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SOUTH AMERICA. SCSITAUCt OF A TREATY BETWEEN THE GOVERN NENTS OF BUENOS AYRES, ENTRE II" AND SANTA ER. Article 11. The contracting parties declare that this wish of the oalion, and petit-oh ty at he provisoes w kith they re 1.11.- ..ent, is in favour of the &delal smog which they now hoot; lint it is net y that thin wool, should be expressed by .Ir. putt. a chosen by the free election of the people. To 11.14 end shall there be elected for very province its ream, 'ire reprniental ire, and the three will morel in the moven, of S on loarewzo, in the pros hire of Saida Fe, sixty slays from the r.tateatiou of th.. 'rural,. And is they are persuaded that all Or nio•iiice. of the nation aspire to 11111 Cubit wit;, use 4,1* Ice cootracting parties, they will invite and beseech ro comm., by their respective deputies, that tlwy may, as niii el a. in them lies, promote the general weal. .1 , 1. 2 All obstacle"' to the frwiidship sail good harmony of the provinces°, Buenos Ayres,Sento Fe, and Entre Rini, reoted by a cruel and bloody war, earibal by the anthill.... mid criminal views of certain men, who bad usurped the power of the nation, and despised the instruction of the towns yhich they represented in Congress, being rrl'Auvellt all hostilities shall erase from the date of this convention, she 1,, ill erent troops retiring Irons Saute Fe and butte Roos to their rest...clic, provost's. Art 3 The Governments of Santa Fe and Entre Ries, both in the;r own names, and In that of dole provinces, re. sal to the heroic province of Buenos Ay rrr r the cradle of the nalional Illwrty, the state of diflictiltir and daucer In velocit the rotor provinces have been reduced by the invasion with which they are threatened by a for. igu power, which, with great forces, oppresses the allied province of the Bind. Oriental. They leave to {bevels-et sssss ofeitssesit,su interest ed iu the national independence and happiness, to calculate the eltrillllol of aaerificea which resistance will cost those pro •mees to an imposing army; and they expect from their ge. ismosity and patriotism, S.SifilltlVCC prOlAniitlflrd to the dif betel." of the undertaking, convinced that every thing will be done that lies within the range of Art. 4. On the rivers Uruguay and Parana no hosts shill 1„, 311 3 wed to ply but those of the friendly provinces, white. territtiry is wished by the said rivers. The bade of the ravers n.ay be afterwards arranged by Congress, to suit the stew. of the conteactiog pieties. Art S. Allows individual* who had repairer] to Buenos Ares, ffion political differences, to return to Ilwir respec tive provinemand enjoy their private property, even though they may have taken up arms against their countrymen. Art. It Psoroles that the boundaries of the provinces, in C• 111. of doubt, will 11e settled by the General Congress of Depoi:e. Art. 7. Declares that the deposition of the antecedent ad ministration was the work of the tessera, will, on account of the c.irnes by which they endangered liberty. They must herriore an•arr thr demands of public justice before a t. mbwlal appointed to toy them. This measure, it is added, is more particularly due to the 4:li,ef. of the federal army, who wish to justify the power ful motives which impart] them to declare war against Euenos Ares I.si November. Art. 8. Piuvidl4 fur freedom of trade in arms and mini t.,..ot• of war. Art. 9. Provides for the liberation of the prisoners of war, trod Ibrhrinduration to their respective provinces. Art. It.) Th.. iv the must curious article in the * hole Treaty. It saner., that, altheutf,li the contracting panics are con *teteed that the articles above agreed to are conformable to the r. %dovecots and desires of the Captain-General of the Banda Oriental, Don Joseph Artigaa, as has been stated by the Governor of Collie Rios, who rays that he has mete. ed prirate instructions trot* the said most excellent Captain- General to that effect; yet. not having sufficient formal power to include hint, they have agreed to send him a copy of the inistrument, that. if it be agreeable to him, be may en ter immediately nn those relations which may be consistent with the interests of the province under his command, who,. incorporation with the other federal provinces would be regarded as a happy event. The two last articles provide for the withdrawing of the tr.-ups, and the ratification of the Conventiou IRELAND. nor':cm L I NTELLIPENCE. CLONMEL, 11AT 10. We regret to observe, that on the icght between the Ist and ed inst. three out-houses were maliciously set on fire and consumed near Borisileigh. The Gentry of the neighbourhood have come forward will' a becoming spirit, offering liberal rewards for the apprehension of the incendiaries, who, it is to be hoped, will be brought t justice.—(dtsf vsrtiser.), On Saturday week, between live and six in the evening, John Hickey, • *errant of Mrs. Croker, Yf Corabells, while going home io cm:welly with another man, was assaulted by five or six persons, oho beet him said his companion severely. We regret to say that Hickey died au Monthly night lest. from a concussion on the brain received in the attach above mentioued....-(lbisi.) KILKENNY, MAY 11. OUTRAGIII.—We state with regret that tome r e. cent instances of nocturnal violence have occurred in that quarter of our county which adjoins the futility of Carlow. In the hatter part of the pert month a very daring and ferocious attack was made on the horse of one Mr. Mulhallen's tenants, in the vicinity of Shankill, fur the sole purpose, we hue been informed, of taking arms, but the attempt sass spiritedly frustrated. Lost week, however, the sivolants repeated their vim, and baring gaiued rn animate into the poor mou's cabin, shockingly oral tressed the family. One of the inmates received a go:,-atiot wound in the leg. and others of the family were cruelly beaten by these miscreant.. We have heard farther particulars of this outrage, but not on competent anthority for publication. We had scarcely concluded tie preoeding stale. tnenta, when the account of another uncturti .1 out rote, no less tierce and vindictive than those above mentioned, reached our office. A numerous and armed banditti, a few nights since, made a very formidable attack on the lionse of 11h. Thomas Waison.• respectable farmer. who lives near Webtis. hornet:h. on the Castlecomer road. within six miles of thi, city. The ruffians demanded fire-arms, and p aving ma d e an u n a u ee e ..ful search for the exa prcted booty, revenged their disappoi:ittnent un the defenceless occupier, n;•om they u••tueicifully beat. The attacking patty amoutritd to ten per fella. ••••• (Moderator.) WEXFORD, NAY 11. Qo the evening of the9d instant, an infant about two mouths old. the child of a Fluor labourer slant ed John Furlong. of Killeens, was dreadfully mangled. in the absence of liis wife, by a pig, which ate off all the first joints of the lingers of 0,,e hand, ■nd part of the tither hand. The fiiee wu mho ,i+ated s and it is feared that a tnortilica -11011 will hike place. A potato-basket was wird as ■ aubiditute for a cradle by the unfortunate parents. Accidents of this nature are too frequent. We taint Out the present case will serve as a caution to poor people having the cue of young children, and Caine such families pa give their children out is nu►se, to gaited ageism • negligence or inse t alit, aittuded with such sb•cklog results.— (genial MINOR, TY otr COLORTL DAYlrei Mu, lON reit • cowntTTPIOll/ YOH MILITARY LIIPAIIIIITIMA or THE CHIJNIMY. Allen, J. H. 1131ilimind, W. Parnell. W. Althorn, Vise. Harbor.). Hen. F. IP , Ico, H. Bury. Vise. H. r ssss s Sir It. Ramsay's, 3. C. liwatt, S. AT. Kennedy, T. F. womewa, Sir G. Mullions, F. jou. Loi.hirigtoo, S. Smith, WM. Ili ight, 11. Maxwell. W. • „Snisib, Abel Calvert, C. Abhors, Vise. &nil*, Samuel Callaghan, 0. Morirk; J H. Salm, Earle( Carter, T. Milbank, Mark SOirs. 11. Campion, S. Neepuri, Rt. Hon. Spurrirr, C. H. Dinolas, Hon. 1.. Sir J. Wloihriell, W. H. Doodas, TIIIW. Ord, W. Whitbread, S. C. De Cs rspigny i Sir W.Palmer„ F. IVrtihr, E. Guru. y. H. H. Power, K. Williams, VV. Gam(cll, Pascoe Parnell, Sir H. Wood, Alder's's, TiLLElLS—Colnuel Davies sad E. Ether. THE TUKF. EPSOM RACES. TIIIIRSDAY (SICoND DAY), MAT IS. /Inch Derive r.ce day was never witnessed by the eldest frequenters of the turf The rainy morning kept more than the usual visitors from atiendiag, who enjoy this e"e rice as • holiday; sued iiisto ad or the first display in the world of quipsters, beauty, mud Cashion, the Ladies Were kept in thew close carriages, emarcting to he blown us. r by the stormy element; and as to the booths, many weir unroofed on the meceiliog night, ■nd those hft shared the 64111 e fate this day; situ-posts and canvass were thing lti all direr lions when the hawses warted. The rerbylitakiSc4 Nilca.rich, for three sears old, rolis to carry Sal. 71b ; and fillies Set. 2lb —.54 Subscribers ) —Half forfeit. The owner o f the second laurae to net ive 100 es. out of the stake. Mr. Thuruhill's ch c. Sailor, by Scud—dam Gooseaoder 1 Mr. Vilitey's br r. Alijer 1.4 G. H. Cavendisla's c. by Middlethorpe, out of Cat 3 Three only were placed. It is necessary to place two; but the race was woo in a canter, by more than two bombs (Sam ('hiffney rider). Aniigallican and Arbutus Noted at Tot tenham corner towards London, from the moan', as some say. Arbulus being ou the near aide of Autigallican, and close to him, drove Iltal hour nut, and Poidlarrle swerved there and got out of his place. The Kill Devil filly and Pia darrie were fourth and fifth, and the others were a lull dis tance behind. It was a fiest-run race. _ Betsmg3 to lagst Pinilarrie-3i to I swat Saib►--fa to 1 twat the Kill Devil 6 y-14 so 1 sent Ahj , r-16 is 1 apt Arbutus--and 100 to 5 arm any other; lb Marled. A great number sow left the Course from the inclemency of the weather, without waitiaie the other two races. Sweepstakes of 10gs. rich, with 20es. added from the Raeiog Fund, fur all a¢•s. Mr. Forth's Admiral, 4 yrs old, 7ot 4 b 1 Mr. Hilys Shri. khurn, 4 y►s old, 7st. 4.b Duke of fintland's Inferior, b yrs old, Bst 61b S Mr. Hobson's .... The last rare was a Sweepstakes of Me. eat4s, for all ages. Mr. Dilly's Shrirkhorn, 4 yrs old, 7al 211.. ....... 1 Mr, Batson's e. by Walton, out of Canalla, 5 yrs, Bst S Six started, but two only were placed. These last they were run in the storm, and there was no betting. Pr YORK SPRING MEETING, 1820. WtIMESDAY, MAT 10. The second year of the Constitution Stakes of 200. each, h. ft. for horses, &c. of all agea; three .year olds, bat 101 b ; four, bat.; bee, bst.9lb ; six. 9.•.1ib.; arid •ged, 9st.slb. One mile and a quarter —(10 Sobarribers.) Mr. T. 0. Powlett's gr. b. The Marshal, by Coons 5 yrs old.. Mr. Duneumbes eb. h. St. Helena, by Stripling, 0 yrs 0 2 Mr. Watt's b. f by Cerberus, out of Miss Craofirld, 3 yte uld Lord Futsie Mato'. h. f. Lucinda, by Cervenka, 3 yrs 4 to 1 on St. Helena : after the dead heat crew betting. The Sapling Stakes of 50ga. each. h. ft. for three.years old colts. liat.3lh —Last milt anti three qua' ters.—Those got by untried Stallions, &c. 'Mowed 31b. Ld Scsrbrough's brown, by Kexby, out of Henrietta, by Sir Solomou Sir M. M. Sykes's bay, by Prime Minister, dam by Sir P. ter Teasie Mr. Kirby's bruise, Tartar, by Dun Cossack, dam by Rambleionists, out if Langtun's dam 1 Mr. Peirse's chem. Cock Rubio, by Comas, out of • sister_ to Rosette... Mr. Gasroigue's bruwii,SirJubo, by Sinelcusko—Canuuu. ball's dam Mr. Watt's clwanut, by Cerberiss,out of Mauuella Pd Duke of Leed-.'s eliesisut, by Muwiway, dam by Shuttle pd Sir W. Maxwell's bay, by Arch ussau t uut of Bird of Para dise • .. . Mr. Lanibton*a grey, Dunsioarie, by Macbeth, out of Pe terra Lord Fitzwilliam's brows. Field-Marshal, by Smulen• sko—Pauline 2 to 1 apt Sir 31. Sykrs's colt, and 3 to 1 agst the whiner. A good race: _ _ .. Sweepstakes of bOet. nth, b. ft. for 3 yr 014 colts, Si. I:b., Sitio'', Sta. tine mile and a bait. Op Subscribers.) Sir J. Sylic's b. c. flatlands, by Walton, dam by IteuitighrouKb.... The Stand NIP! of 60/. for hornet, /tr. of all ages.—. Heats one mile and three quarters each. Lord Scarborough's b. c. by Prirunius--Oberoo, 3 yrs old, 7ot. Mr. T. S)lteri's b. c. Mr. Speaker, by Camillus, 4 yrs. Vat. 7Ib. Mr Wright's bc. Master Fray, by Pireadilly,l yrs ist 3 3 Mr. Cal firs thli.gr.c. Pyramus, by Black Sir Charles, 4 yrs. Bst. 416 4 4 6 to 4 on Mr. Speaker—and 6 to 4 against the winner— Very easy. Match fur 100 yr. . Is. ft.—T.ol , lllr Old.' Coarse. Mr. Mbytes filly, by Stnolenaku, dam by Sir Peter, Bst. rec. ft. from Lord Qureusberry's gr. c. Senator, by Prime Minister—Vesta, 861. 31L. Produce Match for 200 ca. h. ft. Bst. earl,. Two mart Mr sfichaelsou'it b. f. Lucinda by Haphazard, dam by Sancho, rec. ft. from Lord Queeasterry's br. f. by Stamford, dam by Trumpalur. I?iTELLIGENCE EXTRA. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1821. TFIVR.D•II% Tin Claret Stakes of 2110 its. each, h. ft. colts, ilst.7lb.; Allie r rising 4 yrs old. D.I. !Mir o( York's Brother to anomie Sampson Lord Exeter's Liird Douslley's stooduatioas melded ■p till after the Oaks Dike of Graftuo'.3 /111 DA T. The Port Stakes of 100 p. each, b. ft. for colts sod fillies ris tog 4 yrs oldotsd not eased in the Claret ; colts, est. 71b.; fillies, Sal. 411 b. T.M.M. Lord Si3viell ' s Dukr of Portland's Sir J Shelley 's Lord Soffit ld's aotoinotioos sealed op. Mr.Ruyers's Mr. fief/Mel Mr. Udoy's Sir C. Buubory's b. c: by Sorcerer, out of big fkautford mare Lord Gromeotar% b. c. Arbiter, by Petrosioa, out of Wit ham's dais Sir. Farrah% ►. c. Sir Brims, by Eiristiadure, dam by Curio lanai lIITYROAY. Lord &Add% b. c. by Maley, oat of Nock Beauty, apt Major Wilms% b.o. by Jauipsr, dam by Oscar, On. ado. mei. D.ll. 10069. b. A. • ..• COMMRRCIAL RhSTRICTIONS. PETITIONS PRESENT 0 TO TILE HOCSE OP CQM MONS. PILTITION or MERCIIANTS OF LONDON AGAINST COMMERCIAL RISTRICTIO•4I A Petition of the thereunder signed merchants of the City of London, was pr-sented, and reel; setting forth, That foreign comm. see is eminently conducive to the wealth and prosperity of the comiiry, by enabling it to import the commerlitiea fur the production of which the soil, u capital,' and industry of other countries are best calculated, sod to export in payment those articles Gtr which its own autism km is better adapted; that freedom from restraint is cal culated lit give the utmost extension to foreign trade,toul the best direction to the capital and industry of the country; 11141 the malign of buying to the cheapest market, and sell rag in the tkoreet, which regulates every merchant in his lodieiduil (beelines, is •trielly applicable, as the brat rule ru• the trade of the whole nation; that a policy founded on these principles would render the commerce of the world so interchange of mutual advantages, and diffuse an in of wealth and enjoyments among the inhabitants of each state; that unforintiately, • policy, the ve.y reverse of this, lams been, and in more or I, 04 whirled and acted upon by the Government of this and of every °the. country; each try ing to exclude the 'productions of other tries, with the 'memo• and well meant design of enetturaZine its own Productions: thus inflicting on the bulk of its subject, who arc consuming, the neceseity of submit, tog to privations in the quaiiiity or quality of cumin •elit.e., and fling reel &rine ohm ought to be the smote. of mutual benefit aid of harmony among ewes, • constantly recurring occasion of jealousy and hostility; that the prevailing prejudices in favour of the protective or restrictive system may be traced to the erroneous supposition, that every importation of foreign commodities occasions a diffiltillijoil or diet-oversee meat of our own productions to the same extent, wit it may be clearly shown, that although the particular descrip turn of production which could nut stand against cure. strained foreign competition would be discouraged ; yet, as oo importation could be continued for any length of time without • corresponding exportation, direct or indirect, there would be an encouracement for the purpose of that exportation of some other production so which our situ.. lion might be better mulled; thus affording at least an equal, and probably • greater, aid certainly a more be. ueficial employmeut to our own capital and labour; that uf lbe nuoterues protective and prohibitory duties of our commercial code, it may be proved, that while all operate as • very heavy tax on the community at large, very few arc of any ultimate benefit to the cl iu whose favour they were originally instituted, end none to the extent of the loss ocrarioned by them to other clam.; that among the oth, r ev ils of the restrictive or protective system, not the least that Ike artificial protection of one branch of Indus try, or source of protection against foreign competition, is set up as a ground of claim by other branches fur similar protection; so that if the reasoning upon which these re. strictive or prohibitory regulations are founded, were ful. lowed out cuesietently, it would not stop short of exclud ing tin from all foreign commerce whatsoever; and the same train of argument, which with corresponding prohibitions and protective duties should exclude us bum foreign trade, might be brought forward to justify the re-emu - men. of re. strictions alum the interchange of productions (unconnected with pubic oo) among the kingdoms composing the Vlllosl, or among the comities of the same kingdom; !bat an invesitiatiesis of the effects of the restrictive system at this lime is peculiarly called for, an it may, in the opinion of the petitioners, lead to • strong presumption that lbe distress which not so generally prevails, is considerably separated by that system ; and that some relief may be ob. taiiled by the earliest practicable removal of such of the r.straints as may be shown to be most injurious to thus ca pital and - industry of the community, and to be attended with no compematitig benefit to the public revenue; that • declaration against the anti-commercial principles of our restrictive system is of the more importance at the present jtinclure, I'3'l.lll.lcl' a. in I instances of recent occur. rence the me.chants and mausefacturers in foreign Slates have 'trail. el their respective governments with applications foe further protective or prohibitory duties and regulations, urging the example and authority of Ibis country, against which they are almost exclusively directed, as a sanction for the policy of such ; and certainly, if the reasoning upon which our restrictions have been defended is worth any thing, it will ap i aly in behalf of the regulations of foreign States against us; they insi.l spots our superiority in capi tal and machinery, as we do upon their comparative ex emption from taxation, and with equal fuuudaliuu; that nothing would more tend to counteract the commercial hostility of foreieu Stales titan the adoption of a % more en lightened and more conciliatory policy on the part of Ibis country; that attlitingli as • matter of mere diplomacy, it may sometimes answer to hold out the removal of particular prohibitions or high duties, as depending upon corres ponding v•neePsions by other States in our favour, it does not follow that we should maintain our restriction. in cases where the desired concessions on their part cannot be ob tained; our restrictions would not be the less prejudicial to our own capital and industry, because other Govern ments persisted in preserving impolitic regulations; that, upon the whole, tbe most liberal would prove to be the most politic course on such occasions; that, inde pendent of the direct benefit to be derived by ibis coun t., we every occasion of such concession or relaxation, • great iticithotal object would be gained by the recognition of • sound principle or standard, to which all subsequent arrangements might be referred, and by the salutary iuflu mice which a promulgation of each just views, by the Legtsla. tore and by the nation at large, could not fail to leave on the policy of other States; that in thus eh daring, as the Pe. Wiseacre do, their conviction atilt impolity and injustice of the ieetrictive system, and in desiring every practicable re. taxation of it, they bare in view only such parts of it as are ant conueeted, or are only subordinately so, with the public revenue; as lung as the necessity for the present amount of ue subsists, the Petitioners cannot expect so impor. taut a branch of it as the Customs to be given up, nor to be materially diminished, tauten some substitete less objectionable be suggested; but it is against every re strictive regulation of trade uut essential to the revenue, against all duties merely protective from foreign compe tition, and against the excess of such duties as arc partly fur the purpose of and partly for that of pro!, etion, that the prayer of the present Petition is respectfully sub mitted to the wisdom of Parliament ; the Petitioucts there. Cure humbly pray, that the Mime will be pleased to take the subject into consideration, and to adopt such measures as may be calculated to give greater freedom to foreign commerce, and thereby to increase the resources of the State. FITITION OF caAmssa OF COMMERCE OF EDIN. ■uaoli AGAINST COSIIIERCIAL RESTRICTIONS. A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce and Manufac tures of the City of Editiliurgh, was presented, and read ; setting forth, that that Chamber, boric( been instituted by Royal Charter for thee:press purpose of watching over the commercial inters-2N of that part of the United Kingdom, tee Petitioners humbly conceive it a duty highly iocumbent on them, at a period of unprecedented pressure on every branch of mercantile industry, must respectfully to call the attention of the House to the depressed stale of fu. reign commerce, and to offer their opinion of the causes that in a great meusure contribute to this depression, wbereby ybe general industry of this kingdom is checked,its manufactures ronsequently deeply injured, and its revenue is danger of being soon most seriously diminished; it appears to the Petitioners, that the system so long pe cd in of laying on heavy duties on imports from foreign coun tries tends directly to lessee the demand in those countries for the produce of the industry of our own nation ; that the doctrine maintained by many statesmen, that, in order to acenniulate wealth by trade, a nation must export more shale it imports, is most erroueons; that upon this erro neous doctrine is founded lbe present commercial policy of this country : it appears to the Petitioners that the profits de rived from the exportation of the produce of our inauufac ilifell, agriculture, flawless, and mines, can in no other shape be realised or made effective to the increase of the us. tioseal wealth but in the form of imports ; that it appears to the Pelitiosera that the sure way to Mere:sae the &terms com merce is to encourage the isduslry of other milieus with ~. .~.. whom we trade, Or iii other*ord■ In enable than lo become •ur customers; that to that end we *Wald admit on how deities the raw produce ofitilier counts ies, mil such articles of commerce as wear. precluded front ..rustneing Icy climate or oilier circamstsuces; that the prltlioaers consider that the high duties on Baltic wood and iron, on wines, and more particularly tits French wines, on raw silk, and on many other articles of trade, the pr•duce of foreign consitrie% bare directly and indirectly lessested the demands to Hums countries fur the produchosis of this realm; for, lay cheek. log Ihr industry of those foreign netiuus, we disable them from being our eu%lottirro; aid we kohl oat an . simple to iltair Gor.-ruments so lay on henry duliee too lite top tioriwelteres a n d other exports from 1100 conntry; that it nOper.i• Iv the Pclit 1111 l erP, the 1105 system of re ▪ ronimetce has been foilo••ed the peace, by the g••rrrumrnl of almost every oat ion with which we trade, in shies conformity with the orient adopted by Great Britain ; that. whatever may be she perataveranee of anther nations in Ibis ►yatrm, the L'tilt•h Ginterulsient *wall began a more liberal and wise cumnoarcial policy, without regard to reciprocity of tworfil belw , rn its anal oily par ticular nation, because by ceirousaging an increao .1 im port from one trilloo, we are crown of gaining an liserrosell export directly to that nation, air intermediately to some other nation; that it epprara to the petitioners that ranch a liberal system of commercial policy, which is thus humbly submitted to the coosiderattu•c of the House, would produce a greater revenue from the increased quantity of imports, although subject only 1• low rates of duties, and at the same time would promote asthmal industry as a cos siquence of a proportional increase of exports. May it therefore please the Blouse to permit this petition to be taken into the eutiiinteration of a Committee of the House, and to adopt such measures as its the wisdom of the House may be deemed most prudent and efficacious. PETITON OF MERCHANTS OF LEITH ♦GAINST COMMERCIAL RESTRICTIONS. A Petition of the there.roiiiersigned merchants and ship owners of the town of Leith was presented, and read; setting forth, that by the lairs of this constry a number of restriceions and prohibition* seriously affecting our foreign commerce are in force, which, although originat ing in IlalllUllC motives, have been proved by experience to be very detrimental in their consequences; that these restrictions, many of which are 'memory, and all of them more or less hut tful, have been unwisely imitated by furriers countries, who seem to have mistaken one of the chief obstacles to our national prosperity fur once( the sources of onr national power and wealth ; that it is to these multiplied restrictions on trade, adopted by this and other Governments, that the Petitiourrs ascribe in a great mea sure the decay or stagnation so apparent is many branches both of oar manufactures and commerce, and to the selfish principle of our own commercial code, that spirit of hosti lily evinced by foreign merchants towards us, in those enact ments so prejudicial to our commerce ; that a relaxation on our parts might probably produce a corresponding libera lity on the part of other countries, and, should it even fail of realising this beneficial result, would at any rate tend to mitigate the existing commercial hostility, and by inducing those nations to abstain from further prohibitions arid restrictions, preserve nor commerce from further decay ; that though foreign nations shook', in opposition to all sound reasoning and experience, persevere in their restrictive Ilya terns, the Petitioners are confident that this country would nevertheless reap the most essential advantages by the freedom granted to her merchants to consult their own in terest in their own affairs, and by the liberty of purchasing all commodities at the cheapest markets; that the Peti tioners are folly convinced thin the advantages of commerce coerce must be mutual, acid that the policy which would as. sawirie, or the reasoning which would defend, the principle that the gains of one commercial rialto,' are a loss to its neigh boors, is equally false and illiberal; that many of the re strictions of which the Petitioners complatn srose from views of policy now nearly forgot ten, or were enacted when less en lightened ideas of political science were entertained; and while all of them are adverse to the agricultural, msaufac turing, sir commercial prosperity of the country, they are attended with the further disadvantage of raising separate and hostile rutertsts for the State, by the appearance of par tiality towards some daises of the inhabitants, and cease greenfly of injustice towards others; that the Petitioners are fully alive to all the caution and delicacy required in over throwing or materially altering a lung-eatabliabed mores, bet they are still more alive to the necessity of the interference of the House to check, if possible, the further progress of that ruin to their commerce, of the approach of which the port of the Petitioners, in common with massy other. is the kingdom, already offers a striking picture. The Petitioners therefore humbly pray, that the House will he pleased to take those measure* which in their wisdom shall arena best, for revising the commercial sydem of the empire, and fire giving greater freedom to commerce, thereby increasing the wealth, prosperity, sod resources of the country. A GAME KNAVE. A KNAVE OF VIE SUPERLATIVe MGM —OA Friday last a very move' scene was exhibited in this town. latur. mations having been laid before the Magistrates of ibis borough, against two of the inhabitant% for buying of game, they were un Friday last appointed for a bearing. The in. former Is a most uotoriou• character, well known in the neighbourhood of Conisigsby by the name of Jarik Stodkard ; and he it was who (after, mobility, stealing ii) bad sold the game to the onions idurtned against. The two person■ alluded to had purchased of him 14 head of game, the pe nalty for which would have been 7UI ; but, without the matter going to • hearing before the Magistrates, the so former obtained from the two individual's, as a commutation fur the whole, 201 The transaction having been buzzed shout, the informer, on his leaving the ponce office, was way-laid by the engaged populace, and, though Hie consta bles were in attendance to protect hi 11l , he was not able to escape the vengeance of the people In the marki I.ploce, ■ear the police office, there 14 a pump, and to very copious libations poured out upon him from its mouth, our inform ing gentleman was forced to submit. He was obeli hunted, buffeted, kicked, and in other reaped, most roughly treated, all through the town, till he and the people attire him g o t as far as Mr. Matthew Lea's, in Skirbeck, where this ar►atnt knave was thickest over head and ears in a dirty ditch, in a similar way to that adopted in washing sbeep. After he bad undergone this (not Arty, 111'0' watery ordeal, he was ordered to go down on his marrow-bores, and then, bolding up his hands in a penitential posture, was made most solemnly to " promise •nd sow`• that he never would again show hut face in Boston. The scoundrel was then allowed to make his escape. Since, two other pertione who bad bought game of this fellow, have, to guard against falling into worse hands, tofu, med against one another, and folded the 'natter as reasonably as they could.—We are no triende to the Game Laws, which we repaid, in their present shape, as a disgrace to nor Stattige Book : bat, after the above re. dial, it will be obvious that persons ought to be very car. sinus of whom they buy game, particul►rly as the selkr can inform against the parcbaset.--(Bostaa Gazette.) NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTIIMOVTIT, NAT 17. Arrived the Starling cutter from a cruise ; Economy, Sutton, from London ; end Spring, Burustolf, from Dentate. Passed up Channel the Thames, Litman, from Bombay fur Loudon : sailed Oth January, and from the Cape llth March. riLMOUTSI, MAT 16. Arrived the Velocity, Sianinn, front Luudua fur Gitwaliar Eliza, Salida, from Li ith fur Buordtaux; aad the Berkeley Castle, Davis, front London. Arrived off this Port the Stalely, Ulm, from Jamaica ; Susan and Letitia, Junes, (rum L.ichures fur Luaduo; bud Venus, Curtis, from Baltimore is 25 Jaya. The Venus spoke on the 7th lout. in lat. 4C 29 N. long. 21. 14. W. the brig Mary Ann, of Wurkieglun, out 10 days. LI V waroot., MAY 16. Arrived the Caroline, Brown, Gore Savannah; Evergreen, Raft bone, front Wiloingtoo ; Lisbon packet, Tacker, from Lisbon; sod the Stadt Wismar, from Wismar. GRAVYSIND, MAT 17. Arrived the Vansitlart. Dalrymple; and luslis, Bern• dale, free C.artua, :iii AMERICA. The rig. rig iniportat.ce of this quarter 11f this globe, rrertiit.g )rally such II 11•1111 repining" of territ..ry ah it e•orli oil increase .4 its poputstn, from Wilton slid without, at well us the mill exi.a jug struggle in the southern hemisphere hrtwere the owl their raislavers, ionisers us to it... our atlrlllll.Bl loiwordi it More friqueritly, perhaps, also Hgerrislile to the generality of o.lf rtiltirf NL W Onuta-us.—A letter from belie., March 2M, ` 3 )' • : —Our commerce soil our sgrie,,f„ tare daily experience a roost extrivordniair cultivainm smell& on every part of the 6..4, of the Misaissippr. Nature calls our city, in Its ruination, to become one of the most 11u5i0.h,„. 4 depots of commerce which have ever t 5.0.4. Our popelation is lime river 50,000, and It lakes each day • new flight. Whilst a crowd of strangers lead on oar she+.s. others conning from ilie North, from the %Jolted States. descend the Oiiin and the Mirenuippi. Th. population may be calculated ill toe f,,11 0 . 11 , 4 neamser ; five-tenths of French origin, fous.i eoths Amerman or Biuglialt a and oar-tenth of Spanish origin. The acquiaittou of the Florida's again, it nee circumstance wheels may be expected t o have considerable ii.ll4euce on our oomustrcid prim*. Building is going On with woolerfol ortiritr, print ipally near the beak of the r i ver , said itic F•sithourg St. Marie, which Now forms the wort beautiful quarter of the city. Every day now societies apply for flue grant of land, which are iustuntly given up to cultiviitimi. A general arise, is established here, w hich lakes ch irge of all. sales and purchases of this kiud ; it is directed by Din. Michel de Arms, of Spanish on. gin, notary-puhlic; and by Mr. Jame. Workman. All bestows* is trsurscical at the C ifi Ma sere, this is our Excliatige--our littir Lloyd's. The iatroduction of Strain Engines for our in terior navigation has produced the mint esti-an/in nary effects. These vessels, by the rapidity of shear progress, shorten, so to streak. the greatest distance,. 'Flory go up the Mississippi. the Ohio, and the Mis.ouri, against the current, and require billy thirty days to traverse a distance cf 2.000 wilco., which separates our city from Pensitylvauni. They thus ewl a blush an immense and rapid cirridation until now without example w any couniry to the world. The Arts, the Sciences ton, begin to become ris. (waltzed aiowirt us. We live a Society of Aer culture ; a Medical Society is establi-tied by its act of the Legislature : a Society of Emulation ; seral parses which publish as manyournal.: L' dmi des Lois is written in French, Le Jewess! fie Louisiana in the same language and in English, The Orleans Gasete, in Eugbrh , &c. We base two theatre., that of Olean* siol that of Swint l'hili!., liniments perform ut the firm of these theatres, co ruedierl and French wilco's; the second is devoted to Ilkeetlel di 'drains* which our ladies 'partake of with enthusiasm. It is unfortunate that our city should be the focus of the yellow lever. We rainrinber the sieges which it spread amongst us in 1817. The Mis”... sippi as the Nile of America ; the town is built hr.. low the level or the neer on a slimy soil. which suffers the water to escape only to the depth sof a few feet: it is surrounded by cypress trees and maralse.. The river, on its retiring during the summer, leaves an extruded slimy plain covered with the refuse of auunal and vegetable matter. which owing to th e heat of the sun is promptly decomposed; beuce the cause of the yellow fever, which attacks as, corners in particular. The fear of this scourge does not, however. pre• rent our population from increasing more rapidly than in any other part of Louisians. It consisted of 130,000 inhabitants in 1810; it is now 577,934. according to the latest documents, Natchez. which w as only a miserable assemblage of cabins on the banks of the Mississippi, near an old fort, i‘ Bow a beautiful town, peopled by 4,000 souls, m berg there are tribunals, a sherd, several public esta blishments, u press, and a journal. You will recollect the frightful picture the Abbe Rapist gives of these sands of the Mobile, where so many Frenchmen perished iu the depth, misery. It is in this very some place where eves yet, under the Spanish Government, are only 'ova a mass of wretched hovels that there is now esta blished as active and Ind ust riot's population ; Wooly. timber-yard,', magazines, are erected in every quarter; •tuilitary Justine, a custom-hoise, sot public establisli,iteAs assure the speedy devrlcipe meut ors city already peopl..d with too anus. The hope pilot-heat leaded on Wrtlar.day, al Suuthanita. ton, the pass. neers and thapatchrs yCtieship Luts%, tun, from Benal e.d Calcutta PRICE OP STOCIDI YINTERDAY Bank Stock.. Yl6* 4Y6 Bank L. Ana. 18 1-16. 3161 India Stoek.. vit 3 per Cent. Red. 671 69 indite ttoudr"ei a 4 r . per Ct. C0n5...691if New Annuities.... IS9f 3} per Cent.... MO Es. Bills. 4 pr. 4 per Cents. '7* Cons. fir Am... 11912 k 5 per Ct. N. Atli). 1001 i BIRTHS On Saturtlay,!he 13th instant, in C James's- stelae, the Laity Georg!•ua Gs enfeit, of a thtight.r. Oa Wedacsitay, the 17th inst. in Gloareareltlece. taan.square, the LA.ly rrf 11 . iIliam Lynch, EN. at a so:. - - MARRIAGE!. Oa Mond ,y hod !for the third tome), at St (7:fuent 11. n".. by the Rev. VC tli.uu► Gott's( y, lit.ctur t .t.o Luoiw Putland, third das,thier of the bile Potirt.', Eng. to Juba George Predtrielt Hanel, fig. M.D. initial at Boulogne-sur-M Cr. DEATHS. On the morning of the 13tb instant, et his moths Licit" is Newport, in the bite of wi tc h', W e sel Henry %Vursley,Sen or Major of his Majesty's 34,1 regiment of infantry, Captain of Yarmouth C-si.e, and Companion of the Moat lfouour bLe Order of the Saab. AL the Preeidentry, after a few Woo.' alarm at the age o f 40, John blitfcred Wes, Eini. of the Hue. Cvinpans'a rvire, and Second Judze of the Primincial Courtlier Ap• peal and Circuit fur Ilse divirlon of (Acetic HIGH WATER THIS HAY AT LONDON BRIILIGE. Margin 57 •her IL I Evesseg 11 Ater 7. Prio.eil and Publimbed at Tug awn.. 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