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'wake Bay.--The works on the Eastern Bank of the Poto mac, below Alexandria, and on the Pea Patch in the Dela ware, are much advanced, and it is expected that the fortifi cation at the Narrows, in the harbour of New York, will be completed in the present year. To derive all the advantages contemplated from these fortifications, it was necessary that they should be judiciously posted, and constructed with a view to permanence. The progress, hitherto, has there fore been slow, but as the difficulties, in parts heretofore the least explored and known, are stint:nutted, it will, in future, be more rapid. As soon as the survey of the coast is com pleted, which, it is expected, will be done early in the next Spring, the Engineers employed in it will Proceed to exa mine, far like puoposcs, the northern aird north-western frontiers. The troops intended to occupy a station at the month of the Nt. Peters, on the Mississippi, have established them selves there, and those which were ordered to the mouth of the Yellow Stone, on the Missouri, have ascended that river to Mt. Council Bluff, where they will remain until next spring, when they will proceed to the place of their desti baths's. I have the satisfaction to state, that this measure Las been executed in amity with the Indian tribes, and tbot it promises to produce, in regard to them, all the adv4,tages which were contemplated by it. Much progress has likewise been made in the construction of ships of war, and in the collection of timber and other staterials for ship-building. It. is not doubted that our navy * ln soon be augmented to the number, and placed in all re *reels, on the foisting provided for by law, The board, consisting of engineers and naval ofEctrs, have tint let made their final report of sites for two naval depots, lks instructed, according to the resoluti4us of March 18th, and April 20th, 1818 ; but they have examined the coast therein designated, and their report is expected in the next torinth. For the protection of our commerce in the Mediterranean, tilung the Southern Alantic coast, in the Pacific and Indian weans, it has been found necessary to maintain a strong naval force, which it seems proper for the ,present to continue. There is much reason- to believe, that, if any portion of the tairradron, heretofore stationed in the Mediterranean should b.. withdrawn, our intercourse with the powers bordering on that sea, would be much interrupted, if not altogether de stroyed. Such, too, has been the growth of a spirit of piracy, in the other quarters mentioned, by adventurers from every country, in abuse of the friendly flags which they have as sumed, that, not to protect our commerce there, would he to abandon it as a prey to their rapacity. Due attention hat likewise been paid to the suppression of the Slave Trade, in cenapliaace with the law of the last Session. Orders have been given to the Commanders of all our Politic Ships to *tire all vessels, navigated under our flag, engaged in that trade, and to bring then, in, to be proceeded against in the ruanner prescribed by that law. ~,, 1$ ho p ed that these vigorous measures, supported by like C oY other nations, will soon' terminate a commerce so to the civilized world. Itt the execution Of the duty imposed by these acts, and : Pff a h igh trust connected with it, it is with deep regret have to state the loss which has been sustained by the death uf Commodore Perry. His gallantry in a brilliant exploit, in the late war, added to the renown of his country. His death deplored as a national misfortune. Washington, Dee. 7, Isla. JAMES MONROE, T HEATRICAL REGISTE ! Performed foist Nirht. IrgtISAYSC ROYAL, DRUR Y - LANE.—WiId Oats: Parer, Mr. Elliston ; I,z.dy Amaranth, Mrs. y, West. After which, deck and the Bean Stalk. 'TrrEATH ROYAL, COYE NT - GARDwar.—Rob Itz , y Marzreror ROO Roo' Nlargregor erttnphell, Nir Niacreatiy Ver nor,, Miss Stephens. After which, Harlequin and Don Cbrilcute. PRICE ,0 STOCKR ?RFS DAY AT rwEt.vr o'cl.ticx. Bank Stock 220% Bank Long Ann. 17 11-16ths 3 II per Cent. 1ied....., 68f4 i 4 13-16ths 3 per Cent. Cons. .... 67-iiii India Stock 2041 201 ex. 1:11,-- ex. die. India Bonds ..... 5 , 4. 10s. pr. n per Cent. (per Cents. .. 84 1 i 85 Cons fnr Account .. 69i 68i Cr. , ..... pe Navy Ann. 102 1011 6 9{4i• 'OYU ex. div. MAIL% Aarovan.-1 Dulllin, 2 Waterford, 1 Guernsey and Jersey, Dux -1 Gu ernse i Flanders. y and Jerse,,y, I Holland, 1 Gottenbul-gb. HIGH W ATER AT L . ONDON BRIDGE To.moßriow. - N orni.g, e imuutes after 9. I Evening, 30 ntinutes after THE SUN. 'LEM QUIS FALSIJM AVM:AT r LONDON, FRIDAY, .I.IA WIRY 7, 1820. lui - . _ ____ 7--- _ We received this morning New York Papers to I le 12th ult., and other American Journals— . T hey co ntai . n Itas the PREStDaNT's Message, whi c h been fo r s ome days ex pec t ed , and which will be f ound in another part of °Lir Paper. We have neither time nor Space to enter into any lengthened commentary upon this important 13""1ent• It will be s'Ufficient to say, th at i t i s bot warlike, and those who expected the most de termined denunciations against Spain, will, Pet 148Ps,he surprised to observe the the Pilaw: 3 El4r speaks of th at Po mild tone in which the. r. er. In truth, 4 L • Power. - % - aulnet of Washin g t on seems to have been not little puzzled to determine upon some measure *hid) should have the appearan ce of maintaining the Na t i onal Honour, whilst they avoided what it) Consequence of th e di stressed state of tr Y lhey ev id ently dread,namely, War. the Conn- In this spi r i t Of Co mpromis e , t h ey h ave hit upon the notable 4nd hovel expedient of carrying the Treaty with i l 'ill into effect, as if it had been ratified by the Cou rt of Madrid, but with a special reserva "ll, allowing a negotiation again to "‘l, duri n be op ene d , ti() g the penden c y of th at negocia- N giving the Government the power of s'lsPending the carrying into effect the provisions ()F the onratified.Treaty. This is obviously a sort 441 round -about way of getting rid of the sub" ject for the present, at least until an improvement in the internal state of the Country shall enable the Government to act externally with more vigour and efficiency. The most friendly disposition is stated to sub sist between the British Government and that of the United States, and the former, it is asserted, together with France and Russia, all urged the Spanish Government to ratify the Treaty. Amidst the attempts in this Message to put the best face upon the internal state of the Coun try, there is evidently much embarrassment and distress, more than enough to make the Govern ment hesitate much, and long before by any public Declaration it Lurried on a war. The lion. Hem CLAY IS re-elected Speaker of the [louse of Representatives. (From the Commercial Advertiser of the 10th Dec.) THE MACEDONIAN AND LORD COCHItANE.—We take pleasure, says The Boston Patriot of Monday, in informing the Public that Mr. JOHN S. ELLERY, Owner of the Macedonian, received a letter yes terday morning from the Hon. Q. ADADAS, Secrg tary of State, informing him that he had submit ted Mr. ELLERY'S letter and the documents aa- COMpallying it to i 1 PiItSIDENT, and that the PRESIDeNT had directed him to inform Mr. EL. LIIPY, that a public vessel of Ivar would be (119- pAtched immediately to demand justice, agreeable to the Laws of Nations. The Pdri, Papers of Toe,iday last, which were due this morning, have not arrived. Our Readers will recollect, that a short time since, we assured them that the Revenue for the Quarter now terminated, would be found lo ex ceed they produce of the corresponding Quarter of last year. We gave the fact from anthe.tify, and the- Official Account, which we insert this day, fully juAifics our prediction, making allowance for the 'New Duties. The Speech of Lord GRENVILLS, which, by desire of many distinguiphed Pk.rons of our Paper, we re-publish his day, gi , es such clear, just, and enlightened views of the dangers that recen!ly threatened the Coontry, end so fully justifies the measures which Governoient has adopted for its proteci ion, that we fcvl it to be a duty as well as a pleasure, to comply with the request, and we trust, that the sentintt tits of a N 14. wan possessed or so solid knowledge and practi cal experience, will be instructive and satisfactory to the People at large. If the subjoined paragraph which appeared in a respectable Provincial Journal, be fo.infled in truth, it Con:ions an alarming proof that were distress has not been the operatir►g cause uti the tate Seditious Meetings and traitorous designs, under the mask of aiming at a Iteorrn in Perlia- meat ;-- " A few mornings ago, at Newhy-hall, the seat of Lord Grantham, on the front door of that mansion being opened, a large handsome co/fin, covered with black cloth, haring been reared against the dour, fell into the passage. It was directed, ' l'o Lord Grantham, who will want it soon.' (Hull Packet.) There is an appearance of determined and deep founded malignity in this paragraph, which, as well as the expence attending the coffin, &c. spews that somebody above the common Rabble of Re formers must have been concerned in it. But, indeed, it may be properly asked how those Rabble Reformers could have been able to exist so long out of employment, if they did not derive pecu niary assistance from some invisible Enemies of Government, who confidently expected to repay themselves as soon as that Government should be overthrown, and property in general become the spoil of triumphant Rebels ? But, thanks to the wis dom of Pat liament, such bulwarks have been placed around THE CONSTITUTION as will effectually se cure our substantial Political Rights from licen tious excesses, which are the abuse of true liberty, and preserve our Holy Faith from the horrible circumveution of Atheistical Blasphemers. Dr. WATSON still remains in prison, on account of a debt contracted to do honour to his ungrateful . associate HUNT by a Cibie feast on his arrival in town. HUNT, however, calmly suf f ers his late friend to continue in durance vile, and solicits a subscription for himself, to cover the law ex pences on his ensiiiio, trial. Such are the public spirit and disinterested feelings of Radical Re farmers. Yesterday, being the anniversary of the Epi phany, was observed in the usual manner at the Chapel Hopi!, St. J.tirtta's Palace. The cere mony of presenting a box of gold, frariltincense, and myrrh, in imitation of the wise men of the East, was performed by Col. BuowN, accompa nied by two Gentlemen Ushers; after which, an appropriate anthem was song. Yesterday the Lords of the Council assembled at the Council Office, Whitehall, to investigate charges preferred against five of the inhabit ants of the Isle of . France, who have been in custody for some time, under the Act of Parliament for the Abolition of th e Sl ave T ra d e ; when, after a minute and NH examination of witnesses, two of the prisoners were committed for trial, and three vvera discharged. POETR Y. IMPROMPTU ON THE DISPUTE BETWEEN MriSSLIS. COBBETT AND WRIGHT. That falsehood and lies hare been published by WRIGHT, Is the burden of poor COBB ETT'S song; For he who so often has proved black is white, Can as easily prove Right (WutonT) it wrong. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 6.—The Rev. Henry Blunt, B. A. Fellow of Pembroke-hall, was last week instituted, by the Lord Bishop of Norwich, to the Vicarage of Clare, Suffolk, on the Pt esenta tion of the Crown. The Rev. John Williams Butt, B. A. was last week instituted to the vicarage of Lakenhcath, Suffolk, on the presentation of the Dean B n d Chapter of Ely. The following Gentlemen of this University were orilained on Sunday last by the Lord Bishop of Gitoicester :—Henry John Billiton, LL.B. of St. Peter's College, Priest.—J4ekson Porter, B.A. of Corpus Christi College, and Ellis Wade, B.A. of Sidney College, Deacons. The following Gentlemen of this University were or(iained by the Lord Bishop of Sarum, on the 19th Hlt.—S. Littlewood, St. John's College, R. Hitchcock, Qieen's College, aml W. Thomas, Jesus College, Deacons.-IV. Lung and W. Eng land, LL. B. S t . John's College, and John Hodg kin, B.A. Trinity College, Priests. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COTTRT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 7. This mor.ing the Sittings after the 'act Mi chaelmas Term commenced, pursuant to ad;oorn- Men , of the 24111 ult.—The Cut El' JVSTICH }laving tken his seat, the following case was called on ALLFN V, HALL *. Mr. SCARLETT stated this to be an action for the recovery of 331. 10s. on a promissory note, and also for a fair compensation► for wages due from the defendan• to plaintiff; the defence set DO was, that the defendant eras in an imbecile crate of mind when he accepted this note ; to prove which, Mr. ComYti, called Mr. Hall, jun, the celebrated Orator Of the Borough, but so Far from his establishing the defence, he proved his farther executing a warrant of Attorney, con veying him the power over a grta►ntit.y of pro perty, a considerable time subsequent to the acceprance of the note. Mr. Hall seemed rather surprised that his accuracy should be doubted. The Clitsr JUSTICa condescended to point out to him why it was so, referring to a part of his evidence where lie had sworn one thing and after wards stated another. Mr. SCARLRTT replied ; and after a clear tu up, the Jury returned a Verdict for 431. and 40s. costs. This 3Tr. Hall is the person that attempted to give such a dolorous account of the proceedings at Manchester, .at the last Borough Meeting, with almost as much accuracy 4s on the present occasion. SPORTING IN 'I ELLIUENCE. BETTING-ROONI. JANUARY 6. DERBY. 104 to 1 agst Mr. Pierse's c. tt; to I agst c. out of Briseis t to 1 agst Pindaree lOU to 4 agst Luck 1G to 1 agit Br. to Blucher WO to 4 agst Comus colt 16 to 1 art Duke 100 to 4 agst Br. to Whisker OAKS. 9to agst D. of llutland's 113 to 1 agst Mr. Wyndham's 11 to 1 asst Bride RIDDLES WORTH.-6 to 1 nest Pindarree. Filly Class.-2 to I agst D. of Rutl-ind's, and Bto 1 agst the filly winning Oaks and Riddlrsworth. CORN EXCHANGE, JAN. 7.—Although the ice in the River is ewnsiderahlv diminished, yet so much still remains, that barges can with difficulty get alongside the vessels, in conse quence of which very little business was done this morning, and prices remain nominally as on Monday. Smyrkie.ELD, JAN. 7.—The Market this morning, was thinly supplied with cattle; in c , susequence, the prices are higher than last Market - day.—Mutton, Veal, and Pork, are also advanced in price. Yesterday, at five o'clock, his Royal Highness the PUNCH REIGENT arrived at Carlton•house from Brighton. The following intelligence comes from the C►ty :—" The negociations be►ween this Govern ment and that of Spain, for the further supply of 10,000,000 of dollars from the South American Colonies, are not yet terminated. It is stated, in private letters from Madrid of the 22d nit., that FERDINAND hesitates to make the cession to England, apprehending thit he will require large amounts of specie for the use of the armaments which are preparing for the subjugation • of the revolted provinces of South America. We under stand, however, that Messrs. DICK and PARK, the i Irish Commissioners at Vera Cruz, who were engaged in transmitting silver trout Mexico to this country last year, have received instructions to continue there, under the expectation that the Spanish Government will ultimately allow the amount of specie sought for to be sent to Eng land. We hear that a large portion el the silver, intended for the use of Government, and con tracted for by a u 4,11-known Jew boOse in the City, is at present on board three vessels detained io the Elbe by the ice." HArtwtcu, JAN. 6.—Arrived the Castlereagh packet with a mail from Holland. We learn, that when she sailed the pilots, who came down to take up the ships, returned next day, the frost having recommenced, but several Hull vessels had discharged their cargoes, among them the Prince Leopold. There were about eighty sail of vessels there. COURT OF JUSTICIARY.—On Monday, the 3d inst., the LORD ADVOCATE addressed the Court at considerable length, relative to an article which appeared in a Periodical Paper, published in Glasgow (The Spirit of the Union), comment. ing on the proceudings of the Court in the case of Mr. Kinloch, of Kinloch. The article was in a number dated the 25th of Dec. last, and Ise sub. mitred that it contained a gross contempt of this High Court., Our time cannot allow us to-day to go into further particulars, but the issue was, that three individuals in Glasgow, who, his Lordship stated, he had good reason to believe were the proprietors of the Paper alluded to, were ordered to appear at the bar of the Court on Saturday next. , --(Caledonian Iltercury). THE SPEECH OF LORD GRENVILT,E, DELIVERSD IN 'TI-S HOUSE OF LORDS ON THa ' 30TH v , )v. 1819. (The fallowing Speech is taken from The Tirne: Of the Ist Dect•tnbyr, 1819 ; and in j,; ice to that Paper it is proper to state, that we have been assured it was more accurately given in that Journal than in any whet) : " Lord GRIINVILLE agte ed that the present situation of the country vets one of extreme dan ger. He had, as was well known, for many years watched with the deepest apprebensi n the pro• press of those evils which had now bronght the kiegdom to a crisis of peril that could no longer be denied or dissembled by those who were most anxious to take the most favoureble views of its sireeri en and resources. He had been formerly !hought a visionary alarmist ; Ii s fears were treated as idle (originating, perhaps, ie too fond an attachment to those ieterests %%hie], be be lieved were menaced), and as not founded npon tiny fair view of the present coraditioe of the country, or a rational foresight of appreachiog. events. it would have been to lem mistier of unspeakable satisfaction, if he could now ha'e reason to de dare that his apprehensions had been futile, and that the national security was unimpaired; but directly the reverse forced i;sett upen terevice tioo 110 fear he had imielgett doting a long and active life, had remained onaceemplished ; and as he had maaed the evils constantly, sueces• and unremittingly augmenting, so he now felt called upon to assert, that no apprehensions he had ever entertained had equalled those which now pressed upon his mind, and which induced him once more to trouble the house, when he had never expected again to address it. Nothing could eqaal the it»mitience of the peril which at this moment impended over his country, and which arose trom causes vet y different from those to which his Noble Friends had principally alleded. It was nor no this day, nor within a few years, that designs the most hostile to the frame and prin ciple of the Constitution had heeu openly avowed and unremittingly pursued. 'Flee attention of the House in the course of this debate had been called to measures that it head been called upon to take in the year 1795. It was about that time that Mr. Burke had stated his conviction, registered in one of his immortal works, that the evils of this kingdom did not originate with the French Re volution, though that event had contributed to increase them and to force them into notice. It weedd be too long to state by what measures, and by a co-operation of what favourable circum stances, the progress of those evils had been for a season resisted ; it would be a waste of time to enumerate the events of a war, which had afforded the means of defeeting designs not less destruc tive, and as fondly cherished as' those which were now ostentatiously promulgated. On the con clusion of the' peace they had been revived and brought into greater activity, and he might ap peal to the observation of any mart to confirm tel in the assertion, that in the interval between, the conclusion of peace and the present day, those designs had grown with a rapir;ity and a strength which not only exceeded his feeble judg ment, bet exceeded all example on the fruitful page of our history.—(Hear, hear !)—Could he say, then, that the principal causes of the evils complained of were to be found in the distresses of the times, which, as they were local in their extent, he trusted would he temporary in their duration ? True it was that this situation of dis tress gave additional facilities to inch as pursued these nefarious designs ; and thoe , h in his con science he was satisfied that the root of the evil lay deeper, he believed, nevertheless, that it would not have been pos!,ible to work a portion of the population into the state of ferment in which the papers presented proved them to be, but for the concurrence of other ciremstances orientating in pres, lit and pressing des , teas. He was therefore convioced, that if it were possible by any mea sure Parliament could adopt—even departing on the urgency of the occasion trore those principles relating to commerce and maneretturter, which, in ordinary times, ought to be held sacred and in violable (because upon them depended the pro sperity and happiness of the State)—to alieviare the existing distresses, without entering noo an illimitable inquiiy, he should be most willing to concur. Though Parliamentary relief, such as the Nob! Marquess (Lansdown) had noticed, must be encountered by many powerful objections, still he (Lord Grenville) would give it the most respectful and painful attention, and enter upon the subject with a most sincere and heartfelt de site that the utmost should be done to remove or mitigatectistresses which all most deeply deplore, and which all must as deeply ;sympathize. He was well persuaded that his Noble Friend en tertained too just notions of what helOnged to his rank and place io the country to sate any thing that might lead to a general and vague opi nico, that Parliament was to blame for not yet having attempted any thing to Inodet ate the miseries he bad so feelingly depicted. The Noble Marquess bad dwelt priucipally upon three pro positions ; the first was the measere to which he (Lord Grenville) hacl'already adverted, and which the Noble Marquess had admitted that he would not recommend, unless a sanguine hope could be indulged that an amelioration of our condition would ere long be experienced. If he (Lord Grenville) could believe that the mass of distress and misery now loading the people could be ma terially relieved within the period mentioned, he should, look upon the state of the country in a light much lessgloomy than that which he now entertain ed. The Noble Marquess had enumerated the cir- stances out of which he conceived our difficulties originated, in the language of a statesman, and with the knowledge of a political thagmatist, and even according to this statement they were much as Parliament could not by any temporary grant remove. Yet out of doors, the inability of Par• liament to relieve distresses was not only not ad• mitted, but it was urged by those who were Uriv. ing the people to the most desperate measures by which their miseries would be tenfold aggravated, that it had refused with determination to inter. pose, The other two points dwelt upon by the Noble Marquess were not matters to engage the attention at a Select Committee, but the serious