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i 1 • - ,t. 1 c t ~..A, v z '• -'' ) f,, ,, v,.4, , :...:!.1.5 . ". 00# \\ • , - um, ,A l l i .. • ...„..,.... • • /.. v , '" :1: 't *,4" %T4'..›,:0 )•,' ~' . , „ .. • ' kl . • ....."' ,e• , - 0 NUMBER 9780. `SATUIiDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1823. PRICE SFI'VENPENCEt VICTUA'LLING-OFFICE, Dec. 4i, 1823. THE COMMISSIONERS LING His micttsTr, N.. 1 kY, 4c. do hereby gise Notice, Mat en Tuesday, 'the SOth Instant, they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing, at this OffiOe, (sealed It!) and treat for Five Hundred Quarters of ENGLISH WHEAT, to be delivered into /fie Majesty's Victualling Stores. at Portsmouth; and a further quantity of One r#o2‘• sand Quarters, to be (tethered into /Ai Pictaalling Stores at Plymouth, twit by the 31 st'Jcindar'y nest. The 'Frheat to weigh 53 pounds per bushel (As. oyirriiwight ,to lie pvid / 0 1, and to he answerable to Samples,af not lessth in one .',l•tqrt end:, to be produced with the 7'enders,nt this Office. The Cunditions of the Contracts may be sins at this Office.: Etch '!'ender must sped& the ps.ieeltrtsOrdi at length, mid" • dei;urred before One o'Cloch on the day appointed': and Pervon whammies the Tender, or , eunne Person ovi, his; must attend to anxwey• when called for. At. lifAftfligiC.C4',.4l7:OAr'' WEST'INDIA DOCK COMPANY. THE COURT of. DlRE:crofts of the WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY 'do hereby give No hes, tliat a HALF YEARLY GENERAL COURT will be Iteid, pursuant to the . directiorss of the Act.of Parliament, at the West India Dock House, No. 9, BiHirer-square, up ..ITESDAY the 6th day of January next, at . One , o'Clock : in, the Afternoon, at which Meeting a Dividend will be d" flared for the Half year ending the 31st instant. By Order of the , Court, LONGLANDS, See. West India Dock j - louse Dec. 16, INS.. Chair will be taken at 'lwo o'Clock precisely. ItOYAL-EXTRNUT ASSURANCE 11.70710 E. gstablished by Royalßei gn Charter, in the of King George, the ' First. Decemter, 1828. _IIIII4ERSONS s whose annual Premiums fall due OA the 25th instant, are hereby informed, that Receipts !t:te now ready to be delivered at the'Conspanv'a Offices, over the rtuyal Exchange and its Pall-Mall, as well as by their re -114411 Agents in the several Counties ; ansi the Parties as sured are requested to apply fur the Renewal of t heir Poll on before the eth of January next, as the usual Fif .4llllDays allowed for Payment, beyond the date of each Po, Lich Will then expire. SAMUEL FENNING, Jun.-Secretary. Attendance is given, daily, at the said Offices, for Inc Assurance of Buildings,Goods M e rchandises, and Ships, is Harb our , i n D oc k, or while duilding, from Loss or Da.. sage by Fire; and also for the Assurance of, and granting Aanuities on, Lives. N.B. Fire Policies will be issued free •f Expellee to the As. where the Annual Premium amounts to tis, or up wards. TO COMNIENIORATE the ( s 9 near) FI NAL CLOSE of LOTTERIES, Goverstnent have Pen the immense Number of SEV EN of £ 2n,oog! being 4etween Twu anst Three Times the usual Number, and, of coarse, Two to Three Times the usual Chance of obtain ing Prises of that magnitude. The Drawing will commence 19111 FEBRUARY, when the Two FIBS'!' PRIZES will have £50,000, ALL MONEY, ,4tra each ; and when, in Met, ALL AKE PRIZES! as every pl an k will become a New Ticket , or receive Ten Founds in Money, at the option of the Holder. ....._. .. 2-THE SCHEME CONTAINS 2 .... of A:20,000 All hloney £40,000 0 5 b01....1,000, 600, 200, 100, $O, 12, and 10.... 70,(36 r, "Itie,..ery Blank,(before 10th March) £lO 1.000 Wanks, Second Day, the teem £490,096 8 ,2,1..6g_ every „,, mos at large, and Tickets on Salt. at Office, as "Ml+ and also at the CONTRACTOItS i .., J. and J. SIVEWRIGHI, PLCornhill ; )1, Holborn , 38, Haymarket; where they '"wil its one Lottery above Half the Whole Value; in soother II the Prizes of Z-20,000; and in the Last Los, 4,ityL0..... N ON REPOSITORY , for the CABINET MAKERS' LIOCIETY, for every Description of CABINET FURNI. 4111 E. FEATHER BED and MATTRESS MAN PACTORY, No. 71, Corner of LEADENIIALL- StREET, London, opposite Aldgate Pump.-Ready Money Only. Tr a E Society of Cabinet-Makers respectfully t , inform the Public that they still continue the . above L' lt elishmeat, for ;he Benefit of Industrious Meeltatuct who L 'Hollarge Pantiles, by offering them Menufactured Articles "',,,,ti* Cabinet Line, of the best SVorkmanship, and Cheaper 'ball Howse can do in London by twenty-five per cent., I II "! being no other profit required on the Gof,al . s but the hare . "ouie ezpences ; at the same thne will be sufficiently sa tailed withhaving constant Employment for themselves and familiea. .26 1 2 4 4 h S a n n elt ies ty , was Establish d • June _111,2_1, consisting of adding the number of their Wives and Pauli tesamounted to 66 ; in June, 1819, Ave more were a dd e d to tetY; in June, 1820, 10; and in June 1821, 8. The totalt,Number now - receiving Support through the Means of *is 4stablialurtent is 191. s i e T ew le 8 ° eietY and their Families beg leave to return their h. r e "anks to those Ladies and Gentlemen who have ti tt tsrto to them with :heir Orders and Recounenda fit9t7l4 and 4141 always fed happy in their endeavours to give ur: ratisfaction ; at the same time solicit a Continuance of Asir Be nevol ence, whereby they may be enabled to Increase ,Oumbe r o f the Society. XlatuifollowinAArticles h t are inserted as a Specimen of the very linw ices, all warranted.--Ready Money only. Fill size Mahogany four-post Bedstead., lath bottom 31. 15s. i - 41111 size tent Bedstead ll. 65.-Bordered hair Mattress to 1 liv.-11Iahogany Drawer, solid ends 31.35.-Feather Bed 4. - '-' - Ditto, free from dust and smell, full size 31. 10.).- ispanned Chairs of any description in oil 11. 65.-Best do. tali-hand -stand 165.-Ditto, Dressing Table 165.-Hearth up 14 3 .-3 ft. 6 i nc h es Chest of Drawers 41. 411.-Three-foot 1 r.'‘ in tTany Pembroke Table 11. 18s.-Three-foot ditto on pil zip tad claws 31. 155.-Mahogany Dressing Table 11.-Dot ',,dttt, best 11.41.-Ditto li e d ste p s 11. 89.--Ditto ditto 11.125. ''ll,lAtto ditto 21. 2a.-Ditto Box Glass, 2 drawers, best British ,i ga is 155.-Ditto ditto is. 65.-Ditto ditto 11. 186,-Ditto g ip _ Gla Di ss tto ditto a 12e size, commode 35.-Ditto ditto - Ditto t il t : a.-s.-Sea Bed and Pillow ss. tk d Ditto 1 'NZ' ,s•-Ditto ditto 78.-Tray Stand 75.-Long Mahogany hi, L' , 11 . -Japanned Book Shelf 75.-Tea Caddy 10s.-Porta any e tt 2l L-Desk covers in number 145.--Music Chairs horse' 1,,,1m,e5. 6d.-Eight Mahogany Chairs, covered with ditt o 71 . 7, r, Fats nailed 61.'62.-8 'ditto ditto dl. 155.-8 ditto 71. 10 _.!rl 3-- ", 8 Trafalgar ditto 91. W.-Mahogany Sofa to match Bed et t -4 'ittarouch 71. 10s.-Ditto ditto 81. IN.-Ditto, with turne lad 7i IN.- Set of Mahogany Card and Sofa Tables, on Tabl... le gal banded in rose-wood 81.155 .-- Set of Mahogany Dit to "'" ik livn Card and Sofa, on pillars and claws 121. 128.-- -....}lZre beat that can be made-to order or pattern 161. 10i. haelrols°, -Ditto 7 foot 6 pedestal, footsieSideho with carved bibi, " - -Ditto 7 foot 161.-Ditto 6 131.--Set of b itto. g Tables, of the last, attern, 4 foot by 10 foot 61 11.- It "7 , 4 foot 2 by 11 foot 6, 151.- ditto, 4 foot 6 by 12 foot 6, 11, 1+ If SEenieh, an advance of 31:1at.-Straw Palliasse at 4 , oa Tent liedstead and furniture 31. 15.-Bamboo Beds ..„ lb v lid French el tic top, with drapery and fringe, 81. 10s. 10 r 1 . 2 ! r ive-f oot maho _ y gan four-post Bedstead and furniture, with ipit'ae.ftt draperies, lined all through, complete, 151. 10s.- attp tr i o wt ditto. ditto 16s. 10s.--,Ditto ditto . , with cornice, of a tun d r r " A ke, 181. 1011. Ditto ditto, with gold cornice, de ties ent. 1 . 11) , (1 )" 201 -Drawing-room Curtains, of the best Islo -4._ Chtme, fitted for wlndow, 61. 6d.-Ditto ditto 71. 7.. b t , or Ti, of a superior and elegant style of work, 101. 103.- bitto4llll-rnorn rose-wood-Drawingloom Trafalgar Chairs 44,.....ILtibdnwip bum. 201.-Table, 2 Covers, and Sofa, 1 , 81. - -blu e e i 31 . ' s. - Drawing-room Sofa 81. 65.-Ditto, 71. is. din 41 • S a.--florse-huir Cush'(ons, each ss. 6d.-Covered W. THURNELL, Agent. ,_ a- - wvotte ~.....Le . .."„ N illir DEALERS SUPPLIED. . . " 1 111 b k .C . ` 4ll ,,,trOe of expence, except the ma s, and lent du. ~...--... 01 (treat Britain , and to the East and West In. - 47 -su slains fitted out, and merchants supplied with CA *** hoods_ f f" Exportation. . 11•0- ; „outinents Furnished at a few hours' noliot 44.1 -.. IN or do -011 r vs. THE LATE BISHOP OF .CALCUTTA. ( Fran the Madras Courier, July 4, 1923.) A. Meeting of the MADRAS DISTRICT COM MITTEE of the SOCIETY for PROMOTING CURti. TIAN KNOWLEDGE was held on Saturday laSt . at ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH, to take into consideration the best means of .co-operating with the PARENT Sociary tit Hamc in carrying,into effect Use Re. solutions for erecting .a Monument in the C4l.- TiltinttAL CHURCH' of ST: PAUL'S to the methory of the late Loml. BISHOP of CALCUTTA. Vie Meeting was composed of .the following Members of the District Committee :--- • .. . PRESENT. 'rhe Venerable Archdeacon .VATAIIIAN, pres4lent (M. the , • " Chair.) The Hon. H, S. oxorne, -W. Hudlestim, Esq. . The Hon. Sir Q. Grey, Knt. Capt. ]%iountford. 14 . Byrne,. - • J. - F. Thomas, Esq. - J. L. Grant, Esq. S. Nicholls, Esq. J. Gwatkin, Esq. Reif. W. Thomas, J. Goldingliam, sen. Esq. Rey. M. Thompson, Major Cadell. . • 'and J. M. Strachan, Esq. Richard Clarke, Esq. And after the Resolutions entered into by the Lyndon Com mittee had been read by the 'Secretary, the Honorable Sir CMAREI EDWARD GREY addressed the meeting in the follow ing eloquent" terms : GENTLEMEN,—The honour has been offered to one of pro posing the Resolutions which, presently, will be read ; and I cannot decline it ; but it would have fallen, perhaps, more ap propriately upon some other. For; this is a fit opportunity to bring into recollection, not merely those characteristics of the late Bishop of Calcutta, of which the world is already informed, but, those less prominent yet more interesting ones, which a friend, only, can know or relate ; and I have wished that, of those who were acquainted with him, some one might have stood forward, and, as far as the power of words could effect it, might have made him, for a few moments, present to our minds, before the record of his virtues Is narrowed to the limits of his monument—For myself I can speak but of that which has long been known to all t but it is more than sufficient to justify the purpose for which we are assembled ; and I will not be entirely 'silent, lest it should seem that, by this meeting the invitation from home, or by myself, the proposal to move these resolu tionshas been met with reluctance or indifference. Ten years ago, Dr Middleton was in the quiet enjoyment of all, if not of more than all, that-to ordinary minds appear de sirable. Placed in the metropolis of England, he had fortune which surpassed any wishes that he entertained for himself; he had employment suited to his inclinations ; he had the re putation of ,talents of learning .and of piety. But a field was opened to him in which, at the risk of' every thing but that which was inherent in his mind, it was poisible to apply to ampler uses the faculties with which he had been sent into the world. He, did not long, hesitate ; and it is with great joy. that I see in his choice, and ,in the motives which prompted him to make it, one of innumerable instances that the genius and :energies of the British people are not on the decline. In the early part of the last century, Berkeley, fanned that benevo lent plan which involved the devotion of hitown life, la , hours, and his pure intellect, to the task of enlightening the ori. riginal inhabitants of North America. It failed, becanse it was deemed by others romantic and itripracticahle; yet in the pre lent 'day, plans similiar in their objects. and means, but of wider scope, are on foot, and in a course of success. If there .are any who doubt of the propriety or importance of such plans, I would suggest for their consideration the consequences which, probably, would have ensued if Berkeley had been assisted with hearty good-will by the people and the government of Eng . land, If our arts, our language, our knowledge, our religion, and institutions had'been freely, but gradually imparted ; if a fabric, of naive society had been so %lilt' up as to ensure to thorincluded in it, any good which they possessed, and an equal share of future benefits, we should not have now to bear the shame and the regret of - having obtained an extension of the sphere of civilization at the deplorable price of the extirpa tion of the North American race: the monstrous system of Negro slavery might have perished in its infancy with the necessities which gave it birth: Great Britain and America might still have been one people; or if we had parted, it would have been on better terms : and • the hatred of England, which is entertained by the descendants tsf England, would not have existed in that in tensity and singleness which threatens future calamities.. Eng land, perhaps, has not yet paid the full penalty of having per. Mined the destruction of one. of the.tribes Of Man. But I had not intended to say more of the plans of Berkeley than that I 'will not estimate at any lower rate the similar motives of the First Bishop of Calcutta: all circumstances considered, I doubt whether the Sacrifice, contemplated by the one, was greater than that which was made by the other ; who, at a grem.er dis tanee from his country, and in the' burning climate of Bengal, persevered ow lag in the dedication of his , fortune, his time, and his .whole powers to the ungrateful task which he had set before him : and, seeking no common reward, has, at last, died poor. We are invited to assist in building up his monument, and we shall all, I believe, join fheerfully in this last office; not from any indistinct and foolish notion that the tomb is to be raised as a reward to him whose name will be written on it, but regarding it as a natural result of his meritorious life ; and an obvious mode of giving expression to the feelings which have arisen at his death. If we must look for some utility in the measure, let it 'be found in its excitement of others; -even of those. who are engaged in the service of the Church. For, if I rightly apprehend the spirit of the Church of - England, it does not zequire that its Ministers should be dead to the better feelings of our nature ; it makes no provision for those who are anchorets and ascetics in outward form ; neither does it re ciuire that eny should make a hermitage of the heart, and insolate themselves in spiritual deserts. An Instructor must have some sympathies with those whom he instructs; and if there is any man to whom it is u matter of no regard whether he is remembered or forgotten when be is dead, let him not boast of an indifference which he has in common with natures Inferior to his own. I indulge in 'the belief that to the public expression of grief and admiration, which the death of the late Bishop called forth in England, 'it may in some degree be owing that we sire to have a successor who is not inferior to him in any great or good qualities. I must speak cautiously of the feelings of one who is entering upon ssolemn and arduous duties ; but thus much I will venture toasty, of the excellent person to .whom I allude, that, whatever higher and snore holy motives may have supervened, twenty years cannot have io deadened his warm feelhilpi And obliterated his early character, that be will hear with insensibility , of the h o nours paid to his predecessor. I think with satisfaction that a part of the support, of which he will feel the wain, may be derived from the hope now held out to him that, in after-times, his narhe also may be read upon the national sepulchres of his country. The following Resolutions were unanimously agreed to • That this Meeting have'learned with the most lively Satisfac tion from the resolutions of the Society .for Promoting, Chris tian'Rnowledge which have now been read, that a 'Monument Is to be erected to the memory of the late Lord Bishop of Cal cutta in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul's. .That this Meeting are .grateful for the opportunity now of. fared them of adding the ir names to those of the Society in Eng hold, in retina Of their veneration fur the memory 'of their first ---,- Bishop, the founder of Dioceisan and District Committees in India, to whose valuable nottnsel,' and generous assistance, this Committee are indebted for the Most important °nets of their institution; That, in conformity with the resolution of Atio 'Society for Promoting Christian -1(n ow which limits the contributioni towards the .3forttunatzt " to the runoutit of each Members' nual subscription to tie society," the contributions of the ./0 ezp,. berm of the Matiras-District‘ Cottanittee be United to the sutra which, at the exchange of the day, iv !II give one (Alines in England, that sum being about equivaltmt to the proportion of the local subscription, which is skirOpriated as a donatiotz by the Society. . , That subscriptions be receivollay the 'Treasurer, Messrs. Arbuthnot and Co. anti:by the'S'et4aary—and that the amount, when collected,' be transmittetliVith a copy of these resolutions, to the Board, in 3 .0h( 10 11.• ' • !. • That these resolutions be communicated to the Members of the Committee resident in the Provinces; and to .thoSe at the Presidency who have not attetyled this Meeting. At the motion of the lionotarable ff :S. Otarne, Agreed unanimously; that the thanks of the Meeting be given to Sir Charles Grey for the excellent Address delivered by him. _ _ _ Agreed unaninibusly, that the thanks of the Meeting be given to the Venerable the Archdeacon, for having convened. the Meeting, and for his obliging conduct in the Chair. EDWARD VAUGHAN, CirantitAlt. We are indebted to• yesterday's Government Gazette for the report of the above Speech and Itesolutionf. ALESSANDRO STRADELLA. (From 1W de STENDII4I2O Lift of Ronini.) ALESSANDRO STRADELLA was itt 1650 the most celebrated singer in Venice and in all Italy. At that time the composition of music was very simple. The Maestro wrote. little more than a eketch: the singer was much more of a composer than he is at the present day, and was obliged to have recourse to his own enius in almost all the p aesages which he executed. It was Rossini who first thought of writ ing with accuracy all the ornaments; all thejferitore which the' singer was to execute. In PIO the system in Italy. was very different. It followed, that the diem of the nitede was much more inherent in the person of the singer; and of those singers who were then in fashion no one approached Stradella. It was proverbial, that he was the m:ater of the hearts of his auditors. He went to enjoy his glory at Venice,. then the most brilli a nt capital of Italy, and the city the moot tamoue tnr its pleasures and for the gallantry , of its manner'. Straddle was received with eagerness In the most distinguished houses, and ladies of th e first quality contended for the advantage of i taking his lessons. He met in society Hertel:ale, a Roman lady, of high birth, then a widow, and who was publicly courted by a noble Ve netian, of One of the most powerful families of the republic, Stradella gained her heart. His portrait was shown us by Madame 0 • • ' l , in the place of one of her friends, the day after she had related to us his history : it was that of a man of a superb figure, with a profound and pensive express lion of countenance, and large black eyes full of that re strained fire which makes so much impression. The .perfec tion to which the school of Titian and Georgione carried the art of portrait painting in Venice, allows us even at the pre sent day to judge correctly of the phyilognomy of Stadella. It is not difficult to believe that such a man, diAtinguisheil also by great talents, should have been loved with passion, and should have successfully rivalled a great Lord, although himself without fortune He bore away Hortentia from the noble Venetian. The two lovers thoughVonly of making a rapid retreat from the territory of the republic. They retired to Rome, where they passed themselves for man and wife. But apprehensive of the vengeance of the Venetinn, they did not repair to Hortensia's country. They made several de.: tours, and, when they arrived, took an apartment in a deserted part of Rome, and avoided appearing in • frequented places.• rhe assassins whom the nobl e 'Venetian had sent iu pursuit, were a long time in discoveri ng , them.. After having in vain searched the principal cities in Italy, they arrived at Rome on an evening when there was to be a grand .fanzieee:eccom. panted by music, in the church of St. Jelin of Leteren. Erie tering with the crowd, they saw Straddle. Delighted at having at length found their victim, at the very moment at which they almost deepaired of meeting with him, they resole. ed to lose no time, but to execute -.the. commission for which they were hired, whenever the congregation should leave the church. They dim surveyed and ran liver the whole church, to ascertain if Hortensia was not among the spectator& They were occupied in, this search, when. after other pieces execut ed by common performers, Straddle at length began to sing. They stopped in spite of themselves, they listened to hie sub. lime tones assassins as they were they hail scarcely heard it a few moments before they felt touched. There was in the whole world but one such perfect winger, anti they were about to extinguish' for ever so exquiaittea voice ! Remorse filled their brains : they shed teen: and before Straddle's part was finished, their otily . thought was 'how 'to save the lovers, whose death, on receiving their f ee , they had sworn on t h; Holy Evnngelists. 'the .ceremony over, they waited a.-long time for Straddle outside the church. At least they saw him come on by a private door, with Hortensia. They ap proecheti ; thanked liun for thepleesure he had just given them, and corfessed to him that to the impression which it heel ex. citel, he owed his life. They exploded to him the fearful me tive of their journey, and advised biro to qttit Route without delay, in order that they might make the jealous 'Venetian believe that they had arrived too hue. Stradella and his fair friend, comprehending all the import ance of this advice, freighted a vessel, and embarked the same night on the Tiber, for the purpose of going by sea to Spez ia, and reaching Turin by cross roads. The, noble Vene. clan, en his part, having received the report of his Bali, became more furiouerthan ever ; anti determined to take . into hie own hands the execution of his revenge. Ile began by going to Rome to Ifortinsia's father, and making the old man be lieve that his disgrace.could be washed away only, by the blood of his daughter end that of her ravisher. In the republics of the middle age there existed in Italian hearts that spirit of vengeance So forgOtten in the present slay. It Was thehO. moor of those ferocious limo; the solesopplement to the laws, the sole defence Of personel safety, in a country in which dnel would have appeared eidienious. The noble Venetian and the old man 4144h:tea a search throughout all the cities of Maly. When at length they heard from Turinehnt Stra-. drill was th e s e , th e old Rennin, thelatherof Hortensia, took with himiteeo bravoes, celebrated for' their .address, provided, himself with letters of recommendation. to the Merquis de . Villars, who was then Ambassador from France at the Court of Turin, anti set off for Piedmont. tatraelefkt, on his part, taught by his adventure at Rome had taken steps at Turin to procure protection. His talents ob ' ttiin. eel for .him that of the Duchess of Savoy, then Regent of the State. This Princess undertook to shield the two lovers from the fury of their enemy. She placed Hortensia in a convent, and gave Stradella the title of her lint singer, as well as an apartment in her palace. These precautions appeared Rufti. 'dent,• and " the lovers enjoyed for several months perfect.trau qUillity. They began to fancy • that after the adventure at Rome the noble Venetian had become weary of pursuing them ; when one el/min?, Stradellai while taking the air on the ramparts at Turin, was attacked by three men, who left him for dead, stabbed in the breast. They were, the old father of 'Hortensia and his two assassins, who, as soon as they had committed the crime, sought an asylum in the pa lace of the Preach Ambassador. M. tie 'Mars, not wishing either to protect them after a murder which made a great noise at Turin, or to deliver them to justice aftt.r they hattmade an asylum of his pulaccoletermined on favouring their es c ap e . However, contrary to all appearances, Straticlia•was cured of hit wound, which, however, spoiled his singing t and the Voile. tip) saw his projects fail a second time, but without abandon., lag the desire of vengeance. Alone, and rendered prudent by his want ofsuccess, he assumed an obscure name, and went to reside at Turin, content, for the time, to watch the motions of Hortensia. anti lutr lover. _ • _ Such watt the f e rocity or those days ' and such the notion., of honour, that if the noble VeneArenhoil Abandoned his yen. getince, he would have been despised. A year passed in this manner. The Duchess of Savoy, more and more interested in the fate of the two lovers, was pleassiko render their union legitimate, and to consecrate it by marriage. After the ceremony, flortensiai Wearied with her residence 'in the convent, wi s hed to see the river of Genoa.- , Stradella ern ducted her thither : tmd the Morning oiler their arrival at Genoa, they w e refounditoignarded in their - bed." • UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WASJIJ:NDTON, DEC. 1, 1823.—'S.he first session of the eighteenth Congress has commenced with great harmouy. A lafge majority of the mem. hers of both houses appeared in their respective chambers this day precisely at 12 o'clock. l e the. Senate, Mr.Gaillard took the chair, and after the .111411.101 orders for the appointment of chaplaius' for , supplying the members With new pap e rs, an d for the appointment of joint committees nn annul- led hills, were severally passed, Messrs. Burbone and Macon were 'appointed a committee on the part of the Senate, to wait upon the President, jointly with a committee from the House of ite: presantaties, and inform hi:o of the organizatien of the two houses: to the [louse of Representa tives, the roll was called precisely at twelve o'clock, and one hundred and eihty.one members appear. ed in their seats. Mr. Clay has so long filled the Speaker's chair, and given' !ioch imusuai ti , fitc- Lion, that the moment it was koown that his health was such as to.permit him to resume the station, there was a general disposition amimg all, save the friends of the Treasury candidate!, to elect him again to the same hotionra hie place.— Accordingly, when the roll of hers had been called over, Mr. Taylor, of IN,. York, imm,— diately rose and declined being considered a candidate, and in handsome terms requested his friends not to vote for him. Mr.. Lathrop, of Massachussetts, end Mr. Rankin, of Mississippi, were appointed tellerS. On counting the ballots, it appeared that 181 tnembers had voted, and' that Mr. Clay had 139 votes. The friends of the radical chief adhered to their candidate, and to the ancient dominion, and after some ma nceuvriug, obtained 92 votes for Mr. P. P. Bar boor, of Virginia (the late Speaker.) The old clerk and the other officers of the .rouses were re. chosen. The whole went on smoothly. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. Fellow-Citizens of the Senate, and Hoof: cfßererentativer, —Alany important subjects will claim you attention during the present &alon, of which I shall endeavour to give, in aid of your deliberations, a jog idea in this ctuntnunication. I un dertake this duty with diflidmee, from the vast extent of the interests on which I have to treat, and of their great import ance to every portion of our Union. I enter on it with zeal, from a thorough conviction that there never was a period, since the establiAhroent Of our Revolution, when, regarding the con dition of the civilized world,. and its bearing on us, there was greater necessity for devotion in the public servants to their respective duties, or for virtue, patriotism, and union, in our constituents. /llectini; in you a new Congress, I deem it proper to present this view of public atfairs in greater detail titan might other wise be necessary. Ido it, however, with peculiar satisfac tion, from a knoWledge, that in this respect I shall comply more fully with the sound principles of gtir Government. The people being with us exclusively the sovereign, it is in dispensable that full information be laid before them on all, important subjects, to enable them to exercise that high. power with complete effect. If kept in the dark, they nil -Ist be in competent to it. We are .41414 to srror, turd these wlio are engaged in the management of public affair; are more sub. jest to excitement, and to be led astray by their particular in terests and passions, than the great body of our constituents, who, living at tome, io the yursoit of tlit•ir ordinary ;Ivo sations, are calm but deeply interested spectators ,of events. and of the conduct of those who are parties to them. To the people, every department of the tiovernment, and every indl vidual in each, rare responsible ; and the more full their infor. mation, the better they can.judge of the wisdom of the policy pursued, and of the conduc t of .eitch in regard t' it. From their dispassionate judgment, much aid may always be obtain.. ed ; while their approbation will term ‘ ilia &cutest incentive and most gratifying reward fur virtnotis actions ; and the dread of their censure Ana best security against thy . stbusv of their eon fidonce. .Their interests, in all vital questiov iire the same. ; and the bond by sentiment, am well as by interest, will he pro portionably strengthened as they are better informed of the real. state. of public athars, especially in difficult conjectures. It is by such knowledge that local prejudices and jealousies are snimouted, and that ii nationui polies, extending it s fost er i ng care and protection to all the great interests of our union, is formed tom steadily .adheretlto. A precise knowledge of our relations with' foreign Powers, as respects Our negociations and transactions with each, is thought to be *lrticulitry neccssany. Eqnally necessary • Is it, that we should form a just estimate of our resources, n‘venue, and pro. cu grs in every kind of improvenn...t eonnceted with the national proverity and public cleft rice. It is by rendering justice to other nations that we may expect it from them. It is by our ability to - resent ir.jtiries, and redress wrongs, that we may avoid, then). The Comtnissionere under the tifth article of the treaty of Ghent, having disagreed in their opinions respecting that por tion of the boundary between the territories of the United States and of Great Britete, ti eittablieltinent of which had been sub rnitted to them, have made their respective reports, in come plianee with that article, that the sante might be referred to decision of a friendly Power. It lkire; tetetiCest, however, tit:t it would,be difficult, if not impossible, for any Power w rer form that office, without great delay arid nitteh inconvenienvQ, to itself, a proposal has been meat>, by this tioverriment. and ac ceded to by that o f G reat Britain, tOindeevour to establish that boundary by runiceble negotilitioxi. It apnettrintt from long . , experience, that nosatisfactory arrangerunt could formed pf the curnmerciel in tereouree between the United States and the British colonies in ttlie.benriephere,. by itgielaiiveacte, while ,each party pureued its own course. without ogrmnsLit ( 4 , 4,,,on cert with throttler, a propoluilhas been made.to the .ttritittl tte vernment to regulete,this commerce by treaty, as it, has been to arrange, in like manlier, the just claims el the citizens of the United Statee inhabiting the, states and territories bordering on the lakes unit rivers which empty into the st. Lawrence, to the navigation of that river to the wan. For these ' mat ether ob jects of high import/lett to the interests of both parties, a tie gociatiott h it. been opened by the ,British Government, which, it is liop‘d, will have a itatisfactory result. 'rite Commissionere under the sixth and seventh articles of the Treaty of Ghent, having succeeefolly closed their lawns in reletion to the sixth, have proceeded to the discharge of theme releting to the seventh. Their progress in the extensive survey required for the performative of their duties justifies the presumption that it will he completed in the ensuing year. Th'e negotie t ion which had been long depending with the French Government on several important eutnette, and partien huly for a just indemnity for !owe unaudited in the late were by the citizens of the United States, under unjustifiable, seizures confiscetions of their property, has n o t, as yet, had the dee sired effect. As this claim rests on the eatue principle with others which have been admitted by the 'French Government,. it is not perceived on what hest grounds it can. be rejected. A M inieter. will be i nune4iatt. I y appointed to pwcevd to France, slid Tempe the negeti,tttion on this . and other eu bj ecte w id th now arise between the two nations. At the propoeal of the Russian Imperial Government, made through the Mister .of the Emperor residinithere,itfullltower. and tlistrttettoolt hose been transmitted to the >Mister of the United Statee,ut..St. Petetsburgh, to arrange, by attitettble Oe .Retilttion,the respective rights end interests of the two nations on the-north-wee: team of rthis continent. A eh - oiler, propoeal hitt bee:tined@ by . his Imperial Majesty to the Opnrnnteot of G teat Britain, winch has ,iikewistsboon acceded to. 'lie vernment of the United Statert has been desirousl terthis friend ly.proceeding, of manifests:nig the great value which they. have invariably ettactiett,to the frientlehip i tbe Emperor, and their' so li c i tu d e to.eeltivete, : the.best uoderstanding with his tioveroe .rnent., la the titttelsi t iffittimt to .whichiiitilt interest I,as,given risC, and in tbe.artnnEcutertts which, they /nay tertnitutte e tbe ne eaeie been jutiged proper fur asserting,. ne;aprtOtiple, tit the rights end tilltiettto 14. the littit#4l ‘,stittelt ate,ATRIV, , • , 01_4. the Atom-men continents, by the free and indellent centlition which they have assum e d and utaintein, are nee fa 11.13 ow. to be: considered tot subjects fcr future colonization b ens PiropcAß PUwarti. y Siice the chile of the last SessiOn' of Congrees, the Commie sionere and Arbitrators for aecertaining and detertniaini the , .„ . , „ „ etriue3t et moeminneatian which May, ne due to Citieens, pte united Sestee, under the decision of hie IMperial Mateety. liimperor of Ilesele, in conformity to the convention cutlet - tilled at St. Petershurgh on 1 2,01 efoIY. 1822, Wive aiserni4K.in this city, and orgaolee theutsAvea as a board for theiniefeirett. anCq,ol the ditties ;tit nett to them by th at treety. Thiettig t e. miseien constituted under the eleVentli ,article of 'the kriftety:of the - 22t1 of FebrtterY, bOtwoon tiro United StetliKersiid: .Spain, is . also in session herc t and Its tho:terrn of, three *WI r „limited by the treaty for the exectition or. the trust will ere 'before the period of the. tliAt reiplbr nweting of Congreetie - The ettention of the iragislatu,re will. be driven to the meastil'es evhich May be necessary to ac,coltsplieli thaohject for wbieh U.. epuunission was instjturad. In compliance with the resolatiop of the House of Repreeen. tativree adopted it their last Seseioa instructions have hem given to all the Ministers of •the'llnittuf States accredited to the, Powers of Ettrope and A theriee to prepoee the prteserintion of the African slave trade, by eletentig it under the dentiminstion, ,and irtflicting on its perpetretors the punishment Of r 1 40,Y• Should tuts p ro p osa l be %Coded to, it opt tiotityted t this odious und crinainsl practice will be promptly arid entirely sup pressed. it is earnestly hoped that it will lie acceded to, frein a firm belief that it is the Most effectual expedient a 3„,t can adopted for the purpoee. At the commencement of the recent war between Fre/it:viscid Spain, it was declared by the Kerich(loverparent that it would Brent no commissions to privateers, at thet neither the Cent. mares of Spain herself, nor of the neutral. nation,. s!piald 'be moleeted by the naval forde of France e except hi tine beeach of a lawful block a d e . Thi s dec l aration;, which 'appeare to have been faithfully earried'into effect, concurring with P:ineiPlett proclaimed 'and cherished by the United States, from the , Arta establishment ot' titeir independence, stigeested the'llope'etiat, the tittle had arrived when the proposal for adopting it ei a per: nianent and invariable rule in all .fettre maritime wilts (night meet the favourable censide,ration of the giscet gilt:peen Powere. Inetr uct i ons h ave accordingly tam) given to our hil nitttertt with Frence, Russia, and Greet. Britain, to make those proposals to their respective Uoveramente iend when Abe friends of humanity redact on the essential arnelleration to th e Condition of the human race which would result from the:ale°. Mien of private war :on the sea and on the greet facility by which, it migh t b e accomplished,, requiring only the consent of a few eoverelgns, an earnest it9pe is, uulidged that thcow, over tures will meet with an attention, animated by the Spirit in which they we r e m a d e , an d t h at t h ey will ultimetely ceseful. The Minieters who were 'appointed to tte iz.epiitilies of Oa ',Nubia and Buenos-Ayres, during the,lest S.?,S.stOti.of Cortgrese, proceeded, shortly afterwarde, to their destinations. Of (heat swivel there, officio' intelligence has not yet been r e c e i v ed. The Minister appointed to the Repe.'„die of Chili will aell.i9 few daye• Ac early appointment will 440 be Made tO 31iXte.o. A Minister has been received from Colombia, and thaotleer Oevernments have been informed that . Minieters, oetliplOnietio agents of inferior grade, would he received from each, aactnet. ins as they might prefer the one or the other. , • The Minister appointed to Speln prt)qetted, faon after hie appointment, for Cadis, the reeidence of the Sovereign to whom he was accredited. In approaching that port, the frights vibi e h conveyed him was warned off by the Commander of the Frerteli sqoatiron by which it was blockaded, 'and not permitted . to enter, although apprised by the Captain of the filgate of, the public character of the person Whom Lie had on' board, the landing of whom was the solo oleicet of. his, propoied entry. This act, being considered an infringement of the rights of Ambassadors and of Netions, will .forma J ust Of Government pleint to the of France again s t tile officer hy whem it was committed. The actual condition of the public finances more than rea lizes the favourable anticipations that were entertained el, it at ti)4 opening of the l ast eession of Congress. On.threleti t Jo finery, there wits a Italtinee in the Trotting: of 4,237.427. dol. lent Keil Zia cents. From that time to the buil) or Sepittobet the receipts ainountetho upwarde of 10,100,000 dollere, anti, the expenditures to 11,400,000 dollars. During the fourth quarter ,of the year, it is estimated that the receipts will, At least, e_gtal the expenditures; end that there will remain in the 'Treasury, on the Ist day of January next, a surplus of neatly 0,000,000 of dollars. On the Ist of January, 1823, a large amount of the war debt, 'and a part of the revolutionary debt, become redeemable.—... Additional portions of the former will continue to become ye duernable annually e until the year 1843. It is belieVed, buy. ever, that if the vaulted Stater remain at vzoce, the whole of that debt may be redeemed by the ordinary, revenue of the re years during that ptriod, under th e Provision of ,the Act of March 3, 11117, creating the sinking fend, and in that case th e only pi n t of th e d e b t t h at w ill remain utter the year IEOS will I:e seven millions of rive per cent, stock sub.:eribtAl to the flank ot' the United Statce, i n ch the three per cent, ,revolutionary debt, amounting to 13,130.099 dollars ti rents. hOth of which are tt tlektnahle it the pleastire of the (loverproent . The state of the.nrulY, in its ceganfzetion, and discipline, has been gradually iMprovlng for several year., and has now, at tained a Weil degree of .perfecticti. 'The Military ,diebueee mein* have been regulerly ni ei l e , and the • accounts regularly and promptly rendered fur settlement. The suppliesof earion 3 descriPtiona have been of good quality anti regtileely irsued tip all of the posts. A eyetein of economy end azeountability 1; is been introduced into every branch of the seeviee, which edinite of little additional iroproventent. This titiirable mate/toe been attained by the act, re-organizing the stuff of the aril, patteed on the 14th of April, 1018. The monies appropriated to fortifications have been regular ly and economically applied, enti all the.works advanccd a t ; Tepidly us the amount Appropriated would admit. .71zio portent works will be completed in the courser 'Of this year - ... that is Fort W 4 0 11 10%0, Fort Delavecte, and the,,ro,ft at ltigolets, iii Louisiana. • Th e Board of .Fhigineere, rand theTopogreellical cerps, Iteve b efo ii, coelitailt and itetiVe sttreee, iyi that' Oast. iis..jOitini4 the works Levees:try t •it.: The Atilitury Academy hiss .•a ptir'f't:ction in its dieeipline and i...tistinction ••'• • >,. , , to 4 V :Y i - stitution of its kind 44 any coutttly. The money apprepeiated Air the use of, the Ordintuice tee. parttnent has been legiilarly anti economically applied , The fob: is stiein o f arms at the national artnOUrieS, aimil l,y cootract will. the Departmmt, Lot been eredually *proving 4 , ,epetelitv anti cheepne t te. i t i s believed that, th eir quality now twat us to admit of but little iciprovernent.. The completion of the fortifieatipns rattlers it l'e , :;_ost,ry that there ehould, be a luitabk appeepriation for porPette 01 1 .,, brit:aline, the cortoon and r n ag( tt.i...eaSsary ,for tini e r worke, , Under the appeoprietion of 0,000 dollers ,tar 044?4,,ri6,ttie western Wettni for the leteeion s site for a weeterte a;m9tiry, cotum i n j oi , was va'a t ti t u t <I, et ittietiflp, or 31 , 4 Lee,, stud Cept. Taken, who have he 0444 '4;; A . N.,1 •4t . - o . it the country. They t e nse not yrt 4peztod the retult,, bebettre, but it is helievid :tiwt Alit) , 111' •t it , an early pert of tile seettiori.of Coup, ' Poring tin! month of Jim!' Lee, tie Y:erel Ashley V:rel s his party, who were tr a din g tie:Litt iit4:. , :!itotLl i.he (41 1 , 1 4 o u . 'mutant. were attacired . l4.ol,:, it iciatts while pei,Lect.6lk tied nig with the Indians, at gitir 091te'st St , vi , t'el th,i, pa;or were killed and woitmled, and their ire} ,n 5 104;4 or dkAiroyeu. Levenivotth, who ientirtanded Vert Ati inetin , t the Ctiiineil Mail, the most weettrn poet, apprelie:44ing`thei the hostile spirit of the Iticarces ,winad Catena: to tither bib les in that quarter, and that thereby fi ta levee ilea s cats the ,Missouri, and the peace of the frontier. weeldin, took itntuediate rnoltsorei, to cheek the evil.' ". . With 4 detaelonetat of the . tee; itnen t , ti4ltto t ed til t : e rre, lie euecessfUlly attacked the it iceree.*Nill4ge, 4144 . tithopt.4lth at ' Ort,fiSiipi ,has beeu . . aide on.thatO, an ticrilir,,,otx Oho. tribes on th e Alissouri, a s iv 41 prevent Clclirrerot of , future: hostility. 'the report of the Seers t;mry o 1 W r , Which is hereWelli witted, will exhibit in greeter deteil the Condition or , i.he ik parit4ent. in its yi‘rious hrsoohps., noel tht= tiro:item; whirh. been made in its etlininietratiou dur'ing the die* tirit.,:tv ortet* of the year, „ 1 transioit a rctur4 of iht,4i4ti4 of the svver4l.Btetes accord log tit the last retterla whiCkihave becti watle ,the limper odious in each, toehe „flepartenettt,ef. War, '4l l . rO etonee t o this return, it will be seen that it is ;nit COrttplete, seent.exertionahave heen mode tarp49,,it so. ~ ;tiia.,qfimre, and oven 4*Airi.or 'OW ei*tqtro%l44ol)fta.,:tuf4o4a imminent dangevecin,the.niilititt, f lit of diva hignesiiirnipirtartett 0141%4).4,4'W .nzggiist4l,',4l7xti. 44,44,1514,.fti0w1mu op,Vpitoh ;teedP OA-ar Ote*4/i4i,i:-01%fteriOrt144P .grettli MOP 1 4 0 it4O:C Brat {l e is P 1.4400400 ear,