The National Register. — London, England, 1822-05-27 00:00:00

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Num YORK, APRIL 27.—The House of Repre sentatives, on Wednesday last, were engaged most of the day upon the bill to reduce the daily pay of Members of Congress from eight to six dollars.— They did not take the final question ; but there is a strum , probability that the bill will not pus that branch. . . _ measures which h•tve been adopted against the French subjects. The general statement was against the French, and tir some days they were compelled to shut themselves up in their houses to prevent mas sacre. The brigs Been, Ann Maria, Palty and Say, will sail iu a few days for New York. 1 FRENCH EXPEDITION TO ST. DOMIVGO. fwe Our commerce with the British Colonies in the West Indies will certainly be thrown open with but flew restrictions. Various points of policy have led to this determination of the British Government. Their colonies were in a decaying state. The French, Swedish, Danish, and other islands, were carrying on a brisk commerce, whilst the Bd. tish possessions were in a languishing condition, and the expenccs of their government bore heavy upon the. nation. This will be good news for our agri. culturists, and give a spur to commerce, whilst it decreases the price of .colonial produce. The point in dispute between the United States and Great Britain, respecting the restoration of cap tured slaves, which had, according to the treaty, been referred to the arbitration of the Emperor of Russia, had been decided by him in favour of the claims of the United States. This, we now under stand is incorrect. The fact is, that the last infor. mation from St. Petersburgh was, that the discus sion on the subject by the Ministers of the United States and Great Britain, had terminated, and that it was finally placed before the Minister for Foreign Afteirs for the award of the Emperor. The documents communicated to Congress rela tive to the North West Coast, are published. In making the communication, the Secretary of State observes, that the British Minister had inti mated that the proposed plan of occupying Columbia River might interfere with the rights of his govern ment. The Secretary declined to answer his inqui ries, or discuss the claims of England, otherwise than in writing, but no written communications had been received. Letters from Port au-Prince, dated 17th April, have been received, which contain some information, apparently authentic, respecting the French expedi tion to Samana, and the subsequent embargo on fo reign vessels, on the real grounds of which scarcely any thing was before accurately known. The fol lowing official letter from President Boyer on the subject has been published at Port-au-Prince:— "JEAN PIERRE sorest, PRESIDENT AT HAYTI, TO TAR CITIZEN COLEMDEI., 1315 PRIVATE SECRETARY AT PORT-AU-PRINCE. " St. Domingo, March 1, Igeg, 19th year of Independence. t , I have received your last letter, which my great occupations have hindered me answering. " I thank you for the advice. you have given me, and beg you will continue them. " I inform you that French men of war were called to Samna by some Frenchmen that are established there, and by some Spaniards discontented with the change in favour of liberty ; they have attempted a debarkation on that island, in the view to carry away all the c devant slaves in the province which remained NI that place i but their pioject failed at Samaria. where 1 had sent in due time General Toussaint, with forces that will secure that important place from a comp de Main. which they had effected on Savannah la Mer, and forced to a Murat a detachment of 12 to laeoldiere. which Gen. Toussaint had left there. Informal of this event, I ordered immediately General Areye la Riviere, with the 27th regiment. to repair and relieve Savanna la Mar, if, contrary to my expectation, the enemy still occupied it. I have taken all the necessary measures fur the maintenance of order and defence of the territory flung any unforeseen acct. dent. •• I have also transmitted the same particulars to Gen. Thomas Jean, in order to contradict the alarming reports spread by male. volent people to disguise the facts. Every thing is in perfect tranquillity. I hope to receive news from you by Capt. Wirier, who will deliver you the present, and who wall join mein the Cape. whither I snell lose no time in repairing; (Signed) a . BOYER." We subjoin a letter from a commercial house at Cape Hayti, to shew the spirit by which the Govern ment was characterised in enforcing the ombargoi— .. Cape Hayti, March ff. It is truethet the 'Government ha: laid an embargo on all ships without any distinction I it is only time last night that it war taken off English and American ships. on the condition that they have no French property or individuals au board , The said embargo is exclusively on French ships; and. according to the explanation given by the President. it seems that these measures taken against the interest of the French nation are only Irani sionally, u hinder the going out of their ships." It u ascertained by a vessel arrived at Havre, that the embargo with respect to French vessels also was finally raised on the 7th of April, on as understand ing that all the slaves carried off by the ships of the expedition should be restored. We arc still without anthentie accounts of the manner in which the French three at Samuna proceeded on their landing, respecting which the American prints have published statements nut very honourable to the conductors of the expedition, but which are, in all probability, much exaggerated. " I.—The entrance of all French productions, without exception, should be absolutely prohibited, and the transit duties on those articles so augmented that they should amount ►o a prohibition. " 'L.—Similar measures should be adopted towards the Prussian provinces on the Rhine, unless Prussia abolishes its exorbitant duties on importation. " 3.—Similar measures should be proposed with respect to Holland and England." After the honourable deputy had concluded, great agitation prevailed in the Chamber; the members all rose in a body to second the motion, on which M. Reinhardt, counsellor of state, declared, in the name of Government, that it was seriously engaged with this subject; he entirely approved of the mo. tion, and said it was highly useful and important that this subject should be discussed in the assemblies of the German States, because the measures taken by the Government appeared in this manner to be really national, and had a more solid basis; and, besides, such a mode of proceeding might have a great influence on foreign countries, which *isobar@ represertative governments. M. Reinhardt then proposed, on account of the extreme urgency of the case (those nut being a day, not an hour, to be lost), that the motion might not be adjourned, but immediately be referred to a committee, already engaged in examining another motion, a subject of a moiler nature. This was immediately agreed to, and tire otbm members of the Chamber added to the committee. •• • • 11 In answer to a note loom the Secretary of State, dated the 40th of March last, relative to the Russian decree, a letter was received from the Russian Mi• nister which contains the following passage As to the right claimed for the citizens of the United States of trading with the natives of the country of the North West Coast of America, without the limits of the jurisdiction belonging to Russia, the Imperial Government will not certainly think of limiting it, and still less of attacking it there. But 1 cannot dissemble, Sir, that this same trade beyond the 51st degree will not meet with difficulties and New York Papers have arrived to the 17th ult.— A committee of the Senate of the United States had matte a report recommending that the Preside•tt should be requested to enter into such arrangements as ho may deem suitable and proper with one or more of the maritime Powers of Europe, for the effectual abolition of the African slave trade. A report to the House of Representatives respect ing the navy, states,_ that there have been built and equipped one ship of the line; that there have been built and launched three ships and one frigate ; ready to launch, one ship ; nearly finished, one ship and two frigates ; half finished, one ship; prepared to be put on the stocks, one ship and three frigates; mid materials nearly celleeted for building one ship, three frigates, and two steam batteries. The qviestion of the recognition of the indepen ineonventences, for which the American owners will only !Lee to accuse their own imprudence, after the Publicity which has been given to the measures taken by the Imperial Government fur maintaining the rights of the Russian American Company in their absolute integrity." p owr - Au .p elecE , mi en , 6.—We have sent this via Aux Cayes, in order to furnish you with our price current of this day, and also to mention, that, by an order of the President, all the French PM übiigod to leave the territory of the republic in one month, and that, after that time, no French vessels will be permitted to enter the purrs of the republic. This will be very advantageous to America, fur we shall be obliged to be supplied by the United States with wine and provisions, which have heretuture bean 14116ln:it by I mum, it is reported here that the French Admiral has made an attack upon Suntans, in consequence of the GERAI4N P.lllEles. CAREARVHE, MAY 7.—The highly important mo tion of M. Bassetmann, relative to the introduction of a rigorous prohibitory system to the protection of the Grund Duchy, of whidi ho gave notice some time ago was brought forward by him in the Cham ber of Deputies o r the 6th inst. " For a long series of years," said ho, " France has persevered in its well calculated system of pro hibitory duties; it never deviates from the principle of making as great a quantity of its production as ixissible to go to other countries, and of receiving as little as possible from abroad. The cultivation of its soil has greatly gained by this, its manufaetures have become daily more extensive, and attained the highest perfection. What it ti)rmerly received from Baden, and other neighbouring states, it now in a great degree possesses within It annually adds to the number of import duties, and so in creases those which already exist, that they nearly amount to a prohibition. Doubtless. it will soon prohibit all productions entirely. While the pro ductions of our soil are at so low a price, that they scarcely repay the expense of cultivation, and yet meet with hardly any purchasers; while our manu factories are standing still,becuuse they cannot main. min a composition with those of our 'oeighhourg ; while our commerce is absolutely null, we continue to draw flout France to the value of ivany A letter from Jersey, dated May il, says. " Is will be recollected that last year the English and Jersey oyster fishing boats were much obstructed and annoyed by the French armed ves sels, on various pretences of encroachment, but in reality to destroy the Jersey oyster trade altogether, and thus oblige the English oyster companies to obtain their supplies from France. The French authorities have again stationed vessels of war on the banksdiscovered by the Jersey fishermen in 1797, and adopted hostile measures, by firing in time of peace on English shipping, and chasing them within the rocks that surround Jersey. These hostile pro. ceedings have attracted the attention of the Jersey States, and a petition has been voted L., his Majesty, in Council. There cyster banks are situated he. tween Jersey and the opposite coast of' France, stretching from Cape Rezak to the rucks called the Minquttis, a few miles to the north-west of the small isle of Chaussey, between one and three leagues front the French shore. The fishery is now in a flou rishing state. It occupies during four months of the year upwards of 300 fishing smacks, manned 11 neailv 4,000 British stamen. ineirmation has been received from his Majesty's Ambassador at the Court of Naples, of the follow. ing distressing occurrence:--" On the 17th or 18th of last month, as Mr. Chaties Burgh, third son of' Timmas Burgh, Esq., of the county of Kildare, and Mr. IVatkiti, a relation with whom he travelled, were sailing in the Bay of Naples, a storm arose suddenly, by which their boat was unfortunately ups-t, anti Mr. Burgh, after the most astonishing exertions on the part of his friend to save him, was lost, having struggled till midnight in the waves. Mr. Burgh was educated in oar University, where he was distinguistwit by the highest literary nours, and was studying, we believe, fix the Eng., lish bar. Mr. Burgli was nearly allied to Lord Illessingtou and to the Earl of Clancarty,—..Thibli4 Paper tIA I.lrAt, Arnis 6.—By the arrival of the Ireas front Pernamboceo we learn that from 150,000 to 200,000 barrels of mercantile fish are required, fur the Braails alone. The American Uaited Swes fish have got quite into disrypute. and the Nova Scotia tilt are prelemd, uartit.a4larly thee of Cape Breton, .. y • , ... -.7.71=1•611 a