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;the consideration of the resolution, because het ‘,._ reject with that indignity which it deserved, I a bstract proposition at this time to remov e th e i b ar go ; and because he thought a prompt rejec t w ould mark to the foreign world the temper of 1 country. He suggested, since it was t o b e dis od, that the discussion should be postponed a al e , till time was given to digest the 'voluminous oo f documents laud before them ; for in these do jots were contained the best arguments in favour f the Embargo. m r , EPPES was willing to vote in favour of the mu nitment of the motion ; but did not wish the de lon u nder which some portiorr of the people of the united States laboured should longer continue. He w i s h e d them to understand what course would be ~,,,,a esd . If, said he, it be the opinion of the Re. r" .- tatives of the Nation that the Embargo should r a en i eu off, and no other measure substituted, th e . i i or ity governs in a Republic, and I sho u ld w i s h -- G ood citizen to submit to its decision ; but I d ever feel for the eternal disgrace of that nation ~ which I should then feel it a misfortune to be a ber. As it is my opinion that should the embargo • ra i se d, other measures ought to be adopted, whe- I m eet with the support of the House or not, I 1 at least evince to the people, whose representative a m, that I will not submit to British or French ty , y, but hand down to their posterity, unimpaired, r lib er ty which their forefathers so nobly achieved. m r. Epees then proposed the following resolutiOns, an amendment to Mr. Chittenden's motion : ~ Resolved, :chat from and after the day of • next iritetcoarse between the United States and Great Britain, its isb a sa mi dependencies, ought to cease and determine. s g as hed, That front and after the day of next, i n tercourse between the United States and France, its islands ( *tendencies, ought to cease and determine. 0 Resolved, 1 hat provision ought to be 'made by law for arm and equipping for immediate service thousand militia, a ddition to the force already Authorised by law." The SPEAKER informed Mr. EPPES that these could , be received while another motion was pending ; d Mr. EPpEs withdrew them for the present. Messrs. BLACKLEDGE I CLOPTON, and G. W. CAMP , declared themselves positively opposed to the ion in its present abstract form. We have not to detail their observations. They were, how , of - the same tenor as those of Messrs. Ssiu.ix, trove, and Ems. Messrs. Coox and Currs spoke irr favour of an im. ,ediate consideration of the subject. from its im—por ee to the mercantile interest. 'Mae-solution was then made the Order of the It 1 far Monday next ; a motion for the postpone; meattM Monday week having been negatived. 11317/110X AND EVASIONS-OP Till EMBARGO LAWS. ?Ir. Etztor offered the following Resolution : Resolved, That the Secretary of Treasury be arteted to lay before the House of Representatives grits of all instructions which have been transmitted ll.him to the copectars of the revenue and other offi as of the United States, in relation to the execution i the'Act laying an embargo upon all ships and umiak the ports and harbours of the United States, ad the several Acts supplementary and additional tiettta :01-the motion of Mr. D. R. Viu.t.msa, the fol laic amendment was added to the end of the Re- Also as far as practicable, the names and places Eteideace of such persons as have been detected in &log tie Embargo laws." Mos short discussion the resolution *as ordered lie si the table till tomorrow. NON-INTERCOURSE RESOLUTIONS. 246.1.rnri now moved the Resolutions given above, ikidrwere referred to the Committee to whom was Aral Mr. Chittenden's resolution. F THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24. Zen - OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : Cools, for Jan. 66N—Reduced 651-omnluist I if dia Exchequer Bills, 43. 6s. prem. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. ter.ettn. Red. 650 India Bonds, 4s. 3s. Ss. pre. 3pr Cent. Cons. shut Ex. Bills 2s. Ss. pre. Pa CM. aid Omnium if die. Ptltidt. Navy shut State Lottery Ticket.,3o/. 10s. fa.. 18 1.16 Is Cons. for act. 66# !let* day lay before our readers, the documents pith Which Mr.JEFFEusou's Address to the American .aid House of Representatives was accompa 'ea.-namely, the Correspondence between Messrs. Atom° and PINIMEY. A dispassionate perusal of letters, :n spite of Mr. JEN/ransom% di:us:anon, r* can baldly fail to leave an impression on the Old of the Americans themselves, very different the effect expected from the President's commit. le British Order in Cotincil was not levelled at erica, but a just and necessary act of retaliation, for by the previous Decree of our eneniy, and iccestary to our own safety.—We admit that Ame ica, as an independent State, has a right to enact ihatexer regulations may be deemed necessary for ler Own safety —that she is not even bound to assign any Power a reason for laying an embargo on the bade of her own subjects : but America has no right o hunt for pretexts to justify her conduct, in the rotteding s of another Power called for by the ag-' 1 Woes of a third party ; nor does America act . thisstice when sha,admits the ships of war of. tha . t ggrehor to refresh in her hFbeurs, and at the same MM excludes those of the most injured, party. , Tiertis something so powerful and commanding . the dictates of Justice, that she will cause her o:ce . to be heard sooner or later, even by such as, om interest,have endtavoured to turn a deaf ear to her "tits. A man may wish not to hear the trumpet .-trded at his car, but he must hear it, whether he beY its sUlt:11011S or not. Oir Readers will see by the Proceedings of Con ' st, that therhave taken up the subject of the Em with a promptitude which seems to indicate a • tion to .probe to th e b ottom t h e m e a su r e, .the motives and relatives which-pv:4084 .!. In the conimon course of proceedings the President's Message should hate been first discussed but instead of this, a motion is made and carried, almost unani mously, for an early discussion of the Entbargo Act. The result, which was not known when the packet sailed, may be expected by the first arrival from America. We shall not anticipate the decision ; but in spite of the unchanged biass of Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. MADDISON, and their friends, we cannot but con sider the proceedings that have taken place as indica tive of a wish on the part of the majority to give the measure an impartial examination. s tHE ARMY. It is said that that excellent Officer, Sir Airrinnt WELLEsi.sy, goes out in command of all the rein forcements going to Spain. With him go— Major-General Spawcza, Major-General Dior 7, MURRAY, Tuzawro, tERCUSON. Brig. General XLWIS, Doititiax, Durr. PATNE, COTTON, • There will shortly be an English Army in Spain, to conquer for the Spaniards, even if they will not fight for themselves. Sir JOHN MOORE has very ur gently pressed Government to expedite the return of the General Officers attached to the army under his command now in this country ; and several of them, among whom is Sir A RTIIUR WELLESLEY, are making preparations to proceed to Spain immediately. The Members of the Board of Inquiry, on the Convention of Cintra, met yesterday at the house of Mr. RYDER, the Judge-Advocate-General, for the pur pose of affixing their signatures to the report which was prepared for that purpose. When the report shall have received the signatures, it will be forwarded by the Judge-Advocate-General to his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, for the purpose of being laid before his Majesty s when, if his Majesty shall ap prove of the inferences drawn by the Board from the evidence, the report will be comraunicated to the parties and made public. The report will probably be presented to his Majesty by the Commander-in- Chief, to-morrow, at Windsor. Captain VERNOI4 GRAHAM, formerly of the 15th Dragoons, if appointed Asfistant-Deputy-Adjutant- General to the Army in Spain. Whatever may. be the final result, it will be►efit our troops, particularly the Cavalry Regiments, to have seen service, and to have been out of their own country, and to have felt some few of the privations incident to a military life. The East Suffolk Militia moved yesterday from Canterbuiy to Ashford Barrack!, in order to afford accommodation to the troops passing through Can terbury to the coast. On Thursday, 250 Royal Marines belonging to tEe Division, marched from Chatham for Por; s mouth, under the command of Captain M , An•roLR, to reinforce that Division, they not having any men at quarters there. General COCK/MUNK has arrived in Dublin, from England. A Proclamation has been issued, appointing a Ge neral Fast to be observed throughout England, On Wednesday the Bth of February ; and another Pro clamation will appear in the Gazette, directing a General Fast to be observed on Thursday, the .9th of February, throughout Scotland. The late Lord ARUNDEL dying without issue, is succeeded in his titles by his first cousin,: JAMIE. EVER ALD ARUNDEL, Esq. of Irilham Hall, L incolnshire. Thursday Lady MELVILLE paid a visit to her Mk: TESTY and the PRINCESSES at Windsor Castle ; after. wards her Ladyship returned to St. Leonard's Hill, where she is on a visit to the Hon. Mrs. HARCOURT. Viscount CREMORNE, this day, gave his annual haunt) , to thirty of the oldest Irish chairmen in West minster. ,It consisted of two bushels of coals, a half peck loaf, four founds of beef, and two shillings in money to each man. The place of Collector of the Imports and Exports of the Customs, held by the late Earl of LtvEr.pooL, is abolished, as directed by an Act of Parliament, to take place on the decease of the Earl. The other place of Clerk of the Pells is gone to the Earl of SHANNON by reversion. At the death of the Earl of SHANNON, we understand that place is to be abolished. MEArr.K, Haystaanrr.—Last night a Lady from Glasgow, of the name of BEaumosT, the wife of the Manager of the Theatre of that city, made her first appearance in the very interesting character of Ill widens, in Venice Prarerved, and in which she exhibited much promise of future celebrity. She appears a perfect mistress of stage-business, and is altogether unembarrassed, though rather redundant in her ac tion, which is a fault in most provincial performers. Her person is well proportioned, and ber voice rather powerful, in some of its tones resembling that of Mrs. H. SIMONS. In parts in which she will not have to stand theltest of comparison with such an actress as the elder Mrs. SIDDONS, she will pzobably appear to greater advantage than in Belvidere. CooKE's Pierre was last night a vigorous performance; and CHARLES K ENI DIX'S Jdrstr, always excellent, was, if possible, more admirable than ever : we have scarcely before seen any performance at once so impassioned and so grace ful. It was ardently and ,perpetually applauded. — The piece went off with great effect, and was an nounced for Monday evening.—The performance al together deserved a better attendance; the audience was extremely thin till half-price. Among the Fashionables last night at Drury-lane Theatre, were the Countess of BEaBOROLGH, Marquis WELLestnv, &C. His Majesty's sloop DISPATCH has taken the Do rade French privateer, mounting one brass gun, with small arms and 20 men. An order for the immediate execution of Smit4, Master's Mate of the PARTHIAN, for the murder of Capt. &many:on o has been forwarded toi Plymouth. THE GENIUk OF BRITAIN; O for that warninx voice, which he who saw Th' Apocalypse, heard cry in Heaven aloud— " Woe to the inhabitants of the earth!" Mtrrox. • From her white native,nlifh4Wptiltud throne of the main, The Genius of Britain was beard to complain! While sorrow subdued the bright glance of her eye, She said o'er the deep, and began with a sigh ! Fall'n Europe! thou victim of follies and crimes: Too late bait thou leatn'd the dread signs sfilse fishes Too late bast awoke to escape froM the rod, Which teaches vain mortais to turn to their GOD Corruption's foul taint thro' dry vitals had spread, And sickeed thy heart, and perverted thy head.— Thy members were wasted, thy pow'rs were depress, Yet ashet was the poison which lull'd thee to rest. The warnings of virtue and reason were vain, To nerve thy cold bosom and quicken thy brain ; -And therefore, in vengeance, the flag was unfurl'd, Which led the destroyer to punish the world ! Those idols of witchcraft, in whom was thy trust, Have vanish'd like phantoms, or crumbled to dust ! 0, Earth ! thro' thy nations, now delug'd in blood, - May this awful truth be at length understood : From INDRED-CORCUPTION proceeds the decay, -Which moulders the pageants of mortals away ! And vain, and delusive, each effort to save That body, which breeds its own death, from the gave. Thou glorious orb ! which now sinking from sight, Hast deckt the blue waves in thy mantle of light : How long bast thou blu.sh'd 'mid such scenes to behold, 'f he orgies of lust, and the triumphs of gold ? Vile relf still usurping the throne of the mind, And party o'er-goryd with the spoils of mankind. For the ills they committed, the truths they withstdod. Their deep expiation's recorded in blood ! Yet why need / fear, tho' the arrogant foe flas laid yon foul dens of iniquity low ? Yet why need I fear, .tho' my rival's proud height Again mock these shores with its awning of white ? Because my brave sons unappall'd, tho' alone, Dare hold back the world, he would seize for his own ! • My sons are too manly to stoop to a chain Intended to shackle their rights on the Too gallant to barter a bright, well-earned name, For the pleasures of sin, or the wages of shame, — Too haughty to bend, and too fearless to fly ; Prepar'd for their country to conquer or die ! • Foul shame on the traitor, whatever his place, Who, slave of a faction, would plot her disgrace! And shame on the cowards, wherever they dwell, Who, to buy their own safety, her freedom would sell ! ,0 no! 'twas a story contriv'd, but in jest, That rancour e'er prompted an Englishman's breast ; Or interest excited, or party could sway, To plunder the state, and his monarch betray,— To stoop to vile measures for infamous encl.., And forfeit his soul for the sake of his friends. Thou bnivrark of nature! which witness'd of yore, The Romlns beat back, overwhelm'd in their gore ; Ordain'd by that voice, never speaking in vain. A bar to the rage of the turbulent main. Oh soon, in compassion to him whom alone High Heaven finds worthy a permanent throne : . Whose prayers for his people like incense arise, To bring down the blessings of peace from the skies ! May my deep-shaken rocks hear this awful command, To the angel of vengeance, " Here slacken thy hand : E'en here raise an altar, no force dare invade, Where discord shall cease, and the parse shall be staid !" S. W. Yesterday being the Birth-day of her Most Faithful Majesty the Queen of PORTUGAL, a solemn Mass was performed at the Portuguese Royal Chapel, which was. attepded by the principal Portuguese Nobility and Gentry now in London. In the evening, a most sumptuous dinner was given at the Thatched House. His Excellency the PORTUGUESE Misnivrzit in. the Chair. Amongst the company present, we ogserved the Prince ,of CASTRLCICALA, Admiral APOISACA, Messrs. FERRAS, CARVALHAL, CORREA, &C. The following toasts ware given from the Chair, and drank with' the greatest enthusiasm : The Queen of Portugal. His Britannic Majesty King George 111. the constant and faith ful ally of the Prince Regent, our Master, and the good friend of the Portuguese. The Prince Regent of Portural, and eternally of Portugal, in defiance of the French General. The Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family of England. The Sovereigns of the Ministers present, Ferdinand IV. and Ferdinand VII. 'The following was then read from the Chair : " The alacrity and the enthusiasm with which the inhabitants of the Northern and Southern Provinces of Portugal availed themselves of the very first opportu :?ity, which was offered to them to follow the noble example given by our valiant neighbours the' Spa niards, shew the propriety of the prophetic Toast we drank every year at this dinner. I will repeat it noiv, with the confidence that I express the general senti ment of the Portuguese nation—and I will only make an addition, which is justified by the late events : • " May the Portuguese of Europe, of the islands, of Brazil,* f Africa, and of Asia, never forget that the name of the Royal Xa - mily of Braganza has, and will be at all times, the signal of the restoration of their liberty and independence. And may the now apparent slelay .in assisting the Spaniih cause be speedily corn pensited by deeds of heroism, equal to those displayed by our an cestors." God save the King,' and a variety of loyal and patriotic songs, were sung by the Gentlemen of the Choir ; and the meeting cont►nued with the greatest harmony until a late hour. Thursday evening, about six o'clock, an alarming fire broke out in the premises of Mrs. SWALE, tanner, in Ipswich, which entirely consumed her dwelling house. The very extensive bark-mills, bark-houses, containing an immense quantity of bark, &c. sustained but little injury, owing to the exertions of the inha. bitants and military in bringing the engines to play upon them. The fire v.t first was very alarming, as the whole of the out-houses are built of fir, and full bark, and adjuining several valuable timber-yards, malt-houses, &c. &c. The piquet: of the Wiltshire and Derbyshire militia regiments were immediately under arms, and rendered most essential service.-.- There has not been a house burnt_down in Ipswich before for upwards of twenty years, kiuncAt e PLYMOUTH; DEPDICBER Carne in the Jane, SLAT IM, frotit Stockholm, with naval stores, for this port; the Two Sisters, MURPHY, from London ; Adamant, ALLAN, from Salm, with wine ; Non Pareil, BRUCE, F rom London • and seve ral transports, from the eastward.Sailei the Norge, of 74 guns, to the westward. PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBER. 2s. Nothing arrived or tailed this N.E. DOVER, DECEMBER 22. • I am truly sorry to relate that last night another dreadful gale came on f r om th e S. S. W. attended with an exceeding thick snow, and more so to inform .you that the brig Jane, of Carmarthen, JENICINS mas ter, bound from Limerick, with a cargo of butter, for London, got on shore on the rocks under Hay Cliff during the gale, and was beat to pieces : her crew, except the Captain, got on the masts, and were all drowned when they fell ; he went out on the bow sprit, and was thrown by the violence of the sea on the beach, and thus providentially rescued from a watery grave ; the cargo was principally driven away to the Eastward, but some of it washed on shore.— The brig Eleanor, of Sunderland, HENDERSON master, laden with iron,•and supposed to be from Cardiff and bound to London, lies now sunk not far from where the above brig was lost • her masts ate standing, and from ber boat having been picked'up on the beach some considerable distance from her, the crew, it is supposed, endeavoured to save themselves in it, but, alas ! they were all drowned, nine corpses have been picked up on the beach since day-light, and will be decently interred. Two dismasted ships Were towed past last evening, by a sloop of war and a gun brig, and a huge ship wasseen from our hills yesterday on shore, near Calais.—Wind S. and moderate. DEAL, DECEMBER 22. The Supply naval transport arrived in the Downs last evening, having her bowsprit, foremast, and main top-mast rne, which she lost in a gale on Sunday. A galliot, with a cargo cf butter, cheese, Etc. was brought into the Downs this morning by the Thrasher gun-brig : a small fishing-smack fell in with her about ten leagues from Dungeness, having her foremast gone, and no person on board, after having the yes , sel in her possession for about sixteen hours, during which time the water was cleared off her which she had shipped, the Thrasher gun-brig hove in sight, when her Commander put an of cer and seamen on board, and sent the smack's people on shore; the yes. sel sailed for Ramsgate Pier this afternoon. Several casks of buster, and a quantity of feathers, were seen floating past here this morning ; they are supposed to be part of the cargoes of the two Irish traders that were stranded at Dover last night, the crews of which, I am informed, perished, except the master of one. Arrived the Kangaroo, Crocus, Podargus, and Bus tard sloops, from off the coast of France ; Skylark sloop, from Sheerness.—Wind W. with light air. DEC. 21—Sailed through the Downs, the Fame, COURTNEY, for Cadiz; and the Success, CROW, for Jamaica.—Wind E.S.E. RAMSGATE, DEC. 21. Several ships have been blown out of the Downs, and we understand are gone to Dover ; the weather seems to moderate ; the wind is now slight. We un derstand that none of the Walpole's cargo has yet been landed, although several craft are round the vessel. She lays at low water very high and dry, and do not hear that she has made any water as yet. On the 19th inst. at night the Swedish ship Twee Gesusturs, from Norden, laden with oats fur Lon don, struck on the Goodwin, and is entirely e:ked; the crew saved themselves in their boats, and landed at Broadstairs. POOLE, DECEMBER 92. The Urania, from Oporto, bound to Hull, is on shore on the Hoet Sand, without the harbour, and lies in a very perilous situation, although the wind is in her favour. She is laden with 544 pipes and 40 hogshead's of wine. Some of the cargo is dama3e.i, the pipes having burst. , FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GIAVESZNO, Dac. 24.—Passed by the Prince of rratil, "ar ter, from Oporto ; Duke of Montrose, Paterson ; and the WJr cester, Forster, from India. Sailed the Resolution, Blacklesly ; and the Ann, Deblois, for Africa ; Betsey, Mutross, for• Dublin ; Rotator, Davidson, for Madeira; Anne, Thorp ; and the Anne, Friar, for Jamaica. ELECTION OF COMMON COUNCIL. The following was the, at the final close : Lto of the Polls yesterday FARRINGDOI Mr. Waithman - 725 WITHOUT. •Mr. Miller e6O Wright - 551 •Crooke . 712 Murrell - 664 Herring (Deputy) 659 Barden - 642 J. W. Reeves 640 I'. Reeve - 616 Sir 1. Branscomb - 616 Mr. Nichols - 580 Hailer - ass Dawson - 596 A. Young - 511 Griffith - 480 R. Brewer - 476 3. Brewer - 480 The first sixteen Can elected. tdates were declared duly IN WITHIN. Mr. Smith . Walker Lewis Metcalfe Jaines Smith Roberts - •Winter - J. Smith - . 262 260 256 255 249 249 2.53 225 FAIIIIIXI Mr. Daw - 328 Scatcherd - 308 Cooke - 295 Cadwell - 293 Pritchard - 284 Crowther - 281 Wheble - 275 Leigh. - 273 Stokes - 270 The foriner sixteen Candidates were declared duly elected. BISHOPSGATE WITtrOUT. Mr. Duette!! - 239 I Mr. Clark °Clod* . 237 Knight Sir W. Rawlins - 233 Frieker . • 19r . 176 • 161 • • 155 • 153 • 152 - 86 Mr. Greenaway - Windus *White Firms Nash 231 . 22i . £2O . 220 . 218 Gough Gould Poynder •Freeman The former thirteen Candidates were declared duly elected. CORDWADIERS WARD. Mr. Hamman - 105 Mr. Watson . 90 Remblc (Deputy) 105 Trimbey . 86 G. A. Smith - 109 Hick • 79 Rowe - 100 °Jones . 58 Abbey - 91 *Blake - 41 The former eight Can idates were declared duly elected. ' These marked thus • are new Cand/daoss. 1 , - II