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it bk , lt , 1!4 , i1•12' the ai ti 111 7 ,711 of the House t 4.4 the Jeep ttlt !once nt the snhie, t, and to the.condition of that most in jar, of our ruantactures. 'He did not pretend to home, ,lid still lest to , %ill-flyer it coo , cl bear the alidi- Voual diov of .ixiwnce per penny' ; but lie would declare that this dm: lead heel) Inid oa last year without any considcra lion whatever o f th e su'iject. It bad bean proposed and pscsed hastily, when the Chancellor of the Exchequer ' , anted to make t.h Isis Ways and Means. and ifSntfered to continue one or two years !conger, might contribute to the formation ot establishments abroad, which would get SO fat ahead of that no future repeal coul•I repair the evil nroduced, rin d re gain the advantages l os t. It s cont i nuavce, he felt convinced, would only serve to defeat the very-purpose of Minister:, by indicting on that great branch srl our manufactures an 41- , jury twin which it wo.Ad ilreur receiver. He repeated that be c , hiceiyed Parliament had never been more reioiss in its duty than when it had parsed the present duty, and concluded by giving notice that 011 Monday next he should present a Petition from the. Merchants of the City of L9nd.n/ on the subject of the general res;r - ictions upon trade.—(Hear, hear, r Mr. WILSON stated, that lie intended to follow up the pe• tit ion by ruoiinz. that it,. petitioners should he heard by coonsrl at the Var. lie objected to the appointment of a Committee, on the ground that the whole 4 .414111 woisI•1 lie paiied before its report could b. received, and it should be iiossilde to art ispoti it; - recommendation. The petition was 1 heti laid on the table, and ordered to he printed. •... CALICO PRINTING. On the motion of Mr. li,:iOTLE WILIIIIAH.AM, leave was ,giv..ti t.. brim: in a Bill to extend oif• s oaf crrtaiti Acts fir the encouragunent i f the Ai is of Dcsign in the Printing of Calicoes. LANDT.ORDS. :kir. TENNYSON gave mit ice of a nnnlion for the IStli of May, to enahle Landloriis noire easily to obtain possession of their Lands. M.III.I{T.ICF: ACT. Sir M. W NIDERY presented Petitions from the Dissenters of Newcastle -Ilium-Tyne, Blythe, it, Con,l,ei !and, and Tyne month, praying fto all aitcl :dim) in the Mai ri.ii;e tiered to be printed. WELSH LAND REVENUE. Mr. CANIPRP.I.I, wished to 1,1,,tw cchrtlter. as the Grant of the Othee of Cotnpoonderin the Court of Creat ' , elisions of South Wzdes now , ettoinated (1!.- the death of tl,e iirantse, it teat the int , otiott, wind' he hoot•tt it was w t. to confer t!rit Otti,:e in a sio:ilar wanner. Ile trusted it would undergo first the consideration of the sn •e-jOr ht, oh of the Crown Land Reveal,. ail hare its ineltialtties keeled. Mr. fiINKiSSON replied, that tie 011 ice having become vai..atit, it was not intruded to renew it in the shape a a gi;mt. The proceeds would in future he accounted for to the Officers of the Laud Preenue. ELECTION PETITIONS. A Petition for au unit., return was pre.entril from Borough bridite„ York ,, lnrv.—Orclertd to be 'alien into cunsidetation on the Ist of Jane. SCOTCH BURGHS. Lord HASUT,TO7 ,, , after expressing his satisfaction at finding; that his Niejesty's Ministers did not intend to oppos e , the revival of the 4..; , u3soittee MI Scots Burghs, ~ nd tiusting to the nohilgeoce of the House for leave to reply in case any Gentleman should start any objettion on this most importapt subject. mored that all petitions presented 10 181 R. 1 819. and 1820, to the House from the Royal Burghs in Scotland, should he referred to s Select Committee to consider the matter thereof, and to repiv their observations to the House. Lord /31X.V1NG been commissioned by the Noble :t.ecrttary of State to exptuss his acquiescence with the motion. only rose to add his testimony to the liberal manner in which the subject bad been treated by the Noble Lord.' " The motion was then agreed to, the Committee appointed. and the Reports of former years order tul to be tefittretl to its consideratiiut. NE W POST- Of FICIL Mr. Slier iff Rattly/ELL preseritepl'at the bar a Petition from the Lord Mayor. Aldermen. and Commons of London, pray ing that the powers of the Sist Geo. 111., for buildiog a new Post-ott a at the end of Chcapsitte, should he extruded. Mr. Alderman WOOD moved that it ba.raferred to a Com arittee. Mr. Sergeant ONSLOW could not allow this eppotrunity to pass without protesting against the effect of this Petitio,:, which was to continue the present duty on coats imported in- . to London. It was i n f act a l oca l tax, alirctit4* Metro - polls and It, home-count ire only, fora general and national improvement ; this was nianif.stl; unjust. Mr. CALVERT H:so express. d its &termination to oppose the prayer of the p: talon. His constant ots were considcra ble sufferers by the removal of the Post-oth,•e from Lombard street, and ought nut to be compelled to pay for a positite inconvenience. M. R. GORDON reminded the H ou se, that from the first he has resi4e.‘ this measure. By the returns last ve..r it ap. geared, that no less than 244,000 f. had In en expended before a single belch had been bad; and the papers he had tooted far yesterday would probably show l'iat notch more bad bee. laid out in merely preparing the site. 'lle surveyors, as usual, bad been gross 'y mistaken in their Original esti- Drees. SUMNII wished fur some exp!atnitiln ria to the cibject of the Cominittcc. In what way was any additional sum to he raised ) The sPEAK Lit reminded the Home that the Petition prayed merely fur a Private Bill, and it most, in the first in stance. br referred to a Conimittee, that it might be ascer tained whether the standing orders had been CUM plitd with. Mr. Alderman WOOD remaiked, that the new Post-naice was a public benefit with which the city of London had no. thing particularly to do. As long as the tax upon coals con trilled, the chrporaiiim were annually oiiii„ ; ed in pay 12,:Ju01. The Petitinn was then referred to a Committee. SCOTCH COURT OF EXCHEQUER. The LORD -ADVOCATE of Scotland wished to move for a Paper tbat would throw c,nsiderahle light on a tut•ject intro duced by a Noble Lord on a former night. t•ts. the onpoint inent of one ~f the Barons of the Cntirt of Exiliepier in Scot land. He had to state, that he bad in,ole a report on the question, and that report was founded on the opinions t.f the Lord President of Session,. the Lord Chief-Justice Cleik, the First Commissioner of the .lury Court, and Lord Chief-Baron Shepherd, all of whom concurred in the fitness of the ap pointment that had been made. With these great autheritirs in its favour, be could not hesitate as to the nature of his re port, and of f taut document h• wished the !louse to-h e i t) possession before it came to any thing life a decision upon the matter. He accordingly snored hut address to the King to obtain a copy of it. Mr. ABERCROMBIE did not mean to oppose the motion, though he could not withhold the expre•sion of his surprise that, in the face of the Report of a t oromittee of the House. the ofic•e had been filled up : hi. Majesty had breet very HT advised upon this subj..et, notwithstanding the great Aut ho titles referred to by the Leath( d Lord. He Wall happy to tee lit this motion a rcc ,, gnition of the power of the Hous• 'to investigate the subject, and be hoped that it w o uld ex . -tend to a strict and thorough inquiry into the plesent finite of the Court of Exchequer is Scotland. Nothing could be more objectionable than for a judicial and peliticol . character :to be united in the sante iiidiridual. Lord BINNING obset red, that the inquiry bad not origi nated with the Lord Adrocate, who had acted on this subject znerely ministerially. Mr. ABERCROMBY fully acquitted the Lord Advocate of all impropriety of conduct regarding this appointment. Hr entertained the utußist'respect for the Learned Lord. After a few words from Sir .1011 N NEWPORT and Mr. JIUSKISSON, the Address was agreed to. MAR lAGE- ACT. On the motion of Dr. Irate wa• gistra to 'brio:: in a Bill to ainenii the Marriage-Act. fir otiserred, lira his measure was in all respects tht same as that which lie had introduced lost pear. REVENUES OF GIBRALTAR. Mr. Hume, befor e he proceeded to the subject of his motion, explained, 'lost what b e b a d . a id yesterday respecting tl,e 1376 . paid to the Master of the Hawks, au office now unkncrvn to the country, had been misunderstood as applying to the Master of the Horse. He Load also objected to the 15501. paid to Lord Robert Fitzgc! lid for Joss of equipage, as contrary to the regulations o f the service, in order to show, that if all items were produced, the absurdity of toting • Civil List as it Was proposed : in the dark, would be come apparent. With respect to his present mo tion, it was one %shich he had made last Ses•ion, end which he had withdrawn on the assertion nt the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that the House lead no right to i,,tet fere, and had never , lon , so, in the Revenues der ived 1 :r the Crown tr.m Gib. ;altar.. He now found, that in 1794, 95, 96, and 9 7 , t h e mom , / of tbo'e 11,von.es had been lain before radiament. Ali he intended to ask was, that similar aecounta should•be produced for the ensuing years. He saw by a woe in the papers on the table,- that the surplus derived from Gib raker had been • appropriated to discharge the debts oUthe Civil List, as 'would he seen by the returns. "Now nothing of the kind was to be found- in the returns; he therefore trusted - that his Majesty's Ministers would not refuse to make good witat they stated in their own' note. But what he chiefly objected to was, the principle on which the Gibraltar Revenue was raised. • .He , ronceived that his Majesty had no right to levy taxes from his .subjects without the knowledge and consent of Parliament. It appeared, that the amonet thus raised at Gibraltar during the last' 60 year's, was not less than 124,0001. By the re futes laid before the House, the surplus remitted during the fluor years alluded to, would be seen t o have been upwards of 40001. Naw, he consi- tiered those who ordered the levying of tbose taxes guilty of a breach of the privileges of that House, which alone had the right of im posing taxes The Chancellor of the Excite goer had been unable to assign any other rea son for 'heir bring applied to the Privy Purse than immemorial usage. He would prove ihnt such uslge did not exist from time immemorial, and could not be suffered to prevail cmasistently with the laws. Ile had the original charter, eranted by Q teen Au n e after the capture of Gibraltar.— In Iloilo docoment her Majesty le Council directed, in order to encourage and promote ' , elders, to invite trade, and to make that garrison a grand depot at the entrance of the Mediterranean; that no duty or impost whatever should be laid on or received from atov ships or goods proceeding to that garris in. This charter had produced the defined effect, and matoy In ilriduals had srtled there. Ibis- chatter was, however, no longer served, In 1774, the total amount ot the 4isess. ments was 40001. The House would be surprised to learn that it .was now near 50,0001. jest y's revenues in that garriion theti - consis s ted of the refits of small portions of land and houses, which having been originally H op i p ro p erty , h a d remained so, end to this he bad no objection; bet none of the taxes now existing had then been imposed. H e then alluded to the complaints pre fel red by the inhabitants three years since to the House- Other grievances of a still more serious !oose had since arisen. When Gibraltar had been taken, Popery was the bugbear of the times, and as almost the totality of the inhabitants were Catholics, it had been thought proper to en courage the accession of Protestant settlers, by depriving the Catholics of most of their ties. In more enlightened days, under the Duke of Bedford, and more lately under his late Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, liberal represeeta tions had been made to his Majesty's Government, displaying the impolicy of maintaining those re strictions, and the advantages which would ensue from their removal. These representations had been attended to; Jews and Catholics had been allowed to transfer their property freely as they pleased ; a n d Mr. Wyndham had written a letter expressing the intention of hit Majesty's Government, that all the ancient regulations should be done away, and that all classes, and all religions, should enjoy th e lormectien and blessings of the British Constitu tion, What would the House 'say on hearing that his Majesty's Ministers had lately laid a tax on every Catholic anti Jew who chose to make a will, and that all those not born subjects of the British 'E: faire had been forced since 1518 to pay a ion of tee dollars a year as long as they res,tled within the earrison—a capitation which only existed in 'flukey ! Ttris was a great griev ance, which had excited much diss 4 iiinction and complaint. But, exclusive of these restrictions, duties to the amount of many thousands had been I , vied on every article imported ; every large mer chant ship which stepped to water paid twelve dollars, in direct opposition to Queen Anne's eharer. When be (Mr. H ) was at Gibraltar, five thousand vessels had touched at that garrison, so that, if they I,„d only s toprd one hour, they would have- p tits 7,5001. This was a violation of he prolcipie of a free port; and was highly ni t! . rl sus to tlie trade of that place. What, however, he considered still more serious, was the right as sumed, not ooly by Ministers, but by the Go verner himself, to levy taxes without the know ledge of Parliament. Tbis he might prove by se vet Prociemations issued by General Doe, bad been done without any authority oven from Go vernment for the purpose. Gen. Don bad levied a tax of 901. a year on eves/ retail wine and spirit sloop in the Garrison. An eating-house paid 20 dollars, and there was scarcely any thing at Gibraltar which was not subjected to a duty. Nay, he had even sanctioned the sale of lottery tickets, and made an individual pay him for a licence for selling tickets of the Spanish lottery. And let it be recollected that all these sums were not used to pay the expences of the Garrison, but were in part added to the Privy Purse. The re turns for which he should move would shoW tite application of the money ; what had been paid for the expenses of the garrison, and what bad' Veen placed in the Privy Purse. With respect to the economy observed in the Gibraltar Establish• ment, an idea might be formed by the following list war there was only one Towa•major ; in peace there were two. In war the number of Barrack•masters was two ; it was now raised to tbrre : and whereas only one Native-master load been employed before the peace, three were at present in active service. Whilst the surplus remitted to Ibis Country was applied to the Privy PanSe, the people were charged, in the Ailey Es timates, with the expences of the garrison. He had reason to believe, that at the accession of lots late Majesty, no tax load been levied at Gibraltar. The Royal Revenue was raised from the rents of land and houses ; but if there had been any such revenue, con- Indere(' that it bad been given up by the Act of George 111., by which all revenues bad been abandoned. If it bad not been given up, it ought to have been. He then cotnplained of so much money being raised in so small a place, whilst a whole million * had been granted (the Honour able Member .was understood to say), he thought rattier unnecessarily, to build churches in this country. In Gibraltar there was a Jews' Syna gogue and n Roman Catholic Church, but he was not aware that there was any Chapel of the Esta blished Church. lie proceeded to notice several A appoin!menls wLkl . , ltrr co!isicli reel to lie 111111 - cesser y and improper, if not illegal. To these •uhj,.cts he invited the attention of the House, considering, as he did, that every fifty thousand pounds so expended ought to be seriously inquired into in times like the present. He moved three Resolutinrs for Addresses to his Majesty, praying For Returns of all Taxes and Duties levied on the fortress and territory of Gibraltar, dnd of all Port Duties levied on the shipping and merchaodize arrivi►ig there, from 1908 to For a Return of the Number and nature of all Offices or Establishments in the garrison of Gibraltar, together %sill, the Salaries of the several Oficers, specifying the Emolu ments and Fees received over and above the Salaries paid, front 1800 to 1818 ; and For a Return of the Total Amount of the Revenue hi each Sear, from 1760 to 1818, distinguishing the sums expended on the , Garrison, and specifying those remitted to England in each year. —His object in moving these resolutions wr.s mere- ly to show in what way the taxes were levied in Gibraltar, the amount raised, and the manner in which the sums so obtained there expended. lie assured the House that he was ac►luainted with no soul on the Rock, and theref►.re he was influenced by no personal terlings. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no objection to its being known in what manner every part of the British Empire was governed, 1)14 he most object to. the tineandid manner in which the Hon. Member had sought to obtain his object. He had given notice of a motion for cer tain Papers, and itt bringing this for ward, had thought proper to go into the geetral system of the g,overomeut and withagernent of. Gibraltar, and -had accused those of acts of extortion and Vio lence who could not now be defended. He hoped, however, that on these subjects the House would .reserve their opinion till flee proper opportunity should arrive for going into the inqoiry. Ott the general system, he must say, he took it to be one of the clearest principles 0i the law of nations, that when one Sovereign gained a territory by right of conquest, the rights of the Sovereign trout whom such territory was taken became vested in the conqueror. This principle had been acted upon, and the Government of Gibraltar had from time to time been regulated by Orders in Council oti the authority of his Majesty ; but he would not go further into this subject at present. He did not object to tlee Resolution calling tor returns of the. deities levied in the garrison, territory, and port of Gibraltar; but to the third Resolution he should move an amendment, the effect of which would be, to call for a general account for the whole period which it embraced, instead of for returns fur each year. The House was aware that the sum' of 124,0001. bad been transmitted to &lg. land in the course of the late King's reign. The whole of this sum, it would be seen from papers before the House, had been accounted for to Par liament. Other sums lead been received, which had not been, and which ought to be, accounted for to Parliament. He thought, on accoosit of the correspondence which must first take place, that the papers called for by the Hon. Gentleman could not be produced in Cite presclit Seasion, and therefore he should move the amendment %%filch he had announced. Sir JAMBS MACKINTOSH thought, if the impo sition of taxes by - the Governor bad been cor rectly described by his Honourable FrieA, that due regard had not been bad to the rights of the inhabitants. He was of opinion, however, that Ministe r v, by reversieg the (Melt in Council which had formerly been acted upon, had maui• tested a laudable desire to cot rect that system, which he thought had been rashly and improvi dently adopted. He (Sir J.• Mackiotosh) could not agree with the Right Hon. Gentleman in his statement of the law of nations—the law of na• tions did not go to give the King rights which had been held by another over those who became his subjects ; it wis only applicable to trausae tions growing up between. different nations. With respect to the question as to what was authorised by the law and constitution► of this country, lie did not think that that would he well entereo upon in a discussion on a motion like that now before,the House. He did not rise to lengthen - the debate, but to recommend it to his Honourable Friend to close wish the proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, reserving to himself the right of mak ing at a future period such a motion respecting the revenue and government of Gibraltar as he might think proper. That which the Chancellor of the Exchequer had proposed to give, was perhaps all that was wanted at present to throw light ou the subject about to be discussed, and he would there fore suggest to him 'the propriety of taking that, and postponing his motion for the rest. air. GOULBURN objected to the manner in which this subject had been brought before the House, and felt it his duty to protest against the course pursued as unjust, seeing assertions on one side were sent forth to the country, which at the time could not receive that contradiction by which they would have been met if made under other circum stances. Though some errors might have crept into the Govermaent in the course of a long reign, lie was confident that there had beers a sincere disposition on the part of Ministers to make every concession to the inhabitants on one side, and to maintain the fair tights of the Crows) on the other. The Hon. Gentles►an said, he had resided in Gibraltar. He (Mr. Goidburn) had also re sided there, and far from finding that there was Ito Church of the Established Religion on tl►e rock, he had gone regularly during the whole time he was there to a Church, nor very extensive, but suitable to the place. He might perhaps recall it to tl►e Hon. Gentleman's recollection, by stating the Church to he that in which some very handsome monuments had been erected to the memory of certain Officers who had fallen in the service of their country. In this instance be was enabled to contradict the statement of the lion. (lentle man, and when the proper time arrived, he doubted not it woulti be in his power to give an equally satisfactory reply to other points touched upon in the course of Lis speech. Colonel DALRYMPLE' remaiked, that a great por tion 01 th e populAtion of Gibraltar were Catholics fir Jews. A c h urch W9l provided for the soldiers. He had constantly attended it while he was there, and Ile bad never !mud apy coalp.laint of d o'ant or Divine service. So far at his expet 4 e rl l went, the service had been regularly perfortut, y o and well attended. There were manther ina c enracies in the speech of the Hon. GentLana"' which this was not the time for correcting. iv Mr. Hume c onsente d to a l ter hi s third Reschot Lion, so 83 t o meet t h e v i ews of the Cbancellor be the Exchequer. He denied that,he bad used I d words " extortio n a nd violence'," which he 1311 . 1 , i been char ge d w i t h app l y i ng to those concerned i the Gove rnm e nt o f Gib ra l tar, and declare d fi a t he was ready to pr ove t h e correctness o f all lustt he had advanced. The Resolutions (the third being altered 0 9 omitting the wordi '' in each ye a r," as sur e Bested by the Chancellor of the Exchequer) vi er then agreed to. Mr. LUSHINGTON presented accounts of 111 Cipper imp orte d— o f t h e F our and a Half P e , Cent. Duties--and other P a p ers or d ere d by Ih- House.—Ord ere d to lie on the table. On the motion of Mr. 11. CLIVE, an Addr e9s was voted, p ray i ng hi s M a j esty to order the li4. port 3 on the present State of the Church in li r land to be laid before the House. The Insolvent Dtbtois' Declaratory Act WI read a Second t i me , and ord e red to b e comin itic t 0 -morn) w.-3 ( ti ourn ed. PARLIAMEN 1 ARY PA PERS. ABSTRACT of the NET KI PROCE of the REVENti': f GREAT BRITAIN, the YOrs ending sth A pr il, and sth April, !sit); and also the Total produce Of 1. , Cons , lnlaicd Fund, the Annual Ditties, and War Tao 3. as also the Total Produce of the Customs awl Excise. REVENUE .—Distinguishing the CONSOLIDATED }Ur n ' the ANNUAL DUTIES, and the %VAR TAXES : ~i , Year ended sth Y ear ended O' ' -April, 1819. Apri!, 180: 1 Customs ,C 7,580,038 kt;,516, 4 ' 1 Excise 40.5 e. , • . St;:trlis Past Of fi ce Assessed . :'a::es Land Tax e s 1,179,827 1,235,,91-, :%liseellancous V.70,058 zifie),:i' ll Unispprqpriated War Duties ... 150,184 7 8 ,7 4 15 ----- Total, Consolid a t e d Fond /j4-2,235,726 £,11,478,/" 2 ANNUAL DUTiES, TO PAY OFF BILL% 1•—• CUM"' ;Ala liXelSe Pensions, &c. l6 Total Annual Duties 3,164,937 09;9, 95 Permanent and Annual Duties 45,390,563 45,467, 17 " WAR Tnx Es : Excise -- 3,438,551 0 - 40 Property ... _,,,'o . 2'27,349 _ Total War Taxes 1 ----- ...........----- Total Revenue; distinguishing Consolidated Fund, the An nual Duties, and War. Taxes 4 9, 03 6,50 48,91 8 / 111 REveustas—DismoursioNc THE CUSTOM& AND EXCISE : Total Produce of Customs, as particuktiaed above 10,111,912 9,l9C,satThi Total Produce of Excise, 1-" ts do 9.3,120,23 43 0 (1.15; 5 ' Stamps, Post-Oltice, Assessed, Property, and Land Taxes, Miscellaneous anti I,3nappro priated Duties; and Pensions, 24c.c. as do. 1 5,824,128 /5,384,290-.• Total Ilerenne; distinguishing --- Custom' and Excise 4V213,1. Deduct the iteceo upon Pro perty itiut lit.appropriat ed 78,70 %Vat. Duti e s ..... 407,532 --...,,........._ Total ltevenue, excl us i ve o f -----, Property ;tnd Utiappropt tate(' War Duties - -, MESSAGE, cf ..• , the AMERICAN e IItESIDEIN l• " TO THE Hollsii OF LiFsPtiRSENTATIVES OF Tg% UNITED STATICS. " 1 transmit. to Congress an extract of a Letrq from the Minister Plenipotentiary of the Utti leP States at St. Petershug.lh, at the Ist of Novell y her last, on the subject of our relations vvit lj Spain, indicating the sentiments of the Empero r of Russia respecting the •nen-ratification, by l eis Catholic Majesty, of the Treaty lately conclude' ) between the United States and Spain, and ( 116 s'rring interest which his imperial Majesty in promoting th e rat ifi cat i on O f that Trewy. 0 ' this friendly disposition, the most satisfac;ol assurance has been since given directly to this Government by the Minister of Russia residing here. " transmit also to Congress an extract o'f letter from- the Minister Plcnipotentiary of tit c United States, at Madrid, of a later date tio l/ those heretofore communicated, by which it kir pears, that, at the instance of the Charge ffr 4 Afftires of the Emperor of Russia, a new pledg 6 had been given by the Spanish Government, tbaC the Minister who had been lately appointed to the United States should set out on his inission , without delay, with full power to settle all OD' terences in amanner satisfactory to the parties. 1 ' I have further to state, that the Government' of France and Great Britain continue to manifes t the sentiments heretofore communicated, respect" ing the non-ratification of the Treaty by Spain , and to interpose their gotyi offices to promote 0 1 ratification. " It is proper to add, that the Governments of France and Russia have expressed an earnest de sire that the United States would take no step, foe the present, on the principle of reprisal, which might possibly tend to disturb the peace bet ween the United States and Spain. There is good cause to presume, from the delicate manner in which tbis sentinion has been conveyed, that it is foundefi iR a beliet, as well as a desire, that our just object' may be accomplished without the hazard of 0 01 an extremity. " On full consideration of all these circuro' stances, 1 have thought it my duty to submit 16 ' Congress, whether it will not be desirable to post' pone a derision on the questions nuts pending, with Spain the next Session. The distress 0 'lig nation, at this juncture, affords a motive fo r this forbearance which cannot fail to be duly er preciated. limier such circumstances,the attenti°3 of the Spanish Government may be diverted iN g3l its foreign co n c e r n s, an d t h e arr i va l o f a iginister i here be l o n ger , delayed. I a m t h e more induce'. to suggest this Course of proceeding, from a kn° ° ", ledge that, whil e we s h a ll t h ere b y make a just re turn to th e Powers whose good of ic es have be e ,' Jeknowleged, and increase, by a new and sig n :, primf of moderation, our claims on Spain. ou r 8 14 , titude ia regard to her w ill not b e 1,95 at the next Session than it is at presenf. ,vaaf ,, " JAMES " WashiNgton, Nlitrela 27, 18'20." c 1 [Fur tlar .I,gael DuckittAtals, see the Fuuttla PaS me Li Se loi till P c IN - VESI by t►e Ali rid lai r co n W ill dep t 714 d Ith el I ttp C 'ni 'l ~'l