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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF PEERS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15. In the. Committee of Privileges, Dowager Lady Howard De Walden, General Hervey, and Dowager Laay. :Hervey were examined touching the claim of Cl)arles..Augustus Ellis to the Barony of Howard De Walden. 'Lady - Howard De Walden being a Peeress, was exaillined seated on a chair next the table of the House. - Farther consideration deferred till 'the loth of February. -The Exchequer Bills Bill :was read a third time and passed ; and a message sent to the House of Commons to acquaint them therewith. Mr. HOBHOUSE, and several other Members of the House of Commons, brought up the Malt Duty Bill ; which was read a first time. - The further consideration of the Appeal, Cham ley v. Lord Dunsany, was deferred till Wednes day next. _ _ Adjourned till to-morrow (this day). .HOUSE OF COMMONS, THURSDAY, JAN. 15. The SPEAKER acquainted the. House that he had .received a letter from the . Right Hon. — William Wickham", stating that that Gentleman having ,been returned. for the Boroughs of •Midhursrand tal lington, he made his Elet-tion -to serve far the latter place; and that, had not he been prevented by ill ness, anatirnation to this effe l a would-have been made to the House within the limited time. • A new 'Writ was ordered for the Borough of .331e.tchirigly, in the room of Mr. Porcher, who had accepted the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds. The Malt Duty Bill was read a third time, passed, and ordered to the Lords. Mr. VANSITTART brought up the Accounts of the Estimates of the Barrack and Commissary- Depart ments for the year 1807.—Ordered to lie on the table, and notice given that the same should be Taken into consideration in the Committee of Supply•on Wednesday next. Sir W. WYNNE gave notice, that he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to continue an ACI of the 44th of the King, empowering his Majesty to ac cept the Offers of Service from Volunteers of the Militia in Ireland. Sir CHARLES PRICE moved that an Account of the Tonnage of Ships and Vessels built from the sth Jan. 180 G to sth Jan. 1807, distinguishing the Tonnage of each Ship or Vessel, and the Ports where built ; as also an Account of the Prize Ships registered in that period, be laid before the House. —Ordered without any observation. Mr. PEECIVAL gave notice, that he shonld to morrow move that the Orrler of .Council of the 7th of January be laid before the House. Mr. BIDDULPH gave notice, that he would on Tuesday next mark-, that in c(:y3equence of the ex traordinary grants of money made by that House for some years back, and the great increase of taxes, a Committee be appointed to consider the expediency of abolishing certain Offices, Places, Pensions, Sine cures, and exorbitant Fees, for more readily alle viating the accumulating burtheus of the people. Message from the Lords, acquainting the House that their Lordships had agreed to the Exchequer Bills Bill. Sir J. NEWPORT (the Report of the Commis sioners of Inquiry, for January, 1806, having been previously read) said, that the result of that inquiry had convinced the Commissioners that a number of the offices conne&ed with the Customs of Ireland had become useless, and that a great part of those offices had been converted into sinecures, by the substitution of other employments in their place : ; that out of the gross number 38 were, by this Re port, condemned to be abolished, and 26 to be con solid:tied that in the 38th of his. present Majesty a s nilar Report had been made. The Hon. Baronet taen, without any further observation, moved, ,that leave be given to bring in a Bill for the Abolition of certain Offices in Ireland, and the consolidation and regulation of other Offices therein.—Leave given. Sir JOHN NEWPORT said, that he'would to morrow cad the attention of the House to the 46th of the King, chap. ag, as doubts had arisen as to the true objea of the Bill, owing, he believed, to the too great generality in the wording of the Corn Intercourse .Acct. He wished therefore that some proceeding should be takbn declaratory of the objet of the Bill, and confining its application to the Grain of the two Countries only, and not as relating to the Corn of any foreign market—a subje& that it was un necessary to add was of considerable importance to the agricultural interests of the Empire. He con cluded with giving notice, that he should to-morrow move for a Committee of the whole House to take the said Bill into consideration.—Adjourned. MM LS. AItItIVZD--i Dublin, 2 Waterford. Dor —4 Gottenburgh, i Dublin, t Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols . • 59/1 I Oniniurn - . zi. THE SUN. 10L1124 QVIS DICZAS YAUVIA AUDEAT ? LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1807. WE received this morning American Papers to the 12th ult. Their contents are of a very important , and we are happy to add, of a satisfaaory nature. The Congress assembled on the Ist of December, and on the 2d a Message was, as usual on the open ing of the Session, transmitted from the Preeident. We have only time to give an Extra& from it to day ; we will lay the whole of it before our Readers to-morrow. The President, in this Message, al ludes, but slightly to the Negotiation pending. with Great Britain. On the next day, however, he trans mitted another Message, in which he stated, that the Negotiations with Great Britain (although they had experienced some delay in consequence of the illness of,ltir. Pox)' were in a very favourable Irain, and suggested the propriety of snspending the ope . , ration of the Non-importation A&. This Message was referred to a Committees and a Bill was imme diately brought in for that purpose. Mr. RANDOLPH, who brought in the Bill,_ proposed that the suspen sion of the Non-importation -Ad should be extended till " the .3 ls t December next," which was lost upon a division, • .and the blank was filled up with " the 30th June.", The Bill then passed the House of RepresentativeS with very little opposition, and we have no .doubt that before this time it has passed into a law. It aflbrds us great pleasure . to find, that a very great and favourable change appears to have taken place in the minds of the people of America in favour of this Country, if we may - form a judg ment from the language of the Newspapers, and that of the Members of the 'Congress, and' there is every reason ,to hope that 'the most per; .1 fed cordiality will soon be restored betWeeti the two Countries. . . . . We have extracted some curious.details respelling Colonel BURR. , • • • • LORD Howicx's CommuniCation on Wednesday ' evening, respeaing the recent Treaty with Arneiica, Seemed calculated to silence all the Vague • charges and groundless suspicions which have been incluS(ri- Ou'sly circulated on this suhjea. His Lordship 18 reported to have said, that " His Majesty had re served to himself a right to proceed with as much rigour against the French Commerce as the Chief of the French Government had employed against us." But it is alledged, that " his Lordship's Answer cannot be deemed at all satisfaelory,. for undoubted ly no Man did or could suppose that the Treaty with America had any thing to do with respeCt to the Measures we might think, fit to adopt relative to French Commerce." It is painful to conceive that, for the purpose of depreciating the merit of Mini sters, recourse should be had to such a paltry evi -1 vocation. At a time When the subjea of discussion respe&s the abuse of the Neutral Flag, which is de ' nounced as subservient to the Trade of France,. which must otherwise be totally stagnant, it is as ' serted that a Commercial Treaty with a Neutral Nation " has nothing to do with respe& to the measures we may think fit to adopt relative to French Commerce." This position is advanced by those who have been loud in the outcry that the French Commerce is uninterruptedly carried on under Neutral Colours, and that Ministers have passively abandoned the right to resist the praetice. But as soon as it is ascertained that Mi nisters have reserved and maintrined the right of restriaing the Neutral Trade, it is discovered by the enemies of Government that the reservation of such a right in a Commercial Treaty with a Neutral Na tion " has nothing to do with respe& to the mea sures we may think fit to adopt relative to French Commerce." A foreign Paper of the Bth, which was it ceived yesterday, contains the Forty-fourth Bulletin of the French Army, which merely details some slight-skir mishes, in which even the French do not claim any great superiority. Private accounts, indeed, state, that an action took place between the French and the division under General BENINGSEts7, that no quar ter was given on either side, and that victory finally decided in favour of the Enemy ; but there have been so many reports of a similar and contrary de scription, that we are not inclined to place implicit confidence in this, though ascribed to a respectable quarter. The Ramillies Man of War, with a Fleet under convoy, for the \Vest Indies, sailed from Cork on the loth inst. The Lord Herbert Packet, with Mails from Ame rica, is arrived at Falmouth. She sailed from New York on the 23d of December--0n which day the IPindsor Castle Packet, with Mails from Falmouth, arrived there.---The Herbert spoke no Merchant men on her passage. On the 13th inst. shy ex changed signals with a large Fleet under convoy of several Men of War stabding S. W. . Intercepted dispatches from Admiral WILLAU MEZ, at the Havannah, have been received at the Admiralty. They were taken from on board an American Ship by one of Admiral BERKELEY'S cruizers, and sent home from Bermuda, by the Admiral, in the Avon Sloop of War. The Avon let the Bellona, of 74 guns, Captain DOUGLAS, Melampus and Squirrel Frigates, cruizing off the Chesapeak, watching the wretched remains of the French Squadron which had put in there after the hurricane. The homeward-bound Fleet from the Leeward Islands was left on the Bth of December in lat. 30. 52. N. long, 56. 47. W. by the Lucy, Cap tain WILLIAMS, from Trinidad, which has at rived at Liverpool. Letters from Trinidad, of the 12th of November, after mentioning the return of General MIRANDA to that Island, after an unsuccessful expedition, states, that a petition had been presented to the Governor by the principal inhabitants, praying that he might be immediately ordered away, to .prevent the re currence of the disagreements which arose on his former visit to the Island. The Governor rejeeled the petition, on the ground of his having no autho rity from England to grant the prayer of it. A number of the new-invelited rockets, upon an improved principle, have been sent flotn Dover, on board a Ship in the Duwns, to be conveyed to Gibraltar, . , From the dMERICAN P4PERS. , r,kIIINGTON, DEC. I.—We have received from a Gentleman of the first respeaability, just arrived from Kentucky, the following statement of fans re lative to the judicial proceedings in th.e:Case,tif BURR. Judge INNES having taken time to consider the application of the .Attorney of the District, which was to issue process to .enforce the attendance of Mr. - BURR, to answer interrogatories whether he was engaged in the scheme ascribed te - hiM, and to enforce the attendance of witnesses to give testimony on the same point, 'Citi theith or ath. of November (our informant is._hot certain which day),,pro nounced the decision of the Court, whidh was, that the Court did not possess the power to'giatir the Motion, and if they did, that the aftdavit was not sufficient ground it:' on the Motion. of the Attorney of the Distri6l, the Court then ordered . a . 'Grand Juiy to, be sum- -rnikied instanter, which was. accordingly fOrnied duriiig the sitting, o t. the Court: , T.At this pOini of time Mr. BURR, attelided, by his Counsel, appeared in Court. Mr. BURR addressed the Court, and said, that haVing understood, just as he was about to leaVe . the State, that certain charges had been preferred against him, he had come from LexingtOn for the purpose of requesting an immediate investigation 'might be had. . . Mr. DAVESSS, the DistriEt Attorney, said he was .not prepared to go into an immediate investigation before the Grand Jury,. and moved that they 'should be dismissed until the Wednesday following, to•give him an opportunity, in the mean time, to summ o n his 'Witnesses. The Court . granted the Motion. On Wednesday the Court met. Of thirteen Wit nesses summoned, twelve appeared. The only absent Witness was a Member of the Legislature'Of the Indiana territory, then said to be sitting. The Grand Jury likewise attended. In this stage of the business, Mr: DAVEISS, it is said, without assigning any reason, informed the * Court that he was not prepared to carry the case be fore the Grand Jury, and moved their discharge, which accordingly took place. No reasons are 'is signed for this most extraordinary course of proce dure. C u informant adds, 'that the state of the public mind at Kentucky was tranquil, and not a voice was heard in favour of separation. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. DECEMBER 2. This day the PRESIDENT of the United States com municated, by Mr. COI.ES, his Secretary, the following 11e sage to both Houses of Congress : " To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United St,aes of ihnerica in Congress assembled. " It would have given me, Fellow Citizens, great patisfaaion to announce, in the moment of your meeting, that the. difficulties in our foreign relations existing at the time of your last separation, had been amicably' and justly terminated. " I have lost DO time in taking those . measures which were most likely to bring them to such a tenni nation, by special missions, charged with such powers and instrualions as, in the event of failure, could leave no imputation on either our moderation or for- bearance. The delays which have since taken place in our Negotiation with the British Govern Meta appear to have proceeded from causes which do not forbid the expe&ation that, during the course of the Session, I may be enabled to lay before you their final issue." HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dac.3. ,SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. " To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America. " I have the satisfaelion to inform you that the Negotiation depending between the United States and the Government of Great Britain is proceeding in a spirit of friendship and accommodation which promises a result of mutual advantage. Delays'in deed have taken place, occasioned by the long illness and subsequent death of the British Minister charged with that duty. But the Commissioners appointed by that Government to resume the Negotiation ha , ..e sl?ewn every disposition to hasten its progress : it is however a work of time, as many arrangements are necessary to place our future harmony on stable grounds. " In the mean time, we find, by the communi cations of our Plenipotentiaries, that a temporary suspension of the ALI of the last Session, prohibiting certain importations, would, as a mark of candid disposition on our part,.and of confidence in the temper and.views with which they have been - wet, have a happy effeet on its course. " A step so friendly will afford further evidence that our proceedings have -flowed from views of justice and conciliation, and that we give them wil lingly that form which may best meet corresponding dispositions. " Add to this that the same motives which tiro- ducted the -est lonement of the Ad till the 15 ,_,Kweir.ter last, are in favolr of its furt'•er susp- 11- sion ; and as we have rea.ion to Lope that it may soon yield to arrangements of mutual consent 314 convenience, justice see►ns to require that the same measure may be dealt out to the few cases which may fall within its short course, as to others pre ceding and following , it. I cannot, therefore, but recommend the suspension of this A& for a reason.- Able time, on considerations of justice, amity, and the public•interests. • " TH. JEFFERSON." XXTRACI , OF A LETTER TO A GENTLEMAN IN THIS CITY, DATED WASHINGTON, DEC. 6. to You have heard that the President recommend ed a suspension - of the :Non-Importation Law. It has been the sUbje4;tif,Much conversation hero. Some .Qf the Democrats,.' and more particularly,-Mr. CnowNtrisurE'r.n and Mr. SLOAN, were against sus pending it. ; Mr. Ctiowriiirsatat.n was of opinion that it. ought l riat : to be suspended at all. Mr. SLOAN:was oldie same opinion, but was willing that power to that effea should be lodged in the President . . Mr. SLOAN thought that if it were sus pended by"A'& of Congress, the teeth of stisperisiore should not last beyond the monthof Febrnary. . " This Mr. SLoAN was the . Gentleman who pub lished some years ago, in the New Jersey Papers, that he *Wished to see a French Army in America; and. Chis Mi. CROWNINSHIELD is the Member (row Salem, who last SessiOn advocated so strongly the Resolutions of Mr: GREGG, which went to the ab rogation of all intercourse with America, and who stated that the American Privateers could take more of British property than the British could take Of our's: a - On the morning of the 6th, Mr. RANDOLPN . moved the consideration of the President':MessagG as . to the Staspension of the Non-Importation and also the reading of the Bill which the Corn• • mittee had reported for suspending it. He said that he had understood the sensd of the Ho-se to be that the Law should,not be suspended so tong as the nib of June next ; he had however named that day. It now seemed from the documents before t bent that the =duet of Great Britain towards us way more friendly than at, the last Session, when it was stated to be extremely hostile, and when the Non" Importation Law was, notwithstanding, suspended until the 15tH of NoveMber. He would, therefore, now move that the blank should be tilled with LW • alst of December next. " Mr. F...1.1.29T seconded the motion, and was ill favour of an entire repeal. Congress would rise ble fore the 30th of June. Their Session would cot? stitutionally close on the, 3d of March. The Mer' chants would not know what to cio . with their ordtl 4 —the Farthers would be-at a loss to dispose of their produce. Another nation bad invaded-us, and Nve should not wantonly quaroal with Great Britain. " Mr. BIDWELL was in favour of the 30th Of . June; so was Mr. ShSILIE, who thought that tho rneastile had had a salutary effect I' " Mr: RANDOLPH declared, that although in the. Selea Committee he had proposed the 30th of June, he was now clearly convinced, from the subsequent representations which had been wade, that much commercial embarrassment would pro' ceed from the period taking place during the recess , of Congress, without any power b e i ng veste d in the administration to prolong it. " On the Motion being taken for filling the blank with " December 31," there were for it o—against it 94. It was then moved and seconded that tilt: Bill shoUld be re7committed in order to give to the pre sident the right of suspending the operation of the. Law, this Motion was lost, and on the third reading of the Bill it passed in the affirmative-8 noes. shall not pretend to say at present, what will be done in the Senate, but it is generally supposed that an Amendment to the last mentioned etre& will there take place." Some weeks have elapsed since Government gave orders for the fitting out of an a'dditional nuinher of light Vessels, for the proteaion of the trade in the Channel against the numerous French Privateers that infest it. The new Opera of False Alarms, may now be considered'as 'an established favourite of the town, as it continues to be. played to crowded houses. Ex." elusive of whatever merit the dialogue and the con-. - struiStion of the Piece may have, the composers of the melodies 'have been particularly successful, and MISS' DUNCAN'S lyrical efforts,wich thoseof BRAIIAM,aIone are sufficient to attract company to the Theatre. A shocking accident happened last night in O' ford-Street ; the ladder of a lamplighter 'slipped, and the poor unfortunate man fell upon n the 'Spikes of the area. One arm was most shockingly iacerated, and he must have soon bled to death, but for the hUrnanity of two Gentlemen psin,, ,, at the mo ment; who conveyed him to the Middlesex Hos pital. The Surgeon in attendance immediately se- cup ed the artery, and hopes are entertained of his TeCOvgry. On Friday last, a man who .was employed in one of the sugar,houses,.at Port Glasgow unfortuoatelf fell from the fourth story to the round,' and was kjlitd on the spot.. He was, We !win, an Irishmali , had come there only a few days before, and, we are, sorry to add, has left a wid o w w i t h severa l children to mourn his death.