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1. '1"111.41.""1.1 . -I F 4 ..„ . . -. --,to aa alba epos we of oar gels by la I 'grit* ship of a particular nation, and all the other circuiesetaatee mentioned, are stated merely as aggravations of this attack. He therefore sub :pitted with deference to 'the Commute the pro. priety of referring whatever relates to the attack on the Chesapeake to a Seleft Committee; and en tering into a separbite resolution for the appointment of a distina Committee to consider what may be necessary for the defence of our ports and harbours. Upon this view of the subject, he would offer an amendment to the resolution in question. He wisred to add after the word " Resolved," " That so much of the Message of the President of the United States as relates to.the attack made on the frigate Chesapeake, be referred to a Select Commit tee ; and that the Committee be instruled to in quire into the circumstances of that attack, the causes assigned for making it, and the manner in which it was repelled, and to report the result of such inquiries in detail to this House " Mr. DAWSON observed, that the Gentlemen from 111a=s4cf;ussetts had mistaken his intention, in offer ing the resokution under consideration. He did not mean tisejlkoposed Committee to inquire toad tieularly into the attack on the Ch•satende. Such an inquiry would be at present premature. When the time arrived for taking op this subject, he should be as ready a , the Gentleman from Massachussers, or any other Gentleman, to enter upon it. Mr. D. read that part of the Message of the President, which has reference to this affair, and asked the Members of the Committee if it would not he al. together premature to go int . this subjed, before the House received the information which the Pre• sident of the United States has said he expods shortly to be able to lay before them? His ()lied was to make the ground of reference as general aa possible. trance said, that the gentleman from North Ca had asked what was his °bled in making l ik this otien? He would answer, that he was to hare the whole detail of the affair mpeoting the Chesa peake laid upon our tables. It was ~sked it he meant to justify the British ? lie knew not why this question should be put. His motion was a plain ore. His principles and feelings were as purely American as those of any gentleman. He wished to gain poi, .end to obtain these he thought it best tv be on ..rim objects, and not to extend our views over the whole horizon. la reference to wb;t had fallen from the gentlernan frr m Virginia, what he had proposed woul4 have at-Veneto do with our negocia- Uonsabroad.Neoapressior of the opinion of this Moos is reriAtd. All that is ask-d is, that the Conduit tee *sell coiled a detail of lads. The Coro:cme Mir not wake their report ur.til they thick proper; bat the •inottiry ought to be insoured. - Suppose our dispel • with Great Britain shotrid be amicably weeded, w old not this inquiry be necessary i-.- Would you rot isqu.re into the causes which led to the.otracic? He considered the dispute as being oti not only tsinwen us and Britain, bat between us .V . and f re..ce. At any rate ke wanted the fads, and • wh,.a'they were ,otore the House. a ccrreft judg latent might be formed of the affair The honour of the nation was concerned to know whether a proper &rime cf resistance had been made to repel the stack of the . British, by our OffiC•111 j if not, the %skint, of this House ought to be expressed on E 4". . lib. I.IIOT ailnded to that part which asks for 'fix mariner inekhieb the attack *vas repelled. Every Beau, wruhto and child, in the United States, knew that so ',silkiest* was made, If he were to vote for she tesolutiin,l.eab ttlil wish the word '. received" to be used, frateed of the word " repelled." • Mr. litaiti.:z said, there was one thing which the gentleman (tom Massachusetts himself, on reflec tion, most sink improper, that was, that part of . the motloo which relate:. to the manner in which the attack was repelled. He understood the Con,- . niander of the Chat:wake was now on vial, and he Loped this Hoes. , would not do any ad which might have an iniiiiertee on that. trial. He had no doubt but that before ties business seas got through, there *mild be complete information before the House. W. should know whether the seamen taken in the Cieseptele were really British subjeds or American eititens. The amendment was rjeded without a d.vidon. The kei.olt4ions being ghee through, a emtioa • was niece for (Le Committee to rise, which being agreed to, the Speaker mottled the Chair, and the otto! immediately toult up the Resolutions, and t agreed to thou m.animoi:sly. I f i i . .?,‘ 0 4 4 M t Nov. 3. FROM WA,LIRGTON-Our correcponient at the city of thinwon, under cf.tu, nt the with ult. says. N.lthing of it - opt)! tan,:e was trAcisaib-d this day.-- The 1 , 1:os members compose the Comarttee 13 which wet: tele..red — that part' 01 tl.e dent's Nirss.,ge, which tele( I to aggrzssions crlm nlitttd wt.h n yr heoruis and wateib by fureiga amid v•ss-te, Me sr Chandler, 15 , 1rwtoll, Gol.l3lto rongh,, Riker, Trour,l, and Wither3ll The lionte ac`joorned, at an early hcvr, to Mon day snort: wig. The prtv:, ling opinion here i:, that :milting irt-- resting wdi be brought tt;. , untd die di,p.itche: front no: Mint.ters in London ire sec‘ived, which ate 4:1:4 1 ) , rx:-t-Ord r.rskine, _Minister or His Britannic Majesty, has attired at Wasbirstot• soy . 6. Cr.l. Burr, Bla , ,nerhasset, and Tyler, are nuw at Baltimore. 'the Petrie‘French 74. k said, in Tim Norlo:k I.,el,fer, of the tetit ult. to have kft the Para.n-ii, on ler way down the tiger, prooably t.) fellow tke We ore told, en tie authority of a lAter from the AlutbwArti, •ays 7 Se Gitetle of Mor.- day, that Ge , eral Wilkinson has challengrd Mr. Wickham, one of tlir• Cot.trel for Cd. Burr, on Ihe late trials. Mr. Wickham is said• to hare re; turned for answer. that if he would clear op his *made?, bile would meet him. A nom'aer of vessels from European and West hidia.voyages have been lately boarded from a ea - riety of tbe Jk.tish ships of war, w.iolusee, in C rony orery instance that we have heard of lately,. treated our Captains with marked politeness. One. of them asked. from whence proceeds this %alluvial . pol e iteneisf .4-bieb the Britirb officer replied, Oftetli wee 14 4 4 in i i l ~ c ~~. ... Jamaica. that they had new orders. which enjoined them not to press au American that had a protec tion ; and he adds, that it was observed Mk the Britibh olficers did not search, or even enter the American vessels in Jamaica to look for men as formerly.— (Tres Amtriean.) Nev. S. Captain Johnson, of the schooner Amity, who ar rived at this port yesterday from St. Thomas, in, forms, that an the 10th of °Bober. the day of his departure, alarm guns were fired from the Danish batteries, and the Captains and Seamen of all the Danish vessels ordered into the Posts, as an attack from the British was momently expeded. The Bri tish squadron off St. Thome s, consisted only of one frigate and an armed brig, but there hal been occa sionally five vessels cruising near the Island. Pre vious to Captain Johnson's sailing, a flag of truce had been sent by the Governor of St. Thomas to the Commander nt the British squadron, to inquire whether war had been decla►ed between the two nations, but returned without an answer. The influenza, says The Chorieeton Courier, of the '.!Si °Bober, has become so prevalent, that it is supposed upwards of 5000 persons are now affleEted with it in this city. It has not, as yet, sn far as we can learn, been attended with any mortality. DOCUMENT ACCOMPANYING THE PRE%IDENrs MESSAGE. rOT I COMMBNICATLO ST LORDNOWICK TO MR. MONTOK, DATTID JANUARY 10, 1807. The undersigned, fits Majesty's Principal Secretere of State of Foreign Affairs, has rec-eired His I,llljCSly'll commands to acquaint Mr. 'Monroe, that the French Government harm( ironed certain orders, which, to violation of the usage+ of war, purport to prohibit the commerce of all neutral nations with lin Majesty's dominions, and else I. prevent such na.. twin from trading with • any other courts> , in any armies, the growth, produce, rn manuf‘CtUre of His tiCija.ty'Sclurniniassi and the said Government ha•ing a'so taken upon itself to der dery all. His Majesty's doinirtioris to be in a state of bloeksrle, at a time when the fleets of Enlace and her Allis ate them seises confloed within their own porta, by the superior valuer and discipline of the British Navy; Such attempts on the part of the enemy gi - ring to His Ma. Jetty an unqcestieriable right of retaliation; and warranting His Majesty in en:arcing the same prohilsitien of all cern mem. w•th Frairree, rahicii that Power vainly lan,res to effect oesnist ate 110.11111Crell of Hi. Majesty'. subject., a prwillaitiou wori.•ll the euperierity of llis MN...Ws nasal mice. might e a bis irui to support, by mutually inn...ling the porta and cltaft* of the enemy with numerous aquadrons and cruisers, su as to make OW PDIDLOCe or lyilfoJCll thereto manitestiv dangerous; firs Majesty, therigh %titivating to hallow the example of his enemies, lay proceeding to an extremity so &Moaning us alt na• ti.nis not civilised in the war and eirtyriar,ed their accustomed trade ; yet ftes'is himself bound by a due regard to the just de fence of the rigistsand interest. of hi. merple, out to suffer sack SO bo Ilathis by lbw enemal. wniwuttaword -MOO Sts; 9.1 '•u pail, re MIMI, this violence, and to retort ropoll the mile of theirowi, injustice; Mi. Munson is tinning so. que.ted t apprise the Anwrican Cfriallb and aserehants maid ins i+l England, that His htMe.dy has LIISWISAWAS juilird it ea. periwire to order, that DO vessel 114411 be perming SO Ludo from or.a vrt to anothei, both which pens shell to long so, or us in pennants of, France or 11.4 sites, or shall be se is • under their contmat, as that MUD' vet. acts may ;tit hotly trade thereat and that the eon moans of HU Manses ships of oar and prinneen have boon iiistiocisd to wain every neutral vowel, mom, from any such pot, mad dastiatd to another such pen, so f1w41.11- tioyfr bee ee)age, and not to pr o wled to any such loot; and every vend, after bang so *roiled, or any MOO Corning Mow any such port, after a enepostalsla hale shall hare Isola 'fooled for remising informstlen of this HisMwests's onier.whicsi shall he f o und proceeding ti another sues port, shoal be captures! Owl brought in, and, together with her cargo, shall be ciao ilenned as lawful prise ; and that from this time all the 'era sures authonsed by the Ism of natto.ft, ant the Iff i lfalVE tf.O. ties between Hi Majesty and the Atitboeist Neutmi Powers, will be adopted and edeedind with wept* to vessels attempts ihg to violate the said order after On notice. (Signed) HOWICL. Downingetreet, lam. 10, 1607. soy. 9. The following is the Spanish Order referred t.) in the Speech of the President. The Brititesie Order was poblethed en our Paper of yesterday s TRANSLATION. By ilia grntest coinage against humanity and against pole., Spew as. fenced by Great Britain to take part Id the pr.aent mar. This power his exercised out, the ma and over the commerce of tha world as exeitiose dominion. Her numerous fattens, disseminated through all coo. tries, are like sponges, which mini .1: ter riches of 'those (opuriteics) without leaving them more that the appearance of mercantile liberty. From this mistime and eniumetetale despotism, kriglaed derive; immense resources for caroling to a ear object is to destroy the CioddlarCe which belongs to each state, (ru ii its industry and ?tester'. Experience has proved Chit the motility of the British Cabinet has no sie•i talon' as to the ream, so long as they head to the aereln . plistiment of its dezigits ; and whist this power can continue to enjoy the fruits of its immense tragic, huseanßy wit groan under the weight of a deso!atii.g war. To pet ail end to this, and to anvils a solut peace. the Emperor of the Fienelt and Elm; of Italy issued a decreer era the !tat of November :as!, is whlch,ado; , tiiii. the prim:ep e e of reprisals. the blockade at thri6:nit:l Isles isdetermined on , and his Ambassador, his ex saliency Frauds de brauharnals, Grand Dignitary of the Ordet of the Iron Crown, of the Legion of Islursout, be. Be. having coit.ntunicated tin. (decree) to the King our Master ; situ 1" Majesty a ring desir..us to co-operate by means sanctioned by tile right. or reciprocity, has been pleased to authorise Ins Waal Seicel liminess the Prince Getteraletuni M the Marinas isms a ei eclat of the following Meet " 1.1411 knylsiad committed the horrible outage of in ters into( the s.:sacls of the Ku)al Manne, insidiously vio lating tilt good butt with whitra peace assures individual pru prity, and the lights of nations, Ilia Majesty ecinsidered him self in a state of war with that Power, although His Beyal .uspenderl MO promulgation of the untrilfasto until lit saw the atrocity committed by its seamen, sauctioricil by the Go- '. From ti at titne and eithnet the necessity of warning the inhabitant. ..1 those kingeoirs of the ...co...spaghetti eith which cueduct thtunsultss Weald. tholo 01 • • CoWit'? whim disrupt& the , tend laws of property and ' too rights et nations; Ila Maje,ty made known to his stanects the nets of war, in vireo hr. 1,••••ol in,oseil with Viet uanou. All trs•te, all common', is preht..,•tcd in suck a situation, als4 nn sentiments enWii ti be erst - Acueil tam•cds suck au enemy, which as net thrtatsil by hott..• evoiditig all lUteitOelse 'a mts. m.ght be I utuid.red tlit - vtle rifcct of • varice, opetat. and c.,1 the 111111:70cl , nl a flatten, sia:radte itself its them. His Itliiesty is well persuisdad Vat s sentiments of liummr •fte rooted in the hearts of his beloved_gutneets, but !mews nut choose on that aeceunt tu alhiw the Malicn indulgence to toe •,olators attic tall, nor permit that, th:ough their 'gammon', ivy should be taken by sottai.c authorising me by Moo presents to declare that oil ingliels roomy shall be confiscated whenever it is (nowt board a vessel, although a neutral, if the consignmeut belongs to Sive non indisidu,sls. 6o likewise will be Colarloated .01 notch:Aim, which may be met • with, altbuuhn It may be in neutral fusels, whenever it is destined tor the ports of England or her folio. And final!!, His Majesty cestfonsiii,4 hinsseif to the ideas of his •l.y, the Emperor of the French, declares in his states the same law, which, from principles of reciprocity, sod suitable respect, lie Finite— vial Msiestypromu gated, wider date of ttne 914 New. " The execution oaf this determination of lies 61g/est?, he home to the chi:fs of prosiness, of aspastiniruts, u,n of sea r est♦ and communseating it to them in the name of His hg,jesty, I bops they will *eap sae moor les the ropil ddsgsiessure. (Jed preeente you eiany ran. " The•PRJUICE IiEWER A CIMINO d the • MAKINL" "Ararjue!, lids Jibe cry, 1347." • TIIE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, TUESDAY, Deciumee We have received New York Papers to the 10th last, containing the proceedings of Congress to the 4th. On the 29. h of Oftober, in the House of Re presentatives, Mr. DAWSON moved, •• That so much of the Message of the Pn 'SIDES T of the United States as relates to aggressions committed within our ports and waters by foreign armed vessels; to the violations of our jurisdiftion ; and the measures ne cessary for the protection of our ports and harcours, be referred to a acted Committee." It was ob jeded to this resolution, that it embraced objets uncoaneeted with each other, of magnitude suf. ficient to warrant t separate discussion ; and, upon this ground, an amendment was moved, o That so much of the Message of the Pawls noir of the United States as relates to the attack made on the frigate Cisatapeake, be referred to a 'deli Com. mince ; and that the Committee lie initialed to inquire into the circumstances of that attack, the causes assigned (or making it, and the manner in which it was repelled ; and to report the result of such inquiries in detail to this House." A debate arose upon this amendment, but perfelly free from all violence, in which it was contended, that the Commander of the Chesapeake was then upon trial, and the discussion might tend to excite a prejudice against him. The amendment was negatived, and the original Resolution carried without a division. It was supposed, however, that nothinginteresting would be brought forward until the receipt of patches horn the American Minister in London. Mr. Ensues, the British Minister, and General Tuaes•v, the French Minister, had arrived in Washington. I.etters hors Cork, dated the 7th instrat, state thus- 4, Sir Sastuat. Hoop, in the Colima., of guns, put into Cove on Saturday last. The Tart also arrived on the same day. The transports, with the Akede and Sloven frigates, which had sailed to join Admiral Hoop's squadron, were obliged to pt) back. The whole fleet got under weigh yesterdai, and had cleared the land before three Tile wind has since continued fair, and blowing a fresh breeze. There is little (Fab; bee Madeira is the objet of the armament. The troops which ehsbaric od here were the Sd, 2bth, and etSd regiments of in fantry, and a corps of artillery. The 11th foot Were on board Sir S. Hoop's squadron." • It is reported that the Prince Bragg racket has been captured, in the Wept Indies, by two French privateers. sitrs•—• A fetter from Penzance, dated December 11, says, •" The Mary, Mono' ; the I londow. LISM ; and the frronds, Matey, were loft near S!. Ives, on Monday last. The jar skoceinb, We Lilo 61 from Bristol for Plymouth, is on shore on Hoyle-bar. The Freon*, WILL', and the Marta, 'nista A ill. have put into Sr. Ives. with much damage. There are oily siz sail of vessels accounted for out of eighteen which left this Bay on Sunday." The Sevens, Scsitstvsta.s. from Palau for Lon don ; tioNriargh f' a• ; and Nrplsse, CL APIL• M. of Hull, are captured, and carried into Copenhagen. Toe Jason. HALL. from Wyburgh for London, is on shore on the Holderness coast. The .1/satree, Cuaratats, from London for Bris tol, has been captured OF Beach)-head, by a French privateer, re-captured by His M &PUTT'S ship Kangaroo, and caused into /4,-whaven. Captain Heuer Ds•cota, of Portsmouth, an old and deserving Officer, is appointed to the impress service at that port; Lieutenant .lona STOYLE, and Lieutenant W. Rossow, are appointed to the same service. Friday morning about 300 of the Hampshire Re auks, having been regularly trained and clothed., marched from Winchester, on the rout for Ply mouth, to join their reap-live Regiments. A new Candidate for the County of Donegal has ()Were,' himself, in the person of Chokes VAuottass HART. Esq. 9f Kilderry. A party of men of the 25th, sed, sod 431 Regi ments, invalids, embarked on Sunday on board the transports in the Downs for Portsmouth. A letter dated Deal the 13th instant, says : " Observing in the Deal letters in the London pa pers, an account of the arrival of the ',pa frigate, with an Austrian Messenger, landed here with dis patches. and also a cartel, I think it my duty to coniradid the statement, under the assurance of its being a false report. The Lye: did arrive in the Dawns last week, and landed an English Gentleman. She came otf from Heligoland ; and with respell to the cartel, a transport came in from the eastward, which hoisted a Dutch jack, on her arrival, proba bly as a private signs! fur a boat." On the evening .4 Tuesday last. at so early an hour as cis o'clock, three prisoners contrived to escape from Perth gaol. One of them, a deserter from the navy, having broken into the lobby, forced open the door of the press in which the keys of the debtors' apartments are secured, and opening the door of one of the rooms. let out two of the pri soners. From the lobby they got into the Sheriff's court 'room, and, breaking the passel of a door com municating with • rno:n in the Town Clerk's Office, they dropy from the window of that room into the close behind. This close being the entry to private boosts, they came out boldly into the street. without being unpaid by the motifs), eta. dosed to guard the geol. Pehrltr. I. Da) le Bag. Hew weft sleep the brave in the hour of their glory, Where wildly the rank graos waves over their bed! Hew blest in remembrance, how hoisour'd ip story! Hew glorious the turf where the soldier is hid At the soft evening hour, there shall beauty be kneeling, While the tear of affection shall moistest the rave, And the sonl.brcathing strain all around shell be stealing. That pours the sad dirge o'er the tom► of the brave. Soeh %hides rood band, who stood forenseat is danger, All glorious they lie on the bleed erimarm'd I:lain ; But their menery shall live, ear their name be a stranger To glory, while Britain and glory rennin. Dot eer . you, hapless heroes, whose tom► is the esein, No dirge shall be sung but the erUd billows! seer. Tor you, oh! sad fate of your ?nutlet's& emotion, No tomb but the waves or the wevirboetwe above. How Debts to die fit the brittle victorious, Te 611 where the brave are all With( around, For thew had you lain whets your death had been &thm, A graufid remembrance bad haUow'd the ground. Yet still, hapless youths, the' yos perlsti'd uselessly. The of pity shall swell the led eye. And still u Ns turns "Mu the reek fsllell diesyp s The stranger shall pear I. your tueaCry s sigh. ‘,...:z.... , t. • k:- 1. ,-.. - •::;::. a . . ... ........- .111. r • ' i" % ON THE LATE. SHIPVORICIC. PHILOSTRATUS. TURK, Die. It ARCTIIIISHOP OF TOILE. On Wednesday, the ceremony of the elebion of a ugly Archbishop commenced, between the pre scribed hours of eight and ten in the morning. ft began by the clsoiristers chaunting the Litany, and the Hymn " Vela Crean►."' The members of the chapter then withdrew from the choir to the chap. ter-hohle, and after citing the absent Canons to ap. pear. the King's Cove dr hurt was read, and His hf.ijesty'► Letter, recommending to the choice of the Dean and Chapter the Right BevereulFather is God the Bishop or Carlisle. . • The Dean having colleted the votes of the Chao. ter, declared Doaor Edward Vetted.. Vernon, Bishop of Carlisle, to be clseme Archbishop► The new Archbishop was atterw.trds proclaimed by the Dean in the nave facing the choir again in the chapter-house ; and a fourth time at the choir gate facing the nave t after which the Deaa aid Chapter entered the choir'. where the choiriuers had remained, and the Dean beginning Te Daus, was folloired by the choir, The prayers feeder Ring o kc. were then reed, •and the service cosehtded. The Dean and Chapter again repaired to the efrapter.houst, where, their cetera to the Cows eriofire (minutely' descAbing all the eeremonies which bud passed) waepobhcly read, together wit► the appointment of Peoaors to notify the elettioa to the newArchbishag and to the Kits& t after which the members of the ilhapter set their names and seals to the return. Lord LA it has taken an elmant house, in Lower Brook‘-suset, Grosvenor-square, and timovad it yesterday. trf ts, Esq. and fatally arrived. yesterday. at their house in Lower Grosrenoeitroet, fro Ramsgate. Viscount Esettroton is impeded. to-morrow. at the house of his father, Earl Fair 'recta is Gros venorNquare. from Castle Hill, Devenslsini.. The Marchioness of Demise's' arrived yester. day at her house in kianovesiasquem, from the county of Down, Ireland. tier Ladyship intends to pass the Christmas with the Marquis and Mar. chione7s of S•Ltssuar, at their seat at Hatfield. park, Herts. Mr. CA R L cs, from Drury-lane Theatre. made his &hut, last night, at the Gosport Theatre, in the pare of The tri. err. Their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Mont- Rosa and Lady Peeves have arrived at Fortune's and Blackwell's hotel, Edinburgh. Last week Ware:* Vistula us, Esq. of Pen.. bedw, Flintshire, distributed 820145. of bed to the poor distressed families is that neighbourhood, ac cording to his annual custom. The Honourable Aoovstus Rater read his Opera, last night, at his house in Portland-street. to a large party of amateurs, who speak in high terms of both Fable and Dialogue. Mr. Wimein•st, last ve.ek. attended • eearriog match at Norwich. where Gales was the principal performer. He congratulated Isis late consiitueots on their attachment to the sports of their ancestors. The Marquis of Do/teal and family, are ex. periled to spend this winter at Belfast. A subscrip tion is announced for a n:agnificent dinner, to cele brate the Marquis's fettles. Mr. YOUNG played Amps, at the Edinburgh Theatre, on Thursday ; and firesdick. on Saturday. The Musical Entertainment of Raskin was to follow, and the inierestitig Miss Lammas to make her Mat, as the fair Bering. Mr.l x c t.rev, The King tr all Caisjawm, perform ed last night, for the Ent time in this city, at the Lyceum, in the Strand, and received the greatest applause from a most crowded audience. This gentleman's performances have gained such cele brity, from the attention paid him by different branches of the Royal Family, that we have no doubt but they will be most brilliantly attended. The Race betweestGasoaav and Coosa awaited, yesterday, a great concourse of people in Hyde Park. At ten o'clock the ground was Immured, 100 yards. nearly opposite the Barracks. Coot' was on the ground. and waited via half put teL when it was decided by the umpires, that Coots should walk over the ground, whids be did. Get/tale arrived soon afterwards, awl was ad judged to have log the snatch. as the time was Asa for too o'clock.