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I T AMER:TCA; I HOUSEe OP R.FPRE§ENTATIV , . , titntitkAt,- Nov. 5. ~ . , Mr. DAWSOIq rase 'to make a motion. He said, ``l take thi s e ar ly moment to .present to you rtl:e•-•, ,soluti on whi ch I feel p leasure apd pride ,in believ , ing will m eet t h e general 'approbation, not optv of This Rouse, but of the nation. • The President of the United States, iahis tries sage, which Was read yeSterday, has, in terms eloquent and appropriate, made !petition of an en . gagenlentWilkil has taken pl ace b e t ween an Ame rican frigate and one of his Britannic Majesty's i an engagement in which American tars have.proved to the world, that when cominanded by officers of skill, va l our, and fidelity, they are capable of contending with, and vanquishing those of any na- 1 i 'Con on the earth upon any element, even on that 'element where British skill_ has acquired so much celebrity; And that th e American flag, when.an thorised by the ' const i tutional authorities of our country, will command respecton the high road of nations. 1' tr, very far, be :t front me to boast; it ill becomes an individual or a nation, and is never the concomitant of true courage ; hut on the, pre sent occasion, it seems to me proper that we should express our sentiments t hereby the f ee li ngs of the natioon. ur feelings, I shall there following resolution and fore, without farthercomment, off er to you t h e observing that the facts therciu stated have been sscertained at the proper :department, and the proofs are on the table :--- Resolved, by the Senat e and Rouse of Represen tatives of the United States of America, in Con gress assembled, That the President of the United States be, a n d is heresy re quested to present, in the name al ngress, t o C aptain Isaac Hull, a gold med, of Co with suitable emblems .and devices; and that the stun of , thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to be distri bitted as prize-money to the officers and crew ©f the United States frigate Constitution, of forty four gtms, according to the proviiions of the Act for th.e better Government of the Navy of the 'United States, in testimony of the high Sense en tertained by Congrcss of the gallantry, good con duct and services of Captain Hull, the officers and crew of the frigate C Onstilulion, in attacking,, vanquishing, and capturing the British frigate Guerriere, mounting 54 carriage -guns, thereby ex ibitig ail example highly honourable to the American character andsinstructive to our rising , navy. •-• scone conversations passed on the proper mode which , of disposin g of thi s subject,- in the c ourse of Mr. SeYBRRT suggested the propriety of also givingsome distinction or medals to the crew of the Constitution, Who he' ought were too ge ,‘ nerally overlooked in such ca th ses. • !, Mr. WatonT iipproved the spirit of th - r slit . tion, but hoped the other ofieers wor, d receUe swords, and the men suitable 'rewards ; e,. : he confidently hoped a gold medal would hi'. voted to the nearest relation of Lieotenlut Win. Bush of . the marines, who fell, gallotly fightini;); in that action, coVered with Wounds and f!;lory : he, therefore, for that purpose; moved that the reso lution be reierrett to a Select Committee t The resolution was eventually ordereil to lie on the table, till a ComMittee be appointed, to whOm it shoUld b e referred. 'i . • , . ...„... i 'ExTRALT or A EETTna' To TNE RDITORs or Tun BALTImoNt AmEiticAN, (DEI,49CRATte), DATED WAsniNcroN, Nuv. 11. "'T'he Senat e sat with closed doors a part of this Morning,' it is presumed on executive nomi 'nations. ' " Merchants concerned in the late importition oftritish goods are beginning to petition Con : gross for a remiss'on of the ptualtieS and forfei tures in,.tvred'underthe Non -importation Art.— A menk.fi 11 from a number of merchants in Nev! Ork. was presented this morning. " Tliese applictitions 'to the equity of Crovern:- Ment, though they will.prohably be pertinacious ly resisted by ti numb er of Members, will, .it is erteVerl, ftrevaii by a great Maiority. The Corn- Lmitic e of Wilvs mid i l iailS is composed of Nlern ', hers who =ire intelligent and friendly to the just interests of conimerce : ii favourable `report on the petouX may he' ezpected from it. • The excett ' tire has petted a disposition. to favour the late importers; and the jwthe and policy Of not" con deruning an ilutueu.se amount of inerchatidize, a great putt of Mil it at least was. innocently im ported are .e 0 'pbviotts, that the 'Government g ill itardly think of ,that ntore than the duties on it, " A mistaken idea.prevails among 'some . Of tile, MemberS 'front "the interior, incolclitt-d hy the country merchants in that quarter, that ,the ini- Tiorters of the British goods received by the 'late arrivals, have, in selling, tbent laid such 'it Per rentum on their original invoice:4, • as to. secure !, themselves even if their Ininds should beforfeited. Those members use this as an argument againht ,: exempting the importers froM the penalties of the iact of non-importation : but the fact caunot he true. A fe%v stnall artides may have,been sold at, :dont üble the price they cost the country. merchants, .ri . : Ina the valuable articles of British mauufactures which constitute the chief part of every argo, P "Would not, even in the present situation of • ot ll. foreign trade, bear 100 per centum On the origi' Val invoices ; and it is pet' fair to conclude, , that they have not beets sold at such . enormoU3 l! •(, t hat ------ fey ti e [1 , The tovo follOvving eqinuites of the votes , . ' ttection of :American President bave been rece'- °d• Tire first Istatetn' ent give s the ntitiority tu mr. C.lillton--the New York letter gives it to Mr. Ala ' dts'o n. Stinp e Aed Result of the Eliidiott fu r Presirlet4. . 4in T otitl t tift r i a 6 vr of v 616 ....... ..... - i.hleatio State lost ........... ..... ... , ........... ... 3 21 1 ' tug ' .k, CLINTris4 ;k u ; a ro . nj ori t y therefcire i 5.......... 4,04: Hitrnp s it ,ie .. .... ;, :.: Massachusetti ........................ ..... :: : :.'l'. Itliode Islt-.1.:i ~. : .............. ... 2. ... urinectiout. ... .•.. • ;•' . ' ‘'‘v York ............... . ........ , ... . , ~ ew Jetsry ....... . ...... .:' .. .. • Di:law-are. . .... In Maryland he bp .... c. 4 ftain r • • Itis . conjectOreri he liar got OhiO, which has Pith). ca.rolirka, Perinip! in "Vermont 26 9t) Majority ..N‘v YORK, SEPT. 16.----The ship Minerva, Capt. Williams, as a cartel, with passengers, will sail at eleven 'this day. The Presidential Election takes place in all the States on Wednesday, the 2d of 'December. There will be 218 votes ; but as the votes of Louisiana (3) will be lost, on account of the Legislature having adjourned without mak ing provision for 'choosing Electors, it will there fore take 108 votes to make a majority. Mr. Clinton, who will receive the votes of the Federal Electors, will, probably, have about 90. Mr. Madison's re-election, therefore, is said to be pretty certain:" MAJOR GENERAL BROCK. The news of the death of this excellent , Officer was received here, as a public calamity.. The at tendant circumstance of victory scarcely checked the painful sensation. His long residence in this pro viace, and particularly in this place, had made him, in habits and good offices, almost a citizen, and his frankness, conciliatory disposition,. and ele vated demeanour an estimable . one. The expres sions of regret as general as he was linown, and notuttered by friend and acquaintance only, but by every gradation Of class ; not Only by grown persons hut yOung children, are 'the test of his worth. Such, too, is the only eirlogium worthy of the good and the brave : and the citizens of Quebec have, with solemn emotions, pronounced it on his memory, But at this anxious moment, other feelings are excited by his loss. General Brock had acquired the confidence of the inhabitants m ithin his go vernment. He had secured their attachment per manently, because hy his own merits. 'I hey were one people animated by one disposition ; and this he had gradually wound up to the crisis in which they were placed. Stra.bge as it may seem, it is to be feared .that he had become too impor tant to,them. The heroic militia of 'Upper Ca- - naaa, more especially, had knit themselves to his Pelson, and it is yet to be ascertained, whetner the desire to avenge his loss can ci.impensate the many embarrassments it will oc..:ision. It is, in &ed., true, the spirit, and even the abilities of a distinguished man often carry their influence be yond, the grave ; and the present event furnishes its awn exampe; for it is certain, notwith standqg General Brock was cut off early ui the ai'tion. he had a l re ady given an impulse to his lit tle , ruiv which contributed to accomplish the vic tory,,when rtTaif ect i r ,n he was no more. Let us trust tha t th e of him will become a 'new bond of union • and that as he sacrificed himself for the safety elv at a community of patriots. they will fin d a n motive to exertion in the obligation to secure his ashes from the pestilential dominion, of the enemy. General Brock was a native of Guernsey. His family always 'belonged to the profession of arms. He entered the army early in life, and has been continually on service during the last and present wars. He made several campaigns on the Bata pean 'Continent ; and particularly distinguished himself himself in Wolland, where he had a horse killed, under him. He was shortly afterwards cm ployed'On board the Ganges, with part of his fa . vourite el9th regiment, in the battle of Copenha gen, on the famous 2(1 of April, 1801. In the folloWing year he came to this country as Lieute-, rant Colonel commanding that regiment. His strong attachment to it made a distinguishing fea , ture in his character. There was a correspondence ofeseeem and regard between him and his officers', and even the non-commissioned ofticerg and vates with an addition of veneration •on the part of these, that produced the picture of a • happy fa ., *y. Those movements of feeling which the eX actiona pf discipline will sometimes occasion,rarely reached his men. He governed them by that sen timent of esteem, which he himself had created.— The consolation was given hint to teiminate an useful and brilliant course in the midst of his pro fessional family. They have performed his last funeral obsequies ; and those who kilos/ the Com maeder and his men will be convinced, that on the day of his interment there was an 'entire regiment in tears. Ilis fate has ,been attended by a circumstance afitio!st - intolerable to a high-minded soldier. His ' enemy was not worthy of such a catastrophe The . spirit of the victim often rebUked the hard destiny that denied him a field where it might be deiirable to die. But, brave and generous Brock, the 'opinion of your country shall correct the er :rens of Fortune. It sltall estimate your efforts the more for having been made against an enemy withbtit reputation, though powerful ; and who, in waging this war, has shown how destitute he is of every Principal element that can constitute true greattwss. it shall grant you all the fame that manly courage and heroic enterprize,skilfully and successfUlly employed, has the poWer to yield. Monuments shill rise to. your glory in the public square of - the capital of that province you have twice Ravtd, .:and under.the dome of the first cathe dral in Vairope !—(Quebec Paper.) BAKEWELL, who has been engaged in a mineralogical examination of the inexhaustible mineral kvealth of Charnwood Forest, in Lek-es t,:i-suire', for the Earl of OIRA, has lately disco vered, amongst the granite rocks of teat district, a variety of scenite of singular Imitutr, siii•passing that from Egypt, or the continent of Europe.— other stones of this species, it consists prin cit.:illy of hornblende and felspar; the latter Is of a pale red:,colonr, the former is crystalline, and of' a beautiful green, resembling simiragdite. It I ' l.B in large blocks, and might be applied to purposes of ornamental fir sepulchral architecture, aid scillptur. It is from this kind of stone that the durable. monuments of antiquity were con structed. `QUFEC , Nov. 17.—We liaVe it on the anf thotity :t,3f . several boat Lien of integrity., that - it large body of Americans (stated at more thon '3,000 ir , n) from Sockets' harbour, bad laniiled about 18 miles from Kingston, on Tuesday last. ilritish forces of every description were in stantly put in motion, and About 5 p. m. an inces sant firing of artillery was distinctly heard, which "lotted until dusk : the result was not known, but we doubt not of its having been as gloriatis as the battle of Queenstown. Every on acquainted with b;ue 49th., and the loyal and high-spirit ed people of Kingston, will agree with us in opl,' nion, that their invaders will be discomite4, and covered with shame. It is added, thi , t the 40 gun-ship laid down about six weeks agnat Socket's harbour, is already launched. The.report of the American camp being broke up at. Plattsburgh is unfounded. The troops continue there in hip force, and are determined to attack us. They ftre accurately informed of our . numbers, but imacquAinted with our metal. That the first is thu case, can beno wonder, .for they have no need of spies in this count.y to sent! them intelligence. A PROCLAMATION. " Quebec, November g. '" Whereas Treaties of Peace and Friendshiii between his Britannic Majesty and the Emperor of all the Russias, and the King of Sweden, were signed at Orebro, on the Bth - of Julylast, by Mr. Thorntan, on the part of his Majesty, and by the several Plenipotentiaries of the two Powers on the part of their respective Sovereigns., and the signing of the stine having been officially 'commu nicated to me, 1 heeby, in his Majesty's name, call upon all his loving subjects in this provhice of Lower Canada, strictly to observe, by sea and by land, the said Treaties of Peace and Friend ship, existing as aforesaid. (Signed) GEORGE PICIVOST." FORCE 'OlsT THE FROSTIER. We should be heartily glad to gratify our leaders with an accurate, statement of the force on the frontier, us much anxiety seems to prevail on the subject ; but as the troops are continually arriving from the interior, and from one port to another, it is impossible to give an accurate state ment. The following is predicated in the authenticated date in our possession : HARRISON'S ARMY. In the Western County, including the troops at Fort Ilaaison, Vincennes, and Indiana, generally 13,000 On ti►e Niagara River 6OOO At Platshurgh and its vicinity • 8000 Burlington, Swanton, and Derby At Sachet's Harbour and at Ogdeusburgh 5OOO J 3,500 , The above number is exclusive of the Pennsylvania awl Virginia troops, who are now on their march, and have probably ere this reached the Western Frontier 4500 The whole corps of Greenbush, on their way to Plattsburgh 41,500 In the certain anticipation of complete, success against the Russians * it appears tliat Buonaparte had gone to the campaign with a plan for the pro dnction of a new batch of Kings. Murat Was to be made King of Poland, and ,Naples was either to be incorporated with the kingdom . of Italy, or to have a new king. How many more new dy nasties It was the intention of lluouaparte, in the plenitude of his anticipated.. success, to found, it is impossible - not to know. But how great mist be his mortification, when, instead of making hinge, he must begin to fear for his own person. The following letter from Messina explains the I:iiinge. respecting Murat : " Messina, Nov. 18. " A flagof truce arrived litre from the opposite ',Coast yesterday morning. They report, that King Joachim, (Murat) is to be removed to the, Throne of'POland, and ,that Naples is to form a part of the Kingdom of Italy. ley . asked us if it was true. that Ferdinand and his Queen bad sailed for England ` ?—it having been long re ported at Naples, that their Majesties had con sented to abdicate the Throne of Sicily in favour of the Hereditary Prince, and retire into that kingdom." EXETER ! Dna. 29.—Yesterday• morning, about twelve o'clock, a most distressing Circumstance occurred at the Royal Horse Barracks in this city, by the prematfire dissolution of Richard Yates, tsq. a Captain in the sth reghnent of the line, who fell a, lamentable victim to suicide. This Officer .was in the meridian Of life, at. the age of 30 years, and returned from the Peninsula about six weeks ago, where be had been upwards of three years, nobly defending his country's cause, and braving every danger; lie bore a very supe rior character as a military man, and his whole deportment was marked with every amiable qua lification which distinguishes the Patriot and the Gentleman. SOon after his arrival at Plymouth he marched to Kingsbridge, at which town it was first perceived that he deviated a little from his uniform line of conduct, and loose and incoherent expressions were observed in certain letters which he tvrotc, insinuating intentions which have been so fatally realised ; his spirits aiierwards flagged, and he became manifestly dejected. On the day preceding the melancholy catas trophe, he re.inained confined to his bed the whole day ; • previous to tiketing his awful exit, be di rected his servant to take some letters to a Cap tain in the same regiment, after ,which he pro ceeded to terminate the dreadful scene, by placing a soldier's musket to his breast, the butt-end rest ing 'On the ground, and with'his sword pushing against the trigger., be diiicharged the contents through his body ; the bait entered his left breast, came out at his hack, and ascending upwards, lodged in the ceiling. it appeared that he ex perienced some difficulty in the process, as the paint of the sword was much bent, and was found in his band ; the report of the gun alarmed souse of the privates, and his chamber door was broken open soon after thc„ieedwas done, but too late to be of any service, as be died instlntly.—A Coro ner's inquest, of respectable Gentlemen, sat on the body this day, before Siostuet WALXEY, Gent. Coroner. Verdict, Lunagy.--(Ereter Paper.) AIETEOROLOGif L. 81 7 It. BANKS, PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENT MAKER, STRAND. Thermoznoter. NVezi .t her. a r..-, ~ . .--..:t „.., . ..e. , - 0 in C:i 30.49 N. B. 998 90 last day is in .Tau 'CAMBRIDGE, JA N Misr !y. Rain luary. Idy. Do. Fair ('ldy, )yo. Ruin I)u. . The Hnls ean prize fur the year . lBl2, has been adjudged to Mr. Daniel Guildford Wait, Student of St. John's CollcAe, for his " Inquiry Into the Relifzioue Knowledge which the Heathen Phi losophers7derited from. the Jewish Scriptures." „The following is the subject for the Hulsean Prize Essay, for the present year :—" On the Magi who came to adore the new-bo; n Jesus, and on ihe_Star which directed their way." (lWard C. Brick wood, Esq. of Doctors' Coin • tnons, was on the 23d ult. admitted to the shili of St. Peter's College, vacated by the rzsig, nation orthe Rev. IVilfredClark, Rector of Castle ;Camps, in this county, and late Preacher at thq Charter-house. - - , His Royal highness the Prince Regent has heen,pleased to grant unto the Hon, aneßev. H. 'clOck,ayne Cust, M. A. the place and dignity of a. Prebend of his Majesty's Free., Chapel of St., George, in the Castle of Windsor, void by the, resignation of the Hon. and Rev. Henry Ryder. The, Rev. Henry Finch, M.A., Rector of Little Shelford, and Vicar of Great Shelford, is collated, by , the Lord Bishop of Ely, , to the Vicarage of Long Stanton All Saints, in this county, vacated by the death of the Rev. Thomas CocksbUtt. The Rev. 'Thomas Win. Brereton, B. A. is in, stituted to the Vicarage of Framsden, in the county, of Suffolk, on the presentation of Earl' Dysart.. . The Rev. Charlei Steggall, B. A. with last week instituted to the Rectdry of Westhorpe, in Suffolk, on his own petition. The undermentioned Officers are now employed as Aides-de-Camp to the LORD LI'EUTENANT of Ireland :—Lient. Colonel Lord 11. SOMERSET, 4th Dragoons ; Major Ftsnza, 6th Dragoon Guards ; Captain thus, Ist Dragoon Guards : Capt. Lord DELvYN, half pay ; Major GARDENER, 90th Regi ment; Capt. VERNER, 7th Hussars. The Magistrates of Glasgow, to prevent a re currence of the scenes of riot and outrage that-dis graced the city of Glasgow on the last day of 1811, issued a Proclamation on Tuesday last, exhorting the peaceable, 'inhabitants to keep within doors during the last night bf the year. On New year's day morning last, several people were severely hurt in Glasgow ; and, in hdinburgh, three per sons were killed, and fort' or fifty robbed of money, watches, bats, &c. tor which three young men afterwards suffered death, five were trans ported, and about a dozen sent on board the tender. A 'deserter from the artillery, who had enlisted , with another party, was 'recognized at the market iu Brechin onthe 24th ult. and lodged in jail. On the Sunday morning after, whi!e the jailor was serving out his breakfast, :he sprung past hint, and made off. The jailor, gave the alarm, and his daughter, who happened to be standing at the door, hearing the cry of her father, and knowing the:man, immediately darted forth, seized, and threw him to the ground. 'She was considerably hurt, hut kept her hold till asssistance came, When he Was reconducted to jail. A waggon, coming from Hertford to London, on, Thursday last, was robbed of six sacks of flonr and one of pollard, neat Waltham-Cross Turnpike. Four men, in two ,small carts, passed the gate a short time before the robbery was committed. About ten days ago another waggon was robbed near the same spot at a considerable quantity of butter and cheese, and it is supposed by the same depredators, who, in both instances, escaped with their booty. A 'most melancholy accident happened at Bal lintuim; Strath-tummel, parish of Blair-Athole On Friday; the I 1 th at. December, Alexander. Calebanach, alias Dow. tenant there being employed in drying grain on a kiln, went, about midnight, accompanied by his daughter',, a young girl, to lift off the grain, when, most unfortunately, the rafters, which, it seems, were rotten, gave way, and he was precipitated to the bottom of the kiln, when it immediately took fire, and before any assistance could be ren dered him, he was burnt to death. Owing to the scarcity of water, the darkness of the night, and timer late hour at which the fire happened, it was not got under till noon next day, when the body, which was almost consumed, was with dif iculty . extricated front the rubbish. He has left, a widow and three children, whose situation may be more easily conceived than expressed. Mi. Jaques, # pedestrian of 'much celebrity, started from the Edgware-road, on Monday last, to go 200 miles on foot, in 72 hours, for It wager of 200 guineas, such being at the rate of 67 miles a day. The pedestrian did 74 miles on Monday, and he accomplished 82 on Tuesday, and halted at a village near Andover, having 44 miles to perform. He would close his journey four miles front Bagshot, and at eleven o'clock ón Wednes. day he had only 24 miles to do, and was in good condition, so that he would win, with ease, in se veral hours less than the given time. A duel was fought yesterday morning in u field at the foot of Highgate-hill. One of the Gentle. men received the ball of his antagonist in the arm, after which the affair was accommodated. The parties were both inhabitants of Highgate. The cause of the quarrel originated at cards.