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en;" WARD OF FARRINGDON WITHOUT . December 23, 1808. 1 AT the Conclusion of the WARDMOTE held at ' St. Andrew's Oinigek, for the Election of COMMON COUNCILMEN, an& ober Ward Ofbeerefor the year ensuing, Resolved unanissonsly, Thin the Thanks of this Wardmote be given to Mr. ROIItRT WAITIIMAN for the zeal, firmness, and ability, which be has on all occasions evinced, as a Represents _ time of this Ward in Colima Conseil, particularly for his very able and judicious conduct tiring the last year in bringing for, ward Petitions to both Howes of Parliamostr for Enquiry into; and-Reform of the shameful Abuses in the Management and Ex, . penditure of the Public Money.; for the like conduct in bringing i forward a Petition to the Kim; for an Enquiry lute the late dis graceful in ; for his spirited yet temperate P2 holvet2 graceful Convention conduct in asserting and in the right of petitioning, vie- lated by the unprecedented ripest to the City of London for I its proper and seasoeahle extrelle that invaluable right ; for his sealous exertions in simnel tie canalises of this City, violated by the impressing several Freemen thereof; and for 1 his endeavours to chain tion of the Abuses in the Presentation of Children into aa Hospital, to the injury and exclusion of the Children of decayed and indigent Citizens of London. And, Resolved unanimously, That the Thanks of this Wardmote be likeivise given to Mr. gDWAID QUIN, for his very able, cordial, and effective support of all the above great and conaduitional mea sures, at the same time expressing their regret that he should from any circumstances have withdrawn his services at this critical conjuncture. And also, 'Resolved unanimously, That the Thanks of this Wardmote be given to the rest of one Representatives in Common Council, who tendt anim r c aA ayed their duty, and given their decided and unequivocal to . e above measures. *may, That the Thanks of this Wardmott be given to e Right Worshipful Sir Ca ARLIs Pince, Bart. M.P. Alderman of this Ward, for the Punctuality of his Attendance during a Poll of three Days; for the strict impartiality ob served by him during the Election ; for his polite mid friendly attention to the several Candidates • and for his general Conduct as a Magistrate and as a Member Of Parliament. Resolved unanimously, That the foregoing Resolutions be pub lished in five Morning and three 'evening Papers. Signed by Order, A. B RADLEY, Ward Clerk. SUBSCRIPTION IN AID OF THE SPANISH PATRIOTS. CITY OF LONDON TAVERbi, Dec. 13, 1808. THE COMMITTEE appointed on the 9 th of De - cember, by the MERCHANTS and INHABITANTS of! LONDON, to attend to the Application of a General Subscrip tion in aid of the brave SPANISH PATRIOTS, now struggling in the Field to defend their Country from a foreign and cruel In vader, cannot discharge that duty without making an earnest Appeal to the attention of their generous Countrymen, of all ranks, in behalf of a Nation and a Cause so interesting to all the sympathies of Britons. A people contending for their independence, liberties, and se curity, from foreign tyranny and oppression--a nation, in its dispositions—honourable in all its national conduct and character—fitted, by political and commercial interests and rela tions, to be closely connected in alliance and friendship with Great Britain, and now struggling, with heroic fortitude, in a common cause, against a common and most formidable foe ; suf fering in the arduous conflict the greatest hardships, and endur ing the severest privations, has—surely, strong claims of every kind on every inhabitant of - these islands ; and though the greatest exertions have, with the general approbation of this nation, been made by Government to afford the most extensive, speedy, and effectual aids of treasure, arms, ammunition, military stores, equipments, and clothing, for the maintenance and support of the Spanish troops, together with the succour of large bodies of Bri tish soldiers, it is still felt, that the generous manifestation of the popular sentiment, and such further aids, of various kinds, as a general and liberal Subscription may supply, cannot but have an effect animating and consoling to the :- panish soldier, and con vincing to the 'vanish Government and people, of the perfect anion in opinion and sentiment which on this subject subsists throughout these islands. The Committee rely, with confidence, that tie pod example of the public Corporations and Companies, and of the Inhabitants of the Metropolis, will be followed by the principACities, Towns, and Districts of the United Kingdom, in mder u. form together an offering worthy of the great cause for which it is made--of the high character and affluence of the Empire which presents it, and Et to be accepted by the gallant, disinterested, and high-spirited nation, to whose brave defenders iris offered. Amount of Subscriptions Advertised - 5134,266 es. id. A Barron printed and sent round at *Awn =pence 3000 Co. pies of a Letter which appeared in the Tuns bf the 22d Inst. ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS. AT MUSA& SANSOM AND CO. 10 )0 I 110MILSWiS1137i • 10 10 AT MESSILS. 6051421011 AND CO. Major James RenneU - - AT MUSD& *ISAAC DARNIT AND CO. Thomas N es tby . 10 10 Join Wells • Thomas Pickford, jun. 22 10 AT MiSSAS. DOWN AND CO. .• 50 01 I.U.D. • AT MAIMS. TOASTS& AND CO. John it Henry Edwards 10 101 Timothy Samos • 10 10 AT MISSIS. PA ILSCOTT AND CO. Rev. Thomas Neweome 2 21 R. and T. Southey • 81 2 At FULLER,CHATTZRIS, AND CO. 1 1I 1. Smith, of Black Heath 10 10 AT MISSRS. CURTIS AND CO. Gardner and Stonehouse 21 0 I Hicks Wells - AT MIMS. T. COUTTS AND CO. The contents of a plate sent round after dinner, at Karnali party in Duke-street, Portland-otreet, after reading the TIMES of the 22d instant. 1 6 Robert Buchanan - 20 0 Mrs. H. Cooke • 10 0 Brown,Younger,and Co. 25 0 Dr. David Dundas 10 0 Richard Birkett and Sons 10 10 Jobn Bailer - 10 10 Subscriptions are received at the Mansion House, Lloyd's Coffee-house, and by all the Bankers in London and Westminster. The Bankers and others, who have received subscriptions, are respectfully requested to send the particulars to the Committee, at the City of London Tavern. John Miles 52 10 James Tindall Mrs. Wright SECOND NUMBER. 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White, Fleet-street • Cade and Unties, Strands sad F. W. Totals*, New Bond - street. of whom may be had, the ant Number of each Series. . . • . -• of tho Affennt States to furnish their respective _AUX It 144 - certain.how fong laqusottessesoneftheoflooaon,Tress.men,lort is s e n red ot by the act of the SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, NOV. 11. Mr. WHITE submitted the following Resolution s , Resolved, That the President of the United States cause to be yore last Friday. Dispatches were received nay on **directions were issued, but it could not . leave heat , laid before the Senate , copies of all the Orders or Decrees of the i• turday night ; their contents have not transpired. belligereut powers of Europe, passed since 1792, affecting the It is the general opinion, that much of the early husi commercial ights of the Unit States. Mr. HI R LLHOUSE propo e s d ed the following Resolution: i I nos of t S ession will be transacted with cksed In short, nothing engages the attention gi the Resolved, That it is expedient that" the Act eutitled "An Act doors. layiug an Embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and bar- citizens here more than the order whith General boors of the United States;' and the several Acts supplementary W po l t r ce ld .,, his thereto, be repealed, and that a Committee be appointed to pre. me n i n readiness un t r marc oot a t e ree sh e orte isier s il pare and report a bill for that purpose. Mr. SMITH (of Md.) objected to an earl y conside- law Yostio, NOV. 17 . ration of this motion, because the pressure of the em- Captain Doan, arrived at Boston from Havannah, bargo was not equal to what the Gentleman had informs the Editor of the Boston Gazette, that the stated, and that the preparations for fitting buf our intercepted letter from Talleyrand to Mr. Jeterson, vessels by merchants are not predicated upon theoup- was publicly read la by the Governor of the Hperated avannah; position of a repeal of the emb ar g o ; the documents and that the populace became so exas at it, as accompanying the President's message had not been to threaten and insult almost every American they considered ;he therefore objected to an early day. I met with ; that the Officers of Government Were ex- Mr. WHITE wished Monday or Tuesday next, the , tremelyirritatedat the conduct of our Administration, documents being then before the Senate : he wished ! that their suspicions of our unfriendliness towards this .motion to be acted on before Mr. Giles's of yes- ; them were greatly strengthened by . Talleyrarid's let terday. I ter ; and that the American Captains found it ncces- Mr. Hreenousz thought the shutting up our corn- I sary to present an address to the' Governor, request merce as destructive as the orders and decrees. He i ing him to suspend his opinion of the views of Ame wished an early discussion, because in Connecticut a ; rice towards Spain, until he is assured of the authen report, proceeding from a person in the Administra-I ticity of this letter, or had received some special come tion, had been in circulation o that the embargo was , munication from the President. to be removed." The expectation of a repeal was I BALTIMORE, NOVEMBER 11. grounded upon the supposition that the embargo was I Out correspondent at. Annapolis informs us, that not productive of benefit to ourselves, but of serious ; President o f the United States has called upon the disadvantages : nor wa6 it productive of tau injury ;Executive the Maryland of to have . 6000 Militia ready contemplated upon the belligerents. He wished an i , to march at a moment's warning. early day—say Monday. • 1 A letter from Washington, dated November 6, General BRADLEY objected to this discussion. Th e Sunday even ing:" Yesterday, some of the gentle rule of the Senate directed, that resolutions of th , of our house waited on the President, rirho ap kind in question shall lie on the table one clay for men prated to converse with freedom on the great con consideration. cern: of this country and of Europe. He remarked, Mr. Loot]) (a new Senator from Massachustetts,.. -i•- woi r propositions . had been made by our Government in the room of Mr. John Quincy Adams) submitted . the following resolution : ito Great Britain, to suspend the embargo, if they Resolved, That the President of the United States be request. I would remove the Orders in Council ; and that they ed to cause to be laid before the Senate a statement, 'hewing tht I paid no attention to the proposals. 'He further re number of vessels which have departed from the United States, I marked, that them seemed to be but three modes left with permission, between the 22d December, 1607, and the 90th I f or a s t o prob....a con tin u ance o f the e mb ar go, war September, 1808, specifying the names of vessels and tbeir owners, !or übm The last no Amerkan can be sodas: the size of the vessels, the dates of their clearances, the ports or • - S- Ulla°ll6 , places for which they were destined, and the amount authorized ! tardly as to comply with—to fight, our great P> i• to be brought back to the United States in each of such vessels. dent has never !hewn any strong predilection—there- General Smoke (of Md.) called up his resolution fore, we may fairly infer that the embargo must be of yesterday respecting the Militia Laws of the . the derni:r resort. From all the information I can United States. I obtain, I have n o doubt this divine 'ilea:wee is the one On the question being taken on its passage, it s- !in contemplation; but lamby no means certain that ceil in the affirmative ; and Messrs. Smith (Md.), I the, administration and their adherents dare hazard Sempter, and Bradley, were appointed a Committee , the operation of those laws Much longer." in conformity thereto. i Mr. BARCLAY presented a memorial from the mei ., l, chain s of Philadelphia, stating a disagreement in repi-; nion between them and the Collector of the Port, with I respect to the construction of the embargo laws.— Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. REED (of Md.) submitted the following Reso lution : Resolved, That in future the Secretary procure for the use of the Senate, btationary of the. manufacture of the United States, or of some territory thereof. The Scnatc: proceedzil to consider the motion made yesterday by Mr. Giles, and having agreed to the same, it was ordered that Messrs. Giles, Smith (of Md.) Bradley, Hillhouse, and Pope, be a Committee for the purrose mentioned therein. After the consideration of some executive business, the Senate adjourned until Monday. THE EVENING Si':~ti. LONDON. MONDAY, DECEMBER W. Sr. Srstnen.—bio business dohe at the Stock Eva . PRICE OF STOCKS ON SATURDAY. 3 per Cent. Red, Ann. 6511.4 -India Bonds. 4s. 51. pram per Cent. Cons. shut Ex. Bilk, Ss. 6s. pee. 4 per Cent. Slit Onsntum 11 dis. 5 per Cent. Navy shut State Lottery Tickets, Bank Long Ann. 18 1.16 Cons. fee ace. 661 It appears by accounts brought from Oporto by the I Search, BLOOMFIELD, which sailed from thence on the 28th ult. that the affairs of Portugal do not proceed in that manner which might be desired and which there was reason to expect. The re-establishment of the Re- LEGISLATURE OF NEW YORK—NOV. S. Mr. Bulkley, of Madison, offered a Resolution, for requesting the Representatives of this 6tate, in the Congress of the United States, to use their endea vours to get the embargo laws repealed. Ordered to lie on the table. • The House went into a Committee of the whole on , a bill sent down from the Senate, which was stated to be of such importance as to demand the immedi ate attention of the House. The two first clauses which. related to the inspection of flour in the County of Kings, passed without a debate. The third clause was then read, the object of which was, to allow the exportation of flour from :his state, which had been marked bad by the inspectors. Mr. Van Vetchen expressed his astonishment at the introduction of such a clause, and, in a few words, exposed its absurdity. He contended, that it would wholly defeat the object of our laws for the inspection of flour : that the character of New York flour was now high in foreign markets. owing to the severity of our inspection laws ; but that, if this provision fail ed, it would open the door, nay invite, to innumer able impositions, and destroy the credit of the flour of this State. He could discover no good reason for the measure. A New York Member, Mr. Fairlie if we mistake' not, undertook to explain the object Of this claude— He said, that in consequence of the merchants. noel being allowed to export bad flour, the citizens of New York were compelled to eat it ; that the bakers istt posed upon them, &c. At length, atter a little boggling and hesitation, the petition on which the clause was grounded was read ; when, behold ! it appeared, that, in conse quence of the embargo, large quantities of flour had soured and spoiled in New Yolk ; and that if the owners could be permitted to export it, they might 1 , send it to Great Britain, where it might be used by ° the manufacturers for starch Was there ever a more striking picture of the de gradation of our country ? The embargo was laid to starve the British ; and the non-importation act to ruin her manufactories. This has been openly avowed by the democrats in the House of Assembly, who have exulting ly referred to the riots at Manches ter, as a proo f of the effects of these measures.---Now 1 an application is made to the legislature, by our own citizens, for permission to expert their floor, spoiled by the embargo, for the purpose of making starch for 1 the use of the very manufacturers whom this embargo was intended to starves thus giving to the British the same flour, at a reduced price, which, but for the em bargo, they would have purcjtased at our own price. —fotirely, u the embargo tells," as the Register Tays. NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 31. General Torreon, Minister of the Einpvlua of France, lats arrived at Washington. tatract of a letter from Washington, to the Editor of the Roemer Wilit o dated November 7, 1808 : a It is of some hisportance that you should know that beide* has commanded all the Governors _ _ gency has not been followed by a return to order and tranquillity. The provisional government seems to be without authority or influence, particularly in the Northern provinces; and it would appear from the subjoined document that the British troops are viewed in nearly the same light as the French formerly were. —To what ought this state of things to be ascribed ? Have the French numerous partizans throughout the kingdom ? Most probably they have many; but this can only account partially for the pre vailing ferment. Is the Regency inefficient We fear it is. But we apprehend that the principal cause must be looke4 for in the absence of the Royal Fa‘mily.—Whether the speedy return of the Govern ment to the parent country would remove the present discontent and establish union, is problematical ; bur there can be no doubt that the ignorant partialities of the majority of the people must operate to pro duce a great dislike to the idea of the mother country being rendered dependent on its own colonies.—To many, any kind of independence, any Sovereign, must appear more desirable than any foreign jurisdic tion whatever. These discontents, we are concerned to state, have produced real commotion: at Oporto, where the hos tility of the inhabitants was exerted against the British troops in gatrison there, for supporting the present Government. Several lives were lost before tran quillity was restored. We have not been able to learn with precision the particulars of this affair; but it will be seen by the following paper, that the disturb. ance was of a serious nature. PROCLAMATION '43I:I4IIRAL OP POLICY. Blr THE . 44 PORTUGUESE!—Where does your fury tramper! you ? Do you suppose that the English are become. French ? No, my dear countrymen, the English are not come here in the character of conquerors, as the Frenchmen did; they come to free us from the slavery that oppressed us. If we deny this truth, we must be reproached as an ungrateful people. The English difi not enter Portugal from any motives of ambition ; their motives are more generous, wise, and politic: they knovi-very well that views of aggrandizement , always tend to destroy the equilibrium that forms the I fundamental law of nations. What Great Britain aims at is only the restitution of all countries to their lawful Sovereigns, Ah, incomparable George, how 1 great will be thy glary in future times I Where is, • the Sovereign in Europe that does not at present owe his crown to thee ? 'Thy same shall ever shine in the 5 5 3 1 S S ~ngnese annals. Excuse then, oh mighty U R' the indiscreet zeal of a people who love thei r G. r eign, and whose feelings are partly analogous o ts views.—Remain quiet then, 0 ye inhabitants old ie most faithful and loyal city in Portugal; it is toy % ye inhabitants.of Porto; that I speak.. for those h nourable epithets are indisputably your right c eel. eider that the glorious cause which you have yod el . taken can only be *obstructed and retarded by [and tumultuous mobs. This is what the comps enemy wishes for, and a civil war would only retard thiir total destruction. Let us then unite ourselves to our faithful allies, the English and the Spa n i ar d s, in order to overthrow that hellish monster. Th e union of these three nations will scorn all Frenchm en ' s threats, their intrigues and perfidy. We shall th ee have the glory of. being instrumental in the sp ee d y overthrow of the tyrant, in bringing about a ge nera l peace, and in restoring our august Prince to his ha. ful throne. This is the just cause that calls alo u d for your vengeance, and in which you ought to tris. play all your courage, your love, and your fideli ty. Long live Portugal ; long live Great Britain; l og [five Spain. " J. F. L G. AMERICA. We have received American papers, con ii th e proceedings of the Senate on the 11th ult. Main the embargo, and other matters. They alb coma a long, but dull letter, from Mr. MAmmor to htt Emmy., dated so far back aa•2sth March last. Aa outline of the contents mar, however, prove accept. able to our Readers. After indulging in a consider. able portion of invective against the injustice tithe oz. duct of the British Government, Mr. MA room observes, 44 That the Orders of November, like that of Jan. wry, proceed on the most unsubstantial founslatios— ' that they assume for alert an acquiescence of the United States in an pnlawful application to theed the French I)emee ; and that they assume for &piaci. ph, that the right of retaliation accruing to ameba serent against a neutral, to whom an injury is dee 4ey another belligerent, is not to have for its mean Meat of the injury received, but may be exercised lo any extent, and under any modifications which may suit the pleasure or the policy of the oomplsiaisg rty." In order to_ substantiate this assertion, 4he letter throws a deceitful gloss over the atroci ees or France. In all that relates to the Berlin Decree, there appears not only an attempt to give it a partial colouring, but even to misrepre. sent it. Mr. MADIaOII asserts, that the Horizon, an American ship, Astound from Great Britain to Lima, was the first 'case in which the French De cree was executed ;" s statement which is known ZS be untrue ; for itaterican ships had before that been seized at Antteerp, and are se Janke& ,there under it. It is upon this unfounded positive that be defends the Government of the United States ,egoinst the imputation of havingacquiesced in any vie. `lation of their neutral rights injurious to Great & Dia, or any other belligerent naticn. He contends that the Horizon having bemr wrecked withinthe territorial-1u• risdiction of France, was condemned under an erposi. tion of the decree extending to the high seas its ope rations against neutrals. He states with confideen, " that the Governmentof the United States, sofarfrta giving their sanction to the French decree of Nei 1806, the moment it was known to their Ministerst Paris, he called for explanations of its meaning in* lation to the United States, and that he received& satisfactory answer 1 This, we have reason to bane is a wilful mis-statement of the intentions of de French Government. We understand that nitig M. CnamnikaNv nor his predecessor ever gave tht American Minister any assurance in the way of es. planation, that the French Decree would not be pat in force against the United States. On the camp it is well known from good authority, that Kuougil intimated to the Minister of Marine and Cobr a / 1 4 the question put by the American Minister, as ado extent of the Imperial Decree of the £lst Nova" " that there were to be no exceptions in the not of the Decree in relation to any neutral itieter. This intimation was made at Paris, en tie September, 1807, to Rltowttn. Bir.,'Marneore's letter concludes tints : " le line, Sr, the President sees in the edicts tenterrio si Dr ion, bets assamed which did not exile, *Mks o ' 4 which sever can be admitted, and, ender the maw droll** aseuares transcending the limits reconsiebk with die 6 04 Pe*dlPase. ea in* ware u eons* se they are elbended. ate Inestiever lathe atedikedios et this system, :+A Wag egeaDy one sees el rights and oar radical saverriefaV He perseedes Mescals, therein% that your Govespetia ° in the judo tithe obeervadons now spade, is 'Wit* fi lr I bad tbo hewer verbally' to state to yea, la the fan 11 10 1. that the used Belles unwell warranted In looking he sr, revise** of system, which Is every day segroesdal 1611 7 at Wary, far whisk the United Stores bare the best dam Fr dress. I the honour to be, &e. Ants noise (Vied) is The Hen. David M. Eraidar. Esc ks. The private letters from America, at least sucli we have seen, are unanimous in reprobating hur l sox's proceedings. Ote now before us speaks tinol “ All parties now reprobate the Embargo. C benefit will, however, result from its having bea adopted. The experience of its evils, when mail shall be removed, will prevent such a Inedgilt frog being ever resorted to again. The calamities it has produced throughout these states beggati ti : description. I can assure yo u, however, that tbl evils we have all been made to endure have rob° and are Producing an almost noiversal seatiinetn to Is • of _ d i 10 PP , z; .11n 1 i TI 1 'l N