The Sun. — London, England, 1807-12-31 00:00:00

.~ AMERICAN PAPERS. TliE NON%- - INpuRTATI9s , ACI I . PITITIaN TO CONGRESS FOR ITS REPEAL. the President, Sante, *rind House of Represent a. dues of the United States. - '1 II E 1"+:1:1:0,RIAT., Of THE MARCHANTS AND TAADIRS eV THE CITY 00* 141ILADELPHIA, Respeafully represents—That a strong confi deuce •in the neutral , position anti 41frataeter of their Country, and in the pacific polity of its govern v.-Jew, has encouraged 'and induced many of yoUr Meinurialists to embark their property, extensively, iii foreign commerce, and to adventure a large pro portion of their wealth upon distant voyages--.that recent and unexpe6ted events so fat atial the se curity of their enterprizes, as to..impel. them to rnakis known their sentiments and wishes to Con- SreS3, „ . Your IVletpOrialios cannot but vieVi ex 7 iMino sokitude.the apparent state of The Nrego:: ciation between their. Cpunpy apd..,G,reat ,Brits t~ upon the evertts3‘4f hich,,the sarely•of their pro perty t.. 0 materially depend.--. Their alarm and anx i,tty', :uft.i . eased by reports (perhaps unfounded) .of fhe nature rind eAtent . of the demands'inttde by: the Coverinneittoltlie''United"States, cannot but be 'tcrelt- v:ili;le s 'iheyinre wholly destitute of informa ; tion butts offi'ctal , sourcess calculated to dire& their couctiitt.--They mean - not, hOwever ) . to , intirrinte a wish ler .disclosures ineoinpatible the due re•r t serve ofGovernmeut, but candidly to present to its - theit'dif)iculties and eibbarrassment, . In common with their fellow•citizens, your Me- Morialists, entertain th&strongest sense of the 41CCCS% sity , ,of h4pporting the honour and independence of their.Genntry-7-they feel that the national interest is inseparably - connetied.with such "support ; air though in the event of war, as individuals ' they must be deeply atfeaed, they have not a wish that con 7 siderat ions of private intcrest,should induce . a cacri fice of -national honour and independence. But from the Wisdoni' alid pattiotisM: of the NAiotial Legislature, they conceive the expeeation well founded, that the cotnniercialinterests of the United States, with which the'cormnon Welfare . is.insepar ably connected, will not be committed. by an, un *yiddirig.adherenee to 'donbtftil or unessential prin clples.—They - therefore, withconfidence; . gubtuit their hopes, essential rights,' to which as an independent nation we are indisputably in tided, will be...maintained to the.ltist . extretnity— matters of seeming interest, but of less importance, be .referred to a more propitious) and•less hazardous, moment for adjustment. , • tinder these impressions, your Memorialists deem it an indispensable duty to themselves, and to their tellowl.;itixeni Oldie landed and other interests, most respedfully to suggest to Congress, that the Ad (at present I.lspended) etpitled An Mt to prohibit the Importatioif of certain Goods,. Wares, and Mer chandize, ossed the fifth of April, 80.0," 5h(4 11 4 it go into operation,. wal not tend to promote the desirable results of 'national reparation and am;:ea ble adjustment of our differences with Great In eflea, that your Meinorialists considr the said A6t, in its application to this Country, no, extieapely embarrassing ; still,- its 'operation ou the Govern ment and People of Great Britain, 0", irritating :Lind inefficient—That the repeal of tl.).e said .Aerwould be produdtive of beiptiond ° lol4 ta, inasm66ll as if would relieve our owtf , citizians frOm embarrass• meat, demonstrate a disposi',ion to treat otr.terins .of liberality,.and.he considor.;(l as a pledge of candour And Magnanimity in Lbw condua of the negociation — w hit e , i n t he event failure to produce a lair end honourable aceomni.udation, the evils, of, . wary which Must ieverr,',y, and equally, affect the farmer, merchant, and y.neetianic, would be boviie . wo less regret, as belro;grrendered ineVitable. submV.titie their opinions to the National Le, gislature,-'your Memorialists have not, they con ceive, o,verlooked the, ,delicacy of the subjett' whici i they relate—and they have anxiously enllaaN voe_Lred, in representing the objects of this Memorial, /. 1 ,) amine& the national honour and interest with their individual claims and privileges. fielying,on the ex. e.rcise of, a wihe, just, and digni fied policy, your MernorialiSts respedfully refer the matters herein stated to.. the Consideration and de cision 'Of Congress. • • (Sigarci by the Merchants .and Traders 11 , 1;hila. 4eiphia.) SENATE.-:-WASItIIVL;tON CITY, Nov. zi.4??4, 'Mr. AlassiS' submitted the following resolution for consideration . " Resolved, - That the :President of the United Statei be requested to cause to - be laid before the Se nags, a Retain of the number of American Seamen impressed or detained by , British armed 'Vessels, whose names. have bCen, reported to the department of State, since the last statement made to Congress, mentioning the naine . of aid persons impressed, the' time and place of; their impresstnent,.the . name's of the Ships, and, as far as may be known, at the Offi cers by whom they were impressed, together, with any material fads Or Circumstances in relation to the staring alio the whole: number. of beaten im pressed .sincd the commenceinent .of . the ,present war, what number of persons impresied according to.the last statement . of the Secretary of State have since been restored, and the number, still detained since demand of their restoration made, with the reason assigned tier their detention." NEW YORK, Ditc.4.--4•The visit of Gener.,l REMY go to WestwasOy-- and ..tito expedi! ion of Ilis trayelloe4h4s eiteitoCt.i7arietttif cin)jeauri in the 'volititill! worldi /1 3 4rie.1)‘1 of the Getrral has haufled.us foll'eu. tat account. of the motivei 'of his journey, %%illicit will fully satisfy the cu riosity and :WA , / the suspicion of those who are 31.wm3 w4tc . l4ioz the toventents of great chi. radera General had sornd time ago the iniSfor . - Au:ie. of losing his only son.. His Lady has also been under the necessity of returning to France, hi,,,,prder finally to` settle some 'family concerns. Stich' painful separation, added to the dreadful less which he had just eiperienced, have rendered big house so, totally diAgreeable to him, that , in order to divert- his griefs, '-he-has determined to- under take this excnrsion, and-visit the Ohio and-Weds sippi; as far down - as *Pkw Orleans. - His intention is to remain only a few days at the latter place, as he wishes to be in Charleston next Febroary, and. in New-Yorls tlje follOw_ln4month._ , -••-" The season being so far advanced, made •it necessary for him to travel with some rapidity, .aid it was only a few , days before he left New York, that he was informed a passage could be procured. w This explanation waS::t)erhaps u nnecessary, for nq person of common sense will imagine, that one of the greatest Generals of the age should be Willing to change his high fame for that of 14 ad ceslttirer. . The Senate .of the. United -States. have: its pointed a 'Conntlittee .to investigate the Comfit& of JOHN Ssy - Tn, Seoator ot the Ijoited Stales,, from •, the State of Ohio, as it- irelities to his connexion Busit. • Mr. -St,llTll 18 : 410 it).oB at ,Wltshiagtqb.: : 7 A Resolution has passed the House of Represen:! tatives 0f *. State of Maryland, granting leare to brit - grin a Bill, - entitled; ,an Ad to abolish all such parts of the Constitution and ; Form of Goverrunent as .relate to thetiMe and manner of electing 'the Se nate, and the mode of filling up .vacancies i, that Body. Ye t is 47--,NaYs 9, r. . . Extra6t of a Letter from a Gentleman of the first tespedability 'to .the: Editor of the Oa* , more Evening Post, dated Washitizton, ber,23, Ign7 : 'f The accounts received, stating that BuoNTAP4s.'.I . 2 had determined to inflict} the rigor I)l. his? "recent Decree against America,' de net meet wiAl l f u ll cre dit. They are doubted, because n:.;:tter has been received from General An MSTItp O IO ) in -ivhich. he informs our oorerninent, tiVi. immediately on the „,retkittl of .the Ell Perot he addreSse4 a 4Note.to the Prime Alitti;'.Aer, complaining.that Spain had executed • this V.tecree against American in aniwer be %val. ',old, that a ldter Should itntne.!'• diately be • sei,t to the Pretich Minister at Ma drid;, direofing him to explain the becree to the Spanish :.;overnment, and to desire it to desist from execrating the Decree against American Vessels:"— (i :44 Advertiser.) MAILS. •• D g---s Got tenburgb, Dublin, ,; ‘VAtcriord• I'ItICE OF *STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWO,v Consols - - .64k I RM. Ahn. 63 . . Tit E SV N. 60i.tia;4Uell litOtitt i'AGS . IIII ' . A4III: A T ? LONDON, TtitrasrAY, DECEMBIIt 31, 1807. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, N0v'.1,7. Igr.,J, CLAY presented a 'Memorial from sutirlry inhabitants and traders of the city of Philadelphi.i, prayins that the Att prohibiting the iiiipOreation Of cert.titi goods, wares, and merchandize, the . 18th April, 1 So4; ; ,tpay be repeale::. Mr..CLAY M 604, that the Menwrial be refmcd to the Counnitt6e of. Coumierce and Matintititures. . Mr. ROWAN hoped the Petition would pot be re: ferred to any COmmittee. 'Ho thought it would he:; beneath the dignity of the House to give it any con- . , Had he been in Pongreis at the the law passed, he would have tiofedagainst it ; but ai it had passed, and as we had received a fresh in s Ili from Greit Britain in the attack on the Chan :peakei he would not vote for its repeal. " • • After a long debate, the question was then taken for referring the Petition to a' Committee ci s f the *hole House, andit was Lost.—Ayes [he Petition was ordered talk on ;he , . The Alexandria Frigate (6julmodOre,to tlieFleet froni the Lee Ward Islands) is. at Portsmouth. 'The Vessels from Surinam bad not reached Tor tola when the ConvOy'sailed. General aIIIANDA a passenger in this Frigate. Coma Nato was lauded yesterday from the Flag of Truce Oil Came over from Calais *Rh thipatches for Count STAIIKuMfEao. ~, --r.. Tnr. Captain of a • Vesiel that lately arrived at Hull from the North, has brought a report that a forceof 1.5,000 D'Alls were on their march to invade Sweden. Where these Troops have been collected, or against what part of the Swedish territories they are marching,' wo,are: not. told. Indeed the report does not seem to be entitled to much credit ;i " If the ;tupercr.ALliiiiNDHß should be induced by BOONA PARTE toengage aCtively in a War With Sweden, 'of course Denmark' will be ordered to co-operate ; but though the passions of the Prince Royal appear sometimes to get the better °this reason, we do not think he would venture upetl a tiontest, single? ',handed,. with Sweden. Tux latest accounts fro : St. Pe r tersburgh repre ! . sent the public sentiment aMong.the Ituoian people to be in favour of this Country, indeed, to such' a degree as to excite a belief that soisie Wong expres.,, 'Sion of national , indignation would appear, if the Emperor .ALEANDEIt should be induced . to adopt: severe nreastires against Great Britain. These ac counts corroborate all the others'whiCk have been received from the santecl.tartersince the unfertunate and thrigraceltil_pace „of Tilsit ; a measure which has undoulite'clly.lowered Ow character ofALE)cAN pita .in the. esteem of his own Subjefis, as . well as in the Opinion of, ll the rest of the world. But it ie said that the Egreitox has thought it necessary adopt the humiliating part which he.ltas lately, acted, by a threat held out by. General SAVIRY; that tie French Army should march, to St. Petersburgh,, the degrading terms of the Treaty alluded to were not carried into rigid execution. It is, lamentable to think that the Russian Monarch should be.so weak as to yield tri a wenace 404 hind ? with sup!!! powerful means to 'support a more hbnOurable lute of condo& But there is not wanting, even in the preSentinadipicions state of affairs in Cassia, a Party at the court of ALIMANDER friendly to an amicable connexion with this Country. The chief of this Party, which may truly be considered as wise add patriotic, are the, faruily of the STROtiiiikior4s, CzSit- TottINSKI, and- Novoswitotr. (since KURAICINN and the CountSRPMANZOW and TOLSTOY Ire under stood to be the chief partizans of the interests of France. But- the greatest friend to the French interests is said to be the Princess NARISKIN, who unhappily is too much in faVour with the EMPEROR, and consequently likely to influence his mind against this country. gut if the fol lowing anecdote be true, the general feelings and opinion of ;bd . rtAqsio People are likely to pro duce measures more calculated to serve their Coun try, by prOducingi renBval of amicable connections with Great Britain. It is saici, that ToLsroy in tended:to visit his estates before he left Russia, as Ambassador to France, but had such strong reason to believe that the poPular,indignation on the road might be attended with the west dangerous consequences to himself, that she found' it necessary to relinquish his intention. We Cannot vouch for the authenticity of this' story ; but as' it' corresponds with all . we have ; heard of the popular feelings in Russia, we are not withotii; it hoPethat the .Emperor may be at length induced: to think that there is more danger in the disapprobation of his peep' le, than in the avowed att. ger of . BUONAPARTE, or even in his treacherous friendship. . ..! Itcanother,part of (:•ar Paper will be found a Igo-, tion made briVir. An ms, the late President, in the 'aetiPA'a of the United Statesjor a detailed Statement of yc• t wA n i er i6 al). Seamen impressed or detained by British" Arthed 'vessels," &c. &e. It does not appear whether'this Motion was carried Or riot :• we hope that it passed, and that it will produce a body Of Evidence as to the extent in which the evils coin ',gained of, by either party, hava really existed, In , theLiottSc.oi - Representatives, on 010 27th of November, a Motion for referring to a CominiitN3 of the whole liouse, a Petition from Philltdvlphia, praying for ~the repeal of the Non.itnportation; As, was 194 only by a majority of 30, the numbers be, ing, Ayes 80 Nods f)O. It appears that the ascen dancy olthe President's party, though sufficient to procure the •,•iolent Resolutions which we, give yes terklay„ ,iii not very decided, A Correspondent of a Morning Paper attempts to do away the impression Which ha,s been univets.tily im,de by tbe palpable partiality of Mr. 4„FrEasos'S Message towards Eranoe, by asserting thsit soon af. ter the Decree of thovist Nov. the Americans re-' ceived assurances that . it would not be enforced against their trade. Such assurances may have been vet...dived, though we doubt much whether they have been carried into effeet ; but the case is not .at all altered by this fREt, Our Orcii!r of the 7th of Janu• ary was expressly founded on I,IIIObiArARVP'S eree. If, even, that Decree did not extend to Ame rica, we knew nothing of the exception—the• mice was general. Mr. JEVVErtsoN, in speaking of our Order, reprobates it as a new Law of the Ocean, and a violation of Maritime Rights, without taking the slightest notice of the previous infringementi by Franco which occasioned its issue. • This is decidedly unfair towards England—ittis this (amongst . other slights) of which we have com plained, being . determined that as we will not be led by any popular or mercantile clamour to misre present and trayluce the Government or People of Nimerica., sn iiitliber will vie be induced by any mistaken idea of =dour to palliate insults and in juries which are coMinitted iu the face of the whole world, . , Yesterday mottling becoming 'very fine, his MA... JESTY, Princesses AUGUSTA, SOPHIA, and AstsmA i accompanied bylfadrEf.y ! Couut IViossTER; fie.; nerals . CAttivValGHT and MANNINGiIAii, COIOIIOS TAYLOR .and Ihsattow, at - eleven. o'clock, took-a ride round the Great P,ark, Windsor,, and return e d at half past twelve. The Duke of CAMBRIPGE commands the Play of The gtranger, for this evening, at Windsor,. when , all the PattqcgssES are expetten to visit the Theatre. The boxes are already taken, and it is expeaed It will bean overflowing House. . The following are the principal Members of the ROYAL FAl‘lir;b: ot'Vo4TucAt, who have embarked for the Brazils : Marie k:*rancisea IE, lizabeth, queen of Portugal and Algarva, born Uec. i 7, t 7.34, married her Uncle Don Pedro W. King of Portugal, who ttivd the 25th at May, 'Soo. Eton Maria Joseph Levi,, Indult of Portugal, Prince Re gent, Porn the t,th of, Nlay i 17t t 7, and married lUtle 9, Os. ChAutta 10;10111;1a, 111 of Spam, ,and. Poneess of • Maria Ann Francisca lusephina, Sister or the Quail, born Oct. 7, 173 . 6.' " Maw r ranciscit Beneclidirn, Sister of the Queen, bprn tiny 24, 1746 r tharried Joseph FritiCii 'XitVier, Pfiliee ut brazil, wilt) d rd the lath of September, The lulluwing are the children of the Prince Ile,. • .. . Don Antonig Primo of Rena. born August 17, 1798. , Nlic4lcl, icii. born Octobtr 26, I.,st-I, . . Maria Theresa, born April 39, r 743. .. , . . Is4bvira Alaria Franci.ca horn May ii, r 797. Nl.tria trsc}circa, horn April 22, 'goo. Ikbella MariAt t 4orqjuiy j. 44Qq• . . NAVAL, NEWS. PLl:mourif, DEC. g.—The Conjiance Sloop of War, of 1.8 guns, during a violent gale of wing this tnorninglipped her cables in the Sound and ran for Catsvater, where she brought up, and lay until two o'clock this afternoon, when the gale increased, and the Ship rode heavy, on[s lee shore, and, in order to ease her, the foremast was cut away, which . had the desired effeti, and she now rides in safety though ;he gale has abated bUt little—she has bad the signal for assistance dying the whole afternoon, and occasionally firing guns of distress. One of the Brazil Ships which arrived on'Seno day cut her cables Cawsand Bay, and ran for Catwater : in crossing the Sound, the violence of the gale was so great as to carry away her mizeni mast and split all her, sails to pieces ; she brougbEAP safely in Catwater,itfter running foul of and doing considerable damage': tia the American Ship Meridian, that larat the mouth of the harbour. The Hamburgh Ship Henrietta Cliadotta, laden with cotton wool, lemons, and oranges, from Lis bon, bound to I.4pdon,'-detailled by the Giresun! Privateer, was this morning driven on shore on the rocks of Mill Bay, and, from , the appear: ace, of the weather, there is reason to fear the Ship and greater part of the cargo will be lost, The Brig Orion, of London, C41123Y, in: bound to the West Indies, was driven on shere.in the same places and dashed to pieces : the Captai4 t and crew were .with 'great clifßcultisaved:. The Ketch Union,. laden with fish and oil front Newfoundland ; bound to Poole, was driven on shnict near the above Vessels, and there is reawn to fear. that Viisel and . cargo wilt tktbtally lot t. Arrived die American Schooner Betsey, Hoor.Eß. from Boston, laden with su,gar a ' qil, Oct:. detained by the Minerva Frigate, A part of the cargo of the Hamburgh Ship Han rietta Charlotte, stranded as before mentioned, is landing with all possible expedition, as it is feared that on the return of the tido the Vessel will go,to PiecOC:: so of q \ n tr di ar i t o Ca h w it s h a e n r ( t i o ß r : o 7 d % e he F gate; rk gala .re. iii satety. PORTiMOUTa s DOC- 3Q.-4triye4 this day ihc k Alexandria Frigotc, Capt. the Hop. E. KING, from the West Indies; , S*Fi of War, Captai4 Bunt ; and Streauwo. GkitiArig, Lityt. Nvassi 4 4 fi.ern a cruize. ' • . 1 ' . This day the 451p-ptius Frigate, : copt..Hon. PVHDAS, and Niger ii'ligate, Capt. .. 1 -Tit.orsAai with 4 Transports, which arrived yesterday from the Mediterranean, were put under: quarantine, frQal 'which restraint the Halifax 11? op of War was 00 day released. , .•••.,•• . The *rrrach, Transport; Zhu 4nn, of Philadei* phia ; and Brig Mercury, of Portiinouth, yesterilar cut theirtcables in the gale, and were driven on. Southsea Aeach, but were got off again this morning. vll very much damaged. Went out of Harbour this day, the Dapper Gun' brig, Lieut. Gaantsaa, after underguipg a rartral repair, The Sheldrake Gunebrig, Capt. TIIICKNBSSao 134 4 detained and sent into - this' Port, the , Kniphatvlen shi p B ey, DAR , f rom p em p o i c , pound to London' with corn and pitch. • The three following Merchant Ships, from Monte Videsii, are put into Kinsalt! Harbotir, through caw , trary winds, viz. John, MuND Ay ; ()win, Toosir4 sow ;. and Mineral, STRING, SORB/MESS, DEC. ..29.- , -Arrived , the Glory, of guns, from P o rt smou th ; P om pd e , of do guns, bipti 3. R. DActtra, from the Downs. Sailed His Majesty's Sloop Pauli/in, of t s prof Capt. 3 7 R. Luair.av, for'Plymoinh, and from thence will 'proceed to the Mediterranean. Arrived the Sparrow Hawk Sloop, of I S Capt. Palmate, from Chatham. A shocking accident occurred on the eveni the ^sth inst. at this place :—Seven men bola to the Namur Flag Ship, at .the Nore, .end M nime, in, the Harbotir, haiing been some time sent on' board the , several Danish Vissels deta at the Nore and places adjacent (as Shlp,ke( and now lying off Queenborough, went on 11 1 one oftheir 'Own boatvfor the purpose of obtal bridal., with a view of celebrating the day, when became so intoxicated as to upset the boat in return 'on, board. 7 -.Six were drowned, and foul the bodies of the deCeased have been since p up. . An ,Inquest was held, and a verda of I accidentally drowned returned; their remains wel terred at Minster and Queenborough.—We ly hope this statement may deter others from certing so irregular a mule of obtaining the tn , of inebriation. FmasotiTiii`-Dsc. eB.---Arrived Nla Maj Ships Dregoroild,Cktimp on, from off Brest, Sailtd H. Majesty's Ship Humber with *C for the Downs. . . 1 .1 , -... T i r. t' . '.. .2.} . • , , ' . i' , ;., :i . I f4' ...1 04 . • , • • - . - . I 1 1 I N • 1 1 . • ] • l • 7 1 I a 6 t , i i • c I V. f. .., t t • t , 1 I r-, 2 r; c 1 7 A C c t 1 . I. • il 1 t c / t ,E 1 t C ling 01. nngius al ;tainted tn)d.6lir- 4peis) . • a ions ID aining n they • , - their roar of " 1.1 pickec l , beiOi fr; n ere iu- •• o. ~ncrey ci cot I ). l f, t r i ; to ..1 ' ll :onK • ar • •