Bill bide& nicely. Motion lost by Ayes and Nays. Ayes 34 Hoes 63. The ayes and noes were called on an amendment by Mr. HALL, which was lost. Mr. BRIGHAM spoke against some of the details of the Bill, particularly the excess of fine and punish. ment, far exceeding any indicted by the States tot breaches of law of the same natuie. Mr. PITKIN contended that Congress had no power to intlict punishment or exact tines froas the militia of the several States, except when in the ser vice of the United States, to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, or enforce the laws. Mr. P. objected to the imposition of au oath on every Captain of a us. sel, that he has no arms of the United btai.s on board. He thought it a curious provision for a Matti 4 AIL The Bill says, every one arriving at the age tat 18. shall have a stand of arms ; but the Bill does sot appropriate enough ; SO,OOO will arrive a that ago every year, and only tour hundred thousand delhaz are appropriated. How will you distribute ? Draw lots fur what there sire ? 'llte guns indeed coma be manufactured: All the gun manufactories in the Union make but about 23,00 u; and these are *beady under contrasts to make guns fur other uses. tie thought, too, it would be prudent to consider the ph- • hey of appropriating 400,0UU dollars a year s If. nearer, all eapence considered, 104000. It teas IV be paid out of any monies in the Treasury not wise appropriated. He feared them was no *WA • money there. It must be borruweo. At what pg • cent ? Already we must, it we can; banow 13,185,000 dollars, for the year 1812 ; and several millions more next year, .and still more the !WI. Mr. HALL benderrii Mr. Piaui toe homage dirk avid sincere thanks fur his lesson on esonosuy ; ilk wished the Gentleman had given it several Mt:el:sap Mr. Maps spoke in favour of the bal. Mr. MILNoIt spoke 4911 e time against it. Heat' jested much to multiplying oaths, especially w la • Captains, who already, niany f them, considered oaths as mere matters of tom, and never nundedto what they made oath. l'he section t f the 11,11 also obliges him to swear beforehand that he Will hot tak e ones on board. As well /bight you compel " 0 1 citizen to swear he will not violate the law, of Coi gns& Mr. Milnor moved to suike out the fourth : section; but the House adjourned wit s tat Oetittloge l , FRIDAY, FIBIWART 21. • Some trifling business was trausacted, when' 4 1 0..; tin for arming the militia was taken up, &sassed. gad passed, 67 to 51. • • FRIUAT, FIBRUART 28. . -t• The resolutions for taxes, ltc. were coniclered.o9) .Thls 4th resolution, duty on ‘alt, before the -Mr. STattanan spoke against the resultitioa , caved an idaendaient, imposing a tax of ice si r per bushel on domestic manufactured salt. • to 164 %MAU hoped, 0 the ruoluti;ll gioolo, _. ad 4 he ke wo be WI film - ail War 66. the Ar .57, Wad be c esPo and be st Com woul tax, passe ;ACC P 1 pi Spe Etc Coi this -r the rg dire(' 2UCC. in WI name in t is a i n pates Tb. 2oth p patches voun b with ah the ink